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Metric/Imperial Conversions |
This information is presented for use entirely at the risk of the user. No responsibility for its correctness is accepted by Dudley Dix Yacht Design
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| 1 metre (m) |
1000mm |
39.37 inches |
3.281ft |
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| 1 kilometre (km) |
1000m |
3281ft |
0.54 naut. mile |
.62 statute miles |
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| 1 inch |
25.4mm |
.0254m |
0.0833 ft |
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| 1 foot |
304.8mm |
.3048m |
12 inches |
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| 1 naut. mile |
1852m |
1.852km |
6076.1 ft |
1.151 statute miles |
10 cables |
| 1 fathom |
6 ft |
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| 1 league |
3 naut. miles |
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| AREA |
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| 1 square metre (m^2) |
1550 sq in |
10.76 sq ft |
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| 1 sq ft |
.0929 m^2 |
144 sq in |
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| 1 sq in |
645.16mm^2 |
.0069 sq ft |
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| VOLUME |
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| 1 cubic metre (m^3) |
35.31 cu ft |
1000 litre |
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| 1 cu ft |
.028317 m^3 |
28.317 litre |
1728 cu in |
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| 1 litre |
.001 m^3 |
0.22 imp gal |
0.2642 US gal |
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| 1 Imp gallon |
4.546 litre |
.1605 cu ft |
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| 1 US gal |
3.7855 litre |
.1337cu ft |
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| MASS |
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| 1 kilogram (kg) |
1000g |
2.205lb |
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| 1 tonne |
1000kg |
2205lb |
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| 1 lb |
.4536kg |
16 ounces |
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| 1 short ton |
907.0295kg |
2000lb |
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| 1 long ton |
1015.873kg |
2240lb |
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| SPEED |
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| 1 ft/sec |
1.097km/h |
.3048m/s |
.6818 mph |
.5925 knot |
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| 1km/h |
.9113 ft/sec |
.2778m/s |
.6214 mph |
.54 knot |
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| 1 m/sec |
3.281 ft/sec |
3.6km/h |
2.237 mph |
1.944 knot |
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| 1 mile/hr |
1.467 ft/sec |
1.609km/h |
.447m/s |
.869 knot |
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| 1 knot |
1.688 ft/sec |
1.852km/h |
.5144m/s |
1.151 mph |
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| FORCE |
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| 1 kilogram force (kgf) |
9.8 N |
2.205 p |
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| 1 Newton (N) |
0.102kgf |
0.2248p |
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| 1 pound-force (p) |
.4536kgf |
4.448N |
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| POWER |
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| 1 horsepower (hp) |
.7457kW |
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| 1 kilowatt (kW) |
1.341 hp |
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