[Elecraft] 3Y0Z Bouvet Island DXpedition

[BJ ROLLISON]

Hi Ted, Indeed sailors to talk that way. As with an airplane there are multiple factors at work which affect SOG in a sailboat. The hull speed can be different than SOG. 

BJ
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Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2018 10:14 AM
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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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