Lessons

[sluissa]

forgive me if this has been posted before, I did a search but didn't find anything like this

Anyway, I have a tiny bit of experience with actual sailing on a day sailing catamaran, and a ton of knowledge from books(well, I consider it a ton, I've been spending alot of time reading.) but my parents, say they would worry about me if I got a sailboat without any sailing lessons and are even offering to pay for them just to get me to take them.

I figure at the least I'll get to spend a bit of time on a boat.

Anyway, on to the main question. I've done a bit of searching for local sailing classes, and the cheapest I've found is about 500 dollars for a 3 day course with a maximum of two other students on the boat at the same time. I'm wondering if this is a good price or not, since it seems a bit high(for doing something as enjoyable as sailing anyway )

they say they're certified by the ASA, and this would give me a basic keelboat certification, not sure if any of that actually means anything, or if they're just trying to make people feel like they got something for their money

I don't think I'd need to spend that much money on a few days of lessons as I'm pretty sure I know enough to get out there and learn the rest on my own, but as I'll probably be mooring behind my parent's house and storing stuff there for a while, I figure I should try to make them happy.