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  1. Boat speed with different winds speeds and directions
  2. Why do the Vendee boats keep hitting stuff?
  3. Can sailing upwind in 20 knots be fun?
  4. La Paz, MX to San Francisco in January
  5. Radio Fax from noaa
  6. Sea Anchor or Jordan Series Drogue for Beneteau 473
  7. ..and the most basic type of vessel required to cross the atlantic is.... a houseboat
  8. Towing Bridles
  9. anchorlights - blinking, flashing, all colors ... OK?
  10. asymmetrical spinn v. twin foresails
  11. Shoal draft sailing
  12. Helmsmanship
  13. Anchoring, and then "Oh, s**t!
  14. Turning into the wind
  15. How to moor one's yacht in a port to survive a bigger swell
  16. Laser "Bug" Dinghy experiences please.
  17. How do I evaluate the integrity of dock lines after a storm?
  18. Launching Swing Keel from Miami Marinas (any experience?)
  19. Handling high current areas, whirlpools and wave trains
  20. Transitioning to longer solo trips
  21. World Wide Wind Map- Real Time (almost)
  22. Ride Out Force 12 at Anchor?
  23. Lightning Strike! Whats the likely damage and preventive measures.
  24. schooner sailing
  25. Defeating Chaff
  26. Masthead Tricolor or Inhull/Pulpits Running Lights
  27. Picking up a mooring in bad weather
  28. Hurricane & Tropical Storm Preparation Videos Tips
  29. NYC Area Hurricane Prep?
  30. Youthful enthusiasm or foolishness?
  31. Advice for Hurricane Matthew
  32. Sailing with or against current
  33. Para anchor strenght.
  34. Twissel stick setup spinnaker poles
  35. Inflatable Fender
  36. Sailing from Cape Cod to New Jersey
  37. Learning to Sail Questions
  38. Docking with a spring line
  39. Atlantic Crossing West-East in Winter
  40. Carnival Cruise Liner Crushes Marina In Its Wake
  41. Into the Wind...
  42. How Not to Enter An Inlet! Video
  43. Offshore Related Questions
  44. Curled / Hooked Jib Leech
  45. Newcomer silly question
  46. Welland Canal Passage - need advice
  47. El Faro Black Box recovered August 2016
  48. Zeppelin bend - dissimilar sized ropes?
  49. Heave /Hove to -what are the limits?
  50. Dumb Headsail question
  51. Olympic Laser Race.. Excellent commentary..
  52. Boat Fenders for pivot manuvers against dock
  53. New Jersey ICW Big Egg to Cape May?
  54. Saint Lawrence Seaway to Chesapeake Bay
  55. Doing something to save money and it goes wrong
  56. Sailing in Greece
  57. How stupid are some people?
  58. Options for wind indicators
  59. Heeling
  60. When supertankers collide
  61. Pennant for morning ball
  62. Sailing Lake Erie's western basin.
  63. Life raft for Rent. Why not?
  64. Big Seas vs. French Frigate Latouche video
  65. Unsafe Skipper, Mission Beach Dive
  66. Fortress Flopper-Stopper
  67. Ship caught in North Atlantic hurricane.
  68. Heavy Weather video shows Wet Foredeck Work
  69. First blue water sail?
  70. Overpowered Cat?
  71. Windlass issue
  72. Coastal cruising, strong winds and anchoring
  73. Flagler Bridge in Palm Beach Fl, and Boca Inlet
  74. How soft is "soft" mud when anchoring?
  75. How to deal with T storms on the Chesapeake
  76. First Collision... how could I have avoided this?
  77. New kind of genius
  78. Stack packs stink
  79. Dock Line Tension
  80. Accidents caused by dysfunctional relationships
  81. Attenborough drogue research
  82. Puget Sound Currents
  83. Beginner skipper rant..
  84. Ever found a body?... I did!
  85. Book Recs for more advanced sailors?
  86. 'Marinno Exturn' ( External) Bow Thruster
  87. What to do in Strong Winds
  88. Continuous loop roller furling
  89. Shoulder Replacement
  90. Can a fireman force you to abandon your boat?
  91. Noah's Ark collides with CG ship
  92. Wind Vane: To Have or Not?
  93. Do I need a storm trysail with in-mast mainsail reefing?
  94. Recommended books on docking?
  95. CRUISING WITHOUT DINGHY
  96. Diesel in Cuba
  97. Hurricane holes in Dominic Republic.
  98. How long should it take
  99. St Lucie Inlet
  100. Catamaran sail training in Australia
  101. Stay on board or get on dry land
  102. Trans-Atlantic in 21 footer didn't get far
  103. Cat Versus Mono - Single Handling
  104. Shallow water
  105. Mooring Tackle
  106. Rescue in Desolation
  107. Never go Salt River St. Croix!
  108. Banged in the nose
  109. Self taught sailing
  110. Mooring Line Interference with Anchor
  111. Why do sailors not butterfly their coils?
  112. Adjusting weather helm
  113. Horray anchor question :-) Tidal water. Falling a-dry.
  114. Favorite wind speed?
  115. Anchoring in Puget Sound
  116. Sleep Science and Watch Keeping Schedules
  117. 300 lb dingy for 20' 2000 lb sailboat?
