I was thinking what was the average speed of today's ships, sailboats. I'm not talking about giant transatlantic cruislines and such.
Ships of average size like a big sailboat for example.
How fast do you think they go in Km's?
2007-12-23 03:28:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Most modern bulk cargo ship steam at about 13-16 knots. Container ships are faster,steaming at about 20-22 knots.
2007-12-23 22:04:42 · answer #1 · answered by Leprechaun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Average Ship Speed
2016-12-14 12:47:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some directions related to wind direction a sailboat can go faster than the wind, or at least faster than if the wind is at your back. There are some sailing records over 45 knots, but less than half that average for races that loop back into the wind.
Your average cruise ship may be able to do 20 knots or more, but some car ferries can do 41 knots. Large powerboats you see on Miami Vice may do upwards of 70 knots, while using lots of fuel.
2007-12-23 05:08:52 · answer #3 · answered by efflandt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
catamarans and some tricked out racers can indeed do 30 knots ( nautical miles an hour @ 6060 feet to a n.m.)
You have two types of ocean cruising sailboats:
those that have planing hull, where they can skip across the surface..see Volvo Ocean Race or goolge Ellen MacArthur.....those can do 20-25 and its a hair raising experience.
Displacement hulls, where the bottom of the hull stays in the water are limited by physics to : the square root of the length on the water times 1.2; answer once again in knots.
2007-12-24 11:07:46 · answer #4 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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It is about 420 to 580 mph/ 680-900 km/h . It also depends on the atmospheric conditions. In other words its around 8-8.5 mach, 500-600 knots.
2016-04-11 01:40:00 · answer #5 · answered by Edeltraud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a normal Jet plane.? Do you mean a Military Fighter, or a commercial air liner. What type of aircraft and what does it do. You need to be more definitive in your question. Military Jets can exceed 1000klm/h for fighters to about 800 klm/h for frieghters and even slower for maritime patrols. Commercial aircraft also vary depending on the type of work the aircraft is designed for. Concord flew at over 1000klm/h
2016-04-10 21:53:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly depends on a category.
But I've done some calculations and accorging to available boats on BoatCouncil (http://www.boatcouncil.com) its about 25,9 mph
2007-12-24 21:42:46 · answer #7 · answered by Damon_ru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