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  1. Hobsonville YC have some racing also. I understand it is suitably relaxed. At this risk of ruffling a few feathers around here, there is often a perception that the only 'racing' in Auckland is out of Westhaven. That is not the case. There are horses for every course. Some people think Windward Leewards is the only form of true racing. Some people think you need gazzillion dollar carbon sails to be able to race. That is all fine in its own context, but there is still racing about in older boats and with dacron sails etc. Personally I find reachign up and down the ditch outside Westhaven t
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  2. Sandspit YC is a bit further North, they have mixed class / cruising, races and the bonus of Kawau bay area to practice in.
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  3. I wouldn't through the bath water out just yet. There are pockets around with racing where the Variant would fit in just fine. I am up at Weiti, and that sort of boat is much more common up here than at Westhaven, for example. Look at the website http://www.weiti.co.nz/#portfolios and look at the type of boats racing. Note the picture of Raffertys Rules, a Ross 780 trailer yacht. Certainly there is not a whole fleet of variants, but they wouldn't be out of place. We have a winter series (combined with Gulf Harbour), I'm in gold division, which is the smaller and older boats. White di
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  4. Was out on the water yesterday and saw Deep Purple racing in a bit of breeze. What a little rocket ship. So far ahead of the rest of the fleet they may as well have been in a seperate division.
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  5. Speny cyclone bola on a variant at Kawau. No headroom. Angela came back pregnant. Very dangerous boat 😀
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