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  Where on your sailboat would you find antimony?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a ...

  On June 30, 2020 / By George Day
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  When you apply vang tension on a mainsail’s boom, what are you trying to accomplish?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...

  On June 24, 2020 / By George Day
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  In a sailboat’s rig, where would you find the D-1?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

  On June 16, 2020 / By George Day
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  What does it mean to “pay the devil” on an old wood boat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

  On June 10, 2020 / By George Day
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  In the olden days, why did sailors load the base of the lead weight in a lead line with tallow?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner ...

  On June 2, 2020 / By George Day
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  Here’s one for readers who really know how to reader weather maps. For weather forecasting, what does a 500 millibar weather chart show you?   Send your answers ...

  On May 26, 2020 / By George Day
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  How would you use a monkey’s fist on your boat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

  On May 20, 2020 / By George Day
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  What are you talking about when you say that waves have a period?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

  On May 12, 2020 / By George Day
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  When measuring a boat for a new sail, where would you find the dimension knows as the “J”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...

  On May 5, 2020 / By George Day
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  What piece of equipment aboard your boat gets pickled when out of service?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

  On April 29, 2020 / By George Day