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Re: C.Plath Yachtsman Sextant
From: Stephen N.G. Davies
Date: 2017 Mar 11, 12:09 +0800
From: Stephen N.G. Davies
Date: 2017 Mar 11, 12:09 +0800
This is an elegant beast. I’d be interested in seeing anyone’s comments on it in use in comparison to the 1970s Zeiss Freiberger 7/8 size Yacht Sextant. I own one of the latter (bought it c.1975) and used it for years until I acquired a Tamaya in 1987. The blog doesn’t seem to identify a design and production date bracket - anyone know?
Stephen D
Dr Stephen Davies
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University of Hong Kong
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daiwaisi@hku.hk
c/o Department of Real Estate and Construction
EH103, Eliot Hall
University of Hong Kong
Office: (852) 2219 4089
Mobile: (852) 6683 3754
stephen.davies79@gmail.com
daiwaisi@hku.hk
On 11 Mar 2017, at 1:23 AM, Greg Rudzinski <NoReply_Rudzinski@fer3.com> wrote:A few days ago Jackson McDonald and I were able to put a C.Plath Yachtsman to the test by observing the upper limb of the Moon from a pier near Port Canaveral. This version of Plath sextant is uniquely simple and compact with little compromising of precision. Bill Morris has a fantastic blog post on this model for anyone who has one of these or interested in getting one.
https://sextantbook.com/category/c-plath-sextants/
Lat. 28° 24.5, N Lon. 80° 35.2' W HE 20 ft. IC 0.0'
3/7/2017 UT 20:56:24
Hs 25° 00.2' Moon upper limb
Greg Rudzinski
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