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From: Robert Gainer (no email)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 13:13:48 EDT
The best way to get one is just buy it on E-Bay. A MK IV outrigger pattern
sold yesterday for 86 dollars. That one looked brand new. The sling pattern
of the MK IV goes for about the same amount. I think the knotmaster model is
a poor choice and I would not buy one.
All the best;
Bob
>From: Bryan Genez <>
>Reply-To:
>To: <>
>Subject: Re: [world-cruising] Walker Log - Me Too
>Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:00:09 -0400
>
>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.
>
>--
>Best,
>
>Bryan Genez (KB3HMZ)
>"Capella" Valiant 40 #158
>Annapolis, MD
>
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