X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 01:14:06 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1149966 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:14:14 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.2; envelope-from=REHBINC@aol.com Received: from REHBINC@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id q.4a7.1fa66b5 (48552) for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:13:25 -0400 (EDT) From: REHBINC@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <4a7.1fa66b5.31bde176@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:13:26 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] Re: knots to you X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1150060406" X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5122 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1150060406 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Actually, the units used depends on where you are sailing. In the Great Lakes system and (I think) the Mississippi as well, miles and mph are the correct units as the charts are laid out in miles. Coastal and off shore is nautical and knots. Never thought of it until a court case where the lawyer was questioning a vessel captain in a Great Lakes wreck case and repeatedly asked him how many knots he was traveling. He repeatedly said he didn't know. Finally the lawyer asked him how he could not know how fast he was going. He answered that he did know and stated the mph. He also said he had no idea how to convert to knots. True story Rob -------------------------------1150060406 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Actually, the units used depends on where you are sailing. In the=20= Great Lakes system and (I think) the Mississippi as well, miles and mph are=20= the correct units as the charts are laid out in miles. Coastal and off shore= is nautical and knots.

Never thought of it until a court case where the lawyer was questioning= a vessel captain in a Great Lakes wreck case and repeatedly asked him=20= how many knots he was traveling. He repeatedly said he didn't know. Finally=20= the lawyer asked him how he could not know how fast he was going. He answere= d that he did know and stated the mph. He also said he had no idea how to co= nvert to knots.

True story

Rob

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