{"id":2775,"date":"2022-03-22T13:42:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T02:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2022-03-22T13:42:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T02:42:26","slug":"member-profile-ant-howard-their-laser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/03\/22\/member-profile-ant-howard-their-laser\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Profile: Ant Howard &#038; their Laser."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lysterfieldsailing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2016-07-17_Balnarring_043-1320x880.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Meet Ant Howard, Laser.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q1\"><strong>Have you sailed before?  if so when?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a1\">Yep, I have sailed my whole life, with the typical breaks in racing of early adulthood to drink beer and chase girls.  Once I got a mortgage under control, it was time to get back into racing dinghy&#8217;s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q2\"><strong>What got you interested in sailing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a2\">My Family has been around the water a lot, and my Grandfather was a keen keel-boat crewman and active club member at the Geelong Yacht Squadron but in a strange twist it was my brother and Sister, who did sailing school (in the 80&#8217;s).  Ironically I was too young to participate, and was jealously stuck on the bank.  My Mum says I had &#8220;big tanties&#8221;, as I was desperate to sail.  It must have been FOMO.  I&#8217;m the only one who kept on with it as it turns out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q3\"><strong>What do you love about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a3\">The feeling of the wind pressure driving the boat through the water.  There&#8217;s nothing like it.  I also like the physical nature of the small sporty hiking dinghies like Laser\/Aero (my 2nd boat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q4\"><strong>How long have you had your boat?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a4\">My laser? Six years this month! (March 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q5\"><strong>What made you buy a Laser?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a5\">A shoulder injury&#8230;  I thought a laser radial would be easy to rig and not as physically demanding on an injured shoulder as my previous boat, which was a Paper Tiger.  Turns out Lasers are a really nice boat to sail and I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"q6\"><strong>When you&#8217;re not sailing, what do you like to do with your time?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"a6\">Currently I &#8216;m building a caravan \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to join Ant Howard sailing at Lysterfield, we&#8217;d love to have you and can cater for any Dinghy up to 16ft and Cat up to 14.5ft.  Get in touch if you&#8217;d like to be part of it! \n<span id=\"liam\"><\/span><script>var front=\"lysterfieldsc\";var middle=\"gmail\";var back=\".com\";var joiner = String.fromCharCode(64);var addy=front+joiner+middle+back; document.getElementById(\"liam\").innerHTML=addy;<\/script> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Ant Howard, Laser. Have you sailed before? if so when? Yep, I have sailed my whole life, with the typical breaks in racing of early adulthood to drink beer and chase girls. Once I got a mortgage under control, it was time to get back into racing dinghy&#8217;s. What got you interested in sailing? 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