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Posted on 4/5/23 at 7:30 pm to Napoleon
Go hang out around the clubs on Wednesday nights and try and get on a boat for the Wednesday night racing series, you’ll learn a bunch and most people don’t take the competition too seriously, more of a booze cruise. It’s like most hobbies, the more you do it the better you’ll get. If you want specifics I’m sure there are guys at the club you can pay for private lessons on your boat so you can get to know it better. Best advise is don’t do anything beyond your capabilities, it can get you in a very expensive or dangerous jam quickly.
Posted on 4/5/23 at 7:43 pm to Napoleon
Make sure to duck when you tack and center the boom when you jibe.
Save yourself a concussion
Save yourself a concussion
Posted on 4/5/23 at 8:00 pm to Napoleon
If it flies, floats, or f$&ks….rent it.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 9:18 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
I bought a 26' I went out on a 40'.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 9:55 pm to Napoleon
Are u near the Tchefuncte River?
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:00 pm to Napoleon
What did you buy and where are you sailing?
I've been sailing for over 40 years. There's a lot to learn, but anybody can sail without knowing it all. Even if they don't understand why it's doing what it's doing. You might die. But well, you're gonna die anyway.
I've been sailing for over 40 years. There's a lot to learn, but anybody can sail without knowing it all. Even if they don't understand why it's doing what it's doing. You might die. But well, you're gonna die anyway.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:07 pm to mdomingue
There was a huge surge in sailing back in the seventies and early eighties because of the gas prices. So there were a ton of fiberglass sailboats made that are around to this day. They don't cost much and since most sailboat stuff is just rope, sheaves, winches and cleats, you don't have to buy a boat specific replacement. It's not nearly as expensive as boat motor stuff, although you'll have those too eventually.
Anyway, the idea that you have to be rich to be a sailor is just wrong. They're giving those boats away. I've got friends that have been rebuilding, selling, and moving up to bigger boats by just cleaning them up and butyl taping the deck hardware so it doesn't leak. Sell it at a profit, buy the next one in a bigger boat.
Anybody can afford sailing based on the lack of fuel you buy alone. Just gotta get you an older boat. They don't deteriorate like wooden boats. If you can work fiberglass, you've got most of what you'll need.
Anyway, the idea that you have to be rich to be a sailor is just wrong. They're giving those boats away. I've got friends that have been rebuilding, selling, and moving up to bigger boats by just cleaning them up and butyl taping the deck hardware so it doesn't leak. Sell it at a profit, buy the next one in a bigger boat.
Anybody can afford sailing based on the lack of fuel you buy alone. Just gotta get you an older boat. They don't deteriorate like wooden boats. If you can work fiberglass, you've got most of what you'll need.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 9:36 am to Napoleon
Join New Orleans Yacht Club or Pontchartrain Yacht Club and you will learn more than you want to. Those folks live for sailing.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 4:57 pm to Napoleon
quote:
Getting into sailing. Tips?
Dont
Posted on 4/9/23 at 5:27 pm to Napoleon
Were are you sailing?
How big of a boat?
Brand?
If it was a racer I am assuming it a center board. Is it a fixed centerboard?
Inboard or outboard auxiliary power?
Very important to have marine radio and very important to attend a Coast Guard training course to learn the rules of the road.
I know you already bought it but here is a purchase check list.
Mariners
How big of a boat?
Brand?
If it was a racer I am assuming it a center board. Is it a fixed centerboard?
Inboard or outboard auxiliary power?
Very important to have marine radio and very important to attend a Coast Guard training course to learn the rules of the road.
I know you already bought it but here is a purchase check list.
Mariners
Posted on 4/9/23 at 7:19 pm to Napoleon
quote:
I bought a 26' I went out on a 40'.
I knew a guy about 20 years ago that went out on my BIL's 22' pop-top Catalina with us on the lake one night. He bought the boat within the year, and decided he was just going to take it out. How hard could it be? He ended up on the rock jetty at South Shore Harbor. Totaled. He never even made it to the lake.
It only takes about a day to learn how to sail. It takes a lifetime to master it.
I've had a 30' Irwin and then a 33' Hunter at South Shore off and on since the early 90s.
A few things I've learned:
#1. Always be responsible for everything that happens on the boat. No exceptions and no excuses.
#2. Be aware of where the wind is at all times.
#3. Maintain control of the vessel at all times/know how to stop the boat and heave to.
#4. Know your personal limits and don't exceed them.
And I agree with the poster who said to try to get on with a Wednesday night race crew. You'll learn a lot about trim that way, and meet a bunch of cool drunks.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 7:31 pm to Captain Rumbeard
quote:
I've been sailing for over 40 years. There's a lot to learn, but anybody can sail without knowing it all. Even if they don't understand why it's doing what it's doing. You might die. But well, you're gonna die anyway.
quote:
Captain Rumbeard
Totally fricking checks out.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 8:17 pm to Napoleon
If you really did this, I’m taking the under on two years until you sell it and make a post here about your big fricking mistake.
Posted on 4/10/23 at 6:07 pm to Napoleon
Stay calm; you are only going about 5-10 mph.
Don't stress over tacking (especially solo). Bring the jib all the way in, make the turn, let the jib out.
Check your battery before you go out!
Don't stress over tacking (especially solo). Bring the jib all the way in, make the turn, let the jib out.
Check your battery before you go out!
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