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  1. Prop wash with twin rudders
  2. How do sails generate lift?
  3. towing with outboard motor...WARNING
  4. Delivery "McGyver Bag"
  5. Sailing/Sculling Dismal Swamp ICW
  6. Norfolk,VA to Savannah,GA in May
  7. Jupiter Inlet (FL) local knowledge.
  8. Single-Handed Tips
  9. He ran aground in front of me!
  10. Elan 45 Impression - singlehanded?
  11. Self steering system
  12. Single handing
  13. Catamaran rounding up
  14. Think your dock shot was bad?
  15. Auto pilot
  16. Telescopic whisker/spinnaker pole
  17. Maiden Voyage
  18. Catamaran Sailing in Squalls
  19. A Hero's Tale of Woe
  20. Help, planning bluewater trip, can't find detailed current chart
  21. What kind of sail is this and what is it for?
  22. tie tiller down when at dock
  23. Boat crosses Atlantic, washes up in Ireland
  24. Letting the car slap
  25. Does anyone in Australia know a yard that can build and fit paravanes?
  26. Weight and balance
  27. Heavy weather sailing, your strategy?
  28. re-animate tacktick mn 100-2 display
  29. Sailing from Vancouver, BC to Seward Alaska
  30. Weather / Sea conditions on Bahamas banks
  31. Handling a gale
  32. Lost in an inflatable dinghy
  33. Physics of heaving to
  34. Brown mustache
  35. going thru locks
  36. Stern Anchor?
  37. Dry Tortugas Passage - Weather/seas help
  38. Can a ship tow a sail boat?
  39. New boat design
  40. Always use a snubber or your boat could end up like...
  41. How to Best hoist, carry and handle large heavy dingis?
  42. Sailboat beached near Jacksonville, FL
  43. anchoring in 120kn gusts - which anchor will hold that??
  44. Very small water-maker oder Big one for very fast refilling?
  45. Is there a way to covert windspeed and Sailarea into hp like from the engine?
  46. Rounding Hatteras
  47. Power catamaran in following seas
  48. tilller on a 25t second hand steel boat - convert to wheel?
  49. circumvent the med - CHEAP harbors available?
  50. First Post! Yeah!
  51. Achor weight
  52. How to remove/clean my wind protection canvas rubbing against the chrome frame?
  53. Mooring alongside single handed
  54. Golden Globe 2022 "kite" as jury rig, etc
  55. Georgian Bay in a Wayfarer
  56. Solent versus cutter rig
  57. Heaving to for power catamaran
  58. Deck and transom hardware
  59. Comfort and capzie ratios
  60. Storm Tactics
  61. Belaying from vessel
  62. Passing solo locks of lake Champlain
  63. Red flare sighting
  64. The loss of M/V Conception
  65. Dorian attacks GALAWA II in Freeport, Bahamas
  66. Wireless Remote Helm...?
  67. move Lobster Pots
  68. Halyard replacement
  69. zodiac RIB Cadet - Anyone have experience with these ?
  70. Genoa getting caught on tacking
  71. The Rogue wave and the sailor
  72. Avoiding races - how out of line was I?
  73. Rollimg
  74. Docking - I made several mistakes
  75. leave the mainsheet cam open
  76. Heavy Weather Sailing
  77. Which primer to use for inside of the hull for a steel boat?
  78. Chesapeake to Nantucket cruise plan
  79. Sailing against the Gulf Stream
  80. It’s way harder than those YouTube videos make it look!
  81. Bowsprit + spinnaker
  82. Cutter vs Solent Rig
  83. NTSB report for USS McCain Collision
  84. How to rig a Hobie Holder 12?
  85. Boom Sway at Mooring/While Motoring (?)
  86. a simple method for tiller self steering
  87. I'm about to motor out and learn to sail.
  88. Preparing for hurricane while on the hard
  89. Hatteras/DiamondShoals south bound in the fall
  90. Transporting large sailboat over the road, max height
  91. current against wind
  92. Singlehanding Bahamas to USVI
  93. source of carbon monoxide...what is source
  94. Backing up a 31 ft sail boat
  95. Turning systems theory into practical knowledge of my specific boat
  96. Spring Line Advice
  97. Catamaran capsize near Sydney
  98. Hoisting Main with Lazyjacks in Place
  99. weather helm on a Bristol 29
  100. Uncontrollable pointing into the wind in a minor blow
  101. A newbie question about seacocks
  102. Stow Anchors
  103. collision or ?
  104. The Welland canl
  105. Singlehanding
  106. Lanyard Kill Switch for Trolling Motor
  107. Another Drogue Besides Jordan Series Drogue?
  108. Does anyone know know a makeshift auto-"HELM" trick?
  109. Schooner VS Containership
  110. sailing downwind without a kite or pole?
  111. 3 crew killed..
