Hello Fellow Sailors!

[StartedSailing]

Hi,

My name is Alex and I love sailing. I have sailed since I was 13, but mostly on dinghies. I have sailed on yachts twice, once in Greece and once in Croatia. Both times were thoroughly enjoyable and I would love to be able to do it again.

Anywho thats me, looking forward to meeting others on this forum and enjoying my time here.

Bye for now,
Alex

[ADMPRTR]

Welcome aboard Alex. I just joined a short while ago myself and have found it to be an interesting, useful and sometimes entertaining resource!

I have long said that sailing is addictive: Once you are hooked, it is hard to kick the habit.

Do you have an opportunity to sail now?

Andrew

[xsboats]

Alex, Welcome aboard. I started sailing at your age, only 30 years ago. Your website looks good, and I wish you well with it. Feel free to contact me at mine, www.seaworthysolutions.net , if there is anything I can help you with, Scott

[Unicorn Dreams]

Welcome aboard Alex

Enjoy your time at CF. Greatest cruising forum online.

[Hudson Force]

Hello Alex! Welcome, and looking forward to hearing of your adventures.

[SaucySailoress]

I'm so happy. It seems someone who started sailing at 13 (me too!) is older than me now.... no clues as to who tho!

[SaucySailoress]

PS _ Forgot to mention, Alex - Welcome Aboard!!!!

[StartedSailing]

Wow, so many responses!

Originally Posted by ADMPRTR

I have long said that sailing is addictive: Once you are hooked, it is hard to kick the habit.

Do you have an opportunity to sail now?

Yes I am totally addicted to it, I am an adrenaline junky! Nothing could be better blasting down the ocean in boat in Force 8

I sail dinghies in North West London at a reservoir called the Welsh Harp. We sail GP14s and I race every Saturday. I won the winter sailing series for the first time, which I am extremely pleased about and we are about to start the spring series.

Alex, Welcome aboard. I started sailing at your age, only 30 years ago. Your website looks good, and I wish you well with it. Feel free to contact me at mine, www.seaworthysolutions.net , if there is anything I can help you with, Scott

Thanks Scott! I started my website in 2009 and it gets around 500 unique visitors a day, which is good. It will hopefully pay for part of my university education.

I'm so happy. It seems someone who started sailing at 13 (me too!) is older than me now.... no clues as to who tho!

I am 18 years old and on my gap year. I am working at an engineering company in central London and am then going to the University of Bristol to study Mechanical Engineering. I am looking forward to joining the university team and start team racing, which can be extremely tactical!

I made a video about how I started sailing, which you can see here: About Me Sailing

Thanks again for your responses and making me feel welcome!

Best regards,
Alex

[SaucySailoress]

Originally Posted by StartedSailing

I am 18 years old and on my gap year.

Gosh, so you're ancient. I just assumed from your demeanour that you were older.

Your video is cool, and your site is excellent - so very informative. I'm doing an MA in online education, and I think very few of my fellow students (myself included) would be capable of such a project! WOW!! Good work!

[SkiprJohn]

Aloha and welcome aboard!
Good to have you here.
kind regards,