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Hello all,
A year ago I rented a floating home with a boat well on the Columbia River and bought my first boat. I was going to buy a small runabout, but my wife insisted on an enclosed head so I ended up with an old 21' V8 Glas Ply cruiser. I initially thought we would use it to cruise the San Juan's in a couple of years when I retire, but after far too many $440 fill ups and a realistic look at my retirement income, I'm thinking I need to trade it in for a 20' to 26' sailboat.
I sailed with my father growing up in LA. First small club boats, then he bought a Rhodes 19 and a few years later a 22' Pearson Electra. But the last time I sailed with him I was 15 or 16 years old, so I want to take a course.
I've been reading sailing material non-stop for a few weeks now and wow, I had no idea there was so much to learn including another language. I'm a private pilot and I'm having that same 'overwhelming, will I ever get through this', feeling I had when I started learning to fly. My initial impression is that it makes power boating seem like child’s play.
When I mentioned that I was considering taking up sailing my power boat friends looked at me like I had three heads. I also fly sailplanes and it’s interesting that I’m seeing some of the same characteristics of the relationship between power and glider pilots that I’m finding between powerboat drivers and sailors… :laugher
A year ago I rented a floating home with a boat well on the Columbia River and bought my first boat. I was going to buy a small runabout, but my wife insisted on an enclosed head so I ended up with an old 21' V8 Glas Ply cruiser. I initially thought we would use it to cruise the San Juan's in a couple of years when I retire, but after far too many $440 fill ups and a realistic look at my retirement income, I'm thinking I need to trade it in for a 20' to 26' sailboat.
I sailed with my father growing up in LA. First small club boats, then he bought a Rhodes 19 and a few years later a 22' Pearson Electra. But the last time I sailed with him I was 15 or 16 years old, so I want to take a course.
I've been reading sailing material non-stop for a few weeks now and wow, I had no idea there was so much to learn including another language. I'm a private pilot and I'm having that same 'overwhelming, will I ever get through this', feeling I had when I started learning to fly. My initial impression is that it makes power boating seem like child’s play.
When I mentioned that I was considering taking up sailing my power boat friends looked at me like I had three heads. I also fly sailplanes and it’s interesting that I’m seeing some of the same characteristics of the relationship between power and glider pilots that I’m finding between powerboat drivers and sailors… :laugher
Also there's the huge loss of speed and of course the blissful silence (relatively), same with boating. Some of the more 'stout of heart' soar x-country, but most soar just to get in the air and fly.
