When a boat’s propeller is said to be sized at 18 by 12, what do those two numbers refer to?
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Congratulations to Colin Brown in Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand who correctly answered last week’s question on crossing the International Dateline in the Pacific Ocean. He emailed: “When headed east from New Zealand to Tahiti, you have to set your calendar back one day as you cross the dateline where new days begin. New Zealand has the privilege of being one of the countries to see the first light of every new day.”
