With all the talk of the Opti-killer, etc.. It would be fun to learn from everyone "What was the first boat you learned to sail on, and at what age?"

And/or as a follow-up "What was the first sailboat you actually owned?"

For me, I learned to sail on a wooden Sailfish (flat deck version of a Sunfish) that our family built in the basement from a kit, when I was about six.

The first sailboat I bought was an Interlake, 18' monohull day-racer.