Elaine Harmon wrote: >No, I mean I'm thinking of just carrying the wee cheap Silva I use on >land for "orienteering". I don't figure to be paddling at night alone >unless I get a lot better at it. e It's really nice to have a deck mounted compass. If you watch it and pay attention, you can tell if you're slipping off your course, and it's probably easier to hold a bearing with a deck compass than a GPS (although the GPS might be better for holding the course). After reading Burch's "Fundamentals of Kayak Navigation", I can't see how I got along without a compass. Even though most of my paddling is on rivers and lakes, I still find it valuable. Shawn 0 © 1999 ____©/______ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ Shawn W. Baker 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Oct 11 1999 - 15:19:37 PDT
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