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No Payments Until 1992 For a Now CS 34

The Yacht of the '90's

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Private Stateroom

HAS ARRIVED!

Refrigerator

Spacious Main Salon

SPECIAL Cruise or Race Equipped

$96,500 You Owe Yourself A Look!!I \\ l

Ergonomic ..

Seating and Comfortable Cockpit THE NEW CS 34

Second Ice Box

Separate Shower

Pkg inch Electronics, sails, anchor | & safety gear, varnished interior, epoxy bottom, either furling or spinnaker gear and 5 yr. warranty.1 Ready to enjoy.

Second Private Stateroom

• In our charter program

SEE HER AT OUR DOCKS NOW!

DON'T SEE IT?... OUR LOCATORS WILL FIND ITU WANT TO SELL YOUR BOAT? CALL US NOW !

HAVE BUYERS NEED IrfiTi] i]

LISTINGS S&S 48. Gorgeous F/G hull with new

45' STEEL CUTTER. Pullman berth,

paint, two private staterooms. Great liveaboard. Steal at $98,500.

generator, refers, loaded and gorgeous, Priced to sell at $117,500.

VALIANT 32. Clean, bristol condition.

Diesel engine. Only $49,5001 BROKERAGE SPECIALS SAILBOATS 22' CATAUNA.2,500 25' SANTANA, 77 0/B.8,000 27' CATAUNA.11,500 27' CAL, '75.18,500 27' CS, '80.17,500 28' LANCER.14,500 28'+ ERICSON, '82 .28,000 28' SAN JUAN,'79.17,000 29' C&C, 79.32,500 30' CAL'83.39,500 30' $2, '82.40,000 30' NEWPORT.28,000

CS 36 -1983. Go cruise! A/P, autoheaf, 6 sails, cutter rig, radar, dodger, reblt engine. 75,0001 2 others from 69,500.

SAILBOATS 30' NEWPORT, 77 .27,500 30' CAPE DORY.77,500 31' IRWIN,'84 .48,000 32' VALIANT, 77.49,500 33' RANGER.27,500 35' SANTANA.49,000 36' ISLANDER FREEPORT, 79 .69,500 36' CS, 79 .69,000 36' CS SD, '83 .75,000 39' LANDFALL 79 .75,000 40' CS.125,000 41' ISLANDER FREEPORT.79,900 44' PETERSON, 75 .120,000

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ISLANDER FREEPORT 41. Great liveaboard. New hull paint, cushions & rigging. Best one around. Try $76,000.

TARTAN 37. Beautiful boat, excellent shape. Asking $78,000.

CS 50. Three gorgeous staterooms. Extensive equipment, hand rubbed interior. Best Offer.

RENTALS

4T S&S. Extensive gear, new paint, two private staterooms. Owner transferred.

Priced to sell. Now $88,50011

SAILBOATS-CONTINUED 45' H.C.,'76 .137,000 46' GRDN KTCH, 73.149,500 47' SPRKMN STEVENS'73 ...Now88,500 58' CUSTOM STEEL,'87.125,000 118'SCHOONER,'22 .345000 POWERBOATS 25' CARVER,'88 .40,000 28' BAYLINER, Clean!,'88 .38,000 28' COOPER,'87.38:500 30' COOPER,'88.66,500 30' WILLARD VEGA, 74 .42 500 34' SILVERTON C0NV, '90.109,000 35' COOPER,‘88. 94 500

36' 40' 42' 42' 42' 48' 51' 52' 60' 60' 62'

CARVER,'85 .. 114,500 CUSTOM TRAVELER,'81 .77,5001 COOPER AFT CABIN,'89 .....155,0001 CALIFORNIAN, 74 .135,000 GRAND BANKS, '81_175,000 CHRIS CRAFT,'85.210,000 BLUEWATER, '86 .186,000 FT COCKPIT,'87 .335,000 CHRIS R0AMER... Reduced $100,000 CHRIS CRAFT, 74._ 495,000 WHEELER PILOTHOUSE, 71 185,000]

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1991 offers new opportunities for mastering the ma’ny techniques of sailing. New Pineapple sails and the advice and service that go with them stack the deck in your favor.

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BENETEAU FIRST 45f5 Designed By: Bruce Farr Styled By: Pinanfarina FAST AND FABULOUS truly describes this exotic beauty. She is at our docks and ready for year end delivery.

We Can Deliver Any of the Boats Listed Below by Year End:

Come take a look and find out why more than 180 have been sold this year.

• Island Packet 32,35,38 • Pearson 34,37,38 • Beneteau First 32s5,35s5,38s5,45F5 Oceanis 350,390,430 • Nordhaven Power Cruiser 46

This boat has it all, including a furniture grade cherrywood interior, rod rigging, eliptical lead keel, Sparcraft mast, refrigeration, battery charger, and more.

Sailaway $239,000

ARRIVING IN DECEMBER - PEARSON 34; BENETEAU 310; 38s5; ISLAND PACKET 38 PEARSON 37 #20

ISLAND PACKET 35 #101

BENETEAU 390 #47

• 4KW Generator • Refrigeration • Microwave • 13" Color TV VCP • Stove • Deluxe Stereo • Stall Shower • Self-tacking Furling Jib • Fully Battened Main • Single Line Reefing • Cockpit Shower • Wing Keel • Battery Charger • Pedestal Steering • Compass • 34 hp Yanmar Diesel • Lifetime Warranty

• Liveaboard Interior • Harken Furling Genoa and Staysail • Rack & Pinion Steering • Compass • Cockpit Shower • Battery Charger • Knotmeter • Depthsounder • VHF • Anchor Package • Safety Package • 35 hp Yanmar Diesel • Stainless Opening Ports • Stove/Oven • Outstanding Quality

• Windlass • Anchor Package • Furling Genoa • Full Battened Main with Dutchman • Battery Charger • Stall Shower • Refrigeration • LPG Stove with Oven •VHF • Safety Package • Knotmeter/Depthsounder • 43 hp Volvo Diesel • Pedestal Steering • Compass • Boarding Platform

REGULARLY: $149,500

VALUE: $136,500

REGULARLY: $159,900

CLOSEOUT: $119,875

ONE ONLY: $143,900

NOW!:

$124,870

ISLAND PACKET 32

Passage^achts 1220 Brickyard Cove Road Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 REGULARLY: $124,500

SALE PRICE: $116,843

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REGULARLY: $98,500

SALE PRICE: $88,750 page 4

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CONTENTS subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings year in review cabo curse able and willing winter sailing winners part II max ebb world of chartering the racing sheet changes in latitudes classy classifieds brokerage advertiser's index

7 13 23 67 76 92 98 102 106 112 118 122 130 138 150 159 160

Passage Yachts will take any new or used boat you purchase from us back in trade for a new boat at a later date at a guarantee price.

You simply can’t lose. Call for details.

SAIL BROKERAGE CAL .4,000 CATALINA .12,500 0'DAY .22,500 C5, diesel.19,500 ISLANDER, diesel .

28,000

BAYFIELD, pocket cruiser .24,900 S2, center cockpit . 27,900 ISLANDER MKII ....23,500 ISLAND BAHAMA .29,900

VALIANT 32 cutter. New epoxy | bottom. Beautiful cond. $52,000.

.PEARSON, diesel.19,500 ISLANDER .33,000 VALIANT .

52,000

VANGUARD .32,500 RANGER.

27,900

APHRODITE. 27,950 1 HUNTER.49,950 I PETERSON.44,900 ' PEARSON.68,000 ' PANDA.Reducedl $89,500 ' WYLIE. 39,000 ' BENETEAU 0CEANIS 350,19 88 .89,000 ' U.S. PILOTHOUSE .547,900

U.S. 35 pilothouse. Inviting, spacious liveaboard cruiser. Recent | survey. Priced to sell $47,900.

’ BREWER CUTTER.74,500 ' NIAGRA .77,900 ' ERICS-ON .

37,500

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' SANTANA..v......54,950 ' PEARSON.97,500 ' ISLANDER .(2) 45,000 ' EXPRESS ..

115,000

' HUNTER, CUTTER RIG.63,000 ' PEARSON.:.57,-500 ' PASSPORT.

129,900

' SWAN.

149,000

' BENETEAU, 1984.,.95,000 ' MORGAN

.:.61,000

’ HINCKLEY ..88,000

NORSEMAN 447 CTR, 1983. Excellent condition. Generator.

Cruise loaded. $199,000

FARALLONE CLIPPER .35,000 BENETEAU.95,000 I' HUNTER.92,000 I' OLSON. 129,000 I’ BENETEAU (One Ton) .115,000 I' BENETEAU 405 1987.132,000 I' PASSPORT, 1990.

189,000

’ NELSON MAREK. ...79,000 CSC . 129,500 !’ BENETEAU.118,000 II MASON CUTTER.:.13.9,500 1’ WAUQUIEZ KETCH . 159,000

BAYFIELD 29 cutter. Canadian bluewater pocket cn iser. $24,900.

l’ PETERSON center cockpit.110,000 I’ ALDEN CUTTER .265,000 1' NORSEMAN center cockpit. 199,000 1' CSY CUTTER .110,000

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PERRY.

119,500

PASSPORT. 199,000

5' CAL .89,500

COVER PHOTO: Latitude/JR ’Tis the Season: Deck the Hulls with Bowmen,

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)' HINCKLEY SOU'WESTER 50 .365,000 1' PASSPORT, center cockpit. 279,000 —

HUNTER 40. Radar, dodger, Loran, roller furling, recent ‘upgrades. $92,900.

Graphic Design: Karen Toms Copyright 1990 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.

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1977. Over lOKin recent upgrades.

A steal at $79,950

1979 ketch with liveaboard amenities. $119,000

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45' MULL, '81. Teak decks, high performance Brookes & Gates instruments, roller furling, refrig., rich teak interior. New blue interior.

Only $149,000.

FREYA 39,1985.Yanmar diesel, under 200 hours. Good sails, rig.

A steal at $67,500.

HUNTER, 1979.

ENDEAVOR 43 (enter cockpit ketch. Benmor, AP, Combi, 2 heads, refrigeration, LPG stove. $129,000.

32,000

GURNEY custom alum, sloop 56,000 GULF, 1982.56,000 WESTSAIL, 5 from.49,500 VINDO, 1974 . 41,000 BOMBAY.28,000 MARIAH.62,500 PEARSON 303.48,000

HANS CHRISTIAN 36' *75. Cutter. Furling jib, shoal keel, pathfinder dsl. refrigeration, propane stove. $62,000.

NEWPORT.17,000

37'HERSHINE,’79. Great liveaboard diesel cruiser, with queen berthaft cabin. 3 from $61,000.

ERICSON, 1986 .45,000 ISLANDER ... 2 from.20,000 MORGAN, 1970.22,500 ERICSON, 1985 .38,900

POWER ___ CHRIS CRAFT.2 from 169,000 BLUEWATER, 1980 .160,000 BLUEWATER, 1984 .159,000 DEFEVER, stl trt.250,000 DUTCH CANAL BARGE.64,500 GALLART, 1986 .210,000 CALIFORNIAN, 1984.185,000

51'MORGAN O.I., '78.130 hp dsl, 3 staterooms, new dodger, 9' Whaler w/5 hp o/b, liferaft, roller furling, radar, SSB, air cond, ice maker. $ 160,000.

TROJAN, 1986 .310,000 CALIFORNIAN, 1980.125,000

MacGREGOR 65, '87. Excellent rigging, electronics and sail inventory. Seller motivated. $140,000 or best offer.

GRAND BANKS, 1981 .175,000 BLUEWATER-TAIWAN, 1977 86,000 CRUISEAHOME, 1975.55,000 SILVERTON, 1984 .119,500 HERSHINE, 1979 .69,750 C&L TRAWLER, 1979 . 79,950 79,000

TROJAN, 1975 .49,500

69.500

CHRIS CRAFT.35,000

45,000

GRAND BANKS..

79,000

49,000

SEA RAY, 1979.

66,900

49.500

MODERN, 1983.77,000

69,000

GRAND BANKS, 1974.79,950

37' NORDIC ESPIR1T. Performance and comfort for extended cruising or bay sailing. New LPU paint

85,000

GOLDEN GATE, 1979..67,500

,43,000

CALIFORNIA, 1979.69,500

job. $85,000.

,45,000

CARVER, 1988.94,000

PETERSON 34. Yanmor diesel, 12 headsails, wheel steering, gas stove, teak interior, Sousalitp slip. $35,000.

, 35,000

UNIFLITE.57,500

.29,500

WHALER REVENGE, 1988... 33,000

34' SEA HORSE '82. Sedan trawler, with centered queen foreword, economical Perkins diesel flybridgew/bimini, reefer&freezer, CHGstove.S69,500.

WESTSAIL 32 Loaded. 1972 w/AP, radar, B&G depth, knot, log, wdpt, wdspd, ST winches, windlass & many spars. 5 from $45,000.

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VALIANT 32

Most likely the best 32' cruising boat ever built. Ibis one is well equipped and meticulously cared for.

Located at our docks for your viewing ease. Asking a reasonable $47,000

Fast is fun and easy for two aboard this performance cruising yacht. Rigged for single-handling with all new just about everything!! Call today for a complete inventory. $125,000

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LOCATED: GRAND MARINA, ALAMEDA SKI .ECT LISTING 27'O'DAY, reduced.15,900 27'ERICSON.15,500 27' SUN_ 17,500 27' N0RSEA_ 35,000 28' MORGAN 01_22,000 29' LANCER..19,950 29' J..30,950 29’ ELITE, reduced „.29,950 30' 0'DAY .....—.29,950 30' BENF0RD.49,950 30'CAPE DORY.44,900 30'FREEDOM,'86, rare find.59,500 30' ERIC50N+..38,700

30' CATALINA.34,000 30'TARTAN.24,900 31' PAQFIC SEACRAFT, '88-89,500 32' ISLANDER--34,500 32'WESTSAIL__55,000 32' FREEDOM__ 69,000 33' PEARSON__ 59,700 33'PEARSON 10M_37,000 33' CUSTOM STEEL.55,000 34' C&C. 45,000 34' SHOCK,'89_ 88,500 34'SCHOOL PC-69,500 34' SABRE, '86 ..89,000

35'FORMOSA.39,500 35' ERICSON.2 from 37,500 36' COLUMBIA_ 34,200 36' ERICSON C..49,000 36' CATALINA_'—49,950 36'FREEDOM.™--99,500 36' C&C 34+, "Fantastic',-NEW 37'TAYANA, '78, loaded.6 37'EXPRESS..115,000 38'HANS CHRISTIAN.-.104,500 38' C&C.2 from 59,000 38' CHE0Y LEE, '85.105,000 39' Y0RKT0WN...59,950

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CALENDAR

&%c4u Nonrace December 1 — Lighted Yacht Parade on the Oakland Estuary- Approximately 5-7 p.m. ’Tis the season to be jolly! Mollie Harris, 834-3052.

December 1-24 — Caroling on the Merritt Queen. Catch the holiday spirit on a half hour trip around Oakland’s Lake Merritt.

For info and reservations, call 444-3807.

December 4 — Collegiate Sailing Seminar at St. Francis YC; 7:30 p.m. Open to junior sailors who will be attending college in the next few years. Representatives (sailing coaches, directors, active sailors) from various colleges around the nation will familiarize candidates with their school’s recreational and racing programs through slides, videos and handouts. Patrick Andreasen, 563-6363 (StFYC) or 347-0259 (home).

December 7 — "Sailing the San Juans", a slide-illustrated presentation by Jim and Joyce Steinmiller. Stockdale Marine Theatre in Sacramento; free; 7:30 p.m.; (916) 332-0775.

December 8 — 'Tall Ships, Strong Songs!", last of four concerts aboard the Balclutha. This one features Dick Holdstock and Allan MacLeod; 8 p.m.; $5 at the boarding plank; National Maritime Museum Association, 929-0202.

December 8 —- Sausalito’s 2nd Annual Lighted Yacht Parade.

Held at dusk, with a party immediately afterward at "Felix’s Bar & Grill" (aka Sausalito YC). Sausalito Chamber of Commerce, 3320505.

December 8 — Lighted Boat Parade in Santa Cruz. Begins at 5:30 p.m.; prizes galore! Jerry Bruce, (408) 867-5927.

December 9 — Christmas at Sea: an old-fashioned Christmas celebration at Hyde Street Pier aboard the 1886 sailing ship Balclutha. Caroling, stories, tours, live music, cider and cookies — and even old St. Nick, "who’ll arrive by sea and clamber over the rail". Free, but reservations are required. SF Maritime Museum,

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December 11 — "Shiny new gismos designed to improve and complicate mariners’ lives", a presentation by Ron Jones of Johnson Hicks Marine Electronics at the monthly meeting of the San Francisco Recreational Harbor Tenants Association. GGYC, 7:45 p.m.; dinner available ($i0) at 6:45; 752-0531.

December 13 — SEA First Annual Christmas Party. SEA (Sailing Educational Adventures) is a non-profit organization that is a spin-off from the Oceanic Society. No host bar, light hors d’oeuvres, 7-9:30 p.m. at the Sausalito Cruising Club. A $10 donation at the door is requested. Susan Callahan, 986-4740 (w).

December 15 — Christmas at Sea. (See December 9) December 15 — F-27 Day (and fleet meeting) at Helms Yacht Sales (Mariner Square). Come with or without your F-27; prospective owners invited, too. Helms Yachts, 865-2511.

December 15 — Lighted Boat Parade in Petaluma. Four yacht clubs will bring decorated boats into the turning basin at 7 p.m., Avery Burdick, 234-0404.

December 17 — ESPN coverage of the second leg of the BUL Challenge (Capetown to Sydney). 8 p.m.; check local listings.

December 21 — Winter Solstice, 7:08 p.m. PST. Our favorite pagan holiday — the days start getting longer from here on!

December 29-January 6 — SF International Boat & RV Sale at Moscone Center, sponsored by the Northern California Manne Association. For more info, call 521-2558.

January 1 — New Years Day! Resolve to go sailing more often in the coming year. _ , ,.

January 11-20 — San Francisco Sports and Boat Show at the Palace of Cows; for info, dial 931-2500.

January 12 — Catalina ?7 Fleet 1 Annual Dinner and Class Meeting. Cocktails at 1730; dinner at 1830; meeting at 2000.

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CALENDAR January 19 — "Stainless Steel; Its Use in Metal Boats", the first seminar in San Francisco by the Puget Sound-based Metal Boat Society. Doug Knight of Sierra Yachtworks will lead the seminar at 4521 18th St., San Francisco. RSVP, 863-1808 after 7 p.m.

January 26 — Northern California Youth Sailing Association seminar on "how to run a junior sailing program using the USYRU guidelines". Anyone interested in junior sailing is invited to the San Francisco YC, 10 a.m. ’til noon (or later). Patrick Andreasen (4370259 before 9 p.m.); Hal McCormack (892-7177) or John Walsh (435-9327).

Racing November 26-December 2 — World Match Racing Championship in Auckland, NZ. The world title (and $200,000 NZ) is at stake. Number one ranked Chris Dickson will be hard to beat.

November 30-December 2 — 18th Annual Red Lobster Regatta on Lake Monroe (Sanford, Florida). The biggest inland regatta in the country, featuring an expected 600 boats, 46 classes, 6 race courses and $10,000 of prizes. John Gardiner, (407) 4250585.

December 8 — Islander Bahama 24 Nationals. Three races (hopefully) hosted by the Bay View Boat Club. Dan Bjork, 5873653.

January 1 — Master Mariner’s Texas Chili Sprint Race, the traditional way to start the New Year for the woodie crowd. The race starts at noon near Blossom; engines may be switched on at 1:30; finish line and chili party at the Sausalito YC (marconis bring chili; gaffers bring salad and bread). Pat O’Daniels, 522-1111.

January 13-18 — Audi Yachting Race Week at Key West.

Sub-tropic sun, high caliber racing and Key West socializing have made this into a world-class regatta in only its fourth year. Roger Kennedy, (502) 895-5054.

January 26 — SSS Three Bridge Fiasco. The name says it all.

Classes for single and doublehanded boats — bring extra beer, gas and anchor rode. Sponsored by the Singlehanded Sailing Society; Pat Zajac, 232-9965.

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GOLDEN GATE YC — "Manny V. Fagundes Seaweed Soup Perpetual Series"; 12/1, 1/5, 2/2, (3/2 make-up); GGYC, 346BOAT. LAKE MERRITT SAILING CLUB — "Edna Robinson Midwinter Regatta Series"; 12/9, 1/12, 2/9, 3/10. Jim Kearney, 582-1048.

MONTEREY PENINSULA YC — "Perry Cup Series"; 12/1, 2/2, 3/2. Two races each day. Jack McAleer, (408) 624-2481.

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RICHMOND YC — "Small Boat Midwinters": 12/2, 1/6, 2/3, 3/3. Kim Desenberg, 523-8330.

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SAUSALITO YC — 1/12-13, 2/9-10, (3/9 make-up); SYC, 332-7400.

SAN FRANCISCO YC — "Fall Series": 12/15-16; "Winter Series": cancelled! SFYC, 435-9133.

SIERRA POINT YC — 12/8, 1/12, 2/9, 3/9. Steve Sears, (408) 725-1866.

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I own a 10-year old Brown Searunner 40, which I sailed down from South Carolina in November of 1989. Since then I’ve cruised the Bahamas, Virgins, Grenadines, and — along with hundreds of other cruisers fearful of a hurricane Hugo repeat — spent the summer in Venezuela. Since I left South Carolina, many monohull sailors have showed genuine interest in my boat, realizing that the old fears of breakup and capsize don’t really apply to well-built, sanely sailed, third generation multihulls. These boats do make sense because they’re stable, comfortable, roomy — and a gas to sail! I’ve converted many monohullers as a result of day sails.

For those interested in experiencing all that multihulls have to offer, there are now a number of companies that offer French-built cruising catamarans for charter in the Caribbean.

Yes, I’m a bit biased, having been sailing cats and tris for 17 years (I sailed Different Drummer, a 40-foot Wharram on the Bay in the early 80s), including ocean passages. Personally, I’m as concerned with capsizing as lead boat owners are with sinking: there’s always a possibility, but it’s remote. I think the whole monohull versus multihull controversy would be settled if everyone had the opportunity to sail each kind of boat and then make his or her own judgement.

Anyway, the important thing is that we’re all sailors, no matter what type of vessel we have. It’s been my experience that the more people have sailed, the more they realize that what we all share is a love of wind, waves and nature — not a particular type of boat.

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THE F-27 FAST, STRONG, STABLE AND SAFE. FAST With sailing speeds of 25+ knots, the F-27 can sail circles around conventional boats of the same size. The F-27 can sail upwind at a faster speed than comparable-size monohulls. And she can sail off wind with the speed of a 70-footer!

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The fastest growing one -design fleet on the Bay, the F-27 offers super high performance and an exciting new class unlike any other.

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Strongly engineered, the F-27 is made of state-of-the-art materials. Both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans have been crossed by owner-sailed h-2/s. Yet at 2600 pounds, the F-27 can be towed by an average-sized vehicle. Drawing Only 14 inches of water, the F-27 can go where no other sailboat would dare! And the F-27 can be pulled riqht up on the beach .

STABLE Because the F-27 sails neady level and has a roomy cruising interior, she makes a great family sailboat. And because the F-27 is trailerable you can cruise wherever you want. Setup time is about 20 minutes.

SAFE The F-27 is made of space-age, light but strong materials. F-27's were designed to be strong enough to cross open oceans.

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ORION 27 Very sharp — new brightwork. 1980. Legendary offshore cruiser. New bottom. Must selL $39,950.

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55' SWEDE, 1977. Sleek beauty. Fully founded Transpac winner. Asking $89,500.

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42’CHEOY LEE CUPPER, 1971. Classic 62' STEEL KETCH 1979. Spacious, lines of beautiful glass & teak in an ocean- ready-to-cruise, recently refitted. Askworthy ketch-cutter. Asking $89,000. ing $198,000.

37 SWEDISH STEEL KETCH, 1968. 45’ ENDEAVOR KETCH, 1979. ComProven ocean cruiser! Unique lapstrake fortable cruiser, shows pride of construction, tough & seaworthy. ownership. Asking $129,000.

Warm interior, hull protected by cathodic system. Asking $50,000.

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Clean, ready to cruise. Surveyed 10/ 90. Asking $18,900.

HUNTER 37 Cutter, 1984. Cruise or liveaboard. Very clean, comfortable & loaded. Asking $59,000.

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After redesigning the traveler car, we built the largest array of cars in the world to fit boats from ten to two hundred feet. Thirtytwo cars in four size ranges ride on nine different tracks which can be straight or bent and come in a variety of lengths. Fifty-nine accessories are offered to control these cars, and our custom department can design any Hi-beam track is designed to span cockpits orcompanionways. i560 car for any need. and /1511 tracks use a patented We have standard travelers sliding bolt to allow variable spacing. for mainsheet systems, genoa leads and spinnaker pole cars. Our windward sheeting car can be pulled above centerline after tacking without releasing the leeward control line. Harken cars are used for outhauls, vangs, headboards, batten ends, babystays,

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LETTERS done. In any case, I felt so much like Santa that I even gave her the duffel bag. What a great feeling!

Thanks again for all the fun your magazine brings into our rainy lives each month. The Shilshole Bay Marina Cruisers’ Coalition for a Sunnier Future appreciates your efforts.

Barry and Rhonda Matthews Amorio Seattle (temporarily)

MTHE 35/41 ASSOCIATION Please inform your readers that a Coronado 35/41 Owners Association has been formed. Currently there are no membership dues or fees; these will be determined later based solely on the expense of publishing a newsletter and other mailings.

While the idea started with just the Coronado 35, we expanded the association to include the Coronado 41. The 35 and 41 are similar enough that most information and experiences from one will be applicable to the other.

So far response has been good; we hope to attract as many Coronado 35 and 41 owners as possible. Anyone having any information concerning these boats should contact me at 2554 Lincoln Blvd, #534, Marina del Rey 90291, or (213) 305-8008 (eves).

Steven Lefkowicz Tranquility Base Marina del Rey Steven — For the last couple of years we haven’t seen too many Coronado 35s out sailing, but just recently we’ve noticed one that’s got a flashy new paint job. Certainly her owner is a candidate for the 35141 Association.

MMUST be crazy sailing around at my age At nearly 48 years of age, I have discovered the enormous pleasure of sailing — as well as depositing my hard-earned dollars in the registers of maritime parts houses. Oops, I mean chandleries.

For the last two weeks I have been laid up with pneumonia, and thus had the opportunity to read no less than 29 back issues of your magazine. (The copies were kindly supplied by friends Paul and Pat Piazza of the Hunter 36 Pizzaz berthed in Alameda.) While my learning curve has been greatly enhanced by the information and articles in your fine publication, 1 feel that I must comment on your response to a letter from Lt. Ellis, U.S.C.G-., in the September issue regarding bicycles on ferry boats.

As a lifelong cyclist, I suppose I qualify for the brain damage you described, since some people have told me I’m crazy to start sailing a small boat around Monterey Bay at any age. But then crazy is in the eye of the beholder.

Having participated in virtually every aspect of cycling, including serving on the advisory committee to our county’s Transportation Committee, I have personally met and know many thousands of cyclists from every walk of life. Most are truly environmentally conscious and just a very small percentage of them seem to feel excessively superior. However, there is still that segment of humanity that is rude and inconsiderate to the rights, needs, and safety of others (remember 'Shorty' peeing off the transom of his boat in Hospital Cove?). These same people would be that way whether in cars, boats, baby carriages or taxis. Indeed, since my introduction to sailing I have met the sailing equivalents^ While I fully endorse your idea that a partial answer is the installation and enforced use of bike racks on ferries, I feel it is unfair and uncharacteristic — from what I’ve read — for you to categorize the cycling community so negatively. Spandex or wool, like foul weather gear, serves a specific and important function, and medical research indicates that cycling is one of the most page 33

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LETTERS beneficial and non-destructive forms of exercise. It’s far better to attempt to understand and recognize the needs of other lifestyles and accept the fact that the human species is not perfect. This will help prevent the prejudicial thinking that leads to conflicts. A small show of interest in another’s activities — and a kind word — will do wonders toward a person’s attitude about moving a bike out of your path.

On another subject, I was a complete novice when I purchased my 1969 swing keel Cal 21 and received almost no information or description of parts. While on Monterey Bay in choppy seas, the keel well plug decided to part company with my boat and I was unable to recover it. I am capable of manufacturing another, but cannot find a description, either of the dimensions or important functions — such as whether or not it helps brace the keel, how important it is to planning, etc. I have not been able to obtain much help locally and wonder if you have a source for such information.

Daryl Ellis Paulett’s Daryllct Santa Cruz Daryl — You live in a city that probably has more superb fiberglass boat craftsman per capita than anywhere else in the world. We don’t really understand what part it is you lost, but can assure you that Ron Moore, Homer Lighthall or half a dozen other guys in Santa Cruz could take a quick look and tell you exactly what it is you need, why, and whip up a ten times better-than-new replacement.

As for the business about cyclists, we’re not novices. We’ve had and ridden bikes all our lives and started the kids riding down from the top of Mt. Tam when they were seven and five. As such, we know that cars and bikes don’t mix, which is why no matter what vehicle we’re operating, we give as much room and courtesy as possible to those in the other type of vehicle. The problem is that far too many cyclists are monumentally arrogant asses, who consistently and deliberately bait drivers of automobiles who are trying their best to avoid them. You know what we’re talking about: running red lights, snubbing special bike lanes to ride in traffic, darting in front of motor vehicles, etc.

There are rotten apples in every recreational barrel, unfortunately, the cycling barrel has about ten times as many holier-than-thou weenies than any other sport. You’ve never seen so many sanctimonious people this side of a BCDC meeting!

And finally, allow us to pontificate a little about age. Forty-eight years might be a little bit late to get started sailing, but being 48 and sailing is nothing at all. You go out in the distant parts of the cruising world and you’ll find a substantial percentage of the folks are in their 60s and 70s. We met a cruising couple a few years back who were 84 and 83 respectively; they were on their way to New Zealand for about the fifth time. Just for fun, check this year’s Singlehanded TransPac entries and see how many of them were under 48; you might be surprised.

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UttWE’RE HOOKED BY THE SENSE OF FREEDOM Two questions for your readers: 1. Does anyone have current information about cruising to and around Cartegena, Colombia? Do the drug wars in that country carry their influence that far north? Are there still 'pirate' warnings for small boats off that part of the coast? Are the locals friendly to Americans? ' 2. Why don’t more cruisers use anchor lights? Less than 30% of the anchored vessels we’ve come across display them. I wouldn’t think it’s due to the power consumption, since there are power efficient lights on the market.

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LETTERS north as Bahia de Los Angeles. Pnor to sailing to Mexico, we cruised north to San Francisco from Southern California for the summer. It was a great shakedown cruise, both for Bijou and ourselves. And we thoroughly enjoyed our summer in San Francisco.

Some thoughts on equipment for those headed to Mexico. For a summer in Baja, awnings, windscoops and fans make a big difference in comfort. We have back-ups for our two fans since they run 18 hours per day and we would not like to be without them! Our PowerSurvivor 12-volt watermaker runs like a champ — and eliminates a lot of hassles like hauling water, wondering about water quality, figuring out how much chlorine to add and so forth.

We have 100 watts of solar panels which, along with 420 amphours of batteries, do an outstanding job of providing for all our power requirements: Ham radio, fans, lights, stereo and watermaker. We don’t have refrigeration yet but that will be our next big project as getting block ice in Baja is more difficult than we expected.

Mexico has provided us with many pleasant surprises. One has been the variety and availability of fresh fruit and produce especially on the mainland. Another has been the number of isolated anchorages we’ve found once we’ve gotten away from the major towns. Perhaps the biggest surprise of all is that the sailing has been remarkably good; lots of north wind while we were headed south and vice-versa. Our cruising spinnaker has gotten more use down here than anywhere else.

And finally, our inland trips have been very enjoyable.

Mexicana Airlines has excellent air/hotel packages which we’ve utilized to take a great trips to Mexico City from Z-town. We are presently arranging a bus/train ride to the Copper Canyon area Mexico’s Grand Canyon — from San Carlos. Trips off the boat always provide a nice change of pace.

The cruising life has captured us. We are hooked by the sense of freedom we have and are willing to put up with the hardships and risks while we continue to look for the perfect anchorage! Thus we’ll keep heading south as long as the money and the pleasure of the lifestyle hold out.

Carl & Lori Bijou, a BCC Dana Point

Carl & Lori — One question for you; what’s a BCC? We know what a PCC is, but we’ve never heard of a BCC. As for Cartegena, about three years ago we receivedTetters from a whole contingent of west coast cruisers who decided to stop there. They loved the place! They reported tha the Aussie ioho runs a marina was most hospitable, and that unlike U.S. cities, it was safe to walk anywhere in historic Cartegena, day or night. To the best of our knowledge, there has been virtually no pirate activity in years off the north coast of Columbia; nonetheless, there are certain well-known areas you avoid. The closer you get the more you’ll hear about them. Perhaps Cara and Tony Dibnah, who just returned from that area, will volunteer some recent

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Revenge, the biggest problem with cruising Mexico is finding and keeping good crew.

Since leaving San Francisco last year three days before 'The Quake', I have made it as far south as Z-town with the help of five crewmembers. The first two were good friends from Alameda who kindly took time off from work to make the initial passage to San Diego. They were two very worried guys when we heard, while just south of San Clemente Island, that "a major earthquake has leveled San Francisco".

Mike, who had turned on the radio when he went below to prepare dinner, had a wife who worked in Oakland and would have been travelling home about that time. Larry, on deck with me at the time, knew that his wife would probably be in the BART tube about the time the quake hit. Of course the Marine Operator was no help, so when we finally docked in San Diego the next morning at 2:40 a.m., both Mike and Larry were understandably tearing their hair out. All was cool though, as by 0600 we knew that all was well at home. Even so, they soon had back-up air reservations and were off to Concord.

My next two crew were a young couple from San Diego on their way to New Zealand. We left San Diego on November 18 and harbor-hopped to Cabo San Lucas, arriving on December 20. They were great and we got along famously. But they were headed west and I was headed south, so they signed off at the Cape. I stayed in Cabo until early February when a lady came down from San Diego "for a couple of months". On our way to Acapulco, we stopped at Nuevo Vallarta where she checked with home and learned her daughter had become ill. Naturally she caught the first plane home.

With half her vacation time gone, she couldn’t make it back for the rest of her planned stay.

So there I was, searching for crew again. I singlehanded as far as Z-town, then bussed to Acapulco to catch up with my mail and check for crew. No luck. By now it was late April and the choice was between singlehanding further south or finding a hidy-hole for the hurricane season. So back I went to Nuevo Vallarta for the summer. _ , Now we get to the crux of the matter. Finding and keeping crew is the most difficult problem in Mexico. I am hoping my Classy Classified in last month’s issue will solve my problem for the coming winter, at least as far as Costa Rica, where I plan to spend some of next summer touring by bus and train. , Please folks, be truthful when you fill out the information for the Crew Lists. If you can’t get away for a reasonable amount of time — a couDle of months at least — don’t say you want to cruise a long way. Sailboats are not jet planes; it takes a while to get anywhere. Besides, cruising is supposed to be just the opposite of "If it’s Tuesday this must be Belgium". It takes a while just to get relaxed and into the 'take it as it comes mode.

Also, guys and gals, be a little bit polite. I know you re all busy but at least send a post card reply to Crew List responses. Out of fourteen letters I sent, which included a couple of photos and a copy of my latest newsletter to friends, I got three replies It would be nice to know that the other missives at least arrived at their destinations. , , , *. .

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LETTERS There is a full chandlery on the San Francisco waterfront.

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I was privileged to be aboard Dr. and Mrs. Bill Shuffett’s new Hunter Passage 42 Incisive for her maiden voyage from San Diego to Avalon in mid-September.

Although we had been forewarned, we were somewhat surprised upon our arrival to be boarded by the Harbor Patrol for the purpose of them placing dye pellets in the heads. Our perception of having our privacy invaded soon disappeared, however, when we toured the harbor and shoreline. The clarity of the water and the absence of jetsam and filth in the harbor and along the shore demonstrated the efficacy of a local ordinance permitting such dramatic enforcement measures. My overall impression now is gratitude to the community of Avalon for protecting its beautiful harbor for the enjoyment of all.

Contrast that experience with a visit to Sausalito four days later aboard my boat Clair de Lune. My wife and I spent the night at Schoonmaker Point Marina, which I believe is the most modern facility in Sausalito. The staff was friendly and helpful, appearances were pleasant, but we were surprised at the number of times we saw or heard waste being pumped overboard. However, we soon discovered that the private marina facilities included only one toilet and one urinal in the men’s room and two toilets for the women.

Someone had wretched in the public men’s room, so it was effectively out of commission. Considering the apparent number of liveaboards, the toilet facilities were hopelessly inadequate.

While I appreciate the difference in the tidal flushing effect between the two harbors, I’m satisfied that the lack of onshore sanitary facilities in Sausalito is one proximate cause of the filth that pervades the entire waterfront.

The yachting community can demand improved facilities and further regulation, but we seem more inclined to wallow in stink and debris while pointing at Exxon and the U.S. Navy as culprits.

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Even as we wish for more and better toilet facilities, we don’t think things are quite the way you portray them. You say, for example, you "heard” waste being pumped. Can your ears tell the difference between poop, pee, shower water, a sink holding tank, refrigeration water being recycled and someone pumping a clean head to keep the water from going stagnant and stinky?

There are two reasons we ask: 1. We often take evening walks through Schoonmaker Point with our two children and have never once seen a turd or tell-tale toilet paper floating around. 2. On Earth Day Michael Herz of Bay Watch, a group that monitors the environmental state of the Bay, ran a number of preliminary coliform count tests on the marinas in Sausalito. And while everyone acknowledges that there are plenty of people living aboard in Sausalito, Herz’s tests showed that the recreational boat marinas in Sausalito more than met the state water quality standards for swimming and other water contact sports. What appears to be "filthy water” can indeed be very clean.

Then, too, there is the matter of the sources of pollution. It’s generally agreed — even among those who loathe the thought of liveaboards — that the greatest single source of Bay pollution (other than overflowing sewage plants) is street runoff. With few people, fewer cars and no industry, Catalina simply has an infinitesimal amount of pollutants (tire rubber, dog crap, heavy metals, smog, grit, grime, hypodermic needles, etc.) which find their way into the water. If you want to compare apples with apples, put Avalon's water up against other mid-ocean islands. Heck, we can show you Caribbean islands where everybody throws all the garbage into the ocean — and the water looks five times cleaner than Avalon’s!

Don’t get the wrong impression, as we’re all in favor of sailors doing as much as possible to make the waters of Richardson and San Francisco Bays as clean as possible. We support having Richardson Bay a "no discharge” area. We’d even support a $25lgallon surcharge on all bottom paint to fund a 'winner takes all’ cash prize for the first company or person to develop a practical and effective non-toxic bottom paint. And we certainly encourage anyone who sees pollution laws violated — such as you believe you did — to report them. If not to the authorities, to the harbormaster; and if not to the harbormaster, at least to the offending party. In other words, let us sailors do more than our part — while not blaming ourselves for that over which we have no control.

MA 370-TON SINGLEHANDED SAILBOAT With the BOC Singlehanded Around the World Race just underway, it was exciting for us to come across what must be the largest sailboat for singlehanding ever built.

We found Phocea in Marseille, France Med-moored at View Port, the old fishing harbor at the foot of Rue Canabier ('can of beer') in the center of town. She lay there — all 243 feet of her — looking magnificent with her four auto-track masts and five furling jibs. Her booms, all anchored with huge hydraulic vangs, are, of course, as with all running rigging, automatically controllable by one person from the sleek pilothouse. This includes the two drop keels, in tandem, which, fully extended, give her a maximum draft of 16 feet. She has 28-foot beam and displaces 370 tons.

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LETTERS mount as many as three spinnakers at a time from her 150-foot masts. Not counting the chutes, she spreads over 17,000 sq. ft. of sail and has done as many as 490 miles in 24 hours. That an average of more than 20 knots!

We challenge your readers to top Phocea for singlehanding!

Since our salty Latitude 38 t-shirt was displayed while we obtained the information for this report, we hope it will produce a (large) replacement.

"KC" Holm Escape Danville • KC — The boat you’re describing was originally Club Mediterranee, which was built specifically for Alain Colas to kickbutt in the 1976 OSTAR. As often happens with overwhelming favorites — most recently the Oakland A’s — Club suffered the humiliation of finishing second when Colas, a much beloved and terrific sailor who shortly thereafter was lost racing a trimaran across the Atlantic, had to pull into Newfoundland for repairs. An extremely ugly vessel when first launched, she was the impetus for limiting the length of future OSTAR entries to 60 feet.

She wasn’t heard from again for many years. Then while at anchor in Mayreau, one of the Grenadines, on New Year’s 1988, we saw this weird looking gigantic modem four-master rumbling along the north shore of Union Island. An hour or so later a couple of guys in a Boston Whaler took soundings next to our boat so the Phocea could drop her hook about 50 feet away. She’d been so completely and cleverly redone that we couldn’t recognize her as the old Club. Operating as a luxury cruise ship for a limited number of guests, she was lit up like a Christmas tree at the old City of Paris store. Just for contrast, there was one of those ancient Windjammer Cruise ships just on the other side of her.

Mslovenly workmanship and the poorest POSSIBLE MATERIALS In your October issue a reader had a question regarding deckstepped versus keel-stepped masts. Your response mentioned a problem with the cabin-top compression of Cheoy Lee Offshore 40s. As the owner of an Offshore 40 yawl built in 1972,1 am vitally interested in learning more about the problem. Can you direct me to your source of information on this or any other problems peculiar to this vessel?

With regard to deck-stepped masts, the famous Pearson Triton (I own hull #10) had a similar problem. Over a period of time, I noticed a very subtle depression beginning to form on the coach roof at the mast step. Investigation showed that mast loading had damaged the glass beneath the step sufficiently to permit water penetration and subsequent decomposition of the coach roof balsa core. I contacted Pearson, which provided a new mast step and detailed recommendations on how to correct the problem.

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Though my Offshore 40 is a pleasure to look at and sail, her virtues are a tribute to a design by Phil Rhodes and the American concepts embedded in the vessel. The deficiencies of the Offshore 40 lie in the Chinese part. For starters, any metal parts made by the Chinese are suspect. Their version of stainless steel corrodes like cheap hardware bought at a discount center. Mounting holes for their four-hole cleats vary in spacing by as much as 3/16" from one cleat to the next, making one wonder if the vaunted Chinese culture included the concept of rulers.

In general, my Offshore 40 is a maze of contradictions.

Exquisite workmanship can be found in one area; incredibly slovenly workmanship and the poorest possible materials in another. By dint of great expense and many hours of effort, I have been able to correct the most significant of these deficiencies and have made my Offshore 40 into a reasonably credible and seaworthy yacht. But I would never buy another Cheoy Lee product; an organization that so completely abandons the concept of product support is not worthy of my business.

Peter M. Kantor Oak Harbor, Washington Peter — The only information we can give you about cabin-top compression with Offshore 40s is that we walked through a couple of them with surveyors in the mid-70s and saw 'the droop'. It was never a catastrophic situation, however, as all that was needed was better support. Perhaps the problem was more prevalent here in San Francisco Bay where sailors seem to get caught frequently carrying too much sail. The tell-tale symptom of the problem is an inexplicable slacking of the rigging.

While we never owned an Offshore 40, folks who have cruised them seem to have been pretty dam satisfied. One owner recently told us that the president of Cheoy Lee personally told him that the Offshore 40 had been the company’s favorite boat. Any comments from other Offshore 40 owners?

Cheoy Lee has been around a long time, and it seems to us that they sometimes couldn’t decide whether they wanted to concentrate on high quality or high profits. They built some real nice boats and then for a short time seemed to turn out a couple of dogs. We recall going through a Bob Perry-designed model years ago with Perry and giving him a 'What is this?1 look about the detail work. Perry didn’t appear too happy and told us that Cheoy Lee had promised to spruce up their act.

In recent years, Cheoy Lee has concentrated on large motorsailors and very large luxury motoryachts. You don’t stay in that business long if you don’t turn out high-quality products.

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Can Latitude do a story on BayKeeper or point out how we conscientious Bay sailors can help? As Herz is quoted, "If those of us who use the water don’t protect it, how can we expect anybody else to?"

John Chille Babe Campbell John — Sure, we can tell you how to help: 1. Don’t pollute the Bap yourself, and 2. raise a fuss when you see anyone else polluting it.

