Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Dock Talk 0
Island in Pacific First to Ban Reef Toxic Sunscreen
Throughout the world’s oceans, coral reefs are being damaged and researches in part believe this is due to sunscreens that contain chemicals that are harmful to the marine ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
A New American Classic
Back in October, after the Annapolis sailboat show, I got a chance to go out sailing on the brand new Tartan 395 that had been introduced at the ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
On a weather chart, what do you call the lines of pressure around a high or a low? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Redundancy, Redundancy…Redundancy
If you are headed to the Caribbean, Bahamas or Mexico and Central America this winter aboard your own boat, you will be finding yourself from time to time ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
In coastal piloting, what are you calculating when you “double the angle on the bow” in reference to a fixed landmark? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Passage Prep
It is the season when the geese and a lot of sailors from the temperate states turn their beaks and bows southward and head offshore for sunnier and ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
Name one of the most highly recommended maneuvers in a sailboat for retrieving a person overboard. Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
When you hear sailors talking about an “Asym” what sail are they referring to? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Island Packet’s Sails Are Full
The Annapolis sailboat show is the biggest sales event of the year for most companies in the sailing business. After 10 years of crawling out of the Great ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Whatever Floats Your Boat
One of the fun things I get to do after boats shows is to go sailing on the new designs that have recently been introduced. On the Tuesday ...
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