Michael Daly wrote: > > Jerry Hawkins wrote: > > > > One last question on this topic. > > > > Has anyone ever attempted to mount a tiny compass on the paddle shaft? It may seem odd at first thought but it could be useful. > > > > Hey that and a kamal...bearing and distance in one go! > > Mike There is no reason why you could not mount a compass on the paddle; one of those bantamweight wristwatch compasses would fit on a paddle shaft with virtually no added weight (I don't mean the little add-ons for a regular watch band but rather the compass that is about the size of a watch and on a watchband). However, it would be only of limited use as steering compass as your paddle is moving around too much. At most, it would be a general form of indicative direction, i.e. letting you know that you are basically facing broadly north, broadly northeast, etc. but with no where the relative precision of a deck compass for steering. The latter is hard to keep a steering direction within 5 degrees of course. A paddle-mounted compass wristwatch would be ranging 15 to 30 degrees of your course (that's a guess). ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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