Browsing Category Mindbender

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    What’s a barber hauler?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.   Congratulations to Fred Edmiston who correctly ...

    On March 14, 2018 / By
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    In the olden days, what were the thole pins on a row boat?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue ...

    On March 7, 2018 / By
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    What are you doing when you are “kedging off?”   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat   The ...

    On March 1, 2018 / By
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    What do you call the piece of teak decking that runs down the boat’s center line and into which the deck planks are notched?   Send your answer ...

    On February 22, 2018 / By
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    On a trimaran, invented by Malaysians and Polynesians, what is the Vaka, the akas and the amas?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct ...

    On February 14, 2018 / By
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    Where on your boat would you find a “lubber’s line?”   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.   ...

    On February 8, 2018 / By
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    What does the mnemonic phrase “True Virgins Make Dull Company (Add Whiskey)” remind you about navigation?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, ...

    On February 1, 2018 / By
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    For your new VHF radio, how do you register it to get a unique MSSI number and what does MSSI stand for?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The ...

    On January 24, 2018 / By
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    What color is a Q flag and when do you hoist it?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water ...

    On January 18, 2018 / By
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    What do you call the line with a compass value that you draw on a chart between your boat and a landmark, buoy or another boat.?   Send ...

    On January 10, 2018 / By