NavList:
A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
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 - |
+-------------------------\ (---( )-------------------------+
\_) ) /
(_/
