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    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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    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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    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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    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
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    Why did Joshua Slocum carry carpet tacks  aboard Spray during his famous solo circumnavigation?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the ...

    On August 21, 2019 / By
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    When a collision is imminent between a sailboat and a powerboat, when does the sailboat not have the right of way?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A ...

    On August 13, 2019 / By
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    What are you calculating when you take the square root a sailboat’s waterline length and multiply it by 1.34?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will ...

    On August 7, 2019 / By
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    Sea dogs Are the Best Dogs

    In the olden days of coasting schooners, pinkey’s and smacks, the crew on board was often just, “a man, a boy and a dog.” The boy did all ...

    On July 31, 2019 / By
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    On a performance sailboat, what is a “turtle” used for?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will ...

    On July 31, 2019 / By