Reddit mentions: The best boat compasses
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1. Davis Instruments Mark 25 Deluxe Sextant Navigation Tool
- Full field Beam Converger mirror
- LED light lights the arc and drum
- 3 X 27mm star telescope and 7 sun shades
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 5 Inches |
| Length | 13 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Weight | 3.5 Pounds |
| Width | 11 Inches |
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1. Davis Instruments Mark 25 Deluxe Sextant Navigation Tool
- Full field Beam Converger mirror
- LED light lights the arc and drum
- 3 X 27mm star telescope and 7 sun shades
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 5 Inches |
| Length | 13 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Weight | 3.5 Pounds |
| Width | 11 Inches |
The Davis 15 and Davis 25 are common introductory sextants and about the cheapest bet for a real sextant. A good metal one will run you over a thousand although you can find vintage WWII surplus (
every bomber carried themavoid aviation sextants apparently) ones for markedly less but make sure it isn't a reproduction.Alternatively, if you are handy look at the book latitude hooks and azimuth rings for a how to on making and using a ton of historical navigational tools including the sextant's very close cousin, the octant.
It will be low enough quality that you can't get accuracy better than a dozen+ miles. Enough to learn from. The Davis MKIII @ amazon linked above is actually used on board ships as a backup and is as cheap an instrument as is usable for navigation. A "commercial" grade sextant will be over $150 and up to $2000. As usual, you get what you pay for. Its function and accuracy depends on both mechanical and optical accuracy.