In my school days we had sailing as a sport, think it was a flying 11.
That lead to sunday racing on a cheap VJ with banana boards.
Sold my power boat and started crewing on an S97 at 36 yo.
8 weeks later having been bitten hard by the sailing bug, I bought a S&S 39.
best decision I've ever made.
Heron... with Dad skippering.
Sabot / Holdfast trainer.
Manly Jnr.
Arafura Cadet
Sailfish
Arrow Cat
Boomerang Cat
Laser........
And ALL those before I left home at 17.
Then later in life.
Fireball
Paper tiger
Mirror (with my kids)
Another Laser
Hobie 16
Careel 18
And now having fun on a TriFli trimaran
Swingers on Lake Keepit...loved it....then did not sail again for 10 years, then jumped. on a 53 footer and sailed most of the way around the world over 2 years. Then 9 Sydney to hobarts, etc etc etc
Fiberglass boats, n steel, no concrete....but now I am stirring it up!
My dad first bought a Vagabond that got me the bug then:
Manly Junior
Flying Ant (my favourite)
Windrush 14 Cat
Hobie 16 Cat
Northshore 370
Between those crewed on:
16 foot skiffs
Northshore 38
Peterson 44
Beneteau 47
Volvo 60
Hartley 16, then international cadet, dragon, caribou 20,clansman,windrush,H28,Cavalier,then my own laser, manta tri, now schionning cat.
They were all the best boats in a different way
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Puffin Pacer
then...
-corsair
-laser
-hobie 16
-paper tiger 14
-windrush 14
-clansman
The paper tiger taught me how to get stuck in irons lol.
Mouldy moth scow
18' skiff
Stingray catamaran
Mosquito cat
Maricat 4.8 (yuck)
Hobie Getaway (noice)
My first was a foldable kayack with a small main and jib, my dad baught it to me in the 70's and I used to sail it during the family sumer camping trips to the Adriatic see, then sailed a bit on my mate Laser and discovered windsurfing!
Started as middle hand on lightweight and heavy weight sharpies.
Then skippered,
Moth
Ok dinghy
Farr 3.7
Flying 11
Ns 14
420
Status 19
Endeavour 24
Then a couple more Ok dinghies and two Finns. MW 26 then the Currawong 30. I had two boats at the same time for a fair while, usually had an OK at the same time as several of the others while the kids were growing up, then they had their own Ok's and Finns.
My cousin gave me my first taste in a Sabot at about 7 yrs old.
then had my first boat a Sailfish
Herons
125s
Corsairs
Arrow cat
Cobra cat
Also worked on a brigantine for a couple of months.
Timber Manly Juniors
Spirals
F11s
Lasers - how can a boat this uncomfortable be so popular?
Sabres - twice, it was cheap fun
Bow on:
Hood Halvo 25 JOG - wet, wet and sometimes we got wet as well
Cav 37 - offshore -big mast head chute and dip pole gybes, messy when it went wrong - fantasy land's fault of course.....
Farr 40 - Southport and Coffs
Cole 37 - S2H
Far 43- Sydney to Hobart became Sydney to Wollongong when mast submitted to gravity
Mirror with the family
Spacie 20 - in the big time!
As a youngster, grew up on Careel 18's and 22's. learnt to sail on Sabot, Viking and Hobie. Started my sailing again a few years ago, bought a moring minder careel 18 and restored it. Sold that after 5 years and got an NS 27.
Beautiful traditionally built 22footer, all celery top pine, varnish and brass, gaff rigged, tan sails and all :). Nice to look at but a pig to sail...retractable keel and a flat bottom was good, could get up into creeks, put in onto the beach, glide across the shallows while most had to bump across or wait on the tide...
Corsair
470
Flying 11
Hobie 14
Hobie 16
Bunch of sailboards
Maricat
International 23
Beach Marine PC11 + bunch of kites
