Say what you're after

Say it how you'd say it to a person.

What this page does

Write one sentence in ordinary language. It searches real places, events and ways in, then shows what exists.

It only shows real places, events and ways in already on Free Sailing, each one linked to whoever runs it.

Ask for the map, a class or the marketplace, and it points you there.

The four things it uses

You can see and delete them in your profile.

What attracts you

The kinds of sailing, boats and places you lean toward.

From what you open.

What stops you

No boat · nobody to go with · money · clubs feeling formal · nerves · the water itself.

From what you say and pass over.

What's possible for you

Where you are, what you can spend, when you're free, what you have.

From the filters you set.

What you actually do

The one that can disagree with the other three. Saying you want to race and passing seven races is not a contradiction to be tidied away.

From what you do here. If it conflicts, you can see that.

If you're trying to get on the water

  • You don't need the right words. You don't have to know what a class is, or the difference between a dinghy and a keelboat, to ask a question.
  • You can say the thing that's actually stopping you. No boat, no money, nobody to go with, and it searches differently because of it.
  • No account needed. It works signed out. If your browser blocks storage, it forgets between visits.
  • You can read it and argue with it. Everything it has picked up about you is in your profile, with a button to say "no, that's wrong". What you say wins.
  • You can delete the lot. One button, and it's gone from the device.

If you run a club, school, class or marina

  • People arrive with clearer asks. Somebody who asked for a beginner session with no boat gets shown the ones that are actually that.
  • You learn what people near you are blocked by, as a count. "Fourteen people this month wanted to try and nine had no boat" is a thing you can act on, and it never names anybody.
  • When somebody answers you directly, you see who it is. Somebody who replies to something you posted has chosen to hand you a way to reach them, and that is exactly what lands on your board. The two are different things: the counts are nobody in particular, an answer is a person.
  • The gap between what people say and what they do often shows what stops them.
  • Nothing is claimed on your behalf. Nothing is shown as yours unless you've agreed to it.

What it uses

It searches real places, events, ways in, classes and listings, each with a link to whoever runs it. If your browser can add extra help, use the switch above.