{"id":1420,"date":"1999-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-30T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2015-10-16T12:11:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T17:11:53","slug":"learning-offshore-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/learning-offshore-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Offshore Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"question\">\n<p class=\"Body\">Dear Dashews: I saw your ad for the Beowulf in Latitude 38. I fell in love. Can&#8217;t afford it quite yet but am vigorously trying. Been a fond admirer of your work since seeing one of your designs tied up in Emeryville. The couple had been cruising for almost a year. I would like to become an expert sailor. Currently I have only limited experience in the SF bay and Caribbean. Is there a route of training you recommend, or is there a school you might suggest? Of course these would be in addition to your books which I will purchase. Your ideas would be most appreciated. Best regards, Eric.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"answer\">\n<p class=\"Body\"> Hi Eric: Thanks for the kind words. The current issue (August 15, 1999) of Practical Sailor has a readers&#8217; evaluation of various sailing schools around the country. And for learning offshore skills I&#8217;d recommend John and Amanda Neal aboard their Mahina Tiare (sailing@mahina.com). Good luck with your plans, Steve Dashew <\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" align=\"center\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Dashews: I saw your ad for the Beowulf in Latitude 38. I fell in love. Can&#8217;t afford it quite <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/setsail.com\/learning-offshore-skills\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-talk","category-seamanship-forum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36310,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions\/36310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}