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Date Posted: 17:51:44 02/05/09 Thu
Author: Ben
Subject: Re: sextants?
In reply to: Bob 's message, "Re: sextants?" on 05:00:59 01/22/09 Thu

I've done a bunch of celestial on passage. Based on using a variety of sextants I suggest staying away from the plastic ones there various errors change anytime the temp changes. I've found the plath, tamaia, and astra 3B all very usable. I prefer the astra because its lighter, and if your standing around trying to shoot a bunch of starts or waiting for LAN light weight matters.

I think Bowditch or Knights Seamanship has a good section on adjusting them. I can't remember which we used to adjust them at the beginning of each passage.

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