It is tiring on the eyes to constantly change focus from far to near. Having the compass that far forward allows you to keep it in your vision without refocusing. After awhile (many miles) you are able to maintain your compass heading without conciously looking at the compass. >> However, I will correct a serious misconception. The flat spot on the >> foredeck is for mounting a compass. It was never designed as a sail >> mount. > > It's nice to have this option for compass either; but this flat spot is > about 5 ft from the backrest , - or compass has to be placed that far? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 29 2005 - 18:50:37 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:21 PDT