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This is the first message I received as a new subscriber and am
intrigued with your activity. What are you making and for what purpose
please ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney



Royer, Doug wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>>From:         Royer, Doug
>>Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 16:49
>>To:   'navigation-l@listserve.webkahuna.com'
>>Subject:      Plexiglass horizon
>>
>>Looks like Jared was thinking along the line I was.Over the weekend I
>>bought a piece of black plexiglass 7x7 in.square,3/8 in. thick for $12.00
>>at Ridout Plastics(any plastics store should have it).Drilled and tapped
>>the plexiglass in each corner for a 6-32 machine bolt 1.25 in. long.Got 2
>>more liquid levels and useing Dow RTV 3145 bonded the levels to the
>>plexiglass.I left the paper on one side of the plexiglass in case the
>>reflecting side gets scratched.That way I can just turn the whole thing
>>over,reverse the the bolts in each hole,rebond the levels on the new
>>reflection surface and use it.This is much lighter than the glass one I
>>made.No problems in seeing clearly and sharply the points of light from
>>stars as I used it last night to test just that.
>>I'm leaveing this week to take a vessel from San Francisco through the
>>Panama Canal to Jacksonville,Fla.I'll sign off the list Wen. before I
>>leave and sign back in when I get access to a shorebased computor
>>somewhere along the route.Take care gentlemen.
>>
>


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Courtney Thomas
S/V Mutiny
Lying Oriental, NC

   

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