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Sailor Steve · 02-10-07, 06:08 PM

WOW! You learn something new every day. While looking in The American Practical Navigator for info for the 8km vs 16km thread, I found that nautical miles are actually METRIC!:rotfl:

I always thought of a nautical mile as being 6080 feet, versus a statute (land) mile of 5280 feet. Turns out a nautical mile is actually kinda sorta 6076.11549 feet. It seems that way back in 1929 the International Hydrographic Bureau standardized the International Nautical Mile at exactly 1852 meters! And the United States officially standardized the yard at 0.9144 meters in 1959.

Who'd a thunk it?!

02-10-07, 06:08 PM	#64
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WOW! WOW! You learn something new every day. While looking in The American Practical Navigator for info for the 8km vs 16km thread, I found that nautical miles are actually METRIC!:rotfl: I always thought of a nautical mile as being 6080 feet, versus a statute (land) mile of 5280 feet. Turns out a nautical mile is actually kinda sorta 6076.11549 feet. It seems that way back in 1929 the International Hydrographic Bureau standardized the International Nautical Mile at exactly 1852 meters! And the United States officially standardized the yard at 0.9144 meters in 1959. Who'd a thunk it?! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo