new to forum, new to sailing

[ollyjbrown]

i have recently discovered the joys that can be got whilst on the sea, i am now detirmined to start making my way into the sailing comunity. i am but a mere 15 year old and am trying to find the best way to start sailing. currently booked a place on an rya competent crew (sea) and am also looking in the next couple of years to purchase a small trailer sailer/ small yacht. any advice on how to start sailing would be much appreciated.

 

[homa]

I suggest that you join your local sailing club

You don't need to buy a boat to join a club
suggest you get down to your local dinghy sailing club. now is not an ideal time to join as most clubs will have little sailing except for the hardy winter frost bite racing.
go down to your local club, they should have a notice board outside with name and telephone number of the membership secretary, give him/her a call and introduce yourself.
any decent club will give you a free trial sail.
after that, for the price of a membership fee there will be boat owners falling over themselves to have an enthusiastic crew member on their boat for day siling or club racing
suggest you try out a couple of local clubs in your area
each club will be different depending upon the type of dinghyies/yachts they have and the location of the club/sailing area.

You will get a much better response from the practical boat owner forum rather than this ship's forum

if you mention where you want to sail you will get more specific recommendations of clubs for the area you want to sail, with the possibly the offer of a sail from a forumite.

whatever club you choose....... you will make a lot of friends

good luck

 

[dJeannette]

15 and already wanna try sailing?
good for you
it gives you an amazing feeling...
i wish i started sailing earlier
good luck

 

[Bodach na mara]

Hi Olly, good for you. I started at 18 (over 50 years ago!) and wish I could have started earlier. I had the opportunity as I lived in a town on the Clyde coast. I started with a sailing club at university as I did not know any clubs that had boats available for members except he rowing club, which I was a member of. I soon found that it was a bit of a pain getting access to the club boats and bought a sailing dinght of my own. The next problem was transport and that had to wait till I passed my test and bought a car. This will affect you if you want a trailer-sailer unless Dad is obliging.

Things are differnt now. There may be school or local authority sailing facilities which you can access. A club is a good way of getting knowlege and avoiding expense. A boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money. BOAT is also an acronym for "bring on another thousand."

Finally, consider posting on Yachting Monthly's Scuttlebutt. More people read that forum and if you include a vague location in you profile, you may make useful contacts and get offers to crew.

 

[watermint]

i been on the sea on all difrtent boats sints i was 2 yers old but self tort how to sail boats and uesing motor boats , and now i am 25 yer old and i own 2 yacht 1 speed boat at 3 dingeys and thats the life of spending somuch time on the sea and travel the uk and alll the way out to the medtraneyon on big famley boat from 5 difrent yachts from 30ft up to 60ft,

i do recmend to start with a ( sailing club ) and start with saling dingeys and then in time u can work yor self up in till u redey to go on big boat all in good time