Where does the old saying “not enough room to swing a cat” come from?
Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a one-year subscription to the digital version of Blue Water Sailing magazine.
Congratulations to Sam P. Faucolt, Corpus Christie, TX, who correctly answered last week’s question. “The magnetic north pole used to move about 8 to 10 miles every year. But recently it has been moving much faster and will move between 30 and 40 miles a year.”