| tcat |
| (sage) |
| 07/05/09 01:18 PM |
Re: Setting Circles
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.... there is a graceful elegance to using a mount with manual setting circles. It is like a pilot using dead reconing rather than Nav aids like VOR or GPS. There is kind of a zen quality to it...
As a recent student of using setting circles I quite agree about those "zen" moments when you locate something without electronic assistance. Sailors enjoy similar moments figuring out where they are using sextants instead of GPS. But I fear both of these skills are on the wane losing out to the convenience factor. Pity.
Tom