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Mikey Likes It! The 1998 Santana 22 Nationals drew twenty boats to Corinthian Yacht Club for three days of breezy racing in July. photo: Mariah's Eyes Photography (510) 864-1144
Mikey Murison, at nineteen literally the new kid on the block, finished first in four of the five races to make Mizzen this year's champion. While Mikey may be new to the fleet, his crew was not! His dad, Tim, had owned a Santana years ago. And Jim Wondolleck grew up sailing his dad's 1966 Santana, Tempest Mikey had just bought a new set of Pine¬ apple Sails for his 'new' boat. And our years of experience developing and build¬ ing fast sails gave him the speed he needed to start in front and stay in front. Mikey and Jim and the 20 boat Nationals fleet are testimony to the endurance of the Santana 22. And the sails on Mizzen are a testimony to our commitment to quality and perfor¬ mance.
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SALES 1993/94 MORGAN 45 Center cockpit. Furling main genoa, generator, watermaker, dodger, bimini. Ready for cruising! Most equipment new in 1997.
1997 HUNTER PASSAGE 450 Two to choose from. Both boats loaded. Trades welcome.
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COVER PHOTO BY Latitude 38/Richard Bruno Peyron's 80' Explorer, the fastest sailboat in the world, sails across the greatest bay in the world. Copyright 1998 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc. Latitude 38 welcomes editorial contributions in the form of stories, anecdotes, photographs - anything but poems, please; we gotta draw the line some¬ where. Articles with the best chance at publication must 1) pertain to a West Coast or universal sailing audience, 2) be accompanied by a variety of pertinent, in-focus black and white (preferable) or color prints with identifica¬ tion of all boats, situations and people therein;,and 3) be legible. Anything you want back must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Submissions not accompanied by an SASE will not be returned. We also advise that you not send original photographs or negatives unless we specifically request fhem; copies will workjustfine. Notification time varies with our workload, but generally runs four to six weeks. Please don't contact us before then by phone or mail. Send all submissions to Latitude 38 editorial department, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941, For more specific information, request writers' guidelines from the above address.
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37' LAGOON.$155,000
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39' PRIVILEGE.$185,000
55' LAGCON.$595,000
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55' MASHFORD.$438,000
40' NORSEMAN, '93.$200,000
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The Pacific Coast's Largest Catamaran Dealer A reply to Gary Helm's open letters in the July and August issues: Gary, to paraphrase the President, "We feel your multihull pain." We're referring, of course, to your fervent response to our point-by-point comparison (June issue) of your F-28 trimarans versus our new Aquilon 26 catamaran.
Lagoon 410 world cruiser (41'x 23’6‘ x 3'10‘). Amazingly low introductory price. Fully customized, 3 or 4 cabins & 2 or 3 heads, (see other photos at our website). 11-15 knots, NO heeling. Twin-diesei maneuverability. $273K, f.o.b. Call now - beat the 1999 price increase.
Ask Yourself Three Simple Questions 1. Are you tired of sailing "on your ear?" Cruising cats give you safe and comfortable upr/gHf sailing, barely 6 degrees of heel in 20knots of wind! And thaf s true for ALL of the nearly 40 different models we represent, from the Aquilon 26 ($68,000) to the Lagoon 570 or Marquises 56(approx. $700K). Tellusyourbudgetorsizerequirements and we'll send you appropriate brochures. 2. Would you like to sail much faster than a monohull, but with waayyy less effort? Our cruising cats sail from 25% to 100% faster than comparable length cruising monohulls. And because cats require no ballast, they are lighter and easier to handle. (Did we mention that ballast-free, foam-sandwich construction means complete unsinkability?) 3. Are you interested in getting more boat for your dollar? Footfor-foot, cats are much roomier than same-length monohulls. For example, the Tobago 35 offers the same room, yet much more privacy, as a 40’ monohull. (And the Tobago's cheaper.) Similarly, the luxurious Lagoon 410cal is every bit as roomy as a 52' monohull cruiser. Yet that 52' mono weighs 45,000 lbs. while the 4l0 cat is only 15,000! No wonder that 52-footer's restricted to 9-knots (non-surfing), while the Lagoon does 15! (And the Lagoon is less expensive.)
Take a Look! www.cruisingcatsusa.com /Jqu/ton 26. (26'x15'x1'11”) Up to 20 knots under sail (& NO heeling!) Trailerable (disassembles to 26'x8'). Roomier than the Corsair F-31. but cheaper than the F-28. Standing headroom thru-out. Private double cabin, head w/shwr, full galley and dinette, all standard. $68,000. (f.o.b.)
Tobago 35. (also 38', 42', 46' & 56') models). Excellent bridge-deck clearance, wide & stable beam, galley-up layout, bluewater comfort. Twin diesels. $155k to $700k (f.o.b.)
Plus; We offer other cat models from 26' ($65,000) to 120' ($10,000,000). Call for your choice.
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The Aquilon excelled in about 12 of the 14 objective catego¬ ries. Is that why your letters shied away from addressing even one of those 12 points? Interestingly, you instead chose to accuse Cruising Cats of creating a "meaningless comparison" between "dissimilar products". (Sounds like the ol' "If-youdon't-like-the-message-blame-the-messenger" strategy.) Gary, you've trumpeted the benefits of your trimaran com¬ pared to monohulls. So the comparison of these two multihulls is hardly a case of "dissimilar products". Consider this: • The F-28 is a multihull - the Aquilon is a multihull. • The F-28 is trailerable - the Aquilon is trailerable. • The F-28 costs about $73,000 - the Aquilon, similarly equipped, costs only $68,000. Okay, there is a dissimilarity in cost. However, even if you match our price, you're up against that huge size-and-comfort discrepancy. You know the Aquilon advantages. Here are just four points from the June issue comparison of those aforemen¬ tioned 12 points. 1) Full standing headroom in two 26'long hulls (the F-28 has barely sitting headroom in its single 28' long hull.).
2) A private owner's cabin with 48' double berth (the F-28 has one un-private, 39" berth - that's only 3-inches wider than a single bed).
3) The Aquilon has an 81 sq. ft. cockpit (yours is 35 sq. ft.)
4) The Aquilon's standard layout includes a functional Ushaped galley, plus a separate head with sink and shower. (The "snug" F-28 has NO galley compartment, NO separate head compartment, and NO private owner's cabin.) As to your "mano a mano" race challenge? The boat you boldly challenged to race is the cm/s/ng version of the Aquilon. Cruising Cats had already openly noted in the June-issue comparison that the F-28 is a few knots faster than the cruising Aquilon. If speed's the concern, sailors can confirm on the indepen¬ dent, international <multihulls> internet site, that the racing version of the Aquilon (mylar sails and a 7-foot taller mast), has decisively beaten F-27s in Europe tiuring the past year. So, when the first A-26 racer arrives here, we'll be delighted to accept your challenge. Together we're providing Bay Area sailors with a broader selection. You, with your established F-28 - us with the European-proven Aquilon. If it weren't for those two pesky problems - you know, the Aquilon's lower price and its 110% greater roominess and comfort - we could pin down that "meaningful comparison" that you've told us you so regret being denied.
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SOMETHING EV^Y BOYER (OR SELLER) SHOULD KNOW... Last month over one ttiousand boat shoppers visited the boats at OPEN BOAT WEEKEND (the weatherwas especially hicel) It's not unusual to see that many shopping for boats at OPEN BOAT WEEKEND, after all the event is FREE. and,..there are over 3.00 ‘'market-ready" boats to eiaminfe. What is puizling is how many people we meet who are attending this unipue event for the very first time, especially since the OPEN BOAT WEEKEND program is almost 10 years old. Folks, for those of you who've never been here befdre, you should keipw there IS NO easier way to shop and compare as many used boats in one location as,tf®re is at OPEN BOAT |VEEKEN0 lf,«up‘anmbuyi<^ 76 WESTSAIL 43
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★ GREAT BROKERAGE BOATS AT OUR DOCKS ★ 42' Catalina, 1990.. .$122,000 40' Passport, 1987. . Sale Pending $169,000 39' Wylie Cat, 1992. .... New Listing $149,000 36' Catalina Mkll, 1995 . ...$98,000 35' Pearson Alberg, 1966 . .$24,500 34' Catalina, 1986.. .$57,000 32' Catalina 320.. ... Sale Pending $79,500 32' Pearson 323, 1979. .$37,500 32' Traveller, 1979 . .$39,900 30' Nonsuch, 1981. .$57,500 30' O'Day, 1979 . .$19,900 30' Catalina, 1988. .. Sale Pending $38,500 30' Catalina, 1980. .$20,900 29.5 Hunter, 1994 . .$44,900 27' Catalina 270, 1995. ... Sale Pending $43,000 27' Catalina, 1981. .2 from $10,500 27' Dartsailer, 1980. .Reduced $36,500 POWER BOATS 42' Nova, 1987. .$149,000 30' Carver 300, 1994 . .$82,500
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(sislership)
Dealer Listing Blue Water Spars & Rigging
Quantum Pacific Sails
North Vancouver, B.C.
Richmond, CA
Yachttech
Richmond Yacht Service
Victoria, B.C.
Port Richmond, CA
YOU'VE GOT YOUR KID. HER TWO FRIENDS AND THE DOG IN THE COCKPIT. WHO DO YOU WANT ON THE BOW?
West Marine
Hansen Rigging
All Pacific Northwest stores
Alameda, CA
Center Harbor Rigging
Jack P. Scullion Yacht Services
Port Townsend, WA
Alameda, CA
When your crew i.s more concerned with making lunch di.sappear
Port Townsend Sails
Svendsen's Marine
than your heacLsail, there'.s only one choice - Schaefer.
Port Townsend, WA
Alameda, CA
Harbor Marine
UK Sailmakers
Everett, WA
Alameda, CA
North Sails Seattle
Larsen Sails, Inc.
Seattle, WA
Santa Cruz, CA
Our Furlers have alway.s been engineered to make roller
Boat U.S.
Rigging Shop
Seattle, WA
Santa Cruz, CA
Crow's Nest Marine
Coast Chandlery
Seattle, WA
Oxnard, CA
Doc Freeman's Inc.
The Chandlery
Seattle, WA
Santa Barbara, CA
Fisheries Supply Co.
West Marine
Seattle, WA
All Southern California stores
Yacht Riggers, Inc Seattle, WA
reefing virtually effortle.s.s. Round, twin-groove extrusions give you a smooth furl with DO oscillation. Amoco Torlon Schaefer
bearings yield a minimal
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adding ev'en more features. Such as a heaclstay bearing liner, to help prevent wear and
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corrosion. And an optional one-piece link
Recreational Marine Services
Fred Huffman Yacht Rigging
and toggle sy.stem, which
Portland, OR
Marina Del Rey, CA
Shaw's Rigging
Yacht Rigging Associates
Portland, OR
Marina Del Rey, CA
off the deck, for easier
West Marine
Furling and Rigging Corp.
anchoring.
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Newport Beach, CA
lifts the drum cleanly
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Sea Tek Anderson's Boat Yard
Willmington, CA
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New Atlantis Marine
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Sausalito, CA
Bay Riggers, Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
winds. Distracted kids.
Sausalito, CA
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Carlsbad, CA
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Nonrace Sept. 3 — Sausalito YC Cruise Seminar, presenting Glenn
Bashforth of Edinger Marine Services. Free seminar at 7:30 p.m.; optional dinner at 7. Pat Broderick, (707) 528-2109. Sept. 5-7 — Islander 36 Association Cruise to Drake's Bay. Tim Koester, (510) 638-7638. Sept. 6 — Full Hjoon, long weekend — use it or lose it. Sept. 8 — Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 15's Safe Boating Classes begin. Registration is 7-9 p.m. at South San Francisco Adult School. Details, Frank Sullivan, (650) 343-6315. Sept, 8 — Tahiti Cup 1999 organizing meeting, 7:30 p.m. at StFYC. Anyone interested in this quadrennial race from San Francisco (May 15, 1999 start) and/or from Honolulu (May 22) is encouraged to attend. Bobbi Tosse, (925) 939-9885. Sept. 8-Oct. 22 — "Sailing and Seamanship," a free 7-week course by the USCG Auxiliary, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:309:30 p.m. at the Sausalito CC. Text books are $20; register at 7 p.m. For more info, call Paul at 389-8754. Sept. 9, 16, 23, 30 — West Marine Oakland Fall '98 Lec¬ ture Series: "Cruising to Mexico & the Baja Ha-Ha", 7 p.m., free. See their ad for details. Info, (510) 532-5230. Sept. 11-13 — 22nd Annual Wooden Boat Festival, in case you find yourself in Port Townsend, WA, this weekend. Wooden Boat Foundation, (360) 385-4742. Sept. 12 — Encinal YC Nautical Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $15 for sellers; food available. Info, (510) 522-3272. Sept. 12 — Boat Bazaar: sell, trade or donate your nautical toys at the Boat Park in Foster City (corner of Foster City Blvd. and Bounty Drive), 1-4 p.m. Free to all! Info, (650) 286-3380. Sept. 12-13 — WestsaU Owner's Association Rendezvous at Point San Pablo YC. Guest speakers, pot luck dinner, general mayhem. Mike Sisson, (707) 446-5966 (days). Sept. 12-13 — Ericson 27 Cruise to scenic Half Moon Bay. Hugh, 584-9914. Sept. 12-13 & 17-20 — NCMA's 27th Annual Fall Boat Show at Jack London Square. See Sightings. Info, (800) 698-5777. Sept. 15 — SF Bay Oceanic Crew Group meeting, featuring guest speaker Dale Parshall, overall winner of the recent Singlehanded TransPac. Fort Mason Center, Room C-210, 7 p.m., free. Info, 979-4866. Sept. 15 — Email workshop at Oakland YC. Learn how to send and receive email while you're out cruising. $25 fee, lim¬ ited to the first 25 registrants. Rich Beckett, (510) 521-1559. Sept. 15 — "Boating Skills & Seamanship," a 7-week USCG Auxiliary course (Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-9:30 p.m.) at Yerba Buena Island; $30 for texts. Info, 399-3411. Sept. 17 — "Advanced Coastal Navigation," an 8-session USCG Auxiliary course for intermediates only. Yerba Buena Is¬ land; 7:30-9:30 p.m.; $35 for texts. Info, (510) 524-2501. Sept. 17 — Sausalito YC Cruise Seminar, featuring repre¬ sentatives of the US Coast Guard. Same drill as Sept. 3. Sept. 18-20 — Second Annucil SF Bay Area Tayema Rendez¬ vous at Encinal YC. Swimming, eating, partying and more. Neil Weinberg, (510) 865-2369. Sept. 19 — Coastal Clean-Up Day: last year, volunteers re¬ moved about 550,000 pounds of trash from almost 600 Cali¬ fornia beaches. Call (800) 262-7848 to volunteer. Sept. 19 — Richmond Marina Bay Boat Fest and Multi-Cul¬ tural Festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free! Two stages with enter¬ tainment, food, games, children's activities and more. Come by water (transient berthing is only 17 cents per foot). Details, (510) 236-1013. Sept. 26 — PICYA Wheelchair Regatta, a chance for indi¬ viduals confined to wheelchairs to expe'ritence a powerboat cruise on the Estuary and Bay. A picnic lunch and entertainment will follow at Encinal YC. Margot Brown, (510) 523-3098.
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Racing Sept. 4 — Windjammers Race, 67 downwind mUes to Santa Cruz. Classes for spinnaker boats, motor allowance and possi¬ bly non-spinnaker. YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 5 — Jazz Cup, an always delightful 25-mile spinnaker run up to Benicia. Co-hosted by South Beach YC and Benicia YC; Kirk Kelson, 255-9019. Sept. 5 — Master Mariners Chickenship Regatta, the an¬ nual wooden boat invasion of the otherwise peaceful port of Petaluma. Bob Rogers. 383-8962. Sept. 5-6 — GMC Yukon/ Sailing World NOOD Regatta, star¬ ring J/24s, Melges 24s, SC 27s. Express 27s, Hawkfarms, J/ 29s, Olson 30s. WylieCat 30s, Mumm 30s, J/35s and J/ 105s. The Mumm 30s and Melgi will begin racing on Friday, but this is a two-day regatta for everyone else. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 6 — Tour Du Lac, a 20-miler on Lake Almanor (one hour east of Chico or OrovUle, in the mountains at 4,500 feet). Butte SC; Ben or Leanne, (916) 893-1286. Sept. 12 — Singlehanded Sailing Society's (SSS) East Bay/ Estuary Race. Paul Miller, 924-0767. Sept. 12 — North Bay Series #3, hosted by Vallejo YC. Russ Taft, (925) 376-6723. Sept. 12-13 — West Marine Fun Regatta, hosted by Santa Cruz YC and NCYSA. On-the-water clinics, afternoon barbecue and Boardwalk pass (Saturday) followed by races (Sunday). Open to all youth sailors 7-17. Scott Lechner, (831) 295-9547. Sept. 12-13 — Dolphin Cup Regatta, three races for SC 50s and 52s. Monterey Peninsula YC, (831) 372-9686. Sept. 12-13 — (Hank) Easom Founders Regatta for Etchells, honoring one of the Bay's living legends. SFYC, 435-9133. Sept. 12-13 — Millimeter National Championship at Enci¬ nal YC. Richard Hubbert, (650) 964-6557. Sept. 12-13 — Hard Chine Regatta. RYC, (510) 237-2821. Sept. 12-13 — Fall Olympic Classes Regatta for Lasers, Euros, l-14s and the other usual suspects, StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 12-13 — 18th Annual Shark Feed Regatta, hosted by Hobie Fleet 281 off Doran Beach in Bodega Bay. Up to 50 Hobie cats are expected to chum the waters.-Despite the name, orga¬ nizers claim they haven't lost any boats or sailors to the great whites — yet! Joel Hoyt, (707) 938-0824.
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anniversary of the Big Boat Series, as well as lOR's last big hurrah in this country. Everything fell into place to make this a fabulous event — it followed a maxi year at the Kenwood Cup and the 24-boat One Ton Worlds held two weeks prior on the Bay. All the top talent was there. The late Raul Gardini and Paul Cayard teamed Up on II Moro to decimate five other maxis with five bullets, while Tom Blackaller called tactics on the vic¬ torious Great News against nine hot 50s. The Frers 43 Shockwave topped the mid-30 raters, while Pendrapon beat the other one tonners. One particularly memorable moment occurred when Blade Runner hooked a buoy with their lazy runner and inverted her mast three feet — but it didn't break! The Peter Gilmour-driven maxi,Sopere^n managed to break theirs, however. Geez, it makes us teary-eyed just remembering this great series — arguably the last of the classic Big Boat Series. Sept. 19 — South Bay YRA race #6, hosted by Oyster Point YC. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. Sdpt. 19 — Interclub Series #6, hosted by Treasure Island YC. See Racing Sheet to learn more about this new low-key monthly gathering. George Gurrola, (510) 843-9417. Sept. 19-20 — OYRA/CYC Drake's Bay Race, the most primi¬ tive of the local 'destination' races. YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 20 — San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Trophy: San Diego YC (Tabasco, CM 1200, skipper Peter Isler) vs. San Fr£mcisco YC (Jeff Madrigali in a to-be-determined IMS boat). One race, winner takes all. SFYC, 789-5647. Sept. 24-27 — 35th Annual Big Boat Series — pray for wind! Invited classes are lD-48s, ULDB 70s, IMS 50-footers, J/ 120s, J/105s, Express 37s and five classes of modified PHRF. See pages 196-197 for a small preview. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 26 — Around Alone Race starts from Charleston, SC. Check www.aroundalone.com for the breaking news. Sept. 26-27 — Fall One Design Regatta for ll:Metres, J/ 29s, Express 27s, Olson 25 ( nationals), Melges 24s £md J/24s. "Why would anyone schedule a regatta against the Big Boat Series?" muses local rockstar Hiram Gunn. SFYC, 789-5647. Oct. 2 — Alessio Race for ULDB 70s, an overnight sprint from San Francisco to Pt. Conception. StFYC, 563-6363. Oct. 2 — Little Ensenada Race, as good an excuse as any to head south of the border. Southwestern YC, (619) 222-0438. Oct. 3 — Wallace Cup, for East Bay yacht clubs. Richmond YC is the two-time defending champion. OYC, (510) 522-7378. Oct. 3 — OYRA Fall Ocean Course. YRA, 771-9500. Oct. 3-4 — Citibank Fall Regatta at Pier 39, £m ILMetre shoot-out with a $10k purse. Info, 705-5564. Oct. 3-4 — Etchells PCCs. SFYC, 789-5647. Oct. 6-10 — 1 LMetre Worlds. StFYC, 563-6363. Oct. 9-11 — Etchells North Americans. SFTC, 789-5647. Oct. 10-11 — El Toro Stampede. RYC, (510) 237-2821. Oct. 15-18 — U.S. Offshore Championship (aka Lloyd Phoe¬ nix Trophy) in Catalina 37s. Anyone interested in representing the G-spot (Area G, that's us), please contact Bill Keith at (925) 254-0881 before September 11. Long Beach YC, (562) 598-9401. Oct. 16-18 — 20th St. Francis International Masters Re¬ gatta, an OFR ("old fart regatta") in J/ 105s. Judging from the preliminary guest list (see page 198), this is shaping up as the coolest Masters ever. StFYC, 563-6363. Oct. 17-18 — Vallejo 1-2. Paul MiUer, 924-0767. Oct. 17-18 — Yankee Cup/Neptune Cup/Champion of Champions, all held on the Citifront. YRA, 771-9500. Remaining Beer Can Races BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness. Fall: 9/
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7. 9/21, 9/28. John Super, 243-0426. BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Races, through 9/25. Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968. BENICIA YC — Thursday Race Series, through 9/24. Noble Griswold, (707) 745-8598. CORINTHIAN YC — Friday Night Series, through 9/11. Mat¬ thew Gorton, 256-9243. COYOTE POINT'YC — Wednesday Nights, through 9/30, Mark Neumann, (650) 696-9616. ENCINAL YC — Friday Night Twilight Summer Series: 9/ 11, 9/25. Bill Stephens, (510) 426-6927. ISLAND YC — Friday Nights on the Estuary: 9/18, 10/2. Glen Krawiec, (510) 339-9451. LAKE WASHINGTON SC — Thursday Night Series, alter¬ nate weeks through 9/17. Dave Lemoine, (916) 753-6718. MONTEREY PENINSULA YC — Wednesday Night Sunset Series through 10/21. John Ruck, (831) 647-1917, OAKLAND YC — Sweet 16 Series (Wednesday nights), through 9/16. Fred Joyce, (510) 522-4320. PITTSBURG YC — Thursday Night Series, through the end of daylight Savings Time. Vernon Huffer, (510) 432-0390. RICHMOND YC — Wednesday Night Series: 9/2,9/16. Paula Harris, (510) 237-6180. SANTA CRUZ YC — Wednesday Night Races, through 10/ 21. Larry Weaver, (831) 423-8 111. SAUSALITO YC — Tuesday Sunset Series: 9/8,9/ 22. Ernie Lacey, 331-8203. SIERRA POINT YC —Saturday Afternoons: 8/8,9/12, 10/ 10. John Felch, (408) 741-0880. ST. FRANCIS YC/GOLDEN GATE YC — Friday Night Se¬ ries, through 9/4. Matt Jones, 563-6363. TIBURON YC — Friday Nights: 9/11. Free! Don Walder, 9248689. VALLEJO YC — Wednesday Nights, through 9/16. Russ Taft, (510) 376-6723. Please send your calendar items by the 10th of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), 15 Locust Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. Better yet, fax them to us at (415) 383-5816 or email them to us at editorial@latitude38.com. But please, no phoneins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are ei¬ therfree or don’t cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.
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HJiDOES THE INSPECTION STICKER HELP? Although landlocked in Utah, 1 take advantage of every op¬ portunity 1 get to sail and cruise the Bay on a restored Chris Craft Conqueror. Several years ago, we were boarded by the Coast Guard. It wasn't an unpleasant experience, but there wasn't any point — except, I suppose, 1) To accrue statistics to support the CoastNGuard's funding, 2) Because all the Coasties seemed interested in seeing the boat, and 3) Because one of the Coasties wanted to hear the Buell air horn. 1 was a little an¬ noyed to have our day so interrupted because I get to spend so little time out there. And I didn't appreciate the fact that the boarding party was carrying side arms. 1 later had the boat inspected by the Coast Guard Auxiliary — and have the sticker on the boat's window to prove that I passed. 1 recall reading in Latitude, about a year ago, that the localjCoast Guard commander stated that any boat with such a current inspection sticker would not be boarded — unless there was serious concern of some wrongdoing. However, the articles by the retired Coast Guard officer in the two most recent Lati¬ tudes suggests to me that it's still business as usual. What's the tfHie scoop? I really like Latitude. William R. Schmidt, M.D. Utah William — The commanders of the different Coast Guard dis¬ tricts are allowed some leeway in how they conduct their board¬ ing programs. Copt. Larry Hall, Commander of Group San Fran¬ cisco. tells us that a current Coast Guard Auxiliary sticker — which is harder to get than it is to pass a Coast Guard safety inspection—greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, your chance of being boarded. If, for example, you operate your boat in an apparently reckless manner, the Coasties will stop you, sticker or no sticker. The same is true if you're out after sunset without showing navigation lights. And, because the Coasties have been granted unlimited discretion, it's also possible that you'll be boarded Just because you have some cute girls as crew. That all boarding parties must carry side arms is an edict that comes down from Admiral James Loy in Washington, D.C., the Commandant of the Coast Guard. If you object to that policy, we suggest you write him. Unlike only afew years ago, the Coast Guard now sees itself as being fiscally and philosophically be¬ holden to us the taxpayers. If enough recreational mariners vo¬ ciferously object to being boarded by armed Coasties, we sus¬ pect that policy could be modified.
IfUDUTY ON $100 OF DRY DOG FOOD . My boats, first Hinayana and now Integrity, have lived in Mexico for five years. First at Opequimar in Puerto Vallarta, then San Carlos, and most recently Marina Mazatlan. The 20-Year Import Permit was supposed to make keeping boats in Mexico easier — especially by being able to import parts and maintenance supplies. But is that no longer true? Last fall I was searched twice at the border, after which they tried to charge me duty on a $2,000 sail that I'd brought back to San Francisco for repairs. After much grumbling, a supervisor said that the 20-Year Import Permit did work, but that special forms were needed. They finally let me go after I paid duty on $100 worth of dry dog food. I feel that things are changing in Mexico and aren't as stable as they used to be. Prices are higher and there is more crime. You can't depend on the 20-Year Import Permit to bring stuff in duty free. Marina Mazatlan was very stable, I was happy to leave my boat there, but the stability Was personified by Har¬ bormaster Dick Markie. But he's been fired. Now I'm very wor¬ ried about my boat. Will games be played with the rent? 1
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I just returned from cruising Mexico for the last eight months. I made lots of new friends and had a wonderful time — what a great trip! Two things; First, I was boarded by the U.S. Coast Guard about 15 miles north of Cedros Island — or about 300 miles south of San Di¬ ego in international waters. I was surprised to see them that far south, but they later told me that they travel as far south as South America. I've also heard that they travel up into the Sea of Cortez. Yes, they can even chase boats into Mexican waters! Six Coasties came over to my boat in a Zodiac, and then three young kids came aboard. They asked me to maintain course, which I was able to do in the calm seas using an auto¬ pilot. One Coastie filled out the paperwork, another did a 'safety inspection', and the third just watched. What made this experi¬ ence interesting was that they didn't search the boat for drugs, but rather collected samples by swiping tissues on the wheel, ladder, hatches — anywhere a human hand would have been likely to touch. If drugs were aboard, they would have left re¬ sidual traces. These samples where then analyzed on the mother ship. We passed. Had the samples turned out positive, they told me, they would have searched further. They left me a copy of the paperwork — much of which was filled out incorrectly. By the way, this same Coast Guard cutter had passed through the Ha-Ha fleet during the night. They said they wouldn't have done a night boarding. Second subject. I also had my boat trucked from San Carlos to Alameda. In contrast to Dave of Northstar, my experience was a very good one. San Carlos Marina Dry Storage did a great job handling the boat. And the driver, Francisco — the same driver Northstar had — did a great job. Francisco has been driv¬ ing trucks for 14 years and hauling boats for about 2.5. Since Francisco doesn't speak English, and the Customs agents at the border ask lots of questions, I could see how there could be problems. Fortunately, I rode in the truck and could deal with Customs myself. Furthermore, I'd already heard about
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Scott — The Coast Guard can board U.S.-Jlag vessels any¬ where in the world — except inside the territorial waters of other countries. However, these countries often give the Coasties per¬ mission to board inside their waters, too. There are two kinds of searches. The so-called 'safety inspec¬ tion', during which time the Coasties aren't permitted to look into 'private spaces'. Then there's a 'Customs search', which allows Coasties to search anywhere if they think they have reasonable cause to suspect you may be smuggling drugs or people. 'Rea¬ sonable cause' can be as broad as your boat being anywhere between South America and the United States. Remember too, all it takes for a U.S. Navy ship to become a Coast Guardvessel is for a Coastie on the ship to raise a Coast Guard flag. Navy vessels cannot board private vessels. Just for laughs: One skipper caught with a boat full of dope in international waters declared the dope on the Customs form. He figured as long as he declared the stuff on the high seas, he was still in the clear. Not quite. He was busted for the 'intent to smuggle'.
triilT SANK TO THE OCEAN FLOOR I'm desperate to find a swing keel for my 1960 Cal 24. It fell off while I was sailing to Catalina, and sank to the ocean floor. And, good grief, it's my brother's boat! If anyone can give me any advice on how to replace it. I'd be appreciative. Mike Herold Southern California
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LETTERS so a replacement can be manufactured. If anyone is a former employee of Ericson, knows such a person, knows designer Bruce King, or can otherwise help, please, please, please contact me. Scott Rogers 210 Scenic Drive, Ashland, Oregon 97520 Phone: (541) 482-4292 or (541) 774-2385 Scott — Maybe you and Mike can start a Missing Boat Ap¬ pendages Society. Here's to hoping that both of you can find sisterships so you can make knockoffs of the originals. In the meantime, avoid lee shores.
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iTJiWE FEEL CHEATED As an avid reader of Latitude, I've been going into West Ma¬ rine in Portland since the beginning of the month looking for the August issue. I'm finally in San Diego, and Just picked up five copies — one for each of my crew in Canada. But they'll be disappointed about the West Marine Pacific Cup article, not because it wasn't interesting, which it was,-but because for the first half of the article I thought you had to have a California boat to get mentioned. I realized that wasn't true when I read about Steve and Andy's great effort aboard Arturo. They were second in class and fourth in fleet. We on Breila, however, were second in class and 5th — not 6th — in fleet. We were also the first Division A boat to finish, made the fastest Division A crossing ever, didn't have any gear failures, and only made one jibe in 2,111 miles. Not bad for a '70s cruiser with less than 30 feet of waterline. As first time West Marine Pacific Cup racers, and as first time sailors to Haweiii, we feel cheated for our also-ran status. Sob, sob. To top it off, ours was the only foreign yacht regis¬ tered. Well, almost, as it was an all-Canadian crew. Some highs and lows for us were: Running before a'38-knot squall with a full main and 1.5 chute, doing 13 knots with two people steering; then running over the chute twice and getting it back up in less than 20 minutes. The thing I'd like to know is where the sun was, as sailing in the Pacific Cup was like living the movie Ground Hog Day. We watched one of our crewmembers spend two days in the same position on the cabin sole at the beginning of the race, and then had to send him home to Van¬ couver with pneumonia before we could even get him to the yacht club bar. But all in all it was great fun. Thanks again to the Pacific Cup YC, the Kaneohe YC and West Marine. End of gripe. Lati¬ tude is the best sailing magazine out there. Mike Whitby Breila (Gaelic for sweetheart) Northwest Mike — We were at the club all day for the first two days as boats finished, and after that every late afternoon and evening for five days. We looked everywhere for someone from your boat, but without success. You Canadians need to learn to be a little more conspicuous, eh? The truth is there wasn't a boat in the fleet that didn't have interesting stories to tef We apologize to everyone who didn't get mentioned, but we only had room for one magazine article, not a 300-page book.
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more than 70 boats racing across the Pacific and no one hear¬ ing from them until they reached Kaneohe Bay. No roll-calls, no standings, no one to report 'lost' boats — no coordination. It wouldn't have been good. Being the voice on the radio was just part of it, too, as plenty of support was needed to back that 'voice'. This included the captain and his first mate installing solar panels and other ra¬ dio support equipment, crew support during the race, and all the rest. Anyway, skipper Bernard Quante made it all happen and never asked for anything in return. I must say, however, he was a little sad when nobody seemed to notice, and when the Pacific Cup officials neglected to give the captain any recognition for his efforts. So right here and now I'm going to publicly praise Bernard — on behalf of eveiyone and the race as a whole — for all his efforts in making the Pacific Cup a great event. Bernard's a npble man and I hate to see his efforts go unrecognized. So "Way to go, Bernard!" from everyone. One last bit of shamelessness. We weren't racing officially because we were more concerned with getting the communica¬ tions Job done. Nonetheless, had we been racing, we would have come in third overall! But you won’t see recognition of that any¬ where, either. Cindy Norman Ta Mana crew Mill Valley Cindy — In a major event where nobody was assigned the responsibility of calculating official standings or results, it comes as no surprise to us that the communications boat, skipper, and crew went unrecognized. If it's any consolation, we're positive this was merely another oversight rather than an intentional slight. Come to think of it, we did hear a compliment of sorts about the communications boat After the race. Cliff Stagg — who has been doing Pacific Cups and TransPacs for 20 years — men¬ tioned that upon getting positions from boats that were doing well, Bernard would say. "Hey, you guys are doing really well." "When I first heard it," Stagg told Latitude, "I thought, 'This is really stupid; you'd never hear this in the TransPac, where ev¬ erything is so much more professional and serious.'Then I thought to myself, 'Why the heck not? Sailing to Hawaii is supposed to be fun — why shouldn't boats doing well be given a compli¬ ment? Besides, it's the 'we're all part of a great event' feeling that has made the Pacific Cup so much more popular than the TransPac."
UllLOOKS SHARP. SAILS BEAUTIFULLY Does any reader have information about the Monterey Mer¬ cury, a 15-foot fractional-rig, full-keeled, wooden sloop built, in this case, in 1960? I recently acquired one which had been more or less abandoned in Marina del Rey. Amazingly, it was all in¬ tact, including spars, sails, restorable wood trim and so forth. The only thing beyond fixing was the rudder, which we had to make new from scratch. Even the rudderpost was intact, due to an old, largely leached-away zinc still fastened to the strap on the rudder. Now that mine is restored and ready to sail, I would be curi¬ ous if anyone knows who designed them, who built them, how many were built, and how many might be left. The boat looks shaip and sails beautifully. Peter Hatch ■ Interlude, Islander 36 Box 27831. Los Angeles, CA 90027
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According to Paxton Davis, a total of583 were built, of which about 150 remain. The more recent ones were built of fiberglass. The Mercury Nationals wereJust held at Huntington Lake, where they drew 18 boats. See Race Sheet for the results. Twenty five boats were expected for the Labor Day Regatta at Stillwater Cove in Carmel. While Mercurys ar^ most active in San Francisco and Monterey, there's a growing fleet at the Los Angeles YC and in San Diego. Call Park Densmore of Palos Verdes for the latest in Southern California. Class president Jim Bradley can be reached at jandkb@aol.com.
Having witnessed Harbormaster Dick Markie's dedication to detail firsthand, there's no doubt he went beyond the call of duty in making Marina Mazatlan what it is today. Mario Velazquez Salazar, the new harbormaster, intends to continue the development of facilities to further enhance the cruiser-friendly experience of Mazatlan. Mario is a former gradu¬ ate of the maritime school in Mazatlan. and has 28 years of professional marine experience, serving as a captain in the Mexi¬ can merchant marine and as an administrator. He's also a great guy who wants to go out of his way to help cruisers. When a tenant was short on funds last week to get to the airport. Mario had one of his assistants drive the cruiser — normally a $20 U.S. cab fare! As far as continuing improvements go. the channel will soon be buoyed from the Marina El Cid complex inland. We now have telephones at the head of each dock, and there are lights at the dock entrances — although given the nightly lightning shows at this time of the year, these lights are superficial. If the folks on Sunshine chose to boycott Marina Mazatlan. so be it. Cruisers are generally an independent bunch and play¬ ing follow the leader isn't what it's about. Hell, that's why we're out here! In any event, we think they'll be missing out on a really neat and secure place to be. Some attractions that we've enjoyed since December, when we had to tie up for medical reasons, are: The old town, which is as Me.xican as it gets, and where for $2.50 you get a full lunch on the beautiful Plaza Machado with the adjoining theatre where you can witness bal¬ let. opera, local folklore and more. The shrimp and local mar¬ kets. where you buy your shrimp at $5.00/kilo — and have the restaurant around the corner cook it up for free whilst you suck down 50-cent ice cold Pacificos. A spectacular view of Mazatlan from atop 'El Faro', the second highest lighthouse in the world. Bop-'til-you-drop nightclubs — if you're so inclined. Movie cin¬ emas in English with $2.00 special nights. Playa Bruja Sun¬ days. a 30 cent bus ride (bus rides to all parts of Mazatlan are only a 30 cents) to an afternoon Me.xican jam with good surf thrown in. Surrounding sleepy villages. Good fishing. Hilarious horse-racing a la Me.xicana behind the Marina. Oh. and friendly smiles all around. For those in a continual state of refit, you can find just about eveiyi.hingyou need in the way of repair facilities. No. you can't buy eveiylhing off the shelf yet. they're not so advanced'. In¬ stead. they still believe in fLxing and improving what you've got — for a fraction of the cost of replacement. When it becomes a junk and replace place, it won't be our place. We suggest cruis¬ ers don't miss Mazatlan now. Michael and Misuzu Wilson Torlue Marina Mazatlan ffllTHE ALDEN SCHOONER ON FLATHEAD LAKE
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Congrats on the July issue. I really like it — and I've only read the first four pages of Letters! It also looks as though I may have started something: since my rather lengthy but success¬ ful crew ad ran in the May issue, you've gotten many more 'relationship ads' than usual. I've had almost a dozen responses so far — and they're still coming. So far I've sailed on some fabulous boats with some interesting prospects — er, skippers. I haven’t decided which one I'll go cruising with — not until I've sailed with them more to see if they know their rear from a bilge! Nancy 'Sailing, Simplicity and Self-Sufficiency' Bimbaum Marin County Nancy — While we don't push it a surprising number of couples have gotten together — and even married — through either Lati¬ tude Crew List Parties or Classy Classifieds. DISCUSSION GROUPS
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I’ve been reading Latitude for several years and think yours is simply the best sailing magazine. One thing 1 really appreci¬ ate is your in-your-face honesty — which brings me to my point. One of the slick sailing magazines has a cruising discussion bulletin board on their website. There's a wealth of information exchanged there, and much of it is by people who have opin¬ ions critical of the magazine’s advertisers. Since the magazine is beholden to manufacturers, there is a reluctance for them to continue supporting the bulletin boards. In fact, th^'ve already shut down two of the three boards. Perhaps Latitude would be interested in starting one to re¬ place them. I feel that you are the guys for the job, as your dedication and honesty in print demonstrate a commitment to good journalism. If you agree. I'll spread the word — and soon you could be enjoying the ravings of desk-bound sailors. Steve Purcell Cyberspace Steve — Here's some in-yourface-honesty: The primary rea¬ son we're not interested in such a bulletin board is that too many of the "ravings of desk-bound sailors" are Just that, overheated tirades by people who don't know what they're talking about. We're just not interested in being part of such a process. ItliWOULD HAVE SOLD THE BIKES IN Z-TOWN
Latitude asked for readers’ experience with bicycles while cruising. We sailed from San Francisco to New Jersey, and picked up our bike while in La Paz, Baja California Sur. We got a lot of use from the bike in La Paz, but very little since then. For a bicycle to be of value, you need one for each person, you need to be tied up to a dock, and you need paved roads to ride on. The problem was, when we found paved roads, we al¬ ways seemed to be anchored out — such as at Isla Providencia. And taking a bike ashore in a small dinghy is more trouble
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LETTERS than it's worth. We could have used the bike in Cristobal, Panama, but we were moored out and taking it ashore in the marina shuttle wasn't going to work either. The times we were tied up to a dock — such as the month we spent on the Rio Dulce in Guatemala — there weren't any paved roads to ride on. Now that we're on the East Coast of the United States, the marinas are so expensive — $1 to $1.50/night — we're back to anchoring out as much as possible. We kept the bike on deck under a vinyl cover that cost more than the bike. It still got so rusty that it's barely serviceable — despite a new chain, brake and shifter cables. Had we known what we know now, we would have sold the bike in La Paz — or somewhere prior to leaving Mexico. We want to second Roswold and Jensen's comments on the value of email via cellphone. It's very convenient and inexpen¬ sive.,We'd purchased an acoustic coupler to connect a modem to a phone handset, but experienced only a 10% success rate with public phones — which evidently have less effective car¬ bon microphones. Bell South has a 59-cent roamer rate and CompuServe has a nationwide 800-access number, so fetching and lending email, which can be done in less than two minutes — and sometimes less than one minute — costs less than $ 1.25. The Chesapeake Bay offers marvelous anchoring and eating opportunities. The sailing isn't bad either — although the chop in the relatively shallow bay can become very unpleasant even when bucking as little as 12 knots of wind. Roger Bohl Ariadne, Cal 39 Alameda/Atlantic City tlllNE'VER HAD A PROBUBM WITH BIKES Deciding whether to take a bike cruising is like deciding whether to have solar panels, a wind generator, a towed-prop generator, or an internal-combustion generator. It all depends on where you'll be cruising. Moremesa has always had one or two 16-inch whed Dahons on board. Sometimes they've been very useful — (Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, La Paz, San Carlos — and other times they've been useless — San Juanico, Isla Espirltu Santo and Ipala). Stowed folded in the carrying cases in the unused forward head, space has been a minor problem. Corrosion is no prob¬ lem at all if proper maintenance is given, even with the nonstalnless version. When the bikes can be used they’re greatl A 2.5 gallon jeny jug of gasoline rides just fine on the rack. A backpack of grocer¬ ies is no problem. If you're looking for just the right store in cities, you can zip around covering lots of ground. Doing a bot¬ tom job in Marina Seca and running low on paint? Just pedal a mile to the chandlery and back, letting the wheels do most of the work. Lunch and shopping out of remote Marina Mazatlan? Just carry the bike on the bus — or for exercise, pedal — and roll around town all day. In four years we never had a problem with theft — although we never failed to padlock the chain to something big. As for rental bikes, we've never noticed them where weVe wanted them. P.S.: Previous urban bicycling experience is essential! P.P.S.: Don't even think of taking a bike through the surf in a dinghy! Dave Smith and Sharon Baasch Irwin 37, Moremesa Puerto Escondido tlllDON'T SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOyT THE COAST GUARD The photo caption in your August '98 Coast Guard Law En¬ forcement article was all the incentive I needed to finally tell of an experience that I had in '96 — and explain why 1 get mad
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when I hear other boaters malign the Coast Guard. We originally left for our cruise to Mexico in April. One hun¬ dred fifty miles south of the border, I went forward to the mast to tighten the lazy-jacks. As I turned aft to motion to James, our self-tacking jib — with a stainless camber spar inside — accidentally jibed. The spar hit the back of my head, fracturing my skull. James\.quickly carried me to the cockpit where he gave me CPR and bandaged my head. Then he went below and put out a Mayday on VHP 16. James was astonished — and relieved — to get an immedi¬ ate response from the Coast Guard. He had figured that we were too far from the States — or any city — to get any help. The Coast Guard quickly determined that we were a U.S. docu¬ mented boat, got permission from the Mexican government to enter Mexican waters, and dispatched four Coasties in a heUcoptpr. Meanwhile, two nearby Mexican fishing boats determined that we were the ones calling for help. One threw James a line so he wouldn't have to worry about emchoring. Another — after we turned the corner into Bahia Colonet and were out of VHP line-bf-sight — relayed communications to and from the Coast Guard. 1 was transferred to one of the fishing boats because the mast on our boat would have made it difficult for me to be taken off in a stretcher. And before I knew it, I had been picked up by the helo. Having been hit in the head at 1800, by 2030 I was at the U.C. Medical Center in San Diego! In addition, James had asked one of the Coasties to call my mother. He did. She was told about the accident, assured that my vital signs were good, and told that I was in the hospital. My mother later told me how kind, concerned, and comforting this Coastie was. Since the Mexican fishermen were going back to Ensenada, they offered to tow James and our boat. He accepted. When they reached Ensenada’s Marina Coral, the staff was at the dock ready to meet him. They told him they'd take care of our boat, and quickly drove him to San Diego. This remarkable experience has made us forever grateful to the kind Mexicans who helped us. It also makes us applaud the Coast Guard — and want to fight with anyone who says any¬ thing against them. Like any large organization, they may not be perfect, but they are well-trained people who are there to make boating a better, safer, experience for everyone — and to rescue mariners in trouble. 1 owe my life to them, and can never thank them enough for being there. So 1 want to say this to all mariners: When Latitude 38 says, "If you are unlucky enough to get boarded for a 'safety inspec¬ tion', try to keep your cool and remember that the same guys that are squandering your precious recreation time might save your life someday" — believe it! Susan Pantle and James Pennington Chrysalis, Preedom 42 In San Diego, just back from Mexico Susan & James — We spent this afternoon on Yerba Buena with Lt. Ball. Commander of Group San Francisco, and some of his troops. During that time, we all bemoaned the bad old days when Zero Tolerance was in effect, and when on certain days the Coasties would have to stop every single boat returning to San Francisco or San Diego Bays. The overwhelming majority of Coasties hated that duty as much as we mariners hated having it imposed on us. Those of us who railed against the Coast Guard, of course, were almost always not railing against the individuals or even the Coast Guard itself, but the policy. The policy, of course, was handed down from the Commandant of the Coast Guard, who
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later the 50-ft motorsailor Windwagon, which was a nice boat. The continued success of Merlek allowed the Lee family to ac¬ quire quite a bit of real estate, much of it in Alameda. With the onset of World War 11, Myron, Jr. was no longer able to hire boats to go out to the Gate to collect saltwater — so he used Windwagon for the chore. The motorsailor was powered by a four cylinder Rail Scott gasoline engine. During one salt¬ water gathering expedition, there was a gas explosion. Myron Jr., a very handsome man, suffered terrible scars on his face. A short time later, while World War II was still raging, the U.S. goverijment harmed the further sale of the product. Personally, I marvel over the Lee's ingenuity. They sure weren't going to run out of product, and two teaspoons of clean saltwater sure isn't going to hurt you. Myron Lee, Jr. yisited my yacht brokerage office after World War ir. Because of the scars, I could hardly recognize him. In any event, I sold Windwagon to a very prominent research sci¬ entist named Dr. Larry Kinsell, who was deeply involved with the development of cortisone and other medicines. Kinsell and his wife took the boat up to Point Reyes for a spell. When I didn't see them for a whil6, I called their daughter. She told me that both of them had committed suicide. They were about 52 at the time. I didn't ask why. C.A. Rutherford Hilo. HA C.A. — Wow! What other stories might you share with our readers? ITUSO OFF THE WALL
Marcia and I love the Letters section of your rag and are glad you suspend your usual 'no whining' rule when selecting those to be printed. Many are informative, some are furmy, others are outrageous, a few make little sense — but all are entertaining. Occasionally however, one seems so off the wall that some re¬ sponse is warranted. Such was the diatribe submitted by Hugh Vincent in the July issue. In that letter Latitude was accused of superficial journalism in an article about Marina Seca in San Carlos — evidently be¬ cause you didn't subscribe to the author's view of the 'truth'. I can't comment on the journalism part since I wouldn’t know good journalism from horse flop — after all I’m a fan of Latitude — but I have had experience dealing with Marina Seca and Ed Grossman. We left West Wind in dry storage there one summer and had some work done in the then just starting yard. We've also twice had our boat hauled and trucked to California. Based on that experience. I'd like to present my version of the truth. I'm not sure what burr got under Vincent's saddle, but I've had only good experiences with Grossman. Oh sure, the dirty head was the usual for Mexico the first two times we were there, but I've seen worse in a rather expensive Mexican marina — and even worse in some U.S. yards. However, this year I was pleasantly surprised to find a brand new, exceptionally clean head and showers, so maybe that's where the -slight increase in storage fees are going. The first time we were hauled I, like Hugh, noticed some blue marks on our hull left by the lift trailer and asked Ed about them. He showed me they would easily wipe off with a rag and a little water — no buffing compound needed. I didn’t bother removing them at the time and ^e summer rains took care of the job. This year the paint was a little more persistent — perhaps a different paint — but Brite Boy removed it easily. (We've found that Brite Boy works better removing spots and marks from the hull than for its intended use of .cleaning chrome.) Just like Hugh, I requested that a couple of extra stands be
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placed under the hull. No problem. And like Hugh, I was down twice during the summer — God, it's hot! — but we found the stands in place. I can’t imagine why they would be removed, but strange things seem to happen in yards — so 1 guess very strange things can happen in Mexican yards too. We did notice one problem with the stands on a boat next to ours however. A bunch of ants had made a nest under it, and we worried that any tunneling they might do could cause the boat to shift and possibly fall against our West Wind. We told the yard, and on our ne:!rt visit found additional stands on ei¬ ther side of the presumed nest site — and no more live ants. The important thing in my mind was that once we told them about a problem, it was taken care of. At the end of the summer, we had the deck and cabin LP’d and an epo^qr bcirrier coat applied to the bottom. We’re very pleased with the epo:!^^ bottom Job, which was done at one-fifth the price of comparable work in the United States. The LP Job leaves a little to be desired, however, as wind blown dust left the finish not quite as nice as we'd hoped. On the other hand, the tptal cpst was about what a U.S. yard quoted us for the paint alone. So all in all, I was quite satisfied. We’ve become firm believers of having our boat trucked home, as it's equal in price to one blown mainsail. It did cost us more this year than the first time we had our boat hauled north, but most of the increase was due to increases at the crane yard in Tucson. For those who don’t know how it works, Ed’s trucks haul a boat from Mexico to a crane yard in Tucson. The boat is then put on stands there to await a U.S. trucker to pick it up. We’ve used California West Boat Hauling out of San Diego, and have been very satisfied. They haven't raised their rates in at least four years. We also paid Grossman more to have our boat hauled this year, but it was due to the fact that last time he gaye us a wonderful rate because we agreed to change our haulback date, preventing him from having to make some deadhead runs. We’ve hunted to tiy to find the original quote, but contrary to what Marcia says, we do throw some things away. If 1 remember cor¬ rectly, the cost of the haulout from Mexico this year was be¬ tween five and ten percent higher than the original quote for our last trip. That doesn’t seem like too much of a rip-off. When Grossman first hauled our boat back to the States, U.S. truckers were still coming down to Mexico to pick up boats at San Carlos. The U.S. truckers quoted us twice as much as Grossman charged us this year, so it seems to us that the ar¬ rangement Grossman works out to the cruisers benefit. The completion and operation of the 'dry canal' crossing Baja is, like many projects in Mexico, somewhat ephemeral. I have a feeling, however, that we'll see it in operation before the marina in Mazatlan is complete — and long before much more is done at Puerto Escondido. I base this on the fact that the trailers and tractors Grossman now uses to go to Tucson were bought for the Baja operation — whith should be a lot better business proposition for him. Actually Vincent summed it all up accurately by saying, "Ma¬ rina Seca is a good yard — for Mexico." Well, duh! Marina Seca is Mexico. Anyway, 1 understand that Marina Real may become a new player in the haulout game in San Carlos. Located Just a couple of miles up the coast from Marina Seca, the new facility was almost complete back in early June. It may be in operation now. Since things change so fast in the cruising areas of Mexico, the best a Journalist can do is give a snapshot of a single point in time, so please don’t stop writings about the area Just be¬ cause you can’t assure your readers that they will find every¬ thing as it was reported a few months before. A separate item concerns the use of radar reflectors. When
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We made our first ocean crossing in the recent West Marine Pacific Cup with our Hylas 44 Pisces. We did it with a 'cruiser attitude' and despite our being sick for thie first three days and it being overcast for the first half, we had a great trip. After six days of gray, our navigator pointed to port and said. The sun's over there." So at exactly 1630, halfway to Hawaii on the rhumbline, we said the heck with the race and turned south seeking fun in the tropical sun we'd heard so much about. Af¬ ter making 120 miles south during the night, it was like magic, as the sun came outl And with it, the T-shirts and shorts. It sure lifted our spirits, as did catching a yellowfin tuna. Two days later, Erica, my 18-year-old daughter took 25 minutes to land a huge mahi mahi. We've got it all on video, which is the real prize. I think my daughter making the trip was a great accom¬ plishment, and I want to thank her for going with me. I also want to thank my wife for her love and support. I'm proud of my crew — Erika Gonzalez, Hector Morales, Rick Raney, Eddie Ochoa and Eric Bergel — for being thesbest. Now that we're all home, we still can't believe we did it. Nothing broke, nobody got hurt, we had great food and great times. I'd been dreaming of such a trip since I learned to sail 30 years ago. There may be
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John — Her name was the Wonderette, and you’ve obviously got a serious case of infatuation. Had you only been punctual about acting upon that infatuation, you could have spared the Wanderer— a person widely corwidered to be without any faults —from hearing the Wanderette's Fve-Just-won-the-lottery shriek upon being pronounced man and wife. A shriek that sent chills down the Wanderer's spine and would be a harbinger of a brief marriage that was every bit as pleasant as a two-year root ca¬ nal. "Annulling a marriage is like reefing," advises the Wanderer, recalling an agonizing honeymoon in French Polynesia. "You should do it the instant it crosses your mind." In any event, having wrangled a green card and a grubstake out of the marriage, the Wanderette went on to beauty college. At last word she was coloring hair somewhere in the wilds of Marin County. The Wanderer wishes her — and everybody else — all the happiness in the world. Not to play Cupid, but it sounds like the two of you would make a terrific couple. HllFORGOTTEN WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE A BEGINNER
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Readers — We recently received word that Viveka, which was partially crushed by a salt barge in the South Bay, is now under¬ going repairs after an insurance settlement. ttJiGEARING UP FOR TAHITI As per your request in August's Sailing Records article, I submit the following: Under the category Transpacific, the dis¬ tance for the San Francisco to Tahiti Race is 'only' 3,660 miles, not 3,687 miles. The distance for Honolulu to Tahiti is 2,378 miles. My math produced an average speed of 7.0 knots for Dave Nottage £md his J/44 Kiamiloa III. Speaking of Tahiti, I can’t pass up the opportunity to inform all your readers that the Tahiti Cup Association is gearing up to run the race again in 1999. The San Francisco start is sched¬ uled for May 15, with the Honolulu start planned for May 22. One Santa Cruz 52 has already committed to the San Fran¬ cisco start and two other boats have indicated they wish to start from Honolulu. So the two records are waiting to be oblit¬ erated! The May 1999 starts offer perfect reasons for yachts to race to Tahiti and then ultimately find themselves near New Zealand for America’s Cup, as well as the 2000 Ol3Tnpics in Sydney. What better year to do this race? I urge all interested parties to come to the organizing meet¬ ing at the St. Francis YC at 7:30 p.m. on September 8. But you don't have to be present to join the Association and get a free race packet. For more info, give me a call at (925) 939-9885. Bobbi Tosse Tahiti Cup Association Treasurer Bobbi — Speaking as one who very much would like to sail to Tahiti next year, and knowing that the event plans are not yet completely set in concrete, we'd like to make a suggestion: That perhaps the San Francisco start of the Tahiti Cup should be moved up to March 15. There are three reasprisfor this: 1) It would al¬ low boats planning to continue across the Pacific to New Zealand for the America's Cup and the Olympics in Sydney even more time to enjoy the trip and intermediate stops — or even airplane
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The crew and friends of Shamaness, Ha-Ha III, would like to wish everyone in the Ha-Ha V the time of their lives. We sure had ours — and continued to have it sailing in Mexico. The excitement of sailing across the San Diego starting line with 90 other sailboats and crews and heading 750 miles downwind is still a wonderful memory. And they just kept coming. After the Ha-Ha festivities ended in Cabo, we cruised north to La Paz. Since then we've been commuting back and forth between work and cruising in the Sea of Cortez as vacations have allowed. We loved the Marina de La Paz and thoroughly enjoyed the area. But for most of the last 18 months we've kept Shamaness in and out of dry storage in San Carlos. In May we explored the western side of the Sea north to Mulege, then vis¬ ited the Midriff Islands. Our whole cruising experience has been wonderful for our family and a large circle of our friends. We enjoy the Mexican people, the incredible Baja beauty, the camaraderie of other cruisers, and the joy of sailing off on a new adventure every few months. We've experienced incredible warm sunsets in para¬ dise, beautiful full moon evenings — Turtle Bay at Halloween with the moon rising through the rigging of the Ha-Ha fleet was awesome! — great fishing most of the tirne, occasional episodes of excitement. We've had some dangerous moments, too. We lost our steer¬ ing under spinnaker, lost our transmission in 20 knots of wind in a crowded anchorage, had bees swarm the masthead while sailing near San Carlos, and once awakened to strong winds and big seas threatening to put us on the beach, anchor and all! But we have always had other cruisers offer whatever help they could. Many times, the best help was advice from a more experienced sailor or mechanic. We learned how to sail better, with a broken transmission forcing our hand. We pushed the boat through tight spots with the dinghy lashed amidships. And we learned to always expect the wind to pipe up and change direction after you've had three margaritas in a 'protected' an¬ chorage. As I write this, we re moving out of our house and will soon be heading to San Carlos to make the Shamaness shipshape for a winter cruise down the Mexican'Coast. We hope to meet as many of the Ha-Ha V folks as possible in places like Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Costa Rica — and
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LETTERS ever3where in between. Have a wonderful time, because you are all heading out on the sail of a lifetime! Dennis Clifton Shamaness, Chung Hwa 36 Northern California Dennis — We're delighted you had such a great time on the Ha-Ha and during yoiir additional cruising in Mexico. But Just to keep things in perspective, folks need to realize there is plenty of frustration and work involved with cruising, too. We don't want anybody taking off with the impression that its all cocktails and sunsets, and that there's no element of danger. triilTINERARIBS You have published some extremely helpful itineraries for Mexico. We used them and they were great! Now some of us want to sail over the horizon to places like Central America, the Canal and the Caribbean, or the South Pacific. How about some suggestions for best times to sail to thes^ places and related tips? I Imow you have covered this information in some form, but how about a clear, simple itinerary as you have done so well for Mexico? William Gloege Northern California WUliam—Great suggestion! Perhaps six-month, one-year and three-year plans for each region of the world.
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Tartan, Catcdtna, Yankee, Newport and Harder— heck. Just about any of the major manufacturers. Deciding among them comes down to a matter of your style and values. If you want a more robust boat, you might lean more toward Tartans, Pearsons and Rangers — but that's a wild generalization. If you want more style and a nicer interior, lots of folks choose boats like Islander 36s. There's no litay you could go wrong with a Cal 40, the alltime classic production boat. Catalinas have been enormously popular over the years because they deliver a big bang for the buck. Newport 41s are fine boats, too. Frankly, it sounds to us as though you're worried that some of these manufacturers built hulls and/or decks that are going to collapse or something. That's hot going to happen. The compa¬ nies you mention budt boats that were designed for weekend sailing in Southern California waters, in San Francisco Bay, and light cruisity. If you're planning on sailing to the Farallones ev¬ ery weekend, carrying a chute all the way to Hawaii in 30 knots of wind, or rounding the Horn, you'll want to spend extra money either beefing one of these designs up or purchasing a boat de¬ signed for that purpose. A Jinal thought: A good seaman is going to do much better in a lousy boat than a lousy seaman is going to do in a great boat. So the best investment you can make is not in an extra strong boat, but in your own sailing skills. trilCREDBNTIALS TO VISIT CUBA Marcia and I love your magazine so much that we read it from cover to cover each month. It helps us keep focused on our dream, which is to spend the second half of our lives cruis¬ ing. Not only are we soon to be married, but wonder of wonders, our ship came in — both earlier and slightly grander than we were expecting! Instead of a used charter boat, we’re h,aving a Manta 40 catamaran built for us in Largo, Florida. She’s to be completed by September, so we hope to be entering Pangaea in the bacchanalian Columbus Day Regatta this October in Mi¬ ami. Come November, we’re going to head south. We plan to stop at Cuba, do most of the Caribbean, and if we’re really ambi¬ tious, make it to Australia for the Summer Games of 2000 — with lots of good spots in between. We’ll have long range data and voice communications onboard, which will allow us to stay in communication while travelling. Now for our pitch. We understand that people with press affiliations can legally spend money in Cuba. If you can ar¬ range press credentials for us, we’d be happy to send back pho¬ tos and articles about our trip. P.S. Gene lived on his Out-Island 41 in Fort Lauderdale for eight years, then brought her to the Bay and lived aboard in Oyster Point for a couple of years. The boat was named Zephyra, and he sold her through the Classy Classifieds to a couple who keep her at. . . Zephyr Cove, Lake Tahoe. Gene Ferris and Marcia Mason South Bay Gene & Marica — It may be illegal to spend money in Cuba, but it's also illegal to drive over 55. If you don't flaunt either, you'll save a lot of paperwork and won't have any trouble. By the way, be sure to bring a couple of copies of Latitude to our good friend. Jose Escrich. Commodore of the Hemingway International Yacht Club, which is located Just outside Havana. MWE HAD A RAT ONCE Johanna and I had a rat on our Farr 30 once. It was in Hilo, which coincidentally, is the only place I’ve ever seen a stuffed rat for sale in a store. It was set on a little raft with the caption.
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ttllA SPARKLE IN HER EYE I thought I’d send you a note regarding the passing of Phyllis Crowe, my great aunt. She died in Long Beach in late July. Why am I telling you this? From 1948 to 1954, my great uncle Bill and Phyllis (Billie) sailed around the wgrld in their self-built 39-foot schooner Lang Syne. Their voyage was chronicled in their book Heaven, Hell and Salt Water, which has long been out of print. Nonetheless, it offers a great portrait of a world long gone. There are so many elements of their life on the water that have loomed large in my sailing mythology. From their days in Los Angeles in the '20s, when they flipped a coin: "Heads we stay and build a house, tails we build a boat and sail to Hawaii. It came up tails, so in '24 they built a 25-ft yawl and headed west. , Feeling the pull of bluewater cruising again, in '36 they rented a building plot on the beach in Waikiki for $5/month and be¬ gan building Lang Syne. Following a 3,600-mlle 'shakedown' around the north Pacific, the war intervened. At its conclusion, they Headed back to Long Beach with Lang Syne for a visit to the mainland. On their sail back to Hawaii via Teihiti, Bill joked that they'd already sailed enough miles to have gone a third of the way around the world. Much to his surprise, my great-aunt replied, "Why don't we go the rest of the way?" So on Easter morning 1948, they set sail from Waikiki for a six-year voyage that would have them visiting Fiji, Java, Sumatra, Zanzibar, Capetown, the Congo, the West Indies, Man¬ hattan, Miami, Panama, Acapulco, Catalina and finally back to Hawaii. In that sentence is six years of adventure and great seamanship — an experience that thousands of cruisers seek to this day. In 1953 ^e Crowes were presented with the Blue Water Medal of the Cruising Club of America. When I recently visited my great-aunt, then in her 90h and worn down by the years and missing her "skipper" (Bill died in '84), a sparkle would come into her eyes when I would ask her about the voyage. She would tell the stories as though they were yesterday. Meeting Irving Johnson for a festival in Samoa, the scary storm off Zanzibar, the sail up New York's East River through Hell’s Gate, the pirates of Sumatra, the graciousness of fellow yachtsmen they encountered around the world, and more. I always came away with a serious case of wanderlust. Needless to say, the Crowes are big heroes of mine. Some¬ time in the future I plan to put their book on the web as I be¬ lieve that many other sailors would find it, as I do, a wonderful expression of a dream fulfilled. Rob Anderson Berkeley Rob — Great stuff. Please let us know when you get it on the web so we can do a link. tlllTWO OFFERS ALREADY Thanks so much for printing my letter — and for the kind offer of your catamaran for use in my film. I've been over at the Isthmus on Catalina since the beginning of August and was worried that 1 might not get home in time to find a current copy of Latitude. It's been several years since I missed an issue, and I guess the gods of sailing magazines didn't think I should miss the issue with my own letter in it because some kind soul left a copy at the small lending library at Two Harbors General Store. I appreciate the offer of your boat for my film, but to be hon¬ est I've always envisioned a more traditional-looking cruising boat for this particular stoiy. Maybe' a ketch with lots of var¬ nished teak, or perhaps a Pacific Seacraft. Thanks to Latitude, I’ve already had offers of a Cheoy Lee ketch and a Passport 40. I’ve just e-mailed both these kind souls and hope to make ar-
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You've probably covered this before, but we've got a question about homeports. We're currently living aboard in the Eureka area, but plan to take off cruising next year. Mexico is our cur¬ rent destination, but we may continue on to Panama, the Car¬ ibbean and the East Coast, or might even turn right to the South Pacific. As we do not plan on returning to California, we'll be looking for our next homeport as we go. Our question? Can we just show 'U.S.A.' or 'Planet Earth' as our homeport for now? In the same vein, we're thinking about having the boat docu¬ mented. The good guys at the Coast Guard say we the owners can designate a hailing port to appear on the transom, but it must include the state, territory or possession in which the vessel is expected to be located. And the state, territory or pos¬ session must be in the United States. But if we don,'t have a permanent home in the United States, what are we to do? The boat will be out of the U.S.A. for a good part of her life — and ours. Second question: With California being such a tax happy state, are we liable for county personal property tax if we use a mail forwarding serv'ice based in California? Ellen and Duane Dunphy Eureka Elleji & Duane —■ Taxes Jirst. When it comes to boats, the carious tax assessors interpret the personal property tax law differently. Contact your county assessor and get his/her policy in writing. If that county's policy is not to your advantage, move your boat to another county or establish legal residency in a state, such as Oregon, where there is no personal property tax. Vyon want 'U.S.A.' or 'Planet Earth' on your transom, it's no problem as long as the boat is registered in a state like California that doesn't care about stuff like that. If you want to document your boat, however, you must live by the Coast Guard's rules about the homeport being displayed on the transom in block let¬ ters no less than four inches tall. You also have to abide by their rules for choosing a homeport. It makes no difference if you have no permanent home in the United States. Many US. documented boats have never been in U.S. waters and never will be. Is there any reason to have your boat documented as opposed to registered with the state? If you have a mortgage on your boat, many lending institutions will require documentation. In addi¬ tion. some county assessor's use a boat's state registration as at least a partial reason for assessing personal property tcix. When it comes to checking in to foreign coyntries. our experience is that it doesn't make a bit of difference. One down side ofdocumentation: in a national emergency the government can take it without
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LETTERS any compensation to you. Registering your boat with the state of California costs $10 every two years. Documenting your boat with the Coast Guard can be done by a service for about $250. or you can do it forfree. Annual documentation renewals are also free. For reasons we can't remember, tlje first couple of years we had Big O, she was both documented and registered with the state of California. IhiUTTLE BITES We’re going to Ha-Ha with you this fall and we need some tips, no pun intended, on how to deal with — shudder — las mordidas when in Mexico. We have experienced these 'little deaths' on several land trips to Mexico, and are wondering how to deal with it while cruising. Can you tell us what is 'fair' and what is overkill? Are las mordidas the same in Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama as they are in Mexico? Latitude stands alone. Sailing is not all hardware and hightech stuff. You bring us the delights and chronicles of a way of life that in many ways has inspired and enabled us to now become a part of it. Many thanks! Diana and Bill Barash Diana B. Cal 39 Sausalito Diana & Bill — We've made five trips to Mexico with a Frey a 39. three with an Ocean 71. two with an Olson 30. one with a Cal 25. and one with a 63 foot catamaran. We can't remember ever being hit up for mordida — the little bite — while with a boat. Which is not to say others haven't. Carl Franz, author of the classic People's Guide to Mexico, sets out three rules for bribes: 1) Feel the opponent out with some¬ thing like. "Is there no other way of handling this?": 2) Discreetly slip dollars bills to the briber one at a time: when he stops shak¬ ing his head, that's enough: 3) If you assume that every bribe is a legal and legitimate fee. you'll be through the experience rather quickly. On the other hand. Jim Elfers. Manager of Coast Marine in Cabo San Lucas, advises cruisers never to pay bribes. See this month's Sightings for details.
