bought a boat...but can`t sail.How dumb am I?

[raceman]

Yep,you read it right. l bought a Morgan34 and my sailing experience consists of a few overnighters as a crewbie on a Cat27,l know l`m jumping in deep water here. l plan on taking a year off and learning to sail her,then hitting the open water for parts unknown.South. l welcome feedback from members on this forum and any advice on sailing lessons/instruction in California would be very helpful.So...how dumb am l?

[ckgreenman]

I'm in. When we goin'? J/K.

Congrats. I'm sure you'll have a blast learning to sail her.

[raceman]

thanks Chris,much appreciated. Where we goin? well,my plan is to head south from Cali down around Cabo and into the Sea of Cortez..hang there for a while..fish,snorkel,,read..

[ckgreenman]

Cali huh? What part? My wife and I are natives.

[raceman]

the boat is in long Beach right now but that may be temporary,it`s all pretty fluid right now..

[Giulietta]

It's OK Raceman..there is a guy here that owns a catalina 400, fitted with all the extra no needed goodies, 24 batteries 5 BBQ's all the whistles and bells, and he can't sail either..yet, he made a moderator here..so as you can see the site's standards are pretty low...

[ckgreenman]

Cool. My wife and I are both from Riverside and most recently we lived in Lancaster before heading east.

[Sinuous]

Welcome from another dumb newbie.

[astraeus]

Welcome aboard.


Don't feel too bad, I didn't know much about sailing when I bought my boat either. I had only sailed sunfish a couple of times and crewed on a Flying Scot in one regatta.

Nothing like jumping in head first.

Good luck and enjoy.

[sailortjk1]

Your not the first one to do this.
It aint Rocket Science, you'll be just fine, just try not to put yourself in harms way till you gain some experience.