[Jim]

1) How about either getting rid of the US Imperial Gallon or adding a US Customary Gallons choice?

2) Same with meters. Add feet & inches, not in fractions-but for example 6’8″ draft or beam.

3) Same with weights-US pounds-like 12,600 lbs.

Thank you!

 

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[Bruce_Sailboatdata]

Hi Jim,

**I was not accurate with my initial response. The following response has been edited for accuracy.

The good news is what you are asking for in #1 and #3 is what we have. As you know, the US uses the Imperial System for measurements while most of the world uses the Metric system. Prior to converting to metric, the UK, Canada and others used the British Imperial system. The British and US Imperial systems are the same (for the specs we use on the site) except with regard to volume. The US Imperial gallon is different from the British Imperial gallon. In an attempt to avoid confusion between the two, we labeled the choice US Imperial. What we are reporting in US Imperial is the “customary” US gallon. We also report US pounds.

For #2, sorry but we are going to keep reporting fractions for length. When we input a record, we input either imperial or metric then the admin automatically converts to the other. The reality is a length reported like 6’8″ doesn’t convert easily or exactly to metric. The only way to be accurate is to use fractions, in this case 6.67′ which converts to 2.03 meters.

Granted it is a little harder to interpret, but it is more accurate.

Hope this helps.

Bruce

• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Bruce_Sailboatdata.
• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by Bruce_Sailboatdata.

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