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UlljUNIOR AMERICA’S CUP 1 just received your May issue of Latitude — my first — com¬ pliments of a dear friend in Marin. My, my, my. what a great publication! Much better than Practical Sailor. Soundings. Time. Playboy— even Hustler. Where were you when I lived in Tibiiron in the mid-'50s and early '60s? 1 ran Azore. one of the Rhodes-designed, Sausalitobuilt Bounty lls out of the Belvedere YC for a few years. My most memorable event? Surfing her south of Angel Island at 14.5 knots! Second most memorable event? Winning the Upton Cup. 1 now reside in Cocoa Beach, Florida, where 1 singlehand and daysail my beautifully rebuilt 5.5 meter American Eagle up and down the inland waters. You either go north or south, be¬ cause if you sail 5° off course you run aground in the soft mud at six to eight knots and have no engine to get you off. It's a bitch! It usually takes three anchors to kedge off. One day I'm going to buy a compass to help show me the way to the Baha¬ mas — so 1 can sail east and west, too. Why don’t you guys gather up all the Columbia and Ericson 5.5's in the Bay Area and host a 'Junior America's Cup' prior to the big one? After all, the first 12 Meter lines came off the 5.5 design with the Intrepid. (1 think Robb and S&S had something to do with that conversion.) Plus, the 5.5's established Ted Turner’5 and Bud Melges’ reputations when they each won three
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LETTERS 5.5 international championships back around the '50s and ’60s when these boats were used in the Olympics. For good reason the 5.5s are called the 'Junior 12s'. 1 enjoyed the piece about Dave Clark in your May issue. We both prefer singlehanding and share the same birthday — May 12 1 don't envy his latest circumnavigation try, but he can do it as he's still young. My excuse is that I'm two years older than him. Good luck, kid! ■ Bert Smith Cocoa Beach, Florida Bert — You'll get a chuckle to learn that we started this maga¬ zine aboard our Sausalito-based Bounty II back in 1977. It served as our home and office for the better part of the first year. We don't remember ever getting her over 10 knots, however. As for starting a mcyor regatta, thanks, but we'd rather go sailing.
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IHspecial circumstances My wife and I are cruisers who really cruise. During the 18 months we've been in Mexico, for example, we've only been in a marina a total of five days. Since we live on the hook, our din¬ ghy is indispensable, for without it we can’t go to and from shore. The bad news was that after just one summer of torrid heat and blistering sun in the Sea of Cortez, our West Marine dinghy was ruined. We sent a fax to the president of West Marine de¬ scribing the problem as well as our 'special circumstances' — meaning being in Mexico where it's hard to get stuff shipped. We expected fair treatment and West Marine's reply was that we'd get it. When all was said and done. West Marine's promise was not wholly accurate — for at every turn we were treated far, fcir better than we ever would have expected! That's the very good news. First off. West Marine accepted our description of the problem sight unseen. '' Mexico is undoubtedly one of the most difficult countries in the world to have anything shipped in or out of. In most coun¬ tries a boat 'in transit' can receive equipment for the boat duty free with a minimum of paperwork. In Mexico the process is horrendous md stiff duties are applicable. These were our 'spe¬ cial circumstances' — but they are typical of the problems cruis¬ ers encounter. Elven though the problem had nothing to do with West Marine, they worked with us and our limitations to effect a more than satisfactoiy resolution to our problem. The need to deal with our ruined dinghy, for instance, was put in abeyance 'til such a time as our new dinghy was in service. West Marine didn’t think their obligation to us ended after we walked out the door. On the contrary^ they jumped through all kinds of hoops and helped us deal with the Mexican bureau¬ cracy — which behaved in a manner that should be featured in a Believe It or Not column. West Marine not only went the distance for us, they went an extra mile and a half to ensure our satisfaction. We think their outstanding service should be recognized. Kris & Sandra Hartford St. Albert, Alberta, CAN HIeXTEND 1-5 DOWN TO CABO It's always a pleasure to pick up the latest issue of Latitude and check on the happenings back home. With envy, we read about the Sea of Cortez while we're stuck here in the coastal flats of North Carolina. 1 must say, my opinion of Ed Grossman’s Marina Seca op¬ eration set my stomach to feeling what his name describes — gross man! It's not so much the storage facility and ability to transport boats for those stuck in the frozen tundra of the Dakotas, nor his proclivity to orchestrate Mexicans into providing
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^ burial of the deceased crew. It's important, however, that everyone make sure that a death has actually occurred. This may sound obvious but mistakes can and have been made. Someone who is unconscious and bleeding heavily may really appear dead — except that dead people don’t bleed. Secondly, if you must dispose of the de¬ ceased, wrap him/her in as heavy of a shroud as possible — and add a lot of weight. I hope that my insight is informative and helpful, Jim Zingara San Leandro
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Jim — Thanks for the clear and concise information. The business of making sure a person is dead reminded us of a story told to us by one of our crew, a stewardess who flies international routes for United Airlines. After several hours on a very ihng flight, she and several of the other stewardesses be¬ came convinced that an elderly woman had died. It had to do with a lack of motion, strong smell, and the woman not waking after being vigorously shook. Uncertain what to do, the stewardesses\decided it was most respectful if they simple covered the woman from head to toe with blankets. But as soon as the blan¬ ket touched the woman’s head, she slapped it away and shouted, "What the hell are you doing!?" Darn near scared our friend to death.
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PFDs should be required for people who do not swim, whether age nine months, nine years or 90 years. However, this should be mandated by the boat captain or owner, not the Coast Guard or some other enforcement agency. The first thing I ask anyone who comes aboard my boat is: A. Can you swim? B. How good of a swimmer are you? By truthfully answering these two questions, it doesn’t take . a rocket scientist to figure out who should have a PFD on or not. Beyond this situation, this should be discretionary between the boat owner or captain and crew or guests. Obviously in bad or tough weather, you are going to be more attentive to PFDs then on nice, calm, sunny days. I must say, we have more than enough government intru¬ sion on what freedoms we have left, and we certainly do not need anymore government control or regulations than we al¬ ready have. Coast Guard guidelines are probably the right an¬ swer. Parker Mahoney Guerneville Letters can be mailed to 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941; faxed to (415) 383-‘58l6: or e-mailed to richard@latitude38.com.
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And the hunter home from the wood. We received a letter last month from. . . well, it doesn’t really matter who it was from. What the writer accused us of does bear mention, however. In the story on the West Marine Pacific Cup, one of our captions read, “Home are the sailors, home from the sea, glad to be off their Moore 24 Low Profile, with girlfriends Lisa and Nancy on their knee.” Our unnamed letter writer claimed that we had plagarized a line from Robert Louis Stevenson, a line that is, in fact, carved on his gravestone. To this concerned reader we say there’s a huge difference between goofing around with a line familiar to every literate person in the English-spesiking world — which is what we were doing — and trying to falsely pass something off as our own. Wljiile we’re on the subject of Roberl Louis Stevenson, we’ll once again take this opportunity to plug our favorite book The Wrecker, which he wrote. The theme is the struggle between art and business, and good and evil, as played out in Paris, San Francisco, Sausalito, Midway Island, Australia and across the Pacifife and Atlantic Oceans. Few share our opinion, but we loved it. First Monica, now this. You might have gotten the impression from President Clinton’s announcement at the National Ocean Conference in Monterey this past summer that there wasn’t going to be any more oil drilling off the coast of California. Tsk, tsk. Haven’t you people learned yet? What he said was that he was extending the current moratorium on new drilling for another decade. On the coattails of this announcement came an article in the Son Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune in which an oil company official announced that as many as six new oil rigs would be built offshore in the next 10 years. What? Seems the presidential moratorium applies only to new leases. Old leases — such as the 5 locations in CEdifornia waters and 40 in the adjoining federal waters — can still be drilled, and the oil companies that hold the leases are apparently gearing up to do just that. Must be something in the water. The talented crew of Craig Healy's Etchells I Love My Wife have apparently taken the name to heart. Ringleader Healy, a dentist during liie week, and wife Pam just had their third child, a boy named Henry, on August 3. No doubt inspired by their skipper, bowman and alternate helmsman Nick Gibbens and wife Terry are due in late September, while middleman Dave Gruver and wife Melissa are due in October. Not to be left out, alternate bowman Eric Baumoff and -wife Molly are also due in mid-September. This will be the first child for each. Meanwhile, the team’s other alternate, Keith Stahnke, is sitting out the current population explosion, having already contributed son Patrick to the world about 14 years ago. We don't know what all this means, other than don’t look for I Love My Wife on the race course too much next summer! The closeknit group figures they have just enough leeway left before diaper duty to win the season championship (they’re 10 points ahead of Bill Barton at this ■writing) and to put in a strong showing at the North Americans, which will be hosted by San Francisco YC on October 8-11. Mother of all ducks. While we’re on the subject of moms, Leo and Jo Ann Brad¬ shaw spotted the one on the next page at Ballena Isle Marina. Yes, there really are 27 little ones 'with her. But no, ducks don’t usually lay that many eggs. The story the Bradshaws were told
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Happy ending. As I was thumbing through the Sightings section of the Au¬ gust issue for the rest of the article about Mike Strahle, I found it ironic that the story had no ending. In my relationship with Mike through the years, he has of¬ ten left me ‘thumbing through the pages looking for the rest of the story.’ As always, the rest of the story is usuadly the best part and worth the wait. And indeed, the story is nowhere near finished because Mike continues to generate new chapters ev¬ ery day. He will grace the pages of Latitude in years to come as he continues his passage through life. ^ \ Mike Streihle’s story is an inspirational and continuing saga of a man who loves to sail just a little to the north of Latitude 38. — Capt. Tom 'Thacker President of Whiskey town Tom — Well put. As for the cause of the missing ending, all we can say is that we were having an inappropriate relationship with our computer that day. For those of you Just tuning in, the August Sightings piece by John Skoiiak was entitled The Cat Mem of Whiskey town Lake. ’ It detailed the fall and rise of ex-skier and present Hobie 16 racer Mike Strahle. A skiing accident in 1985 left Mike with a broken neck, and the knowledge that he would never walk agairv The day after his release from rehabUttation, Strahle went sailing, and has been at it ever since. The developer of the ‘trap seat’ device, which allows physically challenged sailors to pilot Hobie Cats, Strahle went on to develop Trap Seat competitions and has traveled far and wide competing. When he's not on the water, he runs The Sail Shop, a Hobie dealership in Redding. The story got mistakenly chopped at a point when Skoriak was writing about how Strahle orchestrates his outings. We’ll pick it up from there, and apologue to Mike, John and the rest of the readership for the mistake. When it’s time for sailing, Strahle enlists one of his brothers, nephews or many friends as crew. Having no use of his legs and only limited use of his arms, Strahle steers the boat while the crew works the sails. Upcoming events on this busy sailor’s schedule include or¬ ganizing the first Trap Seat America’s Cup, to be held in San
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SIGHTINGS Santana gets a new home One of the most famous sailing yachts on the West Coast changed hands recently. Last month, the 55-ft Sparkman and Stephens yawl Santana was acquired by longtime Bay Area sailors and business own¬ ers Paul and Chrlssy l^aplan. If all goes as planned, they hope to have the graceful woodle sailing again by next spring. Santana was built in 1935 for Union Oil executive W.L. Stewart. Despite urging by designer Olin Stephens to make her a yawl — the emerging rig of choice for ocean racing — Stewart insisted on a schoo¬ ner rig. Among her early adventures were second overall in the ‘36 TransPac — to Olin Stephens’ own boat, the yawl Dorade — and a first in the schooner division of the ‘38 Bermuda Race. For the latter event, Stewart shipped Santana to Newport, Rhode Island, on the deck of one of his Union Oil tankers, an unprecedented move for the day. Santana was converted to a yawl in 1941 by then-owner George Brent, one of several actors to own the boat during the period bf her history known as the ‘Holljwood connection.’ Of course, the most fa¬ mous of those owners was Humphrey Bogart, who owned Santana from continuect on outside column of next sightings page
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me and you and It wasn’t a weekend Julie Parsons and Andrew Block are going to soon forget — or live down. The two, who had been dating a couple of months, took off from Largo, Florida, on Sunday, August 9, for a day on the water. Aboard Block’s 29-ft powerboat Gigi were a bucket of fried chicken, a few beers and Block’s dog, a lab mix named Cocoa. By 3 p.m.. Block and Parsons were na¬ ked on the back of the boat — “showering after a swim” (wink, wink) — when a wave jolted the boat and they both fell over¬ board. The boat was only idling along, but still going faster than they could swim. With Cocoa doubtlessly wondering what his strange humans were up to this time, the boat slowly motored out of sight over
SIGHTINGS a dog named cocoa the horizon. Block and Parsons did the only thing they could do. They started swimming for land, which in this case was the gulf coast of Florida, 17 miles away. Currents, thunderstorms and nightfall played havoc with their progress. During the night, the two made pacts with each other and God about how they’d stop smoking, be kinder to each other and faithfully attend church if he’d just get them out of this mess. The next day, at around noon, 21 hours after they’d gone in the water, a Coast Guard helicopter on a routine train¬ ing mission spotted a naked woman tread¬ ing water four miles west of Clearwater.
Santana — cont’d 1945 until his death in 1957. Bogie was an enthusiastic sailor and racer, spending upwards of 45 weekends a year aboard and campaign¬ ing the boat all around Southern California. (Supposedly one of the
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Paul and Chrissy Kaplan In the forepeak of ‘Santana’. Spread, sailing In the Master Mariners Regatta in the midSOs. ‘Santana’ won the Ocean Division several times.
great arguments between Bogart and director John Huston arose when shooting for Treasure of the Sierra Madre ran late and Bogart missed the start of the ‘47 TransPac, which he’d been planning to do.) Most of the time. Bogie sailed with an all-male crew — “the trouble with having dames along is that you can’t pee over the side," he once observed — but there were also many special days aboard with wives and girl¬ friends. In a visit with the Santana's owners about 10 years ago, Lauren Bacall recalled many memorable moments aboard with Bogie and their children sailing the Channel Islands. Bogart held Santana in such high regard that a model of the boat was displayed next to the altar at his funeral service. There were still many adventures to come. In 1968, owner William Solari had Babe Lamerdln transport Santana (this time on her own bottom) back to Rhode Island to compete in another Bermuda Race, 30 years after her first. Although the boat turned in a forgettable per¬ formance, crewman Dennis Reigler had an unforgettable encounter with an old Bermudian boat hand named Bert Darrell. When Dennis showed up at Bert’s shop hoping to have a cracked spreader repaired, Bert asked what boat he’d come down on. “You wouldn’t know her,” said Dennis. “It’s an old timer named Santana.” At that, Bert climbed into the shop’s dusty loft and appeared moments later with a familiar looking piece of wood. “Here’s the spreader 1 replaced when Santana was down here in ‘38,” he seiid. Perhaps her most ambitious undertaking occurred in 1971 when owner Charlie Peet (with local sailmaker Jim Leech aboard as crew) sailed her out the Golden Gate and around the world. Upon his return, Santana changed hands for the 11th time. In 1973, she was acquired by San Francisco architects (and twin brothers) Tom and Ted Eden. The Edens completely refit the boat and SEiiled her ac¬ tively until 1993, when Tom passed away. The boat sat mostly idle after that. Perhaps the low point of her life occurred last November when a check valve in her bilge pump system fsiiled, water siphoned in and she flooded to deck level at her prestigious ‘front row’ slip at the St. Francis YC. She was pumped out quickly, but all the electronics and machinery — not to mention her lovely upholstery — were ruined. Paul and Chrissy Kaplan came into the picture earlier this year. Having owned many boats over the years, they were once again ’in the market’. Although at first they never even contemplated purchasing an old wooden boat, an odd set of circumstances — some might call it continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Santana — cont’d destiny — eventually led them to Santana. As so often happens with historic yachts, a peek under her canvas cover was all it took. The spell was cast. The magic happened quickly. Last month, Santana was towed to KKMI — Keefe-Kaplan Maritime, Inc., the Richmond boatyard Paul runs along with partner Ken Keefe. Kaplan is realistic about the amount of work it will take to bring Santana back, not just to sailing condition, but to a faithful represen¬ tation of the way she looked in her prime. Like the Eden brothers be¬ fore him, he also knows that such a restoration will likely cost more than it did to buy her. Also like the Edens, the Kaplan family, which also includes daughters. Erica, 16 and Sarah, 14, will do much of the work themselves. Help and encouragement have already started coming in from un¬ expected sources. ‘The wife of one of our clients at the yard turns out to be Bill Stewart’s great granddaughter,” says Paul. “She’s brought us all sorts of wonderful memorabelia, including a film of the boat being shipped back east aboard the Union tanker.” People have also been remarking what a ‘good match‘ the Kaplans are for Santana. “It’s actu¬ ally kind of spooky how many people have said that,” says Paul.^ Santana’s hull and rig surveyed out surprisingly well for her 63 years. But there is still much to be done. The main body of work is expected to take eight to nine months — “like most good gestation periods,” says Paul. At this writing, much of the ruined interior gear has been removed and the debates at the dinner table about what will go back aboEird have begun in earnest. “1 mentioned 1 wanted to put a microwave on board and before I even finished the sentence, Chrissy said ‘No!’” says Paul. “When I told her I’d hide it behind a teak door, she calmed down.” “Our goal is to have a modern, usable boat, but also to preserve Santana’s original character,” he continues. “So on the one hand. I’ve ordered copies of the original plans from Sparkman and Stephens and we’re going to restore the galley (which has been modified) to its origi¬ nal configuration. On the other hand, the boat will have an inverter, killer stereo and all the modern amenities. If I can find bronze, self¬ tailing winches. I’ll put them on.” So many people have already expressed interest in the project that the Kaplans have even decided to start a website to detail Santana’s restoration. “I’ve reserved www.thesantana.com,’’ says Paul, “but don’t look for the site to be up and going for awhile yet.” For the immediate future, you’re much more likely to find Paul and Chrissy spending their off hours aboard the boat, with dust in their hair and dirt under their fingerneiils. They may be pulling out old wir¬ ing, taking measurements for the new engine, or sometimes just sit¬ ting and daydreaming about the slice of yachting history Santana rep¬ resents. “Ted Eden once said that you don’t so much own a boat like this as become her caretaker,” says Paul. “I really know now what he meant.” Although the Kaplans eventually plan to participate in classic yacht events such as Master Mariners and the Jessica Cup, once Santana is back sailing, she’ll mainly do duty on casual sails around the Bay with family and friends. With one big difference. “On the tow over to the yard, Chrissy figured out that we’ve owned 30 different boats,” says Kaplan. “When it came time to sell them, it was no big deal. But this boat is different. This boat we rcciUy love.”
solo sailor goes missing William Groppe, a 51-year-old Visalia psychiatrist, departed Rich¬ mond early on Sunday, August 2. His plan was to singlehand his Cal 25 Cronos to Hawaii where he was to meet his girlfriend. Apparently, and unfortunately. Dr. Groppe didn’t get very far. Early Tuesday morning, the Coast Guard received a report of a boat on Agate beach in Bolinas. It turned out to be Cronos. The sails were up, the boat looked relatively intact — but tliere was no sign of Groppe. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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Within minutes of pulling Parsons aboard, they located Block about a mile away. Amazingly, both of the 31-year-olds were in good condition considering their ordeal, and neither required hospitalization. About the worst injury was a bruised ankle Parsons got from kicking what she thinks was a shark.
star shines As the tagline goes, the past came alive off San Diego last month as the San Di¬ ego Maritime Museum’s 278-ft square rig¬ ger Star of India sailed not once, but three times in August. On the 9th, 15th and
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On Wednesday, just after dark, a sponge boat out of Tarpon Springs found Gigi adrift about 50 miles north of where Parsons and Block fell off. Cocoa, who had polished off the bucket of chicken, was glad to have company again. She was re¬ united with Block on Thursday. (
off san diego 16th, 50 volunteer crew on the 135-yearold barque spread her 18 sails to light breezes off Point Loma. Although she has earned her title as the ‘world’s oldest accontinued middle of next sightings page
The disappearance set off a massive, two-day search during which Coast Guard boats and aircraft combed an area of about 10,000 square miles from the Golden Gate to as far out as 100 miles offshore. Ironi¬ cally, probably the most vital clue to this search was missing — some¬ one had apparently gone aboard Cronos the night it washed ashore and stole several items. These included the GPS, which might have contained waypoints helpful to searchers. No sign of Groppe was found and the search was suspended on Thursday evening. Groppe was reportedly an experienced sailor. He may even have been wearing a lifejacket as none was found aboard. His boat seemed well prepared for the voyage, too, with several weeks worth of food aboard and jacklines rigged. But his harness, found ready to wear, was not attached. As for EPlRBs (emergency position indicating radio beacons), none were found aboard. Whether he didn’t bring any, it/ they were among items stolen, or he had one when he went in the water may never be known. The Coast Guard never received a distress signal of any kind.
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five ship’ by sailing nine previous times since 1976, last month marked another milestone. For the first time in over a cen¬ tury, a windjammer sailed into the South Bay. Thousands of spectators, afloat and ashore, lined the route as she went. As with past sails, many dignitaries were aboard over the three-day ‘voyages’, including Governor Wilson and San Di¬ ego Mayor Susan Golding. But the most important VIPs this time were there in spirit only. On August 15, memorial wreathes were cast into the ocean in memory of Bob Henderson, James Mahl and Carl Jensen, all integral and long¬ time members of the Star crew who passed away recently. For the most part, however. Star’s three
SIGHTINGS — cont’d sails — part of San Diego’s .celebration of Fleet Week — were happy events: glori¬ ous celebrations of a bygone era aboard a true veteran of the Great Age of Sail. The Star of India began life as the Brit¬ ish full-rigger Euterpe. One of the earliest iron-hulled ships, she was launched at Ramsey, Isle of Man in November, 1863. She spent most of her working life haul¬ ing immigrants to New Zealand and wool back home, and made a total of 21 trips around the world. In 1901, she was bought by the San Francisco-based Alas¬ kan Packers and renamed Star of India, working the salmon fishery in the Bering Sea until 1923. An ambitious group of San Diegans acquired her in 1926 and the rest, as they say, is history.
cruiser kick-off — cont’d Profligate, Latitude's new 63-foot catamaran charterboat and mother ship to the Ha-Ha. Because of time constraints, these certificates may have to be used in Southern California in October, Mexico in the win¬ ter or back on the Bay next summer, but they'll be good for at least a year. And trust me, it's a ride you won't want to miss. • “Profligate, still a work in progress, will nonetheless be at the Encinal for public viewing — and maybe even a quick sail up the Estu¬ ary for the first 50 interested people. “It's my intention to make this the biggest and best Mexico Crew List/Ha-Ha Pre-Kick-Off Party/Ha-Ha Reunion ever, so if any of you have any suggestions on how to make it better, call the Wanderer and he'll pass them on to me. No matter what, grab the biggest marking pen you've got and circle October 6, 6 p.m., Encinal YC, Alameda on your calendar. ‘The event is free to anyone who signed up for Crew List, signed up as Skipper or First Mate for the Ha-Ha, or who has been a Skipper or First Mate in any of the previous four Ha-Ha's. It's $5 for all others. I’ll see you there — or there'll be blgtrouble!"
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SIGHTINGS Zulu masterpiece “Why don’t we get married, build a boat, and go cruising?” With those words, sailor, shipwright and sometimes writer George Sherlock Maynard proposed to Julia Rabinowitz in 1984. Eight years later, George and Julia launched their masterpiece, the traditional gaff yawl Zulu, in Port Townsend, Washington. In a town known for its traditional boat fleet, Zulu's launching was celebrated with the fanfare befitting a king. George Ma3mard is no stranger to boats and sailing. He was raised near the water and did a stint in the Navy aboard submarines. In the early 70’s, he built a replica of Joshua Slocum’s famous Spray. For the next five years, he sailed Scud around the world with his family as crew. After the circumnavigation, however, the marriage collapsed. As all too often happens, when the dream fades, the relationships do also. The late 70’s found George divorced, broke and estranged from his children. He sold Scud and, after several hard years of soul searchcontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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the breasts that Satawal Atoll is a mile-square postage stamp of an island in the Federated States of Micronesia. Many of the old ways are preserved among its 700 inhabitants, in¬ cluding non-instrument navigation, the harvesting of food from the surrounding reef, and the custom of Satawalese women to go topless. The latter tradition apparently results in passing ships occasionally veering out of the normal shipping lanes so their male crew can get a better look. But when the 675-ft bulk carrier Oceanus did so back in May of 1994, they got a closer look than they expected: the Oceanus ran straight
SIGHTINGS saved satawal atoll onto the island’s main reef. By the time it was dragged off two months later, some 14,000 square yards of the reef had been damaged or destroyed. According to an article in the August issue of Professional Mariner magazine (Published by Navigator Publishing of Portland, Maine, the nice folks that also give us Ocean Navigatoj), the leaders of Satawal engaged Honolulu attorneys Ed¬ ward King and Alan Burdick to seek dam¬ ages from the Greek-owned, Liberianflagged ship's insurance company. The two lawyers negotiated an out-of-court continued middle of next sightings page
Zulu — cont’d ing, started picking up the pieces. Before long, George Maynard was ready to try it all again. ^^T^en it came to building a boat, George picked the right mate for his second time around. Julia had trained as a loftsman and boatbuilder at Washington’s E^^ergreen State College, as well as under the tutelage of the renowned John Gardner at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. Work¬ ing with the concept of the Seagoer yawls from the early 1900’s, the pair copied the lines from a book, redrew them on the dining table, and started modifying. George’s strength was in sailing a similar boat around the world — engineless. He knew what he wanted in handling characteristics. Julia’s strength was in designing. She knew how to put it all togther in a package especially pleasing to the eye. After their mutual ideas became concrete designs, they set out to build. They chose the Olympic Peninsula of Washington several miles south of Port Townsend for the site. The Maynards knew that to build a boat effectively, the workplace had to be out of the elements, espe¬ cially those Pacific Northwest winters. They also realized the privacy of working behind closed doors — and away from the scrutiny of the “dockside admirals" as George calls them — would accelerate the build¬ ing process. They built a simple barn, 24 by 40 feet, with 12 1/2-foot walls and 15 feet of vertical clearance at the peak. In one corner, they pairtitioned off a small room and furnished a tiny but cozy apartment, complete with woodstove, galley, dining table and bed. For the next six years, they worked spring, summer smd fall in and around San Francisco Bay Area boatyards. They spent their winters, as well as their hard-earned dollars, working on their boat in Washington. By the time spring arrived, the Maynards recall, they were invariably broke. In the Pacific Northwest, wooden boat builders don’t have to travel far for raw materials. The Maynards chose Port Orford cedar for plank¬ ing, oak for the frames and Douglas fir for structural timbers. Zulu was built in the medium George and Julia knew best, traditional plainkon-frame construction. One unusual approach for the mutually profi¬ cient boatbuilders was for Julia to plank one side and George the other. George refers to the building process as ‘organic’ — “subject to changes dictated by common sense as the flower unfolded.” A prosaic method indeed, but even a casual glance at the finished boat proves that the flower did indeed bloom. After the hull was planked, Julia designed a co^ but functional interior. Working almost entirely alone, she built the interior furnish¬ ings by herself in about three months. Meanwhile, George welded metal fittings and searched out wood for the spars. He found a fir log for the mainmast, while the mizzenmast and main boom were hewn from a driftwood log. An old fir spar rescued from the trash pile in a nearby boatyard was reshaped into the main gaff A particularly fortuitous find was another old Seagoer Yawl in the Bay Area. The hull was beyond repair but the sails were virtually new. Julia altered and reinforced the main and mizzen, and then, borrow¬ ing the lobby floor of a local Port Townsend saibnaker, she made a new topsail and jib. George estimates that the total cost of materials for the boat was about $40,000. In 1992, the boat was moved from the barn where she was built to Port Townsend for launch. She was christened Zulu in deference to George’s Scottish heritage, where he jpotes that the proud African tribe is much admired. Upon launch, Zulu became a home, a calling card for the May¬ nards’ talents and, eventually, a celebrity. E^er since George’s article about the project appeared in the April ‘96 Wooden Boat magazine (complete with cover photo), Zulu is often recognized by passersby. Now there’s only part of George’s original proposal to Julia left to fulfill. Soon, they’re headed south on an open-ended cruise. Armed with charts of the world from his previous voyage, George plans to sail to Mexico — and then just pick a destination and head there. With a vessel built like Zulu, the possibilities are limitless. —John skoriak September, 1998 • UiUtJt-'iS • Page 119
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SIGHTINGS fossett crashes, rescued by yacht Sailor/adventurer Steve Fossett got a little more excitement than he was bargaining for last month. In his latest attempt to become the first balloonist to circle the earth nonstop, the 54-year-old Chicagobased commodities broker (and owner/skipper of the 60-ft trimaran Lakota) was about two-thirds into an already record-breaking flight when his high-tech balloon Solo Spirit got sucked into a thunderstorm about 500 miles northeast of Australia. The wind and hail swirling around inside the storm cooled the hot air balloon, then ruptured it. Fossett says his first reaction was disappointment that he wasn’t going to make it around the world. Then, as he realized he was hurtling toward the Coral Sea in a holed balloon from 29,000 feet, “1 was much more concerned about just living.” His descent rate was 2,500 feet a minute. That’s about 25 miles an hour — slightly fibster than what’s generally considered survivable. At one point during the 10-minute fall, Fossett Steve Fossett aboard ‘Lakota. ’ recalls saying out lopd, “1 am going to die.” His only hope was to slow the plunge as much as possible. “1 was riding the burner full blast,” he said in an interview (from his liferaft!) with an Australian TV reporter. “In the last 30 seconds, 1 cut away a lot of tanks.” As soon as he hit the water. Solo Spirits living capsule filled with burner fumes and water and began sinking. Fossett grabbed his emer¬ gency raft and EPIRB, exited the capsule and managed to seal it so it wouldn’t sink. A French military plane was the first to locate the downed aviator. A subsequent Australian rescue plane dropped him a more substantial liferaft. Ironically, his ‘rescue’ was performed by a sailboat. Within 10 hours of going into the water, he was taken aboard Atlanta, a 60-ft ketch owned by Australian Laurie Piper. He was later transferred to a ship which landed him at Townsville, Australia. The Solo Spirit flight was Fossett’s fourth attempt at the elusive bal¬ loon record. He had launched from Mendoza, Argentina, on August 7 cmd traveled 15,200 miles before the crash. Fossett will likely soon be back on the sailing scene with the record¬ setting Lakota. But after his latest adventure, he may have taken his last balloon ride. “I’m not going to comment on my attempts to fly around the world by balloon at this time," he said recently. “I’m going to sit back and smell the roses for a while.”
two years behind the mast On August 18. two years and 14 days after she departed, Karen Thorndyke came back to San Diego — and went down in history. Thorndyke (at right, with Amelia) is the first American woman to cir¬ cumnavigate alone via the five great capes. That puts her in some pretty elite company. There are only five other women, including famed French singlehander Isabelle Autissier, who can make the same claim. It has not been an easy feat. While rounding the Cape of Good Hope in late 1997, her Rival 36 Amelia was battered by 50-knot winds and 30-foot seas — conditions so rough that her autopilot couldn’t resporld fast enough and Karen had to hand-steer for hours on end. Earlier in the year, in January, the combination of rough weather and medical problems resulted in Karen being rescued off the Falkland Islands by a British Navy ship. Luckily, what she first thought was a heart attack turned out to be severe flu and exhaustion. Opce recovered, she de¬ parted the Falklands again in April — only to be forced back by bad weather once again: this time to Mar de Plata, where she wisely de¬ cided to wait out the Southern Hemisphere winter. continued on outside column of next sightings page
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revamping a Since taking over the stewardship of Treasure Island, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown has taken a lot of flak. Criti¬ cism may soon turn to kudos, however — at least from the boating community. Plans are afoot for an expansive new ma-
SIGHTINGS — cont’d prevent a repeat of the fiasco surround¬ ing World War II reparations paid in the 1970s, most of which went to buy pickup trucks, TVs and beer.
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two years — cont’d The 56-year-old divorcee, who worked for the movie industry in the Seattle area before beginning her voyage, was greeted by 100 or so well wishers and media upon arriving at the San Diego YC docks on the 18th. (Unfortunately, because of deadline constraints, we were not among them. We hope to remedy that with a feature story on Karen in an upcoming issue. Until then, you can get most of Karen’s story in her own words. Her almost-daily reports were published regularly on the web at http://www.goals.com.) While Thorndyke’s voyage wlU never draw the accolades of even one of Mark Magwire’s home runs, anyone who’s sailed offshore can appreciate what an amazing accom' plishment it is. On behalf of all our readers, congratulations, Karen. We look forward to 1 17 talking with you.
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SIGHTINGS ha-ha entry deadline approaches As we go to press, there are 72 paid up entries for Baja Ha-Ha V, the cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas that starts on October 27. Having sent out nearly 200 entry packs, Baja Ha-Ha, Inc, expects
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about 150 paid entries and about 110 actual starters. Warning! If you don't get your paid up entry in by the September 10 deadline, the $139 fee doubles to $278. And if there are already 150 entries by September 10, no amount of money will get you in. So please, be punctual. The folks at Cabrillo Isle Marina on San Diego’s Harbor Island, head¬ quarters for the Ha-Ha starting on October 25, are working with neigh¬ boring marinas to accommodate as many Ha-Ha boats as possible during the weeks prior to the October 27 start. But due to increased demand for permanent berthing, it's almost certain there won't be room for everyone, especially those with boats over 40 feet..The best thing to do is call Cabrillo Isle Marina at (800) 331-ISLE — but only when you're sure of your arrival date in San Diego. Staffers will advise you of up-tothe-minute berthing options, but will not take advance reservations. But fear not, for even if every marina and yacht club from Mission Bay to Chula Vista is jam-packed, there will still be options. Ha-Ha organizers have been working closely with the San Diego Harbor Po¬ lice, who have assured them that there will be no problem accommo¬ dating the overflow in several anchorages near Harbor Island. If you’re on the move toward San Diego this month, you should be aware that the Almar Marinas in Ventura and Channel Islands do have plenty of berth space. And since Almar is a Ha-Ha sponsor, their offer of half-price berthing applies at both of these marinas as well. Indeed, the Wanderer plans to hang out at Ventura and Channel Islands with Profligate in early October, do some cruising in the Channel Islands, and then head down to San Diego later in the month and anchor out according to the directions of the Harbor Police. Reminders: • All Ha-Ha crew waivers and other paperwork must he turned in by 1100 on October 25 at Cabrillo Isle Marina. Ha-Ha folks will have been around for several days in advance to accept them. • The skippers' meeting will be held at 1300 on the 25th, followed by continued on outside column of next sightings page
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treasure island which plan to pursue is expected as soon as this month. Due to the lengthy permissioning process, groundbreaking is not expected to take place until late 1999. But if Mayor Willie has his way, this, like other pet projects, will be pushed through as quickly as possible. One facet of the project is to amalgam-
sailmail Stan Honey and Jim Corenman are two names that should be familiar to regular readers. (Okay: Stan is a record-holding trans-Pacific navigator: Jim and his wife Sue are in the midst of a circumnaviga¬ tion periodically chronicled in these pages.) Earlier this year, they combined their considerable electronics and com¬ puter expertise to come up with SailMail, a nonprofit internet email service for yachts sailing almost anjrwhere in the Pacific or, depending on propagation, the Caribbean. The system works through Single Side¬ band radio. Stan (WA6rVA) organized the SailMail Association, obtained the neces seuy FCC license, begged, borrowed and bought the necessary equipment and set up SailMail’s land station (WRD719) in Palo Alto. Jim (KE6RK) wrote the AirMail program that serves as the ‘email client’. To computer dyslexics (such as us) that means AirMail is the software that tells the hardware what to do. SailMail is not a blazing, Penta-giga net browser. It will likely never draw more attention from Bill Gates than a dust speck he wipes off his glasses. But for cruisers, it is a wonderful development — an inexpensive, dependable way to communicate. Depending on propagation, the qual¬ ity of your radio installation and the type of equipment you use, SailMail members can send and receive internet email at a rate of 10 to 140 characters a second. This is approximately equivalent to sending and receiving text on an old 1200-baud modem. Remember those? Clearly, this does not allow ‘browsing the internet.’ However, while molasses-inJanuary slow by modern standaurds (the current exchange rate for most modems is around 56,000 baud), this rate is suffi¬ cient for sending and receiving text emaiil messages. For example, a 1,000-word message — about half a typewritten page — would take 10 to 90 seconds to trans¬ fer. That’s plenty long to update family and friends, order parts, arrange travel or handle most other issues. At the present time, the station will allow mes-
SIGHTINGS — cont’d ate and upgrade the existing Navy Ma¬ rina. Others include as many as 400 new slips, a fuel dock and other boater ser¬ vices. Fortunately, however, planners left roughly half the anchorage undeveloped. So even if the marina complex is built, Clipper Cove will still be a great place to drop the hook and get away from it all.
ha-ha deadline — con’td the Fifth Annual West Marine Ha-Ha Halloween Party and Barbecue at 1500 — don't forget your costume. Among other notables, Ed Vergara of Marina Palmira in La Paz will be on hand to answer questions and give details of the marina's post Ha-Ha, La Paz Ha-Ha. More details next month, meanwhile, make sure you're honing your ocean sailing and anchoring skills.
toughing out a delta vacation goes online sages of up to 5 kBytes in length (about two typewritten pages). The SailMail Association has obtained long-term frequency allocations from the FCC that allow communications at dis¬ tances up to 5,000 miles from the Bay Area. The 70 or so current members are scattered from Central America to Alaska to the South Pacific. To use the system, you must become a SailMail member ($ 100 a year) and have or buy some hardware. Obviously, you need an SSB radio and the attendant li¬ cense (the system will also work on Ham radios). You’ll also need a laptop computer and a Terminal Node Controller, which is the thing that sent Arnold Shwarzenegger back in time in The Terminator. No, not really. ATNC is a special modem designed to transfer data over radio. The AirMall software works best with either a $350 KAM+ or the $1,100 SCS PTC-II. The pri¬ mary difference between the two is speed. The KAM transfers data at 16 characters per second: the SCS at 140 cps. (The SCS has other significant advantages — less battery drain, ability to lock onto weaker signals, etc. — that may justily its price to some cruisers.) Both modems are avail¬ able from most marine radio dealers. The final expense is installing the TNC in your radio, downloading the SailMail software in your laptop, and interfacing the whole mess so it works. Unless you really know how to do this — or are un¬ employed, bored to tears and like chal¬ lenges — you should have it done by a professional. Typically, this installation service will run $200 to $300. SailMaU can be used with most other email systems, and even to receive weatherfaxes — all with no additional fees. In our book, that makes this inno¬ vative communication system possibly the least expensive and among the most effi¬ cient a cruiser can have aboard. The only drawback — if you want to call it that — is that you do have to know how to run an SSB radio. Want to know more? SailMall’s website at www.saibnail.coTn. should answer any other questions you have. Check it out.
“Didn’t you ever read Charlotte’s Web?” The question was in response to one of mine. It was late afternoon in the Delta and the setting sun glistened through a thousand gossa¬ mer threads floating from the rigging of our 28-ft sailboat. As I have do every time I see this phenomenon, I mused out loud about how they got there literally overnight. “E>en if the spiders climbed aboard,” I said to our guests, first-timers to Delta land, “how could they do it when we’re at anchor?” That’s when I got the question about Charlotte’s Web from Patsy, our guest. All I could manage was a blank look and, “Not recently.” “In Charlotte’s Web, the spiders put out a little bit of web and let go of whatever they’re holding onto. They float through the air until they land on something.” “Oh. Realljr? Well, how about that. So Charlotte might be up there, eh? Heh heh.” “Not Charlotte, Dad,” said Nic, my 11-year-old daughter who was equally incredulous that I wouldn’t know this bit of arachnotrivia. “She didn’t do it. Her babies did.” Her babies. Right. Got it. The ‘Charlotte business’ was one of a number of revelations of our week on the Delta in early August. Another was that 8 people on a 28foot boat is pretty crowded. But certainly the foremost revelation this year was the heat wave. For the first three windless days of our visit, temperatures soared to record highs for the area. Locals all commented that we’d picked the hottest week of the year. Newspaper stories car¬ ried tales of heat stroke victims. Radio stations issued warnings to ‘stay inside.’ Two people told us they’d driven past the time/temp sign in downtown Antioch and it read 116. According to the national weather service, the ‘official’ record temperature was only 109. Fortunately, or so it seemed, hot, windless weather was perfect for water skiing — which was also part of the great experiment this year. Ek^er since I first sampled the Delta back in 1985, I’d noticed the meld¬ ing of different boating lifestyles. One that seemed particularly harmo¬ nious was water skiing and sailing. In almost any slough and almost any anchorage, it’s a common sight to see a ski boat rafted next to a sailboat. In addition to recreation, some people actually use the ski boat as a ‘commuter car‘, leaving the sailboat to go to work in the morning and coming back at night and/or on weekends. This year, we decided to tiy it. Our twist on the theme was that the ski boat, which belonged to Patsy and her husband, Ed, was arriving from Southern California, along with their two kids, PCatie, 17, and Kyle, 14, On the way, that group was picking up my group: wife, ‘big‘ Katie, and kids Nic, 11, and Haley, 6, along the way. My sole responsibility in the initial stages was to get Off the Record, our sailboat, to Antioch’s New Bridge Marina on August 2. Luckily, I’ve made enough Delta trips that I knew the route fairly well. More importantly, I knew the importance of folloviang the charts (the Fish-n-Map Company’s $5.95 Delta chart is indispensible) and sta}dng between the channel markers, particularly in Suisvm Bay. I say ‘luckily’ because Off the Record, though 20 years old, is new to us and I haven’t gotten around to fixing or replacing her non-working equipment. So I made the round trip without benefit of a GPS, speedo, continued on outside column of next sightings page
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delta vacation — cont’d depth sounder, compass, way of generating electricity or, as it turns out, a VHF. I did take a handheld version of the latter, but it stairted cutting out before I even reached the Brothers. 1 meant to bring bin¬ oculars, but 1 forgot them. The trip up was a lovely run, mostly against an ebb, but who was hurrying? With the main on one side and the jib poled out on the other, 1 kicked back with some rock and rolhtunes on the boom box. Until that stopped working, too. Hmmm. Was there a pattern developing here? Naturally, the farther north and east I went, the more ‘layers’ of clothes 1 peeled off and the more sunblock I slathered on. Or would have if I’d brought any. Oh, wait a minute. I dug through the ‘stuff drawer and came up with a prize — a ‘cocktail’ creme that combined Off insect repellent with an SPF-15 sunblock. It turned out to be a prodigious find. Upon arrival at the New Bridge Marina, I was assigned an end tie right under one of those big halogen lights. As soon as the sun went down, every flying insect within a threemile radius homed in on the blazing beacon 8 feet from my boat. I was soon inundated with everything from mosquitos to June bugs. E>en the ants came. But the Off did its job. 1 sealed the boat up and spent the first of many nights trying not to sweat while 1 attempted, mostly in vain, to sleep. The rendezvous went smoothly, although the rest of our stay was more an exercise in coping with one situation after another than par¬ taking of the Delta’s many delights. For example, the heat wave that descended the day after 1 arrived made for excellent water skiing con¬ ditions: no wind and glass-flat water. But within hours of putting the little boat in the water, we discovered a gas leak. Turned out to be a corroded seam on the 20-year-old galvanized gas tank, which of course meant the boat was unusable until a new one was fitted. The first boat shop we checked quoted $300 for just the tank, with an additional $200 to put it in. That seemed a tad pricey, considering ‘putting it in’ consisted of undoing one strap and exchanging three hoses. And $300 for a tank? The same thing from the same maker retailed for $179 in the West Marine catalog. But the nearest West Marine was in Sacra¬ mento, and they’d have to order it, which would take several days. Luckily, the next place we tried was Bridgehead Diy Dock, located in the same Antioch complex as New Bridge Marina. The helpful people there not only located the perfect replacement tank for us for $145 — rivalling even our Port Supply price — but made sure it was shipped out that day for pickup the next day. Our hats are off to them! The next day dawned hot, sultry and again windless. We moved the boat over to Brannon Island State Park, where the kids swam and fished the day away. Well, most of it. Young Kyle found one of many nails that had worked their way halfway out of the old docks — with his bare feet. During our three-hour emergency room visit, we met Carlos, a warehouse worker who said he had collapsed from “heat frus¬ tration." We think he meant ‘prostration’, but we couldn’t help think¬ ing we were suffering a bit from ‘heat frustration’ too. The air condi¬ tioning in the hospital sure felt good. Kyle’s main frustration was not the seven stitches it took to close his foot back up, but the fact that he wasn’t allowed to get the wound wet for 24 hours. The next day, Ed and I replaced the gas tank in the ski boat. W'e celebrated with another fine dinner cooked on the faithful Magma bar¬ becue and rafted the two boats side by side in preparation for the morrow. The sleeping arrangements were now perfect, with four adults and two kids on the big boat, and Kyle and ‘little’ Katie on the foldeddown seats of the ski boat. Of course, the next morning the wind was howling. From the froth on the main river, 1 estimated about, what, 50 knots? That was an exaggeration, of course, but it might as well have been 100 — it was way too rough for water skiing, and way too windy to introduce our friends to the pleasures of sailing. Luckily, the swimming was still good continued on outside column of next sightings page •)
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A Laguna Beach man was being held in a Mexican jail at presstime for what authorities there call an attempt to smuggle weapons “for purposes of insur¬ rection.” According to Scott McClung, however, the two rifles and three shotguns found aboard the family yacht Rapture were for protection and recreation. McClung was delivering the new boat from Florida to Newport Beach when en¬ gine trouble forced them into Cozumel on August 10. By August 11, McClung, 35, his 71-year-old father Eugene and crew¬ man Noah Bailey, 32, were in jail. The latter two were later released.
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delta vacation — cont*d in our smcdl, protected cove, and the bluegill were biting. It pretty much blew nonstop the rest of the week. Talk about feast or famine. We did get in a short sail, managing to terriiy our neophyte friends only a little bit. Downwind, they actually emerged from below with tentative smiles. “I like going downwind,” said Patsy. So do we. The final score: four nights of paid berthing at $15 per night (for two boats). One night of‘sailing at anchor’ that allowed little sleep. One gas tank at $145. One gashed foot. Two good meals out at Foster’s Big Horn in Rio 'Vista and Riverboat II on Brannan Island. Running the sailboat aground only twice. Learning how all those spiders get aboard. (As regards the ants, w)iich are still aboard two weeks later in Sausalito, the jury is still out.) And learning a lot about how to do the twoboat tango more efficiently next year. As for the trip home, also made solo, I have only one comment: they should rename. San Pablo Bay something more descriptive, such as The Foaming Cauldron of Hell. — delta guy
Delta mode (clockwise from here) — How to torture tanker crews on the Sacramento (“Hi guys, how do you like our new bikinis?"); Kyle attempts to water¬ proof his wounded foot so he can swim. It didn’t work; Brannon Island State Park, a beautiful setting but watch out,for those wayward dock nails; sisters Haley (left) and Nic show how they beat the heat; the New Bridge Marina overlooks — what else? — Antioch’s ‘new’ bridge.
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mystery We have trouble referring to ourselves as journalists' with a straight face, let alone inuestipatioe journalists. But we do have our sources. So it was that we came to learn the sad tale of the square-rigger Estella. The derelict brigantine pictured here was once a proud sailing vessel capable of ocean navigation — in fact, it wasn’t so very long ago. The deteriorating hull.
SIGHTINGS importing — cont’d — Never attempt a bribe. Most of the corruption in Mexican Cus¬ toms occurs at the top, not at the bottom. And unlike traffic cops. Customs (Aduana) seem to be getting cleaner all the time. 1 hope that helps. I’ll be awaiting the cruising fleet, as always, in my capacity as manager of Coast Chandlery in Cabo San Lucas. Cabo is not as cruiser-friendly as I’d prefer, but the folks at Cabo Isle Marina and I really tiy to do our best to help you folks. P.S. Thanks to all those who've bought my Baja Bash book. — captjim elfers coho son lucas
barge fire In the last issue, we noted that afire had occurred aboard a barge loaded with yachts, off Eureka on May 18. It was the first we had heard of the incident and we asked if any readers had any more information. The following account was sent to us by Lee Turner.
ship which measures roughly 100 feet on deck and perhaps 135 feet overall, now sits on the mud flats of the South Bay, §inking deeper into the muck with every passing tide. From what we’ve been able to glean from sources in the area, she was brought up to the Bay from Southern California in 1995 by an entrepreneurial owner who intended to make a restaurant out of her continued middle of next sightings page
Boats In Motion Northwest LLC, a company started a year ago by Paul Skellington in a joint venture with Northland Services, an opera¬ tor of tugs and barges, was founded with the aim of transporting yachts up and down the'West Coast. The original target market was larger powerboats, which are mostly unsuitable for road tremsportation and whose owners might not want to make long ocean passages, especially to the Pacific Northwest. Paul designed special adjustable steel cradles to cater to varous sizes of boats on a deck barge measuring 242 by 60 feet. The first voyage started southbound from Seattle on May 3, with a 70-ft workboat and other cargo on board. During a stop at Long Beach, 8 more boats in Long Beach were loaded. Among them were a 56-ft Mikelson powerboat, a 53-ft Rhodes sailboat and several other boats in the 40 to 50-ft range. It had originally been thought that the sail¬ boats would need to have their masts unstepped, but this proved un¬ necessary. The tow arrived in San Francisco Bay in mid-May. The workboat was discharged in Richmond on May 16, and the Southern California yachts continued north. On the 18th, a watchman on the tug saw smoke billowing from the front line of three smaller yachts. He radioed the Coast Guard and reversed the course of the tow to keep the wind (NW at about 25 knots) from spreading the fire to the seconcf row of boats. Unfortunately, a Coast Guard cutter could only stand by as six boats and their cradles were reduced to ash and twisted metal. The others, including the Mikelson and the beautiful Rhodes, survived intact apart from some minor soot and smoke contamination. The tow was not allowed into Eureka until the fire was ‘substan¬ tially’ out. So a shore brigade pumped more water on the embers and investigators and insurance surveyors examined the remains. It should be noted that all of the boats were fully insured for the transport and that their owners were paid in full witWn three weeks of the fire. At the time of the fire, the yachts had been on the barge for a week. The tug crew made hourly visual checks since leaving Richmond 48 hours before. At the previous check, all had apparently been well. Based on theories, circumstances and the results of a Coast Guard investigation. Boats In Motion has bdbn busy devising improved safety measures, identifying potential hazard areas and taking additional precautions. Of course, they could not have envisioned a catastrophe happening. But they are determined that it will not happen again. Boats In Motion is still in full operation, with the full support of their underwriters (Commercial Union). Their next sailing will depart Seattle on September 20. For anyone interested, the going rate for a 36-ft sailboat with a 12-ft beam, shipped mast-up from San Francisco to Seattle would be $5,421, plus $300 for insurance based on an as¬ sumed value of $75,000. And yes, insurance is compulsory. Boats In Motion can be contacted at (206) 855-9776/ fax (206) 855-9768. September, 1998 • lAtiUJUH * Page 131
SIGHTINGS mexico crew list — uno mas As a certain bald TV detective used to say, “Who loves ya?” In this dog-eat-dog, 30-second sound byte, Scuz2y-drive world we live in, who else would give you folks a second chance to escape it all
I WANT TO CREW IN MEXICO NAME(S):_______ AGE(S):___ SEX:_-PHONE OR OTHER CONTACT:---
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mystery ship at Alviso Slough. < Previous to the trip, she’d undergone extensive deck and hull renovations, and her hull — which was laid up with 4" x 8" oak frames every seven inches — was sound. After arrival in the Bay her masts were pulled so she could pass beneath the Dunbarton Bridge, but while she lay at anchor waiting to move into Alviso, she was reportedly pounded by winter storms and dragged anchor into the muddy wastelands of the extreme South Bay. Initial rescue efforts were unsuccessful, and since then she’s appaurently been se¬ riously vandalized. So there she sits, silently waiting for some softhearted philanthropist to save
I WANT TO CREW: 1) _For the trip down 2) _While in Mexico . 3) _Sea of Cortez Sail Week (April) 4) _For Baja Ha-Ha IV, the cruisers’ rally to Cabo starting October 28. 5) _Return trip up Baja 6) _Other_:-
MY EXPERIENCE IS: 1) _Little or none 2) _Some, mostly Bay sailing 3) _Moderate, some ocean cruising or racing 4) _Lots: a) extensive sailing; b) extensive cruising; c) foreign cruising
I CAN OFFER: 1) _Few skills, I am a novice sailor 2) _Skills of a normal hand: watch standing, reefing, changing sails 3) _Skilled and experienced sailor. I can navigate, set a spinnaker, steer and handle basic mechanical problems. 4) _Cooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) _‘Local knowledge’: a) I have cruised Mexico before; b) I speak passable Spanish 6) _Companionship
short SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY — Follow¬ ing close on the heels of a similar State Supreme Court ruling in Washington State, on August 24, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance severely restricting the use of jet skis in County waters. The Board also passed a resolution urging eight other Bay Area counties to control the use of jet skis in their waters. The ordinance establishes a l;200-foot special use area around the shoreline of San Francisco, steirting at Harding Park (south of Ocean Beach) and continuing all the way around to Candlestick Park. It also includes the east side of Angel Is¬ land, all of Alcatraz and Treasure Islands and the southern tip of the Marin Head¬ lands. The only exception is pier 52, where jet skis will be allowed to launch — but not operate. One PWC (personal watercraft) indus¬ try official noted of the ban, “It’s a non-
Mail completed form and $5 to: Mexico Only Crew List, 15 Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 by September 15,1998.
for a few months — or even years — but your old bro’s at Latitude. Welcome back to the Mexico-Only Crew List. Here’s how the thing works: fill out the appropriate forms on these pages and send them to us with the proper fee. In the October issue, we’ll run a list of all names in two categories — Boat Owners Looking for Crew and Crew Looking for Boats. All names will be followed by information about the individual, including skill level, desires, special talents, experience, a contact number and, in the case of boat owners, the size and type of boat. All you have to do then is go down the apprbcontinued on outside column of next sightings page
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issue, very few jet skis operate on the Bay.” On the other side, everyone from environmentalists to rowers to beachgoers lauded the ‘victory.’ “Hundreds of resi-
SIGHTINGS — cont*d her. Indeed, she may well already be be¬ yond saving. Still, it's a source of great frustration to ship lovers all around the Bay to know she is simply sitting there month after month, fading away. As we say, our info is at best sketchy. We’d be thrilled if the legal owner or some¬ one truly in-the-know would fill us in on the det^s. We’ve heard all kinds of un¬ substantiated rumors about Estella's past: that she was originally from Spain, that she was used commercially in both the citrus and lumber trades, and that she appeared in a ,’60s movie about a catholic priest. Help us out. Our curiosity is killing us.
crew list — cont’d priate list and call up the most appealing prospects. Through the Crew List, lots of people have had lots of neat adven¬ tures. But there are risks, which is why we insist that, ultimately, you
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sightings dents (on the San Francisco shoreline) have had their day on or near the beach ruined” by jet skis, noted one. The jet ski ordinemce is scheduled to go into effect in October. OFF HAMILTON FIELD — An officer with the mosquito abatement project made an interesting discovery in early August. While on her rounds at Hamilton Field in Novato, she heard cries for help. It turned oiit to be two people in a dismasted sadlboat with a disabled engine. They had been adrift in the Bay for two days without food or water. The two, whose names were not avail¬ able, had departed Petaluma Marina for a day on the Bay. At some point, their mast, which a Coast Guard report said had broken previously, broke again. The engine problem was “a missing spark plug.” whatever that means. The couple apparently had no food, no radio and no cellphone. In our opinion, that’s pretty poor trip planning. The Coasties towed the pair — who were hungry and thirsty but otherwise none the worse for wear — back to Peta¬ luma.
1 NEED CREW FOR: 1) -For the trip down 5) Return trip up Baja 2) While in Mexico 6) Other 3) Sea of Cortez Sail Week (April) Ha-Ha IV, the cruisers’ rally to Cabo startino October 27. 5) Return trip up Baja 6) Other
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1 AM LOOKING FOR: 1) -Enthusiasm — experience's not all that Important 2)
Moderately experienced sailor to share norrhal crew responsibilities -Experienced sailor who can a) share navigation and/or mechanical skills; b) who can show me the ropes 4) Cooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) -‘Local knowledge’: someone who has a) been to Mexico before: b) speaks passable Spanish 6) Someone to help me bring the boat back up the coast 7) -Someone to help me trailer boat back up/down the coast 8) -Someone who might stick around it I decide to keep going beyond Mexico 9) Other
MEXICO — “The two of us left together. The two of us would return,” said Jesus Urquiza Soto, 24, survivor two months adrift at sea in a disabled open boat. What he referred to was his friend, 45-year-old Jose Luis Zavala, who died 18 daj^s into the ordeal. The two had left from El Castillo, a fish¬ ing village 450 miles up the coast from Colima, on June 22. They were report¬ edly overwhelmed by a storm offshore and somehow lost the boat’s engine over the
must take responsibility for your own, actions. Let’s face it, sailing is an inherently dangerous sport. And sailing long distances with people you haven’t known that long on boats you don’t know that well is a whole other Pandora’s box. So, for the record, the Latitude 38 Crew List is an advertising supplement intended for informational purposes
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crew list — cont’d only. Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warrantee or recommendation as to the character of individuals participating in the Crew List or the conditions of the boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. Still with u^. Bueno! Here are the ground rules. 1) We must receive all Crew List forms by September 15. That doesn’t mean ‘postmarked by.’ It means in our sweaty little palms. No exceptions. 2) All forms must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. For crew looking for boats, that’s $5 apiece. For boat owners — who we figure spend enough money putting the boat together — that’s $ 1. And don’t fax the forms to us. We have to receive the fee with the form. 3) One form per person, pleast — unless you and a friend want to go only {f you can go together. Whether you’re a couple or just friends, applying for a ‘group rate’ does diminish your chances pf find¬ ing a boat somewhat. But holding out for a skipper who will take you both will certainly enhance the adventure. In these situations, both parties should fill out one Crew List form, but send in two fees. (If you think you’ll need additional forms, simply make copies of the ones on these pages.) ' 4) Be honest. The simplest rule of all. In this case, being honest means not inflating your experience or skill level because you think it’s what someone wants to hear. In saiiling, perhaps more than any other sport, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, people who do can recognize it instantly. BS’ers don’t get rides. Contrary to what you might think, honest folks of little or no expe¬ rience often get rides. It has to do with some experienced skippers preferring to train people in their way of doing things. 5) Women can use first names only. If you are female, you wUl get calls. Possibly lots of them. We’ve talked to women who say they have gotten hundreds of caills, some months or even yeau’s after the Crew List is published. For this reason, we recommend that women use first names only, and that they not use a home phone number as a contact. Instead, use a P.O. Box, answering service, fax number, email or other contact that insulates you a bit. It also makes screening easier. Finally — guys and women — please keep the hormone thing out of the Crew List process. Once your crewing situation is worked out, if you like what you see, then let nature take its course. But please, not before. Thanks. 6) If you tak,e part in the Crew List, you get into the Crew List party free! You may have already read earlier in Sightings about the Great Happening on October 6. What used to be a relatively low-key affair has grown into a Mexico cruising event of epic proportions, com¬ plete with mega T-shirt giveaways, seminars and all kinds of other neat stuff. Rather than repeat ourselves, we’ll refer you to that Sightings item for general information. For Crew Listers in particular, the party is a great place to meet the crew or skipper you’ve lined up over the phone, a crew or skipper if you haven’t lined one up over the phone (everyone wears color-coded nametags, so spotting crew or boat own¬ ers is easy), or just a nice place to come and have an enjoyable evening with like-minded people heading south. See you there — and remember who loves ya.
coastal cleanup day Last year, almost 50,000 volunteers cleaned up 600 beaches around the Golden State on Coastal Cleanup Day. In California alone, they picked up 580,000 pounds of garbage and 56,000 pounds of recy¬ clable material. But Coastal Cleanup Day, now in its 15th year, ex¬ tends far beyond California and even the United States. This great program is now going in 90 countries around the world. This year’s big day is September 19. There are lots of ways to get involved: Save Our Seas brings the issues of pollution and community continued outside column of next sightings page
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side. After 18 days, Zavala died of hunger and dehydration. But Soto, who survived by drinling rain and saltwater and catch¬ ing fish and turtles, refused to slip his friend’s body overboard. Soto was finally rescued on August 19 by a passing tuna boat. THE DELTA — Sailing to the Delta may feel like going back in time, but the Delta Chamber is definitely right up in the ‘90s. They even have a website {www. californiadelta.org] that features pages on virtually any facet of the Delta that you’re curious about from boardsailing to crawdad fishing. Check it out. STOCKTON — From an email sent to us by StSC member Pat Brown: "We are burning the mortgage at Stockton Sailing Club this week! After a vision over 20 years ■
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SIGHTINGS ago, club members bought bonds and pur¬ chased the lease and the buildings. Since then the clubhouse was built, added onto, a new crane was bought, and a lot of docks were added. Membership is at 400; added to that we had 130 Juniors start sailing this year as novices, with 60 returning for more classes. Everything is paid off — smile city!"
TUVALU — The Nation of Tuvalu con¬ sists of nine atolls in the South Pacific. They don’t have much in the way of min¬ eral wealth or farmland, and the entire annual budget is $3.6 million. Bill Gates makes that in about an hour. But one thing Tuvalu does have is the coveted ‘.tv’ internet suffix. Talk about a natural re¬ source: .tu has been leased to a Canadian firm that expects the tiny nation to make at least $60 million a year in royalties.
coastal cleanup — cont’d involvement to the classroom; Adopt a Beach provides groups with cleanup bags, data cards and local contacts to facilitate year-round stewardship of particular areas: Coastal Protection license plates (the cool ones with the whale tail) keep supportive funds coming in. Or, of course, you can puU on some old clothes and get out there and pick up some junk. We’re happy to note that Bay Area counties produced nearly 9,000 volunteers last year, and that Alameda ‘won’ over all other state counties with an amazing 205,000 pounds of junk retrieved — almost half the total for the entire state. Cigarette filters account for the lion’s share of trash, followed by foam items, plastic food bags and so on. There are also plenty of un¬ usual finds: a men’s urinal, gearshift from ‘54 Ford, possum skull, gun (in Aquatic Park!), brassieres, 3 parking meters, wedding ring, melted radio, two voodoo dolls and a man’s photo in a jar, catcher’s mask, pipe bomb, 20 shopping carts, a lawn mower, a Spanish coin, a Rus¬ sian newspaper, a case of beer and bottle of wine — both unopened — and a small coffin for a rat named Jack. Brita, the water filter people, are sponsoring this year’s Coastal Cleanup Day. As added incentive, they’ll offer each volunteer a coupon for a free Brita Water Filtration Pitcher. For more on how you can take part, or to find your closest regional coordinator, call (800) COAST-4U.
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boat? The answer is, very simply - that is if the boat is properly rigged and is well suited for offshore sailing in the first place. A. Swan is noted for its beauty and strength, and these two yachts are extraordinary examples of the superb workmanship and incred¬ ible value only found in a Swan. Truly, if you are thinking of go¬ ing offshore, you need to consider a Swan. We strongly encourage your interest, as we’re confident you’ll find that life on the water is great above 65’, especially in a Swan.
