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Need direction - sailing/boat handling instruction

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:19:16 -0000, wrote:

....The sailing classes that I've located in our immediate area
use tiny little one person sailboats for instruction. This seems
inappropriate for us, since we've all read up on and experienced,
albeit to a small extent, the basic principles and logistics sailing
our particular boat. The biggest challenge we face at the moment is
getting the boat in and our of our slip at the marina... without that
ability, we're stuck in our lawn chairs hanging out at the dock. It
seems as though my immediate needs include boat handling, safety,
rules of the water and such.
....
Elizabeth

Sailing a small dinghy on all points of sail would be a very good
basis for something bigger. It's easy to suppose your husband is a
jerk, but the story is quite familiar from reading about wives and
daughters attempting to learn to drive a car by instruction from
Dad....
It often gives miserable results, though it can work out.

You badly need an instructor whom you are paying, who will treat you
and the kids as a customer - i.e. with civility.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

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