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Default Why MPH?

D.Duck wrote:
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Eisboch wrote:
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On Jul 17, 9:49 am, "Ulf B" wrote:
Hello all,

why are recreational boatspeed in the US measured in MPH when the rest
of
the world including the US proffesional mariners uses knots???
Most Americans can't even learn English, so to expect them to learn the
metric system is more than a stretch.

A "Knot" is metric?

Better check that.

Eisboch


Really? Gee. :)

Actually, I don't use either. I use...G.P.H.

That's the most meaningful measurement to me, along with engine R.P.M.



Seems to me that $PH is even more meaningful.



Actually, MPG is more meaningful than GPH unless you don't have a
destination in mind and want to just cruise.