Sail Away
Find courage as you take the helm
Sailing is for heroes. Sailors hop to it, and in an emergency, they can be counted on to reef the mainsail and batten down the hatches.
I am no sailor. In dire circumstances, such as the time my husband crashed our rented houseboat (repeatedly) into a dock, I have been known to jump around, squeal, and flap my arms. But every summer, my father-in-law takes me and my husband out on his boat, and while he and my husband bustle about, I feel like a lump in the way.
I hoped that by taking an introductory five-day sailing class at OCSC Sailing-San Francisco Bay in Berkeley, I’d become a little more sailorlike. I’m not ready to say this happened, but I did fall in love with the windswept feeling of floating in the center of the bay.- BERKELEY, CA OCSC Sailing-San Francisco Bay $790 for a 40-hour course. 800/223-2984.
- HONOLULU Honolulu Sailing Co. $445 for an 8-hour course. 800/829-0114.
- LONG BEACH, CA United States Sailing Center $900 for a 48-hour course. 562/433-7939.
- SEATTLE Windworks Sailing Center $640 for a 24-hour course. 206/784-9386.