Browsing All Posts By George Day

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  Just Cruising with George Day 0

  Heaving to in Heavy Weather

  As good luck would have it, I’ve never had to heave-to at sea due to storm conditions for the simple reasons that either the storms have been blowing ...

  On June 12, 2019 / By George Day
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  MIndbender

  What is Point Nemo and where is it?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a ...

  On June 12, 2019 / By George Day
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  Just Cruising with George Day 0

  Cuba Closed to Cruisers Again

  On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was restricting travel to Cuba for American citizens and specifically mentioned that it was prohibiting travel ...

  On June 4, 2019 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What is St. Elmo’s fire?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a one-year subscription to ...

  On June 4, 2019 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What rigging items do you use to support a staysail stay or inner fore stay in a cutter rig?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will ...

  On May 29, 2019 / By George Day
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  Just Cruising with George Day 0

  To Catch a Fish

  Whenever we are going somewhere in open water on our boat we always have a fishing line trolling off the stern. We’re fish eaters so foraging in this ...

  On May 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What are the primary currents that makeup the North Atlantic Gyre?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and ...

  On May 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  Pros and Cons of Guns Onboard

  Dear George, We are 5 years into a circumnavigation from the U.S.A. Presently our boat is in Malaysia.I am a retired journalist who spent much of my life ...

  On May 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  Just Cruising with George Day 0

  Should Cruisers Carry Guns?

  I grew up learning to shoot and have hunted a bit with rifles and shotguns. And we have cruised in some of the world’s least developed areas, countries ...

  On May 15, 2019 / By George Day
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  MIndbender

  Does a windvane self-steering device respond to the “true” or “apparent” wind as it steers a sailboat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...

  On May 15, 2019 / By George Day