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FEATURES 26 48° North Holiday Gift Guide
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34 Takeaways from Overboard Recoveries
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38 Crossing Hecate Strait in a Gale
A wild ride tale to prime you for heavy weather sailing season.
By Patrick Davin
COLUMNS 17 Artist’s View – Secrets of the Salish Sea
White-Winged Scoter: A winter visitor with a knobby nose. By Larry Eifert
18 Halcyon Wandering
A wrong-way upwind passage in the South Pacific. By Becca Guillote
20 Galley Essentials with Amanda
Cruising cuisine and fresh fish on a big Atlantic crossing. By Amanda Swan Neal
22 How-To: Anodes in Salt, Brackish, or Fresh
Choosing the right anode given the effects of its environment. By Alex and Jack Wilken
24 Lessons Learned Cruising
Maestros and students of the boatyard. By Behan and Jamie Gifford
42 48° North Race Report
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Sailors who were in the water share lessons learned.
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Editor THERE'S NO BAD WEATHER
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing” Englishman Alfred Wainwright wrote in his book Coast to Coast in 1973. He was known to walk 20-30 miles per day in dreary England, even as a child. It sounds like he would have made a brilliant Pacific Northwest sailor. Wainwright’s wisdom resonates for sailors at this time of year. There’s no way to approach November in the PNW without at least acknowledging the weather, and sometimes it’s better to look it straight in the face. As I write this, the windows are quite literally rattling next to me while a southerly gale is whipping up Shilshole Bay into a frothy teal and the NOAA weather station at nearby West Point is registering a cool 27 knots, gusting 30. This week, The Seattle Times published a major piece about the onset of the seasonal pattern they call “The Big Dark,” there are flood warnings in the area from incessant rain, and daylight savings time may have already happened by the time you read this. It’s enough to make a prudent sailor put on some Gordon Lightfoot and contemplate seasonal dry storage or hanging up the sailing gloves for a few months. The thing is, glory abounds on our waters in the winter months, and this season has genuinely given me some of my favorite sailing memories. However, as the prescient cliché insinuates, any hope of enjoying sailing on the Salish Sea at this time of year hinges upon the crucial and challenging task of keeping oneself warm and dry. Most sailors who cast off the lines within a few months of the winter solstice have had that indelible “never-again” experience in which their gear just plain failed. It’s tough to shake the memory of being that cold and wet, but know this: you can sail in the winter and be warm and dry. And you should! The gear itself is, hearteningly, always taking steps forward. The reliability of the high-tech and breathable three-layer fabrics has increased significantly. I've also picked up a few techniques that may surprise you—for example, in inclement weather, I'm almost always wearing two waterproof layers. Yes, it’s the death of breathability, but unless I’m sailing something hyper-athletic, I’d rather be a little clammy than miserably soaked. That this works is a worthy reminder sailing is a sedentary pursuit for many of us, and there’s often more activity while we raise and lower the main than all the rest of our time on the water combined. Outside of those times, it’s rare that sailors feel over-dressed in the offseason. Of course, other important factors play into the equation. Give yourself permission to sail in small bites. Get out, put the sails up, top up the bank with a wind-powered fix, and don’t get overly ambitious. This is particularly true if you’re sailing with a crew who isn’t quite as enthusiastic about the winter sailing experience as you may be. Go on short trips to destinations where you can warmup and dry out. I’m pretty sure the seaside restaurants and pubs I’ve frequented over the years have forgiven me for bringing groups of sopping wet sailors in to drip-dry on their hardwoods while sipping toddies and watching the Seahawks. Speaking of hot beverages... It’s not a joke when I say that hot drinks are as important to winter sailing as salt is to food. There's some value to having one without the other, but it is a much less enjoyable experience. Finally, heat your cabin. A half-hour out of the wind and rain while warming up down below is sometimes all it takes to be ready for another long stint on the helm. The difference between a cabin with heat and one without is significant in the soggy PNW winter. And it’s dang hard to stop shivering when the cabin is as cold and damp as it is on deck. Thus, I offer my amendment: “There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing or poor planning, or both.” Go sailing... but not too long! Over-dress and know how and when you’re going to get out of the elements before you start. And for God’s sake, bring a big carafe of something hot. It can be fun. I promise.
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Absent from the many names was one of our own very famous women; the first American woman to circumnavigate the globe solo via the Five Great Capes, Karen Thorndike, who completed her 33,000 mile voyage in 1998. I had the privilege to talk with her several years ago about her adventure following a thirty minute video that encapsulated her experience during one of our Mukilteo Yacht Club 8
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Thanks Terry, you’re absolutely right that Karen is a pioneer of women in sailing, in our regional scene and beyond! I appreciate and share your desire to recognize her accomplishments and leadership. I also thought you might be interested to know that Karen has been instrumental in mentoring at least one young woman who is preparing her boat and herself to circumnavigate, Sarah Scott. Sarah’s articles have been featured several times in recent issues, and I can hear the reverberations of Karen’s sage wisdom coming through Sarah’s writing. I was lucky enough to interview Sarah and Karen in person, and that conversation was featured in the January 2019 issue. I think (I hope!) it’s a fun read. There are so many accomplished and inspirational women involved in sailing that we could not have hoped to have one article or one issue that could include all of them. And the good news is, as more and more women and girls get involved in sailing, this will be an increasingly important and wonderful challenge!
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Uncensored Dear Joe, I’ve been reading 48° North since the first issue (when it was called Latitude 48). I never seen the “F-word” in any edition until the Argon Collective article in the September issue. Maybe that word is acceptable to your generation, but I can assure it is not a proper word for a magazine that wants to get children starting sailing. If I see a word like this again, it will be my last issue of 48° North.
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Jack Harding I apologize that by leaving the Argon article uncensored, I offended you. I thought it might be helpful to share my thought-process about that particular article, not to defend my choice, but to illustrate that it was a thoughtful decision to leave that language in the magazine. To me, the entire ethos around that article felt alternative—young, a little edgy, counter-cultural. These dynamics, along with their almost aggressive enthusiasm, led me to feel like I didn’t want to do anything to dilute their style. Certainly, you make an excellent point that there’s dissonance between the hope that young people might be inspired by the story of the Argon ladies, and the fact that leaving the article uncensored may not have positioned the group as the role models I know they are for the broadest possible audience. I also recognize that my personal bias shows through: that curse words aren’t a big problem for me when not directed at a person or group in a derogatory fashion (which these were not, in my opinion). While I’m not quite ready to say that I will absolutely NEVER ever again under any circumstances publish that word, I will tell you that I’ve heard your feedback, and value both it and your long-tenured readership. I’ll also tell you that we’ve begun a conversation with the 48° North team to hopefully install a policy about language that ensures consistency and mitigates the fallibility of my personal judgment. 48º NORTH
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November 2019 1 t Team Hamachi’s Transpac Victory
Presented by CYC Seattle. Hear firsthand accounts including everything from strategy to outfitting from the J/125 full of Seattle sailors that took home the Grand Prize in the 50th Anniversary running of the storied race to Hawaii. The presentation will be complemented by some of the team’s excellent video footage. Tickets required, but open to the public. www.cycseattle.org
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Trimaran Fixer-Upper Presented by NW Multihull Association. Brothers Chance and Ty Campbell need your help and want your advice. Chance graduated from UW ME in ‘19 and sailed from Ketchikan to Seattle in 2019 to help deliver Team Narwhal’s R2AK trimaran home. Ty is a commercial diver out of Bellingham. They’re in the process of building out an interior, fixing soft spots on the hull, reseting deck hardware, and many other projects on their SeaWing. They’re hard at work and keen to learn from the community. They’ll present on their current progress and repair plans, and then would like YOUR advice! Plan on a lively Q and A discussion! Potluck starts at 6:30 pm, club meeting and presentation 7:30 at Puget Sound Yacht Club. www.nwmultihull.org E/ R Seattle Area Racing Calendar (SARC) Planning Meeting This is the annual meeting organized and facilitated by 48° North. It is an open forum for yacht clubs and race organizers to participate in the creation of the optimal racing calendar for 2020. If you’re interested in participating, contact 48°N Editor, Joe Cline. The meeting is at 6:30pm at Seattle YC. joe@48north.com E National Sailing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Seattle Yacht Club, This national ceremony is happening at our one of our favorite local yacht clubs! The National Sailing Hall of Fame has announced the inductees, but these famed sailors will
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Presented by Puget Sound Cruising Club. PSCC is proud to present Jesse and Samantha Osborn who sailed around in 2013/2014. This will be a spirited presentation concentrating on preparation for the voyage including budget, repairs, provisioning, crew, outfitting, and training, as well as stories of the highlights and challenges. Jesse said, “When I decided to sail through the Northwest Passage in the fall of 2010, people told me it was impossible, or that I could not do it. That is when I knew I was on the right track. A sailing voyage should be worthy of the great efforts we take to realize them.” These two voyagers, who met in the Arctic, have developed a sailing logistics business to help others realize their dreams. This presentation will be entertaining, educational, and hopefully act as a catalyst for those who are driven to go farther... At North Seattle College at 7:30pm. Open to the public. www.pugetsoundcruisingclub.org
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R Le Mans Race Presented by Gig Harbor Yacht Club, this is one of the most unique races on Puget Sound. Boats start at anchor with crews below deck, then they must raise sails and sail off the anchors to being the actual race. More than a race, this is just a fun event complete with a party at GHYC with food and beverage. It’s now in its 52nd year, and everyone ought to give it a try! www.gigharboryc.com R Suaxin Island Race Presented by the South Sound Sailing Society. www.ssssclub.com
16-17 C Become a US Sailing Certified Judge Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle is hosting a Judges Seminar. No prerequisites required. Judges are responsible for conducting protest and redress hearings when competitors believe there’s been a breach of the rules, among other duties. Judges improve the quality, consistency, and fairness of racing. This 2-day seminar covers many aspects of judging. Advanced registration required by November 11, 2019. www.cycseattle.org
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Chasing the Cup - A Sneak Peak into the Next America’s Cup. Hosted by Seattle Yacht Club and sponsored by The Moorings. Relive the storied history of sailing’s highest prize, examine the new AC75 foilng monohulls, hear what to expect in New Zealand for the 36th America’s Cup, and get an exclusive look at New York Yacht Club’s challenger, American Magic. www.seattleyachtclub.org Chasing the Cup - A Sneak Peak into the Next America’s Cup. Hosted by Northwest Maritime Center and sponsored by The Moorings. Relive the storied history of sailing’s highest prize, examine the new AC75 foilng monohulls, hear what to expect in New Zealand for the 36th America’s Cup, and get an exclusive look at New York Yacht Club’s challenger, American Magic. www.nwmaritime.org
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Tucker Thompson is one of the faces of the modern America’s Cup (AC). He was the official host of the 35th Cup in Bermuda and will fulfill duties likewise for the upcoming 36th America’s Cup in Auckland—he’s a true Cup insider. Many familiar with his coverage are not aware that he has an AC background as a sailor as well, sailing on the America True team during the 2000 Cup in New Zealand. Thompson is visiting the Pacific Northwest in late November, part of a tour sponsored by The Moorings to inform and inspire audiences about all thing America’s Cup: its storied past, innovative present, and thrilling future. A sought-after public speaker, Thompson’s presentations will revisit all eras of the hotly-contested history of sailing's highest prize, while also
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REVERE SURVIVAL’S NEW USCG/SOLAS COMPACT LIFERAFT Revere Survival Inc has recently added another high quality liferaft to their range. The Revere USCG/SOLAS Compact Liferaft is a robust design, built to provide reliable performance in the harshest of conditions. Packed into a low profile container, the raft takes up 40% less space than a comparative cylinder liferaft, making it ideal for smaller vessels and those with limited space on deck or in a lazarette. An insulated floor helps to retain heat while a dual-zip closure gives extra splash protection. A strong inflatable boarding ramp with reinforced ladder makes it as easy as possible to board the raft, while large water ballast pockets give maximum stability. The raft is highly visible with its retro-reflective tape. The Revere USCG/SOLAS liferaft is available in 6,8,10,12 and 16 person models in both SOLAS A and SOLAS B safety pack options. Every raft comes packed in a weatherproof fiberglass container to keep it protected for longer service life. The container is secured to a steel deck mounted stowage cradle with a hydrostatic release, allowing for both manual and automatic launching. A space saving “low-profile” fiberglass container and aluminium cradle assembly is also available for the 4, 6, and 8 person rafts. In lieu of a SOLAS pack, Coastal Service valise packed rafts are available in 4, 6, 8 person models. www.reveresurvival.com 48º NORTH
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UNCHARTED AN EPIC ADVENTURE SAILING FROM ONE LIFE TO ANOTHER By Kim Brown Seely, $24.95 A couple facing the dreaded empty nest realize they need to rediscover who they are. An adventure story about a voyage from one life chapter to another that involves a too-big sailboat, a narrow and unknown sea, and an appetite to witness a mythical blonde bear that inhabits a remote rainforest. Kim Brown Seely and her husband had been damn good parents for more than 20 years. That was coming to an end as their youngest son was about to move across the country. They impulsively decided to buy a big broken sailboat, learn how to sail it, and head up through the Salish Sea and the Inside Passage to an expanse of untamed wilderness in search of the elusive blonde Kermode bear that only lives in a secluded Northwest forest. Theirs was a voyage of discovery into who they were as individuals and as a couple at an axial moment in their lives. Kim Brown Seely, the 2016 Lowell Thomas Journalist of the Year, has worked in publishing on both coasts, including as senior editor at Travel & Leisure, contributing editor at National Geographic Adventure, and travel editor at Microsoft and Amazon.
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SELF SUFFICIENT SAILOR COMPLETELY REVISED AND EXPANDED THIRD EDITION By Lin and Larry Pardey, $29.95 This book is just what the title says. It is the distillation of what the Pardeys learned during more than 47 years of sailing together aboard their two cutters, Seraffyn and Taleisin, and on scores of other boats. Lin and Larry tell how they have sailed in comfort and safety without large cash outlay- on a pay-as-youearn-as-you-go plan and by simplifying. The first two editions of this invaluable text established Lin and Larry as worldrenowned authorities and inspirations for tens of thousands who dream of setting sail, be it for a weekend voyage across to an offshore island, or for a world circumnavigation. Lin continues voyaging now well into her seventh decade of life. Armed with what she is learning as she explores the islands and far corners of the Tasman Sea, she has updated and revised the information found in the original edition and added several new chapters. Amidst the new material is an extensive look at the lessons learned as Lin and Larry safely negotiated the stormy waters around Cape Horn. This book has always been held in the highest regard among offshore sailors. Now, it’s even better.
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With an eye swoosh reminiscent of Amy Winehouse, whitewinged scoters are large and mostly black sea ducks. The white-winged scoter (pronounced sk‘oh’ter) is the largest of the three scoters that are here during the cold months. The white feathers near the male’s eye and on the wing can be seen from a fair distance and make for good identifying marks. Unlike Amy, females are dull brown. These are winter birds for the Salish Sea, and they are here to dine on our local shellfish. Scoters dive for clams, mussels, shrimp, and snails and seem to favor deeper water than the other two scoter species. They typically dive into shellfish beds, tear off a mouthful and, once back on the surface, sort out what’s good or not. It honestly doesn’t seem to matter, because their stomach juices can digest just about anything.
Sketches and story by Larry Eifert
White-winged scoters spend their summers in the far north like other sea ducks. They build a feather-lined nest on the ground close to water in colonies with many other scoter nests. The average scoter may have between five and eleven eggs. Everything is fine for the first few weeks of family life, but then all the nesting females start to act aggressively towards each other and chicks get mixed up. By the end of it all, some nests might have 40 offspring, others just a few. Careful what you wish for! To resolve this, after about three weeks, the females just leave, abandon them all to fend for themselves— and off they go to the Pacific Coast to relax. By fall, the birds arrive along the outer coast of Washington and some come by to see us.
