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New Zealand’s Best Kept SecretThe Yakity YakMany of the articles you are reading in this magazine are about tripsorganized by the Yakity Yak Club.Interested in Joining up?Well read on and get involved“Too old” you say or “not fit enough” or “don’t like clubs because of the workingbees and committee meetings”. Well guess what, our oldest member is 80 plusand started paddling in the last two years. Can you walk? well then you canpaddle, in fact that’s not correct we have had members with a missing leg ortwo, but you get the picture. The only committee meetings we have are a wineand cheese evening once a month to arrange trips. There are no secretaries ortreasurers. We just discuss where to go next and who is coming. These trips areviewed on www.canoeandkayak.co.nz and booked at your local Canoe & KayakCentreJoin the club. You will get a weekend skills course to teach you techniquesand safety skills and a year’s membership. If you are keen to learn more thereis a bunch of courses to teach everything from Eskimo Rolling to becoming aninstructor. At no cost is the Leader’s Training Course, ten weeks part time forthose who have the urge to put something back into the club.So what does joining the club cost? Only $299 for the first year including theweekend course and then only $45 per subsequent year thereafter.NORTH SHOREAUCKLANDSILVERDALEMANUKAUWAIKATOUnit 2/20 Constellation Drive(off Ascension Place),Mairangi Bay, AucklandPHONE: 09 479 1002502 Sandringham RdSandringhamPHONE: 09 815 2073DISTRIBUTION CENTRE6 Tavern Road, SilverdalePHONE: 09 421 0662710 Great South Road,ManukauPHONE: 09 262 0209The corner Greenwood St &Duke St, State Highway 1 BypassHamiltonPHONE: 07 847 556526 ISSUE FORTYthree • 2 0 0 7For up coming Yakity Yak trips