While we’ve known Michael Herz for many years and are well aware of BayKeeper, we’re frankly wary of all 'environmental groups' these days. The problem is that it often seems that the primary purpose of such groups is to make sure that the executive directors and their staffs have jobs. This is done by raising hell about some real or imagined (some environmentalists make television evangelists seem like the paradigm of ethical behavior) environmental threat, thus insuring that charitable foundations will continue or increase funding.

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Then, too, we wonder about the fallout for boatowners. A couple of months back there was a story in the Marin U about possible pollution in Sausalito yacht harbors. BayKeeper’s Herz was quoted in the story, but given the information he had, not as positive as it could have been for boatowners. The next thing we know Marin County is proposing a law whereby all liveaboards will have to be directly hooked up to sewers or have their thru-hulls sealed. We don’t know if BayKeeper had any direct connection in bringing the issues to the forefront, but we’re concerned about their opening Pandora’s Boxes and not being able to close them. A frustrated Herz has given up trying to work with the government agencies to find a solution to a perhaps non-existent problem.

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LETTERS I from Aquatic Park with 10 other boats. We encountered high fog as soon as we reached the Golden Gate, and by the time we reached the Montara Light, we could no longer see the shore or any of the other boats in our group. The fact that our Loran put us somewhere on land didn’t help.

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JMthe vast majority came to have a good time AND DID A letter in a recent issue titled When The Rules Kept Changing by former ARC participant Larry Polluck has been brought to my attention by several participants in the events we organize. You added an editorial note at the end of the letter that said you failed to reach me by fax or telephone — thus implying that I was not willing to comment. I would like to redress this, as my fax is on 24 hours a day and my assistant forwards all telephone messages to me, even while I am travelling. I have never received any communication from you and presume only that you were not given the correct numbers.

As for the published letter, it is so full of complete untruths, inaccuracies, distortions and even libelous statements, that I would not take up the space by addressing them or sinking to Mr. Polluck’s level. But to clear up any general misconceptions about the ARC, I would like to point out the following: The ARC is now in its 5th year. From 130 to 200 boats have taken part each year, quite a few of them, including those mentioned by Mr. Polluck, for a second and even third time. From the letters received from the hundreds of people who have taken part in the ARC, we are confident that there is a high level of satisfaction with the event.

The ARC was entirely my own idea and no one else’s. The first year my wife and I worked singlehanded to make it a success, even putting our own money into the event. As with any new event, we had our teething troubles and every year suggestions made by participants have been incorporated to improve it. I conceived the event to be a fun one, to help cruising people enjoy a long transAtlantic passage, and to provide support and help for those that needed it. Safety has always been uppermost in my mind.

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The entry fees cover about half the budget. In the past we also received a contribution from the Barbados Yachting Association, mainly financed by the Board of Tourism. In the future, we’ll be receiving a contribution from the St. Lucia Tourist Board. This contribution has never been made to me personally, but to World Cruising Ltd, the company which organizes the event and of which I am one of the directors.

The ARC budget is quite modest when compared to other transoceanic events. The Whitbread budget, for example, is about $10 million. We also deal with hundreds of participants, not just a handful of boats.

Changing the finish from Barbados to St. Lucia was dictated by the lack of facilities in Barbados. For four years we had been promised improvements in Barbados which never materialized.

Every year it was a struggle to get even the most basic facilities — such as a telephone in our office. World Cruising Ltd. offered to sign a contract with Barbados to finish the event there until 1992 and outlined our basic requirements. After two months without a reply or acknowledgement, the offer of St. Lucia, which was prepared to make a firm commitment to the ARC, was accepted.

This decision was dictated entirely by what served the interest of the participants the best.

For the benefit of the readers who may be puzzled by Mr. Polluck’s complaints, I would like to point out that he won two major awards in the 1986 ARC: the Yachting World trophy for line honors and the Barbados Yachting Association Trophy for the first boat over the line by a crewed couple. Obviously, he was not content with these two. The confusion that arose was over a trophy that had been inscribed by the donor to be awarded on handicap.

This was resolved by the properly formed Protest Committee deciding to designate two trophies: one on handicap and one on first past the post.

Over the past five years the hundreds of ARC participants I have met with have come prepared to have a good time and have had just that. Unfortunately, there are always a few who want to have a bad time and are determined to complain from the beginning.

There is little one can do for these people as the problem is in their own minds. Mr. Polluck falls into this latter category, still complaining five years after an amateur fun event was concluded. I am sorry he took it so personally.

I would also like to point out that I have never snuck into any bar, never have been improperly dressed, nor have been thrown out. Nor was there was any question of a yachting protest being examined by a Barbados Court; they have better things to do with their time.

Returning to the matter of not being able to contact me, I shall give Latitude the benefit of the doubt, as the London telephone codes have been changed this year. Anyone who wishes to contact us about any of our events can do so at the following address: World Cruising Ltd., RO. Box 165, London WC1B 5LA. Telephone is 71-405-9905. Fax is 71-831-0161.

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repeatedly mentioned that the modest 'Some Like It Hot' California to Mexico Cruisers' Rally we put on in conjunction with Papi’s Cruising Center in Cabo San Lucas is a mere imitation of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers.

Having mostly relied on second-hand reports for our ARC coverage, we’d always assumed participants had been satisfied.

Then came last year's ARC, in which three boats were from Northern California — two of them owned by good friends of ours.

Two of the three Northern California crews complained that the ARC rarely failed to deliver on its promises and that they wouldn’t participate if they had the chance to do it again. The owner of the third boat said he’d probably do it again, but was generally disappointed with it. It was against the backdrop of these comments — and the news of the change of the finish line from Barbados to St. Lucia — that Larry Polluck wrote.

The Atlantic Rally is your event, Jimmy; if you want to dismiss all criticism as being out of line — well, we guess that’s your business.

As for our repeated attempts to contact you in London, they began long before the ARC controversy when we were seeking entry lists for the Europa '92. We couldn’t reach you with either of the phone or fax numbers and the London operator had no listing for World Cruising Ltd. We certainly didn’t mean to imply you were avoiding comment; by the same token, we tried our best to contact you prior to running Mr. Polluck’s letter.

JJ-lTl, TOO, APPRECIATED JUDITH’S REFERENCE At first I was flattered and amused by the indirect references to my boat in the letter written by J.R Bradley — which was in response to Dr. Judith Fairchild’s comments in the September issue. Judith had suggested that attorneys seem to have habits that can otherwise be compared to lower predatory animals such as sharks.

I think I’m on solid ground when I dispute Bradley’s contention that my 21-year old Coronado 34 is a "megabuck yacht". Rather she’s an average, middle-class person’s means of beating the homeowner rat-race and going on a cruise — as I am now doing. I lived aboard my boat for eight years — something of a sacrifice — to be able to afford to be where I am now, namely Anaehoomalu Bay, Hawaii. (Needless to say my Sabrina blushed at the "megabuck yacht" reference. 1 will always be proud of the way she looks and sails.)

What really disturbed me about Mr. Bradley’s comment is how indicative it is of people first objectifying and then classifying other groups. It’s sobering to realize that an attorney would group all boats competing in the Pacific Cup as being "megabuck yachts".

Especially when such a person is in the position to initiate legal action, with or without merit, that could ruin your whole day, end your racing season or kill your dream of going on a cruise. So I, too, appreciated Judith’s reference.

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Tom Haynes Sabrina Hawaiian Islands Tom — Let’s not get too serious lest a fireman or Indian Chief take us to task for ''first objectifying and then classifying" all lawyers as being sharks. While we’re satisfied that the entire American legal system is an unmitigated disaster in which justice was long ago orphaned, there certainly are individual legal professionals whose morals and integrity are equal to those in emminently honorable professions such as .. . well, cruising and sailing magazine publishing.

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"PULL DOWN YOUR PANTS’"

"Welcome to Alameda County; we’d like to screw you." That’s what it seems like anyway.

Are these guys for real or what? The Alameda County Tax Collector told me that if I go cruising and the boat doesn’t show up on the tax rolls of another county or country, that I am still liable for Alameda County taxes. The tax guy kept mentioning a term called sidus; 1 think it’s Latin for "pull down your pants and let us screw you".

These guys just won’t accept the notion that a cruising boat would not have an address here at the 'home base"; this nonexistent home base being the basis for continued tax assessment.

In the same vein, do you have to file state taxes once you go cruising?

Can these guys get away with it?

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Craig — Alameda County cruisers have been complaining about the Tax Collector’s policy for as long as we’ve been publishing this magazine. Can he get away with it? He’s been doing it for years.

Probably your best option is to move your boat to a county that interprets the same law entirely differently. Or, when you begin cruising, re-register your boat in another state.

As for state taxes, we’re not exactly sure what you mean. If you go off cruising but continue to keep your California registration, you’ll have to renew that each year.

Mmultihull advice I’d like to offer some opinion to Arthur Barbour, who wrote in asking about the best used tri’s and the best places to buy them inexpensively. I don’t claim to be an expert, but I have owned three tris since I went crazy over multihulls back in 1973.

Right now I own a Brown Searunner, which is the best of the three tris I have owned. All the Searunners are great, with center cockpits, mini keel and centerboard, skeg-mounted rudder and cutter rig. Real cruisers, it’s a breeze to singlehand even the larger 37 and 40-foot models.

The second best tris, in my opinion, are the Cross designs. They have a little bit more room, but all the ones I’ve seen and sailed on seem to be under-rigged. They’re also more pricey than Brown’s.

As for Pivers — I know I’m going to get flack, if not lawsuits, for my opinion — but forget them! I’ve sailed on lots of Pivers and am sorry that I ever bought one. (I bought it before I sailed on it). I don’t know whether it was Arthur Piver’s fault or the builders’ fault, but there were too many variations in the design — and I never did see design specs for the rigs.

There are other multihulls designs, but these are the three I’m familiar with. As the Latitude editor noted, most of these were backyard-built boats and thus each is unique. I advise staying away from any that really varied from the original design.

I don’t feel there is any "least expensive" place in the United States to buy a multihull. The best thing to do is walk the docks and talk to multi owners and develop an overall perspective on them.

Or call the designers; they’re in the phone books. After a short time I think you’ll come to the same opinions that I have.

As for variations on a particular design, it comes down to how well the boat was built, how much and how good the extra gear is, whether the boat has been finished or is a project, and how much additional time and money — if any — you want to devote before going cruising.

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In an earlier issue we noted that you were going to feature the Westsail 32 as your 'Boat of the Month'. While our letter will probably reach you too late for that article, our experience might be of interest to your readers.

My wife Molly and I own Westsail 32 number 251, a boat that was factory-finished in North Carolina in 1974. We purchased her used in 1978 and renamed her Sundowner. We moved aboard in 1979 and commenced full-time cruising in June of 1980.

We’ve done one circumnavigation, starting from our Norfolk, Virginia hailing port in November of 1982 and returning in July of 1986. We sailed 32,207 nautical miles, taking the normal route via Panama, Galapagos, French Polynesia, American Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, the Indian Ocean, Africa, the Atlantic, through the Caribbean, to Bermuda and back to Virginia.

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underway. Parts of another 231 days were also spent underway.

There was a lot more than passagemaking, however. We anchored, for example, in some 50 spots in the 2,731 miles between Sydney and Darwin. Part of the reason fdr the many stops during this stretch is that our engine packed it up 60 miles southeast of the Torres Strait, requiring us to sail the 845 miles to Darwin, including through the treacherous Torres and Clarence straits.

Our Westsail averaged about five knots on the passages. Our two best passages were from Cocos (Keeling) to Mauritius, a 2,230mile passage we completed at an average speed of 5.3 knots, several days of which we averaged 5 knots with just a storm trysail and storm jib. We also averaged 5.3 knots for the 4,400-mile run from St. Helena to Barbados.

We spent all of six months back in the States in 1986 visiting our family before heading off on the 'Thorny Path' back to the Caribbean. We spent the next two years cruising Windward and Leeward Islands during the winter and Venezuela and the ABC islands during the summer hurricane season.

Then in April of 1989 we again headed west through the Panama Canal and recrossed the Pacific, this time calling on places we’d missed such as Western Samoa, Wallis, the west side of Fiji and New Caledonia, before pulling into Coff’s Harbor, Australia in November of 1989. We then spent six month cruising New South Wales and Tasmania. The highlight was the week we spent at Constitution Dock in downtown Hobart.

Last May we made a direct passage from Eden (just north of the Bass Strait) to Suva, Fiji. We encountered three gales in the Tasman Sea before getting north of New Zealand and back into the trades. The rough 2300-mile passage took 24 days, many of which were spent on the wind. As you can tell from our postmark, we are now in Vanuatu. We’ll be going back to Australia, via New Caledonia, for the coming hurricane season, and then will be heading north to Hong Kong and Singapore.

Sundowner is a stock Westsail that is probably more interesting for the gear she doesn’t have than the gear she does. We do not, for example, have Loran, SatNav, GPS, Radar, electric or electronic speed, distance or wind direction/velocity instruments, flux gate compasses, an autopilot, roller furling anythings, battens in the main or enough juice to run a watermaker.

We do carry a liferaft, two EP1RBS, an RDF, a Ham Radio (we are both licensed amateurs, I an Extra, Molly a General), a Walker Taffrail log, an Aries vane, refrigeration for cold beer and a TV for whenever we can get a station and understand the language. We are not, as you can see, purists. But since I like to navigate, we don’t need the expensive electronics that can be additionally expensive to install and maintain.

Speaking of expenses, we have kept accurate records of every dollar we have spent over the last 10 years and the data on boat upkeep and maintenance may be of interest. Since 1983 we have averaged $370 a month in boat upkeep (I disregarded the earlier years since we were consistently adding expensive equipment to the boat). In addition to the upkeep expense, there was $43/month for fuel and $38/month for marina and port fees.

Some of the big expenses included rebuilding the original Volvo MD3B after 3,500 hours for a rebuild (it now has 7,950 hours), two additional sets of sails and completely re-rigging the boat (which we are ready to do again). When we re-rigged, we increased the wire size from 7/32" to 5/16" and went to STA-LOK fittings, so the next time should be less expensive.

We had osmosis on the hull in 1982 before it was a widely known problem, and were one of the first on the East Coast to have the gel coat sand-blasted off and then sealed with epoxy. We used 11 coats of epoxy and it’^held up fine. We should have done the hull all the way up to the deck, however, as we had to go back and do that part of the boat in 1986.

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LETTERS We’d have to be crazy to have stayed with our Westsail for 12 years if we did not love her. For our purposes she has been a fine vessel and a trusted friend.

Roger and Molly Firey, and Maxwell the ship’s cat Sundowner

UABASED ON MY EXPERIENCE .,.

Having recently delivered a Westsail 32 to Los Angeles, I was interested to see what you had to say about the design in your September issue’s feature on the boat.

I found the boat carried a lot of weather helm under sail — as you stated — but even had weather helm under power. Since there were only two of us and we had no autopilot or vane, we got quite a workout.

The storage space aft and access to the engine’ were very limited. Storage under the cockpit consisted of a small lazarette under the tiller. Access to the engine compartment from inside the cabin was through a tall, narrow door behind the companionway ladder. We had to replace the impeller underway, and the only way to easily get at it required removing the floorboard to the cockpit.

On the positive side, the Westsail rode the seas well and we didn’t have any problems with her broaching or getting out of control.

I used a Voyager hand-held Loran for the delivery and was very pleased with the way it worked. It has most of the functions found on a permanently-mounted Loran, and is very handy either as a back-up or to carry from boat to boat — as I do.

The unit has some drawbacks. In order to maximize the signal to noise ratio, for example, you have to be on deck and outside the influence of the rigging. I couldn’t get a fix with the engine running, probably due to interference generated by the electrical system.

When first turned on, the Voyager requires severed minutes to get a reliable fix. It also doesn’t have a display light for use at night. But I could live with all these drawbacks.

RS. I got the delivery through an ad in Latitude 38.

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Northwest and had a great time — however, that’s not the reason 1 am writing you. After we got home, we began to wonder about boat swaps. My friend and I both own our own sailboats but we still spent a small fortune chartering a third boat. In the past, you have printed letters from people asking if there is anyone compiling a database for people wishing to swap boats from different areas. It might be a good idea; they do it with houses.

Well, I have decided to stick my neck out and see if anyone is interested in listing their boats for short-term swaps with other owners. The idea is that the owners would come to an agreement as to dates, specifics of the boat and a general idea of where the boat can be sailed. Also included would be a small comment section to list places that the owner would be interested in sailing the other person’s boat.

Some other possibilities would be to swap time rather than hotel bills. In the San Francisco Bay Area, it is possible to stay at a marina and be near all the sights for business or pleasure — for much less than the cost of a room at the Hilton! If you are interested in getting into the ground floor of this listing, please give me a call at (707) 446-7322.

Steven S. Pinhey Vacaville MRIGHT in their own backyard I’ve enclosed a cartoon from the East Bay Express which highlights the rather depressing situation of derelict and nearderelict boats inelegantly rotting away in the unnamed bay just east of the Berkeley Marina.

What is paradoxical about the entire matter is that the motley collection of floating and not-quite floating objects is in Berkeley’s backyard — home of the 'purists' as well as the territory that the BCDC reigns over.

And I must say, as a former sailboat owner I am disappointed in the number of sailboats that are parked there — and in some cases have been allowed to sink there. I had always hoped that sailors were of a nobler breed. Better they would give their boat to some tax certified group such as the Sea Scouts and take a write-off.

In any event, it’s a San Francisco Bay marine junkyard. If the Bay Wanderer is ever in the area, I think it’s worth his editorial comment.

V.C. 'Ole' Olsen Emeryville V.C. — Nothing the BCDC does — or doesn’t do — surprises us. As far as we’re concerned, it’s a haughty political agency beset by bungled priorities, unbridled arrogance, crippling ignorance and a burning desire to tell other people how to live their lives. In short, just like the state legislature and Congress.

VJe notice that the BCDC rubber-stamped the controversial huge aquarium for Pier 39. Whenever a marina operator kneels before the BCDC in order to request a permit to rebuild docks destroyed in a storm, for example, it’s not unusual for the BCDC to approve the repairs only after the marina operator agrees to make the entire marina and all the boats therein available as public picnic grounds. While the BCDC might have obtained similar extortions from the aquarium folks, they didn’t make the papers.

We asked the Bay Wanderer what he thought of the assemblage at the unnamed anchorage. For once he didn’t have a quick response. On the one hand, He thinks there are too many programmed people in the United States and not enough dreamers. On the other hand, he thinks that after a certain period of time the owners of such boats ought to be required to demonstrate that their vessels are navigable. "It’s an ugly mess over there," the Wanderer said throwing up his hands in despair, "so at least it blends in perfectly with that stretch of bay front." page 65

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According to a survey by Living Aboard magazine, most people who live aboard (at least among the 250 respondents to a 1989 survey) do so on sailboats. At 48.9%, they eclipsed the other categories: power cruisers (18.3%), trawlers (6.8%), houseboats (6.8%) and 'dreams' (19.1%). Why? "It’s that someday cruise to the tropics and the rationale of 'preparing' (for it) that justifies holing up all winter in a 10X8 closet," says LA in their fall 1990 issue.

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The biblical Valley of Death' lives on. The modem version of it is known as the Department of Motor Vehicles. Which is the mean reason we’re happy to report that Governor George Deukmejian recently approved a study on the feasibility of transferring vessel registration functions from the DMV to the state Department of Boating and Waterways. But don’t hold your breath. Task forces from the two departments are scheduled to report their findings by January, 1992, whereupon DMV will likely inform DBW they’ve been standing in the wrong line for the last year and a half.

Funny typos.

Yeah, we know a lot of you are irritated by the little mistakes that find their slimy little ways into the text of every issue. Contrary to popular opinion, we don’t put them in there on purpose to give the magazine 'character'. Then we got to thinking maybe you wouldn’t mind them so much if we let you in on some of the more amusing ones that we do find — and save, like that lady who collects weird shaped potato chips. Here are a few gems culled from this month’s Classy Classifieds: "...set up for singlehanding with two Harken selftailing wenches..."; "...all liens led aft..."; and aboat whose equipment included "knotmeter, VHF and tacometer", that last presumably to measure the number of tacos prepared during a voyage.

Tartan owners, unite!

Some 4,000 Tartan sailboats were produced by Tartan Marine of Grand River, Ohio, before the company suspended operations in September. Fortunately, Tartan’s former customer service manager, Joe Palmer, has formed The Customer Service Company, an organization designed to foster a strong owners’ organization of the 22 models in Tartan’s sailboat line. "In a manner of speaking, a part of Tartan has come home to where it all started," says Palmer, who is the grand-stepson (stepson of the son of (stay with us, now]) Ray McLeod, Sr., who founded the boatbuilding company in 1941. For more information, contact Palmer at (216) 354-5671, or write to The Customer Service Company, RO. Box 518, Grand River, OH 44045.

Be a good guy.

If you don’t have one of those 'Don’t Pollute' placards posted on your boat yet, we just thought we’d remind you that you’ve been lawbreaking pond scum since July 31. If you want to rejoin the ranks of the good guys without spending $5 or whatever to buy one, you can get a free placard by contacting the Marine Debris Information Office at 312 Sutter St., Ste. 606, San Francisco, CA 94108; (415) 391-6204.

Last of the Bull-men.

Harold Decker, long a respected member of Richmond YC, passed away on October 10 at his home in Clear Lake. He was two months short of 84. Among many milestones in his long sailing career — which included several season championships aboard his Bird Boat Skylark, being active in RYC’s Junior Program and developing much of Richmond Yacht Harbor — Hal was the last survivor of a small group of men who developed the El Toro at a series of bull sessions at RYC in 1939. The story goes that Hal, Bud Coxhead, Bill Warren, Harold Belas and Hal Cunningham adapted the little pram from a page 67

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End of an era.

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America’s Cup Casualty of the Month.

Larry Klein’s bid for America’s Cup stardom ended last month when he resigned, apparently under pressure, from the America III Syndicate (Bill Koch, Gary Jobson, Buddy Melges). The 1989 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year’s abrupt departure came shortly after a wellpublicized debacle during the Columbus Cup in Annapolis, in which Klein balked at being assigned a female crewmember. "There’s a lot more to it," Klein told The New York Times on November 10. "But I can’t say anything yet because of internal politics."

"His karma’s catching up to him," claimed Chris Corlett, who is still seething after a run-in with Klein in the last race of September’s Big Boat Series.

Meanwhile, the Koch group has bought an interest in the America’s Cup sloop F-l, now owned by the Beach Boys Syndicate.

Why the Beach Boys would undermine their effort by sharing their most valuable asset — the only working A-Cup boat in the US (it’ll arrive in San Diego this month) — is anyone’s guess. Rumor has it they’re pretty hard up for money. . . What happened to all those fundraising concerts the Beach Boys were supposed to put on? Will the Beach Boys be the next "America’s Cup Casualty of the Month"?

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A little bit early.

A lot of marriages turn sour these days, but Ana Braga of Edgewater Yachts in Sausalito saw one that almost literally ended up on the rocks before the ceremony had concluded. Here’s how she tells it: "It was a lovely Saturday morning and we were having a late breakfast on our deck just above the Horizons Restaurant in Sausalito. We noticed three people standing on the bow of a small cruising boat, and thought it was kind of weird because the boat was drifting toward shore yet none of the three seemed to care.

"I told Chris to grab the binoculars so we could check it out — so much for privacy, huh? Well, when we focused in on the boat we saw an interesting scene. Standing there was a priest holding a scripture, a groom in a tuxedo and a bride in a lovely wedding gown. We all tried to express our congratulations by word of mouth — yelling.

Fortunately they heard us, for it alerted the groom to quickly run back to the helm just in time to keep the boat from going on the rocks."

Imitation is the sihcerest form of flattery?

"It wasn’t speaking to the rich boat owners that had 80-footers and a staff taking care of it," Harris said. "It was speaking to a group of people wearing shorts and drinking a can of beer."

The 'it' referred to above was Latitude 38; 'Harris' is George Harris, founder of Rags, an Annapolis-based sailing magazine scheduled for a January launch. The quote was from the business section of an Annapolis newspaper, and it was sent to us along with the "sneak preview issue" of Rags. The article described how Harris "had flown to Sausalito on business, where a sailing magazine caught his eye."

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SIGHTINGS end of the line If our lead Sightings photo looks familiar, yes, Great American also led off this section of the magazine last month. No news would have been better news this time around, though. The boat you see here leaving San Francisco on October 22 was lost just short of Cape Horn on Thanksgiving, November 22.

Though unavailable for comment (you’ll learn why shortly), co-skippers Rich Wilson and Steve Pettengill are okay. Her^, via various sources including the 900-number that’s still operating for their 'Northern Light Challenge', is what we could piece together of the story shortly before we went to press.

Great American had been running before heavy seas the whole week of November 18. Though most of the time under storm jib alone and dragging as many as six warps, they were still making about 10 knots and 'leading' the clipper Northern Light (whose 1853 San Francisco to Boston record they were attempting to break) by two days. On the 22nd, 31 days out of San Francisco and just one day short of rounding Cape Horn, the wind was up to 50 knots with gusts to 70; "frequent hail and freezing rain"; seas estimated at 50 feet; water temperature 38 degrees.

About 10 a.m., one of those big waves got under the 60-ft trimaran and it went over. Wilson and Pettengill, already in survival suits, activated their EPIRB and contemplated their next move. (With an escape hatch near the waterline, the interior of the boat is accessible when capsized.) To thejr surprise, an hour later another'wave flipped ’American back on her feef) though minus the rig. Faced with the distinct possibility of more of the same, and with the boat apparently suffering significant structural damage, the two New England sailors barricaded themselves inside the watertight (though cont'd next sightings page

moscone boat show We’re not supposed to play favorites, but if several huge Italians showed up one day to beat an opinion out of us, we’d eventually have to admit the annual Moscone shindig has always been our favorite boat show of the year.

There’s always something going on, lots to look at (boating-wise and otherwise) — not to mention plenty of stairs to tire the kid out so mommy and daddy can enjoy a little peace and quiet at some point in the day.

This year’s show, dubbed the 'International Boat and RV Sale' is slated to outdo even itself.

Scheduled for December 29 through January 6, it will feature — in addition to boats, of course — such attractions as boating seminars; marine art and a boat built on-premises during the course of the show. Just a reminder on the boats: If you’re planning to buy a boat in the $100,000 or higher range, do it before January 1 and you’ll avoid paying the new luxury excise tax.

Designer Gary Mull and author/cruiser Lynne Orioff- Jones are just two of the speakers.

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SIGHTINGS — any way you like It Ever Wanted to Know About the America’s Cup'; Orloff-Jones is on line forfMaking Your Boat a Second Home.' Other seminars are on 'Preparing Fresh Fish', 'Foul Weather Gear and Other Yachting Fashions', 'Cruising New Zealand' and 'Cooking Aboard'. (Unfortunately, with more than a month to go before the show started, details like seminar times and exactly which new boats will be featured were not available. Look for more definitive information in the January issue.)

You can find even mote 'celebrities' at the Latitude 38 booth. On week-ends, representatives of such organizations as ODCA (One Design Class Association), MORA (Midget Ocean Racing Association) and HDA (Handicapped Divisions Association) will be on hand to answer any questions you might have about getting into racing. We’ll also have videos of both the Whitbread and Ultimate 30 races — and this time, we promise to find a machine that plays them!

Marine artists displaying their wares include John Stobart, Robert Lyn Roberts and the

flooded) main hull and waited. Fourteen hours later, at about 2 a.m. on the 23rd, in pitch dark and with seas still running 20 to 30 feet, they were plucked off the boat by the crew of the 900-ft New Zealand Pacific in what Wilson ceills "an example of superb seamanship". The southbound ship then continued on its way. It’s due to dock in Holland on December 10.

There are conflicting reports on whether Great American (ex-Travacrest Seaway) was still afloat, broken up, or sunk when last seen. At this point, we know of no plans to attempt to salvage it. We’ll try to ’fill in the blanks' and wrap up this story next month.

bondi tram back on track "Mostly I’m glad it’s over!" replied San Rafael’s Scott Easom when asked how it felt to finally finish up his seven-month restoration of the late Peter Stocker’s Rrers 41 Bondi Tram. "If I’d known how much work this was going'to be, I probably never would have done it!"

Fortunately for Bondi Tram, Easom was up to the task, one that took an estimated 5,000 man hours and an untold amount of his life savings. "Peter and I — and a lot of other people — loved this boat. I couldn’t let her die," Scott said as he explained how he came to be Bondi Tram’s new owner.

'The insurance company totalled the boat after she broke loose from the dock in the big storm of December ’88. I’d been working for Peter trying to sell the boat that fall, so rather than pay me, he simply gave Bondi to me. cont'd next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS bond! tram — cont’d He knew I could fix her up. and that we’d sail her together again."

The battered boat, which had its bow ripped off in the accident, was moved to Jock McLean’s San Francisco Boatworks last winter and the long project began. Easom, a professional rigger, and assistant Chris Morris routinely put in eight hours a night on the boat — beginning after their day jobs ended! "It was a labor of love, even moffeso after Peter died last May," claimed Easom. "I had to see it through."

Chartering the boat to David Clarke (a New Jersey sailor who is getting a Farr One Tonner for the Admiral’s Cup) for the Big Boat Series gave Easom the deadline — and some essential cash — he needed to finish the project. Working feverishly, he launched Bondi just three days before the series began, leaving him no time to work on getting the IOR rating lower. cont'd next sightings page

boat show Bay’s own Jim DeWitt. (See more on Jim elsewhere in^his month’s Sightings.) Art of a more functional kind will be created during the show in the form of a replica tulley boaf, which will be built by members of the San Francisco Maritime Museum. Also on hand will be a display of classic boats from local collectors.

We’ve saved the big news for last: During the course of the show, there will be a drawing for a 'Sailing and Ranchstay' 11-day vacation for two in New Zealand! Valued at $6,500 and courtesy of Rainbow Yacht Charters of New Zealand, the trip includes airfare on Air New

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Still, the boat was a rocketship, coming in a close second behind Will and comfortably ahead of Jazz ("our yardstick from previous races"). Recently, in the first Golden Gate YC midwinter race, Steve Taft steered Bondi Tram to victory over a 23-boat IMS class.

"The boat always was quick," contends Easom, who explained that the ’82 design was named after an express trolley that runs from downtown Sydney to Bondi Beach. Now, weighing in 800 pounds lighter, and with a new mast, new sails and a ’Bravura-style’ deck layout, the boat appears quicker than ever. The interior is still "under construction", but everything else about the boat sparkles. "Scott did an amazing job," says Taft. "It’s a recil showcase of his ability, kind of the ultimate ’business card’."

What will Easom do with Bondi Tram now that she has risen from the ashes? "I can’t really afford to campaign her at high level, so we’ll just do some local races," figures Scott. "Also, I plan to be sailing a lot on the new Bravura next summer and — our big news — Leslie, my wife, and I are going to have a baby! So I guess I’ll put Bondi up for sale after awhile — but not before we’ve had some more fun with her!"

dispatch from the front lines Hey Latitude, I’m sailing a different type of ’boat’ now, but I still think of my friends and competitors back on San Francisco Bay. I’m out in the desert of Saudi (26°59'N/48°27’E), along way from the cool fog and big winds of Crissy Held. Now instead of my Olson 30 Naked Aggression, I’m piloting an Army UH-60 Blackhawk in a Medevac unit. We work long hours, flying mostly at night. We don’t get mail very often and a cold beer is just an ancient memory. But tell those stinkpot drivers not to worry — we’ll keep them in oil. / CW2 Perry Matthews 498 Medical Co. (AP) 34 MED BN Operation Desert Shield APO, New York 09657

kml radio — at home on the range A pair of hawks cavort above a solitary old house on the Pt. Reyes peninsula, riding a breeze barely strong enough to rustle the endless acres of scrub and occasional trees below. Range cattle and deer graze outside the chain link fence. To the city dweller standing in the driveway, the overwhelming sensation amid this natural serenity is one of quiet. Accustomed to the hum of the city, traffic, foghorns, fighting neighbors — some kind of noise all the time — he feels at once calmed and disconcerted. Even the sea, a distant strip of blue, is silent and oddly unreal.

Somehow, it comforts him to know that the unassuming white stucco structure next to which he stands is actually one of the 'noisiest' places around, and not just when the usual blizzard of swallows arrive in spring to build their mud nests under its eaves. A walk through the door reveals not furniture, but tell walls crammed to the rafters with sophisticated electronic gear. In the room beyond that, techs at four state-of-the-art communications consoles speak softly into their phones to radio traffic from all over the globe. This is KMI Radio, AT&T’s High Seas Radiotelephone Service, the nerve center for high frequency (HF) communications for the Pacific Basin and beyond. With a single sideband radio, through thisTacility you can talk to anyone in the world from just about anywhere in the world.

How 'noisy' is it? "Our message count for August was 7,548," says station manager John Schuster. "Our record is up around 9,000."

KMI and its two sister stations, WOO in New Jersey and WOM in Ft. Lauderdale, receive on 20 different high-frequency stations between 2 and 23 MHz around the clock. On separate channels, mariners can also receive weather, be 'ringed' from shore ■— even receive help in a Mayday situation via a patch in to the Coast Guard. Though there are also HF stations in Australia, Europe and other areas of the globe, the three AT&T stations are said to be cont'd next sightings page page 79

SIGHTINGS kmi — cont’d the busiest and most dependable in the world.

And reasonable. All calls are received by an omnidirectional antenna. Once a mariner’s (or aircraft’s) position is determined, the communications tech switches over to one of 36 directional antennas whose cables and towers crisscross KMI’s 526-acre site like a giant cat’s cradle. That 'maximizes' the link. Transmissions back to the caller go through a separate transmit station in Dixon. Calls are logged into the AT&T telephone network (via a ground line) to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Despite the sophisticated hard and software involved, "All this so far is free," says John. "The clock doesn’t start until the right person picks up on the other end."

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boat show Admission to the show remains impervious to inflation at $5 for adults; free for kids 12 and under. Hours are 10 to 9 Saturday, 10 to 6 Sunday, Monday and New Year’s Day; and 12

credit where Among the cruisers heading south this year are five very special ones to us. They answered our plea last month to help ferry the bags of used clothing (which our readers so generously

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to 6 every other day. For more information, call the sponsoring NCMA (Northern California Marine Association) hotline at (415) 292-3210.

$4.98 a minute thereafter.

Even if you’ve never seen an SSB, you might have indirectly enjoyed KMI’s service. For example, Chuck Hawley’s series of live Pacific Cup race updates from aboard the Olson 40 Promotion and broadcast on KGO newsradio last summer all went through KMI. More memorable to the 14 personnel at the station have been celebrity callers like Desi Arnaz, Phillipe Cousteau, Florence Henderson and John Wayne.

When built in 1933, KMI was known as a 'point to point' station. In other words, before the installation of trans-oceanic telephone cables, the station was the primary voice link between the mainland and 80 stations around the Pacific, including Japan and Hawaii. The only remaining point-to-point station, which KMI still serves, is on remote Christmas Island.

Ships and other maritime 'traffic' came into the picture only later. Now, almost all KMI’s traffic is maritime; about 60 percent of it cruise ships, and the remaining 40 percent divided between fishing boats, occasioned military vessels (including the Russian Navy), and recreational craft — not all of which happen to be in the water.

"Leist year we got a call from a guy in Texas whose car had broken down out in the middle of nowhere. He was trailering his boat at the time, so he climbed aboard and contacted us on his SSB", laughs John. "We got his call into AAA to effect a rescue."

Naturally, emergency calls take precedence over normal traffic, and KMI has had its share. One of the last was handled by communications tech Tom Wade, an ex-disc jockey with a special empathy for sailors. In his off time, Tom and his wife Gretchen sail a vintage Herreschoff gaffer out of Tomales Bay. "In November of 1989, Captain and the Kid called in and told us they’d lost their rudder," says Tom, opening a log book to several pages of notes that chronicle the incident. The boat, a Santa Barbara-based Catalina 38, was 100 miles southeast of Cabo with two aboard, running with minimal control under bare poles in 30 knots of wind and 15-ft seas. KMI routed their call to the Coast Guard, who had a nearby container ship rescue the men. The boat was abandoned and presumed lost.

Emergencies at KMI itself are rare. The worst that normally happens is when a scratching cow occasionally dislodges an antenna wire. However, even most serious problems are 'transparent' to their patrons. Like when roads to the facility were washed out during the heavy rains of 1986 and for several days the crew operated under generator power, with food and fuel (for the generator) having to be flown in by helicopter. The worst actual outage occurred last January when a bolt of lightning hit one of the antenna towers.

Though the towers themselves are grounded, the FAA-required warning lights aren’t. The charge of electricity "came through the bulb circuits and literally blew the boxes off the walls," says John. The station was off the air for three days.

The major obstacle looming on KMI’s horizon these days is not Mother Nature, but satellite communication — a relatively new system whereby ships at sea can more or less 'dial direct' to shore stations. At the moment, the high price and bulk of shipboard equipment (not to mention its opposition by radio officers whom it renders unnecessary) is working in HF’s favor.

In the long run, "We’re years away from when the small boater can afford satellite," says Schuster. Too, there are some conditions and situations (such as in deep fjords) where satellites aren’t 'visible' to transmitters, but HF can bounce its way out. And even if the balance of clientele does eventually shift predominantly toward the fishing/recreational end (and occasioned aircraft, which currently comprise less than A percent of calls) of the spectrum, it’s no big deal to KMI. 'There will always be a need for HF," says John.

With some advanced notice, KMI welcomes visitors out to 'where the deer and antelope play'. For more information, call the station at (415) 669-1055.

credit’s due donated over a several-month period) to Mexico’s needy. We actually received more them five calls, but after Jim McCarthy came in, cont'd center of next sightings page

tips for talkers The distance over which a high frequency signal can travel varies widely according to such factors as transmitter power, antenna gain, sunspots, the aurora borealis and, most importantly, radio signal propagation — the way a cont'd next sightings page page 81 J

SIGHTINGS tips -- cont’d radio signal bounces in and around, in this instance, the ionosphere. In the case of sunspots, we’re coming off an 11-year peak period so reception should be improving worldwide. We’re not even going to attempt to explain the intricacies of 'sky wave propagation', the phenomenon that makes worldwide High Seas communication possible. (Technical questions can be answered by calling KMI collect at [415] 669-1055.) Fortunately, there’s no 'need to know' all the tech stuff to use a single sideband — especially after you read the following tips. * Because different radio frequencies have different propagation properties, forget how far you are from a station and simply try to find the clearest channel. Do this by tuning in and listening for a while. * As a general rule, low frequencies work better at night and in the early morning hours; high frequencies work better during the day. Start off on 8 'megs' in the morning, and the higher the sun moves in the sky, the higher frequency you use. By noon, nobody’s talking on 8 megs and 22 is working great. * Always give KMI your position early in your call. This enables the technician to switch your call from the omnidirectional antenna to a highgain directional one which optimizes the circuit. Though KMI’s primary reception area migrates with the cruise ships from the Bearing Sea to Mexico^ the day we were there, they talked with a boat in the Indian Ocean. v * If you encounter problems that preclude further conversation, have your land party momentarily depress the switchhook. That stops timing of the call and signals the operator. * If you hear a 'Mayday', talk only if you can help. Be prepared to assist or relay the distress message if needed. Log details of the call even if you don’t take part. And just so you know, a false distress signal or use of profanity on the air carry maximum fines of $10,000 and up to two years in prison. So goddammit to hell, don’t abuse the system. * To legally operate an SSB, you need an FCC license and call number, and you need to log each call. For more information on the license, contact the your nearest FCC bureau. AT&T also requests that you preregister with their High Seas Radiotelephone Service before using it. To do that, simply dial 1-800-SEA-CALL. The call and the preregistration are both free.

forever 40 Acid flashback: Cal 40s racing in 10 to 12 knots of breeze off Los Angeles Harbor. Long, white-hulled sloops with short rigs and rock and roll music coming from onboard speakers. Ah, the good old days of Southern California in the ’60s. But wait, this was for real: It was the 25th anniversary of the Cal 40 National Championships on November 10 and 11.

Before Bill Lee, George Olson and Ron Moore put Santa Cruz on the sailing map with the development of the ultralight boats of the ’70s, Southern California’s C. William Lapworth hit upon the notion of lengthening the * waterline and keeping the construction weight down to create a faster boat.

The idea represented a distillation of concepts that had started with the 'L'class yachts (Lapworth 24,36,40 and 50) and continued through Lapworth’s association with Jensen Marine.

The Cal 20, 28 and 30 preceded the Cal 40, the first of which was built for George Griffith of the Los Angeles YC in 1963. Robert Allan won the first 40 nationals in 1965 with his Holiday Too. By the time 1970 rolled around, the design had won the TransPac twice, the SORC twice and the Bermuda Race once. Fifteen years later, the modified Cal 40 Montgomery Street out of Richmond shocked the sailing world by winning the TransPac once again.

All those memories and more were present at the Cabrillo Beach YC for the Silver Jubilee. Sixteen yachts, many of them in excellent condition, showed up for the event, as did Lapworth himself. The designer, who looked pretty fit himself, was returning from a vacation in Cabo San Lucas to his home in Virginia. He stopped over to address the crowd at the Saturday night dinner.

The Cal 40s still race as a one-design fleet in Southern California, with a large concentration of boats berthing at the Cabrillo and Los Angeles YCs. Members of the latter, in fact, have embarked on vigorous restoration cont’d next sightings page

credit there wasn’t anything left for anyone else to take. More on him in a minute.

First we’d like to thank the following people for taking two to three bags apiece: Bob and Jackie LaPlace of the Heins Christian 38 Cirrus; Bob Schreiber of the Oakland and Treasure Island YCs; Leslie Angelo of Forever Changes out of Alviso; and Beret and Marv Harmon of the Seattle-based Wonder.

Then McCarthy walked in and announced he’d take whatever was left! We thanked him politely, but pointed out that that amounted to nearly two dozen more bags and boxes, some of which were big enough to count as two

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programs, such as Kevin Fitzpatrick and Finn Beven on their Radiant (exHoliday Too). Also present was a Cal 37, Ron Watt’s Pacifier, built in 1970.

(The 37, of which eight were made, came out of the Cal 40 mold, but had three feet of the stern lopped off and a bowsprit added.)

John Woodhull’s Persephone (CBYC) took home the winning silver at the three-race Anniversary regatta, followed by Bob Young’s Restless (CBYC) and Ken Frost’s Williwaw (NHYC). We took home the notion that, damn — the ’60s sure were fun.

built like a tank, rides like a pullman Ask and ye shall receive. In the caption for our 'looking good' boat last month, we mentioned that we’d seen Mamatea sailing out of Sausalito and cont'd next sightings page

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regular ones. But he was serious! So we loaded up his self-built Benford 46 Sea Dancer with the works, as well as 'Some Like It Hof Hot Rally T-shirts for him and his crew — Laurie, Julie and Clarice — and an emphatic series of 'fair winds' and thanks. The Seattle swimming pool contractor plans to continue on to the Caribbean after Mexico, thence to Europe to explore the french canals and North Sea before returning home.

Thanks once again to all the aforementioned — and to everyone else who rallied to the cause either by donating or volunteering to take clothes.

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SIGHTINGS pullman — cont’d would like to know more. The Monday after the issue came out, owner Bob Jacobs Called. We got to talking, we took a tour and came away impressed.

First off, we got the name wrong. It’s Mangatea, a Maori (New Zealand) word that means either "clear stream" or "white mountain", "depending on if you ask Len Skoog or his wife," says Jacobs. Skoog and his brother Jim built six of the 45-ft Atkin cutters (stretched version^ of Atkin’s Jonquil) in their Seattle shop. Cruisers may recognize Jim’s name. He’s the author of Cruising In Comfort, a popular book with cruisers that’s full of useful and innovative ideas, such as charging batteries off a freewheeling prop shaft. An extensive, multi-year circumnavigation the two brother made aboard a 32-footer in the ’70s formed the basis of both that book and the thinking behind the Atkin boats.

One was heavy displacement. "It’s about the same as a General Abrams tank," says Bob. The design displacement was around 48,000 pounds, but when completed in 1981, Mangatea ended up tipping the scales at 54,000. As a result, "Nothing happens very suddenly, and the boat doesn’t point quite as high as I’d like, but I’ll tell you, it rides just like a pullman car." Bob easily attains 8 1/2 to 9 knots close reaching in a typical summer breeze.

Part of the extra weight is due to Mangatea’s remarkably heavy construction, which also reminded us of a tank. The minimum thickness of the solid glass hull is near an inch. In the transom, that’s supplemented by a layf rN of 3/4-inch marine ply and another layer of glass. The decks are two layers of marine ply with a layer of glass in between and several more layers on top.

Interestingly, Len was a machinist at Boeing and regularly raided the scrap pile as he was building Mangatea. Among other out of the ordinary accoutrements aboard are MIL-Spec lifeline stanchions that are not pipe, but solid stainless steel.

