Stick time is key of course... gotta do that before anything else.
I have learned a lot crewing recently but it is still different driving yourself and it can be hard to have someone more experienced than you "volunteer" to go out with you while you drive (hard for them... as they have been there and done that etc).
I might be interested in having that type of coaching one of these days. I am in a good place for it. Smyth and Curry just down the street and all that.

The seminar is great for "boot camp" type stuff with tons of tacks/gybes. It really gets your boat handling up to speed because you are always sailing with a lot of other boats and doing starts. As an added bonus, there are more than just windward and leeward marks to round -- these things called "Waves" function as different types of stationary marks you gotta deal with <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />.
I feel like I need some one on one work with sail trim.