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Gordon Talge writes:
 > Wonder if anyone else saw this on the web.
 >
 > At http://www.stanleylondon.com they are selling nice looking=20
 > repoductions of original Stanley Sextants. They say that they
 > are fully functional, but not intended for navigation.
 >
 > They sell pretty cheap compared to what you would think a=20
 > brass sextant would sell for.
 >
 > I wonder if certain antique stores buy these sextants and
 > sell them for inflated prices, leading people to think that
 > they are original Stanley antique sextants that can be used for navigation,
 > at inflated prices.
 >

They're also a glut on eBay (www.ebay.com) where people seem to have
more money than sense.  The same thing is true of reproduction pocket
sextants.

Rick
S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35

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