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  1. COMPASS I

    The Honduran coaster COMPASS I (or COMPASS 1) was beached on 12th January 1986 during a storm (force 9 Bft) on the island of Texel. She suffered a crack just under the waterline on starboard. Shortly after that the engine jammed. The captain accused the British fuel supplier of having delivered...
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  2. The Bridge
    Has anyone here ever had to adjust the compass underway without the aid of a professional compass adjuster? In the US MM, we tend not to do it but I am wondering if anyone else does it as a matter of course.
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  3. Checking the compass

    This is captain Junker aboard the Danish schoolship Georg Stage in the 1930's. I could believe he was studying the 'standard compass', a compass that were further away from metal than the steering compass, and was regularly compared with the steering compass, but this one seems to be the...
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  4. Standard compass

    The Captain of Finnish four-mast barque Olivebank studying the standard compass. I guess the wheelsman would yell out what the steering compass showed, so that the Captain could make a comparison. As can be seen, the standard compass is well elevated away from any metal. A bit quaint is the...
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