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EXPLORING NEW WORLDS It's not often that the Northern Cali¬ fornia winds let sailors down, but they did on August 16, the day Frenchman Bruno Peyron and his six crew aboard the 86-foot maxi catamaran Explorer finished their
hama, Japan. Expected to finish early in the morning. Explorer stalled in zephyr-like conditions and huge seas near Point Reyes. When she finally rounded Point Bonita in the late afternoon, there was barely enough breeze to fill her Verne asymmetrical spinna¬ ker. And as the gun sounded beneath the Golden Gate Bridge for the finish, the South Tower Demon was nowhere to be found, so Explorer was moving along at only 10 knots, which for her is virtually being glued to the ocean. Explorer's 14 day, 17 hour, crossing was nonetheless good enough to beat the previous mark — set by American adven¬ turer Steve Fossett and his Jeanneau 60 trimaran Lakota—by two full days. While Explorer covered the rhumbline course at an average speed of 12.8 knots, she ac¬ tually sailed 5,500 miles, giving her an average speed of 15.5'7 knots through the water. For those who had previously seen Explorer in all her splendor — for example, at the end of last year's TransPac when she flew down the Molokai Channel at up to 30 knots, sending huge sheets of spray flying from both sides of her silver bows — this year's pedestrian-like finish was a major disappointment. For despite being 11 years old, the carbon fiber Gilles Ollier design can lay claim to being the fastest
Point Conception by sundown. It's noth¬ ing for Explorer to hit 30 knots, and her top recorded speed is an as¬ tounding 37 knots. k Having glided under the % Gate, Peyron and his five man, onewoman crew leisurely dropped their
Jules Verne genniker in the lee of Alcatraz, hoisted a Solent jib and — for the benefit of numerous loc^ and international tele¬ vision crews — charged up the Bay for a hint of her potential. In perhaps 15 knots of true wind on a flat Bay, Explorer charged to weather at more than 20 knots, a cloud of spray billowing around her lee¬ ward transom. It wasn't everything that everyone had hoped for, but it was the closest thing San Francisco Bay had seen to maximum multihull power in several years. ■When Fossett set the Yokohama to San Francisco record three years ago, the lo¬ cation of the Pacific High forced him to sail north through the Aleutian Islands. As a result, his 16 day, 17 hour, record — a 12.80 knot average — was relatively soft by maxi multihull standards. Peyron and his crew faced an entirely different set of weather conditions. Immediately upon leaving Yokohama, they dove south to avoid a low, which put them in the warm Kuroshio Current that left the in-
'Explorer' once covered 543 miles in 24 hours. ocean-going sailboat in the world. Several years ago, she covered 543 miles in a 24hour period, an incredible average speed of 22 knots. That's akin to leaving San Francisco after breakfast one morning and getting the hook down in the lee of Pagel38 • UiVUM'iS * September, 1998
skipper Skip Novak of previous sailing adventures in the Southern Ocean. When still about1,000 miles out. Ex¬ plorer turned in her best day's run of the trip, a spectacular 488 miles. But soon Pe3Ton and his crew had to battle a frus¬ trating set of circumstances peculiar to maxi multihulls. Riding at the leading edge of a weather front, they'd continu¬ ally sail out of it, stall until it caught up, then sail out of it again. As a result, their boatspeed alternated between 22 knots and eight knots every five minutes for the
terior of the surprisingly cramped hulls as hot and humid as a sauna bath. Hav¬ ing circumvented the low, they sailed back north to the rhumb line, at which time the weather became so gray, wet and cold that it reminded Peyron and American co-
Top left; The Peyron family; Bruno, Catrina, their daughter, and 'Explorer'. Inset above; 'Explorer's' skinny hulls and large sail area are what allow her to sail at 30 knots. Inset right; The Ollier design does a 'speed burn' toward Sausallto. Spread: The wind was so light when 'Explorer' entered the Bay, that she didn't even have a bow wave.
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better part of a day. The final chapter of their voyage came on the normally bois¬ terous coast of Northern California, where light winds dropped their speed to a pa¬ thetic 7.8 knot average. It came as no surprise to sailing ex¬ perts that Peyron broke the record, for he is one of the most accomplished mulithull ocean racers in history. The 42-year-old Bruno is the oldest of three overachiev¬ ing Peyron brothers who grew up in La Baule on the west coast of France. Their love of the sea came from their father, a
supertanker captain, while their wander¬ lust was encouraged by their mother, who told them they wouldn't be allowed to hang around the house. Mom needn't have worried. Middle son Loick races the 60-ft trimaran Fujicolor in France's highly com¬ petitive Formula One circuit and in ma¬ jor races across the Atlantic. He and Laurent Bourgnon, who sails Primagaz, a near Lakota sistership, are currently considered the two top skippers on the multihull circuit.
Stephan, the youngest son, initially took sailboarding to extremes. First, he doublehanded a sailboard across the At¬ lantic, then he singlehanded one across! That led to sailboarding adventures around Cape Horn, in Antartic waters and so forth. Today Stephan is a successful producer of adventure films. But it was Bruno who led the way into sailing. He began relatively late, when at age 22 he built a small catamaran. In the ensuing 20 years, he has sailed across the Atlantic an astouding 34 times — 12 of them singlehandedl He was the topranked ocean racing multihull skipper in
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'87, '88, '89 and '90, and established new singlehanded Atlantic records in '87 and '92. After nearly a quarter of a million miles racing maxi multihulls in the Atlantic, and becoming discouraged by races controlled by non-sailors, Peyron longed for more freedom and a greater challenge. He found it in '93 in the form of the Jules Verne Challenge — a prize set up for the first sailboat to sail around the world in less than 80 days. On Explorer, Peyron and his crew — after battling up to 85 knot winds in the Southern Ocean — complet¬ ed the course in 79 days. While that record has since been shaved by Peter Blake and Robin Knox-Johnson with the 92-foot catamaran ENZA, and Olivier de Kersauson in the 90-foot trimaran Sport Elec, Peyron remains the only one to have ever done it without relying on a weather router. It's the mark of the man that he wanted his Jules Verne record to be "pure". Peyron has only entered two races in the Pacific. Last year he lowered the alltime TransPac record by 20% — despite having to throttle back because of a bro¬ ken martingale. Her 17.21 kno^ average for that crossing is the fastest recognized average speed for a major long distance ocean race. And now Peyron has lowered the Japan to San Francisco record by more than 12%.
Vjtill dreaming of freedom and seek¬ ing a greater challenge for ultimate sail¬ ors, Pe3Ton's current passion is organiz¬ ing and promoting The Race/la Course du Millenaire, a wide open — meaning any kind and size of boat — around the world race. Oddly enough, the boats to be built for the event are expected to be 20% faster than Pe)Ton's beloved Explorer, and wiU render her something of a dinosaur. Currently sponsored by Disneyland Paris, Volvo, and France's Year 2000 cel¬ ebration — with others to be signed on — The Race will start off England or France on December 31, 2000. It's expected that there will be between five and 10 entries, and that the winning boat will circle the Page 140 •
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Above; 'Explorer' coming off the CItyfront with a head of steam. Spread: sailing at sunset In symmetry with the Golden Gate.
world m less than 60 days. Several boats are under construction, the closest to completion being Steve Fosset's 120-foot ultra maxi catamaran nearing finish in New Zealand. Mindful that large multihulls — likely the only boats to have a chance in The Race — aren't well-known outside of France, two years ago Pe5n-on decided to take Explorer on a promotional tour of the Pacific. So after smashing the TransPac record. Explorer continued on to Tahiti, Australia, Japan and the United States 'to show the flag'. So while Peyron is pleased to have established another record, it is no secret that his real pur¬ pose was to promote The Race. In addition to being handsome, charm¬ ing amd soft-spoken, Peyron is also savvy. When he did the Jules Verne Challenge, for example, he had American Cam Lewis along both for his sailing skill and to help generate publicity in the United States. When he did the TransPac, he named American Skip Novak as co-skipper — even though Novak had never been aboard a large multihull before. It must be noted, however, that Novak is one of the world’s premier offshore sailors, hav¬ ing done 300,000 ocean miles, including four Whitbreads and seven seasons with his own boat in Patagonia and Antartica. Pe)Ton's choice of crew for the Japan to San Francisco record reflected his con¬ fidence in his own sailing ability, his be¬ lief that Explorer could easily break the old record, and his desire for maximum publicity. So rather than chosing a crew of top-flight mullihull racers from
France, Peyron picked — with the excep¬ tion of Novak — an international crew with virtually no large multihull sailing experience. And since they signed on just before the start of the record run, they all had to learn to sail the enormous boat while going for the record. In addition to the 44-year-old Novak, the cVew included: Koijiro Shiraishi, 30, of Japan. Four years ago he singlehanded around the world in 176 days aboard a 50-ft monohuU. He had no multihull experience at all. Torn Kikuchi, 43, of Japan. Having done America's Cups, Admiral’s Cups, Kenwood Cups, and world championship dinghy races. Torn is probably Japan's most experienced ocean racer, but had no multihull experience. Paul Larsen, 28, of Australia. Having been training for two years for the Hobie 16 Worlds, Larsen gave it aU up when he got the offer from Peyron. Yet he had no experience on large multihuUs. Nicolas Pichelin, of France, 26. 'Nico' knew Pe3Ton from having grown up in La Baule, but didn't hook up with him until Explorer came to Australia where 'Nico' was working as a rigger and sailmaker. Nico helped deliver Explorer to Japan, and thus had at least a little experierice with the big boat. Elena Caputo, 40, Italian. Caputo comes from an ocean racing family, as her father entered his boat in the first-ever Whitbread Around the World Race. At age 26, she crossed the Atlantic In a 27-footer with her younger brother — and has been sailing every since. Caputo is an Italian television correspondent who spends much of her time reporting from hi^ risk war zones such as Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda. Her multihull experience con¬ sisted of helping deliver Explorer to Tahiti after last year’s TransPac. Not only was Peyron confident enough to bring a crew of maxi multihull novices, but a crew that spoke four different na¬ tive languages! En¬ glish be-
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came the language of the boat, despite it being the second language of all but two. The communication went reasonably well, although most everyone couldn't under¬ stand Larsen, who speaks Australian. While it took the multihull novices sev¬ eral days to get used to the tremendous size, loads and speeds of Explorer, by the time they got halfway across they were functioning as a reasonably good team. Despite the harsh living conditions — more later—the crew arrived in San Fran¬ cisco in great spirits and good friends. When Peyron told the assembled press, "Like always, it took about a week to get into the rhythm of the sea, but having gotten into it, we’re sorry it wasn't a week longer", the rest of the crew cheered in agreement. There were two watches — three hours on, three hours off — with Peyron and Novak the watch captains. Peyron was praised by all as a skipper who led by ex¬ ample, never shouted or got excited in dicey situations, and who had a good sense of humor.
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ith West Coast sailors not hav¬ ing been exposed to the likes of Explorer — ENZA stopped briefly on the Bay once, hitting 29 knots while sailing from Sausalito to the Cityfront — it's important to understand how different maxi multihulls are from any other kind of boat. Built of carbon fiber composite at Multiplast in France, Explorer is mostly two 84-foot long hulls connected by two huge tubes — one under the mast, one forming the main beam for the traveller — and a smaller crossbeam near the bow. Between the hulls — she has 44.5 feet of beam — there is nothing but 1,000 square feet of fishnet, through which water flies — with disturbing regularity — both up¬ wards and downwards. Explorer displaces but 9.5 tons, yet her hulls only draw 18
inches with the boards up. Her rotating carbon fiber mast is 105 feet tall, and she carries 2,060 sq ft of sail downwind. By comparison. Merlin sailed most of last TransPac with a spinnaker that itself was 5,400 square feet. Because Explorer is so fast, the apparent wind is always so far forward that the sails are always sheeted in tight. The helm is said to be feather light in all conditions. An all-out racing machine, the minimalist accommodations in Explorer make ultra spartan Whitbread 60s seem almost luxurious by comparison. Skip Novak explains: "Each hull is a bare white tunnel about five feet wide. The only access to each hull is by lowering yourself through a single round hatch. The bunks take up 3/4s of the width of each hull. The more center bunks are the best because they are close enough to the hatch to allow you to breath when you sleep. The less good bunks 8ire the ones next to the galley the one next to the erator, which also serves as the chart table. Further aft is another bunk you can only reach by crawling over the person in the first bunk, doing your best not St o I crush » him. If / Bruno was asleep
by the chart table, 1 was usually a pris¬ oner aft until he moved in his sleep, at which time I'd squeeze by. Explorer's bunks are not recommended for those who have even mild cases of claustropho¬ bia, and if you suddenly sit up, you run the risk of getting your hair — or worse — caught in the steering sheaves." If you’re thinking that a galley along the lines of a French country kitchen made up for the poor sleeping accommo¬ dations, you couldn't be more mistaken. 'The galley is a tiny flat surface in the starboard hull with an alcohol burner. The cook sits on a hard bench and puts the meal in the single cooking pot. To get in¬ gredients, you have to lift the weight of the off-watch person that's on the bunk next to the stove and dig your hand un¬ derneath the board he's lying on and hope you will come up with a tasty tin. Cook¬ ing is a long process during which you risk suffocation if it's hot out. Normally, however, you get completely blinded by steam or by the fumes evaporating from the alcohol burning in the stove. Meals were served in plastic bowls—which were often just wiped with a paper towel after being used. By the end of the trip, we were down to just forks.” Women interested in maxi multihull racing will be glad tb hear that no money was spared on the head. In fact, Novak calls the net between the hulls "the big¬ gest and most expensive bidet in the world, because when at speed, there's water flying everywhere." Caputo explains that those who are shy can sit on the net behind the aft beam — after carefully putting on a harness — to take care of 'business. The one luxury is that there's one hole in the net slightly larger than the rest, and it's even neatly outlined in white string. It may not be AmericanStandard, but it never plugs up. The payoff for all the deprivations is unbelievable speed. Says Novak: When I first got on Explorer for last year's
EXPLORING NEW WORLDS TransPac, I was admittedly intimidated by her size, the loads, the gear — and that uncharacteristic acceleration that comes when you bear away a few critical degrees, the boatspeed jumps five knots, and lit¬ erally knocks everyone who wasn't pay¬ ing attention right off their feet! But 1 wasn't intimidated for long. 1 soon devel¬ oped a feeling of liberation, but also of somehow — and 1 say this humbly — be¬ ing in command of the ocean." On another occasion, when it was blowing 25 knots and Explorer was cruis¬ ing at 22 knots, Novak described it like this: "We were reaching along at 22 knots with the Solent jib and the full main. With a fresh breeze quickly knocking down an old sea. Explorer feels like an arrow just launched from a crossbow aimed at San Francisco. All is wet and well with the world once again!" In flat water. Explorer is smooth as silk, but once the wind and sea come up, it's no pleasure cruise. "There is no miracle solution for going 20 knots and staying dry," says Peyron. The rest of the crew agree that the only place on the boat to stay dry is inside the cramped hulls. The drawback is, in the words of one
“There is no miracle "• solution for doing 20 knots and staying dry, “ ^ says Peyron. crewmember. That it's like riding on a commercial airliner during heavy turbu¬ lence." Caputo explains, "Your coffee cup never gets knocked over, but all the cof¬ fee gets shook out." ^ If it's not too rough, it's possible to re¬ lax and stay dry in the middle of the net up forward. The rest of the net, however, can be deadly. About 10 years ago, the spray firehosing up from the'^martingale and through the net blew a crewman right off the boat. He was never found. In any kind of weather, crew must wear a har¬ ness to get from one side of the boat to the other. 'We call the net, the road," Larsen told Latitude. "If delivering coffee or about to
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E^xplorer is scheduled to lay to a mooring in front of the Corinthian YC — which has received lavish praise for their hospitality — until the first week in Octo¬ ber. If you get a chance, you should sail by, for only up close can you appreciate her awesome size. On October 2-5, Cam Lewis is sched¬ uled to take Explorer out for publicity sails on the Bay. If there's anjnvay we can get the word out on her sailing times in the October 1 issue, we will. You don't want to miss the chance to see her under sail. While all plans are subject to change. Explorer will probably stay in Northern California until next summer, at which time she'll probably pace Fossett's new ultra maxi catamaran in the TransPac. Stand by, for the future of sailing is likely to include a four-day passage from Los Angeles to Hawaii. — latitude 38
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turned the simple bowl in my hands, enjoying the feel of the textured wood as I ran the dish towel over it. Anchored in a snug cove on New Zealand’s North Island, Jill and 1 were cleaning up after having friends aboard for dinner. As 1 turned the bowl over my eyes fell on the inscription on the bottom; “D. Tom, Palmerston Is¬ land, Cook Islands, October 6, 1997.” My thoughts turned to the day we had re¬ ceived it on a tiny Pacific atoll several thousand miles away. Palmerston hadn’t been in our plans. With the clock ticking quickly down to the start of the southern hemisphere cyclone season in December, we were anxious to push through the Cook Islands to Tonga with just a stop at the capital, Rarotonga. The problem was that the Cooks are in¬ teresting — so interesting that we spent much more time there than we could re¬ ally afford to. The 15 islands in the Cook group are sprinkled over 850,000 square miles of ocean between French Polynesia and Tonga, so each of them is pretty isolated. Despite a few airstrips, small inter-island
So that's why they call them 'head' lights — Les with his 'night vision' gear up and going.
end their ancestors were the Maoris who settled New Zealand, and they remain politically and economically affiliated with New Zealand today. We rolled into tiny Avatiu harbor on Raro after a rather raucous, four-day passage from Bora Bora during which we had managed to rip the main. Stern-tied to the wharf, we spent four or five days putting the boat back in order, repairing the sail, sightseeing and visiting with the eight or nine other cruising boats. Then we started looking for a weather window. That’s when Tikaroa found us.
trading vessels are still the glue that holds the nation tenuously together. Cook Islanders are Polynesians. According to leg-
T Ze parked his battered car on the
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wharf behind us and sat watching as 1 used the stern lines to pull myself ashore in the dinghy and climb up the steel lad¬ der. Easing his large frame out from be¬ hind the wheel, he strolled over and wished me “G’day” in the peculiar Polynesian-Kiwi accented English unique to the Cooks. “1 hesird there might be some yachts headed for Palmerston," he said. “Our neighbors are headed that way,” 1 replied, “and probably one or two oth¬ ers, but we’re planning to go straight to Tonga.” We chatted for a while and Tikaroa ex¬ plained that his family was on Palmerston and he had a few things to send to them.
MAGICAL DETOUR dozen large water containers, and boxes of spare parts for generators and out¬ boards. “Whoa!” exclaimed Lee, one of the cruisers who had agreed to ferry some supplies. ‘That’s more than we bargained
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If life's a beach, then Palmerston Is one of the livelier spots on Earth. Above, Andy samples the crystal waters of the lagoon. Inset, the church crowd In their Sunday-go-to-meeting best.
I gave him the names of the boats and sldppers headed that way and he went off to talk with them while I finished my chores. That night over beers at a waterfront pub 1 told Kiwi harbormaster Dqn Silk about my conversation with Tikaroa. “Yep,” Don said, “I always let him know when there are yachts in the harbor that might stop at Palmerston. The folks there are pretty isolated. The nearest airstrip’s on Aitut^, a couple hundred miles away. And since the price of copra has collapsed
the supply ship only calls occasionally — maybe three times a year.” Of course, we had heard the story of Palmerston — how a Brit named William Marsters had settled there in 1862 with three wives. The clan resulting from his 20 offspring scattered over the years with many settling in Rarotonga and New Zealand. Now only several dozen of Mars¬ ters descendants were said to inhabit the remote atoll. The next day Tikaroa showed up at the wharf in a pickup truck and started un¬ loading the “few things” he wanted to send to his family. Out came sacks of flour, gi¬ ant bags of oranges, cartons of canned corned beef, stacks of shovels, half-a/
for, but I guess we’ll shoehorn it in some¬ where.” Altogether, four boats ended up in the Palmerston convoy, but even then they were having trouble digesting all the cargo. “Gee, 1 feel a little guilty,” Jill said that night. ‘The other boats are mostly smaller than us. Maybe we should go, too.” I’d been thinking along similar lines. Besides, it sounded like it might be pretty interesting. So we obeyed the first rule of any good cruising schedule — which is to ignore the schedule — and decided to make the several hundred mile detour to Palmerston. Before we left, several other yachts along the wharf would make the same decision. It was getting to be quite a fleet.
The next afternoon, Tikaroa rolled onto the wharf with our allotment. “What’s that?” I asked, pointing to a large carton he was about to lower into the dinghy. “Oh, just .some eggs,” he answered. “Two hundred of them.” '' Great, I thought, a 200-raw-egg om¬ elette just waiting to happen in the bilge! Besides the hen-fruit, there were boxes of limes, dozens of loaves of packaged bread, sacks of flour and cartons of canned goods. Jill memaged to find space for all of it. After waiting a day or so for the weather to clear, Operation Palmer¬ ston was underway. With 25 knots of tradewind on the star¬ board quarter, plus a couple of knots of September, 1998 •
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PALMERSTON ATOLL positive current, the passage went quicker than we had anticipated. We actually had to slow down and 'mark time' for several hours to arrive at Palmerston at dawn on the second day. As the palm trees — the tallest objects on the atoll — materialized out of the sea, Jill pointed to a speck off our bow and said, ‘That’s not a boat, is it?” In fact it was one of the island’s 20foot aluminum skiffs, and it made a bee¬ line for us. Waving and shouting, the three people in the boat circled around and closed in, pacing our 7-knot speed. Tim¬ ing the 3-foot swells, the driver nosed alongside while one passenger stood shakily on a seat and the second shouted, laughing crazily. Despite our attempts to wave them off, they nuzzled up to our starboard side and, with only a minor bump and a few scratches, suddenly a young woman was swinging onto First Light by the shrouds. ’Tm Juliet,” she announced through a big grin. ’’I’m your guide.” She was also about seven-months pregnant. She gave each of us a hug and a kiss and told us, “We are very glad you have come.”
ith Juliet piloting us and the skiff leading the way, we closed in on the lee¬ ward side of the reef encircling the lagoon. “How close?” I asked. “More,” she said. “Close enough?” I asked, as I admired the pretty colors of the coral we were about to collide with. “More,” she said. Finally, as the depth sounder Jumped from bottomless to 60 feet to ''25 feet, Juliette ordered; “Here.” The anchor rattled down and we were there — hanging on a 50-yard-wide shelf just yards from the reef, with our stern in blue water. If the trade winds went to sleep and we swung around, we would end up
ALL PHOTOS FIRST LIGHT
sured us this was where yachts always^, anchored, the pass into the lagoon being too shallow and torturous for all but the most shallow draft. And her fellow pas¬ senger, 14-year-old Les (who by now was also aboard First Light), promised, “We tell you if wind is gonna change.” We had never anchored in such a pre¬ carious situation and, the truth be told, had we been by ourselves, we might have given the place a pass, as most cruisers do. But three boats in our flotilla were already anchored there and the rest were still arriving. One by one they dropped their hooks until all eight V^chts were lined up, clinging to the leeward edge of the reef. This was a first for us — one of many to come during our stay at Palmer¬ ston. Juliet, Les and their bearded boat driver, Andrew, visited aboard for a halfhour or so before off-loading our cargo (yes, the eggs arrived intact) and then leaving us to tidy up the boat and catch up on our sleep. “We’ll be back to pick you up this af¬ ternoon,” Juliet said as she left, estab¬ lishing a pattern that would be repeated on each day of our stay. Shortly after 4 p.m., the aluminum skiff was back alongside. This time the driver was a huge man in a tight T-shirt that barely contained his bulging biceps and ample stomach. He turned out to be Jimmy, Juliet’s partner. After making four or five more pickups from the line of yachts, Jimmy headed his boatload of cruisers for the pass. Well, sort of a pass. It was actually a 10-foot wide channel that wound around coral heads for about a 'First Light' in New Zealand.
dinghys, and during our stay no one even put a dinghy in the water. We beached the skiff and trudged to¬ ward a group of low buildings 100 yards off through the coconut palms. Waiting for us were a dozen or so adults, several teenagers and three or four young chil¬ dren. Accompanied by much kissing and hugging they welcomed us to Palmerston and told us how glad they were that we were there.
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mile. A 3 or 4-knot current rushed through it, creating 3-foot standing waves, It was no place for one of our rubber
stocky, broad-shouldered man with a neatly trimmed mustache intro¬ duced himself as Melbourne Marsters, head of one of the two family factions on the island. Melbourne explained that he and his family .wpuld be our hosts during our stay, while several of the other yachties were hosted by Bill Marsters and his family, who lived a few hundred yards
MAGICAL DETOUR — augmented with western dishes con¬ tributed by the cruisers such as spaghetti, chile, coleslaw and chocolate cake. We all rummaged deep in our liquor lockers for beer, rum and wine, as well as lemonade and soft drinks for the youngsters. With 14 yachties and at least as mciny locals, we sometimes had to eat in two shifts, but eventually everyone was well fed. After dinner, Melbourne brought out his guitar as did Lee of Flying Lady (Guam), while Merle from TirNaNoog (Ha¬ waii) produced his harmonica, and Papa John from Guardian (Brazil) handed out an assortment of fascinating percussion instruments. Imagine our surprise when Melbourne launched into Midnight Spe¬ cial, followed by Achy Breaky Heart and half-a-dozen other country/western fa¬ vorites. His wife Haua and two daughters sang along, Lee and Merle jumped right in and the rest us did our best to keep up. For the next few hours we sang every song anyone could think of and even did a little line dancing, the percussion sec¬ tion getting progressively more rowdy as the night wore on. Finally Jimmy an¬ nounced that the bus was leaving and we hightailed it down to the beach. We had, of course, forgotten about this part. Now it was pitch black, and our boats were still anchored outside that twisty, roily pass. Not to worry. Les planted himself in the bow, now equipped with a football hel¬ met on which was mounted a spotlight, wired to a storage battery. Dancing the Macerena and swiveling left and right to illuminate the coral heads, he picked out the channel while Jimmy steamed through it at only slightly reduced veloc¬ ity. Jill (center) with Bill Marsters and his wife—des¬ cendants of the Island's founder. The tireless, cheerful Palmerstonlans hope to see more yachts visit In the future.
away. It turned out that for nearly a week we never even saw our friends who were being hosted by the other side of the fam¬ ily! We also met the elders of the family, David and his wife, who had returned to Palmerston after living many years in New Zealand, and Aka and her sister, who were the family matriarchs. Sitting under the palms, we chatted away for an hour until Jimmy announced, “Volleyball timei” At that, all of the younger people (and some of us not-so-younger people) trooped over to where — there being plenty of beach — they had constructed a beach volleyball court. 'Sides’ were organized and for the next hour there ensued a quite spirited series of games, with the Palmer-
stonians scrupulously keeping score and demonstrating that daily practice does make a difference. When the brief tropical twilight sig¬ naled an end to the volleyball, we as¬ sembled in the dining hut. Like the other buildings, it was made of wood arid cor¬ rugated iron, with cutouts for windows. A few bare light bulbs, energized by a gen¬ erator, provided illumination. Down the center were four tables end-to-end — heaped with so many serving dishes that there was barely room for the diners to sit around the periphery. This feast was duplicated on each night of our stay. Not only did our hosts insist on entertaining us every night, but they sent Big Jimmy around in his water taxi to maike sure everyone showed up. Our dinners were wonderful melanges of is¬ land delicacies such as pqisson cru, lob¬ ster, taro, grilled parrotfish and breadfruit
The next day, while one group went spearfishing for sharks. Skip from Scoots (New York) and I joined Jimmy and Les to help them set out nets on the reef. It looked pretty easy until I was standing waist-deep on the jagged coral trying to balance against the 3-knot ebb and still do something useful with the net. “Go up near the pass," Jimmy ordered. “When the fish see you they will turn back to the net and we'U have them.” So for the next 30 or 40 minutes I was a human scarecrow on the reef while Jimmy and Les pulled parrot fish out of the net and tossed them into the boat. Several times Jimmy would spot a fish trying to escape, whereupon he stood on the reef and hurled his 6-foot spear, hit¬ ting fish 12 or 15 feet away with uncanny accuracy. September, 1998 • UtU*Jt.32 • Poge 147
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The following day our hosts organized a coconut crab hunt for us. Jimmy and Les ferried us, Juliet, 1-0-year-old Dar¬ ling and 14 cruisers, to David’s Island, a small islet 3 miles across the lagoon. Jimmy hacked a path with his machete and we crashed through the jungle like a troop of overage Boy Scouts. Juliet was adept at spotting the piles of coconut husks that litter a crab’s front yard and Jimmy fearlessly reached into the narrow burrows — carefully along the top — and pulled the struggling crustaceans out. The rest of us stood back mildly horrified: co¬ conut crabs are monsters compared to anything I’d seen before, with bodies a foot or so across. With five crabs destined for that night’s dinner table, we roared back across the clear waters of the lagoon Just in time for the volleyball game. On Sunday we all pulled out our 'cruiser formal' clothes and went to church. Although most of the Palmerstonian men were absent, the ladies were there, dressed in white dresses and widebrimmed white hats as is the custom in
the Cook Islands. Aka conducted the ser¬ vice in her high-pitched voice and the singing was inspirational. She also con¬ ducted a moving sermon, and when she’'prayed for our safe passage, it clearly came from the heart. After church. Bill Marsters and his family hosted all of the cruisers to a sump¬ tuous, sit-down lunch at his outdoor din¬ ing area. Bill talked about his plans for attracting more cruising boats to the atoll. Maybe establish a Palmerston Yacht Club or something. This was followed by his unequivocal opposition to an airstrip. “It would just bring too many changes," he said.
T JL his was to be the last night at Palmerston for most of us. Melbourne and Haua organized a birthday party for 3year-old Andiline, as well as 'near-birthdays' for Darling and two similarly-aged cruiser girls. This involved only slightly less food than on previous nights, aug¬ mented by birthday cakes (one for each
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KENWOOD CUP '98 F'or a pip-squeak little nation of 3.5 million — about half the population of the Bay Area — last month the Kiwis again proved that they're the 'mouse that roared' when it comes to offshqre yacht racing. Their showcase this time was the Royal
1 in the lD-48s is the best in the world. Too bad we couldn't convince the ILC 40s and Farr 40s to come. Maybe next timeK
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Hawaiian Ocean Racing Club's 11th bienniel Kenwood Cup, a series of seven buoy races, the 150-mile Molokai Race and the new 376-mile Kahu-WiU Race, all held in mostly moderate sailing conditions off Diamond Head on August 3-14. The New Zealand team — the squeaky new Farr 45 Big Apple III, the proven Farr ILC 40 G'Net, and the cruiser/racer Farr 39 White Cloud — came from behind, wrestling the lead from defending champs Australia towards the end of the buoy racing. Entering the quadruple-weighted finale with an 18point lead, the inspired Kiwis took first, second and fourth overall to ^un away with the '98 Kenwood Cup by 78 points. It was a sweet victory for the Kiwis, only their second in the 20-year history of the event (their first was in '86, the year the Japanese-based Kenwood Corporation became the sponsor). It would have been even sweeter had more boats shown up for the otherwise excellent regatta — but Just 30 boats, and only five international three-boat teams, sailed this year. It was the worst turnout ever for the Kenwood Cup, down from 46 boats last time and an all-time high of 80 back in 1982, the golden era of lOR. Broken into five classes, well, you didn't need a PhD in math to figure out that those were some pretty lonely starting lines. "It was an 'off year for us, basically due to the poor economic climate," ad¬ mitted race director Ken Morrison. 'The quantity wasn't there, but just look at the quality! We even had five America's Cup teams here. There were hardly any dogs in this year's fleet, and the level of sailing Page 150 •
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Brett Neill ('White Cloud)
Also faltering a bit were the legendary 'winds of paradise', which faded as the series went on due to a nearby tropical storm named Estelle. The scheduled sev¬ enth race of the 10-race series was actu¬ ally cancelled due to lack of wind — a first for the Kenwood Cup — and the last few races were sailed in light, variable and weird conditions. In fact, come to think
of it, this was a slightly weird year for the Kenwood Cup all around. Class A — Big Boats While everyone expected the two state-
of-the-art Farr 49s to run away with this eclectic class, it was their older sibling Ragamuffin — a veritable dinosaur in comparison — which stole the show. This was Rags' third appearance at the Ken-
PARADISE SHRUNK Dickson. "Actually, there's a dispropor¬ tionate number of Kiwis here. I keep hear¬ ing how the Pacific Rim economy killed this regatta, but what's sorely missing are the Americans, whose economy is quite healthy. The real problem is the IMS rule: why would anyone build a boat that's outdesigned almost as it leaves the drawing board? The owners are smart guys, and they're not going for it anymore." The rest of the class was a mixed bag. The blue N/M 68 Yume Hyotan (ex-Prima), sailed by a Japanese cast of thousands, suffered upwind and excelled downwind — no surprise there. They finished fifth, nudging out Bunk Burnett's Davidson 72 Cassiopeia, which finished first in every race on elapsed time, but couldn't over¬ come her rating. As before, the Seattlebased maxi, which looks much better now without the 'roll bar' over her transom, used the Vic-Maui Race as a feeder to the Kenwood Cup. So did her Uttle sidekick, brother Bill Burnett's Jubilee. The N/M Learjet, sailed by a Japanese charter group, was a pretty casual effort, and Iiffmlty, an older N/M-designed lOR 50 from Canada was hampered by mast problems and, at the start of the Molokai
Above, ‘Starlight Express' does the Hawaiian (wave) punch. Left, a six-pack of 1D-48s. ' \
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wood Cup: she took second to Chan\posa in '92, and then was second overall to /nfiriity (now Bullseye) in '96. This time, perennial Kenwood Cup competitor Syd Fisher and driver Matt Hayes got it right, pulling out an upset victory on the strength of their bullet in the Kahu-Wili crapshoot. Fisher and his venerable Ragamuffin are nautical versions of the Energizer Bunny — they just keep going and going. Originally built in '91 as an lOR boat. Rags (ex-WUI) has an interesting history. After the hull was delaminated in the '94 Sydney-Hobart Race, Fisher began his 're¬ cycling' project, fitting an IMS huU and appendages under the old deck and even¬ tually switching to a carbon fiber rig. Though the boat looks tired compared to the flashier new 49s, it is still quick and extremely well-sailed. Throw a little bit of old allowance into the equation, and the result was a 6-point class win.
Beau Geste, which won the most re¬ cent Sydney-Hobart Race, was steered by 24-year-old Kiwi Gavin Brady to second place. Flash Gordon 3, just six months older than sistershlp Beau Geste, finished third. Along with the Hawaiian Farr 40 Zamboni, the two Farr 49s comprised the American Red Team, our varsity squad. Their distant third place finish was a dis¬ appointment, to say the least. Helmet Jahn's FG-3, the star of the winning U.S. Admiral's Cup team last summer, struggled during the series, particulsirly offshore. "We were off the pace," allowed driver Ken Read. 'We've got our work cut out to find the edge again." Fourth place went to Chris Packer's familiar Davidson 55 Starlight Express, another old warhorse that has benefitted from judicious updating and mainte¬ nance. Built in 1986, the boat has well over 100,000 miles on her odometer, as well as a record six Kenwood Cups. 'We love coming up here — it's winter in New Zealand!" said Starlight's tactician Roy
If you can make It here... 'Big Apple III', a cool new Farr 45, was the top IMS racer. Race, a broken boom. Their rig was some¬ thing of a science experiment: it was the mast off the SC 70 Silver Bullet (which went turbo), with cut-down spreaders and other modifications which began unrav¬ eling in Hawaii. "It was really scary!" noted September, 1998 •
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KENWOOD CUP '98 Scott Dickson, who fled Infinity after the first day. One Design 48s As the six lD-48s lined up for the first start, a lot of sailors wondered how these R/P-designed, TPl-built overblown din¬ ghies would hold up in the Hawaiian tradewinds, their first real heavy air test. By the end of the first day, there were al¬ ready two casualties: the meticulouslyprepared German-based illbruck-Pinta, with Paul Cayard driving, inexplicably snapped its rudder off at the leeward mark of the first race after two reaching legs. "We .wanted to start the series off with a bang, but that wasn't what I had in mind," quipped Pinta tactician John Kostecki. Then, in the second race. Dawn Riley's America True dropped out with cracked spreaders due to flubbing the runner in a jibe. The temporarily unsupported mast bent forward, with the tip actually over the bow pulpit. "We were running for our lives to the back of the boat," said A-True crew Mike Herlihy. "I've never seen a rig do that without breaking! If it had been aluminum instead of carbon, it surely would have snapped." The problems were dismissed by the spin doctors (one was a "fluke," the other was "operator error") and both were quick¬ ly repaired, a tribute to the efficiency and organization of thelD-48 travelling show. Pinta rebounded with a pair of bullets on day two, leap-frogging from last to sec¬ ond place — but they could never quite pull back up to the eventual winner, Aussie Peter Gilmour and his Japanese America's Cup squad on G-Shock Nippon Challenge. Gilmour's consistent 3,1,2 2,1,4,4,2 record was good enough to beat runner-up Pinta by five points — reflect¬ ing a nice comeback by Pinta, which sel¬
dom finished below second in the remain¬ ing six races. It was an impressive debut in the ID48 fleet for Gilmour, who arrived in HaPage 152 • UiHtJcZS • Sepfember, 1998
waii earlier than his counterparts and trained harder. 'The extra effort paid off," said Gilmour, the top-ranked world match racer. 'The competition in this class is intense, and it was a valuable experience for us to be pushed this hard." Indicative of the incredibly close racing was the fin¬ ish of the triple-weighted Molokai Race: after 150 miles and 17 hours, G-Shock 'True' friends (from left) — Dawn Riley, Jeff Madrigali, Mark Rudiger, John Cutler.
crossed the line just 15 seconds — three boatlengths — ahead of Pinta. The four American 48s each had their share of problems and finished far
'Plnta' explodes off the starting line, while ‘GShock' wiggles around the pin. behind the two front runners. Home¬ town favorite John Kolius, whose Hawaii-based Aloha Racing syndicate announced during the regatta that they'll definitely build at least one boat, and maybe two, for the upcoming America's Cup, ended up third with Abracadabra. While not quite up to their earlier pace in the five-regatta '98 championship season (firsts at Key West and the SORC, second in the NewportNY Regatta), Abby sailed well enough to virtually lock up the overall season, which concludes with this month's Big Boat Series. Doug DeVos, the only amateur helms¬ man in the ID-48 fleet, stayed out of foul trouble in sailing Windquest to fourth. America True — with John Cutler driv¬ ing, Mark Rudiger navigating and Jeff Madrigali on tactics — ended up fifth. They lost a protest in the last race for hit¬ ting Starlight before the start, turning a nice third place finish into a last, and dropping behind Windquest for the series. Starlight was the caboose, sailing an er¬ ratic regatta. They sampled everything from first to lasf, including a disastrous DNF in the Molokai Race when the terminal eye fitting on their starboard runner
PARADISE SHRUNK
'Pinta'pals — PaulCayard, Morgan Larson, John Kosteckl. an out-of-place-looktng dacron main, they had no delusions about winning — and no corresponding letdown when they came in DFL in this tough class. Class D — 40 Footers White Cloud, the same Farr 39 that dispatched Recidivist, JackRabbit and
sheared off. "We were leading at the time, too," lamented helmsman John Bertrand. "It was a real bummer, especially because we missed out on the fun ride back through the Channel!" The class elected not to sail the 376mile long distance finale, a new course that sailed over the top of the islands to Kahului, Maui, then over to Nawiliwili, Kauai, and back to Honolulu. Given that the light air 'hate mission' took a full day longer than expected, it turned out to be a brilliant call. Class C — Big Apple This painfully small five-boat class was dominated by Hideo Matsuda's straightout-of-the-box Feirr 45 Big Apple III, sail¬ ing in her first regatta. Steered by 25-yearold Kiwi Dean Barker, who was ably sup¬ ported by the core members of Team New Zealand and local knowledge guru Fuzz Foster, Btp Apple crushed her peer group. In the process, the Apple also took over¬ all individual IMS honors and anchored the victorious Kiwi team — the Kenwood Cup version of a grand slam. Basically a Corel 45 optimized to the IMS rule. Big Apple is narrower, tippler and sports a slightly shorter rig than her predecessor. Notable features of the Cookson-built beauty — other than the
cool red and green 'apple' graphics and matching crew uniforms — include high freeboard, dual steering wheels, a bulb¬ less keel, and no running backstays, which at once makes the boat easier to sail, blit harder to trim the sails correctly. The Kiwis apparently cut and recut their sails to get the interaction between the jib and main right — accomplishing in two months what it would have taken lesser groups a year to figure out. Other than a 20% penalty in the first race that cost them first place and a close second (by only 23 seconds) to the Aussie N/M 46 Quest in the Molokai Race, the Apple maintained a stranglehold on the top spot. Quest quickly settled into the runner-up role while the new Abn Amro Challenge, a Sydney 46 with designer Iain Murray steering, and the Japanese Farr ILC 46 Aoba Express (ex-Swing) battled it out for the bronze. Aoba, which had Eric Arndt on tactics and Brent Ruhne on the bow, ultimately dropped out of the KahuWili drifter, dooming them to their fourth place finish. Coming in a solid fifth to the other four IMS goldplaters was the Lavranos 47 Ain't Misbehavin'. Hailing from Cape Town, this older, teal-colored boat was passing through on a 'world racing tour' which previously included Antigua Race Week.
nine other boats en route to winning this class in '96, topped the 40-footers again. This time, owner Brett Neill probably had to buy extra luggage to haul all his loot back to New Zealand: in addition to win¬ ning Class D, White Cloud was easily the top cruiser/racer in that somewhat soft 9-boat fleet, as well as one third of the winning New Zealand Kenwood Cup team. To top it all off, Neill won his weight in bubbly for topping the entire fleet overall in the Champagne Mumm triangle race. Another grand slam! 1 "Other than a different crew and a few new sails. White Cloud is exactly the same as last time," explained Neill. We've sailed 14 regattas over the last two years, with good results — the boat has a lot of heart, especially in fresh air! It's also a dual purpose boat: between regattas, we fit on the roller-furler and the swept-back spreaders and take off cruising." Accord¬ ing to the marketing brochures, this boat — a production-built Cookson 12m — supposedly delivers virtually the same performance as^an ILC 40 at half the cost. After this repeat victory over a fresh crop of victims, no one was disputing that claim. White Cloud may make an appear¬ ance at the Big Boat Series, as NeiU has hopes of selling the boat here and mov¬ ing up to something bigger. White Cloud's primary competition cEime from their New Zealand teammates on the state-of-the-art Farr ILC 40 G'Net, which like Big Apple was Japaneseowned, but staffed by Kiwis. G'Net, an upwind rocketship and '97 Admired's Cup September, 1998 •
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KENWOOD CUP'98 vet, had three bullets to White Cloud's five — between them, they dominated this class. A third boat, the Japanese J/V 43 Karasu, showed potential in winning the first race, but then broke her carbon boom during an accidental jibe in race two. They missed the next three races, and weren't a factor when they finally reappeared. A trio of Farr 40s rounded out the group, topped by Walt Logan's Belvederebased Blue Chip. Logan and his gang (co¬ helmsman Seadon Wijsen, navigator Carlos Badell, local knowledge Ty Pryne, Roland Brun, Steve Marsh, Craig Fletcher, Hogan Beatie, Josh Josephson and Seam¬ us Wilmot) also took third in Class D, and were the top-scoring American boat in the racing fleet! Blue Chip had been thor¬ oughly optimized prior to her Hawaiian road trip (which also included a fourth in class in the Pacific Cup) and appeared stiffen faster and better sailed than sisterships Zamboni and Mario Express. Not only did Blue Chip outsail the other Farr 40s boat-for-boat, she also got time from them under IMS — in the 16-20 knot range, it was about 2-3 seconds per mile from Zamboni over the course, and 4-5 seconds from Mario. The addition of about 600 pounds of gear for the Pac Cup (watermaker, pipe berths, SSB, etc.) was enough to make the boat float differently than a Farr 40 in one design trim, caus¬ ing the rating anomaly. However, Doug
Taylor — owner of Zamboni (as well as the only ice skating rink in Hawaii) — sus¬ pected hanky-panky and ponied up $500 to file a rating protest halfway through the regatta. Kenwood footed the rest of the estimated $2,500 bill to have Blue Page 154 • UMtJciS • Septemtfer, 1998
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The gorgeous new Farr 49 'Beau Geste' hails from Hong Kong but was sailed by Kiwis for the U.S. team. Go figure! Chip re-rated. The new certificate came back 1.2 seconds a mile faster, well within the 2-second tolerance allowed by the event. It was a discouraging regatta for the local heroes on Zamboni, who broke their mast crane just before the regatta and lost valuable practice time. Switching sail-
Walt Logan (third from right) and Team 'Blue Chip' — nice job, guys! makers before the regatta didn't seem to help, either. It was just the opposite ex¬ perience for the underdog Blue Chip, which went into the fray as an unknown
quantity against two sisterships that were presumably dialed in after Key West Race Week and other one design encounters. "Our team really worked hard, both before and during the regatta. Our suc¬ cess was the sum of all the small details — including good sails, an optimized rat¬ ing, lots of practice, and maybe the fact that we all were having a lot of fun!" said Logan, a generous owner and all-around nice guy who was clearly enjoying the re¬ gatta more than he did two years ago on his Mumm 36. "I'm really proud of our guys and what we accomplished over here." Class E — Little Boats The five boats that constituted this tiny and nondescript class were all familiar to Kenwood Cup veterans: class winner Santa Red finished seventh in the Mumm 36 group last time; the same guys who sailed the Yamaha 44 Liberte Expres in "96 returned with a new Farr-designed Beneteau 40 cruiser/racer of the same name: the Seattle-based IMX 38 Jubilee was back for a second time, and local stal¬ warts Urban Renewal, a J/35, and the Lidgard 35 Desperado were returning un¬ der charter to Japanese efforts. Except for Jubilee, this was strictly a Japanese affair. This class shared the starting line with the "D" boats, but were quickly left chok¬ ing on the exhaust fumes of those bigger boats. Jubilee, with local talent Kevin Meechan driving, opened with a bullet, but soon drifted down into third place be¬ hind Santa and Liberte — both of which sailed 4,000-sOme miles to the regatta from Japan. Santa, we’re told, took 35 days to get there, and was "rolled" twice
1998 Kenwood Cup Results Yacht
Deslan
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CLASS A 4 6 2 9 15 -
Ragamuffin BaauGesto Flash Gordon 3 Starlight Express YumeHyotan Cassiopeia Learjet Infinity
Farr 50 Farr 49 Fair 49 Davidson 55 N/M68 Davidson72 N/M56 N/M50
Syd Fischer/Malt Hayes * Karl KwoWGavIn Brady Helmut Jahn/Ken Read Chris Packer YasuoSano Charles Burnett Tatsuya Iwamoto Vic Bishop
1 Australia 3 Hong Kong 2 Chicago 4 New Zealand 7 Japan Seattle ^ 5 6 Japan Vancouver, 8C DNS
CLASSB - 1 2 - - ' 3 4 - 5 _ _ 6
G-Shock Nippon Chig Illbruck-PInta Abracadabra Windquest America True Starlight
ID-48 ID-48 ID-48 ID-48 ID-48 ID-48
Inter Public CdiP. Gilmour T. Michaeisen/J. KosteckI J. Andrews/John Kolius D. DeVos/KImo Worthington Dawn Riiey/John Cutler Jay Ecklund/John Bertrand
Japan Germany Honolulu Michlgary ^ San Francisco Minnesota
CLASSC 1 1 — 2 2 7 3 11 4 5 6 -
Big Apple III Quest Abn Amro Challenge Aoba Express Ain't Misbehavin'
Farr 45 N/M46 Sydney 46 FamLC46 Lavranos47
H. Matsuda/Dean Barker Bob SteeVtan Walker Ray Roberts/lain Murray Y. Jinno/Ken Kara J.J. Provoyeur
CLASS D 1 1 — 3 2 5 3 10 4 12 5 13 6 -
WhlteCloud G'Net Blue Chip Karasu ZambdhI Mario Express
Farr 39 FarrlLC40 Farr 40 J/V43 Farr 40 Farr 40
CLASSE 8 , 1 3 ■^ 2 3 4 4 7 14 5
Santa Red LIberte Expres Jubilee Urban Renewal Desperado
Mumm 36 Farr 40 IMX38 J/35 Lidgard 36
40 CO 0>
cm IM CL 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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3 2 3 1 : 2 1 1 2 , 4 2 3 3 1 4 4 4 5 : 6 7 ’f 6 6 5 '.■'5 5 7 7 7 6 DNF ONS DNS DNS
2 4* 1 4* 8 5 7 6
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4 5 6 2 3 1
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2
3V ' t DNF DNS 3 3 4 '2: , DNF 5 4 6*
1 4 6 5 3
2 1 5 6 4 3
1 2 4 5 3 DNF
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1 3 2 4 3 1 ; 5 2 4 6 8 4 7 8 6 7 4 2 2 1 1 5 3 4 6 6* 5 6
1 ' -Z' 3 4 5 6 DNF DNF
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48 42 31 28 27 24
1 2 3 DNF ONS
66 57 39 28 11
1 2 4 5 3 6
1 6 3 6 4 2
1 2 4 3 6 6
73 69 56 35 33 28
2 , 1 4 3 5
2 3 4 5
1 2 3 DNF DNF
66 65 43 22 16
1 2 4 3 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 4 3 5
2 1 3 4 5
Brett Neiil/D. Saithouse S. Kanbe/Ken Davern Walt LogarVSeadon Wijsen Y. Nanamori/K. Nishimura Doug Tayior/Kevin Hall Mario Jkeda
New Zealand Japan San Francisco Japan Honolulu Japan
3 2 4 1 5 6
2 1 3' DNF 4 5
1 3 2 DNS 5 4
1 3 -2 DNS 4 5
3 1 2 DNS 6 4
3 ' “?■ 1 2 4 ; 5* 6
F. Kasahara/Y. Yoshida Ysumasu Kawamura B. Bumett/K. Meechan Les Vasconcellos S. Haramakl/Team Hakata
Japan Japan Seattle Japan Japan
2 4 1 3 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 3 2 4 5
2 1 3 4 5
1 2 3 5 . 5,
1 4 2 1 3
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1 2 4 oO 5
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New Zealand Australia ; Australia Japan Cape Town, SA
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Team Results 1) New Zealand: Big Apple III, G'Net, White Cloud —492 points 2) Australia: Abn Amro Challenge, Quest, Ragamuffin-414 points 3) United Stated Bed; Flash Gordon 3, Beau Geste, ZambonI-301 points 4) United States White: Blue Chip, Cassiopeia. Jubilee - 239 points 5) Japan: Aoba Express, Karasu, Mario Express-231 points
Yacht Club Results ) Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron:
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Big Apple III. G'NeU White Ctoud - 278 points ) Cruising Yach Club of Australia: Abn Amro Challenge, Quest, Ragarnuffin - 225 points 3) Nippon Ocean Racing Club: Aoba Express, Karasu, Mario Express-125 points
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Two Decades of the Kenwood Cup Xeai:
1998 New Zealand 1996 Australia 1994 USA 1992 Europe ' 1990 Japan 1988 Australia 1986 New Zealand 1984 USA 1982 USA 1980 Australia 1978 Australia
§ of Entries Tap Individual Boat 30 Big Apple, Fan 45 46 Infinity, UM 49 31 Eitee/'s Orow/er, Andrews ILC 40 u Rouge (lOR), Cookson'sH/g/i 5 (IMS) 36 45 Matenrow (lOR), Urban Renewal (IMS) 45. Bravura, Fan One Ton 48 Crazy Horse, N/M 49 69 Boomerang, Frers 81 80 Toblume, Takal 39 64 RagamuRIn, Peterson 45 41 Monique, Fan Two Ton
KENWOOD CUP '98 en route. The Mumm 36's reward for the rugged trip was total domination of this weak class, with six bullets and the occa¬ sional deuce. "It was a lot of fun, but I'm not used to coming in last," said Desperado's Skip Winterbottom, who claimed to be "paying for my recent Pacific Cup vacation" by chartering his boat to a large group of Japanese sailors. The driver, bowman and a few other key people were constant, but the rest of the crew 'platooned' through, taking turns sailing in between rounds of golf or shopping — a nice vacation, but not a particularly competitive effort. The happy Japanese group all earned the cov¬ eted blue Kenwood Cup seabag, bought a bunch of regatta t-shirts, and could go home and say they 'did' the Kenwood Cup — and why not? Les Vasconcellos hosted a similar party on Urban Renewal.
THhough he wasn't there in person, one of the big winners at this year's Kenwood Cup was Kiwi designer Bruce Farr. His boats swept the regatta in a fash¬ ion seldom seen before, winning all the
major prizes and most of the minor ones. If anyone's keeping track, Cookson-built boats. North Sails, and Sparcraft carbon rigs seemed to be the most represented vendors in the winner's circle. But enough about this year's intimate little gathering. If for some reason you want to learn more, read the glossies in about four months, watch the EISPN half hour special on September 23 (it will fo¬ cus mainly on the lD-48s), or tune back in to the regatta's website at www.kenwoodcorp.com/kenwoodcup to relive all the action. As the regatta wound down, the ques¬ tion naturally on everyone's 'mind was, "What about next time? How long can this great party last if no one comes to it?" Happily, at the awards banquet, it was announced that Kenwood would host the bash at least once more. Ken Morrison already has scheduled the next regatta for July 30-August 8, 2000), and — sur¬ prise! — he has bagged the long distance race entirely. Instead, the regatta will con¬ clude with the still-popular 150-mile Molokai overnighter, with a 70-mile sprint over to the edge of Molokai and back sub¬
stituted as the middle distance race. The new kinder, gentler format calls for eight days of racing with just one layday, knock¬ ing two days off the current marathon. Hopefully, this shift away from the regatta's longstanding offshore emphasis will help attract the new breed of big boat one designs such as Farr 40s and the new Admiral's Cup middle boat, the Sydney 40. "We're drawing the line at lD-35s," said Ken. 'They're just too small."
F'or what it's worth, we've person¬ ally attended eight Kenwood Cups now as either an observer or a participant, and feel qualified to say that the whole pack¬ age — the sailing venue, the race man¬ agement, the aloha spirit — is, even in this off year, about as good as it gets in this half of the world. The Big Boat Series went through some tough times a few years ago, too, but it reinvented itself and came charging back in a slightly less am¬ bitious format. We predict that the Ken¬ wood Cup will do the same. See you in Honolulu in two years! — latitude/ rkm
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BACARDI HI HO'98 might say the British Virgin Is¬ lands’ annual Bacardi HIHO is the windsurfing crowd's answer to Antigua Sailing Week — a seven-day fete that com¬ bines racing and ribaldry in equal pro¬ portions, and draws participants from around the world. With the many aspects of local and in¬ ternational sailing we feel obliged to cover each month in Latitude, we rarely dedi¬ cate many column inches to windsurfing, but we've cilways been silently intrigued by the HIHO. Since its inception in 1979, when it was called the Hook In and Hold On, its format has been completely unique. Catering to active, fun-loving folks of all ages, the itinerary is a carefully or¬ chestrated mix of daily sailboard races, nightly beach parties and occasional yacht races. Participants have always been accommodated aboard charter boats, but this year, most of them were roomy, 42- or 46-ft catamarans (from Sunsail and TMM). Carrying all 150 participants on board — half of whom had just come along to
"What we need Is more sail areal" It may not be conventional, but adding two windsurfers to this cat's sail plan was legal — 'cause anything goes.
cruise and party — the 24-boat fleet moved through the BVI's renowned cruis¬ ing grounds with all the exuberance of Spring Break in Ft. Lauderdale, leaving onlookers wondering why they hadn't been invited to the party. Having many past events to draw from, organizers had their act cjown pat. Each Page 158 •
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morning, while either a yacht race or sailboaird race was getting underway, an advance crew of cooks and helpers woulcl^ set up canopies, serving tables and ice chests full of food and drink at the day's designated lunch stop — usually a de-
The fleet moved through the BVI's renowned cruising grounds with all the exuberance of spring break in Ft Lauderdale. serted white sand beach fringed with the requisite coco palms. After finishing their race, arriving sailors would beach their boards, find a shady spot and chow down. Afterwards, the fleet would re-assemble for another race or would simply have free time for beachcombing, snorkeltng or 'ren¬ dezvous' scuba diving (where a local dive operator picks clients up from their char¬ ter boat), before settling in at the evening's anchorage. Each evening, a different shoreside resort or restaurant would pro¬ vide dinner, entertainment and the next day's breakfast, leaving participants with only a fundamental list of responsibilities: sail, eat, drink and party. With all meals taken ashore, life aboard the charter cats was greatly simplified: no cooking, no washing dishes and no pro¬ visioning, apart from personal stashes of drinks and snacks. And since skippers were provided on every boat, this was one bareboat vacation where crew members had virtually no chores to do. The forward area of an eight-passen¬ ger catamaran is practically big enough to play volleyball on, so windsurfer sails can be set up right on the trampolines, and can be lashed down fully rigged while the boat is underway — an incredible time saver. Bookings, by the way, can be made by the berth, cabin or whole boat. Cruis¬ ers, independent bareboaters or Carib¬ bean sailors with their own boats are also welcome to join the fun, and pay a re¬ duced rate.
Wnen we first tagged alpng on the HIHO during the mid-80s, it was spon¬ sored by Johnnie Walker Whiskey, whose agents did a fine job of promotion and P.R. Trouble was, they had a helluva time get¬ ting anyone fired up about sampling their wares — other than sharing the same first letter, 'windsurfing' and 'whiskey' didn't
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seem to have much in common. The cur¬ rent title sponsor, Bacardi Rum of Puerto Rico, has no such problems, however. This year HIHOers who rarely drink rum at home found themselves becoming slowly converted — especially since two gorgeous models clothed in skimpy Bacardi logowear circulated among the crowd nightly with free samples of various rum concoctions. Other key sponsors were F2, which provided brand-new sailboards for par¬ ticipants, and Neil Piyde, which provided brand-new sails in a variety of sizes. With their strong promotional backing, HIHO organizers were able to spread the word far and wide, netting participants from 18 countries, who flew in from places
A MEETING OF BOATS AND BOARDS
as distant and disparate as Argentina, Japan, Hong Kong and Poland. A hand¬ ful were sponsored 'pro' sailors who globetrot from ope boardsailing contest to the next. But the vast majority were intermediate or advanced-level amateurs who were curious to see how they'd stack up against Caribbean hot-doggers and in¬ ternational pros. Still others were hack¬ ers (like ourselves) who didn't have a prayer of winning anything and couldn't have cared less. A Cruising Division was provided for beginners, who sailed much shorter courses. While not all competitors could claim zero body fat, this was defi¬ nitely a crowd that craved fitness through active lifestyles. Among them were Tom Fischer and
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Cyndi Devereaux of San Francisco who were celebrating their first wedding anni¬ versary. Both are accomplished wind¬ surfers who can often be seen blasting through the chop off Crissy Field, yet nei¬ ther had ever competed in a formal race before. They'd come to race, but also to relax and have a good time. We can't get over how incredibly beautiful this place is," said Tom. At the upper end of the talent pool was another Californian, 23 year-old Mariel Devesa of L.A., who currently holds the title of U.S. Women's National Windsurf¬ ing Champion. A recent UCLA graduate, she and her family got turned on to windsurfing years ago during a Cabo San Lucas vacation. Since then, she has won a zillion competitions, appeared in films and on Baywatch, and been written up in a variety of publications — including
The HIHO was an amalgamation of boards and boats that led to a good time for every partici¬ pant. Seen here at Little Thatch Cay, the fleet pauses between races for a swim and a meal.
BACARDI HIHO '98 Cosmo. Nevertheless, she's extremely down to earth and was happy to share tips with her competitors.
The HIHO's intinerhry takes sailors to virtually every must-see anchorage in this highly revered sailing mecca. Talk about an active itinerary — every day was packed with activities, but no one was complaining. If you didn't feel like racing or following the crowd, you didn't. No pressure. Departing from Tortola, the fleet descended on Cooper Islan,d, snatching up nearly every mooring buoy in the an¬ chorage. Ashore, the staff of the tiny resort's normally laid-back restaurant worked triple-time to feed the fleet. Reggae and Calypso blasted across the anchor¬ age, bodies began to writhe across the dance floor, and along the beach new ac¬ quaintances shared quiet conversations at the water's edge. The spell was cast. The next morning a short boardsailing race moved the herd to nearby Salt Is¬ land. Some racers, like Fischer and Devereau, found themselves wishing they'd ordered larger sails to match the 10-12 knot trade winds, but they made do nonetheless. After lunch, an im¬ promptu yacht race was announced: desAlthough It may be hard to see in this black and white photo, Colette's fall gave her a nasty bruise on her right thigh as well as a broken arm.
tination: Gorda Sound, 12-miles to windward. Since the big cats were crewed by boardsailors, some of whom had done only a minimal amount of boat sailing, it was an interesting contest, to say the least. As with the sailboard races, there were no handicaps and thus no need for $ timekeeping — ev¬ eryone simply raced for line hon¬ ors. That night at the Bitter End Yacht Club, a steel drum band serenaded the troops as the rum flowed — the dance floor was packed "back to back, and belly to belly" as the Calypsonians say. A limbo contest was held, which separated the truly limber from . . . the rest of us. Nearby Eustasia Sound was the site of the next morning's sailboard race. "Where the heck is the next mark," shouted an exasperated Cjmdi Devereaux halfway through the course. Although a fine sailor, around-the-buoy navigation was completely new to her and many oth¬ ers.
Aft( fter lunch, a sizable contingent of Argentines and Brits protested the sched¬ uling of an afternoon race as their coun¬ tries were scheduled to face off in the World Cup. A few hours later, while most of the fleet relaxed on the beach or ex¬ plored Gorda Sound under sail, a jubilamt roar with a distinctly Argentine flair was carried through the anchorage on the breeze. The South Americans had won it on penalty shots after two scoreless over¬ time sessions. A funky, open-air beach bar called the Sand Box was the venue for that night's fish fiy and party. While the dance floor throbbed with R&B, rock and reggae, another group played volley¬ ball by starlight out on the beach. Wind was too light for boardsailing the next morning, so a yacht race was an¬ nounced, with a Le Mans start. When the starting gun fired, each skipper charged down the beach toward the waters edge, where his hysterical crew held their din-
Llke a pack of nesting sea lions, new friends cuddle up In the shade at lunchtime. After his third win, Ell Fuller grins In the background. ghy at the ready. After hoisting sail and casting off mooring buoys, the fleet skated out through the reefs toward Virgin Gorda's famous 'Baths'. Along tlie way, the Argentines, still pumped with com¬ petitive fervor from their soccer victory, improvised a new sail plan to maximize their speed: planting their mast bases on deck, they held their sailboard rigs up¬ right for much of the run to the finish. A half-mile cluster of enormous gran¬ ite boulders that lie at the water's edge form a unique system of grottos and cav¬ erns that have come to be called The Baths. While most first-time visitors were snorkeling there, 19-year-old Colette Guadagnino of Venezuela was bu^ test-
A MEETING OF BOATS AND BOARDS
ing her machisma. One of the world's top female sailors, she was leading the women's division
of his sun-bronzed buddies from St. Mar¬ tin and Antigua had sailed up from 'down islamd' aboard Tiko Tiko, a 42-ft catama¬ ran that can normally be found running nude charters out of St. Martin's notori¬ ous Orient Beach. Tied up along the sea¬
The ,dance floor was packed "back to back, and belly to belly" ,: as the Calypsoniahs say \ when she followed a group of ^ her male competitors up a forty' foot stone cliff. But before she could attempt a swan dive, she slipped, bounced off one boulder, then landed on another, breaking her arm. Stoic and resilient, she was no longer able to sail, but she partied with the best of them 'til the end.
he shindig that night at Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor featured a hot R&B band from St. Thomas that brought out half the populatiorl of nearby Spanish Town. By this point in the regatta, many new friendships had blossomed. Top young contenders were discussing new prototype boards capable of planing at six knots, while neophytes were comparing notes on how to master the 'water-start'. After taking bullets in the first three races, 25-year-old Eli Fuller of Antigua was feel¬ ing confident and relaxed. He and eight
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wall, her laid-back crew was offering cock¬ tails to anyone they could coax into their lair. booking west from Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbor the next day, the Sir Francis Drake Channel stretched as far as the eye could see, skirted on either side by a string of green, volcanic islands. With steady winds of 15 to 18 knots, the windsurfing fleet blasted across the starting line, planing at over 20 knots, and headed off on a 22mile zig-zag course toward Peter Island. While the leaders screamed from mark to mark, many intermediate sailors pooped out £md had to be picked up by chase boats. As many sailors learned, ordering bigger sails and a bigger, 'fioatier' board than you're used to in high-wind venues like The Bay is the right call for the HIHO. Meanwhile, two sailors com¬ pletely missed the finish line, overshoot¬ ing it by two miles. They opted to beat back up to the finish from neighboring Norman Island, rather than take DNFs. Road Harbor, the capital city of the BVl, served as the night's anchorage, where the event's traditional Pirate Party was held at The Pub, a long-established sail-
Most folks only had to rig once since the for¬ ward area of each cat was roomy enough to rig sails, then stow them during the yacht races. ors' haunt. Brochures had advised all par¬ ticipants to bring a costume for this spe¬ cial night, but those who forgot to simply improvised. About the time everyone was cheerfully eating dinner and downing their daily grog, the Polish contingent, spurred on by their robust leader. Jack — who some¬ what resembled Friar Tuck at a toga party — began playing their roles in earnest. They yelled, stomped, pounded on their table and shot water pistols across the room. When Jack gave the order to
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Clockwise from upper left: The 'Tiko TIko' crew not i only knew how to party, their leader, Ell, took home
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BACARDI HIHO '98 "board" the neighboring table, they screeched their chaiirs and table toward it until the tables butted together. This good-natured rowdiness proved infec¬ tious, and soon the whole place was one jumble of misplaced furniture and hedo¬ nistic pirates. Amazingly, the West Indian waitresses took it all in stride. Hangovers or not, the next morning brought another long-distance sailboard race further down the channel to Little Thatch Cay, a picturesque resort island that lies just off of West End, Tortola. Af¬ ter lunch, the fleet descended en masse on Fojq^'s Tamarind Bar on dost Van Dyke. On the beach Fojg^ graced the fleet with many of the irreverent, politically-charged tunes that have earned him the reputa¬ tion as the Caribbean's most famous crooner. Dancing, naturally, went on 'til the wee hours. A final yacht race the next morning brought the fleet to Sandy Cay, a tiny, palm-topped islet ringed by white sand and reefs. The sailboard race around it was the final match of the series, and when native St. Johnian Devon Boulon, 16, placed second, he was so excited that he sailed another seven miles home to
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Some novice racers complained that the marks were hard to spot. Our solution: Why not use these Inflatable monsters — you can't miss 'em. share the news with his parents, then sailed another six miles back to West End, Tortola for the awards party'that night at Pusser's Landing. A proud Eli Fuller (who is not a spon¬ sored 'pro') took top honors, reflecting the pervasive Caribbean attitude toward sail¬ ing sports: race hard, party hard and have lots of fun along the way. He'd been chas¬ ing a HIHO win since his first attempt at age 12. Mariel Devesa won the women's division with C5mdi Devereaux took third.
the wish lists of boardsailors around the world," according to Roberto Hofmann, a charismatic pro from Italy who won the Masters (over 30) Division. But most (sail¬ boat) sailors don't even know it exists. Organizers are working to change that fact, however, which is one of the primary reasons we were inspired to cover this year's regatta. Next year, they hope to ex¬ pand the yacht racing aspect of the event by incorporating The Moorings' J/120 fleet (or another ihatched fleet of bareboats) into the mix. If you're a loner who cherishes solitude and seclusion this is probably not your event. But if cruising in company with an international mix of spirited sailors sounds like a kick, the idea of attending a future HIHO is well worth considering, w'hether you windsurf or not. It's just too much fun to miss. — latitude/aet For details on HIHO '99, contact Ocean Promotions; phone: (284) 494-0337; fax; (284) 494-0003; e-mail: racebvi® caribsurf.com; or visit the Website:
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V-/ur theme for this month's Eye on the Bay feature is 'Golden Moments', with the gold in this case representing our famed Golden Gate Bridge. We frankly had no idea so many people poked their sailing noses outside the backyard on your aver¬ age summer day, which August 9 certainly was: Plenty of sim, wind, ocean swell and ebb chop throu^ the day, with a smattering of scat¬ tered haze and fog toward after¬ noon. It was a great day for sailing. We, unfortunately, could only enjoy it vicariously. We were out in our photoboat awaiting the arrival of Bruno Peyron's big catamaran Explorer (see article elsewhere in this issue) which was originally due in nonstop from Japan at about 8:30 a.m. But you know how these things go. The next estimate was 10:30. Then they were at Point Reyes with 16 knots of wind, ETA: 2 p.m. At 2 p.m., word came down that they were 10 miles out and be¬ calmed. . . and so it went through the day. , So anyway, while we were wait¬ ing. we started snapping pictures
of boats going out under the Bridge. And we’re here to teU you lots of boats ventured out that day in seas that weren't exactly, well, pacific. From midmoming imtil 5 p.m., we counted 35 to 40 boats that sailed under the bridge. About two thirds of them turned around fairly quickly and scooted back in. But the rest kept going for a while, some as far as Mile Rock or Point Bonita. Can't say we would have enjoyed belbg among them that day, particularly during max ebb, but our hats are off to those of you who toughed it out. It's great practice for improv¬ ing seagoing skill^s — or scaring the hell out of in-laws (yeah, we thought we saw a few of you out there). It's hard to imagine summer will soon be on the wane and all this great weather will go away in an¬ other month or so. Our advice is to cram in as much sailing as you can in the next six weeks. 'Whether you do it Inside the Gate or out, don't miss this last, ahem, golden oppor¬ tunity. CatallnM 36 crew having a swell time outside the Gate. They had lots of company.
