Cruisers Forum
 


Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Rate Thread Display Modes
Old 17-04-2018, 17:01   #31
Registered User
 
thomm225's Avatar

Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Lower Chesapeake Bay Area
Boat: Bristol 27
Posts: 10,920
Re: Learning to Sail with "Sailaway"?

As I said before, you can learn tons with a sailing simulator, but there's no seasickness when sailing a simulator.

My first boating experience was on small beatup power boats I bought as a teenager 20 years before I started to sail.

Point is learn what you can on the sim, then start getting on the water experience asap on some type of small boat

You learn so much faster on a small boat with lots of sail area because when you pull a "string" something happens and it happens NOW

On a heavy monohull it can take 45 seconds for an adjustment to affect the boat
thomm225 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-07-2018, 14:20   #32
Registered User
 
weazardofinance's Avatar

Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
Boat: Tayana 37
Posts: 21
Re: Learning to Sail with "Sailaway"?

Sailaway does a good job teaching you which lines do what, how and why to trim the sails, and how sailboats perform and heel at various points of sail and wind / sea conditions. There is no substitute for real life practice, but you will be smarter for having messed around with the simulator.
weazardofinance is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 14-11-2019, 06:00   #33
Registered User

Join Date: Oct 2018
Posts: 5
Re: Learning to Sail with "Sailaway"?

I'm suprised no has mentioned eSail https://www.esailyachtsimulator.com/ . A much better simulator IMHO although maybe not as good graphics as others. Its keeping me going till the weather improves!
ryanjes is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Tags
learning, sail

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Sailaway JECA Meets & Greets 2 30-10-2017 18:59

Advertise Here


All times are GMT -7. The time now is 08:26.


Google+
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Social Knowledge Networks
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.

ShowCase vBulletin Plugins by Drive Thru Online, Inc.