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Re: Robert O. White in Boston
From: Roger M. Derby
Date: 1999 Oct 06, 7:15 PM
From: Roger M. Derby
Date: 1999 Oct 06, 7:15 PM
I liked the idea of an ad in a magazine for older, frugal, people (Yankee Magazine) and offering $100 if the device was in usable condition. He paid $75 to run his ad in Yankee and bought several sextants over the next 12 months from that one ad. He claims all he bought were worth more than $100. He picked a non-boating magazine and many respondents had no idea what the things were. Do you have the Second Edition? Roger ==================== "Richard B. Emerson" wrote: > > Roger M. Derby writes: > > May I recommend a little book called "The Sextant Handbook" by Bruce > > Bauer? I bought my copy after buying a used sextant. I think if I'd > > bought it first, I could have saved a significant amount of money. > > I have a copy of Bauer and find it useful for setting up sextants. > The section on used sextants, however, wants some significant > updating. > > Rick > S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