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If there are any boats with more In-the-Bay miles under their keels than Cass' Marina's venerable Bristol27s, we sure don't know about them. This Is 'Hobo'(below) riding the westbound current train. Other photos (clockwise from left): soloing a Newport 41; Ericson 28+ does the Golden Gate two-step; classic postcard shot — having a great time, wish you were here; 'Hobbit' heads for Middle Earth; 'Revenue Cutter' on the prowl; 'Free Time' attends a wake; taking a bow.
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THE BATTLE hat I mainly wished for, upon leaving Puerto Escondido, was to get 400 miles offshore as quickly as possible. I had enough food and water to last a month, which should have bqen plenty to reach Puntarenas. But first 1 had to get across the Gulf ofTehuantepec. The Sailing Direc¬ tions indicated thatTehuantepecker gales seldom reach out more than a few hun¬ dred miles, so that's where 1 was going. Not that the boat couldn't take it. The result of a 10-year building project, she was 35 feet of double-ended, raised-deck gaff ketch. She was as strong and safe as I could make her, including two watertight bulkheads. In my estimation, she was nearly bombproof, an opinion Justified when we weathered a Hawaiian hurri¬ cane. I was as confident in her as I could be. But why borrow trouble. I didn't want a gale if I could avoid one. The plan did not work. Day after windless day there wasn’t enough breeze to blow smoke. The telltales hung lifeless from the mizzen shrouds. An empty tuna fish can I tossed overboard happened to land upright and three days later I could still see it. This was the Pacific Ocean Balboa saw and he got the name right. The water was flat as an oil slick and progress fell to less than 50 miles a day. Motoring was out because the engine had packed it in weeks before. So now, despite the fact that we were pointed South, we were caught in the Mexican current, drift¬ ing inexorably eastward, straight into the trap ofTehuantepec.
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-i^t midmorning, six days out of Escondido, we passed into the 'slot', a wide gap in the Sierra Madre mountains that allowed augmented tradewlnds Into the Gulf. Right on schedule a small breeze crossed the water and in less than an hour we had our gale. 1 tucked a reef in the main. I probably should have put in two reefs, but I was so happy to get breeze 1 didn’t want to waste any of it. Conditions deteriorated with stunning rapidity. The wind, blowing across the current, quickly raised a sea as rough and serrated as a crosscut saw. It was plainly a staysail and double-reefed mainsail sort of deal, but I damned the torpedos £md let her go full speed ahead. It was sheer insanity for a singlehander to bury the rail in such weather, but I was in a nutty, ebullient mood. Hanging onto the mizzen shrouds I watched her bash through the slop, awed and elated by her ability to take the punishment. Spray wetted the sails halfway to the gaff throat; my body was wetted all the way to my throat and above. Page 170 • UiiXtJi'iS * September, 1998
But the water was warm and I needed the bath anyway. Despite being overpowered, the boat charged along with surprising steadiness, seeming almost to slither through the mess.
It was over too soon. Six hours after it started, the wind had all but gone, leaving us rolling in a snappy residual sea that lasted for two more days, It was the last sailing breeze we were to have for 45 days. As days dragged into weeks, the sailing got increasingly difficult. By the time we were off central Guatemala, the daily runs had fallen from a paltry 5© miles a day to an average of 20. Deep in the Doldrums now, the feeble breezes fell into a pattern: weak morning northeasterlies gradually shifted east, then southeast, then faded to nothing by late afternoon. At night the glassy water mirrored the starry sky with bright perfection. The Mexican current, which had boosted us along for 3,000 miles, was nothing but a memory. It had gradually been replaced by a weak east¬ erly current. At this point, wind and water were both against us. Progress fell to 10 miles a day. This was ridiculous. I studied the charts and directions for the hundredth time and made what I now admit was a mistake. Okay, a disastrous mistake. I turned right and headed off¬ shore looking for breeze.
n the first day it seemed as if I had done the ^ right thing. We made 70 whole miles. The second day, 50. The third day’s fix showed me the error of my ways. At first I thought I’d made an error somewhere in the sight reduc¬ tions or plot. But there was no mistake, we had drifted 60 miles west in a single day, borne apparently on a powerful twoknot west-setting current. With no breeze at all, there was nothing I could do but sit and watch it happen. And then the boobies came. The fourth day after turning seaward, a pair of Immature blue-footed boobies appeared. At first I admired their skillful flight as they soared over and around the boat, but when they spotted the shoals of small fish accompanying us, the show really began. They did wingovers and, partially tucking their wings, plunged
down, penetrating the water with an almost supernatural speed and grace. And they never seemed to miss. Every plunge produced a morsel. After a few hours they knocked off for the day and tried to roost on the main peak halyard. That first day it was funny to watch their efforts to balance on the swaying rope, only to fall off and circle for another tiy. At nightfall they gave up and settled on the water nearby. That night, by the fight of a waxing moon I saw them alongside, keeping pace with our creeping progress without effort.
OF THE BOOBIES pondering to figure out what was happening. From a cruising altitude of about 100 feet, boobies can scan a horizon about 20 miles in diameter. With a bit of Pythagorean arithmetic, I figured I was at the center of an otherwise featureless area about 300 miles square. It was no wonder that when patrolling birds spotted my diving birds they homed in to join the feast. By afternoon sights, there were 12 boobies on the boat, some of which had mastered the trick of perching on the maiin halyard. At sundown there were 8 on the main halyard and 6 more on the mizzen. At this juncture I began to realize I had the nucleus of a problem.
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I n the morning I found the first rotten onion. A search through the mesh bag turned up four more, The potatoes were going, too. Fresh produce doesn’t last long in the torrid zone — often enough the stuff is bad when freshly bought. I immersed the eggs in seawater but none floated* they were okay for now. After this I decided to check the eggs before cooking them. A bad egg is pretty obvious in a hot pan, the yolk spreading in a thin layer like a coat of yellow paint. And the bad one is invariably the last one you crack, which ruins the rest. But floating them in sea-
water seems to be a reliable check. If they sink they are all right. By trimming of the gooiest parts of the onions and potatoes, I salvaged about half of them. Breakfast was an omelet of eggs, bacon, potatoes and onions, enough for three but I managed to eat it all easily enough. The evening meal was rotten onions, rotten potatoes and a can of Brazilian beef which made a pretty fair hash. That day, four more boobies joined the crew, soaring about and fishing close to tlje boat. At meridian passage of the sun I had eight birds. It didn't take much
ne of the birds was identifiable by a missing tail feather. Lazily I began track¬ ing him as he circled and dove. Assuming he never missed — and I never saw any of the birds miss — he was eating a twoounce fish every five minutes. That meant he, and every other bird, was eating over a pound and a half of fish every hour. If half of this was con¬ verted into energy, the remainder must result in metabolic waste, which probably wasn’t perspir¬ ation. A pound of waste times 12 birds equals a large prob¬ lem. The evidence of this logic was swiftly accumulating from windlass to sternpost. It was time to deal with the situa¬ tion. That night, to the light patter of guano raining onto the deck, I drifted off to sleep plotting revenge. No bird, I assured myself, can get the better of a man, ■—' The next mor¬ ning there were 25 birds roosting on the boat and 10 more in the air. The smell, augmented by the heat, had removed my appetite, so I didn’t feel much like onions and potatoes. But the stench and sickening mesfe they were making of a formerly lovely little ship were minor uTitations compared to the hellish noise they made. As one bird took off to go fishing another tried to take the vacan¬ cy, whereupon his neighbors objected with a volume and cacophony that puts a cat fight strictly in the shade. It was time to put the Go'd-given supremacy of man over beast into action and get rid of them. Shouting, arm waving and beating on the shrouds and masts had zero effect. Dropping the peak halyards dumped September, 1998 •
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THE BATTLE them easily enough, but they merely circled about until the sails were back up and settled right down again. 1 tried variations on these themes through the remainder of the day, hopping about, throwing things, yanking ropes and screaming dirty words — all with about the same effect as trying to stop a cattle stampede with a BB gun. And still more birds came. By nightfall the fights and bickering among them reached unbearable heights. These were not songbirds. They were winning the contest, and Judging from the complacent smirks on their faces, they knew it. That night I tried something new. Well, after dark I dumped them off the halyards and poked the pulpit riders into the water. And it worked temporarily. Despite the moonlight it was too dark for them to regain their perches and I got a night’s peace. By daybreak they were back, reinforced by a battalion of booby buddies. Okay then, no quarter. Today, battle would be joined at a serious level. Rooting about in the Hurrah’s nest I called a Bosun’s locker, I came up with a pair of wire coat hangers I had saved for some unremem¬ bered reason. I also found four stout rubber bands that had not completely rotted in the tropical heat. One hanger was converted into a miniature slingshot frame and I hooked on the rubber bands. Cutting the remaining wire into two-inch lengths I folded them over to make a small supply of staples for ammunition. Thus armed, 1 bravely marched topside to the battlefront. My first shot went wide by a foot. The second was closer, whizzing by about an inch from a booby head. He must have heard it go by but there was no change in his dopey expression. But I was wasting ammunition, so I stopped to regroup. Long unused memory circuits opened up and I recalled my farm boy youth. In those wonderfully peaceful, postwar years I never left the house without my slingshot in my hip pocket, while my left front pocket bulged with suitable rock ammuni¬ tion. (Left front pockets never lasted me long, but neither did the jeans.) A coimtry boy has unlimited targets of opportunity: fence posts, trees, mailboxes. With contin¬ uous practice, I became deadly accurate with my sling. Up to a range of 40 feet I never missed a target bigger than a tennis ball. It was instinctive shooting. Form and stance had nothing to do with it. The key was timing and focus on the target. I realized only much later that it was a zen thing. When I read an absorbing book called Zen and the Art of Archery years later, I understood exactly what they were Page 172 •
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talking about when they said the arrow ' seeks the target. The zen aircher focuses on the target until all other thoughts leave
his mind. When nothing else in the universe exists but the arrow and the target, he has merely to bend the bow and release. The arrow does the rest. Steeped in oriental mysticism and drawing on skills from a childhood long past, I studied the farthest bird’s breast. This was going to be a heart shot. Gradually my surroundings faded away as I concentrated on the bird’s breast, then deeper, under the feathers and muscle to the living heart. Without conscious thought I let fly. Fowl A perfect shot! I saw the breast feathers dimple slightly as the staple went home. Of course, the missile was too light to harm the bird, but it startled him into flight. I reloaded, focused on the next bird and shot almost immediately. BuUseye! It had all come back to me. Now the shots were coming fast and furious. Load, aim, fire .. . poke. . . poke. . . poke! I wasn’t even surprised at how easy it was: eight shots, eight hits. Turning my best Clint Eastwood gaze toward the mizzen I cleared off four more. Hah! Take that you parasitic scum. Score: Birds 2, ancient mariner, 12. Unfor¬ tunately, I was now out of ammunition. Sin^ehandedly, outnumbered 12 to 1, I had vanquished the enemy — save for a single combatant that clung to the mizzen gallows above enough soil to start a small garden. From a cockpit locker I fetched a small stick, formerly used- to sound the diesel tanks, and advanced on my adver¬ sary with supreme confidence. Considering my vastly greater size I thought a simple threat would suffice. Raising my stick, I threatened to bop him with it. Incredibly, disgustingly, the bird made no effort to escape the blow. He
merely cringed and waited for it. I couldn't believe it, never having seen such behavior before. When I lowered the stick, he raised up. 'When I raised it he cowered agciin, staring at me with beady, belligerent eyes. And then he had the gall to open his beak and hiss at me. My little remaining composure van¬ ished in an instant. With complete loathing I backhanded him right in the tail feathers, knocking him into the water where he flopped about loosely, then lay still. It appeared as if I had killed him and I was immediately filled with remorse. I didn’t want to kill them, I just wanted to get rid of them. But in a minute he had recovered his equilibrium. He took off and landed on the bowsprit. In the meantime the others had all returned to the halyards. And that was where matters stood as darkness fell. It was not going well for my side. Despite the heat I closed the sliding hatch because I had discovered considerable fertilizer in the galley. Although I didn’t much feel like it, I dumped the halyard roosters before moonrise. The trouble with trying to educate, a bird is that it frustrates the teacher but only annoys the bird.
X_Jsually, in tropical latitudes, I wake just before daybre^, but the next morning I had the creepy feeling something was wrong. I was rested and felt as if it was time to get up, but the light still had the strange opacity of moonglow. My watch read — oh my! — an hour after sunrise, What? On a raised deck, getting light and air below is somewhat of a problem, so when I made the three main deck hatches I had covered them with thick acrylic plastic instead of wood. This admitted almost too much light below, but not that day. A glance over my shoulder revealed the reason. The sliding hatch was so besmirched with plate-sized splats it looked as if it had been thickly coated with Bon Ami, richly decorated with feathers and regurgitated, half-digested fish. The stifling stench of ammonia and nitrogen made me feel a bit seasick. My appetite for anything heavier thsm coffee evapor¬ ated. However, perhaps in a dream, the germ of an idea had sprouted. The birds could easily grip the half-inch-diameter peak halyard, but suppose I strung it with some kind of beads? Theoretically, the beads
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would rotate on the rope and dump the birds automatically. \^at -a wonderful solution that seemed to be. With the coffee balanced on the gimbaled stove, I sorted thrciugh a bucketful of pipe fittings, coming up with a hatful of assorted nipples, adapters and bushings. The hatch slide was so packed with sludge I could barely shove it open. That morning there were about 40 parasites riding on halyards, mast caps, gallows, pulpits, lifelines, and several which were attempting to roost on the headsail hanks. They couldn’t balance for long on the steep headstays, just long enough to make a deposit to their accounts. Snatching my (dirty) stick and screaming like a booby I leiid. into them, driving all the reachable ones into the air. When I dropped the mainsail on the run the pests made it nearly to the deck before letting go. I strung the fittings on a short piece of braided nylon that I attached at the end of the pe^ halyard. It took the birds cdl of two minutes to master their new balancing act. They rode this outlandish rig with no problem. All I got for my trouble was the need for another bath. 1 set the cockpit awning under the mizzen boom and climbed imder it to sulk. After awhile, I retrieved a coil of sevenstrand stainless steel trolling wire and set about splicing eyes in the ends of a fivefoot length. This I used to replace the beaded line. Surety, I thought, no chickensize bird could grip an eighth-inch diam¬ eter wire. Wrong again. They mastered this new perch in about five nanoseconds. Seemingly impossible, but there they were smirking and twittering like a bunch of bad boys putting one over on teacher. Lowering the mainsail again I removed the useless wire, threw it in the locker with the useless ’bead' rope and rerigged the original halyard. There was no breeze an3nvay, so I left the sail down, crouched under the awning and considered my next move. I wasn’t about to be bested by the insectile, non-intelligence of booby birds. My trinomial homosapiens maritimus is not applied for nothing. There had to be an answer.
l\^y options seemed to be: 1) Destroy the birds. 2) Destroy the fish. 3) Destroy the boat. 4) Destroy myself. 5) Endure it. Options one through four seemed
impractical at the time. I had to endure and hope for the best, which in this case was a sailing breeze. With no more than 10 knots of it, I could slip away during the night. Fifteen miles at night was all I needed. But it was a useless hope. We were crossing the doldrums at their widest point. There were hundreds of miles to go before even the faintest hope of a real breeze could be realized. As if in answer to an unspoken prayer, a cat’s paw riffle crossed the glassy water. Hope springs eternal and I jumped to hoist the main. As the halyard came level my avian parasites pounced on it. By chance I caught a bird by the foot in the swallow of the upper block. His howling distress cries put the rest of the birds to flight. Hello, what's this? I let the trapped bird yell for a couple of minutes before I slacked away and let him go. He came back at once, along with the whole flock, but he had shown me the chink in their feathery armor. Now I planned to teach them a lesson they wouldn't soon forget. Slacking away again I soon caught another. This time I was going to let him hang up there for however long it took the message to penetrate his teeny brain: half an hour should be long enough. However, after five minutes he slipped and hung head down, vomiting a mass of stinking fish onto the forward hatch. It
hardly made any difference in the general mess but, on the verge of puking myself, I let him go. He came right back. All right then. The next customer came immediately and the sequence was repeated, like an unpracticed actor who can’t remember his lines. Incredibly, once caught, his maggoty neighbor began fighting his helpless fellow. Disturbed by the primitiveness of such behavior I dropped below to wait, occasionally hear¬ ing the weak beat of wings on the sail. I forced myself to ignore it, determined that this one was going to learn not to mess with Hoppy. The sun was close to my parallel that morning and noon sights had to be taken in one sitting, about 20 minutes apart. Going below to work out our position, a glance at my scarebooby told me he was alive and kicking. The results of the noon fix weren’t encouraging: we had been set almost to the western border of Guatemala and moved shoreward a scant 80 miles.
To pass time I got out the ensign and started repairs. This had been a costly flag but the money had been misspent. The flag had disintegrated into tatters after only a few weeks of use. Cutting off about 3 inches, I double-hemmed the remainder. It looked a bit strange but nobody was likely to complain in these latitudes. As added reinforcement, I undertook roping it all around, a thing I should have done long before. I got so absorbed in this lovely, mindless task it wasn’t until midal^ternoon I remembered the scarebooby. On deck, with sinking heart, I saw the bird hanging lifelessly from his block, dead as a poker. With apologies I released him. His body hit the water with a plop. But he was not dead. In seconds he recovered his equilibrium and took off. It began to dawn on me that boobies possess the elemental indestructibility of cosmic dust. However, I took some solace in the knowledge that at least that one would keep his distance from us forever. My frustrated wonder can be better imagined than tiescribed as I watched the 'victim’ circle the boat and land in the same spot, his left foot a bare inch from the trap that had all but killed him. So much for the educational program. Under the shelter of the awning I disinterestedly considered what was left to make a meal of; rice? meatless spaghetti? Canned beef? Canned fish (ugh)? Baked booby? No, those birds probably taste just like the material they are depositing on the deck. In the midst of considering this, a great September, 1998 • UtiXu/t.'iS • Pcjge 173
THE BATTLE OF THE BOOBIES
flood of liquid feces flooded through the mast slot in the awning, swamping the binnacle. Timidly I peeked under the leading edge of the awning and saw that a booby had taken up residence on the mast cap, virtually immune to attack. Oh yeah? My fighting spirit rose from its nadir and the seed of a diabolical scheme germi¬ nated. When the war is lost, the best defense against evil is greater evil. Routing the hurrah from its nest in the boatswain’s locker 1 found a coil of quar¬ ter-inch copper tubing and some stout marlin. There was a spare halyard on the forward side of the mizzen 1 seldom used but now it was just what I needed. If my plan worked 1 was going to goose the bugger. Straightening out the tubing 1 seized it to the halyard m two places and hoisted it cautiously to appraise the rig. It was workable: the probe extended several inches above the mast cap. As 1 had come to expect, the significance of those prepar¬ ations failed to penetrate the murky awareness of the quarry. Lowering away until the probfe tip was a couple of inches below the target 1 waited, adjusting the lead of the fall to the boat’s easy roll; the business end swaying rh3dhmically as 1 awaited the moment of truth.
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ere Was the billiards master lin¬ ing up the shot that would win the world championship. Here was the aging mata¬ dor facing the mesmerized bull,'' knowing as he goes over the horn that the slightest error means death. With tense expectancy I awaited the moment. And finally it came. I hauled down smartly on the fall and fifoose! Right in the cloaca. Bullseyel My victim gave a yell of indignation and
floundered away. This tiny triumph pleased me out of all proportion to its,, value. 1 knew by now he’d be back imme¬ diately. Booby birds have twice the per¬ sistence of mosquitoes and less than half the brain power. In fact, to compare the intelligence of boobies to that of mosqui¬ toes is a gross libel on the mosquito tribe. While indulging in smug self-congrat¬ ulation over my wee victory, an unholy cacophony erupted at the rpdder. A hor¬ rible noise so eerie it lifted my hackles. Peering cautiously over the sternpost to see what the fuss was about, even at this late date I couldn’t believe what I saw. Somehow, impossibly, ^ booby had managed to wedge itself into the narrow gap between rudder and stern post to roost on the middle gudgeon. It should have been impossible for the bird to breathe, but there it was. What the noise was about was that another bird was trying to roost on the first one’s back and they were fighting over the spot. This couldn’t be real! Suddenly the absurdity of the whole situation occurred to me: Ooze was draining from every scupper and piled an inch deep around the masts. Birds swayed serenely on every perchable spot with the moronic expressions of a herd of camels. And I, full of sound and fury, was flailing about with sticks and goosers, screaming and beating on things with a dementia that made Don Quixote appear quite sane by comparison. A chuckle quickly escalated into roars of loony laughter until I was weak with it. “Please birds, please, no more. I can’t stand emy more.” And off I went again until my sides hurt. In murky dawnlight I awoke from sweaty slumber to the uneasy feeling that
something was amiss. Swinging up through the hatch the cause was imme¬ diately evident. I was alone, the only living thing above the waterline. Not a bird remained. The boobies had gone. The deplorable condition of my sad little ship was distressing to me. Today I would need to begin the degrading task of cleaning this Aegean mess. With bucket and scrub brush it was likely to take cill day, so I stalled until I had finished off the coffee. I was about to begin when something odd caught my eye — something approaching from landward that I couldn’t quite make out. It was the strangest thing. It seemed almost like a chunk of mist advancing rapidly upon us, and then I realized what it must be: rgin! I had time enough to dump the main¬ sail into the la^acks before we got hit. It rained torrents for about 10 minutes, long enough to wash the boat, and myself, gloriously clean again. As the squall swept out to sea I wondered how it could move so fast without any wind. And there was no cloud. But there has to be a cloud, doesn’t there? I believed so, but I couldn’t see one. Almost as if a contrite Mother Nature, having fouled the boat, had made amends by sending an automatic boat wash.
Xhat afternoon I crossed my outward bound track. Having sailed a great clock¬ wise circle, we had returned to our point of origin and had made zero progress in the last 10 days. The battle of the boobies had ended in my ignominious defeat. The contest had been interesting while it lasted. And the lesson? Nature, not love, conquers all.
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Ian A was to have the same crew on Conococheague as we did at the Pa¬ cific Coast Championships: Seadon Wijsen on the helm, Dennis George on trimming detail, Brandon Paine calling tactics, Steve Marsh on the bow and yours truly in the middle. Plan A went into the dumpster half¬ way through the Kenwood Cup’s final long distance race. Constant checking of the website on Tuesday and Wednesday told us that the 'Hate Half the State' race was a drifter. That meant Seadon and Steve, who were on the Farr 40 Blue Chip, might not make it back by Friday, August 14, the first day of the Moore 24 Nationals.
By Wednesday night, as Dennis and 1 were waxing the bottom of the boat, we started contemplating Plan B — possible candi¬ dates to fill in until our haoli crew re¬ turned. A check of the web page and some quick calculating showed our crew was making decent progress. Let's not worry about it yet, we thought. Calling the Quantum Sails loft for a check on the progress of our new spinnaker, Norman Davant confirmed: “Don’t worry about it. They’ll make it back in time.’’ Thursday afternoon was scheduled for rig tuning and new sail testing. The Ken¬ wood Cup boys were still trying to finish the last part of their race. No problem.
Just grab some guys from Quantum for the tuning session. So we grabbed Norman and Jeff Duvall. As the day wore on and our wayward Kenwood Cup crew had still not been heard from, we began seriously discussing Plan B. It didn’t look like they were going to make it back.
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Friday morning, 1:44 a.m. The phone rings. I wonder who that can be? Steve I Marsh is yelling over the sound of a dieI sel engine. “We just finished the damn race.” he tells me. “And I think we missed our flight.” ; “No shit," 1 reply. Seadon's also yelling in the back■ ground. Something about calling Norman and having him fill in for them on Friday. “Good idea. I’m hanging up now," I say. Before I do, Steve says to teU the Maloneys on Great Pumpkin that their bow guy, , Hogan Beatie, won’t be making it for Friday’s racing, either. He’s on Blue Chip, I too. I briefly wonder who else in the fleet
ii will start tomorrow with a Plan B. As we get down to the boat on Friday morning. Plan B is in full swing. I inform Loretta Maloney, much to her chagrin, that Great Pumpkin is bowmanless. She heads off to find a stand-in for the day’s racing. So much for their Plan B. We got our regular and stand-in crew together and head out to wanm up. The skies are overcast and the breeze is already in the 18 to 20-knot range. “Should be a fun day of planing downwind,” I say to Jeff, who just recently moved here from Florida. 'Conococheague'(foreground) leads the parade on Sunday's long race. Close behind are 'Adlos' (left), 'Great Pumpkin'and 'Kamikaze."
“In Florida, this is when we start to ^5 think about canceling the racing/’ he says. ^
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C-/ ust another normal day on the Bay for us. Normal until about 5 minutes be¬ fore the start of the first race when the fog breaks, the sun comes out and the wind drops to about 10 knots — out of the south! Weird, streaky, inconsistent southerly puffs off the Ci^ront maike for ; ; an interesting tactical decision. How about port tack at the pin end? I turn to ^-1 Brandon and ask if this is really a good 3 way to begin a regatta. "| “Hey,” he says, “Plan B is Plan B.” ^
MOORE 24S
Off we go port tackipg most of the 18boat fleet, while the rest of them do ex¬ actly what we're doing. The first leg is al¬ most a fetch to the top mark. We rotmd first, but as we head down the Cityfront, even the most consistent shift on the Bay T&lsle 4 at Safeway) is not there. The wind is still shifting from southerly to south¬ easterly and back again. It's challenging, but not the kind of race you want to be leading — hit a hole and the whole fleet will school you. We man¬ age to keep our wits about us and end up with a bullet. Between races, the breeze clocked around to a more recognizable westerly, but the puffs were still streaky, frealq^ southerlies. Race two turned into a boatspeed con¬ test, and our quiver of new Quantum sails didn't let us down. Another bullet. Hmmm. Plan B's not so bad after all. Maybe we should forget about Plan A, we joke. But as we get back to the docks, Seadon's there to meet us. Norman gets off the boat, walks over to Seadon and says. Two bullets, Seadon. Don't blow it." No pressure there. The Moore Lounge — a keg in the St. FYancis covurtyard — is waiting for us Fri¬ day night. As usual. Matt Jones does a stellar job feeding the hungry masses. There's even an ugly shirt raffle, followed by a potentially ugly altercation involving a disagreement over the colors pink and salmon. You had to be there.
n Saturday, things are getting back to normal weatherwise. The fog is in and the westerly established, but the puffs are still strea^ and southerly. We're back to our Plan A crew — half of which, we notice immediately, are still on Hawaii time. On the first race, Seadon and Steve can't be awake because they're never this silent. Steve also nearly runs off the boat a couple of times thinldng he's still on a Farr 40. This boat is too small," he keeps saying. Brandon and Dennis manage to keep us in it tacticalfy and boatspeed-wise and we hung onto a fourth. About halfway through the second race, Seadon wakes up. “Come on guys, your hiking like wussies! Get it out therel" Brandon leans out smirking and mum¬ bles, “I think Seadon's awake now." Halfway up the second beat, the cover of our jib hafyard parts and huge scal¬ lops develop on our jib. Steve instantly devises an Ingenious jib cunningham sys¬ tem that fixes the problem. That's nice; Steve's awake, too. We grind our way back Page 178 •
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Some Is good, Moore Is better (clockwise from below): periscope depth, all ahead full; GarskI and the 'Bruzer' lads shred the Slot; 'Con' men doing the lean, mean rounding at Blackaller; John, Brandon, Dennis, Seadon and Steve (okay. It's not Brandon, It's John's young son Henry); big rigs caused a few traffic jams; (above) perception sometimes is reality — 'Mercedes' drag races 'Kamikaze.'
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MOORE 24 NATIONALS RESULTS into second at the finish. Since we now have a<fully awake crew, we put together a good third race and get another bullet. We're still in first place for the regatta, but Hank and Chris on Moorgasm are also having a great day and are only a point behind us. Dave Hodges and the boys on Fatuity are in third and are always a threat.
1) Conococheague, John Coliina^orman Davant/ Seadon Wijseri, 16 points: 2) Fatuity, Dave Hodges, 21; 3) Moorgasm, Hank Niles/Chris Watts, 25; 4) Croat Pumpkin, Jim Maloney, 36; 5) Mercedes, Joel Venitti, 43; 6) Adios, Scott WaJecka/ian Klitza, 48; 7) Bruzer, Gary Tracy/Jeff Miller, 54; 8) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan, 64; 9} Kamikaze, George Wheeler, 68; 10) Moorigami, John Siegel, 75; 11) Half OH. Tom Carlon, 77; 12) Minnow, Lisa Nitake, 82; 13) Free Fall, Fred Cox, 87; 14) Nobody's Girl, Syd Moore, 87; 15) Gruntled, Simon Winer, 89; 16) Snafu-U, Mark Berryman/Tom Conerly, 92r 17) "Airborne, Eric .Conner, 113; 18) Topper, Rich Korman, 132. (7 races, 18 boats) ,
^^unday, finally, saw 'normal' sum¬ mer breeze on the Bay. And plenty of it. The sun was out and the marine layer was just offshore, so the 18 to 20-knot west¬ erly was kicking up a lot of whitecaps on the big ebb. Matt Jones set up an Olym¬ pic course with inflatables for the first race to try to keep us out of the 49er fleet, which was holding their Nationals at the same time as ours. A few of us thought the course was too small and let Matt know about it. For our sins, Jones gave us a mission. The postponement flag went up and the course got changed to 16, 17, 7, 16, 6,
finish — a Big Boat Series,course. “Have a nice tour of the Bay,” Matt laughed as we started our inland ocean course. It turned out to be quite fun, with the long broad reaches and lots of planing. Now in his element, Dave Hddges just got launched. So our race was for second, and that's what we got. The last race was a revisit to the short Olympic course that Jones wanted to use in the previous race. This time no one argued. With short beats and tight reaches, boat handling was at a premium. Our goal was to stay near Hodges, who was now in second overall. We ended up
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'ur ship's radio crackled to life just as an Orion P-3 search and rescue plane with New Zealand markings appeared overhead out of nowhere and buzzed our bridge. We were steaming west toward Fiji — about 80 miles out — aboard Cal Maritime's 500-ft U.S. Training Ship Golden Bear, on her annual cadet train¬ ing cruise. The radio message from the aircraft was clear: a crew member on a sailboat was seriously injured — in fact, possibly dying. Although the boat was over 100
tightness. His injuries had were ultimately able to piece compounded his original together the following story: lung problems, forcing him The injury occurred on May to take larger amounts of 19th, three-and-a-half days medication. Unfortunately previously. The victim, Mr. nothing was helping. Bruce Douglas Cresswell, His pain increased, his was a 63-year-old crew breathing weakened, and the aboard Fantasia, a 60-ft Nagais soon realized they ketch that was 11 days out Smiling from his hospital bed had to evacuate him off their of Whangarei NZ, enroute ^essweii was happy to be alive. boat. They feared he would to Suva, in com¬ soon die without medical help. Fantasia pany with the owners Les and contacted New Zealand search and res¬ Jacque Nagai, formerly of Hono¬ cue and then the Fijian Navy. For two days lulu. they were told a boat would be sent to The vessel was negotiating their rescue. But no boat had arrived. large seas and high winds — es¬ Medical advice by radio had recom¬ timated 8-12 foot swells and mended pain medications (Digesic). wind gusts above 45 knots. Cresswell went below where he found an open locker. As he re¬ 'n the third day. Fantasia recon¬ placed the stores, the boat took tacted Perth and the P-3 Orion Search and a sharp roll throwing him across Rescue aircraft was dispatched. By the the g^ley, smashing his right time the plane found the sailboat, it knew arm and chest into the steel of our presence in the area and our medi¬ stove. He dropped immediately cal capabilities. With hours of forewarn¬ to the cabin sole. And there he ing, we had plenty of time to prepare for stayed for the next three and a our visitor. Although we have rescued half days. crew off commercial ships in th^ past, this His pain was so great that he was unable to move. He told was to be a first for the Nagais to leave him where us in ef¬ he lay rather than try to get him Once they got Cresswell into the 'Golden Bear's well-equippe ^eg Jacque fecting a sick bay, Benedict and others were able to stabi ize—--— tried to talk him into letting rescue them assist him into a berth, but he re¬ miles away from us, we fused. And so he remained huddled mo¬ were the closest vessel with medical ca¬ tionless on the cabin floor. pability, so we were requested to respond. In addition, not wishing to further in¬ The plane had been dispatched from the Regional Rescue Coordination Center in convenience his hosts, he decided to limit Perth Australia which serves the entire his fluid intake so he wouldn’t produce South Pacific, all the way from Chile to much urine (which had to be collected in Indonesia. a bottle). As a consequence, he rapidly
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His pain increased, his breathing weakened... They feared he would soon die without medical help. We'd been keeping a close watch on our weather faxes, which indicated low pressure systems to the south of us, but we hadn't heard about any real trouble down there. Where we were, the weather was clear, with light winds and only a moderate sea-state. The Bear's second engine was brought on-line and we made for the rendezvous point at 20 knots. Although the informa¬ tion over the radio was a bit muddled, we Page )82 •
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became dehydrated. To make matters worse, Cresswell has a chronic and rather severe form of adult onset asthma, for which he needs medication administered both by a hand-held vaporizer and orally, on a regular basis. Elven before his acci¬ dent, he had been taking some extra doses, but when he sustained his chest injuries he quickly developed progressive respiratory problems — painful shortness of breath, cough, rapidly increasing chest
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from a sailboat. Our rescue launch was prepared for hoisting overboard. We double-checked all of our equipment in sick bay and assigned ourselves specific tasks. The officers and cadets on the bridge prepared maneuver¬ ing scenarios. Eighteen training cruises on the Golden Bear, twenty years of emer¬ gency medicine experience, and almost as much time as the medical director of the paramedic program in Santa Cruz County made it reasonably easy for me to orga¬ nize our on-board medical team. In addi¬ tion, this year the ship’s nurse, Suzanne Dolam, and 1 had been specifically train¬ ing small groups of students in rescue and emergency medicine procedures. And the ship’s company of officers and cadets had been routinely practicing overboard and rescue drills. We were about as prepared for an event like this as we could be. Nev¬ ertheless, our adrenaline was running high. Now was the test to see if aill that training would pay off in real life. As we arrived at the rendezvous point, the ketch appeared on our starboard bow, motorsailing with a shortened rig. Main¬ taining course and speed that matched the sailboat’s, we kept Fantasia in a rela¬ tively fixed position about a hundred yards off our leeward beam, then launched our rescue boat. The four members of the rescue team consisted of a cadet with training and ex-
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perience in field rescue techniques, a sec¬ ond cadet with militeiry medic training, a third cadet experienced in small boat han¬ dling, and an officer in charge of the whole team. The captain and 1 remained on the bridge where he stayed in contact with Les Nagai on Fantasia and gave maneu¬ vering orders, while I kept in radio con¬ tact with the rescue team as they boarded Fantasia.
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be an understatement. Cresswell weighs over 250 pounds and his pain and weak¬ ness rendered him totally incapable of as¬ sisting in his own rescue in any way. Our transport litter was just barely large enough to carry him. To make matters worse, when the litter straps were tight¬ ened to secure him for extrication from deep in the vessel's cabin, his inability to breathe became intolerable. Oxygen helped, but it was clear that more man¬ power was needed. Two more volunteers joined the rescue team and finally he was brought out onto Fantasia!s deck, and then transferred to the rescue boat. The rescue itself took about two hours. As soon as we recovered the rescue boat the ship immediately made for Suva. The cadets on our team assisted me and Suzanne in every aspect of CressweU’s care, from monitoring his vital signs, charting and reporting pulse oximetry readings (% of ojtygen in the blood), to standing watch over his cardiac monitor. Together, we maintained his oxygen and respiratory therapy, ran lab tests, tookXrays and EKGs, and managed his IV fluid therapy. He definitely was not an easy or straight-forward case — his dehydration and respiratory distress required close scrutiny during the entire time he re¬ mained on-board.
We docked at Suva around 1930 and transported Cresswell to the Colonial War Memorial (CWM) Hospital. The medi¬ cal staff in the emergency room responded immediately and soon were in full con¬ trol of the situation. The only distraction in the ER’s resuscitation room was a divebombing moth the size of a small owl, apparently attracted by the operating room lights. Its presence was completely ignored by the staff, so we took our cue and did the same. The next day Captain John Keever and I visited Cresswell in his hospital ward. Six beds on a scrubbed tile floor, sepa¬ rated by a half-wall, with a nursing sta¬ tion next to the entrance door. The three duty nurses smfied and ’bula’d’ us as we entered — the broad, genuine smiles that only Fijians can produce. And although the ward itself was a far ciy from stateof-the-art U.S. standards, what it lacked in technological, whiz-bang gadgetry it more than made up for with its atmo¬ sphere of human warmth and caring. Cresswell was sitting up in his bed, near an open glass-louvered window — it’s kind of nice to see palms and bouga¬ invillea, smell ginger amd plumeria flow¬ ers, and hear the rustle of banana leaves September, 1998 •
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SOUTH PACIFIC RESCUE just outside your hospital window. He wore his oxygen mask and a Cal Mari¬ time T-shirt and not much else since we had cut just about every other stitch of clothing off him the night before). Placed upright between his bed-and the window, were a large oxygen cylinder and a nine¬ teen-sixties model nebulizer (vaporizer) treatment machine. The I.V. we had started on the ship was still running. He grinned and shook hands. He told us he was feeling much better, but still required frequent treatments. As an aside, he men¬ tioned that the morphine was making him crazy. Fortunately, the pam in his chest had eased since he no longer needed to work so hard to breathe. The captain and I chatted with him for awhile, and Cresswell he asked us to make sure we thanked ev¬ eryone on the ship personally for him. It is always difficult doing a fair 'post¬ mortem' on incidents such as these, but here are some of my thoughts. The first is obvious — never forget that it’s a big ocean out there and that no matter what emergency arises, a cruising vessel has to assume that they are on their own. Ain’t no fast-response 911 on the high seas.
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In retrospect, Mr. Cresswell’s dehydration might have been avoided if the issue of fluid intake had been discussed with medical control. In 2my case, even with such advice it would have been difficult to keep him well hydrated by oral fluids alone. Pain, respiratory distress, modesty with regards to urine production would still have been contributing factors. It should also be noted that in situations where an injury occurs to a person who already has medical problems, those problems are frequently aggravated. I am personally familiar with a crew rescued off the coast of California whose chest pains/angina were brought on by heavy seas and motion sickness. Another case, aboard the Golden Bear, was a ca¬ det with insulin dependent diabetes who suffered food poisoning ashore in Fiji, but didn’t display severe S3miptoms until we were far out at sea. The result was sig¬ nificant dehydration, diabetic ketoacido¬ sis and coma. We were in bad weather, somewhere in a big empty chunk of ocean, and had to manage the problem aboard ship for over five days. — kent benedict, md, facep ship's surgeon, golden bear
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SANTA BARBARA-KING HARBOR RACE J-liursday morning, August 6, 0730. I sat down with a pot of coffee to check my email, and while perusing the now international assortment of Internet spam, 1 came across an item labeled 'WNG tHORPE'. It was from Mark Thomas, owner of the CM 1200 Rauen. As 1 read I learned three things: Mark never won a spelling bee, the 81mile Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race started the next day, and Jeff Thorpe needed the changing strop that . was currently in my possession. I’m a native Santa Barbarian, mak¬ ing my first earthly appearance at the Cottage Hospital in December of 1961. Now. 36 years later, it’s spawning season and 1 have an incredible itch to go back where the Beautiful People live. At least that’s how Southern Californians refer to Santa Barbarians. My problem (not the generally accepted one), was that 1 was committed to working for a client that weekend. In his email, Mark requested that 1 deliver the strop to “His Thorpeness’’ before noon. So 1 headed down to the UK loft to make the connection with Jeff, who I should mention is also known to many in the sailing community as 'Elvis'. His monologue was smooth and polished, if unprepared. “. . . And we don’t have a bowman lined up. . . and there’s going to be a lot of sail changes. . . and peels. . . we’re short on crew. . . / love you, man!" 1 was tasked with begging, groveling and even lying if needs be to break my work commitment and get to Santa Bar¬ bara by 1030 the next morning. 1 do software. Software can be likened to long, light air races — it’s a crapshoot. Client: “Can you have the application ready to install by Tuesday?" The Lie: "Absolutely, no problem."
T^hursday evening, 2000. Twilight was setting in as 1 stood gazing out at the Pacific Ocean. From my perch atop the sundeck at the Santa Barbara YC, 1 watched, listened, and felt the incessant percussion of waves as they roared south¬ ward, crashing along the breakwall. Reaching the sandy beach, they washed quietly northward to repeat the cycle. 1 sipped my Mt. Gay and Coke, and let the many miles of Highway 101 ebb from my mind and flow out to sea. After awhile I made a spin through the crowded yacht club and found Thorpe engaged in conversation with an old friend of his, Kenny Keading, the local North Sails guy. Thorpe suggested we go outside to find Mark Thomas and see if any of the rest of the crew had arrived. We found Page 186 • UtiUM'iS • September. 1998
Mark in the expected place. What happened from there on is unmention¬ able. I’d really, really, really like to tell^ou
%you don't do anything silly, we won't runyouoven"
quite believable. Friday morning, 0930. Thorpe is reincarnated, or at least a vision of his ~ likeness is seen rising like the sun on the eastern horizon. The crew: “Hey, Jeff, what hap¬ pened?" Jeff: “Something happened?" The world according to Thorpe.
— the ensuing story, bul I’m bound by shipmate’s honor to keep my mouth shut. Moreover, self-incrimination is an ugly way to die. I can, however, pick up the story Friday morning at 0230. Thorpe appeared, looking like he’d been caught in a rum squall and rounded down a couple of times. At 0231, his bevy of admiring bettys departed. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
i^riday morning, 0232. The last time Thorpe is seen before dawn. He never returns to the hotel or any other place known to the crew. His stories are fabulous, sdthough — dare I say it? — not
Friday
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morning 1210: The The crew really appreciates when Thorpe is a vision rather than himself because the team meeting (crew lecture) on the way to the start is very much like those new digital cellular commercials on the radio. Jeff as himself: “Okay you guys, it’s light air and you need to stop stomping around the decks like you have concrete feet. Just because I ask someone to do something doesn’t mean everybody has to get up and start moving around. I can’t concentrate when everyone is talking so just shut up unless I say you can talk. . . everyone lie down 'Raven' lunatics— Thomas, Thorpe, Spyderand crew bird watching offAnacapa.
TIS THE WIND AND NOTHING MORE
COURTESY TOM PARKER, JR
prostrate on the deck because I want to be able to see the instruments, the horizon and everywhere else without having to look through someone. Come on you guys, 1 know you’ve sailed before.” Cohie on, Thorpe, make your point! Jeff as a reincarnated vision; “Every¬ thing went pretty well last time, (pause) Everyone do your normal job. (long pause, looks around, makes eye contact with no one) That’s all I have to say right now.” Now that’s cleair! With everyone aboard we headed out to the starting line. Mark Thomas made an unusual visit to the foredeck to tell me how excited he was that he had crew for this race. That’s when he leaned up against the shrouds and got that deer in the headlights look in his eyes. “Steve, we . forgot to load the rig!!” “What you mean we, Kemosabe?” We spun the boat around and headed I back to the docks so Mark could run to i the Jeep and fetch the mast jack. We [ loaded the rig on the way out, hoisted sail, : and put on our game faces. There were 129 boats starting on two ! lines: east and west. Thorpe was a vision i of perfection as he put us at the favored
didn’t. We stayed left, as did half of the sleds that started before us. Working the coast was tedious at best, but it did set
Jeff Thorpe... uh, wait a second... we mean...
this Is Jeff Thorpe. We think. Well, maybe not...
end, on starboard tack, in clean air, on time and moving fast. Hold on to your hats, we were going 3.5 knots in 3.0 knots of breeze. The conventional wisdom is to go right and pick up the offshore breeze, so we
us up for a starboard pole headstay reach to Anacapa. Anacapa was one of only two marks on the race, and we were to leave them both to port. We hoisted the 30/20 (.5 spinnaker) and began our approach a full 20 degrees below rhumbline. As prophesied by Thorpe, we were continu¬ ally lifted toward the tip of the island and made huge gains on nearly everyone. A photographer was making the rounds in one of those dragonfly-sized helicopters. It was like a scene from Apoc¬ alypse Now as the helo came buzzing along the water below the horizon line, suddenly flaring up just 50 yards short of shredding our kite with its blades. The shutter clicked, the photographer smiled, then the downdraft knocked us over. One of the crew suffered emotional damage in the incident when his Mt. Gay hat (Big Boat Series issue) was blown off his head and into the oily waters of the Santa Bar¬ bara Channel.
When the fleet converged on the tip of Anacapa, Rauen was 11th around, haying gotten by a few of the sleds that went right. Ahead of us were Grand Illu¬ sion, Red Hornet, Margaritaville, Christine, Project M, Evolution, Taxi Dancer, Alchemy, Medicine Man and Marda Gras. Raven
rounded the point within a few boatlengths of the later three. Jackie, a childhood friend of Thorpe's, was aboard and his local knowledge paid big on the backside of Anacapa. His insight was to watch the seabirds below the leeward cliffs. If their flap count was September, 1998 • IxKUMH • Page 187
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low, then get away from the island. If their take-offs from the cliffs were dive-bomberesque, then sail as close to the island as possible because the wind was coming over the top and straight down the back¬ side. We were able to pick up the down draft along the water’s edge and work quickly past the island. The breeze kicked in as we cleared the island and we peeled to the .6, racing down the coast in thickening fog as the breeze and daylight faded into night. Sailing through the shipping charmel with a 130+ boat fleet at night in a dense fog listening to the ominous low tones of large ships was especially memorable. At one point, while monitoring channel 16 on the VHF, one of the tug captains came on: “If you don’t do anything silly, we won’t run you over. Just hold to your present course and speed.” The breeze was down to 7.4 knots and the crew began muttering displeasure at our new ETA flgures. Thorpe just shook his head and warned us that we would be offering body parts to the wind gods later if we could get 7.4 knots of wind. He was right. A few hours later, becalmed and frustrated, one crewmember was asked to check our boat speed on the knot meter. He read the numbers out loud, “Zeropoint-zero-zero . ” ‘Triple dog balls,” groaned a weakened Thorpe.
A fter passing Pt. Dume ^d heading inicianta Monica Bay, we struggled to keep the boat moving. The knotmeter never exceeded 3.7, and mostly hovered somewhere aroimd 1.8 knots. At one point it took us five hours to travel four and a half miles. This kept up all night long as we ghosted slowly with the fleet down the coast. From time to time the Ockam instruments would literally interpret our ETA on the display as ’forever'. That’s a pretty long time. Sighting another boat was one of the highlights of the night. We were al¬ ways afraid of what we might find. In the thick fog you had to be within a hundred yards to make out running lights, and about 50 yards to make positive identi¬ fication. Upon spotting one boat Thorpe cried out, “Who are you?" "JimJ" came the reply back across the Page 188 • LxKUJt'ii • September, 1998
water. (Great Jim, that’s helpful). "Hey, Jim, what boat are you on?" This time the reply was "Merrythought". A-
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RESULTS
ULBD 70 —.,1) Evolution, SC 70; 2) Taxi Dancer, R/P 68. (4 boats; 2 others DNF) ULDB-A — 1) Front Runner (ex-Victoria), And¬ rews 70+; 2) Magnitude, Andrews 70+; 3) Red Hor¬ net, DynaFlyer 40; 4) Medicine Man, Andrews 56; 5) Chevat, N/M 70. (7 boats; 2 ottjers DNF) ULDB-B—T) Grins, Melges 30; 2) Meiges.com, Melges 30; 3) Buzz, Henderson 30; 4) Defiance, B32; 5) Firebird, N/M 55; 6) B-32 Again, 6-32;, 7} Dog : House, Henderson 30. {15 boats) ULDB-C— t) Vandal, SC 33; 2) Captain Stuggo, Hobie 33; 3) Kiwi Sanctuary,'Hobie 33; 4) Norma Jean, Olson 30; 5) Cuidado, ,11: Metre; 6) XS, Mult 30. (13 boats) '' j/120 — Unavailable. ' PHRF-A — 1) M-Project, J/N 50; 2) Allegiance, Andrews 39; 3) Roller, Andrews 42; 4) Patriot, Briand 40; 5) Willpower, Peterson 42; 6) Pendragon, ;; Davidson 44; 7) Raven, N/M 39. (14 boats) PHRF-B — 1) James Earl, DenCho 33; 2) , Btaderunner, Express 37;. 3) Scooter, J/35; 4) Rag‘ tag,-J/35; 5) Juno, Express 37; 6) Ariel, Tradewinds, 40; 7} Alrstream, Centurion 42. (15 boats) 4 j PHRF-C — 1) Chimera, Baltic 38; 2) Hot Rum, ■ CF 33; 3) Spray, unknown; 4) Zipper, J/29; 5) Elan, Tartan 35; 6),Tranquility, CF 37; 7) Radiant, Lancer 36, (17 boats) ■ j, PHRF-D 1) Satorl, Catalina 27; 2) Prime Time, ‘ Ranger 33; 3) Lost Bikini, Hunter 376; 4) Lotta Zuma,| J/30; S) Whisper, S2-9J; 6) Enamorada, Cal 30-3;^ 7) Ferrae Naturae, unknown. (17 boats) merry thought, indeed. We were still with the big boats, confirmed by a subsequent sighting of Marda Gras. Sometime in the middle of night we picked up a light rippUng of breeze. It was barely detectable and had no affect on the surface of the water, but all on deck could feel it. Thorpe chased it with a vengeamce, building a little momentum and gener¬ ating our own wind. He was successful in doing two things: building momentum, and sailing all 360 degrees of the com¬ pass. Don’t laugh! It was the most exciting action of the past four hours. Immediately after, Thorpe went below to get some much needed rest. He was way gone.
Ithough there was a full moon we ne'^ saw it because of the blaijket of fog, butikdid illuminate the night in a eerie way cdlowing us to see the sails and even the masthead fly without supplemental luminal devices (flashlights, duh!). This
added to the frustration of bobbing in the swells and listening to the slapping of the sails because we could see that there was nothing we could do. With the morning came the pressure and the fleet was off and running again. The breeze was just enough to ripple the water in patches which we could use to play connect-the-dots, hoping to string them together and keep the boat moving in the right direction. The fog thinned and we were able to see several of the boats. There was the Henderson 30, a couple of the big boats, a Melges 30, and a J/120. We spotted the stacks that mark the position of King Harbor and jibed towards them. Two boats appeared along the beach moving fast with better breeze and we ended up at the turning buoy just short of being overlapped with them. We came up hard off the mark, then contin¬ ued hard reaching under spinnaker long enough to gain the advantage over the J/ 120, eventually hoisting the light #1 and ■ dousing the 30/20. We were the 17th boat to finish at 1011 (we had been only 10 miles out at 0400!). After cleaning up Raven and ourselves we sat down to a much needed' and veiy enjoyable $5 breakfast at the King Harbor YC. Then we sat down to yet another great $5 breakfast at the King Harbor YC. At noon they quit making breakfast. Nick Burke, one of the Pacific Cup veterans onboard, never broke stride at the food table. After two breakfasts he ordered and devoured a pizza. Well, it was a little pizza, so there remained a need for him to complete his meal with a bowl of chUl. We were back for the legendary shrimp feast that evening.
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ow did we do? I don’t know. In fact, I have no idea. When I left we were in fourth, but there were stUl a lot of boats that hadn’t finished and could make their time. 1 thumbed a ride to Santa Barbara where my car was parked, then made the long drive back to the Bay Area. Reality is... I have software to deliver on Tuesday. — spyder Ed. note — We have determined that 'Spyder' is. in reality. Steve Ward. When not running the bow on Raven or maintain¬ ing the boat's excellent website (http:// members.xooin.com/spydersweb/frames. htm), Steve toils as a San Ramon-based software developer.
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MAX EBB TT he traffic was legendary. The freeway was jammed to a standstill in both directions, and 1 was still many miles from the bridge approaches. Normally my strategy in this situation is to pull off and And something to do while waiting for traffic to abate — a nice restaurant or a big bookstore with a couch and a magazine rack. But this was not my usual commute, and I was over on the wrong side of the Bay with no idea where to look for a decent place to wait it out. Besides, it was still early in the commute, and an hour or two later things were likely to be just as bad. Then it struck me: A weekday evening race! There’s a yacht club somewhere along the waterfront here, and I dimly remembered that they hosted their weekly beer can race that night. There was the exit — three lanes off my starboard beam. In another second I’d be overstood. Fortunately the cars 1 fouled while forcing room at the exit ramp didn’t carry red flags, and there was no race committee to file protests with even if they did. 1 consulted my Thomas chartkit, followed some signs to a marina, and a few minutes later I hove up in front of the yacht club. Leaving my jacket and tie in the car, I pulled out a sweater and an old pair of deck shoes that had been stashed in the trunk for just such an emergency. 1 walked around to the club guest dock. The wind was up — it would probably be a seller’s market. “Looking for a crew spot?” someone asked me before I even got to the bottom of the ramp. “Might be,” 1 answered cautiously. “What kind of boat?” It was a nondescript 22-footer, and would probably be a very wet and not particularly fast ride. After sitting in traffic, 1 wanted speed. “Well, 1 was thinking of something a little less ath-letic,” 1 said, unable to come up with a better excuse. I moved off the gangway to the dock, and walked over to a much more modern 37-footer that was rigging up. “Need crew?” 1 hailed. “Possibly,” said the skipper as he looked up from reeving a sheet through a lead block. “I’m still waiting for some of my regulars to show up. Have you raced before?” “A little,” I said, knowing the appro¬ priate code words to use. “Any foredeck?” “They don’t let me in front of the traveler,” I said. “But I do have a lot of experience on a boat about this size.” “Hmm, I better wait to see if my regulars arrive.” Page 190 •
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It was clear that he was waiting to see if something better would come down the dock, so I strolled on to the next boat, a 30-foot ultralight. Two people were in the process of raising the main. “Need crew?” I asked again. “Bring anything to eat?” they said. “Isn’t the owner supposed to feed the crew?” I said. ‘That’s only for YFtA racing. This race is under beer can rules. Bring a snack, get a ride.” They laughed and continued to haul up the kevlar mainsail, obviously not eager to take on a stranger for this particular race. I walked back to the larger boat, where another drop-in prospect was being interviewed. “Any racing?” “A bit.” “Done any foredeck?” “Occasionally.” “What kind of boat?” “A big one design.” “How big?” “48 feet.” “Win anything important?” “Big Boat Series, two years ago."
“Hop on! You’re in charge of the deck. Hope you don’t mind giving some sailing lessons during the race.” “Should be fun,” he said as he tossed a small seabag ahead of himself and swung over the lifelines. “Sure feels chilly, though, after Kenwood.” The owner of the boat seemed to be avoiding eye contact with me. But final¬ ly he couldn’t avoid acknowledging my presence, and repeated that he was waiting for “his regulars.”
There was a cruising boat at the other end of the dock, but they were not going to race. I killed some time talking to the owner about dinghies and wind generators, then decided to see if the 22footer still had a space. But they had snagged two more crew, and were now full up. Finally the skipper of the 37 was ready to meet my price. “Looks like we’re still down a cdu"ple,” he shouted in my direction. “Get your gear and you’re on for tonight. And ask up at the club if there’s anyone else who wants to race.” “Don’t have any gear. I’m afraid. This
IT'S ABOUT TIME
it hadn’t been pre-planned. The sail cover came off, the main went up, and the new foredeck boss straightened out his spinnaker gear. “What time is our start?” he called back to the cockpit. ‘We have twelve minutes and fourteen seconds," answered Lee with- a quick glance at her watch. “Okay,” he said. “Heavy number one?” “It’s windy enough for the three,” said the skipper. “And f don’t want to trash the good sails on a beer can race.” The Jib came up on deck, the engine was turned off, and I went below where I found some leaky foulies and a lifejacket to wear. Whpn I came back up we were already in pre-start maneuvering. “Six minutes fifteen,” announced Lee. I don’t see any shapes on that commit¬ tee boat,” I remarked. But they did have some course signals up, and the 'Y' flag which made my PFD mandatory. We tacked once, jibed once, and I fell into a useful position tailing the starboard jib sheet. “Five minutes.” said Lee. “Why no gun?” I asked. “And no blue shape?” “We know what time it is,” said the skipper, dismissing my confusion. is just a break in my commute.” “Well, okay,” he said, seemingly a little annoyed. “We’ve got some loaners downstairs. Let’s get this show on the road.” I climbed aboard, the engine started, and dock lines were cast off. But a car horn from the parking lot and a frantic wave from the car’s window made them back up and hold against the dock for the last crew.
It was Lee Helm, of all people. “Awesome traffic,” she said a minute later as she passed up her gear and climbed aboard. “I mean, like, next time I’ll use the University’s inter-library exchange service instead of going analog. ’ “Have you sailed on this boat before?” I asked. “No, but I know some guys who have, and like, since I was going to be on this side of the Bay anyway, they asked me if I wanted a ride. It’s better than being stuck in traffic, for sure.” As we pulled in fenders and coiled dock lines I explained that I was here for exactly the same reason — although in my case
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good driving and good calls from Lee in the cockpit and our foredeck crew on the bow, we got a great start. So did several other boats, bows lined up perfectly with the line. But there wasn't a sound from the RC boat. “No shape!” I smd, thinking the start must have been postponed. “And no gun!” ‘That means all clear,” said the skipper. "Ready about!” We tacked, and then settled in for what was to be a long port tack to the starboard layline. “What’s going on with those starting signals?” I asked Lee when she took her place just forward of me on the rail. “Like, what starting signals?” ‘They didn’t make any! How can you run a race with no starting signals?” ‘The sailing instructions tell us what time the start is. I mean, like, what more do you need?”
“Maybe a flag or a horn toot or something,” I said. “You know, just to confirm that my watch is right, or that the race is really starting on time.” “If the race wasn’t going to start on time,” she said as she ducked a dollop of spray that landed square in my face, “they’d have the AP pennant up. And like, for checking my watch. . .” She had to fumble around a little and dig into a pocket under her foulies, but her hand finally came out with a small GPS. ‘Takes a minute to acquire,” she said as she turned it on. ‘There, my watch is right on. Let’s check yours.” ‘Tends to run a little fast,” I noted as she took the watch off my wrist, set it to her GPS, and then handed it back. “But Lee,” I protested, “not everyone in this fleet has a GPS. What about that 22-footer?” “I’ll bet they average two per boat,” she answered. ‘This one was $150, and I’ve seen them for less. I mean, you probably paid more, in inflation-adjusted dollars, for your first digital watch!” “Hmm, that would have been in ’73. It was more than that GPS without the inflation adjustment, come to think of it.”
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eanwhile, not to be outdone, two the crew had taken their own GPS units out of their pockets. “See? Accurate time is something that everyone has access to. Compare setting your watch from a really really accurate display on your GPS, versus setting it to a shape raised on a halyard by a once-ayear volunteer.” “Maybe they’re on to something,” I thought to myself as I remembered the last race on my boat. It was completely thrown out after some of the signals were four minutes apart and others were six minutes apart. “First off,” Lee continued, “you don’t know where the top of that shape’s hoist really is, so you have to wait ‘till you see it stop before you hit the button on your watch. Error number one. Second, that volunteer RC person raising the shape doesn’t know how long it will take to get to the top, so they have to start hoisting a second or two early and hope for the best. Error number two. Sometimes it sort of asymptotically approaches. What do you do then? Each signal is likely to have a
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MAX EBB Q o the sailing instructions just different error, so boats that set their watches to the warning signal are likely to have slightly different times running compared to those that set on the prep • signal, or the starts of earlier classes. And worst of all, race committees just plain get it wrong too often. They get distracted by conversation, they get the halyards tangled, they hook up the wrong color shape. Errors number three through ten.” “You don’t see that stuff very often with the good committees," said the foredeck crew. “But at the club level it happens all the time,” I had to admit. “So like, why,” asked Lee, “should we revert to this ancient signaling technology to send out inaccurate time signals, when all the racers already have that information from far more reliable and user-friendly sources?" “I guess it’s the way the system evolved.” I speculated. “A century ago, when watches were expensive and not very accurate, the only way to get precise time to the racers was to signal it. “And up 'til maybe a couple of years ago, getting a time check was still an exercise that involved a shortwave radio receiver or an expensive GPS. Not now, what with boxes of cheap GPSs stacked up to the ceiling in CostCo, and digital watches costing less than lunch money!” “Except that GPS doesn’t always give the correct time,” said the foredeck crew. “Isn’t the time standard used by the GPS system something like thirteen seconds off?” “Yes, but only the very old units will display the uncorrected GPS time. Anything sold in the last three years should be free of this error — and anyway it’s easy to check. Another error that’s more likely to be a problem is reading the time from the GPS right after it’s turned on, before it has time to acquire satellites. Some units will display the time from their internal clocks when they’re first turned on, and this can be off by minutes. You have to wait for the GPS to come up with a new position to be sure it’s downloaded the correct time.” “What about setting a watch by dialing ‘popcorn’ before leaving the dock?” I asked. ‘That works too, although telephone time’ can be off by a couple of seconds, depending on the regional phone company. GPS or the WWV time signals are the reliable sources."
