boaties measure explained.

[kriso]

Okay for the current younger generation heres how it translates to spinglish

for speed 1knot is = 1 nauticle mile per hour

1 nauticle mile = 1852 meter's or 1.852 klm

12inches or 30.5cm = 1 foot

6 feet = 1 fathom

120 fathoms = 1 cable length

7.5 cable lengths = 1 mile

easy hey :woohoo: :silly:

[AZZA]

And a fish that smokes you quick smart or breaks the line just out of gaff range is always a foot and a half bigger in the story than it realy was

[kriso]

hahhah sure is Azza

[Feral]

kriso wrote:

Okay for the current younger generation heres how it translates to spinglish

12inches or 30.5cm = 1 feet

easy hey :woohoo: :silly:

No not really, thats 30.5cm = 1 foot

:kiss:

[Malcolm]

Is 1 knot = 1 nauticle mile per hour?

What is the difference between 1mile and 1 nauticle mile?

[tomca]

and if you own a ski boat or jetski, all rules that include speed or distance are ignored

six knot limit is about a fast jogging speed, but also known as 'no wake' which in reality is about 2 knots. I am confusing myself more than Kriso already has

[Malcolm]

Your right tom 6 knots no wake its crap some boats put out a huge wake at 6 knots and a small wake flat out

[Old Scaley]

tomca wrote:

and if you own a ski boat or jetski, all rules that include speed or distance are ignored

six knot limit is about a fast jogging speed, but also known as 'no wake' which in reality is about 2 knots. I am confusing myself more than Kriso already has

Tomca, if you want to be really confused, you just had to meet the water cop who pulled me over on the Sunday morning 4.30am of the BRC. He had the speed gun on me as we went through the 6 knot area under the Gateway. Yes, I was doing less than 6 knots, but this is also a no wash zone and apparently I was causing some wash (which he conceded was less than the wind chop prevailing at the time)and he would have booked me if I was in a Marina (fortunately I was in the main channel, not in a marina, so not sure of the relevance. Also gave me a lecture on the fact that my factory fitted lights were not legal because they were not exactly parallel to the hull, but because it was after daybreak (again relevance?) he would cut me a break. Anyway, he is the exception not the rule as all the other water police I have dealt with have been great and thank god they are there.

cheers

Steve

[Feral]

1 nautical mile equals 1 minute of lattitude

1 Geographic mile equals 1 minute of longitude at the equator

1 standard mile (as in miles per hour) is 1609m

1 Knot equals a speed of 1 nautical mile per hour.

[kriso]

sorry mal it is per hour .

[Gad]

Malcolm wrote:

Is 1 knot = 1 nauticle mile per hour?

What is the difference between 1mile and 1 nauticle mile?

nautical mile = 2025 yards = 1852 metres

1 mile = 1760 yards = 1609 metres