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FIREWALL
02-25-10, 02:18 PM
Use a sextant ? Living on an island and having a weather deck with a southern exposure.

I can see east and west without obstructions and background light. Which is also a plus when using stars and planets.

I check my position just about every day weather permitting, for the fun of it.

Also can't have my island floating away can I ? :haha:
SteamWake
02-25-10, 02:45 PM
I used to use one years ago for some light navigation but mostly to shoot tack angles at marks :88)

(You hold it sideways)
Dowly
02-25-10, 03:02 PM
(You hold it sideways)

Gangsta style? :)
SteamWake
02-25-10, 03:07 PM
Gangsta style? :)

Yo ! Dawg pepare to tack !... Hard to lee !!!
Reece
02-25-10, 07:44 PM
A sextant! Isn't that something you get at the sex shop?:hmmm:
Platapus
02-25-10, 07:56 PM
I thought a sextant was a group of six singers?

:88)
FIREWALL
02-25-10, 08:48 PM
Sidewalk sailors all. :haha:
Reece
02-25-10, 09:16 PM
I thought a sextant was a group of six singers?

:88)

Sidewalk sailors all. :haha:The Village People again! This is too much!:03: I feel a song coming on::yep: In the navy! ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
FIREWALL
02-25-10, 10:21 PM
The Village People again! This is too much!:03: I feel a song coming on::yep: In the navy! ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw


:arrgh!::shucks::ahoy::hulk::-j:know::|\\


:har::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::har:
NeonSamurai
02-25-10, 11:32 PM
Ya I know how to use one. Not very tricky though. Calculating your longitude is more fun (particularly with out an accurate watch), though the most fun is dead reckoning + sextant latitude with out a watch (the pre 1700's way).

Celestial Navigation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation#Latitude)
Navigation by Sextant (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escapenav.html)
How a sextant works (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/navigate/escapeworks.html)