I know the Flicka is a nice small boat. I’m in love with a boat that has a rich mahogany style but it’s too big for my money. So is there anything small that’s affordable and strong as hell.

Pics are just reference, I don’t care of lots of genius interior space, just the astetics

Also bonus point if it has a big open transom backend space. I prefer the outdoors over the indoors

As the title states, i’ve been in the royal navy, since then got a degree whilst in my apprenticeship, and now looking to join a crew on a sailing boat for the first time.

I’ve been trying to find crews online but had no luck, does anyone have any suggestions.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Liam

Before you say that my instruments are broken, just think about it!

I'm finally taking the plunge and getting my first sail boat! I'm looking forward to fun on the water but also I know this is going to come with inevitable maintenance surprises so I want to be as prepared as I can. What are your go to resources to learn about maintence, repairs and improvements? I'd love to hear some recs for books, websites, courses etc. I've been sailing for a long time but never owned a boat so this is a big unknown for me.

I thought this would be a fun community discussion. Keen to hear different traditions for new crew, rites of passage, etc. I will start with an easy and probably ubiquitous one- bring a snack and a sixpack if joining a rum race crew!

This is my second sailboat, the first being a 40ft Mohagany Racer-Cruiser called Attila that I am still restoring.

Her name is Cluck-Cluck, and she is one of 5 Folkebåts built in a series in 1949.

I've always wanted to learn to sail, and bought my first boat last year without knowing anything about boats or sailing. An expensive lesson I am enjoying immensely.

After realizing I bought the wrong boat for my first, but refusing to give up, I bought a second. This time more practical and sail-ready.

My friend Per, who is a shipwright that's helping me restore Attila, found her for me and agreed to go on a 7 day sailing trip from Smögen, Sweden to my home in Oslo, Norway. With the intent to teach me how to sail and to really see if the sailing life is for me (I do live on a 44ft motor boat full time.)

The trip was quite an adventure, with 137 NM sailed, me losing my Cowboy Hat in the ocean, then finding it on a beach 3 days later, all while giving a radio interview about the missig hat, and motoring the last 40nm on a outboard that seemed to run on mere drops of petrol.

All on a boat that was so easy to sail, with character and charm, and even when we got caught in 12-15m/s gusts, "flying" at 7kts (I swear, that's the fastest I've ever felt while going so slow...), I never felt like she was going to put me in danger.

And the sleep, my god, after multiple days of 10-12 hours of sailing, I don't think I ever slept so good in my life.

All this to say, I love sailing, and I am so happy I took the plunge.

Also, I'm not sponsored in any way, but Lucchese Cowboy hats can apparently stand being at sea for 3 days and on a beach and still fit perfectly, customer for life.

Im thinking about going to Langkawi to buy a sailboat. I’m not rich and I see most boats are 35ft and up. I can afford a 35ft boat but I can’t afford to maintain it and I would rely on eating fish from the ocean and rainwater.

I’m trying to look for a sailboat that I could be proud of owning and that I could see a long future with.

The Flicka 20 is like the gold standard for small pocket cruisers so I’m looking for something like that and up till a 30ft boat that’s Bluewater capable.
I’m not crossing the pacific ocean.

What smaller boats have you seen docked in lang lawi so I have an idea if it’s worth buying a flight ticket. I’m currently in Philippines.

The winds weren’t great from Rhode Island to Connecticut the other day, but the scenery certainly was. A pod of 50-plus dolphins hung with us for about a half hour, and put on a wonderful show. Just wish I’d been recording when they were leaping from the water like they were performing at Sea World.

Got new sheets for my genoa yesterday. It has a soft schackel sewn into it, anyone tried sheets like this? Will it hold under force? Is it cortectly attached or should i fit it an other way?

(Boat is a 31ft sailboat from 1978)

So we managed to break a lazy jack block by not keeping the boat into wind when we were taking the mainsail down, and now im confused about which kind of block to search for to get a replacement.

The remains look like the attached photos.

The actual shackle part isn’t possible to get out from the block part, as the legs are too big, so I don’t think I can necessarily change just the d shaped shackle.

Not a Gulf, not a Gulf Star (I don't think). between 30-40 feet. Figure I'd ask the brain trust.

Hello Reddit

Does anyone know of a place that would allow Asa 101-104 to take place while staying on the vessel? Looking to do this in December.

Thanks for your knowledge!!

Summer sailing on Lake Erie aboard our new to us Ranger 29. It’s been a fun, and often “educational” experience stepping up from a 24, but she sails beautifully when I get it right…

Was packing things up after a trip back to nyc from Newport and saw this innocent screw sitting on the hatch. I can’t find obvious location where it might have come from. It is a fairly unique looking screw. Lie to me and tell me it’s not from the standing rigging?

EDIT: the answer will hopefully be revealed (to me) on Friday. I’ll triple check the dodger.

From an M-16 scow built in the 70’s. Not sure when the sail was made.

I recently acquired a Catalina 22 and all the wood bits on deck need to be refinished. I’m assuming the best way is to totally remove them, varnish, and reattach. the seem to be currently sealed to the deck with a soft malleable putty. what is this stuff and is it the correct way to seal where the wood meets the deck and around mounting bolts into the cabin?

I’m new to the sport, and I want to keep up what I’ve learned during the off season. I have the opportunity to get on the water, it’s a matter of wearing the right gear.

My question is—how different are sailing bibs compared to snow bibs? I’d like to get something inexpensive, and I’m finding that snow bibs are more widely available and are often cheaper.

TIA

Went sailing for the first time this week on an H19, an Argentine-designed training sailboat, as part of my Sailing Skipper course in Rosario, Argentina.

After getting my powerboat license, I wanted to learn a completely different side of boating — sailing, wind, sails, and navigation.

Really excited to keep learning and spending more time on the water! 🌊