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Re: Camel-train Navigation.
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Nov 6, 07:37 +1100
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2003 Nov 6, 07:37 +1100
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kieran Kelly" > ....Possibly most surprising is that the Freiberger Yachting > Sextant had an index error of 0dd when > it arrived from the factory in Germany and despite being packed on a camel > saddle for 732km had the same index error when we finished. I found this > almost impossible to believe ... My Freiberger Yachting Sextant was bought second-hand, so with an unknown history (I suspect little use) and after checking and adjustment by a competant technician has kept its index error of 0 ever since. Along the way to buying it I looked at a new one that had a huge index error, so can only think that something horrible must have happened to it after leaving the factory. I have pads of foam that - just - fit between the sextant and the walls of its box and attempt to dampen the small movements the fitted box allows. Onboard a small boat has to be a terrible place to store a precision instrument.
