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Re: The "big" sextant manufactures
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2007 Oct 25, 16:12 -0700
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2007 Oct 25, 16:12 -0700
Hi All, I really do not think you can compare apples and oranges. Without some idea of the sextant model and vintage it would be most difficult to comment. I have used many makes and models of sextants, octants, and quintants, including many by Plath, My opinion is that no maker has a complete corner on the market across the board. Regards, Henry --- Robert Enowrote: > > John wrote: > > > The Plath sextants have been a big disappointment > to me. After > > hearing about them for almost 50 yrs, I looked > through one for the > > first time at the "Celestial Celebration Weekend" > at the Mystic > > Maritime Museum. I was shocked -- I thought I was > looking through a > > darn toy. The field of view was a mere fraction > of the Navy Mark II > > I'd been using for years; the shades obstructed > the FOV; there was > > annoying extraneous internal light; and the > horizon only showed on the > > left side! I considered it a piece of junk. > > Heretic!!! Blasphemer!!! Anti-Christ!!! Repent ye > blackest of sinners. > Repent 'else the gods shall bring down upon you, a > plague of locusts, boils > and pestilence!. > > Ok. Now I got that off my chest. If you think that > Plath is junk, then I > really want to get my hands on a Navy MK II. You > made some interesting > points worth pondering. I would be interested to > hear others' comments on > the Plath vs. the Navy MK II. Also, do you have a > URL where I can see > exactly what it looks like? There is a picture of > one in my 1966 Bowditch > which shows a long, thin scope. The photo in the '84 > Bowditch depicts a Mk > III > > cheers > > Robert > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---