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give the start time, and that’s it?” I asked, still amazed that this could actually woi:k. “Right, the S.I.’s just say that the start time will be s3mchronized to UTC, and that there are no starting signals. Works fine. There’s also something about the preparatory signal being taken as five minutes before the start for the purpose of the definition of racing.” “What about general recalls? And postponements?” “General recalls are signaled the usual way. They get one more chance exactly five minutes later and then they go to the end of the line, just like in YRA. If there’s a long sequence of starts this can be confusing, but like, it’s no worse than with the usucil starting signal shapes. For these evening races, they don’t have enough starts for it to be a problem. But if they did, a class flag or a VHF hail before each start would still work.” “And postponements?” “A small difference. Normally, the AP goes down with a sound signal, and a minute later there’s a new warning signal. With this system, when the AP goes down the next start is approximately ten minutes later, on the exact five-minute point. It’s like, slightly more difficult to catch because you don’t have all the sound signals and the sequence of colors, but the fleet here is small and the RC makes liberal use of VHF when necessary.” “It would seem to put a bigger burden on the racers to notice when the flag goes down.” I said. “For sure. If I were writing instructions for a big event. I’d end a postponement with multiple sound signals, and then use number flags to specify the clock time, in minutes, of the next start. That and VHF.” ‘The reason I like our UTC starts,” remarked the owner from back at the helm, “is that it saves us from having to maneuver around the starting area with everyone watching the RC boat for a signal and no one watching where they’re going. My worst collision ever was during pre¬ start.” “Mine, too,” shouted the foredeck crew. "But I think it would still be better to keep the signals, and just train the RC to do them correctly." ‘That would be the ideal world,” the owner repUed, raising his voice to be heard all the way at the forward end of the windward rail. “But try that with volunteers, different ones every week no less. We decided it would be worth a little inconvenience to the racers in order to make the RC job simpler, easier, and less
liable to ruin a race because of timing errors. The big surprise was that the racers now think it’s easier for them this way, too.” “Well, at the very least,” insisted the foredeck crew, “it would be better to keep the signals and add a line to the instructions such as ‘all signal times are approximate, and starts will be exactl on GMT‘ or something like that.” “You mean UTC,” said Lee. “That’s what’s broadcast on WWV and what appears on your GPS display.” “How are UTC and GMT different?” I asked.
j^^nother wave doused us with spray, and this time a shallow puddle of water ran along the deck underneath us. I could feel it leaking in through the holes in the loaner foulies. “GMT is Greenwich Mean Time,” ex¬ plained Lee, “and it’s based on the apparent rotation of the sun around the earth, averaged over the year. The only problem is, because the earth’s' rotation is gradually slowing down, the length of a year is getting longer. In order to keep the same number of seconds in each year, the seconds of GMT have to get longer. But UTC, for ‘Coordinated Universal Time‘, is based on an independent atomic time standard. Instead of lengthening the second to match the earth’s speed, they add a “leap second” when necessary to keep it in sync. So like, UTC and GMT can be ahead or behind by up to ninetenths of a second, depending on whether a leap second has just been added or is about to be added.” “And it’s UTC instead ofTUC because it’s in French, as in ‘Universal Time Coordinated'?" asked the foredeck crew. “Nope, it’s neither,” explained Lee. “In French it would be TCU, in English it would be UCT, and the committee that created it in 1961 compromised by calling it UTC.” “Gosh, the things you learn on the windward rail,” said the foredeck crew. “Which spinnaker are we going to want?”
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SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER i here's certainly no lack of regattas to either sail in or watch during the next few weeks, as you’ll see from the follow¬ ing 'preview of coming attractions'. With what is traditionally the best weather of
gins: the 25-mile Jazz Cup, now celebrat¬ ing its tenth year, takes off from near Trea¬ sure Island at 10 a.m. LaSt
YC. This is one design racing at its finest for eleven lucl^y classes —J/24, Melges 24, SC 27, Express 27, Hawk-farm, J/ 29, Olson 30, WyUeCat 30, Mumm 30, J/35 and J/105. Features of the week¬ end include the Citifront venue, excellent Whether your cup of tea is blasting down the coast In the Windjammers (left) or hand-to-hand combat at In-the-Bay events such as the NOOD (below), there's plenty 'brewing' In September.
long days (until October 25), and a full plate of racing venues to choose from, there's simply no excuse not to get out and enjoy the Bay a few times this fall — as skipper, crew or just spectator. Here are some of the tastier treats from the Bay Area's overflowing smorgasbord:
Xvabor Day Weekend (September 47) is always the busiest three racing days of the year on the Bay, featuring some¬ thing for everyone. For offshore buffs, there's the 67-mile Windjammer's Race, a downwind sprint from the Citifront to Santa Cruz beginning bright and early Fri¬ day morning. This is traditionally three races rolled into one: light air in the begirming, a sometimes too-wild ride off Aho Neuvo and Davenport, and then a drifter to the finish at the Wharf. Sponsored by the mysterious Windjammers YC, this is a fairly competitive race, especially among the 40 and 50-footers. Rumors are flying that Sayonara and Explorer may take a shot at the course records, and Mirage is always a threat. This will be the 57th edi¬ tion of this classic coastal race; last year 84 boats participated. On Saturday, the inland migration bePage 194 • IxiiUJt-'iQ • September, 1998
year, 112 boats sailed in this flat wa¬ ter, easy sail through San Pablo Bay to Benicia — a route which parallels the Master Mariner's Chickenship Regatta for a few miles before the woodies branch off for Petaluma. The Jazz Cup is 'softball' compared to the Windjammers, which is just how co-hosts South Beach YC and Benicia YC want to keep it. There's food and music at the end of the mellow day, and many crews spend the night on their boats after a night on the town. Also beginning on Saturday and con¬ tinuing on Sunday is the CMC Yukon/Sailing World NOOD Regatta at St. Francis
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race management, usually stunning weather, fun parties and guaranteed na¬ tional exposure in Sailing World, our sec¬ ond favorite sailing magazine. The regatta used th be three days long, but in these kinder, gentler times, the Monday portion of the weekend has been designated a day of rest. Mumms and Melgi, however, kick the weekend off early with a pair of races on Friday.
There are now eight NOOD regattas around the country, with the founding re¬ gatta in Newport currently the smallest (98 boats) and the Chicago one the big¬ gest (253 boats). Last year, 122 boats par¬ ticipated in the San Francisco NOOD re¬ gatta — look for even more this year. CMC Yukon has signed on as the primary spon¬ sor for 1999 as well, and a ninth venue in
Annapolis will be added — solidifying the NOOD's position at the top of the national one design racing heap. For the fourth year, we're issuing our so-called Ironman Challenge: any Iron Man (or Woman) who sails in all three of the above events will earn a coveted Lati¬ tude T-shirt, as well as your mug shot and life story (abbreviated version) in the magazine. Of course, there are easier ways to get one of our T-shirts — you could just buy one — but the everlasting fame and gloiy of being admitted to this elite club is what's really at stake here. So far, only four people have met the challenge — Justine Faulkenburg ('95), buddies Brent Draney and Aaron Lee ('96), and Will Matievich ('97). We suspect one of the merry men off Mark Thomas's CM 1200 Raoen will be next — they're planning to do the Windjammers, then motor all night to do the Jazz Cup, and then split up to crew in the NOOD. Throwing a de¬ livery on top of this already savage trio of races would set a new standard of Iron-ness. Obviously, we'll have to up the ante for anyone crazy enough to complete this new variation of Labor Day Weekend torture.
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n mid-month, the ac¬ tion shifts down the coast. ■While the adults duke it out on September 12-13 at the Dolphin Cup Regatta (a three-race series for SC 50s amd SC 52s hosted by Mon¬ terey Peninsula YC), the jun¬ ior sailing set will be treated to the West Marine Fun Re¬ gatta in Santa Cruz. This is the highlight of the munchkin sailing circuit each summer, with on-the-water clinics on Saturday, followed by am af¬ ternoon barbecue and an evening on the Boardwalk. The actual racing occurs on Sunday. The event, co-hosted by NCYSA and Santa Cruz YC, is open to all young sail¬ ors, ages 7-17. It's fun and cheap, too! Meanwhile, back up on the Bay, San Francisco YC will host the Cal 20 Nation¬ als on September 17-20. Twenty-five (10 from SoCal, 10 locals, 5 from up north) September, 1998
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SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER of these enduring little 'beach balls' are expected to compete in this highly tacti¬ cal 6-race series on the Central Bay, with about half that nurrtber expected to sail in the Junior Nationals on September 20. Also on September 20, San Francisco YC will defend the prestigious San Fran¬ cisco Perpetual Challenge Trophy against San Diego YC. No one challenged for this trophy last year, so SFYC still has it based on beating Dave Ullman and his Balboa YC cronies in Express 37s back in '96. This time, Peter Isler will steer the CM 1200 Tabasco (or the San Diego chal¬ lengers, while Jeff Madrigali and crew don't have to declare their steed up until the first gun (Blue Chip, Cha-Ching and Recidivist are the possibilities). The onerace, winner-take-all IMS match race will occur on the Central Bay beginning at noon.
The 35th Annual St. Francis Perpetual Regatta — better known as the Big Boat Series — is slated for September 24-27, a week later than normal. The regatta has always floated around in mid-September, with the dates traditionally dictated by whichever following Thursday has the most favorable currents for the start of the Stag Cruise. ("Obviously, the cruisers would drink too many bloody marys if they had to go upriver against an ebb," claimed one StFYC of¬ ficial.) We're not thrilled about this late date for two reasons: the winds will invariably be lighter and flukier the further into autumn the regatta is pushed, and — our real gripe — we won't get to sail in the BBS this year due to the fact that it occurs on our deadline week¬ end. Rats! The Series is shaping up to be another good one, however. Regatta developer Norman Davant expects about 80 boats, which could make this the sec¬ ond biggest Series ever after the epic 91-boat turnout in 1996. Headlining the show are the eight One Design 48s, half of which are being sailed by America's Cup crews: Abraca¬ dabra (John Kolius/Terry Hutch-inson), America True (Dawn Riley/John Cutler/Jeff Madrigali), Numbers (Russell Coutts/Team New Zealand), illbruck-Pinta (John Kostecki/ Page 196 •
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Paul Cayard/Morgan LarsOn). V . Four other well-sailed 48s round out the talent-heavy fleet: Windquest (Doug DeVos/Kimo 'Worthington), Starlight (Jay Ecklund/Buddy Melges/John Bertrand), Leading Edge (Gene Mondiy/Larry Leon¬ ard) and Sagamore (Jim Dolan, who is killing some time while waiting for his new Bill Langan-designed maxi to be finished). It's no exaggeration to say that for these four days, the best racing on the planet will occur right here in the lD-48 fleet! Abracadabra is poised to win the fiveregatta lD-48 season championship, but smart money in the’^BS is on the homeboys on illbruck-Pinta. It'll be in¬ teresting to see how class newcomer
Russell Coutts fares, too — the last two newbies to the class, John Kostecki and Peter Gilmour, each bulleted in their de¬ buts. If you want to follow the lD-48 ac¬ tion, check out their website {WWW. 1 d48.corr(l for supposedly live blowby-blow commentary, photos, back¬ ground on the entries, press releases and other juicy stuff. Also on their website is a way to enter the sweepstakes for a spec¬ tator spot on one of the 48s in Friday's race, an idea borrowed from the "17th man" concept at the America's Cup. Adding even more glamour to the ID48 show will be Holl3wood celebs Renee
Forget Voodoo Lounge or Bridges to Babylon. You haven't seen a road show til you've seen the 1D-48S in action.
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Russo (Mel Gibson's girlfriend in Le¬ thal Weapon) and Anthony Edwards (a doc in ER),who will give out the trophies after Sunday's long race benefitting the Cure Autism Now Foundation. Other one design classes in this year's BBS are the ULDB 70s (look for Evo to have her way with Taxi, GI, Mongoose, Alchemy and Mirage), J/120s for the first time (5-7 boats, n including Larry Harvey's hot new Zippy), J/105s (approximately 15 boats, the biggest class this year) and Express 37s (8-9 boats competing once again for their Nationals). The handicap classes are still coming into focus, but should include an IMS class and five divisions of the so-called St. Francis Rule (read: modi¬ fied PHRF). The IMS class will feature "about eight" boats, including Hasso Plattner's Morning Glory, Bill Buchan's China Cloud, Helmet Jahn's newest Flash Gordon 3, John Buchan's Flash Gordon 2, supposedly Recidivist, and maybe the two Farr 40s [Bue Chip and Samba Pa TO- Other possibilities include Bullseye (if her bottom problems are sorted out in time), any Kenwood Cup boats that we haven't heard about, and any other IMS-oriented 40-50 footers that want to race under a measurement rule in¬ stead of whining about PHFIF all week¬ end. A. At the moment, the PHRF classes look like this: an 'exhibition' class for
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big mismatched boats (Sayonara, any big Swans, etc.), a 50-foot class (four SC 52s, Swift-sure II, Surprise, M-Project, and maybe Red Hornet), a 40-footer class for 'high octane' boats (three CM 1200s, sev¬ eral J/130s, High Five, Cha-Ching, Pat Nolan's new J/125, and possibly even a new Sydney 40), a similar-sized class for 'regular' boats (High Risk, Cadenza, Bodacious, Scorpio) and a class for the small fry (J/35s, Farr 36s). pnce again, there will be seven races over four days, with two races a day scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. (except Sunday, with one). The classes will flipflop between the more desirable Citifront course (the 'pinball game') and the less tactically challenging North Course ('drag racing'). While you can see the action from anywhere on the Bay, probably the best place is the elegant St. Francis YC itself — but to get in, you must be the guest of a member, or show a valid yacht club card from a 'real' yacht club. The Friday riight Mt. Gay party is al¬ ways the social highlight of the Series. Take a cab, or be prepared to leave your car down in Crissy Field, as parking at the club will be difficult enough for the sailors, and impossible for mere mortals. If you can't make it down to the club, you can surf the net to www, stjyc.org for your daily fix of race results.
ait, the fun doesn't stop yet! In October, while the pace tapers off in most classes, the ll:Metres and
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should sail in the PCCs, and possibly as many as 40 in the six-race NAs, with the likes of Dennis Conner, Peter Isler, Jud Smith and newcomer John Bertrahd (AUS) expected to give our local heroes all the competition they can handle. The following weekend, October 17-18, is the grand finale. While the Singlehanded Sailing Society hosts its popular Vallejo 1-2 Race (one-time entries are encouraged), the various season champs will have their end-of-summer shootout on the Citifront to deternaine who is the best of the best. This PHRF showcase — formally known as the Yankee Cup (HDA), Champion of Champions (ODCA), and the relatively new Neptune Cup (OYRA) — marks the official end of the Bay Area summer sailing season. But the marquee event of that last weekend is bound to be the 20th Annual St. Francis International Masters Re¬ gatta, a US Sailing-sanctioned regatta for skippers over 55 and crews 45 and older.
Etchells are just gearing up. The former will sail the Fall Citybank Regatta at Pier 39 on October 2-4, another of the twiceyearly showdowns to divvy up the usual $10k purse. The Citibank affair will be bigger than ever this year, as it doubles as the tune-up for the following week's ll:Metre Worlds, which will occur on October 6-10. To accommodate the big¬ ger fleet, the new three-day format will include qualifying rounds to weed the fleet out before the finals. St. Francis YC will host the 7-race Worlds on the T.I. course beginning just two days after the Citibank Regatta. About 20-25 boats should sail in each event, including one each from Australia and Switzerland, and several from Scandinavia. With four-man crews (the weight limit now effectively eliminates the fifth man) and huge kites, these sleek 33-footers are a handful to sail — and really fun to watch, especially in a breeze. Concurrently, the Etchells PCCs are set to roll on October 3-4, followed by the their North Americans on October 8-11. San Francisco YC will host both events on the Berkeley Circle. About 30 boats
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^I^ikes, there's a lot of great racing coming up in the next six weeks! We're exhausted just contemplating how much work it'll be to cover it all, but we wouldn't have it any other way. We're lucky to live in the best sailing arena in the country, and we're coming up on the best time of the year — enjoy! — latitude/ rkrn
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BAJA HA-HA V PREVIEW It's that time again. Another 'class' of lucky cruisers are about to set off in search of sunnier skies and laid-back lifestyles. When the starting gun roars at 10 a.m. on October 27, the waters off San Diego's Coronado Roads will be chock full of cruis¬ ing boats bound for Baja's famous party town, Cabo San Lucas. For first-time ocean voyagers, the event provides the catalyst that turns long-held dreams into reality: while for veteran cruisers, it sim¬
Jill and Steve Hoffman, both officers in the miiitary reserves, are happiiy going 'AWOL'. ply provides an excuse to retrace their in¬ augural southbound track. Leg One takes the fleet 330 nautical miles south to the friendly fishing town of Turtle Bay. Leg Two spans 220 miles, ending at the vast anchorage of Bahia Santa Maria, on the outskirts of Magdellana Bay. The final leg — a mere 180 miles — brings the fleet tp Cabo, ripe for celebration. It's a distance of less than a thousand miles that takes participants worlds away from the workaday world. That being said, we present the Class of'98: Altair — Cal 35 Tom & Diane Dunkelman, Moss Beach 'The kids asked to go to Disneyland, but we decided to show them some real adventure instead," say Tom, a geologist, and Diane, an accountant. In figuring their rating, they asked the Ha-Ha Committee to consider the added tonnage of a substantial load of Barbie dolls and Tonka trucks. Their daughter Cara, 4, and son Grant, 2, will undoubt¬ edly be among the youngest Ha-Ha'ers this year. Friends Urs and Roberta Ber¬ nard will round out the crew. The Dunkelmans plan to spend six months in Mexico, then have Altair shipped or delivered home. The 1983 Cal is a proven cruiser having made a circum¬ navigation with a previous owner. Page 200 •
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AWOL — Islander 40 Steve & Jill Hoffman, San, Francispo The irony of this boat's name is sur^y not lost on friends of Steve and Jill, both of whom are officers in the military re¬ serves. Their motto: "Don't let your fears stand in the way of your dreams." Sage advice, indeed. Although AWOL is their first boat, Jill has been sailing since she was 19 and Steve started sailing at age 7. They're both now 35. We were flattered to learn they first read about the Ha-Ha in Latitude 38 while stationed at Camp Pendleton in '94. And they seem like the right kind of folks — Steve proposed marriage a few years ago while sailing beneath the Golden Gate. After the Ha-Ha, they'll be off to play in the Caribbean for a year before truck¬ ing AWOL home. Begone — Westsail 32 Richard & Nancy Sequest, Sausalito "Any destination will do," says Nancy Sequest (pronounced 'Sea Quest'), "as long as it's downwind." As her boat's name proclaims she just wants to "be gone." Although their boat has been to New Zealand and back, this will be the first long distance cruise for both Nancy and Richard. In preparation, though, they've been "pretend cruising" around the Bay Area for the past 10 years, first in their Catalina 27, and more recently in this Westsail. Plan A is to explore the Sea of Cortez for a season, then, like many cruisers, face the decision of whether to turn right, to the South Pacific, or left, to the Caribbean. Bequia — Gulfstar 50 Doug Darling & Teresa Moore, Victoria, BC Gulfstar 50s make excellent charter boats, and this one is no exception. This year the plan was to take a break from Pacific Northwest chartering and sail the Sea of Cortez. So owners Doug and Teresa thought they'd tag along with the Ha-Ha just for fun. "When he's not chartering, Doug runs a boatyard in BC, while Teresa earns her living as a communications consultant. Both have extensive offshore sailing ex¬ perience. Bequia is their fourth boat. She's a beautiful vessel, nicely appointed below decks, but we're told she carries a strange cargo: 250 cans of cat food and 20 lbs. of kitty litter. The ship's feline has actually cruised to 12 countries over the past nine years. Cathy and Maureen Connelly and
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BAJA HA-HA V PREVIEW Tale restaurant will be along as crew — or should we say, guest chef. Ceilidh — Pearson 40 Jay & Janice Haw,^ins, Sausalito The Hawkins met six years ago at Catalina during a scuba seminar where they were both brushing up their skills. "We found we each had a secret desire to go cruising. So naturally, we got married and started preparing for that goal," says Janice. Sounds perfectly logical to us. Jay, a civil engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers, and Janice, a veterinary technician, are extremely appreciative that their employers are willing to give them six months off to sail south and cruise the Sea of Cortez. They see this as only one of many voyages yet to come. "We know we'll always be boat people, somehow, somewhere," Janice confides. They've lived aboard this Pearson 40 for four years and have equipped her with plenty of cruising accessories such as a dive compressor and a kayak. Cracker Box — Hans Christian 38 John & Marilyn Graham, Sunnyvale "Sailing is like a box of crackers," say
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the Grahams. "You never know if it will be crumby!" Having done lots of sailing in nearcoastal waters of the Area, they've undoubtedly seen a lot of crumby condi¬ tions, but are looking forward to the sunny skies of Mexico. This is the first boat they've actually owned themselves, however — they bought >her earlier this year. John, who makes his living as a tax consultant, and Marilyn, who's a stock options administrator, unfortunately have to get back to work after the Ha-Ha, so they'll leave the boat in Baja for the win¬ ter and bring her back next spring. John's brother Mark will round out the crew.
Destiny — Centiuion 42 Michael & JoAnne Gray, Seattle You might say fate brought Michael and JoAnne together nearly twenty years ago. Although they were both with other mates at the time, they met while an¬ chored next to each other in the San Juan Islands. A year later they started dating and soon found themselves cruising to¬ gether in Desolation Sound. They've been a duo ever since. Happy that their careers in sales have allowed them to retire early in life, they plan to spend the next 5 to 10 years cir¬ cumnavigating. Having bought their beautiful Wauquiez 42 ten years ago, the dream has heen a long time coming, but they seem to have the right attitude to¬ ward visiting foreign lands. Their favorite quote: "Judge the quality and character of a man (or woman) by the way that they treat those that can do absolutely noth¬ ing for them." Diana B — Cal 39 Bill & Diana Barash, San Anselmo "We want to join the rest of the retired, the unemployed and the dropouts," says Diana. After doing business in Marin
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IN SEARCH OF AN ENDLESS SUMMER County for 36 years, she and Bill are both ready for an "attitudinal adjustment." Although neither of them has done any extensive cruising, they've done lots of Bay sailing and several coastal hops, and have owned four boats since the '70s. They upgraded to this 1980 Cal only a year ago. Having permanently quit their jobs in June, jthe game plan after a year of cruis¬ ing Mexico is wide open. Dreamtime — Norseman 447 Del & Carol Wiens, Juneau "We were attracted to the Ha-Ha be¬ cause of the rigorous rules and regula¬ tions and the serious nature of the com¬ petition," says Del with tongue in cheek. Actually, we know of little racing in their backgrounds, but a great deal of adven¬ turing. Years ago, they moved to Colorado, then Utah, and pursued an active lifestyle that included backpacking, cross-countiy skiing, rafting and arctic canoeing. As both were career biologists, they traveled the world doing fieldwork. They fell in love with sailing, however, only four years ago. In the fall of '96 they bought this Rob¬ ert Perry-designed cutter, sold their
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house, moved aboard and w^re soon ex¬ ploring southern Alaska under sail. After the Ha-Ha, Dreamtime will make tracks for the Galapagos, then onward around the world. En El Cordero — Beneteau 43 Ken & Cy Lamb, Alameda Since everybody will undoubtedly be asking, we might as well explain now, that En El Cordero translates as 'on the lamb' — which describes Ken and Cy's new cruising status, as well as spoofing their last name. We don't know much about this couple, but we've concluded that Ken would be a great guy to have around, and Cy must have a heart of gold. He's a contractor who
"can do anjdhing", and she's a retired school bus driver. They bought their Beneteau 43 — their fourth boat — four years ago, after she was brought to Californian from the Car¬ ibbean. They love her from stem to stern, but the best thing about En El Cordero might be that she's paid for! Conse¬ quently, Ken and Cy's post-Ha-Ha plans are flexible. Eric Knight, Ray Bowser, Jack Matievich and Louie the dog will crew to Cabo. Endless Summer — Cheoy Lee 32 MS Doug Villepique/Bruce Bernasconi, S.F. Since most people seem to be taking life much too seriously lately, it's refresh¬ ing to see a couple of thirtysomething guys chucking their jobs and heading off over the horizon. "Doug is the guy you always see on the weekends at Svendsen's or West Marine covered with paint, motor oil and epoxy," says his partner, Bruce. Since he bought Endless Summer five years ago he's spent "every spare dollar" upgrading this 25year-old, Alden-designed cruiser. After the Ha-Ha the idea is to head out into the
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South Pacific on an open-ended voyage. Bruce bailed out from a hotel manager position to join his buddy. He got his first taste of sailing while living in the Virgin Islands, after which he helped deliver a boat to Florida. "Now that we're in San Diego,” say the duo, "we keep asking our¬ selves 'Why didn't we do this sooner?' " Escapade — Caliber 40 John & Patti White, Silicon Valley "We're two former Silicon Valley nerds who sold the house and moved aboard the same month our youngest son left for college," say John and Patti. Theirs is probably one of the few singleowner boats in the Ha-Ha fleet — and one of the newest. They bought her new in '95. John and Patti both began sailing only six years ago, but they progressed steadily through the various levels of certification at Club Nautique, and now feel ready for open ocean. During their short sailing career they've cruised in the Caribbean and have done a variety of coastal trips, including a cruise through Alaska's In¬ side Passage. In the spring, they plan to set sail for the South Pacific.
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Faith — Islander 36 Jim & Bnma Burbidge, Channel Is. "We've done the formal race to Cabo twice, but this format sounds like a lot more fun!" says Jim. The first time was in '93, the year of the first Cruising Class in the Long Beach to Cabo Race. He and Bruna used the occasion to celebrate their honeymoon. Jim did the'''97 TransPac aboard the Catalina 36 Surprise. At the risk of being the butt end of a litany of shark jokes, Jim acknowledges he is an attorney, while Bruna lists her¬ self as his "chaperone." After reaching the Cape, they plan to bypass the Sea of Cortez and head for Mazatlan, where they'll 'keep the Faith for the winter. There will be no shortage of watch-
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IN SEARCH OF AN ENDLESS SUMMER Ha vets who've come back this year for another dose — and this time their cruise is open-ended. After a season in Mexico, they plan to head west to French Polynesia, then on to New Zealand and Australia. "We've waited a long time for this — 15 years!'' says Bob, a newly retired software development man'ager. His new-found freedom seems to have inspired him to wax poetic: "Just as Captain Ahab pur¬ sued the Great White Whale, Freya seeks the warm water only found in the end¬ less summer of the tropics." During the Ha-Ha, this 1993 cutter wlU sail with a full crew. The others are Anita Tucker, and Marilyn and Ray Donovan. Golden Ring — Hudson 50 Bill Berg & Diane Baldasar, Seattle After living aboard for 12 years in "wet, cold, overcast" Seattle, Bill and Diane are more than ready to hit the tropics. Plan A is to cruise Mexico for several years, then venture west with no time commitments. Bill recently retired, after working for the city of Seattle for 35 years. He's been sailing almost as long: Diane began her sailing career almost 20 years. She has
After living in Alaska for many years, Ethan Windahl is ready for some sweet Baja sunshine.
yet to log any open-ocean miles, but Bill has done two Hawaii-to-Sedttle transits. Over the years Bill has wisely learned to repair all the systems aboard Golden Ring. He's even adept at refrigeration re¬ pair, a skill which will surely endear him to many cruisers they meet along their route. Gypsy Dolphin — Maiples 42 Ethan Windahl, Anchorage Ethan's road to the Ha-Ha began in 1969 in Cleveland, of all places. "When the Cyahoga Riuer caught on fire, I knew 1 was in the wrong place," recalls Ethan. Within 18 months, he was in Nome, be¬ ginning a 23-year law career from which he retired last year as a judge.
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Hawkeye — Nonsuch 26 Brian Bouch, Petaluma Cats have wishbones? Catboats like Hawkeye do. The people that sail them swear by the simple sail and wishbone boom. As Brian puts it, "It's funny look¬ ing and very easy to singlehand." He won't have to worry about that, though. Brian, a physician/acupuncturist, will be making the trip down Baja with a couple of friends, Zeb Stuart and Bob Lee. If things get rough or start breaking, we trust that Bob, a psychatrist, can con¬ vince Brian he's still having fun. At least until May, when they put the boat on a truck and come home. In the Mood — Catalina 36 Wa3me and Sandy Benesch, Yuma, AZ You think James Carville and Mary Matalin have a tough marriage — Sandy Benesch used to be a powerboated A pretty good one, too: she was navigator on 10 powered cruises down the Mexican coast. Unlike Democratic dragonslayer Car-
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ville and his equally tough Republican wife, Wa3me Benesch managed to bring Sandy from the brink of oblivion back to 'our' side. They've been sailors together for five years now. The Benesches will make the run south with Robert and Norma Ingold. "We want to see if we like cruising," is the reason Wayne gives for making the trip. Although the 'Moodies will fly home from Cabo right after the Ha-Ha (the boat will go back north with a delivery crew), we predict they'll see eye to eye on that matter, too — and be back for more next year, Joy Ride — Cal 39 Jim and Margaret Ballou, Sausalito "Three decades of dreaming, five years
of planning. It's time to go," says Jim. And away they go. After the Ha-Ha, these early retirees (both from management posi¬ tions) will continue on down the Mexican and Central American coasts. They may transit Panama into the Caribbean, but like all good cruisers, they know that de¬ cision doesn't have to be made any time soon. Friends Charlie and Crania Lindberg will be aboard the well-named Joy Ride for at least the Ha-Ha part of the trip. They all look forward to enjoying the cruising life. It sure sounds like they've earned it. Kabunza — Pearson 365 Steve Schultz & Ruth Olson, Healdshtug Thirty years ago, Steve's Dad did this trip — back when Cabo was a 'small vil¬ lage' with two hotels. So Kabunza's trip has an element of 'following in the foot¬ steps' to it. 'With lots more junk and many more companions," adds Steve, who along with Ruth recently retired young (they're 50 and 44, respectively) from Hewlett Packard. And talk about junk: Kabunza has three anchors, extra large fuel and water
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La Rive — Hunter 40.5 T. Joe Larive, Fresno With a name like T. Joe Larive', you'd think Larive was a car salesman, wouldn't you? Oh, what do you know, he was a fleet sales manager for GMC before retir¬ ing. Now, of course, he only does fleet sails. Okay, okay. . . Joe's excited about sailing south, not¬ ing that it "beats swimming there." The well-equipped 1994 sloop should do well enough in the competition' end of the Rally, though Larive did mention a few go-slow items such as "three-blade prop, roller furling, a confused captain and a go-slow attitude." We might as well start engraving the award right now. La Vie Dansante — Vagabond 47 David Woodard, Alameda There's a certain symmetry to David's retirement. He used to operate heavy equipment for a living. Now, with La Vie Dansante weighing in at 40,000 pounds, it looks as though he continues the tradi¬ tion! Lots of good things have been happen-
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IN SEARCH OF AN ENDLESS SUMMER bored the dream of 'going sailing' ever since seeing the movie Romancing the Stone. "Fatefully, the boat riding through the New York skyscrapers in the final scene was a Mason 43," she informs us. Good movie trivia, that. From their Ha-Ha application, we can tell this couple has a fine sense of humor (color of their Mariner liferaft was "unknown, and we don't ever want to know!") and a good attitude about their impending adventure ("the best part of the journey is the people you meet along the way"). Magic Dragon — Tayana 47 Pete and Suzy Rummel, Los Angeles Pete's love of sailing has made for a sometimes stormy life's voyage. He first sailed 35 years ago after spotting a cool¬ looking 52-ft trimaran in Oakland and volunteering to help the owner finish it. He went on to sail other boats, got mar¬ ried and, in 1964, set out for the South Pacific with another couple. They got as far as San Diego before the trip fell apart. His first wife didn't share the passion, so for the next 24 years, Pete didn't sail. Ten years ago, the kids grown, Pete
In terms of his career, Joe "Archie" Parks doesn't want to play anymore. In terms of sailing, he does.
wanted to get back into the life., His wife didn't. He bought a boat and they got di¬ vorced. Happy ending: In 1990, Pete met Suzy. She did share the passion. They were married, bought Magic Dragon in 1992 and met their goal in 1998: to retire and go cruising. We certainly hope Baja HaHa V will get them off to a great start. Mandoline — Cal 34 Todd & Ellen Mandeville, Santa Cruz "Instead of buying into the two car, big house and 2.5 kids American dream af¬ ter graduating from UC Santa Cruz," say Todd and Ellen, "we bought a Cal 34 for a little more than a song." Now, four years later, they're setting off in search of "the
perfect fish taco." At ages 27 and 30 respectively, Todd and Ellen are among the youngest (adult) participants this year. Their motto: "Go young, go now." Todd bailed out from his software career at Intel and Ellen walked away from her tech writing gig to take off cruising on an open-ended itinerary. Af¬ ter the Ha-Ha they plan to continue cruis¬ ing until they run out of either money or fun — "whichever comes first." Todd's done a good deal of coastal cruising, including a trip to Desolation Sound and back, while Ellen's resume includes a transit from S.F. to Lahina. Maverick — Fast Passage 39 Archie Parks, Poulsbo, WA Now here's a guy with a sense of hu¬ mor. In the entry form category for "goslow" gear, Archie lists, "people occasion¬ ally being keel-hauled." But we sense by the ear-to-ear grin in his picture that Archie is actually a pretty jolly guy — expecially since he's retired from a long career as a . . . opps, we promised not to tell. Archie's owned this William Gardendesigned cutter for 12 years — his fourth
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BAJA HA-HA V PREVIEW boat. In that time he's sea-tested her by racing and cruising all over the Pacific Northwest. Now, he's eager — to say the least — to get started on an around-theworld cruise. 'This boat is awesome to sail downwind," he notes, "and I intend to do a lot of it." Miki G — Gemini 34 catamaran Michael Beattie & La3me Goldman, Santa Cruz Layne, a criminal lawyer, and Michael, a journalist, are two people who always marched to the beat of a different drum. Fortunately, when they met in their late 30s, they realized it was the same drum. After two years of searching for the 'ideal boat', they gave up and bought a cata¬ maran. "It's a production cruising cat and doesn't go as fast as most people think," says Michael. "But it's very comfortable and draws only 18 inches with the boards up." So all you leadmine sailors be warned: if you see Miki G at anchor, don't assume they're in deep water. The original plan was to wait until their two dogs were gone to begin their cruise, but Emma and Debs get around the boat
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THE RACING
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With brief reports this month on the upcoming Around Alone Race; the Second Half Opener; the new Interclub Series; a summary of various National Championships; the Grade &, George Regatta; the new SSS Half Moon Bay Race; lots of box scores and the usual random smattering of race notes.
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Around Alone Race Twenty competitors from nine coun¬ tries are poised to roll the dice in Around Alone 1998-'99, which departs from Charleston, SC, on September 26. Seven will race in Class I (50-60 foot boats), while the remainder will sail in the more Corinthian Class II (40-50 feet). There are provisions for late entries, but at this point the race is more likely to see a few with¬ drawals than any additions. Billed as the longest race on earth for any individual in any sport, the race be¬ gan life m 1982-'83 as the BOC Challenge. Subsequently held every four years, this marks the fifth running of the grueling 27,000-mile, four-legged solo circumnavi¬ gation. The route this time takes the fleet to Cape Town first, then on to Auckland,
"They're friends, but extremely competi¬ tive," said race organizer Mark Schrader. "The rest of the fleet need^ to make sure that this private competition doesn't leave everyone else days behind!" Isabelle lost her boat, and nearly her life, in the South¬ ern Ocean in Leg II of the last race (after crushing the fleet in Leg I), while Soldini just lost a close friend, Andrea Romanelli, off FILA in a recent TransAtlantic record attempt. Both sailors well know the risks involved in a race like Around Alone, but neither could stay away. The wild cards in Class I are Mike Golding, Marc Thiercelin, and Josh Hall, each sporting new Open 60s designed by Jean-Marie Finot, the undisputed mas¬ ter of open-rule boats these days. Schrader claims all three are a little "be¬
Around Alone '98-99 Entries Competitor CLASS 1 (50-60 feet) Isabelle Autissier Mike Golding Josh Hall Fedor Konioukhov Sebastian Reidi Giovanni Soidini Marc Thiercelin CLASS il (40-50 feet) Bob Adams Andy Darwent Robin Davie Michael Garside Neil Hunter Jean-Pierre Mouligne Neal Petersen Minoru Saito George Strieker Paul Thackaberry Brad Van Ller Chaniah Vaughan Viktor Yazykov
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then around Cape Horn to Punta del Este, Uruguay, and finally back to Charleston in May of 1999. Class 1 favorites are clearly Isabelle Autissier (PRB) and Giovanni Soldini (FILA), both returning veterans of the race. Page 212 •
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hind the curve" on their new speedsters, hoting that Thiercelin and Hall have "ex¬ perience," while new singlehander Golding has "organization, loads of ocean miles and doesn't like coming in second in any¬ thing."
While the limelight will focus mainly on the pros in Class I, there are some in¬ teresting projects in Class II as well. The favorite seems to be JP Mouligne's Cray Valley, with the best competition coming from Mike Garside's two-year-newer Magellan Alpha. Both boats are 50-foot Finot designs — like their big sisters, though not quite as radical (standard rigs and water b^last instead of canting keels and wing masts). "Mike will push relent¬ lessly, as he just proved in the Atlantic Alone," claimed Schrader. "He's still fig¬ uring out the boat. . . . look out when he does!" Also notable are Andy Darwent's fast¬ looking homebuilt boat; a pair of identi¬ cal 40-footers for Bob Adams and Viktor Yazykov, who should enjoy a great duel; and Niah Vaughan's sentimental entry Albright Star [ex-Airco, Mike Plant's first boat), making her fourth appearance in the race. Californians naturally will be rooting for 30-year-old Brad Van Liew of Los Angeles, a dark horse entry with his
SHEET under spinnaker. It was a colorful sight, but a nightmare for the race committee, who could barely keep up with the steady stream of finishers, many of whom crossed the line overlapped. The follow¬ ing results are still a little suspect, and may not reflect all the results of the ten protests that were filed. After a literally and figuratively warm evening on the clubhouse lawn and, for some people, in the pool (this was the height of the early August heat wave), the racing resumed on Sunday with a windy and foggy buoy race on the Treasure Is¬ land course. The race was a counter for HDA, but optional for most one design fleets. Trophies will be awarded for each day, though to save space we've added the two days together to come up with our own completely unofficial version of the weekend winners; DIV. F (multihulls) — 1) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, 2 points. (3 boats) DIV. G (0-84) — 1) Cha-Ching, BH 41, Scooter Simmons, 5 points; 2) Jabiru, J/35, Brian Dunn, 7; 3) China Cloud, J/40. Leigh Brite, 8. (8 boats) DIV. H (85-110) — 1) Family Hour, Olson 30, Bilafer Family, 2 points; 2) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami, 6; 3) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck, 7. (8 boats)
Letting the good times roii aboard the Express 34 'Two Scoops'during the Second Haif Opener. Owner Chris Longaker hoids the sacred wood.
California Challenge. The first leg — 6,865 often frustrating miles from Charleston to Cape Town — always has the greatest fallout, and often the best stories. You can follow all the action by dialing the race's toll-free faxback number {1 -888-5-COMSAT) or by surfing the net to www. aroundalone.coTn. That website, produced by Quokka Sports ' .he same staff who put together the sujerb Whitbread coverage), is brimming vith information — a mandatory excur¬ sion if you're serious about following the Around Alone. ' Check back next month for a more indepth look at the fleet, and hopefully a report from the the start. Following are the results of the Atlantic Alone, the re¬ cently completed 3,300-mile feeder race/ qualifier from Falmouth, England, to Charleston:
1) FILA, Giovanni Soldini, ITA, 21:17:07 (new/ course record); 2) Team Group 4, Mike Golding, UK, 25:13:40; 3) Cray Valley, JP Mouligne, FRA, 26:06:03; 4) Magellan Alpha, Mike Garside, UK, 27:03:17; 5) Shuten-dohji II, Minoru Saito, JPN, 32:21:43.
Second Half Opener After a month layoff, the HDA and ODCA summer seasons resumed with Encinal YC's ninth annual Second Half Opener. Held August 1-2 in sunny and moderately windy conditions — enough so that the N/M 30 Insufferable broke her rudder just outside the Gate — the rac¬ ing once again featured three different weather marks: Bonita, Blackaller and Harding Rock. The idea, which has worked well in the past, was that all three divisions would finish in front of the EYC clubhouse more or less at the same time. The plan worked well, almost too well. Due to the usual wand hole between the Bay Bridge and the mouth of the Estu¬ ary. the 141-boat fleet regrouped before charging en masse down the Estuary
DIV. J (111-143) — 1) Zilla, B-25, Brent Draney, 4 points; 2) Fat Bob, Catalina 38, Robert Lugiani, 5; 3) Jammin' Too, Catalina 36, Mike Lamb, 8. (8 boats) DIV. K (144-163) — 1) (tie) Derf, Soling, Pete Rowland, and Echo, Farallon Clipper, John Coulter, 5 points. (3 boats) DIV. L(164-182) — 1) (tie) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, and Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen, 3 points. (5 boats) DIV. M (183-up) — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27, Bill Chapman, 4 points; 2} Spridle, Catalina 22, Mike Fabei( 5; 3) Don Wan, Santana 28, Donald Kunstler, 7. (7 boats) PHRO —1) Charisma, Andrews 56, Dave Sal¬ lows, 3 points. (3 boats) SPORTBOATS — 1) Peregrine, Mumm 30, David Thomson, 2 points; 2) Abracadabra II, Antrim 27, Dennis Surtees, 4. (4 boats) SF 30-FOOTERS (117-141) — 1) Ixxis, Olson 911S, Ed Durbin, 2 points; 2) Legacy, Gemini Twin, John Melder, 5. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34, Dave Davis, 3 points; 2) Bear Territory, Catalina 34, David Smith, 4. (5 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson; 2) Expeditious, Bartz .Schneider. (5 boats) ISLANDER 36— 1) Absolute, Steve Schneider, 2 points; 2) (tie) Pilot, Jim Robinson, and Windwalker, Richard Schoenhair, 5. (4 boats) SANTANA 35— 1) Northern Light, Lloyd Ritchey, 5 points; 2) Ice Nine, Brendan Busch, 6. (4 boats) J/105 — 1) Walloping Swede, Tom Kassberg, 4 points; 2) (tie) Jose Cuervo, Sam Hock, and Blackhawk, Dean Dietrich, 6; 4) Sales Call, Ian Charles, 10. (15 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Run Wild, Dale Irving. (2 boats) CATALINA 30 — 1) Friday's Eagle, Mark Hecht, 2 points; 2) Trey Shay, John Jacobs, 4; 3) Goose, Michael Moradzadeh, 7. (7 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Harry, Dick Arnoff, 3 points; 2) Hot Chocolate, Don Oliver, 5. (6 boats) September, 1998 • UuuM.12 • Page 213
J/29 — 1) (tie) 5150, Hans Bigall, and Wave Dancer, Richard Leevey, 6 points. CAL 29 — 1) Serendipity, Tom Bruce; 2) BoogA-Loo, Nancy Rogers. (5 boats) LEVEL 198 — 1) Alliance, Cal 2-27, Whit Conley. (2 boats) HAWKFARM — 1) Predator, Jim Wheeler; 2) Roadhouse Blues, Torben Bentsen. (4 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Dreamer, Mario Wijtman; 2) (tie) Three Ring Circus, Dave McMurtry, and Barking Dog, Jeffrey Kroeber, 6. (9 boats)
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CHALLENGER — 1) Runaground Sue, James Van Blarigan. (3 boats) SANTANA22 — 1) Riff Raff, Colin Gilboy; 2) Lon¬ don Calling, Megan Dwyer. (4 boats) ARIEL— 1) Jubilee, Don Morrison; 2) Pathfinder, Ed Ekers. (4 boats)
Interclub Series So much for the hole south of the Bay Bridge. The fifth race of the Interclub Se¬ ries season started in 25 knot winds and
stayed close to that all day. Fortunately for the equipment, and unfortunately for those with the shorter waterlines, the course turned out to be mostly reaches with very little tacking and hardly any spinnaker work. Although half the sea¬ son trophies, are still in contention, the turnout was relatively light with 20 noshows out of 48 entries. The Interclub Series is peopled by an
Bonus Kenwood Cup shots, from top: Start of the Molokai Race;'Starlight'crew John Bertrand and Curtis Biewett; 'Abn Amro' in stealth mode. Middle: Tom Allen was one of the Judges; Cassiopeia' looking good; 'Aoba'about to hoist one. Bottom: 1D-48s on the layline; 'Beau Geste' (left) and 'Rags'; Parris Witham and Dave Hulse check out 'Starlight's busted runner. All photos 'Latitude '/rob.
enthusiastic group of racers from seven Alameda Estuary yacht clubs. The lowkey series provides its racers with some¬ thing more challenging than club racing without the commitment of time and ex¬ pense associated with pounding up the
slot in 30 knots weekend after weekend. (That’s fun?) While some of the racers are currently active in YRA and other major special races, we are mostly too old, too young, or too la^ for the grind of YRA. Besides, many of us don’t think that
kevlar looks good on a sailboat an5nvay. Races are held once a month from April through September, with two or three early races in the Central Bay and at least three in the South/Central Bay between Alameda and San Francisco. An optional “for fun" double/singlehanded race is held in October. Participation has been good: 48 boats registered this year to fill out seven divisions (multihull, three spinna-
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THE RACING ker fleets, Merit 25 one design, and two non-spinnaker fleets). Participating yacht clubs are Alameda, Club Nautique, Encinal, Island, Oakland, Sea Breeze and Treasure Island. Each club has a representative who is totally responsible for registration, notification, providing a race committee and commit¬ tee boat, etc. when it is their club's turn to host the race. Personal contact is the usual communication method, marks are navigational buoys, and no professional help is utilized, so mailings and other costs are about nil. This means the only outlay is for trophies, which happUy trans¬ lates into seven races for just $20. — george gurrola, Oakland yc INTERCLUB RACE #5 (Oakland YC: Aua. 15): SPIN. A (Merit 25) — 1) CK Porter, Cindy Surdez, OYC; 2) Usual Suspects, Steve Zevanove, OYC. (4 boats) SPIN. B (0-170) — 1) Carlene, WylieCat 30, F. Saltero, lYC. (3 boats) SPIN. C (ISOish) — 1) Zarpa, Newport 30-2, George Gurrola, OYC; 2) Addiction, Newport 303, J. Smith, AYC. (5 boats) SPIN. D (180-up) — 1) Dominatrix, Santana 22, Heidi Schmidt, lYC; 2) Lyric, Thunderbird, Jim Newport, OYC. (5 boats) NON-SPIN, E (big) — 1) Wave Rider, Hunter 31, M. Rommell, AYC; 2) Aries, Catalina 42, D. Beckett, OYC; 3) Blue Fox, Hunter Cutter, J. Hanck, OYC. (6 boats) NON-SPIN. F (little) — 1) MeMe, Newport 303, Norm Guest, OYC; 2) Peddler, Catalina 27, N. Rehm, OYC. (4 boats) MULTIHULL —1) Sea Bird, F-27, R. Holden, TIYC, (2 boats)
Nationals Round-Up It's that time of year again, when classes hold their annual championships. In a perfect world, we'd cover each of these regattas in technicolor detail — but the world is obviously far from perfect, as evi¬ denced by the nauseating crap that's dominating the headlines lately. Lots of other classes (e.g., SC 27, Wabbits, Millimeters, Olson 25s, Express 37s) will hold their Nationals in Septem¬ ber. Be sure to send us your results! Bet¬ ter yet, why not write up a brief report like the Moore 24 fleet did for the current issue? EL TORO NAs (Lake Huntington: Aua. 3-81: SENIOR GOLD — 1) Tom Burden; 2) Hank Jotz; 3) Vaughn Seifers; 4) Dave Vickland; 5) Al Kenstler; 6) Jim Warfield; 7) John Amen; 8) Fred Paxton; 9) Nick Nash; 10) Gordy Nash, (19 boats) SENIOR SILVER — 1) Chris Boome; 2) Art Lewis; 3) John Gilmour; 4) Aad Rommelse; 5) Art Lange; 6) Paul Fuge; 7) Dan Mills; 8) Brian McCarthy; 9) Malcolm Wilson; 10) Ron Locke. (17 boats) INTERMEDIATE (ages 15-18) — 1) Andy Good¬ man; 2) Ian Rogers; 3) Brandon Wall. (7 boats) JUNIOR (14 and under) — 1) JV Gilmour; 2) Molly Carapiet; 3) Travis Kool; 4) Brendan Daly; 5) Daryle Kool; 6) Noe Goodman; 7) George Granelli; 8) David Page216 • l*XLUJUli • September, 1998
The StFYC-hosted International Knarr Championship (IKCs) were underway as we went to press. Seven Danes, six Norwegians and a dozen local sailors were midway through the six-race, flood-tide series. Jens Christiensen of Denmark was leading after two races, with Knud Wibroe the top Ameri¬ can. Tune in next month for finai results, or check their cool new website: www.knarr-sf.com. Klingman; 9) Mallory McCollum; 10) Ben Amen. (20 boats) (6 races; 1 throwout)
vaders, Dave West/Mike Priest, Sausaiito, 46; 10) Trilogy, Steve Kraft/Mitch Mathews, Monterey, 51.(18
EXPRESS 27s fSanta Cruz YC: July 24-26: 7 races): 1) Mad House, Mike DeVries, 27 points; 2) Fly¬ ing Circus, Gene Ryley/Dave Hodges, 27; 3) Baffett, Tom Baffico/Forest Baskett, 32; 4) Attitude, Paul & Sarah Deeds (Detroit), 32; 5) New Moon, John Franklin/Carl Schumacher, 39; 6) Wildthing, Phii Myers, 42; 7) Motorcycle Irene, Will Paxton/Jay Lambiotte, 45; 8) Sonita, Craig Page/Bill Melbostad, 61; 9) Opus, Rich Sjoberg, 62; 10) Mirage, Terry Cobb,
HOLDER 20s (Coronado YC: Aua. 6-8: 7 races): 1) Mudflap Girl, Colleen Cook, Southwestern YC, 8 points; 2) Spaghetti Factory, Keith Sternal, Mission Bay YC, 17; 3) My Sweetie and Me, Jim Rosaschi, Nevada YC, 25; 4) Point Biank, Chip Buck, Mission Bay YC, 33; 5) Bruiser, Ron Walls, Fresno YC, 37.
10. (16 boats) Winning crew & top amateurs — Mike DeVries (coowner/driver), Ken Moore (co-owner), Hunt Conrad (tactician), Gary Sadamori, Cecilia Davidson.
MERCURY NATIONALS (Lake Huntington. 5 races): 1) Old Buzzard, Pat & Brendan Bradley, Fresno, 13 points; 2) Christmas Pudding, Jack McAleer/ Malcom Fife, Monterey, 20; 3) Contagion, Steve & Nate Gould, San Francisco, 20; 4) Ernie, Dick Clark/ Patrick Whitmarsh, Carmel, 21; 5) Pacer, Pax Davis/ Chris Boome, San Carlos, 29; 6) Fast Friends, Doug & Michael Baird, San Mateo, 29; 7) Stars, Jim & Kathy Bradley, San Francisco, 31; 8) Bushwacker, Don Whelan/Mike Porvasnik, San Diego, 35; 9) Space In¬
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(10 boats) Winning crew — Colleen Cook (driver), Chris Winnard (tactician), Jens Herbert.
SNIPE NATIONALS (Gull Lake. Ml: 3 races): 1) George Szabo/Eric Wilcox, Mission Bay, 7.50 points; 2) Augie Diaz/Pam Kelly, Miami, 17; 3) Hal Gilreath/Alex Stout, Lake Lanier, GA, 21; 4) Chris Snow/Yumio Dornberg, Mission Bay, 21; 5) John McRae/Barbara Evans, Winchester, 23.75. (33 boats in 'gold' fleet)
NEW YORK YC RACE WEEK (July 18-26: 7 races): FARR 40 NATIONALS — 1) Solution, John Thomson, Port'Washington, NY, 19 points; 2) Gem, Bill Ziegler, Darien, CT, 32; 3) Wired. Steve Garland, Hingham, MA, 36; 4) Orient Express, Peter Tong, Vancouver, WA, 37; 5) HIssar, Edgar Cato, Charlotte,
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NC, 37. (16 boats) J/120 NORTH AMERICANS — 1) Dire Wolf, Tom Little. Westport, CT, 15 points; 2) Bye Bye Blues, Bob & Kathy Monro, Darien, CT, 23; 3) Fatal Attraction, Dominick Porco, NY, NY, 24. (7 boats) MUMM 30 NORTH AMERICANS — 1) USA 50. Larry Madiera/Ernie Pomerleau,Burlington, VT, 20 points; 2) Thalia, JB Braun/RD Shear, Marblehead, MA, 23; 3) Airforce, Gene Lopez, Morgan, NJ. (25 boats)
off EYC’s clubhouse. Because the entire fleet always sails the same course — and this being admit¬ tedly a pretty casual affair — many couples neglected to check the course flags, figuring they'd be able to follow the three sportboats who started first. After all, Kame and Sally Richards on the scratch boat, the Antrim 27 Owlslarah, not only know which way to go, but have won the Grade & George Race numerous times. "If you can't trust them, who can you trust?" said Fago. 'They're practically poster children for this regatta." Well, maybe not after this year. The 'Wrong Way Richards' proved they're merely mortal, misinterpreting the signals and sailing a shorter version of the race than was signalled. Unfortunately, the other sportboats followed them, as did all but four boats in Division A. Karin Knowles, steering Olson 30 Dragonsong with husband Tim crewing, was the first to figure out the correct course. The Knowles were rewarded with overall hon¬ ors for their efforts — proving that some married couples apparently do commu¬ nicate effectively. Eight year-old Jill Easterday was second overall in the family's Olson 30 Jack's Back, presum¬ ably with a little input from her dad. Jack. Happily, Fago's performance wasn't to¬ tally in vain — her Wabbit Masquerade, which corrected out first among the way¬ ward sportboats, was given a trophy any¬ way, though her finish wasn't allowed to count in the overall standings.
DIV. B (121-149) — 1) Uno, WylieCat 30, Julie & Erik Urias; 2) Motorcycle Irene, Rebecca Dymond/ Will Paxton; 3) Silkye, WylieCat 30, Susan Fernandez/ Steve Seal. (10 boats) DIV. C (150-179) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Elizabeth MacDonald/Jim Fair; 2) Eyrie, Hawkfarm, Sylvia Seaberg/Tom Condy; 3) Tailchaser, Moore 24, Emily & Bob Hogin. (9 boats) DIV. D (180-up) —1)Shazam!, Santana 22, Lynn Williams/Bud Sandkulla; 2) Fast Company, Santana 22, Gillian Loza/John Foy; 3) Jack Be Quick, Santana 22, Stephanie & Peter Rasco. (10 boats) OVERALL — 1) Dragonsong; 2) Jack's Back; 3) Surprise. (41 boats)
SSS Half Moon Bay Race The Singlehanded Sailing Society's in¬ augural Half Moon Bay Race, held August 1, was by all acounts a fine debut. Thirtytwo boats (19 intrepid solo sailors and 13 doublehanders) sailed out the Gate at 10 a.m. and hung a left turn for Half Moon Bay. Winds during the pleasant 23.75mile trip ranged from zero on the beach to 20 knots just a little further offshore. Racers spotted an abundance of sea life, including sea lions, porpoises and whales. Ekl Ruszel [Chelonidj caught some salmon during the race, which may ex¬ plain his worse-than-usual fifth place fin¬ ish. The fish were barbequed that night at the HMBYC clubhouse along with hot dogs and burgers provided by the SSS. Non-fisherman Lany Riley singlehanded his WylieCat 30 Silkye to top honors in both the singlehanded and overall com¬ petition, continuing this design's domi¬
SPORTBOAT—1) Masquerade, Wylie Wabbit,
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1) Team McLube, Jonathan & Charlie McKee, Seattle, 16 points; 2) Ronstan, Morgan Larson/Kevin Hall, 21; 3) Julio The Goat Herder, Chris Nicholson/ Ed Smythe, Australia, 29; 4) HiFly, Tina & Trevor Baylis, 47. (10 boats)
Grade & George Race Confusion reigned at Encinal YC's tenth annual Grade & George Regatta on August 22. "It was all Kame and Sally's fault!" joked race official Margaret F^go, one of the 'lemmings’ who blindly followed the Pineapple People to a DNF in the popular doublehanded coed race. Fortyone boats sailed in the 12.4-mile course, which involved a triangle and a windwardleeward leg before popping the chutes for the run down the Estuary to the finish
Julle and Erik Urias won Division B with 'Uno'. This Is their favorite race, as they got engaged during It five years ago! Tim and Karin Knowles won the G&G Race with their 'Dragonsong'. Tim Is currently commodore of the Richmond YC. DIV. A(120 and under) — 1) Dragonsong, Olson 30, Karin & Tim Knowles; 2) Jack's Back, Olson 30, Jack & Jill Easterday; 3) Surprise, Schumacher 46, Susan & Steve Chamberlin. (10 boats)
nance of shorthanded events. Sunday's leisurely delivery home saw light winds and fog yielding to perfect sail¬ ing (and fishing) conditions by the after¬ noon. "It was an altogether successful weekend," claimed SSS Commodore Pat Zajac. "Looks like this will become a per¬ manent fixture on our schedule." September, 1998 •
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THE RACING If you've got the itch to experiment with shorthanded sailing, the last two events on the SSS calendar are low-key and user friendly. They-are the East Bay/ Estuary Race on September 12, followed by the Vallejo 1-2 on October 17-18. Call Pat at (510) 232-9965 for the sales pitch. SINGLEHANDED: DIV. I (multihull) — no starters. DIV. II (129 and under) — 1) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland; 2) Berserker, Ericson 38, Mark Deppe. (3 boats) DIV. Ill (130-168) — 1) Silkye, WylieCat 30, Larry Riley; 2) Chief, SC 27, Dwight Odom; 3) Stormrider, Aphrodite 101, Don McCrea. (6 boats) DIV. IV (169-up) — 1) TGTITW, Santana 22, Jef¬ frey Brown; 2) Ouzel, Thunderbird, Greg Nelsen; 3) Impossible, Ranger 23, Gary Kneeland. (7 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker) — 1) Big Dot, Pacific Dol¬ phin, Doug Graham; 2) Regardless, Tartan 41, Herman Trutner. (3 boats)
DOUBLEHANDED: DIV. 1 — 1) Sierra Sky, F-24, Jesse Cendana. (1 boat) DIV. II — 1) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Ben¬ jamin. (2 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Uno, WylieCat 30, Steve Wonner; 2) Borderline, Olson 911-S, Bill Charron. (4 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Honalee, Herreshoff Rozinante, Dawn Miller. (2 boats) DIV. V — 1) Bacarat, Peterson 34, Dave Reed/ Sylvia Stewart; 2) Maverick, Ericson 39, Tony Johnson. (4 boats)
Box Scores So many races, so little time. The sum¬ mer season lurches on, as evidenced by this latest round of race results: TRANS-TAHOE (Tahoe YC: July 10:25.6 miles): CLASS A— 1) Mumms the Word, Mumm 30; 2) Snowman, Melges 24; 3) Arch Angel, Antrim 27. (6 boats) CLASS B — 1) Cisco, Olson 29; 2) Avalanche, Hoble 33; 3) Sea Scooter, Olson 29. (7 boats) CLASS C — 1) Meeta, Express 27; 2) Express¬ way, Express 27; 3) Wa Hoo, Martin 242. (7 boats) CLASS D — 1) By Design, Olson 25; 2) Dragon Fire, Santana 25; 3) Ala Ka Zam, Olson 25. (9 boats) CLASS E (big cruising) — 1) The Sting, CS 36; 2) Molly, B-25, (5 boats) CLASS F (little cruising) —1) II Outrageous, Catalina 28 Mk. 2; 2) Cynthia Marie, Catalina 22. (5 boats)
ASAHI SUPER CUP (Hawaii. July 25-26. 4 races): IMS — 1) Big Apple, Farr 45, Hideo Matsuda, 4 points; 2) Zamboni, Farr 40, Doug Taylor, 11; 3) Beau Geste, Farr 49, Karl Kwok, 12, (6 boats) PH-I — 1) Desperado, Lidgard 35, Skip Winterbottom, 5 points; 2) Urban Renewal, J/35, Les Vasconcellos, 7; 3) Kaimiloa, J/44, Dave Nottage, 14; 4) Lear Jet, N/M 56, Tatuya Iwato, 20. (8 boats) PH-II — 1) Addiction, Ranger 33, Richard Blackburn, 8. (2 boats) J/24 — 1) Cash Flow, Robert Ale. (3 boats) SIMPSON/SPORTBOAT (StFYC: Aua. 1-2: 6 races): 11:METRE —1) Citibank, Dinkel/Stoenberg/ Sadamori, 12 points; 2) Blackstar, Tim Wells, 16. (5 boats) Page 218 •
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ETCHELLS — 1)1 Love My Wife, Craig Healy, 6 points; 2) Trouble, Chris Perkins, 20; 3) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton/Tim Parsons, 26; 4) Ice 3, John Jansheski, 31; 5) Celebration, Doug Morse/Henry Fisher, 43; 6) Hwy 5, John Mellen, 46. (16 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Swamp Yankee, Scott Sell¬ ers, 7 points; 2) Pacific High, Stan Clark, 12, (4 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 19 points; 2) Not the Family Buick, Shawn Bennett/ Micheal Stone, 19; 3) Twist & Shout, Jessica Lord, 22; 4) Sea Monster, John Oldham, 24; 5) Agent 99,
Dimitrios Dimitrelis, 28. (13 boats) J/24 — 1) Cheech Wizard, David Niertert, 7. (1 boat)
SPRING SCORE OVERALL (SCYC: 4 ocean racefs): DIV. A (< 100) — 1) Tacos Pescados, Olson 30, Tim McTighe, 6 points; 2) Ingrid, SC 52, Bill Turpin, 9; 3) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco, 14; 4) Abso¬ lute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth, 23; 5) Sirena, Olson 30, John Martinelli, 26. (13 boats) DIV. B (> 100) — 1) Wildthing, Express 27, Phil
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HDA ISLANDS TOUR (SYC: August 15: 17milp-!)MULTIHULL — 1) Ja Mon, F-25c. (3 boats) DIV. G — 1) China Cloud, J/40; 2) Windswept Beneteau 42s7-S. (4 boats) DIV, H — 1) Petard, Farr 36; 2) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33; 3) Enchante, Beneteau 42. (7 boats) DIV. J — 1) Mintaka, C&C 36; 2) Zilla, B-25; 3) Jammin' Too, Catalina 36. (7 boats) DIV. K — 1) Derf, Soling. (2 boats) DIV. L — 1) Twilight Zone, Merit 25. (3 boats) DIV. M — 1) Latin Lass, Catalina 27; 2) Spridle, Catalina 22. (5 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Wind Dragon, Catalina 34; 2) Starfire, Catalina 34. (5 boats) SF 30 — 1) Ixxis, Olson 911-S. (2 boats) SPORTBOAT— 1) Owslarah, Antrim 27; 2) Per¬ egrine, Mumm 30. (5 boats)
summer KEELBOAT/SFYC-.AUG. 15-16: 4 rar.P.s)EXPRESS 37— 1) Bliss, Mike Grisham, 6 points; 2) Eclipse, Mark Dowdy, 6; 3) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson, 10. (6 boats) J/35 — 1) Fast Lane, Bob & Kathy Patterson, 3 points. (1 boat) ETCHELLS — 1) Ice 3, John Jansheski/John Bertrand, 5 points; 2) Celebration, Henry Fischer/ Doug Morss, 9; 3) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton, 14; 4) El Nifto, Brian Berger, 20; 5) White Jacket, John Sutak, 28; 6) #860, Bob Park, 28; 7) Bird Dog, Jeff Wayne, 30. (15 boats) EXPRESS 27— 1) New Moon, Carl Schumacher/ John Franklin, 5 points; 2) Pacific High, Stan Clark, 8. (4 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Sea Monster, John Oldham, 7 points; 2) Casey Jones, Bruce Ayres/Don Jesberg, 9; 3) Hard Core, Steve Maseda, 10; 4) SUV, David Wadbrook, 19; 5) Tropical Storm, Doug Forster, 20. (11 boats)
FRANK'S TRACT (Andreas Cove YC: Ann m.m) SPINNAKER — 1) Quickie, J/24, Jim Hackman, StkSC; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30, Pat Brown, StkSC; 3) Delta Ruby, Catalina 30, Chuck Jones, StkSC. (7 boats) NON-SPINNAKER —1) Milligee, Ericson 27, David Brown, NoYC; 2) Water Rat, Newport 27, Bryant Bowington, ACYC. (5 boats)
OYRA GATECRASHER (GGYC: August R)PHRO-IA— 1) Acey Deucy, J/44, Richard Leute; 2) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn. (3 boats) PHRO-IB — 1) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy; 2) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck. (4 boats) PHRO-IIB — 1) Island Girl, Islander 36, Frank Burkhart. (2 boats) MORA-I — 1) Speedy Gonzales, Olson 30, David Carrel. (2 boats) MORA-II — 1) Sorcerer, C&C Half Ton, Greg Cody; 2) Ouzel, Thunderbird, unknown. (4 boats) (39.5 and 29.5 mil4s)
OYRA HALF MOON BAY (tYC/HMBYC: Aua. 2P.PT)Scenes from a recent CYC Friday Night Race, voted by our all-knowing and unbiased staff as the 'Best Beer Can Series on the Bay', Myers, 6 points; 2) Gandalf, Santana 35, Diola/ Quitzau, 17; 3) Moonchild, Olson 25, Tim Kelbert, 22; 4) Free Fall, Moore 24, Fred Cox, 23; 5) California Zephyr, SC 27, Mark Kennedy, 24. (12 boats)
SANTANARAMA (Stillwater YC: Aua. 8-9:3 races): 1) Windsong, Linda Garcia/Richard Beach, MPYC, 12 points; 2) Santy Anno, Greg Cailliet,
MPYC, 13; 3) Leprechaun, Tim Condon/Tiger Clark, StillYC, 13; 4) US 99, Bob Barksdale, 15. (13 Santana 22s)
BAY CHALLENGE (StFYC: August 9)1) Mike Zajicek; 2) Bill Weir; 3) Chip Wasson; 4) Mike Percy; 5) Steve Sylvester; 6) Randy Nelson; 7) Chenda Herstus; 8) David Wells; 9) David Boll; 10) John Radkoski. (32 sailboards) (Course: SF to Berkeley, and back. Winning time: 55 minutes, 54 seconds)
PHRO-IA — 1) Zamazaan, Farr 52, Chuck Weghorn, 2 points. (2 boats) PHRO-IB — 1) Eclipse, Express 37, Mark Dowdy, 3 points; 2) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 39, Jonathan Livingston, 5; 3) Sassy, Soverel 33, John Lowengart, 6. (7 boats) PHRO-IIB — 1) Intrepid, Baltic 37, Karsten Mau, 3 points; 2) Island Girl, Islander 36, Frank Burkhart, 4. (4 boats) MORA-1 — 1) Baffett, Express 27, Tom Baffico/ Forest Baskett, 2 points; 2) Formerly Express, Olson 30, Dean Daniels. (5 boats) September, 1998 • LutUiJcZS • Page219
THE RACING MORA-II — 1) Sorcerer, C&C Half Ton, Greg Cody, 4 points; 2) Current Asset, Islander 30, John Bowen, 4; 3) Freewind, Cal 9.2, The Lessleys, 5. (7 boats) (28 miles down; 24 miles home)
Race Notes Sale boats of the month: BYC mem¬ bers Jim and Diana Freeland have pur¬ chased the SC 52 Ariel, which is currently ■ being kept in Ensenada. Future plans include some ocean racing and a long dis¬ tance cruise commencing in 2002. The Freelands sold their veteran Dehler 34 Blue Max to new owners in Valparaiso, Chile, who bought the '95 and '97 HDA class winner sight unseen and renamed her WURU. . . British sailor Tony Bullimore, who abandoned Exide Challenge after it flipped in the Southern Ocean during the last Vendee Globe, has bought SunAlliance (,ex-ENZA) from Tracy Edwards. Bullimore is mounting a Jules Verne attempt later in the year. . . . Alameda designer Carl Schumacher has acquired a new boat, though we hesitate to tell you it's, ahem, a stinkpot. "She's a 32-year-old, 26-foot Chris Craft, with twin V-8s," Carl informed us. "It's a real 'project' at the moment. Elventually I'll use
it for Estuaiy tours, commuting to St. Francis and towing the Express 27 to re¬ gattas!" A-One picks up one-A: AmericaOne recently chartered oneAustralia, the LACC boat that many regarded as the second,, fastest boat (behind Black Magic) at the '95 America's Cup in San Diego. Ten con¬ tainers of gear came with the boat — "onestop shopping," was how project manager Bob Billingham described the transaction. John Bertrand, former skipper of oneAustralia commented, "The acquistion of AUS 31 is going to be a good card in AmericaOne's hand as it prepares for the Cup. They continue to make very calcu¬ lated and sure-footed decisions and there is no doubt in my mind that they are one of the top U.S. contenders." Meanwhile, Aloha Rating has an¬ nounced that they will build at least one, and maybe two, boats in Hawaii, with funding provided by HealthSouth. . . The NYYC/Young America syndicate will be the first challenger to begin two boat test¬ ing in Auckland, with Young America and
Spirit of Rhode Island currently being bundled up for shipping. Ed Baird's group is still the frontrunner of the six Ameri¬ can challenges, as much as we Bay Area sailors would like to think otherwise. Mo Bay bragging rights: Santa Cruz YC defended the Veeder Cup in mid-August, winning the mostly annual match race series 3- 2 against crosstown rival Mon¬ terey Bay Peninsula YC. Sailed in Santana 35s, the series was decided in the protest room when MPYC lost the fourth race on a port/starboard infringement. Steering Gandalf in SCYC's winning effort was Jim Maloney, assisted by owner Carl Quitzau, wife Loretta Maloney, Dave Shelton, Mario Golsh, Dennis Bassano, Doug Kirk, Brett Gripenstraw, Ian Klitza and Rick Diola. Tim Cordrey was the second place skip¬ per, helming Bill Keller's Camaval "It was really exciting, with lots of good scream¬ ing and yelling," said event chairman Rob Schuyler. "A cliffhanger right to the end." Men behaving badly: The hearing to decide the fate of the various parties in¬ volved in the brawl at Bruce Golison's Cadillac/North Regatta awards cer¬ emony was heard on August 29, after we
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Here there be dragons: The (San Rafael) Canal Dragon Boat Association is the Bay's iatest one design fieet. They iook a iittie undercanvassed. went to the printer. Based on the allega¬ tions, as many as seven sailors and four owners (who are ultimately responsible for the actions of their crew) could be penal¬ ized for gross misconduct (Rule 69). At the very least, the guilty parties won't be
invited back to this excellent regatta; at worst, US Sailing could chuck them out of the sport for a year or two. Tune in next month for the outcome. Meanwhile, St. Francis YC recently held two hearings concerning the Beneteau 42s7 Just in Time, which switched from a fixed propeller to a folding one the day before last year's Big Boat Series with¬
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out informing the organizing authority or the PHRF Committee. They went on to wallop their class by a suspicious mar¬ gin, one which quickly led to their PHRF rating dropping 12 seconds a mile, as well as a review of their sailing trim. In a threepage memo, the protest committee (Tom Allen, Joseph Melino, Bruce Munro) con¬ cluded that owner Norman Olson and skipper Frank McNear were both guilty of infringing RRS 78.1 (compliance with class rules: certificates) and RRS 69 (gross misconduct). Olson and Just in TUne were also found in violation of RRS 2 (fair sail¬ ing). Accordingly, Olson and his boat have been banned from StFYC regattas for a year, and McNear was issued a warning under RRS 69.1 (B) (1). Winding down: After 6 of 8 races, Brack Duker s SC 70 Evolution is comfortably leading this summer's ULDB 70 season championship over five other contes¬ tants. Only two boats, Evo and Taxi, have done all six races thus far. which is re¬ flected in the cumulative scores: 1) Evo, 99 points: 2) Taxi Dancer, 85; 3) GI, 67; 4) Alchemy, 50; 5) Mongoose, 24; 6) Cheval, 24. The series concludes with the Big Boat
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THE RACING SHEET Series, followed the next Friday (October 2) by the Alessio Race. Random race results: Amanda Clark of Shelter Island, NY, won the Junior Women’s Singlehanded Championship (aka the Letter Trophy) in mid-August. Sixty-stx girls sailed in the Seattle YC'hosted event, which was sailed in Laser Radials. . . Paul Zambriskl of Redondo Beach just won the U.S. Singlehanded Sailing Championship (O'Day Trophy), sailed in Lasers out of New Bedford YC (South Dartmouth, Mass.) Another SoCal dinghy star, Jonathan Baker of San Di¬ ego, took the bronze in the 12-boat fleet. Thirty-nine boats competed in the moderately windy MORC Internationals in Sarnia, Ontario, in late July. The top three overall were Rugger (S2 7.9 mod.). Heartbeat (Andrews 30) and Invincible (N/ M 30). The latter boat, owned by Rip Carruthers of San Diego, was the top-per¬ forming (and only) California boat in at¬ tendance. Sailmaker Harry Pattison was Invincible's tactician and co-helmsman, while recently married foredeck god Steve Dodd served up front. The Midget Ocean Racing Class (MORC) has been around since 1954. and lists 300 active members
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throughout the US and Canada — though precious few hail from the West Coast. Dinghy deities, con't: StFYC members Zach Berkowitz and Karl Baldauf domi¬ nated the 1-14 Nationals again off Long
Beach in late July. Rounding out the 21boat fleet was: 2) Ron Boehm/Pete Mohler (Santa Barbara): 3) Kris Bundy/Jamie Hansler (Seattle): 4) Chris Kelly/Russ Fill (Seattle); 5) Greg Mitchell/Mahdaven Thirumala (StFYC). Pebblestars: Brian Bissell skippered the Newport Harbor YC team to a 10-1 record to capture Balboa YC s 32nd an¬ nual Governor's Cup, a match race se¬ ries for juniors in Santana 20s . . . The 35th Optimist Worlds, a 15-race series in Portugal, attracted a record 193 sail¬ ors from 44 countries. A 14-year-old Ital¬ ian, Mattia Pressich, won overall. Seven¬ teen of the top 20 kids came from Italy, Argentina, Peru, Croatia and Brazil, while the top American was a lowly 38th. Chris Dickson was in the New Zealand newspapers last month, topping the Na¬ tional Business Review's "Rich List" as the wealthiest athlete in that tiny country. The NBR put Dicko’s net worth at a minimum of $13 million NZ (6.7 mm US). Bruce Farr also made the list ($9 mm NZ), followed by Russell Courts and Peter Blake ($4 mm NZ each). Dickson also made the society pages with the announcement of his up¬ coming December wedding.
