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Re: Tamaya Venus MS-933
From: UNK
Date: 2004 Dec 21, 13:50 -0500
From: UNK
Date: 2004 Dec 21, 13:50 -0500
On Monday, December 20, 2004 7:37 PM, Doug Royer asked: > Looking at Joel's on-line store I ran across something I've not > seen or been aware of untill now. I've never seen or heard mention > of the MS-933 model Tamaya Venus. Is it a "full" size or a "3/4" > size sextant? When were these model instruments manufactured? > It just suprised me because I thought I was current on all or most > of their post WWII model sextants. What a pleasant suprise. The Tamaya MS-933 "Venus" was built on a 7/8ths aluminum frame and was an attempt to make a lower-cost sextant for the yachting market. I can remember seeing them in the middle 1970's in catalogs and/or Robert E. White's in Boston, back when I was starting out in celestial. Celestaire used to carry them. Maybe Ken Gephart can shed some light on the production dates and other details, as I haven't saved any catalogs from that far back. -- Peter
