Matt. It's 10 days to the Madcatter in Syracuse. Go to Fleet204.com and check out the Forum. There are people looking for crew. You can call Boat Works and have that boat traded in for a H16 or Tiger and be sailing in six Div.16 HCA sanctioned events this summer. There will be great food, great party's and probably a passing Rum squall. Then one day you'll wake up,be 40 and wonder why you still have not figured out this sailing thing. The only way to get better at any kind of sailing is to race against good sailors in large fleets. There will also be a guest expert program at the Madcatter run by Wally Meyers (7 time national champion). I think thats right.
You can learn more in this one weekend than you will in the next 2 years sailing alone. You can also meet other people that live in the Rochester area that can help you out. Hope you can make it.