Given how hard it was to get my compass off when I had the pedestal painted, I don't think my compass has been off for a winter except for that one. No bubbles, works perfectly.
Graham Collins Secret Plans C&C 35-III #11 On 2019-11-04 9:12 a.m., Robert Abbott via CnC-List wrote: > To my northern sailors where the temps go below freezing....does > anyone take their compass off the boat over winter? Southern sailors > can chime in words of wisdom as well. > > I read somewhere it should be to avoid the stress on the seals but I > have never done it and my old compass works. It was reconditioned in > 2006 after the boat made a road trip from Wisconsin to Halifax , Nova > Scotia. > > I don't know if the original owner there took it off....from what I > understand, he was someone that might have done it. > > Rob Abbott > AZURA > C&C 32 - 84 > Halifax, N.S. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
