Hi Jake,
My experience with some persons who have tried to learn to sail on a H14 is as follows: They rented the boat at the local boat rental beach. Gave it a try for a couple of hours. Worked their way downwind and when they tried to get back to where they had started, "could make the boat tack" and had to be towed back by a motor boat at an extra charge. END OF SAILING EFFORT; BAD EXPERIENCE; WON"T TRY THAT AGAIN!
Bill