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Posted by: davidcw73 on Aug-20-08 11:39 PM (EST)

There are 32 Points of the Compass, each being eleven and a quarter degrees. Eight times eleven and a quarter equals ninety degrees.

North
North by East
North-north-east
North-east by North
North-east
North-east by East
East-north-east
East by North
East
and so on...

Your diagram shows half of them:

North
North-north-east
North-east
East-north-east
East

South-west is 225 degrees, not 135.
South-east is 135 degrees.

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Compass Basics for Kayaking - davidcw73 - Aug-20-08 11:39 PM
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Posted by: old_user on Aug-21-08 9:49 AM (EST)

HI, I purposefully only mentioned those in the article stating that there were even more divisions. I regret the typo in the SE-SW bearing. Thanks for citing the correction.

	compass. Posted by: old_user on Aug-21-08 9:49 AM (EST)
	HI, I purposefully only mentioned those in the article stating that there were even more divisions. I regret the typo in the SE-SW bearing. Thanks for citing the correction.