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[newhaul]

Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED

Anyone besides me know how much a "shot" (of chain) is? Tales of a misspent youth, aka things learned at 15 But hey, I could drive a stick at 13.

The amount of chain for me to anchor in about 1.5 fathoms .

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by UNCIVILIZED

Anyone besides me know how much a "shot" (of chain) is? Tales of a misspent youth, aka things learned at 15 But hey, I could drive a stick at 13.

"Shot" of chain??? Ya trying to turn this into a gun thread, mate?

And when i was 13, everyone learned o n a stick shift... cause there were damn few automatics around, they were all on pretty new cars, and no one lets a kid drive their new car!

Jim

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by Jim Cate

"Shot" of chain??? Ya trying to turn this into a gun thread, mate?

And when i was 13, everyone learned o n a stick shift... cause there were damn few automatics around, they were all on pretty new cars, and no one lets a kid drive their new car!

Jim

He said shot of chain not chain shot and that would make this a pirate thread

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by newhaul

He said shot of chain not chain shot and that would make this a pirate thread

HA! good one, mate!

Jim

[senormechanico]

Oh, come on.. 90 feet?

And NO I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP !

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by senormechanico

Oh, come on.. 90 feet?

And NO I DIDN'T LOOK IT UP !

I didn't either and yes it takes about a shot of chain for me to anchor in ten feet of water. I have a 3 ft freeboard. 3ft + 10 ft of water x 7 to 1 escape is = to 91 ft total chain or just a few links over one shot

[StuM]

Originally Posted by newhaul

Your speed if traveling north or south would be 1.4 minutes per minute at a rate of 100 knots per hour speed.

Frayed knot!

Knots per hour is acceleration, not a speed.

And your math is wrong too.
1.4 minutes per minute is 84 minutes per hour - or 84 knots.
100 knots = 1.67 minutes per minute.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by StuM

Frayed knot!

Knots per hour is acceleration, not a speed.

And your math is wrong too.
1.4 minutes per minute is 84 minutes per hour - or 84 knots.
100 knots = 1.67 minutes per minute.

THanks I didn't really do the math figured you would and the original question stated kph and in a maritime themed thread I assumed it to be knots per hour. Which is a measure of speed not acceleration. ( distance covered in one hour.)
Stu this is for you
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

[newhaul]

OK here is one rope yarn Sunday.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by newhaul

THanks I didn't really do the math figured you would and the original question stated kph and in a maritime themed thread I assumed it to be knots per hour. Which is a measure of speed not acceleration. ( distance covered in one hour.)

Once again:
A knot is a measure of speed. It is 1 nm per hour.
= 6076.12 feet per hour = 1.688 feet per second (fps)

A knot per hour is an acceleration.
i.e 1.688 fps per hour = 0.000469 fps/sec

By way of comparison, the acceleration due to gravity at the earths surface ( commonly referred to a "g") is 32.2 fps/sec.

Which means that 1 knot per hour is approx 1/68700 g
Or: when you jump off a cliff, you experience about 68700 knots per hour.

[StuM]

Originally Posted by newhaul

OK here is one rope yarn Sunday.

"Make and Mend" as my father used to call it (RN).

[Adelie]

Newhaul, StuM has got you.

[newhaul]

Originally Posted by StuM

Once again:
A knot is a measure of speed. It is 1 nm per hour.
= 6076.12 feet per hour = 1.688 feet per second (fps)

A knot per hour is an acceleration.
i.e 1.688 fps per hour = 0.000469 fps/sec

By way of comparison, the acceleration due to gravity at the earths surface ( commonly referred to a "g") is 32.2 fps/sec.

Which means that 1 knot per hour is approx 1/68700 g
Or: when you jump off a cliff, you experience about 68700 knots per hour.

Stu I stand corrected . I will take my stool in the corner now.