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.

Sure, the Google Maps app on your phone pinpoint your exact location within seconds, but when there’s no service available or your battery dies, there’s no stand-in for a good old fashioned compass.

This compass includes a sighting hole and notch so you can get accurate bearings, as well as a clinometer and a declination adjustment tool. The TruArc needle tilts up to 20° for balanced use anywhere ...

There’s something about the pull of the great outdoors that seeps into your bones. You start off slow, maybe for a walk in the woods near your house. But soon, that call of the wild has you gearing up ...

Used to be you wouldn’t head out into the woods without a compass in your pocket. These days with modern GPS technology — not to mention the compass app on most cell phones — a compass feels almost ...