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With reports this month on Three Top Winter Charter Venues, a Schooner Cruise Through the ^an Juans, a charterer's memories of Flotilla Sailing in the Cyclades, and miscellaneous Charter Notes.
heck should we go." The Whole Picture: The point is, pricing should be a fac¬ Three Top Winter Destinations tor in your decision-makijig, but not the Yeah, we know. It's still the end of sum¬ only factor. The overall cost of a trip to mer, but if you're smart, you're already any of these areas would probably come making plans for your winter getaway — out roughly the same when all was said especially if your chosen sailing destina¬ and done — within a few hundred dol¬ tion is overseas. The first decision to make — and some¬ lars, anyway. Which brings us to the other important factors that should al¬ times the hardest one — is which sailing ways be considered before making a de¬ venue to choose. We'll look at three prime cision solely based on cost, namely: cul¬ winter chartering destinations this tural attributes, geographical features, month: Thailand, New Zealand and the climate, historical sites and the range of Grenadines. If you're like most folks, price is a big watersports available. contributor to the decision-making pro¬ If the biggest 'sailing adventure' you've cess. When comparing the costs of poten¬ ever had was a weekend trip to the Delta, tial charter destinations, however, you any of these destinations would be fabu¬ need to look at the whole picture, not Just lously exciting and exotic. Indeed, all are boat and air pricing. wonderful places for a sailing vacation. Most travelers find it surprising, for But they are, of course, vastly different example, that you can get from San Fran¬ from one another, leaving you to decide which place suits your personal style and cisco to Phuket, Thailand, for about the same amount of dough that it costs to fly interests. to St. Lucia, St. Vincent or Grenada — This year. New Zealand is high on most roughly $1,000 to $1,200 round trip. people's wish list due to all the America's Getting to New Zealand usually costs Cup hubbub, so booking early is a must. about $200 more. "Right," you say. "We're If you went down this winter, you could going to Thailand." spend a few days in and around Auckland But air fare is only part of the equa¬ checking out the new A-Cup infrastruc¬ tion. You might change your mind when ture and perhaps even the sailing venues you check bareboat pricing and see that before heading up to the Bay of Islands a similar-sized boat is a couple of hun¬ for a peaceful cruise. dred dollars Like Austra¬ cheaper in New lia, New Zealand Zealand. is one of the easi¬ "Okay," you est places for conclude, "New Americans to Zealand it is." travel for reasons Oops, you which are obvi¬ forgot that the ous, but bear re¬ Kiwis impose a peating: every¬ 12.5% VAT tax one speeiks En¬ (which may or glish: the na¬ may not be in¬ tional cuisine is cluded in boat not unlike tradi¬ pricing) that You can find beautiful beaches and protected anchorages at tional American neither the any of this month's charter destinations. In terms of cultural fare; standards Grenadines heritage, however, they are vastly different. of cleanliness nor Thailand charges. "Aaargh," you and sanitation are equal to, if not higher grumble, "take me to the Grenadines." than ours; and currency is in dollar de¬ Sure, as long as you realize that food nominations (although ours have greater in Grenada is more expensive than either bu3dng power). of the other destinations. "Holy cow!" you fret. 'Then where the Page 224 •
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The entire country is green and beau¬ tiful, with vast areas that remain imdeveloped. The climate is temperate, not tropical: the water in the north is WEirm enough to swim in, but don't expect 75° temperatures or blistering sunshine. Air temperatures during the summer months are usually in the 70s, with winds around 12 to 18 knots. Among sailors. Kiwis are known as some of the friendliest folks in the world, and sharing their cruising grounds is always a pleasure. It'll take you about 18 hours to get there, but if you have the time, you can often stop in Tahiti or Australia en route for little or no extra cost. Both The Moorings, (800) 535-7289, and Sunsail, (800) 327-2276, have fleets there. The other company we've mentioned in the past, Island Rover, unfortunately went broke earlier this year. Thailand really fits the definition of exotic. The only charter outfit — at least the only one with a U.S. office — is Sunsail, which has a relatively small fleet
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there. Hence the slightly higher pricing and the need to book far in advance, i.e. now. Prime season is December through April. Charterers often fly to the island of Phuket (where the charter base is located) via Bangkok, a fascinating, yet intenselycongested city. Many folks take in the sights there, or farther afield, for a few days before or after their charter. (Sunsail arranges packages that include visits to remote villages, bamboo raft rides and even elephant safaris.) Thailand's ancient Buddhist culture maintains traditions that span centuries. If you enjoy immersion in a world vastly dif^ferent from our own, a visit to Thai¬ land should be strongly considered. Thai cuisine, of course, is another plus. And dining, outside of touristy areas, is quite
inexpensive. In addition to having an intriguing cul¬ ture, the cruising grounds accessible from Phuket are among the most geographi¬ cally dramatic on the planet. Navigating through a sea of lush, limestone pinnacles is an experience you'll not soon forget. Water temperatures are ideal for snorkeling, while air temps are in the high 80s during the season. Winds generally range from 10 to 20 knots. We tend to write a lot more about the Grenadine Islands than either New Zealand or Thailand, but to recap. . . the attractions are perennial sunshine; clear, warm water; steady 12 to 18-knot trade winds; and abundant reefs teeming with sealife. The country encompasses a string of islands running from St. Vincent in the north (where charter bases are located), to Carriacou in the south. Nearby St. Lucia and Grenada often serve as start¬
ing or finishing points also. On most is¬ lands, the basic infrastructure is what some might call "lacking," while others would choose the phrase "delightfully funiy." In any case, the lifestyle is slow¬ paced and the population is a mix of black West Indians (the vast majority), inter¬ spersed with expat Americans and Euro¬ peans. Most folks are very friendly, although with tourism as the only real cash crop, a few do tire of visiting boaters, the result of which has brought the region more than its fair share of bad press in recent years. We, on the other hand, have always regEirded the Grenadines as one of our fa¬ vorite areas of the Eastern Caribbean, largely because it still embodies vestiges of what we nostalgically call the 'old Car¬ ibbean' — a friendly, sleepy place, where walking around barefoot, wearing a freshly-woven palm-thatch hat, with a beer in your hand is considered normal behavior. Depending on how you route your trip, it will take you at least a full day (12-15 hours) to get there — routings to St. Lucia or Grenada have fewer transfers. Both The Moorings and SunsaU have bases in the region, as does Sun Yacht Charters, (888) 293-3505; TMM, (800) 633-0155; and Seabreeze, (800) 668-2807. Take your pick, the decision is yours. Whichever eurea you're leaning toward, however, don't delay in finishing your travel homework and making a commit¬ ment. Booking early insures you of the pick of the fleet for your ideal travel dates. — latitude/aet Schooner Zodiac: Sailing a Bay Area Legend through the San Juans
In 1996 my friend BUI Horning and I chartered a bareboat and had a great week of fun cruising through the San Juan Islands. We liked it so much that aftejwards, we vowed to go back again. Little did we know at the time, however, that our next trip would be as crew aboard Zodiac, the largest working wooden schoo¬ ner on the West Coast! We found out about this wonderful vessel in an Elderhostel catalog. Five days amd nights aboard Zodiac sounded per¬ fect to us. After a four-hour drive from Seattle, we arrived at the ship's homeport, Bellingham, which lies about an hour south of the Canadian boarder. We were greeted by Captain Karl Mehrer, who September, 1998
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founded the nonprofit Northwest Schoo¬ ner Society 20 years ago. Zodiac was built in 1924 by one of the Jphnsons, of Johnson & Johnson, fame, as a college graduation present for his son. After participating in several seasons of racing on the Atlantic, she entered a period of disrepair beginning with the stock market crash of 1929. She was auc¬ tioned to the San Francisco Bar Pilot's Association in 1931, renamed California and began service as a bar pilot schoo¬ ner. Her task was transferring harbor pi¬ lots to ships for guiding them through the waters off San Francisco and the Bay. Zodiac was retired from service in 1972. A widow of one of the remaining mem¬ bers of the Bar Pilot's Association wound up holding title to the boat — enter cap¬ tain Karl. He struck a deal in '72 and be¬ gan the long years of raising money, re¬ cruiting volunteers and rebuilding Zodiac to her original glory as a gaff-rigged twomasted schooner. In 1984, her 60th birth¬ day, Zodiac was given back her maiden name. She was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Spe¬ cial legislation was needed so she could obtain the Coast Guard certification that now allows her to run charter trips. During the five days we sailed with Zodiac, there were 18 paying Elderhostelers on board, plus seven crew. The highlight of our trip was joining in the crew work. It took all of us to raise the mainsail, since there were no winches. With 4,000 square feet of cloth that weighed 600 lbs., it took a well-explained. For 25 years, Captain Karl Mehrer (right) has been dedicated to ‘Zodiac's preservation and he still gets a thrill out of sailing her._
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'Zodiac' must have made one helluva birth¬ day present for young Johnson! Bay Area residents will have a chance to see her again next summer, when she'll return for California's sesquicentennial celebrations.
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sail team, with amother fellow to handle the gaff peak halyard. I was assigned to the mainsail peak halyard team and the mainsail sheet team. We all had opportu¬ nities to volunteer on other sail teams as well. When sails were lowered. Bill and I helped out by climbing onto the foresail and mainsail booms and tucking sails into themselves as they came down. The only disappointment was that we only had great winds the first day out. The other days were marked by sunny skies and little breeze. With all that sail up, though, we could still get up enough way to tack successfully. Other highlights of our days and nights aboard Zo¬ diac were the fabulous meals and the beautiful anchorages of the San Juans. We anchored at two o of the three principal ports s of the region: Roche Har~ bor and Friday Harbor. Roche Harbor was originally a lime kiln company town, which made the owner wealthy as he supplied lime and concrete products during the 19th centuiy which
supported the building-up of Seattle into a major city. It’s now a busy resort, popular with sailors and fishermen who layover or stop in for the restaurant or bar scene. A small restored hotel and cabins are available for tourists. Friday Harbor is located on San Juan Island, the main island of the eirchipelago, and is the com¬ mercial center of the islands. The main street and harbor are delightful, making visiting boaters feel right at home. I highly recommend sailing the San Juans either by bareboat or aboard a ; beautiful classic like Zodiac. And for those who are 55 or older, Elderhostel offers wonderful trips. For more info about Zodiac, contact the Northwest Schooner Society, P.O. Box 9504, Seattle, WA 98109; phone: (800) 551-NWSS, (202) 633-2780; or via the Website: www.nwschooner.org. —Jim cox Saratoga
Warm Memories: Flotilla Sailing in Greece There is no sailing in the world like sailing the,Greek Islands. The wind blows' steadily, and in the summer and early fall
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it's warm enough to swim in the Aegean Sea after you pull into an anchorage. The islands are remote, unspoiled and friendly. Almost all have interesting remnants ofthe ancient civilizations as well as buildings and homes influenced by classic architecture. The homes are clustered around waterfronts or picturesquely set on hillsides, their white paint gleaming against the verdant hills, Our only problem with booking a cruise was deciding where to go. There are hundreds of islands surrounding Greece and picking one group to explore is difficult unless you’ve got some expert opinions to rely on. We filled that need by working with a group known as Albatross, a private yacht chartering club out of Moorestown, NJ, that has been running Greek sailing tours for many years. The owner, Tim Monsul, and his daughter are fluent in Greek and are very familiar with the entire area. They are excellent tour leaders, and can make a traveler's life wonderfuUy easy by negodating side trips, suggesting tavernas and getting the Greek crew to interact with
the guests. We can recommend the island group known as the Cyclades for having inter¬ esting islands; good sailing between them; a wide variety of things to see and do; and very good, inexpensive food in the island tavernas. Our flotilla trip was composed of six 49-ft yachts, carrying either four or six people each. Each yacht had a Greek captain, and two of the boats included a tour director and an archeologist who led a walking tour each afternoon after we made port. This was always a highlight of the day — a new town to explore, new ruins to see, and a chance for everyone to share a cold drink and recount the events of the day. The captains assessed the experience level and sailing skills of each of the guests and encouraged those who wanted to par¬ ticipate in the sailing. Even rank novices were able to join in the fun and learn the rudiments of scetmanship. The flotilla price included a flight from New York to Athens and then on to Rhodes where we embarked on our cruise. The first night was a get-acquainted meeting with a festive Greek dinner. Our fellow sailors were from all over the U.S., and ranged in age from 45 to 70. All were full of enthusiasm for the adventure, and most of us explored the old medieval walled city of Rhodes before we were willing to call it a day. _ Below and right: In our book, late summer Is the Ideal time to cruise the Greek Isles. Traditional architecture has changed little over time.
We awoke to bright blue skies and a stiff breeze, boarded our vessels, stowed our gear and donned our foul weather jackets — not from fear of rain, but as
protection from the ocean spray. As we passed out of Rhodes harbor to the open sea, we tried to visualize the gi¬ ant statue of Colossus that once stood astride the harbor entrance. Once outside, the boat heeled over, we reefed our sails and were soon making eight knots. It was quite a sail—even the experienced among us felt a bit queasy in the six-foot swells, but by 2:00 in the afternoon we were safely in the next harbor perusing the harborfront tavernas in search of a deli¬ cious lunch. And so it continued for the next 12 days; a four-hour sail, lunch, a chance to explore a new island, a tour with the archaeologist, dinner, zmd warm conver¬ sations with fellow sailors. We went dur¬ ing the last two weeks of September, emd the weather was beautiful — in the 80s during the day, and the high 60s at night. Each of the islands has its own char¬ acter, its own architecture and its own history — all were fascinating. The last evening, the crew made dinner for the guests. Greek wine flowed and we danced the night away. It was with the greatest sadness that we returned to Athens, even though we had a day and a half to tour the ruins of the Acropolis. Athens was interesting, but it couldn’t hold a candle to the islands we had visited. For information on upcoming Alba¬ tross flotillas, contact Tim Monsul at (800) 377-8877. ' — molly baily Charter Notes All you have to do is look out the win¬ dow and you'll see that right now — late summer and early fall — is the very best time of the year for sailing on the Bay.
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After getting off to a very slow start, we're told virtually every charter boat in the greater Bay Area has been sailing day in and day out over the past month — and you should consider joining them. Now is the time to throw a special sail¬ ing party for the gang at the office, or take grandma and grandpa out for a memo¬ rable day on the Bay. Sure, you may own your own club racer, but it could be
Custom-built for chartering, the Santa Cruz 70 'Chardonnay' Is one of the busiest charter boats on the West Coast. disasterous to take out friends or family members on it who are non-sailors. Think about it. You may be used to cold spray and nearly broaching on a gust, but grandma might be horrified, have a heart attack and cut you out of her will! The alternative? Turn them on to sail¬
TMM is now offering bareboat charters on a fleet of new catamarans in the largest barrier reef in this hemisphere. Reasonable travel times and connections from the West Coast plus hundreds of unspoiled tropical cays, and legendary snorkeling make Belize the ideal charter destination for West Coast sailors.
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CHANCES
With reports this month from Shayna in Portugal on a sweet Atlan¬ tic crossing; from Sirius Endeavour on cruising from the west coast of Mexico to the east coast of Guatemala: from Sorcery on a year in South Africa; from Marina Vallarta's Harbormaster Karl Raggio on what’s happening there; from Our Journey on sailing to Tahiti and ending up in Vancouver; from Circe on what was probably the last Crab Drags; from Tqfia on the good and inexpensive life at the little marina in Nuevo Vallarta; from Breezy on 'Tig' Loe's historic voyage: from Amola, on giving the bird to Ray and Diane of Ray's place in Baja; and Cruise Notes Shajma — Hylas 45.5 sloop Larry Hirsch & Dorothy Taylor Crossing The Atlantic (San Diego) We're sitting in the great 500-slip ma¬ rina at Lagos, Portugal, after the typical' 800-mile jaunt from Punta Delgado, San Miguel Island, Azores, to mainland Eu¬ rope. Typical' meaning we motored the first two days in dead flat seas hoping for any kind of wind, then we got six days of more wind than we ever wanted. We never actually knew how much wind we got, be¬ cause our Autohelm windspeed 'whirly gig' blew away shortly after the wind arrived. During the trip, we tried — with mixed results — every sail and reef combination we know, including the staysail, poled out genny, wing-on-wing with the main and the gennaker, and we don't know what else. One good combination was sailing with the dodger and staysail, which moved us along at seven knots! Our prior leg, the 1,800 miles from Bermuda to Flores in the Azores, was ter¬ rific. In 12 days, we motorsailed for just 15 hours and spent the rest of the time beam reaching in 15 to 20 knot winds. We followed the rhumbline, never tacked, and hardly ever had to adjust the sails. After a pleasant sail across the Atlantic, Larry and Dorothy visited the 'great wall' of Horta and discovered evidence of 'Big O's'crossing in '95.
Folks to the south were becalmed, while those to the north battled gale force winds. So much for conventional wisdom. Continuing to review our trip back¬ wards, we thought, having read all the propangda, that Bermuda^was the pits. The weather was miserable, the food was expensive and lousy, and there were too many cruise ships with their flocks of 'East Coast Penguins' — as we call the 'slo go' senior citizens on cruise ships. Since both of us are pushing 70 or more, we're not saying anything derogatory about aging. We should have spent more time in the Bahamas, which were really neat. Sure we ran aground — once for 10 hours — but we learned. Whatever you do, take adequate charts and don't follow the ad¬ vice of weU-meaning 'experts' whose boats draw less than yours. Jumping forward again, we spent a month cruising most of the Azores Archi¬ pelago, visiting all the islands except for Santa Maria. As the crew of Big O knows, these islands are absolutely delightful — and maybe one of the best kept secrets in the world of cruising. Imagine our sur¬ prise to find Big O's graffiti on the 'great wall' at Horta—where we promptly added our own boat name to the collection. You and Big O may have beaten us to Horta, but the Latitude T-shirts you awarded us for our report on Cuba attest that we beat you there by a year or so. Dorothy had her birthday in Horta, enjoying dinner in the old fort overlook¬ ing the harbor that's been converted to a posh eatery and small hotel. By chance, we happened to be joined by 'Just Plain Bob', the creator of the Fortress anchor, and his wife, as well as the crew of an East Coast-based trawler. It must be good to be in anchors, because 'Just Plain Bob' drives a 73-ft Hatteras. Dinner was in¬ terrupted when one of the crewmembers fell off his chair, upsetting tables and wine. He was rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with low blood sugar. He returned to dinner none the worse for it. We topped off Dorothy's birthday with
an evening at Peter’s Cafe Sport, the lo¬ cal yachtie pub. We were warmly greeted by some wild French yachties we'd met earlier while rafted five boats deep on the wall at Horta. They had the whole place singing Happy B'th'd’y in 'babble tongues' to Dorothy. For folks who haven't read our earlier Changes, we left San Diego in January of '93 with our Hunter 40 — which we sold in Fort Lauderdale earlier this year. We then acquired a Hylas 45.5 sloop, which sails like a dream. Having done it, we can say with certainly that a transatlantic crossing is definitely not a smart shakedown cruise for a boat, not even with stops in the Bahamas and Bermuda. We have a few horror stories and some of the equip¬ ment still doesn't work — but there haven't been enough problems to really spoil the fun. After two years in the Caribbean, we'd like to respond to your poll of a couple of years back as to which is better, Baja and the West Coast or the Caribbean. Mexico, based on our, experience, wins hands down.
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Villefranche is only about three miles away, and the 15 or so mile coastline to Monte Carlo is gorgeous, with several little coves in which to anchor. And if you want to get off the boat, there are trains to nearby Provence, the rocket-fast TGV to Paris, and a midnight train from Beauleau Sur Mer that arrives in Venice at 0800. Heck, it's all we can do to drop everything and sail¬ ing east for a summer on the coasts of Spain and France!
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If rock walls could only talk, what tales the forts of Portobello could tell. Once a nexus of the world's riches, it’s nearly a ghost town now.
Although we've only been in Europe for two weeks, it's been a blast. We're look¬ ing forward to attending Expo '98 in Lisbon, which closes in September and hasn't gotten the best reviews. What do we miss most about being away from the United States? In descend¬ ing order: 1) Bagels, 2) Diet Coke, 3) U.S. yachties (never thought it possible: and 4) Nearby West Marine stores to make things ri^t. We've seen few U.S. flag boats — espe¬ cially from the West Coast — since leav¬ ing Bermuda. While here in Lagos we've seen Aurora from San Francisco and Hi Twan. Lagos Marina is extremely well run, with a terrific staff, excellent facilites and good security. The local beaches are great and the charming town has hundreds of good restaurants — all serving the local speciality, which we think is charred 'burnt' sardines. Doesn't sound too good, but it tastes delicious. The two things we don't care for are: 1) All the European
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Sirius Endeavour — Endeavour 43 Don & Ellen Freeman Mexico To The Rio Dulce (N/A) Sirius Endeavour is sitting out the hur¬ ricane season at Mario's Marina on the Rio Dulce on the east coast of Guatemala. We arrived here at the end of April and decided against pressing further north, as El Nino brou^t many storms to San Diego, which one after another dropped down into the Gulf of Mexico and swept across to Florida. Consequently, boats were stacked up for weeks at Islas Mujeres, Mexico, near Cancun awaiting weather windows to make it to Key West. We didn’t want to rush past Belize, which has some of the best diving in the world, just to catch a weather window, so we stayed in the Rio Dulce. But we'll tell our tale in order. We left Mexico earlier than most folks, as many others seemed concerned about the effects of El Nino on hurricanes or had tropble breaking free from marinas. The Ellen Freeman, somewhere off the coast of Costa Rica, soaking up the maximum amount of tropi¬ cal sun under a cloud of sail.
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Papagayo winds lived up to their reputa¬ tion, but after waiting for a week in Corinto, Nicaragua, to avoid 50 to 60 knot winds a few miles to the southeast, you can become rather blase' about a mere 35-knot breeze. Besides, as long as you absolutely stay within two miles of the coast, the seas aren't any bigger than the chop on San Francisco Bay. Let yourself get pushed a little further offshore, however, and you might as well have fallen off the face of the earth. Boats we met or spoke with by radio that got pushed out experienced 20+ foot seas, high winds, gear failure and bruised egos. Their typical comment was, "We'd heard about the Tehuantepecers, but not the Papagayos." So close with the coast by the time you get to the southern entrance of the Gulf of Fonseca — the northern end of Nicaragua — or stand by for very nasty weather. Contrary to many others, we had a great time during the month we spent in Costa Rica. Once you get to meet Costa Ricans, most are exceedingly friendly — although petty crime is an unpleasant fact of life, particularly in the cities. Whatever you do, don't miss Costa Rica's spectacu¬ lar interior. We spent a week 'land cruis¬ ing', and wished we'd done more. If you rent a car, make sure it's a fourwheel drive, for all but the main roads are little more than rock paths across mountains. The little Toyota Tercel we rented had to be hand-carried across a few ruts, and by the time we finished was pretty badly battered. It's a good thing the rental car agency doesn't inspect the bot¬ toms when you return the cars, because we grounded more times in one day than we have in a lifetime of sailing. We suspect the time of year people visit has a lot to do with how much people enjoy their stay in Costa Rica. Early win¬ ter — they call it 'summer' — is the best because the air is dry and there aren't any bugs. In addition, the anchorages aren't roily at that time of year because there isn't any southerly swell. And best of all, we had virtually every anchorage to ourselves. We recommend folks give Quepos a try. Checking in and out was hassle-free and took all of five minutes. Furthermore, rather than charge us any monQ^, the port captain gave us two bags of free ice! Quepos is a decent place for modest pro¬ visioning as they have good meat and bakery goods — but don't provision here for a six-month trip to the South Pacific. There are lots of Americans around Page 234
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Quepos, particularly surfers, as there are world class surfing beaches a few miles to the south. We cleared Quepos for the Panama Canal — although we made several in¬ termediate stops, not the least of which was Drake's Bay. We made this stop on the advice of Selkirk's Changes in Lati¬ tude from a couple of years ago, and re¬ ally enjoyed it. The gorgeous jungle riv¬ ers make for good exploring by dinghy and by foot, so don't miss it. It was fun to later catch up with the Selkirks. We concur with Teresa J, that North¬ ern Panama offers spectacular cruising, diving, and fishing. We wish we could have spent much more time among the many islands and mainland anchorages, but cruising is about choices. While we were often on the move, we tried to make big jumps and then spend quite a bit of time in a single cruising area. Our advice to cruisers is simple: don’t become your own delivery skipper. Take time to focus on the areas that interest you. A number of boats were on such tight schedules that we're sure they only saw the patch of
The San Bias Islands have it all; 365 beautiful islands, abundant sea life, and local kids who will steal your heart.
water directly in front of their bow. We spent a week in the Perlas Islands, which are close to the Canal, but were disappointed. It had nothing to do with the 16-foot tides or strong currents be¬ tween the is.lands, but rather the Humboldt Current, which welled-up cooler water — and a planktonic bloom — which left visibility at about zero. The islands are no doubt beautiful when the water is clear. By the way, the Zydler's Panama Cruis¬ ing Guide — or 'Green Book', as it's commonly referred to, is an absolute must for the Perlas Islands. We found virtually no errors or discrepancies in the guide. Eveiyone writes about the Canal, so we'll just add a few comments. Make sure you read David McCollough's Path Be¬ tween Two Seas: The Making of the Panama Canal. It will make your stay in Panama and your Canal transit more re¬ warding. Our Canal transit was unevent¬ ful; one 'advisor' was exceptionally help¬ ful and knowledgeable while the second slept most of the time.
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There was no Canal slowdown when we wanted to get through: we j ust picked our day and they put us on the schedule. Our line-handlers were other cruisers who we'd already helped with transits or would be making their own soon. We expected more of a cleft to sail through when we crossed the Continental Divide, but the Canal Commission has done so much widening of the steep bank that it was anticlimactic. What really surprised us about Panama was the number of skyscrapers that dominate the skyline of Panama City. We thought we'd made the wrong turn and had ended up in New York City! It turns out that many of the buildings — which are rumored to be attempts to launder drug smuggling profits — are nearly empty. Panama City has great restaurants and provisioning — and Carnival w^s a blast! We always felt safe in Panama, and people were genuinely courteous — even teenagers. Like so many others, we think the San Bias Islands are a piece of paradise — and we could have easily spent months there exploring the limitless anchorages and enjoying the warm, clear waters and white
sand beaches. To get to the San Bias, you travel due east from the Canal. We stopped at several anchorages along the way, including Portobello, the original port for Spanish transshipments of Inca gold to Spain. There are five forts within the harbor, and the views are spectacular. For many, the trip out to the San Bias is their introduction to the winds and seas of the Caribbean. The trades seem to pile up here, having pushed the seas across 1,000 miles of Caribbean Sea and shoved them up onto the shallow shelves extend¬ ing out from the mainland. You have to expect very large seas close together as well as 25 knots of wind on the nose. If there's some north in the trades, the sail can be a thrilling sleigh ride on a close reach. The Kuna Indians, who are pretty much left to themselves on the San Bias Islands, never pushed their molds on us, and we were able to leave our boat un¬ locked without worrying. We didn't find 50-cent molds for sale, but the ones we purchased were of superb quality and seemed a fair value for their work. The trades are brisk in the San Bias, and fre¬ quently large seas pile up on the reefs — but inside the reef, the water is calm and the breeze makes the temperature seem perfect. There are lots of lobster around, but they're wary. The highlight, however, are the stone crabs, which we think are tastier them Dungeness. After the San Bias Islands, we sailed northwest to Isla Providencia, which is a jewel. This medium-sized island — which despite being five times closer to Nicara¬ gua is owned by Colombia — is sur¬ rounded by barrier reefs and boasts 150foot visibility. The diving is colorful, and when coming up from the shallow can¬ yons we couldn't tell where the water ended and the sky began. We boated a large wahoo just as we were arriving, which gave us three nights of unlimited sashimi. The check-in procedure there is a snap; just call for Mr. Bush on the radio. He's the official agent and it's virtually required that you use his services — but he's friendly, honest, speaks good English, and is your friend while you're on the is¬ land. The large anchorage had good hold¬ ing and there's a new dinghy dock in the center of town. We found all the locals — about half of whom speak Spanish and the other half English — to be friendly and helpful.
Three grocery stores provide a good as¬ sortment of supplies, including Colom¬ bian beer and ChUezm wines. E3ven though everything must be shipped in from Co¬ lombia. many American products were available — and at prices less than in the States. The produce wasn't as good as you find in Mexico, but it was still tastier than what you get in the U.S. Providencia has land crabs that come out at night. Twice a year the island liter¬ ally crawls with them as they engage in a mating ritual. The local restaurants fea¬ ture land crab in spicy Creole and other Caribbean sauces. In general, the dining is excellent and less expensive than, for example, in Costa Rica. The Cayos Vivorillo are a convenient stop-over when coming up off the Nicara¬ guan coast from Isla Providencia, but the holding is poor and the bottom foul. In northeasterly weather the cays aren't bad, but they are dangerous in northerly or westerly winds. We made an overnight sail from Cayos Vivorillo to Roatan that started out spec¬ tacularly: 20 knots of wind and just four foot seas, which allowed us and three buddy boats to broad reach at seven knots. We were enjoying ourselves so much that I played some Enya music over the VHF to the rest of the fleet. A short time later, a large shape on the horizon proved to be the largest U.S. Coast Guard Cutter I've ever seen — and she immedi¬ ately began to shadow us about a mile badk. She eventually hailed us and took boat and crew names. A few minutes later she came back with the instructions that we have a nice day. We hadn't expected to get off that easy, as we'd been told that all boats were being boarded off the NicaIf you're anywhere between the Canal and Florida, chances are the big white boat with the orange stripe will shadow you fora time.
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raguan and Honduran coasts. I never whistle-up k wind, but appar¬ ently Enya does. As soon as the sun dropped we had 35 knots and the seas quickly built to 12 feet. Since we were crossing a very shallow area, the seas started to break heavily. It was nasty. Heavily reefed and running downwind at 10.5 knots, our fat and heavy Endeavour 43 felt like she might get away from the Robertson hydraulic linear ram. It’s the first time in 3,800 miles this season that we’ve had to hand steer. Luckily the con¬ ditions moderated in about six hours. We really enjoyed Roatan, as it has mainy scenic but uncrowded anchorages near superb diving sites. Much of the div¬ ing is ’wall diving', and the corals ap¬ peared plentiful and healthy. You can get a dive boat with a divemaster for $18/ person/dive. They supply tanks and weights and take you to the best places. Roatan is a deeply indented island with numerous bays that is surrounded by a fringing reef which eliminates the swell. With two small marinas, Roatan is yet another place where it’s possible to leave your boat. We don’t know much about the security, however. Our next stop was the Rio Dulce, which has become quite a year ’round haven for boats. This includes many West Coast boats, as their owners are looking for a place to securely leave their boat that's well past the Canal but not as far north as Florida. We counted about a dozen places to moor boats here on the river, from Susanna’s Marina, which has 75 slips, to smaller places with just a dozen or so moorings. We opted for Marios, which holds about 50 boats, because Come on In, the tropical water Is so warm! By taking the plunge, Don and Ellen prove they're 'Sirius' about having fun.
they’ve had the same staff servicing the boats for years and their routine is wellestablished. Each day the staff opens o^r boat to air her out, and weekly the inte¬ rior is cleaned to prevent mold. We also have a mechanic who runs the engine and checks the systems on a monthly basis. Provisioning is no problem and most ser¬ vices are available — including haulout and repairs. Our boat draws six feet, so we had no problem crossing the bar" to get into the Rio Dulce. Royal Venture, which draws 6’9" pushed a little mud, but made it with¬ out too much trouble. Someday we’ll return jto Mexico, but for now we're off on adventures to the east. We can be reached at dnfsirius@aol.com or at our permanent crash condo Catalina at Southwestern YC during off seasons. — don & ellen 915/98 Sorcery — C&C 61 The Lane Family South Africa (Wilmington, N.C.) We — my wife Dianne, daughter Annie, and myself — had so much fun in Aus¬ tralia that we found time running out for our trip across the Indian Ocean. So af¬ ter leaving Cocos Keeling Island, we de¬ cided to sail directly to Rodrigues, Mauritius, and Reunion Islands. Regret¬ fully having to leave Reunion Island at the end of November, we headed for the Re¬ public of South Africa, where we spent one wonderful year. We had quite a bit of trouble with light air from Reunion to Richard's Bay, South Africa, only getting strong winds from aft of the beam on the last day. As a result, we roared into the well-lit harbor at night after showing speeds — thanks to the Agulhas Current — of over 12 knots. Once settled in, we enjoyed a traditional Ameri¬ can Thanksgiving with friends aboard Windora from New Zealand, Fallado from Germany, Paralandra from the United States. Tamara from South Africa, and others. It was great to have made port. We stayed a year, during which time we received reports from several boats on their experiences rounding the Cape of Storms. We visited several game parks in South Africa and Swaziland, where we saw lions, cheetahs, elephants and all manner of wild game. It was with mixed feelings and a few tears in our eyes when we left Richard's Bay in January of this year. Because Durban is the murder capital of the world — South Africa's murder
rate is seven times that of the United States — and the fact that most cruisers find the officials there the most tiresome, we decided to get as far south as we could. We only made it to East London, however, as I got seasick for the very first time in my life. East London has a free wharf for visit¬ ing yachts, so if you get there early it's no problem. Unfortunately, we got there late, by which time the yachts were already three deep. We found a vacant spot on a wall and tied up to some huge tires. It was dirty and inconvenient, but we nonetheless enjoyed our stay. With only a 24hour weather window we sprinted for Port Elizabeth. Port Elizabeth was very crowded and anchoring is not allowed, so we rafted to several different boats for our stay. From here we rented a car and drove to Addo Elephant Park. We got to see baby el¬ ephants playing and adult elephants roll¬ ing in the mud — and even mating! See¬ ing wild animals where they have miles to roam is so different than seeing them in a zoo or a small park. The coast of South Africa is known for howling winds and huge seas. The lows came one after another with winds pre-
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dieted to 35 knots — but then fizzled at the last minute. A couple of frustrated cruisers finally decided to take off despite a gale forecast — this time the forecast was accurate and they got nailed with 50 knots. Patience is a real virtue on this coast. Plettenberg Bay was our next stop, and we stayed there for a night before con¬ tinuing to Mossel Bay — where we were able to anchor off of the friendliest yacht club in a country full of friendly yacht clubs. The anchorage is open to the south¬ east, but there was a fair wind for round¬ ing the Cape — so we continued on. While at Mossel Bay, the crew of Flambouyant organized a tour bus to an ostrich farm and a cheetah reserve. The nexl morning 10 boats had a potluck breakfast using a single ostrich egg! We departed Mossel Bay with a^good forecast but by the time we neare'd the Cape of Good Hope — where you turn north and southwest gales are no longer a problem — the wind turned north by northwest! The fact that such a wind is very rare made the going no more com¬
fortable. After lots of beating we reached Simon’s Bay, and with great relief dropped the anchor. But what awesome surround¬ ings! Capetown was an easy train ride away and Simon’s Town, which is much safer, was very scenic also. We had many wonderful adventures — as did most everyone we met — during the year we took to round the bottom of Africa. You do need to be careful where you go, however, as the violence is worse than anywhere we’ve been. In any event, we're putting together a more detailed guide to cruising South Africa for an up¬ coming issue of Latitude. When we finally left Capetown, the South Atlantic lived up to its reputation as the most cruiser-friendly ocean. What a pleasant trip. We're now back in the United States and plan to settle in Wilmington, North Carolina. After 10 years on the boat, Dianne says she d like a little change, so we're going to sell Sor¬ cery and swallow the anchor. — Clyde 8/10/98 Readers — Sorcery was originally owned by Jake Wood of Los Angeles, and was famous for having pitchpoled during a stormy March crossing of the North Pa¬ cific from Japan to the Pacific Northwest
Marina Vallarta Karl & Linda Raggio Puerto Vallarta (Salinas, CA) As the Harbormaster here at Marina Vallarta, I’d like to let everyone know what's happening and what to expect for the upcoming winter season. Thanks to some of the local sailors, we now have Beer Can Races on Thursday nights. Although this is the slow time of the year, we're still getting five to 10 boats out for each race. If you bring your boat down for the winter, you're encouraged to join us in the fun. In other competitive news, Yukon Jacks, a local cantina that’s also a popular cruiser hangout, has been sponsoring Sunday afternoon Go-Kart races at the track that recently opened up neeu: the airport. Cruisers seem to love it. The marine industry continues to grow in Mexico and Puerto Vallarta in particu¬ lar. In addition to two canvas shops in the marina, we now have a sail loft to both repair and build sails. If anyone needs repairs, we've got a couple of talented elec¬ tronic men, a good air-conditioning guy, and several good woodworking and stain¬ less steel fabricators. In addition, the boat supply stores have been increasing their inventory. For general needs, there's a Sam's Club opening just a mile from the marina. November 12-15 will be the Third An¬ nual Mexico Boat Show, which has gotThe majority of cruisers iove Puerto Vaiiarta — inciuding the transom-sitting crew of 'Fishhead' — which is why Marina Vaiiarta gets so crowded.
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ten bigger each year, ^ith the Mexican economy improving, more Mexicans are buying boats. Most are powerboats, but we’ve recently had two new Capri 37s added to the fleet as well as a $650,000 Beneteau 50 — with a second one on the way. By the way. there may be a regatta associated with the boat show this year. My wife Linda amd 1 personally want to encourage cruisers to bring their Christmas lights with them this year. This is our 10th year here, and we're hoping to celebrate by lighting up the marina like never before. The big event on the calendar will be February's 1,125-mile race — for every¬ thing from cruisers to turbos and multihulls — from Marina del Rey to Pu¬ erto Vallarta. Boats should start arriving on about February 21, at which time the Del Rey YC's famous parties will begin in earnest. A couple of days later, February 28th, will be the start of the week long MEXORC, which is a lot of fun for every¬ one. February and March are likely to be very busy times in Marina Vallarta, as in addition to the race from Del Rey, we'll have an unusually large number of cruis¬ ers preparing to depart from here for the South Pacific, the America's Cup and Australia. Last season there were times when every single berth in our 350-boat ma¬ rina was full, and I expect that will hap¬ pen again this season. For one thing. I've already got reservations from nine ves¬ sels that are 100-feet or longer. While I realize everyone's schedule changes, I can't overemphasize the importance of reservations. From the U.S., call us at 011-52-322-10275. Finally, I've been reading in Latitude about the problems some cruisers have been having getting parts into the coun¬ try duty free — even if their boats have 20-Year Import Permits. Importing stuff duty free is easy — but you have to know how to do it or you'll end up paying 38% duty and taking forever to get your stuff — if you get it at all. If you really screw it up. you’re subject to fines, getting the gear confiscated, and even arrest. This is the story: If you have a boat with a 20-Year Import Permit, you can drive stuff across the border with no prob¬ lem — but only in theory. In reality, many border officials simply don't recognize the validity of Import Permits. If you haven't been to Mexico before, it might seem strange that officials don't recognize parts of the law, but it's very common down Page 238 • UtUiMZS • September, 1998
here. An)way, trying to drive across with boat gear might not be a problem at all. On the other hand, you may have to pay $50 to $200 — or more — to get the stuff in. Sometimes it helps to have a letter from the marina you're keeping your boat in — but there are no guarantees. Similarly, in theory you should be able to import boat parts free via DHL or FedEx. In reality, it's a bad idea. Our ex¬ perience is that it will take forever to get the stuff — and you'll still have to pay 38% duty. You can argue and protest all you want, but you'll probably be wasting your time. The simple and successful way to im¬ port boat gear duty free is to discuss the situation with us — or your harbormaster — and then have it flown in direct. So far we've had engines, transmissions, prop shafts — everything you can imagine — shipped to Puerto Vallarta and brought in duty free. But don't try to do it on your own. And don't ship the stuff on a plane that stops somewhere else in Mexico first, or you'll have big problems. We're still try-
The quay at Papeete, the vision that's fueled a thousand cruising dreams. Reality Is seldom quite as good as fantasy, but It's not bad. ing to get a transmission that arrived in Guadalajara several months ago. I realize it's frustrating that officials in Mexico operate by entirely different sets of rules, but that's the way it is. You'll be happiest if you just accept the way the system works and go with the flow. — karl & linda 8115/98 Readers — We'll be having a full report on Mexican marinas in the n?xt issue. Our Journey — Catalina ^ 6 Judy & Boris Dobrotin Cruising the Pacific (San Pedro) Just a short note to let everyone know how our cruise has gone. We left San Pedro in December, got to La Paz in about a month, toured Mexico until April, ar¬ rived in the Marquesas/French Polyne¬ sia in May, toured the Society Islands until August — and now our boat is in Vancouver, Canada, for another month of cruising. We didn't plan it that way, it just
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Having been as far north as La Paz and as far south as Puerto Vallarta, we thought Mexico was wonderful. The highlight was actually our visit to the Copper Canyon, where the trip by bus/train/van to the bottom at Batopilas was just terrific. Snorkeling and watching the birds at Isla Isabella wasn't bad either. The trip to the Marquesas was a new experience, with the tropical disturbances, calms—which allowed swimming at the equator — and squalls. It wasn't the Milk Run this year. The Marquesas are green and sultry. If the locals don t seem as open as the people in Mexico, remember th^r speak two languages: Ta¬ hitian and French. If you only speak EngUsh, they'll do their best to help, but communicating will be very difficult. Cruis¬ ers who spoke French got to know everyone, especially on the smaller islands. The Tuamotus were great for snorkeling and black pearls. If you're going to buy pearls as souvenirs, don't wait until Tahiti. Negotiating the passes into the lagoons and anchoring around coral heads gave us a real education. We had strong
winds — 25 to 30 knots — for both our passages, so it wasn't very comfortable. By the way, be nice to the locals, for they're the ones who will unwrap your anchor rode from the coral heads. In gen¬ eral, the folks of the Tuamotus were won¬ derful, and always happy to help us. It was a two-day trip from Rangaroa to Tahiti. The trip was typical; one day of decent sailing and one day of thunder¬ storms. I was glad to see Papeete, as I've waited 20 years to say, "When we were tied up along the quay in Papeete ..." Now I can work the line into just about every conversation. But wow, Tahiti sure is a startling change from the other is¬ lands! While tied up at the quay, we got a chance to ship the boat to Vancouver — so we took it. So here we are in the North¬ west, hoping for an Indian Summer to start our cruising up here. We'll return home for the winter and resume cruising here next spring. One of the less talked about treasures of cruising is not the sights, which are wonderful, nor the sailing, which was a real learning experience, but the other cruisers you meet. You become close to one another, as you work together, tour together, eat together and even — really — drink together. These other cruisers come from all over the world and from aiU different backgrounds, and you learn from their shared experiences. Then one day you just say 'good-bye'! I hope we do see all these people again some time. Since we can't see all of them, we wrote this letter to Latitude — because it really gets around. Second, staying in touch anywhere in the world is where e-mail really comes into its own. So when you go cruising, make sure to take along a portable computer — any cheap old thing will do as long as it has a modem. —Judy & boris 819198 Circe — Panda 40 Stef & Marll]m Thordarson Crab Drags '98 (Tacoma) We're a couple of 'hangovers' from Baja Ha-Ha IV, now anchored off Isla Monserrat, a barren, crab-infested island just south of Loreto in the Sea of Cortez. There are about 16 other boats anchored here for the 7th Annual Crab Drags, a nonsensical event for cruisers crazy enough to endure the heat of a Sea of Cortez summer.
Last night we had a fish cook-off on the beach, with stiff competition. The win¬ ners were — drum roll, please — Scal¬ lops Sushi prepared by Pat of This Side Up; Fried Scallops concocted by Ralph of Atqjo; and Hangover Helper courtesy of Kat on Rendezvous. Our favorite, the fresh lobster dip, didn't even place! Winner of the Best-Decorated Hermit Crab Contest — we told you this was a crazy event — was Norm's Nightmare by Pat of This Side Up. 'Nightmare' was a 'Baja steer' atop two crabs complete with miniature sun^asses. Second was Team Crab Drags, from John and Nancy of Casa Mar, third was The Green Avenger' and his minions Spike, Top Hat and The Streamers by Jim and Nancy on Laugh¬ ing Buddha. Honorable mention went to Norm of the trimaran Sirena, who put three globs of canned foam on three crabs, put a sail on it, and called it Trimeringue'. After the Hermit Crab Beauty Contest, there was a race to see which would dash outside the circle first. 'One Pissed Off Crab', owned by Bill of Lanikails, crossed the line first, followed closely by The Green Avenger and Sail Away, the latter trained by Fred of CasaAgiya. By this time it was dark, so everybody grabbed flashlights and went in search of ghost crabs. Sort of sounds like snipe hunting, doesn't it? It’s a challenge to find, chase and capture those speedy little dev¬ ils. After enough were caught and the naming ceremonies held, the official Crab Drag Races began. Two 'tracks', each one about 30 feet long, were set up side by side in the sand, divided by strips of ply¬ wood festively decorated with twinkling Christmas lights. Norm of Serena was kind enough to set up his generator so a big flood light could illuminate the track. At the 'go' signal, the racers set their crabs in the slot for head-to-head elimination In a different era, using crustaceans for a little fun was seen as harmless. It's not going to play anymore, however, not In a wildlife refuge.
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heats. Trainers were only allowed a large feather and lots of yelling to spur their crabs on. Ian from Joss and Jim from Laughing Buddha precariously sat at the end of the track to carefully capture the crabs for use in later heats. After a rerun due to a faulty — possi¬ bly dead — crab and several heats, Tim 'the Padre’ of Scallywag emerged victori¬ ous, outcrabbing Kat's 8A from Rendez¬ vous. There was a two-way tie for third with Shaun's Padrito from Cuckoo's Nest, and Nancy’s Fluffy from Laughting Bud¬ dha. Many thanks to Norm, Dan and Pat on This Side Up, the Hidden Port YC and everyone who helped organize this event. A great time was had by all, the next Crab Drags will be held in early August of next year. — Stef & marilyn 8/8198 Stef & Marilyn — We don't like to be kill-joys, but there can't be any more Crab Drags like this year's. After all, this is the '90s, Isla Monserrat is a Mexican Wildlife Refuge, and the organized mistreatment of even crabs is not going to be tolerated. The behavior at the Crab Drags not only makes all participants subject to fines and other legal sanctions, but reflects terribly on all other cruisers. Continued cruiser access to the islands in the Sea of Cortez is going to be depen¬ dent on events such as the Crab Drags being allowed to die out — or better yet, be transformed into a pro-conservation events along the lines of the Hidden Port YC's annual Puerto Escondido Clean-Up. More on the need for cruisers to be on the leading edge of conservation efforts in our next issue. Tafia — Cal 34 Jim Meeker Nuevo Vallarta (Northern California) We're sweating out hurricane season here in Banderas Bay, Mexico. Since there haven't been any real storms, it's actu¬ ally been the rainy and sweaty season. By 'we', 1 mean myself and 13 other skip¬ pers who scored slips at a Five Star Hotel here in Nuevo Vallarta, just a few miles up the coast from Puerto Vallarta. Life is tough for a retired guy like me. 1 get up at the crack of 0900 — to watch the beach aerobics class. Then I'm off to the south pool — there are three of them — for in-the-water aerobics. After a lei¬ surely coffee break by the beach, my shower feels great. During the hot part of Page 240
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the day, we cruisers relax in the hotel's hospitality suite, where the dozen recliners, three sofas, two cable TVs, a microwave oven, and refrigerator door get a good workout. There are also two guest parties — l.e. free drinks — a week, as well as tennis, a weight/workout room, boogie boards, and great sunsets to fur¬ ther amuse us tenants. I'm struggling along on $16/day, as that's what it takes to cover my slip fee, rent, food, cigarettes, and major medical insurance. (Mexican major medical insur¬ ance is just $175 —a year!) If that wasn't enough of a bargain, the $16/day in¬ cludes a once a week cleaning lady who cleans, does my dishes and laundry, var¬ nishes, and once a month cleans the bot¬ tom of my dinghy. Life is good! I've enclosed my 'looking to crew' form, as I'd very much like to do my fourth Baja Ha-Ha. 1 love the fun of it all, meeting new people — and having to go north would mean I could bring back some Lexan to replace my ports and new charts. There are about six boats from here who are planning a little jaunt toward Panama in order to prevent us from ac-
Cruisers are going to have to iead the way when if comes to conservation if we're to be abie to continue to visit piaces tike isla Coiorado. quiring terminal 'dock lock’. We're plan¬ ning to leave in early December before the local 'high season' prices kick in. Three weeks along Mexico's Gold Coast, X-mas in Z-town, Costa Rica and Panama — sounds like fun, doesn't it? —Jim 9/18/98 Breezy — Yankee 30 Jay Kamuf Tig' Loe (Bayfield, Colorado) Last winter, while working on my boat in the San Carlos Dry Yard, I had the plea¬ sure of spending several quality happy hours with a Kiwi gentleman by the name of Tig', It turned out that Tig had sailed around the world back when 1 was busy filling up diapers. So I asked him for some facts that 1 might pass along to Latitude readers. The story started on a beach north of Auckland just after the end of World War II, when two young teenagers made a pact to sail off, as soon as they could, to see what was over the horizon. The two were Tony Armit, the builder/skipper, and
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Brian Tig' Loe, the navigator/crew. The boat Armit built was designed by Kiwi Bert Woollacott and was based on a traditional English fishing boat. She was 27'10" long, had a beam of 8'5", and a draft of 5'2" with 4,000 pounds of lead. She was buUt of Kauri planking over Japanese oak frames and ribs. She was ketch rigged with a four foot bowsprit, and cartied 12 oz. canvas sails, plough steel rig¬ ging, and had manila hemp nmning rigging. With no electronics, the boat chris¬ tened Marco-A-Polo had navigation gear that consisted of an old Air Force com¬ pass and a lead line. "We also put our fin¬ ger in the wind and used 'by guess or by God' navigation," says Tig. One of the things 1 learned from the many stories Tig told was that you don't need a lot of expensive equipment and a pile of cash to take off—just a seaworthy boat and a desire for adventure. Tony and Tig left Waltemata Harbor, New Zealand, on June 5, 1954, and returned on November 12, 1957 having sailed 33,000 miles around the world. Their route west took them to, among other places, Norfolk Island, Lnrd Howe Island, Sydney, Christmas Island and Cocos Island. Their passage from Cocos
to Rodriguez Island, made in 20 days, was their fastest. After a visit to Reunion Is¬ land, they stopped at Mauritius, where they met and became friends with Ber¬ nard Moitessier. Then it was on to Durban, Capetown, Robin Island, St. Hel¬ ena, Ascencion, Barbados, Haiti and Del Rey Beach, Florida. They stayed in the States and Canada to work for a year, then continued on to Jamaica, Panama, the Galapagos Islands, Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Cook Islands and then back to New Zealand. Their worst 'white knuckler' occurred during an "ultimate storm" in the Aghulas Current off the coast of South Africa near Pt. Elizabeth, during which time they suf¬ fered several knockdowns. Tig was down below during one knockdown and had his knee layed open and bleeding badly — but he still managed to save Tony, who was in the water and unconscious at the end of his safety line. Upon returning to New Zealand, Brian and Tig were honored with the Voss Award from the Slocum Society for being the smallest boat to have circumnavigated at the time. In fitting Kiwi tradition, the award consisted of two pewter beer mugs — no doubt full — which Tig said they valued more than gold. Marco-A-Polo currently lies near City Island, New York, and is owned by Alec Pederen. Tony Armit lives in New Zealand. Tig is currently summering in the Sea of Cortez or Mazatlan aboard Toredo Verde, his modified H-28 ketch. If anyone should spot him, I suggest they dink over with a couple of cold ones — you'll be rewarded with a friendly greeting and a tall yarn. —Jay 6/15198 Readers — Latitude regrets that we weren't able to get a photo of Tig. Amola — Newport 41 Tom & Yvonne Gaines Sea of Cortez (Santa Cruz) We're currently sitting just off the beach at Santispac — near Mulege — in Baja California Sur. The weather has been wonderful and we're enj05dngbudcfy-boating with Tomcat from Santa Cruz and Fly¬ ing Cloud from Redondo Beach. Tomcat did the Baja Ha-Ha two years ago, while Amola and Flying Cloud did the Ha-Ha last year. This spring we all had great times at Sea of Cortez Sailing Week at Caleta Partida and Loreto Fest in Puerto
Escondido. Since the latter event ended, we've just been wandering around seeing more great places and doing the 'cruiser thing'. Now for the big news. For all those who remember Amola as the boat with Toriko the crazy parrot, we have to ainnoimce that after seven years she jumped ship on us! All had gone well until we visited Ray's Place, already mentioned in Latitude as the finest restaurant in Baja. Anyway, as soon as Toriko saw the restaurant and met Ray and Diane, he said, "Enough of the boating life!" He actually helped me move his cage and sea bag over to Ray's! Talk about nice people, Ray and Diane have given Toriko the run of the restau¬ rant. They dote on him all day in the res¬ taurant and then take him home at night so he can rest up for the next day’s fun at the restaurant. If you find yourself any¬ where near Santispac, be sure to stop in and say 'hello' to Ray, Diane and — of course — Toriko. While you're there, en¬ joy the best food within 1,000 miles! — tom & yuonne 6/15/98 Tom & Yvonne — Toriko reminds us of Lola, the parrot that ruled the roost on Big O/or several years. Lola had both a vora¬ cious appetite for snorkels and a disgust¬ ing vocabulary. We know where the snor¬ kels came from, but not the nasty lan¬ guage. We loved her anyway. She's now running things down in Panama. Nalu IV — Lapworth 48 Jim & Diana Jessie Yokkaichi, Japan (Oakland YC) Lunch cost us $30 U.S. at the Raffles Marina in Singapore, and berthing is $4 U.S. per foot per day(!) — but the July Latitude we found was free! It just proves that there is some justice in the world! We'd fiown to Singapore to renew our viseis, as Japan on^ gives 90 days at a time. After surveying boats fora career, Jim and Diana Jessie are surveying the world for pleasure. And they have been getting around!
CHANGES Then we flew back to our 'home' at the Yokkaichi YC for another six weeks. As most readers remember, we did — and won — the two-bo^it Manila Galleon Race from Acapulco to Manila earlier this year. After sailing to Japan, we tentatively decided to berth Nalu at the marina at Tsu for typhoon season. But when the harbormaster told us it would cost $850 per month, we decided to look elsewhere. Shigeo Katho, the Commodore of Nippon Ocean Racing Club, suggested that we should go to the Yokkaichi YC because he had an 'in' there. An 'in' indeed, as Katho's father is both the founder and Commodore of the club. So now we're moored at a piling berth with electricity — strung by Jim and the club members — water at the dock, showers, heads, an ice machine, two bicycles, and a washing machine. And all free of charge! Well, not completely free. Our payback is the con¬ stant, unscheduled stream of visitors bearing gifts. But who can complain about that? If they arrive at 0545 — as one did — we can. But that only happened once. On our second full day in Yokkaichi, we hopped the train to Nagoya to see
Miyoshi and Tomoko Itoh, who had lived and worked in Alameda for many years. What a great day — and night, as we stayed over. We got caught up on the last 15 years, had an endless meal, collected our mail, Jim’s tobacco, and a copy of Kimball Livingston’s newly revised book Sailing the Bay. Sailor or not, this is a great book — even better than the first edition. We made the newspapers our fourth day in town, and now get ti^e giggles when people stop us and try to explain they saw us in the paper. At least we've now learned that mainichi shimbum is 'daily newspa¬ per' in Japanese. We also took a trip into downtown Yokkaichi and ihet Kit Kasuro, who is director of Yokkaichi International Association. He’s been a big help in many ways, as Diana is now taking Japanese lessons, Boca our cat has a home when we travel, and Jim has a number to call when he can’t figure out how to ask for semi-gloss enamel.
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Our 'to-do' list has a few things crossed out, but seems to get an equal or larger number of additions. Fortunately, we're close to the Japanese version of Home Depot, so the materials for most jobs are close at hand. Our 15 year-old Honda gen¬ erator is mortally wounded, so we're or¬ dering a replacement through one of the club members. Miyoshi had our alterna¬ tor examined, and it will have to be re¬ paired. Life on an old boat — or any boat, for that matter — means continuous re¬ pair and replacement. But the varnish is looking good, the canvas and cushion covers are getting repaired/replaced, and the boat is finally chy^g out. It was a very long 10,000 miles that we covered during the first seven months of the year. — diana & Jim 8/15198 Cruise Notes: The last place you want to spend your cruising time is in a Mexican jail, so don’t make the mistake of heading south with guns or ammunition. As the U.S. State Department reported in a recent release, "The Mexican government strictfy enforces its laws restrictirig the entry of firearms
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Bailey, and the boat have all been re¬ leased. As we got to press, the U.S. ambassa¬ dor and Congressman Chris Cox of New¬ port Beach are going to bat for McClung. It's unclear how it will turn out. One thing is certain, however, that there etre a num¬ ber of other Americans in Mexican jails because they got caught with guns or ammo. Consider yourself warned! In theory, it's possible for hunters to bring weapons into Mexico if they first get permits from the Mexican consulate. Our understanding is that such permits are not easy to come by, and that the condi¬ tions of having guns would make it virtu¬ ally impossible to keep them on a boat. Steve Salmon and Tina Olton of the Berkeley-based Another Horizon, their second 'Valiant 40, are now in Turkey, having made their way across the Indian Ocean from Southeast Asia and up the Red Sea. Some quick impressions: In Oman the people are more likely to laugh
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in the Atlantic and Caribbean. They've
lization".
only had Tropical Storm
"We spent most of last cruising season in
Guatemala
and Joved
it,"
write
to
Eberhard Peschke and Jeanie Conway of the Hamburg,
Pepina.
ketch
Alex,
which
never approached land and didn't amount anything
Bonnie
anyway,
which, with
and
hurricane
100 knot winds, is
Germany-based custom
skirting the eastern edge of the Bahamas.
