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Re: sextant

Subject: Re: sextant
From: Willy Benjamin (c30rascal@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sat Jan 13 2001 - 19:54:10 EST

Gennaro,

There's a good discussion of the two types of mirrors
at this link:

http://www.celestaire.com/page8.html#hm

--- Gennaro Sammarco <gigiopil@XXX.XXX> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm new to the list and have already a question for
> you!
> First let introduce myself: I'm from Italy, am an
> airline pilot, used to
> live on a sailboat till last march and now owning a
> Jeanneau Sun Odissey
> 32.2.
> I started to think to upgrade to a more suitable
> sailboat for liveaboard and
> extended cruising.
> Now, I'd like to have info on the goods and the odds
> between the
> split-horizon vs beam-converger sextant, and how to
> correct a beam
> converger, since I presently use an old Ebbco but
> have the chance to upgrade
> to a Davis 25.
> Thanks and fair winds,
> Gennaro Sammarco
> gigiopil@XXX.XXX

=====
Willy Benjamin
"Rascal" C30 #4345
Morro Bay, CA

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