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    If you see thick blue smoke in your boat’s diesel engine exhaust, what are the likely problems?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...

    On October 19, 2020 / By
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    At local noon in the Northern Hemisphere, in what direction will the shadow of your main mast fall?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...

    On October 14, 2020 / By
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    What are the most likely places to find roses on your sailboat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

    On October 6, 2020 / By
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    When sailing up wind, what  is happening when the boat “makes leeway?”   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

    On September 29, 2020 / By
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    In a wet-cell boat battery, what are the fluids that make up the “wet”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the ...

    On September 22, 2020 / By
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    In navigation, when would you plot your actual position by starting at an “assumed position”?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from ...

    On September 16, 2020 / By
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    In what race did Sir Robin Knox-Johnson become the first person to sail solo non-stop around the world?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...

    On September 8, 2020 / By
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    Where would you find gimbals on a cruising boat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...

    On September 1, 2020 / By
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    Where on your sailboat would you use a preventer?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win ...

    On August 25, 2020 / By
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    With a roller furling genoa, when you want to reef and sail with only two-thirds of the sail rolled out, what should you do to the sheet leads? ...

    On August 18, 2020 / By