paul culver
Member III
Ah yes, the Davis Mark 3 plastic sextant. I bought one when I was idled during the recession of Bush the Elder and spent many memorable moments at the beach learning how to use it. One time a woman came up to me while I was taking sun sights and asked "is everything OK?". I figured she thought a guy with a notebook, stop watch and sextant would know if the end of the world was near, so I reassured her that everything was indeed OK. Then on the other hand, maybe she just thought I had lost it. By the way, the sextant also works great for watching a solar eclipse and shooting vertical angles of on-shore features to determine distance off. Too bad GPS wrecked it all!
Paul
E29 "Bear"
Paul
E29 "Bear"