Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on November 09, 2004 at 17:55:05 from 217.137.108.29 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Nauticalia posted by Peter H on November 09, 2004 at 15:30:45:
What's wrong with a brass sextant? That's the proper stuff to make the things with.
Presumably Peter wants one to navigate from Sty Head to Esk Hause. His only real problem will be to get a good horizon.
Mind you, Columbus didn't have one. But perhaps that's why he didn't actually discover America.