My vote is to leave the compass on the pedestal. These things can handle the cold. When I bought our boat in 2002, the compass had a bubble, so I took to a guy who replaced the fluid and seals. He said removing the compass was not needed. Cover the compass to protect from rain water getting under outer shell and possibly freezing inside where it could damage something. Charge your batteries, turn everything off and leave on boat too. Check your boat regularly through the winter and top off the charge once a month.
We get winter temps in single digits Fahrenheit, and sometimes below that. Chuck Scheaffer, Resolute, 1989 C&C 34R, Pasadena, Md > On November 4, 2019 at 8:28 AM Mike Taylor via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Been sailing 35+ years, 3 different boats. Sailed in NB, NS and ON. I > have never removed a compass. > > Waiting for survey at +1C > > Mike > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > > > From: Robert Abbott via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > > Date: November 4, 2019 at 8:12:59 AM EST > > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > Cc: Robert Abbott <robertabb...@eastlink.ca> > > Subject: Stus-List Compass > > Reply-To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. > > Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list > > - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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