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Halcyon Wandering
“ GENTLEMEN DON’T SAIL TO Weather ” by Becca Guillote Becca and John Guillote are young, Seattle-based cruisers exploring the world aboard their Valiant 40, Halcyon. After the dream-fulfilling downwind passage across the Pacific, they recently got a taste of sailing the “wrong way” in the South Pacific. There’s an old saying that “gentlemen don’t sail to weather.” That is because sailing to weather, or upwind, is not a polite or sophisticated activity. The boat is heeled over, the sails are sheeted in tight, and the skipper’s knuckles are white. There is banging and bashing, listing and creaking, pounding and jolting. Salt spray coats every surface and drips through every portlight. There are many bruises and many more curse words. It is not fitting for a gentleman. Well, it’s a good thing there are no gentlemen around here. Lately, the only sailing we have done has been upwind. After a 4,000-mile downwind journey across the ocean and four months exploring the Gambier and Tuamotu islands in the “right” direction (from windward to leeward), we turned our sights on a relatively short but distinctly upwind journey from the westernmost Tuamotu island to the easternmost island in the Marquesas. This is, by common understanding, the “wrong” way to go. But it is also universally unacceptable to skip the Marquesas. They are green and lush and dramatic, full of waterfalls and fresh fruit and friendly people. Since we arrived in French Polynesia via the Gambiers, in the southeast corner, and then island-hopped our way west through the Tuamotus, we had no choice but to turn around and spurn any lingering gentlemanly tendencies to bash our way northeast to the Marquesas. Halcyon is 43-years-old this year, pretty old for an offshore cruising boat. She has spent the last several years on a mostly slow and lazy downwind stroll. Preparing for this passage, I 48º NORTH
was worried about how much we were asking of her. It would be like asking your 80-year-old grandma, who is accustomed to shuffling down to the mailbox for the newspaper, to instead jog up that hill over there. You’d be a little worried about her, wouldn’t you? What if she pulled a muscle, strained her heart, or fell and broke a hip? I did not want Halcyon to break a hip. Our first leg was a warm-up. We sailed from Tikihau to Ahe, a short 110 nautical miles (as the crow flies) dead upwind. By the time the anchor was down inside the pass at Ahe, we had sailed 225 miles, over twice the “straight line” distance. We learned a lot on that little passage about Halcyon’s old age uphill capabilities. We learned she has to sail ten degrees lower on one tack than the other (and never as high as we hoped); we learned there is a big difference between 17 and 21 knots of apparent wind when you’re close hauled; and we learned that most of our portlights leak. We had three days in Ahe to rest and bolster Halcyon before the big jump to the Marquesas. While we were there, we met an old salty sailor with a thick beard and a strong French accent who is on his 35th year of cruising and fourth lap around the world, all on the same boat. He was dismayed by our ambitious upwind plans. “No, no, no.” he said, wagging his finger at us, “that is the wrong way; you do not go that way.” I shrugged and smiled, and told him that we were going to do it anyway. I justified our decision by adding that the distance is only 500 miles in a straight line, so even with some tacking, it would feel relatively short after crossing an ocean. “Mark my words,” he
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While uncomfortable for the first few days, the "Halcyon" crew had found their upwind groove by the time they landed this massive blue marlin. concluded ominously, “it’s going to take you ten days at least. Ten days you’ll be out there, and it will not be fun.” I’ll be honest, his prophecy intensified my anxiety. What if he was right? What if this was a terrible decision? What if the strain was just too much for our old boat and she keeled over out there? Well, really there was only one way to find out. The next morning, we strapped everything down tight, taped up the leakiest portlight, took a deep breath, and turned our bow right into that wind (well, as close as we could). The first two days were uncomfortable at best. Heeled over hard in 20-23 knots of wind with a small jib and a double reefed main, we launched off the top of the big swells, landing in the trough with a shudder as a wave of water washed over the bow and down the decks (and into the salon and onto the bed). Our strategy was to get as much easting as we could early in the journey, before settling in for one long starboard tack north. To do this, we tacked whenever the wind shifted to take advantage of every degree of lift we could get. This meant that at least half the time, we were sailing very much in the wrong direction. After 24 hours, we had sailed 134 nautical miles, but had only made 72 miles towards our destination. Ouch. But soon we fell into our groove. Halcyon remembered how to run uphill, though her joints creak more than they used to. We found the sweet spot between overpowered and pinched. We caught a huge blue marlin. We grew accustomed to the clobbering and the miles fell away. On an upwind passage, when each movement requires bracing your body in at least three different directions, every task feels like a monumental chore. It is like living and cooking and brushing your teeth inside a snow globe in the hands of a rambunctious five-year-old. While Halcyon performed admirably for such an old girl, some of her internal systems struggled with the taxing conditions. The propane solenoid blew a fuse and began to smoke, which was more than a little alarming, and the head demanded attention in the most unpleasant of ways. I spent the better part of a day wedged into the bathroom, my upper body precariously braced over the misbehaving and malodorous head, the entire room at a 15-degree tilt. But it was an insurmountable task in those conditions. So was 48º NORTH
repairing a burned-out, burned-up solenoid switch. We only had 200 miles to go (in a straight line), but we were eating baked beans out of a can for breakfast and when nature called, well… it was time for a new plan. So, despite a favorable wind shift and a strong desire to just get there, we took a break. We hove-to, a very easy maneuver when already trimmed for windy upwind sailing. We simply tacked the main, left the jib, and locked off the wheel hard over. The boat instantly righted, the wind calmed (without our speed increasing the apparent wind), and we took a collective deep breath. Heaving-to is such a great trick. In these settled conditions, we tackled Halcyon’s various ailments in a calm manner and in a few hours, with all systems once again online, we simply gybed the boat around and reinstated our heeled-over powered-up passage-going state. Two days later, we dropped the anchor at the base of a lush green valley that rose up dramatically to steep volcanic spires dotted with audacious mountain goats. The long upwind clobbering was over. In the end, even with our half-day hoveto respite, it took us five days— not ten— to sail a total of 650 nautical miles, only 150 miles more than a direct line course. The journey was wet and bruising and, at times, a bit smelly. But Halcyon once again proved her proficiency; and we decidedly refuted our bearded French friend, with his anxiety-ridden prognosis of “terribly uncomfortable” and “not possible.” We discovered that sailing upwind offshore is only fairly uncomfortable, but very much possible...provided you are not too gentlemanly.
After Becca and John explored both the Tuamotus and the Marquesas, John recently posted, “Both island chains are populated by the most hospitable and friendly people that I have ever come across in all my travels.” Follow them at www.halcyonwandering.com
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November Galley Essentials
by Amanda Swan Neal
Atlantic CROSSING - THE BIG ONE! EATING WELL IN OCEAN SWELL
November 11, 25.22 N, 027.14 W, Log: 205,693 miles To juggle the timing of departing Europe before winter but not crossing the Atlantic until the Caribbean hurricane season was over, we’d left Mahina Tiare in Lanzarote for a month, returning in late September. With just a week to prepare, we were thankful for a new supermarket nearby that carried absolutely the highest quality and lowest priced fruit, vegetables and baked goods anywhere in Europe. There was no doubt we'd be eating well on this big passage! Heading west, fresh winds gusting to 34 knots surged us along like a racehorse, and on passing the Canary Islands, our new crew were hard at work honing their steering and reefing skills. Sadly this was short lived, and intermittent motoring in 10-foot confused beam seas and swells plagued us for the next few days until the trades returned. Once again in brisk following winds, we rigged the whisker pole and shipboard life fell into a steady rhythm. When a genoa seam split, we waited until morning for calmer seas so we could lower the sail and re-stitch it. We’ve been carrying a new replacement genoa for a year thinking that—after 50,000 miles and five seasons—this sail would eventually wear out. So, there was no surprise that some stitching parted. The minute the repair was completed, the crew had the genoa back on the foil and quickly claimed that conditions were perfect for the cruising spinnaker. When hoisted, we enjoyed the extra surge of speed and helming became a sought-after duty. For entertainment, we had dinnertime storyteller of the day. Over our Cuban Picadillo, Ronan, our Irishman, told the riveting and true saga of Grace O’Malley the Pirate Queen. In the late 1400s, she ruled Ireland’s wild west coast with her fierce fleet and stood up to and impressed Queen Elizabeth over land and sea matters. 48º NORTH
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Combine fish with chickpea flour, yogurt, spices November 18, 21.16 N, 043.56 W, Log: 206,574 miles and salt. Marinate 30 minutes Thread fish onto For the first time ever, we carried the spinnaker through the night where oiled skewers, leaving no space between each stars, smooth seas and a trail of bioluminescence ruled. Sadly, the wind piece. Grill using barbecue, oven or grill pan while dropped to almost nothing, so we transferred the jerry jugs of fuel to the turning and brushing with oil plus marinade. Serve main tank and delighted in a mid-ocean swim. with lemon. Serves 4. When Ronan and life-long professional fisherman, Mike, heard that our friend Roland had just landed a tuna enroute to the Cape Verdes, they RUM CAKE become gravely concerned at our lack of success. I promptly postponed sail 5 oz gluten free self-raising flour repair class, snatched a dead squid from the deck then presented my fishing 5 oz light muscovado sugar tackle. Mike and Ronan eagerly set about creating what they hoped would 3 teaspoons mixed spice be the ultimate lure. Christened “Easkey” (Irish for fishy), she delivered a 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda prize mahi at sunset that soon became fish tikka served with pasta. 4 oz sultanas zest of 1 orange November 27, 17.03 N, 061.53 W, Log: 207,512 miles ½ teaspoon salt It was a memorable Thanksgiving Day as we approached the Caribbean 2 eggs - beaten island of Antigua. Winds and seas had steadily increased over four days 4 oz butter - melted and the working sails were sequentially reefed. Marching squalls required 1 tablespoon orange juice steering concentration to avoid gybing in seas that roared along. One 1 tablespoon dark rum particular wave broke loudly across the transom sending a cascade of 12 oz sweet potato - grated water down an open overhead hatch. We celebrated Thanksgiving Day 1 shot of dark rum with rum cake; and afterwards, everyone said thanks for something. In the Heat oven to 350°F. Line an 8-inch square tin early morning we glimpsed the loom of lights from English Harbour, and by with baking paper. Combine first 7 ingredients noon customs formalities were completed and we were heading to Shirley then in a separate bowl combine eggs and butter, Heights to celebrate a successful passage. add juice and rum. Combine with dry ingredients and add sweet potato. Bake 30 minutes. When cake is cooked pierce all over with a skewer and This month Amanda sails across the dynamic Tasman Sea from Brisbane to drizzle with shot of rum. Auckland. To see if how she’ll celebrate Thanksgiving sail to www.mahina.com.
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by Alex and Jack Wilken
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anode must be at least 0.2 volts more negative than the metal being protected. Let’s say that you are trying to protect a bronze propeller on a stainless-steel shaft. The bronze would probably read between -0.40 and -0.45 volts, the shaft between -0.5 and -0.6 volts. A zinc anode is 0.45 volts more negative than the less noble of the two metals so it will adequately protect them. Aluminum is 0.5 volts more negative so it will protect even better. Magnesium is at least 1 volt more negative in saltwater, so it must do an even better job, right? Well, not exactly. The bigger the difference, the faster the anode will sacrifice, and the different metals have different amp capacities by weight. Aluminum has a capacity of about 1,108 amp hours per pound, zinc about 368 amp hours per pound, and magnesium about 500 amp hours per pound. But they don’t weigh the same. Zinc is the heaviest, and if we use it as a reference of 100, then aluminum has a relative density of 42 and magnesium is 27 relative to zinc. Anodes tend to be sized by volume rather than weight. So let's say a 3lb zinc anode has a capacity of 1,104 amp hours, while a similarly sized aluminum anode would weigh less and have a capacity of 1,396 amp hours, and a similar volume of magnesium would have a capacity of 630 amp hours. So while an aluminum anode will generally last 25% longer than its
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zinc counterpart, magnesium will last less than 33% of the time a zinc anode would. These equations change in freshwater because the water is less conductive. The voltage difference drops, and thus you often need to use magnesium instead of aluminum or zinc. The voltage difference of zinc and aluminum is not great enough to protect the nobler metals; and the alloys in the bronze, stainless, or aluminum boat parts would sacrifice first, destroying the alloy structure. Another aspect that makes Magnesium a good anode choice in fresh, polluted fresh, or brackish water is that zinc and, to a lesser extent, aluminum anodes can form a crust that will make them inactive in those environments. This was part of the key learning with our most recent haulout. The development of this exterior layer had prevented our aluminum anodes from sacrificing (and protecting), which is why the anodes appeared in good shape while the steel hull did not. If the boat does not move frequently, this can happen more easily. It is possible to use a wire brush to scrape the crust off and reactivate the anode. Moving the boat to saltwater should also reactivate the anode. So, why should you use zinc instead of aluminum anodes in saltwater? It’s kind of a trick question: in almost all cases, you shouldn’t. Aluminum protects better and longer than zinc, plus, in order for zinc anodes to work, they must contain cadmium, which is not good for the environment. So, how come zinc is so commonly used? The answer is mostly momentum—aluminum is more difficult to manufacture into anodes than zinc, as it has
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a higher melting point. Aluminum is cheaper than zinc, so the profit margin on aluminum anodes is higher, but it requires an investment to tool up for aluminum anode production and some anode manufacturers do not seem to want to switch. Apart from the availability of aluminum anodes, which is better all the time, the one potential downside of using aluminum anodes in saltwater is if other boats on your dock are using zinc anodes and you don’t have an isolation transformer or a galvanic isolator. Aluminum, being the less noble metal, will sacrifice first and protect the more noble zinc, so your anodes will sacrifice faster. This is exactly why you should have an isolation transformer or at least a galvanic isolator. There is no anode lottery. If you check your anodes after six months and they have not corroded, it’s not that you got a good set... they are not protecting your boat! Something will corrode, and you want it to be the sacrificial anode. Normally, anodes won’t last much more than a year. Once half of an anode has sacrificed, it should be replaced; don’t try to wait until it is nearly gone. If you haven’t changed yours in longer than that, you should double and triple check that they are working. Propellers are expensive, so are shafts and out-drives; and, in our case, this anode oversight left us welding up holes in a steel hull.
Alex and Jack Wilken are lifelong cruisers, professional shipwrights, USCG licensed captain, and the owners of Seattle Boat Works.
