I like the "just go out and do it"
learning methods. I understand all the physics of the
sails and wind pushing and pulling on the boat. Many sailers have told me that it is really easy to pick up. I am very mechanically inclined. I will still take a course somewhere to learn the little things sooner, than through trial and error.
The waters around here always have some wind and boat traffic does not exist. I may see 10 other boats during the
Winter around here and that would be a lot. I would not like to learn in a place like
San Francisco with all the boat traffic. My last "Inside Passage" trip was most stressful in
Puget Sound with all the boats going every which way. I like the speed of a
displacement boat. Just poking around at 5-7 knots. You get there when you get there. Being on the
water is supposed to be relaxing and to not have an
engine running, I think will be just AWESOME.
Ken