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Bruce, I guess I have the old timer`s bug myself. Probably most of us who
still use a sextant have.But this guy (Julian)went
further:http://harrier.users.netlink.co.uk/index.htm#Contents. I met him in
Salvador, having crossed the Atlantic in his 25 footer, which he designed
and built, following the "Beagle" path. No engine, no canned food, celestial
navigation only, and trying to adjust his watch by lunar distances.In his
late 60s I guess. Admirable.

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[mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]Em nome de Bruce Stark
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 15 de outubro de 2003 19:20
Para: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Assunto: Re: RES: Lights,Leds and scopes etc.


Jose,

I'd actually prefer an inverting 'scope. My special interest is the old
nautical astronomy, and that's what the old timers had to work with.
According to
the nineteenth-century navigation manuals an inverting 'scope takes time to
get
used to, but after that is no trouble. Lewis, of Lewis & Clark, mentioned
that he preferred the inverting 'scope for all his sights.

I can't afford one of the old vernier sextants, not a topnotch one anyway,
so
want to put an inverting 'scope with collimating wires on the sextant I have
and trust.

That's a great idea, fitting a spotting 'scope to your sextant! If I can't
get an inverting 'scope, that's what I'll do.

Bruce

   

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