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By George Day · On December 6, 2017

In the term “dead reckoning” what does “dead” really stand for?

 

Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.

 

The winner to last week’s Mindbender that asked what is the process that watermakers or desalinators use to turn salt water into fresh water?  The winner is Doug Jackson who answered: Reverse Osmosis – the process of pushing salt water through a membrane that separates the water from the salt, and other contaminants.

 

 

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