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01-30-2009, 01:03 AM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 388
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Dad's Compass
This Kelvin White compass came off my late father's boat. I found it while rummaging around in his attic. The knob on the front is a spring, pull out sort of a thing. I don't know what it does or supposed to do. ?Maybe it's a lightsource switch? Curious if anybody knows anything about this device. I remember Dad was pretty high end when it came to his boats; he was pretty low end when it came to mowing the lawn.
Nostalgia prods me to install this on a Whaler 190 Guardian hull I am currently rigging out, but this is big, and not flush mount. It also may not be an "outside" compass.
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01-30-2009, 05:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: cape cod when my meds r workin right
Posts: 1,412
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tuff call alan ,too big and not for out side thats not good . keep it near your work area...
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01-30-2009, 07:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
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That is great! I think it needs to be displayed in your house!!!
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01-30-2009, 08:30 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Looks like a binnacle compass. You see that mounted on top of the pedestal forward of the wheel on sailboats. The 'spring' is probably a filler opening to put oil in, or used to "swing" the compass, ie. adjust it's magnetic correction.
Last edited by nightfighter; 01-30-2009 at 08:47 AM..
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02-06-2009, 10:51 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: West Warwick
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"I caught you a delicious bass"
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02-09-2009, 09:14 PM
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Marshfield
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Moron_Saxatilis
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OMG I jus got a massive headache reading this and I only made it to number 3. My hat's off to you for digging up the patent but now I need a tylenol. |
"Sunshine Day Dream"
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02-11-2009, 09:34 PM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 388
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Constellation Compass from Moron
Thank you for this patent information...more technical infor than I can consume in a year; however, very helpful and I appreciate .
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02-16-2009, 07:07 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Brain injury, Alan? The spring is just a lock. Pull it out, lift up on the hood of the compass and the whole compass will come up out of its base so you can store it below. That compass is way too good for a whaler. Wouldn't work anyways, small fast boats need a deadening mechanism to stabilize the magnetic card during violent motion. Get an electronic one, with a decent GPS you won't use it anyways.
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