so, Lester,,,,what do you think you are going to do about
the binoculars? from all the great info posted...i myself, would
try out a few different pairs and features...the gimbal/oil floating
movement dampner and compass sounds interesting...what about
night time vision and range finder "options", i may see if any of that
is on the market...and set a budget for $...in the meantime, i would
pick up the "expendable" pair now and use them till i got the "real
pair" i was looking for.........i like that idea....keep us posted...


Lester Evans wrote:
For my little old sailboat. Coastal cruising along the New England coast.
I took a look on ebay. Wow,, there were binoculars and there were
binoculars. Many brands, so many I gave up looking.

What do you experienced cruisers use?

Thanks,,

On Wed, 07 Jun 2006 16:53:21 GMT, "Lester Evans"
wrote:

For my little old sailboat. Coastal cruising along the New England coast.
I took a look on ebay. Wow,, there were binoculars and there were
binoculars. Many brands, so many I gave up looking.

What do you experienced cruisers use?

Thanks,,



I just received my new Nikon OceanPro 7x50 Waterproof Binoculars with
Compass and they are great. 25 year warranty and crystal clear
optics.

Amazon has them, but they were out of stock, so I had to order through
one of the 3rd party vendors Amazon deals with. They cost $230 + $12
shipping - $40 rebate for a total of $204, and the vender sent it via
3 day (17th Street Photo).

There is also the version without compass for $200 + free shipping -
$30 mail-in rebate for a total of $170, but it's been out of stock for
at least a couple of weeks from what I've seen.

The rebates are goo to the end of this month.

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