Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Puanani Voyage on Sailblogs.com
There are a few cruisers we like to follow on Sailblogs and Mark Logan is one of them. His cruise aboard his Beneteau 393 Puanani has taken him ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
When you sail westward across the International Date Line in the Mid-Pacific Ocean, do you gain a day or lose a day? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Mexican Pumpkin Punch
It’s almost Halloween and that means it’s pumpkin time. While the kids are carving Jack-o-Lanterns this weekend, why not invite a few friends over to enjoy the fun. ...
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Charter Chatter 0
Owning a Boat in a Charter Fleet
There is nothing quite like walking down a dock in some exotic location with your sea bag on your shoulder and climbing aboard your own boat with the ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
How to Replace a Bilge Pump: Watch Video
Unloved and neglected, the bilge pump sits forgotten until the day it’s called upon to pump water out of the boat. Except that sometimes they don’t work as ...
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Dock Talk 0
Seven Prep Tips for World Circumnavigation
We failed on our first attempt to complete an 18-month circumnavigation. Departing in late 1997, we sailed back into our home port of Oxford, MD, nearly three and ...
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Dock Talk 0
DSC-VHF Radio: What to Know When Buying or Selling a Boat
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF radio communication can be crucial in a a boating or sailing emergency and provide rescuers critical GPS location information. But when buying or selling a boat equipped ...
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‘It was going to eat her’: Aussie teen survives shark scare
An Australian teenager has survived a terrifying encounter with a great white shark, with her harrowing screams alerting her father who was certain it was about to “eat ...
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Dock Talk 0
Dealing With Seasickness In Children
Like adults, some children are completely immune to it while others can be violently sick with the smallest amounts of motion. There’s nothing that can make time aboard ...
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Dock Talk 0
Pirate Attack
“Rebecca, QUICK, I need another flare from the hanging locker!” The jib alone was just barely pulling Brick House southward at a pace slower than a lame lamb, but there ...
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