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In navigation, when would you plot your actual position by starting at an “assumed position”? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...
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In what race did Sir Robin Knox-Johnson become the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...
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Where would you find gimbals on a cruising boat? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...
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Where on your sailboat would you use a preventer? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...
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With a roller furling genoa, when you want to reef and sail with only two-thirds of the sail rolled out, what should you do to the sheet leads? ...
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When you are on your boat and being approached by a large derecho, what should you do? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...
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When shaping a course by tacking up wind, what do you call the point where you can tack to make your destination without tacking again? Send your ...
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When a boat’s propeller is said to be sized at 18 by 12, what do those two numbers refer to? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner ...
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When you sail across the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean while heading on an easterly course, do you go back a day or go forward a ...
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Who wrote the sage advice for those who want to go cruising to “Go small and go now.” Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...
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