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  1. Lobster/Crab/Shrimp traps - aaaaargh!
  2. On a boat alone
  3. My scariest moment yet, shouldn't have been that scary...
  4. Dunning-Kruger problem with my rudder
  5. Overnight cruise
  6. Proper sailing gear
  7. What's The Strangest Thing Your Anchor Picked Up?
  8. hit a piling, damaged new awl grip
  9. Buy a sailboat, it'll be fun they said.....
  10. Columbia River Sailing
  11. Go Fever
  12. Grounded my boat
  13. How not to get towed.
  14. Hitting an anchored boat in a sparsely populated anchorage while under sail
  15. Some Numbers - Is Sailing Worth it?
  16. How not to sell sailing introductions
  17. Yacht Rock - Is this a real Genre?
  18. Your first boat.
  19. Leaving on a Friday
  20. How NOT to ride out a hurricane
  21. Of any use?
  22. Sailing Around; Aux Overheats and a Quiz
  23. Fun one question survey - VHF, port reference
  24. Don't trust weather report- hindsight tale
  25. Boom, and the main came down
  26. Docking Ego Shattered
  27. Anchor tackle
  28. Learn from My Mistakes
  29. Back To The Islands
  30. Sail usage gift
  31. Thru hull while in the water
  32. After buying our first boat, we're now on our 4th episode - learning by doing
  33. A faulty pump and a broken alarm made a bad situation....good?
  34. Insurance Problem for Canadian Boat in Europe
  35. Dinghy Dock Faux Pas
  36. Jerry cans are unusable
  37. The Saga of Osborne Bay
  38. Frustrated, stressed, and about to give up.
  39. Yacht Delivery Death Traps.
  40. COVID vaccinations while Cruising
  41. In hot water
  42. Bad anchoring
  43. My top 3 small boat boating mistakes
  44. Weird sudden loss of 12V DC.
  45. My Rocna didn't hold in mud - a first. Confession from a cocky new gen anchor owner
  46. I love living on our boat, my husband hates it.
  47. Propane, the kiss of death
  48. Ever seen a UFO?
  49. Funny unless you're on one of these vessels.
  50. A moped confession
  51. Got caught unprepared in high winds again
  52. need a NEW 1 GM10 'EPA' rated engine..
  53. My Own Backyard
  54. Fed up of yacht review quality!
  55. Looking For Ideas - May Give Up
  56. Cascading mistakes turned it to a bad day
  57. China Scam
  58. Luff
  59. Semi automatic spinnaker sets to learn square rig trim
  60. Paying someone to scrape the bottom of your boat or doing it yourself?
  61. Best handbook in the world - bar none!
  62. Spring commissioning gone sideways...
  63. I made some shrimp fried rice today
  64. Losing faith
  65. The Story of how we chose and bought our First Boat
  66. Big Storm, Small Lake, Big Trouble
  67. Looked at a Nor`West 33 today
  68. Up above the sunny skies in south California
  69. EPIRB PHONE HOME
  70. Dinghy Title Disaster
  71. Never Ever pull into La Salina, MX
  72. Confessions of an adventurer
  73. Folding prop/ generating electricity?
  74. Me and my dad bought our first boat, here's our second attempt at trying to sail it
  75. TWO RED SOX
  76. Leap Of Faith
  77. To Cuba, with a dangerous drunken fool.
  78. Have you gotten a disease or been poisoned while cruising?
  79. So me and my dad went and bought our first boat with no sailing experience
  80. Really had to go..
  81. Shitty evening
  82. Navigation: Plans "A", "B", "C", ...
  83. Poorly tied cleat hitch and tenuous anchor
  84. The stupidest/funniest mistakes you've made?
  85. Dinghy Seatrial fail
  86. Staying Alive, Green Water Over the Flybridge
  87. A scam in Dominica
  88. Oops. Time for some trig.
  89. Nek minnet...
  90. Shaft busted - lessons and questions
  91. Mantus 65lb anchor
  92. Has This Ever Happened to You?
  93. Navigation skills matter.
  94. I Did A Very Stupid Thing
  95. Bad experience in Montenegro - how to recover?
  96. Tough Day - Thunderstorm
  97. Bent rudder shaft in Catalina Isle
  98. Production boats
  99. I broke a thru hull fitting off in the marina
  100. A very near miss.....
  101. product available for eye roll prevention
  102. OK, what did you forget?
  103. How the Commercial Guys See Us
  104. Please recycle
  105. Christmas cove
  106. Diver Scooped Up by Whale
  107. An "Exciting" Weekend!
  108. When neighboring boat disagrees
  109. Post your story of sails saving the day
  110. Why do friends feel so entitled to come on the boat?
  111. Boat Ramp - just so funny
  112. What a drag!
  113. CO detector saved me -- with no CO present
  114. A storm blew me from Sanibel to Boca
  115. Cautionary compass tale
  116. Formalities Dilemma
  117. How I lost my boat!
  118. Stupid move in the dinghy
  119. Embarrassing story, seeking advice
  120. Proud Dad here!
  121. The why of it all.
  122. Forgot my keys
  123. MH370
  124. Old Sailor Wisdom and getting the exact problem I was trying to avoid!
  125. I went for a swim
  126. Berthing issues
  127. Never sea sick but always land sickness
  128. whoops... there goes the chain!
