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    What is prop walk?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win a subscription to the digital version ...

    On March 14, 2022 / By
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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
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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
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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
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    In what kind of sailing rig can you “scandalize the mainsail” in order to reduce sail area?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn ...

    On February 15, 2022 / By
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    In which ocean are the seasonal trade winds called monsoons?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win ...

    On February 8, 2022 / By
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    What has to happen for a storm, like last weekend’s nor’easter on the East Coast, for it to qualify as a “bombogenesis”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. ...

    On February 1, 2022 / By
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    On a high frequency transceiver, such as an SSB, what’s the difference between simplex and duplex?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from ...

    On January 25, 2022 / By
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    What does the old sailor’s adage “Come the wind before the rain, you’ll soon be setting sail again” refer to?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner ...

    On January 18, 2022 / By
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    What’s the difference between IALA-A and IALA-B buoy systems?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be drawn from the correct answers and will win a ...

    On January 10, 2022 / By