[C38] Compass fix in CA

[mark turner]

ritchies have the instructions for 'swinging' (as we Brits say) their 
compasses on their website - along with a list of service agents here 
http://www.ritchienavigation.com/

Hope that helps.
Keep up the good work Max  and if your ever in the Chesapeake Bay area let 
me know and we'll go play.
Mark Turner C38 #80 The Goose, Solomons Island MD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les" <hlhowell at pacbell.net>
To: "Catalina 38 Listserve" <listserve at catalina38.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [C38] Compass fix in CA


> Hi, Max,
> We just had the compass redone on JACE about a year ago.  I'll have to
> look up the company, but Nancy keeps pretty complete records.  We had
> the globe replaced and the oil changed.  They also did some work on the
> card I think, but I am not sure.  Anyway it really looks great and works
> well.  We had to spin it ourselves, and I used the GPS heading along
> with land marks for that.  Be careful and mark the mount direction, and
> the locations of the compensation magnets on the bottom when removing
> the compass.  The magnets control the deviation of the instrument in
> place.  The compass must be spun on the boat after work to compensate
> for the metal on the boat and double check the compensation.  I found
> the instructions somewhere, but the compass shop will probably write
> them down for you if you request it.
>
> Regards,
> Les H
>
> On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 09:56 -0600, Max Soto wrote:
>> Hi again ,
>>
>>  I'm going to take my compass for repair to CA, do any you know a
>> place were I can take it in the OC-San Diego area?? It is the original
>> Ritchie that came with Estancia. The oil is gone and the lens an seal
>> needs replacement.
>>
>>  Regards,
>>
>>  Max Soto
>> C38 #198 Estancia
>>
>>
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