Browsing All Posts By George Day

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  What causes fog to form over water?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win a subscription to ...

  On March 7, 2022 / By George Day
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  Survey Question of the Week

  Before reading on, please pause for a moment to take this week’s survey so we can share the results with the Cruising Compass family.   When making a ...

  On March 1, 2022 / By George Day
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  What is an MMSI number and how is it used?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win ...

  On March 1, 2022 / By George Day
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  Survey Question of the Week

  Before reading on, please pause for a moment to take this week’s survey so we can share the results with the Cruising Compass family.   What do you ...

  On February 21, 2022 / By George Day
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  What are you measuring in piloting or navigation when you “double the angle off the bow?”   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from ...

  On February 21, 2022 / By George Day
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  The New Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Is a Fun, Fast, Family Cruiser

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  On February 17, 2022 / By George Day
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  Commercial Diver and Para-Olympic Snowboards Bitten by Cruising Bug

  (Sail Universe) Kayleen and Tyler are a seriously adventurous couple on a mission: they bought a 1981 42′ Tartan sailboat and they’re living on this sailboat while also ...

  On February 17, 2022 / By George Day
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  Salty Dawg Homeward Bound Rally Scheduled

  The Salty Dawg Sailing Association’s Homeward Bound Rally, scheduled to start on May 10, 2022,  is an offshore passage in the company of other boats of many nationalities. ...

  On February 17, 2022 / By George Day
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  The Power of Opportunity

  As we honor Black History Month in February, it is fitting that we also honor Black sailors who have had sailing change their lives and who along the ...

  On February 17, 2022 / By George Day
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  The Most Extreme Rogue Wave Recorded by Sea Buot

  (Scientalert.com)  In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The ...

  On February 17, 2022 / By George Day