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Re: Lanyard for your sextant
From: David F. McCune
Date: 2006 Apr 28, 11:52 +0200
From: David F. McCune
Date: 2006 Apr 28, 11:52 +0200
I use
a floating lanyard that I bought some years ago at West Marine. It
is thick, soft neoprene or some such thing, so it's comfortable and easy to grab
in dim light. In theory, it will keep the sextant afloat if I drop it
overboard. I've never tested that theory, however. I'm much more
worried about dropping the sextant on deck or banging it into a bulkhead as I
clamber about on the boat. The most dangerous moment for me is climbing
down the companionway hatch in heavy seas. The sextant is around my neck,
the boat is rolling from 20 degrees on one side to 20 on the other, and
sometimes for a second or two I have to hang on to the boat with two
hands. The sextant becomes a big, fragile pendulum. I always
breather a sigh of relief the instant I get the sextant back into it's foam
rubber padded case. I still sail long distances solo with no navigational
electronics (well, I DO use a Timex quartz watch), so losing my sextant would be
a fairly big deal. I keep a backup sextant on board, just in
case.
Good
luck with your new sextant.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Guy Schwartz
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 4:17 AM
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: Lanyard for your sextantWell I took the plunge and purchaseda new sextant. What are you folks using as a lanyard?Thank you,Guy
