Re: [Paddlewise] Really Decent Compass Units? -> Nav-Aid

Chuck Sutherland's address is

Chuck Sutherland
2210 Finland Road
Green Lane, PA 18054

- Julio
> 
> 
> Julio,
> Feel like sharing Chucks address?
> Thanks !
> Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> [mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Julio
> MacWilliams
> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 8:05 PM
> To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] Really Decent Compass Units? -> Nav-Aid
> 
> 
> I have Chuck Sutherland's Nav-Aid, which consists of a instruction booklet
> that gives an introduction to navigation, and plastic plate with a compass
> rose
> and a string attached to its center.
> 
> You mark the distance of nautical miles
> on the string, and draw a line on the compass rose with your location's
> variation.
> 
> Taking and transfering bearings on the map and measuring
> distances is extremely fast an easy, which prevents sea sickness.
> 
> Chuck sells his Nav-Aid for $5, shipping included. I felt guilty paying
> such a low price for something so useful.
> 
> - Julio
> 
> P.S. Do not confuse Nav-Aid with another product called Nav-Board, which
> is a useless rip off that retails at $23.
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > > > For those of you who don't carry a silva style compass, how do you
> take
> > > > bearings from your chart ???
> > I just use my deck elastics like a parallel rule or edge of my hand to get
> > the idea of the bearing. Usually I have a compass rose on my chart and
> just
> > relate it all to that. With practice it has come to work quite well. Other
> > people I have met have used a bit of thin string which they lay over the
> > chart. If I am trying to work out my position on the sea then I tend to
> > find that by getting a few bearings off different marks I can get a good
> > idea of where I am. Then again I also tend to keep an ongoing eye on where
> > I am throughout a trip and keep a sharp lokout for any handy transits.
> > Derek.
> >
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