Janet | March 23, 2010
Today’s challenge is: Pitometer. Do you know what this phrase means and how it originated?
Sailing Lingo aims to test your knowledge of the peculiar and sometimes indecipherable language of sailing. We pose a question and see who can answer it most accurately in the comments on the post. The following day we’ll post the answer to the question and save you some Googling.
Roger Cook Said,
March 25, 2010 @ 7:27 am
It’s a piece of equipment that measures the relative velocity of fluid, such as in wastewater applications or in firefighting (when you want to know how fast and hard the water is coming through a particular piece of pipe).