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Originally Posted by rrodak
Thank you all for your advice! I will begin smaller and work my way up to something larger.  |
There's nothing wrong with buying the C25. To help you learn to sail her better, just bum some riding time on a small, fast
dinghy or sign up for a
dinghy sailing instruction course. There's no need to buy several iterations of boats. It's expensive and not very practical.
There are many small boats to practice on- Lasers, Flying Scots, Hobies.
In a stiffer breeze, the C25 begins to sail a lot like a big
dinghy, requiring a constant hand on the tiller and the mainsheet, to play the puffs and avoid being overpowered and dumped on your ear.
I had a Coronado 25 that was like this. It was a good learning platform, and definitely cheaper to operate and maintain than my current 30 footer.