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Know your nautical measurements
Sailors all over the world use knots to describe wind and craft speed, but they understand these measurements in terms of their respective measurement systems.To know how the other side thinks, see below. - Fathom: In U.S. measurements, a fathom is six feet. In metric terms, it's 1.8 meters. Estimate: 2 meters for every fathom. U.S.: When you think of a fathom, think about being six feet under(!). Metric: The term "fathom" comes from a person's TWO arms outstretched.
- Knot: A knot may also be termed a nautical mile, and it's equal to 1.151 miles, or 1.852 kilometers on land. Estimate: one nautical mile is equal to one land mile or two kilometers. Hey, there's "knot" much difference between nautical miles and miles on land.
- League: A league is three nautical miles. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea would be just over 69,000 miles on land!
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