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My first cruising stop at this well-loved San Juans gem.
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34 Barbie’s Dream Engine
A trying DIY engine re-build is the last major pre-cruising project. By Sarah Scott
38 Stern Tie Technique
Add to your seamanship arsenal, new anchorages await. By Andy Cross
42 Who are the Angry Beavers?
They won R2AK, and will be a big part of PNW sailing’s future. By Joe Cline
COLUMNS 21 Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea
By-the-Wind-Sailor (Velella velella): A raft of jellyfish polyps. By Larry Eifert
22 Halcyon Wandering
Foraging in the Gambiers: Discovering tropical bounty. By Becca Guillote
24 Galley Essentials with Amanda
Exploring enchanting and appetizing Morocco. By Amanda Swan Neal
26 How-To: Budget Power Away from the Dock Finding equilibrium between demand and storage. By Alex and Jack Wilken
28 Lessons Learned Cruising
Steering systems should not be out of sight, out of mind. By Jamie and Behan Gifford
48 48° North Race Report
San Juan 24 NAs, Martin 242 NAs, and RS Aero NAs.
ON THE COVER, The happy boats and people of 2018's Cascadia Cruising Rally raft-up in Winter Cove on the north end of Saturna Island. The Rally returns to the islands this month.
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CRUISE TO PRACTICE RACING, AND VICE VERSA
In my interview with the victorious Race to Alaska crew, Team Angry Beavers (page 42), Gavin Brackett, one of the Pacific Northwest’s most accomplished young racing sailors, said the simple words, “I love cruising. You cruise to practice racing, right?” I’d never heard that perspective before. Continuing with Gavin as the example, he’s also a delivery captain. So yes, he races performance boats, but in this capacity he also bears the responsibility of cruising that performance boat safely to or from the race course. How many boat owners would want their delivery captain to race their boat from port to port? The skill sets blur for him between the sometimes disparate-seeming pursuits of racing and cruising. And there’s enjoyment in all of it for him. Thinking about it, I realized that I am pretty sure I’ve only ever met a handful of racing sailors who expressed no interest in cruising whatsoever. The rest typically say how much they genuinely want to find or make the time to cruise more. I encounter fewer cruisers who are aching to get out on the race course, but maybe that’s because they perceive (or have some past experience) that the high intensity racing format or environment isn’t a good fit for them. The longer I am involved in the sailing business, the more sure I become that a sailor is a sailor—racing, cruising, big boats or small, on one hull or several. I’ve used this column to rail against our perceived divisions in the past. The more I think about it, though, I’m not calling for gaps to be bridged, I’m calling for an acknowledgment that there’s a lot less fissure than we might have been conditioned to believe. Here’s the kicker for me that came up while talking with Gavin and the other adventure-loving Beavers: How many times have you heard me, or other observant members of the Pacific Northwest sailing community announce, as a matter of fact, that Race to the Straits and Round the County are the two events each year that have all the energy and positive juju and that magical “gotta register before it sells out” dust sprinkled on them? How many times have sailors told you, as they have told me, that the Van Isle 360 is their favorite race, period? I’m among the myriad sailors who have offered some analysis of this success over the years, and I’m most certainly on the fanatic bandwagon for these races. Nevertheless, I’ve got a new idea now, inspired by the Angry Beavers. Is it possible that those races are so successful because they are the cruise-iest races? They take participants through waters where many cruise, involve navigational decisions and landmarks that cruisers would be familiar with, and they arrive in destinations most any cruiser would be happy to call home for the night. These races are just cruising on race boats with your racing buddies. Brilliant! All those racers who have enthusiastically wished to cruise more are making these races that scratch the cruising itch the biggest events on Puget Sound. What could other races and events learn from this? And for any of the never-racer cruising types, first off, thanks for reading a racetinged editorial. Second, is there any chance that you find yourself scratching a similar sailing itch that leads you toward elements of racing in the cruising environment that feels more comfortable to you? Do you fall into the “two boats sailing the same direction are racing” camp? Yes, we’re a lot alike, and it shouldn’t be surprising. If this resonates with you, be sure to encourage new events or re-format existing ones to find that special niche for you. Now, go practice racing by cruising. Or practice cruising by racing. It’s August in the great Pacific Northwest. No matter how you do it, if you’re sailing, you’re doing it right.
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Letters R2AK Fun and Concern....
Hi Joe! We on Team Sail Like a Girl had an amazing race and feel great about our results! We pushed both the crew and the boat and left nothing on the table. We are very grateful to Ketchikan Yacht Club for hosting and celebrating us and the other R2AK teams, and making us feel warm and welcome during our stay! It was fun to find several copies of 48° North there!
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As someone who has cruised the BC coast since the 1970s, I have followed coverage of the R2AK race with both interest and horror. The article by Mark Aberle, “A Pear Shaped Race to Alaska” in the July issue highlighted the horror aspect of the event. Anyone familiar with those frequently log-infested waters knows that it is downright foolish and irresponsible to be traversing them at night in a small craft. Let’s be honest, what started out as a quirky, fun-and-games idea for a race is becoming dangerous. These are serious waters. Sooner or later someone is going to die and then all the joking around is going seem rather hollow. It's time to rethink this event.
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Hi Joe, Each year of R2AK is a smorgasbord of poor seamanship. They send dozens of sailors out into conditions for which many are ill prepared and the Coast Guard got called out again this year. I’m very curious why yacht clubs are required by their insurers to have extensive safety standards for their regattas some of which require expensive outfitting, yet similar things don’t seem to be required for R2AK?
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Young Leadership and Readership
Hello there 48° North Crew, I’m a college sailor from Anacortes. I grew up on the water sailing with my dad, someone who loves everything sailing related. Being raised by a sailor meant coming home to wet spinnakers strewn through the living room to dry; long hours working one the boat that started with, ”Oh this’ll just take 15 minutes;” a tiller as the fridge handle; and of course, several copies of your magazine (with varying degrees of water damage) across the bathroom floor as reading material. When I was a kid, I‘d flip through them because they were there, but never really connected with them. As I grew and started my own sailing career, I still wasn’t a reader because they didn’t represent my sailing. Even after being in the magazine, it wasn’t something I read often. The Northwest is an exceptional sailing location (you and your readers are the last group I need to convince about this), but our youth sailors aren’t what they could be. I think that building a stronger sailing community in the Northwest, and producing better sailors, comes from growing the youth sailing programs. As a high school and now college sailor, I’ve been to national regattas and witnessed first hand how we stack up to the rest of the country, and it isn’t pretty... I think that by helping youth sailors into the sailing community we can grow stronger sailors.
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E Friday Night Sail Fest Presented by Sail Northwest at Shilshole Bay Marina. (206) 286-1004 C About Boating Safely (Bainbridge) Taught by members of the USCG Auxiliary. Get your WA State Boaters Card. At Eagle Harbor Congregational Church. Pre-register with Grant Winther, gawsail@sounddsl.com R Double Damned Race Presented by the Hood River Yacht Club www.hoodriveryachtclub.org R Cowichan Bay Regatta (VIRS 9) Presented by Cowichan Bay Sailing Association, www.cowbay-regatta.ca R Down the Sound Race Presented by Sloop Tavern Yacht Club, summertime double-handed companion to Race to the Straits, www.styc.org R Bellingham Youth Regatta Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org
3-10 E 48° North/Ullman Sails Cascadia Cruising Rally, beginning and ending in Anacortes, headed to the Gulf Islands. www.48north.com/rally 6 9
R Toga Night at Duck Dodge Summer fun on Lake Union. www.duckdodge.org E Friday Night Sail Fest Presented by Sail Northwest at Shilshole Bay Marina. (206) 286-1004
9-11 E PNW Cruisers Party in Everett this year. Tropical rock, boat judging, blind dinghy racing, tallships, and more! www.facebook.com/ groups/166530590653986/ 9-11 R Moore 24 National Championship Presented by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle, www.cycseattle.org 10
R Shaw Island Classic Sponsored by the San Juan Island Yacht Club, the Shaw Island Classic starts from Friday Harbor and circumnavigates scenic Shaw Island in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, arriving back in Friday Harbor for lasagna dinner. www.sjiyc.com
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16-18 R Northern Century Race presented by Anacortes Yacht Club, www.anacortesyachtclub.org 17
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22-25 E Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival Boats from around North America, and free for all to enjoy, at Granville Island www.vancouverwoodenboat.com 23
E Friday Night Sail Fest Presented by Sail Northwest at Shilshole Bay Marina. (206) 286-1004
23-25 E Beneteau Rendezvous Brownsville Marina, WA. www.signature-yachts.com 24
R Pink Boat Regatta - Bellingham Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org
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30-1 E Victoria Classic Boat Festival Presented by the Maritime Museum of BC, this is the 42nd annual festival in the Victoria Inner Harbor. wwww.mmbc.bc.ca 31-1 R PITCH Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org 31-1 R Maple Bay Regatta (VIRS 10) Presented by Maple Bay Yacht Club, www.mbyc.bc.ca
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E Deer Harbor Wooden Boat Rendezvous, presented by the Wooden Boat Society of the San Juan Islands, with rowing and sailing races, potlucks, music, and a BBQ in Deer Harbor on Orcas Island. www.woodenboatsocietyofthesanjuans.org
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R NW Harvest Benefit Race Presented by Seattle Singles Yacht Club www.seattlesinglesyc.org
21-22 R Dale Jepsen One Design Regatta Presented by Bellingham Yacht Club www.byc.org 21-1 E 48° North/NW Maritime Center Flotilla in Croatia, The trip is presently sold out. Keep your eyes out for more fun international travel in the future! www.nwmaritime.org/croatia-flotilla/ 28-29 R Port Ludlow Double Dipper Race A NEW double-handed fun race, presented by Seattle Yacht Club www.seattleyachtclub.org 28-29 E Lake Union Wooden Boat Festival Produced and hosted by the Center for Wooden Boats, with music, vendors, activities, and, of course, BOATS! www.cwb.org
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31-2 E Puget Sound Cruising Club Rendezvous in Quartermaster Harbor, No RSVP Needed, no telling what kind of sea creatures you may find. www.pugetsoundcruisingclub.org
R Foulweather Bluff Race Presented by the Corinthian Yacht Club of Edmonds, www.cycedmonds.org
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C Handsewing Skills of the Ditty Bag The Artful Sailor Whole Earth Nautical Supply present a one day workshop on basic palm andneedle canvas work. Center, www.theartfulsailor.com
12-21 C Captain’s License Class, Sequim Contact American Marine Training Center, www.americanmarinetc.com
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Cascadia Cruising Rally August 3-10, 2019
48° North’s second annual Cascadia Cruising Rally, which is run in partnership with Ullman Sails, will be taking to our exquisite cruising grounds again in early August. This year’s cruise is one day longer, which will allow two of our stops to be two-night layovers full of fun, relaxation, and deeper exploration of a local area. This year’s rally collective includes four of last year’s six participants, and adds a handful more. The fleet includes: • S/V Engadine, Saga 35 • S/V True North, Beneteau 33 • M/V Eagle Spirit, Nordic Tug 34 • S/V Blackbird, CS 40
• S/V Water Street, Cal 2-24 • S/V Ed, Tartan 3400 • S/V Felicita, 40’ sailboat • S/V Sans Puer, 36’ sailboat
Our intention is to split our time evenly between the San Juans and the Gulf Islands, and frankly, WE CAN’T WAIT! Keep an eye out for us if you’re in the islands, and come say hi. And follow some of our coverage on social media (#cascadiacruisingrally) and in upcoming issues. It’s time for some summer cruising fun!
News & Events 48° North/Fisheries Supply Swap Meet September 14, 2019 Back, as always, by popular demand, the twice annual extravaganza of deals and boat goodies. It’s time again to get that box of stuff out of the garage, empty the lazarette and head to the 48° North Boater’s Swap Meet. Hundreds, even thousands, of your fellow boaters will be there selling those items that you’ve been yearning for but couldn’t find, and buying those items you’ve stored forever. It’s a bargain hunter’s paradise. And it’s FREE! Get there early, stay a while, and leave better outfitted (or better offloaded than you’ve been in years. Fisheries Supply is more than a host, they're a participant too! Fisheries Supply Mariner’s Square Parking Lot (across from, but not in, Gasworks Park) 1900 N. Northlake Way, Seattle, WA, 98103 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. • (206) 632-3555
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Youth Boating Grant: Awarded to a group or organization seeking funding support for an event or program aimed specifically at getting or increasing youth participation in boating activities. Discover Boating Grant: Awarded to a group or organization seeking funding support for an event or program aimed specifically at introducing new people to boating. Boater Education / Safety Grant: Awarded to a group or organization seeking funding support for an event or program aimed specifically at educating new or current boaters on how to be safe on the water. Contact Mark Yuasa, NMTA’s Director of Grow Boating, with questions: mark@nmta.net or (206) 634-0911.
The Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA) is pleased to announce the 2020 grant program for businesses seeking assistance in growing and promoting boating in the Pacific Northwest. The grants are being awarded through the NMTA’s Grow Boating program, whose mission is to increase the number of boaters and encourage current boaters to boat more often. Since 2003, NMTA has spent more than $1.6 million to promote boating in the Pacific Northwest through various events, sponsorships and programs. The NMTA will award multiple grants up to $30,000 by December 2019. The application process opens Aug. 1, 2019 and closes Oct. 1, 2019 (NOTE, this is four months earlier than it has been in past years). Grants will be announced in December 2019 and funds distributed to grantees in the spring of 2020. Applications must fall into one the following categories: 48º NORTH
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GULF ISLANDS: A Boater’s Guidebook, was created for the sailor, adventurer, or charterer who wants to get the ultimate experience out of their Canadian cruise, and to do it confidently. This guide covers British Columbia’s coastal waters, from southeast Vancouver Island (Victoria to Naniamo) and all of the Gulf Islands. This guide has been produced by the highly respected pair of local sailors, Shawn Breeding and Heather Bansmer, who live in the islands. This is now the fourth elegantly produced and exhaustively researched cruising guide from Breeding and Bansmer, and it has certainly fanned our flames of desire to get out sailing and cruising in the Gulf islands again as soon as possible. We have already been using it to prepare for 48° North’s upcoming Cascadia Cruising Rally! Gulf Islands provides its readers with the whole experience, from navigating to shore-side exploring. Full page, GPSaccurate charts for each harbor and anchorage utilize the latest Canadian Hydrographic Service (CHS) soundings, digital elevation models, and on-site surveys. These modern detailed charts take the place of yesteryear’s sketch charts. Readers will also find comprehensive marina maps, accurate waypoints, fuel
dock locations, recommended anchoring spots, strong current areas, and more. Multiple detailed itineraries suggest the best spots to visit, whether you’re on a week-long charter or setting off for a full summer adventure. Not just a boating guide, this book also provides history, hiking and biking trails, shore access points, dive sites, pubs and restaurants, museums, farmers markets, outdoor music concerts, Marine Parks and National Preserves, off-leash dog parks and playgrounds. And it is easy to use—spiral binding allows books to lay flat without the need of winch handles or coffee mugs to weigh down the pages. Equal parts cruising guide and coffee table book, this guide is not only a valuable aid to sailors, but also a fantastic way to dream, plan your upcoming adventure, or relive idyllic days in Canada’s Gulf Islands.
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Sketches and story by Larry Eifert
While each raft is somewhat like a coral reef, these colonies of polyps will eventually produce a different being: jellyfish. There are different types of polyps in each boat just like bee colonies. Some are feeders with reproductive parts, some are protective. The reproducers become thousands of tiny jellyfish over several weeks. For some reason, these young don’t seem to get captured by the hanging deathtraps beneath the raft. Like a coral colony, the polyps need a water environment but have figured out how to do that by simply living on the surface while clinging to bottom of a raft of their own making. The sail helps distribute them ocean-wide so they don’t need a shallow reef to cling to. I guess you might say they take their reef with them. Next time you see these floating by, gently pick one up and carefully view the underside where the real action is.
During spring and summer in the Salish Sea, we often encounter thousands of these little floating hydroids. Commonly known as By-the-wind sailor, Sea raft or by their scientific name, Velella velella, each little “boat” is actually thousands of individual polyps that are the first developmental phase of the two-part life cycle of small jellyfish. Each raft has a rigid sail-like structure that acts as an airfoil that tends to sail downwind at a small angle – no tacking has been invented yet, so bad navigation is frequent. Sometimes, things really go wrong and they all end up on shore, stranded in rotting beach piles that dogs love to roll in. As mentioned in the image above, each of these, boat and sail, is a carnivorous colony of hydroids with stinging tentacles that hang down beneath the raft. These are used to sting passing plankton, which the same tentacles then pass over to the waiting central mouth that distributes food to polyps by small connecting tubes.
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Becca and John Guillote are young Seattle-based cruisers exploring the world aboard their Valiant 40, Halcyon. This is the first month that finds them reporting about life on the exotic far side of the Pacific.
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only contain so many cans of beans and after 36 days at sea, it had been weeks since our last fresh vegetable. The intermittent supply ship arrived a few days after we did and there was a frenzy in town while the three magasins (grocery stores) closed to restock. I eagerly awaited our chance to peruse all the beautiful fresh food off of the supply ship. An hour later, I left the store with a bag of carrots, potatoes, cabbage, and onions, my wallet an alarming $100 lighter, and a renewed determination to eat like the locals. Once we had regained our shore-balance and recovered some leg strength, we set off to hike through the hills, armed with a machete, empty packs, and a purpose. We were mindful to forage away from anything that looked like private property, and asked permission from any locals we encountered. After engaging with these generous strangers, they would often join us in spotting fruit high in the trees or teaching us how to prepare an edible root. On that first hike, we returned to town loaded down with papayas, huge avocados, passion fruit, oranges, spicy peppers, pamplemousses (like grapefruit the size of footballs), and, of course, coconuts. My legs were exhausted, unaccustomed to walking more than a few steps at a time, but I was energized by our delicious bounty. Whenever we made new friends on the islands, they would offer to share whatever they had, generously bestowing gifts 22
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Under a bright moon, we picked our way across the outer reef, soaked from the incoming waves, shining our lights into the knee-deep water. And there they were – big spiny lobster! of limes or papayas or bananas or pamplemousses. On one of our foraging hikes, we met a family working in their garden high on a hill, the turquoise water and green islands below a post-card worthy backdrop. We bought lettuce, bok choy, and eggplant from them on the spot. They harvest just enough for their family, and to trade or sell to their neighbors. While it was certainly more expensive than the same bag of vegetables in the US, it was money easily and happily spent. After checking in and exploring the main island of Mangareva, we moved five miles west to Taravai island, home to only eight people. Three of these residents, Valerie, Herve, and their son Ariki, live by the anchorage and invite cruisers into their home every week. In addition to caring for a large garden and expanse of fruit trees, Herve is an avid spearfisherman. The very next morning, we went snorkeling with Herve so he could show us which fish were safe to eat. The reef in the Gambiers, like in many areas of the South Pacific, contain a naturally occurring toxin called ciguatoxin. Fish eat the reef, then other fish eat those fish, and the toxin, unharmful to its hosts, compounds its strength. Like a punishing retribution for their death and consumption, these fish pass along this neurotoxin, what we call ciguatera, to humans, causing symptoms ranging from aching joints and nausea to profound exhaustion and muscle paralysis. The prevalence of this toxin is just random and unpredictable enough to keep visitors guessing about its existence. Its presence can fluctuate from one side of a bay to the other. The best precaution, aside from abstinence, is to do as the locals do. That week on Taravai, we feasted on healthy and delicious fish. Herve grilled some of them over an open fire, along with breadfruit (a local fruit that has a bread-like consistency when cooked). He marinated some of the fish in fresh coconut milk and lime juice, a local ceviche-style dish. We sipped on rum with fresh-squeezed pamplemousse juice. Another cruiser made avocado pudding for dessert. When we weren’t snorkeling, hiking, or enjoying time with our new local friends, we were processing and preserving our continuous bounty. Bananas, often ripe all at the same time, turned into banana bread. Pamplemousses, each huge fruit producing nearly a liter of juice, became jars of marmalade. Coconuts, having finally acquiesced under the machete, proffered refreshing water and a crunchy snack. The meat, once shredded and soaked in hot water, yielded sweet coconut milk. Perhaps the most memorable of our hunting and gathering escapades in the Gambiers was lobstering on the outer reef. We were anchored in the northeast corner of the archipelago, the windward side, where the only separation between calm shallow lagoon waters and the deep Pacific Ocean is a thin strip of submerged coral reef dotted with tiny palm-lined sandy islands. It is a picture-perfect tropical paradise. 48º NORTH
One of our friends on Mangareva had insisted we go lobstering and instructed us in the right method. You must go after dark just as the tide begins to rise and the moon is high. Wear sturdy shoes and gloves, carry a bright light. Then, he said, you simply pick them up and put them in the bucket. We assured him we would try, though it seemed too easy and I was a bit dubious of success. So, there we were, under a bright moon, picking our way across the outer reef, soaked from the incoming waves, shining our lights into the knee-deep water. And there they were – big spiny lobster! Sitting on the reef, just as promised. We collected half a dozen before the tide came up and we retreated to our beach bonfire to dry out. The cruisers offering advice to stock up on food while still on the mainland were not wrong. For grocery lists that emphasize things like broccoli, cheddar cheese and raisin bran, food in the Gambiers would be expensive and sparse. But with a little hard work, some local advice and an open mind, there is such a bounty of delicious and healthy food. We spent nearly two months in the Gambiers, and I loved every moment of it. The snorkeling and hiking were spectacular. But the most memorable times were the days I spent learning about local food, gathering the plentiful ingredients, then sharing delicious local meals with new friends. Becca and John are near the village of Rotoava in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. Follow their adventures at www.halcyonwandering.com AUGUST 2019 23
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August Galley Essentials Magical Morroccan Tour
Pastry seller in Tetouan medina.
