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Mindbender
What is the key advantage of a 24 volt system over a 12 volt system? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue ...
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Transatlantic Yachtsman Dies During Attempt at 17th Crossing
A yachtsman attempting his 17th transatlantic crossing has been pronounced dead after he was found in the sea off the UK coast. The alarm was raised after Philip Walwyn’s ...
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Rio Olympics 2016: Athletes Face Swimming and Boating in Polluted Waters
Athletes in next year’s Summer Olympics in Brazil will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to ...
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GRIBview
GRIBview mobile provides free and unlimited GRIB downloads for GFS (Global Forecasting System) data at 1-degree resolution, as well as unlimited high-resolution data down to 1 km resolution ...
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How Do You Feel About Virtual Navigation Aids?
For recreational boaters, the waterway signposts known as aids to navigation are critical for a safe journey. But what if an aid to navigation (ATON) such as a ...
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Sailing Solo Around the World Speed Record Attempt
Joe Harris will be making a solo, non-stop, unassisted, Round-The-World record attempt going from Newport, RI to Newport RI, leaving Antarctica to starboard, aboard a Class 40 sailboat ...
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Google Maps Goes Coastal with Unmanned Boat
A new high-tech unmanned vessel, launched with the help of Google, will use innovative technologies from the boatbuilding and mapping fields to map shorelines and raise awareness of ...
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Early Registration Incentive for Fall Salty Dawg Rally
Registration is now open for the free 2015 fall Salty Dawg Rally™ to Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands and other Caribbean destinations. The Rally for experienced ...
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Sign up for a Two Can Sail Couples Cruising Seminar
Join Captains Jeff Grossman and Jean Levine for their popular couples cruising seminar at the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis MD, October 9 or 10, 2015. Jeff & ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Replacing Tang Assemblies
Useful tips from Andrew Cross on rig maintenance. Originally published in BWS. As I hoisted myself up the mast I could see rust stains on the lower starboard ...
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