Lifeboat Compass

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

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

Our fully gimbaled 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 fishers used a similar compass to find their way back to the mother ship, a sailing schooner.