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When John suggested a visit to Morocco’s northeast coast on our exit passage from the Mediterranean, I was delighted since I’d never been there. With our new expedition crew, we departed Ibiza on a 165-mile passage to Morocco’s Marina Smir. It was pleasant sailing, but we were kept busy with intense high-speed ferry traffic, which was understandable considering we were crossing the Straits of Gibraltar. Upon landfall, we spotted the marina breakwater several miles off and realized that this new marina is in the middle of a sandy beach with constant surf. After hailing the office on VHF, we surfed down the marina entrance channel before making a 90 degree turn to arrive at the fuel dock where an attendant motioned us to tie up. Checking in was easy with the police/immigration office adjacent to the dock. As we’d emailed the marina about hiring a guide, Rachid, soon arrived ready to take us to the medina of Tetouan. A medina is a particular section of a city that is often enclosed by walls. It was the day before Eid, an important Muslim holiday, and outside the medina’s massive gates farmers attended herds of goats for which people were bargaining. After purchasing, the new owner would lead their goat home through the crowded narrow alleys, to sacrifice and eat the following morning. The medina was overwhelmingly chaotic, so thankfully Rachid was vigilant of our whereabouts in addition to being informative. When an ancient door stood ajar, we’d catch a glimpse of an elaborate tiled courtyard surrounded by sophisticated architecture that rose several stories on all sides. Amongst the bewildering maze of whitewashed lanes, vendors tended tables laden with a wide assortment of goods. We purchased fresh fruit, nuts, carrot dip, and nougat. As a finale, Rachid took us to a carpet shop where, after fresh mint tea, the flamboyant display of far too many carpets cast a spell on two of our crew, who then made a purchase. 48º NORTH
John tries to add a new crew member to Mahina Tiare.
Early the following morning, we headed up the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen. As we passed orchards of pomegranates, almonds, and oranges Rachid told us that in both Tetouan and Chefchaouen, Muslims and Jews had peacefully lived and intermarried since 1494, when the Spanish in Granada had expelled them. After entering the medina at Chefchaouen, Rachid introduced us to Casa Hassan, a quaint guest house, comprised of four connecting towers surrounding an open courtyard with a fountain and relaxing sofas. Lunch was our next agenda and a canopied roof-top terrace offered spectacular views and superb tagine fare. We then explored the kasbah and hiked up the neighboring mountainside to the Spanish Mosque for a stunning sunset before heading back to the medina for another exotic meal with plenty of the delicious local marinade called chermoula. The next morning, we were awoken by the 5:00am call to prayer and started the day off with an enjoyable breakfast of Moroccan pancakes served with olives, peach jam, honey, and goat cheese in the casa’s tranquil courtyard. While buying jewelry the day before, I’d met a nice guy named Fatah who was recently home from university. I asked if he could give us a walking tour through the famous blue painted alleyways, and Fatah agreed to meet us at ten. It was wonderful to have the medina explained by Fatah and when our tour ended at his house, he invited Linda, Peixi, and I up four flights of stairs to meet his family. Fatah acted as interpreter while his sister-in law, Hajar, hennaed our hands and his mother served us mint tea, salad, kebabs, and cake. Fatah’s family is Berber, an ancient ethnicity native to the area, and whether because of the culture of the Berber people or this particular family, I was surprised how relaxed and outgoing they were compared to the hustle of the medina. 24
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Soon it was time to return to the marina, but on our approach we became alarmed at the number of soldiers on every corner until Rachid explained that the king had arrived at his summer palace. The impressive black power boat anchored offshore was his, and he also loves jet skis and fast cars! That evening as we cleared out of Morocco for Gibraltar, my heart felt heavy. I’d been on a magical two-day adventure that I didn’t want to end. This month, Amanda weaves her way through the South Sea Islands of Samoa, Wallis and Fiji. To read of her current feasting experiences, sail to www.mahina.com.
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2½ lbs lamb - cut into 1½-inch chunks 1 tablespoon paprika 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon 1 tablespoon ground ginger 6 cilantro sprigs 6 parsley sprigs salt and ground pepper 1 onion - finely chopped 3 garlic cloves - finely chopped 1 15-oz can diced tomatoes 1½ cups vegetable stock pinch of saffron 12 prunes 1 preserved lemon - thinly sliced steamed couscous toasted slivered almonds cilantro sprigs
Combine lamb and spices in a plastic bag. Marinate in refrigerator overnight, then let rest at room temperature for 30 minutes before cooking. Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare bouquet garni by combining cilantro and parsley in a piece of cheesecloth. Heat a seasoned 13inch tagine, with a heat diffuser. Season
lamb and sear in batches until brown. Remove to a plate. Saute onion until soft and translucent, add garlic and saute 1 minute. Add tomatoes with their juice, bouquet garni and lamb. Cover with stock, add saffron and season to taste. Bring to a simmer then cover and place in oven for three hours. Add prunes and lemons 20 minutes towards end of cooking. Serve over couscous garnished with almonds and cilantro. Serves six.
CHERMOULA This marinade is for chicken, seafood or fish 1 large bunch cilantro - finely chopped 4 cloves garlic - crushed 2 tablespoons paprika 1 tablespoon cumin 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ginger (optional) 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional) 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads, crumbled 3 tablespoons vegetable oil juice of 1 small lemon Combine all ingredients together.
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by Alex and Jack Wilken When you unplug from the dock, all of your electrical power must be stored and/or generated on your boat. The more you use, the more you need. Let us go over two of the most important parts of power management: how you use it— the demand—and how you store it—the batteries. FIRST, A REMINDER OF ELECTRICAL TERMS: Watts = total power used = amps x volts. A 1500-watt heater at 120 volts is a 12.5 amp draw.
FIGURE 1: A. Battery monitor. B: Digital display which can give information on voltage, amp draw, amp hours, or temperature. C: Buttons for selecting displayed information and programming battery monitor. D: Back-lit indicators marking which information is being displayed. E: LEDs showing overall state of charge.
AC = alternating current = electricity that is easier to generate and conduct over distance.
a source of power charging the batteries such as solar panels, an alternator, or a generator.
DC = direct current = electricity that can be stored, and that is used to power all electronics.
2. LED lights have been a game changer for power usage. They use as little as 1/6 the power of other light bulbs, which can be particularly important for things like an anchor light or navigation lights that run all night at anchor or underway. Recommendation: Convert to LED lighting.
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3. The autopilot is another big consumer. Recently, we had the good fortune of strong following winds on a tight schedule and sailed all night with the autopilot. In the morning when the wind dropped, we couldn’t start the engine and had to wait for the wind to come up to sail into the dock. Recommendation: Run the engine to recharge if underway on a long day of using the autopilot. 4. Electric windlasses and winches are a potential big draw but vary widely based on how much you use them. Recommendation: Since you’re likely just finishing a trip or just starting one, always have the engine running while using the windlass. 5. Another big potential draw is the inverter and everything you run off it. An inverter is normally only 50% efficient, meaning whatever is running off the inverter will draw twice as much from the batteries as it would from an AC source. 26
If you are using the inverter to power a television or charge phones, laptops and other electronics. You are taking DC power from the batteries, inverting it to AC at probably a 50% loss and then using the electronics’ chargers or power supplies to convert it back to DC at usually another 50% loss. Recommendation: Use 12-volt chargers for phones or tablets and install USB charger plugs powered by the house batteries (Figure 2). If using a converter from 12 volt for a laptop, check computer power supply to make sure power output matches. FIGURE 2: A. USB dual charger socket wired to 12volt house batteries. B. Indicator light to show if it is powered.
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of lead acid batteries: 300-amp-hours with 50% usable capacity = 150-amphours = 100-amp draw + 50%. Even this doesn’t leave much cushion. Lead acid batteries are vulnerable to sulfation if not fully charged for long enough, and this will reduce their performance and life. Because of this, having a bank big enough to only take 1025% out of it will help increase the life of the bank if you are spending weeks, months, or years away from the dock. Such an approach, however, would call for very big battery banks. The other option is to install a battery bank that does not care if it is left at a partial state of charge for weeks or months. This is where AGM carbon foam core and LiFeP04 (Lithium iron Phosphate) batteries enter the conversation. AGM carbon foam core batteries are, to our knowledge, the only lead acid battery that is not damaged by being left at a partial state of charge for months. LiFePo4 batteries will actually last longer if left at a partial state of charge. Which means you can install a
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smaller bank of either of these batteries than with flooded, regular AGM, or TPPL (Thin Plate Pure Lead) batteries. AGM carbon foam core can be discharged to at least 90%, whereas with LiFePo4 batteries you can use 100 out of 100amp hours. Meaning you could have a 150 or 200amp hour bank to cover a 100amp hour draw between recharging and not have to worry about charging the batteries 100%. LiFePo4 batteries have become more affordable, but they still can give you sticker shock. You can get a 100amp hour 12volt AGM marine battery for say $150, and, if you go with flooded, it can be even cheaper. A 100amp hour 12volt LiFePo4 battery will cost you at least $950. Seems like the LiFePo4 is hideously expensive. But remember, you need two of the lead acids to match the usable amps of the LifePo4; and the absolute best case for the lead acid is 500 charge cycles. At worst, the LiFePo4 battery will last six times as many cycles and will take three hours to charge, compared to 16 hours for lead acid. Additionally, the warranty on
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most lead acid batteries is one year. The $950 LiFePo4s have a 10-year warranty and, with 3000-5000 charge cycles, they will probably last you longer. LiFePo4 batteries are already the cheapest battery by the charge cycle, but there are other cost factors. Against them is that you may have to replace your battery charger and alternator regulators, since LiFePo4s are very sensitive about charge voltage and will not deal with any kind of overcharging. In their favor is the fact that it does not matter if they are only partially charged for months. In reality, you don’t need much to power an adventure, but the longer and safer you want the adventure to be, the more you need. No matter how little you use, batteries can only store so much, and the other part of budgeting your power away from the dock is generating it. More on this next month... Alex and Jack Wilken are lifelong cruisers, professional shipwrights, USCG licensed captains, and are the owners of Seattle Boat Works.
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Lessons Learned Cruising “A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder,” and nobody wants that!
Rudderless
by Jamie and Behan Gifford
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opefully, you are lucky enough to be enjoying fine summer sailing; and you may be lucky in multiple ways. How so? When was the last time you inspected your quadrant, cables, and other steering bits? Your steering system works, so it must be fine, right? With many moving parts and high load-bearing components made of materials with finite lifespans which are subjected to corrosive elements—perhaps not. This winter, I co-taught rigging classes in Mexico with Mike Danielson of PV Sailing. Steering systems were included, a topic guaranteed to make attendees anxious. After class, sailors approach for discreet questioning. “My wheel is really hard to turn, is this a problem?” Or, “My steering cable is from the 80s, but looks OK. Could it be a problem?” To these, yes. A couple excitedly asked to hire me to check their steering. I turned them down. “Inspect it yourself, to learn and gain confidence. If you get stuck, I’ll help.” The next day they were absolutely giddy, “We figured out our steering, and found serious problems!” Most cruising sailboats up to 55’ or 60’ have chain and cable steering. 48º NORTH
This is the focus here. First though, let’s appreciate rudder force. Rudder surface area, rudder angle, vessel speed, and rate of turn combine to create force on the rudder. Increasing area, angle, or speed increases that force. To overcome this, we use simple machines for leverage. Try rotating the rudder at the dock by manually rotating the quadrant or using the emergency tiller. The nearer to the pivot point (rudder post) you push/pull, the greater the force required to rotate the rudder. Add speed, say 2 knots, and force required increases; by 7 knots, it’s a big increase. Feel at the wheel changes a little, but masks stresses and strains in the steering system.
WHEEL Great invention, the wheel. On a boat it’s easy to inspect and rarely problematic. Is it deformed, weakening in its integrity, or hindered in its motion? Any material flaws – cracks, pitting, etc.? Is there ‘play’ between the wheel and the shaft it’s secured to? Lastly, can you rotate the wheel with minimal force by pushing a spoke near the perimeter with one finger? If not, there might be excessive friction, amplifying stress and strain in the system. 28
BINNACLE This structure is structural! It must withstand compression force from cables pulling downward, as well as impact from stumbing ol’ salty sailors. A binnacle might seem like a lifetime-of-the-boat component, but it’s not. A sailor recently sent us a video of their binnacle showing corrosion at the base. He leaned into it and nearly tipped it over as the metal based crumbled. Test structural integrity, especially traditional tube-style binnacles. Is there any corrosion? Is there play in the axle, an indication of axle or bushing wear? Does the wheel lock work? Are there any damaged or worn teeth in the sprocket? A final note on binnacles. Tube-type binnacles (like we have on Totem) are lousy for inspecting chain, cable connections, and other steering components. Ours is due for replacement, and we’ll prioritize a binnacle that has an access port.
CHAIN Just like on a bicycle, chain is the link transferring rotational force from one wheel to another. It’s made of stainless steel and very robust. Edson, which has been making steering systems since AUGUST 2019
1859, recommends replacing chain every five years. This advice is largely unknown or ignored. A spare chain and proactive replacement are good insurance. Check the manufacturer of your chain for more specific advice. Is the chain free of rust and damage? Inspecting it is difficult as some surfaces are hidden. We learned this the hard way off of the coast of Colombia in 2018, when our chain broke in rough conditions. It has passed my inspection recently; the circlip on the master link hid what was probably an obvious crack.
CABLES Steering cable is typically ¼” diameter, 7 x 19 stainless steel wire. It’s more flexible than wire for standing rigging. Attachment to the chain ends is accomplished with an eye formed around a thimble (to increase radius) and secured to itself with two stainless steel cable clamps. Cables are then directed to the quadrant (or radial drive) by sheaves or conduit. They attach through eyebolts on the quadrant by forming an eye just like at the chain end. Does a cable wear against anything not described above? Doing so adds friction and scrapes away stainless steel’s thin protective oxidation layer. Wire stretches, so it must be checked for tension; which should be firm, without sagging that can wear sheaves. Do the chain-to-cable connections reach the sprocket when turned all the way right and left? I once found cables cut 60% of the way through because they were hitting the sprocket. If cables run through conduit, is the conduit kink free and greased on a regular basis to control friction? Like the chain, Edson recommends cable replacement at five years. We used our new-in-2008 cables until 2018. I thought of keeping them as spares, but upon flexing the wire around a tight bend, I heard strand crackling. A few flexes more and strands broke—work-hardened, brittle stainless steel.
SHEAVES Sheaves guide cables to or from end attachments. They’re typically robust, but with movement and time, there is wear. Is there play between the pin and axle it rotates on? Wobbly sheaves misalign the wire’s entrance and/or exit from the sheave, causing wear. Look for metal filings below the sheave as a sign of wear. 48º NORTH
Wobble with under-tensioned wire can enable the train to jump the track. Do you lube the axle to reduce wear and friction? Use Silicone spray for this. Is the sheave base securely mounted? The greater the deflection angle of cable around the sheave, the greater the load the sheave carries—up to two-times the load carried by the cable. Is the sheave aligned correctly to the cable? Place a ruler against the side of the sheave. Then sight it; it should be parallel with the cable. Misalignment can cause a host of issues.
