A fair number of boats we test today don’t have compasses, a shortcoming that many boaters consider a nautical no-no. A compass ensures safe navigation, even when a boat is equipped with a GPS.

As the new watch captain emerges on deck, his counterpart begins his hand-off with a report on the competition, “We’ve dropped them back 5 degrees in the last hour, plus the range has doubled, so ...

For those of you who were ever on the M60 series of tank, one of the nifty features it had was a built in compass. While this might not seem like a big deal, it did offer you the ability to navigate ...