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    Paul Heiney

    Oct 29, 2021 3 minutes
    ‘But is a sextant of any use, other than as an ornament, or possibly scrap value given the weight of brass in it?’

    Shall I sell my old sextant, or not? It has hardly had a busy life since I brought it back from the Atlantic. It’s now a relic of a great adventure so time for someone else to love and cherish it, swing its mirrors to the sun and squint in frustration at the tiny degree markings engraved in brass.

    I was

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