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Re: lv-ab: Boat Speed

From: Pilgrim (no email)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 19:04:14 EDT

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     wrote:
    > Sometime ago someone on the list posted a simple way of calculating boat
    > speed. It was a method timing something and then doing a simple
    > calculation. Anyone remember what it was...Ken Nolan
    60D=ST
    or
    60*Distance=Speed*Time
    or
    Speed(knots)=(60*Distance(nautical miles))/Time(minutes)

    -- 
    Brian Stewart
    Pilgrim
    Whitby 42  #304
    VB8320
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