A story about sailing a small boat, a C 24:
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Doug Ellmore, Sr.
s/v Red Sky, 1976 C 24
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When we were young we had a day camp at a local club that provided swimming,
tennis and dingy sailing lessons. Great place to send your kids for the day
and a whole lot of fun. It was all kids during the day and we had the run of
the place. While the youngest three of us failed miserably at
+1 for racing in your local club. It gets you out regularly, immerses you in a
community of experienced sailors, and gives you access to a variety of boats.
Before buying Grenadine I crewed on other people’s boats for years, and learned
a lot. Those were J/22s, Capri-22s, and a Merit 25.
Ditto racing for improving your skills.
I crewed for several years on club race boats.
One weekend some friends and I decided to sail to an anchorage a 2-3 hours
away. My boat at the time was an Alan Gurney design O'Day 27. The other
boats were a Catalina 27 and a Hunter 27, each crewed by a
Here are my 2 cents.
- I didn't grow up sailing or on the water but was always drawn.
- After undergrad, I signed on as crew with a friend of a friend to sail
his Camper Nicolson 32 down the East Coast and out to the Bahamas. When I
went aboard I did not know how to sail and when I
I’ve had learning experiences on boats of many sizes. I capsized a Hobie 16,
then sideslipped into a mega-yacht with it, all on the same afternoon in Maho
Bay, St. John. Single-handing a Coronado 15 in 20 kts a couple years back, I
capsized and couldn’t right it by myself. A microburst
I didn't start sailing til my early 30's. I started out in Tech dinghies,
cat-rigged 12 footers. Dinghies are a great way to learn. Things happen fast
in a dinghy. And since you're the ballast, you really learn to balance the
boat. But they require a certain level of fitness and
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I agree with Marek except for his comments about windsurfing. I have only tried
windsurfing once and fai
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> Very good points. Windsurfing will substit
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Very good points. Windsurfing will substitute nicely for mall boat sailing.
sailing schools that I h
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4 years ago, the parents of one of the HS cross country athletes I coached
gave me a 1964 Pearson Hawk 15.5' day sailor. It had been sitting under a
walnut tree for 16 years. It was a mess on a trailer.
I power washed it inside and out and then went through the process of
restoring it.
I
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Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 6:22 AM
Actually, I don't find windsurfing as a learning tool
for sailing
technique of hoisting sails. That you need to learn on a big (bigger?) boat.
Marek
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I learned to sail in a Columbia 25 MKII. It was easy because it was forgiving.
My sailboard was a lot more difficult because I had to react quickly. I do
not think it makes much difference in how you learn IF YOU LEARN. I have
sailed boats as small as a Sunfish and as large as a 30 foot
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> I'm a strange one. I'm a recovering beach cat sailor but I understand the
> wisdom of learning to sail in a small boat.
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I'm a strange one. I'm a recovering beach cat sailor but I understand
Seems to be interest in this topic.
I'm a strange one. I'm a recovering beach cat sailor but I understand the
wisdom of learning to sail in a small boat.
I greatly improved my sailing acumen with some time on a Laser and again on
a Lido (Still have the Lido). Simply put, you can feel the
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