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"John Wentworth" wrote in message
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We have a private 22 acre lake we use for skiing. It has a large
2-boat
house, and our private campground, and that's were we keep our
Malibu
Skier
(350 cid/310 hp)...I probably spend most of my time there, as my
kids
like
to ski a lot.

My word, skiing with a 310hp boat on a 22 acre lake. That's about a
1000
feet X 800 feet, are you sure that's enough horsepower? In most states
it's "no-wake" within 150 feet from shore, that leaves about 700 feet
X
500 feet to ski. Good luck!


Actually an acre is 660x66' so if the lake is narrow, would be a long
slalom
course.

As usual, you are wrong. An acre is simply 43,560 square feet. It
certainly could include the dimensions you gave above, but doesn't
have to be so.

Actually you are wrong. An Acre is defined as 660' x 66' but is defined in
Rods. It was not necessarily square as it was originally the amount of land
that a team of oxen could plow in 1 day. And you would assume that they
would plow a long rectangle for greater efficiency. And acre's differed in
size by locality.

Nope. and Acre is NOT defined as 660'x66' And, I NEVER said it had to
be square. It is, however, defined in square feet. Again, an acre can
be 660x66, but it doesn't have to be those dimensions. As long as it's
43,560 square feet, it's an acre. See below:

An acre is a measure of land area in Imperial units or U.S. customary
units. It is equal to 43 560 square feet, or 4840 square yards. The
precise meaning of this depends on the exact definition adopted for a
foot: the international acre is 4046.8564 m², but the U.S. survey acre
is 4046.8726 m². In the UK, an acre is defined in the Units of
Measurement regulations 1995
(http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1995/Uksi_19951804_en_2.htm) as
4046.8564224 m².

What is happening is you are getting mixed up by the surveyors chain
measure, which is 4 rods, or 66 ft. and was common to measure multiple
acres of land such that there were equal numbers of rods, hence your
66x660.