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Ken,
I see. Sorry, I did not intend to give negative advertisement to Celestaire:-)
Still, I argued as follows: OK, I buy a sextant for $60, if it does not work, I will 
try to fix it. If I cannot, I will buy another one for $60, and perhaps will make one
working sextant out of two:-)

But I was lucky.

Alex.
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From: NavList@fer3.com [NavList@fer3.com] on behalf of Ken Gebhart [NoReply_Gebhart@fer3.com]
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 8:51 PM
To: eremenko@math.purdue.edu
Subject: [NavList] Re: My sextant pilgrimage.

That's just it Alex.  They are overhauled (about 8 hours work) and
guaranteed, as explained on the website.

Ken
On Oct 3, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Alexandre Eremenko wrote:

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> On my opinion, Celestaire air sextants are overpriced.
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> You can get them on e-bay for much less.
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> Perhaps Celestaire offers some guarantee that they are in good
> condition?
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> I bought British MkIX A for $60 few years ago, and it was in good
> working condition when arrived.
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> Alex.
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> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 1:01 PM
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> Subject: [NavList] My sextant pilgrimage.
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> about 50 years ago , while I was still USN igot one of those big
> clunky aircraft sextants complete with case,spare bulbs etc.
> (celestaire wants $600+) for $35. Mid 90's Davis 25. 2000, ASTRA
> IIIB, Then ASTRA "PROFESSIONAL". Latest USN MOD III, MARKI, MFG
> 1996, with spare mirrors, and i cant find a mark or flaw any where.
> Iwas a USN Quartermqster, when you hoped the LORAN A would reach
> out a hundred miles or so as you threaded yoyr way through the
> bahamas and caribean where a mile or so channel threads through
> 12ft waters for your 20 ft DE draft. So much for the DR and soiled
> shorts. Alll my wanderings were from Halifax to Gitmo, before it
> became such a turist attraction. It was just a place to store a
> couple thousand marines for gunboqt diplomacy, an watch the russian
> boats sail right up the bay(with destroyer escort) to  GITMO City.
> One side trip to anchor in Montego Bay and try to stay clean in the
> whale boat getting ashore.
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> I leaarned to love navigation in the NAVY!
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