Browsing All Posts By George Day

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  On a wood sailboat where would you find the “devils” and what does the phrase “The devil to pay” come from?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A ...

  On September 18, 2019 / By George Day
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  On a sailboat, what is the main cause of “weather helm”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and ...

  On September 9, 2019 / By George Day
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  What is a “king tide”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a one-year subscription to ...

  On September 4, 2019 / By George Day
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  On a classic, gaff-headed sailing boat, where would you find the “throat”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

  On August 27, 2019 / By George Day
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  Strange Encounters of the Pumice Kind

  It is not every day at sea that you run into a vast raft of pumice floating on the sea surface.  But that’s just what Shannon Lenz and ...

  On August 21, 2019 / By George Day
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  Why did Joshua Slocum carry carpet tacks  aboard Spray during his famous solo circumnavigation?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the ...

  On August 21, 2019 / By George Day
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  When a collision is imminent between a sailboat and a powerboat, when does the sailboat not have the right of way?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A ...

  On August 13, 2019 / By George Day
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  What are you calculating when you take the square root a sailboat’s waterline length and multiply it by 1.34?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will ...

  On August 7, 2019 / By George Day
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  Sea dogs Are the Best Dogs

  In the olden days of coasting schooners, pinkey’s and smacks, the crew on board was often just, “a man, a boy and a dog.” The boy did all ...

  On July 31, 2019 / By George Day
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  On a performance sailboat, what is a “turtle” used for?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

  On July 31, 2019 / By George Day