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From: Bryan Genez (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 13:00:09 EDT
Courtney Thomas wrote:
> I am astounded that no enterprising person has started making some sort
> of taffrail log similar to Walker&Co., or at least having them made in
> China/India and importing. Let me know if someone uncovers a reasonably
> priced cache of them. :-)
Courtney,
If you think there's a market, you should start manufacturing them. I
suspect you'd learn before long that no one would pay the price you'd have
to charge to make a profit. Won't be long before sextants are a nautical
curiosity suitable for display on the mantle alongside the Walker log.
And then we can sound just like our parents, bemoaning the good old days.
In the meantime, people who are actually spending money are no longer buying
these types of instruments. They prefer the more accurate, more flexible,
and - yes - more vulnerable digital instruments.
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