"Bart" wrote in message
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What is the technique for hanging two binoculars with straps
from the same binnacle? [1 pt]

Hang them from the navigator's balls.
(Quadrantial spheres for the uniniated).


Name the two most characteristics to look for when shopping
for binoculars? [1 point each]


Lens diameter and power. Too powerful you can't hold them steady. Lens
diameter indicates light gathering capability. Binoculars are most essential
in low light conditions. During the day they are mere sight seeing gimmicks.
The distance to the horizon is so short in sailboats and, in general, the
visibility from the cockpit is so impeded by those big white sails that day
use of binoculars is silly. Low light conditions are where binoculars become
useful. You aren't going to hit something a mile away in a sailboat, it
takes a good part of an hour to get that far. However in dark conditions the
binoculars gather much more light than the eye. Sailboats, thankfully are
slow otherwise they would be a real hazard to navigation.