Hi there

[Knuspli]

Except some minor sailing experiences in my childhood I´m totally new to this.

I also don´t know if it´s just a silly idea or if I really end up on a yacht.

So the reason for me to be here is to find out what I really want and collect some information.

:-)


I´m from Germany, 42 years old and really bad in introducing myself.

But now you know I´m here. That´s a first step

[Jim Cate]

Welcome aboard knuspli. Hope that we collectively can add to your knowledge base and get you out on the water.

Jim

[TrentePieds]

Knuspli:

Sei willkommen in unserem Forum :-)

Germany is a biggish place even by Canadian standards and varies tremendously in "sailability" from one end to the other.

Sailing out of Echernförde or Kiel into the Danish "South Seas" is a very different thing from sailing out of Greifswald into the Baltic Sea, and that, again, is very different from sailing out of Bremerhaven into the Wattensee. You could of course pop over the border and sail on the Bodensee, and that too is different from the others.

Where you wish to sail, and just how to handle a boat, is dependent on just where you wish to sail and what sort of satisfaction and pleasure you expect to get from the sailing. The type of boat to choose is also dependent on those things. Therefore we will be better able to help you off to a good start if you tell us just where In Germany you are located and what your sailing ambitions are.

Viel Glück:-)!

TrentePieds

[grantmc]

Welcome to the forum.

Hoping that you'll gain help and useful information from joining and posting here. Obviously the more you post yourself, be it questions, ideas, advice, the more you gain from being a member.

My suggestion is to join a yacht club and get out sailing on other people's boats to decide whether it's your thing. Skippers are always looking for crew.

Wishing you the best from Wellington, New Zealand.