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Originally Posted by roKWiz
My sails are only marked in knots.
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And you get right of way too, unless you are overtaking...
But thats why fish finders have paddle wheels. Set the speed on those to knots. Miles is close to knots, a little under. Only because paddle wheels dont like speeds over 35 knots. But thats not an issue as the highest speed zones are 15 or under, otherwise its as fast as 'you' deem safe provided the fuzz dont have a difference of opinion.
Which leads me on a tangent. Fisheries deal with fishing licences, maritime deal with vessel safety inspections and water police deal with rego, drugs and booze and waterway dickeadism. One would think they would be rolled into 1 orginisation.
My 1st little boat was a good rig. Little 1992 model 4.7m half cab, 60 2 stroke. I was on my juniors at the time so could only drive between sun up and sun down with a full licenced person aboard (this cas me dad) and couldnt exceed 20 knots. Boat topped out at 29 screaming at 7700rpms. When i got my fulls it got replaced with a brand new 2003 5.3m bow rider. 220hp sterndrive and on the limiter at 4800rpm (less then a 2.2L diesel ranger) it would do a touch over 50 knots. Absolute pig on fuel, but worth every outing.