"Ninety percent of the other
As we go to press, it's unlikely she'll near
boats travelling south completely by¬
populated areas.
passed this wonderful country. We did
Multihull critics often claim that
cata¬
most of our travelling inland, almost al¬
marans
ways by 'chicken bus'. We had absolutely
waters, but not in the open ocean. With
are fine for sailing in protected
no safety problems, in fact, we felt at least
this in mind, we read an interesting ar¬
as safe as we had in Mexico. We're cur¬
ticle in the May/June
rently in the Bay Area with friends while
zine by Argentinian Brunco Nicoletti. At
Pepina rides
out the hurricane season in
Multihulls
age 60, Nicoletti had an older style En¬
Mexico."
glish cat built. After sailing her
Speaking of
hurricanes,
maga¬
as we go to
miles
15,000
along the west coast of South
shore waters with 125 knot winds. AU the
Here's an example of why you don't want to mess around with tropical disturbances: They break boats, bust budgets and shatter dreams.
other hurricanes of the season — June's
hugged the Baja coast. So it's been all
Thanks to survival suits, Nicoleletti and
press,
Howard,
the fifth hurricane of the
Mexican season is churning the far off¬
Bias
(120 knots), late July's
knots),
Estelle
late July and
Darby
& Tobago. The old style cat .
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quiet on the Mexican hurricane front —
his crew washed ashore on Tobago after
and let's hope it stays that way. By the
seven days without water or food.
Georgette
way, the high water temperatures of El
(100 knots) — have also followed a re¬
Nino have completely dissipated.
markably similar northwesterly path far
Frank,
1991, he and a friend were
run down by a freighter between Trinidad
early August's
(115 knots), August's
away from shore.
America in
So far it's been a second very quiet year
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in
Brumas Patagonia.
After shak¬
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IN LATITUDES the relatively inexperienced Nicoletti took off singlehanded for Argentina. He cov¬ ered the 7,650 miles at cin average speed of 7.6 knots. On his second big singlehanded trip, he sailed to Miami, Bermuda, the Azores and back to the South of France. He covered 6,722 miles at an average speed of 8.01 knots. While in France, he replaced the full-battened main with a smaller and heavier meiin without battens. His third voyage was from the South of France back to Argen¬ tina. He had a good trip, carrying the chute non-stop from Gib to the equator. After a few days rest back in Argentina — and time with five children and 9 grand¬ children — he set out singlehanded for a trip around the world via the Southern 1 Capes. A collision with a whale bent a I rudder shaft, and delays in fixing it meant i the weather window for Cape Horn had j closed. So he did a 6,815 mile trip to the north, during which time he hit 19.5 knots, his best speed ever. It included stops at everywhere from the Galapagos and Cocos Island (Costa Rica), to Miami and the Bahamas before sailing — up¬ wind and upcuirent—back to Argentina.
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CHANGES report: "Once back in Tahiti, I spent a week of frustration trying to work out the arrange¬ ments to ship Moonshadpw to Auckland. Everything was worked out. but suddenly schedules and prices changed, so it was back to square one. I was thus forced to spend a 10-day sentence in Papeete — which is definitely not my favorite place. For example, I witnessed a cute puppy getting run over by a motorist who didn't stop. The puppy was then run over by a guy on a motorscooter, and the carcass finally dragged another 200 feet by a bus! 1 couldn't take it anymore, so I booked a few days at 'the antidote for civilization, the Club Med in Moorea. "At least I was able to catch up with some cruisers I'd met in Mexico and who crossed to Polynesia later in the season. Thane and Corrine on Shakti. for ex¬ ample. I also met up with Jeff and Judy of Blue Jay, which was dismasted while crossing between the Marquesas and Tuamotus. They ended up sailing to Ta¬ hiti under a juiy rig made from a tree truck! Three months and $90,000 later, they had a new mast, boom furler, rig-
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ging, and sails — as well as a crew happy to get out of the boatyard. Based on their experience, they were able to give me some tips on haggling with my insurance com¬ pany. "I've since arrived in Auckland, rented an apartment, got a car, and joined a health club. Moonshadow is scheduled to arrive on August 28. and wijl then will be taken to the Salthouse Yard for repairs and a refit. I hope to be back sailng by Christmas — which is the middle of sum¬ mer down here. Auckland is a beautiful, hilly city that's mostly surrounded by water — kind of like San Francisco with a British accent. The city is clean, rela¬ tively uncongested, and the Kiwis are friendly and helpful. Prices are about the same as San Francisco. Cappucino, $2.50: sandwich, $5.00; dinner, $20; de¬ cent hotel for the night, $100. But the
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good news is that we get two Kiwi dollars for every U.S. dollar! And since New Zealand is a 'no tipping' zone, it's kind of like getting a 50% discount on life — which works out to be about a 75% dis¬ count on Tahiti." Last month reported that a 44-foot sailboat by the name of Golly Gee sank 600 miles east of Wake Island, emd that the two men and one woman crew had to take to their liferaft before being picked up by a ship. They were soon spotted by a C-130 and then picked up in fine con¬ dition by a ship. Since the Coast Guard offered no more details, we asked if any of our readers knew anything. Ekl and Jan Greene of the Santa Rosa based Tlie Farm report that there was a Peterson 44 named Golly Gee anchored near them in Z-town in '92-'93. The Denver-based crew at the time were Don Norris and Lois Zerbe. Does anybody know if it was the same boat and crew, and what happened? Nobody asked, but we'll close this month with something we thought you'd want to know: the daily — not hourly — minimum wage in Mexico is $3.30 U.S. or about 41 cents an hour.
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DINGHIES, LIFERAFTS AND ROWBOATS 16-FTWAFARERCRUISING/RACING DINGHY. Bruynzeel mahogany, West Epoxy professional constnjction. A showpiece with Proctor spars & 3 North sails. Includes galvanized Calkins trailer & custom cover. Very easy to rig & sail. $4,900. (831)455-8621. MONTGOMERY 15. Jibs: working, 180%, stomn & genniker. Main sheet traveler, permanent lad¬ der, boom tent, dodger, lightening arrestor, 3,3 Johnson, bow & stem pulpits & lifelines, anchor roller, Porta-Potti, trailer, singlehandling set-up & much more. $6,000. (510) 339-7050. 8-FT MAHOGANY & FIBERGLASS two part din¬ ghy. Glen-L design, motors 4 people, rows 3, sails 2. Stores in 4 X 3 ft of deck spacel $750. Greg at (650)261-1391 org-j-delezynski@woi1dnet.att.net MINT CONDITION LASER II. Near new sails, with trailer. Priced to go at $3,000. (415) 771-4289. ALCORT, INC. 13.7-FT SUPER SAILFISH MK2, fiberglass hull, excellent condition. Stored in ga¬ rage. $350 obo. (408) 257-0452. FLYING JUNIOR MARKIII. New Pineapple main, jib & spinnaker. New Harken roller furling, new lines. Sprint EZ Loader trailer. All new or in new condition. $2,500 obo. (925) 648-1608. 14-FTZODIAC, 1993, model Non-Stop. Rigid hull with 30 hp electric start Evinrude o/b motor, 50 amp hr 12 volt battery new 9/96. All on galv trailer with tongue-jack & sparb tire. Blue canvas boat & motor cover. In excellent condition. $5,800/offer. (650) 570-0562.
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3 BOATS, SELLING 2; 12 ft AMF Puffer sail, excellent condition, $500 obo. 14 ft Marciple Ma¬ rine, easy to heel, impossible to sink. Needs work. With trailer, $500 obo. $800 both. (925) 455-5055. CATALINA CAPR113. Choice of two. Little used & stored inside. Performs identical toa laser. Sails & hulls in top condition. $ 1,100 or $1,300, depend¬ ing on choice. Please call (707) 745-1446 work or (707) 864-3025. 12-n LIVINGSTON. High freeboard model with custom mounted c.g. positioned launch/beach wheels, cushioned seats & other extras. $1,000. With 15 hp Suzuki (planes with 4), $2,500. Please call (510) 357-1801. 15-FT US RNN (#805), with 1 new North sail & 1 slightly used sail. Excellent class racer. In good condition, mast & boom stored indoors. $735 obo. Call (650) 573-6895. LASER. The total package includes 2 sails, up¬ dated rigging, blade bag, cover, mast caddy, new dolly & Calkins trailer, plus extras. Boat in very good condition, just hitch & go. Everything’s cur¬ rent. $1,800. (707) 769-0616. 8-MAN GIVENS OFFSHORE LIFERAFT. Hard canister with canister mount and flotation release. Certified and repacked 2/97. $1,500 obo. Call (714) 377-0877.
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13’3” 405 DINGHY, 1995. Main, jib & asymmetri¬ cal chute. Trapeze never used. With '95 Calkins trailer. Home waters Lake Tahoe. Great condition. Asking $3,200. Call Jim eves at (530) 546-0246.
8-FT MONTGOMERY SAILING DINGHY, with oars & motor mount. Rberglass mast & new sail, $350. Ocean kayak, like new, $250. Please call (415) 453-8712.
MERCURY CLASS 18-FT RBERGLASS keel sloop & trailer. Race ready to trailer to year round class race activity in the Bay Are, Monterey Bay, Southern California & mountain lakes. Giveaway at $995. Call (707) 557-5700 anytime.
505 BY PARKER, #US5331. Very fast & chal¬ lenging spinnaker dinghy for athletic sailors. Ex¬ cellent condition, good sail inventory, nice trailer, new cover, Proctor mast. Lots of fun for $1,650. (209) 474-1796, eves.
CORONAD015 WITH TRAILER. 2 sets of sails, 1 in near-new condition. Hiking gear. $975. Call (510)704-0804.
SAN FRANCISCO PELICAN SAILBOAT. Motor, trailer, excellent sails. Red hull, varnished decks, '99 registration. $1,600. (707) 823-0959.
LID016,1966, SCHLOCK. Great condition, on custom trailer with new tires. Lots of fun on lakes & reservoirs. Main & jib, centerboard. Sails OK but could use replacement. Located in Walnut Creek. $900. (925) 934-6563.
8-FT AVON REDCREST. 4-person dinghy with engine mount, seats & floorboard. $300 firm. Call (650) 723-0923.
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13-FT CATALINA CAPRI, 1991, with trailer. Easy to rig, fun to sail. Mint condition. $1,275. Also, a 12 ft Port-A-Boat (fold a boat), easy storage, com¬ plete. $475. Call (925) 228-2852 or page me at (925) 279-8367. DINGHIES: EL TORO #4625, fiberglass, com¬ plete & ready to sail, $450. Achilles LS-4, O'S" transom inflatable, in excellent condition, $500.3 hp Sears outboard with less than 3 hours, $240. Call (707) 252-4626. EL TORO. Professionally built mahogany (very light), beautifully detailed, fully equipped. Hull/sail #2684, sail by Rockall (England), excellent! $525. Also, 33 lb Bruce anchor, $150. Please call Peter at (510) 749-9946 before 8 pm. 10-FT MONTGOMERY. Fiberglass, cat rigged, lapstrake design by Herreshoff. A very nice din¬ ghy. $900 obo. (650) 364-7823.
2 ROWING BOATS: 17.5 ft double end dory, red, Bolger design. Blow up. 14.5 ft 2 piece It wt semidory, easy handling, storage, could use small o/b. 2 pr oars each. $1,000 & $600 respectively obo. (510) 525-7472.
24 FEET & UNDER VIPER640.1997 Sa///r?g WoricCBoatoftheYear”. Red hull. North sails, Triad trailer, cover, outboard & PHRF equipment. Join growing San Francisco fleet. Lying San Francisco. $19,500. Please call (206) 979-8290. J/22, 1987. Trailer, '96 Sobstad main, jib. '97 Shore spin. Gray topsides, new winches & Harken mainsheet sys, faired to class min. Fresh water boat, national trophy winner. $11,800. Will deliver. (970) 535-9238 dys or (303) 776-5041 nts.
MARINE OUTBOARD CO. Nissan - Johnson - Evinnjde - Mercury Tohatsu - Mariner - Seagull - Tanaka Repair - Service - Parts - Fiberglass Repair -i3est Servic e in the Bay Area - 265 Gate 5 Rd., Sausalito - (415) 332-8020
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MARTIN 242,1984. Trailer, 4 sails, new paint & new laired bottom with vc-17. Nice interior, new running rigging, knotmeter. Fast & beautiful. $10,500. Will deliver. (970) 535-9238 days or (303) 776-5041 nts.
PEARSON 23C, 1982. Cat rig, roomy cockpit, 8 hp outboard, berths lor 2, Porta-Potti, safety equip¬ ment, very well equipped & in excellent condition. Easy to sail & fast too. $3,900 obo. Please call (650) 574-3958.
21-FT AQUARIUS. Sleeps 4.2 mains, 1 genoa, 1 jib, 4 winches. 12v system with all navigation lights plus red/white interior lights. Lighted compass, VHF, 7.5 o/b, Tiller Stay, head, sink. Excellent. Located Oyster Point. $3,500. (650) 756-1563 after 6 pm.
RANGER 23.6-n, 1985. Mylar North sails; main, jib 90, genoa 150 & multicolored spinnaker in excellent condition. Great for racing & rigged lor speed (one-design class). Great for lakes & plea¬ sure too! Easy to sail from the cockpit. Simple to trailer & set-up. Trailer well preserved & every¬ thing is completely registered through June '99. Great value at $4,900. I’m ready for the 1st rea¬ sonable cash offer. This is a very clean, fun boat you will enjoy in the Bay Area. Please contact (925) 803-9023, San Ramon, CA.
CATALINA 22 WITH TRAILER, Honda 7.5 mo¬ tor, pop-top with enclosure, many sails, fenders, lines, Porta-Potti. Clean beginners boat. $3,500. (925) 284-7839.
FLfCKA 20,1979. PSC outboard '94, custom interior with lots of storag^omplete new bottom in ‘94, dark green hull, tanbark sails, compass, knot, depth, VHF. $21,500. (916) 722-6300. SAN JUAN 21, MARK 1,1976, with trailer. Swing keel, mainsail, jib & genoa. Good condition with extras. $3,300 obo. (415) 461 -4346, please leave message. I will be able to answer messages on Sept 7,1998. HOLDER 20 WITH TRAILER & O/B. Retractable bulb keel. One-design racing or fast family boat. Nice condition. $1,500. (510) 559-7730. O’DAY 19,1980. In good condition plus trailer. Good main & jib. Like new spinnaker & genoa 150 with poles. Compass & anchor. Excellent stand¬ ing rigging. Small cuddy with excellent cushions, pulpits & lifelines. $2,200 obo. (510) 522-6646.
27-FT ERICSON, 1973. Deep v-hull, wood inte¬ rior, sleeps 5, toilet, sink, new sailcovers, painted within last year, Nissan outboard. Berthed at Ballena Bay, Alameda. Asking $8,000 obo. Call Trish after 8 pm, (510) 833-8575. ERICSON 27, 1975. Must selll 4 sails (North main), EZ Jacks, Autotiller, 15 hp gas inboard, standard equipment & layout, sleeps 5. Sturdy Bay boat with active local fleet. Upwind Richmond Marina. Reasonable offer takes it. $6,500 obo. (510) 235-4860 or (510) 387-1173. VANCOUVER25. Drasticprice reduction. $12,900 or best offer. Fully equippesLofMore pocket cruiser. Solar panel^w®^s^jOQR & Bruce, chain, dojggL ^IfsHeiflg vane & electronic. Much moiSi^ll consider auto as part trade. Berthed in Alameda. Call Robert, (209) 571-2767.
J/24,1982. Race ready, new Quantums, lots of new tunning rigging & hardware, dry stored, trailer, Sailcomp. $12,000. Call Phil, (415) 921-4503 or (415) 732-6728 or LawsonP@ix.netcom.com
CATALINA 22. A-1 condition, mid 70’s, EZ roller trailer, lots of accs. Inol safety pkg, AM/FM cas¬ sette, BBQ, etc. Never in saltwater. $3,950. Sears 6-man mbber raft, $150. Mariner 5 hp longshaft, $300. No. Tahoe, (530) 546-8541,
23-FT SANTANA 2023C, 1993. Water ballast, very good condition, tall rig, 6 hp Johnson longshaft o/b, great trailer. Autohelm, roller boom & jib, sleeps 4, extras. Very fast, ready to sail! $11,500. (831) 454-9303.
CAL JENSEN 24,1963. Storm jib & spinnaker, 5 hp Nissan motorlongshaft (1 -1/2yearsold), swing keel, Porta-Potti. Berkeley Marina. $3,500. Call (510) 843-7745.
CAPRI 22,1988. Fixed wing keel, excellent sails, trailer & extras. This boat has been well cared for, always covered & never raced. It’s stable & safe. Sleeps 4, sails 6 in comfort. Good for Bay or lakes. Asking $7,100 obo. Please call (408) 457-1828 or (408) 399-9690.
O’DAY 19,1979. 8 ft beam, large cockpit, 1 ft shoal draft/weighted centerboard. New sails, rig¬ ging, cushions, Porta-Potti, 4 hp 2 cylinder Yachtwin, galvanized EZ Loader trailer, mast rais¬ ing system. Easy to tow, rig, launch. Great sailer/ weekender. $4,000. (510) 523-9292.
RANGER 23,1976. Good condition. Great starter boat, super clean in & out, 5 hp outboard, good sails, new Harken traveler system, all kinds of extras. Porta-Potti, life jackets, BBC, etc. Ready to set sail. We are ready for bigger boat. Sausalito berth. Rob, (415) 332-5306,
PEARSON 22.5. Fixed keel, fast, sturdy, sleeps 4.15 years in dry storage, new bottom, interior paint, 14 hrs on 10 hp 2 year old Evinrude. Trailer, compass, 2 gas tanks, extras. Good condition. 1 st $1,800.(650)3474817.
SHOPPING FOR A SMALL BOAT? Consider a Santana 22. The perfect boat for the Bay. Stiff enough not to scare the kids, but still a consistent race winner. Call our very friendly & helpful OneDesign Association. Contact David Demarest, (415)924-5280.
O’DAY 23,1978. Sharp, clean sloop w/EZ Loader trailer. Storm, 2 working jibs plus 150% genoa, whisker pole, solar charger, compass, anchor, sleeps 4+, Porta-Potti, stove, BBQ. Great starter boat for Bay, Delta or lakes. $3,550. Please call (707) 277-7269 after 7 pm.
21-FT MAHOGANY SAILBOAT. All sails, lifejackets, all extras included, $850 obo. 5 hp engine, 30 hrs max, exc condition, $500 obo. (415) 928-7785 or email: glallcet@hotmail.com
ERICSON 27, 1971. Atomic 4, new exhaust, Martec folding prop. Sink & water system, 2 burner stove, VHF & depthfinder. 5 sails & whisker poles, 6 Barient winches. Teak cockpit flooring. $10,500. (650) 343-4278 or (770) 616-5866.
WILDERNESS 21. Lots of new sails & spinnaker, new lines. Just hauled. 4 hp o/b. Very fun boat. $3,300 obo. (415)456-6110.
BALBOA 26. Fixed keel, 8 hp Johnson, 3 jibs & a spinnaker. VHF radio, stove & much more. Great Bay boat! $4,000. (707) 745-4586.
MELGES 24, #201. Primarily fresh water boat. Now seriously for sale! $29,500 obo. Please call (530) 583-6107.
EXPRESS 27, HULL #83. Low miles. Sailcomp, GPS, fresh sails, trailer. $12,000 firm. Call Bob, (310) 832-4616.
HOLDER 20,1985. Retractable keel. Sel-up for one-design & as sport boat with thru-deck carbon liber pole/mount & asymmetric. Trailer, main, 155%, 140%, 110%, std spin, asym, windward sheeting system, much more. $3,200. Please call (619)229-1915.
CATALINA 25,1978. Fixed keel, trailer, Honda 7.5, epoxy bottom, bottom paint 5/98, 2 new batteries, kerosene stove, VHF, stereo, CB, 3 jibs, swim ladder. Delta location. $7,500. Please call (209) 863-3111 msg or (209) 492-0581 hm.
HOBfE 18 WITH TRAILER, 1983. Good condi¬ tion, new jib, extra main. $950. (650) 358-4924 dys or (650) 738-1477 eves. CATALINA 22,1994. Fixed keel, pop-top deck, 6 hp Suzuki (90 hrs), pristine condition. $26,000 invested. Great Bay sailing, excellent singlehanded. Speed, wind, VHF & AP. Roller furling 110% jib, bottom paint 8/97, full wax 6/98, Wood oiled monthly. Porta-Potti, propane portastove, anchor, compass, all cushions & more. Criginal owner to larger boat. A great buy at $11,500. Paradise Cay Harbor. Please call any¬ time, (415) 789-9522. 24-FT YANKEE DOLPHIN, 1968, cruising sloop. Marine head, wood burning stove, swing keel, sleeps 4, 3 y.o, 6 hp Johnson outboard. A real cutie berthed in Emeryville. $5,750. Call Dan at (510) 540-5951. MARSH ALL 18 SANDERLING, 1976. T raditional catboat w/gaff mainsail, 8 hp Johnson, fiberglass hull in excellent condition, boat hauled & repainted last month. Sleeps 2, great weekender for Bay or Delta. $11,950. (925)735-5065, J/24 FOR SALE. World Qualifier boat, faired hull & keel, newer mast. Many racing upgrades, built 1982. Located in Alameda. $9,000. Call George Antarr or Gwen Abel, (310)821-9961.
CATALINA 22 FAMILY FLEET reduction. My brother & I have been acquiring too many boats the last few years, now our wives say a couple of boats gotta go, or we gotta go. Will provide sailing lessons. 1974 swing keel, pop-top, forward hatch, galley, Porta-Potti, swim ladder, split backstay, 3 sails (main, jib &150% genoa). New Barrier coal bottom, anchor, life vests, Evinrude o/b, new dual axle trailer. Has Folsom Lake slip! $3,250.1985 swing keel, pop-top, forward hatch, all lifelines, anchor, life vests, Porta-Potti, Mariner longshaft o/b, 3 sails (main, jib & 150% genoa), compass, knotmeter, split backstay, trailer. Needs some TLC. $3,750. Call Pat or John, (916) 488-4140. J/24,1979.6 hp Johnson, new 150%, other sails 100%, spinnaker. Everything works. Clean, must sell. $2,400. (408) 249-1622 or (408) 279-6353. 22-R SHARPIE YAWL, the perfect Baja beach cruiser. Custom removable cuddy cabin, canvas bimini & cockpit covers. Varnished wood spars, tanbark sails. 7 time Baja veteran, many custom features. Lightweight, seaworthy, unsinkable. In¬ cludes trailer. $3,300 obo. (415) 331-7736.
NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING Magneuto™ System E/dusively 1. Boat Remains in Berth 2. Eliminates Deviation Authorized Compass Repair • All Major Brands Hal McCormack (415) 892-7177 days or eves.
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CAPE DORY 22. Full keel pocket cruiser, bristol condition. New sails, canvas, interior cushions, knotmeter, depthsounder, compass, VHF radio. 2 anchors, 25 gal water storage. Force 10 heater, brass oil wick lamp inside. Nissan 5 hp outboard in great shape. All thru-hull fittings & seacocks replaced last summer. Classic weekender or daysailer for the Bay! $10,500. (415) 499-1337. NADA BEAB, a classic wooden sloop. Great
condition. Recently rebuilt, not a project! 15 hp Johnson o/b. 4 sails. See for yourself at www.stardesign.com/nada-bear.html, new pictures. Call (650) 369-6341.
25 TO 28 FEET J/27,1985. Trailer, 12 sails, new Banks main, 2 new Sobstad spinnakers, 2 new Sobstad headsails, 150% & 100%. Faired bottom with barrier coat & vc-17. New interior. Sailcomp, Harken hardware. Fresh water boat. $21,800. Will deliver. (970) 535-9238 dys or (303) 776-5041 nights.
CATAUNA 27,1974. Looks great. All new; mast, boom, rigging, main, jib, roller furling, radio, bat¬ tery, upholstery, traveler, varnish. Also, 8 hp Mer¬ cury, wheel, depth, anchor, PFD’s, frig. Boom, cabin & wheel covers. Ready to go or can teach you. $7,950. (650) 697-4670. ERICSON 27,1971, with best Coyote Point berthi One owner, 30hp Atomic 4 gas inboard, mainsail, 2 jibs. 6’r interior, very clean, sleeps 5, stove, ioldout table, well decorated, new carpet & drapes. Ready to sail. $8,500 obo. (650) 579-2800. SOUNG 27 (DERF-US127). Great daysailer, duW PHRF racer. Olympic rigged, rebuilt for S.F. sum¬ mers: bulkheads/false floor/bailers, shroud ramps, selftacking jib, faired hull/keel, new rudder, LPU paint, 4 mains, 4 spinnakers, 6 jibs. Winning record, well maintained. $3,500 obo. Please con¬ tact (510) 231-9867 or http://www.ccnet.com/ -tshaffer/gallery.htm
EXPRESS 27. Fast boat in an active racing fleet. Complete set of competitive sails, knotmeter, depthsounder, Sailcomp, outboard, trailer. Call Katl, (925) 939-6515 eves or (925) 939-5852 dys. CATALINA 27,1976. Well maintained, rebuilt Atomic 4, new main, 4 jibs, no blisters, AM/FM cassette, VHF, dinette interior, wheel steering, all lines rigged to cockpit. Berthed at South Beach Marina, many extras. Very good condition. $9,000. Mark,'(650) 878-5888.
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CORONADO 25,1965. Must see, in Berkeley. Great Bay boat, very good sails, newly painted bottoms topsides. New cushions, reinforced mast, a very roomy boat. Only 2 owners. Priced to sell. Asking $5,250. Evenings, (510) 848-1375.
ALBIN CUMULUS 28, BUILT 1982. UK mainsail 1996 with Dutchman furling, 2 jibs, drifter, stonm jib. Standing rigging replaced '97, fuel tank re¬ placed '96, electrical panel replaced '97. Yanmar diesel. Ready for more coastal cruising. $19,000. (510) 652-8023.
CORONADO 25, TEAL, by Coronado Yachts. Full batten main, single line reefing, easy jacks, selftacking jib with vang & boomkicker. All lines led aft, tiller autopilot VHF, Loran, speed, depth. Asymmetrical spinnaker with sock, line control whisker pole, nylon drifter. Reinforced mast step, oversized rigging. Bronze thru-hull fittings & ball valves. Johnson 15 o/b, 2 fuel tanks 18 gal, water 35 gal, holding tank & pump out. Bimini, propane stove, sink with foot pump, insulated ice box, ventilated pantry, Shorepower, battery charger. Teal has a reputation on San Francisco Bay, coastal & Delta waters as a fast, stable & wellequipped cruising boat. $7,500 otx). Call George, (408) 268-6278 for photo & spec sheet.
28-FT PEARSON TRITON. Sturdy coastal cmiser, modified full keel, new rigging '95, new mast & boom '86, dodger ‘87, autopilot '96, new electron¬ ics, compass, winches, toilet, traveler, thru-hulls, windows, interior cushions, ground tackle, 5 sails, engine, $8,500. (510) 482-2575. BEAUTIFUL ISLANDER BAHAMA 26. Great condition. Perfect sport/pleasure sailing for S.F. Bay. Sleek lines. Furling jib, custom mainsail, dodger, new headstay, sound rigging, VHF radio, reliable Honda outboard. $8,500. Please contact (415) 929-0325 or WHWarne@hotmall.com TIRED OF LOOKING AT OVER PRICED, worn out boats? Come & see a fairly priced, exception¬ ally maintained 1980 Hunter 27. Roller furier, new genoa, lazy-jacks, jiffy reefing, diesel, new cush¬ ions in & out, sleeps 5, head & galley. Pride of ownership shows in every detail. This is a great boat. Open boat on Sept 5th from noon to 4, guest dock. Presidio YC at the Marin side of the Golden Gate. (916) 488-6392 for more details.
BALBOA 26. Dinette, V-bunks, settee, sleeps 5, small galley, semi-enclosed head, Porla-Potti. Club jib, 150% genoa, full batten main, lifelines, 7.5 hp Honda. Great Bay & Delta. Tandem trailer. Well maintained. $7,500. (916) 777-5067. NEWPORT 27. Dodger, roller furling, Loran, VHF, holding tank, jib 3 yr, main with Lazymate 2 yr, rebuilt Atomic 4, autopilot, anchor, chain & rode, oversize rigging 8/90. Bottom 9/96, non-pressure alcohol stove, all lines lead aft. $8,000. Please call (510) 865-6648.
CATALINA 27,1981.1/2 interest. Top condition. Wheel, compass, head, holding tank, A4 (over¬ hauled), depthsounder, stove, BBQ, lines led aft, nice interior, new rigging, just hauled & painted, 3 jibs. Great Sausalito location. $5,500. Call Nelson at (415) 924-2678. CATALINA 25,1986. Fixed keel, pop-up, Honda 9.9, enclosed head, stove, dinette, sink, VHF, new battery. Excellent condition. Appraisedat$12,000, sell $8,500 obo. Please call (408) 778-9165 or (530) 541-5537. NEWPORT 27,1988.14hp diesel, 155% furling genoa, full batten main, spinnaker & pole, extra jib, compass, depth, knot, Loran, VHF, 2 anchors. Propane stove, BBQ, cockpit cushions, AC/heat, 2 batteries, head, sleeps 5. $17,500. Please call (925) 454-1854. ERICSON 27,1976. Fabulous condition. Sloop with S.F. berth (South Beach Marina). Everything either new or in perfect condition. Furling jib, great njnning Atomic 4 engine, swim ladder, sail & wood covers, water system, head, stove, anchor. Teak rails, hatch & tiller beautifully varnished. VHF radio, depthfinder, compass, knotmeter, carpet, cushions, sink, manual bilge, nav lights, folriing center table, etc. $12,000. For further info or appt to see, call (925) 974-9222. PEARSON 28,1986. Great Bay & coastal boat. New bottom paint & grp. 27 batteries 8/98. Yanmar diesel 500 hrs, dodger, aft head, aft cabin, alt cockpit, wheel steering. 35 lb Delta w/320', 18 lb Danforth w/165', all equip, sails & boat in excellent condition. $27,500. (530) 265-2070.
CATAUNA27,1982.Clean&comfortable. 11 hp Atomic Universal diesel, 3 sails, head, compass, knotmeter, depthsounder, wind/speed indicator, roller stay furl, alcohol stove, microwave. New standing rigging ‘93. Berkeley Marina. $12,000 obo. (530) 626-0238. ZAP 26 RACING SLOOP. Bruce King design planing hull, light displacement with excellent wind¬ ward performance. Foam cored hull for strength. lOR 27.5. Fast & fun. Main, 5 headsails, 2 spinna¬ kers, 7 winches. Monterey Bay. $6,000 obo. Call (831)646-8910. PEARSON 28,1986. Yanmardiesel, wheel steer¬ ing, roller furling, aft cabin, h/c pressure, shower. Fresh water last 5 years, includes 4 yr old 15,000 GVW triple axle trailer. Located Reno. $26,500. (702) 345-0298. SANTANA 27. Excellent entry boat to the San Francisco Bay. 15 hp outboard motor with electric start & charger. VHF radio, Loran, knotmeter, depthsounder & battery charger. Alcohol stove & icebox. Dinghy. Located Emeryville Marina. $5,500. Call (916) 729-0559.
YAMAHA 26. Fast pocket cruiser. Marine head, sink, cooktop, VHF, autopilot, Alpine stereo, Yanmar diesel, new anchor & rode, rigging re¬ placed 2-1/2 yrs ago, 4 headsails & spinnaker. $12,000 obo. (925) 373-9145, leave msg. CORONADO 25,1973. New UK sails, teak, up¬ holstery, stove, cockpit cushions. Extra prop, an¬ chor, BBQ, Chrysler 15 hp electric start w/altemator, 2 tanks, remote controls, SeaTel transmitter, shore connectionsforpower/water/phone. Rigged for singlehanding. $4,000. (510) 2614525. ISLANDER 28, 1981. Immaculate, must see. Yanmar diesel, great Bay boat, 6 sails including spinnaker, 7 winches, rigged for all conditions, lines led aft. Beautiful teak interior with upgraded upholstery, too many extras to list. Hauled 10/97. $19,900.(510)521-6243. HUNTER 26.5, 1987. New 8 hp Nissan, Tiller Pilot, 2 jibs, 2 batteries w/charger, cushions, VHF, GPS, cassette, propane grill. New halyard, teak & holly sole, custom interior, clean & dry boat. Fast & fun. Ready for Bay & Delta. $10,500 obo or partial trade on bigger boat? Talk to me. Phone: (415) 298-6242. CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27,1965. Greal Bay & offshore boatl Fiberglass & wood combo. Yanmar diesel aux GM10, Autohelm, radio, depthsounder, recent Sutter main & 100% genny. Head & galley. Asking $11,500 obo. Must sell! (707) 937-1304. EXPRESS 27, CHIMERA. The last Alsberg Ex¬ press 27 built. 3DL main, UK jibs, plenty of prac¬ tice sails, brand new Signet knot/depthmeters & spinnaker pole, 2 bulkhead compasses, trailer, motor, all high tech lines, new winches. Much more. Ready to race & win! All for just $21,000. Please call Jeff at (650) 596-6266 or call Brett at (415) 296-1400,
RANGER 26,1969. Excellent condition, 3 jibs (90,115,150), main, spinnaker, 6 winches (pri¬ maries oversized), lines led aft, 83 keel bolts. Recent upgrades: standing rigging, spreaders, boom, lifelines, 8 hp Evinrude x-long shaft with alternator. $7,400. Bill, (415) 563-0105.
YANKEE 26,1974. Sparkman & Stephens fiber¬ glass design. Bluewater cruiser, singlehanded sailing. Autohelm, feathering prop, 2 batteries & charger, roller furling, spinnaker, extra sails, VHF, Loran, Kenwood stereo, microwave, propane stove, new carpet & paint. $10,500. Please call (650) 871-2826 or (408) 798-3539.
CATALINA 27,1984. Ilhp diesel, batt charger, dock power, 2 burner stove, 2 man inflatable, radio, adj backstay, boarding ladder, double life¬ lines, lifesling, main, 130% genoa, holding tank, Y valve, auto bilge pump, Tillermasler, traditional interior, tiller steering. $12,000. (408) 778-0047.
CAL 28 SLOOP. F/G. New diesel engine. 3 H sails. Likenew.fullybattenedmainsail. 1 gennaker, teak decks, 2 anchors, 3 props. $6,950 obo. 26 ft cedar on oak sloop. 7.5 Evinrude. 3 sails. $1,100 or best offer. Please call (510) 251 -9536 or pager (510) 389-1553.
COLUMBIA 28, 1972. Clean boat, new Volvo diesel, recent standing & running rigging, holding tank, new main & genoa, 6 ft headroom, enclosed head, propane, tiller, new bottom paint. $7,000. (415)331-5067. ''
CATALINA 27,1981. Traditional interior. Atomic 4, new batteries. Harken roller furling jib, new standing rigging & lifelines in '95. Ready for haul out. Very clean. $11,500. (707) 542-5817.
VERTUE, 27.5 ft cedar on oak. Professionally rebuilt to world cruising strength. Own the boat many call the best small cmiser ever designed. Over $35,000 invested. She's ready to go. Illness forces sale. $19,900 obo. Please call Richard, (510) 893-1051.
CAL 2-25,1979. Big boat features make this boat safe, easy & pleasant to sail, and It's small enough to handle alone. Yanmar diesel, Edson wheel steering, new UK main & jib. Roomy & strong. Teak interior. Excellent condition. $6,000 obo. (510) 559-8942.
25’6’’ SEABIRD YAWL, ELSIE B. Great condi¬ tion, beautiful Bay sailer, regular Master Mariner, hauled 6/98, ongoing rebuild over last 20 years, fir on oak, Porta-Potti, full cover & canvas Delta awning, 9.9 Evinrude, recent sails. $7,500. Please call (415) 333-3482.
CATALINA 27,1985. Best on the Bay. Universal diesel, battery charger, full instrumentation. Full batten mainsail, 110% jib on Harken furier, 4 additional jibs, Lewmar self-tailing winches, split backstay w/adjuster. T raditional interior. Force 10 propane heater, holdingtank& macerator, 2 burner propane stove. Pedestal steering & Autohelm. Dodger w/fu^l cockpit enclosure, cockpit cushions & table, AM/FM cassette stereo, 110v shore power w/50 ft cord, LPG “sniffer” alarm. Bottom painted 4/98. $19,950. (510) 232-0150,
NORSEA 27, MAG/C FLUTE Aftcabintrailerable ocean cruiser. Set up for short handed cmising w/ Profurl, all lines aft. Yanmar diesel, dodger, '' knotmeter, depth, autopilot, extensive ground tackle, enclosed head, factory trailer. Beautiful. Featured boat on Nor"Sea website at www.vanderbend.com/norsea. $39,500. (408) 245-5150 (Steve days), (650) 851-3056 (Steve or Cathy, eves & wkends) or (707) 939-8075 (Rudy, days).
PEARSON 26. Sleeps 4, lifelines, large cockpit with cushions, main, 2 jibs, VHF, head, sink, 7.5 Honda outboard. Great Bay boat. $5,995. Please call (408) 534-1361.
O’DAY27,1975. Atomic4, rollerfurling jib, dodger, AP, KM, DS, VHF, stereo, pressure water, stove, tachometer, new upholstery, spacious inside, all lines lead to cockpit with clutches, 4 headsails. $6,500 obo. Call Bob, (650) 321-5695 or John, (707)224-5471.
27-FT CATALINA, 1980.4 sails, new rigging in '94, Evinrude 15 hp, 2 batteries, solar charger, 2 anchors, Porta-Potti, new VHF, depthfinder & more. Bottom in excellent condition. Trinidad paint included. Tomales Bay. $10,000. (707) 878-2076. LIEN SALE: US 27,1982. Minimum bid: $2,500. Date: Sunday 9/13/98 at 11 am. Inspection at 10:30, Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo.
CATALINA 27,1985.18 hp diesel, roller furling, dock power, alcohol stove, radio, depth, speed, adj backstay, holding lank, Y-valve, auto bilge pump, new bottom, 4 yr blister warranty. Nice & clean. $13,500 obo. Call Marc, (650) 286-8572 or (650) 596-9814. YAMAHA 25 MKII, 1980. Exc condition, fully loaded, Yanmar diesel, 4 sails, spin gear. New house/baby forces sale. Asking $12,000 obo. Call for equip list, Michael Lutus, (650) 873-4417.
27-FT ALBIN VEGA, 1977. Excellent. Diesel, roller furling, autopilot, Sayes rig, DS, KM. Go anywhere. $10,000. (510) 929-9219.
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29 TO 31 FEET OLSON 30,1979. Ballenger double spreader, 3 mains, two #1’s, 4 chutes, staysail & more, 2 motors, dinghy, Sailcomp, GPS, VHP, Harken genoa leads & selltacking traveler, cover, 2 axle trailer w/new wheels & tires. Dry sailed, very clean. $17,500. (805) 581-9220, 29.4-Fr DRAGON PROJECT. Godsil fiberglass hull & deck. Keel is on. Deck attached. Aluminum double spreader mast with rigging attached. 4 winches mounted. Mainsheet traveler installed with rigging. Floorboards in. 7 sails. Good trailer. Everything to complete. $6,900.43all for details, (208) 634-1401. KIRBY 30,1980. Clean, well equip(Md racer/ cruiser. Custom masthead rig, new rigging, all sails & hardware are in excellent condition, Yanmar diesel. Tiller Pilot. Faired Baltoplate bottom. Rates 120 PHRF. Located in Stockton. $14,000. Call Mike, (209)466-4118. HUNTER 30,1990. Bluewater ready; watermaker, water/wind generator. Autohelm 4000 (and com¬ plete spare) with GPS Interface, EPIRB, 3 stage regulator, full electronics, SW & WEFAX, cruising chute, dodger, awnings, Para-Anchor, jury rud¬ der, dorades. 500+ item inventory, max redun¬ dancy, fully found. $50,000. (707) 869-1038. CAL 29,1973. Equipped lor racing or cruising, many good sails, new spinnaker, Martec prop, relrig, trailer. Mexico vet. $14,500. Please call (707) 822-0053 or email: ematt@tidepool.com 30-FT HUNTER, 1993. Excellent Bay boat, like new condition. Roller furling jib, fractional rigged, all lines led alt, inboard diesel Yanmar just ser¬ viced, VHF, stereo, new Bottomsider cockpit cush¬ ions, h/c pressure water, battery charger, alcohol stove with oven, shorepower, 2 anchors, new bottom paint. This one's ready to go. Fast, fun. Bay cruised. $54,000. Blue book $59,000. Please call (408) 871-1808.
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ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1972. Cockpit cushions, swim ladders, main, genoa, jibs, 2 spinnakers, Atomic 4. $8,500. Please call (415) 391-0774 or (415)673-5356. YAMAHA 30,1980. Dodger, autopilot, spin gear, Lexan ports, rebuilt engine ‘98, Loran. $19,500. (415) 824-1856 or pibbs1@aol.eom
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NEWPORT 30 II, 1982. One owner, very good condition. Universal 16 hp diesel, main, 120%, 150%, spinnaker, compass, VHF, AM/FM, knotmeter, Heathkit digital depthsounder. Recent survey. $28,500. Contact (925) 837-2153. NEWPORT 30,1978. Good condition. Volvo 2 cylinder diesel. Self-furling jib. First $7,900 sails it away. (925) 757-2628. CAPE DORY 30 CUTTER, 1981. Volvo diesel, main, staysail, yankee, genoa. New standing rfggingS Harken rollerfurler'97. Dodger, Datamarine speedometers depthfinder, GarminGPS, HCPW. Dinghy outboard. Clean, solid cruiser. $32,900. (408) 223-1598 orjon9@ix.netcom.com
30-FTCUPPERMARINEW1THTRAILER.Ineed help, I don’t sail. Must sell. New keelbolts, new upholstery, no instrumentation, bottom needs paint. $7,500 obo. Highest offer will own this sailboat. Jeff, (209) 255-3787 or email: JBaird9995@aol.com
CATALINA 30,1977.Tum-key condition. Interior & exterior in great shape. Well equipped electron¬ ics & many extras. Great for liveaboard & week¬ end Bay trips. Very roomy interior. Includes Zo¬ diac dinghy. $16,000. (^io) 521-6374.
ALBERG 30, HAWK. For sale to a discriminating sailor. Completely rebuilt plastic classic in very good condition. Excellent combination of ability & appearance. $25,000. Call Steve 8-5 for inventory Sdetails, (510) 865-6871.
hp 4-stroke, 2 year old North sails. Mostly rebuilt & ready to go. Asking $12,000. Please call Jxk at (510)234-8309.
OLSON 30, MOUSTACHE. 3 time National Cham¬ pionship while on coast, ‘87 (Oxnard), ‘89 (San Francisco), ‘90 (Redondo Beach). Outstanding class & PHRF racing record. Full suit (3) new Quantum racing sails, plus many more. New out¬ board, many electronics. Bottom faired, excellent condition. Call (801) 298-8838. RANGER 29. Roller furling, spinnaker plus other sails. Tiller, Autohelm, 2 speed winches, lines aft. Dark blue hull, pretty boat. Recent bottom paint, no blisters. Atomic 4, good shape. Treasure Is¬ land berth. $8,500 obo. (925) 846-6452 or cour1rep@aol.com WILDERNESS 30, SPECIAL EDITION. Ed is a customized Wilderness 30 with a proven track record, e.g.: 1st SF to San Diego, 1st SF to Catalina, IstSF to Santa Barbara, 1st Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara, 1 st SF to Monterey, 2nd overall Pacific Cup. Full sail Inventory, electronics, double axle trailer. $25,000 obo. (650) 786-6268 dys or (408) 267-9486 eves or email: egs @ eng.sun .com 30-FT YORKTOWN SLOOP. Sleeps 6, taber¬ nacle mast, 64" headroom, tinted port holes, new Lectrasan head, new upholstery, Yanmar 16 hp inboard, recent bottom job. Free haulout included, much more. $19,000 obo. Call (925) 458-1606, (925) 687-8690, p: (925) 753-8992. OLSON 29,1988. Last one built. 18 bags sails, trailer, carbon rudder. $20,000 obo. Please call (510) 623-4811 wk or (408) 426-3545 hm. NEWPORT 30,1976. Popular cruiser/racer. Ex¬ cellent condition. Atomic 4 engine, set of 12 sails range from racing to cruise quality, stereo, fully rigged, all gear goes with boat. Reduced! $12,000 obo. (510) 841-1196 or (510) 525-2598. CATALINA30, UNDERDOG. Extremely fine boat, well equipped, same owner 20years. 1975, Atomic, tiller. At $22,500firm, you won’t find a bettervalue. Don’t want to sell, but my wife bought a Cat 36! Randy, (707) 584-7033 hm or (707) 664-9087. ERICSON 30,1968. Bay cruiser. Rberglass hull, teak wood interior. New mainsail & jib. Sleeps 6, separate head, alcohol stove/oven, 2 cylinder gas engine needs minor work to run. $5,000 obo. Alisa, (415) 406-0541, leave message. ERICSON 30. Sausalito slip. Well maintained, roller fuiling jib, standing headroom, sleeps 5, knotmeter, depth, VHF, gimbaled stove, new head, new starter, automatic bilge pump, blue canvas interior, tiller. Atomic 4. Rigged for singlehanding, BBQ, shorepower. $13,700. Please contact Lynda, (650) 355-0263.
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HUNTER T-30,1993. This boat is iri very good condition. Sleeps 7, head w/shower. the teak has just been gone over & looks very good. This is the model of the Hunter that has the 2 additional elevated cockpit seats aft (very comfortable sail¬ ing). Her original sails should probably be re¬ placed soon but they still fly well & are in good repair. She is slipped in Pete’s Marina, Redwood City. $53,000. Please call (510) 792-5525 home or (408) 765-5900. 30-FT CLIPPER MARINE. All new interior includ¬ ing upholstery, new AC/DC wiring, head, & carpet. Has microwave, TV & stereo, 25 hp Evinmde. Cleanest Clipper around. Can be trailered, al¬ though no trailer. Located in Benicia. $7,500. (707) 649-0381 oremail: <kentlittle@yahoo.com> 30-FT FLYER BY PEARSON, 1982, similar to J/ 30. Great Bay boat, weekender, club racer. Frac¬ tional rigged, 2 mains, 3 jibs, spinnaker, VHF, depth, knot, new Navico autopilot, inboard Yanmar diesel, epoxy bottom, CG safety gear. Ready to go sailing. $14,000. (707)938-1181. COLUMBIA 8.7,1977. Solid 29 ft Bay cruiser. Under 200 hrs on 2 cylinder Yanmar diesel. 90%, 120% & spinnaker. Good speed, great room & comfort. Ready to race, cruise or call home for $16,000. (510) 795-6800. 30-FT DUFOUR, ARPEGE. Ribbon mahogany interior with teak & holly sole, sleeps 6, Yanmar, RF jib, vang. Harken mainsheet traveler, dual compasses, DS, speed, CQR, battery charger, shorepower, VHF, stereo. Quality construction. $14,000 obo. Mark, (707) 996-1658. CATALINA30,1978.NewHarkenlljibfurler,new
sails, new interior, good clean conriition overall. Autohelm 2000+, recent bottom paint, great low¬ time Atomic 4 gas, VHF, stereo, Loran. Asking $23,950, but will talk. Call Art, (925) 937-7141.
30-FTCLIPPERMARINE,1975.Tabemaclemast, sails, Yanmar diesel, heat exchanger, electric barnacle remover, 6 ft cabin. Pressure water system, depthfinder, special keel, head, refrig, stove. San Leandro Marina. Greatfor liveaboards. $14,950 obo. (408) 335-4081. COLUMBIA 5.5 METER. New Ballenger mast, boom, rigging ‘95, Warfield working sails. Pine¬ apple 1/2 oz spinnaker, all good condition. New cockpit sole, faired keel, freshwaterberth at Stockton Sailing Club. $7,500. Tony, (209) 931-5678 eves. NEWPORT 30,1970. Full instnrments, VHF, ste¬ reo, Atomic 4, near new radial full batten main & radial 90% blade (full hoist) 125%, 150%, spinna¬ ker. Everything led aft. Good condition. $11,000. (510) 796-7439.
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30-FT ALUMINUM SLOOP, 1974. Gurney de¬ sign, Volvo diesel, DS, knotmeter, holding tank. Needs work. $7,000 obo. (415) 884-2003. CORONADO 30,1974. Excellent Bay boat, a joy to sail, completely refit in ‘96 (oversized standing rigging) loaded with custom gear. New: dodger, mainsail (with stacking system), sail cover, inte¬ rior & exterior cushions, batteries with charger, head & holding tank, custom made stem rail (with seats) and more. Rollerfurting jib, maststeps, trim tab, 21 hp diesel. Autohelm, swim step with lad¬ der, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, compass. Roomy cockpit, never any blisters, better than new. Call lor gear list. Sacrificed $15,000 obo. (408) 993-1929, CATALINA 30,1992. Sleeps 7. Autohelm 4000, speed, depth, wind, roller furling, jiffy reefing, 150% genoa, water heater, 2 showers, Adler Barbour refrig, stove, oven, propane. 3 batteries, Botce anchor, electric windlass, carpeted, dodger w/bimini, all safety equip, clock, 3 blade cruising prop, barometer, head alarm, macerator. Meticu¬ lous^ maintained by original owner with all ser¬ vice & maintenance records. Berthed at Silvergate Yacht Club, #C3, San Diego, CA. $52,000. Call (760) 436-6011 or (760) 436-6710. NEWPORT 30,1982. Beautiful interior, inboard 11 hp w/rebuilt head, CNG oven, head w/shower, 4 sails, surveyed in ‘97, Perfect liveaboard. A must see & a must sell (We have a baby on the way). $19,000. Please call, (650) 952-0921. CAL 2-29. Steal this boat! Since ‘92 most systems replaced or upgraded. Finish engine rebuild & you have a new boat! Now only $9,000 if sold before work started. (408) 307-9170 or for more info go to http://www.nvo.com/bhopps OLSON 30. Double spreader, rod rigging, 2 axle trailer, newer outboard, VHF, knotmeter, solar panel. Lots of sails. Great Bay boat. $11,500. (408) 458-0269. FREEDOM 30 SLOOP, 1987. Outstanding qual¬ ity “go anywhere" sailboat. Fast & easy to sail with freestanding carbon fiber mast, new electronics, battery system, refrig, dodger, autopilot, etc. all systems upgraded & very well maintained. $60,000. Owner, (714) 432-6505.
32 TO 35 FEET 35-FT DOUBLE-ENDED CUTTER ferro cement hull. Jay R. Benford design. Includes plans, bal¬ last, bulkheads & steel cradle. Presently located in Oakland, CA. Must sell. $1,500 obo. Call Frank eves, (510) 758-2431. CREALOCK 34,1988. Excellent condition world¬ wide cruiser, ‘95 RF Profuri, ‘95 cruising sails, Garmin GPS, ‘96 SL Seatiger windlass w/250‘ 5/ 16" ACCO HT chain, ‘97 standing rigging with Stay-Lok fittings. Force 10 cozy cabin heater, ‘97 Monitor windvane, solar panel 80W, 406 EPIRB, recertified Avon 4p liferaft, dodger & bimini, 3 anchors & much more. $116,900. Call Jan at (671) 649-8053 or (808) 922-1421 or send email to; janguam@netpci.com
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CAL 34 III, 1978. Beautiful & very well maintained. Westerbeke with 200 hrs since total rebuild. Roller furling, brand new main, instruments, holding tank, VHP, stereo. Great deal for a wonderful Bay boat. $28,000. (970) 879-9906 or email: bastians @ springsips.com
ERICSON 32-2,1976. Bruce King design, sleeps 6,6’3” headroom, 2 burner alcohol stove, autopi¬ lot, VHF, stereo, 6 sail inventory, hauled last year. Atomic 4 engine, BBQ grill, 2 anchors, wheel steering, cockpit cushions. Priced for quick sale. $12,500.(619)479-0506.
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5’, Robb design-English, Albin diesel, roller furling main (2), furling jib (2), spinnaker (1), full cover. Immaculate condition inside & out. Best of its type on Bay, many extras, an eye catcher, must see. Make offer. Call (415) 435-4454.
PEARSON 323. Volvo diesel. Profurl, good sails including gennaker, propane range, heater, new head, shorepower, more. Roomy, sails great, clean! The nicest boat at this price that you will find, period! Sausalito berth. Asking $34,500.Call (415) 461-5056 ext 1810 or (530) 582-8740.
BALTIC 35, 1986. Performance racer/cruiser.
SOUTHERN CROSS 35,1984. Perfect couple's
Great aft cabin. Light use, many upgrades. 85%, 95%, 150%, 135% RF headsails. 1.5 oz chute. Teak cockpit & bridgeway. For sale at $85,000. Call (408) 544-5757.
cmiser. Designed, built, rigged & equipped for long distance cruising. Cutter rig. Profurl, trisail on track, cruising spinnaker, drifter, storm jib, windvane, autopilot, liferaft, windlass, 4 anchors, chain, new dodger, solar panel, gel batteries, trolling generator, Fumno radar, ICOM HAM/SSB, weathertax, Loran, VHF, EPIRB, refrig, heater, propane stove/oven, lee cloths. Bomar opening ports, Lewmar hatches, mast steps. Extensive spares. Beautiful light oak & teak interior, great galley, comfortable berths. $82,000. Please call (650)691-1804.
WESTSAIL 32,1979. After 13 wonderful years I
no longer have time to care for & sail my lovely lady. Factory interior. Tanbark sails. Well main¬ tained & clean. Winner BeslBoat‘% SF Westsail rendezvous. Dodger, Aires, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter/log, SS boomkin, boombrake, selftailing winches, running backstays, solar. Cruising spin¬ naker/dousing sock, storm jib, 6-man Avon liferaft, jacklines, Ampair 50 wind/water generator, refrig, Balmar 105 amp alternator, Cnrising Design Smart regulator, 45 lb CQR. Well canvassed. Propane stove/oven. 80 gal water, 60 gal fuel. Volvo 37 hp, 690 hrs. $42,000 firni, no BS. No brokers. No lookie-loos. Wfill consider trailerable/smaller sail¬ boat as partial payment. Mike, h: (707) 649-0775 or w: (707) 446-5966.
liveaboard. Electric head, shower, water heater, propane stove, cabin heater, refrig, icebox, auto¬ pilot, Yanmar diesel engine, auto roller furling, complete cockpit dodger, radar, Loran, GPS, depthsounder, knotmeter. $32,000. Please call (510) 769-7407. WESTSAIL 32. Ready for cmising/liveaboard.
Factory plan, recently refurbished. Beautiful inte¬ rior, electric head, shower, h/c pressure. Much more! $56,900. (510) 787-4700. All details, pho¬ tos, Westsail history: www.moonbase.com/ccc/ wings/
w/mast track. Diesel, propane oven, Paloma hot water, windlass, 150 ft chain, 35 CQR, refrig, hardtop dodger, selftail winches, covers for all wood. Two 10 yr owners put a lot of care into this boat. $36,000. (360) 385-0825 WA.
HALLBERG RASSY RASMUS 35, 1972. Able 33-FT APHRODITE 101. Denmark built singlehander. Epoxy bottom, new sails & running rigging. Loaded with electronic navigation, safety gear, ground tackle. Volvo diesel, excellent. Avon 4-man liferaft. Point Richmond, CA berth. Re¬ duced to $17,000. Call (425) 290-8580, WA.
cruiser. 5 sails, Volvo MD30 1,100 hours, depthsounder, refrig, Magellan, VHF, centercockpit, CNG stove, sleeps 6, new dodger & sailcover. Slip available. $39,500. (408) 923-6533. PEARSON VANGUARD 32. Great condition, 18 years of TLC, 500 hrs on diesel engine. In dry storage, San Carlos, Mexico. $25,000 or partial trade for smaller trailerable boat. (520) 743-7607.
33T HANS CHRISTIAN, 1985. Excellent condi¬
ISLANDER 33,1966. Sloop, bluewater veteran.
Alberg 35, fiberglass hull, beam 10 ft, draft 53". Yanmar 2QM15 diesel, 3 blade cniising prop, 12 volt DC, sleeps 6,5 sails, auto windvane steering, 3 anchors & windlass. Flush deck, salon headroom 6'3”, propane stove & oven. Near Rio Vista, CA.$18,500.Call Biyant, (916) 348-1256oremail: vemrath@inreach.com
ERICSON 35,1970. Lots of upgrades. Excellent shape, custom interior, teak/holly floor, great sound system, GPS, electric remote windlass & more. Priced to sell. $28,800 obo. Prime Sausalito berth.Michel or Leslie, (415) 332-7447. For pic¬ tures & emaii: www.greendolphin.com. 35-FTSPARKMAN & STEPHENS SLOOP, 1979.
narrow, low, FG, traditional racing sloop. Sleeps 4, very sound condition, recent bottom paint. $3,200. (510) 559-7730,
Built by Hughes in Canada. Fast, fun, comfortable & well-built. Great liveaboard. H/C pressure wa¬ ter, refrig/freezer, TV/VCR, stereo, microwave, VHF, AP, beautifui interior with standing headroom throughout. Over $20,000 spent on major refit overlast4yrs including new: standing rigging, Volvo-Perkins 25 hp diesel, 40 gal fuel lank, saildrive, head, holdingtank, propane stove/oven, compass, GPS, knot/depth meters, upholstery, running lights, 10.5 ft Achilles inflatable w/5 hp Yamaha o/b & more. Sail inventory includes: main, jib, genoa & spinnaker. Sailed extensively throughout west coasts of Canada & the US & ready to go again. Excellentvalueat$35,000. Call Eric, (510) 865-3579.
SANTANA 35,1979. Best one available. New
33-R YAMAHA, 1979. Excellent constmction.
mast, strengthened keel mount, new sails, new floortxiards, refrig. Safe gas, Volvo diesel. $28,500. Long Beach, Ray, (714) 894-1172 days.
Neverany blisters, diesel. Go anywhere. $25,000. (510)929-9219.
33- FT STEEL, 1988. Bluewater cruiser cutter
36 TO 39 FEET
CAL 34,1968. In excellent condition. Roller furl¬
ing, selftailing winches, CNG, refrig. Atomic 4 runs good, new iifelines & shrouds, new bottom job & cutlass bearing, full canvas cover. Many more upgrades. Must see! Great liveaboard. $24,500. (510) 769-0656, COLUMBIA SABRE 32 WITH TRAILER. Long,
COLUMBIA 34, 1973. Coastal cmiser, great
ALBERG 35,1965.9 sails including storm trisail
tion. Yanmar 30 hp, cutter rig tanbark sails, full roller furling, heavy bluewater cmiser. Inverter w/ monitor, Icom 707 SSB/HAM, GPS, VHF, AP. Hard dinghy w/Honda motor. 2 anchors. Equip¬ ment list available. San Diego. $110,000. Call (619) 442-3334.
PETERSON 33,1977, racer/cmiser. 3/98 sun/ey 6 bottom job, rod rigging, furling headsail, 13 bags, teak cmising interior, sleeps 7 with 2 genu¬ ine sea berths, new Force 10 stove & propane system, 8 winches, all lines led aft. ICOM VHF, stereo, autopilot, depth, windspeed, windpoint, knotmeter, 2 compasses, 2 anchors, much more! Fast, comfortable & beautiful. Appraised at $34,500 (8/97). Wiil consider trades for 30-38 ft cmiser. Call Mike at (209) 267-5370 days & message or (209) 296-4018 eves
32-FT VALIANT, 1976. Perry bluewater cutter.
Brand new items include Sterling topsides, epoxy bottom, all canvas, upholstery, mnning rigging, v GPS, VHF, holdingtank, propane, batteries, Lexan, knotmeter. Diesel with 900 hrs. 12 gal hw, 80 gal fw. Beautiful boatl $49,900. (619) 885-0956 or wheetoo@msn.com.
rigged. Mexico, Hawaii, Marquesas & Alaska vet. 7 sails, new 30 hp Perkins, 11 '2” beam, two chine heavy displacement full keel. Insulated with sprayed foam. USCG documented. Reduced: $29,500. (503) 234-6791. YORKTOWN 33. Very roomy, 11 ft-r beam, over¬ sized rigging, new chain plates, extra sails, Perkins diesel (only +-300 hrs). New gel coat, tabernacled mast. $15,000. Moss Landing, (408) 663-6737 or email: Jason-Jordan@MSN.COM
XCHEQUER, X-342. Rare X-342 from X-Yachts of Denmark combines beauty, performance & cruising comfort. Features such as elliptical keel & mdder, rod rigging, full batten sails, & under load adjustable sheet cars deliver racing performance. Otherfeaturesliketri-cabin layout (privacy!). Force 10 stove, diesel forced air heat & gel cell batteries with 3 stage charging make traveling to your favorite cruising grounds a luxurious experience. All this in a stylish yet functional Danish design, exceptionally well maintained with manyupgrades. Never raced or chartered. Kept in freshwater moorage. Asking $54,950. Call for detailed equip list. Chris at (503) 690-6955 or email: chris_hill@planar.com. 35 X11X 6, husky, powerful cutter. 14 tons, GPS,
EPIRB, Avon, Aries vane. It has the sailing quali¬ ties & accommodations of a 45 ft cruising boat. Brookings, (707) 442-4281.
RAFIKI 35, 1978, CHINA DOLL Volvo diesel
rebuilt '98. New Harken furfer, self-tailing winches & traveler. Dodger, bimini, sail covers, radar, new '96. Adler Barbour, new '94. Many other recent upgrades. Solid teak interior. $62,000/offers. Call for more info, (510) 223-4829.
36-FT FG CUTTER. Cruising rigged, not racing, waterfront apt, etc. Radar, watermaker, inverter, EPIRB, Volvo diesel, 100 hrs, documented. All sails. $45,000, best offer by Nov 1st. Trades considered. (510) 601-8150. 38-R FARALLONE CLIPPER #18. New rigging,
newly rebuilt engine, new wood stove, hull & keel freshly painted, hauled & surveyed summer '97. Beautiful wood mast, mahogany on oak, 2 mains, 150%, 120%, 180%, blooper, spinnaker, club, dinghy. Asking $25,000. (415) 331 -1116. 38-R ERICSON, 1982. Awesome equipped cniis¬
ing boat. Ail new Cetrek wind, speed, (jepth & AP. New windlass & remote w/300 ft hi-test 5/16" chain. Sun awnings for the complete boat. 5 batteries total 650 amps. 6 solar panels, Fourwinds windgenerator, Balmar hi-output alternator. Heart 2.5kw charger/inverter w/Link 2000R with a backupcruising equip, regulator. Monitor windvane. 10 ft dink w/9 hp motor. 4 person offshore liferaft. 3 main sails w/jiffy-reef & lazy jacks, 2 jibs, 1 drifter & storm tri-sail. ICOM SSB w/backstay antenna & tuner, VHF & GPS w/external antenna. 3 burner propane stove w/oven. Propane BBQ, AdlerBarbour refer, watermaker, 8 mile radar, 40 hp 4 cyl diesel. $89,000/offer. Write or call for com¬ plete dossier: Walt Lindsay, Calf Yacht Marina, berth 202 #131, Wilmington, CA. 90744 or phone: (310) 816-2959 or email: proteusi @pacbell.net
34- FT TRADEWINDS. Classic motorsailer. All
teak hull, cockpit/pilothouse. Enclosed head w/ shower, sleeps 4. Excellent sails/rigging. Ford diesel engine, 40 gal fuel tank. Asking $35,900. Call (619) 456-0417.
CABO RICO 38,1979. Cutter, teak decks, cus¬ tom interior & cockpit. New dodger, bimini & sail covers, cruising gear. For information please call, (707) 696-0829.
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37-FT ISLAND PACKET, 1995. RoHer furling
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ERICSON 38200,1986. Beautiful like-new condi¬
42-FT WHITBY KETCH, Brewer design, built
genoa/staysail, Lewmar winches, 5kw Northern Lights genset, Autohelm instruments/AP, dual GPS, Raytheon VHP, air-conditioning & refrig, Delta/Max anchors, chain rode, new bottom paint, much rriore! Immaculate. Lying Key West. $195,000. (702) 831-7145.
glass center cockpit. Hard dodger, 40 hp diesel, fully cruise equipped, includes electric windlass, solar, windvane, SSB, liferaft, radar, inflatable, outboard, refrig, new canvas including enclosure. $39,000. Por complete details, please leave msg at (415) 406-7060.
DUTCH NAVAL ARCHITECT designed steel
38-FT INGRID KETCH FLUSH DECK. Corvallas,
cruising yacht. 36' 6” X12’ 2” X 5’ 3” New Zealand built & registered. Australian imported & duties paid, giving access to both countries. Excellent condition. Yanmar 30,3 cylinders. Wheel steer¬ ing, autopilot, emergency steering, oven/stove, VHP, seaphone, permanent dodger, refrig, alumi¬ num mast & boom, Bainbridge sails, mahogany, fitout.frice: U.S. $85,000. Phone; 018-458-662 or box 1785 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
OR 1976. Cedar hull, teak deck, oak frames (2 piece), strong, sea-kindly quality construction. Excellent condition. Cruzaway gear, http;// osmx.eom/servo03.htm, scroll down to boat, email; gordon@osmx.com
tion. Meticulously maintained. New dodger, sail covers, LCD radar/auto level backstay mount. New lifelines, custom crafted instrument pod with fold-up cockpit table, beautiful teak interior, 3 new batteries, new Link 20 two bank monitor, new B&G windspeed. Depth, speed & log, Sony CD, AM/ PM, Bose speakers, new Bottomsiders cockpit cushions, only 350 engine hrs. exceptional sailing performance. $92,500. Call (415) 388-7937 days or (415) 388-5550 eves.
