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Aubrey, Sounds good?and logical to me. Celestron's method never made sense. It just flopped around like a fish on a deck. But it worked. Or I learned to work it.

Derek, Yes, I know Polaris isn't within walking distance of the NCP, but it is the closest star. So good to use for reference. I do hope to eventually narrow it down. Anyone who has shot star trails (Hand in the air here) has seen Polaris circles. Just it circles the closest of what we have for reference. ;^) LOL!
Actually, I used to leave the mount and tripod set, and retained what PA I had with it. Only removing my Telescope and its stuff and leaving the connecting cords/wires with the mount. But since the Losmandy only has the Dec and RA cords, I was thinking like you about Pulling the Head. But I know from experience that the more that is disturbed, the more there is to correct the next use. Ergo, why I decided my split point was going to be the Vixen bar/clamp. It actually works pretty well, even though it isn't what I would call a precision joint. Things do come back pretty close.
Which brings me to "Perfectly Polar Aligned", Not going to happen. At least not on a tripod. And I have to wonder about if even on a pier. I think there would or could be variations. And the higher the magnifications (say a C-11) the more nerve racking it could become, from night to night. Hense, why I always started with adjusting my PA, ever so slightly, but yep every night. So "Perfect" doesn't exist. Pretty darn close does, but I never saw Perfectly in anything. I always worked towards it, but never saw it.
But the way Scott Losmandy covers it, the Gemini does as well as anything else without a Polar Scope, or a PoleMaster. You correct the aim and the Gemini II remembers the location. I'm not sure how, but that's what I get out of it. Center the star, push the appropriate buttons, and move to the next star.
Just new stuff to learn.

Brian, So far Plate solving hasn't worked out for me. But heck, there's other things that didn't work out for me that does work for others. Shrug! ;^)
When beginning, there were times I'd do many alignments just trying to get myself trained at it, and to see how good I could get it. But I was fighting a bad mount, and a bad Main Camera. Turned out my alignment and guiding were spot on, when I did get a decent camera. Even if I failed a lot, I learned. I enjoyed even the most frustrating nights.
I have both the Guide Camera and my Main Camera hooked up to my Baby Dell. So doggone it, Plate solving, SharpCap, and even Cart du Ciel?should work but not so far, not for me.
Stellarium has worked great for me, so I don't need to build sky charts. It can run the old AVX, and slew to objects.
But after about 4700 Polar Alignments, and not ever moving my mount. I got down to just changing pressure to get my old mount aligned.
LOL! I took down the old AVX tripod yesterday and had to use pliers to help get the leg screws loosened. Yep, they'd about grown roots. LOL!
I tore it down finally to set up my telescope for visual with the 8 year old Grandson who spent the night. We had some fun looking at different stars and the Moon.

Does anybody have the Email addresses for the Losmandy folks? I tried via the Technical Support @ Losmandy, but no reply as of yet. Maybe I'll call tomorrow. I have to correct this no mount situation. I'm sick of sitting in the house.