Hello, everyone. Does anyone know if there are any online sailing courses? I know this information is on the internet, but maybe anyone has been learning the basics in online? At the moment I can not go to study offline courses because I am in another country, and for me the online format is the most convenient.
sailing instruction for the beginner
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Waiex191
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I don't know that I would consider this playlist a course, but it was helpful to me. Joe at Joyrider TV is an awesome and entertaining resource for the beachcat community.
DarthSailor
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Hard to do the hands on that is needed online. I would think you could find the classroom part of a sailing course online but I don't know if online can replace the on the water experience. This is just my opinion though but it based on 12+ years of teaching adults and juniors. Maybe Ed's next online adventure could be Scotty T's online sailing school, hire some bikini girls to be the students and film the classes then sell access to the videos. Just a thought, maybe have a mature one called Friday's online sailing school.
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
Try this
nbnjrotc-sail.blogspot.com
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alphafb552
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So much about sailing is feeling: the pressure on the tiller, pull of the sheets, the wind strength and direction...
Learning to sail online sounds like learning to ride a bike by watching youtube...
Learning to sail online sounds like learning to ride a bike by watching youtube...
DarthSailor
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Or the instructor putting his foot next to the tiller until you realize bear off means pulling the tiller towards you and not pushing it away.
In my experience 80% of learning how to sail is getting the lingo and being able to process that without translating it into regular English in your head. ex. 'fall off' translates to turn the bow of the boat away from the direction of the apparent wind. Once your brain hears fall off but conceives turn the boat away from the wind you are on your way in terms of sailing. The other twenty percent is getting the feel and confidence to maneuver regardless of circumstance. I have been at this since I was seven and I still have the capacity to royally screw the pooch when given the opportunity if I am not careful.
I tried windsurfing initially... (poor student's sail experience...). It was a great introduction into feeling the wind, points of sail, and how the wind affects the whole system.
The great thing about windsurfing is that it does not need huge bodies of water.... and is relatively inexpensive...
For me, it helped me understand more, and feel what was going on and translated well into moving to dinghy's, lasers and bigger boats.
Best of luck.. and be careful.
There is not cure for the addiction that sailing brings...
They have 12 Step programs for alcohol and drugs... but none to get rid of the addiction of sailing...
Enjoy!
The great thing about windsurfing is that it does not need huge bodies of water.... and is relatively inexpensive...
For me, it helped me understand more, and feel what was going on and translated well into moving to dinghy's, lasers and bigger boats.
Best of luck.. and be careful.
There is not cure for the addiction that sailing brings...
They have 12 Step programs for alcohol and drugs... but none to get rid of the addiction of sailing...
Enjoy!
alphafb552
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Don’t get me wrong @FeliciaB, learning to sail is a very worthwhile endeavour, and I’m sure there are online resources that can give you a theoretical introduction to the mechanics and terminology.
But nothing beats the wonder of experiencing the magic first hand, when you can truly start learning
danstanford
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Go to the closest place there is racing and offer to crew. You may find some rejections at first but it will be worth asking around to get on the right boat. Once there, listen to instructions and wait till there is a lull to ask questions and indicate you would kill for a turn at the tiller on the way back to the dock once the race is over.
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Thank you all for the replies in this thread!
I just wanted to learn some basic concepts in mechanics while I'm not in my hometown, so I won't waste any time. I will try the app that @llama recommended, and many thanks to @Waiex191 for the video playlist, I also found online courses from https://yapp.pro/. I think this will all help me learn basic sailing terms and concepts.
I hope this thread is seen by people like me, because there are really a lot of useful tips.
Also thanks to @h20man for the inspiration
I just wanted to learn some basic concepts in mechanics while I'm not in my hometown, so I won't waste any time. I will try the app that @llama recommended, and many thanks to @Waiex191 for the video playlist, I also found online courses from https://yapp.pro/. I think this will all help me learn basic sailing terms and concepts.
I hope this thread is seen by people like me, because there are really a lot of useful tips.
Also thanks to @h20man for the inspiration
LB 15
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Or learning how to give a blow job by watching porn hub.
nolatom
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As you turn toward the wind, bring ("trim") sails in.
as you turn away from the wind, let ("ease") sails out.
Congratulations!! You now know 80% of what sailing's about.
It's the remaining 20 percent that takes more time.
Plus the lingo-- helps if you learn that "land" interpretations of up, down, higher, lower, off, largely no longer apply. Everything's "horizontal", and they're all keyed to where the wind (our fuel) is coming *from*--turn toward it, and you're heading up, higher, trimming "in". Turn away from from the wind and you're easing "out", heading down, off, lower, away...
Get the idea? Add a few colorful curse words, and you're ready to race.. ;-) ..see the actually quite useful Points of Sail diagram two boxes up)
as you turn away from the wind, let ("ease") sails out.
Congratulations!! You now know 80% of what sailing's about.
It's the remaining 20 percent that takes more time.
Plus the lingo-- helps if you learn that "land" interpretations of up, down, higher, lower, off, largely no longer apply. Everything's "horizontal", and they're all keyed to where the wind (our fuel) is coming *from*--turn toward it, and you're heading up, higher, trimming "in". Turn away from from the wind and you're easing "out", heading down, off, lower, away...
Get the idea? Add a few colorful curse words, and you're ready to race.. ;-) ..see the actually quite useful Points of Sail diagram two boxes up)
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Santanasailor
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Sailing is pretty much a muscle memory task. Once the very basics about sail trim/wind direction is learned, you really have to get out in the boat and do it. A good hand next to you for guidance is great to start especially to point out the idiot errors WE ALL MADE when we started.
Buy a 12-14 foot dinghy and go to it. You could pay a hundred times the cost of the little one or two man boat on computer courses and computer programs and not learn as much as you learned the first week of actually sailing.
Buy a 12-14 foot dinghy and go to it. You could pay a hundred times the cost of the little one or two man boat on computer courses and computer programs and not learn as much as you learned the first week of actually sailing.
nolatom
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One other thing. When you are finally at the tiller sailing, face forward while tacking, not aft, and pass the tiller behind your back, to the new hand. It may seem counterintuitive at first, but you'll come to appreciate it. Plus it looks cool, and the facing-aft method looks, and is, dorky.
Cool is important.
Especially here on SA.
;-)
Cool is important.
Especially here on SA.
;-)
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No traditional greeting? WTF?
billy backstay
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Newbie Poster Felicia appears to be a female of unknown age, so perhaps some restraint is warranted??...
EDIT - Some of us have daughters, although ours are over 30 and would laugh at LB 15's comment, which I suggested in a PM he might want to delete....
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LB 15
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My apologies to Felicia, we don’t often get young people in this bar.Newbie Poster Felicia appears to be a female of unknown age, so perhaps some restraint is warranted??...
EDIT - Some of us have daughters, although ours are over 30 and would laugh at LB 15's comment, which I suggested in a PM he might want to delete....
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And speaking of people under 30, can someone walk me through how to delete a post? I have never done it before.
Coastal_Fox
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eSail Sailing Simulator.
Can be had on Steam, i think i paid 14.99.
If you don't use Steam there may be other sources, but i never checked because i use Steam for all my 1337 epic gaymer needs.
Its a pretty good little trainer for what it is. Helps to hear the terms and see what they are talking about in real time while actually getting a sensation for the movement of the ship and seeing the cause and effect in real time. Plus, aside from the tutorial challenges, there is also racing which makes you put it all together.
Many people just get a boat and start yanking ropes too, that is a tried and true method, but your way is probably better, what with all your precious book learnin' haha.
