Sailing a Phantom 14' dinghy

I've always wanted to learn how to sail and didn't want to break the bank so I bought a dinghy for a few hundred bucks and took it out to Decker Lake in east Austin. This is my fourth trip out after some reading and RUclips education, a couple hours total on the boat so far. I plan to come out weekly all "winter" so I'll be trying my best not to roll the boat until summer.
I purchased the Phantom 14 and have done no repairs since the purchase, it floats and seems to work... for me so far.

[@footballmorse]

Hi Collin congratulations on your purchase. The Phantom is a awesome boat for a beginner. It was also my very first boat, The Butterfly was the first sailboat I sailed on . Over the years I have owned many sailboats only to come back to A Butterfly Phantom and a sunfish. I like speed of setting up these little boats. The best advice I can give any new person is stay away from 15 +mph winds and every tack you make push the handle towards the sail, you can go the other way but everything goes much faster and may flip you. Looking forward to more videos.

[@CollinYoungStith]

The Phantom has been great and people compare dinghy's to go carts, coming from the automotive industry I hope the skills transfer to slightly larger sailboats much like a go cart to a Miata (mx5) and so on. And thank you for the advice, I will stay out of 15+ winds!

[@footballmorse]

@@CollinYoungStith Bigger boats are easier to sail as you can use the front sail as a wind guide . These little boats are a lot of fun or I wouldn't go back to where I started. Mine was a 1981 brand new cost was around 1100