Thread: Knot vs MPH
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Wayne.B
 
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On 14 Apr 2005 17:50:34 -0700, wrote:

Do Great Lakes sailors discuss vessel speed or wind speeds in knots or
MPH?


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It depends on whether or not they are writing power boat reviews for a
magazine. Any marketing guy worth his salt will always quote speed in
mph because: 1) It sounds faster; and 2) Probably doesn't know any
better. :-)

My experience on the Great Lakes is that sailors use knots but smaller
power boats use mph.