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From: Alan S
Date: 2010 Sep 23, 21:42 -0700
Re accuracy of sextant sights at sea, if memory serves the instrument error in Plaths is supposedly not more than 12 seconds across the arc.
Again, if memory serves, based on a reprint of a Plath manual I once came upon, it went on as follows, not an exact quote, but contains the general sense of the comment.
On a small boat, with a sea running, forget sextant error, and concentrate on holding the horizon. The largest error is likely to be in/with the operator.
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