Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
What is a “Monkey’s Fist” and when do you use one? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. ...
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Charter Chatter 0
Dream Yacht Charters Selects Favorite Antigua Beaches
If you’re thinking of a Caribbean getaway this year, make sure you’ve considered Antigua for some beautiful coastal sailing. Dotted with 365 idyllic beaches, you’ll never be far from ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Safety Update: What’s In Your Ditch Bag?
Imagine that your worst nightmare has come true; a catastrophic equipment failure, irreparable damage due to a collision at sea or human error puts your vessel in peril. ...
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Dock Talk 0
German Bavaria Yachts Declares Bankruptcy: Three Months to Reorganize
The huge builder of cruising power and sailboats, Bavaria Yachts, received a ruling from the German courts that is could declare bankruptcy and enter into a three month ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Jeanneau’s Sun Fast 3600 is a Screamer
The meaning of ‘performance’ in modern, production monohulls continues to evolve and the Jeanneau 3600 is leading the way. Back in September, before the Newport International Boat ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Nothing Says Caribbean Cooking Like Spicy, Delicious Jerk Chicken Fresh off the Grill
Eating like a local in the Caribbean is a fun way to really get the flavor, literally, of what life in the tropics is all about. You’ll eat ...
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Dock Talk 0
Predict Wind Now Also Predicts Severe Storm Formations at Sea
Predict Wind, the routing and weather software that many cruisers are choosing for use offshore has added CAPE technology to their suite weather, navigation and routing tools. CAPE ...
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Dock Talk 0
Flashback to 1969: Robin Knox-Johnston Wins Golden Globe
It was on a rainy April 23, 1969 (49 years ago this week) that Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into England’s Plymouth Harbor to win the Golden Globe Race and ...
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Dock Talk 0
In Antigua, Sailors Get Wild Weather in the Annual Classic Yacht Regatta. See the Pictures.
After a night of blustery rain squalls, followed by hours of uncertain calm, the weather geared up to a respectable 20 knots for the start of Race 1. ...
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Dock Talk 0
Customs and Border Protection Trying New App for Checking Into the U.S.
The U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection agency is trying something very new and modern when it comes to cruisers and sailors on their own boats checking back into ...
