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Re: sextant
From: Willy Benjamin
Date: 2001 Jan 13, 5:54 PM
From: Willy Benjamin
Date: 2001 Jan 13, 5:54 PM
Gennaro, There's a good discussion of the two types of mirrors at this link: http://www.celestaire.com/page8.html#hm --- Gennaro Sammarcowrote: > Hi everybody, > I'm new to the list and have already a question for > you! > First let introduce myself: I'm from Italy, am an > airline pilot, used to > live on a sailboat till last march and now owning a > Jeanneau Sun Odissey > 32.2. > I started to think to upgrade to a more suitable > sailboat for liveaboard and > extended cruising. > Now, I'd like to have info on the goods and the odds > between the > split-horizon vs beam-converger sextant, and how to > correct a beam > converger, since I presently use an old Ebbco but > have the chance to upgrade > to a Davis 25. > Thanks and fair winds, > Gennaro Sammarco > gigiopil@tin.it ===== Willy Benjamin "Rascal" C30 #4345 Morro Bay, CA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/