Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
If it is 1200 GMT and you are positioned 60 degrees west of the Prime Meridian, what’s your local time? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Quickest, Easiest Key Lime Pie
When you are on your boat cruising somewhere warm, hopefully where they grow limes, there is nothing a key lime pie to finish off a fun dinner with ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Outbound 46: A Pure Bluewater Cruising Boat
By Blue Water Sailing Outbound 46 Revisited Going strong after 15 years, this venerable passagemaker still might be the perfect couples blue water cruiser by Andrew Cross After being ...
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Dock Talk 0
EPIRBs Can Save Your Life: Here’s the Latest on What’s Out there
Since the introduction of Emergency Position Indicating Beacons, the satellite based SOS signaling devices have saved thousands of lives at sea. The technology continues to improve and modern ...
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Pirate Attack Near Yemen Foiled By Navy
Although the waters around the Gulf of Aden and the bottom of the Red Sea have long been known for occasional attacks of shipping and cruisers, there have ...
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Eight Bells For Paul Elvstrom, The Flying Dane
Although he has not raced competitively for two decades, Paul Elvstrom remains one of the greatest sailors, particularly in dinghies and Olympic class boats, that ever lived. A ...
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Cruising off the Beaten Path in SE Alaska: Baranof Island
Canada’s Bluewater Cruising Association publishes a great magazine and website called Currents. Recently, member Beth Cooper, sailing her Saga 43 Sarah Jean II, contributed a series of articles ...
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Eight of the World’s Classic Schooners to Gather for Superyacht Cup. See Photos
We once lived aboard our boat in Palma, Mallorca in Spain’s Balearic islands and can vouch that is it one of the Med’s most beautiful islands. It is ...
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John Harrison Clockmaker Built First Marine Chronometer
British clockmaker John Harrison (1693-1776), the man who built the first marine chronometer to measure longitude, was born 325 years ago this week. Harrison was raised in Foulby in Yorkshire, the son of a ...
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