Lifeboat Compass

• Price:
• £67.96

Lifeboat Compass

 

The North Atlantic is an unforgiving place. Freak storms, fog banks, and severe weather make navigation a survival issue.

 

Our fully gimballed boxed compass is a faithful replica of a Dory compass. Stacks of Dories were sailed to the Great Banks and single fishermen set out with fishing lines and victuals for a day. Cod fishermen used a similar compass to find their way back to the mother ship, a sailing schooner.

 

The solid bronze finish gimballed compass sits inside an expertly hand distressed, French finished box