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Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
From: Jean-Philippe Planas
Date: 2012 Apr 1, 11:10 -0700
From: Zvi <zvidoron@btinternet.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
So are they really the best sextants ever made? Better than the C. Plath Navistar Classic and the Tamaya M-733 Spica?
-----Original Message----- From: Alexandre Eremenko
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:24 PM
To: zvidoron@btinternet.com
Subject: [NavList] Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
Zvi,
> they were packed in brown greasy paper inside wooden boxes
> that were grey on the outside and yellow on the inside
That's exactly what I bought in early 2000's. It was made in 1990.
In USSR. I have never seen one of later make, or Made in Russia.
Alex.
: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118582
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From: Jean-Philippe Planas
Date: 2012 Apr 1, 11:10 -0700
Yes Zvi. I share Bill's opinion. The SNO-T is certainly the best sextant ever made. I have 4 of them and also own a C-Plath Navistar "Classic" and a Tamaya MS733, but I prefer the SNO-T, specially for lunars.
The only reserve I can express about the SNO-T is that it is finiky as far as the adjusting screws and bushes are concerned. One must be very cautious when adjusting the mirrors and study beforehand the system. This adjusting design is very clever but is also prone to damages when mishandled, and that is something you don't have to worry about with the other makes (the counter part is that their ajustment are less accurate and less stable with time). The C-Plath and Tamaya are also heavier.
JPP
From: Zvi <zvidoron@btinternet.com>
To: NavList@fer3.com
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 4:33 PM
Subject: [NavList] Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
So are they really the best sextants ever made? Better than the C. Plath Navistar Classic and the Tamaya M-733 Spica?
-----Original Message----- From: Alexandre Eremenko
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 3:24 PM
To: zvidoron@btinternet.com
Subject: [NavList] Re: Current Sextant Manufacturers
Zvi,
> they were packed in brown greasy paper inside wooden boxes
> that were grey on the outside and yellow on the inside
That's exactly what I bought in early 2000's. It was made in 1990.
In USSR. I have never seen one of later make, or Made in Russia.
Alex.
: http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx?i=118582
-----
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Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4903 - Release Date: 03/29/12
