C.Plath Yachtsman
Small(er) sextant designed for use on yachts
Product details: C.Plath Yachtsman | C. Plath | Octant | Navigation | Material: Aluminium
This was an attempt by C.Plath to create a smaller (and cheaper) sextant for yachts. It is actually an octant and they never seem to have sold well as only about a few thousand were made. The sextant looks a bit unwieldy with its triangular shape. The advantage of the closed frame is that the index bar actually slides within the frame. The handle is a standard C.Plath handle but the sextant is still easier to lift from the box as it is stored 'upside down'. For servicing a screwdriver is supplied as standard. Filters are kept to a minimum and the telescope is permanently fixed to the frame. The instrument can be read to whole minutes though.
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Plath Yachtsman
Data sheet
- Year
- 1973
- Serialnumber
- 995
- Type of use
- Navigation
- Material
- Aluminium
- graduation
- deg
- measuring range
- 95
- Radius limb in mm
- 140
- accuracy
- 1'
- fine reading
- drum micrometer
- image direction
- upright
- Size instrument (l x w x h) in m
- 0.18 x 0.21 x 0.14
- weight instrument in kg
- 1.2
- Size case (l x w x h) in m
- 0.22 x 0.26 x 0.16
- weight case & in kg
- 1.4
- country obtained from
- United States
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Small(er) sextant designed for use on yachts
Product details: C.Plath Yachtsman | C. Plath | Octant | Navigation | Material: Aluminium