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Originally Posted by sailboy21
Can't comment about the school, but I lived there 2 years and never heard any jokes about it. "J" World... well...
I digress. San Diego is the perfect place to sharpen seamanship and navigation skills. It also gives you *some* exposure to the ocean. If you are lucky you might get some NW swells to play with, otherwise it will be pretty calm and flat. Great sailing in the bay however. You WILL learn all about the rules of the road, and all about military security zones.
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That's the sort of things I want to hear. Thanks.
I think we're going to go there sometime in February. Gonna do the "7 day" classes. Five days of instruction, and two days "on our own" I guess.
I've talked to four schools so far. Two here in Colorado - and one in Florida.
None of them were helpful but this last one.
The two in Colorado I spoke to have some rather convoluted web sites and when I called and sent emails I was referred back their web site... when I was trying to get clarification on something the web site said. Not a good way to do business.
The Florida school - at least the person I spoke to - tried very hard to get me to just "sign up" and then make a decision about coming down later. They had a "no refund policy" which he didn't mention and when I started asking questions he said, "Listen, I need to call you back I've got an appointment in five minutes".
Ok..... well, could have told me that to begin with, and not try to hardsell me something on the phone without answering questions.
I figure it was because they were in the Miami area... used to being snotty to people there I suppose (I HATE Miami, Hate it hate it hate it - people are almost as rude there as they are in Paris... )
So, in shopping for schools, I ruled out several due to prices.
I've pretty much ruled out inland schools like here in Colorado several reasons
They haven't been HELPFUL at ALL.
One guy was rude, the other was very UNHELPFUL - but, you also have to do your classes in several sessions meaning I have to travel 80 miles each time to get there, boats are 19', they are on small lakes, not ocean, it's COLD in the water here if you go overboard..... and in general though the cost is cheaper for the classes locally, than traveling (no airline fees, and it's about 1/2 the cost) - But then there's the inconvenience of driving back and forth for several classes that do not seem to be linear or tied together.
So... over all, we decided to travel for vacation for training.
Any other comments anyone has on either school or location before we make a final decision this evening?
Thanks