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Re: Sextant practice in 2014
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2020 Nov 16, 09:11 +0000

Frank, Is that the peninsula where we took the sights on the Lunars
course? I remember it was a challenge not to stand still for long
enough that the biting insects found you and thinking that would have
been a problem for land explorers.
Bill

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020 at 07:02, Bill Morris  wrote:
>
> Something that the three sextant users were not doing and which makes taking 
a sight just a tiny bit easier is to support the arc with the left index 
finger while twiddling the micrometer knob with the thumb and middle finger. 
I'm not much of a navigator, so I need all the help I can get...
>
> Bill Morris
>
> Pukenui
>
> New Zealand
>
>

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