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Old 10-24-07, 11:27 AM   #5
SteamWake
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Range is always in yards. Ship dimensions are always in feet.

Metric is easier, and does make more sense. That's exactly why we don't use it.:rotfl:
Its all about that King thing that happend back in the 1700's

Curiously enough most engineering drawings at least technical documents show both metric and english units where architectural drawings still only show english :hmm:

I always get a kick out of something that is 4.5 feet instead of 4'-6".
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