If anyone is in either the Bay Area or in New York, there are two community sailing co-ops that I highly recommend. I was in each city my past two summers and j

If anyone is in either the Bay Area or in New York, there are two community sailing co-ops that I highly recommend. I was in each city my past two summers and joined both and had a great time sailing. In Berkeley, there's the Cal Sailing Club http://www.cal-sailing.org/ http://www.cal-sailing.org/ with sailboats and windsurf boards. All for $60 for three months plus a few hours of contributed work to the club. They have cookouts and open houses and free sailing lessons from members. Really a great group of people. In New York, look into the Sebago Canoe Club out in Brooklyn on Jamaica Bay. http://www.sebagocanoeclub.org/ http://www.sebagocanoeclub.org/ They're something like $200 a year plus a few hours of contributed work. Everyone there is super friendly and have kayaking and canoeing as well and free lessons. Definitely the cheapest way to learn how to sail if you've never done it before, as most yacht or sailing clubs are much much more expensive and/or require you to own your own boat.