I put a little Ritchie X-10 Sport compass on the deck of my Chesapeake 17. It just has a 1 7/8" dia. blue dial, but it's quite visible and it's attached up behind my front hatch cover. That small of dial does swing a bit (not sure if 2 3/4" is a lot better) but at $20, it was a great value. It has a bracket mount that is currently bolted (nylon bolts) to the deck, but I'm figuring out how to surface mount it.

Pete Rudie and I were looking at the X-15 flush mount compass--it would fit just great in the front of the cockpit recess on a Guillemot, but would be easily covered by a sprayskirt grab loop there--still worth looking into if you have an angled surface in which to mount it.

> I'm at that stage where I the Ches. 17 deck will be attached and I'm
> looking forward to the fittings/accessories. I have a few outfitters near
> me that have deck compasses and will look them over first rather than mail
> order from CLC for a change. My closest outfitter, whom I prefer to
> patronize, mentioned that he carries Saunto and Nexxus brands, but can
> order others. CLC has Aquameter. I checked the archives and found no
> comments on compasses, so now I'll ask the gang for their $0.02 worth. Any
> recommendations? Thanks. ...p.c.