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buses. Then I crewed on boats in Panama and later the Hawaiian Islands. Unfortunately, I missed Galapagos altogether. Gordon Rayner San Diego

Gordon — Like you, the Wanderer is surprised that such an obvious error didn't jump right out at Max.

⇑⇓ HISTORIC IS NOT HISTORICAL As a protégé of Karl Kortum, the founder of the San Francisco Maritime Museum, I noticed a common error in your article on what is now the National Park. The proper name is the San Francisco National Historical Park, not the "historic" park, historical being defi ned as "of or concerning history; concerning past events" as opposed to historic, "famous or important in history." This is an important distinction, since the park was a recent creation and not the site of some event in history worthy of recognition. Kortum, a stickler and wordsmith, would concur. Steven Hyman Historic Maritime Preservationist San Francisco

Steven — Duly noted.

⇑⇓ PREPARE TO BE SURPRISED I would be surprised if the Baja Ha-Ha rally for cruisers was open to powerboats such as my Kadey Krogen 44 AE trawler. What's the story?

John J. Cox III Kadey Krogen 44 Rarotonga

John — The Ha-Ha is indeed open to powerboats. About four or fi ve sign up each year, and several powerboats have done more than one Ha-Ha. In fact, the last Ha-Ha was the second one for Ken and Dottie Savile of the San Diego-based homebuilt 39-ft trawler Dreamweaver. Registration for the Ha-Ha opens on May 1.

⇑⇓ SACRED PRINCIPLES AND THE NEXT MULTIHULL I'm just fi nishing my second cup of coffee of the morning aboard my friends' Beneteau 54 here in Richards Bay, South Africa. Elisabeth, a partner in the boat with husband Onni, is polishing the stainless on this beauty that they've sailed here from St. Maarten in the Eastern Caribbean. I'm abstaining, as polishing metal is against my sacred principles. Such is the life of a boat guest. But I do contribute in other ways, as this isn't a free ride from here to Cape Town. But it's true that, having sold my Brown Searunner 31 En Pointe, I have joined the OPYC (Other People's YC) for the time being. I'm trying to be as helpful as possible without compromising my principles regarding yacht maintenance. Having sold my trimaran, I'm looking at catamarans. Here's a list of the cats that I'm looking at, and I'm wondering what the Wanderer thinks of them: a late-1980s Fountaine Pajot Casamance, an early-1990s St. Francis 44, a late-1990s Catana 41, and a mid-2000s Knysna 44. Having been a keen follower of the boat market for the last 30 years, I fi nd it hard to argue with the claim that there's never been a better time to buy — even when you include the "GFC" (Great Financial Crisis) — as the inventory of cats is probably greater than ever. Having sailed my little Brown Searunner to Thailand from California, I'd be loath to buy a monohull unless I planned to