Conference unifix::sailing

    For the last 3 summers I have been in a sailing club that offers
    sailing classes, both for daysailers and for the larger boats.  It is
    located  in Portsmouth R.I. (next town to Newport).  The name is East
    Passage Sailing School and Club.  Call 401 683-5930.  Ask for Matt
    Berbig, and tell him I sent you.
    
    If needed, I can give you more information.  My number is 276 9167.
    Good Luck.
    
    Paul
    

    
    
    
    	Thanks Paul, and to those of you who contacted me off-line.
    
    	Regards,
    	Nancy
    

                       (* BASIC SAILING INSTRUCTION *)
    
    Does anyone have any knowledge of Sailing Instruction or courses
    in Central Massachusetts ? 

    Like the Worcester - Fitchburg area ?
    
    I assume much about sailing can be conducted on freshwater lakes
    and waterways as on the bays and estuaries ?
    
    /Bob
    

    
    	Try Regatta Point Community Sailing on lake Quinsigamond in
    Worcester/Shrewsbury. They are the ones who taught me how to spend
    all this money. (taught me to sail also....). 
    
    

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>        Try Regatta Point Community Sailing on lake Quinsigamond in
>    Worcester/Shrewsbury. They are the ones who taught me how to spend
>    all this money. 
	
	eh ? Money ? For what ? .... ( :^}  )

>(taught me to sail also....). 

	Thanks for the recommendation. I just talked to them
	
	Regatta Point Community Sailing Club	508-757 2140 
	(near U.Mass Hospital on Lake Quinsigammond)

	Current rates are:
	4 weeks, 1 hr lessons, (unlimited use of boats) $  75
	9 weeks, 	- same -			$ 160
         Season April 15th to Last of October		$ 270

	Includes "Shore School" Tuesday Nights,
	and  classes on thursday nights 

	(maybe I'll finally find a practical use  for all those knots 
	my dad (a rigger) taught me a few years ago ... 

	Uh .. is sailing anything like hiking ?

	/Bob

    You don't need much money, Bob. 
    
    This is from one who presently owns 7 boats, most of them sail. The last
    2 cost me $30 (Sailfish that I have put another hundred into and will
    probably spend $200 more on) and $125 (windsurfer - beginner's
    "polywhale" complete)
    
    Hiking is part of sailing - especially on a small light boat. Hiking
    out is the act of hanging your upper body and sometimes fanny too, to
    keep the boat from tipping over, or to keep it sailing flat for more
    speed.
    
    Welcome aboard.
    
    Bill
    

re: Regatta Point Sailing Club, (RPSC), Worcester, Mass
    A Sailing Teaching School >-

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>                               -< Regatta Point >-
>        Try Regatta Point Community Sailing on lake Quinsigamond in
>    Worcester/Shrewsbury. They are the ones who taught me how to spend
>    all this money. 

    I would like to add my recommendations for this fine school.
    
    In addition to being a division of Mass Dept of Environmental
    Affairs, it is also affiliated with the Sailing Club on the Charles
    River Basin (near the Hatch Shell and Mass Gen'l Hosp), and also
    a  sailing club on the Merrimack River in Lowell, MA.
    
    A membership in one entitles the holder to use any of the three
    facilities, after getting your Helmsman rating.
    (HelsmanRating about equals 'enough knowledge to pilot the boat
    without being a significant hazard to oneself, the boat, or the
    clubs good name) ... I *assume* Helmsman, as used by the RPSC is a
    local term, and not an 'Official' term approved by some higher power
    in the Sailing Yachtsmans Association ??).
    
    I can only compare this school to itself, being a list of one that
    I've tried. Their teaching method is simple and straightforward;
    teaching first reaching, close hauled sailing, and finally jibing.
    
    The Thursday night class teaches the three basic knots:
    Square, Bowline, and figure eight, and how to rig the boat; 
    and principles of each sailing maneuver in respect to the wind.
    
    The Tuesday night class (which I have not yet taken) covers 
    safety and some other stuff. Getting the Helmsman rating also is 
    contingent on taking all classes and passing some tests to show
    proficiency.
    
    The classes are small, with the Sailing Class (in the boat) being
    virtually private lessons; and they give the student lots of hands-on
    experience (practice). I soloed (sort of) last Saturday  with my wife
    and almost had the lake to ourselves (drifting along the ripples).
    
    Its my first real involvement with Sailing, and my wife is returning
    to it after a 30 year hiatus . and of course she loves it, having 
    once been very involved in it as a teenager, doing Regattas and other 
    stuff. Some of the terms are confusing to her, because she originally
    learned Sailing when speaking Spanish through some Yacht club in
    Caracas.
    
    Any chance someone might have a basic Sailing Primer (at least
    most of the Sailboats terms in Spanish?) ?
    /Bob
    

        
    

    
    	Check out the notes conference MARVIN::SAILING_IN_EU.  They had a
    distionary of terms for various languages.  I do not remember if
    Spanish was one.
    
    Forrest