Slowly we continue to check off items from our "Off-shore Cruising List". This item is the ship's sextant. In the age of GPS I know it seems quaint, but it may be the only reliable navigational aide if the electronics are fried by lightning, give out or if the US government turns off the accessibility because of one crisis or another. It does require some skill and you need to do the math using the reduction tables.
This was my first (and probably only) venture onto eBay but we now have a C.Plath Navistar Professional made in Hamburg in 1983. Now I have to worry about the skill and the sight reduction tables.
This was my first (and probably only) venture onto eBay but we now have a C.Plath Navistar Professional made in Hamburg in 1983. Now I have to worry about the skill and the sight reduction tables.
C. Plath Navistar Professional
Close up of arc vernier. The orange button is to light
up the readings in low light
Certificate with date
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