Quote:
Originally Posted by Outcast
If you want the real deal, try these guys:
https://www.boatbooks-aust.com.au/pr...n-instruments/
They are located in Sydney.. you can buy the cheap plastic ones, Yachties use them, they are functional & inexpensive... or you can buy a beautifully crafted one... providing you are prepared to spend some hard earned... 
Cheers |
Interesting. The cheapest plastic sextant would perhaps have an error of 1/10th of a degree - up to 6 miles out. Good for other purposes like measuring heights or horizontal angles.
I had two sextants until a few years ago. An old brass Hezzanith - sold for $600. I still have my Tamaya which has a scale reading to 1/5th of a minute, or 30x the accuracy of the plastic job.