RE: Unidentified subject!

Eric Johnson (ej@tx3.com)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 12:58:26 -0800


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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> Hi: My brother-in-law says he has seen a knot-speed meter built like
> a pitot-tube. A bent glass tube with a ball in it.
> You dip it in the water as you zip along and it gives you accurate speed
> in knots.
> Has anyone seen these advertised or have any comments on them???

I believe they are called 'knotsticks' and I think west marine or other
chandleries carry them. I don't know much about them beyond that.