On the south pole, even if you insist on going only 14 nm on every
leg, you could reach the 28 nm that you mentioned in your earlier
post, so you wouldn't have to admit that you have a really bad
compass. You might have to bring an iceboat though.

Peter S/Y Anicula


"Wally" skrev i en meddelelse
...
Peter S/Y Anicula wrote:
1.86nm is not far enough for me: For one thing, I can sail much
faster
than your 1 knot. If I can do 6 knots, the figure would be 11.16
nm,
assuming your math is correct, but you can do better than that,
even in your slow boat.

The misapprehension of the question that led to this discourse was
concerned
with distances of 14nm. You might sail the course six times faster,
but
you'll still be 1.86nm from the start.


Why don't you take a trip to the South Pole ?

Because my ice-breaker would founder on the mountains.


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