Re: [Paddlewise] Registering distance paddled

From: Bob Myers <bob_at_intelenet.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:48:57 -0800
Kirk Olsen wrote:

>On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:38:57 -0500, "Michael Daly"
><michaeldaly_at_rogers.com> said:
>  
>
>>From: "Kirk Olsen" <paddlewise_at_fastmail.fm>
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I've got a knotmeter from speedtech 
>>>http://www.speedtech.com/asp/prodtype.asp?prodtype=35
>>>which records distance travelled, along with speed.
>>>      
>>>
>>Is this widget capable of judging distance travelled independent
>>of local currents?
>>    
>>
>
>It's just an impeller.  It's distance travelled relative to the water.
>Moored in a 6mph current would yield 6 miles "travelled" in an hour.
>
>  
>
However, most GPS units have an "odometer" feature that will give true 
distance traveled, if that's what you want to know.  You have to leave 
it on where it can see the sky though.


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