04-29-2010
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I'd recommend taking a basic learn to sail course, like an ASA 101 course. This will give you a fairly solid foundation for any sailing you do and give you the language and experience to understand what other sailors are saying.
I'd also recommend that you get Dave Seidman's book, The Complete Sailor, as it is one of the best sailing primers that I've seen.
Once you've done this, then hanging out and crewing on other people's boats, especially for the weekly round-the-can races is a good idea, as this will give you experience and let you get a feel for what you like about different boats and how they're setup.
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Originally Posted by Lasivian
So I am getting hooked on the idea of having a liveaboard sailboat.
What i'm most curious about is how to go about learning to sail?
Is it best to pay to learn, or should I be trying to find sailing meetup groups and the like and listen to them, maybe both?
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You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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