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Re: Pick a Plath...
From: Richard Toohey
Date: 2025 May 15, 11:13 -0400
From: Richard Toohey
Date: 2025 May 15, 11:13 -0400
I bought a c1970 C Plath from a secondhand nautical shop in San Diego in 1989 for $500 since that new thingamabob called GPS was 5 grand at the time. I worked the micrometer just fine in all kinds of sea states and light conditions. And I never thought twice about it.
But now, 35 years later, looking at the c1957, I’d definitely go with it. For the accuracies expected in small boat navigation, estimating to the tenth is just fine, and easier on the eye…
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 09:36 NavList Community <NavList@navlist.net> wrote:
Pick a Plath...
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2025 May 15, 06:19 -0700Choose one.
Note: if you decide to answer, you have to explain your choice! That's the only rule of the game. There are lots of ways to go with this. You can guess what I was looking at, but don't let that constrain the conversation.
Frank Reed
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