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