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Re: SNO-T Sextant
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 11, 14:41 -0500
From: Courtney Thomas
Date: 2004 Aug 11, 14:41 -0500
Bruce, Thanks for all the support here :-) What does such a sight tube to which you refer cost ? Cordially, Courtney Bruce Stark wrote: > Courtney, > > If you are already skilled with a sextant, then the inverting scope may > be all you'll need. But at least buy a sight tube. One made to fit a > Tamaya will fit the SNO-T, and I'm guessing it will fit your SNO-M. That > inverting scope must be something like seven power, and the greater the > power, the faster the things you're trying to bring together jitter > around. On a small boat, in anything but ideal conditions, you'll > probably find you do better with a sight tube than with a powerful scope. > > If you are just starting to learn to use a sextant, leave the inverting > scope in the box until everything else is second nature. > > The "rough contact" I was talking about has to do with what you see in > the horizon glass, or mirror. You want the two things you're measuring > the angle between to appear there. This is easier to get with the scope > off. Then, with the scope on, you can perfect the contact between them. > > Bruce -- s/v Mutiny Rhodes Bounty II lying Oriental, NC WDB5619