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mappa2
April 5th, 2004, 03:26 PM
i guess this is a dumb question but i'll
ask it anyway. i believe a typical cruise
ship travels at 20 knots or so. how do you relate the speed in miles per hour?
jhannah
April 5th, 2004, 03:41 PM
1 knot = 1.1507794 mile/hour (mph). Therefore, a ship traveling at 20 knots would be going about 23 mph.
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Rosieo
April 5th, 2004, 05:01 PM
We are sailing next week and my husband is taking our portable GPS that we use when we cruise the Great Lakes. It will tell us exactly how fast we are going and exactly where we are in the Caribbean. Should be interesting.
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derf5585
April 5th, 2004, 06:30 PM
In many sailing ships, speed was measured by casting the log from the stern
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_%28nautical%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot_[nautical%29)
There are no stupid questions just stupid answers.
what kind of questions do stupid people ask?
from
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/scottadams136671.html
Rosieo
"taking our portable GPS"
I was talking to someone that brought their GPS and he watched the ship going around in circles because they were ahead of schedule
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Rosieo
April 5th, 2004, 06:50 PM
Then taking the GPS along may really be interesting. What was ahead of schedule? The ship? Our GPS plots where you are at that exact minute.
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derf5585
April 5th, 2004, 06:56 PM
Rosieo
Yes, the ship was early for a port call
USS Chilton APA-38 1966-1968
USS Guam LPH-9 1968-1970
Pacific Princess Oct 21 2001 Bermuda
Golden Princess Dec 7 2002 "Eastern Caribbean"
Coral Princess Dec 9 2003 "Panama Canal"
Carnival Miracle 17 Oct 2004
NOT UPDATED again 25 Feb www.geocities.com/fsbsdel (http://www.geocities.com/fsbsdel)