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MAESTROS OF THE Boatyard by Jamie and Behan Gifford Teaching and learning are rich, cross-cultural parts of cruising and boat work alike. Totem’s dusty deck is twelve feet above crushed gravel. Our mainsail cover is stretched tight over the foredeck for shade from the baking sun over the Sonora Desert. We’re back in the boatyard in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, preparing for another trip to the South Pacific. The temperature peaked at 115° Fahrenheit. The dusty deck gets way too hot for bare feet—we measured it at 155°! Around 8 p.m., our boatyard world cools to a comfortable 96 degrees. Dinner prep starts and Maestro comes to teach Spanish. Behan is a language geek, but she’s not our Maestro in this case. Me? Nope, I’m still practicing English and Maestro tried me for lessons, but I was unable to progress beyond “¿dónde están los baños?” Maestro found our daughters, Mairen and Siobhan, more capable students. This evening, Maestro is leaning against the dusty cover over our primary winch, coaxing a growing vocabulary from Totem’s young crew. He is a boatyard night watchman actually named Federico, and proud Mexican who is taking time to teach foreigners his language—a wonderful example of positivity in a world that some days can 48º NORTH
feel negatively charged. Both cruising and boatyards are good at bringing out the maestros; and in both venues we all find ourselves assuming roles of student and Maestro in different situations. Last year in this same spot, I was installing a new cutlass bearing (the composite cylinder with rubber insert that supports the propeller shaft in the shaft strut). There was one small problem: it was stuck half-way into place. Bashing would have helped my frustration, but ruined the part. I flagged down Pancho, a particularly skilled boatyard worker. His English is a little better than my Spanish and he instantly understood the problem and said, “uno momento.” I hoped he wouldn’t return with a bigger hammer. He arrived carrying two metal plates with two long bolts through them. Instantly, I grasped the solution—a kind of clamp. Plates at either end, and as we tightened the bolts the bearing pressed perfectly into place. Pancho became my Maestro, and I learned a new nugget of boat knowledge. I’ll use a variant of this technique in a few days to press fit a bronze bushing into Totem’s gooseneck. This morning, I played Maestro to Barry 24
and Jo from the catamaran Boomerang. After much trepidation, they decided to unstep their mast to replace the standing rigging and any other faulty bits. The notion of tackling this project with their own hands and my instruction, rather than a rigger that accepts credit cards, was not easy for them. “What if we screw up?” they asked. “I’ll be there to guide and inspect,” I replied. Unsure still, I held class to teach them about rig forces: tension, compression, torsion, material properties. I capped the lesson with, “Barry, you’re an engineer and already understand everything I just said, right?” He smiled and we went to work. Sometimes being a Maestro is just about showing a person that they already have the tools, they’re just stored in a different toolbox. The language of a boatyard and the need to collaborate bridges nationalities and languages; and, in this particular yard, it involves people from Mexico, the United States, Canada, Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, and Romania, among others. We cobble words together whose meanings become universal. Corrosion, taper, radius, filet, void, delam, barrier, tang, and toggle are the vocabulary we share in the boatyard. N OV E M B E R 2 019
Even when we know the meaning, the work of the boatyard brings a richer understanding. Corrosion is another thing I understand, and can thus be Maestro to others. I teach the what, how, and where questions on corrosion. I can reveal its hiding places. Often, it’s a hard lesson. Last week in the boatyard, I inspected rigging for Brian and Anna from the catamaran Strange Byrds. They’d had the mast unstepped and inspected the year before, so expected few, if any, faults. Unfortunately, what we found was unsettling: two wires with cracked strands and four damaged diamond stays. It’s the kind of gut punch long term cruisers steel themselves for from time to time, but it never feels good. It’s also an important opportunity to learn more about their boat and the forces that affect it. Boatyards have a way of recalibrating belief and reality. On the water, claims are often allowed to go untested or authenticated. Knowledge is relative, we act on the information we have, and creative self-sufficiency can involve
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a lot of guess work. Conversely, in the boatyard, we’re all laid bare by the need to know and the opportunity to more deeply understand; because getting it wrong has consequences. “What if we screw up?” we wonder, just like Barry and Jo. This is why boatyards—or at least this boatyard with its dust and heat—are so wonderfully balanced by overflowing knowledge and people smart enough to ask for a lesson. We all wear the Maestro hat now and then. It’s just as important to be the student too, and take advantage of the people with skills and experience and the opportunity to really learn about our boats. It’s easy to learn the language of cruising from books, but more complicated to apply in real life. What happens when the cutlass won’t fit, or when the shiny stainless steel looks ok but was not inspected closely enough to reveal cracks? Maestros help us answer these questions that aren’t typically found in the cruising literature. Two days after finding concerning wires on Strange Byrds, the crane was positioned to lift the mast and lower it
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gently down to earth. Elsewhere in the yard, Mike the law professor was once again bluer than a smurf from sanding bottom paint to correct a hull problem that his neighbor identified. Andrew the Aussie accountant received a lesson in alternative ways to remove the frozen bolt securing his quadrant to the rudder post after hours of bashing it without success. We students and Maestros of the boatyard, longing for sweet ocean under our keel, know that the crushed gravel there now is part of the grit that makes us better sailors and better humans. We’re grateful for the sailors, night watchman, boatyard workers, and literally hundreds of Maestros we’ve met around the world. Our world is the best classroom.
Though “Totem” is in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, Jamie and Behan are in Annapolis for the Boat Show. They intend to be back in the PNW for the Seattle Boat Show in January. Follow their adventures at www.sailingtotem.com
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GIFT Guide
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Sailor Welcome to the first ever 48° North Gift Guide!
Whether you think about these products while compiling your holiday wishlist or when acting as a generous little elf for the sailor in your life, our goal is to provide a mix of gear that will make the adventures of Pacific Northwest mariners more comfortable, safe, and fun. This guide is entirely curated by the seasoned sailors on our editorial team (this is not advertising), and we've chosen products that we have positive personal experience with or those that would put a smile on our faces if we found them in our stocking. And for most of these, it's both. Our Gift Guide is broken up into four categories that can appeal to a wide spectrum of sailors. There’s something for the galley guru in Foodie Boater; for the small boat wanderer or racer in Adventurer; for the sailor who loves collecting useful gadgets in Gear Head; for the salty wayfarer in Cruising Sailor. Starting off with the Cruising Sailor, we know what the essentials are when sailing the Salish Sea and beyond in every season, because we’ve done it. To sail year 'round in the Pacific Northwest, you must be able to stay warm and dry. To explore off the beaten path, you need a solid and reliable ground tackle setup. The more remote you get, the more you've got to be both self-sufficient and safe. And wherever you sail, it doesn't hurt to be a bit stylish.
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MUSTANG MERIS FOULWEATHER GEAR PNW boaters simply must have reliable foulies. Mustang says the Meris has a “minimalist chassis” but it also maximizes waterproof performance and breathability. The Meris line is designed for offshore racers, but it will keep every sailor comfortable and dry. Jacket: $574.99, Salopettes: $474.99 mustangsurvival.com
RESCUEME AIS MOB1 MAN OVERBOARD DEVICE If a crew member goes overboard, the best chance for a rapid rescue comes from the boat you fell off. With the prevalence of AIS, having a RescueME AIS MOB1 installed inside your inflatable life jacket that will activate automatically and then communicate with the vessel (and others) is a smart idea — and would make a great gift. $279.95 oceansignal.com
AERE FENDA-SOX CUSTOM FENDER COVERS Give your boat that personalized dockside splash with a set of custom fender covers embroidered with the boat’s name and/or logo. They’re available online and from several PNW retailers in a variety of sizes and shapes to fit the fenders you already own. $24.95–$351.95 aeredockingsolutions.com
MANTUS ANCHOR CHAIN SWIVEL A generous stocking stuffer for any cruiser, the Mantus Anchor Swivel is durable and designed to eliminate side loading. Constructed of 316L stainless, the swivel has a slim profile that allows it to move smoothly through bow rollers and the innovative shackle bolt is an improved connection between your chain and anchor. $85-$180 mantusmarine.com
GILL HELMSMAN WINTER SAILING GLOVE Sailing the Salish Sea is fun, except when your fingers are frozen. Handle lines and steer in all-day comfort and waterproof/breathable warmth with the Gill Helmsman Glove this winter. Reasonably priced and available from multiple local retailers. $55 gillna.com 48º NORTH
SAILRITE SAIL REPAIR KIT Everything you need to make your own sail repairs, this kit is perfect for the casual sailor or long distance cruiser. It includes a palm, leather, polyester thread and needles, and also comes with the “Sail Repair Manual,” which provides details on sail patching and other repairs. $98 sailrite.com 27
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SPYDERCO ASSIST SALT™ When almost no other piece of gear can match the importance of a quality deck knife to a sailor — enter the ASSIST SALT™. Impeccable cutting performance, an ergonomic grip and immunity to corrosion combined with a sturdy back lock, integrated survival whistle, wire pocket clip, and blunt tip make this knife an essential for avid seafarers. $170 spyderco.com
While any one of the products in this guide is sure to please a PNW sailor, there are a few categories of salty goods or services not mentioned specifically that should be considered as perennial sailor-faves. EDUCATION: Sailing is an exercise in lifelong learning, and the best sailors jump at the opportunity to expand their knowledge. Educational offerings continue to expand and improve. Consider a traditional coastal navigation course for the newer boater, spinnaker handling for the active intermediate, or a weather forecasting class more advanced sailor focused on self-sufficiency. Courses about engine work or racing are also terrific choices. If you really want to wow the sailor in your life, consider booking a private on-the-water coaching session with a local pro or sailmaker. APP SUBSCRIPTIONS: A modern sailor is as reliant on her phone or tablet as ancient sailors were on their astrolabes...ok, probably more. The array of genuinely helpful sailing apps increases daily, and many of the good ones require some skin-in-the-game for access to the most detailed data. Useful apps can give essential and reliable information about navigation, tides and currents, weather, and marine traffic. Without asking directly, it may be hard to know which apps a sailor already subscribes to, but a gift certificate to the app store may be welcome license to indulge in an upgrade or an exciting new app. GOOD READS: The library of thrilling, informative, and inspiring sailing literature provides a lifetime of enjoyment. Consider memoirs of round-theworld cruisers, books on racing technique, or nail-biters about surviving extreme conditions. Perpetually relevant and appreciated are cruising guides, which are often annually updated; the best of these are compiled and written by local boaters. Whether learning from an armchair or lounging in the cockpit while the boat sways sleepily on her hook in a quiet anchorage, sailors love a great book. Pro-tip: the gift of a book pairs beautifully with a nice bottle of a sailor’s libation of choice.
GRUNDENS DECK-BOSS BOOT Equally at home on rocky beaches and decks awash with seawater, a durable pair of waterproof boots is a must for PNW boaters. The new 15-inch Deck-Boss Boot provides allday comfort and features Grundens’ patented “Herkules Grip™” outsole for superior slip resistance. $134.99 grundens.com
LIFEPROOF FRĒ SERIES We’ve been using Lifeproof cases aboard for years because their line of water, drop, snow and dirt proof products simply work. The FRĒ Series is compatible with most smartphones and tablets, and is designed to repel the elements with a sleek yet durable profile that seals out water and grime but allows full use of cameras, buttons and audio ports. $50.99-$100.99 lifeproof.com
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ADVENTURER In a category packed with necessities for the saltwater warrior, we try to keep your feet warm, your gear dry, your back comfy, and your batteries topped up. For those that leave their seabag packed and ready for the next big voyage on a small boat, these are some good suggestions. Photo by Liv von Oelreich
ATN LIFELINE BACKREST Comfort can be hard to come by on a small boat, and something to lean against makes a big difference. The ATN Backrest clips securely to your boat’s covered, bare, or Dyneema lifelines to provide the perfect place to recline when driving from windward or leeward, upwind or down. $30 atninc.com 48º NORTH
RAVPOWER 24W WATERPROOF, FOLDABLE SOLAR CHARGER Sailing a boat that doesn’t have a builtin electrical system doesn’t mean you don’t need to power electronic devices. One small and boat-friendly way to do this is with the RAVPower Waterproof Solar Charger. Three Smart IC USB ports distribute charge evenly between devices. $69.99 ravpower.com 29
YETI PANGA SUBMERSIBLE DUFFEL For adventure racers and camp cruisers, keeping gear reliably dry is more difficult than on bigger boats, but no less crucial. The Panga is tough as nails and ready for the wettest environments, while providing more ease of packing and access than your average drybag. It comes in three sizes (50, 75, and 100 liter) and has integral backpack straps. Panga 50: $299.99 yeti.com N OV E M B E R 2 019
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GEARhead Everyone knows the sailor that owns every gadget available. We call them gearheads, and they’re the ones who are exceedingly hard to shop for. Just when you think they have it all, though, light up their life with these practical stocking stuffers. Photo by Andy Cross
ETEKCITY LASERGRIP INFRARED THERMOMETER Inspired by 48° North cruising contributors on SV Totem, an infrared thermometer can be an essential onboard. Usable from a safe distance, it is handy for quickly finding out temperatures of engines and their components, batteries and wires, grills and ovens, and more. $15.99 etekcity.com 48º NORTH
HAWKEYE HANDHELD DEPTH FINDER Get instant depth readings from 2 feet to 200 feet with this portable and easy-to-use transducer. Perfect for the dinghy, simply place the sonar end in the water, slide the activate button and read the LCD display for depth and water temperature. $100 norcrossmarine.com 30
MPOWERD LUCI SOLAR STRING LIGHTS Shed a little light on your cockpit, string them up for happy hour ambience, or brighten your boat’s cabin with these versatile LEDs. The string of 20 lights has three clips for hanging, charges in 14 hours of direct sunlight, and the base doubles as a power source for mobile devices. $40 mpowerd.com N OV E M B E R 2 019
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BOATER A sailor’s love of being on the water can only be rivaled by a passion for food and drink. Accordingly, we looked for products to make your galley more efficient while keeping your crew happy. And though space on board is limited, cold drinks, sharp knives, quality cookware, and ways to reduce waste are necessities. Cheers!
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IKICH PORTABLE COUNTERTOP ICE MAKER Anchored outside of Montague Harbour, the participants on the Cascadia Cruising Rally enjoyed ice-cold cocktails thanks to this portable ice maker. Its power draw is so low it was running on solar. Pretty cool. Well... cold, actually! $123.99 ikich.com
BOATIES FRY/OVEN PAN Designed to fit compact marine stove tops, the rectangular shape gives maximum cooking area and volume while taking up minimal space. Finished with a high quality non-stick coating, the pan has a soft Silicon grip that fits into a strongly riveted bracket for lifting and carrying. $29.99 boatiesfrypan.com
WÜSTHOF COMPACT GOURMET SEVEN-PIECE TRAVELLER KNIFE SET Knives on boats, in our experience, are often dull and an impediment to galley happiness. This laser-cut set packs into an edge-protecting case and tucks into boat-sized drawers or cubbies. $119.95 wusthof.com
IGNIK OUTDOORS GAS GROWLER Created by PNW sailor Graeme Esarey while in the Actic aboard his Open 60, Dogbark!, the new Ignik Gas Growler is equal to five green propane bottles and can be used for cooking or heating. It is easily refilled for the price of one green bottle, keeping sailor waste out of the landfill. $149.99 ignik.com 32
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WHAT OVERBOARD
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Want You to Know Who are the experts on the experience of overboard recovery? It’s the people who’ve had it happen to them in real life, not in a practice drill. This article is a window into the experience of those experts—local boaters who have been overboard and are willing to share what they learned from their experiences. Some stories may be familiar, others may not. Before we get into it, you’ll see that all of the survivors featured here are women. This is purely coincidental. I have no data that suggests that women go overboard disproportionately often. This is just a result of the fact that I have a lot of connections with the local women’s boating community, and that’s who happened to respond to my inquiries for this story. An overboard situation can happen to anyone. Most boaters think it won’t happen to them, yet two survivors interviewed for this article are professional captains and instructors and several others also have a lifetime of experience. Whether novice or savvy salt, cruising or racing, aboard large boats or small, sail or power, no one is immune to the risks of going overboard. Life jackets — just wear them. You’ll meet lots of sailors who don’t wear life jackets. But I have yet to meet an expert on the overboard experience— a survivor—who doesn’t ALWAYS wear their PFD. Put life jackets on before you leave the dock. Don’t assume you’ll put it on before the conditions pick up, or before you 48º NORTH
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must go out of the cockpit, or when an emergency happens. Consider the experience of Judy Rae Carlson from Port Orchard. She was the mainsail trimmer in a race that was predicted to be a light-wind drifter. When the winds slowly built to the point that she wanted her life jacket on, a crewmate retrieved it from the cabin for her. She had it in her lap so she could put it on… but before she did, a broach threw her headfirst over the lifelines. If not already integral, add crotch straps to your life jacket. Fitting your inflatable life jacket with crotch straps should, and in many cases does, hold you higher in the water. It also prevents the inflated bladder from squeezing your neck, head, and ears, which can cause you to panic. This is common wisdom and is reflected in offshore racing requirements, but it strikes a more relevant chord from a person who saw the benefit firsthand. Christina Carter of Seattle was sailing on the J/105, Last Tango, during a spring regatta in 2013. She had two years of sailing experience with a local sailing club, and had been crewing on this boat for a few races prior. She was on the foredeck, and the boat was doing its final tacks prior to a Christina Carter 34
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“Suddenly, I was in the water. I don’t even remember how it happened. This was not what I expected. I thought I would have been more aware as the ‘accident’ was happening.” - Elaine Cashar specific type of spinnaker set involving procedures she was less familiar with. Instead of crossing the foredeck during the tack (her typical route), she decided to go across under the boom so she didn’t trip on or foul the pre-set spinnaker gear. She skidded over the wet deck, where she expected to find a toe rail to stop her as there is on the foredeck, but there wasn’t one. She went off the boat underneath the life lines and was in the water for about ten minutes before being rescued by the same boat from which she’d fallen. After the experience, Carter said, “I had learned about crotch straps at the Offshore Safety at Sea class. I was so glad I put them on my inflatable life jacket when I went overboard. I tightened them down when I was in the water, which made me much more comfortable.” Overboard events often happen quickly. Crewmates may not even realize it’s happened, which makes a whistle and light on your life jacket particularly important. Sometimes more than one person goes overboard. Aubre Lawless Nelson of Seattle says, “My advice is, make sure to yell! I slipped overboard on the leeward side under the sail, and they didn’t even realize I was gone.” That’s a scary thought, but it’s one to keep in mind when considering your preparation and readiness in the event that you wind up in the water. It also reinforces the need for equipment that can make you easier to find. Tacoma sailor Elaine Cashar gives us another perspective on how fast a person can go overboard. “I was racing on a Soverel 33 sailing under spinnaker. The pole dipped into the water, spun around, and broke the mast. I was on the coachroof as a human preventer for the Elaine Cashar boom. Suddenly, I was in the water. I don’t even remember how it happened. This was not what I expected. I thought I would have been more aware as the ‘accident’ was happening.” Cashar’s memory of the aftermath is clearer. She says, “I remember that the water was strangely warm. The crew grabbed my foot to pull me in, which was possible because the boat was not moving at the time. I was a bit dazed. When I was pulled back on board, I was not sure what to do next and had to be told to go down below and get out of my wet clothes. Was this shock? Probably.”
