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SO, if you have never sailed, if
you do not know one boat from another, then how do you get
started? How do you learn to sail? If you wish to have your
own boat, how do you know what boat to buy? How much do boats
cost? Are there used boats for sail?
CSA offers several ways to help
you with these questions. Additionally, on Sunday when races are
held, feel free to wander around the boat parking lot and ask
questions. Most boat owners are proud of their boats and most
willing to talk to you about them. Additional ways are:
CSA
Adult Sail Seminar
The CSA Adult Sail Seminar, aka Adult
Learn-to-Sail has been a popular and ever-growing CSA event.
It is for beginners or others seeking to improve their skills.
Taught by US Sailing certified CSA instructors, who volunteer their
time, it covers all the basics
with both chalkboard and on-the-water sailing.
The Flying Scot has been the popular choice of
boat to use in this instruction; however, one may use their own if they
chose (and it fits the general category as taught.)
Check out Specifics
and Registration form for this event on the CSA
site after sailing season begins in May.
Early registration is suggested.
Visitors
Day
Visitors Day is the largest open house for the public at CSA. Many skippers from all fleets offer to rides to visitors to CSA.
You can experience sailing on many different types of boats. Check
specific
for this year's event on the CSA
site after sailing season begins in May.
Sign up
to Crew?
CSA maintains a crew
listing of persons who wish to crew. If you are interested in
being put on this list, send an email to the CSA
Web Master (given at bottom of CSA
site. If you know which class of boat you would like to
crew on, talk with the fleet
caption of that fleet (08 FS - Jim Harris) or any member and they generally know
who in that fleet is looking for crew. Crewing
may be for all that season or just a Sunday or two when a regular crew
is gone.
Volunteer for
Race Duty
Racing can not be held without people to run
the race. Each Sunday race and all regatta races need a committee
of between 5 and 8 people to held run it. Each fleet has a
Sunday that they are responsible to serving on the committee and larger
fleets will have more than one assigned Sunday. However, often
someone can not make the assigned day and a substitute is needed.
One need not be a racer to
serve on the committee as the race chairperson, a seasoned sailor,
will be sure that you
will be with others who are experienced. You will be shown what to
do, which may be keeping time, recording scores, or raising
flags. Serving on the race committee
is an excellent way to better learn more about sailing, see different
types of boats in action, and pick up
pointers to improve your own sailing. You may even catch the racing bug.
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