Jacobs, a New York banker transferred to the Pacific Northwest in the early ’80s, acquired the boat six years ago. Len Skoog was going through a divorce and Washington law required that all community property be liquidated. Bob worked out a trade for his 42-ft Alden schooner that was equitable to all concerned. Bob and his wife Jean have since sailed the boat extensively in the Pacific Northwest, really enjoying such features as the pilothouse, marinized Isuzu truck engine (7 1/2 knots at 1,400 RPM) and super heating system. "We’ve cruised Puget Sound in January when there was a skim of ice on the water, and the temperature below stayed a comfortable 72 degrees," says Bob. Still, there was room for improvements. After another transfer to the Bay in 1986, Bob changed the rig. "The mast was a lovely piece of work," he says, "hollow, wood, and as bulletproof as the rest of the boat." But though it was fine for sailing the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area, Bob and Jean look forward to returning someday to their home cruising grounds off Maine, where the winds are generally lighter. Mill Valley naval architect Bob Smith (now with Bill Lee Yachts in Santa Cruz) designed a new, taller aluminum spar for Mangatea, and Jacobs couldn’t have been more pleased. "It’s 8 feet tailor (65 feet off the water) and weighs half as much as the old mast," he says. Removal of 18 inches of boom and new sails also removed what Bob felt was excessive weather helm from the boat. Now, with all lines led aft and a two-speed electric Barient, Bob can do almost everything from the cockpit, including raise the big main — and even reef it! The only other substantial change was removing the cockpit-sweeping tiller and installing hydraulic steering and a pedestal wheel. (Cutouts in the transom for the hydraulic ram went through the name, resulting in our incorrect 'pronunciation' last month.)

All in all, Mangatea is quite an impressive package. In the short term, Bob and Jean plan to cruise to Hawaii with another couple this coming June.

Those long range plans to return home to Maine should be realized by 1992 — although Bob’s still up in the air as to exactly how he’s going to get the boat there.

"In moments of exhuberance, I imagine stepping aboard and sailing the whole way," he says. The other possibility is trucking Mangatea to Duluth, and cruising the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence and Nova Scotia on the way home. But after having trucked the boat down from Seattle, Bob’s not so sure of that one, either.

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better than another Golfing is supposedly the most bookintensive sport of all. In other words, the only thing that outnumbers the 'how to' publications is the number of people actually out on the links flailing away. If that’s true, sailing must surely run a close second. It boggles our minds how many new books hit the shelves these days, covering every aspect of boating imaginable — and a few we never imagined could take up a whole book.

As books have always made great holiday gifts, we thought it would be appropriate to review a few of the newer ones that have come across our desks.

Keep in mind that there are plenty more where these came from; this group represents only a cross-section of books for sailors in a variety of different situations. You know, trying to please all of tiie people some of the time.

One word of warning: don’t just bop down to your local bookstore or chandlery with a mere 10-spot burning in your pocket. The days of the $8.95 hardback are over and sticker

SIGHTINGS pair of socks shock isn’t limited to cars anymore.

Babies Aboard — We had this one in mind when we said 'sailors in a variety of situations'. Being baby boomers who have contributed our mandatory 1.3 children per household, we can’t just toot on down to the boat on the spur of the moment anymore. In fact, these days a simple afternoon of sailing with 'junior' can take on the strategic implications of an Apollo lunar mission. Having this little book at hand will save you a lot of the grief we’ve learned to deal with the hard way.

Despite a few minor inconsistencies — there’s one photo of a toddler in sunglasses with the admonition "protect young eyes from harsh glare with dark glasses", while the rest of the photos in the book show kids squinting glassless into the camera — we recommend this book to anyone who’s added (or is contemplating it) new members to the 'crew'. (Lindsay cont'd center of next sightings page

pullman — cont’d detour around severed bridges — it turned out the trailer wasn’t configured for this amount of weight. When the boat arrived and I went down to see it at Anderson’s, I noticed that the trailer was sagging quite a bit in the middle. I told the driver, 'Gee, it looks like you’re right on the ground'.

"He looked at me and said, 'It’s been on the ground since Portland'!"

intelligence is a terrible thing to waste If you have a boat in Sausalito, we’d like you to send us a check for $10.

Here’s why: The City of Sausalito and the Marin County Health Department are considering an ordinance that would require all boatowners pay a fee (perhaps $25) to have head thru-hulls sealed. Boatowners would then have to make their boats available for inspection to prove that the seal hadn’t been broken.

Fines ($5,000 has been mentioned) would be assessed of boats found with broken seals. Boats that had seals broken legally — for use outside the threemile limit — would have to pay another fee (perhaps $25) to have the head resealed.

There are two things wrong with this governmental approach. The first is that the 'boaters as the enemy' concept is likely to so alienate some mariners that they’ll circumvent the ordinance by shitting in a bucket and dumping the cont'd next sightings page

SIGHTINGS Intelligence — cont’d contents overboard.

An even bigger error in the current approach is that it’s quite likely that there is no problem that needs to be solved. The last time detailed water quality samples were taken was way back in the early '80s when there were far more liveaboards and a much lower consciousness about water quality.

Michael Herz and BayKeeper did a bunch of 'preliminary' water quality samplings on Earth Day which suggest thaKrecreational boat marinas in Sausalito have water quality that is better than the 240 mpns ("most probably number" something or other — it’s an index biology types use) for total coliform and 50 mpns for fecal coliform that is required for water contact sports in California.

Last month Marin County Health Department’s Ed Stuart told Latitude 38 that his agency didn’t care if the water in Richardson Bay is above state standards or not, that a "somewhat oppressive" ordinance was probably going to be passed anyway. We think this is stupid government.

The Marin Board of Supervisors ultimately has to approve whatever ordinance the County Health Department recommends. What we’d like tq be able to do is make a presentation at the Public Hearing for the ordinance and present the data from current water quality samples that hopefully would persuade the Board of Supervisors to abandon the current 'fix it even if it’s not broken' government mind set. . .

The problem is that collecting and analyzing such water samples takes v \ money. According to Michael Herz, former head of the local Oceanic Society and current head of BayKeeper, $1000 would be enough to collect and analyze a reasonable number of water samples from each marina. Armed with such evidence, we think we could make a real impact at the ordinance approval meeting.

Latitude 38 will match, up to $500, the amount of money sent in for this project.

What happens if the water quality at the marinas fails to meet water quality standards? We’d petition the Health Department and the Board of Supervisors for a three-month grace period in which to bring the readings within state standards. Boatowners would be strongly urged to peacefully but firmly confront those observed pumping crap from boats. We’d also seek to publish the results in Sausalito marinas to educate boatowners about the problem — if indeed there is a problem — and the goals to be aimed for.

Our basic philosophy is that recreational boat owners can do a far more effective job of improving and policing marina water quality them can an intrusive, distrusted and disliked bureaucracy. And for less money. If it’s worth $10 to you, prove it by making out a check for $10 to Latitude 38 / Water Samples, Box 1678, Sausalito CA. If not enough money is raised to reach critical mass for the project by February 1, all checks will be destroyed.

It’s put up or shut-up time. We at Latitude at willing to put up half; how about the rest of you boatowners in Sausalito?

boatbuilding In a slump? not for one segment of the industry Donald Trump may have gone down the tubes, but there are still plenty of folks sitting atop huge fortunes And more of these people than ever are buying ultra large — over 100 foot — yachts.

According to Wood International, which tracks information such as this, in 1979 there were 525 private yachts over 100 feet in length. By 1989 there were 884 — a whopping increase of 68.4%! Ironically, the smallest increase was in the low-end (100 to 119-foot LOA) range. The 150 to 199-foot class nearly doubled from 53 to 105 members, the over 200-foot class jumped from 27 to 45.

While the majority of increase in new ultra large yachts was represented by power (+82.9%), the increase in large sailing vessels (+29.9%) was still much stronger than the overall market. Industry leaders, however, anticipate that by 1995 the number of ultra large sailing yachts under construction will equal the number of ultra large motor yachts.

Despite the tense situation in the Middle East and gloomy economic forecasts, demand for such megayachts continues unabated. There were no cont'd next sightings page

books Green; International Marine Publishing, 1990; $10.95.)

Sailing With Pride — We include this big coffee-table book here for two reasons. One is that it’s a beautifully crafted thing, with superb photography of both file old and new Prides of Baltimore (including a number of great photos of the old Pride racing our own Wander Bird in a 1983 Bay Area matchup). The other reason is the portrayal of the loving relationship (sorry, no other description works) both Prides have had with their mother city. When the first Pride was rolled and sunk by a line squall in 1986, Baltimore mourned as if for a great statesman.

And the building of a successor was not debated, it was literally mandated—soon after the tragedy, unsolicited donations began pouring in to build Pride U. With all due respect to our state tallship Californian, maybe if enough people see this book, the Bay area can someday take the same 'pride' in building a tallship of our own. (Greg Pease; Baumgartner Publishing, 1990; $49.95.)

Yachting Cookbook — On this one, you have to know up front that we’ve never been much for cooking or cookbooks. This book appears here partially because we know many of you are interested, and mainly because it has some of the best photography we’ve ever seen.

(As students of the art, we know making food look appetizing is one of the hardest jobs for a photographer. Each page in this book made our mouths water.) We didn’t have time to test any of the actual recipes, but the boss (our wife) complimented the variety of dishes, said the advice was good — and hinted that she’d like to find this book under the tree. That’s recommendation enough for us. (Elizabeth Wheeler/Jennifer Trainer; Crown Publishers, 1990; $30.)

Yacht Style — We don’t know what those sons of guns who run the big slick sailing magazines back east do differently than us. But whatever it is, they seem to have enough spare time between issues to crank out a regular stream of books. We, on the other hand, cue usually so burned out at the end of the month, we can’t even write our mom. Anyway, the latest off the press from Daniel Spurr (former senior editor at Cruising World; now editor of Practical Sailor) is this book. A sort of extension of the book Down Below, Yacht Style details 'Design and Decor Ideas from the World’s Finest Yachts'. Personally, we’d like to have seen a few more sailboats and a few less power and fishing yachts between its pages, but we are slightly biased on that account. We also feel that, for file book’s pretense, it hits wide of the mark by substituting vague suggestions — "A large holding tank occupies a lot of space, and in many boats it will have to be fitted underneath a berth or settee" — for definitive 'how-to’s'. What saves Yacht Style from becoming just another book full of pretty boat pictures are the useful expense breakdowns, page 86

SIGHTINGS — cont’d checklists and other informative tables in each chapter. The boats featured range from a ’405era 17-ft Torpedo runabout (whose trailer is being pulled by an equally classic candy-apple red ’48 Packard) to the ’62 America’s Cup winning 12-Meter Weatherly, to the decadent interiors of a few megayachts that would put most condos to shame. (Daniel Spurr; International Marine Publishing, 1990; $49.95.)

Brightwork (The Art of Finishing Wood) — We’ll be honest: we’ve never thought varnishing was a complicated enough subject to warrant a whole book. We still think that Fortunately, in between the 'how-to' that is this book’s main focus and the usual 'filler1 chapters on 'Choosing Tools' and 'Sad and Sorry Brightwork' is a real celebration of what brightwork is all about — how a little care and elbow grease can transform a boat from mundane to spectacular. Photos by Benjamin Mendlowitz (who shoots most of Woodenboafs stuff) are second to none, as is die painstakingly detailed instruction in applying dear wood finishes of all kinds. (Rebecca J. Wittman; International Marine Publishing, 1990; $29.95.)

Men At Sea — It’s actually been a couple of years since this book came out, but that hasn’t dimmed its appeal a bit. Between its 640 pages is a compilation of some of the best and brightest writers and sea stories of all time, induding pieces by Homer, Melville, Poe, Dana, Slocum, Jules Verne, Joseph Conrad, Jack London and Herman Wouk. In the buildup to the storm that would cause his famous Caine mutiny, file latter describes bad weather in language with which every sailor can identify: "The storm’s best recourse in the contest for the ship’s life is old-fashoned bogeyman terror. It makes ghastly noises and horrible faces and shakes up the captain to distrad him from doing file sensible thing in tight moments...." All in all, a fabulous book for the bedside or the on-board bookshelf.

(Edited by Brandt Aymar; Crown Publishers, 1988; $24.95.)

Wooden Boat Restoration and Repair — How’s this for a recommen-dation: GET THIS BOOK!!! It’s dirt cheap, it’s excellent and no sane person can doubt the woodworking expertise of Jem and Meade Gougeon. It wouldn’t be stretching to say anyone reasonably dextrous (and unconstrained by tradition—this is modem woodworking) could restore a wooden boat to stronger-than-new condition using only this manual. While obviously created as a marketing tool for the Gougeons’ WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique), this magazine-size paperback stands easily on its own merits as one of the best modem woodworking references around — all for only $2.25! (Gougeon Brothers, Inc., 1990; available at WEST system outlets, some bookstores or send $2.25 to Gougeon Brothers, Inc., 100 Patterson Ave., EO. Box 908, Bay City, MI 48707.) page 87

industry — cont’d fewer than 175 ultra large motor yachts under construction in 1990 and there are currently 26 ultra large sailing vessels under construction. Wood International says both markets will remain firm.

Three major reasons were given for the dramatic continued growth of the ultra larg6 yacht industry. The first is that the owners of such yachts have changed their minds about making their boats available for charter. The huge charter fees significantly offset the cost of ownership. The second reason is that modern megayachts feature such advanced communication systems that personal and business fortunes can now be managed from onboard without' any drop in efficiency. The third reason is that modern construction and design techniques have made the little ships so much more efficient that smellier crews are required to operate and maintain them.

But perhaps the biggest surprise of all is what country dominates the construction of ultra large yachts. Despite Europe’s historical lead in such boat building, as of July 1990 the good old United States was responsible for the construction of 51 such yachts or 24.8% of the market. Italy was second .with 22.3% and the Netherlands with 19.9%. No other country came close to hitting double figures. It’s nice to know the United States is on the move in at least one segment of manufacturing. Of course the ever-reliable Congress did their part in trying to make life difffcult for the industry by passing the 10% luxury tax, but that’s to be expected.

Personally, we think that 240-foot yachts that cost $94 million are as symptomatic of a severe social problem as 10,000 square foot homes and epidemic drug use in inner cities. But we won’t get into that now.

getting signals crossed For the last several years, the Coast Guard has been actively trying to cut down the use of VHF channel 16 for radio checks and other non-emergency cont'd next sightings page

SIGHTINGS signals — cont’d communications. Lately, however, they’re concerned about the opposite problem: that people aren’t answering calls on channel 16. We hope this isn’t the first time you’ve heard this, but all vessels are required by law to monitor channel 16 while underway.

On the off chance that that is new news (yeah, sure, you were down with the flu and couldn’t make your Boating Safety class that night...), we might as well inform you that channel 16 is a hailing and emergency channel on/y. That means that you may initiate «dls to other vessels and land stations on 16, but must then switch to another channel to carry on a conversation.

The only times when you are not required to monitor channel 16 are during the aforementioned conversation, or when you’re monitoring channel 13.

Internationally, channel 13 is designated for bridge-to-bridge communications between ships. Locally, it is also the official channel used by Vessel Traffic Service. VTS, located atop Yerba Buena Island, is sort of the nautical equivalent for to air traffic control at SFO. They keep an eye on everything going on by radar and advise ships of the safest routes to and from their destinations. If you’re ever out sailing, are unsure of a big ship’s intention^ and can’t raise him on 16, try switching to channel 13. Recreational boaters are not supposed to transmit on 13, but by monitoring the chanhel you can learn a lot about what’s going on aboard both inbound and outbound ships.

As long as we’re on the subject, we’ve also been hearing more than the usual amount of multiple horn blasts coming from big ships approaching'\ cont'd next sightings page

we’re We’re long been aware that there are often water mounds out on the ocean that have been created by winds and currents. Recently, however, we were browsing through the September 1983 issue of National Geographic when, in the middle of the Satellites That Serve Us article, we came across the following caption: "Millions of measurements by a radar altimeter were used to produce a relief map showing variations in the ocean surface.

Installed on an oceanographic satellite called Seasat, the altimeter, built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, recorded

who needs First they paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Now the Los Angelenos want to fill in L.A. Harbor to update and expand the port facility.

Working on a Visionary’ project called the

SIGHTINGS stumped the distance from the spacecraft to the ocean surface. Because of gravity, sea-surface topography reflects that of the seafloor and has been found to vary as much as 600 feet in elevation. Thus the deep trenches rimming the Ifadfic are clearly visible, as well as details of the Mid-Ocean Ridge and its fracture zone."

Are we misunderstanding something or are they saying there are hills and valleys in the ocean with an elevation difference of up to 600 feet? We’d like to know, because if it’s true we’d like to recalibrate our mind’s incredometer.

water, anyway?

2020 Master Plan, the folks around the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors hope to spend $4.8 billion over the next 30 years. The plan includes deep water dredging inside the cont'd center of next sightings page

signals — cont’d bunches of sailboats. Surely we all know (don’t we?) that big ships always have the right of way over any recreational boat. When a big ship blows four or more blasts on its horn, it signifies either "danger" or more usually "I am unsure oi your intentions, you nautical nincompoop; please make them clear."

At that point, it s time for you to tack, jibe or start your engine and go the other way.

As the final lesson of the month, it sure won’t do any harm for us to review the procedure for putting out a mayday call. This is always done on channel 16, and may only be done in cases where there is imminent danger of death, injury or significant loss of property — like the boat.

proper mayday procedure 1. Make sure the radiotelephone is on.

2. Select Channel 16 or 2182 KHz. 3. Press the microphone button and, speaking in as slow, clear, and calm a voice as possible, say "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday."

4. Say, ’This is (boat name and call sign)", also three times.

5. Say, "Mayday" again, your boat name and call sign again, then state briefly, 6. Your position, including approximate distance and bearing from a familiar landmark; 7. The nature of your distress; 8. The number of people aboard, any injuries, and the condition of the injured.

9. Estimate the seaworthiness of your boat and any damage it has suffered.

10. Briefly describe your boat’s appearance, including type, length, hull and deck colors, trim, number and color of masts, and anything else that would help rescuers identify it.

11. Say, "1 will be listening on Channel 16 (or 2182)."

12. Identify yourself one more time. "This is (call sign and boat name)", then say, "Over."

13. Release the microphone button and listen for a response. In there is none after two or three minutes, begin again at step 3.

14. If you get no answer after repeated tries, switch to another channel and try again.

short sightings WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although not exactly a Nobel or Pulitzer, it’s worth noting that an anchor won second prize in the 1990 International Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition, which is held in the nation’s capital every year by the Aluminum Association — the other ’AA1. The Fortress anchor (made by Nav-X Corporation of Fort Lauderdale), one of 96 entries from 14 countries, was chosen for honors basically because it’s a 'better mousetrap1. While competitively priced with other popular designs, the Fortress has been shown to hold better in almost all types of bottoms, while weighing half to a third as much, never rusting, and able to break down into component parts quickly for storage.

ANGEL ISLAND — In contrast to the $160 million refurbishment and gala opening of New York’s Ellis Island a couple of months ago, the 50th anniversary of the immigration station at Angel Island—the 'Ellis Island of the West' — was a low-key affair attended by only a handful of volunteers in early November. Between 1910 and 1940, some 170,000 Chinese and Japanese immigrants were processed through the facility (located in little China Cove at the north tip of the island), some subjected to immigration laws so restrictive that they remained incarcerated on the island for up to two years. Others, faced with the prospect of deportation or disgrace, committed suicide. 'This is our Plymouth Rock," says Paul Chow, who is part of a group that’s been trying for nearly 20 years to make the station (the walls of which are still covered by bittersweet poems carved there by anonymous detainees) into a cont'd next sightings page page 89

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SIGHTINGS short sightings — cont’d museum. Interestingly enough, though Ellis Island eclipses Angel in terms of public recognition and access, the Angel Island facility kept by far more detailed records of immigrants, which are just coming to light. Ellis Island immigrants were grouped under ship names; Angel Island immigrants were indexed by individual, and often included family photographs. The last 200 file boxes of these were due to be shipped from the Immigration and Nationalization Service in Washington, D.C. to the National Archives regional office in San Bruno sometime in November, where they’ll be accessible to historians and researchers for the first time in more than 40 years.

VANUATU — $3.50 for a Latitude 38? With some, ahem, loyal readers outside Northern California swearing it’ll snow in hell before they’d pay even $1, it doesn’t sound like much of a bargain. But we get requests from all over for distribution outside the area, and one of the latest came from South West Pacific Marine on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu. For a standard 25-lb package, about 40 magazines at our current 176-page size, that woukj, run $135, which means he would have to charge $3.35 apiece just to break even.

We’re still waiting to hear back for their order.

SAN FRANCISCO — From the Tri-Valley Herald of November 12 comes the following item: Richard Elkin figures he’d better be getting his sailboat out" \ of the water for repairs any time now. There are those two holes, after all, and how long can the pencils last? His sad story:"This is embarrassing”, said Elkin.

"My brother Steven was installing a battery tray on the bottom of my boat. He had this 4-inch drill. He hit water". Steven rammed a wood screw into the hole. Then, figuring his luck had to improve, drilled a second hole into the bottom. "He hit water again” said Richard dryly, suggesting it was a good thing he loved his brother. Richard decided to preserve his 30-ft fiberglass yacht with two No. 2 graphite pencils, which he inspects often. "It could sink”, he confided. Elkin’s boat is named Sanity. (Thanks to Dave of Sea-Power Marine for sending us that clip.)

water breakwater east of Pt Fermin. The spoils would be used to double the size of Terminal Island, adding some 3,000 acres. That’s 4 1/2 square miles of space for new cargo terminals and the relocation of the port’s coal and hazardous materials facility onto a central 'energy island'.

To understand the impact of such a plan, imagine if big business said the way to really get San Francisco Bay back on the map as a world class port was to fill in the Bay from the Golden Gate Bridge to Alcatraz, except for a deepwater channel down the middle. Great place to go sailing, huh?

Needless to say, the sailors and others who enjoy the waters inside the LA. breakwater are in a snit. Several dozen of them showed up at a meeting in early October (the only public meeting for citizens to voice their objections).

While politicians and business representatives argued that the changes will be better than

THE WILD BLUE YONDER — Magellan Systems of Monrovia, California, announced early last month that with the launch of the 15th satellite, the U.S. government’s Globed Positioning System (GPS) now provides 24-hour, two-dimensioned coverage worldwide. The two dimensions are latitude and longitude; the third, altitude, can be also be determined 16 to 20 hours a day, with full 24-hour coverage expected next year when the entire matrix of 21 satellites (including three spares) is in place. While still outpacing LORAN and SATNAV navigational systems (which GPS is rapidly rendering obsolete), GPS units are beginning to come down in price. They’d make a great Christmas gift for the cruiser who has everything else.

SAN FRANCISCO — Responding to an early morning 911 call, San Francisco Pblice discovered an understandably chilled woman sitting on the Marina Green rocks with her hands tied behind her back. Firefighters and paramedics rescued the woman, who said she knows and has dated the suspect. See what happens when people listen to Madonna’s Hanky Spanky too many times?

WASHINGTON, D.C- — Those of you planning to be murdered at sea will be dismayed to learned the Suprerrie Court unanimously ruled that the estate of seaman killed on the job may not sue for lost future earnings or 'loss of society'.

In 1984 a young galley assistant was stabbed 62 times by the Archon’s chief chef (never complain about food onboard a ship) and died. The victim’s mother was allowed to sue the shipping company for wrongful death, but only under the somewhat restrictive provisions of the 1920 Jones Act. A New Orleans jury awarded the seaman’s mother $140,000 for his pain and suffering before he died, and $7,800 for the loss of his support. The Supreme Court, in its first verdict of 1990 - 1991 (and the first case heard by new Supreme Souter) agreed by a vote of 8 - 0 OFF MONTARA BEACH — What the Coast Guard hath put asunder,

Looking good enough this month to be our ^ ‘Christmas' boat is Alfie Sanford's lovely 'Fancy*, looking every bit the proper yacht as she glides across the Bay.

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SIGHTINGS — cont’d frying to overcrowd the existing facilities, many local residents felt otherwise. Not only will sailing, fishing and other recreational/environmental groups be affected, so will quality of life, they argued.

"One of the things I like best about living in San Pedro," says electrical contractor Larry Roteman, "is looking down on the harbor and all the activity going on."

If 2020 goes through — and it looks like a foregone conclusion at this point — there’ll still be a lot of activity, but not much of it on the water. If you want to voice your support for those against the plan, you can call Bob Seaborn at (213) 809-1187 (home). He’s a member of the Cabrillo Beach YC, which along with file Los Angeles YC, would be hardest hit by the new port plan.

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short sightings — cont’d let no amount of accidents rejoin together. Or something like that. Since the Coasties removed the buoy off Montara State Beach a couple of years ago, some two dozen rescues have been made on boats that have gotten in trouble inside the shallow Colorado Reef area that it marked. The latest was Hard Scrabble, a 32-ft sloop that two San Diego men were delivering home from the Bay Area. Dan Parker and Jeff Gerald had left Sausalito Monday, November 5, on the first harbor hop of their journey to Pillar Point. Judging from an account in the Half Moon Bay Herald, which at one point indicated 'They fried to steer the boat farther offshore, but the winds (which clocked up to 20 knots) were too strong to use their sails and their engine was ineffective", one can’t help but think both the two sailors and/or the writer were a bit short on experience. At any rate, they called for assistance and were rescued by Pillar Point Harbormaster Bob McMahon and his crew, who towed the hapless Hard Scrabble to safety, as they have done for so many boats over the years.

As winter approaches, we hold this incident up as our yearly reminder that only professionals who know what they’re doing — and those who don’t have a clue — venture out in the ocean off our Northern California coast in winter.

Unless you’re one of the above, or are particularly bent on becoming a statistic, please stay inside the Bay until at least May. The winter ocean is simply too unpredictable and unforgiving to do otherwise.

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Hard to believe we're reviewing 1990 already. Well, like they say, time’s fun when you’re having flies. Seems like only yesterday that we were reporting such JANUARY stories as the restoration of the schooner Apache; a new Sallino Center to be built on two dilapidated piers under the west foot of the Bay Bridge; a charter to the fabled islands of Greece- a Pacific Northwest expose that sounded too good to be anything hut fable; and some Tips for Fortysaiiors who don’t like to ache so much the morning after — sailing, that is. And our 'High Fives’ salute to the best and worst of the ’80s was so popular

f°r 3 next month- • • • ^ FEBRUARY issue marked our first ever anthology 80s . That meant no Sightings, Race Sheet or Changes, but 14 of the best articles we’ve ever done indudmg 82 Clipper Cup; an incredible firsthand account of surviving the ’82 Doublehanded Farallones a 1980 interview with Brace Farr; the Nothing Fresh, No Ice, The-HelLWith-It-AH Tips for Cooking At Sea; a mid-decade piece on miismg Cojo and the Lost Coast; a fascinating look at the history of the Lighthouses of the Bay — and the first ever Max Ebb, where m January of 1980, Max first meets Lee Helm (on an F-Express bus). And wouldn’t you know it? A ton of J^ddf Kru^ reOPenS the merciless ’}<nofcs P®r houT< controversy, which apparenfly is doomed to more reincarnations than °*

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the upside-down Fbndo still afloat in mid-Pladfic. Also in March, we ran 'yearbook' photos for Mexico's Class of ’SWfM), and reports on the Manzanillo and MEXORC races; where and how to Learn to Sail; and the curse/blessing of the Pier photographers come and go, but APRIL found us talking to one of the enduring masters, Keith Beken of Beken of Cowes. the Olson 30 in our first 'Boat of the Month' article of the year; and had two new beginnings — the first installment of a sixpart story on the Sake Run (counterpart to the old 'Milk Run’ series); and our now-regular Sightings feature, Lookin’ Good', wherein our roving master photographers capture candids of 'just folks' sailing the Bay. It even inspired us to poetry: 'So from now on when you’re sawing... and a motorboat approaches... get toe sag out of your sails... and the fingers out of your noses'.

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issue wound up with a hair {and welt) reusing account of an attack of killer bees on a sailboat in Mexico. Let’s see,' how do you say 'black flag' in Spanish? ... In JUNE, two very different types of races were spotlighted. In the first it was 'put on your flak jackets’ as the Ultimate 30s shredded the Bay with a spectacular show, in the second, a Bay Area cadre of Race. Then it was back to the future as Max Ebb gave readers an insight on sailing in the year 2010 (100-knot ferries and, yes, Lee Helm is still in school). In a blast from the past, a new scow schooner starts abuilding in Sausaliio. And in the

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a beer can. The main excitement for the month turned out to be between our pages, with Bob Allan rescuing four people

(for the IOD Worlds in Scotland); and the secret of successful cruising in the Pacific Northwest: the Total Environmental Suit*. We’re still trying to figure out if this was a put-on or not page 95

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The charter brigantine Rendezvous led off our SEPTEMBER issue with a chilling but successful rescue following the crash of a helicopter near Ft Bonita. Not to be outdone, we boogied on over to Treasure Island to battle fires for a day, A real dock fire In Richmond just missed several boatyards there; while toe EM scored a direct hit on all Bay Area boatyards with tough new pollution standards. The first of a trio Of Mexico Primers catches southbound cruisers .up on what's new on toe 'manana1 run; while we become northbound cruisers for a weekend on a cruise up toe Petaluma River. Finally, a group of Bay Area locals take on toe East Coast boys in toe Catalina 27 Nationals on toe Chesapeake with decisive results: "The West Coast boys got their butts kicked." Oh well. . . . in OCTOBER, we present a warts-and-all Boat of the Month' piece on the Westsall 32, which generates more mail than for any article we’ve ever run. As 'sailor of the month', John Jourdane gets his due in toe resurrection of our interview format And toe 'donation of the month' (and maybe of the ’90s) blows the fid off the relatively undiscovered Whitsunday Islands of Australia. A perfect capper to toe issue is syndicated columnist Dave Barry’s hilarious account of a Virgin Islands charter, which included coming face to face with a barracuda "toe size of a nuclear submarine". And speaking of big as a submarine, who returned to the Bay in October, almost five years to the day from his first visit? That’s right, Humphrey, the wayward humpback whale. page 96

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CABO VIA GUADALUPE ^^laybe it wasn’t such a good idea after all. from 1961 until 1984, the venerable Los

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Angeles YC held 13 biennial races from Los Angeles to Mazatian, Mexico. It was a fine race in which many of the legendary West Coast yachts participated at one time or another.

But by the end of the 70s the trend was toward shorter offshore races. The Tahiti Race, unable to attract a fleet, was abandoned. San Diego YC’s race to Acapulco was shortened to Manzanillo. The Long Beach YC’s race to La Paz was likewise changed to end ,at Cabo San Lucas.

Faced with a dwindling pool of boatowners willing to take more than a week off work, in 1986 the Los Angeles YC wrestled with the idea of finishing their Mexican race in Cabo San Lucas rather than

Mazatian. It was a heart-wrenching decision because many deep friendships with the people of Mazatian had been developed over the years. But the need for a decent-sized racing fleet won out in the end and the finish line was moved to Cabo San Lucas.

Were the folks in Mazatian disappointed enough at being abandoned to slap some Mayan voodoo on the new race? Did the change create some bad karma? Did somebody forget the joss sticks? Nobody is sure, but something must have happened.

1 he inaugural 870-mile race to Cabo in 1986 was painfully slow, with Dick Pennington’s ultralight Peterson 66 Cheetah taking line honors in the pedestrian vtime of 120 hours. The Latitude article on the event was appropriately titled Learning To Crawl.

The light wind was the luck of the draw, everyone figured, as every race has its slow years.

The second Los Angeles YC race to Cabo in 1988 was even worse. Rat Farrah’s Santa Cruz 70 Blondie needed 125 hours to take line honors — five more hours than Cheetah had taken two years before. Creeping To Cabo, we called it Frustrated racers had plenty of time on the flat water to reflect on the possibility that the new course had been jinxed.

The third LAYC race to Cabo, which started on November 10, turned out to be anything but a charm. The race had gone from slow in '86, to slower in '88, to slowest this time around. Ed McDowell’s Santa Cruz 70 Grand Illusion took line honors after an excruciatingly slow 138 hours ^ nearly 15 hours longer than the winners of the first two races. If the current trend toward longer times continues at this pace, it will take the 1998 winner about a month-and-a-half to finish the race.

The LAYC’s Cabo Race now has the dubious distinction of having the slowest

average speed of any major west coast race.

On a course where sledmen pray for 25 knots of breeze so they can surf at more than 20 knots. Grand Illusion averaged a torpid 6.3 knots. To cruisers this might not sound slow at all. But given decent conditions, an ultralight sled can do 10 knots with just seven knots of wind. If somebody farts over the transom, the boat accelerates another half knot.

"This year’s race was like driving a Ferrari at 10 miles an hour," said Grand Illusion’s Donny Anderson, summing up the mood of the fleet It’s obvious the course is cursed; the only question is the source. Some think it’s Guadalupe Island, the only mark of the race, rather than the shunned Mazatian. They point out that both the Long Beach YC and Newport Harbor YC run races from Southern California to Cabo that have had plenty of wind. Bob White on Strider, a veteran of two windless LA. to Cabo races, isn’t about to ponder any more 'whos', 'whats' or 'whys'.

"I’ve seen Guadalupe Island for the second and last time of my life," he pronounced at the conclusion of the race.

A barren and nearly uninhabited island

Spread; the Cabo fleet breaks away from LA. Lower left; Bob White with a 'Wale' of a dorado.

Below; There wasn't much wind, but there was plenty of sun.

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changed to a straight shot to Cabo — as is tiie case with the two other races to Cabo — but so far the LAYC has resisted.

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J-^espite the discouragingly light conditions and the general feeling that the course lends itself more to a parade than a tactical race, there was some incredibly close racing. No competition was closer, however, than the ULDB 70 Class, which had its season championship on the line.

On the last day of the race, Holua and Evolution were in the lead with Grand Illusion and Taxi Dancer close in their wake. As night fell, Grand Illusion’s navigator, Joe Buck, called the crew together and told them, "Normally we wouldn’t do this, but in order to have any chance to win the series, we’ve got to gamble by going inshore." While Holua and Evolution sailed a conservative course offshore, Taxi Dancer followed Illusion to the beach. Blessed by a light offshore breeze during the night. Grand Illusion and Taxi Dancer rounded the light at Cabo Falso just before dawn and found themselves separated by no more than 10 feet — and leading the fleet!

Neck and neck after 866 miles of a 870mile race, the two crews gave it their all during those last four miles. Shifting between double-head rigs and spinnakers, Grand Illusion finally caught a canyon puff that Taxi Dancer didn’t, and crossed first to take line, class and fleet honors.

Going into the race, Hal Ward’s Cheval had been in the driver’s seat for tire season championship. Despite being stocked with

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kevlar daisy staysail made the boat "wickedly fast" when there was no wind at all. Both Schumacher and Richards were part of Heart of Gold’s crew.

Representing Santa Cruz well was Keith Carlson’s Santa Cruz 40 Shaman. Carlson was elided by sailmaker David Hodges, who seems to have a direct line to God regarding strategy and end-of-race boat speed. John Blackburn’s sistership Camelot, also from Santa Cruz, had pulled back into a two mile lead as the boats neared Cabo Falso. Hodges was roused from his sleep with orders to "do something". Driving for most of the last 16 hours of the race, Hodges worked his magic again to nip both Sitzmark, a Frers 41 from Coronado, and Camelot. rock stars, she tumbled to sixth in the Cabo race, tying them for the season with Grand Illusion. As a result of having more wins during the season, Grand Illusion won the season tie-breaker. It was a pity that owner Ed McDowell was away on business and had to miss this spectacular come from behind race and season victory.

1'he fastest boat in the fleet for at least the first half of the race was, surprisingly enough, Bob Lane’s new Andrews 56 Medicine Man. The 16,600-pounder that replaced the Medicine Man he* lost at the end of the last TransPac features a huge cockpit and tiller steering.

"Nobody can touch us in under 6 knots of wind," claimed Lane. "We can do 7 to IV2 knots jib reaching in those conditions, which is at least a quarter of a knot faster than the maxi sleds." Since Medicine Man led all 10 sleds around Guadalupe Island, there is no disputing him. Lane’s boat would have been in the hunt for first-to-finish and fleet honors, too, had she not sailed too close to the Baja shore during the day and parked for four hours.

Lane’s boat is interesting in that she was put together with lots of used parts in order to keep the cost within his budget Most of the winches, nearly all of the deck hardware, the pipe berths, the stove and other gear came from fellow racers who wished him well.

PHRF A, another 10 boat fleet, was comprised of boats that are the so-called Fabulous fifties, fifties Class President Steve Steiner, who owns Blacksilver, explained that the group is made up of any dual purpose boat between 49 and 58 feet and rating between 49 and 57 IOR. This includes all the Santa Cruz 50s, the N/M 55s, and assorted other boats. (Medicine Man is too light to qualify.)

The only thing 'cooking down by. Guadalupe were the steaks on the transom BBQ. The fabulous fifty racing was almost as close as the ULDB 70 Class. Mike Campbell, who ultimately won fleet and class honors with his Barnett 52 Climax remembered the race as being as close as it was slow. "Just before we got to Guadalupe, there was a line of eight boats in our class strung across the horizon; I’d never seen anything like that before." v Since this unusual Cabo race featured at least 50% jib reaching, Campbell figured that one of the four Santa Cruz 50s, which are about a quarter of a knot faster in those conditions, should have won. The prime candidate, Cipahgo, shot themselves in the foot by sailing, like Medicine Man, too close to shore during the day by Mag Bay. The stumbling of the other boats made Campbell’s Fabulous Fifty swan song a climatic one. He’s moving up to a new maxi sled for the next TransPac, a boat that will be the result of input from designer Alan Andrews, boatbuilder Dencho and Campbell himself.

Jim and Sue Corenman’s Schumacher 50 Heart of Gold upheld the honor of Northern California, finishing second to Climax by a matter of minutes in PHRF A and by taking top honors in the six-boat IMS fleet. "The IMS division was the ’real race’, the one we wanted to win," said sailmaker Kame Richards. They accomplished this with ease, besting Chuck Cook’s Andrews 50 Outta Bounds by nearly six hours. The jovial Gold crew joked about who was responsible for the win; designer Schumacher, who had given the boat a short waterline or Richards, whose

For sledmen and a few IOR boats, the Cabo race was pretty serious competition.

For a few others and the Class C boats, it was just as much a way to take the edge off the start of winter as it was a race. It was a good thing, too, for six boats dropped out, including all the those in Class C. Latitude’s own Coast Cruiser was on one such DNFer, the N/M 55 Strider, which had been chartered by a syndicate headed by Roger Wales. The way the Cruiser tells it, the first part of the race was deceptively slow because of all the pleasant distractions.

"The get-a-way from Los Angeles was just perfect. With clear skies and a nice breeze, the fleet reached across the Catalina Channel at between eight and 10 knots — which was about as fast as we ever went during the race.

When the wind died at dusk, nobody complained because there was a terrific sunset — and because of the spectacle of schools of yellow fin tuna trying to escape hundreds of hungry porpoises."

"As the days went on, the sunsets continued to be spectacular. There were either couldy with smog-softened shades of orange and purple that covered the horizon and were reflected across the ocean or so clear that the entire crew was on deck waiting to see the green flash. There was nothing wrong with the nights, either. The canopy of stars each night was breathtaking, and number of shooting stars exceeded anything I’d seen before. With each additional hour you were reminded how far modem life has removed we humans from nature."

In addition to nature, there were the traditional firings that made the days slip past for the Strider crew: good crewmates, talented cooks,' distilled spirits, a lingerie photo album — and a million laughs. In fact, time slipped by so quickly it wasn’t until someone turning off file fan at Guadalupe page 100

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that the Cruiser dug out the calculator and started figuring when they might arrive in Cabo. What came out was a figure as ugly as the national debt: as the pace they’d completed the first third of the race, they’d arrive in Cabo the following Tuesday — three days after the award’s dinner! A day after the wives and girlfriends had gone home!

Bummer.

After bobbing around for a few more hours and discussing the bad news, the disappointed crew — who’d had dreams of long surfs down Bajan waves — had the engine up and running. It was a pisser, but life was so sweet out on the ocean it was hard to feel too bad about it There remained just one problem; fuel. Motoring to Cabo would require a stop at Turtle Bay, which would add at least another 12 hours to the trip ... unless they came across what in fact appeared on the horizon the following morning: a Mexican fishing boat

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just a slight sea running, the Strider crew approached Coop XX holding jugs high in the air and shouting "Necesito diesel! Necesito diesel!" The Mexican

1Stricter' wouia prooamy still oe out on the course had she not gotten fuel from this Mexican fish boat.

fishermen, who were reeling in their net at the time, looked at the gringos as though they were from Jupiter and mumbled, "We don’t need diesel."

After some tricky Spanish, three of the Strider crew were aboard the fish boat to help pump the fuel from 55-gallon drums into the jugs. The problem was the pump hose was too small to fit on the pump. So laying his

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Ed McDowell Mitch Rouse Brack Duker Peter Tong Davis Pillsbury Hal Ward Bob Lane Tony Delfino Antonio Ellas Stephen Popovich

King Harbor Long Beach California Long Beach Newport Harbor California Long Beach Los Angeles Acapulco King Harbor

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cigarette on an open 55-gallon drum of diesel, one resourceful Mexican held lighted matches to the bottom of the hose to try and stretch it. He didn’t seem to mind that the top of the 55-gallon drum was soon engulfed in flames, but the Stricter crew had eyes as big a saucers.

Eventually, it was decided to get the fuel right from the engine. It was during this process that Bob White introduced himself to each of the Mexican crew by shaking hands and speaking the only Spanish words he knew: 'taco', 'burrito', 'enchilada'. The fishermen judged White for what he is, crazy, and began offering him food. By the time 40 gallons had been transferred to Strider, fish, race shirts, sunglasses, dollars and other valuables had exchanged hands. When it was all over, the Mexican fisherman were asking the Strider crew to look them up they next time they came through Ensenada.

■ 'With a full load of fuel," the Cruiser remembers, "there was nothing to do but putt toward Cabo and hope for a good breeze.

Dropping out turned out to be a wise decision, as except for a brief period one night, there never was any wind to speak of.

Which is not to say it wasn’t a pleasant couple of days at sea. Periodically hundreds of dolphins would stop by to say hello, which is always a delight. And Wales’ lures were hot, so there was as much yellow fin and dorado sashimi as the crew could eat."

While the days and nights were consistently clear and bright, each day closer to Cabo brought warmer temperatures. The final night required nothing more than a swimming suit — and that just for modesty.

illl in all it had been a shitty sail to Cabo San Lucas, but the Strider crew concurred it had still been better than the best day at work. The Cabo Race had been a pretty good idea after all.

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Jonathan Carter. something in the flu shots we all got as kids, or the Wonderbread we ate with bologna and cheese. But women, gays, the elderly, AfricanAmericans, Asians, Latinos, environmentalists, Republicans, evangelists, redheads, lefthanders, atheists—you name it, they’ve made their bids for independence.

One of the most important aspects of the phenomemon has been the effort not only to declare their separate identities, but to champion the notion that, even with those differences, they’re actually like everybody else.

They just want to enjoy the same 'pursuit of happiness' that the rest of us enjoy unencumbered by stereotypes and labels.

In no group is this more true than the handicapped — or 'physically challenged, 'physically impaired', 'disabled' or whatever other title sits best with you; it’s hard to find the politically correct moniker these days. However you think of them, though, these folks have the same desires and dreams of enjoying life as the rest of us. That includes going sailing.

Of the 43 million disabled folks in the U.S., many have only recently discovered the desire to be on the water. For others, sailing was a part of their lives before they were impaired, and it continued to be afterwards. We recently spoke with members of both groups, as well as a few people who are involved in making sailing not only feasible, but enjoyable for handicapped sailors.

And please, we know we didn’t uncover all of them. We certainly welcome and encourage letters that acknowledge the accomplishments

chidith Lovell falls into the group of new sailors. That’s about the only passive tiling you v can say about this woman, who works as the executive director of the Oakland/East Bay Symphony. She has a dysfunctional leg and her eyesight leaves a lot to be desired, but that hasn’t stopped her from learning how to ski, both recreationally and competitively.

Sailing hadn’t occurred to her as a sport she might enjoy until a friend whom she’d taught how to ski told her about the Adapted Boating Program (ABP) at Lake Merritt. Judith took the course last summer and hasn’t looked back since. She now sails on a J/24 or Ericson 31 on weekends. She also recently obtained her basic coastal cruising certificate from'the Olympic Circle Sailing Club.

"It’s a fabulous feeling to leave my crutches on the dock," she says. "The joyous freedom of sailing is intensified when you’re disabled."

