[windstrider]

Ok I hear this from monohull sailors all the time, "its better to learn to sail on a monohull versus multihull," and all I have to say to that is BULL! Of course monohull sailors are going to say its best to learn on a monohull as they are biased toward monohulls. Learning to sail on a monohull is not going to make you good at sailing a multihull. If you are going to sail a multihull then learn to sail on a multihull. As for learning on small sailboats first I agree however learning to sail on a Laser or Hobie 16 (monohull versus multihull) is all good. Again look at your interests and if you will be sailing mostly on a monohull or multihull. Most sailing skills learned on a sailboat with one, two, or three hulls apply equally on any sailboat design. So let’s cut the crap and loose our biases on how many hulls a sailboat has. Also there are many great sailing schools and great individual instructors that are not accredited with any particular sailing organization. Do a search in your local market for instructors/sailing schools regardless if it is accredited or not. Also on positive for US Sailing, individual instructors that teach small boat sailing can be accredited without owning or belonging to a certified sailing school but with the ASA this is not the case…