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Re: Beginner again
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2005 Sep 17, 07:35 -0700
From: Gordon Talge
Date: 2005 Sep 17, 07:35 -0700
Herbert Prinz wrote: > > Gordon Talge wrote: > > > >No modern sextant that I know of > >is venier. > > > No modern sextant that I have ever seen does not have a vernier on the > drum. Check out the Astra, Freiberger or newer models from Plath. > Yeah, sure for the "fine tune" reading. I was referring to micro drum vs no micro drum. BTW, There is suppose to be a plastic sextant made in England that is better than the Davis. Starts the "E" something like "Ebaco". I am not sure. It was (or is) made by a boat company. -- Gordon -- ,,, (. .) +-------------------------ooO-(_)-Ooo------------------------+ | Gordon Talge WB6YKK mail: gtalge AT silcon DOT com | | (o- Debian / GNU / Linux | | //\ The Choice of the GNU Generation | | v_/_ .oooO | | - E Aho Laula - ( ) Oooo. - Wider is Better - | +-------------------------\ (---( )-------------------------+ \_) ) / (_/