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Re: Sun sights at the Gulf of Mexico
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2016 Feb 24, 03:37 -0800
From: Bill Lionheart
Date: 2016 Feb 24, 03:37 -0800
My sun sights using a tray of water for an artificial horizon in my garden seem to be too low by about 3 minutes. I have corrected my sextant for index error. I's there anything else I should look out for? Could it just be poor technique? Could I have errors of this size in my arc? If I can't do it in ideal conditions in my garden I will be worse at sea!
