Richard:
RW>>When non-sailors ask how fast we are going, I look at the knot meter and 
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RW>>tell them without a unit... at speeds of 4 - 5 knots (and 1 -2 knots in 
the
RW>>Texas summer) it doesn't make much difference if they think it's mph ....
        Sounds pretty much the same as I do... if they "really" want to
        know if it's mph, or k/ph, or whatever I'll explain that a NM is
        a "bit" longer than an imperial mile which is 1.6 longer than a
        kilometer and... you're getting the picture; they get kafuffled
        with all that that they end up just accepting that we're on the
        water and therefore we USE (dammit!) nautical units of measure.
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