Hi from Texas

[Packertrav]

New to sailing in general. Wife and I are interested in exploring a new sailing lifestyle in 24 months. Offshore experiences limited to a few extended fishing trips in a 32 foot fishing boat. Plan to read and follow along on this forum for a bit, hopefully meet some people and learn. Ideally plan to buy our sailing vessel sometime in 2019 and depart for somewhere summer 2020.

[danielamartindm]

Hi, and welcome to the Forum.

[steve77]

Are you considering lake sailing or the Gulf? If you have sailing friends I would recommend you get as much sailing experience as you can before buying a boat. The Boat Club on Eagle Mountain has a very active racing fleet. Many of them are in need of crew.

We learned a lot from classes we took from the Fort Worth Power Squadron. Good people and very knowledgeable.

Cheers!

Steve

[Steadman Uhlich]

Originally Posted by Packertrav

New to sailing in general. Wife and I are interested in exploring a new sailing lifestyle in 24 months. Offshore experiences limited to a few extended fishing trips in a 32 foot fishing boat. Plan to read and follow along on this forum for a bit, hopefully meet some people and learn. Ideally plan to buy our sailing vessel sometime in 2019 and depart for somewhere summer 2020.

Howdy and Welcome Aboard CF!

You have come to the right place for boundless advice and information about sailing and cruising.

I hope you have fun learning, sailing, and on the forum too.

[Packertrav]

Definitely wanting to travel the gulf and beyond. Experience I will pick up at a lake and the gulf. New to sailing and not totally sure the wife will be able to stomach off-shore in a rolling sailboat. I hope to get her out sometime this fall and see.

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Packertrav.

[Slovak]

Welcome! Lots of Texans on here. Let us know where you live and we may be able to meet up and introduce you and your wife to sailing.