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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
What You Need to Know About Modern Antifouling Bottom Paint

Antifouing or bottom paint is a fact of life for all of us who keep our boats in the water for the summer season or longer, which is ...
On March 14, 2018 / By George Day
Cruising Green 0
“Ghost” Fishing Gear Clogging World’s Oceans is Having Catastrophic Effect, Report Says

We have sailed across the Atlantic and South Pacific Oceans twice and on the long offshore passages we have seen lots of lost or abandoned fishing gear. We ...
On March 14, 2018 / By George Day
Boat Reviews 0
Jimmy Cornell on Proper Boats for World Cruising

Jimmy Cornell is one of the most experienced offshore sailors on the planet and author of several of the tomes that every offshore sailor carries aboard his boat. ...
On March 14, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Coast Guard and NOAA Monitoring the Container Hazard off the North Carolina Coast

On March 4, a container ship in rough weather off Cape Hatteras lost more that 70 containers into the sea. Some of the containers have washed up onto ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Sailing the Coast of Main on a Windjammer Cruise

Maine has a coastline that runs in very jagged lines for over a thousand linear miles and along this rugged, rock, pine top coast there are hundreds of ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Tips for Cruisers VisitingTonga

For cruisers crossing the South Pacific, the first sailing paradise that is on everyone’s schedule is French Polynesia. First stop the magnificent Marquesas; then the remote and low ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Vestas 11th Hour Racing Repaired. Here’s How the Fatal Accident Unfolded

Vestas is back in the water and racing in Auckland New Zealand. They are ready for the start of the next leg that will take the fleet around ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Mission Ocean Project Brings Aid to Dominica

The crew of the French Catamaran Mission Ocean are cruising the world and undertaking citizen science to take samples of sea water and contamination where ever they sail. ...
On March 13, 2018 / By George Day
For the Hungry Crew 0
Simplest, Quickest Pizza Ever: Pita Bread Pizza

For a really quick dinner or to make simple easy hot hors d’ourvers, all you need is pita bread, some sauce of your choosing and whatever toppings you ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day
Mindbender 0
Mindbender

In the olden days, what were the thole pins on a row boat? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue ...
On March 7, 2018 / By George Day