So I thought the best place to start was with a sailing course, just to dip my toes in the water so to speak and came across a Keelboat Crew and Helm Course at The Royal Perth Yacht club in Perth, Australia.

It was a fun and informative course run over 5 Saturday mornings, just really teaching the textbook basics and some boat setup and handling skills on an easy to handle training yacht.

At the end of the course did I feel ready to brave the open Oceans, not a chance, it did though give me a healthy respect for the skills of sailing, of which I now new i was severely lacking in.