Looking for Sailing lessons

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katana750

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macgregor 26s 1993 cranbrook bc
Hi there

I was looking into sailing lessons in the Vancouver BC area. There are many schools and they all seem to look good and are accredited . I have tried to search individual reviews for individual schools but haven't found much. I am looking at taking the Intermediate Cruising coarse. It would be great if anybody had some experiences or opinions they could share with me about any particular school to help me make a decision. I would be going with my wife. She wont go on the ocean until we take lessons. Fair enough.. I am self taught through trial and error and most likely full of bad habits and it would be nice to be taught by somebody that has experience. I live in cranbrook...not really a hot bed for sailing. If there is another posting like this it would even be nice if you could point me in that direction

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Dave
 
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dscribner

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Nov 9, 2008
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Pearson-O'Day 290 Portland Maine
Dave,

The first time I hanked on a jib was the first time I motored my boat past the jetty into the Atlantic. We've been cruising up and down the Maine Coast ever since. You KNOW how, just do it . . . next year. And remember the adage for taking the admiral with you "Reef early. Preferably at the dock."

Don
 
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Ralph Johnstone

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Jan 4, 2006
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Hunter 310 West Vancouver, B.C.
A Recipe for Trouble ...........

dscribner said:
You KNOW how, just do it . . . next year.
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.............................. if he does that, he'll be no better than the rest of the idiot power boaters we've got around here. And we see enough of them go to the bottom each summer.

The coast of British Columbia is known as the graveyard of the Pacific for good reason. It's beautiful but loaded with hidden dangers ................. sea mounts, large tides, passes with 13 kt currents, and several other dangerous etceteras. Safely making these passes are necessary for getting around the coast here.

If Katana 750 hasn't been taught to read CHS charts and Canadian Tide and Current Tables, he's taking a big risk if he wants to travel any distance on the coast.

I took a Canadian Yachting Association (CYA) course when I first started out and I'd say that a good 1/3 of the course was navigation which deals with safety while sailing.

Stick with Jalapeno's recommendations and you'll help yourself avoid some rather unpleasant scenarios.

PS: Sechelt Rapids and Skookumchuck Narrows are the same pass.
 

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