As with most sight-impaired people, Judith’s other senses have become more acute, particularly her hearing. According to a friend, she was recently out on the Bay with a group of sighted sailors when she perceived a low, rumbling sound. She interrupted the discussion in progress to ask that they take a look. She could tell they weren’t taking her too seriQusly.

As the rumbling grew louder, she asked again that they check it out Sure enough, a ferry boat was crossing their path. It had been out of sight behind the sail. Another way she’s adapted is by memorizing the buoys on the Bay. If you tell her which mark is off the bow, she can tell you how to get to the next one.

"I can just imagine the mindset of the first TransPac crew who sees her come aboard and announce that she’ll be navigating for the race!" says Tom Walker, one of her instructors at Lake Merritt.

John Stephens, 37, has been co-owner of Sausalito’s Bay Riggers since its inception 13 years ago. The business, which John started with his boyhood pal Patrick Adams, actually represents a natural extension of John’s life on the water. Bom in Oakland, he moved aboard a 32-ft yawl in Sausalito with his family when he was seven. Later, they traded up to a 44-ft ketch. John recalls trips up and down the coast and to the Delta throughout that period of his life.

At 19, a fall from a tree left him paralyzed from the waist down. Some feeling has returned, but officially John’s a paraplegic. A pretty active one, he adds. One of the first things he learned after the accident was how to splice rope to wire. He taught the skill to Patrick and the pair discovered a way to make a living.

In addition to overseeing inventory, order-

ing and receiving, John handles the running and standing rig orders. He also daysails frequently, and he’s done two long deliveries in the past few years. Both were aboard a 54-ft ketch in the Caribbean.

"I’m not into racing much," he says. "That requires smooth movements and the ability to compete against able-bodied sailors. When I have, though, I can tail and do the runners Patrick Kirrane steers his L-36 out the Cate on the way to an early-'60s lightship win. That's Ron

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pretty efficiently. On deliveries, I stand a normal watch. I enjoy being at sea for long periods of time. It’s a good mind flush."

John adds that with a healthy upper body, sailing can be quite manageable for someone with limitations like his. There are lots of things to hang onto, and by rigging lines and halyards to the cockpit, which is something able-bodied sailors have been doing for many years, you can control the rig pretty easily.

Jonathan Carter started sailing big boats

in 1986 when he and his brother Matt bought the Catalina 30 Imua. Before that, he had spent 10 years racing model boats. But Jon, now 29, yearned to be out on the Bay. The logistics were imposing, however: Jon has suffered from rheumatoid arthritis since he was 12.

Besides causing ongoing pain in his joints, the disease calcifies the bones, making them brittle and prone to breaking. Recently, John had a second hip replacement Matt, 31, says he and Jon were thick as theives growing up in Los Gatos, but the arthritis drove a wedge between them. Owning the boat has helped draw the brothers back together, with their 'sibling rivalry' finding a new outlet: when daysailing became boring, they started racing one design.

"We got our butts kicked at first," says Jon, who works as an electrical engineer. "So we read every book we could find; we went to seminars; we made friends like Harold Dow (of ffie Farr 1020 Fast Company) who showed us how to fly the spinnaker.... For the first two years, we were out every weekend — racing, practicing or working on the boat" The time and effort have paid off. In 1988, the brothers moved up to the Frets 36 Surefire.

A year later, they were YRA champions, followed by a victory in the Endnal YC 'Jack Frost1 midwinter series. This year they took second in YRA. They’ve also competed in the Oakland-Catalina Race, once on Surefire and once on an Express 27.

Matt says that Jon literally puts blood, sweat and tears into his racing. "He’s always in severe pain," says Matt, "and we have to lift him on and off the boat It’s hard for any of us to bitch about anything when we know what he’s going through." t Besides organizing the crew, Jon’s main responsibilities are driving upwind and calling tactics downwind. On the wheel, his concentration rivals that of the pros, and his commitment to winning is unquestioned.

"During file Stone Cup this year, we crashed right in front of the St. Brands YC, and Jon went into the drink," says Matt "The first words out of his mouth when he broke the surface were: 'Get file wheel!' He really inspires us."

1 Representatives of the 'old guard' are men like Brian McCarthy and Patrick Kirrane, * who have been sailing since the days when 'handicapped' was not the kindest description used for paraplegics. The two aren’t related, other them through their long sailing careers on file Bay in a variety of classes, and the common thread that they adapted before the aforementioned independence was 'cool'.

Brian McCarthy, a 52-year-old CPA, lives in Tiburon now, but grew up in Richmond. He was one of the original Richmond YC juniors back in the early 1950s, when his father bought

ABLE AND an H Toro to keep him off the sheets. He graduated to a Zephyr before going into the service, where an accident left him without the use of his legs. He wasn’t about to give up sailing, though, and bought a Santana 22. After 17 years of active racing, he traded down to an El Toro again, which he now campaigns actively on the Northern California circuit Still an active member of KYC, he’s on the board of the newly-formed Richmond Foundation, which will help fund young sailors. He also says his dream is still to own a Star boat.

"They’re the prettiest boats I’ve ever seen," he says.

Patrick Kinrane, 69, has been messing with boats and harbors since the late ’30s. He helped bring to the Bay the first National One Design class, a 17-ft version of the Snipe, both of which were designed by William Crpsby.

Later, he crewed on 25-ft Golden Gate sloops and their big brother, the 30-ft Bird Boat.

During active duty in World Weir II, he contracted scarlet fever, which got into his back and left him a paraplegic.

Sailing helped both psychologically and physically when he returned to the States. He bought the Bird Oriole from Emerson Doble and spent one winter sailing the hell out of it, happy just to be out on the Bay again.

"It made me realize I could still do something well," he says.

Kirrane eventually went on to win the Pacific Coast Championships in Birds, and did well in 110s, too. During the same period, he owned and ran boatyards in Alameda,

he admits. "They’ve had more use than they were originally intended for."

Like McCarthy, Kirrane has also helped those who’ve come after him. In the early ’50s, he helped form the San Francisco Bay Sailing Association, which to this day helps fund young sailors in their pursuit of national and

The Kirrane family at the 1959 launch of one of Patrick's many boats.

Richmond and San Rafael. He still owns the latter, which he leases out. His personal fleet now includes a stinkpot and a Lido 14 with which he pokes about the Belvedere Lagoon.

"My arms are beginning to wear out a bit,"

A Freedom Independence gets put through its paces. international competition.

Though not impaired herself, Glo Webel

Preparing to shove off on the BAADS Independence are (I to r) Dave Stuart, Judith Lovell and Howard Robinson. ranks cis the Mother Theresa of disabled sailors, not just in the Bay Area but across the country.

In 1979, she helped organize the first pilot program for adapted sailing at Oakland’s Lake Merritt. Two years later, the project became a regular part of the lake’s ongoing learn-to-sail curriculum. Over the years, funding has come from the National Park Service, the State of California and the City of Oakland.

Glo, who has a background in rehabilitation counseling, became the executive director of the program in 1982 and has served in that capacity ever since. She co-authored the handbook Open Boating, which is considered a primary sourcebook for others who want to start adapted boating programs. Glo also serves on the US Yacht Racing Union’s Committee on Sailors with Special Needs.

'The key to the program at Lake Merritt," she says, "is the attitude of flexibility in providing service. If someone needs a certain adaptation or special teaching technique, we try to give it to them. We’re here to facilitate each person’s goals for being afloat."

The Lake Merritt activities include an open house in the spring. (The upcoming one is scheduled for Sunday, May 5,1991. Call [415] 444-3807 for information.) Classes are held on Saturday afternoons for five weeks during the summer and fall. The basic teaching is done in ,

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stability, a hot hull shape and swinging chairs in the cockpit The crew straps themselves in with seat belts to chairs that simply rotate from side to side as the boat tacks and jibes. The mainsheet comes off the boom for easy access and the club-footed jib tacks itself. There’s even a spinnaker that comes out of a chute and flies off a square yard on the bow pulpit Mull knew the boat filled a needed niche when he attended the launching in Newport, Rhode Island. He was schmoozing with some reporters when one of them asked to see the boat. When they walked down on the dock, all they found were a couple of empty wheelchairs sitting next to an equally empty berth. Out on the Bay they could see the boat sailing merrily about.

To date, fewer than 20 Independences have been built according to Mull. Most reside on the East Coast, but he thinks some West Coast shipping companies like Matson or APL could easily sponsor a boat or two and get people out sailing.

Capri 14s, after which students can move to El Toros, Sunfish, Hobie 14s and the English trimaran Challenger. The multihull has special features like a high boom, adapted seats and sheets that can be operated while facing forward.

Glo also works closely with other programs across the country, such as the Shake-A-Leg group in Rhode Island and Miami, and the National Ocean Access Project in Annapolis.

Gary Mull isn’t physically disabled, either (although some have questioned his mental facilities for staying so long in the racer/yacht designer game), but he’s helped folks who are.

While working for Freedom Yachts back in 1986, he was asked to come up with a yacht for the physically handicapped.

"I talked with a guy named Harry Horgin, who was head of Shake-A-Leg at the time," he recalls. "He had a spinal injury and was paralyzed below the waist. The problem with boats for handicappers, he told me, was that they were too beamy and the rigs were too small. They were read clunkers. He wanted a boat that was fast, but that wouldn’t capsize, because disabled folks have to be strapped in to go sailing, and some of them don’t swim too well."

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Dave Stuart is one of those who does enjoy Mull’s design. The Richmond resident currently serves as president of the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors (BAADS), a group started by — who else — Glo Webel.

She and others who had graduated from the basic course at Lake Merritt wanted to stretch their wings and head out on some serious water.

BAADS started with some seed money donated by a now defunct group at Lake Merritt about 21/2 years ago. Their major asset is a yet-to-be-named Independence, which is currently berthed in Alameda.

Dave, who lost the use of his legs in a surfing accident when he was 20, gets out every other weekend or so, "depending on what else my wife has for me to do". He also presides over BAADS, which has a mailing list of 20some members so far, and is currently trying to raise money to fund the ongoing expenses of owning the Independence. (South Beach Marina, which has more accessible facilities than their present location, has offered a berth.)

Dave’s fundraising appeals are now being circulated among the Bay Area’s yacht clubs.

'We want to develop the club as an outreach for the community," he says, "for people with disabilities of all kinds, both physical and psychological. We also want to develop a membership for more able-bodied sailors who want to assist the handicapped.

There are probably hundreds of people on both sides of the Bay who would be interested."

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John Stephens. through both BAADS and the Adapted Boating Program belongs to Tom Walker. A regular crew in the Newport 30 fleet, the PG&E technical writer was out sailing Sunfish on Lake Merritt one day last year when he spotted people in the adapted boating program and offered his assistance. He began by simply helping people get in and out of their boats.

Although he had never taught sailing before, he soon graduated to an official volunteer instructor. He’s considered taking USYRU’s instructor course, but sees no real need to take time away from the Adapted Boating Program right now.

"I’m happy as a volunteer," he says. "It would take a jackhammer to get me out of , there!"

Out on the water, Tom reaffirms that "these folks aren’t much different than the ones I race with on the Newport 30. In many ways, there are no significant differences between sailing with either group — the challenge is to find what works best for each person and their particular ability."

For example, Judith Lovell scurries all over a Capri 14 with no problem. But her poor eyesight necessitated a custom-tailored watchkeeping system. Tom worked with her on what to look for with her special binoculars. "By using bright red floating marks, we even got her * to the point where she can dock the boat by herself," he says. For kids who are deaf, they bring along someone who can sign. Whatever it takes to get the job done.

The only significant difference Tom sees between ADP and a 'regular' leam-to-sail program is that special needs sometimes draw the process out a little longer. "But where there’s a will, there’s a way," he says. 'These are definitely 'can-do' people."

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THE WINTER

The first thing you need in order to enjoy winter on San Francisco Bay is an attitude adjustment. Let’s face it compared to summer, sailing in winter, in the words of renowned rockstar Hiram Gunn, "Is complete spooge" (whatever that means). Much of the time, there’s either no wind or it’s blowing so hard the rain’s going sideways.

Winter boating, however, is different deal.

Come fall, the Bay changes personas. Unlike the rest of the world, where March "comes in like a lion and out like a lamb", the Bay adopts its most serene moods in winter.

Planning is another thing that must be approached differently in the colder months.

In the summer, it’s okay to just go out and bash around indiscriminately. In the winter, it’s better to plan your weekends around a destination. The best way to do that — and here’s the biggest leap of faith we may ever ask

you to take — plan not to sail there. That’s right, arrange your 'plan A' without regard to the wind. Motor somewhere for the afternoon.

Winter’s a great time for introducing — or reintroducing — people to sailing. This recent ride aboard 'Swiftsure' was the first time Ray Goldie (steering) had been sailing in 37 years! the hell out of you.

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If the wind blows on your way there, then switch to 'plan B' and enjoy a little sailing. To do it the other way around will only frustrate

It’s less crowded — You can often have anchorages, if not the whole Bay, to yourself— or at the least without the hordes of summer.

With the exception of the rangers who live and work there, we’ve had Angel Island completely to ourselves on winter visits, and it’s wonderful; much preferable to the zoo-like atmosphere of summer. page 106

OF OUR CONTENT cene epoch get rid of the oiled wool sweaters and down vests. The former are too itchy and inefficient; the latter quit working the second they get wet. Then go on down to your local chandlery and acquaint yourself and your family with the new synthetic clothing and the

ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/JR your engine will love you for it Fuel docks are also a lot less crowded than in the summer.

It’s good for your soul — Our catchphrase returns. But it’s true. The difference between summer and winter is again one of degree.

Summer grabs your soul by the lapels and shakes it to life. Winter strokes it seductively by showing you the natural beauty of the Bay, it’s magnificent vistas and abundant wildlife. In summer, the wind is the star of the show. In winter, this magnificent arena itself steals the show.

By morning, we had solved most of the mysteries of the universe.

^^f course, the reasons people give for not sailing in winter also sound pretty convincing: It’s cold; it rains; there’s no wind; there’s too much wind — or 12 inches of new powder just fell at Squaw Valley.

Well, we can’t argue much with the last one, and we don’t particularly like going anywhere in the rain, either. As for the rest, we’ll stand our ground: winter can be just as enjoyable a time to go boating as any other season. All it takes is a little persistence, know-how and practice. /

layering principle'. The layering principle simply involves putting on successive layers of compatible clothing — the inner ones for insulation, the outer for water-proofing — until you’re warm. When you get too warm, shed layers until you feel comfortable again.

Two layers are sufficient for sailing San Francisco Bay in the winter. Start with pols/propylene medium-weave longjohns and socks, and cover it with a good polyester-pile jacket and pants (or just jeans, since they probably won’t get wet). Don’t bother with foulies unless you’re racing. For one thing, what we’ve just mentioned will probably set

Comfort The main thing people don’t like about winter is the cold. We say you don’t have to be.

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The sailing is generally more pleasant — When non-storm winds do blow in winter, they are generally of the relaxing, stress-free type perfect for tying off the tiller and letting the boat sail itself. If you’re so inclined, these light breezes are also ideal for honing light-air racing skills at one of the many midwinter races in progress — or introducing new people to sailing. We shiver to think how many sailors never were because of one ill-planned baptism by gale' on a gnarly summer day.

precipitation not unlike wintertime in the Bay Area, with the exception that the rain was almost always delivered by fierce storms that tied stem-to (whft’#|^ 60-footer's engine al! night to keep it off the concrete quay.

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process getting to know quite a bit about how It’s good for the boat — Any mechanic will tell you the best way to care for a car is simply to use it regularly. The same is true of boats.

Those neglected over the winter will need much more TLC in the summer to get them back up to speed than if they’re simply sailed (or motored) every so often. It’s cjlso a great excuse to do your yearly oil and filter change at the fuel dock. It takes only a few minutes and page 107

heater; a big Dutch schooner with a correspondingly behemoth 19th-century cast-iron

consisted of a modified stove burner that heated a foot-long section of ceramic tile.

n remember. In got all over everything it touched Outside, soot butthe neighboring ones on either side, as well. meant the generator had to be running. (Shore power was both incompatible and unavailable.)

We ended up doing most of the heating with our propane stove.

The cast iron woodbumer aboard the schooner alternately roasted those below, ■' got low. And that’s when it was working wait.

Other times, for no apparent reason, it would start filling the salon with smoke, sending tin ic save their lungs. Not to mention that the things used copious amounts of wood, a rare and expensive commodity in that little island nation. came, tire first time he sailed he was going to throw it overboard.

THE WINTER you back $200 to $500 per person, depending on how prestigious you need that breast label to be. For another, it usually doesn’t blow hard enough to need foulies in winter. If it does or if it’s raining, hey, don’t go out. What are you, nuts?

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The woodburner alternately roasted those below or froze them out.

And that's when it was working well. qualities that make synthetic clothing the only way to fly in winter are its superior insulating abilities, even when wet; and the way it wicks water — be it sweat, spray or rain — away from your skin. Since moisture against the skin is what cools you off (that’s why you sweat), it naturally follows that the dryer you can keep your skin, the warmer you’ll stay. Wearing

polyester pile pants, we’ve fallen in water that would normally have us chattering within minutes, but climbed out to feel dry and

There aren't many places in California where you can have a beach ell to yourself— except during the winter.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (CONT'D)' The unit that put them all to shame was the homegrown one. It was dean, odorless and amazingly efficient. And it was the only one — at least according to the owner—that worked just as well underway. The others, either because of the motion of the boat or weird venting, ’backed up’, sending smoke into the boat. Or just as bed, downdrafts sometimes blew out the flame in our monster, but fuel would continue to drip, stinking the boat up terribly. Out heater also didn’t particularly life working in a seaway, and would remind us of this fact by clanking and leaking water out of all five radiators.

Heaters have come a long way since then.

Where most of the foregoing were either land units ’adapted’ for marine use, or (in our case) heavy-duty things that had trickled down from the commercial fishing industry, today’s heaters are built from the get-go to serve recreational boaters. They’re attractive, efficient, quiet and odor-free — the more pronounced each of those features, the more expensive the heater.

Before we get into what’s ’in’ and ’out1 in heaters these days, it is of paramount importance that you acknowledge tire following: Combustion type heaters need to be properly vented. In other words, they need to have a fresh supply of air coming from somewhere

outside the boat An unvented combustion heater In a dosed space will draw out all the oxygen. That tends to kill both the flame and

sure some cold, fresh air is coming in Now here’s some quick editorializing on the .

Electricity — Probably the most common heaters in these parts are 110-volt electric units that run off dock or generator power. They’re simple, clean, efficient, and are the only type of heaters (besides the heat of passion) that don’t; require venting. Drawbacks come when the heater (or a bunch of them going on the same dock) overtoads the circuit and blows the breaker. A worst-case scenario occurred a couple of years ago when the weak link was an underrated extension cord. It overheated, catching a dock in Morro Bay.on fire. The ensuing conflagration damaged or destroyed more than a dozen boats and kilted two people.

Electric heaters normally can’t be run underway or at anchor unless you’re walling to put up with the noise, vibration and stink of a generator.

And before you buy, make sure the unit has an auto-shutoff in case it gets knocked over.

Alcohol — Objectivity fails us when it comes to alcohol, possibly because we once caught a galley on fire while trying to light an alcohol stove. We hate the stuff, and refuse to have any alcohol-fueled appliance aboard even if it means losing a toe or two to frostbite.

Though widely available, 'stove grade' alcohol ■ you confine any onboard alcohol aboard to the liquor locker.

Kerosene — Cheap and widely available, kerosene makes a good heater fuel. Though not as thermally efficient as, say, propane, its applications are wider. For example, on a small boat, one of those Aladdin kerosene lamps (which also put out the best light) should put off enough heat to keep the interior comfortable around these parts. Those radiant space heaters meant for garages and basements also work fife gangbusters. (We understand BOC veteran Francis Stokes did the ’82-83 race with one of these things bolted to the cabin sole. It reportedly performed flawlessly even In the coldest and roughest of weather, white more sophisticated systems aboard other boats gave trouble.) And. of course, beautiful marine kerosene heaters in all sizes, styles, shapes and BTU ratings are available from all the big manufacturers. page 108

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OF OUR CONTENT rain—with an occasional wet, strong southerly coming through, the last vestiges of a dying Pacific hurricane. minutes.) You can also wash synthetic clothing, something you couldn’t do with those old sweaters without destroying the oil.

And one last clothing maxim: it’s easier to stay warm than get that way. Layer up!

Planning Around the Weather Local meteorologists finally earn their keep around here in the winter. In the summer, we could forecast "Clear skies with winds building to 20-25 out of the west by afternoon" and be right about 90% of the time.

But as Mother Earth begins to tilt away from the sun in fall, the stability offered by the Pacific High and Tonopah Low falls apart and all sorts of subtle and not-so-subtie forces begin to take over. By December 21, when we reach solstice — the point of maximum tilt (or if you prefer, when the sun is lowest in the sky) — the patterns are completely different than during summer. The jet stream is perhaps the most dominant feature, tunneling moisture-laden systems down from the Bering Sea to give us

starting to warm up almost immediately — even though our pants remained wet. (Try that with Levis and you’ll be hypothermic in

Pr opane — This is the most efficient and cleanest burning heater fuel If you’re on the low-bucks end of the boating 'food chain', consider one of the little canister-fueled camping heaters (such as backpackers use} available at camping and surplus stores. Or simply heat the boat with your propane (or CNG) stove. A flower pot turned upside down on the burner radiates heat like mad, though we’ve had one the cabin sole. The drawbacks of propane are the traditional ones—stowage of the tanks and volatility. Unless you’re running a propane stove (and already have the tanks and plumbing installed}, installation of a propane heater and all its attendant paraphernalia might prove prohibitively expensive.

Wood/Coal — Although you can’t beat the ambience of real logs crackling in the fire, especially in this yule season, wood or coal burners simply aren’t worth the hassle. You have to have a place to store the fuel; the units are difficult to regulate; most cannot be used underway; they’re hard to 'turn off when you leave or go to sleep; they bum dirty inside and out; they have to be cleaned'' of ashes frequently — and unless you live under some special blessing from heaven, the slightest change in wind can send smoke pouring into page 109

with an elaborate heating system. the boat. If you’re young, single, male and in need of aU the ambience you can muster, do what you have to do. Otherwise, go for a more modern heating alternative.

Diesel —t In serious cold country, such as the Pacific Northwest, diesel heaters outnumber afl others. Why? They use the same fuel as the engine, can be plumbed every which way from

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other thing to plan for is stronger than usual currents. Tidal cycles are accentuated around now, with the highest tides of the year occurring in December and January. When combined with runoff from rain-swollen rivers (assuming we get some rain this year), currents can easily attain 5 knots or more in the swifter

Sunday into the boat’s other systems, or ducted (with optioned electric fan) to other parts of the boat. They come in an endless variety of sizes, styles and heat ratings to match almost any budget, boat and lifestyle. They work either by igniting an atomized spray of diesel or, more commonly, by the drip method, wherein diesel drips onto a 'hotplate' inside the unit, vaporizes and bums. Make sure to get a unit that shuts off automatically if a gust blows out the flame.

Water — In case you didn’t know it, water is what keeps your tootsies warm when you drive somewhere. Before returning to the radiator, hot water from the engine's cooling system runs through a Httie mini-radiator under the dash. A fan blowing through this heater core gets heat out into the passenger compartmeni Similar systems exist on boats —~ mostly big motorsailois — though the water normally circulates through radiators stationed strategically through the boat. The main drawback to this system is that, obviously, the engine has to be running.

Alternative Fuels — The ones we’re aware of in this category are the Origo "Heat Pal" and Canaflame heaters. The former runs on alcohol-based fuel pellets of some type.

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professional Not only will he have all fee pieces he’ll possibly need (as opposed to you, who will have to make 10 trips back and forth to the chandlery to get weird brackets and unplanned screws), but he’ll know toe ins and oute of venting, where best to run toe chimney so a flogging jibsheet doesn’t rip it off and as on. He will also know to run ducting or hotwater pipes under toe sole, where they’ll not only augment cabin heating, but keep toe bilges dry and free of mildew; and to mount toe unit as low in the boat as possible. Remember, heat rises.

Finally, heaters aren’t for everybody, especially in these relatively benevolent climes.

Heck, if you wear the right clothes and motor around any length of time, just toe heat radiating from the engine will supply plenty of warmth on all but toe coldest days. At night, just snuggle in some nice, thick sleeping begs and rock to sleep.

But we’ll tell you, once you’ve i on a boat with one ’dark and stormy night’, you probably woi rest until you have one yourself. Once you do, even if ifs the most cantankerous, inefficient and sooty thing in toe world, you’ll how you ever got along without it

Feeding the gulls is fun in any season — but don't they ever get full? boating is an acquired taste. Now that you’ve (hopefully) acquired toe appetite, why not set aside the coming weekend to motor over to Sam’s in Tiburon, Scott’s in Alameda or any of a dozen other eateries with docks out front; thence to Angel island or China Camp or San Francisco’s Embarcadero anchorage for a quiet afternoon and/or evening aboard. Make plans to spend toe evening and night at a marina or yacht club you’ve never visited. Or just putt around toe Bay, gunkholing into all those little nooks and crannies you’ve always wondered about.

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1 his second installment of Latitude’s annual salute to the San Francisco Bay season champions is devoted to the winners of the One Design Class Association (ODCA).

This year, in a fit of ambition, we decided to profile every ODCA winner, rather than select 9 or 12 of the 'top' classes as we’ve done in the past. Was it worth the extra effort? We think so, and hope you agree.

Relatively speaking, ODCA remains the healthiest part of YRA, this year fielding 319 boats in 29 classes. (We’ll leave it to you, gentle reader, to figure out why we interviewed 30 winners.) Roughly two thirds of these boats — 212 to be exact — qualified for the season by racing in at least 50% of the races. The numbers are fairly encouraging, unless you look back a few years: in 1985,

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"Considering all the competition from special events, we’re doing reasonably well," claimed ODCA 'President-For-Life' Bruce Nesbit, himself a winner this year with his Cal 2-27 Zephyr. 'We’re even seeing some signs of a turnaround, as more and more people realize the fun of racing levelly instead of under handicap rules. And believe me, we’re doing whatever it takes to provide good racing and keep all the various classes happy."

This summer, the strongest fleets were the J/24 (35 boats), Express 27 (28) and Santana 22 (22). The weakest were the Merit 25 and Cal 25, both of which failed to qualify for a start next year. Eight other classes, including

four Islander classes, are showing danger signals, i.e., they only qualified the minimum five boats apiece.

Other statistics reveal that only 9 champions were repeat winners from ’89, and that 14 different yacht clubs produced season champions. As usual, Richmond YC fielded the largest contingent of ODCA champions at 8, followed by an unusually strong showing from Sausalito YC with 6 winners. As for who’s the best of this bumper crop of gold medalists, that’ll have to wait until May 11-12 when the Champion of Champions Regatta will take place out of St Francis YC. But enough, already — let’s get on with meeting the "Dirty Thirty". Congratulations to everyone!

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Ariel — Jubilee Don Morrison, Richmond YC CREW: Jim Chamberlin and Jim Weatherhead COMMENTS: This was about the 20th season championship for Morrison, a retired engineer. Competition was close this year, with any of 3 or 4 boats that could have won overall.

QUOTE: 'We won because we had really great teamwork. The crew deserves credit for winning the tacking duels, which more often than not bailed their helmsman out of trouble!"

2) Pathfinder, Ekers/Rideout, SCYC; 3) Horizons, Dixie Nicholson, CSC. (6 ent.; 6 qualified)

Cal 2-27 — Zephyr Bruce Nesbit, Richmond YC CREW: Una Nesbit, George Dresbach, Marc Bommersbach, Hudson Martin, Nancy Crane COMMENTS: As usual in this competitive class, the championship was settled in the last race. This was the first season title for Nesbit, a PG&E manager and longtime president of ODCA. QUOTE: "Our crew work was flawless — absolutely no mistakes all season! Any of six boats could win next year; we’ll be doing our best to 'two-peat'!" / 2) Con Carino, Gary Albright, RYC; 3) Temptation, R. Wiskerson, RYC. (12 ent.,- 11 qualified) page 113

Cal 20 — Tension 11 John Nooteboom, Corinthian YC CREW: Ken Nooteboom (John’s 37 year-old son) and Kathleen Keefe COMMENTS: Nooteboom, a retired engineer, last won the Cal 20 season back in 1984. Tension II won by a comfortable margin this summer, showing excellent speed in the lighter conditions.

QUOTE: "Our victory is proof once more that 'age and treachery will overcome youth and skill'! . . Seriously, I’ve been racing boats since 1937, and Cal 20s on the Bay is about the most fun you can have."

2) Crackerjack, Burt Rowe, RYC; 3) Upper Bound, Peter Fowler, CSC. (14 ent.; 11 qualified)

Cal 29 — Wherewolf John Hauser, Diablo SC CREW: The Wolf Gang' was Ian Beswick, Dave Gruvoid, Oban Lambie, Karen Eason, Joel Fong, Brian Richards, Dan Kriess, Dominique Marschal, 'Butthead', Alex Peoples, Jerry Glanville COMMENTS: 'Wolffnan' Hauser, an 'international traveler' who lives on his boat, hammered this fleet in his first year.

QUOTE: "Chicks dug us. . . My future plans include marrying for money so I can afford this crazy sport! . . Also, thanks to the friendly guys at North Sails for the support."

2) Fantasy, Bruce Darby, SFYC; 3) Boog-aloo, Nancy/Harvey Rogers, SFYC. (9 ent.; 6 qual.)

Cal 25 — Whimsical Danskin/Stone, CSC & BYC CREW: Owners Rebecca Danskin and David Stone’s 'unsteady' crew included ldds Lisa and Brian Stone, Ron and Dee Haridiman, Mike and Sheri Morrow, Jim Frey, Joe Jazuk, Ron Quave and others.

COMMENTS: This was the first Cal 25 title for this duo in four tries. Stone also campaigns his Catalina 22 (Rolling Stone).

QUOTE: 'We won because Ed Shirk bought an Olson 40!. . . Our goals this year are to stir up more participation in the Cal 25 fleet, both racing and cruising."

2) Allegria, H. & P. LaRose, PAYC; 3) Gambit, M. & T. Haverstock, GGYC. (6 ent.; 4 qualified)

Catalina 27 — Freyja Ray Nelson, Richmond YC CREW: "My Three Sons" (Red, Doug, Larry), wife "Loraine, friends Frank, Mike and Tony COMMENTS: Nelson, an equipment leasing executive, won 11 of 13 races this year after going winless in ’89. Freyja is the most "family oriented" boat in ODCA. QUOTE: "The highlight of our summer was sweeping the three tough Cityfront races. We’re all really looking forward to the Catalina 27 International Regatta to be held here in ’91.

2) Wildcat, Ernie Dickson, RYC; 3) Catalyst, Ed Durbin, RYC. (12 entered; 5 qualified)

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

Catalina 30 — Fat Cat Seth Bailey, Encinal YC CREW: Larry Arnold, Bev Bailey, Adam Harry, Ron Lee, Mike Neylan (tactician), Stan Tice. Alternates: Dave Albrand, Yvonne Gibson, Ron Hodel, Scott Sanders.

COMMENTS: This was Fat Cat’s most succesful season yet Bailey has an ambitious schedule planned for 1991.

QUOTE: "Over die years we’ve gotten the boat to sail faster, learned where to go (and where not to go!) and are making fewer mistakes. We’re addicted to racing and need the 'fix' that one design provides."

2) Outrageous, Ken Speer, MBYC; 3) Revision, Dave Jacoby, MBYC. (9 ent.; 5 qualified)

Challenger — Osprey Jim Adams, SYC & SCC CREW: Pam Foley, Rich Hime, Bob Lamb, Rob Sperling COMMENTS: Adams, a cardiologist, and his Marin General buddies won their first ODCA season after six tries. Due to a new baby and a busy career, Jim plans to cut back on racing in the near future.

QUOTE: "We really got into it this year — finally we had a good steady crew! Two of us went to J/World before the season, which helped. Also, my neighbor Jim Lindsey (Seascape) taught us some tricks."

2) Shay, Bill Meyers, CSC; 3) Rurik, George

Express 37 — Ringmaster Leigh Brite, Richmond YC CREW: Ed Conti (bow); Mark Thompson (mast); Marilyn Davis (pit); Bobby Villareal and John Duys (trimmers); Greg Sah/adore, Bruce Nesbit and Chris Plona (grinders); Cliff Wilson (mainsheet); Linda Bamcourt (runners); Kevin Bagg (alternate); Norman Davant (tactics) COMMENTS: Brite, a former Cal 2-27 winner, "finally figured out the extra 10 feet" to win his first E-37 championship.

QUOTE: "Full credit to the crew — they’re the best in the world!"

2) Pazzo Express, Bill Ormond, StFYC; 3) ReQuest, Glenn Isaacson, SFYC. (9 ent.; 6 qualified)

Golden Gate — Fledgling Michael Bonner, Bay View BC CREW: Renita Herrman, Laura 'Twin Peaks" Phlmer, Leo Jackson, Dale Cooper, Jackie Wilson COMMENTS: Bonner, an attorney, faxed us his crew list but not much else. We tried to call him a couple hundred times, but never got through.

QUOTE: "Hi, this is Michael. I’m not here to take your call right now, but if you leave your name and number I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Thanks for railing Bye." 2) Pajarita, Rob MacDonald, BVBC; 3) Phoebe, M.J. Evans, IYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

Gromeeko, LGYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

Express 27 — Summer Palace Davant(l)/Wilson, StFYC CREW: Ken Moore, Mark Creedon, Alice Swinton and the "Revolving Expert" COMMENTS: Driver Ted Wilson, a sales manager, and tactician Norman Davant, a sailmaker, obliterated the E-27 fleet with this chartered boat. They scored straight bullets in ODCA, and also won the E-27 Nationals.

QUOTE: Wilson: "We decided to charter an Express 27 because we felt it was the most exciting class on the Bay." Davant, casting modesty aside: "We won because we had the best sails!"

2) Locomotion, Amen/Radcliffe/McRobie, RYC; 3) Salty Hotel, M. Halman, RYC. (26 ent.; 16 qual.)

Hawkfarm — Cannonball Rick 0) & Russell (r) Schuldt, RYC CREW: John Knox, Mike Bilafer, Jim Bilafer, Verle Craven, John Christman, Randy Muth, Barry Danieli, Peter Fositak, Jim Robbins, Kim Dinzel, Paul Meuller, George Creamer, Art Fisher, Dave Flakowski, Dave Teeter COMMENTS: Schuldt, RYC’s Yachtsman of the Year and a recent father, also drove the Olson 30 Impulse to victory.

QUOTE: "We had to shoot down a lot of hired guns to uphold our title. . . Our crew is one of the best!"

2) Warhawk, Bill Patience, EYC; 3) Notorious, James Hirano, CSC. (9 entered; 6 qualified) page 114

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Islander Bahama 24 — Cahada Dan Bjork, Bay View BC CREW: Aldo Peruch, Darla P&ttersonFteruch, Tom Bolles, Bonnie McCalla COMMENTS: This was Cahada’s first championship in three attempts. Bjork, a professional photographer, also piloted his ’66 IB-24 to victory in the Plastic Classic.

QUOTE: "We’ve been together for three years, so our crew work is really good.

Everything just clicked this summer. . .

Lately, I’ve been having fantasies about getting a boat I can stand up in — but I’d have to win the lottery to afford it!"

2) Constellation, John Lincoln, SCC; 3) Artesian, Dave Adams, SCC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

Islander 36 — Wild Onion Schuman (1) & Sebastian!, StFYC/SYC CREW: Allan Schuman, Alan & Candy Sebastiani, John Rimbach, Greg Zabek, Marvin O’Gao, Mark Filippini, Rob Flaner, Alex Nofte, Raul Albritton, Pete Hallman, Albert & Larry Maher COMMENTS: Onion was T-boned in mid-season; Schuman sailed Sebastiani’s Tom Cat in the second half. They won the season in the last race — by 8 seconds!

QUOTE: 'We won by being fighters and survivors, with a little craziness, anger and real evil thrown in for good measure."

2) Windwalker, Shoenhair/Borton, IYC; 3) Blockbuster, Bruce Block, SFYC. (6 ent.; 5 qual.)

Islander 28 — Jose Cuervo Sam Hock, Sausalito YC CREW: Stephanie and Mike Magruder, Rob Hutchinson, Mike Hanlon COMMENTS: After blitzing HDA-M and file Yankee Cup last year, Hock (a real estate agent) helped reorganize the Islander 28 ODCA dass. He then pounded the fleet again, winning all but one race.

QUOTE: "Next year, we’ll have 10 races with 5 of them limited to non-spinnaker, 130% jibs. That way, people shouldn’t have trouble getting crew — which hopefully will encourage more I-28s to join us."

2) Challenge, Betsy Jones, SYC; 3) Zephyrus,

Islander 30 Mk II — Current Asset John W. Bowen, Richmond YC CREW: Ken Monvele and son John H. Bowen (co-owners), Richard Crandel, Jere Starks, Jeff Kroeber, Ron Kuehn, Linda Kasper, Dick Gatesman, Mike Lord, Scott Rowe, Matt Rooke, Bob Cooper, H. Gee COMMENTS: Bowen, an insurance broker, won 6 of 8 races this year to capture his fourth consecutive title.

QUOTE: "Our crew is the greatest — they have to be to put up with the owners!

Someday we’d like to move up to a Current Liability such as a J/35."

2) Antares, Larry Telford, BYC; 3) Kilindlni,

John Farley, TYC. (8 entered; 5 qualified)

Don Drummond. RYC. (6 entered; 5 qualified)

J/24 — How Rude Hodges (above)/Walecka, SCYC CREW: Ian Klitza, Doug Hodges, Bengie Canepa COMMENTS: Sailmaker Dave Hodges and Scott Walecka, a "computer jock" who also owns the Moore 24 Adios, have raced their yellow How Rude (a pre-named "old piece of junk") for two years. This year, they won 'by miles".

QUOTE: We did well because of new sails, a tighter rig, consistency and a real desire to win — we had to win to make that savage commute worthwhile!"

2) Just Jake, Mike Grandin, StFYC; 2) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, StFYC. (35 entered; 18 qualified)

J/29 — Advantage II Pat Benedict, Marina Bay YC CREW: "Frontierland" (Tom Ramlan, Pete Christcfpher); "Adventureland" (Will Benedict, Ralph Peck, Dan Voeks, John Mineck, Marshall Stein); "Fantasyland" (Jeff Ruszler, Diane Benedict) COMMENTS: Advantage II also won Vallejo, Volvo and the J/29 PCCs. QUOTE: We finally put it all together this year, thanks to new Marion sails and a great crew. We especially enjoyed winning a net total of 9 six-packs from JSpot during the season (but who’s counting 2) Smokin’ J, Gerald DeWitt, StFYC; 3) JSpot, Tom Fancher, SCYC. (14 ent.; 5 qualified)

SEASON CHAMPIONS, PART II

J/35 — Redline Fawns (above)/Trask, StFYC CREW: Will Sharron, Darryl Ruff, Damir Priskick, Marde Moore, Terri and Mike Ratiani, John Leet COMMENTS: Owner Bill Fawns, an information systems executive, and yacht broker Don Trask teamed up again this year to win their second title in a row.

Actually, they tied with Equanimity (due to an oversight in the rules about throwouts).

QUOTE: "Don’s driving and a dedicated crew were the key. Our class is growing — next year should be fun!"

1) (tie) Equanimity, R. Paul, SCYC; 3) Sllthergadee, J. Niesley, StFYC. (7 ent.; 6 qualified)

J/35 — Equanimity Randy Paul, Santa Cruz YC CREW: Eric Vaughn, Nicole Pciul, Rob MacDonald, Kimberly Milligan, Chris Shepard, P&tsy Paul, Robert Milligan. Robert Tang, Ian Beswick s \ COMMENTS: Paul, an attorney, also won his division in this year’s Stone Cup and Volvo Regatta. At least two more J/35s are expected to join this class next year.

QUOTE: "We tied for first because we had consistently high quality crew work, which overcame occasioned blunders from the 'steering system'."

1) (tie) Redline, Fawns/Trask, StFYC; 3) Slithergadee, J. Niesley, StFYC. (7 ent.; 6 qual.)

Merit 25 — Chesapeake Jim Fair, Berkeley YC CREW: John Wright, Johanna Weir, Fran MacDonald, Ray MacDonald, Charlie Doggett, Julia Olaso, Kerry Burke COMMENTS: After two ODCA titles in a row, Fair, an engineer, will try HDA and the 'fun race' circuit next year.

QUOTE: 'We didn’t win because of superior tactics or blinding speed. . . rather, it was our consistency, teamwork and preparation. When behind, we hung on like a pitbull — eventually the other guy would falter. A little luck didn’t hurt, either!"

2) Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen, BYC; 3) Fudge Factor, Steve Wright, CSC. (8 entered; 3 qualified)

Newport 30 — Mintaka Gerry Brown, P&lo Alto YC CREW: Tom Ranweiler, Bruno Carnovale, Rocky Rockmore, Jackie Ruggles, Hehry Melin, Fitz Fitzharris, John Hunter COMMENTS: Brown, a Silicon Valley executive and 1991 N-30 commodore, has won the last three ODCA seasons. He’s skippered boats for 27 years on the Bay; his crew has been together for over 10 years.

QUOTE: "It was 80% crew work. . . I need to work on my starts!. . . We missed the Doctor (Hinman) out there this year. . .

Newport 30s are great Bay boats!"

2) Achates, Bill Schultz, BYC; 3) Cygnet, Nick

Olson 25 — Pearl Bill Riley, Sausalito YC CREW: Greg Palmer (tacticiein), Sandy McGehee, Pete Caras, Matt Walker, Chuck Mellor, Dawn Owen COMMENTS: Pearl continues to dominate this class, winning a fifth consecutive title. Riley, a children’s wear merchant, also won the Stockton South Tower Race for an unprecedented third time this summer.

QUOTE: "Next season is going to be tougher — our fleet is growing, and everyone will be gunning for us. . . We’re going to rest up this winter by skiing a lot."

2) Vivace, Bill Riess, CSC; 3) Alchemy, Joe

Olson 30 — Impulse Barry Danlell, Richmond YC CREW: Rick Schuldt (driver), John Christman, Kim Dincel, Jim & Mike Bilafer, Peter Fostiak, William Woodie, Dave Falkowski, Dave Teeters, Tom Paulling, Joe Guthrie, Jim Robbins, Dave Hinkle, John Koehler, Chris Giovacchini, Paul Mealier COMMENTS: This was the second straight title for Impulse. Danieli, a chiropractor, recently purchased a J/35 (Fever).

QUOTE: "We won because of a new Sobstad inventory, a really talented crew and a cooler full of cold Coronas."

2) Think Fast!, Al Holt, MYCO; 3) Vorticlty,

ADitsch, RYC. (13 entered; 7 qualified)

Kitterman, SCC. (9 entered; 6 qualified)

Jeff Gething, RYC. (13 entered; 9 qualified) page 116

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Ranger 23 — Twisted Don Wleneke, Sausalito YC CREW: "The All-Pro Twisted Team", aka Mark Stockton, Steve 'Shorts' Ulrich, Jenne Holmgren, Cynthia Wieneke (shore support) COMMENTS: Wieneke, who peddles TV advertising space when he’s not holding the "sacred wood", has won six titles in a row — and is 7 for 11 over the years!

QUOTE: "We won because we’re a kinder, gender crew than the rest of these heathen. Hah, just kidding! To be honest, the only reason we race Ranger 23s at all is for the prize money and the babes."

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Santana 35 — Dance Away Bob Bloom, Cal SC CREW: Elaine Rich, Judy Schilling, Cilia DeVries, Jim Smith, Bernard Slabeck, Raul Akagi, Raul Rosenthal, Dan Jester, Bob Bergtholdt, Steve Zevanov, John Cooney COMMENTS: This is the second Tuna 35 title in a row for Bloom, an East Bay radiologist Dance Away also won the NOOD regatta and was second in the Volvo.

QUOTE: 'We tried harder, showed up earlier and partied later. Special thanks to Swell Dancer — the 'dance boats' challenged each other down to the wire," 2) Swell Dancer, Jim Graham, MYCO; 3) Flexible Flyer, Mike Creazzi, SFYC. (9 ent.; 8 qualified) page 117

Ranger 26 — Onager John Wales, Sausalito YC CREW: Jim Thompson, Joe Vella, Bill James, Dave Crockett, Jr. COMMENTS: After losing the season by a quarter of a point last year, Wales, a CPA, finally won his first championship. An "onager", incidentally, is a wild ass, QUOTE: 'We won the close ones — the ones that counted — thanks to a great crew.

