[Rhodes22-list] Installing a bulkhead compass

[Scott Andrews]

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These conversations are so valuable to a novice, new owner like me.
This instrument is on my 86’ I am hoping to keep the current electrical system for a season or more. Does anyone know if this is still available?
Scott

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> On Dec 22, 2020, at 10:07 PM, Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> 
> It was nicely varnished.
> As to your question, we installed it about 20 years ago before electronic navigation was much of a thing. We were used to steering to a compass heading and even after we got a handheld GPS, we would use it to identify the course and note our position on a paper chart and then steer by the compass. Now that we have the pocket trawler with an inside helm station it's all Navionics on a Samsung tablet and then set the autopilot and let it steer - but the tablet is always plugged in and charging while we are traveling and the paper charts and compass are close at hand in case of a failure. If we still had a sailboat, we'd be navigating electronically but still steering by a compass.
> 
> Mary Lou
> ex-R22
> now Rosborough RF-246  Tara
> 
> 
> 
>> On 12/22/2020 8:46 PM, Tom Van Heule wrote:
>> Mary, "that's hot"
>> It looks well finished. I had imagined something "bulky"
>> 
>> It does prompt me to ask, generally, why even mount a compass in 2020 when
>> all sorts of other solar gadgets suffice?
>> 
>> I was into one before I really thought about the application; when am I
>> going to NOT see the shore and NEED this modification ? There are all sorts
>> of gps device onboard,all ip68 and In Floating cases.   Seems like an old
>> solution that cuts a hole in the hull.
>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 7:09 PM Mary Lou Troy <mtroy at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thought I would add this to the compass discussion. When we had our R22,
>>> we used the compass mainly to steer by rather than true navigation. We
>>> didn't want to cut a hole in the bulkhead and we liked the comfort of
>>> being able to sit on the bench seats with our backs up against that
>>> cabin wall at anchor. Our solution was to mount the compass on a board
>>> that fit in the companionway. It was easily stowable when not in use.
>>> And we mostly learned not to trip over it when moving from the cockpit
>>> to the cabin when underway. It was affected by breaker panel which was
>>> right below it but but because we were on the Chesapeake and knew where
>>> we were that didn't matter so much. I've attached a photo.
>>> 
>>> Mary Lou
>>> ex-R22
>>> now Rosborough RF-246  Tara
>>> 
>>> On 12/22/2020 9:04 AM, Ric Stott wrote:
>>>> If I had every thing in life that I really wanted I would install two
>>> compasses. One on either side of the companionway, as high as possible. I
>>> have trouble reading my port side compass on starboard tack. There is
>>> nothing like a binnicle compass but a tiller makes placement critical.
>>>> Ric
>>>> Dadventure.
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 22, 2020, at 8:53 AM, JeffSmith <jeffsmithphoto at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>> I agree with Peter Nyberg mainly because I have had boats with bulkhead
>>>>> mounted and binacle compasses and much prefer the later, because it is
>>>>> easier to steer to. The compass that comes closest to a binaccle mount
>>> could
>>>>> be the
>>>>> Ritchie Compass Ritchie Xp-98W X-Port Tactician Compass - White
>>>>> Mounted below the companion way as Peter suggests works for me. While
>>>>> Radiant came with a bulkhead mount, I plan on mounting the Richie  in
>>>>> addition - when I get around to it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----
>>>>> Jeff Smith
>>>>> 2009 R22 #101 RADIANT
>>>>> Atlantic Highlands Municpal Harbor
>>>>> Atlantic Highlands, NJ
>>>>> 
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