According to this cardinal buoy, what direction would you go to stay in clear water?
Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the correct answers.
Thanks to last week’s Mindbender winner, Gordon Couture, for his answer to the question: “In sailing terminology, what are the three uses for the word tack?”
1. Tack (noun): The forward lower attachment point of a sail, where the sail attaches to the deck or boom.
2. Tack (noun): A sailboat’s general heading relative to the wind. For example, a sailboat (sailing) is on starboard tack when the wind is coming over starboard side of the boat, and the mainsail is over the port side of the boat.
3. Tack (verb): The act of changing direction such that the bow of the sailboat passes through the eye of the wing, i.e, changing from starboard tack to port tack.
