View Single Post
  #40   Report Post  
posted to rec.boats.electronics,rec.boats,rec.boats.cruising
Larry Larry is offline
external usenet poster
 
First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
Posts: 5,275
Default Knots being phased out?

"Capt. JG" wrote in
:

Where do you guys get this?? You have it 180 degrees backward. Or, is
this a troll? :-)



Excellent point. 360 degrees of LONGITUDE in a 10' circle around the pole
is only 31.4' or about 12.5" per degree. At the equator, the distance
between degrees is a tad larger, right?....(c;



Larry
--
If we eliminate religion, will they stop murdering each other?