Re: Robert O. White in Boston
Subject: Re: Robert O. White in Boston
From: Roger M. Derby (derbyrm@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 21:14:55 EDT
I liked the idea of an ad in a magazine for older, frugal, people
(Yankee Magazine) and offering $100 if the device was in usable
condition. He paid $75 to run his ad in Yankee and bought several
sextants over the next 12 months from that one ad. He claims all he
bought were worth more than $100. He picked a non-boating magazine and
many respondents had no idea what the things were.
Do you have the Second Edition?
Roger
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"Richard B. Emerson" wrote:
>
> Roger M. Derby writes:
> > May I recommend a little book called "The Sextant Handbook" by Bruce
> > Bauer? I bought my copy after buying a used sextant. I think if I'd
> > bought it first, I could have saved a significant amount of money.
>
> I have a copy of Bauer and find it useful for setting up sextants.
> The section on used sextants, however, wants some significant
> updating.
>
> Rick
> S/V One With The Wind, Baba 35
