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Robert,

> if you can do lunars
> with a box sextant....I am not
> even in the same league as you.

Of course I CANNOT do Lunars with a box sextant.
(You missed the key word "accidentally"
in my message. Which means that two or three Lunars
with this sextant were accidentally good, one
from a boat:-) But of course this is not a sextant
for the Lunars, and I do not "do lunars" with it seriously.

I find it reasonably good for Sun altitudes.
As I said I can achieve a 1' accuracy in good weather
with it. It is indeed less convenient than an ordinary
sextant but the inconvenience is more than compensated
by its convenient size.

> I have a hard enough time
> nailing them down
> with my C.Plath.

I would be very interested to see your results.
(And of other people who do Lunars too).

I do Lunars systematically with my SNO.
I mean I use almost every opportunity when the weather
and Moon phase permits. And I also have HARD TIMES.

I am anxious to try one of those old sextants specially
made for the lunars...
Unlike you, I like vernier scales.
I also normally wear reading glasses (2.7D)
(cannot read without them)
but I have no difficulty reading the tiny silver scale
of my sextant through its own magnifying glass
(without eyeglasses).

Alex.



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