Knotmeter

[jssailem]

It makes sense. I was inverse.

 

[Will Gilmore]

Interesting. I also made a significant math error. I inverted the 3600/6076 in the reduced formula. Correcting my error, I get the below formula, which I have corrected above, and it works out to:

0.5925(LWL/s)=k/h

I used popcorn from the bow to stern on a 30 foot boat. If it was five seconds

0.5925(30'/5s)=3.555 knots

@All U Get, what speed did you think the boat was actually going?

-Will

 

[DArcy]

@All U Get, what speed did you actually think the boat was going?

We'll never know, fish ate the popcorn

 

[MikeHoncho]

Great writing, lousy math...
not 1000mph...
6 feet per second
1000 seconds
.28 nm/hour

I feel the need... The need to be a speeding slug...

Debbie Downer! One second he’s going 1000mpb the next he’s going .28

 

[All U Get]

Yeah, 3 kts. Explains why I was always late for happy hour. As for my math skills, I blame it all on sitting next to Carla DelVechio in senior algebra class. I was a bit distracted.