  129. Note to self, always start dinghy engine before casting off.
  130. So Just how bad did I screw up.
  131. why didn't this happen???...
  132. boat history
  133. Who Thinks the Earth is Flat?
  134. How often do yachts require rescue on crossings?
  135. Going to Sea and Scared!
  136. Leaving Dock in a Breeze - How to Attract Attention
  137. Oil Change Stupidity
  138. Not all boat parts are expensive
  139. RV, boat, trailer go into the lake
  140. Bought a....Sunfish
  141. Crushing, literally and figuratively
  142. Break a boat, get a beer
  143. WE'RE SINKING!
  144. Things I wish I knew about boats.
  145. The day the diesel died ...
  146. Top 10 points of failure?
  147. Nightmare
  148. Discovered this while boat shopping
  149. What's wrong with this picture?
  150. Again (?) about your dressing habits and etiquette as Long-Term sailors
  151. My first "catastrophic failure" (exhaust elbow)
  152. Spectacular Med Mooring Screwup
  153. Fun day sail with seasickness
  154. Some things that can go south in a second when sailing singlehanded
  155. Frankly! Your most sucking work onboard??
  156. Bottom Cleaning
  157. How NOT to fuel up your boat
  158. Boat and pride were hurt this weekend
  159. Starboard red ..... Port green
  160. Mistaken name for the bung
  161. Your Backstory......expectations vs reality
  162. Ethics of protecting your vessel at anchor.
  163. Learning quick like.
  164. Rust...and it's my fault!
  165. Should have lost my mast today, I am so stupid
  166. A compilation of real life mistakes made by sailors
  167. Pride Goeth Before the Fall
  168. How not to "save a buck"
  169. D.I.Y or Hire a Professional?
  170. Doh!
  171. Run Over by a Fishing Boat!
  172. Precautionary Tale
  173. Rudder damaged in grounding
  174. Arrow thru the head
  175. Funny Incident On Anchor In Grenada
  176. Doubting myself
  177. Round the world that didn't happen
  178. I ran aground, here's a pic.
  179. Tips & Lessons Learned 2016
  180. Dating sites for sailors looking for companionship and love
  181. Loggerhead Marina Stuart Matthew?
  182. Operator Error, Diagnostic Procedure, Cascade of Failures.
  183. Chasing Bubbles
  184. Insurance for cruisers
  185. The right boat
  186. How Much Abuse do you Tolerate on Your Boat
  187. Canary sail school experience
  188. My mishaps are often public
  189. How we almost sank our boat in Papua New Guinea: video
  190. Lesson learned
  191. Love boat and Lee Shore
  192. dink leap, bad wx, wayward auto pilot
  193. I forgot it was a "sail" boat
  194. How to be a hood ornament on a Newport 30
  195. runaway dink at Marina Cay...plus
  196. DIY tip of the day thread...
  197. floating bomb...close to extinction
  198. My boat nearly sank
  199. Company's Coming
  200. Down Mexico way
  201. The day I joined the Turtle Club
  202. Last days of a Cal 40
  203. The Hex of the Ex?
  204. Somtimes it's Better not to Rescue a Boat
  205. Airborne, 35 ft drop
  206. Land sailing, water sailing, and taxes
  207. Dont tell anyone, but I think the earth is flat.
  208. Van de Stadt 44
  209. We Have A New Member At SCS
  210. Second Chance Sailing Story So Far
  211. The tale of Sweet Allie
  212. licences for boats in mexico
  213. Boarding Neighbors in a Storm
  214. Sailing From Sydney to Mexico
  215. Ever give up Booze?
  216. Why do you do it?
  217. Dear Santa...
  218. Amazing luck you've observed
  219. Do you DECORATE your boat, and HOW?
  220. Apoligy to ErikFinn
  221. Patience
  222. There's a blow happening.
  223. What Scary Nautical Stories do you have from this Halloween weekend?
  224. How do you answer the question "Where are you from?"
  225. Most embarrassing DIY maintenance moment
  226. Big Dog Snaps
  227. "WTF" moment
  228. Belliure 50
  229. What have you heard?
  230. Bad alternator? NOT!
  231. Holy Proboscis Batman We Have Weevils
  232. Removing Rust Stains on Deck
  233. What is this Diesel Fuel contamination thing?
  234. Should I be ashamed?
  235. WE break all the rules, but some how we survive
  236. Wind Generator, Fishing Pole and Rogue Gust Debacle
  237. We Sailed To Cuba from USA
  238. Why we stopped cruising... for now
  239. A great blog
  240. Poll: What initially brought you cruisers net?
  241. When we shouldn't encourage people to "just go"
  242. Quarrel with a charter company over the boat damages
  243. Docking like a boss :)
  244. Could you pull your own tooth out when sailing?
  245. First Cruise of summer
  246. Cleat failure who is responsible?
  247. What's your worst guest/crew experience?
  248. I confess to violating child labor laws...
  249. Does a canoe make a sailor?
  250. I confess to be in the water...!