Does anyone know how to use a sextant? I have my grandfather's old one (he was in the Merchant Marine) but I haven't the faintest idea how to use it.

insomniak@cox.net wrote:Orienteering was a required merit badge for me to get my Eagle Scout. I know exactly how to use a compass and a map, but with my Garmin GPS V, why would I want to.

If I were to teach a class on using a GPS, I would start out using a compass, and then show the functionality of the GPS. I've been working on a project to teach how the gps functions. My mother has been thinking of having me show the girls in her church group about using a gps. I'm planning on gearing the class for teens and pre-teens.

I would really be impressed if they were using sextants for their navagation. Come to think about it, I would consider paying $75 for a class on using sextants. But for doing my road/off road navagation, pry my GPS from my cold dead hands.

Jake - Team A.I.

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