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Re: Tamaya Venus MS-933
From: Omar Reis
Date: 2004 Dec 22, 18:46 -0200
From: Omar Reis
Date: 2004 Dec 22, 18:46 -0200
Interesting test and impressive results for
that sextant.
Your data made me wonder about which
horizontal datum is best to be used in the
GPS
for this kind of test.
I assume that WGS84, being a global
datum
- as apposed to local datums used in
charts -
is best and closest to the spheric model used
in celnav. But I'm
not sure.
Omar
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From: Dan AllenSent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:25 PMSubject: Re: Tamaya Venus MS-933I have a Tamaya Venus sextant and I think it is a terrific little unit. It is very well made and has a good feel to it. It does feel rather small compared to full-sized sextants, but I have large hands.On land I did some shots of the sun with it and compared them to my actual GPS position, and here were the results:2.73 nmi-0.46 nmi-0.83 nmi-0.31 nmi-0.86 nmi-0.53 nmi-0.99 nmi-1.58 nmi-0.74 nmi-0.51 nmi-0.23 nmi-0.85 nmi-0.55 nmi-0.54 nmifor an average error of -0.44 nmi. Not bad.Dan-----Original Message-----
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Subject: Re: Tamaya Venus MS-933In those days my company Nautech Maritime Corporation was the importer of all Tamaya navigation instruments and was instrumental in the design of the MS 733, 833, 933, and NC 2 Navigation calculator. Ken Gebhart used to buy his Tamaya sextants from us as did all other companies. We are still incontact with the past owner of Tamaya today.Here is a link to what I recalled about the first Venus sextant that was sent us as a pre-production sample. It was never a big seller, maybe because I didn't beleive in reduced size sextants. There was a discussion about their limitations by this group.BTW, Nautech was sold to Coast Navigation in Sept, 1978, and in Nov, Julie and I embarked on six years of ocean cruising in our 62 foot ketch, Bagheera.All great memories. Merry Christmas,Joel Jacobs--
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