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How can I get into the sailing scene? (lemmy.autism.place)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I live in Florida and am interested into meeting people that sail with the intent to be a hand on a sailboat for the experience and training. I know nothing about sailing nor do I know anyone that is into it. How can I get into the scene to meet people and feel things out?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please invest in Dallas Murphy's ebook "Plain Sailing".

https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Sailing-Sail-Trim-Manual-Sailors-ebook/dp/B00593YTJG/

It gives you all the fundamental-understandings, & by making you basically-competent-in-understanding sailing, it gives you significant advantage over everybody else looking at having a bit of sailing-time on someone's boat.

Authors to know of include:

Tom Cunliffe ( I can automatically recommend anything instructional of his, & he has a youtube channel )
Nigel Calder, if you're looking to invest in a cruiser for yourself, you want to read his books.
John Kretschmer's books are excellent.

if you want to have a cheap boat of your own, then there are 2 books I recommend, the white-cover book by Dynamite Payson & the Building an Outrigger Canoe book.

https://www.amazon.com/Instant-Boatbuilding-Dynamite-Payson-Paddle-ebook/dp/B00UYB5EGK/

https://www.amazon.com/Building-Outrigger-Sailing-Canoes-Construction-ebook/dp/B00CKMG7E4/

Do keep in mind that in some jurisdictions, human-powered hulls do not require registration ( canoes, kayaks, rowboats, etc, ), whereas powered hulls ( including motor AND SAIL ), legally do.

Between those 2, you should have some understanding of how to get yourself afloat, affordably.

Please do not compromise safety, though: alcohol massively multiplies the death-rate on the water, so segregating alcohol from operating-aquatic-vehicles is a good thing, see?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

omg, thank you very much!!