Fwd: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more numbers

[aaron at brixtonhill.demon.co.uk (Aaron)]

>
> Worse than that - my old man is a fisherman, west highlands of 
> Scotland running static gear into deep water. he uses GPS to record 
> his drops. It's good at recording position - But speed? We get 
> anything between 4 and 15 knots - for a boat that runs about 8.5 knots 
> (this is a heavy displacement fishing vessel - it's not about speed, 
> it's about survival :))
>
> My advice - use a stop-watch
>
> Aaron in London
>
> On 10 Mar 2004, at 13:22, L F wrote:
>
>> 5%, huh?
>> That makes it about twice as accurate as the average Scirocco speedo.
>> Seriously.
>>
>> Larry
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Marc Getty
>>   To: 'T. Reed' ; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>>   Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:48 PM
>>   Subject: RE: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more 
>> numbers
>>
>>
>>
>>   GPS is *FAR* to inaccurate to do this type of test! Trust me, it can
>>   be >5% inaccurate at times in calculating average speed. TSD 
>> RoadRally
>>   folks will not touch the things
>>
>>   -Marc
>>
>>
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
>>   [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of T. Reed
>>   Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:56 AM
>>   To: 'Patrick Bureau'; 'L F'
>>   Cc: 'scirocco'
>>   Subject: RE: What's the fastest can ever take your Scirocco? - more
>>   numbers
>>
>>
>>   I'm surprised nobody has mentioned GPS yet. Granted, the feds turned
>>   selective availablity back on after 9/11, but its still gotta be
>>   pretty damn accurate when it comes to speed.
>>
>>   -Toby
>>
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