  112. Best way to furl the jib
  113. Anchoring in the Chesapeake
  114. Corbin 39 Mk I helm balancing act
  115. Nova Scotia Robbery
  116. Use of specialized sails by shorthanded cruisers
  117. Hydrovane and sagassum weed.
  118. A broach to remember; family fun in spring wind
  119. Island Spirit 400...should we/shouldn't we?
  120. PHRF versus approx. passage times on dif. boats?
  121. Florida to USVI
  122. GGR Report
  123. Iridium GO! vs cell phone in Indo
  124. Growing Pains
  125. What do I do with the sheets?
  126. Do you have a 360 white light on your dinghy?
  127. A Better Stopper Knot?
  128. Integrated soft shackle in single braid dyneema
  129. Cal 31 yaws and rocks badly when sailing in waves
  130. Sail Training
  131. Would mandatory licensing change things?
  132. Cowes Ferry Crushes Motorboat; Doesn't Even Notice
  133. Rescue swimmer. How would you kit up?
  134. Anchor set and retrieval system
  135. MOB for Couples
  136. Anchor and rode: How rusty is too rusty?
  137. zinc versus aluminum galvanic protection
  138. Golden Globe drogue use?
  139. USCG Navigator Class outline+online slideshow
  140. Anchoring Where has the respect gone ?
  141. Preparing for blue water crewing
  142. Anchoring in a mooring field, who was rights?
  143. Light or heavy displacement sailing pros and cons
  144. FORMOSA 41 sailing speed ??
  145. Maneuvering a FORMOSA 41?
  146. Stern Anchor Setup on a Double Ender?
  147. Trucking a Cape Dory 30
  148. MOB - broad reaching or DDW, what is the best approach?
  149. Two sailors missing in the South Atlantic
  150. A question for our Antipodean cousins
  151. Cape Horn Wind Vane/ Pelagic Autopilot
  152. Father-daughter duo rows across Atlantic
  153. Question about a headsail in general
  154. Fatality Report on Chicago Mackinac Race
  155. Being safe around ropes
  156. Great Lakes, Nautical Terms: "big sea" and others.
  157. Marina outlaws rowing of dinghy's...
  158. Docking Mishap
  159. Disabled sailboat 100 miles off virginia
  160. Navies, Seamanship, Training, Probublica articles.
  161. Reverse while towing a dinghy
  162. ProPublica report on Fitzgerald collision
  163. Controlled situation to near disaster in under 5 seconds
  164. Not a raft up, but rather anchor drag..
  165. Morehead City NC to Charleston SC and Florida Coastal
  166. Whistle, gong, bell, or aerosol can of refrigerant?
  167. Med deck cockpit design?
  168. MOB - Windjammer Dublin bay 21st Jan 2019
  169. Managing rigid vang, mainsheet and traveller
  170. Boating when alone
  171. Radar reflectors
  172. Morgan OI 416 in reverse
  173. Flat bottom boats as bluewater cruisers
  174. Alternative placement of anchor light (other than at the masthead)
  175. Tricolor considered harmful; Red over green preferred
  176. Sailing Potomac vs. Chesapeake
  177. First boat, intermediate sailor.
  178. Accident
  179. Sailboat grounded on Siesta Key
  180. Canvas Bimini and storms
  181. NZ to Seattle by August 2019
  182. Markus' Buoy Maneuver
  183. Centerboard Columbia 33
  184. Catamaran - Mooring ball banging on hulls
  185. Forgetful old fart and autopilot
  186. USNavy Report on Fitzgerald Collision.
  187. Planning criteria for our first Gulf Stream crossing
  188. SAILING NORTH FROM BRISBANE AUSTRALIA JULY
  189. Tacking Jib with Inner forestay
  190. U.S. sailor Abby Sunderland's yacht found 8 years after ill-fated round-the-world bid
  191. Atlantic Row 2018
  192. How to Measure Air Draft Without Climbing Mast
  193. Frenchman would cross Atlantic in barrel
  194. Purchased a sailboat and looking for advice.
  195. Hit by small motor boat.
  196. How often do you motor ??
  197. Cruising the San Juan’s in winter
  198. Our first boat please provide input.
  199. Seattle to Portland Oregon in January
  200. How Do They Sail/Handle Owners Of (Wauquiez Amphirite 43) (Oyster 39) (Palmer J 43CR)
  201. Sailboat rescues downed pilot
  202. South Manitou Island with Trailer Sailor
  203. Snubber sizing for All Chain Ground Tackle
  204. effect of green algae on engine cooling
  205. Sailing in a White Squall
  206. Healing a Boat To Clear ICW Bridges
  207. Heaving to
  208. Arches, Biminis, Dodgers and Stability
  209. Dinghy Lift Bridle Stern Attachment
  210. Bleed screw - Rudder
  211. Yacht sinks Jersey.. Inquirey report
  212. What to get for preventer on Tayana FD-12
  213. Selfsteering gear ..
  214. I guess gentlemen DON'T go to windward...
  215. ‘Ever Wonder What Goes On.... ?
  216. ??ICW with Mariner 6hp capability??
  217. How Servo-pendulum Windvane Works
  218. Winter Sailing
  219. Reefing - when & how much?
  220. Log book reconstruction
  221. Free beginner ASA books
  222. What are "wally" targets named for?
  223. Taking classes in January, should I bareboat in March?
  224. Spinnaker
  225. Solent vs Cutter rigs
  226. Rate of Sea State Subsiding (Oz SE Coast)
  227. USCG saves 6
  228. Prepping for Michael - 100' or 135' of chain?
  229. overtaking sailboats
  230. Skookum
  231. New highway to the Arctic Ocean
  232. New boat advice
  233. Another No-Watch Boat
  234. Not so great watch-keeping by big ships
  235. Life Lost in Capsize
  236. Absolutely couldn’t get out of the slip today
  237. Steering under power
  238. docking w/ inexperienced crew?
  239. Corbin 39 Singlehanding
  240. Nylon Sheets for Downwind Sailing
  241. Spinnaker Drop System
  242. did my anchor slip? GPS attached
  243. Hailing port
  244. Aground: Failure of skill, failure of judgment, bad luck
  245. Forming flotilla from NYC to south of Cape Hatteras
  246. Rudder Behavior Under Power
  247. Induced heel for bridge clearance
  248. Boat in path of Florence with no clue
  249. Close quarters maneuvering with twin rudders?
  250. Norwegian catamaran sinks outside of Morocco.