Browsing All Posts By George Day

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  On some ketches and yawls, what do you call the stay that runs from the top of the main mast to the top of the mizzen?   Send ...

  On November 13, 2019 / By George Day
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  Hanse 675: Meet the New Uber Cruiser from Germany

  Standing on the floating docks at October’s Annapolis Sailboat show next to the new Hanse 675 is a humbling experience. I had seen the top of the mast ...

  On November 6, 2019 / By George Day
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  Where on a sailboat would you find a “Pig Stick?”   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

  On November 5, 2019 / By George Day
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  What are the wind conditions and wind-speed range when your hear the weather forecast call for Force 10?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...

  On October 29, 2019 / By George Day
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  WHAT'S NEW AT BWS 0

  Here are the new stories and articles posted on the BWS website this week:   Chartering in the Exuma Islands of the Bahamas Eight Bells for Olaf Harken ...

  On October 23, 2019 / By George Day
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  Where on a cruising boat would you find something made of hypalon?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

  On October 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  Eight Bells for Olaf Harken

  It is with a real sense of loss that we heard the news on Tuesday that Olaf Harken had passed away after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. ...

  On October 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  At night, when you see a tugboat hauling a barge behind and showing running lights and three vertical white lights on the mast, what do you know about ...

  On October 15, 2019 / By George Day
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  In the Northern Hemisphere, do high pressure systems rotate in a clockwise of counterclockwise direction?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...

  On October 8, 2019 / By George Day
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  What on board instrument can deliver data measured in hectopascals?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

  On October 2, 2019 / By George Day