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Have a Lifesling, and make sure everyone on board knows how to use it as both rescuer and the person in the water. Dolly Lieber of Seattle was 67 years young when she was the crew overboard for the first time after a lifetime of boating experience. She was sailing on the J/35 Intrepid and the team was preparing for a casual buoy race on a blustery Saturday morning in Dolly Lieber January 2019. They had a crew of two men and five women of varying experience levels when they sailed out of Dumas Bay north of Tacoma. The water temperature was 51°F. This is how Lieber described her situation: “I was working foredeck with a highly experienced male crewmember and we were waiting for a totally inexperienced female to release the back-winded jib sheet. She had no idea what she was doing, didn’t even know the basic boat terminology. I was standing at the mast to help the jib around the shroud when she threw her line off the winch and both of the jib sheets and clew came flying at me. I stepped back to avoid being pummeled, and the new working jib sheet flew beneath me. When the trimmer tightened the sheet as quickly as she could, it picked me up and flung me over the lifelines. I clipped the shrouds and plunged into Puget Sound.” Lieber continues, “Intrepid skipper, Patrick Robinson, teaches man overboard classes, so I was very blessed to have such a skilled and experienced person in charge of my rescue. He was textbook perfect, deploying the MOB flag and life ring, dropping the jib, and freeing the halyard to pull me out of the water. They deployed the Lifesling and circled me, grabbing me on their first pass.” Noting her inexperience with the Lifesling, Lieber says, “I didn’t know how to put the Lifesling around me, so I held onto the tow rope for dear life” while her foredeck compatriot pulled her in. She was wearing an auto-inflate life jacket with crotch straps and spray hood, which she says kept her from drowning while being pulled backwards. Getting Lieber back on board was its own challenge. She says the two men on the crew were strong and knew exactly what to do, but the women were not as strong, experienced, or knowledgeable. They had an overwrap issue when using the halyard to try to hoist her aboard, resulting in Lieber being dropped back into the water. She says, “I was having a really hard time breathing because the water was so cold, so
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that wasn’t much fun.” Eventually they got her back aboard. Lieber thinks that the wide range of crew experience made the process more difficult, but having a core crew who knew what to do and how to use the key equipment was essential. Even if you’re a great swimmer, you’re in danger if you fall overboard into cold water. There are three principal elements that make it inadvisable to rely upon swimming skills if you go overboard in cold water: the Cold Shock response, cold incapacitation, and movement restrictions in your gear. The Cold Shock response happens when sudden immersion in cold water triggers an immediate, involuntary deep gasp reflex. You can’t help it. This gasp is followed by hyperventilation up to ten times faster than normal breathing. If your nose and mouth are underwater when these involuntary responses occur, there’s a risk of drowning. Linda Lewis is a USCG 100-ton captain and private boating instructor with decades of experience. She went into the water during a seemingly mundane maneuver, turning a 21foot boat end-for-end at the launch ramp in Everett. She was leaning over the water too far when a boat hook failed. “That inhale reflex when you hit the water is real,” Lewis said. “I was amazed to see how much water was in my mouth. I had to spit out water twice to be able to speak.” Was she wearing a life jacket? “YOU BET I WAS. It inflated immediately.” Even if you get past the immediate risks of Cold Shock response, the process of cold incapacitation begins nearly immediately. As cold water lowers body temperature, chilled muscles in your hands, arms, and legs become ineffective. If you can’t control your muscles, you can’t swim, or grab a line thrown to you. Likewise, people in cold water often lose the ability to think clearly. This is related to hypothermia, but it is not the same thing and is a more immediate danger. According to Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht, a Canadian physiologist who studies the effect of extreme environments on the human body, it might be an hour before a person in cold water succumbs to hypothermia. Typically, a person not wearing a life jacket will drown from cold incapacitation before this time. Good foulies are essential in the Pacific Northwest. And if you’ve read this far, you know how important it is to wear a life jacket. But for all the good this gear does for sailors, in the water your foulies can be a literal drag, and you shouldn’t expect to swim any distance with an inflated PFD. The swimming difficulty further reinforces the need for on-board safety equipment like a Lifesling, which can help you get back to the boat without having to swim. When Dolly Lieber was in the water with her life jacket, she realized, “I couldn’t swim forward to the MOB flag with the chest inflation. I just flailed.”
(the mainsail trimmer) and Sue Senescu (the driver) were flipped off the boat. The crew was left at halfstrength with the boat pinned on its side by the spinnaker. Senescu was able to hang onto the stern pulpit. This experienced four-woman crew A quick-thinking crewmate, had a devastating wipe-out that Betsy Crowfoot, grabbed left Judy Rae Carlson (far right) in the long bitter end of the the water for 45 minutes. tightened-down backstay and tied a quick bowline around Senescu to keep her attached to the boat before steep waves washed her away. (How quickly can you tie a bowline?) Meanwhile, Carlson was not quite so lucky. Freeing herself from a tangle of lines, she didn’t see the horseshoe life-ring that another crewmember had thrown to her. It quickly blew out of reach. On the boat, Crowfoot had pulled the pin at the bottom of an inflatable man-overboard module (MOM), which is designed to drop into the water, inflate, and provide flotation and visibility for the victim. But since the boat was pinned on its side, it didn’t fall out, and stayed uselessly in its case. With Senescu back on board, the women set about taking the spinnaker down, but not before the boat had drifted quite a distance from Carlson.
The COB might not have fallen off your boat. Keep your eyes open, especially when racing. With Carlson still in the water now a significant distance from the boat, Crowfoot got on the VHF and issued a Mayday call, detailing the situation and their precise coordinates. Other boats raced by Carlson so closely that she couldn’t believe they didn’t see her. She was ultimately rescued by skipper Bill Webster who happened to turn on his VHF radio in the middle of Crowfoot’s Mayday. He missed the “Mayday!” part of the hail, but heard an urgent voice stating a latitude and longitude. He wrote them down, even before he knew what the VHF transmission was regarding, then compared them to his GPS. Recognizing he was near the location, he alerted his crew to a possible COB nearby. They quickly spotted Carlson and rescued her using a Lifesling. At that point, she’d been in the water for about 45 minutes. Reflecting on the experience, Carlson said, “Sailing with my friends is an absolute thrill. Treading water alone in the ocean without safety gear is not.” If you see something strange on the water, that might even possibly be Excellent procedures and fast response from the crew a human, go investigate. still on the boat does not necessarily mean a quick recovery, Lindsey Lind of Bainbridge especially if there are multiple people in the water. When Island went overboard Judy Rae Carlson went overboard, it was during an 81-mile during a broach on a Flying coastal race. She was part of an all-woman crew of four very Tiger 10 Meter while experienced offshore racers. Between them, they had raced sailing in this year’s CYC eight Transpacs and about 50 Newport-to-Ensenada races. A Blakely Rock Race. Her knockdown slammed the boat on its side, and both Carlson story was featured in the Lindsey Lind 48º NORTH N OV E M B E R 2 019 36
April 2019 issue of 48° North. In that situation, there was some confusion in VHF radio transmissions. USCG monitors channel 16; but, racers monitoring VHF are often tuned to whatever channel the race committee has set. Vessels in distress, such as a race boat broaching with a spinnaker, may need your help or may have lost a crew overboard during the wipeout. When describing being in the water and seeing the boat from which she fell continue to broach, Lind realized it would likely be some time before they could come back to rescue her. Instead, she looked to the boats racing up from behind, but was dismayed to see some race by her quite closely without noticing she was there. Her rescue was facilitated by the TP52 Sonic, who saw her in the water and deployed an inflatable MOM device near her. This inflated a tall pylon near her that she was able to grab onto, not only giving her extra flotation, but also attracting the attention of the Thunderbird Selchie, the boat that rescued her from the water. If you’re in the water at a place where boats will converge, such as a race mark, there are positives and negatives. If the other boats see you, they can avoid hitting you as well as potentially offering assistance. Unfortunately, there will be more traffic and sailors may be distracted by the racing processes on their respective boats. Christine Carter recalls, “I fell off right near the windward mark. The guys on my boat were afraid that I might not be seen by boats approaching the mark as they focused on preparing to set their spinnakers. Fortunately, two other boats saw and avoided me. In hindsight, I wish I’d waved at them to be sure. If you’re the person in the water, do all you can to attract the attention of the boats approaching you.” I’d like to think that no racer, given the time to think clearly about it, would put winning a race over the safety of other human beings. But in the heat of the moment, skippers have been known to say that they “couldn’t” stop to potentially render assistance to a boat or person in distress because they were racing. Race crew have been known to say, “I wanted to stop and offer help, but 48º NORTH
didn’t want to go against my skipper.” Keep in mind that the Racing Rules of Sailing dictate: “Fundamental rule 1.1 Helping Those in Danger: A boat or competitor shall give all possible help to any person or vessel in danger.” After a rescue, survivors and sometimes skippers have been through a traumatic experience and should be cared for and monitored both physically and emotionally. Lindsey Lind describes telling her rescuers she was “fine” when she got back to the dock. Then when they left her, she became disoriented and confused in the parking lot. The skippers of boats that have had crew go overboard are often very traumatized themselves, and have difficulty shaking a feeling of guilt, even if the crew who went overboard are recovered safely. Take care of each other, even after the immediate danger has passed. Thank you to all the survivors who contributed their stories and lessons learned, and to others who shared their
stories but were not featured in this article. Keep in mind that people don’t just go overboard when sailing, there are many other stories about going overboard during docking maneuvers, and these can be every bit as serious as overboard situations on open water. Stay safe out there!
A champion of safe sailing, Margaret Pommert is on the Board of Directors of The Sailing Foundation, organizes the US Sailing Offshore Safety-at-Sea seminar in our region, and serves on the US Sailing Safety-at-Sea’s Rescue Medal selection committee.
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Heavy AIR IN HECATE STRAIT Wild Wind & Waves in the Teeth of a Gale
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by Patrick Davin
riting about our rough crossing of Hecate Strait isn’t something that comes easily—it’s actually a memory I’d rather not relive. Learning from your mistakes is an important trait of successful sailors, though, and the passage of time is erasing the worst bits. It seems that the memory of a difficult experience and the assurance that it eventually passed is what enables sailors to continue doing things that aren’t always fun. My wife, Natalie, and I had plenty of tough sailing in the Pacific Northwest over the years, but our crossing of Hecate Strait was on another level entirely. Hecate Strait isn’t like other bodies of water. It has all the ingredients for rough, closely spaced waves: shallow waters, currents (both in the Strait itself and the exiting sounds adjacent to it), ocean swell entering in a direction contrary to wind waves, sharp headlands, and underwater seamounts created by the glacial topography. Hecate lies between Haida Gwaii and the central and northern coasts of British Columbia; and traversing its 60-to90 mile width is the main way to get to Haida Gwaii. The other option is crossing Queen Charlotte Sound directly from the vicinity of Port Hardy or Cape Caution, but that’s significantly longer. As a point of reference, Hecate is six times wider than the Strait of Juan de Fuca and about twice as long.
Besides the topographical challenges, the Strait funnels wind from either the north or south, with 150 nautical miles of fetch for waves to build. The resulting waves are nothing like ocean waves—in full gales the waves commonly build to 5 meters (15 feet) at 7 seconds (which cuts the wave period of ocean swell roughly in half), and this still understates how steep they are. On June 15, we were at the south end of Haida Gwaii near Rose Harbor, ready to cross back to mainland British Columbia after two gorgeous weeks of cruising. We had enjoyed the beauty, but were anxious to move on. Raging southerlies had swept through every two to three days for most of June, requiring us to sit in anchorages with rain so heavy we were often boat-bound. The forecast had finally switched from southerlies to northerlies, which was just what we needed for a downwind run. But the predicted winds were a bit high — northwest at 20-30 knots for our target departure day, building to northwest 30-35 on the three days after that. At that point, we knew we had to go or wait another four to five days. From our guidebooks and charts we knew Hecate’s reputation, but failed to fully appreciate its potential. The next morning, we woke at 4 a.m. and weighed anchor in the dark, preparing for the 18-plus hour crossing. There was no
Hecate Strait funnels breeze between Haida Gwaii and the coast of British Columbia north of Bella Bella.
Prior to this gnarly passage, the cruising around Haida Gwaii had been pleasant and mostly placid. Here in Bag Harbour, "Violet Hour" has no idea what's about to be thrown at her.
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wind yet, so we motored offshore for an hour and then raised full sails in 10 knots from the northwest. As the morning progressed and the wind built, we reefed the main, reefed the roller furling 135% genoa, reefed the main again, furled the genoa, and then deployed our staysail. Finally, as the wind built to 30-35 knots and the doublereefed main was making boat handling squirrelly, we took down the main and flew under staysail alone, still making 5.5 to 6 knots. It was bit under hull speed, but knowing we had a long day in store, we preferred to go too slow rather than too fast. At this point, it was all about energy conservation. The waves at 20-25 knots got large and powerfully pushed our C&C Landfall 38, Violet Hour, around; but not beyond what we’d seen before in other places. At 30-35 knots in the middle of the strait, the waves took on a character distinctly different from our prior experience. I estimated 7-14 feet at 7 seconds (and the BC ocean buoy for the Strait later corroborated this). They were closely spaced and coming from multiple directions. The sight, sound, and feel of being in these big winds and waves was a departure from of our previous sailing experience, with radical spikes in stress, discomfort, and unpredictability. Every couple sets, waves broke at the tops, rolling into a green and white churn that roared towards our stern. If we didn’t hand steer precisely and forcefully through the breakers, the crescendo of water tended to toss our stern quarter forward and round us up. Sailing beam-on to waves like these wouldn’t be good, so we strenuously hand steered for over 12 hours, pushing hard to get the bow down as a breaker approached, and heading back up to course in the troughs and smaller waves.
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If you’re thinking of crossing Hecate yourself in the future, the good news is it doesn’t have to be like this. Our first crossing, on the way to Haida Gwaii, was long and boring, with about 9 hours of motoring and 10 hours of sailing in 4-10 knots of breeze. Before embarking on this trip we looked for guides on sailing across, but couldn’t find much. Most boats motor across, which is the easiest way and I’d have to say perhaps even the best way, given our experience with the sea state. If you want to motor across, the shortest route is from the north end of Banks Island (anchor at Larsen Harbor) to Skidegate Inlet. This is still a 70-80 nm day anchorage-to-anchorage. If you’d rather sail across, as we desired (before we wished we’d made a different decision), you have to carefully consider the wind angles. In light wind, the wind can come from any direction, but as it builds in strength it primarily comes from either north or south, following the alignment of the strait (closer to NNW to SSE). If you want to sail on a southerly, you can start farther south and have a good downwind run. But southerlies are often associated with low pressure fronts that mean cold, rainy, cloudy sailing with no sun (and the effectively shorter daylight hours that entails). 48º NORTH
Our trusty staysail got one heck of a workout in 30-35 knots of Hecate Strait northerly.
A northerly usually brings sunny skies and better weather. If you’re coming from the south, though, this means first working your way at least 100 nautical miles north of Cape Caution unless you want to sail upwind for 18-plus hours — not a problem if the wind is light, but could become seriously difficult in 20-plus. To plan a crossing by sail, you’ll want to plot out departure and arrival points that allow sailing on a single tack. Tacking upwind on an already long passage will only make it longer, especially for double-handers like us without a strong autopilot and aiming to minimize motoring. The difference between a direct and expeditious transit (18-20 hours) is quite stark compared to one just a bit longer (24-30 hours). We also made sure not to plan on a perfect course with no room for error (45 degrees off the breeze going to weather or 150-180 degrees if going downwind). If you’re aiming to sail a straight line, it’s best to keep some money in the bank for when the wind ends up at a more adverse angle than you expected. Little could’ve been done to make our passage comfortable. The best thing we could’ve done was to not go that day. Other than, that the only things that might have helped would have been more crew to share the physical strain of steering, or a really good autopilot. N OV E M B E R 2 019 39
The sound was what got to us the most. Being in 35 knots creates a strident cacophony. Wind howled through the rigging, creaking sounds emanated throughout the boat and bulkheads, breaking waves roared behind us; and then there was the percussive boom of a wave hitting the hull. In terms of sight, I was constantly switching my gaze between the waves and the instrument displaying true wind angle and boat speed. But mostly, I was sailing by looking back over my shoulder, which was necessary to keep a very close watch on waves approaching our stern. The breaking ones approached quickly and erratically. And there was little point in looking ahead, because we couldn’t see over the wave tops anyway. Periodically at the top of a wave, I scanned for traffic. There was none, but I was filled with anxiety knowing that a log or debris would be hopeless to spot. The tactile sensation of being in these waves was an exercise in constantly bracing our bodies against the tossing movement of the boat. Even though we were sailing downwind, we were rolling sharply as the waves picked up our stern and pushed it forward. Going into the cabin for a few minutes for a change of clothes was positively exhausting, and we minimized movement as much as possible. In the cockpit we wedged ourselves into position, trying to find comfort in the same two to three places for hours at a time. The sound was what got to us the most. Being in 35 knots creates a strident cacophony. Wind howled through the rigging, creaking sounds emanated throughout the boat and bulkheads, breaking waves roared behind us; and then there was the percussive boom of a wave hitting the hull. The noise got on our nerves after a few hours, and the best relief we got was listening to music with noise blocking headphones. All the while, fears ran through my head. What if we couldn’t make the harbor we were aiming for and got swept into the southerly point of the sound? The coast there juts out into a long rocky promontory, a lee shore. I wasn’t sure how
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successfully we could sail upwind in these waves if we had to. And what was that mysterious knocking sound coming from below the cockpit floor every 10-15 seconds? It sounded like the rudder getting pushed up by waves, but also could’ve been a stowed container knocking into the hull. Of course, things got worse before they got better. Around 3 p.m. the waves had built more and I gave up on the autopilot once and for all. The biggest waves would come up to our stern, build into growling breakers, and then smack our stern down the wave. Of course, I tried to anticipate these, steering down them before they could have their way with the boat, but sometimes they caught me unprepared. One breaker slammed into the stern quarter and dumped gallons of cold seawater into the cockpit, soaking my pants and shoes. Water sloshed around the cockpit, slowly draining. It was an immense relief when we finally managed to reach St. John Harbor around 11 p.m. in fading light that was just barely enough to dodge the dozens of logs in the water that had gathered along a tide line in the sound. We’d sailed 104 nautical miles in the worst conditions we’d ever seen, and fell straight asleep, too exhausted to do anything more. Despite regretting our decision to leave on a borderline forecast, we learned a lot from this experience. Since then, we’ve upgraded our autopilot, learned to use better sources for wind forecasts, and made more cautious decisions about longer passages.
Patrick and Natalie sail a C&C Landfall 38 and blog at www. svviolethour.com. They’re spending winter around Puget Sound, and will be back to full-time cruising (north) in April.
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DOUBLE DIPPER RACE Dufour 31 "Reverie" and Hanse 455 "Bribery" trade tacks in the windy conditions off of Foulweather Bluff.
On September 28th and 29th, a new single- and doublehanded distance race was hosted by Seattle Yacht Club. Dubbed the Double Dipper Race, the event goes from Shilshole Bay to Port Ludlow for an overnight stay on Saturday, and then races back on Sunday. It is a standard pursuit race with two course options that are decided upon by the Race Committee prior to the start depending on conditions. One course starts at Shilshole, rounds Blakely Rock, then finishes near Port Ludlow— a distance of about 30 miles. The other course starts at Shilshole and goes directly to Port Ludlow—about 19 miles. The varied conditions at the start called for the shorter course; yet the light northerly at Shilshole eventually developed into 25 knots and 4-foot seas at Foulweather Bluff, with a mix of rain and sunshine. These conditions made for exciting sailing for the short-handed racers. At Port Ludlow, everyone gathered for a wonderful tent party with salmon and tri tip steak, horseshoes, Valholl India Pale Ale, and a bonfire. The Saturday winners in the Flying Sails division were Ben and Jen Glass on the Schooner Creek 44 Ocelot. Non-Flying Sails winners were Peter and Stephanie Walchenbach on the Norlin 34 Runaway. Sunday, the start was in a light northerly again, with rain and a huge ebb tide. Fortunately, the breeze held on long enough for everyone who started to cross the finish line off Shilshole Bay Marina. The overall winners in the Flying Sails fleet were Matt Pistay and Alan Johnson on the Farr 30+ Square One and Non Flying Sails were Peter and Stephanie Walchenbach on Runaway. Best Jack/Jack was Matt Pistay and Alan Johnson on Square One. Best Jill/Jill was Maureen Batterberry and Sofie Mracova 48º NORTH
on the Hanse 455 Bribery. Best Jack/Jill was Ben and Jen Glass on Ocelot. Best Singlehanded was Dan Tedrow on the Cal 2-34 Resolute. With the sailing and camaraderie, it was a very successful inaugural year for what will hopefully become a fall tradition in the Pacific Northwest. By Phil Calvert Photos courtesy of Mike Stanley Results on page 46
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FOULWEATHER Bluff A Summery Start to the Fall Racing Season
For many central Sound sailors, Corinthian Yacht Club of Edmonds’ Foulweather Bluff Race is the official kickoff of the fall racing season. Turnout for the race reflected this sentiment and was excellent with 70 boats sailing across eleven classes, which included PHRF and ORC, a non-flying sails class, and one multihull. Nobody told the wind it was fall, however. A light southerly with cloud cover made for slow-motion spinnaker-hoist starts at the favored pin end. As the fleet made their way north toward Whidbey Island (all courses have their first mark at Scatchet Head), the clouds gave way to sun but the sailable southerly soon petered to a midday float-fest before a light northerly filled. This light air coincided with a switch to an ebb tide; and while it wasn’t even a strong tide by Puget Sound standards, it eventually swept a large number of boats past the rounding mark at Scatchet Head! Many of these boats had to re-hoist their kites as the northerly filled to get back to round the mark at Scatchet Head. The mid-distance boats then had a close reach to the Pilot Point mark, and according to the Al Hughes aboard Creative— the eventual winner of the J/105 class—the low road paid off for the best position against the ebb. Kites went back up for the drag race to the finish, which was really more of an exercise in connecting the dots and avoiding the dead-air holes. These conditions certainly made for some passing lanes, however, and there were lead changes on the final leg in multiple classes. Perseverance was rewarded, and every class had at least one finisher. Most of the faster boats were able to finish, but the light air hit the higher-rated boats harder with several retirements. Kudos are due to the sailors who stuck it out through the breeze-less transition to complete the day's racing! While there were moments of understandable frustration, as there always are in light air, it was a beautiful Pacific Northwest day on the water shared among friends! By Joe Cline Photos courtesy of Janine Harles Results on page 46
Winners of the J/105 class "Creative" passed the leaders on the final spinnaker run across the Sound. 48º NORTH
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SAILING & PARTYING TO BEAT HUNGER The 27th Annual NW Harvest Race to Fight Hunger, sponsored by the Seattle Singles Yacht Club, brought 23 boats out on the water, including a TP 52 (the first one that’s ever participated in this race!), a trimaran, and several schooners. How many races can boast that kind of variety? The forecast was a bit bleak in the wind department, but
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Benefit
good winds in front of Shilshole got the racers off the start and around the first leg of the course. Unfortunately, that would be the best breeze of the day, and eventually the wind gave out and the race had to be shortened—an outcome that we all occasionally have to accept in a weather dependent sport like ours. Many of the sailors on the water have a long history with this race, but everyone was happy to see a number of new faces this year too. Al Johnson, who has done this race since 2012, won the Flying Sails Fast class with his Quest 30, Charlotte. Jeff Blyth’s Catalina 36, Mata Hari, a first time participant, won Flying Sails Slow class. Alan Vogt, who has also sailed this race for more than ten years on his Catalina 42, Blue Fin, took first in the Non-Flying Sails class, beating out SSYC Commodore Brad Lefton, who took second. The Half-Fast class winner is drawn from a hat and perennial NW Harvest racer High Hopes, whose Nauticat 44 crew was dressed as pirates, were the lucky winners. Commodore Brad announced the winners and gave them their trophies at the evening dinner, which also included a lively auction & dance held at the Ballard Elks. In this regard, in spite of the underwhelming breeze, the “Benefit” part of this event was still an overwhelming success! For the past 27 years, Seattle Singles Yacht Club has proudly helped sailors contribute to Northwest Harvest, Washington’s hunger relief agency. Georgia Selfridge, the evening’s chair, met the goal of selling out all 120 seats and the auction raised $17,000 for NW Harvest, the most raised by this event since 2009! by Sue Weiss photos by Kathy Oman of Big Camera Productions Results on page 46 44
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PUGET SOUND SAILING Championship Two Weekends Of Fall Fun As the clouds roll in and the hills behind Shilshole change from a cool green cast to warm autumnal orange, the sailors of the Puget Sound region break out their best sails and put a year’s worth of racing practice to the test in Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle’s fall classic, Puget Sound Sailing Championships (PSSC). Racing is split into two regattas on consecutive weekends, divided by the loosely defined categories of “Small Boats” on the first weekend and “Big Boats” on the second. PSSC Small Boats brought out big fleets in two classes— J/24 and RS Aero—as well as a half-dozen Tasars on the first weekend in October. For the J/24 fleet, this regatta served as the Western Regional Championship, a World Championship qualifier for the big show in Miami in late October. Pete Sauer and his Jackwagon crew borrowed Harry Dursch’s Self Abuse and narrowly won the regatta and the right to compete against the world’s best. Veteran signle-handed dinghy racer Mike Johnson showed the 21-boat RS Aero fleet the importance of consistency by winning with an eight point lead despite only taking a single bullet in nine races. Past Tasar World Champ Jay Renehan bested a talented fleet with another type of consistency, taking first in all races except one. In terms of overall participation, both in the number of boats and, with much larger crews, the number of sailors, the Big Boats weekend of PSSC is a bigger event. CYC makes the investment to send two committees out to run races on separate north and south courses in an effort to reduce traffic and waiting times between races. This proved particularly advantageous in 2019 because there was only wind to race on Saturday, and the committees made the most of the opportunity, scoring between four and six races per class on that day. Boats headed out to the course on Saturday morning with 48º NORTH
light-air setups and as much weight left back on the dock as possible. The models were in conflict and none had much breeze to speak of. Sometimes, instability in the forecast works out for the better, and Saturday was just that kind of day. Racing started on time with a light northerly and built to a far-better-than-forecast 12-15 knots. Who doesn’t love when expectations are exceeded? As the Dark ‘n’ Stormies flowed back in the clubhouse, psyched sailors grinned at the good fortune to have gotten in such a fine day of racing, when any amount of sailable breeze would have been a win. The racing itself was tight and super fun. The early lighter breeze brought some massive shifts—more than 70° in the first race!— but steadied as the pressure increased. As the first major buoy race of the fall season, a few teams had to shake off a bit of rust while turning corners and getting sails up and down more frequently than the average distance race. Good starts and tactics were well rewarded; but, as always, boat speed wins races. It was great to see all the one design activity, with Melges 24s, J/80s, San Juan 24s, and J/105s out in force for some very tight racing and a few photo finishes. It was also cool to see four of the area’s five TP 52s on the line for some buoy racing. This was the best showing of 52s for a buoy racing regatta to date. Of course, the 52s were sharing the course with the newthis-year XP-44, Maverick, which took bullets in two of four races on corrected time and nearly beat out John Buchan’s Glory for the top spot on the podium in the ORC class. CYC’s two weekends of PSSC always hold some of the best and most fun racing of the year on Puget Sound, and 2019 was no exception! By Joe Cline Photos by Caitlin Gibson Results on page 46 45
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RACE RESULTS
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Place Boat Name Skipper CLASS 1 NFS SHORT COURSE 1
Mola Mola
Bass
CLASS 2 FS SHORT COURSE 1 2
HULA Aquavit
Stange Sinson
CLASS 3 FS SHORT COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Euphoria Prospero SMILINJACK Lady EXIT
Roberts Bennett WADE Darley Oosterhof
CLASS 4 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Airloom La Lucha Moore Grayling Espresso Amorillo
Morgenroth Greiser Phan Abels Tseng
CLASS 5 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Kiwi Express Tonic Nor’wester Rocket J Squirrel Corsair
Freywald Brink Neesz Mcconnell Seibert
CLASS 6 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Creative Corvo Dulcinea
Hughes Kerr GardnerBrown Moose Unknown Aitchison Jaded Phoenix
CLASS 7 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Charlotte Sir Isaac Different Drummer Francy Gusto
Johnson Bailey Hill Morris Albrecht
CLASS 8 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Gray Wolf lapa Wlndsprint Elusive String Theory
Goussev Campbell Raschko Whitney King
CLASS 9 FS LONG COURSE 1 2 3 4 5
Hinzite Nefarious Ace Eye Candy NORTH STAR
Hinz Randolph Shorret Marta Teschke
CLASS 10 FS LONG COURSE 1 2
Sonic Mist
Omilian Johnson
CLASS 11 FS LONG COURSE 1
FREDA MAE
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PUGET SOUND SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP SMALL BOAT Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle
Place Boat Name J/24 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Self Abuse Trem. Slouch Suspence Habanero Hair of the Dog
Skipper Pete Sauer Scott Milne Eric Sanderson Denny Vaughan Jakob Lichtenberg
RS AERO CLASS 1st 2 3 4 5
Zahir Just Another Day Neglected Child Vanilla III
Mike Johnson Andy Mack Andrew Loe Derek Bottles David Watt
TASAR CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Sharp as a Tack
Jay Renehan Lanzinge
2398 Paul Stewart McKee
DOUBLE DIPPER Place Boat Name 1 CLASS - FS 1 2 3 4 5
Necess. Evil Reverie Resolute Mosimo Equilibrium
Skipper
Hegerberg/McCaughan Snell / MacDonald Tedrow / Tedrow Ferguson / McCoy Kundtz / Kundtz
2 CLASS - FS 1 2 3 4 5
M. Jubilee Darkside Overtime Lightfoot Helios
Kristen / Brockway Leede Renick / Snyders Leonard / Leonard Korn/ Nash
3 CLASS - FS 1 2 3 4
Ocelot Square 1 Madrona White Wing
Glass Pistay / Johnson Bergan Williams
4 CLASS - NFS 1 2 3
Runaway Delightful Lucy
Walchenbach Winslow / Mark Happ / Potter
PUGET SOUND SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP Corinthian Yacht Club of Seattle
Place Boat Name 1 CLASS
Skipper
1 2 3 4 5
John Buchan Marda Phelps Stevan Johnson Steve Travis Marek Omilian
Glory Maverick Mist Smoke Sonic
2 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Shrek Absolutely Ballistic Nefarious Izakaya
John Hoag Charlie Macaulay Brad Cole Dan Randolph Iain Christenson
3 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Lodos Elusive Tantivy Shada Darkside
Tolga Cezik Jeff Whitney Stuart Burnell Jerry Woodfield Nicholas Leede
4 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Vitesse Poke & Destroy Dos Different Drummer Dash
David Steffen Alex Simanis Brad Butler Charles Hill Stephanie Campbell
5 CLASS 1 2
insubordination Creative
Buckey Hughes/Walgren
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Skipper
3 4 5
Erik Kristen Chris Phoenix Paul Viola
More Jubilee Jaded Peer Gynt
6 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Square one Distraction Good Enough 12 Happy Thoughts Pickled Beets
Matt Pistay Tom Greetham Keith Hammer Dave Brede John Rahn
7 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Madame Pele Slick Gaucho Elixir Rowdy
Tom Andrewes Christine Nelson John Cahill Megan Kogut Brendan Gilbane
8 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Crazy Ivan Rush Litonya Reckless Taj Mahal
Bryan Rhodes Phillip Alan Dean Michael Kalahar John Sezer David Schutte
9 CLASS 1 2 3 4 5
Grauer Geist Return Manhattan Transfer Fancy Sweet Jesus
Kenneth Johnson Mark Bradner Mike Irish Jeff Kendall Sean Busby
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‘79 FLYING DUTCHMAN 50’ CUTTER 1979 FD-12 50’ Cutter world class sailboat. 36,000 lb displacement. 50.2x14.2x6.5 feet, long fin keel, skeg hung rudder, canoe stern cambered deck. Solid teak interior, two heads, large foc’sil, lazarette. Roller furling jib+staysail. Hood in mast furling main. Two 60lb. CQR anchors. Radar, sounder, VHF, autopilot, hydraulic steering. Perkins 4c and Westerbeke genset re-powered in 1998. Full-headroom workshop, bench, washer, dryer. Hulls completely PVC closed cell foam core insulated, done to Lloyd’s specs. $50K. For more info, call Jeff at (253) 533-1660.
