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"Ellen MacArthur" wrote in message
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"Mark" wrote
1451 NM (conversion fator is 0.868976242 statute mile to 1 Nautical
Mile)


Duh! I think you got it backwards. I nautical mile equals 1.15 statute
miles.
Nautical mile is longer not shorter.


Cheers,
Ellen

Which is closet to a true nautical mile at the equator:

1. A nm that runs north to south
or
2. A nm that runs east to west?


 
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