George Day

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  • Mindbender 0

    Mindbender

    What is St. Elmo’s fire?   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 June 4, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    What rigging items do you use to support a staysail stay or inner fore stay in a cutter rig?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will ...

    On May 29, 2019 / By
  • Just Cruising with George Day 0

    To Catch a Fish

    Whenever we are going somewhere in open water on our boat we always have a fishing line trolling off the stern. We’re fish eaters so foraging in this ...

    On May 22, 2019 / By
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    Mindbender

    What are the primary currents that makeup the North Atlantic Gyre?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and ...

    On May 22, 2019 / By
  • UP FRONT 0

    Pros and Cons of Guns Onboard

    Dear George, We are 5 years into a circumnavigation from the U.S.A. Presently our boat is in Malaysia.I am a retired journalist who spent much of my life ...

    On May 22, 2019 / By
  • Just Cruising with George Day 0

    Should Cruisers Carry Guns?

    I grew up learning to shoot and have hunted a bit with rifles and shotguns. And we have cruised in some of the world’s least developed areas, countries ...

    On May 15, 2019 / By
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    MIndbender

    Does a windvane self-steering device respond to the “true” or “apparent” wind as it steers a sailboat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...

    On May 15, 2019 / By
  • Just Cruising with George Day 0

    Days at Sea

    I don’t know about you, but there are times in this busy, highly connected information age we live in, that I get the sense that we are collectively ...

    On May 8, 2019 / By
  • Mindbender 0

    Mindbender

    What do you do when you “box a compass?”   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...

    On May 8, 2019 / By
  • Just Cruising with George Day 0

    You Could Win a Brand New Excess Catamaran from Beneteau

    I am just back from the huge multihull show in the south of France, where I had a chance to catch up on all that is new and ...

    On May 1, 2019 / By