A fair number of boats we test today don’t have compasses, a shortcoming that many boaters consider a nautical no-no. A compass ensures safe navigation, even when a boat is equipped with a GPS.

PARENT. IT PROVIDES DIRECTION. IT HELPS GUIDE YOU TO WHERE YOU’RE GOING AND REMINDS YOU OF WHERE YOU’VE BEEN. BUT WHERE DO COMPASSES THEMSELVES COME FROM? IF YOU THINK NEWPORT OR MARBLEHEAD OR SOME ...

GPS-based navigation tool with multi-band GNSS provides reliable, accurate heading and position information Garmin International Inc. has launched the MSC 10 marine satellite compass with multi-band ...

Since its first documented use by the Chinese centuries ago, the magnetic compass has guided countless sailors safely across the seas. Though the compass allowed for the advent of modern navigation, ...

We've come to believe that technology can do everything for us. Perhaps that's how we've come to be the thoughtless beings that we are. I drift into philosophical waters because of David Carlin and a ...