Papa Hemmingway was never better than when he said "the sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats."  Sometimes we get so caught up in emergent tech, carbon fiber, foils, wings, and planing hulls, that we forget the magic and majesty of the sea and just how brave the early explorers were. But deep inside of every sailor is an echo of our former selves. That is why we can't help but see a Cassens & Plath Horizon Ultra Sextant ($1,800) and feel that ancient connection.