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Re: Davis metal sextant
From: Simon Horwith
Date: 2025 Jul 5, 13:41 -0400
From: Simon Horwith
Date: 2025 Jul 5, 13:41 -0400
I'm not sure about the Astras and tariffs but can tell you that Celestaire was still selling them at the annapolis sailboat show a couple of months ago for the same prices they always do...
On Sat, Jul 5, 2025, 12:21 NavList Community <NavList@navlist.net> wrote:
Re: Davis metal sextant
From: Jan Eckert
Date: 2025 Jul 5, 09:05 -0700Hi David Pike. Thank you! No, I did not realize at first look that it's a fictional sextant. I thought it looked weird. Plus I have never heard of a metal Davis sextant. I thought maybe it was something unusual. I'm supposing now the price made me imagine it must be "significant". Now that you've set me straight, I can see it's junk. Lesson learned.
Thanks for that link to the Hughes sextant. I will consider it!
Does anyone know what's happening with Astra sextants in the USA? I think they're made in China. Will they be tariffed away? Will Celestair still sell those??
J. E.
