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Enjoy your retirement.
Yes, full sized frame sextants are still manufactured.
Tamaya would be my choice (since I own and use one myself) as a
"premium" sextant to purchace and use. But if I had to watch my pennies
I would gladly purchase an Astra III-B Deluxe sextant. Get the deluxe
model because those models have larger index mirrors than do the
standard model III-Bs. Nice enough and precise enough for everyday use.
If you go the III-B route I suggest you spring for a traditional horizon
mirror to go along with the whole horizon mirrors that are standard on
the newer sextants.
Forget the newer editions of Bowditch. Find an older edition for use.
The newer editions skimp on the Celestial Nav chapters the older ones
have.




Hi,

Now that I'm retired, I would like to bring myself back up to speed
with this great hobby.
Was wondering about the following, as I haven't tracked any of this
for many a year, unfortunately.

a.  Are full sized frame, metal, sextants still being manufactured
anywhere ?

b.  If so, by whom, please ?

c.  Irrespective of price, which are acknowledged as the "best" in
quality now ?

Guess I should probably get myself a new copy of Bowditch.
Looking thru Google, it seems the Gov't does not print it anymore,
although, apparently it is available from some private publisher(s).

I now have the single blue covered 1962 single volume edition with the
really nice plastic star insert pages.  I guess they don't do it like
this anymore.

All in all, confusing, as to what's available, and from who.

Where would you folks suggest I go to purchase the most complete, best
printed, and clearest, volume ?

Guess I should also ask which on line source is the most complete for
navigation related texts, etc. (other than Amazon) ?

Thanks,
Bob




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