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By George Day · On May 13, 2026

On the Beaufort Scale, how much wind does Force 9 indicate?

 

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

 

Thanks to everyone who sent in answers to last week’s question. The winner this week is Gerry Spahn, Bellingham, Washington who emailed: “The king spoke is the spoke in the steering wheel that is vertial when the rudder is amidships. It’s often marked with a Turk’s Head knot.”

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