New hobby – Sailing

I have wanted to learn how to sail for the past few years. This year I finally decided to make it happen and take a week off of work this summer to attend a sailing school.

After a few weeks of internet research of sailing schools in the Annapolis, MD area I decided to attend JWorld Annapolis. I chose JWorld because of the high frequency the school was recommended in online forums,  how highly people spoke of the school, and because the school’s focus is more on performance and racing rather than just cursing around the bay (If I’m going to do something, I might as well be able to do it well, or at least try to).

My week of “school” was the last week in July and in one word it was AMAZING! The staff was friendly and very knowledgeable and the boats (J80’s) were great. It was a pleasure learning on such a high performance boat. With one other student in my class for the week and the nearly 7 hours a day of sailing I received a great deal of personal attention and training which gave the the confidence to want to spend more time sailing.

Now that I am hooked I look forward to finding a boat I can use frequently and trying to make it up to Annapolis as often as I can for the Thursday night races. I recommend JWorld to anyone looking for a sailing school in Annapolis. And if anyone is looking for a sailing partner let me know, I’m always up for a sail.

Shot from JWorld (via Flickr)