One of the world’s largest one-day regatta fleets sets sail every Auckland Anniversary Day. Among it, in a distinguished flotilla of classic boats, is a yacht that raced its first Anniversary Day regatta 87 years ago. Words: Kate Coughlan Photos: Tessa Chrisp There was no instant love affair between seven-year-old Mike Mahoney and the ocean when he was pushed off to race in a P-class yacht by his older brother Eric at the Plimmerton Yacht Club in the 1970s. Only a bribe of fish and chips kept the mutinous Mike on board. Once the dread of cold water and capsize