Oliver Fleming wrote:
Hi,
I have been told that all new equipment, chartplotters, speedometers and
the like will not have knots as a speed option.
Knots will be phased out and KPH will be the new standard for marine
equipment.

Has anybody heard of this?

If so where?

Some links please if available.

Thanks
Oliver Fleming


I can see it now:

A CA or EUR boat shopper looks at a runabout.

Shopper: One little thing that bothers me is that the speedometer reads
in kph, rather than knots. Is there an option to get a speedometer that
reads in knots?

Unprofessional salesperson: Oh no. Of course not. Didn't you know that
all new navigation equipment will eliminate knots as a unit of
measurement and the new worldwide standard will be kph?

****

Sometimes a depth sounder is appropriate in the showroom, where it has
been known to get piled up pretty deep indeed. :-)

"Chuck Gould" wrote in
ps.com:

Sometimes a depth sounder is appropriate in the showroom, where it has
been known to get piled up pretty deep indeed. :-)



Have some fun with the boat salesman in the Sperry shoes.

Point to any piece of electronics on the new boat and ask, "Can you show me
how this works?"

The sonar WILL ping the floor under the trailer, but the reading will be
wrong and no fish will show up, no matter how long he watches it.

Another fun thing to do is to put the radar digital display in DEMO mode
and ask him how come it can see targets so far away through the sheet metal
walls of the show room....(c;

For some reason, I'm not welcome in showrooms any more....



Larry
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If we eliminate religion, will they stop murdering each other?