Absolutely New to Sailing Pls help

[gdwhiting87]

Recently got into sailing when my friend took me out on his boat. I really need some help with just all kind of questions i have about everything. Want to know if anyone is available to answer alot of my question. the boat i got is a 77 pearson 26ft with a 4' draft. Thank you!

[DDabs]

Shoot your shot, welcome to the forum

[sail sfbay]

Originally Posted by gdwhiting87

.............Want to know if anyone is available to answer alot of my question. the boat i got is a 77 pearson 26ft with a 4' draft......

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!!

The forum is happy to answer your questions. We look forward to assisting you. Where are you located? You might also register and post on this sailboat forum site as they are very helpful.

https://forums.sailboatowners.com/ .

[thomm225]

Lots of Pearson 26's out there. Good first or last boat.

https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/pearson-26

[gdwhiting87]

Thank you! nice to meet you.

[gdwhiting87]

Thank you! I am in the atlantic city area in south jersey.

[gdwhiting87]

Thanks! still trying to figure out how to reply to messages.

[JPA Cate]

@gdwhiting87,

Welcome aboard CF.

You're doing fine.

You can write "@ avatar name" at the beginning of a paragraph, to address a particular poster, like I just did, and then continue. If you're using a computer, all the messages show at the bottom of the page at "Topic Review", so that you can go back and pick up the names and what they wrote. Sorry, I don't access by phone, so i don't know if you can see it there with one.

Congratulations on your new-to-you boat. You can ask questions in this thread or start new threads with your questions.

Enjoy your stay.

Ann

[gdwhiting87]

Thank you and! I’m in the south Jersey area. Looking for a boat slip but they are hard to come by. Getting my boat in the coming weeks..

[Don C L]

Welcome aboard gdwhiting87! Looks like you have been bitten by the bug. You're in for a lot of fun now!

[pesarsten]

Atlantic City is going to be very hard to find a reasonable priced slip and it’s not an area where I would want to get my early experience. I woulduggest that you look for dockage in the Lanoka harbor to forked river area. You should be able to find an affordable slip and the bay is a whole lot more forgiving for newbie sailers.

[Adelie]

Welcome.

I have some experience with a P26. Ask away.

[chasmains]

As everyone says, take a class. American Sailing Association has many affiliated and competent instructors. So do other companies. Browse near you on the net. Most take the ASA-101 to get going. It’s a 2-day class all on the water. You get a text book ahead of time. It teaches you all the basics. Have fun.

[guyrj33]

There are several knowledgeable Pearson 26 owners on the google Pearson boats group.

[captlloyd]

Order a copy of Chapman’s Piloting and Seamanship on Amazon. New about $65 or you can order used ones ( just as good) for a few dollars. It has about everything you could ever want to know about boating. Read it and go out and put the information to use.