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Old 07-01-2009, 12:26 PM   #25 (permalink)
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At least have a good medium quality compass, Scubling. Before you do buy, look at the compass and make sure it stays true when it's tilted a little. There are some that if you tilt it even a little, the arrow will move-I had one that if I didn't keep it perfectly level, it would veer offheading up to 30 degrees. All will lock up if they are tilted too far, but should not move when tilted.
...or it could be like the one our instructor provided during our OW class where the needles was simply frozen in one spot! Made it really easy to stay on the heading LOL!
so wait...it didnt move?? that would be hard.
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