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    Posted: 20 Mar 09 at 1:43pm

I used a northern hemishpere compass at the Fireball worlds in Durban ... it's not idea ...

It is true that there are different versions for north & south hemispheres ...
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Are there equatorial versions as well?
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OK, so how do the round the world boats cope?
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Originally posted by Rupert

OK, so how do the round the world boats cope?

I expect they have on eof each or have the ability to recalibrate their electronic versions ... but it would be interesting to know ...
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