Other than in the sock drawer or the appearance of a caterpillar, where do you find “woolies” on a sailboat?
Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win a subscription to the digital version of Blue Water Sailing.
Many thanks to all readers who submitted answers to last week’s question. The winner this week is Terry Fernandez, Long Beach, CA, who emailed: You use vectors to plot a course across a current or stream to offset the affects of the stream on your route. Crossing from Florida to the Bahamas across the Gulf Stream is a classic example of when vectors are useful.”
