Sailing from Florida to California
Jeff wrote:
Bryan wrote:
"Don White" wrote
Bryan wrote:
If a sailboat leaves Miami at 5 knots per hour,
how fast will it be going when it reaches Panama?
Depends on the wind of course.... anywhere from 1 knot
to the hull speed.
Don, we're not limited by hull speed in this case.
Why not? Because a hull speed limitation would take
the fun out of the equation.
I can work it out using "c" as hull speed.
It would be more fun if we can go faster than c
and get younger everyday.
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