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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins
...you can figure it out in your head. 3450 yards / 2 = 1725. Slide the decimal 3 places to the left and find 3450 yards=1.725 nm.
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D'OH!!!
I was going to go all uppity and point out that one nautical mile is actually 2025.3718 yards, but then I realized that you probably already knew that. Then I realized that you're right - as far as quick figuring goes, that method is as simple as can be. I wish I'd thought of it years ago.