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Simex, Coast Navigation and Captain Svend T. Simonsen
From: W F Jones
Date: 2006 Jan 30, 18:57 -0500
From: W F Jones
Date: 2006 Jan 30, 18:57 -0500
Captain Svend T. Simonsen should be referenced and not Sorreson. Svend autographed a copy of Blue Water Navigation, (Cornell Maritime Press, 1947) for me in 1969. Thumbing through the yellowed pages bring back memories from long ago. I also remember purchasing one of the Simex sextants from Coast Navigation (Santa Barbara, CA) then and discovered it was made by Tamaya. I don't recall it being equipped with polarizing shades however. Frank Jones Rochester, NY