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johnalison replied to the thread Washing ropes again but with a twist.Dunno but I knew someone who had a T-shaped attachment for a pressure washer that you fed the rope through, which sounds like a great... -
We normally wash them cool temp in a pillow case to get all the salt and crud out then dry them naturally. A good dunk in patio magic...
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johnalison replied to the thread Washing ropes again but with a twist.I use leftover Patio Magic which I believe is much the same on bits of rope when I’ve finished with the deck. It is not a substitute for...
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johnalison replied to the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km?.And we’d have to clutter up our charts with a metric grid as well as lat and long. That’s a hopeless suggestion, to put it as politely...
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Because knots and Nautical miles are directly relevant to navigation, and kilometres aren't. -
johnalison replied to the thread Why do boats use nautical miles and why are they different than normal miles? Couldn't you just convert it to normal miles or km?.There are other miles as well. The Swedish mile, as I nearly found out to my cost, is 10 Km.