When I was a child I used to build small foam sail boats. This is how I first got introduced into sailing. Then I landed a crew position on a 34ft Erickson in the early 90's. We raced cruising class, all over Puerto Rico. I used to sleep on the pier or deck. Used the sails as a bed and sheets. FUN TIMES!

Then late 2003 I purchased my first hobie 16. Learned on my own by trial and error. But I already had the basics of sailing, so it was not terribly hard. The hardest part of learning beach cat sailing for me, was to backwind the jib. I was constantly getting stuck in IRONS the first couple of times out.