Sailers/boaters- How often do you sail or boat? What do you enjoy most about it?

Question

Just curious. Also what got you interested in the first place and how did you make the leap and buy your fist one. Thanks!

Answer 1

The quest for mermaids. Oh yeah, I also love the smell of nice tuna.
I will buy my 1st ocean boat in 9 more years and sail it through the Pannama canal.....when my son is old enough to participate

Answer 2

I have been sailing on and off for 40 years.My irwin 38 cc has been a most enjoyable boat for the past 8 years.My first irwin was a 28 foot swing keel which is usefull here on the west coast of Fl. I am aboard my bnoat 4 or 5 days a week and sail it 1 or 2 days a week.Good sailing to everyone.

Answer 3

We are finishing our 7th year of sailing and are on our boat Friday-Sunday and for 3 one week periods during the season (7 months on Lake Erie). My interest is based on historical technology and a hands-on way of learning. Sailing is constantly a challenge. Also the sailing community provides humor and friendship. (Note: Contrary to popular belief and political spin, you do not need to be rich to sail.) If you are going to make the leap do so with knowledge. Take a sailing class, get on some boats, and, when buying, get a good book about it and/or take an experienced person with you.

Answer 4

There is no better way to connect to the wind and the water than sailing. It is quiet and meditative. It is a feeling of oneness. It can be relaxing, It can be exciting.
I loved to watch sailboats on the water, so I eventually bought a used Sea Snark for $75 (an 11-foot styrofoam bathtub with sail). Since then I have sailed boats of all sizes and types. I have owned quite a few and rented or chartered others.
How often I sail varies with what else is going on in my life. At times I sailed every other week or so. And I also have "dry spells". I trailer a boat with me whenever I vacation near water -- sailing on various lakes, rivers and bays from the Chesapeake to Lake George. If I fly to a distant vacation, I will rent a sailboat. Sailing is exhilarating. It gets into your blood. Actually, it is already in our blood because we evolved from the sea. So it is reconnecting with our source.

Answer 5

Have only been sailing since May this year and wish I had taken it up years ago, Now crew in club races very week and also helm when I get the chance. Hope to buy my first boat early next year,
Lots of fresh air, great exercise, and the company of a complete bunch of yachting lunatics. What more could anyone ask out of life.

Answer 6

My family is very into water sports. Kayaks, powerboats, water ski, jet ski champions. I have been exposed to water sports in my childhood, going around with my family.

But there are no sailors in my family. I felt it was necessary to have 1 sailor in the family and that it would be me. I started out by reading a boat like sailing for beginners. I absorbed the concepts into my little brain. Purchased a Walker Bay 8. Went out and sailed! YES! I like sailing much better to running the noisy motor and zipping around.

Of course, it took more than 1 try to be proficient in sailing. And I kept at it. Now, I own a small yacht and I sail it whenever I can, like once/month. Sometimes 2 or 3 times.

I enjoy taking friends out for a ride, introducing them to the pleasures of going out to sea and to be overwhelmed by the space around us. That quiet, smooth glide over ripply waters, wind propulsion.... something strangely magical about the whole experience. A beautiful sunset, white sand beaches, eagles flying, beer in hand... There is simply to too that I enjoy about sailing.

Answer 7

Usually I sail my boat 7 months a year! I enjoy the silence and the sound of waves most!

Answer 8

Sailed for nine yrs From Fla to Grenada great adventure motor sail as the wind was always on your noise. Know have a 48' sport fish Bahamas cruising.Sailing fine if you have the time an like to work??

Answer 9

I am out on my river boat almost every weekend in the summer, and out on my ocean boat a few times a year. I knew since I was small that a boat was necessary for me. I feel more at peace with myself, and the world in general, on the water than anywhere else. My dad was a commercial fisherman when I was young, and I think I just inherited his love of the water.

Answer 10

It was cheaper to buy my own boat to go fishing, charter boats were getting too expensive, I bought a house, I had a few thousand left over, I knew that I would never get a vacation again in my life, i've had the house & Boat for 17 years, stay small, stay affordable.