SIGHTINGS the importance of rinsing well Putting yourself on the line for a worthy cause is the hallmark of character, but in the accompanying two photos Charles Mohn almost seems to be going overboard. The photos were taken as he was getting the chute ready on the bow of Yucca during the first race of the Golden Gate YC Mid-Winter series. Mohn, who has been crewing on Yucca since Hank Easom first brought the 50-year-old boat to the Bay Area in the mid-60’s, claims to relish wet sailing. v “It gets all the saliva off my hands!” he explains. Mohn is not weird; he’s a dentist in San Francisco. It’s only natural to wonder what a seasoned sailor like Mohn is doing up on the bow. He explains: “Yucca is an old, wooden boat; we can’t get any young guys.” Most of the six crewmembers aboard for the race were about as old as cont'd on next sightings page
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