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

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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?

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"Gordon" wrote in message
m...
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.

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"Gordon" wrote in message
m...
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.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol

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"Gordon" wrote in message
m...
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.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol


Ha ha! A classic example why women make lousy sailors. Women never evolved a
brain that understands physical size and geographical and spatial
relationships. That's one reason women tend to get lost all the time and
seem so proud and happy that it be known they need to ask directions.

Men who evolved as hunters and explorers roamed the globe widely and
developed advanced spatial relationship skills. Over the thousands of years
men's brains evolved to understand distances and relationship between points
on a globe. Women who stayed close to the cave or camp and took care of the
brats and did some nearby gathering of fire wood, berries, roots, herbs,
etc. never developed the areas of the brain that handle spatial relationship
problems.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard

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"Gordon" wrote in message
m...
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.

I looked it up. I was waayyyyy off. lol


Ha ha! A classic example why women make lousy sailors. Women never evolved
a brain that understands physical size and geographical and spatial
relationships. That's one reason women tend to get lost all the time and
seem so proud and happy that it be known they need to ask directions.

Men who evolved as hunters and explorers roamed the globe widely and
developed advanced spatial relationship skills. Over the thousands of
years men's brains evolved to understand distances and relationship
between points on a globe. Women who stayed close to the cave or camp and
took care of the brats and did some nearby gathering of fire wood,
berries, roots, herbs, etc. never developed the areas of the brain that
handle spatial relationship problems.

I hope this helps.

Wilbur Hubbard


Men are to blame for constantly telling us that something is 8 inches when
it's really 4.

Gordon wrote:
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
This is like many problems to day if you over analyze you lose. Big
numbers get in the way of simple facts.

Keith nuttle wrote:
Gordon wrote:
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
This is like many problems to day if you over analyze you lose. Big
numbers get in the way of simple facts.

Wrong answer.
g

"Gordon" wrote in message
m...
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

6.28 feet (to 2 places of decimals)

On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:48:47 +0000, Gordon wrote:

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

3.14 ft