When you recite the mnemoic “East is Least and West is Best” what navigation function are you referring to? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will ...
On July 10, 2019 / By George DayLast weekend, I was part of a fun Blue Water Seminar held at the Essex, CT Yacht Club. The event was put on by Essex native Bob Osborn ...
On June 26, 2019 / By George DayBack in April, I wrote a Just Cruising column asking the simple question, “Should sailors be certified?” We got a ton of response from CC readers. Last week, ...
On June 26, 2019 / By George DayWhere on a sailboat would you find a gudgeon (not the fish, the metal piece of hardware)? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...
On June 26, 2019 / By George DayThe Sail-o-Mat 740 windvane self steering device we had on the back of our Mason 43 Clover was so well-designed, so well-built that it had never failed us ...
On June 19, 2019 / By George DayIn Last week’s Just Cruising, I explored heaving to aboard a cruising sailboat and mentioned some of the things that can go wrong and some tactics for making ...
On June 19, 2019 / By George DayIf the North Star marks true north in the Northern Hemisphere, what star or stars indicate true south in the Southern Hemisphere? Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. ...
On June 19, 2019 / By George DayAs 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 DayWhat 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 DayOn 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 ...
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