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re: Any OBers into sailing, own/sail your own boat?
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:48 am to homesicktiger
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:48 am to homesicktiger
Where are you located? It would be well worth your time and money to get some sailing lessons and open water experience before you make that investment. I would highly recommend getting involved at one of the yacht clubs (PYC in Mandeville or Southern in NOLA if you are local) before you try to buy. I have sailed small boats extensively and crewed on larger boats. I taught junior sailing at PYC in high school and am pretty proficient on a Sunfish, Laser, Catamaran and there is ZERO chance that I would take a larger boat into open water. I am in no way qualified to do that.
Please don't be the guy who thinks owning a boat and taking a USCG class equals being qualified to go into the Gulf. We will be posting about the search for you on here.
Please don't be the guy who thinks owning a boat and taking a USCG class equals being qualified to go into the Gulf. We will be posting about the search for you on here.
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Posted on 8/9/18 at 3:11 pm to jbgleason
I tend to make grandiose plans and gradually walk them back into reality as I learn. 
Hence all the questions. Unfortunately, I’m land locked, so I’d have to plan ahead and travel for lessons. How do lessons normally work? Number of “sessions,” duration to become proficient? I’m assuming you can rent boats out of a marina (for real practice)—Is that a thing in most places?
If a larger boat ever materialized, it’d be the wife and I sailing at a minimum. I didn’t figure I could handle a larger boat alone, but I assume 2 could?
My comment about cruising with up to 8 people is my “wish” for friends and family to be able to join. It also would seem to drive the decision on boat size. I’ve been looking at boats online just to see available layouts, berthing, etc. Hard to tell just from photos, but I figured anything under 40-50’ would get cramped fast with that many people?
Im not a baller. I’m talking way down the road, and we’d have some significant lifestyle changes just to be able to do it. Just thinking and investigating right now.
Hence all the questions. Unfortunately, I’m land locked, so I’d have to plan ahead and travel for lessons. How do lessons normally work? Number of “sessions,” duration to become proficient? I’m assuming you can rent boats out of a marina (for real practice)—Is that a thing in most places? If a larger boat ever materialized, it’d be the wife and I sailing at a minimum. I didn’t figure I could handle a larger boat alone, but I assume 2 could?
My comment about cruising with up to 8 people is my “wish” for friends and family to be able to join. It also would seem to drive the decision on boat size. I’ve been looking at boats online just to see available layouts, berthing, etc. Hard to tell just from photos, but I figured anything under 40-50’ would get cramped fast with that many people?
Im not a baller. I’m talking way down the road, and we’d have some significant lifestyle changes just to be able to do it. Just thinking and investigating right now.
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