When viewing the object through the sextant, so long as the reflected image appears below the water level, the vessel is safely outside a circle of minimum distance, and the vertical angle will be less than that set on the sextant.
Xa sijonga into ngesixhobo sokulinganisa imbombo, okwangoku njengokuba imbonakalo ivelile ngaphantsi komlinganiselo wamanzi, inqanawa ikhuselekile ngaphandle kwesanqga somgama okumlinganiselo, nembombo exwesileyo iyakuba ngaphantsi kweqela kwisixhobo sokulunganisa imbombo.