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Conference unifix::sailing

Title:	SAILING
Notice:	Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference
Moderator:	UNIFIX::BERENS

Created:	Wed Jul 01 1992
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2299
Total number of notes:	20724

231.0. "Compass Bulkhead Mounting" by ASGMKA::HARDY () Tue Feb 11 1986 12:35

Last summer I bought a Ritchie 2000 "Navigator" compass and installed it
on our Catalina 27. The bulkhead on a Catalina is angled about 15 degrees
and the "Navigator" compass must be mounted vertically. So I made a round
teak wedge (diameter = 7.5")... like so...


      bulkhead   \ wedge
                  \_______
                   \ 2" | |
                    \   | |
                7.5" \  | |compass
                      \ | |
                       \|-
                        \
                         \  

Picky boatowner that I am... I don't like it. Has anyone ever installed
the Ritchie 2000 on an angled bulkhead? If so, how? Does anyone know of
a place where I can get a round (7.5" diameter), white fiberglass compass
base (ha, ha, right?). I called Ritchie. They said, "make one"! (Good idea,
Ritchie!!!)

Thanks in advance,

Gary H...

T.R	Title	User	Date	Lines
231.1		CASV05::ETHOMAS	`Wed Feb 12 1986 12:21`	11
	I've got some material from a company that makes a lot of plastic add-on sort of things. I'll try to find it and check. I recall seeing different types of instrument pods and hoods but nothing like a circular wedge shape. the company's name is something like, "Yachting Specialties". Have you considered spraying the wedge with epoxy and then painting it with one of the two-part polymer paints? Can you get spray-on epoxy? This may be a very dumb suggestion!! :-) Ed
231.2		PULSAR::BERENS	`Wed Feb 12 1986 16:38`	13
	The compass gimbels have to be horizontal and vertical. I know of only one compass (not a really good one and out of production maybe) that allows the gimbels to be moved to compensate for a sloping bulkhead. All other compasses need to be either vertical or horizontal. Personally, I like my varnished compass mounting block. Revarnishing it every winter reminds me not to get stupid and varnish all of the teak on deck. Painting or epoxy coating your teak wedge would work just fine, I would think. Alan
231.3		MORGAN::SIEGMANN	`Wed Feb 12 1986 17:57`	3
	..or oiling even easier.. Ed