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----- Original Message ----- From: "Kieran Kelly"
> ....Possibly most surprising is that the Freiberger Yachting
> Sextant had an index error of 0dd when
> it arrived from the factory in Germany and despite being packed on a camel
> saddle for 732km had the same index error when we finished. I found this
> almost impossible to believe ...
My Freiberger Yachting Sextant was bought second-hand, so with an unknown
history (I suspect little use) and after checking and adjustment by a
competant technician has kept its index error of 0 ever since. Along the way
to buying it I looked at a new one that had a huge index error, so can only
think that something horrible must have happened to it after leaving the
factory.
I have pads of foam that - just - fit between the sextant and the walls of
its box and attempt to dampen the small movements the fitted box allows.
Onboard a small boat has to be a terrible place to store a precision
instrument.