NAUTICAT 38' + PILOTHOUSE KETCH www.SVHavisAmanda.com. Truly unique PNW and Alaska veteran. Top 3 winner numerous sailing regattas. Motors powerfully, economically. Sugar scoop transom, extended waterline. Gennaker, top-down furler, selftending staysail, DC genset, two instrumented helms. Ultra leather interior. Can sleep 7. Numerous upgrades, modifications. Meticulously cared for but owners aging out, needing help with TLC. Expenses never spared. Head turner wherever she sails. Solid bones, excellent pedigree, ready for new adventures, new owners to take over. (206) 860-9293. $179,500.
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.
2007 CATALINA 320 MK II The perfect PNW sailboat. Sleeps 6, engineer-owned & maintained, low 382 hours on Yanmar 3YM30 engine. Bimini, Iverson dodger, ultra-leather interior, Raymarine instruments, chart plotter/radar/AIS, Wallas diesel heater, new house batteries, wired for solar, wash down pump, dual refrigeration, TV antenna, LCDTV/ DVD player, Bose speakers. Recent bottom paint, hull waxing. This boat is loaded, well-maintained, and ready for extended PNW cruising or daysailing. $99,950. Call/ Text (425) 508-7971.
1990 CATALINA 36 WT Cruise ready and meticulously maintained. Raymarine SL70C Color Chart Plotter/GPS, ST60 Tri Data, Wind; Autopilot (ST4000); Windless (Maxwell Freedom 800); Forced Air Heater (ESPAR D3L); Refrigeration with second control for custom enlarged freezer (Adler/ Barbour); Electric Head (Raritan) with holding TANK WATCH 4; 440 AH house battery plus 100 AH starter with LINK 10 monitor, 700 watt inverter. $55,000. Many more upgrades, call for details. (360) 662-6293.
1989 FAIRWEATHER MARINER 39 Designed by Bob Perry for offshore cruising. A great sailing boat. A beautiful design. Meticulously maintained. Upgrades and additional gear too numerous to list here. Please visit our website: https:// sites.google.com/view/svloomba-loombaforsale/ home for a list of equipment, statistics, and photos. Located in Mexico's Sea of Cortez. San Carlos, Sonora MX - a five hour drive from Tucson. Cruise Mexico and then cross the Pacific or head south. She's ready! hodges.jw@gmail.com or (206) 351-4406. $120,000.
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EUROPEAN OCEAN GOING 41' SLOOP A Rebel 41 designed by Van de Stadt, built by Southern Ocean Shipyards in UK in 1968, in excellent condition. Solid layup construction, integral lead long fin keel, Aries windvane, diesel heater, autopilot, JRC radar,AIS, 90m chain, 60lb CQR, 44lb Bruce and rode, Muir windlass, full tropical awning, Force 10 stove, 400l water, 5 proper seagoing berths, 6' 6" headroom. Perkins M50 . A sea-kindly boat waiting to go again. isrebelx@hotmail.com for specifications. C$59,000.
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 '01. Hitting road on rubber tire yacht...$29,500 OBO. Dan at (360) 202-8611 call/text or danjuan.sanjuanenterprise@gmail.com
PETERSON 35 Ready to cruise and race, Georgia Strait Gulf Islands. Low hours. Beta 25 diesel, Kiwi prop. 4-burner propane stove with oven, broiler, propane cabin heater, gas BBQ, inverter, 2-8D batteries, 1 large engine battery, freezer and cooler, tiller tender, chart plotter, Mylar #1 on roller furling, Mylar main, spinnakers , (2) like-new dacron #3, assorted other sails, 35# Bruce with chain and rode, Skipper age forces sale. Located Cowichan Bay. Asking $20,000 CDN. Email nb3992@gmail.com
1994 J/130 1994 J/130 sailboat. North main and jib. Spinnaker. Winches fully rebuilt with backing plates. New bottom paint. New PYI dripless shaft seal. New rudder bearing, two blade gori prop, serviced. New depth transducer. Hull and topsides buffed and waxed. Mast, spreaders and boom stripped and repainted with AWLGRIP. Rig completely gone through. New windex decks repainted with AWLGRIP. New main sheet, traveler, jib track and lines. Rebuilt injectors. Lots of other upgrades. Asking $109,000. malcolmm16@me.com or (206) 910-4418.
2001 CATALINA 18 This Catalina 18 is well maintained and ready to sail. Includes mainsail and jib, 5 HP Mercury outboard, and trailer. The boat is an excellent choice for learning to sail. It features a fixed keel for stability, and, with a tiller in hand, you will quickly and safely get the feel of the wind and water. In slip at Shilshole Bay Marina. $5,500. Call Jim at (206) 696-8423.
LAKE UNION FLYER 30 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! $8900. For more info, contact Brian at brian@halanse.com or (206) 930-8907. SAN JUAN 28 SLOOP & DINGHY San Juan Sloop with dinghy and outboard; trailer optional. In excellent shape with new bulkheads. No blisters. Hull stripped and repainted with a barrier coat in 2015. Will require new bottom paint before launching. Transport at no cost included between Edmonds and Tacoma. Viewable by appointment only. More details at http://www. sj28forsale.com $8,000 Phone: (425) 738-0587 Email: SJ28ForSale@gmail.com
27' FARRIER CORSAIR F-25C Professionally built, All Carbon Fiber Trimaran with Aircraft grade Balsa Core. Trailerable. New 6hp Yamaha Outboard. Includes trailer, new tramps, and new North Sails. $60,000.00 More info at (808) 262-9095 or (808) 375-9266.
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8 FOOT SAILING DINGHY Plywood Hull, built in the 1960's. Has been kept indoors. Good condition. Recently repainted. 46 inches wide, 17 inches deep . Has oars and oarlocks. Extra tiller and rudder. Missing rudder pintle. More photos available. Local pickup in Southern Oregon. $1275. Dave - daize@frontiernet.net (541) 592-6217 or (541) 592-4535.
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1998 SAGA 43' CRUISING YACHT Designed by Bob Perry, the Saga 43 is a very well built yacht providing an extraordinary combination of speed and comfort at sea. Meticulously maintained, Viva is ready for local or extended cruising and loaded with equipment, including watermaker, windgen, generator, windvane steering, cruising spinnaker, and much more. Located in Seattle with a pedigree of offshore experience, Viva is a must see and shows as a much newer yacht. Contact Trevor MacLachlan, trevor@seattlecharters.com for more info. $169,000.
CUSTOM SAILING KAYAK TRIMARAN Built from double sea kayak, Hobie 14 hulls, aluminum pipes/fittings and fully cambered sails. NOT a thrown together “attempt” but a well thought out and overbuilt vessel. Paddles at 2-3 knots, motors at 6 knots and sails at 2-12 knots. Travel up to 60 miles per day and camp out at night. Many successful trips completed. No moorage. Boat, sails, masts, leeboard, Honda 2 HP outboard, AKAS, AMAS, spray skirts, etc. NO trailer. $5000. More info at (206) 747-4586. 30' LYLE HESS FALMOUTH CUTTER $60,000 OBO. Kirin is a beautiful example of a Lyle Hess designed Falmouth Cutter built in 1991 and restored between 2014-2017. The hull is bronze fastened Douglas Fir planks on double sawn riveted white oak frames. She has a fir backbone with new purple heart stem and mast step, and bronze floors. Kirin is much loved and is looking for a new caretaker. Please email Erik at gosailkirin@gmail.com for more info.
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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, ID. Contact Dave at (208) 861-5428, parinama@hotmail.com
1980 GLOBE 41, CENTER COCKPIT Offshore cruiser. Fiberglass with beautiful teak interior and deck. 2 cabins, large aft Masters' cabin. 2 heads/ showers. Sails in excellent condition, roller furling jib, mainsail, staysail, spinnaker / others. 75 HP Volvo Penta. Raymarine C Series (radar, GPS, depth sounder, fishfinder) EPIRB, Autopilot, Spectra watermaker, Monitor windvane, Lewmar electric windlass, Winslow life raft. 140 gal. water, 120 gal. diesel. $38,000. Call (360) 477-3675 or (360) 477-3678. Moored Olympia, WA. May offer partial financing to local buyer.
26’ THUNDERBIRD SAILBOAT Moving on and want to find her a good home. Hull #117. One of the original Thunderbird class of sailboats designed/ built in the Pacific Northwest. Well loved, well sailed, successful racer and cruiser, ideal for new or downsizing sailors. Complete refit, West System epoxy hull, well maintained, set up to cruise for two or a young family. Current survey available, lots of accessories. Asking $5,800 obo. Located in Nanaimo, BC. For more info Contact Paul at (250) 755-5151 or via email at p_steele@shaw.ca
1983 J30 FOR SALE Well maintained and upgraded. All running rigging has been replaced mostly with high tech double braid. Wallas diesel forced air heater, refrigeration, new Lewmar self tailing winches, sails are in good shape, newer UK #1, Ballard dacron main with two reef lines, #2 and #3 and decent and never used #4. Two spinnakers. New drippless seal, drive shaft, cutlass bearing and 2 blade Max-Prop. $22,000. theosingelis@gmail.com or (360) 790-2018.
1981 "ONE TON" 39' SAILBOAT 1981"One Ton Class" IOR 39'Sailboat. $15,000. Offers considered. Began overhaul; didn't finish. NEW Volvo Penta D240, throttle control, tanks, Racor setup, electrical panels, and more! No upholstery. No sails, rigging or winches. Have mast, no spreaders. Located in Portland, OR. Call (503) 737-1651 or email moorage@myharbor.com
PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31 Beautiful blue-water ocean cruiser! Liveaboard, explore the San Juans, then the world! Custom built, 36' LOA, 6'5" of cabin head room, sleeps 6, full keel, deep draft, double-ender, Westerbeke 4 108, new Lukas starter and solenoid, Trimble GPS, Furuno Radar, QUAD CYCLE, SIX SAILS, over-sized standing rigging, Norseman fittings, Barlow winches, Harken traveler, 4 anchors, Tigerhorse windlass, 90 gal fuel, 150 gal water, wind generator, solar, self-steering, great condition, contact jessicalundie@msn.com for more photos.
SCEPTRE 41(CUSTOM) Berceuse - 82/84 custom Sceptre 41 that has been owned in WVYC club since new. Fantastic boat, wellloved and maintained and in top-notch condition. Sunken salon, huge galley and fridge and freezer. Custom hardtop for offseason cruising etc, etc, Been cruising in the Salish Sea for years, all over the coast and Alaska, etc. Put your groceries on and go! $129,950 CAN or approx. $97,950 US. Full info and photos at hypro@telus.net or via (604) 812-8200.
28' CALIBER SAILBOAT - 1989 Sailboat sunk in storm in Flathead Lake, Montana on 9/28/19. Surfaced on10/3/19. Hull damage too significant for economical repair in Montana, but motivated owner could definitely fix hull and make her seaworthy in other location. Diesel engine drained and totally serviced on 10/4/19 so should be functional. Cabin interior sprayed and dried out. Salvageable/ sale-able parts include 18 HP Yanmar diesel (2GM20f) engine, mast and boom, sails, teak interior, trailer, winches, etc. For more info, call Scott Bovard at (406) 240-4012. Located in Missoula, Montana.
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1987 34’ NORDIC YACHTS SLOOP Beautiful, Robert Perry design built in Bellingham by Nordic Yachts. Westerbeke diesel with 1300 hours. New sails and new Standard Horizon GX2200 VHF with integrated GPS/AIS and remote mic. Located in Bellingham. The Nordic 34 is one of Perry’s better designs. A great cruiser that has also performed well in club racing. Perry said it is a “sweet sailing boat.” Only four in PNW. Asking $49,900. For more info/photos call/ text (360) 820-3369 or email Gary.Eerkes@gmail.com
38' HINTERHOELLER NIAGARA 35 - 1980 Grand Marina, Alameda, CA $42,000 S/V Gambit. Equipped for offshore. Volvo, SailDrive, nav computer, lazy-jacks, solar panel. watermaker, composting head, refrigerator and more. For sale "as-is". Info at schoonerbk.gmail.com or (925) 202-9092.
