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  1. I always wanted to but didn’t (and couldn’t) sail. My best friend bought a 727, put her back together and launched her. I didn’t want to race; too stressful I felt. But I ended up as regular race crew. I (we) learnt fast. By the Second season I was comfortable enough to skipper for a race with the other regular crew member and pick up a third spot to keep our series alive when the reg skipper and owner couldn’t make it over the bridge on time for the start. We took home the Richmond wed night g division trophy that season. My advice would be - go to the Richmond and find a boat where
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  2. Probably the best way forwards is join a club and race regularly, its pretty easy to get a spot and work your way up as your skills improve, you just need to find the right environment/skipper. You will also get an idea of the kind of boat to get and you'll pick up a lot of general sailing and local knowledge as you go.
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  3. Now write us a short story on how to finance a pogo 36 for beginners 😂
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  4. Thanks for all the comments. To answer some of the questions above, I'm in Auckland, around Howick, so Bucklands Beach and Pine Harbour are relatively close to me. I found a 2-day class in Opua that I think I'd like to give a try with my kids, as it'd be a private session, and we'd get to actually go out on our own with the teacher. The long term goal here would then be to take their followup class that will let us sail on our own for a few days, but I'll probably wait on that course for a bit. I'm also gonna take everyone's advice and take a class that teaches on small boats, as there ar
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  5. Not arguing against that. I just wanted to highlight that clutch performance depends on the line. More than I thought a few years ago. /Martin
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  6. Yeah but the new halyard will....
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  7. Buy something like a Laser, spend a summer sailing off the beach, you will learn heaps.....an get a bit wet.
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  8. Anyone have a spare corolla so we can test this
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  9. I struggle to show interest in any professional sport. Having said that we both enjoyed the women's rugby final.
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  10. Sadly, our anchor winch is a vertical shaft type complete with gypsy and direct feed to the anchor locker. Also, Mrs A might feel herself inclined to leave me dangling for an afternoon or longer. Trust issues.
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