"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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This is from the Brian Toss rigging book so if you want to cheat, you
can look it up.

If I string a line around the equator (disregarding natural obstacles)
and then decide I want that line 1 foot above the equator all the way
around, how much longer must that line be? Call the earth's diameter an
even 8000 miles.
G

8000 miles? I take it this is a miniature Earth?


Oh, never mind. I was thinking circumference.