On a trimaran, invented by Malaysians and Polynesians, what is the Vaka, the akas and the amas?
Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.
The winner of last week’s Minder is Bob Pickett who correctly identified a Lubber’s Line. “A lubber’s line is a fixed line on a compass binnacle display (or radar) pointing towards the front of the ship and corresponding to the craft’s center line (being the customary direction of movement). The line represents 0 degrees and is therefore the zero-point from which relative bearings are measured,
