Shout Out to Young Sailors

Sailing industry analysts tell us that fewer young people are taking up sailing these days than in decades past. Nevertheless, here in the Bay Area we see lots of young sailors out racing and enjoying casual daysailing — often aboard fixer-upper boats that they got for a song.

Regardless of how Spartan or spiffy their boats are, though, we can tell by the smiles on their faces that they are having as much fun out on the water as we did when we were first initiated into the sport. 

Here at Latitude 38 we work hard to appeal to all segments of the sailing community, but we’d love to know if our efforts are succeeding with respect to younger sailors. 

So if you’re under 40 and enjoy sailing in West Coast waters, please take a minute to tell us about your sailing style:

• What sort of boat do you normally sail (brand and length)?
• Do you normally sail your own boat or crew for others?
• If you own your own boat, roughly how much did you pay for it? (__<$10,000; __$10k-$30k; __$31-$60k; __>$60k)
• What sort of sailing do you normally do (racing, daysailing, cruising)?
• What is your dream boat?
• How did you learn to sail (sailing school, parents, friends, self-taught)?
• What events or destinations are on your sailing bucket list?
• What aspects of sailing or the sailing lifestyle would you like to see us cover more in Latitude 38 and ‘Lectronic Latitude?

While you’re at it, we’d love to receive a few of your favorite photos of yourself and friends enjoying the sailing lifestyle. Many thanks. We’ll see you out there.