first started on Pelicans at the 16 foot sailing club in Belmont Bay

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

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

Mouldy moth scow

18' skiff

Stingray catamaran

Mosquito cat

Maricat 4.8 (yuck)

Hobie Getaway (noice)

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.

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.

This classic I was 6 months old still have the same boat 39 years on! Omg