12-11-2009
|
 |
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SW Devil's Triangle
Posts: 822
Rep Power: 5
|
|
|
for you other sailing wannabes...
The wife and I just got off a 42 ft Leopard catamaran this afternoon. We spent the last seven days learning to sail in the USVI and BVI. I am writing this from a hotel room in St. Thomas. We went through an intensive week, picking up four ASA certifications and learning one heck of a lot about sailing. There were only the two of us and the captain/instructor on the boat, and sailing a 42 ft. cat shorthanded is intense. We had winds above 20 kts. all week, reaching 32 kts one afternoon in a squall. we sailed with one or two reefs in the main every day, all day. We anchored in some great spots every night.
This has been the most fun vacation I have ever had. I am recommending this to anyone else like me, who has long been interested in sailing things bigger than Hobie cats, but just never took that next step. Getting trained and certified is way different than just being a passenger on a sailboat. I have 8 blistered fingers that have taught me how a jib sheet can get seriously away from you in a heatbeat if you don't pay attention. I am bruised, sore, and can hardly walk. I loved every adrenaline soaked minute of it.
Really, GO for it. I am 59, wife just turned 50. We are SO glad we did this.
Now.....we need a boat...
__________________
Two Americans move to the TCI.
To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
|
Connect with Facebook