We’ve been together for two seasons now, and we’re hoping the same combination of skill, luck and good humor will prevail next year."

2) Consultation, Dave Fullerton, IYC; 3) Mytoy, Dave Adams, PYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

Santana 22 — Seascape Jim Lindsey, Richmond YC CREW: Wife Sally Lindsey and Howard Canfield COMMENTS: Lindsey 'owns' this class: he’s now won 17 of the last 19 Santana 22 season championships for an unbelievable 89.5% batting average. If there’s a more remarkable winning streak on the Bay, we’re unaware of it.

QUOTE: We won again? Gee, I guess we did. Why’d we win? Ummmm, you know, I’m not really sure. Just say something nice about my crew."

2) Diana, John Skinner, RYC; 3) Shazam!, Bud Sandkulla, IYC. (25 entered; 14 qualified)

Thunderbird — Ouzel Michael Sheats, Berkeley YC CREW: John Orfali (tactician), Mark Bayuck, Jim Glosli, Ned Sanderson, Lubor Mrazek COMMENTS: Sheats, an architect also won the 1990 Silver Eagle Race overall and is looking forward to the Thunderbird Worlds in Toronto next summer.

QUOTE: "Paul Hvstrom said, 'Our competitors are simply a guide to our own performance.' I’d like to thank the other T-Bird skippers for giving me and my 'too live crew' some tough racing this summer."

Triton — Captain Hooke Tom (above) & Dave Newton, VYC CREW: Steve Newton, Bob Nunn, Beau Woodward, Mike Gibson COMMENTS: See below.

QUOTE: 'Ten years ago our neighbor, Bob Klein, talked us into racing a Triton.

We’ve regretted it ever since — we’ve been dismasted twice, T-boned once, and knocked down way too many times. We’ve sailed to and from Vallejo through nasty, short chop only to be beaten up by anyone who felt like it You know, it’s really frightening to think about what this means."

2) Toots, Curtis King, GGYC; 3) Crazy Jane,

2) Hulakai, Alex Cheng, SYC; 3) My Way, Lowell Jett, SCC. (10 entered; 5 qualified)

Doug Carroll, GGYC. (6 entered; 6 qualified)

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MAX EBB: AS THE It was raining buckets and blowing a full gale in die Financial District when I made the dash from my office to the BART station. First big rain of the season — and badly needed — but not exactly good for the evening commute.

Despite my tactic of working the leeward sides of the larger buildings, my $7 umbrella blew out when it was caught aback by a trick gust at Kearny and Sutter. The rig inverted and the fabric tore across half the sail area. My first impulse, as I ran through die rain for the stairs to the BART station, was to toss the thing into die trash (where it would have joined a number of other similarly failed umbrellas). Frugality, however, prevailed and I decided that with a few feet of 'number tape' from my sailmaker I could jury rig the thing for continued service.

One more block to run in this stuff. finally out of the storm! 1 walked down the long entrance corridor to die Montgomery Street station, on the way contributing a little more than usual to my favorite jazz flutist who regularly takes advantage of the acoustics of that space.

The BART platform was thick with die smell of wet wool business suits, but, thankfully, not nearly as crowded as I had feared. Waiting 'til 6:30 was a good strategy — especially since there was actually a seat left, the last one in the car. I setded into it with a sigh of relief and began to unfold my newspaper to see what was still legible after the dousing. But wait a minute — that young woman in the big sou’westerstyle rain hat sitting next to me ...

"Max!" she said, taking off the big hat and giving it a good shake before resting it atop some notebooks on her lap. "What a total coincidence. I mean, don’t you take the bus?"

It was Lee Helm, of course — a graduate

looks like it’s totalled! They don’t design them for high negative G loadings, do they?" yAnd I have such a nice one sitting at home," I mused. "Bought it in London on my last business trip. Big, strong, functional — as serious umbrella that’s up to some serious weather."

"I’m working on a design for one in carbon fiber and kevlar," she noted. "But it’s mainly like a material science project. Can’t improve much on the classic geometry."

*1'he train made its last stop in the City, then accelerated into the trans-Bay tunnel I swallowed a few times to equalize the pressure change, while Lee held her nose for a second, diver-style, to clear her ears. Theri slie moved her hat out of the way and turned her Attention to a clipboard on her lap.

'Preliminary YFJA schedule for next season," she said in response to my glance. "Got the YRA office to fax it to me today. You might want to have a look."

"I’d love to," I said. "I didn’t know it was out this early."

"Very preliminary, for sure," she advised. "In fact, the reason I’m working with it now is because the university sailing club, which usually puts on one or two YRA races every year, has decided to do a special event instead.

So these two dates might change ..."

She scratched some wavy lines through two entries on the calendar.

"And most likely there’ll be a new event around here, late in September or early October. You’re going to really like the format we have in mind for this race, Max. We’re

the way YRA entries are diminishing. The writing's on the wall in great big letters."

student at the University and sometimes one of my crew.

"Not on a night like this," I explained. "The bridge will be a parking lot. BART doesn’t go anywhere near my house like the express bus does, but this time it’ll be faster to call home from the station for a ride.

"And what about you?" I asked. "Another part-time job in the City?"

"Just two days a week, Max. Still plenty of time to work on my thesis. Hey, that ’brella

going to start them off the restaurant at the entrance to our sailing area, then ...”

Lee knew she had dropped a bomb-shell. ’Wait, wait, wait! Just a dam minute! You mean you’re not supporting the YRA schedule anymore? What about all that talk at the fast delegate’s meeting? I thought you were on our side!”

"Cool your jets, Max. We still support YRA. But running a YRA race is, like, the original thankless task. You have no control over the

start or finish locations, the mix of classes, the start times or the number of races. You can’t collect an entry fee. Even if you pull it off perfectly, the racers don’t remember which club ran it. If you screw up, nuclear disaster." ’Well that’s how it should be," I pointed out "A really good race committee is invisible."

"And another thing," she continued, "because the trophies aren’t given out ’til the end of the year, there’s one less good excuse to get the racers over to your dub for a party or barbecue or something."

"Come on, Lee. You know we’re trying to get back to weekend regatta events for YRA races — that’s what most of the racers have indicated they want."

"For sure, but why should a dub run a YRA weekend when it could do a nonYRA special event instead? They’d get to collect entry fees, put the starting line where it’s convenient — maybe even put one end of the finish line on shore. And it’s just plain more fun to run a race your way instead of the way YRA wants it" "Don’t the two season openers — Vallejo and Bonita-Encinal — fit your description, Lee?" ’Yes, but you know as well as I do those dubs would lose gobs of money if they didn’t get sponsors. Now Vallejo is talking about the possibility of an entry fee, and I’m on their side.

I’d rather see an entry fee for the Vallejo Race and keep the commercial sponsors out."

"The season opener is one of the high points of the season," I said. "If YRA dues don’t get you in, it might be a serious blow to YRA." "I’m sure there’s a way to compromise if it comes to that, Max. Maybe the dub gets the individual one-time entries (which now go to YRA), but YRA membership still gets you in free. That would put the success of the event in top priority, where it belongs, rather than have page 118

o 3 | 5 Carbon fiber and kevlar umbrellas — and a computerized YRA office — may become realities in the not so distant future. tiie event serve the interests of YRA." "I don’t know if I completely agree with you on that," I said. "But the new all-YRA weekend out of Golden Gate YC in June should be another good one."

"I hope so. But it’s a strange chemistry that makes a new event 'catch'. Like, why was the Big Daddy such a hit right from the beginning, and other events with just as much potential never made it to their second birthday? You can’t predict it, Max. And you can’t force a new event to become popular."

"But Lee," I insisted, "We still need to do our

part of the YRA schedule. That’s the mainstay of racing for most of the one design and handicap dasses."

"That won’t be true for much longer, Max, tiie way YRA entries are diminishing. The writing’s on the wall in great big letters. Racing page 119

activity is shifting back to club-controlled regattas."

"So don’t you think your club should be trying to help out YRA right now?"

"No, Max. I think it’s a mistake to fight the tide. What YRA needs most right now is an accurate forecast That way they can think about reconfiguring to match reality. I mean, don’t get me wrong — I know YRA does some important stuff. It’s just that the organization might have to exist on a much smaller budget with much more limited responsibilities."

T X he BART car was noticeably buffeted by wind and rain as it emerged from the tunnel on the Oakland side. Did I remember to tie off my

would take care of it — and I’d get another nasty note.

"You’re painting a pretty bleak picture for yacht racing in the Bay," I remarked, "if you think YRA is going to have to cut way back."

"Au contraire, Max. Think worst-case scenario here: YRA goes belly-up, the office shuts down. How bad is that, really? There’s still mucho racing out there to choose from."

"No+ for boats like mine," I said, "or most of the other one design fleets. They need the YRA format for their season championships."

"Why? All those medium-strength one design fleets can get starts at almost any special event regatta they choose. It just puts a little more responsibility on the shoulders of the class associations to have a meeting, decide which events will constitute their 'season', make a schedule, and and get their deadbeat members to get their entries to the various dubs on time.

You can still have a class champion, and you’ll still get your picture in the PICYA yearbook."

"Scheduling those events would be a nightmare without YRA. And we’d lose the buoys, and the Appeals Committee, and PHRF It

"Okay, let’s think this through. PHRF is semi-autonomous anyway, so no problem. The Appeals Committee would lose some logistic support, but keep on going. Buoys — now there’s a real loss. Permanent racing marks are very important to the smaller dubs that put on races. Maybe some of the bigger dubs would take on responsibility for certain marks, but we would probably have to say goodbye to the Olympic Cirde — a real problem. Scheduling would be total chaos unless we have a central location to store and access calendar entries from tire various event sponsors."

"I know what you’re going to say next, Lee: YRA can be replaced by a computer', right?"

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halyards well enough to keep them from slatting against the mast in this land of wind? If I didn’t, I knew the liveaboard two berths down

that this time, but I think it’s sort of true. The communications and information-gathering functions of YRA will continue to be very important. So we need some form of office and

MAX EBB: AS THE TIDE TURNS at least part-time staff, if only to keep the answering machine tapes current and the computer on line."

"In other words, we do need YRA after all," I concluded.

"For sure, Max. We were talking worst case.

What’s really going to happen," Lee surmised, "is that YRA will become a membership organization rather than an event management organization. Kind of like USYRU, actually. The future YRA will not handle entries, results, or awards. It’ll cost about $30 a year for membership, and that will get you a discount on most special event entry fees (assuming clubs cooperate), a listing in the yearbook, and waiver of appeals fee. Maybe also a big discount on the PHRF fee."

"And a user number and I.D. on the YRA computer bulletin board?"

"You said that, Max, not me!"

I drought this over for a second. Nothing in Lee’s revised scenario struck me as all that terrible.

"We still have to say goodby to the Olympic Circle though," I noted.

"Depends on how successful the new arrangement is. It would be great if we could still afford the buoy maintenance, but it all depends."

I thought about this some more. Over the last few years of attending YRA meetings, I had always assumed that our goal was to return to the status of the early ’80s, when YRA entries topped out at about 650 boats and we had something like 35 active one design classes. I had to admit, though, that by the middle of each racing season I, too, was beginning to look forward to the special events much more than the standard YRA format closed-course races. A season of all special events still sounded a little too much like a meal of all

desserts and no vegetables. But for tire life of me I couldn’t come up with a satisfactory answer to the nagging question, 'why not?'

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eanwhile Lee had turned her attention

back to her clipboard, a 1991 calendar and some pages of what looked like tide charts—in thiSvpase graphs of tide heights plotted against time for various dates.

"September 28 looks possible," she said, ' "although the boats that come and raft up at our dock for the barbecue will be in the mud for a few hours that night."

"Are those tide charts for ’91?" I asked.

same for any tide or current station. So if you know, for example, that the inner end of the Cityfront starting line usually goes slack X minutes after maximum flood, and the outer end of the line usually goes slack Y minutes after maximum flood, then you can define them as current stations and save yourself some arithmetic. That’s the fancy stuff. It’s valuable just for determining times of high and low water

A season of all special events still sounded a little too much like a meal of all desserts and no vegetables.

"Where did you get them?"

"And in ’92," she continued, deliberately ignoring me, "we could do it on September 27."

'Tide charts for ’92! How did you do that?!"

"Someone’s finally put out a good PC tide program as shareware, Max. It’ll predict tides for hundreds of years. And it’s almost as useful as the expensive commercial tide packages."

"How much does it cost?" v "The author asks for $15 if you use it commercially. I mean, that’s really cheap even for shareware. I like the program so much I even coughed up my $15 — and you know my feelings about paying for software!"

"I’m impressed, Lee. Let me see those plots."

"The really neat thing about this program," she added, "is that you can add your own custom tide and current stations. See, I have a station defined for the club dock, based on my actual measurements of the time difference between high and low water. You can do the

at the Gate for scheduling events that go beyond the range of your tidebook."

'We have that problem almost every year.

How do I get a copy?"

"Here," she said as she handed me a disk. "I got mine from a bulletin board in Sausalito — just downloaded it today. I’m also going to put it on the yacht club’s computer so all the members there can make copies for themselves. It should be everywhere in a couple of weeks."

"So will the virus that came with it," I joked.

"Not to worry. Checks out clean. Brit you can also order it directly from the author if you prefer. I put his address on the disk label. In fact, he’ll even send his source code if you’re interested."

Suddenly I noticed that we were pulling into my station. "Don’t you get off here also?" I asked.

"My bicycle’s at the next stop," she said as she unfolded her hat and started putting all her papers back into her backpack.

"I’m being picked up here by car — and I’d be happy to give you a ride home."

"No thanks, can’t leave the bike in the rain all night. The weather’s no problem when you’re suited up for it."

"Okay, if you’re sure. Thanks for the disk!"

^Jaturally, the first thing I did when I finally got home was to boot up the computer and shove in the copy of Lee’s tide program.

But all I got for my trouble was 'disk read error1.

The floppy had been water damaged, most likely from traveling on Lee’s bicycle in the rain.

How to get a another copy, I wondered? If only YRA had that bulletin board ...

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With reports this month on 'Mahina Tiani's summer of Sail Training Charters; from Tristan Jones on his vehement protest against flotilla charters; and, Latitude’s continued Guide to the Eastern Caribbean.

Mahina Hare's Sail Training Summer Mahina Tiare is back in her Friday Harbor homeport after a 7,000-mile summer long sail-training voyage that also served as a shakedown for our new boat. It was an exciting summer that saw us play host to 22 students, some of whom stayed aboard for as long as four weeks. Our voyage took us from Victoria to Hawaii, through the Hawaii Islands, from Hawaii to Prince Rupert, and back down to Friday Harbor.

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to shakedown our new Mahina Hare, the Halberg Rassy 42 which replaced! the Halberg Rassy 31 we sold in Australia after 11 years and 47,OCX) miles of Fbdfic basin cruising.

It was fascinating for us to watch how our students reacted. One person ori our first leg from Victoria to Hilo decided that ocean cruising wasn’t for him and has since bought a Winnebago. But a woman on. that same passage has since decided that her dream of a circumnavigation was a valid one and is continuing with plans for that adventure.

We had our worst weather on that first leg from Victoria to Hilo. The normal pattern for such a June departure is winds from the northwest or northeast at 11 to 21 knots. This summer’s more southerly location of the jetstream, however, meant that one front after another bombarded the Pacific Northwest instead of being shunted across northern Canada. As a result, we had consistent 25 to 40-knot headwinds! Our two week interisland Hawaiian leg also featured some 40knot winds, but on much more pleasant runs and reaches.

The longest of our six sail-training session, die four weeks between Kauai and Prince Rupert, British Columbia should have been our roughest. By all rights we should have spent the first 10 days close-hauled in 25 knots of breeze, but instead we had light variables and calms. We swam nearly every day for the first two weeks of the passage. It was so calm that it was easy to spot the Japanese glass fishing floats.

After 19 days we spotted the Queen Charlotte Islands, but had to sail another 32 hours to reach a Fbrt of Entry. Sailing through the Queen Charlottes demonstrated why they are nicknamed the 'Galapagos of the North Pacific'; we saw hundreds of puffins with brightly colored beaks and counted nearly 100 stellar sea lions, some weighing up to 2200 pounds, while rounding Cape St. James.

Certainly the most dramatic area we visited during the summer voyage was Frederick Sound, summertime home to the largest concentration of humpback whales in North America. Biologists had told us that whales are curious and that sometimes herring, which they feed on, like to hide in the shadow of boats. So on a windless day we turned off the engine and drifted in the

middle of Frederick Sound. Soon we had three 50-foot humpbacks circling our boat as close as 23 feet, their huge jaws open to strain the water for krill and plankton. There is something both primeval and comforting about the sound of whales swimming nearby.

The goal of our leg to Alaska was to get to the head of Tracy Arm and to the face of the huge Sawyer Glacier. To get there we had to motor some 30 miles in the narrow granitesided fiord with waterfalls spilling down on either side, before encountering ice that made it impossible to continue. After photographing our crew sailing Mahina Tiare up the narrow fiord, Barbara and I decided to take the Avon for a dose-up view of the 800-foot tall glader wall. The Sailing Directions caution mariners to stay at leasttvyo miles from the glader wall because calving of the glacier can cause tided waves up to 30 feet high.

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>tt reefs the mam. within 500 feet of the sheer face. The intense blue of the ice was nothing short of magical, and tire scenery was surrealistically beautiful.

Suddenly a tremendous blast — similar to the sound of dynamite — broke the silence. An entire face of die glacier had fallen into the sea. I was so captivated by the sight that I had no time to worry, but Barbara, who noticed the wave that had been created, thought we were going to die. Our guests back on the boat, who couldn’t see us, briefly assumed die worst. Fortunately, our 15 Johnson didn’t falter and the thick ice quickly dissipated the wave.

After three years of cruising in the tropics, what most impressed us and our guests about Alaska was the abundance of wildlife; salmon choking streams and river on their way to spawn; black bears picking berries and devouring them; moose, deer, porcupine, mountain goats and many other forms of page 123

wildlife. While most passage-making in Alaska is done under power, we did have several terrific broad reaches, hitting 8 knots in weather as warm as 68°. While headwinds were occasionally* forecast, we never encountered them.

We arrived back in Friday Harbor on October 9, with die days still sunny but the nights becoming crisp. It was good to be home, and it was also good to be alone again. Our sail training voyage next summer will be almost the same except for a side trip to the Queen Charlottes. In 1992, our sail training program will begin in Victoria and end in Auckland, with stops in Hawaii, the Tuamotus, the Societies, Cooks, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji.

—john neat 1111/90 Readers — In the 1off-season1 John and Barbara conduct offshore cruising seminars, /

and this winter will be doing their 50th, They’ll be at Orange Coast College on February 9 & 10 (714) 645-9412; San Diego on February 16 & 17 (800) 875-0852; and, Milbrae on March 9 & 10 (800) 875-0852.

Tristan Jones Protests Flotilla Charters In protest of Cruising World magazine’s » intense promotion of and active participation in ’flotilla chartering', and the people-herding follow-the-leader tactics employed by flotilla operators, and the ecological and cultural threats it poses to formerly remote areas, I am relinquishing my place in the Cruising Hall of Fame. I was accorded that honor with the initial group in 1989.

To my way of thinking, cruising is the most individualistic activity in the world, and thus I am at complete odds with the promoters and purveyors of flotilla chartering.

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— tristan jones out there Tristan — Nobody has admired your adventurous spirit (the trip across the South American continent with your little boat is the classic) or imagination (teaching your dog to play chess while your boat was trapped in the ice floe) more than we. Nonetheless, good friend, we think you’ve stumbled into the old 'cruisier-than-thou' trap.

You were bom more than half a century ago on Tristan de Cunha, so the sea, sky, stars and nature were part of your life from the moment you slithered out of the womb.

But times have changed, Tristan. Modem folk have become citified, either by moving to cities or having the cities mope in on them.

When today’s youth — particularly girls — talk of 'the great outdoors', chances are they’re referring to about a real fun mall that hasn’t been fitted with a roof yet. To them

The old barracks at English Harbor have become a luxury hotel« Orion is a motion picture company, not a constellation.

Having grown up at such a disadvantage, these folks need an easy entire to the joys of cruising — not for it to be made as difficult and dangerous as possible. Flotilla chartering, where there is fun and safety in numbers and a group structure, is an excellent way to be exposed to the pleasures of sailing. Sure, participants in such flotillas are coddled, but what’s wrong with easing folks into it? Forcing novices to learn sailing by taking a Cal 20 around Cape Horn wouldn’t win many converts.

Stay in the Hall, Tristan, it would be dark without your illustrious presence.

World of Chartering Guide To the Eastern Caribbean, Plart II If the Virgins [see December W. of C.] are the most popular charter area in the world, the Antigua / St. Martin area of the Leeward Islands (some 150 miles to the southeast of the Virgins) is the fastest growing! During the last three years almost all the major bareboat outfits have opened up bases in St. Martin. As for Antigua, it’s been the crewed boat center

of the Caribbean since crewed chartering started with the Nicholson family’s schooner Mollyhawk back in the late '40s. If this month’s charter boat show, in which 180 boats — many over 100 feet — participated, is any indication, it will remain the crewed charterboat capital for years to come.

While tiie strength of the Virgins has always been its relatively flat water and protected anchorages, it’s the fine sailing and tremendous cultural variety that brings funlovers back to the Antigua / St. Martin area.

In the best of all charter situations, you pick up your boat in Antigua, the most windward island, and then begin 7 to 14 days of off the wind sailing to St. Barts, St Martin and Anguilla (with Nevis and St Kitts thrown in if time permits), ultimately dropping off the boat in St. Martin. The longest possible passage, a 75-mile broad reach from Antigua to St Barts, is often considered one of the finest sails in the Caribbean. Not only that you end up at St Barts at cocktail hour, which is as close as you can get to being in the right place at the right time. The following is a 10-cent guide to these islands.

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island'. English Harbor, once home to England’s Caribbean fleet, is the biggest attraction. Situated between Falmouth and English harbors, two of the finest in the Caribbean, the old buildings have been restored and now house the businesses that support die crewed charterboats. If you want to mingle with an international group that has seen plenty of time at sea, English Harbor is as good a place as can be found in this world.

The English, French, South Africans, Germans, Dutch, Italians and all the others all belly up to the Galley Bar pub at happy hour.

If you want first-hand information on any island or port in die world, you’ll get it fast here.

In addition to touring English Harbor, visitors also must hike or take a cab up to Shirley Heights in order to enjoy the view of Guadeloupe, Redonda and Nevis, as well Nelson’s Dockyard. If at all possible, make your visit on a Sunday night when the whole island seems to gather to enjoy cocktails and BBQ, watch die sun set, and listen to a couple of hours of great steel band followed by soul-wrenching reggae. This is as much a tradition as watching the sun set from the page 125

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In season, there is a decent amount of nightlife on Antigua. If you’re going to one of the better restaurants — something of a contradiction on English islands — men are sometimes required to wear a pair of long pants. So bring a pair if English cuisine is your thing. Jump-ups, which are inherentiy casual, rotate from establishment to establishment depending on die day of the week. Ask a local, who will tell you something like, "If it’s TUesday, it must be at Abracadabra."

Many charterers spend their entire week at Antigua, and it’s easy to see why. The island has 365 beaches, many of them with sand as soft and fine as talcum powder. You can have most beaches to yourself for just dropping die hook nearby. The two most popular destinations include remote Green Island and hotel-lined Dickinson Bay. If you’re a gal looking to snag a billionaire, drop the hook at the St James Club, dress to kill and slink around with a look of weary decadence.

The best sailing around Antigua — if not in the entire world — is on the flat waters of the leeward side. Think about broad reaching at hull speed in your tiniest swimming suit, looking over the side and seeing the botiom in 50 feet of water. It’s during moments like this that stateside doctors and lawyers suddenly decide to cast aside their practices to become Caribbean boat bums.

Antigua gets excellent air service from American (via Chicago, New York or Dallas), as well as Ffan Am and Continental. If you leave California late at night, you arrive in Antigua the middle of the next afternoon. If you leave here early in the morning, you arrive at 10:30 p.m. It’s a long slog, but worth it.

If getting back to unspoiled nature is your thing, Barbuda is where you want to go. The island remains untainted because it’s surrounded by tricky reefs and is hard to see until you’re right on top of it A prohibited destination for most bareboats and many crewed boats, you have to search for a charter boat to fake you there.

St. Barts, where we first laid eyes on the boat that was to become Big O, is our true love in the Caribbean. This little island, where the rich and chic of Paris mingle with locals, most of whom are white and quite happily living in the 18th century, has a magic and style that is all its own. Imagine if you will, a place where the cemeteries are gorgeous and the attempts of little airplanes to make safe landings is a source of constant amusement.

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St. Barts, one off the main town of Gustavia and die other just a mile away at remote Columbie. The former is $2 a night, die latter is free. You can also stem-tie in Gustavia for about $14 a night. If you stem-tie, make sure you drop your hook all the way across the harbor before backing down; the wind blows on the beam and die bottom doesn’t offer the best holding.

Although small, this is the one island in the Leewards where you definitely want to rent a car for at least a day. There are only about 50 miles of lVfe-lane road on the whole island, but you’ll be glad for every mile you drive.

The panoramas are fine and there are great beaches scattered all around the island.

Which is the best beach is subject to personal choice (and who happens to be going topless or naked at die time), but Grand Saline and Anse de Cayes are favorites, the latter for body and board surfing.

Like most French islands, jole de vivre is alive and well on St. Barts. This means that when a man is introduced to a woman, he doesn’t say "Hello, pleased to meet you." No, no, no! Gentiy holding her hand, monsieur iooks the lady in the in the eyes and with great feeling says, ”Enchante, mademoiselle!”

Then he plants a delicate kiss on her tiny hand. You guys may guffaw, but after a woman has thusly been introduced to a table full of guys, she develops a whole new sense of self-esteem — and an inclination to romance.

There is considerable nightlife on St Barts, ’ most of which is centered around the enjoyment of spectacular food and wines.

Remember, food is love for the French, and despite its Swedish heritage, St. Barts is very French. After everyone spiffs-up at sundown, cocktails are enjoyed at any number of fine establishments. About 9 p.m., groups head off in taxis for dinner. Despite a high season population of just 3,000, St. Barts is home to 70 restaurants, many of them excellent even by world class standards. When dinner is completed, sometimes as late as midnight, those with die inclination seek out live jazz , and dancing until the wee hours of the morning.

The nice thing about St Barts is you don’t have to do the big dinner and nightlife routine. You can have your cocktails at Le Select and grab a burger and fries at Cheeseburgers in Ffaradise right next door.

Without moving 30 feet, just about everyone on the island will pass before your eyes during the next three hours.

Next month: more on the Leewards.

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With reports this month on seven different midwinter series; the NCYSA (youth sailing) wrap-up; Albert Holt’s account of sailing "trucks with Volkswagen engines" in the USYRU Offshore Championship; two fun Halloween race/parties, the Great Pumpkin and the Red Rock Regatta; news of the singlehanded BOC Challenge; the Important North-South Regatta for collegiate sailors; and the usual deluge of race notes at the end.

NCYSA Season Wrap-Up The Northern California Youth Sailing Association finished its second season on October 27-28 with another two day symposium/regatta at Coyote Point YC. .Five events were held this year (other events were hosted by Richmond, San Francisco, Corinthian and Endnal Yacht Clubs), with 111 junior sailors competing in Lasers and El Toros. Some of the five classes got in as many as 42 races over the course of the season.

The Coyote Point finale saw gusts to 15 knots, the most breeze encountered this summer. Winners of the weekend were as follows: Laser A — Matt McQueen, Jessie Goff, Patrick Whitmarsh; Laser B — Loren Moore, Charles Hunter, Annalise Moore; El Toro A — Dan Jordan; El Toro B — Sean

Heidi Scoble in a 30-boat field. The Laser B fleet, for the less experienced juniors and doublehanders, was won by Loren Moore, followed by Scott Whitney and Zacn Rifgellis.

El Toro A (for 9-12 year olfls) season honors went to Dan Jordan,' followed by Geoff Marshall and Brendon Lancot. El Toro B (13-16) saw Sean Fabre, Eric Pfirrman and Skip McCormack in the top spots. Melina Hoyer dominated the El Toro A group (1619), beating Faye Menis and John Walsh.

North Sails of Alameda provided 'most improved' and 'sportsmanship' awards. Sean Fabre in H Toros and Annalise Moore in Lasers were deemed most improved, while the sportsmanship awards (voted on by the kids themselves) went to Scott Lechner and Rowan Fennell. Congratulations to all!

The NCYSA 1991 season will be even more ambitious than this one, as team racing, match racing and keelboat regattas will be added to the existing symposium/regatta format The next NCYSA event will be a Regional Junior Sailing Symposium on January 26 at San Francisco YC. Junior sailing directors and other interested parties are invited; topics will range from how to start a new program to improving existing programs. Call Patrick Andreasen (347-0259 before 9 p.m.) for further information.

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Patrick Andreasen, accomplished dinghy sailor and godfather of the Northern California Youth Sailing Association (NCYSA).

Fabre, Eric Pfirrman, Skip McCormack; and El Toro C — Melina Hoyer, Scott Lechner.

Forrest Fennel took the Laser A season championship for the second year in a row, this time by almost 50 points. Jessie Goff was second, followed by Europe Dinghy sailor

Every year, each of the ten USYRU regions is invited to send a team back to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis to sail in the USYRU Offshore Championship, aka the Lloyd Phoenix Trophy. We — the crew of my Olson 30 Think Fast!! — earned the right to go East for the November 2-4 event by defeating Andy Rothman’s Pretorien 35 Glory Days in midOctober.

Annapolis, which bills itself as "The Sailing Capital of the Nation", was a grand setting for tire regatta. The Academy’s sailing facility, Crown Sailing Center, contains about 25 slips for their 44-footers, of which half are filled with the older fiberglass yawls, tire rest with the new fin-keeled sloops. Naturally, the boats are Navy blu6. We were to sail in the yawls, which were designed circa 1937 and due to be retired the

day after our competition.

Muster each day was at 7:30 a.m. After an 8:00 skipper’s meeting in the clubhouse — which also houses the Collegiate Sailing Hall of Fame—we’d pick up a gear box and motor to tire starting area 2 miles away. Friday morning was devoted to practice, followed by two short 4-mile races that afternoon. Saturday was a 24mile distance race, while another pair of short races were run on Sunday. We’d get back to tire dock around 6 p.m., just in time for the party at 7. It was a fun and hectic schedule.

The yawls are massive, full-keel displacement boats — a far cry from our 30-foot ULDB! They sail like fully-loaded 18-wheel trucks outfitted with Volkswagen engines. On the short course (1/4 mile to weather, 3/4 mile to leeward), it was like driving underpowered trucks around a go-cart raceway. We learned, a little too slowly it turned out, that timing at the starts is more critical in these boats, which page 130

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wonderful time. Charlie Scott won his second series in a row going away, proving that he is truly a master of the fickle Chesapeake Bay conditions and the Luders 44 yawls. The later skill is now obsolete, as next year file competition will be sailed in the more modem, medium displacement, fin-keeled 44-foot sloops.

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Our Area C 'Fast Thinkers' scream downwind during USYRU's Phoenix Trophy.

can take two minutes to get up a full head of steam.

The proper strategy on the light air windward legs was to resist the temptation to tack. (According to local lore, "Three tacks and you’re out.") We soon learned another lesson: pick the layline conservatively, as the boats are slow out of tacks and don’t point as expected.

We ended the first race in fourth, but drew one of the 'dogs' in second race, which contributed — along with some of my glaring errors — to an eighth place finish.

On Saturday, we drew a fast boat for the distance race. Moreover, I finally got my act together and pulled off a masterful start on the lee bow of the eventual champ, Charlie Scott of Annapolis. We worked our way down the page 131

western shore to a quarter mile lead, which quickly evaporated when the wind shifted 100°. Both Scott and the well-sailed Balboa YC boat drifted past us, but we hung on and eventually ghosted across the finish in second.

In second place going into Sunday’s final two races, we were happy to draw a quick boat for the first race. After rounding the windward mark second — looking good! — I loused up, heading straight for the leeward mark. By sailing too deep on that leg (it seemed to work in the distance race), we rounded the leeward mark in seventh, where we stayed. This race destroyed our series. The finale was even more gruesome, as we drew 'Beetlebaum', the slowest boat, and sailed off to a comer praying for a miracle which didn’t happen. We finished last.

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Richmond YC’s whimsical Great Pumpkin Regatta, one of the good-time regattas on the Bay, went off as usual on October 27-28. The tried-and-true format of two 'real' races on Saturday, a costume party Saturday night and an around Angel Island pursuit race on Sunday once again left everyone smiling. A total of 93 boats in 13 one design classes partook in the fun — we’d have been there, too, except we were in the height of last month’s deadline frenzy.

Double bullet performances on Saturday were turned in by Current Affair (J/35), Hoot (Olson 30), Summer Palace (Express 27), Three Play (F-27) and Honey’s Money (Jim Morton’s recently purchased Olson 25). El Gavilan, Jocelyn Nash’s Hawkfarm, won the Pursuit Race, a reverse handicap chooseyour-direction parade around Angel Island and back to the Richmond Breakwater.

Of course, there’s a lot more to the Great Pumpkin than mere sailboat racing: the 'traditional trivia quiz (it must be getting too easy, as 10 boats tied for the best score), pumpkin hunting (5 floating pumpkins were retrieved and turned in for bottles of wine), dancing (Blues Power played until midnight Saturday night) and, yes, some serious drinking.

"Other than a little fog on Saturday, it was a great regatta," claimed race chairman Steve Lake.

EXPRESS 3/ — 1) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson, 4.75 points; 2) Spindrift V, Larry Wright, 5; 3) « Melange, Steve Chamberlin, 5. (8 boats) J/35 — 1) Current Affair, Bray/Marion, 1.5 points; 2) Slithergadee, John Niesley, 5. (5 boats) WYLIE 34 — 1) Magic, Gregory/Krag, 2.75 points; 2) Echo, George Kiskaddon. (4 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Hoot, Tom Oiler, 1.5 points; 2) Soul Sauce, McLeod/Ahrens, 4. (4 boats) HAWKFARM — 1) Warhawk, Bill Patience, 3.75 points; 2) Nighthawk, John Siegel, 4.75. (5 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Summer Palace, Wilson/ Davant, 1.5 points; 2) Locomotion, John Amen, 7; 3) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 8; 4) Elan, Steve Lake, 10;

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5) Archimedes, Dick Swanson, 13. (15 boats) F-27 — 1) Three Play, Rob Watson, 1.5 points; 2) No Name, Alan Bikle, 5. (4 boats) CAL 2-27 — 1) Con Carino, Gary Albright, 2.75 points; 2) Zephyr, Bruce Nesbit, 3.75; 3) Temptation, Rollye Wiskerson. (6 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Honey’s Money, Jim Morton, 1.5 points. (3 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 3.75 points; 2) Legs, Lester Robinson, 3.75; 3) Speedster, Jim Samuels, 6. (6 boats) J/24 — 1) American Beauty, Ray Delrich, 2.75 points; 2) Don’t Dude, Moeller/Young, 5; 3) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 5.75; 4) Downtown Uproar, W. Clough, 11; 5) J Walker, Hazzat/Perkins, 13. (17 boats) WABBIT — 1) Windblown Hare, Steve Bates, 4.75 points; 2) Kwazy, Colin Moore, 6; 3) Hare Ball, Hulse/Malloy. (7 boats) SANTANA 22—1) Soliton, Mark Lowry, 2.75 points; 2) Tacky Lady, Charlie Bouchard. (4 boats)

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BOC Challenge Twenty-one intrepid singlehanders are a week into Leg Two of the BOC Challenge, this time on a 7,000 mile journey from Capetown to Sydney. The previous leg in the Atlantic — 6,800 miles from Newport, R.I., to Capetown — was a cakewalk compared to what awaits the fleet. Still, four boats out of die original 25 in the fleet dropped out early after the September 15th start with gear failures.

The present leg is sure to take a bigger toll: in order to win, skippers will have to dive far into the Southern Ocean, an area of icebergs and weather that defines the word 'gnarly'.

The closer towards Antarctica a boat dares to go, the shorter and quicker the distance to Sydney — but it’s a chilling game, quite literally. The frontrunners will undoubtedly 'go for if, all looking to set another elapsed time record (Alain Gauthier knocked over four days off die record on Leg One, but was penalized 16.5 hours for arriving in Newport late).

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And don’t forget the ESPN coverage slated for December 17 — their first BOC Challenge show a month ago, which covered the start and the history of die race, was excellent.

Complete results of the first leg follow.

Winners of the three divisions finished in 37, 44 and 56 days respectively.

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CLASS I (50-60 ft)— 1) Groupe Sceta, Christophe Auguin, FR; 2) Allied Bank, John Martin, S. Africa; 3) Credit Agricole IV, Philippe Jeantot, FR; 4) Generali Concorde, Alain Gautier, FR; 5) Duracell, Mike Plant, USA; 6) Jarkan Yacht Builders, Kanga Birtles, AUS; 7) Ecureull, Isabelle Autissier, FR; 8) Grinaker, Bertie Reed, S. Africa; 9) Innkeeper, David Adams, AUS; 10) Alba Regia, Nandor Fa, Hungary; 11) BBV Expo ’92, Jose de

CLASS II (40-50 ft) — 1) Servant 4, Yves Dupasquier, FR; 2) Project City Kids, Jack Boye, USA; 3) Sponsor Wanted, Don McIntyre, AUS; 4) New Spirit of Ipswich, Josh Hail, GB; 5) Koden VII, Yukoh Tada, JAP; 6) Sebago, Hal Roth, USA. CLASS III (Corinthian) — 1) Volcano, Paul Thackaberry, USA; 2) Global Exposure, Robin Davie, GB; 3) Shuten Dohji II, Minoru Saito, JAP; 4) Niihau, Robert Hooke, USA.

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North-South Regatta A modem day 'civil war* was fought on Lake Casitas (near Qjai) on November 3-4 when 18 collegiate sailing teams squared off in the annual North-South Regatta. The battlefield was light and fluky, conditions which overall victor UC Irvine excelled in.

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skirmishes were Berkeley’s Seadon Wijsen (FJ 'A' fleet), Stanford’s Dave Dowd (FJ 'B'), Irvine’s Randy Lake (Laser A') and UC San Diego’s Wayne Zittel (Laser 'B').

"It was a great regatta for us," allowed Wijsen, the 22-year-old captain and mainstay of Berkeley’s 'young' sailing team. 'To finish that dose to Stanford bodes well for the spring. They won’t get any stronger, while we’ve got two 'redshirts' coming back next semester."

The top four colleges in the North-South encounter received invitations to the USJapan Goodwill Games in Newport Beach immediately after Thanksgiving. "More importantly, by winning A and B combined, we got to pick what intersectional we’ll attend next spring," explained Seadon. 'We chose the Mardi Gras Regatta at Tulane (New Orleans), because that’s where the nationals will be held."

Currently, Irvine is ranked 10th in the country, Stanford is 11th and Berkeley isn’t rated (i.e., they’re not in the top 20). Those ratings are based on September’s relatively unimportant regattas and are due to change any day now. Meanwhile, the college sailing circuit has cooled off for the holidays and exams: it’ll pick up again with the prestigious Rose Bowl Regatta on Long Beach’s Alamitos Bay on January 5-6.

1) UC Irvine, 102 points; 2) Stanford, 121; 3) UC Berkeley, 123; 4) UC San Diego, 172; 5) UC Santa Barbara, 187; 6) San Diego State, 226; 7) USC, 242; 8) U. Hawaii, 243; 9) Long Beach State, 244; 10) Portland State, 268; 11) UC Santa Cruz, 291; 12) UCLA, 334; 13) San Luis Obispo,

397; 14) San Jose State, 408; 15) Cal Maritime, 440; 16) U. Washington, 446; 17) U. Oregon, 490; 18) Sonoma State, 493.

Everyone was at the Red Rock Regatta: Arab oil mongers, Playboy bunnies — even the enterprising Mr. Spock!

Red Rock Regatta Turns Ten Thirty-two boats sailed in Tiburon YC’s tenth annual Red Rock Regatta back on October 27. As if to atone for past sins (three out of the last four regattas have been

windless), Mother Nature blessed the fleet with a pleasant 10 knots of breeze. All participants sped around the 7.8 mile course and hurried in to the TYC clubhouse for the 'real' purpose of the gathering, the Halloween

MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS BYC/MYCO Midwinters The first weekend of Berkeley and Metropolitan YC’s jointly sponsored midwinter races occurred on the Circle on November 10-11, Each day, the fleet embarked on an 8.8-mile Olympic course with 'G' for an upwind mark. Predictably, there were huge windshifts both days, with leaders becoming losers and vice versa.

Saturday’s race turned into a 'reach-a-thon', for most of the fleet to finish before the 5:00 p.m. finish time.

SATURDAY. 11/10: DiV. A (0-153 PHRF) — 1) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth; 2) Prima Donna, Islander 36, Eric Warner; 3) Miss Conduct, Olson 29, Tom Mason. (12 boats) DIV. B (156) — 1) Zotfi, Choate 27, Bob Hashes; 2) Pearl, Olson 25, Bill Riley; 3) Speedster, Moore 24, Jim Samuels. {1 i boats)

DIV. C (159-195) — 1) Freewind, Cal 9.2, Don Lessley; 2) ShareHolder, Holder 20, Gary Albright; 3) Pocket Rocket; Mull 22, Steve Burr. (8 boats) DIV. D (198-up) —- 1) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison; 2} Freyfa, Catalina 27, Larry & Doug Nelson; 3) Snow Storm. Ranger 23, George Morris.

(11 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Killer Rabbit, Bill Coverdale; 2) White Knuckles, Dan Benjamin; 3) Saint Anne, Dick Heckman. (9 boats) J/29 — i) Advantage II, Pat Benedict; 2) Blazer. Mike Lambert; 3) Potstlcker. Kirk Denebeim/Rqn Losch. (7 boats) EXPRESS 27—1) Summer Palace, Ted Wilson/Norman Davant; 2) Elan, Sieve Lake; 3) Desperado, Mika Bruzzone; 4) Meetali, Jim Wondolleck; 5) Bessie Jay. Monroe Wingate. (20 boats) SC 27 — i) Good Timin’, Dave Wilson; 2) Mystery Eagle, Roger Sturgeon; 3) No Name, Dave Peddy. (6 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Chesapeake, Jim Fair; 2)

Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen; 3) Xanadu, Bill Glass.

(Sboats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 2) Mintaka, Gerry Brown; 3) Achates, Bill Schultz.

(8 boats) CAL 2-27 — 1) Zephyr, Bruce Nesbit; 2) Sundance ll, Roger Miller. (5 boats) SANTANA 22—1) Knuckles, Lou Bouc; 2) Tara, Howard Brunn; 3) Sybaris, Mike Wilson. (7 boats) CAL 20 — i) Upper Bound. Peter Fowler; 2) Farmers, Rich von Ehrenkrook. (4 boats) SUNDAY 11/11: OLSON 30 — 1) White Knuckles, Dan Benjamin; 2) Adieu, B. Joe Rosa; 3) Think Fasti, Albert Holt, (7 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) No Slack, Bill Thurman; 2) ETicket, Spooge Syndicate; 3) Picante, Ev Lester. (9 boats) J/24 ~ 1) Sunset Strait, Kathleen Jones/Bob Neal; 2) Roadhouse Blues, Torben Bentsen/JIm Morrison. (4 boats) page 134

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Also as usual, Tiburon YC members bogarted most of the honors, induding the top spots in each division; Mike Lingsch’s Alert took the spinny class, while HDA-L season champs Charlie Kuhn and Tim Russell took the non-spinnaker class with Esprit.

SPINNAKER — 1) Alert, Wylie 36, Mike Lingsch, TYC; 2} Breakaway, J/30, Jim Mead, SRYC; 3) Moonshadow, Wylie 31, Stan Behrens, TYC; 4) Hurricane Gulch, C&C 38, Dick Selmeier, TYC; 5) Anonymous, Islander 30, Ed Perkins, TYC. (16 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Esprit, C&C 29, Kuhn/Russell, TYC; 2) Crescendo, Ranger 33, Mark Miltenberger, TYC; 3) Shenanigan, Islander 36, Mike Fitz-Gerald, TYC; 4) Splash, Cal 2-27, Don Walder, TYC; 5) Irish Misty, Catalina 30, Paul Hendricks, SRYC. (16 boats)

bash.

Limited (in theory at least) to members of Tiburon, Loch Lomond and San Rafael yacht dubs, the regatta/party is a lower-key, more down-home version of Richmond YC’s concurrent Great Pumpkin Regatta for one designs. As usual, costumes were encouraged during the race and trophies were authentic bits of red rock from the race’s namesake.

