Traveling by Sextant Instead of GPS

Mistakes Will Be Made

Voyaging around the world, I loved the quiet of sailing at night through the inky black ocean. Night watch was mine, gazing at stars amid scant traffic in the middle of the sea. Every once in a while, on a cloudless night when the stars were really bright, I would take out a case that held the precious, delicate sextant to test my celestial navigation skills. I understood that…