How far away is the visible horizon when you are standing on deck with your eyes 10 feet above the water?
Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.
Many thanks to all readers who sent in answers to last week’s question on hounds on a sailboat. The winner this week is Maureen Maitland, St. Paul, Minnesota, who emailed: “The hounds on a sailing ship are the attachment points for the side stays under the first set of spreaders. The term is from the days when masts were wood and stays were rope.”