Race Notes Congratulations and best wishes: in a brief civil ceremony at Saint Francis YC early in November, HDA’s IMS group and IMRDA were finally 'married' after over a year of squabbling. The newly formed IMS Association will race a 23 race (8 throw-outs) schedule next summer using the following guidelines: 1) the 'interior regs' will not apply; 2) local crew weight limits will be agreed upon (probably 25% higher than the national average to compensate for our windier conditions); and 3) the pretzel logic 'implied wind strength' system will finally be abandoned in favor of actual observations of wind angle/direction taken during the races.

The newly elected IMSA board is Craig

Brown (president), Max Gordon (technical committee), Ed Shirk (secretary), Craig Sharrow (treasurer), and three Diredors-atLarge: Dave Fain, Art Belli and Matt Carter.

Brown, whose Serendipity 43 Corsair is currently being outfitted with a lighter threespreader rig, can be reached at 332-3890 for more details about this blessed — and overdue — union.

Power of the press: in the last issue, we concluded an interview with HDA-L champs Charlie Kuhn and Urn Russell (C&C 29, Esprit) with Tim’s comment, "We’re hoping Charlie will buy a J/35!". We’re happy to report that’s exactly what Kuhn recently did — he’ll take delivery of a new J/35 next month. Another season champion, Barry Daniel! of the Olson 30 class (Impulse), just purchased a used J/35 from Seattle called Fever. Rumor has it that several other hot racers, including Bob Bloom (Santana 35, Danceaway) are also perilously dose to getting a J/35. 'We looking for 15 boats on the starting line next summer," daims J/Boaf s Chris Corlett Full Nelson: defending champions Ray Nelson and sons swept the 1990 Catalina 27 NorCal Regatta on Odober 27-28, sailing their Freyja to three bullets over an 8boat fleet. Hosted by Oakland YC, the racing featured two South Bay races on Saturday, followed by an Estuary Race on Sunday. Bob Carlen’s Sundancer took a trio of second place finishes, while Ernie Dickson took third overall with Wildcat.

Best on Monterey Bay? The Monterey Peninsula YC won the Veeder Cup on

MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS Golden Gate Midwinters Aftei a postponement, 91 boats were

Leigh

Bahama, Dan Bjork; 4) Volker II. Folkboat, Evle

fire first Golden Gate YC Midwinter Race on November 3. The first boat over the line in this year’s Manny V. Fagundes Seaweed Soup Perpetual Series was the ’88 winner, Rod Forks’ one tonner Jazz. Unfortunately,

Carrera 38, Svend Svendsen. (17 boats) PHRF II (112-138) — 1) Celebration, Etchells

Jack Frost Series Saturday, November 17, was an appropriately nippy day to kick off Encinai YC’s fourth annual Jack frost Series. A substantial 78-boat fleet zipped around two different courses (11.15 miles for the big guys; 7.25 for the small fry) in 12-15 * westerlies.

"We’re up to 90 entries and expect more!" exulted EYC’s Shirley Temming.

"The Jack Frost is becoming one of the premiere midwinter series on the Bay!"

scored as PMS. The first three classes sailed a 9,6 mile course, while everyone else did a 6.2 miter.

Five classes (Express 37, Folkboat, J/35, Knarr, Santana 35) are racing for one design honors inside the framework of their respective handicap divisions.

IMS — 1) Bondi Tram, Frers 41. Scott Easom/Steve Taft; 2) Redline. J/35, Biil Fawns/Don Trask; 3) Blade Runner, R/P 47, Bill Twist; 4) Sllthergadee, J/35. John Niesley; 5) Leading lady, Peterson 41, Bob Klein. (23 boats) PHRF I (0-111) — 1) Momfngstar, Express 37, page 135

22, Ken Munro; 2) Flexible Flyer, Santana 35, Mike

Santana 35, John Hollfelder. (13 boats) PHRF III (139-189) — 1) Wanderlust, Ericson 35, Bruce Munro; 2) Summertime Dream, 'Orl

DIV, A — 1) Sea Peptide, Express 34, Fred Thunderbird, Doug Carroll; 5) Sage Hen, Knarr, 'V

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Surefire, Frers 36. Jon & Matt Carter. (14 boats) DIV. B — 1) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannlx; 2) Glory Days, Pretorien 35, .Andy Rothman; 3) Black Magic, C&C 33, Mario Fepulzeda. (9 boats)

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November 3-4, defeating Santa Cruz YC in a best of five challenge race series in Olson 30s.

MPYC’s resident hotshot Mark Chandler piloted Excttable Boy to the win over Jay Crum and the Animal House gang.

Not exactly dawdling on the Delta. Here’s another fun-sounding special event to put on your 1991 racing calendar: the Sun & Fun Delta Ditch Run, a feeder race on June 15 from file Central Bay up to Stockton Sailing Club. It’s sponsored by the friendly midgets of MORA and is open to "anything with a PHRF certificate". Berthing at StkSC is free for a week if you’re entered in their Stockton South Tower Race (June 21); presumably their hoist will also be made available. Call John Dukat at 522-1396 if you’re interested in hearing more -about this downwind run.

Congratulations to Kirt Brooks, who was recently named PICYA’s 1990 Yachtsman of the Year. Brooks, one of file "good guys" in our sport, needs no introduction to most Bay racers: he’s the patron saint of the popular MYCO midwinters, a Catalina Race founder, a past MYCO commodore, current YRA delegate and who knows what else.

Heck, someone even had the foresight to name an island after this guy (the low-lying Brooks Island, which is appropriately enough just north of the Berkeley Circle). Thanks, Kirt, for all you’ve done over the years to promote local yacht racing.

Good girls don’t: Florence Arthaud, France’s 'bad girl" of sailing (she hasn’t endeared herself to the press, or many other

people for that matter), won the 4,000 mile singjehanded Route du Rhum Race last momh over a talented field. Arthaud sailed her Groupe Pierre Premier into Guadaloupe v on November 18, completing the course in the 14 days, 10 hours — which knocked five hours off Phillipe Foupon’s course record.

Arthaud overcame serious illness and electrical problems (she dead reckoned the last six days) to pull off the remarkable victory. Foupon came in eight hours later to claim second; Laurent Bourgnon was third.

Ffess the pasta: ever since New Zealander Chris Dickson took up residence in Japan, Kiwis have been showing up regularly on Japanese boats. Has Paul Cayard’s move to Italy prompted a similar 'trickle cjoWn,' effect of Americans getting on Italian boats? Wfe’re not sure, but consider who showed up on the winning Italian team at last summer’s Merit Sardinia Cup: John Kostedti on fire Farr one tonner Brava, John Bertrand on the Fantwo tonner Larouge and John Kolius on the Farr 50 Mandrake.

Speaking of Chris Dickson, the number one ranked match racer in the world won the Nippon Cup in Yokohama, Japan, in midNovember. Meanwhile, as we go to press, the World Match Racing Championships are underway in Auckland, NZ. The event is being sailed in new Farr 33-ft MRXs and pits fire world’s top ten match racers against each other for a $200,000 NZ purse. Smart money’s on Dickson, but don’t count out Peter Gilmour or Russell Coutts. The U.S. is

being represented by fifth-ranked Fteter Isler.

Star Wars: Seattle’s grey fox, Olympian Bill Buchan, had a relatively easy time of it in the St Francis YC-hosted Star PCCs on October 27-28. Obviously tuned up after winning fire Calvin Paige Regatta the weekend before, Buchan put on a near perfect 3,1,1,1 performance. Complete results follow: 1) Frolic, Bill Buchan/Hugo Schreiner, 5.7 points; 2) #7475, Steve Gould/Hal Haenel, 14; 3) Al, Doug Smith/Jeffrey Bresnahan, 24.4; 4) #7460, Steve Rosenberg/Trevor Gleadhill, 28.7; 5) #7465, Robbie Haines/ Scott Easom, 39; 6) Marianne, Bart Beek/ Chuck Beek, 47.7; 7) Zulu King U, Charles Lewsadder/Bob Caustin, 48.1; 8) Betelgeuse, Ron Coilins/Bob Bowers, 57.

Kudos: Houston YC recently received USYRU’s prestigious St. Petersburg Yacht Club Trophy for excellence in race management. The Texas dub was so honored for running tire Tornado Worlds back in Odober, 1989. Meanwhile, fire Audi/Sai/ing World NOOD Regatta in Newport, RI, won the USYRU One Design Regatta Award.

We’ll believe it when we see it: the fledgling World Yachting Grand Prix organization recently announced their intention to race in Long Beach on October 10-13, 1991. Supposedly ten identical 52-ft International Formula One Class boats will be competing on this circuit beginning with a regatta in Scotland this August A purse of $1.2 million dollars is also supposedly at

MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS OIV. C — 1) Rude Dog. Olson 9t IS. Rod Kidd;

2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 3) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen. (12 boats) OIV. D — 1} Kamala II. Ranger 29, Bill Keith; 2) Froewind, Cal 9.2, Betty Lesstey; 3} Crlnan, C&C 30, Bill West. (8 boats) DIV. E (Catalina 30) — 1} Fat Cat, Seth Bailey; 2) Outrageous, Ken Speer; 3} Lochan Ora, Paul Harwood. (5 boats)

made each day’s race a tactical challenge, as befitting of a midwinter senes. Standings in all three classes are close after two races, with the outcome to be settled with another pair of races on December 12-13.

SFYC’s Winter Series, scheduled for 1/19-20 and 2/16-17, has been cancelled

DIV. F — 1) Mytoy, Ranger 26. Dave Adams;

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Santana 22, Tim Collins. (13 boats) DIV, G (Catalina 34) —- 1) Wianno, John

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PHRF I — 1) (tie) National Biscuit, Sebum-

John Blllmeyer. (7 boats) DIV, H — 1} Sea Saw, Cal 20, Steve Wonner; 2) Gahada, IB-24, Dan Bjork; 3) Hobbes, Nonsuch, Tim Mitchell. (10 boats)

San Francisco YC Midwinters Twenty-eight boats raced in the first weekend of the San Francisco YC Fall

Leigh Brits, 6 points; 3) Aeey Deucy, SC 50, Richard Leute, 9.75; 4) Wave Runner, Luffe 48, Lon Price, 11; 5) Holey Terror, Etchefis 22, Dave Yoffie, 11.75. (11 boats) PHRF ii -— 1) Animal Farm, Wyiie Half Ton, Rod Phibbs, 3.75 points; 2) Limelight, J/30, Harry

5) Roller Coaster, J/30, Mike Hauser, 10. (7 I PHRF Hi — 1) Amame. Rhodes 19, Kirk 4 points; 2) Esprit, C&C 29, Kuhn/Russell, 4.75; j (tie) Ruckus, Newport 30 Mk II, Paul Von field, and Wahope, Newport 30, Walt Wilson, 6, 5) Perezoso, Excaiibur 26. Denny Sargent, 10. (1C boats)

Santa Cruz YC Midwinters The Santa Cruz YC Midwinters began with 17. Twenty-seven boats floated around the course in conditions that one participant termed "perfect for wafer skiing".

RACE 1 — 1) Tango, Moore 30, Rodrigo Leon; 2) Mooregasm, Moore 24, Dermis Bassano, Jr.; 3} ' Kabala, Olson 30, Jay Bennett; 4) Duet, SC 27, Sob DeWitt/Diek Emigh; 5) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake. (27 boats) RACE 2 — 1) Mooregasm; 2) Kabaia; 3)

Tsiris; 4) Animal House, Olson 30, Matt levin/Tom 5.75; 3) ; 4) Cookie Jar, Moore 24, Irving Rubin, 6;

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stake. So far, yachts have reportedly been bought by Dennis Conner, Peter Gilmour and German yachtsman Berend Bielken. East Coast America’s Cup aspirant David Vietor is also negotiating to buy one of the speedy Tony Castro/Bruce Nelson designs. Has professional sailing finally arrived? Or is this another flash in the pan like Salem ProSail and the Darden’s Ultimate 30 circuit?

The International 30 Class (which is what the Ultimate 30 class renamed themselves after splitting with die Darden brothers) had their first regatta on November 2-4 out of San Francisco YC. Four boats (Spot Sport, Ziti, Albratross and Duraflame) showed up for the non-money event on the Hard Knox race track. Spot Sport, sailed by Kimo Worthington, again proved fastest in die individual racing, with the Jeff Madrigalidriven Ziti taking runner-up honors. The 'main event*, however, was the final race — a two-on-two match race. Spot Sport and Colin Case’s Albratross, with Tim Parsons driving, emerged victorious. Ziti and Russell Long’s Duraflame, which DNFed with a broken mast, were the runners-up. The next race for the I30 class is tentatively scheduled for Florida sometime after the first of the year.

Howzit, brah? The dates for the 1991 TransPac Race were recently announced: June 27th for small boats and June 29th for the big guys. This is the first time the 2,216 mile race will employ the two day starting format; likewise, this is the first time the sometimes stodgy Transpacific YC has

Sausalito Cruising Ciub Midwinters "It was more like a summer race than a midwinter,'' explained race chairman John Ruffino of Sausalito Cruising Club’s first midwinter race. Held on October 27 in 20 knots of breeze, a choppy sea and fog, the 5.8 mile course was at least mercifully quick. ’’Oddly enough, most everyone en-

OiV. 1 — 1} My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami. (3 boats} DIV. II — 1) Major Day, Santana 27, Oban

Sledder of the Year: Ed McDowell won this year's ULDB season championship with his SC 70 ‘Grand Illusion'. solicited sponsorship (the Kenwood Corporation has put up the yen). Both changes promise to make next summer’s 36th‘ edition of the venerable Translfac Race better, if not bigger. For more info on the T-Pac, call Tom Witherspoon at (213) 429-8324.

The ’Poor Man’s TransPac’, MYCO’s Catalina Race, is on the calendar for Sunday, July 7. Ironically, just as the Translate embraced the multiple start format,

Sanderling. Bob Counts. (4 boats) Sausalito YC Midwinters "It was an absolutely gorgeous weekend," claimed regatta chairwoman Ftenny Dudley of Sausalito YC’s first of three low-key weekends of midwinter racing on November 10-11. Unlike the Berkeley Circle — which had almost no wind — a steady northerly propelled the small fleet around the same 6.75-mile triangle scuiSa.

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DiV. A (spinnaker) — 1) Limelight, J/30, Harry Blake, 1.5 points; 2) Patience. Ranger 23 "fall Rig,

DfV. lit — 1) Aquavit, Knarr, Ray Palmer; 2) DiV. iV — 1) Galante, Foikboat, Otto Schreier; 2) Shazaml, Santana 22, Bud Sandkulla (7 boats) RANGER 23 — 1) Impossible, Gary Kneeland; 2) Last Chance. Roger Eldridge. {6 boats) bear — 1} Circus, Curt & Cady. (3 boats) GOLDEN GATE — 1) Kuuipe, Chris Craft; 2) page 137

Wommack and Royal Flush, Ranger 23, Dan Rlchardi, 8. (7 boats) DIV. B — 1) Lone Ranger, Ranger 33, Fred Broderick. 4; 3) (tie) Amanda, Newport 30, Pat Broderick and Wlndwalker, islander 36, Dave Borton, 7. (8 boats)

fire Catalina Race is letting it go, i.e. all groups will start on the same day. Feel free to call Tony Fraga (865-3944) for early details.

Big bang theory: IMS advocate Max Gordon’s latest boat, a yellow N/M 41 called Bang! (ex-Carrera), should be sailing on the Bay by mid-December. Gordon, Bruce Fbwell and the "Bang Gang" have gutted the former tour-time Great Lakes Boat of the Year and have just about finished converting her to an all-out IMS racer. 'We took the IOR bumps off, put in an IMS interior, got Carl Schumacher to design us a new rudder and took off 8 of the 14 winches," explained Max gleefully. 'We removed 467 pounds of hardware off the deck!" Bang! will debut in the Corinthian Midwinters; meanwhile, Gordon’s other steed, the Baltic 42 Bydand, is "cherried out and looking for a new owner."

Speaking of new boats, Irv Loube’s latest Bravura, a Cookson-built Farr 45, recently went through sea trials in Auckland, NZ. The blue beauty is scheduled to arrive in Oakland on December 18, and will debut at the January GGYC midwinters with Scott Easom at the helm. Loube’s program next summer will include the Two Ton Worlds in Kiel, Germany (June); the Lymington Cup in England (July); and file Admiral’s Cup (August). Incidentally, file U.S. Admiral’s Cup team looks formidable: Bravura, Dave Clarke’s new Farr one tonner (starring Geoff Stagg and Jim Brady), and a too-be-selected 50-footer most probably of Reichel/Pugh heritage. Could this finally be our year?

The fat lady sings: by virtue of squeaking ,out the Cabo via Guadalupe Race in the final half mile, Ed McDowell’s SC 70 Grand Illusion claimed the 1990 ULDB Season Championship. Their come-from-behind victory was at the expense of Hal Ward’s N/M 68 Cheval, who finished an unlucky sixth in the race, creating a tie which was broken in favor of Grand Illusion.

Season results were figured on the best four of five races (Manzanillo, Cal Cup, Catalina, Watts Trophy, Cabo Via Guadalupe): 1) Grand Illusion, 55 points; 2) Cheval, 55; 3) Taxi Dancer, 51; 4) Holua, 51; 5) Evolution (Doughty), 40; 6) Blondie, 38; ’ 7) Chance, 33; 8) Evolution (Duker), 29; 9) Pyewacket, 28; 10) Ole, 24; 11) Maverick, 17; 12) Mongoose, 11; 13) Silver Bullet, 10; 14) (tie) Drumbeat and Kathmandu, 5.

Words to live by: 'You haven’t won the race if in winning file race you have lost the respect of your competitors." The quote is attributed to the Great Dane, Paul Elvstrom, in Dave Fterry’s excellent book Understanding the Yacht Racing Rules Through 1992. Amen.

CHANGES IN

With reports this month from Ramando Zark on an amazing adventure in French Polynesia; from Jan Hein on the Diaper Dilemma; from Tim Wilhelm on Mid-Ocean Meaderlngs; from 'Renaissance' in Papua New Guinea; from 'Local Talent' on a Mexldb, Hawaii, Alaska circuit; from Anonymous on Inexpensive Cruising; from 'Peloha' on cruising troubled Central America; from Carol Post in Hawaii, and Cruise Notes.

Zark’s Excellent Adventure N/A — Cal 46 Ramondo Zark Maeva Beach, Tahiti The following letter is about the most unbelievable adventure in my life. That’s a big claim, so you be the judge, It happened improbably enough. I’d flown down to Tahiti to cruise the islands of Bench Polynesia for a month aboard Jim and Francis Miller’s boat. But when I got here, I learned they had arrived early from New Zealand and had already left for Bora. What a cruel trick to play on someone! The unpleasant truth is that causers often aren’t very considerate of prospective crewmembers.

Since I’d come all the way to French Polynesia, I figured I might as well at least try to find another boat to crew on. So I wandered down to the pier at Eaaa, which is close to where the cruisers dink in from their anchored boats. It happened to be hot that day, so it was quiet except for someone fuiilely trying to start their outboard. It was the old pull-the-cord-and-cuss, pull-the-cordand-cuss routine. As I walked closer, I noticed it was a woman trying to get the outboard going. There was no mistaking her sex, because every time she yanked on the cord her breasts would pop out of her blouse! As you might imagine, it was an interesting spectacle — until she gave a big pull and the cord broke. Without any counterbalance, she tumbled into the bottom of the dinghy.

helm, one cooking and one in the aft-cabin bunk with Carl.”

Instead of picking herself up, the woman just lay in the bottom of the dink, great sobs of anger and frustration racking her body. I

just happen to be a sucker for women who cry, so I went down to see if she was hurt.

What I found was a badly beaten woman; both her eyes were black, her lip was split and she had a swollen jaw. I was able to comfort her enough so she stopped crying.

We began to talk, during which time I learned that Sally (she asked me not to yse her real name) was from Sparks, Nevada, v When I asked about her injuries, she told me her boat had been anchored off Faaa for two weeks, and after 12 days some native teenagers boarded the boat, robbed the crewmembers of everything that was of value, and beat them up. That was just part of her problem. It turned out that everything the women touched — there were three of them on the boat — either broke or would not work. The outboard, for instance. The least I could do was take a look at the outboard. I cleaned the fouled spark plug, put a knot in the end of the starting cord and fired her up.

The woman thanked me and then began to motor out to her boat.

She hadn’t gone far, however, when she turned around and hailed me. Their boat was taking on quite a bit of water, she explained, and wondered if I might find the leak and fix it. I said I would, and stepped into the dink.

The boat we motored out to was a beautiful Cal 46 in a distant part of the anchorage. As we approached, I noticed two heads appear and then disappear. It was a little strange.

Sally cut file engine as we came alongside, and I grabbed the lifelines and secured the painter. As I turned to help Sally lift the water jugs aboard, I found myself staring down the barrel of an ugly looking flare gun — with a woman at tire other end. A second woman stood next to her, pointing a sharpened boat hook at me.

"Don’t even blink!" commanded the older of the two women.

What the hell was going on?

Sally quickly explained to her mates that I’d been helpfril and had come out to the boat on her request. Satisfied with the explanation, the two women lowered their weapons. It was then I saw that they had been beaten also!

Once onboard, I was told the story of how everything had gone wrong.

The two women who had greeted me so

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threateningly were Marie and Ellen (not their real names either), who like Sally, had worked as 'hostesses' at a 'club' just outside of Sparks called the Stallion Ranch. Somehow they had met a yacht salesmen from Oakland by the name of Carl (another pseudonym) who invited them to sail on San Francisco Bay. They quickly fell in love with sailing, and Carl gave them lessons until they were good enough to sail by themselves. Soon they bought the Cal 46 from Carl and began commuting down to the Bay Area from Sparks. They’d work at the whorehouse on weekends and sail during the week.

With all the Pacific Cup boats sailing to Hawaii in July, the three women thought they might like to tag along with the fleet There had been rumors all along that the Stallion Ranch had big tax problems with the federal government and sure enough, the Feds soon moved in and put all the girls out of work.

The three women hadn’t been reckless with the money they earned, however, and between them had a nice bank account With money in the bank and no work, it was the ideal time to take a long sailing vacation. Carl obliged by outfitting the boat with a wind generator, solar panels, a self-steering vane, a SatNav and other cruising gear.

The trip to Hawaii was a joy — although the watch system was one I wasn’t familiar with. All the way across the three women rotated; one on the helm, one cooking — and one in the aft-cabin bunk with Carl! The four spent some -time in the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, then sailed over to Lahaina. After a stay at Maui, they decided they would sail around the world and that the first stop would page 138

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'Sundance', a Kalik 40 from Everett, Washington, is one of the early birds in the Mexico Class of '90-91. She's seen here sailing a couple of miles off the Mag Bay along the coast of Baja, California.

be Tahiti. Twenty-seven days later, the three women and one mem landed — literally — on Tahiti. Somehow they went up on a reef.

The boat worked itself off without too much trouble, but that was when the mystery leak had started. As long as the pump worked, they’d had no trouble keeping up with the leak.

While the women picked up quite a bit of knowledge, Carl was still the only one who really knew how to sail, navigate and keep the boat and equipment in working order.

The women didn’t deny his importance, and didn’t mind doing whatever they could to keep him happy. '1 cooked all his favorite foods and gave him everything he wanted,'' said Marie, "and so did Sally and Ellen."

Despite the women’s best efforts, there had been indications on the trip from Hawaii that Carl was having reservations about the trip. Toward the end of the voyage he became moody. After they got off the reef, he locked the aft-cabin door and refused to make the necessary repairs. This was unusual, because up until this point he’d been very good about keeping everything in working order. Soon he was talking of little else but his wife and children back in Oakland.

One day while anchored off Tahiti, Sally and Carl went ashore to get supplies. When everything was loaded into the dink, Carl instructed Sally to return to the boat Carl never returned, although he left a note on his bunk. He thanked the women for all they’d done for him, but confessed that he was ashamed of what he had done, and was returning to his family.

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this amazing story, we all noticed the cabin sole was getting wet. Lifting up the floorboards, we discovered the bilge was full of water. Bailing with buckets, we quickly advanced on the leak. But there was obviously a leak that needed fixing or the boat would sink. Marie showed me the bilge pump and said it worked fine — even though it wouldn’t suck any water out of the bilge. I checked all the hoses and the pump, finding everything as it should be. Then I saw the problem: it was the fresh water pump, not a bilge pump! When I finally located the real bilge pump, it was frozen up and surrounded by a pile of 15-amp fuses. Once I got the pump operational, I discovered the leak was coming from the stuffing box. The boat had dam near sank from lack of a few turns on the stuffing box nut!

That night Marie prepared a marvelous steak dinner with all the trimmings to thank me. Later we talked about sailing and their experiences. I soon was certain they were either going to ask me to either crew for them or them help sell their boat. It turned out they preferred the former, wanting to sail to New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia. This was their offer: they would take care of everything, cooking and cleaning included, in return for my teaching them how to do everything as well as my share of the other work.

"Who would be in charge of the boat?" I asked.

'We’ll all be in charge," Marie replied.

"Sailing is not a democratic undertaking," I responded. "In the event of an emergency, there needs to be one person in charge to /

make the decisions that affect the safety of the vessel and crew. Who will be that person?" I told them to decide among themselves and then contact me at my room at Maeva Beach.

As I walked back to my room, I decided that Marie was more suited to being the captain than either Ellen or Sally. She had already been giving orders that the other two had followed without questioning, and seemed like she could competently handle the role.

The next morning at 0700, Sally was knocking at my door, having come to collect my gear. Back on the boat, the four of us sat around the cockpit table and had a collective meeting. As I had anticipated, Marie waj to be the captain. She explained that she figured the three of them could sail the boat, cook and clean — but she was worried that none of them had adequate experience to make the right decisions in the event of rough weather or an emergency.

"We found that out when we got stuck on the reef," she said. "It was only by chance and good luck that the boat sailed herself off the reef instead of sinking. We’d been standing around trying to figure out whether or not to take the sails down."

It was then that they told me that wanted me to take over as captain in the event of bad

Things went well on the shakedown to Moorea, so the 'the gals and a fat and 40 gu/ have continued on. weather or an emergency. We think you have the most experience and we’d like it if you took charge in such situations," they said.

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What a shock and surprise for me! And it was dear that all three of them were sincere and enthusiastic about the idea. I accepted with the reservations that: 1. I was to be the boss and there was to be no bullshit or You give so-and-so all the easy jobs' whining. 2. I would make the calls and they would follow them through. And, 3. Marie would be second in command.

Everyone agreed with the plan and soon began talking about where we’d like to sail We finally decided that we’d spend more time cruising French Polynesia before moving on to Samoa, Tonga, Pago and New Zealand. We also made a list of things that needed to be fixed and supplies that needed to be purchased.

The first thing 1 did was move the boat to the Quay, where she would be closer to chandleries and other suppliers. There were four beautiful deep cycle batteries on the boat, all of them dead. I took two of them to a gas station and had a slow charge put on them. It took two days, but they came up to 1260 on the hydrometer. While the batteries were charging, I checked the fuel tanks. Both were empty, which meant the fuel lines had to be cleared of air. Once we got fuel to the lightly used engine, it ran beautifully.

Then we attacked the fresh water system.

There was green algae throughout, but baking soda and a good vegetable brush solved that problem. We then replaced the dirty hoses and wrapped the new vinyl ones with silver tape to keep the sunlight out. The bilge pump was still out, but that didn’t worry me because I’d rewound such motors because. The wind generator worked fine — once I cut away all the flailing halyards that had gotten caught in the prop. The solar panels only needed a splice to be operational again. It wasn't long before the boat was looking ready for sea.

We decided to seal over to Moorea for a shakedown, but a seam split in the main just after we cleared the reef. Once we got the hook down in Moorea we sewed it back together with tripled dental floss. The next day we sailed back to Papeete for supplies and water, then plotted a course for the 219mile distent Arutua, where black pearls are found. We plan to spend a few days in these islands before heading for the Bay of Islands for the hurricane season.

Can this arrangement last? All I can say right now is that this is a paradise of sun, white sand beaches, blue water — and three loving women who don’t seem terribly concerned that I’m fat and 40.

Aluminum pans are not an acceptable solution to the diaper problem.

PS. I’ll send a running account of our adventures through a friend in Grass Valley — whenever we find a mailbox, that is.

— ramcmdo 10/21/90 The Diaper Dilemma Woodwind — Gaff Ketch x Jan Hein (Gig Harbor, Wash.)

As more infants and toddlers join the ranks of cruising families, we are seeing one of landfill’s worst problems brought to sea: disposable diapers. How disposable they are is the point in question, as during our journey from Gig Harbor to Connecticut we saw them adorning beaches, caves and tidepools. The problem seems greater the closer one gets to the United States, where using cotton diapers is as passe as wearing polyester pants. In this country alone, $3.5 billion is spent annually on 18 million diapers that just don’t go away.

Disposables onboard might be considered acceptable when in port where they can be taken ashore and placed in a proper receptacle. Even so, high public costs are involved in hauling them to a landfill where they will sit for 300 to 500 years while their variety of plastics decompose. At sea there is only one option for disposables — unless one is willing to pry the plastic from the liner or collect and bring into port all diapers used during a passage. Neither of the two are really viable options.

Marketers have recently begun to promote a single use "biodegradable diaper", aiming their sales toward parents with environmental concerns. Made of cornstarch, paper and plastic, these new diapers — touted as being

environmentally safe — are said to break down in a landfill in two to five years. Even if such claims are true, they are still not the answer at sea.

Cotton diapers, those old-fashioned white rectangles, Eire the only sensible answer for those with a baby onboard. Most cruisers shy away from using them simply because they fear the laundry problem. During our own son’s diaper stage, we were often quizzed about how we got ours clean and sterile. After trying many systems we arrived on one that worked well while using just a little fresh water.

On deck we kept a five gallon jug containing a mixture of seawater, two to three capfuls of bleach and a small amount of detergent After dirty diapers were pre-rinsed in another bucket or overboard, they were placed in the five gallon jug for another soaking. Each morning the diapers were wrung of the bleach solution then washed in sea water and detergent. Steins were removed by vigorously hand rubbing the diapers together. Scrub brushes aren’t a good idea because they are too rough and will quick break down the diaper fabric.

After these first two soakings, the diapers were rinsed twice in sea water before a final rinse in two or more gallons of fresh water.

Between all the washing and rinsings, the diapers were wrung well. Weather permitting, they were hung to dry outside. Only rarely was it necessary to bring them below to finish drying with an Aladdin lamp.

It may be necessary to experiment with different brands of detergent and bleach as well as the quantities of both if a rash or sensitivity appears.

For infants, it’s likely that as many as 20 diapers a day will be used. From six months to two years, it tapers down to about 10 diapers a day. The time involved with laundering all of them is about 20 minutes per day, but it quickly becomes as routine as any other chore on a boat.

Our son is now beyond diapers. Although we don’t miss the extra laundry, we are still using the cotton diapers in the form of boat rags. We have gotten great mileage from our investment in six dozen diapers. Best of all, we have fasting memories of when the full rig on our gaff ketch included six sails and a line of white nappies.

—jan 10/14/90 Readers — Lyndsay Green, in her book Babies Aboard (International Marine Publishing, $10,95), backs Jan Hein all the page 140

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way. Green notes that one couple crossing the Atlantic with an infant had to cany 18 boxes containing 30 diapers each, an amount which filled the entire forward cabin. Then, too, diapers are usually more expensive and harder to find outside the United States.

During long offshore trips, Green recommends removing the 'big smudges' by dragging the diapers astern in a open-mesh bag.

Mid-Ocean Muslngs Of A Singlehanded Cruiser Dulcinea — 32-Foot Ketch Uni Wilhelm Twenty-four days out of Z-Town headed for the South Pacific, I find that this has been a voyage of extremes: boredom and bliss, fear and confidence, anxiety and tranquility.

But I have pretty much settled in and try to accept whatever comes.

Try . . . that is the key word. It’s not hard if you have the right attitude, but it’s getting the right attitude that can be the problem. But I’m getting better at it It’s very hard to accept that you don’t have control of the situation you’ve in, but it’s true. The elements have control, and no matter what you say, think or do, you have to realize that you cam only react to the forces around you.

You’ve been up all day making sail changes, for example, and getting the boat to sail in the direction you want. You’re looking forward to a nice dinner and a good night’s sleep. But then the squalls come along and the wind directions becomes erratic. Not only do you have to spend most of the night making changes, but it starts raining hard.

Without sleep and with growing anxiety, your spirits crash. What the hell am I doing out here?' you ask yourself. Why me?' It’s a times like this it gets drummed into your brain that Neptune doesn’t give a damn about you and your little boat.

But then there are days like today, when everything goes right. The sky and the water are overwhelmingly beautiful and I spend hours just soaking in the majesty of it all. But even as I write, the wind is dropping, making it necessary to drop the mainsail and put up file light mizzen staysail. But what difference does it make? Does it really matter if my passage takes 40 days instead of 30? The only thing I race is my own mind. Nothing is good or bad; thinking is what makes it so.

Life’s a head trip — especially out here.

— tim wilhelm 6/89 page 141

Ten years and one boat ago; John and Judy McCandless in Cabo San Lucas.

Readers — The above is an excerpt from Wilhelm’s long journal about his trip from his homeport of Dana Point to Mexico and the South Pacific. In Tonga during September, his plans call for spending the hurricane season in New Zealand.

Renaissance -— Baba 30 John & Judy McCandless Mlsima, Papua New Guinea (Redwood City) After a year of working back in Northern California, we returned to Australia in January of 1990. We land-toured north from Sydney to Bundaberg, where our boat was waiting to be refit We installed some solar panels and roller furling before heading north along the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland coast The anchorages were dramatic and the beaches of the Whitsundays were wonderful. The southeast trades were strong and constant, making the sailing brisk and cool.

We especially like Townsville, where we went so far as to spring $80 a week for the luxury of a marina berth. The Aussies are great people and we found it hard to tear ourselves away.

From Townsville we had a rough four-day passage to the eastern tip of Phpua New Guinea. Entering a channel along the mainland, low rain clouds lifted to reveal the brilliant green of the jungle hills and islands.

We checked in at the tiny island of Samarai, a ghost of what had once been a thriving trade center. We later sailed into Milne Bay for the Independence Day Festival at Alatau.

About 15 different native dance groups would

perform. They were painted up in brick red and mustard yellow, had feathers and leaves all over their bodies, and stomped around the long field to chants and the pounding of drums. We were fortunate to have experienced this, as it was the first such gathering in 20 years.

We were not so fortunate when two weeks later the PNG government increased the price of yachtie visas to $150 — plus a $600/per person bond. Many parts of PNG are avoided by yachties because of lawlessness, and the rebel iakeover of Bougainville Island has put that off limits. All in all, cruising the South Pacific is becoming more costly and more restricted.

We spent several more weeks cruising the Louisiade Archipelago, which is in the Coral Sea at the most southern part of Papua New Guinea. All the islands here are groups within huge lagoons. The people in the small villages are very friendly and have enjoyed our visits.

The kids come out to meet us in dugout or outrigger canoes, trading fruit and veggies for clothes,- rice and soap. The clothes and books donated to them in Australia somehow don’t arrive. We spend the hot days snorkeling with the locals, who show us where to find the painted lobsters. The locals travel between islands aboard picturesque sailing canoes with rice-bag sails.

Misima Island is home to one of PNG’s largest gold mines and has a huge ex-pat compound. Each day they fly out 25 bars of white gold bound for the smelters. The small village harbor is well-supplied with old trade stores and resourceful locals have helped us with an electrical problem. Life continues on here just as it did 100 years ago.

We plan to spend two weeks in the Calvados Chain before making the 300-mile trip northeast to the Solomons. We plan to be in the Solomons until the end of the year, after which we’ll sail to the Carolines, Truk, Fbnepei and Guam.

—judy &john 10/12/90 A

John & Judy — We hope you got to see a copy of the November issue and read about the South Pacific adventures of your old Renaissance.

Local Talent — Passport 40 Dean Jones & Linda Lachelt The Pacific Triangle (Sausallto) The hardest part of our Mexico, Hawaii, Canada, San Francisco trip was getting away from our dock in Sausalito. Once we cast off

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tfie lines it was great!

It was almost exactly a year ago when we motored under the Gate and down the coast.

As always, my favorite diving was at the Channel Islands. Avalon is also at its best in the off season: pay for two nights and the rest of the week is free. San Diego is where you spend your last dollars fixing things; if they break after San Diego, you don’t need them.

Although we stopped at a number of spots along the coast, we didn’t check-in until Cabo. It wasn’t a problem. Our first stop was Turtle Bay, which is sort of a dump. They’ve got a new stainless steel fuel tank, however, which hopefully will solve some that town’s notorious dirty fuel problems. Santa Maria is a beautiful bay with a great walk that overs a terrific view of the Ffadfic with a freighter wrecked in the foreground. Mag Bay will probably be Mexico’s San Francisco Bay in 100 years — or sooner. We heard rumors that the Japanese bought a big chunk of it and that the golf courses will be in soon. We finally rounded the horn to Cabo 'want to buy

Las Hadas was to the liking of the crew of'Local Talent. a condo?' San Lucas. It’s still a great place.

But plan on taking a full day to check-in.

What was it, six or seven copies of all your

papers that they wanted. Does anybody know what the Mexicans do with all that paperwork?

From Cabo we booked it straight to Ztown. It’s a great place and the cruisers were really organized. Linda got everyone going on tiie net by asking who had the best margarita recipe. Cruisers don’t have many opinions about which is the best anchor, autopilot or compass, but they’re sure adamant about the ingredients of a proper margarita.

Z-town is the real turning point in Mexico, as few boats continue on to Acapulco unless they are headed for the Carribeans The rest of the boats, whether they are planning on the South Pacific or the Sea of Cortez, turn back north here. Judging from the number of semi-permanent boats in Z-town, quite a few yachties neither continue on nor turn back.

Harbor-hopping back up the coast, we found Las Hadas to our liking, as it was easy to obtain fuel and water. Swimming with the iguanas in the pools was twice the fun because we didn’t have to pay for an expensive room to use the facilities. Careyes, a little further north, was to our minds the best little anchorage on this part of the coast.

Don’t miss it.

While sailing at night just south of Puerto Vallarta, we had a freighter intentionally try to run us down. I know because I tracked him on radar for 16 miles. No matter which way we steered, he came after us. His running lights — such as they were — consisted of about 14 white lights. If we didn’t have radar, I never would have been able to figure out which way he was going. Ultimately I escaped him by crossing his bow at full throttle. We were so close, however, I was able to read the ship’s name, Revolution, with a flashlight! I got him on the VHF and asked why he was trying to run us down. His responded cryptically in English: "Why do you think our name is Revolution?"

Playing 'chicken' with a freighter is not my idea of fun. It’s moments like this you wish you could call on the Coast Guard, but you soon quickly learn that a visitor has limited options. Incidentally, everyone we talked to with radar was delighted to have it; those that didn’t, wished they did.

Yelapa, just south of Puerto Vallarta, transforms into a wonderful places after the day trippers leave at 2 p.m. The anchorage is as bad as advertised, but you can’t have everything. The bird refuge at Isla Isabella, was also fun. The frigate birds can’t get airborne unless that have a perch to soar

from. We saw one young frigate, having feasted on too many fish scraps, who couldn’t get enough air under its huge wings to take off. After running up and down the beach in vain efforts to take off, it just stood there. A Mexican fisherman walked up, grabbed it by one wing, spun it around and around, and finally flung the giant bird into flight. I would have never thought of doing that!

Once back on Baja we spent four days at Muertos sitting out a 30-knot norther. We were dug in with a Bruce anchor, all chain and an electric windlass — don’t leave home without any of them. Especially the electric windlass! I’ve watched many a yachtie try to crank up 200 feet of chain while the bow of their boat pitches eight feet up and down as a result of shifting wind. It’s not a pretty sight As for the Sea of Cortez, where tire desert meets the sea, my only advice is: quit your job, sell your house, mortgage the kids and go before it gets built up like California! If you think I’m kidding, tell me what you’re doing that could possibly be more important than enjoying this beautiful body of water. First off, you have La Paz, a great place to hang out and get supplies. (Remember, of course, that 'ships and men rot in porf so don’t stay too long). Secondly, you’ve got the Sea itself, page 142

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which you could spend monihs enjoying without really going anywhere. The nice thing is you don’t have to know where you are going; if you know how much time you have, everything will be answered.

It’s not without reason that yachties complain about the slog back up to* San Francisco from Cabo — but why bother when you can broad reach to Hawaii and take the circular route back home? Bill Carber at B.C. Navigation in Sausalito put tine notion in our heads and we’re glad he did. We left Baja on April 23 and for the next three days roared like a bat out of hell The next 17 days were none too fast Boredom was kept at bay as a result of a SSB net we’d organized before making the crossing. A Ham would have been nice, but I’m still trying to figure out all those dots and dashes. Palm Tree Express, a Santa Cruz 50 also making fae crossing, repeated the weather from there fax along with some awful jokes. Redwood Coast, a trimaran from Santa Cruz, ran 'point' for us, but stole all the wind.

Sprig brought up the rear, video-taping two versions of sailing to Hawaii. The first was a regular, by-the-book version; the second was a 'How-can-they-charge-somuch-for-this-crappy-sailing-gear?' version. In page 143

Linda Lachelt, enjoying the warmth of Z-town in early 1990. the second version they 'reviewed' gear as they went along — more truthfully, as it broke.

We would have loved to have seen Hawaii 50 years ago. Now most of it looks like capitalism gone bad. The fact that there are not many good anchorages didn’t help.

The local Hawaiians don’t think much of sailors, lumping us in with all tourists.

The wind was great, however, and we never took the double reef out of tire main.

Also fine were the folks at the Hawaii YC, Lanai and the tastefully done hotel at the center of the Lanai. But what really made Hawaii worth it was Hanalei Bay, now that’s a great tropical anchorage! From there you can rent a car and see Waimea Canyon, which beats the Grand Canyon hands down.

There’s no Winnebagos, either.

[7b be continued in the January issue.]

— dean & Undo 10/4/90 Inexpensive Ocean Voyaging N/A — Islander 29 Name Withheld By Request (Monro Bay)

In the September issue you made a request for readers to let you know about ocean voyages that have been made in small, inexpensive boats. I . have one and did one.

The only thing is, I’d rather not have you use my name in the event you print this; it always sounds corny when people write about things they have done and I don’t want the locals and my friends to think I’m trying to make something out of nothing.

I own an Islander 29, vintage 1964, and have been doing coastwise sailing for the past five years or so. For a long time I listened to the dockside experts tell of the terrible times around Fbint Conception. So, in 1988 I added a few things to my old doll, such as a Monitor windvane, solar panels, cockpit controls for the jib, larger cockpit drains and took a shakedown cruise to the Channel Islands. The few problems I discovered were taken care of when I returned.

Then on April 4,1989 I left Morro Bay on the rhumb line for Hilo. Naturally I sailed into the lower quarter of the Pacific High, where I spent four carefree days, still managing to make my Hawaiian landfall in 25 days, I visited all the islands except for Kauai.

When I was on my way there, after rounding Oahu, the winds and seas seemed just too good to turn left so I continued on toward California, arriving in 35 days. Again I sailed into the High, where I spent another four carefree days. Of course, I ate it about 300 miles from home when I was hit by a fourday gale, but with the that great piece of gear called the Galerider, I had minimal damage.

Aside from asking myself what I’d been trying to prove, it was a great trip.

I was 67-years old at the time and had listened for years to people saying what boat types, sizes, equipment and crew were necessary for such a trip. Some people may think that an old guy my age singlehanding for 5,000 miles in an old 29-foot boat may be more than a little crazy, but old guys and boats can do flings, too. You don’t have to be young, have tire latest 46-footer filled with ^electronics and a crew to make the dream happen.

Did I have problems on the trip? Sure; my old Atomic 4 engine. Still, I only used 16 gallons during the entire trip. The four-day gale was a problem, too, and there was some damage. But my main worry is probably the same as with other singlehander — the nagging concern that I might get hurt. A broken bone or worse would be red bad news.

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everything is. You need good sails, too. A main with three reefs, working jib, large genoa and a storm jib. A good windvane; mine was a Monitor from Scanmar. The right charts, manuals and a good sextant are needed as well as a good supply of food, water, reading material and pipe tobacco.

Also a Ham radio (I’m licensed).

Once you get all the food stowed, tell your wife you’ll call her in three weeks, toss off the dock lines and go. The next thing you know it will be a year later, the boat is ready again and that certain urge is sneaking up the back of your brain. All I need is some water, .a case or two of Raman, some coffee and tobacco.

Just where was that island I promised myself I would get back to in World War II? Time (for me) is getting shorter so I can’t waste it dreaming.

