How Many of You Know How To....

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 ?

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

(You hold it sideways)

Dowly · 02-25-10, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

(You hold it sideways)

Gangsta style?

SteamWake · 02-25-10, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

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?

Platapus · 02-25-10, 07:56 PM

I thought a sextant was a group of six singers?

FIREWALL · 02-25-10, 08:48 PM

Sidewalk sailors all.

Reece · 02-25-10, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I thought a sextant was a group of six singers?

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Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Sidewalk sailors all.

The Village People again! This is too much!

I feel a song coming on:

In the navy! ...

FIREWALL · 02-25-10, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Reece

The Village People again! This is too much!

I feel a song coming on:

In the navy! ...

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
Navigation by Sextant
How a sextant works

02-25-10, 02:18 PM	#1
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	How Many of You Know How To.... 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 ? __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-25-10, 02:45 PM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I used to use one years ago for some light navigation but mostly to shoot tack angles at marks (You hold it sideways) __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

02-25-10, 07:44 PM	#5
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,688 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	A sextant! Isn't that something you get at the sex shop? __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

02-25-10, 07:56 PM	#6
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I thought a sextant was a group of six singers? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-25-10, 08:48 PM	#7
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Sidewalk sailors all. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

02-25-10, 11:32 PM	#10
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	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 Navigation by Sextant How a sextant works __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff