VBA Looping & Filtering Issue - excel

Question

I'm running into an issue with looping through tabs in my workbook. The code I am working on is supposed to perform the following:
Loop through all worksheets except the ones titled "BOAT" & "Data"
Select cell "A2" (A2 contains the value to filter)in each worksheet that it is looping through and use it as the autofilter value for the "Data" tab
Then copy and paste the filtered data into the respective tab that is looping through.
The issue I am running into is my code isn't picking up on the active sheet in the loop. Is there a way to create a variable to for the worksheet currently being looped through?
Code below. Thank you!
Sub updatedata()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim wsheet2 As Worksheet
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If ws.name <> "BOAT" And ws.name <> "Data" Then
Call filter1
End If
Next ws
End Sub
Sub filter1()
Dim lastrow As Long
Dim lastrow2 As Long
Dim wSheet As Worksheet
Dim rInput As String
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
Set wSheet = ActiveSheet
rInput = wSheet.Range("A2").Value
Sheets("Data").Activate
lastrow = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
ActiveSheet.Range("A1:Y" & lastrow).AutoFilter field:=4, Criteria1:="=*" & rInput & "*"
lastrow2 = Range("G" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Range("G1:G" & lastrow2).Copy
wSheet.Activate
Range("A4").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
Rows(4).EntireRow.Delete
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub

Answer 1

"Is there a way to create a variable to for the worksheet currently being looped through?"
Yes, using a Worksheet variable as an argument in filter1.
Avoid using Activate or making Range calls without specifying the Worksheet.
Sub updateData()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If ws.Name <> "BOAT" And ws.Name <> "Data" Then
filter1 ws 'no need to use Call
End If
Next ws
End Sub
By passing ws as an Argument to filter1, all Range calls are fully qualified with the Worksheet in question. This is easily accomplished with a With...End With block - note the period . in front of .Range("A2").Value, .Range("A4"), etc - equivalent to myWs.Range("A2").Value, myWs.Range("A4")..., etc.
Sub filter1(myWs As Worksheet)
Dim lastRow As Long, lastRow2 As Long
Dim rInput As String
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
With myWs
rInput = .Range("A2").Value
With .Parent.Sheets("Data")
lastRow = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
.Range("A1:Y" & lastRow).AutoFilter field:=4, Criteria1:="=*" & rInput & "*"
lastRow2 = .Range("G" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
.Range("G1:G" & lastRow2).Copy
End With
.Range("A4").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
.Rows(4).EntireRow.Delete
End With
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
End Sub