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By George Day · On October 8, 2025

What does the old saying “Rain before wind, stays and topsails you must mind” refer to?

 

Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.

 

Many thanks to everypne who sent in answers to last week’s question. The winner this week is George E, Davis, MD who emailed: “The Beaufort Scale associates the strength of the wind speed to the sea conditions observed on the water. The scale from 0 to 12 represents calm to severe hurricane conditions.”

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