Hello from Minnesota

[Nathaniel]

Hi All! I just took up sailing last fall, and I gotta say it's the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on! My girl and I are now seriously talking about buying a sailboat to live and travel on this summer. Crazy, huh? So now we're just trying to learn as much as possible about it; what to expect, what pitfalls to avoid, what kind of boat to buy, etc. Hope to learn from all you wise sailors out there!

[Mark1977]

Welcome aboard. ''crazy" nah not really

[Unicorn Dreams]

CRAZY

That's people who go out on frozen river and lakes to go fishing.

SANE people sail

[Khagan1227]

Welcome to CF!

While I KNOW you'll get a lot of opinions about which boat to buy on here, you mightwant to start with your budget, size of boat, etc.

You're not crazy, people that don't sail are crazy.

[SvenG]

Nathan (Nathaniel ?),

You've come to the right place !

You'll find that this is a great community and a great place to ask and answer questions.



-Sven

[Alaska JD]

Hey Nathaniel - WELCOME!! from a former fellow Minnesotan. I moved to Fairbanks from Dulut - up der by da rangech. This is a group is wonderful place to learn a ton of things about sailing. You'll also find no shortage of strong opinions - but then you'd understand that being from Minnesota.

[FecklessDolphin]

You could always just put a boat on a bouy on Calhoun or in a slip on Minnetonka (Shorewood has a couple slips open, but it is 200' per foot for the summer while a bouy on Minnetonka is $400). Check Hooper's Yachts for a small boat.

[SaucySailoress]

Originally Posted by Nathaniel

Hi All! I just took up sailing last fall, and I gotta say it's the most fun I've ever had with my clothes on!!

Once you've bought a boat, you can sail off to the tropics, then that need no longer be a problem!!!

Welcome aboard!

[SkiprJohn]

Aloha and welcome aboard!
Good to have you here. Just now there are lots of bargains in boats. Sometimes I do some "window" shopping on this site: Sailboat Listings - sailboats for sale You can look up boats by state or by make. You might also want to check out the links after my signature and the book recommendation. I do recommend a basic course and the book "Start Sailing Right!"
kind regards,
kind regards,