Nautical mile 1 sea mile", followed by "For most practical purposes distance is measured from the latitude scale, assuming that one minute of latitude equals one nautical mile". One tenth of a nautical mile is a cable length. The derived unit of speed is the knot, defined as one nautical mile per hour. The metre was originally defined as of the meridian arc from the North pole to the equator passing through Dunkirk. The Earth’s circumference is therefore approximately 40,000 km. The equatorial circumference is slightly longer than the polar circumference – the measurement based on this (40,075.017 km x x =
Hunter 240 hull speed of . Similar sailboats Hunter 240 The Hunter 240 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by the Hunter Design Team and first built in 1998. The design was built by Hunter Marine in the United States from 1998 to 2005, but it is now out of production. The Hunter 240 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop B&R rig, a raked stem, a walk-through reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces and carries of flooding water ballast. The ballast is drained