FIX 0427 BEARING 118° RESIDUAL ±0.4

Pin every figure
to a measured point.

Sextant is a dark survey console for systems that are read under pressure. Every value is plotted against an exposed coordinate field — and one signal ink lands only on the live fix.

Take a bearing Built on one rationed signal ink
01

How a fix is taken

Method / 3 sights
x · 047.3

Plot to the field

Content docks to an exposed coordinate grid with corner ticks. Position on the field is hierarchy — not weight, not boxes.

y · 008.5

Ration the signal

One vermilion ink, and it lands only on the figure that has just changed or holds the live reading. Never wallpaper.

z · 0.412

Read the residual

Tabular mono keeps every number on the same column, so the gap between target and reading is legible at a glance.


02

Live fix log

Harbour ops / 14:00 UTC
VesselBerthBearingResidualState
Aral MaruB-07118°±0.4FIXED
LindgrenB-04092°±0.9tracking
Cap TarifaB-11204°±1.2tracking
NordkappB-02336°±0.6HELD

03

Within tolerance

Datum / drift
±0.41 M

Mean residual across 27 live sights — the spread between each plotted reading and its datum line, held inside half a metre.

Sighted74%
Held for re-shot31%
In tolerance96%

A figure you can
trust at a glance.

No floating cards, no decorative shadow, no signal ink spent on ornament. Just an exposed field, a measured rule, and one mark on the value that matters.

Plot your first fix