I was doing a pathetically slow speed of about 1.3 knots, and they were doing only marginally less pathetic speed of about 1.4: it was like two snails in a mating dance.
私は1.3ノットという 情けない速度で進んでいて 向こうは少しだけましな1.4ノットでした ２匹のカタツムリが求愛ダンスしているようなものです