If you are really worried, get ten $5 compasses and squirrel them around the boat . . . just in case your 2 GPS's and the other 9 compasses break. :)
I personally think having 2 GPS's (fixed and handheld) is enough, but that's my own personal preference. If both went out which has never happened to me (and I believe has an extremely small chance of happening) . . . a $5 compass in your ditch bag or on a key chain will work just fine. If all 3 failed . . . I think you'd be smart enough to find your way home. Sun rises in the east . . . you have an anchor and a cabin . . . to wait out the fog. If you're offshore 30 miles that might be another story, but 95% of the time you're close enough to land (in shallow enough water to throw anchor) if both GPS's and the $5 compass were to fail on a foggy day.
Last edited by bigshrimpin; 12-11-2008 at 09:38 PM.
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