Glad you made it back OK. I've been in that situation a few times b4 I could afford a gps. I know how scary it is, hard enough with a gps. Get one as soon as you can,,,, Be safe..
Was out in CC Bay this am. Hazy until the tide turned and then the brezze came up off the bay and the fog rolled in. I was off of Dennis and had to get back to Barnstable with less than 50 feet visibility the whole way.
I had memorized the course numbers for the way back ( forgot the gps at home) long ago and the old compass got me in safe and sound before a bunch of other much bigger boats than my 14 foot skiff. Took almost 45 minutes of underway without any sign of land or buoy. Saw some 23 footer doing circles.
Just followed 270w from Chapin's and used the depth sounder as back up hit the red can almost on the nose inside and cut across the flats on the ebbing tide in four feet of water. Before I knew it I was in the stakes at Blish Point slick as sh!t.
Amazed myself. Pays to know where you fish and the bottom structure too.
Hope ya didn't forget to replace the batteries too. 
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