Welcome to another sailing community! Hopefully there’s some crew around to liven the place up! Anything wind powered goes!

  • pp99@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    greetings from south atlantic (Argentina). I sail a Super 22; its a local design so I dont’t think it is well known abroad but it is very comfortable and fast

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      9 months ago

      I’ve never heard of it, but that doesn’t mean anything! There’s a million boats I’ve never heard of lol!

      How many crew? Is there a good fleet where you race? Do you race one design?

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        9 months ago

        Ideal crew 2 but I mostly sail solo. In my city there are only two of them. I raced a few times but she is better at cruising

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    9 months ago

    I’ve never sailed anything myself, but I used to volunteer (or tag along as my father volunteered) on some historic tall ships. Always wanted to learn to properly sail. Ought to get a sunfish or something and try the Chesapeake bay.

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      9 months ago

      You should! Sailing is one of those things that’s really easy to pick up and gets trickier and trickier the more you learn. I’ve never sailed a sunfish but I hear it’s a grown up Opti, a great boat to start in! But there’s also a huge fleet of racers. The nice thing about dinghy sailing is you can get started really cheap. Usually the trailer is worth more than the boat!

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        9 months ago

        That sounds ideal. I’ll see what I can come up with this year. I listen to too much nautical music and sea shanties not to be a sailor myself!

  • Peppycito@sh.itjust.worksOPM
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    9 months ago

    I’m a Great Lakes sailor, I race on other people’s keel boats (mostly a Chaser 29) and race my own dinghies. I’ve built some opti’s, have a couple CL 16’s and just bought a Snipe.

    Any other sailors out there? What do you sail?