Elaine, Some people recomend that you mount the compass way up front so that you can see it while your eyes are on the horizon. The other alternative for your problem is to put the compass right on your spray skirt. This would make it harder to steer by compass while eyes are fixed ahead, but it would work all right. Part of good compass technique is to orient yourself to the motion of the water, and use the compass to check that you are staying on course. You could sew/seam and seal a couple of D-rings to each side of the front of your skirt and tie the bungies of one of the new suunto deck compasses to the d-rings. attatching the compass to the spray skirt means you will automatically take it with you when you get out of the boat too! What about mounting the compass under the brim of your hat? Whatever you decide you ought to try it out on familiar water before you go. I like to pretend that it is foggy from time to time and see how good a course I can keep. Good luck! Nick Lyle *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Oct 14 1999 - 11:12:47 PDT
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