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The US source is Clausen,
http://www.clausen.net/freiberger/sextants/yacht_sextant.html
I have the full size Freiberger and use it for any day-to-day work. On very
windy or rough days my C&P is a little easier to hold steady. I can’t say
enough about the Freiberger however.
Robert Gainer
>From: Jared Sherman <>
>Reply-To: Navigation Mailing List <>
>To:
>Subject: Re: Celestaire vs Freiberger Yacht Sextant
>Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2004 00:32:26 -0400
>
>One nice point to the Freiberger Yacht Sextant (I haven't met the larger
>model) is that the standard telescope adjusts by revolving the FRONT rather
>than the REAR of the tube. This means that when you press your eye to the
>eye cup, the scope will not be moved out of focus by any motion from your
>head. And that, in turn, makes a consistent sharp focus easier. Someone at
>Freiberger was thinking ahead of C&P when they designed that.
>
>I'm not sure of Freiberger's US distribution now, as of about two years ago
>they didn't officially have any but several German, Dutch, and English
>dealers were selling them including shipping to the US very reasonably, I
>think around $550-$575 delivered. That might be an option to check out
>today.
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