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Sextant in the news
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 May 30, 06:46 -0400
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2007 May 30, 06:46 -0400
As I've mentioned a few times before, I have a news search set up that looks for stories with the word "sextant" and the phrase "celestial navigation". There hasn't been anything interesting in a few months. Today there's a story in "The Vancouver Sun" that has some comments which sound familiar. We were talking a while back about getting funny looks from people who see us using sextants. Here's a new twist: "Dominique Prinet sits atop the rocks at Wreck Beach holding his sextant, and hoping that nudists just now setting blankets on the shoreline don't mistake it for a video camera." Hey, you, stop measuring our angular diameters! The article continues: "As someone who still knows how to use a sextant in connection with time, Prinet considers himself something of a museum piece. He's even certified by the Canadian Yachting Association to teach the subject, on those occasions he can scare up a student. 'There is absolutely no interest in it. People just use GPS (the global position system, employing satellites to accurate determine position). You don't get seasick making hours of calculations.' " You can read the rest here: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=ce11f0f5 -513c-47d7-85f4-45d0c1a97865 -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---