George Day

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    How would you use a monkey’s fist on your boat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

    On May 20, 2020 / By
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    What are you talking about when you say that waves have a period?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

    On May 12, 2020 / By
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    When measuring a boat for a new sail, where would you find the dimension knows as the “J”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...

    On May 5, 2020 / By
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    What piece of equipment aboard your boat gets pickled when out of service?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct ...

    On April 29, 2020 / By
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    Who chooses the names for named storms?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a one-year ...

    On April 21, 2020 / By
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    Why is Venus both the Evening and Dawn star?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...

    On April 14, 2020 / By
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    Why would you put a swivel between your anchor and anchor chain?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

    On April 8, 2020 / By
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    What is “Point Nemo” and where will you find it?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

    On March 31, 2020 / By
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    In this coronavirus age, what is the actual signal you are sending upon entering a country for the first time when you hoist a square yellow signal flag ...

    On March 24, 2020 / By
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    You are being overtaken by a large, fast ship and as if approaches from astern it gives two short blasts of its horn. What does that signal to ...

    On March 17, 2020 / By