On Mon, 17 May 2004 00:32:37 GMT, Rick
wrote:

The chart for Lake Washington Ship Canal and Lake Washington (18447)
provides a scale for nautical, statute, and yards ... the "key thing"
that determines "inland" is the COLREGS, not the chart scale.

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For COLREGS purposes you are correct of course and the issue was never
in dispute.

For the purpose of disuading Chuck from reporting boat performance
numbers in mph when he most surely knows better, then I am correct.
:-)

As an FYI, Mrs B and I have gone to contract on a GB 49. The survey
and sea trial are scheduled for tomorrow, full newsgroup reports to
follow soon thereafter. Performance will be reported in kts of
course. The numbers will be low anyway you slice them but it will
travel at those speeds for a LOOOONG time without a fuel stop.