13.2.1 Craft should be provided with a magnetic compass which is capable of operating
without electrical supply, and which may be used for steering purposes. This compass should
be mounted in a suitable binnacle containing the required correcting devices and should be
suitable for the speed and motion characteristics of the craft.
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13.2.2 The compass card or repeater should be capable of being easily read from the position
at which the craft is normally controlled.
13.2.3 Each magnetic compass should be properly adjusted and its table or curve of residual
deviations should be available at all times.
13.2.4 Care should be taken in siting a magnetic compass or magnetic sensing element so that
magnetic interference is eliminated or minimised so far as is practicable.
13.2.5 Passenger craft certified to carry 100 passengers or less should, in addition to the
compass required by 13.2.1, be provided with an instrument, suitable for the speed and motion
characteristics and area of operation of the craft, providing a heading reference of accuracy
superior to that provided by a magnetic compass.
13.2.6 Cargo and passenger craft certified to carry more than 100 passengers should, in
addition to the compass required in 13.2.1, be provided with a gyro-compass which should be
suitable for the speed and motion characteristics and area of operation of the craft.
