The ‘Box’ or Pocket Sextant
Last summer I sailed in R.M.S. Newfoundland from Boston to Liverpool and took the opportunity of keeping up a navigational plot using a minimum of charts and instruments. The sextant I used was a box sextant and it occurs to me that some description of this instrument may be of interest to navigator...
| Published in: | Journal of Navigation |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1957
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300016738 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300016738 |
| Summary: | Last summer I sailed in R.M.S. Newfoundland from Boston to Liverpool and took the opportunity of keeping up a navigational plot using a minimum of charts and instruments. The sextant I used was a box sextant and it occurs to me that some description of this instrument may be of interest to navigators. Box sextants are lightweight and usually have a sling case which enables them to be carried or packed away easily. They are much less expensive than the standard sextant, and since they are precision-made instruments will last just as long. Good results can be obtained with them both in coastal navigation and offshore. |
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