i am full of useless information. this is what a weekend with my father on the open ocean has done to me. not to say that all these facts and equations aren't extremely useful out on the water, but land-locked, i'm just a un-motion sick dimwit.
the square root of the height off the water equals the distance in nautical miles. if you want the distance in statute miles, multiply it by 1.1516. if you want it in kilometres, multiply it by 1.852.
(distance to horizon - about 7.5 km)
the square root of the length of a vessel will give you it's approximate maximum speed. our boat is capable of 8.22 knots under sail. but who rocked her up to a whopping 9.1??! that would be me. i'm a natural sailer, just look at my stoic, sea-wise expression (not to mention my rockin' mittens):
our trip took us from powell river back to false creek, stopping at secret cove and snug cove overnight - we were going to sail to nanaimo, but then vancouver coast guard radio on advisory from environment canada, issuing a gale warning for the georgia strait with increasing winds over night. we wimped out. the worst we got was three foot swells, during which i decided i should go stand on the bow and hold on for my life whilst we plummet 15 feet into the trough of the wave, having to cross them straight on to get where we were going in time to avoid the rougher stuff... note the life jacket.. safety is no accident, kids.
the next day, we saw the sun for about 3.6 minutes. i took full advantage, arranging myself enticingly on deck - only beer and warmer winds could have improved my lounging.. absolutely the best perspective life has to offer.. if you can see past my garish legwarmers and the ingenious invention i like to call 'boat socks', of course..
the square root of the height off the water equals the distance in nautical miles. if you want the distance in statute miles, multiply it by 1.1516. if you want it in kilometres, multiply it by 1.852.
(distance to horizon - about 7.5 km)
the square root of the length of a vessel will give you it's approximate maximum speed. our boat is capable of 8.22 knots under sail. but who rocked her up to a whopping 9.1??! that would be me. i'm a natural sailer, just look at my stoic, sea-wise expression (not to mention my rockin' mittens):
our trip took us from powell river back to false creek, stopping at secret cove and snug cove overnight - we were going to sail to nanaimo, but then vancouver coast guard radio on advisory from environment canada, issuing a gale warning for the georgia strait with increasing winds over night. we wimped out. the worst we got was three foot swells, during which i decided i should go stand on the bow and hold on for my life whilst we plummet 15 feet into the trough of the wave, having to cross them straight on to get where we were going in time to avoid the rougher stuff... note the life jacket.. safety is no accident, kids.
the next day, we saw the sun for about 3.6 minutes. i took full advantage, arranging myself enticingly on deck - only beer and warmer winds could have improved my lounging.. absolutely the best perspective life has to offer.. if you can see past my garish legwarmers and the ingenious invention i like to call 'boat socks', of course..
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Looks like you had an entertaining trip. Sailing looks like a riot... someday I'll have to beg my way onto a boat and see what all the fuss is about!