On 2007-08-15 14:33:18 -0400, Joe said:

I haven't used my sextant since.

That's a shame... They work when everything else fails.

if it's not cloudy for weeks on end, and you don't need *too* accurate
a position, and you have lots of time and a steady deck and you're
comfortable and experienced with the process..... ;-)

Sorry, but I'm going to have multiple backups on navigation, and a
sextant would be the very last one.

We have a simple boat, no refrigeration, RADAR, pressure water, or
such, but even playing in our back yard, the GPS is on whenever we
move, backing up the line-of-sight and DR navigation. (and we have 3
compasses.)

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