A good way of checking the compass is to aim the boat between two known beacons, take the compass reading, by means of the deviation curve and the chart variation, convert to Mercator readings and transfer them to the chart on which they should coincide.
Indlela elungileyo yokukhangela ikhampasi yakho kukujolisa isikhephe phakathi kwamanxweme amabini awaziwayo, thatha isifundo sekhampasi, ngoncedo lwegophe oluphambukayo kunye nodidi lwetshati, guqulela kufundo lweMekhatha kwaye uyidlulisele kwitshati apho kufuneka zidibane khona.