compasses

[chief paul]

Am I doing something wrong ? I Tried twice to stick a compass on my boat dash and it shows N towards me if I'm heading N. Seems like it's backwards.
Guys at academy were puzzled cause it showed same in the store.

[cajun]

That is the way it is supposed to work. The direction you read under the line is the direction your boat is heading.

[Loneshark]

Do you have any speakers mounted near the area you are mounting it? Does it change when you pick it up off the console?

[eman]

a boat (heading) compass is a lil different than an orienting compass.
A boat compass shows you direction of travel , a compass you use in the woods
is used to find true north and you have to figure your direction of travel.

[Reefman]

Sounds like ya have a compass with a protruding degree card which gives a stern reading of true north. I prefer a flat card in a marine bowl type compass that shows direction of the bow with north direction being shown on top of card.