Friday 23 October 2009

Know your flags and Distances


I have a near full set and some to trade for the missing ones,full sized,not the mickey mouse ones,I will post on here what I have,maybe we can do a straight swop?
roy@comlumber.com

Know your alphabet !

Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliett
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
Xray
Yankee
Zulu

and your distances . . .
1° latitude = 60 nautical mile
1' latitude = 1 nautical mile

1" latitude = 30.9 metres

1 fathom = 6 feet / 1.829m
1 nautical mile = 1.85 kilometre / 6080 feet / 10 cables

1 statute mile = 5280 feet / 1.6093 kilometres

1 cable = 185 metres

1 knot = 1nm/hour

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