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Re: The Perfect Sextant
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 3, 11:57 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 3, 11:57 +1000
> From: Alexandre E Eremenko > (My limited experience shows that an ideal sextant for a small boat > should be SMALL and light:-) > Agree with this, although remember that when this topic has come up in the past others have expressed a preference for big and heavy, arguing that such instruments are easier to hold steady. Small and light is certainly facilitates stowage in a small boat.
