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A yacht broker is a specialist who serves yacht or boat sellers and/or buyers as a representative for the sale or purchase of a yacht or boat. The yacht broker is paid an agreed commission by the seller to market the yacht for sale, field interest and inquiries from buyers, handle negotiations, attend inspection and water trial and ultimately, if successful, to attend delivery.
The Freiberger is variable in type, from a riding horse to a light draught horse conformation. [12]: 467 Mares average 550 kg in weight and 147 cm in height at the withers; the average height and weight for stallions and geldings are 155 cm and 650 kg. [2] The usual coat colours are bay and chestnut, with only minimal white markings. [12]: 467
By the late 18th century, mariners began using the sextant and then LORAN C, SatNav/Transit, and then global positioning systems (GPS) starting in the 1980s. Oldest mariner's astrolabe in National Museum of Oman, Muscat [9] Although their heavy brass construction permits their longevity in marine environments, [7] mariner's astrolabes are very ...
John Bird (1709– 31 March 1776) was a British mathematical instrument maker who was notable for inventing the sextant. [citation needed] He came to London in 1740 where he worked for Jonathan Sisson and George Graham. [1] By 1745, he had his own business in the Strand.
Spencer, Browning & Rust quintant sextant or lattice sextant at the United States Geological Survey Museum. One of the oldest items in the collection of the United States Geological Survey Museum is a quintant sextant or lattice sextant (pictured) that was manufactured by Spencer, Browning & Rust. The sextant dates from the 1820s to 1850s. [9]
Freiberg is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany, with around 41,000 inhabitants.The city lies in the foreland of the Ore Mountains, in the Saxon urbanization axis, which runs along the northern edge of the Elster and Ore Mountains, stretching from Plauen in the southwest via Zwickau, Chemnitz and Freiberg to Dresden in the northeast.
An equatorial sextant is a modified version of a sextant. One historically significant instrument called by that name was John Flamsteed 's equatorial sextant, installed in the Greenwich Observatory in 1676.
Freedom Yachts was the maker of the Freedom (sail) and Legacy (power) yacht brands. The Freedom sailboats have unstayed rigs, meaning that the mast is freestanding and not supported by the normal set of wires called standing rigging. Garry Hoyt, a champion sailor and noted maverick, created the unstayed rigs to give "freedom" from the ...