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Re: Sextants with Polarizing filters
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jan 27, 12:53 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jan 27, 12:53 +1100
> From: Bill > 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. Yep. That's fair enough. On the other question of possible danger, do sextants fitted with polarizers also have other filters available?
