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  2. Beaufort scale - Wikipedia

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    < 1 knot < 1 mph < 1 km/h 0–0.2 m/s: 0 ft 0 m Sea like a mirror Smoke rises vertically 1 Light air 1–3 knots 1–3 mph 1–5 km/h 0.3–1.5 m/s 0–1 ft 0–0.3 m Ripples with appearance of scales are formed, without foam crests Direction shown by smoke drift but not by wind vanes 2 Light breeze 4–6 knots 4–7 mph 6–11 km/h

  3. Knot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The knot (/ n ɒ t /) is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly 1.852 km/h (approximately 1.151 mph or 0.514 m/s). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The ISO standard symbol for the knot is kn . [ 3 ]

  4. Gale - Wikipedia

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    The 90 knots (170 km/h; 46 m/s; 100 mph) definition is very non-standard. A common alternative definition of the maximum is 55 knots (102 km/h; 63 mph; 28 m/s). [2] The most common way of describing wind force is with the Beaufort scale [3] that defines a gale as wind from 50 kilometres per hour (14 m/s) to 102 kilometres per hour (28 m/s). It ...

  5. Speed sailing record - Wikipedia

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    On 24 November 2012 he sailed the Vestas Sailrocket 2 at 65.45 knots in Walvis Bay, Namibia. [1] Nautical mile record is held by Paul Larsen. On 18 November 2012 he sailed the Vestas Sailrocket 2 at 55.32 knots in Walvis Bay, Namibia. [2] 24 Hour distance record is held by Pascal Bidégorry.

  6. Orders of magnitude (speed) - Wikipedia

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    1 knot (nautical mile per hour) 10 0: 1.2: 4.32: ... sailfish—fastest fish; speed of go-fast boat. 40: 140: 90: 1.3 ... 1.55 × 10 −6: Speed of ...

  7. Hull speed - Wikipedia

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    is the hull speed of the vessel in knots If the length of waterline is given in metres and desired hull speed in knots, the coefficient is 2.43 kn·m −½ . The constant may be given as 1.34 to 1.51 knot·ft −½ in imperial units (depending on the source), or 4.50 to 5.07 km·h −1 ·m −½ in metric units, or 1.25 to 1.41 m·s −1 ·m ...

  8. Transatlantic sailing record - Wikipedia

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    29.81 knots (55.21 km/h) 3d 15h 25min 48s Banque Populaire V (fastest multihull)

  9. Speed sailing - Wikipedia

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    Douglas also became the world's third over-50 knots sailor, when on 8 September he made a 50.54 knots (93.60 km/h) run. [11] The current speed record over a 500 meter (1,640 ft) course for a kiteboard, officially ratified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council, is 55.65 kn, held by Robert Douglas, and set in Luderitz, Namibia in October 2010 ...