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Electronic Sextant G-Stell - CelNav57 - 07-08-2017
A French company has invented an electronic sextant and named it G-Stell.
Here's a link to it.
G-Stell electronic sextant
I found it while looking at links related to an upcoming boat show in France (Cannes?). However, I have not seen that there is actual production of the G-Stell or price and availability.
It looks very promising.
CelNav57
RE: Electronic Sextant G-Stell - BigBill - 07-09-2017
It does look interesting. Sadly, like a GPS it takes all of the work and thus, all of the fun out of it. :)
RE: Electronic Sextant G-Stell - Rdutton - 07-11-2017
BigBill,
"Point and shoot" stuff sounds easy to use, and probably is, but sailing at 5 knots it doesn't matter much how fast I get an LOP. The reduction using paper is easy, fun and the only electronics that'll fail would be the battery in my watch.
Great idea though.
Roland
RE: Electronic Sextant G-Stell - LouisC - 07-12-2017
It probably wont work too well if the batteries die. Maybe there are backup instructions included on how to use a sextant?
It would be curious to try it out.
Lou