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    Eight Bells for Olaf Harken

    It is with a real sense of loss that we heard the news on Tuesday that Olaf Harken had passed away after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. ...

    On October 22, 2019 / By
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    MIndbender

    At night, when you see a tugboat hauling a barge behind and showing running lights and three vertical white lights on the mast, what do you know about ...

    On October 15, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    In the Northern Hemisphere, do high pressure systems rotate in a clockwise of counterclockwise direction?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...

    On October 8, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    What on board instrument can deliver data measured in hectopascals?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

    On October 2, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    Who was the first person to sail a yacht, singlehanded and non-stop around the world?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...

    On September 25, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    On a wood sailboat where would you find the “devils” and what does the phrase “The devil to pay” come from?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A ...

    On September 18, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    On a sailboat, what is the main cause of “weather helm”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and ...

    On September 9, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    What is a “king tide”?   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 September 4, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    On a classic, gaff-headed sailing boat, where would you find the “throat”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

    On August 27, 2019 / By
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    Strange Encounters of the Pumice Kind

    It is not every day at sea that you run into a vast raft of pumice floating on the sea surface.  But that’s just what Shannon Lenz and ...

    On August 21, 2019 / By