"Jeff" wrote in message
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Nope. Don't work. Not Nohow.

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Jeff" wrote
OK, please explain. Maybe this will bring Jax out of the woodwork to
tell us that Einstein proved that dead reckoning is impossible.

I can explain it too. I've been thinking about a way off and on
since you said there's no
way. Remember way back when we were talking about me getting in irons
because of wind
going the same speed as the current? You said unless there's land there's
no way to tell.
Well there is and I'm going to tell how.
1-- tie a long string on an empty wine bottle.
2-- throw the wine bottle off the boat when your sailing.
3-- get a stop watch time on how long it takes for the string to go
tight and pull the bottle along.
4-- pull the bottle back aboard.
5-- turn around and go the opposite direction
6-- repeat the first three steps.
Since the bottle goes with the current it lets you measure the
current.


You're right Jeff... but Neal is an idiot, so what do you expect.

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