FOW?

Fathoms or feet?

Or is it redundant?  As in, a Fathom, in nautical parlance, would only be used to indicate depth of water, and so saying " 'x' fathoms of water," would be redundant, like saying " 'x' Knots per hour."

Just wondering.  I keep seeing FOW in posts.

Cheers,
Madoc

Here's a link to what the conversion factors are for converting "x" measurement into fathoms:

http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/units/length/length.fathom.en.html

Until my fishfinder reads "fathoms", I'll be sticking with "feet" references... I really don't want to have to do more math while enjoying a day on the water.

Good thing our FFs don't call out "Mark Twain" when we hit approximately 12 FoW 

I vote we use angstroms from now on.   

I vote we use angstroms from now on.   

Boy, those would be some reports.

"I caught this 9144000000 Ophiodon elongatus in 3.048e+11 angstrom of H₂O.

Dang! I always thought FOW meant either "fished out waters" or "funky old waders."

In most posts FOW refers to Feet Of Water.

Z

DORK ALERT!!!!!!!

does this mean we have to start referring to the lengths of our kayaks in Cubits now?

Bobby

I vote we use angstroms from now on.   

I use that more than inches, or feet on any given day.
That's what we use at Intel for thickness measurements. 

I vote we use angstroms from now on.   

I use that more than inches, or feet on any given day.
That's what we use at Intel for thickness measurements.  

As in..."so Bob, how thick are those lenses you wear?"   

Hi is the the post for the next Freaks On the Water event?

I vote we use angstroms from now on.   

I use that more than inches, or feet on any given day.
That's what we use at Intel for thickness measurements.  

As in..."so Bob, how thick are those lenses you wear?"   

No, more like.... "Crap, this tool is down again and will need a temperature adjustment, an MFC purge, RF cal, and cycle 150 wafers because it failed thickness monitor by 150 Å's."  (angstroms)
 

oh, DUDE!! where do i sign up???