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Originally Posted by camaraderie View Post
This is MY favorite tool...it is all you need to plot any course on any chart on any surface, or read a heading true or magnetic of a drawn course.
ANY of this can be done is 10 seconds or less with no other tools except a pencil and NO calculation. It is Weems protractor #255.

Cam is 100% right with this. I took his advice and bought the 255. It is fantastic !! Hands down the best tool for navigation.
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