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How some appreciate the noble sextant
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2015 Mar 18, 10:01 -0700
From: Rommel John Miller
Date: 2015 Mar 18, 10:01 -0700
Issue number 225 of ocean navigator's 2015 ocean voyager on page 7 under the piloting and Navy offshore safety checklist places the much beloved and honored (but moderately maligned by GPS) sextant is placed first while GPS is 21st on the list.