Length overall of a `Laser` racing dinghy

Length overall of a `Laser` racing dinghy (4.2 m)

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Length overall of a `Laser` racing dinghy (4.2 m)

  • is 1/10000 of Length of a Marathon race (42.2 km)...more
  • is 1/25 of Length of a football pitch (105 m)...more
  • is 1/25 of World record javelin throw (104.8 m)...more
  • is 1/20 of Length overall of the Cutty Sark sailing ship (85.4 m)...more
  • is about as big as Length of a Nile crocodile (4.2 m)...more
  • is 4 x Maximum length of a baseball bat (1.067 m)...more

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