COMPASS CARD: Part of a compass, the card is graduated in degrees, to conform with the magnetic meridian-referenced direction system inscribed with direction which remains constant; the vessel turns, not the card.
COMPASS CARD: Part of a compass; the circular card graduated in degrees. It is attached to the compass needles and conforms with the magnet meridian-referenced direction system inscribed with direction. The vessel turns not the card.
compass card - A card labeling the 360° of the circle and the named directions such as north, south, east and west.
compass card - A circle divided into 32 parts, called points; and each part is again divided into 4 parts, and the whole is divided into 360 degrees.
compass point - The 32nd part of 360 degrees, or 11-1/4 degrees.
Movement of a compass card (measured in degrees west or east) caused by metal or magnetism in the boat. A deviation card displays the amount of deviation at different headings.
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A diesel engine, diesel fuel.
one tack to another when sailing into the wind come up into the wind To steer the boat in the direction that the wind is blowing companionway A staircase to a cabin or area below deck compass A magnetic needle, attached to a compass card, ...
Pelorus- A special compass card used for taking bearings.
Pitch- The rhythmic bow- to- stern movement of the boat, due to waves.
Pitch-pole- To turn end over end.
One of the 4 cardinal compass points. East is at 90° on a compass card.
east wind, easterly wind
A wind coming from the east.
The motion of a small craft in rough water causes the common compass card to jump about so much as to be perfectly useless to steer by, while a fluid compass remains steady and reliable under all circumstances and conditions.
compass point: one of 32 divisions of the compass card equal to an arc of 11 1/4 degrees. The cardinal points are north, east, south and west; the intercardinal points are northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest.
The directive force of a gyroscope, while 100 times more powerful than that of the magnetic needle, is still further amplified by an auxiliary electric motor sufficiently powerful to operate the compass card in azimuth.
 See also: Compass, Boat, Point, Line, Sailing
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