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    Posted: 25 Feb 05 at 12:58pm
I'm just about to,learn how to sail and i would be grateful if u peeps cant talk me through the technical stuff.

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This time of year, you wrap up warm, if it's not too windy, you, probably won't go swimming, if you go swimming, it will be cold.  Afterwards you'll (hopefully) have an nice warm shower and it will all be worth it.

I assume you are going on a sailing course somewhere, so they will tell you all.

It would be a difficult process to describe on a forum like this - without writing a a "shoe to learn to sail" book and there are more than enough of them around.

Just go, expect to get a little wet and cold, but enjoy it.  

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Thx

my friends helping me to sail
he's really really good
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Hi,

If you are learning to sail this isn't the best time of year to learn because you need to spend a bomb on equipment to keep warm and in strong wind's thing's break easier on boats.

 

Not many clubs run training in the winter except if you are in a zone or something like that !!!!

 

Learning in the summer is much more fun otherwise the winter wind's might put you off especially when you go for a swim !

 

Although you may find that the summer brings a hell of a lot less wind !

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Do you know where the wind is blowing from?  Try to make that a sixth sense - so start by looking around and picking up clues every few moments.  You can practice this at any time, outdoors.
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That is a very good  comment redback, helps you get the 'feel' for the wind.  Wish someone was able to say that to me when I first started. A big tip that costs....only your time but will help you so much. 

Have fun learning Useless Eustace, as your skill developes you may need a name change though......Eustace the great!! 
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I think there are three key skills that beginners find hard to master.

1. knowing where the wind is coming from (both true and relative) and by inference understanding that it never stays constant.

2. Understanding (intuitively) the boats direction / course relative to the wind, tide and ground.

3. Being confident that their brain knows where their hands and feet are without having to look at them - hence they are free to look around (and particularly in the direction they intend to sail).

They are also difficult to teach because, like riding a bike or driving a car, to the experienced sailor they are completely intuitive.

For beginners I think it is sometimes worth getting them to crew blindfolded for 10 minutes (no gybes)and ask them to think about the feeling and motion of the boat and wind. For would be racers helming blindfolded is a well known coaching exercise.

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Cheers everybody who has helped me so far and I spent most of my ICT and PSE lesson looking out the window watching where the wind was coming from.

Thanks again
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cool, welcome to the world of sailing keep us updated!
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I will

I'll probably start in 2 or 3 weeks time with my friend down at Chew Valley or Saltford.
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