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Re: What sextant to buy ?
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2019 Feb 6, 21:28 +0100
From: Luc Van den Borre
Date: 2019 Feb 6, 21:28 +0100
On 06/02/2019 19:01, Greg Rudzinski wrote: > I think it is a good idea to have at least one plastic sextant onboard a > small craft because it is less prone to corrosion. In the latest GGR > around the world race that required celestial navigation the winner of > the race had both of his metal sextants lock up because of corrosion. I don't know... Two top quality sextants, used almost daily, frozen up due to corrosion or whatever other reason? Seems a bit unlikely? Luc
