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Re: Sextants with Polarizing filters
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jan 26, 20:42 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2006 Jan 26, 20:42 -0500
> Also Polaroid sunglasses (and those made by > other manufacturers) have an important navigational role to play when worn > on-board by navigators, for a variety of reasons including the reduction of > glare and their ability to reduce reflections from the surface of water. While I do admit to enjoying the benefits of polarized sunglasses for pleasure sailing, when dinghy racing on our local pond in light air they inhibit my ability to read the water and distinguish between calm water/holes and the ripples (dark water) from cat's paws or a breeze. They can also be a pain in the rear when trying to read digital instruments on the big lake. Bill