My last bit of advice? If you have the dream, live it now!

— b.f. 9120/90 B.F. — It’s obvious you’re not trying to blow you're own horn, so we’re going to disappoint you slightly by printing your initials.

Pteloha — Kettenburg 50 Aaron, Betsy & Jessica Clapp Playas del Coco, Costa Rica (Ventura) After several months of going without many English language magazines or newspapers, we borrowed a fellow cruiser’s stash of this summer’s Latitude 38s. Reading them has inspired me to write of some of our recent experiences along the Pacific Coast of Central America. This will also help alleviate file dearth of information about cruising the west coasts of Guatemala and Nicaragua.

We, including Gretehen Sudlow, left Ventura in March of this year. After some uncharacteristic stiff breezes between Ventura and San Diego, we had mostly light and variable winds all the way to Acapulco. Our experiences going down file coast were fairly routine and we had our share of minor mechanical and other breakdowns. The most frustrating and potentially dangerous problem was with our fuel system: our filters clogged at an alarming rate. For a while we thought we must have bought contaminated fuel, but in retrospect we believe much of the trouble resulted from the loosening up of 25 years worth of accumulated sludge and contaminants inside our fuel tank.

Our favorite stops along the Mexican coast including Isla Isabella, home to thousands of

frigates and boobies, and site of some great scuba diving; sleepy San Bias; and, beautiful Tenacatita Bay. Our stop at Las Hadas provided a surreal contrast to the quiet, deserted anchorages as they were having a big celebrity sports benefit, complete with American television stars and Robin Leach as emcee.

We spent a week in Acapulco anchored outside the Club de Yates de Acapulco, having our ailing refrigeration system worked on and awaiting a crewmember/friend from the United States who was bringing parts.

The Club de Yates is a great address to have mail sent, as they will hold It foi* 30 days rather than the 10 days the post office will hold Lista de Correos (general delivery). The club’s peaceful grounds and pool are a nice respite from the clamor of Acapulco.

June 1, just one day out of Acapulco, we were hit by nasty weather that turned out to be the beginnings of hurricane Boris. Though it was awesome and terrifying to go through the 10 to 20 foot swells, it was heartening to see how well Feloha handled them. The dreaded Tehauntepec, on the other hand, was like a breathless lake. We chose tq 'keep one foot on the shore' and motored nearly the entire distance.

Unlike many southbound cruisers, we opted to stay relatively close to the coast the remainder of the way to Costa Rica. We also

The boobies of Isla Isabella are so ravenous it's all you can do to get them from trying to feed on your lures. paid visits to Puerto Quetzal in Guatemala and Corinto and San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua.

Travelling along the coasts of these two countries, for which there is little current cruising information, was made less perplexing by the companionship of buddyboats Rampant and Pelican Eyes. Sharing perceptions, language skills and ideas with the crews of these other boats really helped out Ironically, before her sale to her current owners, Rampant took over Peloha’s very same slip. Small world, this cruising.

After Mexico, there is a noticeable lack of anchorages along the coast of Guatemala. In fad, Puerto Quetzal is the only harbor we’re aware of. It’s a large, dean, man-made, military/industrial harbor. There were freighters from a numbers of countries, induding Russia, docked when we arrived. It was impossible not to be aware of Guatemala’s militarism, espedally compared to Mexico. One of our first sights upon approaching Puerto Quetzel was a flurry of parachutists descending upon the harbor.

Initially we feared we had arrived in the middle of some sort of coup; but this idea was laid to rest when we learned the Puerto Quetzel is file site of a large military training facility.

We contaded the Port Captain via Channel 16 before we entered the harbor, and were instruded to proceed in to an area adjoining the naval base. We anchored in the pladd bay with our courtesy and quarantine flags flying and we told to remain aboard until the authorities boarded to check our paperwork and make the obligatory search.

The was eventually done in a very businesslike — but not hostile — manner by a pair of armed offidals dad in fatigues. We were told it would cost $62 to stay there for two days, and .another $5 for each additional day. The Port Captain later levied another $10 to rubber stamp our paperwork. The next day we were to make the two-mile trip to the page 144

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The next day, as we were preparing to leave the boats to go to San Jose, we were told that we couldn’t go until we’d been cleared by the Commandante. Things were beginning to get a bit unclear and thus unsettling. We were boarded again, and the captains of die boats were taken ashore to meet with the Commandante. It turned out to be a cordial, trouble-free meeting, and we were then free to go see the Port Captain and explore the neighboring areas.

Although the Guatemalan authorities were never unreasonable with us, we were always made aware of the fact things were to be done on their terms. For example, we were not allowed to depart the port before 0600.

The whole system was much more militaristic and less haphazard than we had experienced in Mexico.

We took a day bus trip inland to Escuintla and Amatitlan, and were awed by the beauty of the land, the poverty of the Indians and that number of people that get crammed into die buses! We pitied up some provisions during this trip; they were very inexpensive but lacking in variety. During our four-day stay in Puerto Quetzal, we were die onty three cruising boats to visit the harbor.

We then proceeded southward to Corinto, Nicaragua, which is situated on a gorgeous protected bay flanked by mangroves. Again there were huge freighters in port, one of them Russian, as well as a tidy fleet of shrimpers. Once again we were the only three sailboats.

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worries were unfounded. The authorities, although forced to deal with a confusing, chaotic system, were most friendly and helpful. Our major problem in Nicaragua was dealing with finances. Having been indoctrinated by Karl Malden, we carried all travellers checks and no cash — and it was just about impossible to cash them. We had, to borrow money to take the bus to the town of Chinandega to convert the checks into cordobas. Once we’d done that, we discovered the authorities were extremely reluctant to accept their own national

The coast of Central America; still not the most hospitable place for cruisers. currency, they wanted good old American dollars. When we finally convinced them we didn’t have any dollars, they grudgingly accepted $35 U.S. worth of cordobas; $25 for the Port Captain and $10 for Immigration.

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Nicaragua’s economic situation, we understood why the authorities didn’t want to accept cordobas. In 1988 the exchange rate was 7 cordobas to the dollar. When we were there it was 325,000 cordobas to the dollar, and it’s since fallen to 1,000,000 cordobas to the dollar! The authorities aren’t tire only ones who refuse to accept cordobas; the airlines and hotels in Managua will only accept dollars or travellers checks. When coming to economically devastated Nicaragua, bring plenty of U.S. cash.

Corinto was nonetheless a fascinating place to all of us. The people live, breath and eat politics. Walls were emblazoned with an evenly represented mixture of pro-Sandinista and pro-Uno (the ruling party led by President Violeta Chamorro) slogans. Russian cars and trucks rolled down the dean streets and posters with hammers and sickles were plastered on many walls.

The people of Corinto were amazingly friendly and warm-hearted. They accepted us as individuals, regardless of what they thought of our country’s politics and actions effecting Nicaragua. We befriended one family that ran a little grocery store. We spent many hours aboard locally-made cane rocking chairs in front of their store, talking with these wonderful people. They invited us for a Father's Day dinner, complete with pinata and the butchering of tire family turkey. Our 12-year old daughter Jessica accepted an invitation to spend the night, and tye all struck up a genuine friendship.

Family bonds are very strong and important in Nicaragua. Francisco and Margarita’s four grown sons fled Nicaragua for the United States during the turmoil some 10 years ago and cannot yet return to Nicaragua. But neither can the parents visit them in the States. It’s a heartbreaking situation and these dear people certainly deserve peace and stability.

We’d been told by a northbound British couple that San Juan del Sur was a beautiful, friendly and pleasant anchorage, so we beaded there with Pelican Eyes. After our positive experiences in Corinto, we perhaps became too casual, assuming we would met with a similar reception in scenic San Juan del Sur, which is close to the Costa Rican border. We arrived late at night, were low on food and had unexpectedly run out of propane, so high on our list of priorities the next morning was getting to shore for a big breakfast. This somehow seemed to get us off on tire wrong foot with the Fort Captain, and we subsequently had problems redeeming

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ourselves in his eyes.

We checked in with the Port captain, who continued to treat us with disdain. The following day an Immigration official boarded us and dealt with more paperwork. The Port Captain still hadn’t given us our zarpes (exit papers), but other than that, we thought we had concluded the paperwork shuffle.

In sharp contrast to Corinto, we felt quite unwelcome as we walked through the dean streets of San Juan del Sur. People regarded us with distrust and suspidon; not even the children would return our smiles and greetings. We noticed that the slogans on the wall were strictly pro-Sandinista, and wondered if that explained the apparent antiAmerican atmosphere. We later learned that a promised package of U.S. aid to Nicaragua had been much smaller them hoped; perhaps that had a bearing on our reception.

We were unable to buy propane and food was even scarcer than in Corinto. The number of new vehides, be they Toyota Four-Wheel drives or Russian Kamas and Ladas seemed incongruous to us. How could new vehides be so plentiful and within reach of the middle dass when basic food was so hard to come by?

The following day a port offidal showed up on Pelican Eyes with written-up receipts for zarpes; the amount was $50 for Pelican Eyes and $100 for Peloha. Shocked by the seemingly arbitrary amounts requested and feeling exploited, we elected Betsy, who speaks the most fluent Spanish, to discuss the matter with the Port Captain. Utilizing her quick wit and feminine wiles (i.e. a few tears), Betsy was able to persuade the Port Captain to let us go on our way without paying the exorbitant fees. Predictably, our fuel system picked that day to give us more trouble, so two more days passed before we were able to depart San Juan del Sur. All in all, we certainly didn’t regret our stop in Nicaragua — in fact, we were fascinated by the country. Other cruisers we talked to had different experiences in San Juan del Sur and conflicting information abounds. The situation in Nicaragua remains volatile, so when visiting you can only expect the unexpected, be flexible and above all sensitive to what these people have been through.

From our experience, none of these ports are so threatening that they should be avoided if weather or boat problems make a stop almost a necessity. The authorities of both Guatemala and Nicaragua seem to appreciate the fact that travellers in their

waters sometimes need rest, repairs and provisions. They are willing to accommodate.

'Nonetheless, after Guatemala and Nicaragua, the stability and predictability of Costa Rica has been a welcome relief. Our three-month stay in Costa Rica is nearing its end and we’ll soon be crossing through the Canal and to adventures beyond.

RS. Greetings to our friends Rob and Jeff on Cleanso.

— gretchen 9/18190 Hawaiian Eye Carol Post Waterfront Postal Center Honolulu Recent arrivals in Honolulu^ include the following boats: '■ vx Sheba, a 42-foot Swanson cutter from Glasgow, Scotland, with Captain Mirek Sikyta and Linda Tanner. The couple had departed La Raz in May of this year and made stops at Isla Socorro, the Marquesas, the Tuamotus, the Societies, Tahiti and Hilo. Their next destination will be the Ffadfic Northwest.

Vision II, a Morgan 46 from San Diego called on Hilo after a 22-day sail from Puerto Vallarta that featured 25 knot winds and 8 to 12 foot following seas the entire way across.

Captain Ken Jones and fast mate Mary Jones, who’d left California for Mexico in November of 1988, are now looking toward Guam and Samoa or perhaps the Panama Canal and the Atlantic.

Journey, a Passport 40 from Marina del Rey, arrived in Honolulu by way of Tahiti and Hilo. Captain David Sterling and crew Leslie Slezak (who left her boat in Tahiti) found the South ffacific to be beautiful but expensive. Their advice is to thoroughly provision in the States. They also recommend stopping at the out of the way spots to meet the friendliest people. David and Leslie will be returning to California in 1991.

Dulcinea, a Yachtcraft 40 from San Diego, wrapped up four years in the South Pacific that included two sojourns as far down as New Zealand. Don and Peggy Faust are uncertain about where they’ll head in the immediate future, but ultimately will return to San Diego.

Foxy Lady II, an Ericson 32 with Brian and Janet Caldwell, as well as 14 year-old Brian Jr., have just wrapped up 5Vz years in the South Racific. Their near-future plans call for them to sail nowhere; they’ll be hanging out in Hawaii for a while. Having spent three terrific months at Palmyra on their way to Hawaii, the Caldwells warn cruisers to see that island now before it’s changed forever.

Boats seen at the Hawaii YC: Quetcal, from Wilmington, Delaware; Avanti, a Freeport 36 with Jim and Diana Jones from Monterey; Northern Quest, with Captain Ragwak Kuam from Oslo, Norway; and, Waimea with Dicky Derickson and Jill Neidrauer from Vallejo.

Keehi Lagoon Update: The entire north end (ewa direction) is now cleared of all abandoned boats and sunken debris. A pull test on the new moorings was conducted by the state. Representatives of the Hawaiian Navigable Waters Preservation Society, who have opposed the Keehi Project, claimed the tests proved the moorings aren’t up to standard. State officials, however, claimed the tests proved that the moorings exceeded specs by 2,000 pounds of pull. The Army Corps of Engineers has now entered the picture and letters are being submitted by mariners requesting a public hearing regarding the design, size and placement of the moorings. Be that as it may, the state is proceeding with mooring assignments in the order people signed up for them.

— carol post 11/9/90 Cruise Notes: A couple of months back we mentioned that it was "impossible" to get cruising insurance for Mexico during the June thru October hurricane season. Buzz Boettcher, long time sailor and principal of Boettcher & Murray Ocean Marine Insurance Brokerage in San Pedro, corrects us: "While hurricane season coverage does not always fall into the 'slam dunk' category of normal California coastal coverage, it is attainable — and given the alternative, can be considered quite affordable. Of course normal prudent underwriting requirements must be met However, a well-found and equipped boat in the hands of experienced sailors who understand the situation is certainly an insurable risk."

Rob and Mary Messenger of Tuffie report they’d be glad to assist any cruisers who stop by the Costa Rica YC in Puntarenas. 'We’re macadamia nut farmers in Costa Rica," write the former residents of Vero Beach, Florida, "who don’t get to enjoy our cruising boat as much as we’d like. Last Easter, however, we took Tuffie out to Cocos Island. Even though we had to motor the entire way, we highly recommend the trip. We towed a 25-foot fishing boat-from dusk to dawn during both 500-miles legs of the trip. At sunrise Rob and his friends Larry and Luke would take off for a full day of fishing. These fellows were page 146

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definitely into deep sea fishing while Betty and I kept Tuffle on course for Cocos Island.

Our next sailing/fishing holiday safari is scheduled for the Christmas holidays; we’ll be going to Panama."

Since a lot of folks plan on heading to Costa Rica this year, we’ll be reprinting Stephen Brown’s tips on negotiating the often difficult Gulf of Tehuantepec in the next issue.

It’s cold and rainy in the Ffedfic Northwest, but according to new arrived Eduardo Galvan of Plcante, there are other factors that make up for it.

"Not that anyone gives a hoot, but I’m now at Sequim, Washington. I must say that this area, which is right on the Straits of San Juan de Rica and overlooks both the San Juans and Victoria, B.C., is the nearest thing to heaven for a sailor. The John Wayne Marina is equal to or better them any marina I’d seen in San Francisco Bay, and fire wind in the Straits is more moderate. Perhaps it’s not as fun as sailing on San Francisco Bay, but you can’t have it all. Prices for services and labor, incidentally, seem about 30% less.

Brian Toss, who was mentioned in the October Sightings, did some excellent rigging work on my Cal 3-30 at a very reasonable cost. I haven’t seen his book, but will pick one up the next time I’m in Bart Townsend.

"Anyone wanting to move their boat up to tiie Pacific Northwest might consider doing it in the fall and early winter when the herring boats are trucked south to San Francisco Bay. Rather them deadhead back empty, Dudley Transport of Oregon will ship boats bade north at about 1/3 the normal price! Their driver did an excellent job with my boat, always taking the 'extra step' without any prompting on my part.

'Your imitator up here leaves much to be desired, but I won’t say anymore since I have to live here from now on. Inddentally, what do I do with 15 years of Latitudes? Anybody going to Mexico want to read them?"

A John Wayne Marina in the Ffedfic Northwest?

"I didn’t know what true love meant until I swallowed the anchor," writes Wal Egan of Murphys, California. "I spent 4Vfc years carefully nurturing Lytatea from the beautifully shaped hull by Colin Archer to the exquisite, in my eyes, beauty that was carefully eased into the water at the Fremantle Sailing Club in Western Australia.

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responded smoothly when we came alongside the dock for the first time. I was truly humbled as a segment of my dream had come true.

"Lytatea (Queen of the mermaids) and I would sail over 12,000 miles in eight seas.

We visited hundreds of islands, weathered several typhoons, got hung up on several pieces of coral, but always — no matter if I had crew or was singlehanding — were able to sail proudly and eagerly over the horizon to the next anchorage. But then circumstances forced me to accept a position in California. I left the boat in Hong Kong in tiie hands of a yachtie who owned a smaller boat but who wanted to, as I had done, cruise tiie islands of Asia. It was with sadness — although not unexpected — that I received a letter from him informing me I had better take my boat back or make other arrangements. If anybody with the necessary skills, resources and love would like to be part of 'other arrangements', they can call me at (209) 7283513. I hope, however, all would realize that cruising is not a low-budget, low maintenance experience. One must be willing to acquire detailed knowledge and skills to become a true bluewater sailor. It’s better to recognize this before leaving rather than finding you’re unable to rewire a pump at some lovely, but remote island; that you can’t pull the prop shaft when there are no facilities to haul, etc.

Skippers might fail Lytatea, but she’ll not fail them."

One of tire classic books of the South P&dfic, Tom Neale’s An Island To Oneself is back in print The volume that made little Suvarov Atoll a known destination for yachties is available from Ox Bow Press (203) 387-5900, for $24.95. Have your nautical bookstore order one for you.

"If one is shipwrecked, this is the place to have it happen." So writes Raymond Cook of Ball. "The people are beautiful and friendly, the food is excellent and Bali is a botanical Eden. You can sail, windsurf, para-ski, snorkel, hike, etc. — and all at 1939 prices!"

Next year, incidentally, is the Welcome to Indonesia Year*, and the July’s Darwin to Ambon Race is expected to be the largest ever. If anyone planning to do that race has an open berth and is looking for crew, the publisher of this magazine is most interested.

Separated at birth? Looking from the south, Isla Guadeloupe and Punta Tosca (which looks like an island from a distance).

Marina-ized Mexico. Let’s see now, there are pretty big marinas in San Carlos, La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, Nuevo Vallarta, Fhierto Vallarta, Las Hadas and a little one at Santa

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Why can't we have stamps as fun as the Kiwis f Rosalia. Other big ones are planned for Puerto Escondido, Z-town and in news to us, San Jose del Cabo. The latter project, to be located 20 miles east of Cabo San Lucas, is expected to have 500 berths with water, electricity, cable TV and other first class goodies. It will be supported by a yacht club, shopping center, a 5-Star hotel and golf courses. There’s no telling when the project will begin and naturally there’s no idea whatsoever of when it might be completed, but you can rest assured that a relatively luxurious nautical retirement is in the future for many gringos.

As we go to press, the first 30 or so Some Like It Hot Rally boats have checked into Ffepi’s Cruising Center in Cabo San Lucas.

One'of the early boats to sign up was Rod Goodwin’s C&C 34 New Leaf from Berkeley. The crew included Rod’s brother Mike as well as three brothers from another family: Dick, Gary and Jim Formo. They were headed for "La Paz and beyond". We’ll have an up to date listing of the Some Like It Hot-ers in the January issue.

We know why sailboats aren’t selling so well these days; everybody’s gone cruising. At least that’s what you’d think judging from the amount of mail we’ve been getting. Among the many Changes we haven’t been able to run are a couple from Avatar’s George and Brenda Melium. They’re spent an entire year in Mexico, including tire summer in the Sea of Cortez. Now that winter has reached the Sea, they’ll have moved on to the mainland.

Sally Andrew and Foster Goodfellow of Fellowship tirade it safely to Hawaii and ^soon after Christmas will be headed for the Line Islands. They’ll spend three months there before continuing on deeper into tire South ftuafic. While this was Sally’s first sail across the Pacific, it was Foster’s sixth. An old sea dog, Foster started cruising years ago when he sailed a bare bones Dufour 27 down the East Coast to the Caribbean and Canal, to the South Ffedfic, Hawaii and Northern California.

We know we’ve missed lots of others, but will have to try and catch up next month.

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MIRROR DWGHY, 10' 10", English classic. New trailer, reefing main, jib, sloop or cat rig, 2-piece 7ft oars, self-bailer, boarding ladder, lifejackets, eta $1200. (415) 961-7945 (days or eves).

CATAUNA 22, 1972. Swing keel, 6 hp o/b Evinrude, new cushions, head, curtains. Coyote Point Berth $54/month. $4,000. (415) 792-8036, (415) 8524409.

O’DAY 222,1986 w/trailer. Unbelievable equipment list and extensive upgrades, outfitted for family cruising/PHRF racing, impressive itinerary/ race record, excellent trailerability for first time owner, exceptionally maintained, must see to appreciate. $8,500 b/o. Call (415) 797-5325.

BLTORO. Build by Caballero. 2 sails. Stored in shed at RYC. Excellent condition. $750 b/o.

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J/24,1978. Hull no. 376, very competitive and race ready. Recently hauled. Evinrude 6 hp, complete and ready to go, owner anxious. Berthed at Bethel Island. $6,200 b/o. (415) 684-2623 (days or eves).

J/24,1981. Never raced, excellent condition. 9.5 hp o/b. VHF, stereo. $7,500 or trade for 1C or Knarr. (415) 454-9600^ (415) 4352085.

AVON REDCREST w/fiberglass seat, inflatable thwart, o/b bracket, floorboards, carry bag and pump. Indudes2 hp Seagull w/carry bag, spare parts, manual. Used in fresh water. Excellent condflion. $800 b/o. (415) 527-1130.

LASER, 1980,14-fT. Yellow hull, Ivory topsides, good condition, new sail, new galvanized trailer, many extras. $1,100. (415) 778-9079.

GLADIATOR 24, Lapworth design, classic 1967 racing/cruising sloop. Once Bay champion needs TLC. Everything's here, sails, spinnaker, outboard, San Leandro berth. New on market Must sell by Christmas. First $3,495 takes her. (408) 295-4469.

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BEAR BOAT #17, "Huck Fm". 23-ft sloop. Built 1938. Active fleet member. Complete restoration, recent survey, full cover and 12 cover. 4 hp Evinrude. 2 sets sails and spinnakers. Move to Australia forces sail. $7,900. Call Paul Zupan (415) 331-0812.

22-FT VENTURE (MACGREGOR), swing keel, new 4 hp o/b, pop-top, toilet, stove, trailer, many new safety features. Perfect family boat for Bay, lake, and Delta No slip fees! 55 mph to windward!

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ERICSON 23 with custom trailer. Fixed keel, 6 sails, outboard, VHF, mahogany interior with galley, weather instruments, oil lamp, compass & more. Sleeps 4. $1,200 recently invested in custom hatches. This rig is a steal at $4,900.

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24-FT WYLIE WABBIT, 1982. Great condition.

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WAVELENGTH 24. Fully equipped for racing or just having fun! Depth sounder, knot log, duai compasses, Harken equipped, Kevlar/Mylar sails, trailer. Excellent racing history. $14,500. (415) 521-5370 (days), (415) 769-1506 (eves).

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O’DAY 19 with trailer. Main, jib, genoa, spinnaker, keel/centerboard. Sleeps 2. $2,100. Call (415) 521-2230, (415) 521-9430 (eves).

DUMPING 1984 FREEDOM 21, 1984 in good condition, no blisters and $200 credit at West Marine. Will sell for $6262 (75% of Buc Book low retail price of $8,350). (415) 9650621.

OOPS! BROKEN BOAT. 23-ft wooden sloop badly damaged by fall. For sale as fix-up project or will sell excellent spars and gear by piece.

Original bronze fittings, sails, 8 hp Mercury o/b, ground tackle, lines. Make offer. Call Andy (415) 388-2641.

25 TO 28 FEET “SUMMERTIME DREAM". 26-ft custom Schumacher race weapon (PHRF 186). 3-time MORA champ, 2-time 1/4 ton National champ, still winning races. Trailer, 19 bags, all the bells and whistles. 2-boat owner, anxious. Recently surveyed $11,495 Call Rob (415) 331-3134 (eves), (415) 383-8200 (days).

CORONADO 25 65 Evinrude. Just spent $1,000 to redo interior. Lots of new stuffl Reduced to $3,800, must sell. (415) 4594)155 (days), (415) 892-5980 (eves).

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PEARSON TRrTON 28-FT. New rigging, new paint, mast, gas in-board Atomic-4 engine. Mahogany trim, roomy, sleeps 4. Fish finder, depth sounder, spinnaker. Clean and great boat Must sell $11,500. Wendy (415) 673-9321 (hr msg).

1975 CATALINA 27, excellent condition, bottom just painted. Atomic 4 engine, sleeps 5. Standard equipment plus extras. Berthed at Brisbane.

Must sell. $12,000. Call Dick (415) 297-4131 (work).

27-FT CHEOY LEE offshore 27, 1969. Teak decks, VHF, autopilot depth sounder. Rigged for singledhanded sailing. Diesel Volvo engine.

Engine needs rebuilding. Opportunity to either buy as is and repower with an engine of your choice or rebuild present engine. As is price $9,000. Call Burl Brown (707) 526-1474.

SAN JUAN 26,1963 wth trailer, fixed keel, 10 hp Honda orb. 2 sails, jib furler. Good condtion, but will heel over and go. Great condtion. Surveyed $12,000, asking $10,000, need kids tuition. Call Phyllis (415) 221-3265.

TARTAN 26. Bristol condition, new Yanmar dieset Loran, VHF, RDF, DS, main and 3 heal sails, sleeps 4, enclosed head, large icebox, new upholstery, rigged for singlehandling, perfect for Bay cruising, Emeryville berth. $12,000 bio. (415) 237-1458.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION 27 CUTTER. Superb quality cruiser, meticulously maintained and in absolutely top condition. Wheel steering, dodger, Bimini, boom gallows, 6 sails, windvane, Radar, Loran, AP, singlehandler's package, etc.

Well over $100,000 if new. $48,000. Partnership a possibility. (415) 457-3027.

: HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Catalina 27, 1986, like i' new. Dodger, VHF, KN, depth, autopilot, 110, ; 150, all fines aft, self-tail winches. 14 hp desel. 2boat owner, must sell. Steal at $19,900. (408) i 267-3139. i t E: ii : i c r .> ii S | C : | :

CATALINA 25,1984. Great shape, fixed keel, Marine head, depth sounder, knot meter, compass, battery charger, new batteries, pop-top with cover, stereo, 7.5 hp Honda, fir boat. Santa Cruz slip available, must selL $11,000. (415)7938588 (hr msg), (415) 537-5955 (work).

CAL 27 MK3,1985, Anniversary Edition. Beautiful, fast racer/ cruiser, Yanmar dsl, H/C press H20 w/shower, spinnaker gear, faired keel/rudder, micron CSC, VHF, KM, DS, Contest compass, AP w/vane, 7 winches (6 Barients), dual tracks and more. Will consider Olson 25 as partial trade. $27,950 or any reasonable offer. (707) 745-7777 (days), (707) 745-6064 (eves).

MOVED TO CENTRAL OREGON. Must sell Ericson 27, 1973. Sleeps 5, head, galley, complete set of sails. Ready for great Bay sailing.

Berthed in Emeryvifie. Best offer takes it (503) 923-1825.

26FT PEARSON TRTT0N. VHF, Loran, DS, knot log, vane, dodger, 2 hooks, new propane stove and cabin heater, good sail inventory. Hawaii vet $17,900. (415) 814-0509 (eves).

GAFF RIGGED SEA BIRD YAWL, 26-ft, 1974.

Freshwater cooled Volvo diesel, all sails triple stitched and in very good condition. Fir decks, built of 3/4 ply with glass over, steel reinforcements around both masts. Offshore sailing • no problem! $7,500. (4150 655-9311 (Iv msg).

CORONADO 27, 1972. Hauled Sept 1989.

Excellent oondlion, 6-ft head room, fresh varnish.

New: 10 hp Yanmar desel, mast boom, slandng rigging, zincs, compass, sails. Has VHF, depth sounder speedo, half cover. Very dean. $15,000.

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27-FT CUSTOM BUILT LUGER. Used 2 seasons, like new. 10 hp Honda, 3 sails, 4 winches.

Beautiful mahogany interior, galley, standing headroom. Galvanized tandem trailer. Can deliver. $17,000. (303) 838-5696.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION 27,1983. Beautiful world cruiser fully outfitted and ready to cruise.

Radar, VHF, depth, knot refrigeration, Avon dinghy, ground tackle, EPIRB, full sail inventory, windlass, Dodger, Fleming wind vane, plus much more. $48,500. (408) 247-3560 (eves).

RANGER 25. Harken furling, brand new main, stem rafi, new fifefines, bcw nets. 9.8 hp Merc, o/ b, cockpit controls, KM, VHF, compass. $10,500.

(415) 592-7886.

BAJA READY. S-2 26-ft Diesel, aft stateroom with double bed, 6-ft+ headroom. New electronics, Benmar autopilot dodger, speedomster/log, Avon, new o/b. Pages equipment more living spare than most 30-ft Price includes heavy duty trailer. All Bristol travel ready. $23,950. (415) 687-5239.

CAL 25,1966 Good condtion, Honda olb 6 hp.

Many sails, AM/FM cassette, stereo, knot, cushions, sleeps 4. Alameda berth. Was $6,000, reduced to $4,500. Last chance, must sell! (415) 522-2360 (Iv msg days, after 5 five).

CAPO BAY 26 1986 Schumacher MORC (like Express) balsa-core offshore racer, singlehanded Hawaii setup, Loran, autopilot 9 sails (3 spinnakers) and stuff to go fast See Trades" section Latitude 38 ad. $45,000 replacement. $19,999.

Call Bill (415) 636-4302 (Iv msg).

1984 ISLANOER 28. DieseLwheel, roller furling jib, many extras. $25,000 bio. (415) 965-1582 (eves).

CAL 2-27,1975 w/diesel, 2 mains, 3 spinnakers, 5 headsails, new headfoil, Trimble Loran, full MORA gear and Delta cruising gear, recent engine work, new topside paint in 1988 - the list goes on $22,500. (415) 825-2969 (eves).

25-FT NORTHSTAR 500, Sparkman Stephens racer/cruiser. Sporty looks, Atomic 4 inboard, loaded, 7 sails, KM, depth, radio, solidly built, Sausafito berth. Must see to appreciate. Incredible steal at $7,800. Cafi Dan (415) 3880990.

OLSON 26 #96 Excellent condtion,faired keel & rudder, upgraded deck layout new sails, custom tandem trailer, 4 hp motor, VHF, freshwater boat Great weekend racer/cruiser, ready to go. Just add water and about $17,000. (800) 7481148.

NORTHSTAR 500,1974. Excellent condition, immaculate appearance. 25-ft sloop, race or cruise. Knotmeter, depthsounder, VHF radio.

Great handling, roomy interior, fast and fun.

Sparkman Stephens design. Priced at $6,500, an excellent value. (415) 331-1962.

28FT REWELL SAILBOAT. Sleeps 6, all sails, shoal keel, inboard/outboard engine, galley, toilet, stove, eating area, double-axle easyloader trailer. $4,000. 28ft Star. All winches, sails, hardware, single-axle trailer, needs TLC. $400.

(209) 2964046.

NEWPORT 27S. Excellent condition. 110, 150, triradial w/Barient and Lewmars. Atomic 4 (recently rebuilt). Sleeps 4 comfortably. Enclosed Maine head and shower. Fid galley with icebox.

6ft+ headroom. VHF. $13,500 or OWC @ 10%.

(415) 676-1400 (days), (818) 963-7116 (eves).

27-FT BALBOA SAILBOAT with trailer. Inboard desel, standng headroom, sleeps 6, head, galley, and instruments. $17,500. (916) 2883218, (916) 8362682.

ULTIMATE BAY CRUISER NEWPORT 27S, 1977. Excellent condtion. New main, rofier furler, excellent 135, 75, very good 105, 3/4 oz. cruising spinnaker, spinnaker gear, Autohelm 3000 autopilot 10 hp Yanmar, Marine head, all lines led aft, Edison wheel, propane heater, propane stove, approved propane locker, Awlgrip paint Signet Smartpac SL-80 (DS, KM, temp, log), Martec folding prop, Barient 21s, ICOM VHF, backstay adjustor. 62" stancfing head room, ground tackle, safety gear, swim ladder. Currently in the Delta $17,500. Great Deal! Call Ron (415) 254-5983.

EXPRESS 27, HULL #71. Red with sand colored deck, proven race winner. Pristine condtion, fully equipped, 10 sails, Loran, Solar charger. OB and many extras. $19,000. Call Edth van Marthens (818) 981-4681.

CHRISTMAS CLEARANCE OF SUN 27. Must sell, 1978 fiberglass sloop sleeps 6 with Yanmar diesel, wheel steering, no blisters, MOB system, VHF, lifeline netting and more. This vessel has seen veiy light use. Steal for 70% of Buc Book $12,110. $500 bonus for Decefnber dose. (415) 965-0621.

28-FT SANTANA, 76. FAB, teak interior, Lexan hatches, 84 Volvo M2D2 diesel, two hrs, new sate, sleeps 6, VHF, KM, galley, enclosed head w/ sink, electric winch, manual and auto bilge pumps, shore phone, Pillar Point $17,500. Call Gary (415) 7265595/0235 or Tuna (408) 761-3129.

27-FT ULDB, 1989. 8’2" beam, 5-ft draft, 272# S.A., 1150# lead, 2450# displ. West system construction. LPU paint Aluminum spars, sails, motor, electronics, and trailer. Rush deck with open transom. Fast with superb helm balance. $16,000, offers encouraged. (415) 332-0589.

ISLANDER 26 1978. Volvo diesel, new Profurl roller furling, KM, DS, VHF, Loran, self-tailing Barients, lines led aft, new mainsail, varnished oak/teak interior, epoxy bottom, bottom paint 6/ 90, teak & hofiy cabin sole.$23,000 bio. Dick (415) 7444523 (days), (415) 332-6714 (after 6 pm).

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27. F/G. Cruise ready.

Recent epoxy bottom, LPU topsides. 1986 Westerbeke desel. 6 sate, 4 near-new. New shrouds, dub jib. $15,900. (415) 331-7576.

RANGER 26-FT. Cruiser/racer with all the gear.

5 bags of safe inducing spinnaker. All fines led aft for single handling. Depth sounder, knot log, compass, VHF, and autopilot Full galley. $3,500 down, take over payments. (415) 8642902 (days), (415) 461-7072 (eves/Vvkends).

CAPE DORY 26 1976 Traditional toll keel New England boat with F/G hull and teak trim Bronze portholes and teak cabin wito o/b, DF, VHF, and 4 sals. $13,000. (415) 6262830,(415) 461-0510.

29 TO 31 FEET 31-FT ERICSON INDEPENDENCE CUTTER, 1978. Recent Mexico vet Yanmar deset Harken furling, SatNav, VHF, KM/DS, dodger, MaxwellNillsen windlass, CQR, H-T chain, pressure water, A/P, heater stereo, tri-mastlight, inflatable. $39,500 bio or trade up. (619) 222-2996.

36FT KNARR, 1968. Mahogany on oak. Cruising Barient new main, new 4 hp Suzuki Bright varnished hull. $3,000. (213) 379-4929.

CATALINA 30,1984. Excellent condition. Diesel, H/C pressure water, shower, self-tailing winches, roller furling, 110/130 Mylar/155, VHF, depth, knot Loran, inflatable dnghy, stereo, microwave, barbecue grill, pedestal table. $32,500.

Call Mike (415) 677-6304 (days), (415) 8858811 (eves/wkends).

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CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27. Nerw Awlgrip paint new dgital KM, log, DS, VHF, TiHermaster autopilot Monitor windvane, Volvo 18 hp desel, cutter rigged, roller furling Genoa, dodger and canvas, teak decks, 2 anchors w/50-ft chain and 206ft rode on each, all teak interior. Our family has outgrown this beautiful boat Now 2-boat owners, we must set $18,500 t/o. Cafi (415)9248398 (Iv msg).

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MOORING DISCOUNTS Owner of a Moorings 37 based in Puerto Escondido, Mexico will give discounts on charter fees or yacht purchases. Limited owner's time is available at reduced charter rates. _(408)739-5017_

C&C 30,1971. Atomic 4, very seaworthy boat, Buc Book value $18-22,000. Has blisters, you fix.

Alameda Marina $9,500 bto. (415) 455-5354.

29-FT GULF PILOTHOUSE sloop. Excellent cruiser for Bay, Delta, coast Loran, Autohelm, VHF, stereo, diesel, alcohol stove, microwave, more. Bottom paint 1 yr. D dock, sip 72, Marina Bay, Richmond. $25,000 bto. (916) 972-1762 (eves).

CATALINA 30,1980. Wheel, dsl, dodger, roller fuifing with 110% and 165%. Many extras, cleanest boat on the Bay. $23,900. (415) 873-5908, (415) 593-9547 (eves).

RAWSON 30. Clean, 3 bm prop, stove/crven, dsl engine, fiberglass dinghy w/oars. VHF, depth, RDF, 3 Dan. ana, 3 sails, good basic boat lots of potential. $14,000. Call (415) 532-8953, (415) 5364860.

31-FT PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH, 1980.

SUongly built blue water cruising veteran. Cutler rigged. New epoxy bottom, autopilot vane, VHF, Ham, DS, sailing dinghy. Extra roomy interior.

Extra equipment included. $35,000. Call John (408) 259-5982.

1983 SANTANA 3030 racer/cruiser. Thinking of buying a new Olson 911 type boat? This one rates file same, has comfort, and is faster. Signet 1000/ 2000, VHF, stereo, CD player, North sails, etc.

Motivated sale by owner. $28,000. Call (209) 369-1404 (Lodi).

PEARSON 30,1975. Excellent inside and out Atomic 4, new Loran, VHF, DS, KM and more.

New man, new 120% fb, extras included. Ready for holiday Bay sailing. $20,900. (408) 246-9098, (415) 948-0194.

J/29. Make the best J/29 deal on the Bay. We are not able to sal this high performance sailboat, so you should. Race equipped, excellent condition.

Many bags safe, plus other extras, oib motor. No money down, assume loan under $25,000. (415) 328-2408.

PURCHASE A LIFESTYLE. 31-ft custom English sloop. Very good condition, extras include legal liveaboard berth in Marin, Sunfish, 8-ft dinghy w/o/b, VHF, autopilot RDF, depth, Loran and more. $30,000. (415) 456-8179.

OLSON 30, Vode Blue’, HuB #172. BMW factory inboard, original owner, Signet 1000 and 2000, Harken roier, full bat main, VHF, stereo, quickvang, mast step reinforced, 2 spinnakers, immaculate. $21,000. (415) 851-7065.

ALBERG 30, F/G, full keel, beautiful classic lines, exoefient condtion. Large safi inventory, new and old. New electronics, rebuilt (1985), Greymarine 25 hp, hauled annually (Aug.). Great Bay boatl Berth K31 Marina Village YH. $19,000. (415) 865-4845.

YANKEE 30 III, 1973. Very good condition, recent sails main, Mylar 145 and 162, #1. Many spinnakers. Tall tapered mast with hydraulic backstay, dual spinnaker halyards, 8 winches, new Harken split drum dual track, converts to racing foil, furling with new 140 C-cut cruising jenny, quickvang, Atomic 4 completely opened and checked out and painted 990, new aluminum fuel tank and gauge, new bottom paint 890. Race winner. Located Mama del Rey. $22,000. (213) 301-2188.

BENETEAU 305, 1986. Fast comfortable racer/ cruiser. Good sail inventory, oversize winches, auto, Loran, eta Well maintained. $44,500. Call (415) 488-0579.

J/29. Race ready. 10 sails, 8 hp Evinrude oh, actively raced and cruised on the Bay. The only Englishhuilt boat on the West Coast, unique and comfortable interior arrangement, galley sink & stove. The J/29 is an exciting boat to race, the fleet will challenge your racing skills, yet with spacious decks and cabin it's a fun boat for casual sailing or weekend cruising. The boat has placed 2nd and 3rd in YRA season championships. Join a great fleet Great deal, low or no money down $32,000. Call Andy (415) 641-8323.

30-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA, 1979. Pressurized water system, head and galley, sleeps 5, wheel steering, 3 sails, DS, KM, VHF, stereo, Volvo diesel, safety gear, cockpit cushions. Great famfiy cruiser/racer. $22,000. (408) 842-3319.

MOORE 30. Only driven by a little old lady in tennis shoes. $37,500. Will trade for boat car, airplane or? (916) 583-9420.

TARTAN 30,1974 Must see to appreciate. Many extras! $17,000 bto. Tod Detro (415) 948-9722 or (415) 967-6301.

CATAUNA 30,1975. Atomic 4, H/C pressure water, need to sel. $22,000 tto. (408) 452-2943, (415) 829-3018.

1983 CATAUNA 30. Tall rig. Harken furling, refrig., Autohelm 3000, KM, log, DS, 150%, 120%, full canvas including boom tent, primary selftailing and secondary winches, beautiful teak interior with teak trimmed mirror in settee. Diesel engine. Immaculate in/out $26,750 bio. (213) 578-2148.

H-28 (MOD). Beautiful 30-ft Herreshoff 1962.

Mex/HA vet and ready to go again. Dbt- planked mahog., copper rivets, bronze screws, lead keel.

Recent refit new decks, cockpit refastened and caulked. Moving up. Call (408) 423-5623, (408) 475-4468.

COLUMBIA 29,1966. Classic ^oop with lots of wood trim. Two mains plus jib, Genoa, and spinnaker. Atomic 4 engine. New prop, shaft, and bottom paint Full keel. Head w/holding tank.

Sleeps 5. $12,000. (415) 824-8362.

NEWPORT 30MWL 1974. Red hull, white deck Excellent Bay boat. Active fleet South Beach Harbor, berths available. $14,500. Call (415) 921-4137.

1975 WESTSA1L 32, factory finished. Seriously eqiipped cruiser. $20,000 major 1990 reft with al receipts. Aimost al systems replaced with new or rebuilt complete with spares. Autopilot, vane, freezer, survival craft Too many extras w 'st $57,500. (206) 2463983.

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32-FT BAYFIELD, 1980, Documented, FK, rebuilt desel, wheel, depth, speed, log, WS, VHF, SatNav, Loran, Radar, desalinator, autopilot windlass, wind/trolling generator, solar elect, Monitor windvane, dnghy w/o/b, EPIRB, life raft, 5 bags sails, 4 anchors. $55,000. Box 2154, Stockton, CA 95201.

TAYANA 37 ready to crufee/fiveaboard, excellent condition, SatNav, hot water, reefer, cfink, windlass, teak interior, etc. Lots new. Asking price $83,000: $16,500 down, $73Q/hnonth. Cal (415) 331- 5916.

36- FT LUDERS CHEOY LEE CUPPER KETCH. Beautiful offshore cruising sailboat Great liveaboard. Many sails and cruising gear available.

Possible trade for aircraft of same value. $47,000.

Call Jerry (707) 963-2056, (707) 255-4657.

35-FT MAAS DESIGN, masthead sloop, 90% restored. New sheerplank, deck cockpit electrical panel, wiring, rigging, and much more. $60,000 and 3,000 hours invested, asking $16,000! Built to race. Admirals Cup, excellent cruiser or liveaboard. Beautiful lores at a steal. Call Alex (415) 332- 2060.

1974 IRWIN KETCH, 32TT. Ctr. cockpit, 27 hp diesel, 4 batteries, silicon charger, hot water showetJlO AC & 12v wiring and lights. Inside excellent, bottom has blisters, appraised $31,000, asking $14,500. Call Marty (415) 756-2051.

TAYANA 37,1988. Loaded with extras, documented. Datamarine 5100, Foruno LC-90 Loran, battery charger, inverter, Autohelm 7000, custom dodger, Norcold refrigerator, AM/FM stereo cassette, windlass, boom brake, 2 anchors, VHF radio, self-tailing winches, roller furling, Dutchman sail system. $99,500 firm. (415) 324-0685 (days), (408) 354-2357 (eves).

37- FT MONK DESIGN custom-built ketch, documented, veteran cruising boat, has cruised Mexico and South Pacific, Perkins diesel, self-steering, Tillermaster autopilot, sailing dinghy, berthed in Redwood City. $43,000. Call (415) 361-8186 (after 5 pm).

CASCADE 36 KETCH. Must sell, bought house.

Cruise ready, in La Paz. Life raft, Radar, SalNav, Loran, tiller tender, dinghy, motor, solar panels, wind generator, steering vane, elec, windlass.

Beautiful custom interior. $55,000. (682) 5 12 21 (La Paz).

