[Elecraft] 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition

[AB4IQ]

Up and Down, Up and down, Up and down if the seas are really rough could
slow things down a little.  You are no longer going in a direct line like
you would in smooth seas.

Ed... AB4IQ  USS Mt. McKinley AGC-7 (1966-1970)

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Subject: [Elecraft] 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition

    
I am a pilot rather than a sailor, but I wonder if the two knots means net
speed with respect to position, which could mean almost any speed with
respect to the flow of water past the hull.  Like the difference between air
speed and ground speed?  An airplane with an airspeed of 100 knots into a
direct headwind of 98 knots - God forbid - would have a ground speed of two.

Or don't sailors talk that way?

Ted, KN1CBR    
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    Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2018 01:30:52 +0000
    From: Ted Edwards W3TB <w3tb.ted at gmail.com>
    To: "Edward T. Tanton" <n4xy at comcast.net>
    Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
    Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition
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    2 knots?
    That would usually be too slow to pass enough water by the rudder to
    maintain steering control.
    
    On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 17:47 Edward T. Tanton <n4xy at comcast.net> wrote:
    
 

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