2006-10-17 03:55:07 · 6 answers · asked by squeezie_1999 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
+ If you don't have the navigational skills to fix your location via multiple line of sight bearings, then move to a new set of points, and then a third to check your courses and compass, then you could go to a compass manufacturer "who is licensed and insured" and have your compass checked and swung for your vessel. I am not sure they will do the work if the compass is not made by them. locally we have Ritchie Navigation who I have always used and who I used in the military to come on-board and certify the crews work. (we did as well as the manufacturer did)
it is usually extremely price for a large vessel. (and that is excluding the underway expenses)
I am sure that the other manufacturer's have similar programs, but if you go to the web site below and check the service section you will find US and International locations to have your compass checked.
Licensing is done with the Pilot Association through the US Maritime Administration. The MSC is a branch of this and is the connection between Navy and Coast Guard (Dept of Trans) and now Homeland security. They also deal with the Aids to Navigation branch of the Coast Guard. There is a lot of red tape to get to these guys, but we all hope that they place the buoys in the right places.
Good luck and far winds
2006-10-20 04:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by Clamdigger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Compass Adjuster Course
2017-01-11 15:43:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best place to get a compass swung is to go to a smaller airport with a repair facility (aircraft mechanic) for a fee they will swing your compass on their "compass rose" properly. Aircraft mechanics are all trained in how to swing a compass.
No magnetic compass is 100% accurate for many reasons. Just turn on your car radio and watch it change be 10 degrees or more than when it is off. Anything electrical can cause a compass to read incorrectly when in close proximity of the compass. There is also compass deviation to deal with as well depending on where you live.
2006-10-17 04:24:36 · answer #3 · answered by pinelake302 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Compass adjusters are not licensed in the U.S.
You can adjust the compensators yourself.
2006-10-17 11:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
adjusters are not, as far as I know, actually licensed.........only ones I know of are Davis Murray in St Thomas and Victor Gusitin in Philadelphia........that's an interesting suggestion about getting an airplane mech to do it, though...
and even after you get it adjusted, you still have to prepare a deviation table for your own boat.........drive various headings and courses, compare to a chart and make a table of the difference......your local Coast Guard Axillary or Power Squadron has one (or more!) people who can explain this ...
2006-10-17 08:23:38 · answer #5 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only person who adjusts a compass is you by "Swinging" it?
2006-10-17 04:15:01 · answer #6 · answered by Mike D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