| | |  | Compasses | Home » » » » X-11Y Ritchie Navigation 2-Inch Dial Sport Kayak Compass (Yellow) | | | | | | | Description: | | The X-11Y is a handheld compass with a 2" direct-read card. The compassed is protective and flexible yellow shell. A green lanyard is attached for secure transportation. 5 yr. warranty. | | | Features: | |
• On the kayak or on a hike keeps you going in the right direction
• 2" (51mm) Direct-Read Dial
• Handbearing compass with lanyard.
• Includes Chem Sticks for 18 hrs of lighting
• 5 year warranty
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 7.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 3.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.2 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.6 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.7 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.25 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Great little compass, a little overpricedSep 09, 2010
By K. Rhodes
"Keith"
I would have given this five stars, but it loses one star for being overpriced.
There's little to say about this... it's a very simple compass. No rotating bezel, no scales or calculation aids along its base... It does one single job, and does it well: it points North.
The silicone-rubber housing is bright orange-yellow, round a brass-based, fluid-filled dome that encases a slightly off-white North-seeking dome marked with the points of the compass in big, easy to read letters and 30 degree increments. There's a green (Nylon?) lanyard that's long enough to go round your neck, and still have slack to tuck it inside a jacket out of the way.
The one innovation is that the rubber housing has a channel to hold a chemoluminescent light-stick, and three of those are supplied (each in a little foil pouch) in the blister pack.
I bought this after using it to find my position during a sailing and navigation class out on the Hudson River a few weeks ago. Easy to read, accurate enough, and it seemed fairly tough: the instructor's compass was thrown in a bag with his other navigation instruments (parallel rulers, dividers, GPS) and didn't seem to have many scratches or dings on the transparent dome. The compass has a good range of movement from the horizontal, and finds North slowly as the fluid dampens its movement well; it is not the super-light action that skips around and makes readings on a moving boat difficult.
K.
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