Sailing in Second Life

There are many very active groups of people involved with sailing in Second Life.

Places to Sail

Tradewinds Yacht Club
Is free to rezz your boat. Located at the north end of a huge body of water on the Mainland, has a boat store, is active with many boat builders and is home of the SL Sailing History Museum.

Sail Boats

Where to get a boat?
There is a real active boat builder scene. Boat types of various qualitys and prices are available.
simple first boat for free

Other Resources

slSailing.org General Sailing Information plus forums.
slSailing.com Sailing News, reviews, blogs.
Sailing Wiki A wiki with information about sailing in Second Life. Available boats, sailing areas and clubs, .... Answers some of the questions below.
slTYC.com Boat Builders news, Boat Shows, and Race Information.

Original Post
I have started this link and/or blog to Help us Novice Sailors in SL as to where in the SL world is the best place for Sailing. What are the best boats? Where is the quality water for sailing? What are the sailing resources in SL? What is the Sailing Community in SL? Are their and Sailing Schools? Instructors? Acadamies? Navies?  :-). I have several boats (errmm "Vessels") both powered and sailing. But my interest lies mostly with sailing. I spent a fortune to find a piece of land which was big enough for a house and water property for a dock for my boats. I thought I was clever enough, by ensuring that my water opened into (or bordered) open goverment seas. But, I have found I can only sail for a short distance before I hit the proverbial end-of-the-World. I was hoping to Circunavigate SL and I can't even get out of my Region. Oh well, I digress. Any thoughts, help, or input for the Newbie Sailor?

JaeTee Oh