Knots per mile or miles versus knots. thanks
2007-11-28 13:07:35 · 7 answers · asked by Brian 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
1 mph = 1.50 kts
2007-11-28 13:25:54 · answer #1 · answered by llajayl 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
not to quibble about .02 of a knot but Mark T is right.........6076/5280 is indeed 1.15 ( actually 1.15075)
and a "knot" means one nautical mile an hour, so the expression "knots per hour" is an example of the Department of Redundancy Department
and to further add quasi-useful information..a nautical mile is one minute of longitude or one minute of latitude at the Equator ( or 360 degrees in a circle times 60 minutes in a degree equals 21,600 nautical miles around the Earth); hence the phrase " a mile a minute" originally had nothing to do with 60 mph.
2007-11-29 00:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A knot is 1.15 mph.
a statute mile is 5280 ft and a nautical mile is 6076 ft.
2007-11-28 14:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by mark t 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
knots are slower say your doing 50mph it would be like 44.4 knots something like that heres a link
2007-12-04 13:20:49 · answer #4 · answered by D D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark t and Damon are correct. 1.15 = 1 MPH.
Learned and had on tests in the Navy.
2007-12-05 11:39:17 · answer #5 · answered by Bruce T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 knot is equal to 1.17 mph
so if a boat is going 10kts it is going 11.7mph
2007-11-28 14:24:07 · answer #6 · answered by Rk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thats simple:
1 knot = 1.151 mph.
It the future please use this http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/speed online conversion utility or just use search on yahoo answers - this question was asked here too many times.
2007-11-29 02:44:11 · answer #7 · answered by Damon_ru 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