  118. I Want To Cross The Atlantic
  119. Hoving To
  120. Autohelm suggestions...
  121. Attaching reefing line directly to cringle cuts line aloft
  122. Which mainsail reef do you use most often?
  123. An Oceanis 37 'Callisto' broke her moorings
  124. 3 sailors rescued in Micronesia
  125. Float-on, float-off yacht transport video
  126. Weather, Navigation, and Communication Question for a Work of Fiction
  127. Riding out a potential hurricane in the Bahamas
  128. Towing/ Manuvering With Your Dinghy
  129. AIS courtesy
  130. Outboard powered cat-Florida to San Juan
  131. Sailing Into A Volcano !
  132. anchor chain/rope measure
  133. How do you rig your Mediterranean anchor hook?
  134. The Hokule'a Circumnavigation
  135. High Latitude Sailing in a Westerly Discus
  136. Hoisting dinghy on deck - with main halyard?
  137. Wear Your Killcord!
  138. Help me flesh out my ground tackle
  139. Hazard to navigation-depth and position unknown
  140. Florida west coast anchorages.. St Pete to Tortogas in May
  141. St Petersburg area anchorages along the shore area north and south towards sarasotoa
  142. New
  143. When to Set a Stern Anchor?
  144. Morehead City to Norfolk via ICW
  145. When to motor the rest of the way?
  146. Bow Thrusters
  147. Does anybody recognize this sail logo??
  148. Newbie Yacht Safety
  149. Passage from SW FL to Belize
  150. Flooding Emergency -- Checklist
  151. Salvaged yacht does a runner...
  152. Please explain to me what a traveler for a main sail does
  153. Mummified captain found aboard yacht
  154. Peace through superior firepower.
  155. At anchor
  156. Water Depth Under Bridges
  157. San Francisco bar conditions and currents
  158. Norseman 400 Insieme
  159. Wrapped line around a winch
  160. Dink & Engine for Exhumas
  161. Its getting a bit rough round Cornwall
  162. My first Solo Distance Sail
  163. Oyster Yacht in Storm Video
  164. Start small?
  165. Atlantic Amputee crossing..
  166. Comer Comet 460 1989 (Single Handed?)
  167. Anchor Bridal to stop yawing
  168. Yacht rolled onto her side
  169. How would you go Bvi to pnw?
  170. How much does crew weight affect cruising speed.
  171. Modern Express--A ship in trouble
  172. Please recommend a book
  173. Mooring block size
  174. Difficult/sloppy crew
  175. Long keel anchoring
  176. Med Mooring in heavy surge
  177. Wtd YouTbe video - several racing boats crashing into headland
  178. Racing question - overtaking leeward boat
  179. how to transfer from sailboat to ship
  180. National modification of the IRPCS (Colregs)
  181. Raft Book
  182. Would 4hp outboard push 36' monohull?
  183. COPS - what did they do wrong?
  184. Shift change at the lighthouse...
  185. Technology which may be of interest.
  186. Bahamas/Abacos Nav ? Spencer Rock Channel
  187. Low bridges ... no problemo
  188. Over-Reliance on AIS -- Collision off Dungeness
  189. From Dominican Republic to Florida
  190. Mad as Hell
  191. Which is a safer direction to head/turn when overpowered?
  192. So what did I learn? Nothing!!
  193. Yuloh, sweeps and getting into the dock without a motor.
  194. Bought the boat! Need a sail.
  195. Near Gale, Straits of Juan De Fuca, December 17
  196. Down Under? Mostly up!!!
  197. Going hard to wind, main sail trim.
  198. Mooring line + tide = sunk boat
  199. Leech confustion...
  200. Caption This Photo
  201. "Let's go for a little sail on the lake.."
  202. New beginnings
  203. Forgive my ignorance please, but heaving to...
  204. Storm and Rescue Story - Eclipse - by the owner
  205. Accident report
  206. So you think you can dock a boat!
  207. Bungee cord auto pilot
  208. Fastracking to a PhD in Anchoring
  209. 57 foot too big?
  210. Sea Tow And Boat US
  211. Buy a strong boat.
  212. Fendering for rough concrete docks
  213. Tall Ships
  214. Boat Haul Out Using Railway Line - What are they called?
  215. Need NOLA to Caymans Advice for a Work of Fiction
  216. OOPS in Sydney
  217. Ketch Fuji 35 or Sloop Pearson 36?
  218. Recut Mizzen to Headsail Possible?
  219. Main Leech Line
  220. Lessons in Venice/Sarasota FL USA
  221. Tacking 101
  222. Jordon series drogue, double enders
  223. TS Kate meets the Salty Dawg Rally
  224. Maratime Safety training video for recreational vessels
  225. Question
  226. 9ft Draft for Sth Pacific
  227. Route assistance for FL Boat delivery
  228. Watch keeping schedules
  229. Don't Rely on Mast-Top Anchor Lights -- Bitter Experience
  230. A real problem with the dinghy
  231. Heeling via external water ballast
  232. How not to move appliances
  233. What is considered a normal degree of heeling?
  234. Using Shorefasts
  235. Monohull to cat
  236. Dinghy Placement
  237. How close to wind?
  238. Crash/Collision Bag???
  239. Motoring at 148 mph through fog?
  240. Pivot Point
  241. Towing a sailing boat with a sailing boat.
  242. I Need a Knot
  243. How long for passage: Florida to Lake Michigan?
  244. Wavesize vs danger on a sailboat
  245. Movie: August 29th 2015 Windstorm, Rosario Strait
  246. Any one here ever singlehand when they don't want to?
  247. Kaimalolo
  248. Safe Anchoring in Crowded Harbors
  249. First Solo
  250. Howling today in the PNW