GETTING STARTED

As in all things, there is the simple or easy way to do things. The best advice that experience dictates to give to new Skippers is to find the Club nearest to your home and make contact with them. From then on, it is a matter of talking to the members and watching what is happening. Ask for help (though not during a race please).
Most owners of Six Metre yachts are usually only too pleased to talk to newcomers. Often they will hand over the radio hand control and let you have a sail with their pride and joy.
Find out what designs of 6 Metre are sailed at the Club and why. Decide if you are going to build from a drawing and plank or mould your own; buy a moulded hull, buy a second hand yacht or buy a ready made yacht. Keep on asking for advice. Read the pages of this web site; they are informative.
If you ask a Club Skipper what is the best 6 Metre design to sail, you will probably be told that his is the best. Remember that advice is free but often biased. Use your eyes and make your own judgement. A good Skipper makes sailing look easy, and gets more performance from an average yacht than someone of lesser ability.

Also pay great attention to how the experienced Skipper has built his yacht and rigged it. Some photographs are a great aid to the memory when working on your own away from the lake.

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For those of you worried that the Six Metre might be difficult to carry, as can be seen from the pictures, one can easily be fitted into even the smallest of family cars.
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2016 MYA National Six Metre Championship

2002 Trophy Winner in 2015 - Colin Goodman.