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QUADRANT OR RADIAL-DRIVE These are devices that clamp onto the rudder post and guide the cables around a wide radius to give mechanical advantage (easier steering). The cable ends secure to the tensioning eyebolts mentioned earlier. A quadrant shape is like a ¼ portion of pie, whereas a radialdrive is a full circle (whole pie!) which eliminates the need for two sheaves. Along with the quadrant or radial-drive is a rudder stop, or stops. These prevent the rudder from turning so far right or left that it jams against the hull, and prevent the cable from spinning into the sprocket. Is there corrosion or deformed shape to the quadrant or radial-drive? Is the cable alignment good, just as with the sheaves? Is the rudder stop(s) in good condition and set correctly? Back to the elated couple with the broken boat... They invited me aboard to validate their findings. Problem #1: sheaves mounted on rotting plywood bases. These sheaves could twist or rip out causing a complete steering failure. Problem #2: an aluminum radial drive was corroded, cracked, and bent to a taco shape, a disaster waiting to happen. The cause was steering cables misaligned with the quadrant, coupled with a weakened radial drive from corrosion, eventually causing it to crack. I give top marks to this couple for fixing their steering system flaws themselves. As always, we continue to learn more about the systems that carry us to palmfringed paradise. For us, ongoing learning and sharing is our purpose, the rudder that keeps Totem on course. The Giffords are now enjoying the electric blue waters of Bahia Marquer on Isla Carmen. Follow them at www. sailingtotem.com 29
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STUART ISLAND
Another San Juans Gem
by Joe Cline
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I would venture that for sailors, Stuart Island is among the more well known and most frequently visited islands in the San Juans that aren’t serviced by a ferry. An eye-widening number of islands get called “Jewel of the San Juans”, all with good reason, but their counterpart on the northwestern edge of the American cruising grounds is certainly a precious gem. Bounded by Haro Strait to the west and Boundary Pass to the north, Stuart has two remarkably good anchorages, a healthy supply of mooring buoys and Washington State Park services, including a public dock in each harbor, and a lovely hike to one of the storied light stations in the San Juans, Turn Point. I had wanted to go to Stuart Island since a liveaboard cruiser friend told me, unequivocally, that her family chooses Reid Harbor over any other spot in the islands, time and again. All the sails out of Anacortes and Bellingham, all the happy stops at Orcas and San Juan... I still hadn’t made it to Stuart. When my pal Rhys Balmer offered to let my wife, Kaylin, and I borrow his Cal 40, Journeyman, out of Friday Harbor for a late June weekend, I only had one itinerary in mind. Journeyman is a lovely cruise-converted version of the stalwart ocean racer that Rhys uses as a teaching vessel at his sail-training program, 30
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The eastward reach of the harbor revealed itself and, to me, it looked positively scrumptious. hour of sailing, making decent progress thanks partly (mostly?) to the current. Passing Jones Island on our starboard, the meager breeze turned to glass and we fired the diesel back up for the rest of the way. We broke out the long eyes looking for exotic game on Spieden Island and ogled the shore-side properties on Johns. Then began the only hard part about our weekend: choosing between Reid and Prevost. I thought of my liveaboard friend and was drawn to Reid, but I wondered how crowded it would feel on a sunny summer weekend with all those mooring balls. With only seven mooring balls on the Prevost side and a 5pm estimated arrival, I was pretty sure we’d have to anchor, but we guessed that it might be less busy. Then, I remembered something my friend George had told me, that anchoring on the east end of Prevost gave the best sunset vantage point in either harbor. Done. Prevost it was. Traveling along the northeast side of Stuart and then Satellite Island, the steep, impressive cliffs got us giddy; what were we going to find inside this harbor? Turning the corner, and shifting our eyes from depth sounder to cruising guide to navigation software and back to real life, we cautiously made our way past Charles Point. The eastward reach of the harbor revealed itself and, to me, it looked positively scrumptious. There were enough boats to tell us that, indeed, there would be no easy snag of a mooring ball tonight, but there were only a handful of other boats anchored with substantial distance and privacy between. We made our way through the mooring field,
Griffin Bay Adventures. It was a spacious platform for us, and one that allowed us to still enjoy some sailing in the light wind that weekend. We walked onto the ferry in Anacortes, loaded with gear and with our pooch, Arlo, in tow (who are we kidding... he was towing us). We got settled into the boat and the comfortable marina at the Port of Friday Harbor, before doing our best to usher in a vacation vibe on a normal summer weekend. The next morning, Friday Harbor was abuzz with activity. The comings and goings of every kind of craft—sail and power, fishing and charter, gigantic and tiny, water bound and flying— was almost dizzying. I have always enjoyed Friday Harbor, but on this occasion, I was glad to be free of it once we cleared the breakwater and pointed our trusty ship toward San Juan Channel. The tide was running with us, giving as much as a two knot push. Heading north in the channel, we found a bit of breeze on the nose, defying the forecast that predicted a workout for the iron genoa all weekend. We hoisted sail and got an enjoyable
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venturing conservatively toward the shallow eastern portion of the anchorage, per George’s recommendation. Borrowed boat and all, we decided not to be the furthest boat east, dropping our hook with two boats closer to the shallows than us. The anchor bit on attempt number one, and we set about cleaning up lines and readying for the evening. No longer underway and with only a breath of breeze, the sun soon insisted that we shed a layer and act like it was really, finally summer. Organized and ready for a relaxing night, we headed to shore to give the dog a run. Stuart must be among the best places for canine cruising. It was a short ride in to an easy dinghy dock. We immediately found a quick and mostly deserted loop trail, and Kaylin and I smiled at each other as Arlo darted around us with the pure joy known only by a dog off leash in the woods. Upon our return to our quiet boat home, it was like a Prevost gave us a week of vacation in a single night. We grilled steak. We read books. We took photographs. I beat my incredible wife at cribbage (a rarity!). We quietly watched the sunset. We breathed the deep breaths that busy people take when they suddenly realize they’ve escaped the hustle and bustle. I like to say I’m more informed about anchoring than I am experienced. In other words, I think I mostly know what I’m doing, but I don’t have the well worn groove that the old salts seem to with that particular skill. The anchoring experience, at least on the east end of Prevost, was great but the current in there did have us in a different orientation in every phase of the tidal exchange. I checked twice overnight—again, borrowed boat—and each time, all was well, but we had definitely swung. The next day, we went ashore for the quintessential Stuart Island adventure: the hike to Turn Point by way of the One Room Schoolhouse. The hike is very rewarding. It reminds me of some other islands hikes I’ve done. The Madrona forests give way to a only-on-the-islands version of pastoral civilization, before the vegetation thickens and returns to Madrona forests on the far side. Stuart has had a small number of residents since it was originally settled, but it is as quiet as an inhabited island could possibly be. The path to Turn Point mostly takes you along the County Road, a gravel path upon which we encountered a grand total of zero cars and one slow-moving four-wheeler toting a dad and two kids. Turn Point is pretty classic San Juans. Rocky, rugged, stunningly beautiful, with that hint of autumn in its color palate and aroma, even in early summer, that I associate with the sunbaked exposed areas of the islands. We didn’t spend much time at the lighthouse, but there’s clearly more to learn and enjoy there. Walking back in the direction of the state park, I couldn’t help but envision life on the island, in the past and today when there’s still no electrical power. How similar those experiences of life on Stuart must be, compared to most places. We returned to Journeyman, and readied for our return trip. It was a short stop, but its effects were those of a longer and more indulgent visit. We definitely would have stayed another day, but I suppose we’ll just have to go back. You know, I’ve never been to Reid Harbor, and I have a friend who says it’s incredible! Joe Cline is the Managing Editor of 48° North. 48º NORTH
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Stuart Island History Stuart Island was named by American Naval officer, Charles Wilkes, during his 1841 expedition to honor his clerk, Frederick Stuart. Wilkes credited Stuart with much of the expedition’s success, according to James W Phillips’ Washington Place Names. Stuart Island was homesteaded beginning in 1876, after the island was surveyed by the US Government in 1874. Two of the plots were set aside for the eventual location of a lighthouse, which was commissioned in 1893, converted to electricity in 1936, and was automated in 1974. The lighthouse is reason enough to consider a trip. From 2005 to the present, though mostly finished in 2016, a major renovation of the original lighthouse keeper’s house has taken place. Tours are now available through the restored quarters. The human history of the island is rich, in spite of its small population. History buffs should consider the book, The History of Stuart Island by fulltime island resident, Jim Bergquist, which is available at the always-open schoolhouse library using the same honor system for payment as the wellknown “Treasure Chest” for souvenirs and T-Shirts. Adjacent to the library and schoolhouse is the “Teacherage Museum” with professional displays about island history. Jim is married to Linda Bergquist, whose grandparents emigrated from Norway and were one of the early families to settle on the island in 1902. Linda and Jim, and other island residents, have done a remarkable job of documenting the island’s history from native peoples, to homesteaders, to rum runners during prohibition, the ebb and flow of students at the schoolhouse, to the Turn Point Lighthouse that has been “Turning ships and heads since 1893.” 48º NORTH
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DREAM ENGINE A trying, DIY engine rebuild is the final test before a major cruise.
by Sarah Scott “Well, you’ve got yourself a Krylon rebuild,” said Meredith, my diesel mechanic. She extracted a rusty bolt from the exhaust riser at the moment the riser itself cracked apart and crumbled to the asphalt. Its edges were still bonded together with long, dingy white globs of JB weld. “It looks like a dead animal!” Meredith said. With a razor blade, she scraped off a flake of Volvo Green paint from the engine block, exposing a solid layer of rust. “Yeah, you’ve got some work to do.” The fact that Meredith, a certified diesel mechanic and USCG engineer with 17 years of experience, believed work could be done and was worth doing, eased my panic. It gave me hope. I was willing to do the work, so long as the task was clear. In the past, I had done some minor maintenance on a Yanmar 2GM20F, which had less than 300 hours on it when I sold my Catalina 27 to Meredith last November. It was nothing like this piece of work, a Volvo 2002 circa 1990. Its raw water pump was so pitted that I had to store a precautionary clamp just in case one day the bolt holes disintegrated from the vibration. But at least this engine had come with a Rawson 30, my cherished bluewater boat. Following Meredith’s orders, I bought a new aftermarket exhaust elbow. Then I removed the heat exchanger to clean it out. I put it in a vice and pried off the end caps with a flathead screwdriver and a hammer. As I did this, the copper of its cylindrical body chipped apart like wet, salmon-pink wood. There was no fixing this. 48º NORTH
I checked the Marine Parts Europe website for the price of a new Volvo heat exchanger. It was 1,431 Euros. There was no way I could afford that right now. With a creeping dread, I scoured Google and eBay for aftermarket replacements. I was at page three of the search and had found nothing. My heart sank. My plan to singlehand around Vancouver Island in August—the first step in my plan to become the first Black woman to circumnavigate the globe solo—was ruined. The time I’d requested off from both my jobs a year and a half in advance: pointless. I desperately scanned through more pages of Google search results as they became less and less relevant. Then on page six, I saw a replacement for my heat exchanger’s exact part number from a company called “Mr. Cool.” Could I be so lucky? I clicked it and saw that it was only $550! Sweet! What would have seemed like a huge sum yesterday was no longer that bad today, in contrast. I decided to replace the starter motor and the alternator, because aftermarket versions of these were only $50 and $80 on eBay, respectively. It was better to start fresh, whenever possible. Continuing the homework assignment Meredith had given me, I scraped off all the old paint and rust. My tools alternated between a razor blade, a stainless steel toothbrush, and several differently shaped wire brush drill bits. I spent evenings and days off working on the engine; about twenty hours per week, sometimes in sub-freezing weather with several layers under 34
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The author's 1990 Volvo 2002 diesel, after much of the rebuild and the personalized facelift. At this point, a few layers of the job had yet to reveal themselves. 48ยบ NORTH
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my Carhartts and a big puffy coat on top. When it rained or snowed, I crawled underneath the tarp with a headlamp. I stripped the whole front and sides of the engine block. I was thrilled to find the old serial and part numbers, which the previous owner had assured me were lost forever. After all the paint and most of the rust were off, I bought some Ospho—a chemical that neutralizes tight rust. I put it in a spray bottle and sprayed it all over the engine. The metal turned black with no trace of orange left. It looked like pure potential. What color would I paint it? It would be most practical to paint it Volvo green, in case I wanted to sell it someday. When I ran the idea by Meredith, she encouraged me to paint it any color I wanted. I trusted her opinions. What about Beta red? Then I could pretend it was a shiny new Beta. I finally decided on hot pink for the engine block and gold for all the accessories, removable brackets, mounts, and hard hoses. It would be glorious, like a Middle Eastern king’s engine, or maybe a 1970’s disco nightclub. Although the engine would reach about 180 degrees max, I could only find these unpopular colors in VHT (Very High Temp) engine enamel. I had to special order them through O’Reilly Auto Parts.
The trouble was the connector that went from the harness to the panel only plugged into the original Volvo panel, the cheapest of which was $750 on eBay. Why pay that much for a panel with 30-year-old wiring and who knows what corroding inside the jackets? I resolved to make my own panel, and headed to Clear Cut Plastics to buy a piece of ABS plastic. I drilled out the holes with hole saw bits and installed brand new Sierra gauges; until I learned that Sierra gauges and senders are not compatible with metric-threaded engines. I replaced them with VDO gauges. There’s a lot of re-installation required with learning this stuff. Above the gauges, I installed a cooling water alarm, a toggle to turn on the backlighting of the gauges, an electric kill switch that would connect to a motorized ball valve in the fuel intake line, and a three-position ignition switch. Keeping it fun amidst all the hard work, I made a keychain out of thrift store jewelry: a black leather tassel with a pink feather and gold metal. I adapted the original wiring diagram to my own, connecting the wires using bus bars that interfaced the panel to the engine harness using two eight-terminal blocks, since the original involved a plastic circuit board. I re-wired the 5-pin relay to my new wires, with much help from YouTube videos to figure out
As I progressed, I began to love my engine more and more. I sprayed the primer on the engine block, drying it with a heat gun between coats. Then I did the same with the pink, hoping that when the engine had a chance to run, the paint could finally near the 200 degrees needed to cure. I sure as hell wasn’t putting any part of my engine in an oven as the instructions had said! As I progressed, I began to love my engine more and more. I taped up the parts of my brand new accessories that I didn’t want paint to get into. I sprayed them all gold. As final ornaments, I added bright red oil and fuel filters. I named my engine “Foxy.” My girlfriend coined it, “Barbie’s Dream Engine.” I had put $60 worth of brand new nuts, bolts, and washers into the engine before a concerned Facebook friend messaged me. He said my screws looked blueish and asked if they were zinc plated. I took a few back, and yes, they were! I had to take out every screw and replace it with marine grade 316 stainless. Now that Foxy looked abfab, it was time to get her ready for starting. I filled the coolant reservoir with a 50/50 mix of water and ethylene glycol. Although I’d replaced the seals, there were still some leaks. Hosing in the new heat exchanger had put the hose connections at an unnatural angle. I drained out all the coolant and applied globs of high temp Form-A-Gasket to the leak points. I changed the oil, learning the viscosity and quantity from the manual. I studied the schematics of all the different systems: fuel, cooling, and electrical. I had to deal with the old wire harness. 48º NORTH
the function of each pin. Finally, the whole panel and harness were complete. I noticed one last problem: milky oil was coming out the raw water elbow on the transmission. Shit, my transmission was shot! The engine work, the rewiring, the re-coring of the deck in the bow—it had all been for nothing. There was no way I could go on my trip this August now! I calmed myself and sought advice. Andrew at Pacific Power Group sent me a schematic of my transmission, which allowed me to open the back and take it apart. I immediately saw my problem: the raw water hose that loops through the transmission before continuing to the engine had a big crack in it! It had been out in the freezing cold all winter, filled with water that had expanded into ice. I put the back of the transmission in a vice and tried to remove the spindle nut with a socket and breaker bar, hanging from it with all my weight. I sprayed in half a bottle of Blaster lubricant. Ewin, the friendly maintenance guy from the marina, walked by and offered to help. He put his weight on it and removed it in five seconds. I joked that I had loosened it for him and thanked him. My friend Paul helped me use his puller to pry off the shaft coupling. Then I placed a rod of brass stock up against the gear shaft. Brass was a soft metal and would not damage the gears as hammering it directly might. I hammered the rod with a giant Thor hammer to separate the bearings, so I could access the bronze tube in-between. It finally came out. 36
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I noticed one last problem: milky oil was coming out the raw water elbow on the transmission. Sh*t, my transmission was shot! Finding a service shop that cold braise a rupture in bronze proved difficult, but eventually I wound up at Seattle Radiator Works. They did it for free in five minutes. Wow, so nice! I bought all new seals and O-rings, since I had the transmission open. With more assistance from Paul, and after much cursing and adjustment, I screwed the assembly back into the transmission. At long last, it was time to start the engine. Meredith said she wanted to be present for the big event. It’s a good thing she came, or I would still have been texting her at 3am with my troubleshooting questions. First, we had to figure out which wire was which on the starter since the schematic didn’t label them. A game of guess and check followed, with sparking, popping, continuity testing, and scraping off pink paint to find a good ground connection. Then, we had to bleed the whole fuel system, which I’m glad Meredith showed me how to do. After many attempts to turn the engine over, and after Meredith had taken off the top of the engine to check if the valves were stuck, it chugged to life and black smoke billowed out the exhaust. Yes! Almost. We were not out of the woods yet. The cooling water we had in a bucket wasn’t coming out the exhaust so we had to bleed the water system, too. When the bleeding screw didn’t prime the pump, Meredith turned the hose upward to see if gravity would pull the water in. Finally, it turned over again, this time with water gushing out the exhaust! I turned the garden hose on full force and it still couldn’t keep up. We revved the engine up to full RPMs and it sounded healthy, loud, rhythmic, strong! A huge weight had been lifted from my soul. I had confronted my engine, my worst fear, the hideous moldy tupperware in the back of my fridge. I could get the boat in the water soon and I felt that any remaining project like rigging the mast or splicing line seemed like cake compared to rebuilding an engine and transmission, 90% on my own and with hardly any mechanical experience. With Barbie’s Dream Engine running and looking good, it’s time to go sailing. Vancouver Island, here I come!
Engine rebuilds aren't all wrenches and grease. The author crafted her own new panel for the cockpit.
Sarah Scott departs on her Rawson 30 for a circumnavigation of Vancouver Island in early August. Learn more about her refit and cruising progress at www.sarahscottsailor.wordpress.com
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STERN-TIE
Techniques
The basics of how to safely and securely stern-tie your sailboat
by Andy Cross "Yahtzee" stern-tied on a deep sloping beach in Resurrection Bay, AK.
The Inside Passage from Puget Sound to Alaska is full of interesting and gorgeous anchorages to practice stern-tying, and there are some where it is your only option.
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itting on a pebble beach near Seward, Alaska, a fire crackles in front of me while our Grand Soleil 39, Yahtzee, bobs just a few boat lengths from shore. Sterntied to a huge spruce log, I watch the yellow line go taught and then slack as the boat hovers in a clear pane of water, seemingly suspended between the anchor and shore in a perfectly slow dance. For sailors in the Pacific Northwest, knowing how to properly stern-tie your boat is a useful skill to have in your seamanship arsenal. It can unlock otherwise un-anchorable nooks to give you a unique opportunity to sit, just as I am, in some truly beautiful settings. When talking about stern-tying, though, the first question that has to get sorted out is: Why? Why take the time and effort to pull your boat in so near shore and tie it there? Is all the fuss really necessary? The simple answer is: it depends on the situation and location. The most common reason for stern-tying to shore is to reduce the amount of space your boat is taking up in an anchorage. In places such as Smuggler’s Cove on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast or at Princess Cove on Wallace Island, the anchorages are so confined by the natural topography that stern-tying allows more boats to fit. The other reason to reduce your swing room is to get into a very tight space. You can see in the included picture from Teakerne Arm in Desolation Sound how a sailboat has backed into their own cozy one-boat cove. In deep anchorages with a steep sloping bottom, like many we visit in Alaska, stern-tying is extremely helpful and secure. By setting the hook against the slope and then tying to shore, you get good holding and your boat won’t be able to swing out over the anchor and into deeper water, vastly changing your scope.
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Raft-up at Thetis Island, BC. One stern line prevents swinging, which could foul the multiple anchors. Stern-tying is also an excellent way to safely raft up with other boats where multiple anchors have been set. Keeping the sterns fixed to shore will prevent the raft from swinging and potentially fouling the various anchors. Another good reason to stern tie is to hold your bow into any incoming swell or wakes from passing vessels, which keeps your boat from rolling uncomfortably from side to side. With the where and when of stern-tying established, now comes the how. How do you setup a user-friendly stern-tie system and then deploy it with ease once you’ve anchored? Common practice in the Pacific Northwest is to have 300 to 600 feet of line that is rolled around a spool. For most larger cruising vessels, 3/8ths polypropylene floating line is the best and strongest choice. However, I’ve seen boats tie off with everything from crab trap line to Dyneema. From there, it’s all about finding a reel that allows you to house all that line, and then efficiently set and retrieve it. We were gifted a stern-tie line on a garden hose reel that we used for years, and you can retrofit a plastic spool in a spot on your stern that works best for your boat and crew. There are also several companies that have come out with easy-to-mount reels including the ShoreLine Reel, or Stern Tie Reel by Pacific Wire Group. Another interesting product is the ULTRALINE Flat Rope Reel, which is a flat line housed in a reel that allows it to be compact when it is fully stowed. Once you’ve got your line and reel to your liking, it’s time to give it a try. Anchoring is no different; check the seabed composition, stop the boat, drop your hook all the way to the bottom and back down slowly as you pay out the chain and/or rode. Having 3/8ths chain on Yahtzee, we typically end up with a scope of 4:1 or 5:1. The important thing now, though, is spacing. How far away do you drop your anchor from the place where you want to tie onto? What effect with the wind have on your boat once it’s set? Also, are there other boats nearby that are also stern-tied? AUGUST 2019 39
Spacing between boats is especially important because you don’t want to foul someone else’s anchor or encroach too much on their space. Think about it as your personal bubble. If you feel like you’re too close to a boat, you probably are. If you’re unsure, it’s not a bad idea to say hi to a future neighbor and ask where their anchor is. I’ve been in places where people try to force their boat into a spot that is too small and it’s an extremely uncomfortable situation to watch. Of course depth is a big consideration when deciding where to stern-tie, as is the amount of tidal change. I like to slowly drive towards shore while watching the depth, then turn straight out a minimum of five- to six-boat-lengths from where I want the boat to end up sitting and drop the anchor. If it’s a really deep anchorage with a sloping beach, I like to drop the hook deep— say 100-ft or more—so it lays on the slope and then digs in. We’ve successfully used this deep-water technique dozens of times in Alaska. When the anchor is firmly holding, stay in a reverse idle to keep the boat from swinging out away from shore. Always have an eye on the depth at the stern while you back down, a quickly sloping seabed can snag and damage an unsuspecting rudder. Here, it’s advised to have at least two people—one at the helm to monitor depth, possible dragging, and to pay out the line; and the other to take the line to shore in the dinghy, SUP, or kayak. It’s the job of the crewmember heading towards shore to get the line around a tree or rock, or through a ring or chain that has been installed (these are quite common in British Columbia) and back to the boat. As the line pays out, ensure it doesn’t get near the prop and does not acquire any knots in it. Ideally, the best place to run the line is going to have the least amount of chafe possible, which can make rocks unsuitable. Also, when tying to trees, try to avoid or reduce scarring by keeping some slack in the line once it’s set. There are times when it is suitable to just tie the line to a fixed point on shore and then have the person on board bring in the slack. The problem here is that you’ll have to go back to shore to untie it before you leave. In some cases, two stern lines can
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be deployed off each side of the stern at a 60-degree angle to greatly reduce side-to-side movement due to wind or current. With the line around something secure, head back for the boat while trying to maintain some tension on the line. On the boat, tie the line to a stern cleat in a way that it can be quickly and easily adjusted or released if the need arises. I like to have the line fixed to port and starboard stern cleats, but that will be up to you and how it works best on your boat. When the stern line is secure, put the engine in neutral and watch how the boat settles between the anchor and shore, and nearby boats if there are any. Depending on how you like your alignment, you can ease out or bring in anchor rode and then adjust the stern line accordingly. Typically, there will be enough slack in the line so much of it is laying in the water, but you can tighten it as you see fit and as room allows. Beware of overtightening the line and causing more chafe. And in areas and times with large tidal swings, it may be necessary to adjust the line or anchor to keep the boat in your desired position. The two biggest stern-tie pitfalls I’ve come across while cruising the Salish Sea and Alaska have been anchors dragging and stern lines chafing through when the breeze picked up. When you anchor to stern tie, it is imperative that you make sure your hook is properly set and that you maintain a good watch over it and the stern line. Don’t just get it all set up and forget it. Yet, with conscientious observation, stern-ties can be very secure. While knowing how to properly stern-tie is certainly not a requirement, it’s important for local cruisers to understand the key conditions and set-ups for doing so. The Inside Passage from Puget Sound to Alaska is full of interesting and gorgeous anchorages to practice stern-tying, and there are some where it is your only option. All you have to do is get out there and give it a try. Andy Cross is currently cruising Alaska with his family aboard their Grand Soleil 39, “Yahtzee.” He is the editor of Three Sheets Northwest, is a broker for Swiftsure Yachts, and is presently acting as a guest editor for 48° North.
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by Joe Cline This group of incredibly talented young sailors were introduced to a whole new audience by winning this year's Race to Alaska. They're poisted to step into even greater roles of leadership and influence in our sailing community. There's balance in this group—many race and cruise, some both work and play in sailing, and while they're focused on excellence, it's the camaraderie that is most important to them. The spirit of fun and adventure they exude is part of a sunny future for PNW sailing. MATT PISTAY Age: 28 Occupation: Owner of Ballard Yacht Management and Professional Sailor What sailing pursuit has had the biggest impact on the sailor you are today? Matt: Being able to grow up in a sail loft and getting to know our Seattle community of sailors sprouted me into dinghy and big boat sailing. However, the Moth opened my eyes up to what sailing could be at a higher level outside the Northwest. What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Matt: Going through Johnstone Strait in the middle of the night and having a microburst of 50 knots come down for five to ten minutes around 2:00am. Everybody was on deck, tethered in, and we were just fighting the fight to make it through those few minutes. Everybody working so well together as a team was the best part of the whole race. 48º NORTH
Can you describe the toughest moment on R2AK? Matt: Logistical challenges with a short time-line for preparation and worries about our tracker functionality (and the risk of getting thrown out of the race if we couldn't checkin) were actually the worst parts. Our biggest sailing challenge was in Hecate Strait. We entered those waters in 30-35 knots of breeze and 18’ waves. Big square waves were coming from the south and the west and were breaking into the cockpit. I tried to go down below to sleep; my head was on the aft bulkhead and I could feel the boat twist with every wave. At that moment, I was thinking about every negative thing I’d ever heard about the Schock 40—was the keel going to fall off, was the rudder going to fall off, what’s going to happen? That was the mental side of it for me. We had surprisingly few physical challenges. Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Matt: We all had the same vision of pushing hard and doing whatever it took to get to the finish line first. I knew everybody’s strengths and weaknesses going into it, so I tried to direct people into their areas of strength, and help other people pick up their weaknesses. Everybody put in the effort and worked together. Even though we started our planning very late, by the time we got to Port Townsend, all we had to do was bolt on the pedal drives. And that’s a credit to the team, especially because my 42
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schedule has me gone from the area so much of the time. We could really rely on each other, from the beginning of it all to the finish of the race. What’s the most fun way to go sailing for you? Matt: Grabbin’ a bucket full of beer and going out for a Duck Dodge with my buddies, or cruising for a couple of days with some close friends. How will PNW sailing look different 10 years from now? Matt: I hope people continue to sail and pass on their love of the sport and the hobby of sailing to their friends and kids. It’s not my generation that we have to think about now. It’s the generation after me that are doing race teams and youth sailing. My generation needs to be helping those kids. Ultimately, it has to be fun. Look at Race to the Straits, Round the County, and R2AK; people like things that are different and new, and that prioritize fun. It’s up to the sailors and the boat owners to guide the yacht clubs toward the things they want to do. Who is your biggest sailor mentor or influence? Why? Matt: I’d have to say Charlie Mckee, on and off the water. He and I sailed competitively with and against each other for ten years. He’s always been there for me and had an open ear, and vice versa. We have had some career parallels, and we have very similar work habits. On the water, he always pushed camaraderie and being friendly. Sailing at a high level can be volatile, but we look out for each other. If people wanted to sail more like you, what should they do? Matt: You gotta grow your hair out (laughing). You’ve got to own it and commit it. When I step onto a program, I give 100%. Even when I’m not there, I’m always thinking about the next step: how can we be better and go faster? The biggest thing I can pass along is that you have to be able to enjoy the downs. Everybody’s going to have a bad day on the race course, and it’s always about how to turn a negative into a positive. What’s the next big sailing event for you? Matt: It’s the 50th Anniversary 2019 Transpac Race to Hawaii on the J/125 Hamachi from Seattle. I’m looking forward to it, and I know the crew is ready to get the f#@K off land! (Editor's Note: Matt and the Hamachi crew won their class and the overall in the Transpac, finishing in 8 days and 16 hours.) MATS ELF Age: 52 Occupation: Network Planning for Mobile Video at AT&T. How and when did you get into sailing? Mats: I’ve been sailing for as long as I can remember. Growing up in Sweden, we didn’t have much money and did not have a big boat, but had a little skiff. Pretty much every day in the summer, we would load the whole family into the boat and sail a half-hour across the bay to a beach. Those times gave me some of my most formative sailing memories. My dad was a part-time musician who played jazz, and we would have these music nights out on the water. Four or five small boats, 48º NORTH
maybe 25'-28’, would be filled with instruments, musicians, kids, and dogs. I loved everything about boats and sailing— being on a boat, sleeping on a boat, the feeling of sailing. I read every sailing magazine and would draw boats, sometimes of my own design. By the time I was seven, my parents bought me an Optimist. What sailing pursuit has had the biggest impact on the sailor you are today? Mats: I did two Olympic campaigns in the 470 in ‘88 and ‘92 (I wasn’t selected go, but was on the national team). That’s where I learned most about racing. It was really tough—physically, mentally, and financially. It took a few years to really understand what I had learned from that experience. I learned as much about project management as sailing, because I had to equip and maintain the boat, develop sails and equipment, hunt for sponsors, plan all the travel, while still passing exams at school in order to get my scholarship. It was a test of mental strength. What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Mats: First, I never expected we would win. So, when we did the math on the last morning and realized that we had a shot at it, that was really amazing. The other big thing was Johnstone Strait. It was overcast and the middle of the night, so we literally couldn't see anything but the instruments. Suddenly it got really puffy and the breeze spiked. It was so gnarly. Matt was driving and I was on main trim. We'd have someone on GPS counting down, "Ok, we have 200 yards to shore." You could hear the waves breaking nearby. We'd have to tack, but the canting keel hydraulics weren't working and we were hand-pumping to cant the keel. We would let gravity bring the keel to leeward prior to the tack, but with so much leeward heel, there was a risk of getting stuck in irons. Imagine being stuck in irons in Johnstone Strait right on the beach with gusts above 40 knots in the middle of the night. You can feel yourself get uneasy, but there's nothing you can do. We talked each other down. "We just need to stay calm, we can do this." It's hard to explain, but in that moment, you get through it. It was a remarkable experience. Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Mats: These guys are already among the best as sailors. There are things we could all improve, but they're incredibly good in their tactics and boat handling. Sailing is just so natural for them. It's like we're subconsciously connected. Everybody knows what to do, so there’s no reason to yell or give commands, so there’s less risk for conflict. Everybody shares similar opinions and we would find agreement on decisions quickly and easily. That was the thing that amazed me most—everything went so smoothly. Not only boat handling, but also tactics and avoiding mistakes. We sailed it like it was a Blakely Rock Race, constantly focused on tiny changes in wind, current, or boat speed; yet it just happened so naturally. I've never sailed with a group of people that had such flow. Who is your biggest sailor mentor or influence? Why? Mats: Since we didn’t have a boat, we would often sail on a boat that belonged to a family friend named Bert. Bert was my buddy, you know? I would borrow one of his VHF radios. I kept my radio in my bedroom and when they would sail by, I would call him, “Bert, Bert, Bert... This is Mats." (laughing) Bert was the catalyst for me to get into sailing. My father used to read bedtime stories to me from Paul Elvstrøm's biography. Elvstrøm was a god to us at home. Also, my drill-sergeant Opti coach who later became my national team coach—he was an inspiration. 43
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How will PNW sailing look different 10 years from now? Mats: There may be a bit more money coming into our sailing scene, as high tech families who have come here to work discover sailing, probably through their kids getting into youth programs. If sailing is really going to thrive here, we may have to build new infrastructure and subsidize people getting involved. For skiing, there are ski busses taking kids to the mountain from schools. Sailing needs something like that. The more realistic thing is that we will continue to have a wide-range of people sharing the water—those with lots of money that are yachting and others having a great time on a $2,000 boat. I hope we will become role models for other areas for doing it that way. SIMON MILES Age: 30 Occupation: Owner of 206 Composites, which builds carbon fiber composite structures and components. How and when did you get into sailing? Simon: I took a class at the Mt. Baker Sailing Center in fifth grade, and spent a couple summers sailing in Seattle Parks Department sailing camps. After that, I joined the Seattle Yacht Club Junior Race team. My parents weren’t involved in sailing at all, so I found my own pathway into the sport. What sailing accomplishment are you most proud of? Simon: Right now, it’s got to be the Race to Alaska. I was quite proud of our third-place finish at the Thunderbird Internationals two summers ago. I’m also proud of the good finishes I’ve had sailing with my Angry Beaver teammate Brent in Race to the Straits. We went aground at Marrowstone and still managed to get fifth overall! What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Simon: It was probably our reach into Nicholson Passage, just west of Ketchikan. We were out in Dixon Entrance, flatwater planing with the keel fully canted. From 16 miles out, we called the layline, and sailed perfectly between a rock and a day marker! The whole time, we were looking behind us to see if Pear Shaped Racing would come into view. We had been told that they were 60 miles out and doing 18 knots. We were 40 miles and out and doing 13. Looking over our shoulders, we pushed ourselves and the boat. Until we turned the corner into Ketchikan, we didn’t know if we were still ahead of them. Can you describe the toughest moment on R2AK? Simon: Honestly, it was pretty chill. The worst was having to manually cant the keel on tacks. We had a fuel cell on board, but whether it was wired incorrectly or it just didn’t work, it was not keeping up anywhere close to our power usage. We had to stop using the hydraulic pump. We started doing gravity drops prior to the tack; so somebody had to go down below to the cabinet that had the ram inside of it to open the valve. We’d let gravity swing the keel down—an ease not a slam—for maybe eight to ten seconds. The keel would get a third of the way to the opposite side, then whoever was downstairs had to sit on their 48º NORTH
knees at the nav table and reach into this little closet and pump inside of it. It took about 50 pumps with quite a bit of effort to get the keel canted all the way out. You definitely wanted to stop before you were done pumping that thing! Luckily, much of the race was downwind, so we didn’t need to cant the keel very much. After Bella Bella, we probably did ten jibes or fewer. Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Simon: We all wanted to push the boat and we all wanted to win, so common goals were most important. Everybody had a lot to offer to the team and had their strengths. People were thinking about mechanical stuff, others about tactics, and there was a lot of collaboration going on. Brent and I work together on a lot of projects and find enjoyment in joint problem solving. Our backgrounds and approaches are much different—he comes from an engineering perspective; I look at problems more as an artist. Pairing those together, we never see the problem in the same way, but that’s why we can solve them creatively. What’s the most fun way to go sailing for you? Simon: Probably the Race to Alaska, that was frickin’ fun! It was a lot more adventure than you usually get out of a sailboat race, and had incredibly beautiful scenery. How will PNW sailing look different 10 years from now? Simon: I hope it’s not only J/105s and Beneteaus... (laughing). I hope there’s as much or more participation. Maybe in ten years, nobody will need to work anymore because of all the robots, so we can all go sailing all the time. Who is your biggest sailor mentor or influence? Why? Simon: Learning to race dinghies under the guidance and coaching of Anthony Boscolo at SYC gave me a lot. When I started racing keelboats, I ended up sailing on several different boats with a guy named Mark Clancy. I was usually on the bow and he would be calling tactics from the rail. I learned a lot about tactical strategy and observations from sailing with him over several years. Most recently I raced with him on Gaucho. If people wanted to sail more like you, what should they do? Simon: Make sure they go out racing as much as they possibly can. Time on the water helps! BRENT CAMPBELL Age: 26 Occupation: Engineer in Mechanical Hydraulics at Boeing. How and when did you get into sailing? Brent: I started sailing at six or seven years old with my dad on the Riptide 35, Terremoto. That was our family boat when I was a kid. I have always been somewhat involved in sailing, both big boats and dinghies, but it was sort of stop and go because I played college soccer at Seattle University. There were some years when I was super focused on soccer. When I graduated, I was really excited to get back into it. It was around that time I started sailing the 505. Dinghy and skiff sailing makes you hyper-aware. 44
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Why was R2AK a good fit for you? Brent: I like a good competition. Sailboat races are fun, but Race to Alaska was a new experience. Physically, I could push myself biking and sailing, and I could push myself mentally. It was multifaceted competition. When people say that dinghy sailing or one-design translates to big boat sailing better than the other way around, it’s because you’re focused on all the details. One-design events had that kind impact on me as a sailor. When I'd come up on deck for a five-hour stretch, we just treated it like a five-hour buoy race. Each time, it was a new race; an adventurous one in amazingly remote locations. R2Ak also gave an opportunity for creative engineering, and I'm proud of my contribution to the boat in the form of the pedal drives. What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Brent: When we first got out into Hecate Strait, it was really gnarly—big breeze, waves from two directions, and we couldn’t put the kite up for a while. We were slogging. But then, it settled down to a nice 15 knots, and we had that all the way between Haida Gwaii and Ketchikan. At night, we were just romping along at 13 knots and totally chilling out. During the day, we were dodging big logs, and we managed not to hit anything at night. We had porpoises with us for so long one night that we became numb to the fact that a whole pod was swimming alongside us! Meanwhile, there’s no one within fifty miles of where we were in any direction. It was like nothing I’ve ever experienced! Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Brent: I think it’s the willingness to win. We were all uncomfortable and often the right thing to do is the hard thing to do; but it never bothered any of us because everybody brought the right attitude and came together. If we’re sailing in three knots, we need to take the sails down and pedal. We’re different people with different personalities, and you have to understand your teammates. We had to stay positive and motivated in the face of adversity, because every day the trimaran would crush us; and we’d pedal all night long, and in the morning we’d be right with them again. What’s the next big sailing event for you? Brent: 505 Pacific Coast Championships in the Gorge with Mats! Lots of Californians are making the trip up. It will be a great fleet, and it’s gonna be a hoot! Who is your biggest sailor mentor or influence? Why? Brent: It's kind of cliché, but I would say my dad. I look up to the way carries himself on the water, treats other people, and builds a great team—a group that you actually want to spend a lot of time with. He wasn’t a pro sailor but did a bunch of skiff sailing and was a back-up in the 49er for the Olympic team. He was good, but decided he just wanted to have a family boat, so that was the Riptide 35. He always took the whole family racing. He can’t sail anymore. He’s had a condition over the last few years where he’s losing his muscle function. He’s always been my inspiration. I try to have the same traits and sail in a similar way to him. Do you like cruising? Have a preferred destination? Brent: Yeah! We used to cruise all the time on Terremoto. We did all the islands, including the Gulf Islands and Desolation. As kids, that was our vacation every year. I love cruising, especially on sailboats (I just fall asleep on power boats). I always liked going to Desolation Sound, and Cortez Island in particular. In the San Juans, I like Sucia. In the Gulf Islands, I love Ovens Island. 48º NORTH
ALAN JOHNSON Age: 35 Occupation: Maintenance technician and sailor for Shaw Marine and the Cascadia program. How and when did you get into sailing? Alan: I was about seven. I did some conventional youth sailing stuff through a yacht club, but what got me into sailing was poking around and exploring in little dinghies up at our family’s cabin. What sailing pursuit has had the biggest impact on the sailor you are today? Alan: Since I like the big, long, epic races, perhaps it was my first Van Isle, which I sailed on the One Design 48, Flash; or the first time I sailed to Hawaii, which was on a J/35 called Shearwater. I also love racing around the cans, and in that realm, my most formative experience was my first regatta in the Gorge. What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Alan: It was probably the feeling when we found out there was going to be a big 35 knot southerly to give us the push up through Hecate Strait to Ketchikan. We had such light breeze going past Bella Bella, and that great breeze forecast gave us a very good feeling. Then that whole kite run from there was great. Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Alan: We were all friends already, but we had never sailed as this exact team before, which was cool. We were all truly out there to have a good time. We wanted to compete, for sure, but when we saw Pear Shaped Racing, we were all thinking, “Those Steak knives are looking pretty good.” When your mindset is centered on fun more than anything else, the synergy between team members is better. Do you have a preferred cruising destination? Alan: It’s got to be Desolation Sound. The further north you get, the more alone you are, and I like that. Queen Charlotte Sound is also just glorious. I was lucky enough that my grandpa had a boat that we went cruising on to experience all of this. We’re all so lucky, though, with the San Juans so close! Outside the PNW, what sailing do you follow and find exciting? Alan: I follow the 52 Super Series as a fan. I follow pretty much all of the big ocean races—Hobarts, Transpacs...Go Hamachi!— and I’m pretty much checking all the results all the time: J/24 Worlds, Melges 24 Worlds, Melges 32 Lasers, everything. That’s the cool thing for me, to know that it’s such a small and tight knit community. In every one of these events, you and I know people who are sailing. To me, it’s awesome to be able to root for our friends and the people we’ve had a bond with. What’s the next big sailing event for you? Alan: We’re going to be taking Cascadia up to Mink Island in Desolation Sound. Then, I really would like to do Worlds in Perth on my I-14. I don’t know whether everything is going to fall into place, but that’s my personal goal. 45
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How will PNW sailing look different 10 years from now? Alan: We’ve got a lot of great women sailors here in the Pacific Northwest, and I think that’s only going to keep growing. On the TP52 Smoke for Van Isle, it was close to 50-50 men and women. I think that’s just going to grow and continue, and I think that’s rad. GAVIN BRACKETT Age: 28 Occupation: Self-employed at Archer Marine Services as a professional mariner, marine technician, diver, and rigger. How and when did you get into sailing? Gavin: I got started sailing when I was three. My folks and brother sailed. There was a good sailing program up on Orcas where I grew up and our family had our own boat. I also got my own boat when I was four, a Port Madison Pram, and I sailed that all over the place. What sailing pursuit has had the biggest impact on the sailor you are today? Gavin: I crossed the ocean for the first time when I was 13. It was the delivery home from Vic-Maui on a Swan 46 with my dad. After 17 days at sea, I got bitten by a different kind of sailing bug. When I was a teenager, I got to start sailing on some of the Santa Cruz 52s thanks to my brother, who was working at North Sails at the time. That was my first experience on big, fast boats. What sailing accomplishment are you most proud of? Gavin: Winning R2AK is a pretty good one. Setting the Vic-Maui record on Valkyrie was great and was excellent responsibility since I was co-skipper with Jason. I brought the boat home too. What was your highlight of the R2AK run? Gavin: The downwind run in Hecate Strait was pretty incredible and went on forever. The best part is that we're good friends who kept having fun, kept laughing all the way there. Can you describe the toughest moment on R2AK? Gavin: It was pretty tiring going down Johnstone. It was fast, windy, and cold. Right after Bella Bella, it was pretty rough for a minute. But nothing really bad happened and we didn't break anything.
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The big nervous point was splitting around the Pennock Island on the way into Ketchikan. We were pretty sure Pear Shaped was going to go right. We were already committed to going left. Why did the Angry Beavers work so well as a team? Gavin: We were just a bunch of friends having a good time. Everybody knew how to sail, so you could just trust everybody to do what their job was, and anybody could do any position. Outside the PNW, what sailing do you follow and find exciting? Gavin: I'm always curious about moving forward in technology and boat building, and how that affects us later. I follow what the Fast 40s are doing, what the Europeans are doing, as well as lots of one-design and big ocean boats. I try to figure out how to get info from people who work or sail with those boats and use it to make our boats better. For example, on Valkyrie, we were talking with someone from Comanche about food planning, water, and ocean prep, because they'd spent a lot researching it. How will PNW sailing look different 10 years from now? Gavin: Youth sailing has grown a lot. I've done a lot of coaching between directing they yacht club up in Bellingham, Sail Orcas, and Anacortes. It's grown from 13 teams to 40-something. Hopefully younger sailors will continue on in the big boat fleets. I think there'll be growth in small boats, because that's attainable for more people, and more growth in the big boat fleet. There may be more shrinkage of the fleets in the 20' range. Who is your biggest sailor mentor or influence? Why? Gavin: I got raised by a lot of different sailors. My brother influenced me by putting me into 505s and skiffs when I was pretty young. That got me into high performance dinghies and skiffs. Mark Brink pushed me pretty hard on Van Isle 2015, which we won overall, and I felt gains in focus and knowledge about trimming. When I was a kid, Phil Johnson, was a great teacher for a lot of my youth (7-15 years old). He taught me how to be calm underway and that you don't need gloves. Tell me about your experience cruising. Preferred spots? Gavin: I love cruising. I grew up in the San Juans and took the Port Madison Pram all over the islands. I cruised a Santana 20. I had a lot of my own boats, so that's where I learned a lot about cruising and racing. You practice racing when you're cruising. All my preferred spots are secret, but I love the Gulf Islands. It's a bit more chill than the San Juans. Last weekend I borrowed the Grand Banks, found a little cove, and had a blast sailing the Port Madison Pram all around the bay. I'm still sailing that thing! Joe Cline is the Managing Editor of 48° North.
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San Juan 24 North Americans
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s crews from Seattle to Bellingham gathered in Oak Harbor for the 2019 San Juan 24 North American Class Association Championships, there was great pleasure in greeting friends from previous regattas and great trepidation about the light wind forecasts. Byron Skubi, the experienced PRO running the racing, described the wind forecast for the weekend as “terrible.” The fleet was reminded that only one race was needed to name a 2019 champion, although the deed of gift for the Class Association trophy required three races. On Saturday morning, the fleet found Penn Cove glass-flat, but there was a promising dark line on the far west end that slowly moved eastward. The wind filled in with a 5-6 knot westerly and Byron sounded the first warning signal on time promptly at 11:00. It built to 10-11 knots in the afternoon before settling back to 6-7 knots. Byron ran eight, count them, eight great races on Saturday—windward-leeward courses, some long, some short, with both upwind and downwind finishes. David Steckman of Oak Harbor, the regatta organizer, started the racing off right by dominating the first race on his renamed Juan Solo. Pre-race favorite, Mark Brander's Return, was over early at the favored pin end and its delayed restart after ducking most of the fleet resulted in a 7th place finish. But Return bounced back handily, winning the next three races to regain the lead, with Juan Solo and Ken Johnson’s Grauer Geist keeping close with top four finishes in each race. Racing got closer as Return had another over-early call and finished 5th in the fifth race, getting trapped on the far left side of the course. Meanwhile Grauer rebounded with two firsts and a second, and Juan Solo kept close with its consistent top four finishes. At the end of Saturday, with one throw-out, Return had a two-point
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Seattle’s Return Back Atop the Podium
lead over Grauer Geist with Juan Solo just one point further back. Jeff Kendal’s Fancy lurked in 4th place; while Bruce, after two second places in the first two races, had fallen to 5th overall as it suffered both an OCS in the third race and a DSQ in Race 7. Proving the forecasts wrong again, a nice wind came in again on Sunday, and Return quickly took advantage to clinch its championship win with two firsts and two seconds in the four races held that day. Meanwhile, Juan Solo and Grauer Geist were battling it out for second place, After winning the third race, Grauer just had to finish just one boat behind Juan Solo in the last race to match her second place finish in the 2018 regatta. However, she lost track of Juan Solo at the start and had to go left, while their competition headed to the favorable right side of Penn Cove. At the windward mark, Juan Solo had a boat length lead on Return, with Grauer another length back. The first two boats headed to the south shore for the good eastward current. Grauer gybed early, about halfway to shore. Nothing like sailing the middle and watching boats on the south shore sail by; while boats further behind at the windward mark gybed early toward the northern shore and found stronger wind and sailed by too! Juan Solo held on to win the last race and second place overall as Grauer sailed to its worst finish, which became its throw-out. The racing was close and competitive. Of the 12 boats in the regatta, four had at least one first place, and seven boats had at least one top-three finish. A single mistake pushed any of the boats back in the fleet. Boats had to be conscious of building tide both days, since the low was about an hour before racing started). It was easy (too easy for some of us) to get pushed over the starting line early. With many boats lumped close together after the start, the wind just lifts over all the boats. Boats that did well got to clear air quickly, even if it meant ducking boats, irrespective of where on the Cove they sailed. At the awards ceremony, Mark Bradner noted that he had been sailing with the same crew of Gary Reifel on foredeck, David Valentine on main, and David Fukuhara on sheets, for 15 years; and that crew consistency was instrumental in Return’s win. They had previously won the SJ 24 NACA championship in 2011, 2013, and 2015. All in all, the 2019 championship was great fun with challenging one-design competition! Thank you to all the great folks at OHYC who made it possible, and to Ullman Sails for sponsoring this excellent event. By Kenneth Johnson Photo Courtesy of Jan Anderson Results on Page 52 48
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Aero-Nautical
The RS Aero North American Championships
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ome may wonder what northwest sailing event claims the mantle of the pinnacle summer regatta. For this small-boat enthusiast and many others, the best event thus far was the RS Aero North Americans, hosted by the Columbia Gorge Racing Association in Cascade Locks, OR, and sponsored by Rooster Sailing, West Coast Sailing, and the Port of Cascade Locks. It had everything we love in a regatta: wind, sun, warm waters, old friends, new friends, beer, excellent food, camaraderie, scenery, white sturgeons, the Gem Mineral and Wellness Fair, and some of the finest riverfront train spotting around! The event attracted sailors across all classes, more former US Sailing Team members (both sailing and speculating) than you could shake two sticks at, international talent, and folks from around the country, including some Californians. Among the 33 sailors were five women, two juniors, a few senior citizens, and age spread from youngest to oldest of 56 years! For readers who may not be familiar with the RS Aero, it is a singlehanded boat that is rapidly gaining popularity in the Northwest and around the world. Jen Glass, who has previously been a part of World Sailing’s boat selection trials for other classes, shared her thoughts comparing the Aero to the singlehanded stalwart, the Laser, after sailing the Aero in the Gorge: Upwind the boat has more sailing “modes” than the Laser. There is a wide groove where the Aero seems to sail competitively—depending on the sailor and condition, pinching or footing may work. This makes the Aero more technically challenging and engaging to sail. Since the mast is more flexible and the sail shape is tailored to this, the sail controls do more. The Aero is also a much lighter boat, making it more reactive to the conditions in general—quicker to accelerate and plane on both lower and higher angles; and conversely, in deceleration events such as larger chop, one feels the effects much more. The three-day event served as a practice run for the RS Aero World Championship, which comes to Cascade Locks next year. Preparation was important, not only because of the upcoming Worlds, but also because the RS Aero class seemed to be in an open relationship with the Racing Rules of Sailing. Items of note when reading the sailing instructions: boat-on-buoy contact is permitted; and if code flag Oscar was flown, Rule 42 (which outlaws rocking, pumping, and ooching) was turned off. As it turned out, Oscar only flew the first afternoon, and the Jury must not have liked the results, and didn’t fly that flag again. The other departure of the RRS was actually quite pleasurable; liberating, in fact. There was never any question of whether a boat had hit the mark during a rounding. Sailors took to the race marks like ski racers banging though slalom gates.
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The author blasting downwind in Cascade Locks. The Gorge delivered excellent sailing conditions on the trusty westerly that funnels the marine climates west of the Cascades into the high, dry climates to the east. The fleet broke into two starts based on sail size. The RS Aero has three rig sizes: nine, seven, and five square meter sails. This weekend was particularly pleasant as the wind built slowly through the day from zero, steadily to the high teens. Any newcomer to the class was eased through the day into more challenging sailing conditions. With light-to-moderate wind speeds early in the day, nine “big” sailors opted to sail the “big” nine-meter rigs, and there were 24 boats in the second start. Twelve races were sailed over three days, and the racing was competitive. As always, boat speed, tactics, and execution were key to a good racing result. For some, though boat speed and tactics were sound, execution provided the challenge. In this new boat, getting accustomed to the right body positioning on the downwind legs and maneuvering though tacks and gybes was difficult, and resulted in bruises that have lasted weeks. In the end, the cream rose to the top. The winners in both fleets turned out dominant performances. In the nine meter rig class, Marc Jacobi from Connecticut had a near perfect regatta winning every race except one. In the seven meter rig group, Seattle sailor, Dalton Bergan, came out victorious, taking a few days to warm up to a final day of straight bullets. The fourth annual RS Aero World Championship will be held at Cascade Locks on August 1-7 2020. If you can’t sail it, come down to watch. It’s sure to be one of the year’s best. By Mike Karas Photos courtesy of Columbia Gorge Racing Association Results on page 52 49
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Martin 242 North Americans
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artin 242 North Americans 2019 was an epic international gathering, hosted by Orcas Island Yacht Club. Twenty-seven boats competed in ten races over two days, preceded by a practice day on Friday. PRO Paul Ulibarri and team ran a tight ship, cranking off starts and keeping us going all day on both days. The fleet included well-seasoned sailors; two boats of juniors; and lots of women sailors, including two women skippers who would finish in the top five overall. A handful of Canadian boats added American crew for the event. It was a great crowd, and everyone was there to compete. No mercy! On Saturday morning, we were greeted with a light southerly and every model showed that it was going to go north at some point in the day and remain that way for the weekend. We got Betsy Wareham's "Purple Marin" leads into a weather mark.
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off a good first race in the southerly, then had an eventuallyabandoned sketchy race during the transition. Once the northerly filled, we were in it for the rest of the regatta. The top few boats always seemed to have their foot on the gas pedal. Between sweet new sails and years of speed and handling savvy, they could make either side of the course work for them. For the rest of us mortals, the tactical answer that really never failed was, “Left is right! Right is wrong!” Go west! Aboard No Worries, we favored the pin end of the line, and barring any potential trouble with transoms in front of us, we 50
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sailed to the camp and tacked when we ran out of water at the point. Don’t get too close, it sometimes went light at the beach! With the prevailing regional breeze coming from the Straits in the west, it’s the direction and side of the course where the wind would almost always fill in first. If you took a long tack up the middle you’d get a big westerly lift and you’d be so happy! Right up until the moment you had to tack to the mark and got crushed by the big header on the way back! It’s one design racing! Blink, and you might lose three boats. Ride a big header and you’re likely to lose ten or more. At the end of the weekend, we were all battling our known competition to hold or move up our overall standings, but the big event was the battle for the top spot between Californian, Mike George, on All In and Canadian, Mike Clements, on Too Wicked. As a newcomer to the fleet, I can’t give you the extended story, but suffice to say their names were both on the trophy already. In the last start sequence of the day, they finished the regatta right with a match-race starting showdown that did not include any of the rest of us. While we started as a fleet, they were chasing each others’ transoms and spinning to clear each other, well away from the line. Great entertainment when we had a few moments to steal a glance away from our boat! In that final race of a “left is right” weekend, everything about the course pointed toward “right is right!” It had to be tried. For the first time all weekend, on No Worries, we set up on the boat end of the line and flopped right shortly after the gun. Speaking of guns, we stuck to ours and took it all the way! Whaddya know, we led that race right up until the very end when we got out-foxed by Alex Fox himself on Darkhorse. The sun was out the wind showed up, and the hospitality was excellent! Behind the scenes, Ken Machtley and Chris White had the land activities covered, and Betsy and Ian Wareham got everyone tucked in and taken care of at West Sound Marina. The end of the bay was a raft-up party of international harmony, with occasional mayhem and shenanigans. Canadians, eh?! Every finisher was celebrated with a chorus 48º NORTH
of boat horns in the last race, as well as what appeared to be every single flag on board the race committee boats waved in your honor! At the awards party, all boats got a shout out, the top 10 boats got prizes, and the top 5 got even better prizes. Alyosha Strum-Palerm on Area 51 earned the coveted giant screwdriver for blowing up his jib furler on practice day. The title of 2019 North American Champion went to Michael George on All In. Martin 242 designer, Don Martin, took
in the racing aboard the RC boat, and came to thank the racers and congratulate winners on Sunday. A personal thank you goes to my skipper Jeremy Smith and his wife Tara Smith of Min of Mine, who clearly is the fleet cheerleader and the glue of the group. Great event! #Martinswintheparty! By Stephanie Campbell Photos by Jan Anderson Results on page 52
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Place Skipper Club/Fleet AERO 5 METER RIG 1 Yannick Gloster Santa Barbara Sailing Club 2 Catherine Gloster Santa Barbara Sailing Club AERO 7 METER RIG 1 Dalton Bergan Seattle YC 2 Stephen Cockerill Stokes Bay Sailing Club 3 Andy Mack SYC/HRYC 4 Jay Renehan SYC/CYC 5 Michael Karas SYC 6 John Renehan WW17SS 7 Connor Hughes Sail Sand Point 8 Andy Schmidt SYC 9 Philip Gordon CGRA 10 Jim Barrett CYC Seattle 11 David Rogers CYC Seattle 12 Mark R0eed CYC 13 Jen Morgan Glass Seattle Yacht Club 14 Scott Malone CYC Seattle 15 Ashley Kenny Seattle Yacht Club 16 Chris Lanzinger Seattle Yacht Club 17 Paul Lisagor CYC Seattle 18 Daniel Herron Corinthian Yacht Club, Seattle 19 Jacques Garrigues CYC 20 Molly Jackson Port Townsend SA 21 Michael Sealey Butte Sailing Club 22 Keith Hammer SYC AERO 9 METER RIG 1 Marc Jacobi Cedar Point YC 2 Dan Falk CYC Seattle 3 Derek Bottles Seattle YC 4 Madhavan Thirumalai Cedar Point Yacht Club 5 Mike Johnson CYC 6 Jay Leon SYC / CYC 7 Todd Willsie CYC Seattle 8 Eric Becker CYC Seattle 9 James Baurley ABYC
Place Boat Name
Skipper
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"Team Scarlett c/o Fabian Hope" Jon Anderson Gary Renzelman Anne Armstrong Chris Kaufman Steve EmmeS
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Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Boat Name Skipper All In Michael George Too Wicked Michael Clements Dark Horse Alex Fox White Noise Marri Todd Purple Martin Betsy Wareham No Worries Jeremy Smith and Stephen Hill Dirty Dog Matt Collingwood Blackadder Goes Forth Ken Holland Soling Ian Wareham Sailiant Anthony Collett Whippet Craig Strand Area 51 Alyosha Strum-Palerm Min of Mine Tara Smith King Julian Chris Bligh Shadowfax Allan Strain Crazy I s Chris White Silver Bullet Achilles Dolhaine Starpoint Reid Cannon Boomer Mike Merrick Treachery Ken Machtley Haggis Judith Neville
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Scarlett NW Filth Rozz Coal Dust Ekono Mart Enigma
SAN JUAN 24 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Boat Name Return Juan Solo Grauer Geist Fancy Bruce Manhattan Transfer Toto Sweet Jesus Obi Juan Snappy Tom SWIFT Miss Mayhem
Skipper Mark Bradner Dave Steckman Kenneth Johnson Jeff Kendall Mike Kleps Mike Irish Allan Wilson Sean Busby Steve Hucke Gil Lund Bill Brown Melissa Davies
Fleet Seattle Oak Harbor Seattle Seattle Bellingham Seattle Oak Harbor Seattle Oak Harbor Seattle Oak Harbor Seattle
JFEST 2019 Place Boat Name Skipper CLASS 1, J/109 1st Eclipse Kirk Fraser 2nd Tantivy Stuart Burnell 3rd Lodos Tolga Cezik 4th Shada Jerry Woodfield 5th Jeopardy Edward Pinkham CLASS 2, J/105 1st Moose Unknown John Aitchison 2nd More Jubilee Erik Kristen 3rd Insubordination Loeanrd (Buckey) Rezabek 4th Jaded Chris Phoenix 5th Delirium Jerry Diercks 6th Kinetic Bob Hayward 7th Free Bowl of Soup 8th Corvo 105 Tom Kerr 9th Liftoff Jeffrey Pace 10th Puff Steve Summers 11th Peer Gynt Paul Viola CLASS 3, J/80 1st Rush Phillip Dean 2nd Tastes Like Chicken Richard Demmler 3rd Crazy Ivan Bryan Rhodes 4th Litonya Mike Kalahar 5th Underdog Lek Dimarucot 6th Reckless John Sezer 7th Stellar J Alan Ross 8th Jolly Green Ryan Porter 9th UpRoar Morris Lowitz 4 CLASS, J/24 1st Suspence Joe Wilderman 2nd Baba Louie Mark Laura 3rd Challenger Chris Archer 4th Tundra Rose Carl Sheath 5th N S H Noel Morgan 52
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JEANNEAU SO 45.2 OWNERS VERSION - $149,500 Bristol condition, built in 2000, E97 Raymarine chartplotter, fish-finder, 20m color radar, sea talk, wind. LaFabrica dodger, bimini, Strataglass windows, 316SS frames. Windows and winch covers, Teak cockpit table and stainless dorades. Harken winches, Mediterranean rear entry with twin leather covered helms, fresh Pettit Trinidad bottom paint, Prop Gold on shaft and folding Max-Prop. Extra sails, full-batten main, 130 Genoa, Tri-Radial spinnaker. Call (360) 306-0953 or email a64me@yahoo.com for more information and photos.
NOE MAR SEAGOER YAWL www.yawlnoemar.blogspot.com - 34 ft Seagoer Yawl Located in Port Hadlock, WA, slip B-7. $32,900. Reduced due to illness...Ocean Ready! Check the blog or email for more information: Sbirdscott@gmail.com
1981 DASH 34 2018 Vancouver Island Racing Series winner. Fractional rig racer/cruiser with symmetrical spinnaker, tapered Yachtspar mast, safety gear, Yamaha 9.9 outboard on bracket. New epoxy bottom and faired/templated rudder from 2017. Optimized for cruising with aft head, two burner stove with oven, swim ladder and extra large v-berth. Racing sails in fair to excellent condition; cruising/delivery sails in fair to good condition. $17K USD OBO. Will deliver anywhere in PNW. For more info, please contact via email at dash34@hotmail.com or via phone at (250) 758-2506.
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J29 MASTHEAD COMPETITIVE RACER 1984 J29 Masthead w/outboard - $12,500. Has been in an active racing program since 2000. Has performed very well and is very competitive. Head sail and spinnaker bought in 2015 used only for major regattas, #3 lightly used and new in 2013. Main new in 2011. Standing rigging replaced in 2004. Located in Seattle. Contact Pat for more info (206) 719-1157. Info: themanwiththehex@gmail.com
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2002 BENETEAU 393 This well equipped sailboat is setup for cruising local waters or to Alaska and beyond. It features the spacious, very well designed two cabin, two head layout. A full enclosure and Dickinson heater extends your cruising season, keeping you comfortable in all weather. $110,000. For info, (778) 269-1012 or via email at sv.splendid.mane@gmail.com
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HARBOR 20 - SWEET SAILING 2015 Harbor 20 #390 with blue hull and custom wood look transom. Toast canvas includes full boat cover, tiller, jib sock, mainsail, companionway. Electric motor, auto bilge pump, pop up cleats, full cushions. Professionally maintained, clean and no damage. Perfect day sailor for Lake Union, Washington, etc. Located at Poulsbo Yacht Club. One owner. $29,000. Contact: garrywillis@gmail.com
1981 38’ ERICSON SLOOP 4 cylinder diesel. 750 hours. 54 gallon fuel, 90 gallon water. Roller furling, full batten main. self-tailing winches, lines lead aft. Electric windlass, 200’ 5/16 Hi-test chain. Freshwater wash down. 33lb. claw anchor. New Garmin radar, Garmin chartplotter, AIS, below deck autopilot. VHF. New AC panel, 2000 watt inverter. Microwave, Force 10 stove/oven, double propane tanks. New freezer/refrigerator. Head with separate shower. 25 gallon holding tank. Dodger, teak floors, Berthed at John Wayne Marina, Sequim, WA. $55,000. For more info, call (360) 774-0915 or (360) 774-0912.
J/35 FOR SALE The J/35 Taking Off is for sale. Put up the spinnaker in some big air and you'll think that you are "Taking Off". Too many details for this small ad, so contact me at engbrechtrj@gmail.com, if you're interested. Asking $18,000. Yes, I think it can still beat a J/109.
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LAKE UNION FLYER 30
1980 IRWIN CITATION 30 Roller furling, 3 headsails, cruising spinnaker, 15 HP Yanmar diesel, 9' inflatable with 4 HP outboard, fridge, propane, stove, and heater charger inverter. Hardtop dodger, solar panel, anchor, winch, autopilot. Safety equipment, harnesses, wet weather gear, charts and cruising guides for Tacoma to Cape Scott. 60 gallon water, 30 gallon diesel. Ready to cruise. $18,000. For more info, (250) 656-3188 or sailing for2@telus.net
FAST PASSAGE 39 - SEATTLE Pax Vobiscum is a Fast Passage 39 built in 1979 at Philbrook’s Boatyard in Sidney, B.C. She is a 39-footsix-inch cutter designed by Bill Garden to be safe, sea-kindly, and easily handled by a couple. She is a well-maintained, fully-equipped blue water cruiser that has taken us from Seattle to French Polynesia and back. See https://www.fastpassage39.com for details and photos. For sale by owners at $82,000. fastpassageforsale@gmail.com - (971) 319-0850.
Cold molded, fast, fun, ultralight sailboat built on Lake Union! 30 Feet, 3000lb, perfect for dry sailing with double axle trailer and lots of sails! Set up for masthead spinnaker. Epoxy bottom, new Harken winches. Super fun on the runs! $9,500. Email brian@halanse.com
1981 CATALINA 30 Asking $14,500, Negotiable. CUSTOM solid teak interior. New roller furling, all new electric and panel. Many upgrades! Anacortes moorage available. Tripolyurethane paint. Never a blister! CALL for details (360) 540-7070.
PASSPORT 40 1983 World capable cutter rigged Passport 40. Sea friendly head forward layout. Large sail inventory, VHF, GPS, Aries Windvane, Dickenson heater, Forespar boom. Oversized rigging and two large extra cockpit winches. 2000-03, new Yanmar 40 HP, 3-burner stove/oven, refrig/freezer, Spectra watermaker, Autohelm autopilot, Icom HF. 2010, new Furuno radar. 2018, power train refurbished at $20K cost; new heat exchanger, transmission, cutlass bearing, engine mounts and shaft. $130,000 US. Orcas Island, Washington. svlandsend@yahoo.com or call (360) 632-8896 for more information.
WHITBY 42 KETCH - 1975 Strong sailboat has had too many upgrades to be listed. Completely equipped and ready for live aboard and cruise. Located in La Paz, Mexico. $109,000. Details at: sites.google.com/view/lovelysailboat or via phone at (503) 701-7822.
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23' CALKINS BARTENDER W/ EZ LOADER TRAILER Purchased from George Calkins in 2008. Fresh paint June 2018, surveyed, Sept. 2018. $68,000 replacement value. Asking $20,000. Call Bill at (559) 805-5445 with your offer. Please, serious inquiries only.
1974 WESTSAIL 32’ Factory Offshore layout. New sail suit. Cutter rig. New Lewmar skylight, updated propane system. All necessary items. Ready to be used and enjoyed. Presently on hard in Anacortes. Perkins 4-108 runs fine. Hurth, dripless. Owner since 2001. Hitting road on rubber tire yacht...$31,000. Contact Dan at (360) 202-8611 (call/text) or via email at danjuan.sanjuanenterprise@gmail.com
CAL-36 Equipped and ready to cruise the Salish Sea. LPG stove/ oven, rail mounted BBQ, 75 amp alternator, 1000 watt inverter/charger, 2-8D house batteries, H&C water, microwave, diesel cabin heater, holding tank, nice interior, Yanmar diesel, 140 genoa on Profurl, main w/2 reefs, E-Z Jacks, dodger, radar, autopilot, VHFw/ DSC&GPS, windless, 35# Bruce on 150' chain and 200' rode, Danforth stern anchor, stern tie on removable reel. Located on Vashon Island. $26,000. For more information email: svtaaroa@gmail.com
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S2 6.9 RACER/CRUISER LIKE NEW Better than new, trailer-able, high quality! 7 instruments, 4 winches, 12 rope clutches, very good jib, genoa, main spinnaker. Lewmar hatch, Yamaha 6 HP, shorepower/battery charger, Autohelm, VHF, stereo, Porta-Potty, double tuffluff, 12v and manual bilge pumps, icebox, single burner stove, epoxy barrier coat, Vivid bottom paint, anchor and rode, stern ladder, lifesling, tiller extension, many extras and spares. Best 6.9 on the planet. Trailer. $7,500. (206) 605-2650. Via email at tony.billera@gmail.com
PASSPORT 40 1985 Famous bluewater cruiser. 46 HP Westerbeke. All systems updated: electrical and refrigeration. TV/DVD, stereo with outside speakers. All new canvas: Stack Pack and full boat cover. New latex mattresses. Current Raymarine chartplotter/navigation. Hydrovane. Neil Pryde sails. Andersen electric secondary winch. 400 watt solar panels. 10-ft dinghy included. Maxwell windlass. 55 lb Rocna anchor. Currently located in San Carlos, Mexico. $120,000. Contact owner for more information at glouisiv@gmail.com or (707) 290-1637. FENIX MAXI 28' SLOOP 1984 Excellent racer/cruiser/family boat with Volvo Penta MD-3 sail-drive. Only 1446 engine hours. Fine teak interior, excellent upholstery, holding tank, auto-pilot, radio, etc. Original sails with genoa and self-tacking jib in good condition, no mildew or wear. Recent engine overhaul by Volvo specialist produced an excellent report. We are only selling the boat because of our advancing age. It's a strong, very well-built, quality European boat. (604) 883-2341. $22,000 CAD.
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BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
S&S YANKEE 30 MK I (1971) - $13,499 Located in Puget Sound, Washington. Structurally sound, engine runs well. Interior needs paint and varnish. Interior cushions and fabric in great shape. Exterior needs paint. All offers considered, have two boats now. New fuel and aft water tank. Iverson’s Designs dodger. Atomic 4 updated just short of overhaul with electronic ignition & new fresh water heat exchanger, propeller and much more. Call or text for more info: (360) 900-9909.
CATALINA 22 MKII WING KEEL 2001 Catalina 22 sailboat with wing keel and trailer. Sand blasted and 2 gal. of 2-part epoxy sprayed. 8 HP Honda, Boat of the Year in 2001. Autopilot, trailer raft, with engine, sails restored, 2 anchors, life jackets, flares, fresh bottom paint, led cabin lights, netting around deck, gin pole for raising the mast. Rolling fuller front genny. This boat is a cruiser. BBQ and many items for sailing. Asking $8,000. For info, please contact Scott at sailor28@frontier.com
1979 30' NEWPORT MK2 Well maintained racer/cruiser with very comfortable interior: Universal M25 diesel with Vetus exhaust system and dripless shaft seal; wheel steering; Raytheon ST 4000 plus autopilot interfaced to Garmin GPS; Garmin depth/temperature/speed; Horizon Intrepid VHF; SmartPlug and galvanic isolator; internal halyards; rainbow genoa on Shaffer furler; spinnaker; gimballed Force 10 range with Xintex sniffer; Webasto hydronic heat; hot and cold pressure water; LED lights. Located at Roche Harbor Marina. $25,000. For more info, please contact SAIL4FUN@ROCKISLAND.COM or call (360) 378-6792.
CT41 PROVEN CRUISER WITH EXTRAS Classic Bill Garden Ketch (Formosa, SeaWolf) made with modern materials and long equipment list. Cruise or liveaboard in this proven voyager. New masts, sails, motor, rewired, Garmin740 / radar sonar, VHF, Alpine, electric head, forced air diesel heat, 4 burner propane stove. Headroom is 7’4” in Salon with double settees, stateroom with Pullman berth forward. New samsons, chainplates, and sole make this a dependable gunkholer. Attractively priced at $28,500. Serious only please. Email adelorunbi@gmail.com for more info.
2005 35’ J/109 – $149,000 VIENTO is one of the cleanest and best-maintained J/109’s available. She is comprehensively equipped with many recent updates to her sail inventory. Her low hour Yanmar 3YM30 engine runs perfectly! Exceptionally clean example of this desirable racer cruiser. Extensive equipment list upon request.
26 FT CUSTOM FLUSH DECK SLOOP 1978 sloop in Richmond, CA. $10,500 OBO. Great cruiser or racer. 2000 lb. Jake van Heeckeren design. Built by Hank Jotz. Bruynzeel plywood and epoxy. Always dry sailed and garaged. Nearly new condition. Comfy varnished interior, gimbaled stove, double bunk under cockpit. 2 HP Honda, SS rod rigging, Barient winches, solar panel,VHF,depth,compass, 10 ft Avon dinghy, trailer. Hank Jotz - (530) 623 7830 or hankjotz@gmail.com for photos. Fast and easy to sail in all weather!
1992 CREALA 40
Designed by Crealock with lines similar to the Pacific Seacraft 40. Cutter rig, aft cockpit, fin keel, Skeg hung rudder, 44 HP Yanmar. Offshore equipped. Teak deck and teak interior in good condition. 2 cabin, 1 head. Liveaboard and cruising ready. Well maintained and cruised by one owner. Organized, clean, and comfortable. Located in the western Caribbean yachting community of Rio Dulce. $88,000. More info at tillsonds@yahoo.com
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Center cockpit, aft cabin. Includes radar, GPS, autopilot, marine radio and handheld. Inflatable tender and kayak Sleeps 7. 7' headroom. South Pacific veteran. Singlehanded rigging. $25,900 OBO. Call (435) 772-5394 or (360) 460-9671.
FRERS 30 Sailing World Boat of the Year in 1988. Great racer cruiser. Comfortable with nice teak interior and 6 ft headroom. PHRF 132 is national average. New Sobstad racing sails, including carbon genoa in last two seasons. Many older sails. On Flathead Lake, Montana. Always a freshwater boat. Fair bottom. No blisters or other problems. Transport in Pacific NW for cost of diesel and permits. Contact William Brown at (406) 240-5667 or via email at mthorsevet@gmail.com Price at $24,000.
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ISLANDER FREEPORT Illness forces sale. Owner built sailboat with excellent carpentry. Interior is in fantastic condition. Includes 4 person dinghy 10 HP OB. Great liveaboard and ready to cruise. Roller furling with complete set of sail covers. Canvas covers for all external woodwork. Full cockpit enclosure. Engine is Nissan MN633. Farymann diesel generator. Maxwell electric windlass. Full set of tools included. Boat has not had any rough sailing. Radar R10X raster scan. Hot water heater and dryer. Sleeps 6. Moored in Lake Union. $79,000. For more info contact or (206) 579-0187or via email at rexcnanw@msn.com YOUR AD HERE!!! Do you have a vessel or equipment or moorage or property or....anything marine oriented that you would like to sell? Advertise here!! We have a new reduced rate for classifieds. A flat $50 for 3 months! This includes a photo and up to 75 words! Simple, easy and effective! Cruise over to www.48north.com and check out the options we offer!
44-FT CATALINA-MORGAN 440 $235,000 -Fully equipped and meticulously maintained cruising DS sloop w/ AC/Heater, Yanmar 4JH3TE with 2,000 hrs, E120 plotter, Radar, ST60 instruments, auto-pilot, 270W solar, 8KW FP Gen, 8D AGMs, 3000W inverter/charger, Spectra 400 19gph, 9' Caribe HB, 9.9 Nissan, 6-person Winslow Offshore (cert 10/18), UK Flasher Spin, Icom 810 HF radio w/ Pactor Modem. Leisure Furl main, hard dodger w Lexan windows. Many extras. In Mazatlán, MX. For complete inventory call (626) 353-3858 or email sailcub@gmail.com
AUGUST 2019
BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
1982 CATALINA 27 SALE OR TRADE Are you ready for a bigger boat? We are ready for smaller. Well appointed and maintained Catalina 27, freshwater last 20 years, custom tandem axle trailer, Universal Diesel, tiller, roller furling North 150%, full batten North main, newer interior cushion, pull out full berth in salon. Will trade for good condition Catalina 22 2000 or newer. Sale price is $14,500 or trade straight across. Boat is in Boise Contact Dave 208-861-5428, parinama@Hotmail.com
J24 - LUCKY JIM $9,500.00 - 1982 International J24. Extensive sail inventory. All in good condition, a Ray Marine autopilot and a galvanized tandem trailer. "Lucky Jim" is a proven race winner and ready to go one Design or PHRF. Two Genoa Lopez lead blocks, GPS, digital depth sounder, Pro Start and mast bracket. 5HP Tohotsu outboard motor. Located in Oak Harbor, Washington. For info, please contact Jim McAlpine at (360) 679-4825 or via email at Melusine@hughes.net
1981 CUSTOM FORMOSA 46' - $88,000 The ESCAPADE. Escapade means to Escape with Adventure - this vessel has delivered. Why now? The dream/passion is not gone but the season of life changes. My children are long from the nest and years have rolled along. Aliments of age, I do not have enough time and energy to devote to her. With heavy heart I must find her a good home. Doug Peterson Design. $88,000. For more details: (360) 385-4451 or https://sites.google.com/site/formosafortysix/home
1989 PACIFIC SEACRAFT 37 PRICE REDUCED! $107,500. Well maintained Crealock 37 with newer Lifeline AGM batteries; Xantrex 2kw inverter/charger; wind generator; solar panels; watermaker; liferaft; Data Marine knot, depth, wind instruments; Alpha Marine auto pilot; Garmin HD radar, AIS 600, GPSMAP74XS chartplotter, VHF 200; ICOM M802 SSB; Pactor III modem; Custom computer; Monitor windvane; EPIRB; Yanmar 40hp; 40 gallons fuel; 80 gallons water; MaxProp; 8 sails; standing rigging replaced 2013. And more! In Portland, OR. Contact: Robert.curry@yandex.com; (904)728-9199.
CASCADE 42 SLOOP 1971 Cascade 42, center cockpit, bow, main and aft cabins. Heads and lavs in main and aft cabin. South Pacific veteran. Great bluewater boat. Includes inflatable, kayak, autopilot, main, jib, genoa, storm sail, spinnaker, drogue, radio + handheld. Furuno radar, solar panel, 100 gal water tank. Propane stove and oven. Sleeps 6. 7’ headroom in main cabin. Comfortable liveaboard. Shower. Westerbeke diesel. $20,900 OBO. Was $25,900. Call Wayne at (435) 772-5394.
CHESAPEAKE 32 - PRICE REDUCED!!! Peregrina, a beautiful Rhodes design sloop, proven cruiser. Hasse & Company sails. Yanmar3GM engine. Monitor windvane and Autohelm ST4000. Dickinson propane fireplace. Ranger sailing dinghy. For more details call (206) 714-2074. $12,500 OBO!
J-35 FOR SALE J-35 Recent major refit, excellent sails. Newly faired and Painted inside and out. Still in the shop ready to ship. Located in Gig Harbor, WA. Contact Dave Stafford at dstafford.fish@gmail.com or (253) 225-5304 for details. This one is for racing. $44,500.
CAPE DORY 28 28 foot Cape Dory sloop. Fair condition. Good sails, extra jib. Bronze Barlow wenches, Volvo diesel, rebuilt recently. Bottom paint one year old. Drip-less stuffing box. Good marine batteries. Alcohol stove. Moored in Anacortes, WA. We have owned and sailed this boat for 29 years. Great sailer and handles a stiff breeze with ease. $13,525. Contact Mark Burpo at (360) 661-6442 or via email at mark@markburpo.com
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1978 CAL 39 MK II Race or cruise, 6'2 headroom, hot/cold pressure water, propane stove and oven. 6 cf 110v refer/icebox. 1 head with shower and vaccuflush head with 40 gal holding tank. Sleeps 7. Electronics- VHF, wind-speed etc, plus auto pilot. Maxwell windlass with 200' chain and 200 rode. sails--2 main, 3 genoas, 2 jibs and 3 spinnakers. Harken double track furling. Engine- 50 hp Perkins 4-108 1983, 2000 hrs, 3 new 12V batteries. $29,950. Jim 425-744-8045.
