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By George Day · On September 15, 2026

A fathom is a measurement of six feet. Why was six feet the standard they chose?

 

Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.

 

Thanks to everyone who sent in answers to last week’s easy question, The winner this week is Jeff Burke, Hamptpon, Virginia, who emailed: “If east is least then west is best.”

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