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    Posted 9 years ago

    FindersLane
    (5 items)

    getting excited in decorating my home with vintage looking piece, like this one. Does anybody know the authenticity of this sextant?

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    1. GeodeJem GeodeJem, 9 years ago
      I saw a film recently called All is Lost with Robert Redford and he had to master one of these in a day. They seem very complicated to me.
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 9 years ago
      Appears authentic enough. Take a steadying drink & try to add a pix without blurring the maker's name. When I was living on St. Eustatius, I was learning to do readings with one. My shots showed that the island was moving approx. 4 nautical miles E & W each day. I convinced the natives that this explained a beach that seemed to come & go. That the beach stayed but it was the island that came & went. True story & they did believed it! LOL!!
    3. FindersLane, 9 years ago
      Yeap! its very difficult indeed.. @GeodeJem

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