My binnacle compass stays onboard all winter long...it is a Danforth compass...it has had a small bubble for many years but I live with that, besides I hardly ever pay much attention to it...I use the digital heading readings on my wheel pilot and my chartplotter whcih are mounted on the binnacle guard more regularly.
I thought, however, that such compasses were filled with mineral spirits but from what has been posted lately some it appears an alcohol mix is used Dwight Veinot Alianna C&C 35 MKII Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Alex Giannelia <a...@airsensing.com> wrote: > Having read the responses to the thread I started, I forgot to mention > that I had my boat active from 2001 to 2006 and the compass worked > wonderfully despite a small bubble which remained the same size throughout. > That has now disappeared. > > What Rich says makes sense and knowing the winter temperatures in Halifax, > if his or Dwight's survived multiple freeze thaw cycles, then it has no > negative effect. > > I tend to favour Rich on the don't touch a perfectly well functioning > accessory. > > I just found the whole design and manufacturing thing interesting to say > the least and will proceed with my re-construction. > > I will then keep the list posted with respect to any detectible effects > running a 10KW electric motor has about 2m away from said compass... > > Cheers! > > Alex > > Alex Giannelia > a...@airsensing.com > (416) 203-9858 > www.airsensing.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of > cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > Sent: November-20-13 8:27 AM > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: CnC-List Digest, Vol 94, Issue 59 > > Send CnC-List mailing list submissions to > cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cnc-list-ow...@cnc-list.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of CnC-List digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: More EDSON (Rich Knowles) > 2. Re: Winterizing (dwight) > 3. Re: More EDSON (Curtis) > 4. Re: More EDSON (Chuck S) > 5. Muffler (John and Maryann Read) > 6. Re: Winterizing (Chuck S) > 7. Re: Muffler (Derek Leck) > 8. Re: C&C 30 mkII New Owner (dwight veinot) > 9. Re: Winterizing (dwight veinot) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 03:31:10 -0400 > From: Rich Knowles <r...@sailpower.ca> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List More EDSON > Message-ID: <a9e2d677-f567-4343-9bdc-04b5c1a30...@sailpower.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Likely something to do with the needle. > > Rich > > > > On Nov 20, 2013, at 1:07, Jim Watts <paradigmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Compasses are filled with alcohol for the same reason that people are > filled with alcohol. Whatever reason that may be. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com >
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