45' CUSTOM ALUMINUM PH 2006 - $239,000
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Professionally constructed in BC, cruise loaded with electronics, 100 HP Isuzu Diesel, 500 gal fuel, 250 gal water, watermaker, solar panels, windvane, AP, lot of upgrades and spares. Newer sails w/ furling mainsail and genoa, new RIB dinghy and OB w/ davits, liferaft, hydraulic windlass, refrigerator w/freezer, two cabins. A great NW equipped, long range cruising pilothouse. N OV E M B E R 2 019
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2017 CUTWATER COMMAND BRIDGE Northwest Luxury Edition. 425 HP Volvo. Impeccably maintained. 200 hours. Lower and upper helm. Loaded. Twin Garmin displays at main helm. Upgraded bow and stern thrusters. Upgraded packing replacement gland. Aft cockpit bimini w/sun shades new in 2018. Full array of canvas covers, windows, seats, etc. 2000 watt inverter. Built in ice maker & wine cooler. Inflatable dinghy, 4 HP Yamaha w/less than 5 hours. $260,000. No broker. Call Russ (425) 418-9487.
NEWLY CONSTRUCTED SID SKIFF Traditional copper riveted lapstrake Port Orford Cedar planks on steam-bent White Oak frames. Mahogany keel, stem, transom. Clear vertical grain Doug Fir thwarts. New spritsail rig and hand-made oars. New trailer. The builder is an alumnus of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Townsend, WA. The plans for the boat were developed by Ray Speck, a boatbuilder, respected nationally as well as internationally. Price: $15,000 contact: skessler1@mac.com
33 ' WELDED ALUMINUM - $49,900 Built for whale watching, finished and launched in 2005 as a cruiser. 200 Yamaha gives trawler speed with economy. Change to larger engine or twins on pod for more speed. Sisterships travel at 30 knots with 14 people. Panoramic windows, queen berth, big galley, dinette for 3/4 in cabin plus possible 2 singles under pilothouse. Short sleeve traveling or happy hour in convertible pilothouse with twin pilot/copilot seats $49,900 US$ In Victoria. For more info, contact harlingpoint@gmail.com for pictures.
2013 ARCHAMBAULT A27 Super sporty and sexy 27’ keel boat! Similar to a J/88 or Express 27. Fully outfitted for double-handed ocean racing but also excellent as a casual weekend boat. The cabin is very spacious. Steering: Inboard Nanni engine N2.14 (14HP) Carbon fiber tiller, spinnaker pole and bowsprit. Can be sailed with symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnakers. B&G electronics: H5000 CPU, Zeus2 Charplotter, autopilot. Sails: 2 mains, 2 sym & 3 asym kites, 7jibs, 1furling code zero. $49,000. For more info, contact Iamkleha@gmail.com
BENETEAU FIRST 36.7 Cruise, Race, or Entertain; this 2005 Bene 36.7 does it all in first place, comfort, and style. Webasto forced air diesel heat, new batteries, 2 sets ground tackle, stereo w/ 4 speakers are just a few of the features for fun cruising. Ten sails, incl. 3 chutes, from excellent dacron cruising to fresh racing Doyles, burnished Baltoplate bottom, carbon fiber pole, and all carefully maintained. $91,999. Bene171.pc@gmail.com or (253)224-6565.
1977 37' TAYANA CUTTER 1977 37’ Tayana. $32,000. Robert Perry bluewater boat. Cutter rigged, custom solid teak interior, 36 HP Volvo engine. Autopilot VHF Radio Radar 12 volt refrigerator/freezer 110 volt hot water heater 110 volt electric wall heater Diesel Adriatic cookstove Custom Woodland wood stove Lorance Chart Plotter with US and Canadian Charts 100 Gallon Water Tank 90 Gallon Diesel Tank Moored in Portland at Crown Point Marina For more information Call (360) 624-4295.
BENETEAU 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 exam by Volvo specialist produced excellent report . Only selling boat because of advancing age. It's a strong, very well-built, quality European boat. (604) 883-2341 / bnield101@gmail.com $22,000CAD.
GULF 27 1984 Gulf 27 pilothouse sloop. Diesel, 1400 hours. Full batten main with Dutchman system. New roller furling jib. Upgraded wiring and panels. Charger. Galvanic isolator. In and out steering. VHF, DF, GPS, Autohelm. Webasto hydronic heating. H & C pressure water. Achilles dinghy. New barrier coat and bottom paint. New coupler, shaft and log. Extras. $14,000. Getting out of boating. Boat is turnkey. Leave message at (360) 466-1071 or email clinegz@frontier.com Photos available upon request.
42 CASCADE HISIDE - $35,000 For pics and info email propman@live.com -- can be seen at Astoria mooring basin slip A-48 anytime.
48 TAYANA DS - 2002
The nicest on the market! Highly maintained with records. Many recent upgrades. CRUISE LOADED and turn key ready! Easily sailed by a couple. Located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Cruise Mexico now and start your adventures. Surveyed, hauled and bottom painted. Boom furling, furling foresails, elec. winches, watermaker, gen set, custom hard dodger w/ full enclosure, 2 cabin & Contact Wes Koenig (360) 201-2459 heads. $319,000. Shown by appointment. Owner available for orientation. wes@sanjuansailing.com 48º NORTH
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APHRODITE 101 Averisera, 101USA264, located in Chatham, MA and ready to race. Details at www.averisera.com We need a cruising boat or we'd be keeping her! $15,000. More info at (617) 678-4286 or nhmartin@outlook.com
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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. For info, please contact Scott at sailor28@frontier.com. Asking $8,000.
CAPE GEORGE 36' Rare 1978 Cape George 36’, $64,000. 1 owner, immaculately maintained, all systems continuously upgraded. Yanmar 4JH4E, (3) AGM batteries, (2) 100A alternators, ZF30M reduction gear, 1 ¼” shaft 18” prop. (2) Balmer multistage reg, Xantrex 40A charger. Maxwell 2200 windlass, robust anchoring system. New sails, sail covers. New all weather full boat winter awning. Haynes turnbuckles, Murray winches, Garmin electronics, new radar, Standard Horizon radio AIS/ GPS. See www.bit.ly/sailboat4sale for pics and info. 2jsarmstrong@gmail.com - (425) 244-1115.
BABA 30 Sausalito, CA. Ocean going 30' pocket cruiser. Very stable and dependable. 4'9'' draft. 1981 Robert Perry design. Beautiful Art Nouveau teak interior; marble counter in head. Sleeps 5. Teak decks and cabin top. Hydrovane self steering, roller furling, 4 sails, wheel steering, radio, depth finder, Volvo 29 hp diesel engine, full boat cover and individual hatch and sail covers. $49,000. Call Dale: (415) 868-2401 or (415) 328-2853. Email Dale: roushpottery@hotmail.com
1972 YANKEE 38' , IOR HULL #5 Pretty Sparkman & Stephens design in good condition for $28,000. Good racer/cruiser: beefy solid fiberglass hull, balsa core deck and all new standing rigging. Re-powered: 27 HP Yanmar 3GM30 and Maxprop. Includes: three Lidgard mylar jibs and roller furling. Lidgard/North spinnakers (graphite pole, strut), full batten main, staysails and storm jib. Mahogony interior sleeps six: 6ft+ headroom, gimbaled oven/stove, shore power, GPS, instrumentation, furnace, dodger, Balmer alternator, Lifeline batteries(4), Livingston(8'), Fortress anchors(2). Steve at (206) 462-9026. Olympia, WA.
J/35 FOR SALE Taking Off is up for sale. Asking price reduced to $14K. This J/35 is a nice racer/cruiser. It has been updated for better cruising and without compromising racing capability. It is a lot of fun and a great boat to take off in to other places and other ports. For more details contact engbrechtrj@gmail.com
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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1980 CATALINA 30, NEWER ENGINE 1980 Catalina 30 ft. sailboat with $4,000 Yamaha gas outboard engine in addition to Atomic 4 engine. Most popular cruising sailboat ever sold! 50/50 partnership $5,900, OBO. Possible monthly payments with large amount down. Currently moored in Langley but may be relocated to mutual agreeable location. I just don’t use it much! Call Bill at (425) 248-0231 or Rowlands@whidbey.com
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50' SLIP ON SAN JUAN ISLAND 50' slip available immediately on San Juan Island (Friday Harbor). Hard to find location and slip. Great location, just 5 minute walk from ferry terminal in Friday Harbor. Long-term lease possibility. Photos available on request. First and Last month rent required. $550 per month. Contact Mark at scheerlaw10@gmail.com
42' GARDEN PORPOISE KETCH Featured at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival. BLACKBEARD II is a 42’ William Garden designed Porpoise Ketch. This is an excellent opportunity to own a gorgeous vessel, at 1/2 the cost! BLACKBEARD II is currently available for a 1/2 SHARE CO-OWNERSHIP! She has been extremely well taken care of by her long-time owners. BLACKBEARD II lives in the Port Hadlock Marina. Current survey Available. Email oliversteve263@gmail.com for more information.
Kettenburg PC32 -$8,900
Launched in San Diego in 1948, Orion #68 underwent a large restoration by Baird Boat Works of Port Townsend WA in 2006. Orion is as competitive today as she was 60 years ago. Mahogany planks--some new, over steamed oak frames-all sistered. Updated rigging with Schaefer and Harken blocks. Lots of bronze hardware and varnish. Very minimal systems, but she makes up for it with volumes of class. Needs paint, varnish, and a new halyard to be out racing again. Contact Kris at 360-503-8874 - kris@nwmaritime.org 48º NORTH
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16' Doughdish 12.5 18' I550 w/Trailer 19' W. Wight Potter w/trlr 20' Laser SB# w/Trailer 21' Com-Pac Eclipse 22' J/70 22' J/70 New 22' Capri w/trlr 22' US Yacht w/trlr 25' Herreschoff 25' Catalina w/trlr 25' Hunter 25 w/trlr 25' Seaward trlr 26' Custom Dive Boat 26' Hake 26' Tartan Fantail 26' Hunter 26.5 w/trlr 26' Hunter 260 w/trlr 26' MacGregor w/trlr 27' Hunter 27' Pacific SeaCraft Orion 27' Catalina 28' CAPE DORY 28' Herreshoff 28' ISLANDER SLOOP 28' Catalina mkII 28' Hunter 280 w/trlr 29' Hunter 29' J Boat 29' J/29 29' J/88 New 29' Kirie 850 29' Carrera 290 30' Baba 30' Beneteau OC 30.1
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NW Yachtnet Passion Passion Mar Servic Passion Sail NW Sail NW Passion Passion Swiftsure Passion Passion Passion Seattle Yachts Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts Passion Passion Passion Seattle Yachts Swiftsure Passion West Yachts Yachtfinders West Yachts Passion Passion Yachtfinders Yachtfinders Sail NW Sail NW Mar Servic Passion Yachtfinders Signature
7 58 58 64 58 2 2 58 58 61 58 58 58 57 60 57 58 58 58 57 61 58 62 60 62 58 58 60 60 2 2 64 58 60 63
30' Cape Dory 30' Catalina 30' Catalina MKII 30' Catalina Sloop 30' Catalina Tall Rig 30' Farr 30' Fisher 30' J/95 New 30' Olson 30' Yamaha 30 MKII 30' Catalina Sloop 31' Beneteau 31' Beneteau Oceanis 31' Cape George 31' HUNTER SLOOP 31' Beneteau Oceanis 31' Hallberg-Rassy 32' C&C 32' Downeast Sloop 32' Islander 32' Islander 32' J/97e New 32' J/99 New 32' Kyrie Elite 32' Nor'Star 32' Tayana Vancouver PH 32' FUJI KETCH 32' Hunter 326 33' Alerion Express 33' Ericson 33' Hans Christian 33T 33' J/100 33' JOUET 940 MS 33' Larson 33' Legendary Ketch
79 86 88 79 80 97 79 19 84 84 93 10 19 81 84 19 75 80 78 77 78 19 19 85 86 00 78 03 10 82 84 07 85 07 00
NW Yachtnet Signature NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Sail NW Yachtfinders Sail NW Yachtfinders Rubicon NW Yachtnet Signature Signature West Yachts West Yachts Passion Passion West Yachts NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Mar Servic Sail NW Sail NW Signature Sail NW Rubicon West Yachts Passion Swiftsure Signature NW Yachtnet Swiftsure West Yachts Seattle Yachts Waterline
7 63 7 7 7 2 60 2 60 56 7 63 63 62 62 58 58 62 7 7 64 2 2 63 2 56 62 58 61 63 7 61 62 57 58
33' Luguna GT 33' Mason Offshore 33' Nantucket 33' Nauticat PH 33' Ranger 33' Tartan 101 33' Wauquiez 33' Beneteau 331 33' Hunter 33' Hunter 33 33' Saturna Offshore 33' Yamaha 34' C&C 34+ 34' Cal-Peterson 34' Catalina 34 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Catalina Sloop 34' Columbia 34 34' Gambling 34 34' Gemeni 105Mc 34' Hallberg-Rassy 342 34' J/105 34'Jeanneau 349 34'Schock 34'Tartan 34'Tartan 345 34' Alsea Bay 35' Baba 35' Beneteau 35' Beneteau 35.1 35' Beneteau First 35' Cheoy Lee Sloop 35' Contest Sloop 35' Cooper
86 86 84 85 75 19 83 02 11 11 81 78 90 79 88 86 88 88 72 74 05 08 00 19 89 07 19 85 79 89 17 83 80 81 82
NW Yachtnet Waterline Seattle Yachts Mar Servic Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts West Yachts Passion Passion Mar Servic Passion Passion ElliottBYS Yachtfinders ElliottBYS NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Mar Servic Mar Servic ElliottBYS Swiftsure Sail NW Mar Servic Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts Passion Waterline Yachtfinders Signature Signature NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Seattle Yachts
7 58 57 64 60 57 62 58 58 64 58 58 59 60 59 7 7 7 64 64 59 61 2 64 60 57 57 58 58 60 63 63 7 7 57
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29,500 7,900 7,900 19,500 39,900 34,900 12,500 6,800 89,000 7,800 23,900 24,900 74,500 64,000 69,575 13,900 20,900 5,900 45,000 29,000 12,900 29,900 39,500 29,000 38,900 28,900 29,900 23,900 12,000 8,999 12,900 47,500 166,252
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12,500 22,500 17,000 17,500 17,999 35,000 19,900 14,000 22,000 6,900 79,500 169,000 38,000 19,500 169,900 39,900 29,500 18,900 29,000 17,900
19,500 38,000 114,000 44,900 49,900 209,000 19,000 79,500 69,500 ~ 69,900 180,000
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
24,900 79,500 178,000 79,900 13,500 199,900 49,000 74,900 99,900 99,900 36,900 21,900 64,500 24,900 41,500 36,500 39,500 36,900 19,900 24,900 109,000 162,000 74,900 189,956 44,900 155,000 269,900 53,900 62,500 45,000 169,900 49,500 33,500 49,500 44,000
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Ready for comfortable cruising! Bow/stern thruster and diesel heat. Charter revenue 2019.
