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Re: Plastic sextants and prejudice. was: GPS shortcomings.
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 17:19 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2005 Jun 10, 17:19 +0100
Alex asked- >The British EBBCO is not made anymore, correct? > >On Fri, 10 Jun 2005, Robert Gainer wrote: > >> The gray plastic English made Ebbco >> (East Banks Boat Company) is even better >> and more accurate then the cheapest Davis. >> The Ebbco even has a micrometer >> drum that the original Davis did not. =============== from George- The Ebbco was made by the East Berks. boat company (Not East banks). Berks. as short for Berkshire. I doubt if it is still available from them, because the last time I saw one (on sale at a chandlers in North Brittany) it was under the Plastimo label (a French company). ================================================================ contact George Huxtable by email at george@huxtable.u-net.com, by phone at 01865 820222 (from outside UK, +44 1865 820222), or by mail at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. ================================================================
