A privateer discovers a merchantman 10 miles to leeward at 11:45 am and with a good breeze bears down upon her at 11 mph, while the merchant can only make 8 mph in her attempt to escape.
A privateer discovers a merchantman 10 miles to leeward at 11:45 am and with a good breeze bears down upon her at 11 mph, while the merchant can only make 8 mph in her attempt to escape. After a two hour chase, the top sail of the privateer is carried away; she can now make only 17 miles while the merchantman makes 15. The privateer will overtake the merchantman at: