Hello Shipmates,
Forgive me if this information has been posted previously.
Here is a sextant index correction sheet that is as simple and elegant to read as they come.
Captain Melas sent this short, understandable, and efficient page to me in an effort to teach an old salt new tricks.
Captain Diego Melas has also created a web page both lovely to look at and generous in its method at teaching navigation both off shore and inshore. I appreciate his kindness and tireless efforts to beat new information into my stubborn head.
This morning I used the instructions to correct the index error on a borrowed sextant and came away with a better understanding of the process and the machine. As we used to say in the Navy - "A piece of cake...!"
Give your sextant the best accuracy its capable of by carefully aligning it's mirrors; but more importantly, have fun.
https://sidaerum.com/
joe
Forgive me if this information has been posted previously.
Here is a sextant index correction sheet that is as simple and elegant to read as they come.
Captain Melas sent this short, understandable, and efficient page to me in an effort to teach an old salt new tricks.
Captain Diego Melas has also created a web page both lovely to look at and generous in its method at teaching navigation both off shore and inshore. I appreciate his kindness and tireless efforts to beat new information into my stubborn head.
This morning I used the instructions to correct the index error on a borrowed sextant and came away with a better understanding of the process and the machine. As we used to say in the Navy - "A piece of cake...!"
Give your sextant the best accuracy its capable of by carefully aligning it's mirrors; but more importantly, have fun.
https://sidaerum.com/
joe