I'm going to depart from the consensus. I remove my compasses for the
winter. I started doing so after a large bubble developed on the compass on
my 34. I had Viking do a rebuild and began removing the compass for winter
storage thereafter. No bubbles after that. I suppose if it were difficult
to remove, I might re-think the practice. However, it's a simple matter of
removing two screws and unplugging the compass light. No big deal.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Abbott via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2019 8:12 AM
To: [email protected]
Cc: Robert Abbott
Subject: Stus-List Compass
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.
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