On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:03:50 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 21:18:00 -0500, JohnH penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

If a boat is a "cable's length" away from another, how far apart are the
two boats?

Is it true that a sea mile is a little longer than a land mile and a lot
wetter?

Are you searching for the meaning of "cable tow," by any chance?

No. Mys Terry got it right. In the O'Brian series, the distance between a
couple sailing ships is often referred to in 'cable lengths'. For some
reason I was picturing about a football field's distance. I should have
been thinking two of them.

I do appreciate the attempted help though/
--
'Til next time,

John H

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