35' YAWL - BITTERSWEET Bittersweet is a 35' yawl built in 1940 at Graves Shipyard in Marblehead, Mass. Mahogany planks on oak frames. Atomic-4 closed cooled auxiliary. 3 headsails, main and mizzen in good condition. Spruce spars. Interior is as original, very spartan. Small galley, head locker with porta-potti, v-berth and two quarter berths. 8'6" beam, 25' waterline, draws 5 1/2'. Needs refinishing, some refastening. $15k , reasonable offers. (208) 610-3077.
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CRUISE READY SAN JUAN 24 1975 w/ Caulkins trailer...Main, Jib, genoa on a Selden Furlex Furler, and spinnaker w/ pole. Long shaft Yamaha 8 HP outboard w/ electric start and tilt, battery charger, extra thrust large prop, and 6 gallon fuel tank. 35 gallon fresh water bladder w/ deck fill. Two deep cycle 6V marine batteries and 120V dock power w/cord and cabin outlets. New 3" vinyl/ foam cushions. Titles are clear. $6700. Contact Barney at (360) 640-0046 for more information.
1963 32' ISLANDER Completely refinished classic Glass, new sales, AWLGRIP paint job, re-powered with Yanmar 3GM diesel, propane stove and heater, new stanchions, lifelines, bow pulpit and stern pulpit, solar panel. Interior completely insulated and refinished. We have had this boat for 25 years and have completely gone through it. Very comfortable liveaboard. Incredible cruiser. Boat has been to Alaska twice. Must see to appreciate. Please call or text (360) 888-6662. Asking $28K OBO.
AUGUST 2019
BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
BOATS FOR SALE
1968 COLUMBIA 36 Well equipped Columbia 36 raced and sailed around Puget Sound for years. Good overall shape. Well equipped, GPS, VHF, radar, 33# Rocna anchor. Equipment list on request. Slip is available with sale of boat. $18,000. For more info, contact Jim at rhaberler_5@hotmail.com
1981 J24 # 2363 FOR SALE J24 race / cruise ready. Needs nothing. New epoxy Baltoplate bottom 2018 (CSR). Three North spinnakers, three north mains, one North jib, three North genoas (1 new 2018), 3 HP Nissan (2 stroke), EZ Loader 2 axle steel trailer, 2015 refit with all thru deck holes re-drilled / sealed, lazarettes sealed / faired, non-skid deck, keel faired to class template. Asking $11,800. Contact Scott at (206) 849.5044 / srvokey@comcast.net
29' DUTCH MASTHEAD SLOOP A lovely and well-found diesel auxiliary sloop, built, 1968. This is a Trintella 1a (Hull #509), fiberglass, in excellent condition and finely fitted out with teak decks, electronics, sails, Kubota diesel with under 500 hours, galley, heater, AC/DC power, autohelm, and charm to burn. A delight to sail. $23,000. Now lying Quartermaster Harbor, Vashon. Contact Howard Ford, (206) 930-2351 or via email quintain@mac.com
2000 TOMCAT 20' CATAMARAN Excellent condition. $25,000. Accommodates 8. Includes mainsail, jib, and genoa. Yamaha 9.9 HP outboard, dual rudders with wheel and tiller steering, bimini top, ST60 Tridata instruments, compass, trailer, anchor with chain and much more. Located in Lake Almanor, CA. For more info contact (650) 924-0849 or mjpboat.6.2@gmail.com
44FT 10IN PEARSON COUNTESS John Alden design. Full batten main. Selden boom, Selden rodkicker with excellent reefing system. Harken furling gear. 90 Yankee, 150 genoa, geneker, all excellent. Autopilot 6000 and 4000. Radar Furuno 1800, two Garmin GPS, 8KW Northern Light Genset , 90 HP Ford Lehman engine, water maker. 280 gal fuel tank, Max-Prop, full canvas for tropics. Givens 6-man life raft and much more. $49,000. Call (253) 509-0699. To much to list or email jeglumsaragasso@aol.com
WORLD ADVENTURE LIVE ABOARD 56' FRP Skookum Motorsail Ketch. Aluminum masts/ spars. New North roller furling sails. Eight 12-VDC Barient winches. Solid teak/mahogany interior. Queen master, two heads, separate large shower, full laundry. 1,500 gal fuel, 1,000 gal water. Thompson anchor winch, stainless wire rope w/CQR plow, #12Fulfjord anchors. Six-man Elliot raft. $185K/offer. Contact Bob at (360) 808-9085 or via email at bkmonty@nikola.com
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41' MORGAN CLASSIC SAILBOAT 1991 Morgan classic very good condition. 2 new 4D house batteries, new refrigeration system, newer autopilot, newer radar, new lines. Call (503) 396-1183 or text. Asking $79,900 or OBO.
46 FT CUSTOM STEEL KETCH Professionally designed/built fast cruiser. Safe/kindly world veteran. Round chine, flush deck. Treadmaster nonskid. 5 Cabins/2heads. Sleeps 8. Finishing major restoration. Masts/boom rigging by Brion Toss. Extensive nearly new equipment list for adventure cruising. Low hour Perkins 4-108. 2 Nearly new full batten cruising sails. Roller furling, Solar/wind. New LED lights, insulation, ceiling panels. W-H Electric/ hydraulic A/P w/remote. Spectra 16 gal/hr watermaker. Isolation transformer. Frigoboat refrigerator w/keel cooler. More. Transferable slip Sequim, WA. $97,500. For more info call (619) 537-6078 or via email at drbuzz777@gmail.com
CRUISE READY BENETEAU 423 Cruise ready 2004 Beneteau 423: 2 cabin layout, deep keel, aluminum davits arch with 400w solar panels. Boat is located in La Paz, BCS, Mexico. Asking price $154,000 For full specs please contact: Tom Murray at La Paz Yachts. Cell: +52 612-123-1948. Toll free: (855) 335-2729. E-mail: lapazyachts@aol.com More info available at www.lapazyachts.com
2006 CATALINA MORGAN 440 44’ Very clean, 75 HP Yanmar 1300 hrs, Gen set 600 hrs, bow thruster, windlass, anchor washdown, watermaker, full dodger/Bimini, 12” Raymarine, instruments, radar, 4 HP kicker/ dinghy, 900 amp house bank new 2018, bottom painted / zincs 2019. Asymmetrical sail, shore, TV, water hookups. Cruised PNW for 8 weeks each summer, docked at our home, lightly used. Non smoker, no animals, and shoes off in cockpit! Sail away ready!! $235,000. Call or text (360) 731-7165. Bristol condition throughout!
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ALAJUELA 33 Alajuela 33, 1979, she is a boat made for cruising. Been to Hawaii twice. Will always bring you home. Well maintained and loved. 1,200 hours on rebuilt engine, 400 hours on rebuilt transmission. Extensive upgrades. Ready to sail north today. Complete list of all equipment available and video of interior. Maintained by Port Townsend Shipwrights. List of new additions, dodger, all standing rigging, new windless, new GPS, autohelm, wheel, solar, Lexmark hatches, etc. (360) 265-2856. $44,500.
PARTNERSHIPS EXQUISITE HINCKLEY 42 SLOOP Looking for 1/4 interest partner in exquisite, extremely well equipped Hinckley Sou'Wester 42 sloop. SkiPilot99@msn.com or via phone: (206) 853-8811.
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1985 SANTANA S20 1985 Santana S20 20' sailboat with trailer. Comes with 3 mainsails, 1 in very good condition, 1 is decent, and 1 is rough. 2 foresails, 1 genoa in good condition and 1 storm sail in like new condition. Recent refit on all standing and running rigging. No spinnaker, but rigged for it. Included is a 2003 Mercury 3.3 hp 2-stroke engine. Trailer is rough, but serviceable. $2,500. Call Stanton at (253) 252 5815.
ADVENTURE CHARTER COMPANY Aging owner of a well-established and profitable adventure charter company seeks retirement. Two classic wooden yachts. Totally turn-key, including training, seller work back with buyer, permits in Glacier Bay, SE Alaska and Baja California Sur, spare parts, client list, routes and shore support. See Wooden Boat 154 & 255, or visit our website at: www.pacificcatalyst.com Inquiries to: bill@pacificcatalyst.com
C&C 110 MAIN & ASYM.SPINNAKER Midweight AIRFORCE cruising asymmetrical spinnaker I:51’ J:19’ red, white and blue tri-radial. Luff 50’10”, Leech 46’4”, Foot 30’7”. Great condition, no patches. $785. Boat came w/ 4, had to get rid of 2. Dacron North Sails double reef main great condition, no patches. 44’6”x15’3”. Battens not included. $325 OBO. Please call (360) 259-6524–text or leave message, night shift worker. Have a blessed day.
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87 HUNTER 26.5 SHOAL DRAFT 2009 Tuff trailer, electric brakes, tongue ext, new tires & bearing repack 3/19. 2012 Yamaha 8 hp, generator, electric trim with remote controls. Stepable mast raising system. Tiller steering with wheel steering kit available . Interlux bottom paint applied 6/2019. Bimini top, Bluetooth stereo with outside speakers. Main, conventional jib and asymmetrical spinnaker. Wonder boat dinghy with weighted bottom available, $10,000 OBO. Contact Ron at (208) 891-2586. Boat is located in Twin Falls, Idaho.
SAYE'S RIG AUTOPILOT FOR SALE Windvane autopilot. Complete and in good condition. $1,925. For info or questions, contact (360) 531-0327. Calls only please. AUTOHELM ST 50 WIND Autohelm ST 50 Wind instrument display - $125. Autohelm ST 50 Wind transducer anemometer - 2 available/$150each.AutohelmST50Windanemometer refurbishment kit (new) - $50. Located in Olympia, WA. Call for information/delivery options. (360) 561-8144.
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TARTAN 37 LIGHT #1 SAIL - $575 Light #1 headsail cut for a Tartan 37 . Sail is in excellent condition. It was cut for my boat. Sail is either Keylar or Nylar, don't know for sure. Sail specifications (approximate) for consideration: I=47 J=16 P=41.5 Sailboat specifications (approximate): L.O.A. 37' 3.5" beam 11' 9" draft 6' 7". Contact (425) 753-2128.
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• Basic through Advanced Sailing Lessons • Week-long Cruise & Learn lessons • Spinnaker, Intro and Advance Racing Classes AVON 6-PERSON OCEAN LIFE RAFT Avon Ocean - ISO 9650 type 1 6-person life raft, with boarding ladder and ramp, stored in valise with vacuum bag. Includes log book with service record; last certificate of re-inspection in March 2018, included cylinder hydro test. Purchased new in 2009 ($2558); asking $975. Located in Olympia, WA. Call for further information and potential delivery options. (360) 561-8144.
SHADETREE BOAT AWNING Shadetree freestanding boat awning, rectangular aft model, size 172” long X 180” wide. Quality construction of coated (UV resistant, heat reflecting) 9 oz Dacron; double lock stitched seams, with 1.5” webbing reinforced hems. Support wands are flexible carbon / fiberglass tubing sections. Nylon storage bag. Excellent condition - lightly used. Shadetree price $965; asking $425. Located in Olympia, WA. Call for further information & delivery options. (360) 561-8144.
Gill foulweather gear & Dubarry footwear
206-782-5100 www.seattlesailing.com info@seattlesailing.com 7001 Seaview Ave NW Suite 130 (Shilshole Bay Marina in Port of Seattle Building)
FORESPAR WHISKER POLE Forespar expandable whisker pole. 13-24 feet with end fittings. Never used. Still in cardboard tube. Value $3,500. Asking $2,500 in Richland, WA, or $2800 if delivered to Seattle. Contact at (509) 375-0224 or ed.mcclanahan1@hotmail.com
SAILOMAT 601 WINDVANE (2003) This Windvane was used in a 2006 trip from Seattle to Hawaii. All components are present and in excellent condition. You can research this windvane at http:// www.sailomat.com/ Photo shows the main structure of the vane. Priced to sell at $1200 plus shipping (was $1,600). Contact L. Norman if interested at normanleslie@hotmail.com.
SEA ANCHOR & DROGUE Fiorentino 12’ Para-Anchor (for 45’ boat, 30,000 lbs), in stowage bag, with trip line and rode wrap. Excellent condition - never used. List price (Landfall Navigation) $981 (sea anchor $805; trip line $137; wrap $39); asking $400. Fiorentino Shark Drogue (medium), for 32’-49’ boat, up to 50000 lbs. Excellent condition - deployed once. List price (Landfall Navigation) $739; asking $275. Located in Olympia, WA. Call for further information and potential delivery options. (360) 561-8144.
MOORAGE ANACORTES MOORAGE FOR SALE For sale, Skyline Anacortes Moorage, Condominium #18. 50 feet long, 16 feet wide. Excellent shore facilities and security. $149,000. For more info, please contact (954) 579-1616.
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Offshore Sailing for Women Nancy Erley, Instructor 206.789.5118
nancy@tethysoffshore.com www.tethysoffshore.com ROANOKE REEF - LAKE UNION MOORAGE New 44’ slip, max beam 13’6”. Floating dock. Gated, pump out. No liveaboards. $750/month includes power and water. On Eastlake in Seattle, open to south, downtown view. For more info, call Herb at (206) 909-0903.
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EMERGENCY HANDHELD WATERMAKER Katadyn Survivor 06, purchased new in 2018 for Pacific crossing, and (thankfully) never used. “The Survivor 06 is the smallest hand-operated watermaker worldwide, able to produce over 6 gallons (~21 liters) of potable water per day from seawater.” Katadyn Product Specifications. Retails for $995 (Fisheries Supply); asking $495. Located in Olympia, WA. Call for information/delivery options. (360) 561-8144.
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Great Opportunity to own premium slips in Skyline Marina Division 22, easy access to the San Juan Islands. Slip TDO90 Division 22, 48’LOA (44’+ 4’x18’) $150,000. TDN38 and TDN39 are 44’LOA (40’+4’x18’) $140,000 each. Full service marina w/ secure gate. Amenities include bathroom/shower, laundry, parking, power and water!
