Compass deck mounting plate, Plate only – Laser (Garmin/Silva/Nexus & digital)

Description

Compass deck mounting plate, Plate only – Laser (Garmin/Silva/Nexus & digital)

This mounting plate is shaped to fit between the Laser/ILCA block deck plate & the cleat deck  plate.
Whilst this deck mounting plate is more usually associated with the Garmin/Silva/Nexus range of compasses there is no reason why this plate cannot be used to mount other compasses including digital compasses.

Digital compasses are very definitely “in” at the moment.
However, digital compasses are expensive & some people simply prefer the older style of analogue compass in a ball.

Both digital & analogue compasses use the earths magnetic field for alignment & are similarly accurate – it is just that the digital display exudes an air of greater accuracy.

Since in a small dinghy it is really only possible to work to 5 degrees in terns of accuracy either analogue or digital will do the job.

The biggest advantage of a digital compass is in the fact that it has those bigger numbers making it easier to read which is a benefit for a significant number of people!

As we all know digital compasses are expensive, do not come up for sale very often & if they do are generally still expensive…
However the Garmin/Silva/Nexus compass can often be found quite quite cheapy second hand.

The “360 degree” scale version is possibly better than the “Tactical” scale since it relates to windward mark bearing & the weather forecast more easily so giving a better overall picture. It also prepares the user for a a switch to a digital compass at a later date.

With this mounting plate you are able to mount the Silva/Garmin/Nexus 103 (Compass, 360 degree scale), 103R (“Racing” – Tactical scale) & 103RE (“Racing Elite” – twin red/green scale) onto a Laser/ILCA. Other compasses may require an additional fitting.