Browsing All Posts By George Day

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  Commercial Sailing Cargo Ship on Maiden Voyage from France to New York

  In last week’s Cruising Compass, we ran a story about Sail Cargo, a Costa Rican company that delivers coffee beans from Colombia to the U.S. in a vintage ...

  On August 21, 2024 / By George Day
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  Survey of the Week

  Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks.   ...

  On August 20, 2024 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What causes a waterspout to form?   Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.   Many thanks to all readers ...

  On August 20, 2024 / By George Day
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  Sail Cargo Building a Sustainable Sailing-Ship Cargo Business

  Here’s a story that we like to come back to from time to time since it is both unique and  involves sailing cargo ships from the old school. ...

  On August 14, 2024 / By George Day
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  Survey of the Week

  Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks.   ...

  On August 14, 2024 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What does the phrase “East is Least and West is Best” refer to?   Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

  On August 14, 2024 / By George Day
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  A Naturalist’s Look at the Amazing Galapagos Islands

  I am lucky enough to have sailed to the Galapagos Islands off Ecuador’s west coast twice in my life and to spend weeks exploring them. The first time ...

  On August 14, 2024 / By George Day
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  Jeanneau Introduces New Sun Odyssey 350

  It is hard to believe that it was 12 years ago when I took the then brand new Sun Odyssey 349 out for a test sail on Biscayne ...

  On August 14, 2024 / By George Day
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  Survey of the Week

  Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks.   ...

  On August 7, 2024 / By George Day
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  Mindbender

  What is the origin of the the distress call “Mayday”?   Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers.   Many ...

  On August 7, 2024 / By George Day