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Originally Posted by Doolan
Glad to see I'm not alone!
Guess who just purchased a cheap plastic training sextant...  |
Hey dont knock them, I used one to win a few sailboat races
That was back in the day before reliable GPS. They were short races only a day or two and the plastic was good enough and pretty damn accurate. I did some shots and noon sights with each and they were within a few arc minutes/seconds of one another. I did miss the optics of the real thing though.
I was scared to death to take a 'real' sextant on board if it was lost or broken I would never forgive myself.
Besides if we got really lost just head west youll hit florida sooner or later
On the original topic this looks like fascinating work and Im a gonna look into it. I'm a bit afraid of having some predispositions as to 'how it should be' but Ill keep an open mind.
Very nice work guys !
ps; Stellarium is awsome