Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] plastic verses metal (sextants)
From: Donal Philby <donalphilby@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 22:17:12 +0000
References: <200009130701.AAA14986@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
 
Alan Hull wrote:

>   The following is from the Cruising World magazine website.  It is
>about plastic verses metal sextants for astro-navigation.  Sound
>familiar? 

Alan, 
Wonderful comparison.  And as someone who owns and treasures a WWII
brass Naval sextant, heavy and smooth and so much easier to get accurate
sights with than even the best plastic sextants (of which I own two).  

donal
(who won't admit, no sir, even under threat of keelhauling that using a
GPS is much easier, especially with a queasy stomach.)  
__________
Donal Philby
San Diego
www.donalphilby.com