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Re: Celestaire vs Freiberger Yacht Sextant
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2004 Aug 2, 14:01 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2004 Aug 2, 14:01 +1000
All of this may be true, but the Freiberger is lighter and easier to stow. I wouldn't be parted from mine. Its a lovely instrument. I think the Astra is fine too. Quoting Joel Jacobs: > Gerad, > > >From my experience, if your going to do serious navigation relying on > twilight sights, the 7/8 scale sextants are very lacking. Their optics are > not very good, and there small size mirrors are not anywhere as effective > when taking star sights or high altitude sun sights. $600.00 for a new small > scale Freiberger might be better spent elsewhere. > > The Astra sextant is a much better choice if you are looking for something > smaller. Also, the Russian sextants offer attractive features, but > familiarize yourself to what was said on this forum in answer to Mike Burkes > question earlier. > > Joel Jacobs > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerad Duffin" > To: > Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Celestaire vs Freiberger Yacht Sextant > > > > A ? for the group please. I am contemplating the purchase of a new > sextant. > > I have boiled my choices down to the Celestaire or the Freiberger Yacht > > Sextant (The small Version) Any opinions on these two models would be > > greatly appreciated > > > > Thanks > > Gerad > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page - FREE > > download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ >