Browsing All Posts By George Day
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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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Dock Talk 0
‘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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Dock Talk 0
Jeanne Socrates Cancels Circumnavigation Attempt
October 18, 2017 – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada After taking a fall from a ladder in a British Columbia boatyard, Jeanne Socrates has postponed her attempt at becoming the oldest person ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Easy Stove-Top Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese is one of those comfort foods that just about everyone likes. And, it is particularly good when you have the kids or grand kids on ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
Where do you find the Tropic of Cancer? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. Congratulation to ...
