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Anyone know of a direct replacement compass or where to buy an original for the 26X?

Grumpy Oldman wrote: ↑Wed Feb 25, 2026 1:23 am Anyone know of a direct replacement compass or where to buy an original for the 26X?

I don't think the X ever came with a compass as standard equipment. Individual dealers may have added them as options, but the model would depend on the dealer's line card. Just as much chance that the compass was added by a previous owner. Post a photo or two and I'm sure someone on this forum would be able to help identify it.

What he said ^^^

Factory shipped bare boats. Not even a headsail...or head.

If you post a picture of it, we can help.

Yep, never came with one. But if you post a photo of what you’ve got, I’m betting one of us can determine what it is.

Can only assume it was an Australian requirement as it certainly looks factory fitted.... Lights are wired in main loom.
Best I can do (video screenshot) as the boat is 3000km away in Far North Queensland... I thought if it was a standard unit I could order one to take up.

That compas does not look to be anything special.

There are companies which make compasses which mount similar to the one you show.


https://defender.com/en_us/plastimo-contest-130-compass

https://www.westmarine.com/plastimo-min ... rydN6Ekpk1

Ritchie Compass, Bulkhead, 4.5" Combi w/Inclin.,Black https://a.co/d/0419UpcW

I’m sure there are more to find.

I hope this makes you more secure in finding a solution. It’s doable.

Hi Gumpy Oldman!

For what it’s worth….
Our compass was added prior to our getting our boat… by dealer? By a previous owner? No way of telling….
We pulled ours as it was a bit long in the tooth and had some haze on the bubble.
Thought about just replacing it till we found that the replacement was $300-to-500!!!
Idunno about others but our boat budget screamed!

So I took an automotive headlight polishing kit from

It worked to remove the sun induced haze nicely in a relatively short effort.
As part of that effort I found that the bowl had been designed so could be refilled.
While we didn’t need to do that with ours it was nice to know for the future.
Maybe this might be true for your unit as well and might be worth it to you to look into that aspect.

Our black outer housing was a little faded but the polish cleaned that up as well.

Hope this helps.

Best Regards,
Over Easy