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16' Doughdish 12.5 18' I550 w/Trailer 20' Laser SB# w/Trailer 20' Pacific Seacraft Flicka 21' Com-Pac Eclipse 22' J/70 22' J/70 New 25' Fisher Potter Ktch. 25' Catalina w/tr. 25' Hunter w/tr. 25' Seaward w/tr. 26' Hake 26' MacGregor w/Tr. 27' Pac. SeaCraft Orion 27' Catalina 28' Ericson 28' Herreshoff 28' Hunter 28.5 29' Island Packet 29 29' J/29 29' J/88 New 29' Carrera 290 30' Baba 30' Catalina 30 30' Catalina MKII 30' Catalina Sloop 30' Catalina Tall Rig 30' Farr 30' Fisher 30' Henderson 30' J/95 New 30' Olson 30' Yamaha MK II 30’ Catalina 31' Beneteau 311
99 ~ 16 O 08 83 D 18 O 12 G 19 G 77 D 87 G 07 G 99 D 12 D 89 G 79 D 84 D 81 95 D 87 D 91 D 85 G 19 D 93 G 84 D 81 D 88 D 79 D 80 D 97 D 79 D 97 G 19 D 84 G 84 D 86 D 00 D
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29,500 NW Yachtnet 7,900 Passion 19,500 Mar Servic 25,000 West Yachts 39,900 Passion 34,900 Sail NW ~ Sail NW 19,500 Signature 9,900 Passion Pending Passion 35,000 Passion 64,000 Yachtfinders 5,900 Passion 29,000 Swiftsure 12,900 Passion 12,000 Seattle Yachts 39,500 Yachtfinders 11,000 Passion 59,900 Mar Servic 12,000 Sail NW ~ Sail NW 12,900 Passion 49,500 Yachtfinders 14,500 Mar Servic 24,500 NW Yachtnet 15,500 NW Yachtnet 17,999 NW Yachtnet 35,000 Sail NW 34,500 Yachtfinders 23,000 Sail NW ~ Sail NW 14,000 Yachtfinders 26,000 Rubicon 23,900 Signature 49,500 Signature
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Boat Type
Yr Aux
31' Beneteau Oceanis 31' Cal Sloop 31' Cape George 31' HUNTER SLOOP 31' Island Packet 31' CAL 32' C&C 32' Catalina 320 32' Ericson 32-200 32' Gulf PH 32' Islander 32' Islander 32' J/97e New 32' J/99 New 32' Laurin Koster 32' Nor'Star 32' Tayana PH Cutter 32' Cascade Cutter 32' FUJI KETCH 32' Hunter 326 32’ Kyrie Elite 33' Ericson 33' eSailing Yacht 33' Hunter 33' J/100 33' Larson 33' Legendary Ketch 33' Mason OS Cutter 33' Nantucket 33' Nauticat PH 33' Tartan 101 33' Tripp Racing 33' Wauquiez 33' Beneteau 331 33' Hunter
19 D 169,000 Signature 79 D 24,500 NW Yachtnet 81 D 38,000 West Yachts 84 D 19,500 West Yachts 88 D 53,000 Rubicon 80 D 24,000 West Yachts 80 D 29,500 West Yachts 94 D 49,900 NW Yachtnet 90 D 39,900 Rubicon 88 D 55,000 West Yachts 77 D 29,000 NW Yachtnet 78 D 17,900 Mar Servic 19 D ~ Sail NW 19 D ~ Sail NW 65 D 23,000 West Yachts 86 D 38,000 Sail NW 00 D 129,900 Rubicon 71 D ~ Passion 78 D 44,900 West Yachts 03 D 49,900 Passion 85 D 28,900 Signature 82 D 24,900 Signature 07 D 59,000 Sail NW 08 D 69,000 NW Yachtnet 07 D 76,500 Swiftsure 07 D 79,950 Seattle Yachts 00 D 180,000 Waterline 86 D 89,000 Waterline 84 D 178,000 Seattle Yachts 85 D 89,900 Mar Servic 19 D 199,900 Seattle Yachts 92 D 24,900 NW Yachtnet 83 D 49,000 West Yachts 02 D 74,900 Passion 11 D 99,900 Passion
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Boat Type 33' Yamaha 33’ Freedom Cat Ketch 34' Beneteau 343 34' C&C 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Columbia 34 34' ERICSON 34-2 34' Gambling 34 34' Gemeni 105Mc 34' Gemini 105 MC 34' Hallberg Rassy 34' Hunter 34' Hunter 356 34' J/105 34' Jeanneau 349 34' Pacific Seacraft 34' Tartan 345 34' Alsea Bay 34' Catalina 34' Ericson 35' Beneteau 35' Cheoy Lee 35' Contest Sloop 35' Elan E4 35' Hallberg Rassy 35' Hunter Leg. 35.5 35' Jason Brewer 35 35' Nauticat 35 35' Trident Voyager PH 35' Wauquiez 35' Beneteau 350 35' Beneteau Oc. 35.1 35' Endurance PH 35' Young Sun Cutter
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78 D 21,900 Passion 81 D 21,500 Signature 07 D 85,000 ElliottBYS 78 D 29,900 Signature 86 D 36,900 NW Yachtnet 88 D 39,500 NW Yachtnet 72 D 27,000 Mar Servic 90 D 59,900 West Yachts 74 D 24,900 Mar Servic 05 D 109,000 ElliottBYS 06 D 104,000 San Juan 00 D 139,000 Swiftsure 98 D 54,900 Yachtfinders 02 D 78,000 Seattle Yachts 00 D 74,900 Sail NW 19 D 189,965 Mar Servic 05 D 174,500 NW Yachtnet 19 D 278,655 Seattle Yachts 85 D 53,900 Passion 88 D ~ Passion 88 D 58,900 Passion 89 D 45,000 Yachtfinders 80 D 34,500 NW Yachtnet 81 D 49,500 NW Yachtnet 17 D 249,900 Seattle Yachts 89 D 115,000 Swiftsure 90 D 44,900 NW Yachtnet 76 D 44,900 Mar Servic 00 D 149,500 Mar Servic 78 D 59,500 Mar Servic 82 D 59,900 NW Yachtnet 88 D 35,900 Passion 19 D ~ Passion 78 D 39,900 Passion 79 D 34,900 Passion
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36' B. Roberts Spray 36' Cal 36' Cape George PH 36 36' CASCADE SLOOP 36' Catalina Sloop 36' Catalina Sloop 36' Cheoy Lee 36' Colvin Pinky Schoon. 36' Hunter 36' Islander Peterson 36' Islander Sloop 36' J/111 New 36' J/112e New 36' Pearson 36 36' Sweden 36 36' Tanton 36 36' Union Cutter 36' Valiant Espirit 36' Cascade 36' Islander 37' BANJER PH MS 37' Beneteau 37' Beneteau, Oc. LMT 37' Endeavour 37' HUNTER 37' Hunter 37.5 37' Island Packet 370 37' Nautor Swan 37' Pac. Sea. Crealock 37' Rustler 37' Tartan 37' Tartan Blackwatch 37' TAYANA CUTTER 37' Truant 37 37' Pacific Seacraft
01 D 55,500 Waterline 66 G 19,900 Yachtfinders 73 D 52,500 Mar Servic 72 D 45,000 West Yachts 90 D 57,900 NW Yachtnet 91 D 55,000 Seattle Yachts 85 D 29,500 Yachtfinders 93 D 79,000 Mar Servic 04 D 92,500 NW Yachtnet 79 D 34,500 Yachtfinders 78 D 39,000 NW Yachtnet 19 D ~ Sail NW 19 D ~ Sail NW 75 D 19,500 Mar Servic 85 D 61,000 Mar Servic 81 D 17,000 Mar Servic 82 D 59,000 Mar Servic 85 D 99,000 Yachtfinders 71 D 10,000 Passion 82 D 36,900 Passion 70 D 63,000 West Yachts 15 D 182,500 Signature 13 D 155,000 Rubicon 80 D 29,500 Yachtfinders 80 D 58,009 West Yachts 92 D 69,900 Passion 08 D 229,000 Mar Servic 80 D 84,750 West Yachts 82 D 57,000 Seattle Yachts 15 D 365,000 Sail NW 77 D 34,900 Seattle Yachts 65 D 15,000 Yachtfinders 83 D 92,000 West Yachts 80 D 39,000 Mar Servic 99 D 145,000 Passion
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Boat Type
Yr Aux
38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1 38' Beneteau Oc. 38.1 38' Block Island 38' C&C 38' Catalina 38' CATALINA 380 38' Hans Christian 38' Pearson 385 38' Sabre 386 38' X-Yachts 38' Yankee 38' Catalina 387 38' Catalina S&S 38' Catalina S&S 38' Hans Christian 39' C & L Europa 39' Cal 39' Cal 39 39' Cal MK III 39' Fast Passage 39' Jeanneau 39i 39' Beneteau 393 39' CAL 39-II 39' Catalina 390 39' Freedem Cat Ketch 39’ Hunter 40' Beneteau 40 40' Beneteau Oceanis 40' Beneteau Oceanis 40' Colin Archer Ketch 40' Custom Acapulco 40' Elan Impression 40' Hinckley Bermuda 40' Hunter 40' Hunter Marlow
19 D ~ Passion 19 D ~ Passion 60 D 119,500 Yachtfinders 86 D 43,999 Yachtfinders 80 D 29,900 Yachtfinders 00 D 105,000 West Yachts 85 D 94,900 Passion 85 D 49,900 Passion 05 D 209,000 Seattle Yachts 94 D 39,000 Yachtfinders 72 D 38,900 NW Yachtnet 04 D 134,900 Passion 83 D 32,900 Passion 83 D 29,900 Passion 78 D 85,000 Passion 79 D 49,000 Seattle Yachts 78 D 35,000 Sail NW 78 D 29,900 Waterline 82 D 53,000 Yachtfinders 79 D 82,000 ElliottBYS 07 D 139,500 Mar Servic 02 D 114,900 Passion 80 D 68,000 West Yachts 02 D 94,900 Passion 83 D 65,000 Passion 15 D 159,950 Signature 11 D 164,900 Mar Servic 94 D 85,000 ElliottBYS 95 D 74,700 NW Yachtnet 94 D 65,000 Sail NW 78 D 99,500 Seattle Yachts 17 D $995/mo Seattle Yachts 70 D 129,500 ElliottBYS 98 D 93,500 Yachtfinders 13 D 219,000 ElliottBYS
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Boat Type
Yr Aux
40' Islander Peterson 40' J 40 40' J/121 New 40' J/122e New 40' J/40 40' Jeanneau 409 40' Lagoon 40 #39 40' Malo Sloop 40' Najad 405 40' Nauticat 40 40' Nauticat PH 40' Panda 40' Perry 41 Sloop 40' Perry Bella 40' Schucker 436 PH 40' Beneteau Oc. 40' BENETEU OCANIS 40' J/120 40' Mariner Ketch 40’ Fount. Pajot Lucia 41' Beneteau Oc 41.1 41' Beneteau Oc 41.1 41' C&C 41' Cheoy Lee Offshore 41' Ericson Sloop 41' Finngulf 41' Hatteras 41' Isl. Packet SP Cruiser 41' Isl. Packet SP Cruiser 41' Island Trader 41' Islander Freeport 41' Jeann. Sun Legende 41' Jeanneau 410 41' Morgan Classic CC 41' Morgan Giles Classic
81 D 47,500 Yachtfinders 90 D 89,500 Mar Servic 19 D ~ Sail NW 19 D ~ Sail NW 89 D 79,000 Sail NW 13 D 239,500 Mar Servic 19 D 529,854 Mar Servic 10 D 324,950 NW Yachtnet 07 D 265,000 Signature 85 D 139,000 Mar Servic 85 D 139,000 Waterline 81 D 95,000 Swiftsure 85 D 69,000 Seattle Yachts 94 D 105,000 Swiftsure 72 D 59,900 Mar Servic 08 D ~ Passion 97 D 90,000 West Yachts 94 D 99,500 Sail NW 78 D ~ Passion 18 D 529,900 Signature 19 D 315,000 Signature 19 D 315,932 Signature 86 D 58,500 Yachtfinders 80 D 42,000 Mar Servic 68 D 37,500 West Yachts 03 D 239,000 Seattle Yachts 67 D 29,900 Seattle Yachts 07 D 299,000 Mar Servic 09 D 299,000 Mar Servic 77 D 69,000 Yachtfinders 76 D 63,500 Yachtfinders 86 D 44,500 San Juan 20 D 329,318 Mar Servic 87 D 77,900 NW Yachtnet 87 D 86,500 NW Yachtnet
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San Juan Sailing
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$319,000 - Puerto Valarta, MX Cruise loaded, full enclosure, hard dodger, boom-furling main & furling staysail, genoa, dinghy/OB/davits, priced below survey value. Turn Key!!!
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Desirable ocean trawler, full electronics, recent survey, charter revenue 2019.
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Brokerage Sailboat Listings Boat Type
Yr Aux
41' Morgan O/I 41' Passport 41 41' Sceptre PH 41' Tartan 4100 41' Beneteau Oc. 41.1 41′ Beneteau 411 42' Brewer PH Cutter 42' Cabo Rico PH 42' Catalina 42' Catalina Sloop 42' Catalina Sloop 42' Island Packet 420 42' Tayana Vancouver CC 42' Catalina 42 mkII 43' Beneteau 443 43' Gulfstar 43' Hans Chr. (Christina) 43' Hunter 430 43' Luengen OS 43' Saga Sloop 43' Shannon 43' Wauquiez Ampritrite 43' Polaris Cutter 44' B. Roberts OS 44' B. Roberts OS 44' Bavaria 44' Beneteau 445 44' Bruce Roberts 44' Catalina 44' CHEOY LEE 44' Jeanneau 440 44' Mason 44' Nauticat 44' Nauticat 44 44' Nordic
87 D 59,900 Passion 89 D 149,900 Mar Servic 89 D 110,000 Seattle Yachts 06 D 279,000 Seattle Yachts 02 D ~ Passion 00 D 112,900 Signature 85 D 125,000 Seattle Yachts 03 D 349,000 Swiftsure 89 D 69,900 Yachtfinders 93 D 97,000 NW Yachtnet 90 D 95,000 NW Yachtnet 00 D 249,000 Swiftsure 82 D 130,000 Seattle Yachts 02 D 154,000 Passion 05 D 119,500 ElliottBYS 77 D 59,500 Yachtfinders 86 D 99,000 Swiftsure 96 D 94,000 NW Yachtnet 87 D 79,500 Waterline 98 D 179,500 NW Yachtnet 88 D 189,000 Swiftsure 84 D 132,500 Mar Servic 78 D 69,900 Passion 93 D 38,500 Mar Servic 80 D 75,000 Mar Servic 03 D 138,000 Swiftsure 93 D 98,500 Seattle Yachts 90 D 37,500 West Yachts 05 D 245,000 Seattle Yachts 80 D 139,900 West Yachts 19 D 399,985 Mar Servic 89 D 139,500 Seattle Yachts 83 D 169,000 Swiftsure 80 D 185,000 Mar Servic 83 D 107,000 Swiftsure
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Boat Type
Yr Aux
44' Spencer 44 44' Tanton 44' Worldcruiser 44' Nuaticat PH 45' B. Roberts OS 45' Bestevaer 45st 45' Brewer 45' Hunter 45' Jeanneau 45 DS 45' Jeanneau 45.2 45' Jeanneau SO 45 45' Morgan 45' Sparkman & Stephens 46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1 46' Beneteau Oc. 461 46' CAL 2-46 46' Jeanneau 45.1 46' Jeanneau 469 46' Kanter Atlantic 46' West Indies 46' Beneteau Oc. 46.1 46' Spindrift CC 46′ W. Indies Heritage 47.7' Beneteau 47' C. White Atlantic 47' Catana 472 47' Vagabond Ketch 48' C. White Atlantic 48' J-145 48' Tayana 48' Waterline 49' DeFever PH 49' Goetz/Taylor 49' Hunter 49 49' Jeanneau 490
73 D 40,000 Mar Servic 83 D 139,000 Swiftsure 79 D 218,000 ElliottBYS 84 D 172,000 Passion 83 D 69,000 Waterline 11 D 499,000 Sail NW 78 D 69,000 Yachtfinders 98 D 129,500 Yachtfinders 08 D 254,000 Mar Servic 02 D 225,000 Swiftsure 06 D 209,995 Mar Servic 94 D 139,000 Yachtfinders 60 D 89,500 Rubicon 19 D 489,859 Signature 00 D 150,000 Sail NW 73 D 89,900 West Yachts 95 D 125,000 San Juan 15 D 349,000 Mar Servic 88 D 99,900 Yachtfinders 77 D 59,900 Yachtfinders 19 D 39 Passion 84 D 138,000 Passion 77 D 59,990 Signature 05 D 179,000 ElliottBYS 13 D 759,000 Swiftsure 11 D 420,000 Swiftsure 83 D 184,000 Mar Servic 10 D 595,000 Swiftsure 01 D 295,000 Signature 05 D 359,000 Seattle Yachts 97 D 395,000 Swiftsure 84 D 199,000 Seattle Yachts 97 D 64,000 Yachtfinders 09 D 299,900 Passion 19 D 519,796 Mar Servic
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Boat Type 49' Jeanneau SO 49 49' Jeanneau SO 49P 49' Transpacific 49' TransPacific Marine 50' Baltic 50' Beneteau 50' Jeanneau 50DS 50' Lavranos 50' Stevens Custom 51' Able Apogee 51' Alden Skye Ketch 51' Beneteau 51' Formosa Ketch 52' Jeann. Sun Odyssey 52' Santa Cruz 53' J/160 53' Simonis 53' Tartan 5300 55' Tayana 55' Tayana CC 55' Tayana Cutter Rig 56' Herreshoff Marco Polo 58' Tayana CC 58' Tayana DS 59' Outremer 5X 59' Schooner Pinky 60' Mariner 61' C&C 63' Mason Ketch 64' Frers 65' Bruce Roberts NY 65' Sparkman & Stevens 75' Custom Schooner 83' Cust. Staysl. Schoon.
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05 D 294,500 Mar Servic 07 D 349,500 Mar Servic 80 D 109,000 ElliottBYS 80 D 109,000 Sail NW 99 D 499,000 Swiftsure 88 D 135,000 Yachtfinders 11 D 299,999 Mar Servic 90 D 169,900 Swiftsure 87 D 199,000 Rubicon 00 D 475,000 Swiftsure 80 D 139,500 Mar Servic 83 D 110,000 Yachtfinders 78 D 147,000 Seattle Yachts 00 D 249,000 Rubicon 99 D 395,000 Yachtfinders 03 D 449,000 Sail NW 01 D 549,000 Swiftsure 19 D 1,048,630 Seattle Yachts 87 D 169,500 Yachtfinders 92 D 299,000 Seattle Yachts 86 D 245,000 Seattle Yachts 56 D 215,000 Waterline 02 D 349,000 NW Yachtnet 06 D 575,000 Seattle Yachts 12 D 1,190,000 Swiftsure 90 D 99,000 NW Yachtnet 78 D 550,000 Yachtfinders 72 D 164,000 Mar Servic 82 D 289,500 Seattle Yachts 78 D 377,000 Swiftsure 97 2D 314,000 Waterline 68 D 375,000 ElliottBYS 87 D 269,000 NW Yachtnet 34 D 175,000 Waterline
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2013 37' BENETEAU OCEANIS • $155,000
1984 30' Yamaha MKII SlooP • $26,000
San Francisco, CA • (206) 602-2702
Sequim, WA • (206) 602-2702
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Boat Type
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Boat Type
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22' Sea Sport Sportman
00 G
39,500 West Yachts
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34' Red Wing
08 D 89,000 Swiftsure
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43' MJM 43z New
19 G
22' Surf Scoter
92 G 45,000 West Yachts
70
34' Wellcraft Califorinia
82 D 44,900 Yachtfinders
68
43' Sabreline Aft Cbin
95 2D 279,000 Waterline
72
25' Four Winns Vista
19 G 139,564 Mar Servic
72
35' Four Winns Vista
18 D 349,807 Mar Servic
25' Ranger Tug
12 D 105,000 Swiftsure
69
35' MJM 35z New
19 G
26' Cascade Lobster Boat
02 D 129,000 West Yachts
70
36' Albin 36 Tri-cabin
79 2D 39,000 Waterline
26' Tollycraft 26 Sedan
77 G 28,500 Waterline
63
36' Gr. Banks Classic
84 D 135,000 Rubicon
27' Ranger Tugs
15 D 150,000 Elliott Bay YS 67
36' Monk
88 D 109,000 West Yachts
27' Ranger Tugs R-27
17 D 154,900 Waterline
63
36' Stanley (Lobster Boat)
67 D 45,000 Swiftsure
29' Four Winns Horiz.
19 G 225,572 Mar Servic
72
37' Hershine 37 Trwl.
29' Ranger Tug
11 D 199,900 NW Yachtnet
38' Bayliner 3818
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45' Grand Mariner 45
81 2D 115,000 Waterline
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46' Nielson Trawler
81 D 225,000 West Yachts
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47' Selene
06 D 495,000 San Juan
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49' Grand Banks
85 D 269,500 NW Yachtnet
70
50' Grand Banks
70 D 129,900 NW Yachtnet
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69
50' MJM 50z New
19 D
2
79 2D 49,000 Waterline
63
51' Symbol PH
97 D 279,000 NW Yachtnet
89 D 45,000 Rubicon
66
53' Aluminum LRC
74 2D 169,000 Waterline
63 66
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2
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7
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29' Ranger Tugs R-29
12 D 159,900 Waterline
63
38' Helmsman Trwl. 38E
17 D 439,000 Waterline
63
53' Hatteras Fisherman
78 D 120,000 Rubicon
30' Mainship
00 D 64,500 Swiftsure
69
38' Marine Trader
84 D 59,500 Yachtfinders
68
53' MJM 53z New
19 D
31' Camano
04 D 117,500 Signature
71
38' Wellcraft
84 G 28,500 Yachtfinders 68
53' Nordlund 53
79 2D 148,500 Waterline
63
31' Camano 31 Troll
93 D 92,500 Waterline
63
38' Golden Star
86 D 39,900 West Yachts
70
54' Kady Krogen PH
91 D 349,000 Waterline
63
31' Camano 31 Troll
92 D 78,500 Waterline
63
39' Azimut
00 D 215,000 West Yachts
70
57' Alden Trwl. Ketch
64 2D 79,500 Waterline
63
31' Ranger Tugs R-31CB
15 D 239,000 Waterline
63
39' Bayliner 3988
98 G 128,000 West Yachts
70
57' Bayliner 5788
00 D 459,000 West Yachts
70
32' BC 32 Tri-Cabin Trwl.
86 D 59,000 Waterline
63
39' Carver
93 G 59,000 West Yachts
70
58' Vicem
05 D 795,000 Yachtfinders 68
32' Grand Banks
72 D
40' Davis Trawler
87 D
79,900 NW Yachtnet
7
60' Custom PH
89 D 499,000 NW Yachtnet
32' MDI Downeast
97 D 109,500 Elliott Bay YS 67
40' MJM 40z New
19 D
~ Sail NW
2
60' DeFever/Angel Trwl.
84 D 394,500 Waterline
32' Nordic Tug
08 D 229,000 NW Yachtnet
40' Ocean Alexander
83 D 114,900 West Yachts
70
65' Malahide PH Trwl.
72 D 795,000 Waterline
63
32' Nordic Tug
10 D 254,000 San Juan
64
40' Tollycraft Tri-Cabin
79 D 89,900 West Yachts
70
66' Seaton PH Trawler
97 D 1,200,000 Rubicon
66
32' Nordic Tug
95 D 126,500 Yachtfinders
68
40' Willard LRC
83 D 149,000 NW Yachtnet
77 D 525,000 West Yachts
70
33' Back Cove
08 D 259,000 Swiftsure
69
41' Bracewell 41 FB
19 D 499,000 Waterline
63
76' Conv. Wallace Tug
1906 D 130,000 Waterline
63
33' Cooper
87 D 79,000 Yachtfinders 68
42' Grand Banks Cl.
89 D 205,000 Elliott Bay YS 67
78' Conv. Historic Tug
1890 D
79,500 Waterline
63
33' Searay 330
08 G 142,500 West Yachts
70
42' Californian 42 Trwl.
77 2D 59,000 Waterline
63
100' Steel Bushey Tug
44 D 300,000 Waterline
63
34' CHB 34 Puget Trwl.
83 1D 32,900 Waterline
63
42' Grand Banks Cl.
77 D 116,000 Mar Servic
72
150' Custom Ferry
36 D 1,699,000 NW Yachtnet
34' PDQ Catamaran
03 D 240,000 West Yachts
70
43' Helmsman Trwl. 43
19 1D 549,000 Waterline
63
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37,500 Elliott Bay YS 67 7
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72' McQueen CPMY
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45’ BREWER KETCH ’78.........$69,000 “ZANYA” Stout, comfortable and well equipped blue-water cruiser. Maintained at the highest standard. d PT on m ch i R
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36’ CHEOY LEE PEDRICK 36 ’85 $29,500 “2 BY C” A fast boat with a comfortable interior layout for cruising with friends and family. New alternator and range.
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37' Banjer PH Motorsailer 1970
37' Nautor Swan 1980
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36' S-2 1979
34' Ericson 34-2 1990
33' Wauquiez Gladiator 1983
32' Gulf Pilothouse 1988
32' Laurin Koster 1965
32' C & C 1980
32' Fuji Ketch 1978
31' CAL 1980
31' Cape George Cutter 1981
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