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    When do you use a knot known as the sheepshank?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.   ...

    On November 1, 2017 / By
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    When you sail westward across the International Date Line in the Mid-Pacific Ocean, do you gain a day or lose a day?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The ...

    On October 25, 2017 / By
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    Where do you find the Tropic of Cancer?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.   Congratulation to ...

    On October 18, 2017 / By
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    What do you call the decorative stripe that runs the length of your boat, just below the toe rail?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly ...

    On October 11, 2017 / By
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    What are the common knots used at the ends of ropes to keep them from running free (there are several choices)? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected ...

    On October 4, 2017 / By
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    When sailing into a foreign country, where is the normal place on a sailboat to hoist the yellow Q flag?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected ...

    On September 27, 2017 / By
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    What island group spawns the largest Atlantic hurricanes?   Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat.   The winner ...

    On September 20, 2017 / By
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    What are hurricane-force storms called in the western Pacific Ocean? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. The Mindbender ...

    On September 13, 2017 / By
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    At what wind speed does a storm become a hurricane? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. The Mindbender ...

    On September 7, 2017 / By
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    Where on a sailboat’s mast do you find a truck?

    Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. The Mindbender winner this week is Jerry Peters who correctly noted that ...

    On August 31, 2017 / By