A look at some of Andrews's tools.
To adjust the compass, Andrews moves a small magnetic bar up and down as the boat moves through the water, synchronizing its placement with the dead-on accurate reading of the electronic gyroscopic compass he carries with him, to get a vessel's true directional heading.
To adjust the compass, Andrews moves a small magnetic bar up and down as the boat moves through the water, synchronizing its placement with the dead-on accurate reading of the electronic gyroscopic compass he carries with him, to get a vessel's true directional heading.
(Globe Staff Photo / Jonathan Wiggs)

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