Browsing Tag Mindbender

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    Where on a cruising boat would you find something made of hypalon?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers ...

    On October 22, 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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    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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    Should Sailors Be Certified? The Question Gets Revisited

    Back in April, I wrote a Just Cruising column asking the simple question, “Should sailors be certified?”  We got a ton of response from CC readers. Last week, ...

    On June 26, 2019 / By
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    Where on a sailboat would you find a gudgeon (not the fish, the metal piece of hardware)?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...

    On June 26, 2019 / By
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    If the North Star marks true north in the Northern Hemisphere, what star or stars indicate true south in the Southern Hemisphere?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. ...

    On June 19, 2019 / By
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    What is Point Nemo and where is it?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected randomly from the correct answers and will win a ...

    On June 12, 2019 / By
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    Does a windvane self-steering device respond to the “true” or “apparent” wind as it steers a sailboat?   Send your answers to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner will be selected ...

    On May 15, 2019 / By
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    What does MMSI stand for? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the correct answers. Thanks to last week’s Mindbender ...

    On April 29, 2015 / By
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    What does a diagram like this indicate on a chart? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the correct ...

    On April 23, 2015 / By