statute mile
Distance of 5,280 feet, the standard measure of distance on land and most inland waterways.
stay
Wire, rod or other rigging that runs fore and aft of the mast.
Statute mile
A mile as measured on land, 5,280 feet or 1.6 kilometers. Distances at sea are measured in nautical miles.
statute mile - A unit of land measurement; a distance of 5280 feet.
STATUTE MILE - Measurement used in fresh water. A stature mile equals 5,280 feet.
STEM - The forward most part of the bow.
STERN - The after part of the boat.
15 statute miles or exactly 1852 meters. Nautical miles have the unique property that a minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile (there is a slight error because the earth is not perfectly round.) Measurement of speed is done in knots where ...
Nautical Mile - One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
Navigation - The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another.
1508 statute miles). A knot of speed is one nautical mile per hour. Prior to the advent of celestial navigation, sailors used a method known as dead (deduced) reckoning.
An anchor or weight, permanently attached to the sea floor, with a buoy going to the surface, used to hold the boat in a certain area nautical mile On salt water, a nautical mile is a unit about 1/7th longer than the land or statute mile with ...
15 statute miles) per hour. A 10-knot wind is blowing 11.5 statute miles per hour. A knotmeter is a boat's speedometer. 3) It is unusual, but technically not wrong, to say "a 10-knot-per-hour wind.
One minute of latitude; approximately 6076 feet - about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
Navigation
The art and science of conducting a boat safely from one point to another
Navigation Rules ...
Nautical Mile - 6076 feet; 115 statute miles
Nautical Mile - Mi on nautical maps is nautical mile 115 land miles = 1 nautical mile or about 2000 yards
Nautical Speed - Knots ( not knots per hr ) ...
Nautical Mile: The unit of geographical distance used on salt-water charts where 1 nautical mile = 6076 feet or 1.15 statute miles. Therefore 1 statute mile = 0.87 nautical mile.
nautical mile
A distance of 6,076.12 feet or 1,852 meters, which is about 15 percent longer than a statute mile. Equivalent to one minute of latitude on a navigation chart.
nun buoy
Conical navigation buoy that is usually red.
Distance at sea is measured in nautical miles, which are about 6,067.12 feet, 1.15 statute miles or 1,852 metres. A minute of latitude is equal to one nautical mile.
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A nautical mile, or knot, is the same as a geographical mile. Its length is six thousand and eighty feet. A statute mile in the United States measures five thousand two hundred and eighty feet.
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Knot: 1. An interlacing of rope, cord, etc, drawn tight into a lump or end. 2. (Naut) A measure of Nautical speed about 1.125 statute miles per hour.* ...
One 60th of a degree of latitude, or one minute of latitude. Approximately equal to 6,076.1 feet, or 1.15 statute miles.
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MAST: Any vertical spar provided to support sails or equipment such as radar antennae, etc.
NAUTICAL MILE: 1.151 statute mile.
The unit of distance in the nautical system. There are 60 nautical miles in one degree of latitude. 1 nautical mile = 1.15 statute miles.
Near gale ...
NAUTICAL MILE: According to Webster's: any of various units of distance used for sea and air navigation; an international unit equal to 6076.115 feet (1852 meters); about 1/8 longer than the statute mile of 5280 feet.
15 statute miles.
Nun buoy- shaped like a rocket's nose cone.
NMMA - National Marine Manufacturers Association
Petcock - often used to describe the sea water drain valves
an inboard motor
Porpoise (porpoising) the rhythmic bouncing of the nose of a ...
 See also: Nautical mile, Nautical, Boat, Feet, Mile
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