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Subject: Re: Coast Navigation School
From: Wm Pettyplace (wpettyplace@XXX.XXX)
Date: Thu Jan 30 2003 - 09:17:02 EST
At 08:05 PM 1/29/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Does anyone remember back in the 70s, there was a celestial
>navigation school called "Coast Navigation" in Santa Barbara?
>
>They had mail order home study courses and sold their own brand
>of sextants called "Simex" or something like that.
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>I remember, I wanted a "Simex Junior" that ran about $850 back
>in about 1972.
>
>Anyway, wonder what ever happened to them.
>
>--- Gordon
I took the whole set of courses back in the early 70's when I lived in San
Jose, Calif. The Simex Jr. came with the celestial course, but I upgraded
to either the Simex I or II, can't remember which now. I packed the Simex
a couple months ago to move back to North Central Florida, as soon as we
sell this house. Retirement!
I have found a couple of these sextants for sale when searching Google.
I think the Simex was made in Asia somewhere, it is good quality. I paid a
couple hundred dollars or more for the upgrade when I got it.
Bill
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