Can you remember your first time sailing?

   Right the thread was started in the magazine forum but its not possible to post pics in there for some reason. I said that I would post a pic of my earliest sailing memories so not to let everyone down....

(I am the one on the left! the one on the right is my brother!)

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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Can you remember your first time sailing? Posted: 09 May 06 at 1:00am
	Right the thread was started in the magazine forum but its not possible to post pics in there for some reason. I said that I would post a pic of my earliest sailing memories so not to let everyone down.... (I am the one on the left! the one on the right is my brother!)
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49erGBR735HSC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote 49erGBR735HSC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 1:17am
	My first sail was on a Wayfarer which is still doing its service at Helensburgh SC. Had a bit of work done to it now, but still a really good boat. My first boat was Laser 2 8471, before that was racing a mirror on a 4 digit sail number.
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sailor girl Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 13 Jun 04 Location: Spain Online Status: Offline Posts: 1031	Post Options Post Reply Quote sailor girl Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 8:14am
	My first sail was in a good old oppy called 'top cat' i was so scared cos the fibreglass was so thin everytime i moved the i thought it was going to break!!! I also sailed straight into the marshes while screaming and crying!!!!!!
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jeffers Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 29 Mar 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 3048	Post Options Post Reply Quote jeffers Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 9:35am
	Nice picture Tim, love the car....the boat is almost as big as it (and probably worth more than it ). I dont have any picture of my first sail...I do remember it though sailing in a Signet at Paxton Lakes (tiny pond surrounded by trees). Had a very fit instructor, all the boys had a crush on her! Paul
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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 10:11am
	That picture was taken about 15 years ago so the car was actually quite nice! Thats a top of the range MG Metro there! The boat was a beauty, 50984, had some crisp new banks sails when we had her... wish i could afford something similar for my current boat!
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NeilP Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Far too distracted from work Joined: 23 Nov 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 271	Post Options Post Reply Quote NeilP Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 10:19am
	All the best people started in Mirrors. Can't remember the sail number, but it was in February 1976 at Alnmouth in Northumberland in a boat belonging to my mate's father who was a Destroyer captain in the Navy. Don't remember much about the actual sailing, just that it was windy and VERY cold. How many of you lot were even born in 1976? Neil
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timnoyce Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991	Post Options Post Reply Quote timnoyce Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 10:21am
	I wasn't... This world was graced with my birth in 1985! Seems such a long time ago now, specially looking back at that picture!
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Rob.e Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 19 Oct 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 545	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rob.e Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 10:32am
	My first sail on my own was before 1976! Mirror 26220. Blowing about a 4, I left the slip, whirled around in circles totally out of control, and came ashore terrified. Took most of the season to get over it!!! My Father just tutted a bit, and arranged for someone else to take me out a few days later (he couldn't be @rsed himself, the swine!) Must've been about '73 (the year I mean, not anyones age ). Actually, sounds a bit like what happens now.....

Stefan Lloyd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stefan Lloyd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 10:45am
	When I was little we had a family inflatable Zodiac, which was an ancestor of today's RIBs. So I started powerboating around age 5. Shocking, I know. First time sailing was in a friend's Mirror in my teens. We sailed from Porthpean SC for several miles along the coast, and considering neither of us had much clue what we were doing, we were fortunate enough not to encounter any problems. First time sailing alone was a few years later at Carlyon Bay, desperately trying to stay upright on a windsurfer long enough to get clear of the lee shore. Tried cruising around the same time but didn't like it all that much. Tried dinghy sailing, found it OK but preferred windsurfing. So I windsurfed for several years, then a growing interest in racing boards led me to wonder what other kinds of racing were like, which took me into keelboat racing and a little while later, dinghy racing.

Black no sugar Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 04 Location: Somewhere between Brighton and Lancing Online Status: Offline Posts: 3941	Post Options Post Reply Quote Black no sugar Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 09 May 06 at 11:04am
	Ok time to have a laugh... My first solo sail was in 2001, in the Topper we still have. I was pushed through the surf holding the mainsheet in one hand, the tiller extension in the other and told "Hold this, and this, and off you go!" Well, it worked to a certain extent (I was floating) until some helpful soul would come and shout obscure advice to me "Let out the outhaul... put a bit more kicker... sheet it... hike out... " Get LOST! The first time I went really sailing (vaguely knew what I was doing, felt in control most of the time, etc.) was this time last year, still in the Topper. Now I've got a Contender and I'm back to square one!!
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