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