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Subject: Re: Beaufort scale
From: Robert Eno (enoid@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 21:03:57 EDT
I have to admit that my mild criticism is just a product of my own mental
sloth. I just can't be bothered memorizing yet more nautica. I wonder if
this was the pattern that led to the demise of "boxing the compass"? This
is yet another quirk of the nautical world that I could never fathom. I
guess I am a heretic at heart.
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: bhudson <bhudson@XXX.XXX>
To: <NAVIGATION-L@XXX.XXX>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Beaufort scale
> Good point Robert. My guess is that the scale is there cover off chunks of
> wind speed. Each number on the scale takes care of a spectrum of wind
> speeds. Wind is never constant in speed but varies around a datum.There
must
> be something better than this?
>
> Barrie Hudson
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