Reply to post: Re: Reg units need not apply

We're all at sea: Navigation Royal Navy style – with plenty of IT but no GPS

KBeee

Re: Reg units need not apply

That'd only work if you was sailing west along the equator. Parallels of latitude are all smaller the further you get from the equator (none of them are Great Circles except the equator), until near the north (or south) pole going west for 24h at 10 knots might get you all the way "around" the world - 360 degrees.

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