anyone want to guess #2

[39mto39g]

I'll give you one

1 fathom =
100 fathoms =
10 cables length =
1 nautical mile =
3 nautical miles =
1 knot =
10 chains =
1 statute mile =
1 nautical mile =
60 nautical miles = 1 degree of a great circle of earth (latitude)



Ron

[82Rigger]

A fathom is six feet.

I dunno what a cable is.

If you travel 1 nautical mile in one hour, your speed is 1 knot.

[39mto39g]

82 hears The answers there from The The Mariana Trench web site. http://www.marianatrench.com/mariana...asurements.htm

[82Rigger]

Interesting subject is the Mariana Trench.

And there are some pretty god-awful lookin' critters that live in the abyssal depths of the oceans.

[39mto39g]

This is where nitro fish racing got there logo.
I asked the driver about it when they were campaining a Ford Probe.

[39mto39g]

A few years ago ( 10 or so) two guys went down to the bottom of the Mariona trench (36,201 feet) in a sub. As it touched the bottom and it made a distinctive "thud" all they could say was wow.
I would 'NOT' do that.
Ron

[82Rigger]

Ron,

I don't blame ya.

I wouldn't do that either.

At that depth you're surrounded by a water pressure of...what?....about 16,000 pounds per square inch.


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