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Subject: Manufacturers
From: Ken Gebhart (gebhart@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Nov 17 2000 - 19:05:38 EST
Dear Dan,
Re your sextant list:
C. Plath- you can move them to the out of business list as of about 1
year ago. There are still a few Navistar Traditionals and at least one
Classic in the pipeline, but they will be gone soon.
Cassens & Plath- They claim another model called “CP Sailing”, but it is
the same as the Astra IIIB . Just privately branded.
Freiberger- Located in the town of Freiberg (East) There is another
Freiberg (west). Their sextant is also known as the Zeiss sextant.
Changzhou Celestaire Instrument Co- located in the town of Changzhou, 75
miles NW of Shanghai.
Francis Barker- Still in business, but no longer making sextants.
Located in Edenbridge, Kent.
EBBCO- This was still being made at least up until 4 years ago, and I
suspect it still is. You see them a lot in Europe.
As a matter of interest, I have personally visited each of the above
factories to observe their operations.
Ken Gebhart, Celestaire, Inc.
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