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Thank you, George, for your help with this project. It's not of any
great urgency, though, as I have a workable Ebbco. If I ever do go
back to sea, I'll more than likely add a metal one before tossing off
the dock lines. :-)

Incidentally, the two Ebbco sextants on eBay UK are the older model -
the indicators are they are made of gray rather than black plastic and
there are two index shades rather than three.

Thanx again,  Hewitt

On 9/24/08, George Huxtable  wrote:
>
>  I've come across a bit more information on the Ebbco sextant, from UK
>  sources.
>
>  As the Plastimo Antares, it's offered at
>  www.caleymarineonline.co.uk , at a cost of  �102.07 before tax, which is a
>  bit less than US$200.
>
>  However, what looks like exactly the same thing, and is still named as an
>  "Ebbco sextant" (no mention of Plastimo) is at-
>  sailgb.com , priced at only �68 before tax or they quote $122.40. Does this
>  mean, perhaps, that Ebbco still exists and is producing sextants? Or is this
>  old stock that's being sold off? Who knows? I'll try to discover more.
>
>  George.
>
>  contact George Huxtable, now at george@hux.me.uk
>  (switched from george@huxtable.u-net.com)
>  or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
>  or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK.
>
>
>  >
>

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