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Originally Posted by pwd72s
For he basics? Get a dinghy in the 15-16' Range...O'Day day sailor, something like that....a centerboard dinghy for easy launching. These are the best craft for really learning to sail. Move up to a ballasted keelboat after you've mastered the centerboard.
Multi hulls are indeed a different animal...tons of fun, but different.
People who begin with a ballasted boat don't undersatnd the basics of sail trip as well as those who began on a centerboard dinghy, and sometimes end up in trouble because of the ballasted boat forgiveness of error.
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What Paul said. I learned to sail at Mystic Seaport here in Ct. in a 9' dinghy. Basically a bathtub with a sail. If you can sail a small boat all others will come easy.