37- FT GAFF KETCH Heavy glass const, desel power. Heavily rigged & sparred for deepwater voyaging. This is not Tupperware, but a heavy duty vessel for the serious offshore sailor. Offers.

(415) 968-2921.

38- FT FARALLONE CUPPER, needs work good hull, owner back in school. Needs money, no time, make offer. Call Mark (415) 285-5184.

37-FT HUNTER. Excellent condition. Diesel, spinnaker, 2 jibs, dodger, Autohelm 4000, Loran, eta Wl consider trading ip. $45,000. Cal (415) 332-2776 (hr msg).

FANTASIA 35. Great liveaboard/blue water cruiser. Center cockpit Pisces-40 desel, Davits w/dnghy & o/b. Microwave, refridge., 2 staterooms, main salon, workshop, 115 gals fuel, 220 gals water, teak decks. Recent haJout and cruse ready. $65,000. All reasonable offers considered. (707) 762-7190.

34FT PETERSON Bull 1977. Very Bile use. 13 safe, most in outsorting condfioa The bod is h great shape and ready for racing or fast cruising.

Bottom just redone. Great Sausalito slip, Ako. $128,000. Call Aaron (213) 8244582.

STEEL EBBTIDE 36-FT 1986. A classic ocean cruising cutter buflt by Oceancraft with strength, comfort, and seaworthiness as prime considerations. Aft cockpit aft cabin, beautiful mahogany interior, exa condtion. Looted Port Townsend, WA $109,000. (206) 385-7833.

37-FT ALDEN COASTWISE CRUISER Cedar over oak cutler rig. Design #675 is deserted on p. 236 to John G. Alden and Hs Yadrt Designs.

1953 Transpaa vet, Soulh Seas vet, eligible for Master Mariner. Must see to appreciate. Excellent coastal and Bay boat Port of Redwood City berth. $34,900. (408) 3369402.

HUNTER 34,1983. Brand new interior. Fast cruiser w/3 cabin configuration. Excellent fivsaboard, easy singlehander. Rolling furling headsafl and powerful full batten main, both Eke new. 25 hp Wester-’ beke, low hours. $45,000. (415) 331-5611.

CATALNA 38,1984. Excelent condtion, 4 head sails, dodger, Loran, Adler-Barbour fridge, propane 2 burner stove/oven, 2 anchors w/chain/ rode, VHF, WS, DF, desei engine, lots of extras.

Excellent s^wriease on Pier 39 avaiaUe. $47,500 b/o. (916) 531-7850, (916) 269-1215.

ERICSON 32,196a Need to seO her to order to move up. Atomic 4, 5 head sails, toll enclosure, dean inside and out DS, KM, VHF. Consider trades up to 36ft or $21,GOO. Call Larry (415) 522-8071 (home), (415) 7847046 (work).

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PANDA 34 CUTTER, 1985. Peri. croiser.

Exc. cond. Quality throughout Fully insulated, all SIT winches, o/s primaries, B&G Hornet pack instI ICOM VHF/Loran/elec windlass/3 anchors/AP/ holdover ref? 4AK5 haul/bottom. SSF liveaboard.

Must see. $86,000. (415) 857-2429 (days), (415) 952-6651 (eves).

32-FT COLUMBIA 9.6 SLOOP. Sleeps 6, 6-ft headroom, teak interior, double-reef main. Jibs: 110, 130, 150. Diesel, VHF, compass, depth sounder, pressure water, electric/manual bilge pumps, shore power, full galley. New epoxy bottom. Moved. $25,000. Urgent! Call (916) 823-0190.

35FT PRETORIEN BY WAUQUIEZ. 1986 sloop (the ‘French Swan). Blue water boat. Orig. owner, never chartered. Like brand new, hardly sailed and only in S.F. Bay. Insulated double hull, Qvslrom sate: main, 150 Genoa, 100 jb & storm jfo. Profurl roller fuller. Wheel, Lewmar self-tailing winches. Foiward double berth, private aft berth.

H/C pressure water, propane, refer, double stainless sinks, ful galley. Al teak cabin w/fine European craftsmanship & unbeatable style. Special (gating. Sleeps 7. Fabulous boat! $89,000. (415) 922-5225.

WESTSAIL 32. Factory buflt Perkins dtesel, Prolurl roller furling, teak decks. Everything you need.

Ready to go. So. Pacific vet At Edgewater, Sausafito, $49,500. Can help finance. Call(415) 332-2060 (days), (707) 923-3201 (eves).

HUNTER 35.5,1990. Pacific Cup veteran, all cruising/racing gear, dodger, extra tanks/pumps, electronics, safety equipment, etc. $89500. (916) 422-7420, (916) 324-2751.

35-FT HALBERG RASSEY, 1973, High quality strong cruising yacht as recommended by John ; ' Neal. Tri caber center cockpit $39,000, excepr totally low price for quick sale due to partnership i spfil Call Jim (415) 5344317. ! EXPRESS 37. Excellent condition, H/C pressure : water, refrigeration, 17 North sails, Brooks and Gatehouse Hercules System interfaced with i Northstar Loran and Magnavox SatNav, single j) sideband, VHF, well-equipped with first class i equipment many extras, motivated. $90,000 hto. ; (805) 493-1091. < HUNTER 37,1984 CUTTER Swift and graceful sailing to weather. Cruise or SveaboartL Immacui lately maintained. Separate cabins, sleeps 7, H/ r C water, shower, AM/FM/tape stereo, stove/oven, f headfoil, oversized self-tailing winches, VHF, ; Daiamarine, WS, WD, depth, Yanmar 30, Sausalito berth. Best offer. (415) 435-2924.

I CAL 39,1978. Perkins diesel, roller furling jib, 1 Benmar autopilot rigging and sails in great shape. i Signet gauges, windlass, VHF, AM/FM cassette, i HC shower, CNG 3 burner stove, large water and desel tanks. Ready to move aboard. Come see this boat in Santa Cruz. $59,000. (408)427-0209.

YACHT AUCTION - regularly scheduled auctions. Call for details and inventory. Call (415) 567-8880.

ISLANDER 36. Main, jib, Genoa, spinnaker, 9 Barients, VHF, DS, RDF, Loran, knotmeter/log, stereo. CNG 3bumer S/S stove/oven. Pressure water. Instant H/W heater. Shower. $36,950.

(415) 521-2230, (415) 521-9430 (eves).

KETTENBURG 38,1955. Extensive and complete hull structure work done. Clean and complete interior. No engine, new sails. Sails!! $11,000. Call James (415) 342-6654 (tv msg).

EFHCSON35. I am seffirrg frus great Bay boat due to the mfftary wanting to send me away from San Francisco. Let my misfortune be your gain. Call me for a list of equpnent and when you can see her. Price is very negotiable and reasonable. Cal Glenn (415) 561-3695 (work), (415) 474-7759 (home).

36-FT CATALINA, 1983. Like new, 1990 epoxy bottom, teak/holly sole, diesel, stereo, TV, VHF, fall, wild, wheel, refrigeration, Sausafito. $47,500.

Call Sheldon Caughey (415) 332-9500.

RANGER 37. Designed by Mull. Will make a great ocean cruiser/racer. PHRF 120. Rod rigging, desel, well equipped. $35,000. Call (415) 785-2288.

FREJA 39. New L.P.U., dodger, sails, factoryfinished teak interior. Great equipment, great condition. Best available Freja. Reduced: $79,950. (415) 387-5907.

36-FT COLUMBIA SLOOP. Excellent condition, Albin diesel, fresh water cooled, battery charger, refrigeration, roller furling jib and main, Autohelm, propane stove/oven/water heater, Espar cabin heater, custom davits/wood dnghy. Very roomy cruiser or liveaboard. $39,000. (415) 454-7586.

ISLANDER 36. Perkins dsl, epoxy bottom, full electronics, Benmar autopilot Harken roller furling, 6 sails, quickvang. self-tailing winches, Loran, VHF, stereo, depth, knot wind drection and speed, dodger, refrigeration, H/C pressure water, spinnaker gear and much more. $49,500. Call (916) 652-6386.

32-FT WM. ATKINS 'ESC", 1978. Wooden hull, teak Volvo MD3B, 1040 hrs, Loran, VHF, RDF, AM/FM stereo, Shipmate propane stove, Dickenson wood fireplace, new dodger, new bottom paint, 3 anchors w/chain. $38,000. Call (415) 726-6419.

ISLANDER 34,1970. Extensive recent professional overhaul indudng Atomic 4, fuel and water tanks, fiberglass and much cosmetics. Needs further love, will sacrifice $18,900. Financing possible, see at 5th Ave. Marine, Oakland in dry storage. (415) 893-2703.

CATALINA 36,1983. New interior cushions, new batteries, new head, epoxy and bottom paint 4/90.

Larsen main, 110%, spinnaker, VHF, RDF, digital knotmeter and depthsounder, battery charger.

Assumable loan at $37,500. Asking $45,000, will consider J24, Moore 24, SC27 as partial trade. No Brokers. (415) 381-6732.

RANGER 33,1976. Mull designed racer/cruiser, folding propeller, gas power. Tall rig, 6 sails, 3 new 1987, roller headfoil, hydraulic backstay, 8 winches, wheel. Wind, depth gauges, knot/log, VHF, RDF, oven, shower, 6T heacfroom. $2500 work 2/40. $26,900. (408) 375-6165.

ERICSON 38,1982. Fully equipped, exceptional condition, oversize Barients, Signet instruments, VHF, Universal diesel, Arctic diesel heater, refrigeration, anchor windlass, dodger, roller furling, new cockpit cushions, and more. $59,950. (415) 757-2914.

WESTSAIL 32 One owner. $55,000. Call (415) 367-9880.

CHNESE JUNK, 32-ft x 11 1/2-ft, ideal, comfortable liveaboard, double bed in aft cabin. Full galley (3 burners, erven, microwave), shower, head, dining table for 6, heater. 35 hp desel and 3 sails (red). Sail or use as launch. $29,500 hto. (916) 342-9313.

FALUWINTER UPKEEP FOR YOUR BOAT Hire BOATWORKS for cleaning and detailing over the cool wet months to avoid mold and mildew. We’re the oldest boat maintenance business on the Bay. Insured, Bonded, Free Estimates Call Terri (415) 834-3990

HARDIN 45 KETCH. Launched 1983. Thoroughly equipped for cruising or liveaboard. Completely rebuilt engine and transmission. Space doesn’t allow for listing equipment Send for complete list $136,500. Yacht ’Sirdance", P.O. Box 1822 Friday Harbor, WA 98250, or cal (206) 378-3085.

45-FT CUSTOM MASON KETCH. Steel hull, round bilge, built Holland 1962. Teak decks, midship galley, propane stove, microwave, Dickenson cabin heater, GM 353,250 gal fuel, 300 gal water, 6 kw generator. SatNav, Loran, Radar, autopilot 66 lb Bruce. $86,500. (619)4204697.

40-FT SEARUNNER. Best in dassl Professionally built, epoxy, Marine Woods. Great liveaboardtoffshore cruiser. Beautiful custom interior, comfortable. Fast sailboat: rod rigging, high quality gear, 6 sails, variety of electronics. Documented/surveyed, built 1985. $57,000. (206) 297-3246.

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40FT RHODES, 1950. Sloop, fractional rig, main & jib good condition, extra sails. Mahogany planked, oak frames, monel fastened. Indudes VHF, Loran, knotmeter, ground tackle and autopilot Classic lines. 2-boat owner must selL $19,500, ail offers considered. (415) 548-8939.

HANS CHRISTIAN 43 KETCH This showboat brings you a successful offshore cruising record, new Awlgrip finish, new tropical awnings, covers and dodger, decorator interior without compare.

She is the high performance underbody and measures 51-ft loa, 43-ft on deck 37-ft Iwl, 13-ft beam. A partial goodie list includes workshop, ocean sailing chart table, Dickinson heat, refrigeration, Neco autopilot, Ham, VHF, Radar, 3 anchors, 300-ft chain, custom stained glass cabinets and tile counter tops. All ocean gear on board. Great value reduced to $167,950. (206) 783-2320.

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SANTA CRUZ 40 recent upgrades inducing sails and inventory with full electronics, B/G, Loran, SatNav, ICOM VHF and SS8. Ready to cruise to Mexico or race to Hawaii. $92,500. Call (415) 563-3753.

CAL 40,1969. Saab desel, 1977, new epoxy bottom 1985, Loran, KM, DS, VHF, Tillermaster, dodger. (415) 898-7422

43FT WOOD SAILBOAT. Built in France. Very good concfition, structurally but needs much TIC and mast repaired. Aft cabin, center cockpit design. Approximately 85 hours on Perkins 107.

Misc. gear. $20,000. (415) 268-9191.

40-FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE 1980 by Uniffite.

Much better lhan new. One owner, professionally maintained, outstanding cruiser/liveaboard.

Amenities indude: Wood-Freeman autopilot Grunert refrigeration, Furuno Radar and Loran, Lewmar winches, dual steering, Westerbeke 58 dtesel - make this one of the finest cruisers in the NW. Cafi for pidue and specs. $185,000. (408) 371-0180.

TAYANA 42,1982 Exceptional condtion, center cockpit, cutter rigged, new Awlgrip topsides.

Recent haulout. Air conditioning, refrigerator/ freezer, SSB, SatNav, etc. Best combination cruiser/liveaboard afloat $139,000 b/o. (415) 389-9531.

DONRU MARINE SURVEYORS Donald R. Young ,4 Surveys & Appraisals Serving the Central Coast and Bay 32 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940 • (408) 372-8604

Islander 28. Teak & Holly Sole. Radio - Fath - Stereo - Stove - Etc. Ready to Go. Owners Moving. We’ll sell for $15,000 Loan Balance. Valued at $22,000.

Call Don Bruce (415) 362-5660

One week on sail repairs.

Fred’ estimates.

Bogart-Goring Sailmaker.

(415) 523-9011

SWAN 41,1976, S/S design. Harken roller furling, headsail, Signet instruments, SSB, Loran, Sailor RDF, VHF, Alfa 3000 autopilot w/remote, CD and cassette player, Adler-Barbour refrigeration, H/C pressured water, double bunk aft stateroom, custom woodworking and various other mortifications throughout $150,000. Call (415) 769-0878.

PEARSON VANGUARD, 325-FT. Bulletproof cruiser. New hadout, sun/ey. New depth sounder, speed log. Loran. Rig overhauled, excellent oondtion and ready to go now! Just $19,500 firm.

(415) 332-4871.

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48-FT SPARKMAN STEPHENS/HUGHES-built center cockpit yawl, 1972. Liveaboard/cruise, FG, 75 hp Mercedes Benz, new Awlgrip, new haulout sleeps 7/3 cabins, 2 heads/1 shower, Espar, Adler-Barbour, life raft, lots gear. Asking $99,500. (415) 332-7543.

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FREEPORT 41. Move up to luxury, new 70 hp diesel, 190 gal fuel, 190 water, autopilot, liferaft, self-tailing winches, Radar, Loran, SatNav, 2 VHFs, DS, KM, wind instr., compass, 45# CQR w/300-ft chain, 35# CQR w/300-ft rode, electric windlass, 3 bilge pumps, automatic fire extinguisher, 2 160A batteries, 120A 12v power supply, AC/DC fridge, mast head lights on both masts, 12v DC fluorescent lighting, spot light, electric head, propane 3 burner stove with oven, electric or eng. hot water shower, 3.5 KW diesel generator, plus more. $77,000. (408) 252-7391.

FOR SALE OR PARTNERSHSh 1987 Centurion 42. Beautiful 42-ft sloop, known as the "French Swan". Sausalito berth. Professionally maintained. Call Gordon (415) 643-9277 (days), (415) 653-5727 (eves).

44-FT LUDERS YAWL, 1941. Former Naval Academy training vessel. Master Mariner's classic. Matogany/fir over oak frames. Volvo MD-11 diesel. Refastened 1985, partially restored. $25,000. Call (415) 582-0499, (415) 865-5209 (lv msg).

CLASSIC S&S 47-CT SLOOP. Fully equipped ocean cruising veteran of Mexico and Hawaiian trips. One of SF Bay's most beautiful and weltconstructed wooden yachts - to see her is to love her. Sleeps 7, large cockpit windvane, autopict, electronics, many sails. $67,500.

Cal (415) 331-0907.

UNIQUE 40-FT CUSTOM CRUISING KETCH. Proven cruiser with long range capabilities. 300 gats dsl. 260 gals water, 58 hp Lehman, F/G hull, center cockpit Beautiful main salon. If you want a strong cruiser, this is for you. Needs some cosmetic work $59,900. (702) 322-7069 (days), (702) 324-3203 (eves).

WHRBY42. Boat show dspiay boat 1983. Superb quality fully equipped for cruising. If you are ready to go, so is she. Located in finest cruising gromds in Caribbean. Call Jill (415) 534-4317.

YACHT AUCTION - regularly scheduled auctions. Call for details and inventory. Call (415) 567-8880.

YANKEE CUPPER 48LOA, 41LOD. Garden designed F/G Ketch, teak decks. Perkins 4-108, low hours. Loran autopilot with vane, remote. 12v refrigerator, planing dinghy w/o/b. Spacious teak interior. Wood stove. Exceptional joinery. Excellent, equipped cruiser. Comfortable liveaboard.

Reduced to $60,000. Call (415) 398-8170, (415) 861-6519.

FORMOSA 41-FT 1974 KETCH. 0 hours on 4L08 Perkins. Radar, new Loran, Vain upgraded rigging, full keel cruiser and great liveaboard. $55,000 hto. Call Jim (415) 347-0514.

DELRAY 50,45 x 121 x 63" factory made F.G. hull with 12,500# lead ballast and deck $16,000.

Inexpensive Storage/Working area Detroit diesel 3-53 with 2:1 reduction gear. $3,000. Wilcox head $150. All for $18,000. (415) 932-4339.

44-FT RHODES traditional classic beauty - Tobermorf sloop. Rebuilt 1985. Wood well maintained. Raised flush deck Roomy cruiser or liveaboard. Fully equipped and cruise ready.

Best offer. (415) 474-1782.

47-FT OLYMPIC CRUISING KETCH 3 private staterooms, 2 heads w/Showers. Access aft from either side. Large engine room. LPG oven/stove, heater. Hot water, refrigeration/freezer, autopilot 8 person Zodac liferaft, SSB, VHF, Loran, 8 sails. $112,500. (415) 7694)527.

43-FT HANS CHRISTIAN CUTTER KETCH. Impeccable, cruise ready. Full sails, Autohelm, Loran, Radar. 55 hp Chrysler/Nssan. Hot shower.

Lovely interior. $160,000. Serious inquiries only.

(415) 362-8258.

51 FEET & OVER DIANA 58FT, 1965 Mid design, test and comfortable world cruising/charter ready. Custom built best equipment available. Mint condition. Call for brochure, specifications, extensive equipment list recent survey. Located in La Paz, Mexico. $395,000 hto. (602) 577-1726, (602) 795-3994.

65-FT MACGREGOR, 1966. Very light use, low engine hrs, cruising rig, Signet speed, depth & wind, Navtec hyd., vang, maxiprop, Loran/)alotter, VHF, H/C pressure water, refrigeration, MOB system. Experience maxi speed & performance.

Asking only $110,000. (415) 332-2430.

65-FT MACGREGOR. ULDB 1987. Fast fast fast Loaded. Tal rig, rod rigging, Navtec hydraulics, 4 chutes, Hercules instruments, SatNav, Loran, RDF, SSB, VHF, Autohelm 6000, combi stereo, 10 man Avon raft/cannister. $140,000 hto. Cal Steve (707) 447-3282.

CLASSICS MASON DESIGN 33-FT gaff-rigged ketch. Built in Maryland by Jim Richardson in 1968. The best in cruising design and very beautiful to see. Wei maintained throughout her years and ready to cruise. Call (707) 374-5555.

30-FT HURRKANE CLASS. Wooden sloop Haven" was built in Sausalito, 1952. Fir over oak, lead keel, total new rig with spruce mast Good sails with 3/4 oz. tikadtel. Al lines led aft Bought bigger boat Doesn't anyone else want a real wooden sailboat? (415) 935-7096.

RHODES WINDWARD 33'6* LOD, 8'6" beam, built 1948 Richmond Boat Works, Alameda Marina berth, cedar on oak frames, mahogany interior and top sides, teak deck Lazy Jacks, full cover, new cockpit engine, galley, head, toe rail. $15,000 b/O. (415) 865-6427.

50FT PIVER TRMARAN. 1973 ketch, spacious and comfortable, new Perkins 4-106 desei, mucho electonics including Radar, propane stove wtoven, 108 gaL water, Dometic refifgator. $85,000. (916) 332-0775.

UNFINISHED NiCOL CAVALIER 36-ft x 25-ft needs glass work on decks and cabin, al items necessary for completion: sails, winches, o/b, eta first class gear and hardware. Reasonable offers only. Cal (213) 4264356 (after 8 pm), (213) 436-8444.

35FT PIVER LOADSTAR Three boats for the price of onel Beautiful, oompltely refurbhysNed in 1989. Cal now $20,000. Bil (415) 2350164.

MULTIHULLS 37-FT SEARUNNEfi. South Pac. vet Cruise equip. Video promotion tape avail, free. Rebuilt Volvo diesel, SatNav, 8A solar panels, wind & water gen, 12v watetmaker and refrig., new Doyle main, spinnaker, AP, speedo, head, etc. $35,000.

(415) 935-0898.

40-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Under construction. Mast, rigging, diesel engine, sails, portlights and hatches, steering system, stove, construction plans and materials, and much more. $25,000. Call Gene (408) 263-7633.

37-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Radar, Loran, SSB, CaSSB, AP wVane, Solar, RDF, DS, KM w/ log, diesel, new sails, Cybernet stereo, microwave, 3-bumer wtoven, dodger, inflatable w/2 oto, relaunched 9/15/90. New everything! I don’t want to self her but cant take her to Florida with me.

Look at the rest, then see the best! finished, not a project She’s a beautiful cruiser for the dscriminating buyer - no tire kickers please. $50,000.

(415) 933-0950, P.O. Box 5052, Walnut Creek CA 94596.

52-FT OCEAN RAONG TRMARAN. Foils, many sails, generator, watermaker. Professionally built

by DuFour France. 18 knots easy. For sale $75,000 or partner $35,000. (415) 922-3504, (415) 227-0502. V CROSS 28-FT TRIMARAN. Spry lady needs caring owner. Lots of work done, needs more.

Great Bay boat 10 hp ob, 4 sals, VHF, DS, inflat, head, sleeps 4 friends. $5,500. (408) 241-5127 (eves).

40-FT PIVER AA TRMARAN, professionally built cutter rig, excellent condition, extensive inventory, HC pressure water, shore power. Perfect for cruiser on Gmited budget Just completed Hawaii 14 days down, 17 days return. Fresh bottom paint $42,500. Call Blair (415) 372-9092.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS CHEOY LEE 32-FT TRAWLER. Leaman diesel (559 T.T.). Displacement cruiser/360 gal. fuel.

Tanks fui, cruise free for a yearl 200 gat water, H/W (110v or engine). Dual sounders/VHFs. Haler, Robertson AP. AC/DC reefer. Elec, heal $56500 b/O. (415) 482-0993.

QUALITY STYLISH DUTCH CANAL BARGE. 48-ft steel classic. Excellent condition. Low maintenance. Dry, warm. Wood paneled. Teak pilot-house. Romantic bedroom. DAF diesel engine/generator/2 large fuel tanks. Galley. AC/ DC. Flash water heater. Pressure water with 2 tanks. (415) 321-2800.

PARTNERSHIPS PARTNERSHP W 42-FT SAILBOAT. 1/4 interest with no entry cost or down payment $350/ month covers al operating cost berth, insurance, maintenance, repair allowance, etc. Berthed In Sausalito. "Carnfe* was buiTin New Zealand as a “gentlemen’s ocean racer*: very fast very stable, and a nice interior. The boat is well equipped for all kinds of sailing. She was first in the 1990 Danforth PHRO series (spring offshore races for N. CA PHRF haxicap). "Camile" has gracefully handled up to 10 landJover guests on business/sodal cruises of the SF Bay. Must be congenial and considerate person. No screamers allowed to race on boat. Will consider novice sailor with strong interest in sailing. Call Bil! Permar (415) 332-7335, (415) 459-3311.

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Diesel Engine, Marine Refrigeration, Atomic 4 Gas, AC & DC Theory Seminars, Individual and Group Classes (415) 934-6159

WATERFRONT POSTAL CENTER Postage • Message Service-* UPS • Parcel Post Copy Service • Package Wrapping 24 Sand Island Road, #27. Honolulu, HI 96819 (808) 842-3084 Carol Post

TMESHARE OPPOfTTUMTY. Enjoy our professionally maintained, well-equipped Ranger 33.

Prime upwind Berkeley berth, roller hiding, knotmeter, deffihsounder, Loran, VHF, Lectrasan head, CNG galley, wheel, safety package, etc. 25% usage includes berthing, insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc. $20QAnonth. (415) 525-7477 (eves).

TRADE EQUITY in single-family home for 38 to 45-ft sailboat (408)3784790.

JOMT VENTURE/PARTTCRSHIP. 1920’s power boat with modem diesel. Opportunity for person wilh carpentry skills - low Investment Liveaboard.

(707) 768-2183.

NEED TRAILER for a 25-ft Catalina fixed keel, double axle, will pay cash. Also looking for good 8-ft sport boat, Avon, etc. Call collect anytime.

(702) 588-8957.

CAL 31. Good Bay saing sloop. Opening aval in 5 person group. Exp. sailor or wJSng to learn nee. No entry cost Alameda berth. $175itnonth.

For a trial sail and comp, beer call Mike or Loma (415) 865-5147.

CRUISING MULTIHULL for liveaboard family.

Gemini, Cross, and Horstman cats (31 to 40-ft) look great WK consider any multihull to $30,000 (maybe $45,000). Show us your boatl Fixers need not apply. Call Brian (707) 4269901.

; J/241/4 PARTNERSHIP for sale. Low monthly i expenses. High availability. Race equipped.

Great first boat for day sailing, one-design racing.

Steal at $1,500. Call Jay (415) 961-6768.

40 TO 47-FT cutter rigged sailboat No ketches.

Prefer quipped for offshore passage (HAM/SSB, watermaker, good sail wardrobe, etc.) 1982 or later models. Will pay to $145,000 cash. (805) 9849050 (hr msg).

STEEL MOTORSAILER/PILOT HOUSE ketch/ yawl 45/55 ft. May need some repairs. To $90,000 cash. Call Thomas (415) 332-4681, Fax (415) 332-7460.

TRADE BOAT SWAP ANYONE? 1 weeks use of a well: equipped 1981 FD-12 50-ft cutter in Prince Wif; Sam Sound, Alaska for use of your Moorings 435 or similar in Sea of Cortez during mid-March, 1991. (907) 3454)383 (eves).

CAPO 26. See prior Latitude 38 ad. Terrific, all ( conditions, fast, competitive single-handed offshore racer, perfect serious sailor's first boat fun it family saier. Trade: larger cruising sailboat (fixerupper okay), aircraft multihull, classic auto, secured promissory notes. (415) 636-4302.

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'KNARR OR C to trade for my J-24. Excellent : condtion. Plus or minus cash in trade as required i (415) 454-9600, (415) 435-2085. ! RESPONSIBLE WOMAN will trade renovation/ r maintenance skills for Gveabo&d. Can vacate on l short notice. Call for resume. (415) 863-2302.

I 3 BRI2 BA RANCH STYLE HOUSE on wooded acre in Oakland Hills. 2 fp, wet bar, approx 1700 )! sq ft with $60,000 equity. Will trade for cruise l ready liveaboard 38 to 50-ft motor sailer or sailboat in excellent condition. Leo (415) 726-5310.

0 2,350 SQ FT HOME in Lake Wildwood Country ■ Club, with golf, tennis fishing, waterskiing, one hour northeast of Sacrament) in Gold Country for j 43 to 57-ft cruiser equipped for blue water and liveaboard. (916) 432-9044.

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PAN! PAN! PAN! LIVEABOARD NEEDED by Dec. 13. Responsible, boat-wise N/S female with local references seeks boat to live on. Will pay dock fees and/or maintain your vessel. Also looking for crew position. Please call Lauren (415) 332-9061, (415) 567-2219.

WANTED - USED SUNFISH SAILBOAT. Reasonably priced. Call (415) 467-5145 (hr msg).

SWGLE SOEBAND COM 700 with tuner. $1,250 or trade for cfesel marine gen 35 to 5 kw. (415) 237-5088.

BOAT COVER. Full cover made by Larsen Safe for Cal 34. Excellent cond $650 bb. Call (408) 426-7532.

LOUDHAILER, RAYTHEON 350, provisions for alarm system with outside speaker, $100. AlderBarbour combi-cold refrigeration system, Gke new, $400. EPIRBs - one dees B, one class C, need batteries, $50/each. (415) 522-3437.

SINGER 107W INDUSTRIAL SEWING machine with puller. Recently rebuilt, new shaft and hook, $1,600. Nkxnos III underwater camera with strobe, meter, Erenson tubes, text, case used only 5 times, $500. 100 lbs sq. copper boat rate & roves, $100. (415) 323-4878.

AUTOHELM 3000. 2-yr old Hawaii vet 100% condtion. Steers C&C 35 perfectly. $400. (415) 254-6238.

7-FT MONTGOMERY, oars, sails, $500. New Achilles ST4, oars, pump, $300. 35 b. COR 100ft 3/8’ chain, $250. Magnavox SatNav 4102, $800. Shipmate 3 bumertoven propane, $300. 2 hp Johnson o/b, $200. (702) 3569317, (415) 8149632 (wkends).

MOORING BUOY, 6ft diameter, good condition, not all rusty. Easily transportable. $100 or 16 6-packs of San Miguel Dark. (415) 5229558.

CRUISMG GEAR - Ham rado, $500. Bakes 22 S.S. seif-tailing winches (new), $750/pair. Honda 1800 watt generator (new), $600. Honda 12 volt 40 amp generator, $450. Taylor diesel cabin heater wdlu and weather top (new), $300. Call Grue (408) 263-7633.

USED GEAR CNG STOVEOVEN. Gas systems 3 txmer stove, oven, gimballed natural gas with tanks and lines. $600 b/o. (415) 591-4879.

ELECTROMCS: Magellan GPS, $2,200. ICOM MC700 SSB/Tuier, 52,200. RLB-20 EPIRB, $200.

Toshiba 1000 with Diconix printer (weatherfax), $850. (916) 422-7420, (916) 324-2751.

SAILS: Hunter 35.5 155% fulling genoa, $600.

1.5 oz. spinnaker (new), $1,200. Storm jib (new), $300. Spinnaker pole 3", $300. Whisker pole, adjustable, $300. Call (916) 422-7420, (916) 324-2751.

SOLAR PANEL 30 WATTS, flexible, 25” x 48". $195. (707) 553-7760.

RAYTHEON RADAR #2900. 1/2-32 mi, new dome cover, spare mag, KLY, looks and works good, 12 v. you install -1 check out, can demo, can deliver. $1,400 cash. (415) 632-2870 (82 pm).

BUDA MARINE diesel engine, low hours in top condtion with extras. $1,200. (415) 854-2650.

EPIRB CLASS B ACR, $150. Man Overboard Light Jim Buoy, $50. Loran Vector (w/out antenna connection), $100. Receiver Sony AM/FM LW MW SW presets, scanner, AC/DC, $125. (415) 3889743 (eves).

USED SAILS. Like new w/bags: 4090-ft racer all Mylar 150% genoa, $1,200. genoa/staysail, $700. 1/2 oz. spinnaker, $1,500. 1 1/2 oz.

Blooper, $1,000. Jib top, $1,000. (707) 9966580 for more specs if reefed.

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MISCELLANEOUS LIFETIME FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Club Nautique now on sale. One left Free sailboat use, dscount charters, free courses - beginning to advanced Sausaiito and Alameda Great Christmas gift! Save $1,000. Fist $2,000 takes (415) 692-1033 (hr msg).

CLUB NAUT1QUE lifetime couple membership for sale. Covers training up to advanced (ASA certified), unlimited use of trainers, dscount charters and more. A chance to develop your sailing skills in an active friendly and supportive dub. $2,400. (415) 8934238.

LIFETIME FAMILY MEMBERSHIP Club Nautique. Learn to sail. Sausaiito cr Alameda Free lessons, use of trainer boats and dscounted leasing. Power/sail. Great social activities and vacation wortdwide. Moving on. $2,150. Cal (415) 797-2585 (eves 811 pm).

BOAT BUILDING STTE with unfurnished apartments for 2 couples. Near Oakland Estuary, BART, and Alpha Beta 35 x 1009 dear ground Lease to 3 years. Solvency, deanliness, and deposit required. Call Al (415) 4282691.

SURPLUS BOAT BOTTOM PAINT: hard, red vinyl arfrfoulng bottom paint Mfg. Woolsey 72% copper. Our price $50/gal. Reg. price $180/gal.

Also black vinyl available. Other mfg. available Inti, and Devoe. (415) 5884678.

1988 MERCURY 25 HP, short shaft never open.

Fuel tank Excellent condtion. New $2,450, now $1,500. (415) 454-9600, (415) 4362085.

YACHT AUCTION - regularly scheduled auctions. Call for details and inventory. Cali (415) 5679880.

TRAILER - Used primarily for fixed keel 21-ft sailboat (2000 lb displacement). Single axle, good shape, new tires. $275 b/o. (415) 3581065.

OFFSHORE CRUISING SEMWAR. Exciting 28 hr wkend course covering: cruising meddne, outfitting, finances, provisioning & more! John Neal and Barbara Manett look forward to sharing the most uptodate information. LA: Feb 9 & 10, San Diego: Feb. 16 & 17, San Francisco: Mar. 9 & 10. Armchair Sailor, 1500 Westlake N., Seattle, WA 98109, (800) 8756852.

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UPLANDS BOATWORKS • Boatbuilding • Restoration • Repair • Boat Storage GALILEE HARBOR (415) 332-8554 300 Napa Street Sausaiito CA 94965 ‘Projects Welcome* jjpBOAT GRAPHICS WITH PERSONALITY!

25-FT ALUM. MAST & BOOM S.S. rigging and safe For small day safer. $500. (415)9324339.

Nov 8: Channel Islands Cruising Techniques.

Nov 15: Heavy Weather Sailing.

Nov 29: Anchors and Anchoring 7:30-10 pm. Call Mike Pyzel (805) 6409900 for details Lon Woodrum, Prop.

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40-FT VALIANT 1976 This lightly used performance cruiser is seriously for sale and the owner wants offers.

Loaded and ready to cruise!!

Call H & S Yacht Sales (619)291-2600

SHIPSHAPE Ships’ Husbandry Maintenance Programs • Wash Down • Brightwork • Finish Work References Available (415)229-1202

OUTBOARDS: 1990 Nissan 5 hp short shaft, like new, only 20 hours, fresh water only, $750. 1970 Wards Sea King 7 hp air cooled, short shaft, new fuel tank, magneto, runs well after 16 year rest, $200. (415) 924-9213 (eves).

SANTANA 22 CLASS JB (Gait Mylar) and main

by North. This set was used to win the 1988-89 BYC/MYCO midwinters. Good condition. Appraised/suiveyed value $893. Let's make a deal.

Call Mike (415) 967-7886.

BERTHS & SLIPS HALF MOON BAY MOOHNG. Good location in Pillar Point Haibor, 299 lb Danforth anchor, new chain and float, available immediately. Lease or rent $60/rtionth. Bill Andersen (408) 733-6300.

PER 39 D13 DK. for rent $255. (213) 622-5033 (eves), (818) 347-3778.

FIT, VERY YOUNG 55, British gentleman (100 ton coast guard license), seeks female companion for world cruising leaving October 1991 * returning when and if tired of the good fife. The boat? A Hans Christian 43 cutter, fully equipped with all modem conveniences, safety equipment, full navigation gear, water maker. Skipper is ruggedly handsome, entertaining, dynamic yet gentle, music lover, amateur pianist, and not halfbad cook. Companion should be 35-50, slender, intelligent, attractive, preferably able to meet own expenses or be qualified to work periodically to obtain same (e.g. RN). Sailing/navigation experience desirable or (he aptitude, dedication and attitude to learn. Sense of humor mandatory. If interested, please send photo promptly to 2099 Grand Street #L8, Alameda, CA 94501.

MALE, 32, seeks boat heading to southern California, preferably San Diego, depart after Dec 12, arrive before Dec 24. Experience: day sailing, 3 week voyage off SW England, geography grad, student Call Ty (415) 406-4671.

FIT, ADVENTUROUS, AND GOOD-NATURED 32-yr-old female, taking 2-year sabbatical, seeks crew position to anywhere the breezes blow warm More enthusiasm than experience, but a fast learner. Prior experience on S.F. Bay on a Hans Christian 43 and Catalina 34. Willing to share all duties, gets along easily with most people, including children. Available Aprill 1991 through December 1992. Please respond now - will be traveling after April. Call Kathie (415) 345-0487.

32-FT RICHMOND SUP. $125/month rent or $15,00(V43 yr lease. Marina Bay. Short walk from gate, easy access to Bay. (408) 926-3352.

SF MAHNA GASHOUSE COVE, Gate 16, downwind 35ft berth available now until April, morrfri to month, $150 includes utilities. Call John (415) 479-1923.

WANTED: CREW - HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE student part-time, after school, vacations, weekends. 36ft sailboat S.F. dty front location.

'Daysail Bay. light maintenance. (408) 659-2471.

PRIVATELY OWNED BOAT SUPS for rent 40ft, 45-ft, 50-ft available now. Easy access to beautiful marina with terrific amenities in Emery Cove. 5 minutes to Bay Bridge, protected and sunny. Security, electricity, dock box, showers, laundry, etc (415) 522-2928, (415) 656-2702.

HUMOROUS, HAPPY, ADVENTUROUS, capable woman (26) looking to crew on boat headed for South Pacific (flexible). Some sailing experience. Wiling to team anythingl Good cook, good helper, good company. Ready to leave midJanuary. Call Gina (415) 931-7887.

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Contact Allen T. Wedvick, American Sodety for Environmental Education, 1200 Clay Street, Ste, 2, San Frandsco, CA 94108, (415) 931-7000.

CREW COUPLE WANTED to anise Hawaii, maybe NZ, Japan on fast, Lapworth 50-ft sloop. Private cabin, head - share some expenses. Leave 6/1/ 91 for a year or more. Ocean experience helpful, some sailing skills necessary. No smokers. Call David or Barbara (415) 521-1667.

MAN, 42 with experience on Coronado 15-ft looking for those in need of crew for Bay sailing. Can go just about anytime. Call Bob (415) 527-1364.

GERMAN BOTANIST, novice sailor looking for passage to New ZealandHawaS. Can assist with expenses, galley work and sailing. Can depart from any West Coast port December through April. Call Maria (707) 943-3739.

39-FT STEEL SAILBOAT seeks crew for summer 1991 trip Seattle to Alaska's Aleutian Islands and back. 10459 132 Ave., NE, Kirkland, WA 98033, (206) 827-6133.

HAWAII CREW AVAILABLE (2). Ught-hearted, high-adventure unique team. Addition free. Dependable. Teaching experience, widely traveled.

Kira: 25, high energy, minimal experience, enthusiastic. Bob: 64, blue water experience, flexible, congenial, peak health. Prefer share adventure, maybe split mid-January. (707) 895-3587.

45-FT CUTTER, SS rig. F-C hull, possible liveaboard situation, 95% ready, huge fuel and water tanks, 60 hp cfiesel, enclosed center cockpit yachty teak interior, aft cabin couble bed. $39,000 owner finandng, low down (415) 8738008 (eves).

PARTNERSHIP • 36-FT CUTTER, 1920's, Master Mariner Entree, old wood, good fun guys and gals, Richmond berth. $10Gfrnonth. Call Nicholas (415) 848-6877, (415) 684-0344.

WOODWORKER WANTED: woman-owned, marine maintenance company seeks helper.

Experienced, top quality varnish, oiling, caulking, polish, etc. Reliability, neat appearance essential. References. No smokers, drinkers, druggers. Also want waxer to subcontract to. Qualified only qair (415) 601-1910. \

ADVENTUROUS, INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE 30year old female seeking crew position to South Pacific. Extensive schooner experience. PAD! SCUBA instructor, professional underwater photographer with equipment, professional gourmet cook. Non-smoker, excellent health. Please call or write: Trish Lafferty, P.O. Box 1460, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753, (808) 8798056.

UVEABOARD SITUATION, Alameda or S.F. location, $495/monthly, get full credit towards purchase for 1 year. Lets talk. (415) 873-8008 (eves).

BEAR #12,24-FT. Seaworthy, must sell $2000 b/o. (415) 482-9806.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES FEMALE EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN, experienced sailor, gourmet oriental cook, dynamite smile, fluent Spanish, available to crew.

(415) 843-7237.

43-FT PILOT HOUSE MOTORSAILER, 135 hp diesel, 4 sails, SS rig, teak deck, mahogany hull, 250 gal fuel and water tanks, gorgeous interior, triple steering, hauled and ready. $39,900 - low down possible. (415) 873-8008.

BOATHOUSE PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Full-time position with City of Oakland at Lake Merritt. Duties indude: annual dass scheduling, new programming, staff supervision/training, program promotion/evaluation. Salary $2,352 to $2602frnonlh plus benefits, closes 1221/90. (415) 444-3807.

EXPRESS 27 "GREAT WHfTE". Your chance to purhcase a proven winner. $22,000 induding trailer. (415) 9454049 (days), (415) 427-8527 (eves).

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Fast solid, blue water cruiser, fiveaboard. Documented, Mexico veteran, Westerbeke 50, roller furling jib, dodger with solar panel, refrigeration, H/C pressure water, anchor windass, shore power and telephone. $71,000. (415) 399-1204.

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Next to fast water. Well protected, best location on the Delta Ken (415) 684-3607,(415)6840922

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY SUN VALLEY HOME will vacation swap for boat in tropics. Would like to trade our very comfortable, 3 bedroom year-round home 15 minutes from Sun Valley for a sailing vacation on approx.

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Sea Explorers are looking for any craft, power or sail, in serviceable condition.

Contact: Dave Dunakin (415) 638-3600

36' MAGELLAN KETCH ROOMY INTERIOR, IDEAL LIVEABOARD. WELL EQUIPPED INCL SATNAV. OWNER TRANSFERRED AND MUST SELL AT OUR DOCKS. TRY $40,000.

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63' CHEOY LEE MOTORSAILER 1983

Bay Area's Best Motorsailer Value Twin Diesels • Price Reduced $249,500/OFFERS • PETER SHEPPARD

This is an immaculate, turnkey cruiser featuring a solid teak interior, three staterooms and extensive sail and equipment inventories. $285,000/OFFERS • JOHN BAIER

Luxurious, Immaculate World Cruiser Twin Diesels, 2 Gensets, Fully Equipped $700,000 • PETE FROMHAGEN

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48' CUSTOM LUFFE RCR/CRSR1986

41' HALLBERG-RASSY KETCH 1978

38' NAUTICAT MOTORSAILER 1976

39' FREYA1978

A Proven Ocean/Bay Competitor Luxury Accommodations • High Tech Gear DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTION • JOHN BAIER

Freshwater/Midwest, Pristine, Low hrs World Cruiser • Pages of Equipment $139,000/OFFERS • PETE FROMHAGEN

Rare offering due to proven offshore performance Fully Equipped • Serious Seller $99,900/OFFERS • PETER SHEPPARD

Diesel Aires • Awlgrip Good Electronics $79,950 • AL LEVENSON

QUALITY LISTINGS INVITED • SPACE AVAILABLE AT OUR SALES DOCK

33’ Freedom 1981 Beautifully maintained. Lines led aft, lovely interior.

Lots of extras & very bristol! $75,900/O£fer 35' 38 41' 46'

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MULTIHULLS • 25' PIVER • Totally redone. Six sails, lOhp Honda outboard, new batteries plus stereo and speakers. Sloop rigged. $8,000.

• 30' PIVER • New paint and non-skid top sides. Brand new Yanmar diesel. Sloop rigged. $13,000.

• 32' PIVEg • New paint, lOhp Faryman dsl. Ketch rigged. $19,950.

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48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; CAMARGUE YACHTFISHER 1990 New demo with twin 375 Cats. Tops 22 knots.

Generator and air conditioning. Asking $309,000.

34' PEARSON

38' DOWNEAST CUTTER

1984 diesel sloop. Wheel, sleeps six, new dodger, new epoxy bottom, very clean. Asking $68,000.

1975 diesel. Very nicely equipped for cruising.

Exceptionally well maintained. Asking $71,000.

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1968 by Cheoy Lee . Fiberglass. Diesel. Steering

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