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Congratulations on your interest and organized introduction to sailing.    Sailing is a learned sport with great reward.  Relax on your first instructed outing. Enjoy the wind and sea, relationships of crewing the boat and appreciate the design of using mother nature to move you in some way.

Our first experience brought us to realize the simple pleasures of sailing only complicate when your expectations exceed your abilities. Learning to sail keeps you honest with progress and knowledge  hopefully lured into a safe progression curve giving you leave of life's many harbors.

We enjoyed our Catalina 30 beyond belief and now have a Catalina 34.  I share the excitement of your Friday outing. With you in spirit! Every sailing trip is a fortune of recreation. Best of Luck!

Singlehand sailing.  Just finished today over four hours of wonderful singlehanded sailing in steady 12 - 16 knot winds on Stockton Lake in Missouri.  Fun to do if your prepared and stay organized.  The Catalina 34 is easy and forgiving and our tall rig stays well to wind when properly trimmed. Had 4.6 knots wing on wing.  I love to singlehand and the fall winds seem to favor solos on Stockton Lake.  Only had one "oops" with the Nicro traveler self releasing on a tack, guess next spring I will do the garhauer conversion.  And, I almost knocked the winch handle in?  Been there?  No wife today, no dogs, no music. . . just the sounds of the sail talking to the fleeting indian summer winds, and my realization winter comes too soon to those staying ahead of the bubble track in the blue.  With the experience of sailing a fine boat, designed to help you master the wind one is never really alone.

Joe
YatchaSea
1987 Catalina 34 Tall Rig