Compass adjuster

[stelican]

Hello hlb
No offence intended,but my question was did anyone know of a compass adjuster it was all I needed to know. nothing in google ,yellow pages or marine trade register.perhaps mjf and I could go into business I could drive and he could be the swinger.thankyou for your opinions
Stelican

 

[stelican]

Hello hlb
I did not want to offend anyone my request was for help in finding a compass adjuster I had searched yellow pages , google and the marine trades register nothing eventually found on on the Hamble. Seems like easy money perhap mjf an I could go into business I could drive and he could be the swinger
thankyou for the input
Stelican

 

[ShipsWoofy]

Try asking your question on Scuttlebut, this is as it seems from above answers something yachts are more used to doing than MOBO's. You will prolly find a local compass expert who can do what you want.

Hope this helps, good luck.

 

[gonfishing]

Trailer boat and Compass??

Let's see, power boat on trailer max weight 2850kg about 26ft, Planing hull, I have one, the compass is totally useless in anything more than a 2 / 3 at any speed IMHO. I certainly would not consider any "out off sight of land" activities unless in a flotilla, I also have GPS, Chartplotter, and Charts, which are worth dippy [censored] in the fog!!! because you cannot get a bearing so the compass is a bit of, sort of useless, really.
As to the Cavalier, Blase, attitude of my reply, Well the point I was making was don't be taken in by all the BULLSHIT and save yourself some money.

All IMHO of course.

 

[hlb]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

A compass is ok if you are on course, making way, courses over ground, with deviation and variation taken into account. Even then about ten miles out on a 60-80 mile trip. Ok if you have been there before and can recognise the position. 100 years ago OK as sailed from cabin boy to captain. Wales Ireland ETC. Also it is ok for sail boat to mess about a bit. For power boat with limited fuel. The destination has to be about spot on, which is no problem these days. A compass might have been ok for captain drake. You have to be long enough at sea to see the stars for a start!!! That maybe means two or three days, maybe more in the seas (wherever) to get a fix on where to go. A bit of a waist of time for mobo,type!!

 

[gonfishing]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

I suspect he's a raggy sticky type anyway /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[Gludy]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

Why is a chart potter worth dippy during fog?
I have been in peas soupers - so thick that even when back in port I could not see the harbour walls each side of me. The chart plotter and radar are almsot essential - one tells you exactly where you are and the other what is there.

A compass can be useful if you want to steer to a course but for actually giving you a true bearing, next to useless.

The other fallacy is how you can even work on charts whilst motoring in a planing power boat - its almost impossible, if not actially impossible.

I have the full electronics plus battery back up hand held plotters. I have learnt to do the traditional navigation on my yacht masters course etc but whilst I think it is good to understand and be able to do all that stuff, in practice it is the elctronics that are the backbone of modern leisure boating.

 

[mjf]

Master Mariner FG is what old sea dogs used to obtain before they were qualified to sail as master (captain) of a foreign going vessel.

Now it is Class 1 Cert.(master mariner)

Part of the exam was a compass swing and to correct a ships compass using soft iron and magnets etc.

 

[Wiggo]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

Gludy,

I have conducted extensive research into this, but have no intention of letting the likes of you in on it. Anyway, he's right - they are as much use as tits on a chicken unless you have a fluxgate/rate gyro aka high speed compass. Without this, the only heading info you can get from a plotter is the computed COG from the GPS, which updates far too slowly to be of any use. In fog, you absolutely need a rock steady compass heading as a reference, or you will get disoriented in no time flat on a planing boat.

I suspect your gear includes such a system, so you won't necessarily have experienced this phenomenon, but I still reserve the right to be patronising.

 

[hlb]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

Crap!! Not wishing to join the other camp, but I've never had any trouble finding my way about in fog using the plotter. Might go the wrong way for a few yards, but thats all. Even gone up and down the Tamar off plotter and radar. Too many bends for the compass to be much use. Is there not a saying about ill bed fellows!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Wiggo]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

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Is there not a saying about ill bed fellows!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

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Probably. Is it somethink to do with being seasick? Going up a river blind is easy peasy on the plotter, cos you know where you are and where you're going, and the boat isn't going to be corkscrewing all over the place. But try it in a mobo at displacement speed in a wallowy sea, and you'll pretty soon lose track of which way you're going.

Anyway, MF probably knows her own way around by now...

 

[hlb]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

Well it's been like that many times. Just press the bloody auto pilot thingy, that always knows where it's going!! Bloody learners /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Wiggo]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

Oh, you bloody numpty, Haydn! Autopilot? That means you have a high speed comapass, so no wonder all your lectronics always points in the right direction...

 

[hlb]

Re: Trailer boat and Compass??

No. Your boat is a numpty. Mine knows where it's bloody well going! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[miket]

Only just spotted these responses.
Still not used to this *****y new set up!

I'm amazed at you guys!
Talk about irresponsible. And from those from whom I would expect a more responsible attitude.
Cost is a non-event. £50!! (for 2 compass) That is about 3% of a modest cruising season' cost of fuel. Or perhaps more appropriately around 20 pints of beer!!

"Everyone uses GPS/ Plotters, etc ....." So what happens when the batteries fail? Or the GPS expires? For God's sake it's no wonder the saily boys have such a low opinion of us stink pots!

Get real guys.

 

[miket]

........ and Gals!

 

[brownsox]

Sorry if we're being thick but why does the boat being trailable make a difference??