New Owner with absolutely no experience sailing

Oct 8, 2014
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JA,
Welcome to sailing dude! Don't sweat it, I bought a Mac 26 about 3 years ago with absolutely NO prior experience and no local sailing friends. I had to figure out myself how to raise the stupid mast!!! Oh the things I did in my first year of sailing (all wrong)! Anyway, this is an awesome forum, way good folks who have given me excellent help at times. My experience with our 26 is that Macs are easy to tow, easy to set up, and fun to sail. Some of my best teachers have been this forum, youtube, and the book
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The Complete Trailer Sailor: How to Buy, Equip, and Handle Small Cruising Sailboats Paperback – June 4, 2009
by Brian Gilbert

As a side note, despite my handle, I actually now live and sail in the mountains around Salt Lake City. If you ever make it one state east let me know and we can go out (that is if you don't mind the self taught leading the self taught:)

John