The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour.
Therefore moving at 3 knots it would take 350/3 = 116.6666666666667 hours to go 350 nautical miles.
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1 knot = 1 nautical mile per hour 4,485/18 = (249 and 1/6) hours = 10 days 9 hours 10 minutes
1 kt = 1nm/hr 24 hr = 1 day → 2842 nm ÷ 15 kts = 2842 nm ÷ 15 nm/hr = 1897/15 hr = 1897/15 ÷24 days = 7161/180 days ≈ 7.9 days
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the base of a triangular sail is 8 m shorter than its height. the area is 24cm^2. Find the base and the height of the sail.
Putting on my Tricorne (metaphors, logic & thesaurus) I would guess Will was mixing 17th century business and nautical metaphors either for emphasis or because he (an entrepreneur) was addressing a someone of rank in HMRN and making the point that speed and show are less reliable than measured and careful consideration.