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35' Elan E4 35' Hallberg Rassy 352 35' Island Packet 350 35' Trident Voyager PH 35' Wauquiez 35' Young Sun 35' Young Sun Sloop 35' Beneteau OC 35.1 35' Endurance Pilothouse 35' Young Sun Cutter 36' B. Roberts Spray 36' Cal 36' Catalina Sloop 36' Cheoy Lee 36' Freedom 36' Hunter 36' Hunter Legend 35.5 36' Islander 36' Islander Sloop 36' J/111 New 36' J/112e New 36' Jeanneau SO 36' Lapworth L-36 36' Morgan 36' Perry Custom Boomer 36' S-2 36' Valiant 36' CATALINA 36' Islander 37' Beneteau 37' Hunter 37.5 37' Nautor Swan 37' Pac. Seacraft Crealock 37' Rustler 37' Tayana Cutter
17 89 01 78 82 86 81 20 78 79 01 66 90 85 86 04 90 79 78 19 19 90 60 73 07 79 85 91 82 15 92 80 82 15 84
Seattle Yachts Swiftsure ElliottBYS Mar Servic NW Yachtnet Yachtfinders Rubicon Passion Passion Passion Waterline Yachtfinders NW Yachtnet Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Yachtfinders NW Yachtnet Sail NW Sail NW Sail NW Rubicon Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts West Yachts Yachtfinders West Yachts Passion Signature Passion West Yachts Seattle Yachts Sail NW Signature
57 61 59 64 7 60 56 58 58 58 58 60 7 60 57 7 7 60 7 2 2 2 56 60 57 62 60 62 58 63 58 62 57 2 63
37' Pacific Seacraft 37' Tayana 38' Beneteau OC 38.1 38' Beneteau OC 381 38' Block Island 38' C&C MARK II 38' Catalina 38' CT 38 38' CT Sloop 38' Hans Chris. 38 MK II 38' Hans Christian 38' Hinckley 38' INGRID 38' Island Packet 380 38' Sabre 386 38' X-Yachts 38' Yankee 38' Catalina 387 38' Catalina S&S 38' Catalina S&S 38' Hans Christian 39' Cal 39 39' Fast Passage 39' Fast Passage 39' Hallberg Rassy 39' Hunter 39' Beneteau 393 39' CAL 39-II 39' Catalina 390 39' Freedem Cat Ketch 40' Beneteau 40 40' Beneteau OC 40 40' Beneteau Oceanis 40' Catalina 400 40' Colin Archer Ketch
99 78 20 98 60 77 80 84 86 80 85 69 78 00 05 94 72 04 83 83 78 78 79 79 00 15 02 80 02 83 11 11 94 99 94
Passion Passion Passion Signature Yachtfinders West Yachts Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts NW Yachtnet Mar Servic Passion Seattle Yachts West Yachts Mar Servic Seattle Yachts Yachtfinders NW Yachtnet Passion Passion Passion Passion Waterline ElliottBYS Passion Swiftsure Signature Passion West Yachts Passion Passion Mar Servic Signature ElliottBYS Seattle Yachts Sail NW
58 58 58 63 60 62 60 57 7 64 58 57 62 64 57 60 7 58 58 58 58 58 59 58 61 63 58 62 58 58 64 63 59 57 2
40' Custom Acapulco 40' Elan - SAILTIME 40' Fount. Pajot Lucia 40' Hanse 400 40' Hinckley Bermuda 40' Islander Peterson 40' J/121 New 40' J/122e New 40' J/40 40' Jeanneau 40 40' Mainship 40' Marlow Hunter 40' Nauticat PH 40' Nordic 40' Perry 41 Sloop 40' Schucker 436 PH 40' BENETEU OCANIS 40' J/120 40' Pearson 41' Beneteau OC 41.1 41' C&C 41' Ericson Sloop 41' Finngulf 41' Hatteras 41' Is. Packet SP Cruiser 41' Is. Packet SP Cruiser 41' Islander Freeport 41' Islander Freeport 41' Jeanneau 410 41' Morgan Classic CC 41' Morgan Giles Classic 41' Morgan O/I 41' Newport 41' Tartan 4100 41' Beneteau OC 41.1
78 17 18 07 70 81 19 19 89 99 09 13 85 94 85 72 97 94 80 19 86 68 03 67 07 09 81 76 20 87 87 87 71 06 20
Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts Signature Swiftsure ElliottBYS Yachtfinders Sail NW Sail NW Sail NW Swiftsure Swiftsure ElliottBYS Waterline Signature Seattle Yachts Mar Servic West Yachts Sail NW Passion Signature Yachtfinders West Yachts Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts Mar Servic Mar Servic NW Yachtnet Yachtfinders Mar Servic NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Passion Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts Passion
57 57 63 61 59 60 2 2 2 61 61 59 58 63 57 64 62 2 58 63 60 62 57 57 64 64 7 60 64 7 7 58 60 57 58
48º NORTH
D D D D D D D D D D D G D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
223,920 99,000 147,500 59,500 59,900 63,500 39,950 ~ 34,900 24,900 55,500 19,900 56,900 29,500 55,000 92,500 47,900 34,500 29,900
49,300 39,000 27,500 99,500 47,500 99,000 58,000 29,900 179,900 69,900 84,750 57,000 365,000 53,950
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
145,000 65,000 ~ 88,500 119,500 ~ 29,900 75,000 74,500 72,000 94,900 84,900 49,000 159,000 194,000 39,000 29,900 134,900 26,900 24,900 85,000 29,900 82,000 85,000 249,000 149,900 112,900 58,000 84,900 65,000 164,900 174,500 85,000 130,000 65,000
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89,500 $995/mo 529,900 149,000 129,500 47,500
79,000 125,000 225,000 219,000 129,000 94,900 69,000 49,999 90,000 99,500 52,900 315,000 58,500 37,500 225,000 29,900 299,000 274,500 69,900 63,500 319,948 69,900 86,500 59,900 29,500 249,000 ~
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42' Barnett 42' Brewer PH Cutter 42' Cabo Rico PH 42' Catalina Sloop 42' Catalina Sloop 42' Island Packet 420 42' Jeanneau SO 42' Leopard 42' Sabre 426 42' Tayana Vancouver CC 42' Catalina 42 mkII 43' Beneteau 443 43' Gulfstar 43' Luengen Offshore 43' Shannon 43' Wauquiez Amphitrite 43' Polaris Cutter 44' B. Roberts Offshore 44' B. Roberts Offshore 44' CHEOY LEE 44' Jeanneau 440 44' Jeanneau SO 44 44' Nauticat 44' Nauticat 44 44' Norseman 44' Spencer 44 44' Tanton 44' Worldcruiser 44' Nuaticat Pilothouse 45' B. Roberts Offshore 45' Bestevaer 45st 45' Brewer 45' Cust. Aluminum PH 45' Garcia Exploration 45' Jeanneau 45.2
86 85 03 93 92 00 99 04 09 82 02 05 77 87 88 84 78 93 80 80 19 90 83 80 88 73 83 79 84 83 11 78 06 15 02
Yachtfinders Seattle Yachts Swiftsure NW Yachtnet NW Yachtnet Swiftsure NW Yachtnet Swiftsure Swiftsure Seattle Yachts Passion ElliottBYS Yachtfinders Waterline Swiftsure Mar Servic Passion Mar Servic Mar Servic West Yachts Mar Servic Passion Swiftsure Mar Servic Yachtfinders Mar Servic Swiftsure ElliottBYS Passion Waterline Sail NW Yachtfinders San Juan Swiftsure Swiftsure
60 57 61 7 7 61 7 61 61 57 58 59 60 58 61 64 58 64 64 62 64 58 61 64 60 64 61 59 58 58 2 60 55 61 61
45' Jeanneau SO 45 45' Morgan 45' Sparkman & Stephens 46' Beneteau 461 46' Beneteau OC 46.1 46' Cardinal 46' Formosa Cutter 46' Hunter 460 46' Hunter 466 46' Jeanneau 469 46' Outbound 46' Beneteau OC 46.1 46' Spindrift CC 47.7' Beneteau 47' Beneteau 473 47' Bowman 47 47' Chris White Atlantic 47' Vagabond Ketch 48' C&C Custom 48' Chris White Atlantic 48' J-145 48' Tayana 48' Tayana 48' Tayana DS 48' Waterline 49' Goetz/Taylor 49' Hunter 49 49' Jeanneau 490 49' Jeanneau SO 49 49' Jeanneau SO 49P 49' Trans Pac 49 49' Transpacific 49' TransPacific Marine 50' Baltic 50' Beneteau
06 94 60 99 19 82 81 01 02 15 06 20 84 05 06 97 13 83 73 10 01 11 05 02 97 97 09 19 05 07 86 80 80 99 88
Mar Servic Yachtfinders Rubicon Signature Signature Yachtfinders Rubicon Mar Servic NW Yachtnet Mar Servic Swiftsure Passion Passion ElliottBYS Signature Mar Servic Swiftsure Mar Servic Swiftsure Swiftsure Signature Seattle Yachts Seattle Yachts San Juan Swiftsure Yachtfinders Passion Mar Servic Mar Servic Mar Servic Mar Servic ElliottBYS Sail NW Swiftsure Yachtfinders
64 60 56 63 63 60 56 64 7 64 61 58 58 59 63 64 61 64 61 61 63 57 57 55 61 60 58 64 64 64 64 59 2 61 60
50' Beneteau 50 50' Gulfstar 50' Jeanneau 50DS 50' Lavranos 51' Able Apogee 51' Alden Skye Ketch 51' Beneteau 51' Beneteau OC 51.1 51' F. Carius Steel Ketch 51' Formosa Ketch 53' J/160 53' Jeanneau Yacht 53 53' Simonis 53' Tartan 5300 54' Hylas 55' Tayana 55' Tayana CC 55' Tayana CC 55' Tayana Cutter 56' Herreshoff M. Polo 56' Morgan 58' Tayana CC 58' Tayana DS 59' Outremer 5X 59' Schooner Pinky 60' Mariner 61' C&C 62' Trumpy Schooner 64' Frers 65' B. Roberts NY 65' Irwin 65' Sparkman & Stevens 67' Waterline 75' Custom Schooner 83' Cust. Stysl. Schooner
99 78 11 90 00 80 93 19 84 78 03 15 01 19 03 87 92 85 86 56 81 02 06 12 90 78 72 72 78 97 84 68 97 87 34
48º NORTH
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
110,000 115,000 349,000 88,000 99,700 249,000 89,000 299,000 298,000 130,000 129,900 119,500 49,500 69,500 189,000 132,500 69,900 38,500 65,000 129,900 389,985 129,000 164,000 185,000 195,000 40,000 139,000 275,500 172,000 62,000 499,000 69,000 239,000 625,000 199,000
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
199,500 134,000 74,900 139,900 489,859 149,500 77,000 160,000 145,500 339,000 399,000 ~ 138,000 179,000 225,000 215,000 695,000 184,000 227,458 565,000 295,000 399,000 359,000 319,000 375,000 64,000 299,900 499,796 284,500 349,500 169,000 99,000 89,000 475,000 112,500
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Pg 63 7 64 61 61 64 60 63 56 57 2 64 61 57 61 60 57 57 57 58 57 7 57 61 7 60 64 7 61 58 57 59 61 7 58
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Brokerage Trawler Listings Boat Type
Yr
Aux Price
Broker
Pg
Boat Type
Yr
Aux Price
Broker
Pg
Boat Type
Yr
Aux Price
21' Ranger Tug
11
D
39,900
Yachtfinders
60
32' Nordic Tug
95
D
124,500
Yachtfinders
60
03
D
649,000 Waterline
58
22' Sea Sport Sportsman 00
G
39,500
West Yachts
62
33' Searay 330
08
G
142,500
West Yacht
62
45' Devlin Sockeye Fantail
Broker
22' Surf Scoter
92
G
45,000
West Yacht
62
34' Pdq Catamaran
03
D
240,000 West Yachts
62
46' Nielson Trawler
81
D
189,000
62
24' Maxum 2400 Scr
95
G
19,900
West Yachts
62
34' Red Wing
08
D
89,000
Swiftsure
61
49' Elling E4
14
D
550,000 Swiftsure
25' Four Winns Vista
19
G
139,564
Mar Servic
64
35' Four Winns Vista
18
D
299,807
Mar Servic
64
49' Grand Banks
85
D
249,500
NW Yachtnet 7
25' Lyman
64
G
20,000
Swiftsure
61
35' Mjm 35Z
19
G
~
Sail NW
2
50' Grand Banks
70
D
129,900
NW Yachtnet 7
03
D
550,00
West Yacht
Pg
61
D
95,000
Swiftsure
61
36' Albin 36 Tri-Cabin
79
2D
34,000
Waterline
58
50' Kristen Ph Trawler
West Yachts
62
26' Cascade Lobster Boat 02
D
129,000
West Yachts
62
36' Covey Island
97
D
189,000
Swiftsure
61
50' Mjm 50Z
19
D
~
Sail NW
2
26' Nordic Tug
82
D
71,900
West Yachts
62
36' Grand Banks Classic
84
D
132,000
Rubicon
56
53' Aluminum Lrc
74
2D
149,900
Waterline
58
26' Nordic Tug
81
D
64,900
West Yachts
62
36' Monk
88
D
109,000
West Yacht
62
53' Mjm 53Z
19
D
~
Sail NW
2
26' Tollycraft Sedan
79
G
22,000
Elliott Bay YS 59
36' Stanley (Lobsterboat) 67
D
45,000
Swiftsure
61
53' Nordlund 53
79
2D
125,000
Waterline
58
91
D
349,000
Waterline
58
25' Ranger Tug
12
27' Ranger Tugs
15
D
150,000
Elliott Bay YS 59
37' Hershine Trawler
2D
39,500
Waterline
58
54' Kady Krogen Ph
28' Camano Trawler
06
D
149,000
Rubicon
56
37' L. Nelson Victory Tug 88
D
154,000
West Yachts
62
54' Seaforth Custom
03
D
995,000 NW Yachtnet 7
29' Back Cove
06
D
145,000
West Yachts
62
38' Bayliner 3818
89
D
45,000
Rubicon
56
55' Seaton-Neville Lr
81
D
379,000
Waterline
58
29' Four Winns Horiz.
19
G
225,572
Mar Servic
64
38' Eastbay Hx
00
D
209,000 Swiftsure
61
58' Vicem
05
D
795,000
Yachtfinders
60
29' Ranger Tug
11
D
149,000
NW Yachtnet 7
38' Helmsman 38
12
D
379,000
Waterline
58
60' Defever/Angel
84
D
349,500
Waterline
58
31' Camano 31 Troll
02
D
114,500
Waterline
58
38' Helmsman 38E
17
D
429,000
Waterline
58
61' Ocean Alexander Ph
98
D
649,000 NW Yachtnet 7
31' Camano 31 Troll
93
D
89,500
Waterline
58
38' Marine Trader
84
D
59,500
Yachtfinders
60
65' Circa Marine Fpb64
14
D
2,225,000 Sail NW
2
31' Camano 31 Troll
92
D
68,500
Waterline
58
38' Wellcraft
84
G
28,500
Yachtfinders
60
65' Malahide Ph
72
D
775,000
58
97
D
1,200,000 Rubicon
79
Waterline
31' Helmsman 31 Sedan 15
1D
229,000
Waterline
58
38' Golden Star
86
D
39,900
West Yachts
62
66' Seaton Ph Trawler
31' Ranger Tugs R-31Cb
15
D
229,500
Waterline
58
39' Mainship
00
D
145,000
West Yachts
62
70' Monte Fino My
96
D
749,000
NW Yachtnet 7
32' Grand Banks
72
D
27,500
Elliott Bay YS 59
40' Mjm 40Z
19
D
~
Sail NW
2
72' Mcqueen Cpmy
77
D
525,000
West Yacht
62
32' Mdi Downeast
97
D
109,500
Elliott Bay YS 59
42' Grand Banks Cl.
89
D
205,000 Elliott Bay YS 59
76' Conv. Wallace Tug
1906 D
130,000
Waterline
58
32' Nordic Tug
94
D
139,980
Mar Servic
42' Grand Banks Cl.
77
D
89,900
Mar Servic
64
85' Cust. Research Yacht 62
D
360,000 Rubicon
56
32' Nordic Tug
08
D
219,000
NW Yachtnet 7
43' Mjm 43Z
19
G
~
Sail NW
2
100' Bushey Navy Tug
44
D
300,000 Waterline
58
32' Nordic Tug
10
D
254,000
San Juan
55
43' Sabreline Aft Cbin
95
2D
259,000
Waterline
58
150' Custom Ferry
36
D
1,495,000 NW Yachtnet 7
32' Nordic Tug
91
D
130,00
West Yachts
62
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