Canada 1974. Draft 5 ft, Perkins 4236,3 kw diesel gen, 300 gal water, 210 gal fuel. New sails, full batten main. Harken roller jib, batteries ('98), new rigging, canvas ('96). Wood Freeman AP, Hydrovane, 6 man L/R, hard bottom Avon, 2 o/bs, davits, electric windlass, HAM/SSB, VHF, GPS, storm sails. Large center cockpit, large frig/freezer, •engineroom, 2 heads/showers. Serious cru'ising boat, excellent condition. Now cruising Eastern Med, ready to continue. $90,000. rt rennie @ hotmail .com
38-PT INGRID, BLUEWATER BOATS hull &
deck, ballast in, tanks in, interior partly roughed in, have chain plates, spruce mast & wood for other spars. Yanmar diesel also available. Please call (415)868-2401. HANS CHRISTIAN 38T, 1977. Cutter ketch, 60
hp Isuzu. Harken furling, asymmetrical spinnaker, 130%, 150%, Autohelm 6000, propane stove, Adler-Barbour refrig, wood burning stove, dodger. Excellent condition. Located SaltLakeCity, Utah. Asking $109,000. Ron, (801) 288-2251. STRONG AMERICAN DOLLAR makes this off¬
shore boat a steal. 39 foot, 1984 Polkes steel cutter. Loaded with gear autopilot, inverter, GPS, VHP, radar, propane stove, etc. Comfortable liveaboard.Noduty.$75,000Canadianor$48,000 U.S. Call (604) 207-0019.
COLUMBIA 36,1968. Alden engine, new main, jib, 2 spinnakers & 2 storm sails. GPS, radio, bow & stem pulpits, lifelines, more. Almost race ready. Very comfortable sailer, beloved boat. Sacrifice at $20,000. Ph; (831) 462-6687 or email; DatTahE@aol.com CATALINA 38. Roller furling headsail, spinnaker,
boom brake, lazy jacks, double spreaders, mast steps, windlass, diesel. Cockpit; 3-speed winches, cushions, bimini, dodger, teak table, swim steps. Autohelm. Alcohol stove, ac/dc freezer & refrig, microwave. Fast Bay sailer, liveaboard or experi¬ enced cmiser. Surveyed, bottom painted 6/4/98. $49,000. (925) 691-6046.
ISLAND PACKET 38,1988. Excellent condition.
Major refit since 1995, over $40,000 value. lA/indlass. Autohelm 6000, Watersurvivor 8011 watermaker, dinghy davits, radar, power inverter, liferaft, EPIRB 406 Mtiz. New cruising sails, 50 gal auxiliary stainless steel diesel lank, stainless steel arch w/4 solar panels, 4 solar vents, new fiber¬ glass dodger, new bimini, etc. Located in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. $145,000, no sales tax. For details please call: (Oil) 52-622-70160 or (530) 257-3948. LAPWORTH 36. Sail or liveaboard. Woody, in
excellent condition, documented, new Perkins diesel, new cabin cushions, new cockpit cush¬ ions, boat cover, Loran, VHP, depthmeter, autopi¬ lot, dub footed jib, 110 power. $5,600 spent on boat in '98. $19,500. (707) 584-0311 eves. COLUMBIA 36,1970. Crealock designed sloop
TAYANA 37 CUTTER, 1976. Documented, new
(cruising model) with many sails (new 90% jib), new dodger & autopilot, radar, SSB, Atomic 4, hot water heater, beautiful teak interior. South Pacific veteran, great boat, great liveaboard. $32,000. Call eves, (650) 368-6891 orsshort@gj.com
Pineapple main, running rigging led aft, windvane, radar, GPS, 2 bow anchors on chain, dodger, weather cloth, davits, Isuzu 60 hp diesel, 100 gal tanks. Prepped for cniising. $'76,000. Contact (510) 864-1471 or email; cambriaus@aol.com
F.D. 37,1978. Swan-like performance cruiser,
ISLANDER 36, 1974. Full refit in '97 w/new;
CATALINA 36,1994. Spinnaker, 115%, 150%,
inverter, GPS interfaced w/Autohelm, walk-thru transom, all lines aft. Better than newl Look at this one before you buy new! Will trade lor a Tayana 55. Call for extensive list. Asking $91,000 obo. (702) 588-8957 or fax; (702) 588-0149. IRWIN 37 SLOOP, 1979. $50,000 pre-detailing,
already bought replacement! Cruise ready, needs cosmetics. 1/98 survey. 2 staterooms, heads, iceboxes. Mid-cockpit, Sunbrella pilothouse, refrig, autopilot, radar w/arch. Perkins 4-108, 130 alt, amp-hour+2, solar. New standing rigging, fuel tank. Rudderpost reinforced. Undamaged. masmesa@aol.com or fax; (805) 772-1400. MORGAN 383,1982. Past, solid cruise veteran.
Loaded with custom upgrades. Modified full keel/ skeg rudder, 50 hp Perkins 4-108 diesel. Profurl, Puruno radar, SSB, GPS, Autohelm 4000, offshoreliferaft,speed, depth, apparentwindgauges,
air-conditioning. Avon hard Iwttom dinghy, 8 hp outboard, heavy-duty radar arch, davits, full dodger/bimini,heavy-dutyelectricwindlass, Bruce
44 with 240 ft of chain, 2 Danforths, 5 batteries, 4 burner LPG stove. Many additional accessories. Excellent condition. $67,500. Call (415) 285-8551.
beautiful teak interior. Profurl, NavTec, Barient 32 S/T winches, windlass, CQR 35 lb & 2 Danforths, 7 bags sails, new propane system, new Force 10 heater, 5 new batteries, new charger. Must sell, relocating. $45,000. (415) 289-0514.
standing rigging, lifelines, engine, starter, alterna¬ tor, batteries, windvane, stereo, knot/wind & depth instruments, bilge pump, inside cushions, water pressure pump, thru-hulls. Sterling hull & topside repaint, repainted mast. Also Harken traveler & furling, 9 winches. Hood lull batten mainsail, 130%, 90% jib. Auto 1000, 3/4 oz spinnaker, propane stove, VHP, GPS, radar & much, much more! $40,000. (805) 434-3223.
37-FT FRENCH CUTTER, UAIEU. Circumnavi¬
gator. Shoal draft centerboarder. Fiberglass, balsa core. Treadmaster decks. “Blondie Hasler" style lexan dome. Best quality ocean-going hatches, rig & deck gear (Lewmar, Goiot, etc). Twin poles, 5 headsails, trisail, new main & sailcover. Spinna¬ ker. Volvo 44 hp turbo diesel. 2 aft cabins. Windvane, autopilot, radar, windlass, CQR w/150 ft chain Very clean & ready to cruise. $45,000. Please contact (415) 298-9921 or email: TUANDYKE@SJM.iNfi.net
HANS CHRISTIAN 38T, 1981. 24 mile Furuno
radar, Monitorwindvane, VHP, 60 hp Isuzu diesel, rigid dinghy with sail & Inflatable with motor. $99,500. In Sausalito. Call Lonnie or Carolyn, (415) 332-4166. 37-FT HUNTER, 1984, Cutter rig, 44 hp Yanmar.
All new in '96; radar, dodger, GPS, dinghy. 5 hp o/ b, autopilot, refrig/freezer. Heart inverter, 100 gal water, 40 gal fuel, 2 VHP's, stereo, cruising spin¬ naker. $40,000. Call (707) 823-9195.
40 TO 50 FEET
40-F CHALLENGER CRUISING KETCH,1974.
$38,900. Jim, (916) 777-5303 eves. 40-n BLUEWATER CRUISER, CHEOY LEE,
1970. Yawl rig. 8 sails, new thru-hull fittings & valves. Tri-cab, ladderto galley on portside. 49 hp Perkins, teak wood deck OK. $53,000 obo. Call (707) 826-7448 or (317) 329-9719. KELLY-PETERSON 44, CRUISE READY! Major
refits in '92 & '97, including 85 hp Perkins, epoxy bottom, standing & running rigging, full batten main, 110% jib, staysail, storm staysail & cruising spinnaker (4 other sails). GPS, radar, autopilot, KM, DS, windspeed/direction, SSB, VHF, CD, EPIRB, liferaft, solarpanels, wind generator, CQR, Bruce, electric windlass, 12 ft Zodiac, outboard, davits, refrig/freezer, watermaker, dodger, bimini, covers. All new '92-97'! Lots more! $140,000. In Alameda. Leave msg, (510) 287-5919. 40.5-FT HUNTER, 1997. Aft cabin, V-berth, 2
heads. Completely upgraded designer interior. Cockpit cushions, inverter, propane BBQ, microwave. Turn-key. Principles only. $155,000. Call (619) 437-8877. TALLY HO, A STEVENS 47 is on its way back from a circumnavigation. Well equipped for bluewater sailing. You missed out on Rubyat (another Stevens 47) which sold immediately upon offering. You can join me for part of Tally Ho's cruise to check it out 1st hand. Will winter in Fiumicino, Italy & resume sailing May 1,1999, leaving the Med in the fall for the Caribbean & East Coast. Rnal destination is Chicago. Repowered in 1991 with a 75 hp turbo-charged Yanmar. $200,000. Chicago tel: (847) 577-7015 or fax; (847) 788-7115 or email; tallyhobob@hotmail.com 50-FT HUDSON FORCE 50,1982. Center cock¬
pit Venetian, 120 hp Ford Lehman diesel, electric windlass, hydraulic steering, autopilot, generator, 3-way refrigeration, teak interior & decks, 2 heads, tub & shower, radar, GPS Chartmate, washer & much more. ^25,000. (619) 593-0526. 42-FT PASSPORT, 1981. Outstanding world
CT 41 KETCH. Fiberglass hull, teak house &
CATALINA 36, 1983. Wing keel w/4 ft draft.
interior, Perkins diesel, radar, inverter, solar, AP, windvane, fireplace. Most beautiful Garden 41 on the Bay. $59,000. For information & photos, fax mailing address to: D.W. Content, do PiP Print¬ ing, (510) 865-4693.
Profurl 135 jib. Mack Pack batten main, new Sunbrella/SS dodger & bimini, underdeck autopi¬ lot, high gloss varnish interior & new cushions. Very cleani Good value $59,000 obo. Must see if you possibly can. Fax; (561) 545-0019, beeper; (561) 854-3684, ph: (561) 546-9890.
cruiser/liveaboard. Proven offshore. Cruise equipped. Much new. Zero hours rebuilt engine. 7 sails incl storms, radar, GPS, new dodger/coveis, furling, windlass, solar panels, frig, freezer, large tankage/storage. $149,500. Extensive inventory. (604) 488-1096 or http:// www.sentimentalflowers.com/passport
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40- FT HARDIN KETCH. Cruiser ready. New sails, watermaker, GPS, radar, wind generator, solar, liferaft, more. San Carlos, Mexico. $60,000 obo. Specs contact Roman Lamberty, 824 S. Mill, #339, Tempe, Arizona 85281. Or fax number: (011-52)622-605-65. CAL2-46 SLOOP. Full keel, 5 ft draft, fuel 380 gal, water 170 gal, range 1,800 miles. Perkins 4-236 diesel, 2 staterooms, 7 ft bunks, 6 ft headroom, stand-up engine room. Roller furling main & jib. All electric galley, microwave, 13 cu ft refer/freezer. Full electronics, electric windlass. '97 survey at $350,000 replacement, $135,000 market value, $130,000sale price. (907)747-3366. Sitka, Alaska. 50-FT LOA, 47-FT LOD CENTER COCKPIT ketch. Ferrocement hull, very nicely turned out. Cruising vet with 85 hp Perkins, hydraulic steer¬ ing, heavy duty windvane, 10 bags sails. 300 gal water, 200 fuel. Very nice, very affordable liveaboard/cruiser w/lofs of room in need of new cushions, varnish & paint. New bottom job Sept '97. Haulout pictures available. (Come see us In Bodega Bay!) W/ell equipped including 6-person Givens offshore raft, Montgomery dinghy, lots of ground tackle, etc. $39,000. (707) 762-1080 or emaiktechsan @ pacbell.net> PUVIEUX 47,1980. Center cockpit ketch. This beautiful magazine covergirt was formerly owned by Sylvester Stallone. Traditional clipper look with modem underbody. Galleon style aft cabin & full across forward cabin. These hard to find vessels are perfect tor cruising or liveaboard. Just re¬ turned from Mexico, loaded with gear & ready to go. Call for extensive equipment list & specs. $169,000. Life's too short to sail an ugly boatl (909) 925-9386. 41- FT CENTER COCKPIT YANKEE CLIPPER ketch. Daydream made our dreams come true. Just returned Mexico, Panama, Hawaii. Refit in¬ cluding standing rigging & gorgeous LP paint. Fully equipped for effortless cruising. Safe, com¬ fortable & beautiful. $69,000 US. (250) 216-0135 in Victoria. 43-FTSTEEL,PRIZEWINNING boatofthemonth. National Fisherman. Pilothouse hard chine ketch. Designer Charles Wittholz. Documented fishing boat, liveaboard/yacht, 11x14 cargo hold, 4x8 hatch. Sails well on all headings. Range 1,800 miles. Still improving. $80,000. (916) 974-1886. CATALINA 42,1993. Excellent. 2 cabin. Full autohelm ST50 instruments, repeater, Garmin GPS chart, 3cartridges, Autohelm 7000, all linked. Radar, SSB, VHF, stereo, TV/VCR. Asymmetrical spinnaker. Dodger & awning. Bruce & Danforth, Martec prop. $125,000. (707) 255-2303 after 6 pm. 48-FT LOA, 45-FT LOD, 15 ft beam. Sampson ferrocement ketch. Great liveaboard. Extras, needs completion. $12,500, consider possible trade plus cash? (650) 952-8026.
46-FT ALDEN KETCH. Cold-molded replica of Pearson Countess. Fiberglass deck. Aluminum masts. Bags of new sails. Huge frig, tons of room. Needs work inside & out. $35,000 obo. Please call (510)535-2134. 43- FT HANS CHRISTIAN, ketch rig, full inven¬ tory, dinghy & outboard, 65 hp diesel, 3 state¬ rooms. Good condition, toomuch to list. $168,500. (510) 595-8382. PETERSON FORMOSA46. Fast passagemaker, comfortable liveaboard at anchor or dockside. Canvas enclosed weatherproof center cockpit. Genset, watermaker, electric windlass, freezer, heat, dinghy, outboard, Maxprop, SSB, radar, GPS, autopilot, stormsails. Located Port Townsend, WA. $125,000. (360) 301-3767. CT 48, CUTTER RIG SLOOP. Bluewater cruiser/ liveaboard. Documented. Illness forces sale. Large aft queen stateroom with bath & separate shower. V-berth with connecting bath Beautiful salon .large table, sofa & pilot berth. Open galley, microwave, propane stove. Gorgeous teak throughout. Retro¬ fit '97. New diesel engine, rigging, roller furling, new sails (with extras). New electronics: Autohelm Interphase. Autopilot, 32 mile radar, etc. New canvas & upholstery. 300 gal water, 300 gal fuel. Cold plate refrig/freezer. Excellent condition. Must sell. $134,950. (619) 420-5838. 44 LAFITTE, 1983. Immaculate, croise ready cutter. Perry design 61 hp Lehman, 3.5 kilowatt generator, full set of sails. 3 air conditioning unit/ heaters. Freedom 25 inverter, 20 gph watermaker. Max prop, Sitex GPS, chartplolter, SGC 2000 HAM/SSB, Loran, Autohelm electronics, 2 autopi¬ lots, AB11 ft fiberglass bottom dinghy, 9.9 Suzuki, 2.5 Tohatsu, Avon liferaft, teak decks, 2 heads. Step down main salon, nav station, microwave, 3 burner stove, cockpit shower, windlass, 300 ft chain, 150 ft rode, 3 anchors. $142,500. Call after 6pm, (818) 353-7847. 44- FT CSY center cockpit cutter, heavily con¬ structed, performance underbody strong skeg. She is built & equipped to sail the world in safety & comfort. 85 hp Perkins, Max Prop, Profurl jib, cruising spinnaker, newbottom paint, Avon liferaft, GPS. 2 VHFs, radar. '97 upgrades include full cockpit enclosure, custom arch, davits lor Avon RIB, wind generator, solar panel, electric windlass w/new chain, CQR, Bruce, autopilot, refrig, 408 EPIRB, ICOM SSB/HAM. $129,000. Call for ex¬ tensive equip list, specs, photos, (619) 298-6276 or email: 102652,3536@compuserve.com. ISLANDER FREEPORT 41, center cockpit ketch. Cool Change. Proven Robert Perry design, excel¬ lent bluewater cruiser with liveaboard comforts. 7 ft headroom, large queen aft stateroom, 2 heads. For list of extras & brochure vn'th pictures please call (702) 592-9779.
40-FT CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN, 1977. Bottom job, survey 4/98, huge aft cabin, h/c pressure water. Head interface, spotless engineroom, etc. A truly beautiful liveaboard home/cmiser & a joy to sail. $75,000 obo. Please call Glen or Christy, (415) 332-2757. C-BREEZE 45 FERROCEMENT CUTTER, Sampson Marine design. Death of builder forces sale. 90% complete. 53 hp Hatz diesel engine. A/ C, hydraulic propulsion, steering, anchor winch. Deck hardware, much more included. Located in Sun Valley, Nevada, estimated value $150,000. Asking $75,000 obo. (702) 828-3471. 46- FT STEEL KETCH, Great sailing world cruiser & liveaboard. Hauled out & surveyed last year, basically very sou nd&seaworthy, been neglected, needs work & you will have a safe/sound boat that will take you anywhere. $53,950. (415) 331 -2522. 45-FT MULL NZ. Strong NZ construction. New sails, beautiful interior. Like a Baltic or Swan at a lot less cost. Recent haulout & ready to go. Why cruise slow when you can cruise fast & in style. $127,000 obo, Rick, (415) 331-0715. 47- FT PILOTHOUSE CUHER, 1984. One owner. 2 staterooms, 2 heads w/showers, large salon & pilothouse. Sleeps 9. SFO Bay only. Epoxy bot¬ tom & bilge, custom gimbaled radar, GPS, elec¬ tronic plotter, stereo, VHF, roller furling, hydraulic steering, Isuzu diesel, new shrouds, new dink w/ outboard, complete tool inventory, spares, 15 lifejackets. Low hrs, well kept, beautiful lines. Dived every 90 days, complete maintenance records. Comfortable sailer, great liveaboard. Marina Village, gate 8, slip D-1. Make offer. Bro¬ chure & photo, (541) 947-3330 or freeflite@triax.com SLOCUM 43 CUHER, 1984. Rugged perfor¬ mance worid cruiser. Perkins 4-108, MaxProp, Alpha AP & Fleming windvane, radar, HAM, weatherfax, GPS, Loran VHF. Watermaker, 120 gal water. Solar panels. Wind Burger, Heart 20 inverter & aux Genset. $175,000. (510) 526-0740 or email: lclark@ix.netcom.com
51 FEET & OVER FORMOSA 51 KETCH. Extensive relit '97798. In exceptional condition. Center cockpit, 3 state¬ rooms, gorgeous teak interior. Teak decks re¬ done, new imron paint, new electronics, SSB, weatherfax, computer, watemnaker, dive com¬ pressor, etc. Loaded & ready to go anywhere. Call (619) 420-3822. 55-FT CAMPER NICHOLSON YAWL (Nicholson 55). Strong, fast, transoceanic cmiser. Stringered F/G hull, aluminum spars, S/S rigging, oversized winches. Harken headstay, new decks, rebuilt Perkins 4-236 w/20 hrs, center cockpit/aft cabin. Book value $180,000, steal at $95,000. Please call (510) 215-0644.
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HUNTER 54,1982. New paint, topsides & bottom. New Furlex roller furler. Self-tacking jib. Hydraulic backstay. Dodger, liferaft, dinghy garage with 10 ft inflatable dinghy. '93 Universal diesel. New items: VHF, 6 volt batteries, 2 heads, upholstery. $119,000.(619)487-5359. HARDIN FIBERGLASS KETCH, Sausalito berth. Roomy liveaboard/worid cruiser. Double salon plus 3 staterooms. Heavy glass hull & decks, all furling sails, singlehandable, 2 stations, watermaker, generator, SSB, radar, cold plates, many extras & spares. Classic style & character. Some trades or financing considered. Motivated. Asking $117,000. Call (415) 331-5251. 78-FT LOA SCHOONER CYRANO of William F. Buckley, Jr fame. Worid cruiser, luxurious ap¬ proved liveaboard, excellent condition. Enclosed deck salon, piano, radar & more. 150 hp Perkins diesel. Light, airy, 18 port lights. 4 sleeping cabins (sleeps 7+). Built 1963. Offers around ^0,000. (510) 236-8238.
CLASSICS 42-FT LOD GAFF SCHOONER, 1978. Hr, oak, bronze. Excellent condition. $59,000^ Please call (415) 837-1662. 32-FT KNOCKABOUT SLOOP, FURT. She is a fast, fun Bay sailer. Master Mariners member. Built by Ralph Flowers in 1914. Must sell quickly because I have purchased a cmising boat. ^,000 firm. Call Kay, (415) 305-5591. 38-FT MATHEWS, 1927. Tri cabin, all original, interior bristol, exterior excellent. 1-3/8” Honduras planking on 2 sets of oak ribs, cabin is Philippine mahogany. 2 staterooms, 2 heads, galleys salon, excellent running Chrysler Royal Crown 8 cyl. $20,000. Mike, (925) 210-3031. 34-FT SUNSET CLASS SAILBOAT, 1937. Ma¬ hogany over oak, brorju fasl^^dose planked hull, exce]lsjittaeS^spsTAWfiIc4, needs work. Great p^d^trtJsolutely must sell. $2,995 of¬ fers, Sen^ only, (510) 351-5404.
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TAYANA 52,1985. Aft cockpit, tri-cabln, luxury performance cruiser. Extensive upgrades & refits. New: AP, diesel boiler. Profurl, Kevlar main, refer. Force 10 stove, dodger/bimini, Yukon inflatable, Datamarine instruments, GPS, more. Fully outfit¬ ted. davis@coinet.com or (541) 388-8223.
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Capt. Stan Gauthier, Master 350 tons all oceans. 250.000 miles experience worldwide, sail & power.Detailed knowledge of West Coast Alaska to Panama & all Atlantic. Phone/fax: (250) 954-0427 Email: yachtdel@island.net. 283 Crabapple Cr., Parksville B.C., Canada, V9P 2R9
ENCANTO, 60-R STEEL SLOOP, built in '92 by Serge Testa. Strong, stable, comfortable, well equipped & proven circumnavigator. 12 bunks in 4 cabins. 2 heads with showers, 360 gal water, 160 gal fuel. lOOhp Nissan diesel. Stem cockpit with dive platform, 12 ft dinghy, liferaft, radar, GPS, weather fax, SSB, wind self steering, etc. $165,000. Consider trade of small boat or real estate. (510) 883-1337.
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This long range cruiser was completely redone with a n^w teak interior in 1980. GM 6-71 diesel with two 15kw generators & an extensive list of equipment make this vessel a serious world cruiser. Asking $225,000 TATOOSH MARINE (206)625-1580
MULTIHULLS 38-FT TRIMARAN, KISMET. Cold-molded ep¬ oxy. Total refit ‘90.2 cabins, Harken furling, 18 hp Volvo diesel, radar, GPS, HAM, SSB, stereo, watennaker, microwave, refrig, AP, depth & speed log, 1500 watt inverter, 4 M55 solar panels, Edson steering, four 6 volt batteries, 3 sets anchors, 6 sails & a tri-radial spinnaker, 8 winches, new bow nets, new bimini, 10’S’ inflatable w/18 hp Nissan. Consistently upgraded proven world cruiser. Cur¬ rently in Key West. $65,000 obo. (305) 294-5854. F-27 TRIMARAN, HULL #104. Lots of upgrades, flat top rnain, head, solar panel, autopilot double water tanks, epoxied hull, galvanized trailer, set¬ up for cniising. Well maintained, documented. Call Randy at (408) 353-2242 or <randall@allnk.net> for details. 36-FT CUSTOM NEWICK TRIMARAN, 19W. Faster, roomier than Farriers! Beautifui N-36 with 26 ft beam, sleeps 6, enclosed head, galley, huge cockpit, furier, full batten main, screecher, speedo/ depth, GPS, solar panels, 15 hp Honda & much more. For photo of boat see ad index under “MuitiSail”. $59,500 or $69,500 with mooring. Please call (714) 631-4434 w or (714) 723-0279 h or www.multisail.com F-27 TRI, 1993, HULL #353. Stock sails with genoa. New nets & sail covers. Knot, temp & depth gauge. Origo alcohol stove. Includes trailer, 8 hp Nissan. 95% sailed in fresh water. At Tahoe now. $57,000. (702) 853-5451 eves. WINDRIDER 16-FT TRIMARAN. Easy to sail, forward facing seat, steer w/feet. Fast & safe. Sail anywhere In the Bay, anytime. A good looking, fun boat. Easy to set-up. Carry car-top or trailer avail¬ able. Good condition, extras, $2,600. Please call (650)493-5891. REYNOLDS 21, hotrod, 20+ knots, a very last cat. Widerthan stock, fathead Randy Smyth boomless main, giant spinnaker, spinnaker pole, 5 sails in all. Brand new Nacra rotating mast, seiftacking jib performance foils, daggerboards & rudders, 2 hp Honda 4-stroke, solar panel. Autohelm plug-lns for GPS, VHF. Delta & Danforth anchors, custom folding system, traiier, compass. Possible to sleep in hulis, great beach camper. $9,900. Rocket, (209) 795-2723. CORSAIR F27,1989. In WA. Great shape, trailer, 6 sails, Yamaha 9.9 4-stroke, VHF, autopilot, poptop cover, solar panel, propane stove, Sony AM/ FM CD stereo, instruments including KVH Iluxgate compass, recently refinished mast. $45,000. Con¬ tact Mike, (800) 653-3832 M-F, (253) 627-5331 or ssmith @ geoengineers.com CRUISING CAT PARTNERSHIP. Seeking 1-5 partners to share 35 ft cat on SF Bay/Delta. Berthed Sausalito. Comfy accommodations for family or 2 couples. Call Russ, (415) 924-9402.
SEARUNNER 32 CATAMARAN. Constant cam¬ ber cold-molded construction, all epoxy. Open bridgedeck. Launched March '97. Rotating mast, full batten main, roller jib, 9.9 hp outboard, VHF, dinghy. Spartan but quick. Need a 100 sf cockpit? $40,000.(619)291-0641. REYNOLDS 21 CATAMARAN. Excellent condi¬ tion. Trailer, 5 hp w/low hrs, hull graphics, 2 heimsperson seats, speeds up to 20 knots. 4 narrow bunks, bottom paint, flotation, anchor, 3 sails. In the water In Southern Marin. $8,250. (415) 383-8730.
HOBIE 21,1989. Refit '96. New: sails, battens, tramp, rig, nidders, covers, etc. Spares. Current registration. Must sell, $3,000/oflers? Please call (510) 569-3100 x208 days or (510) 339-1854 eves.
POWER & HOUSEBOATS 18-FT SOLCAT. Catamaran sailboat (similar to HobieCat) with trailer. $500 obo. (707) 253-7662. 37-FT BROWN SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Die¬ sel, new main, Paratech, refrig, GPS, fathometer, VHF stereo, great ground tackle, lots of gear. Coastal vet. Not a fixer-upper. Serious cash buyer. $42,500. Box Holder, P.O. Box 121915, Chula Vista, CA 91912. HUMDINGER FOR SALE. Walter Greene de¬ signed & built 35 ft trimaran. TransAtlantic & around Britain race veteran. Built 1982, exten¬ sively rebuilt by Russell Brown 1994. New custom Wingmast, new Shore sails, new interior, electri¬ cal, instruments, radar. Beautifully detailed, com¬ fortable, easy to sail & last. Won Swittsure Lightship multihull class '98. One owner $89,000. Call Russell Brown, (360) 379-0648. Photos at Wingo.com/Humdinger CONSER 47 CATAMARAN, 1995. Fast cruising or club racing. Original Windward lull batten main & jib plus 135% genoa, Profuri on bowsprit. Twin 50 hp Yanmar diesel capable of 14 knots under power & 20+ under sail. Owner must sell. $269,000 or best offer. Fax; (561) 545-0019, beeper # : (561) 854-3684, ph: (561) 546-9890. 30-FT CATAUC CATAMARAN. Coastal vet. Glass, restored, sleeps 7, enclosed head. Huge cockpit. Safe, solid, stable, spacious, simple. New rig, paint, interior, hard top, etc. Cruise ready, 3 soiar. Autohelm 4000, GPS, 9.9 four stroke o/b. ‘97 sunrey, turn-key. ‘‘Catalacs...each rugged & with great carrying capacity, exceptional layout & good handling...many have crossed the Atlantic." Cmising World. 1997. $48,000. (415) 332-8080. SEAWIND 24’ X 16’, with epoxy hard deck & cabin, Porta-Potti, 12 volt frig, battery, charger, full batten main, w/jibs, sleeps up to 6,9.9 Nissan, mahogany tables. Over 20 knots. $18,000. Call (415) 507-5268 days. Email pictures: allen.bruns@autodesk.com
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28’9” TRIUMPH CRUISER. Fiberglass hull bot¬ tom 1' thick, exc condition, 2 new engines, 2 new trans, loaded - marine equip newly painted & senriced. Senior seriously ill, will sacrifice to best, reasonable offer. Comes with SF South Beach berth (F79). Please call Jim, (707) 542-8731 or (530) 582-8479.
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ISLANDER 28,1976. Moving to Emeryville Ma¬ rina, need 1 /3 equity partner ($4,500) & share slip/ maintenance/upkeep, approx $125/mo. Diesel inboard, new standing rigging, new sails sched¬ uled for next spring. Please call (415) 844-2435 or (408) 495-1449 for details. WELL EQUIPPED 36-FT COLUMBIA sloop, lo¬ cated SF Marina Green. Boat available most weekends. Equipped for shorthanded sailing. Non¬ equity share for $250 a month. Prefer family or couple, no groups. Call Pete, (415) 563-4421. WYLIEC AT 30, #3, SILKYE with her wood grained carbon fiber mast, is the prettiest Wyliecat around. Race or cruise this fast, fun, super easy to sail cal rigged boat. Over $80,000 invested. 1/2 equity partnership available for $32,000. Boat kept at Richmond YC. (510) 521-7730,
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19-FT CALKINS BARTENDER. 120 hp Volvo 1/ 0, good condition, seaworthy, dependable. Ex¬ cellent for fishing or fun. Good trailer. $4,700. (650) 347-5853.
WANT TO TRADE 1974 ISLANDER 30, located in Monterey, plus 3-1/4 acres near Temecula, Riverside County, for a larger boat. Please con¬ tact Mike Weber, phone/fax; (715) 832-9610.
42-FT WORK/PLEASURE/FISH Navy motor launch hull. Plumb stem, refastened, recaulked, rewired. GMC 671, transmission rebuilt. Commer¬ cial salmon stamp. Furuno electronics, flybridge. Not houseboat material. $10,000 obo. Please contact Milly or Richard at Richmond Boat Works, (510) 232-5800.
PLACERVILLE. Beautiful 2,700 sq ft home on 5 pristine acres. Vaulted ceiling, vacuum system, jacuzzi, in-law quarters, 2 story bam/workshop & more. Trout fishing & gold panning in your own backyard creek. Very private yet only 5 minutes to Hwy #50,1 hour to Lake Tahoe & 30 minutes to Sacramento,$289,000ortrade$46,000equityfor sailboatortrawler. Owner/agent, (530) 642-8030.
83-FT COAST GUARD BOAT converted to liveaboard. 2 - 6/71 GMS 2 gen sets, lot of work done in ‘97 & stiil needs more. 3 staterooms, 4 heads & fireplace insert. $45,000. Call Bridgepoint Marina, Bethel Island. (925) 684-0944.
PARTNERSHIPS 39-FT LANDFALL Great Bay cruiser, pilothouse, comfortable, dry, good inventory, 70 hp engine. Berth at Emeryvilie Yacht Harbor. Looking for 1/2 owner/partner. (408) 532-6369. CATALINA 27,1981.1/2 interest. Top condition. VYheel, compass, head, hoiding tank, A4 (over¬ hauled), depthsounder, stove, BBQ, lines led aft, nice interior, new rigging, just hauled & painted, 3 jibs. Great Sausalito location. $5,500. Call Nelson at (415) 924-2678.
MOTORHOME FOR SALE OR TRADE. 1994 Damon Ultrasport 22 ft class C, rear bed & bath, shower, dinette, sleeps 6, h/c pressure water, Chevy 350 V-8 w/25,000 miles, dual AC, micro, IIOv or propane frig w/treezer, stove, sink, full awning, tow hitch, etc. As new condition. Will sell $22,500 or offer as partial or full trade lorbluewater cruiser. Prefer 32-40 ft fiberglass (or steel), mini¬ mum woodwork, but will consider all options. Offshore capable. Out of state/overseas ok. Ph: (415) 332-9231, fax: (415) 332-7670 or email: marineexch@aol.
WANTED TRAILER FOR 25-FT fixed keel, 4,500# Cal 2-25. (530) 694-2406.
TARTAN 30. 1/4 equity interest. Sloop rigged, new main & spare, spinnaker & genoas. Autohelm, GPS, Loran, radar. Sausalito berth. $4,500. Call (707) 253-7662 or (707) 449-6234.
NICE LIVEABOARD, 33-36 FT FOR 50’S couple, N/S, N/D, good galley. Will keep secure & main¬ tained. Know carpentry, mechanics, etc. Perhaps in Lieu of some rent? In Estuary or Berkeley. Interested in buying. Good deal for you. Please call (925) 376-7122.
CRUISING CAT PARTNERSHIP. Seeking 1-5 partners lo share 35 ft cat on SF Bay/Delta. Berthed Sausalito. Comfy accommodations for family or 2 couples. Call Russ, (415) 924-9402.
30 TO 36-FT MOTORSAILER. Large pilothouse, diesel, enclosed head. No TLC jobs. Please call (510) 845-2089, leave message 24 hours.
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PIVER NUGGENT24. Centerboard, folding win^, dual axle trailer. Evinrude 6 hp, aluminum rig, tanbark sails. Fiberglass over ply. Refit begun, needs finishing. Tows easily. A lot of boat & gear for$1,500. (415) 563-4421.
MARINE ELECTRICAl^REPAIR • Troubleshooting • Installation • Battery & Power Systems • • Alternators, Regulators • Reyyire • Light to medium level • Professionally Trained' Contact Mark Boydston at (510) 647-3457
SAUSALITO YACHT CARE
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Specializing in custom interior call Lon Woodrum at; cabinetry, tables, cabinets, countertops, / c decks, cabinsoles, for power or sail._
~ QUALITY YACHT SERVICE ~ Fix broken rudders, booms & boat parts before they break with quality control testing. Charters • Lessons • Deliveries Capt. Joe (510) 233-7059
• Boat Washing • Below Deck Cleaning • • Bottom cieaning • • Weekty/Monthty Maintenance • Ocean Safe Products (415) 713-2824, Please leave a message
MARINE ENGINE CO. Complete Engine Sen/ices • Gas & Diesel 30 Years Experience • Reasonable Rates Tune-Ups • Oil Changes • Engine Rebuilding, etc. (415) 332-0455 September, 1998
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UPPER UNIT (RADOME) & cord for Furuno model
COMPLETE YAWL RIG from 42 ft Bermuda
1720 radar. Must be reasonable price & working. (805) 481-2464, leave message tor Bill.
racer. Deck steeped aluminum masts (Imron) booms, rigging, sails. All for $2,000. Other equip¬ ment & sails available. (516) 669-1181.
WANT MAST, BOOM, MAINSAIL & JIB, hal¬ yards, shrouds & stays for 27 ft O'Day. Call Hank at (408) 353-3260 eves.
PHAFF130 SEWING MACHINE, $500. New BP275 solar panels 75 watt, $389. New Air Marine wind generators (same as, $799 at West Marine), $589. Hurry if interested, as we are headed back to Mexico. (253) 435-1279,
FARYMANN DIESEL R30, 24 hp, 1,250 hrs,
Hurth 1.9 reduction instrument panel, wire har¬ ness, manuals, ains great. $800. Additional info, call or email: (541) 265-4601 days or (541) 8673895 eves. Email: bree2in@acti0nnet.net
USED GEAR
TRAILERS
NON-PROFIT ADVANCED COASTALNAVIGATION conducted
by US Coast Guard Auxiliary begins Sept 17th (8 sessions), 7:30-9:30 pm Thursdays. Verba Buena Island. $35 Includes texts. Intermediate students only. Call (510) 524-2501 or (415) 399-3411 for waiting list.
3 RADAR, R-20 RAYTHEON. Excellent model. (I've
15 HP YAMAHA OUTBOARD MOTOR. Spare
used one for years). Good shape. Works fine. Mfg March '89. Complete with manuals & cables. $699. Ph: (510) 522-3957.
new prop, tank, low hours, runs great. $995. Call John, (408) 867-6777. SELF-STEERING SYSTEM. Fits boats up to 45 ~1eet. New, still in box. $3,000. Offers welcome. Call Ben at (510) 236-2633.
CRUISING GEAR: 406 EPIRB & holder, new condition, $575. Plastimo 6-man double floor off¬ shore liferaft in hard canister, $1,300. Laptop computer w/CD & navigation software, $1,100. (408) 997-1954 or (408) 529-3831.
AVON: ROVER & UFERAFT. Outboards, steer¬
ing pedestal/wheel, Norcoldfrig, SSB/HAM, Hood roller reefing (large), manual windlass, survival suits, Honda generator, roller furling, chain, winches, inverter, bottom paint, headsails, inflataWes, steering quadrant/gear anti-electroly¬ sis system, foulies, 30 ft aluminum rig. Please call (415)331-7203.
in Tahoe. Genisis mainsail, $500. Kevlar 155, $500. .6 02 poly spinn, $500, Kevlar blade, $300. (530) 898-0828.
NEW FLEMING SERVO PENDULUM Globel 40
pump, wood oars, patch kit, $800.9db cell phone antenna, 4 ft, with Motorola flip phone adapter, $75. (408) 926-1085.
OLSON 25 SAILS. All Sobstad, used 2 summers
10’2” ZODIAC, 1993. White with blue trim, bag,
316SS windvane for SN to 40 ft, $1,995. New front pulley engine power take off Aqua Drive with 1-1/2' SS layshaft, $399. Like new complete sail rig for 7 ft Fatty Knees dinghy, 2 pari mast sail, teak ctr bd & kick-up rudder, $299. Used 35 lb ABI plow anchor, $99. Like newTrail-Rite, 3 axle, elect brakes, 16,000 lb GVW. Adjusted for Pacific Seacraft Orion 27, full keel sailboat. Located Monterey, CA. $2,800. Call (714) 723-6513.
8 HP MERCURY OUTBOARD, purchased April
WANTED: USED SAIUNG EQUIPMENT. Con¬
'98, used once, short shaft, remote tank, manual, $1,100. (408) 253-9598.
CD ROM CHARTPACK 15 Panama-Acapulco,
$200. #16 Acapulco-San Diego, $150. #12 San Diego- San Francisco, $85.27 paper San Francisco-Vene2uela, $6. Guides CA Offshore Islands, SFO, Ensenada by Fagan. Tom, (925) 735-2821.
vert your overflowing dock box into cash. Heck, I'll even buy the box. Sold your boat? Still have those extras laying around? Inflatables, outboards, an¬ chors, winches, windlasses, radios, sextants, sails, hardware. Call (916)487-1481 orjchalais@ns.net
1980 ISUZU PISCES 40 HP diesel. Hurth 2.1
trans. $1,800 obo. Please contact Jim Welch at (650) 556-0120,
AXLE TRAILER, in good condition. Surge brakes. Boats up to 40 ft. 6 adjustable side support bars & pads. Asking $2,500. J’lease call Mike, (415)332-4593.
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Eiicson sloop, needs love, $1500.25 ft Chris Craft cruiser, plywood, $500.19 ft O'Day sloop, $150. 28 ft fiberglass sportfisherman, like Bertram, flybridge, twin V8's, rock solid, W.OOO. 13' x 6" spruce boom, bronze fittings, $250. 37 ft alumi¬ num mast, $600. Fireball dinghy rig, $300.6' x 4’ dinghy mold, $200.6' x 4' dinghy, $400. Celestaire Mark U sextant, $500. OK dinghy mast, $100. El Toro mast, $100. (650) 369-0150, ask for Doug.
SEEKING SF MARINA BERTH/SUP, 35-50 ft
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with or without boat. Cash $$. Please call Bob at (415) 979-1301.
Cherokee 4dr, 4x4,5 spd. Runs good, looks OK. Meet you in San Diego & trade your $3,500 cash for title. Will deliver to La Paz, Cabo, etc. Email us at: KF4JQB@mer.win-net.org. DO YOU LOVE MASSAGE? 1 love the water & boating. 5 feet, Eurasian, 1960, gently happy spirit, travelled, too much to list! Vivian C.M.T., (510)865-1387.
FOR SALE: DOCK B-45,36 ft. Pier 39. $12,000.
(213)612-7824. FOR SALE: DOCK A-18,45 ft. Pier 39. $18,000.
(213) 612-7824.
TREASURE ISLAND MARINA now has slips
available. Rent is $4.00/ft. No modem amenities, liveaboards or vessels larger than 50 ft. Please send letter stating vessel size & displacement with your address & phone number to the Treasure Island Project Office at 410 Palm Ave, Building#1, San Francisco, CA 94130. A lottery style drawing will be held in early October '98. For more info, please call (415) 274-0382.
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Oceanic Crew Group invites skippers, crew & apprentices to join one of SF Bay's most active sailing groups. Participate in service, skill-improve¬ ment sails & fun sails. For more information call (415) 979-4866.
tem. Like new. Wheel adaptor, extra parts kit, extra vane included. $1,750 for everything. I can help you install It, no charge. Please call Dan, (415)435-6554.
dition. $1,600 obo. Raytheon 2600 radar for parts, $200 obo. Gas system CNG Safe Gas regulator & 3 tanks, $125 obo. Yacht Trak satellite navigation system, $25. '94 & ‘96 Hartey Davidsons - ask! (209) 765-3781.
ICOM 735 W/AH-2 TUNER, $750. 60# CQR,
SYMMETRICAL 3/4 OZ SPINNAKER with 56.9
$350. Lofrans Panther 1000# windlass with 5/16' gypsy, no chain, $800. Frigoboat engine drive refer w/plate & controls, $300. Edson pedestal w/ 36' Destroyer wheel, $300. Weems & Pialh nav computer, $75. (510) 523-0912.
luff & 31.2 foot. Red, blue & yellow. Could be cut to make a cmlsing spinnaker. $1,200 obo. Call John at (510) 596-1760 wrk or (510) 339-2702 hm.
bership. Includes unlimited multilevel ASA certi¬ fied training, review & checkouts. Well qualified instructors, top-of-the-line boats, yacht club privi¬ leges, social, etc. $2,200 (25% off). Please call (510)531-8662.
42-FT MAST, BOOM, FITTINGS. Box construc¬
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ship. This membership provides comprehensive sailing classes for two & sailboat rental privileges at Alameda & Sausalito. Best way to learn to sail & get ready to buy a boat. Discount price, $3,500 obo. (925) 736-6370.
SINGLE SAILORS. Skippers, mates, crew (ad¬ vance or novice). Group sails, raft-ups. Join us at our social and meeting held at the Oakland Yacht Club in Alameda on the second Thursday every month. Social starts at 7 p.m. For details call Single Sailors Assoc. (SSA) (510) 273-9763.
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HYUNDAI COLOR NOTEBOOK P.C. with
weather (ax & world tide programs, $500. Com¬ mercial Hooka dive rig, will take 2 divers to 60 ft, $500. Evinrude 6 hp outboard, $250. Charts & guidebooks from Washington to Panama, the East Coast of Central America to the East Coast of the USA & some of the Caribbean. Priced by condition. Jim, (408) 929-6469.
DIESEL ENGINES: 2 Farymann 2 cyl with 2.1 gear, $1,200. Detroit 3-71 marine with marine manifold, no gear, $1,000. Mast for 40-50 ft sail¬ boat. Hood roller furling main, complete except for boom, $7,000. (415) 457-8616.
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1 WANT TO CREW HA-HA & beyond!! Available for long-term cruises. 28 yr old male with 18 yrs of sailing experience in San Francisco & Monterey Bays, the Baltic Sea & the Mediterranean. Former captain of the SJSU Sailing Team. Easy going with a good sense of humor but also very depend¬ able crew. Speak some Spanish & fluent French & German. Call Christopher, (831) 457-0723.
ADVENTUROUS SKIPPER SEEKS CREW for unlimited world cmise starting October from Cali¬ fornia. Must be athletic with offshore experience. Spanish/French fluency preferred. Cabin, head, food provided on fast, equipped, seaworthy 52 ft sloop. Christopher, (888) 993-5682. LOVELY, SINGLE, WHITE FEMALE would like to meet captain, N/S, 50-something for weekend (Bay Area) & vacation sailing, friendship & possibie long temi relationship. You are educated, financially secure, have sense of humor, integrity, honest & a gentleman. I am 50, 5’5”, 118 lbs, educated, attractive, fit, financially secure, love to sail & share interests on land too! Let's trade a note & photo: PO Box 93, Orinda, CA 94563. CREW WANTED. Crew person with some navi¬ gation & sailing skills. Depart La Paz Oct-Nov for Costa Rica, possibly much further. Slow & easy. Must pick-up personal expenses. Please call; Hugo at (801) 272-7600. After Sept 15 fax Hugo at (011)52-112-55900. NORWEGIAN BOATBUILDER seeking “little brother/companion” to assist in restoration of Colin Archer type double-ender with results being a self-sufficient lifestyle aboard a real Wuewater vessel. Respond to: box holder, P.O. Box 4405, Camp Connell, CA 95223. TWO IF BY SEA. 30, petite, sexy brunette sailor. Non-conformist w/great legs, good sense of hu¬ mor & positive mental attitude. Equally comfort¬ able in 4 inch Italian heels as foulies. Well edu¬ cated & well read yet, a technical neophyte. Seeks outgoing male counterpart (esp w/engineering degree - just kidding) who also desires alternative cmising lifestyle. ss_Morgan@hotmail.com MEET, DATE, TALK, AND SAIL, with long term relationship the goal. Patient, licensed, white male captain with ocean sailboat & many interests additional to sailing. Young 54, very intelligent, handsome & humorous. Berkeley graduate. Seek¬ ing bright, attractive, fit, financially secure woman, 35-50, free of emotional ties to past loves, a strong interest in boats & sailing, and a willingness to share life with an artistic (writing) & unconven¬ tional (not eccentric) man. Correspond with pho¬ tograph: P.O. Box 150134, San Rafael,CA949150134. CRUISING MERMAlD,underwaterphotographer.
Attractive, athletic, fun, published, dive master, loves travel, adventure, sailboats. 5’4” slim brunetteseeks to fulfill dream of cruising warm waters worldwide, preferably w/soulmate. age 42-50ish, fit, NS, diver. P.O. Box 4136, Laguna Beach, CA 92652 or bfactor@deltanet.com AVAILABLE TO CRUISE BAJA/warm waters Dec 19-Jan 24.26 yr old female, tri-linguai grad student, not single, looking to co-captain/crew, Sept-Dec available for adventurous Bay sails Thurs-Mon. Leticia, (408) 848-6574 or letib@yahoo.com SEEKING MALE CAPTAIN WITH seaworthy boat lor Bay sailing, warm water cruising, love & com¬ panionship. I’m 5 ft tall, 110 lbs with blue eyes & a big happy smile. Lets have fun exploring together. Call for more info, (510) 869-4666.
FEMALE CO-CAPTAIN/COMPANION. I am Slowly sailing around the world in my Peterson 46 ft cutler, having started in Florida 8 yrs ago & thus far reached Phuket, Thailand. I am currently at home base in Venice, California & will be returning in a few months for local sailing in Phuket area followed by Chagos, Seychelles, Red Sea & Med. Minimum experience is ok as long as you know you love to be on the water. I’m looking for active, enthusiastic, energetic, non-smoking lady toshare companionship rigors & rewards of this ongoing adventure. If you lovesnorkeling, SCUBA, explor¬ ing, hiking, passagemaking, gunk holing & are lusting for the journey of a lifetime, please call Peter at (310) 452-4016. MEXICO BOUND CANADIAN SKIPPER of 37 ft Brewer cruising cutter, now in Sausalito (SYC) seeks experienced crew (1 -2) fro harbor hopping southbound trip. Long or short term. Leaving September. Please call Herman, (415) 331-5293 or fax number: (415) 332-2940 or email: BDFASTCAT@AOL.COM. EASYGOING, BOAT OWNING professional couple seeks warm water crew positions any¬ where, 3-4 months beginning October'98. Diesel maintenance/12 volt repair OK. Adequate Span¬ ish. ISPA coastal nav/cruising certified. N/S, S/D, share all duties, some expenses. GRANT@GOV.YK.CA or (867) 667-3829. I KNOW YOU’RE OUT THEREI Seeking fit, ad¬ venturous, independent female to share summer Bay sailing & dreams of cruising. I’m 31, fit, financially secure, independent & liveaboard a wonderful 37 ft boat. Call Ken, (415) 559-2773 for more info. YOUNG, ENTHUSIASTIC COUPLE seeking to cruise warm waters. Some sailing experience, currently working forOutward Bound. Background in emergency medicine (EMT-B, LGT). Available early October & prepared to commit long-term, if desired. Please contact Leona at (209) 893-2388. SWM SKIPPER, 6’01 ”, 200 lbs. N/S, light drinker, very easygoing. Enjoys sailing the Bay, BBQ’s, music, movies. Seeks slim, SWF, 38-48, N/S, light drinker for sailing, good times, romance, possible commitment. Contact Chuck at (510) 532-1629, leave message.
PROFESSIONALSAILING &TRAWLER Instruc¬ tors. If you have well rounded sailing skills, com¬ municate effectively & want to pass along your passion lor the sport, you'll want to teach for Club Nautique. We have the newest & largest fleet on the Bay plus we offer 2 locations. The flow of our program guarantees our students to pass US Sailing standards. Our comprehensive sailing pro¬ grams Include basic keelboat through coastal passagemaking, coastal & celestial navigation/ extracurricular courses in spinnaker, catamaran & racing. Great club atmosphere w/events year round that include diesel, crew overboard & an¬ choring seminars +. All of our instructors are CG licensed (average tenure of 5+ years). Come join ourprofesslonalstaffwhileenhancingyour sailing skills. Call Beth at (510) 865-4700.
ADVENTUROUS, BEAUTIFUL, BLUEWATER experienced, SCUBA licensed. Bay Area profes¬ sional who loves sailing & clear water seeks a fun, fit & emotionally stable cruising skipper, 52-62 with varied interests who desires a land as well as sea base. Please no replies unless financially secure & development of a long-term is as impor¬ tant as sailing. Leave message, (650) 498-7080 wk. COUPLE LIVING ON MAUI, Hawaii looking to crew anywhere. Experience in sailing, mechan¬ ics, professional cooks, lifeguard certified, com¬ puter literate. Also, willing to offer help & temp accommodation for sailors stopping on Maui. Serious only. Please call, (808) 875-9412, fax: (808) 875-7098 or email: marksurf@gte.net.
SALES. World’s largest marine publisher is ex¬ panding & is looking forself-motivated advertising consultants. Earn $50,000 per year. Fax resume to: (949) 548-2068 Attn: Graham/Nick , or call (800) 769-2248. MEN AND WOMEN SAILORSI Join our team ol 27 professionals at OCSC, S.F. Bay. Best teach¬ ing and sailing location on the Olympic Circle; large and extremely well maintained fleet; flexible schedule, well organized syllabuses and curricu¬ lum, great shoreside facility. There are only three students per class and certification standards that make you proud to be an Instmctor. It's exciting work with motivated students and a great team atmosphere with top pay and liberal boat use and privileges. If you have great communication skills, an interest in teaching and excellent sailing and seamanship skills, we would like to talk to you. We will help with Coast Guard licensing and US Sail¬ ing Instmctor Certification. Please call Eamon at (510) 8434200.
PROPERTY FOR SAL&RENT HOUSE WITH DEEP WATER DOCK on Napa River, Cameros Wine District, Lindal cedar home built in 1989. 3-1/2 bedrooms, 2 bath, jacuzzi, fireplace, beam ceilings, skylights, views, decks & lovely gardens, flood safe. For sale by owner. $339,000. (707) 224-1576. PARADISEl 50 ft + 30 ft teak docks + covered berth + trimaran space. 3 bedroom w/in-law. (1/2 acre) Near Bethel Island. A/C, fireplace, garages, parking. Private swimming lagoon, scenic, lots of trees. Fishing, sailing, hunting, skiing. 3 decks (redwood/teak). Only $318,000. (510) 444-0666.
SALESPERSON & A SAILOR, check this outi High volume for both new & used sailboats in the best sales location on the Bay. Send resume to; 910 Taylor Ave, Alameda, CA 94501.
AMERICA’S CUP PROPERTY. Furnished 4 bed¬ room, 2 bath home in charming Devonport, New Zealand. 10 minutes by ferry to America’s Cup Village. Available early 1999. Rent US $1,200 mo/ negotiable. 1 year lease preferred. Write box 331063, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand or email; asawyer@ihug.co.nz.
ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN WANTED. Alcorn Marine Electronics in Pt. Richmond (located at KKMI) has immediate openings for experienced marine electronics technidansS installers. Please fax resume & references to: (510) 232-6379.
LIVE ON A BEAUTIFUL 43-FT cutter in SSF. Very clean, all amenities, lull galley, microwave, BBQ, spacious interior. $400/mo rent plus mainte¬ nance & minor repairs required, includes some sailing. Experienced boatperson only. Please call (650) 654-9008.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
GOOD LOOKIN’ DWF, 50, has boat, needs man. I’m slim, lively, warm, love outdoors, travel, cul¬ tural pursuits. Need companionship/LTR. Are you a man 45-55, N/S, intelligent, strong, positive, fun to be with? Send note & photo: Sailin', Box 704, San Carlos, CA 94070.
SERVICE MANAGER. Hands-on, working man¬ ager for No. California Grand Banks dealership w/ Cummins, Caterpillar, Perkins, Kohler & Onan sales & service. Exc compensation package w/ benefits. (415) 332-5233 or (415) 331-0533. Ask for John Baier or Scott Garman.
WOULD YOU LIKETO ACCOMPANY A delight¬ ful, semi-retired gentleman on a Bay sail, adven¬ ture tour, concert, dog walk or quiet evening? Have the boat, time, money & dog. Need partner. Intrigued? Call (415) 563-6438.
MARINE DIESEL MECHANIC. Northern Califor¬ nia Grand Banks dealership w/Cummins, Cater¬ pillar, Perkins, Kohler & Onan sales & service. Experienced only. Top pay w/benefits. Call Scott Garman, (415) 332-5233 or (415) 331-0533.
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CREW AVAILABLE. 1 man, 31, semi-experi¬ enced, able-bodied, looking for boat & skipper to assist on passage(s) south (San Diego, Mexico, South Pacific, Hawaii or beyond). Please leave message at my Aunt’s, (650) 494-7935 or The Globe Hostel, (415) 431-0540.
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INSTRUCTORS. The Modem Sailing Academy of Sausalito seeks professional teachers for ASA certified classes on 30’45’ sailboats. Great staff, boats, location, students and bestpay. All applica¬ tions confidential. Call Carol @ (415) 331-8250. 6-PAK CAPTAINS & SAILING INSTRUCTORS. Spinnaker Sailing, in San Francisco, is hiring wil¬ ing instrtjctors & captains for part time or full time work in the City aboard our Heel ol 22-44 ft sail¬ ing yachts. Excellent wages & benefits. Fax re¬ sume to (415) 543-7405 or call Dave Peterman at (415) 543-7333. SAN FRANCISCO BOAT WORKS has 3 open¬ ings. Exp Marine Welder/Fabricator; SS, alumi¬ num & mild steel. Layout & mech skills a must. Exp Topcoat Spray Painter: epoxy systems, polyure¬ thanes, prep & paint, gelcoat & glass repairs. Exp Boat Mechanic: plumbing, tunning gear, outdrives, and tune-ups a plus. Fax resume:(415) 626-9172. Good wages, benefits & year round work.
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PRIVATE CLUB FACILITIES MANAGER. Pres¬ tigious Delta Yacht Club seeks qualified Individual to serve as full-time Yacht Club Manager. Qualifi¬ cations will Include a business background & a minimum of 4 yrs in private club environment, including hands-on supervision. Strong interper¬ sonal skills, ability to interact effectively with a 350 family membership. Competitive compensation & benefits package. Immediate opening for the right candidate. Send resume in confidence to: Attn; Vice-Commodore, PO Box 70252, Stockton, CA. 95267.
FULL-TIME 4 PART-TIME cashiers & customer service. Marine hardware sales. Send resume to: Sailing Supply, 2822 Canon St, San Diego, CA 92106.
ASSISTANT HARBORMASTER position at Coy¬ ote Point Marina in San Mateo. Salary range: $2,943 to $3678/mo. Application deadline Sep¬ tember 25. For info call Harbormaster, Carol Leonard at (650) 573-2594, Sunday thru Thurs¬ day.
SERVICE MANAGER. Leading California based marine engine distributor looking for motivated, ambitious 4 proven manager possessing handson experience with gas 4 diesel engines, trans¬ missions 4 stemdrives to run service division of business. Top pay, great benefits, bright future. Send resume with references 4 salary history to: 931 W. 18th St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627.
LIVE, WORK & PLAY in the Caribbean. Looking for a mature person to sail & lead snorkeling tours. Must be fun-loving, responsible & people ori¬ ented. Ready to start first week of October. For more info call or fax; (340) 774-7414. CAPTAINS, FIRST OFRCERS & CREW. Ren¬ dezvous Charters is hiring ships crew & licensed masters to sail our fleet of certified vessels. Part time or full time. Excellent wages & benefits. Join this rapidly growing companyl Please fax resume to (415) 543-7405 or telephone Pam Power at (415) 543-7333. ASSISTANT OFFICE MANAGER. Spinnaker Sailing is looking for an outgoing person to help in the front desk to interact with our customers. This is a fun job. excellent wages & benefits. Fax resume: (415) 543-7405 or call Eugenie Russell at (415) 543-7333.
SAILBOAT RIGGER WANTEDI Must be experi¬ enced with rigging 4 a variety of boat repair. If you enjoy working outdoors, problem solving 4 the camaraderie found in boating, this is the job for you. Excellent salary 4 benefits for the right per¬ son. Call or fax Tom at South Beach Riggers. Ph: (415) 974-6063 or Fax: (415) 974-6064.
MECHANIC. Leading California based marine engine distributor looking for motivated, ambi¬ tious 4 experienced technicians with background in gas 4 diesel engines, transmissions 4 stemdrives. Top pay, great benefits, bright future. Send resume with references 4 salary history to: 931 W. 18th St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. RETAIL STORE CLERK NEEDED at KKMI. Our boatyard is looking for a special person with strong custpmer service skills 4 Is Interested in also doing some driving. If you have computer skills, then you really should give us a call. At KKMI we offer excellent wages, benefits 4 the opportunity to grow with a company that's profes¬ sional 4 fun. Call Ralf Morgan at (510) 235-5564 or fax your resume to his attn at (510) 235-4664.
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SALESPEOPLE. Leading California based ma¬ rine engine distributor looking for motivated, am¬ bitious 4 experienced salespeople for inside 4 outside sales of gas 4 diesel engines, transmis¬ sions, stemdrives 4 parts 4 accessories. Top pay, great benefits, bright future. Send resume with references 4 salary history to: 931 W. 18th St, Costa Mesa, CA 92627. FLEET MAINTENANCE PERSON WANTED at SFYC. Local sailing program Is accepting applica¬ tions for a maintenance. The position requires about 24 hours per week, with 40 hrs in the summer. Hrs are flexible. ApplicaWs should have a working knowledge of outboard engines, wood¬ working 4, importantly, fiberglass. Applicants must be able to work independently 4 work well around kids. Wages begin at $10 - $15/hr, depending on experience. SFYC is the West Coast’s oldest yacht club. Please mail resumes to: 98 Beach Rd, PO Box 379, Belvedere, CA 94920, or fax them to (415) 435-8547 or phone for more information (415)435-9525.
LIVE & WORK IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS. For sale: established whale watch company. Sea¬ sonal operation. May - Sept. $280,000 + gross. Includes waterfront off ice lease, 3 vessels w/sllps. Priced to sell. Call Lynn at (360) 378-6636 or www.watchwhales.com or email: lynn@watchwhales.com MARINE REPAIR 4 RESTORATION business for sale. Prioe includes 26,000 sq ft lot zoned C3 with new 3,000 sq ft insulated 4 heated steel building with office, full bath 4 lunchroom. Com¬ pletely renovated 3 bedroom, 2 bath redwood home. Garage 4 rental unit. Tools, equipment 4 inventory. This is a unique properly for someone looking for a live/work situation in a rural setting where you can walk to shops, schools, etc. Lo¬ cated near California's largest natural lake. $269,000. (707) 279-2628.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES FIJI YACHT CHARTER. 50-tt LOD sailing yacht with approved charter business in Fiji. Yacht is fully Imported, can even sail through the Lau Group. Sail, dive, fish 4 surf. Great place, great boat, great life. $120,000. (530) 475-0323. Check out: www.angelfire.com/ca2/rubaiyyat. NEW PRODUCTION BOAT. Investor(s) needed for new line of production boats ranging in size from 11 -22 ft. Funds to be used to produce proto¬ types, molds, marketing. Be part of the new wave of boats for the year 2000. Ph: (925) 253-1160.
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Following a tradition of successful offshore cruisers that has characterized Deerfoot Yachts, Deer Dancer was solidly constructed in fiberglass for an experienced and discriminating cruising family. As a liveaboard cruiser, she has proven her heritage as a safe, comfortable and able performer that is extremely easy to handle. Her outstanding features include a true all-weather pilot¬ house, three double staterooms, walk-in engine room, modern, redundant systems, watertight bulkheads, an extensive galley and an unbelievable amount of orga¬ nized storage space. Her equipment list is comprehen¬ sive. Deer Dancer \r\as always been lovingly maintained and is now ready for her next passage.
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MAYA
74' Deerfoot, 1987
Built for the owners of Deerfoot Yachts at Walsteds in Denmark, Maya represents a truly rare offering.
54' Mapleleaf Built in 1979 and designed by Stan Huntingford. Molded fiberglass construction. Teak interior. Features large, wellprotected cockpit, large master cabin, walk-in/stand-up engine room, spacious salon and galley. Complete nav station, roller furling, watermaker, cold plate refer. Excellent inventory. Asking $235,000.
The enclosed pilothouse design provides an all-weather 360-degree control station that proves to be the focal point of the yacht during most passagemaking. Her spacious accommodations include 3 staterooms, an extensive galley, complete navigation station/office and walk-in engine room. Dependable, low maintenance hydraulics control bow and stern thrusters, watermaker, generator and most above deck sailing functions. She is constructed in aluminum, to the highest standard of European craftsmen. The quality is unmatched. In Maya, you will find a powerful offshore passagemaker, superbly constructed and engineered to provide the ultimate in sailing enjoyment. For further information contact exclusive agent: BRUCE SZAMIER Cellular (954) 609-0307 September, 1998 • UiHiUc J? • Page 267
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40'CHEOYIEEMIDSHIPMAN Centercocl®it ketch, double cabin, queen aft both wAiead & shower, ideal liveoboard, cruise ready, many up¬ grades, exc. cond. Asking $75,000.
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Columbia 52 1971 35' ERICSON Performancecruiser, wheel steering, teak & holly sole, loaded w/electronics including GPS. Asking $28,800/0ffers.
33' CHEOY LEE CUPPER Ketch rig by Luders, FG to Lloyd's specs, quality cruiser. Dodger, Autohelm, Tri Data System, diesel heater. Asking $35,000.
27' CATAUNA, '90 Autopilot, dodger, roller furling jib, 8' skiff, well equipped and real clean. /Uking $25,000/0ffers.
52’ OFF$HORE TRAWLER Built by Ditmar Donaldson, heavy duty construction in superb condition. Sausalito berth. Asking $110,000.
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50’FLYBRIDGE TRAWLER US built, twin dsis, gen., many upgrades, roomy int. w/large deckarea, ideal fvbrd. CXir docks. Asking $65,000.
This California classic is in great shape and ready to race or cruise. Complete two stateroom interior. Pearson 28, 1975. Refurbished in 1997, new sails, engine & more.$11,500 Cal 30, 1971. Just rebuilt Atomic 4, dodger, spinnaker. Harken roller furling.20,000 San Juan 30, 1976. Extro sails, new rigging, AP, good instruments.13,500 Westsail 32, 1976. Rebuilt diesel, good soils & rigging, great exterior. 29,500 Catalina 320, 1995. Greot shope, lots of extras, upgraded electricol system.75,900 Formosa 34, 1979. Good sailor with fin keel, skeg hung rudder, ready to cruise.49,000 Vickers 35, 1995. Unused demo model, world cruiser built to go anywhere.79,000 Fountaine Pajot Tabago Cat 35, 1994. Twin Yonmor diesels. 152,000 Ericson 35, 1973. New Universal diesel, cleon interior.34,500 Islander Freeport 36, 1980. Fresh enoine, very cleon. 59,500 Piver Victress 40 Trimaran, 1966. Gloss over ply, full keel cruising veteran.39,500 CT 41, 1979. Refurbished for world cruise in ' 85, didn't go. Enlarged cobin.79,000 Coronado 41, 1973. Diesel, generator, spinnaker. Trade for o 34'-38’. 50,000 Pedrick/Cheoy Lee 41, 1984. Beautiful, well equipped, skeg hung rudder.119,000 Choate/Peterson 42, 1982. Fully equipped for speed but with nice interior.65,000 Columbia 45, 1972. Great liveoboard, spacious deck, Perkins diesel. 59,500 Columbia 45, 1972. Mony recent upgrodes, elec, work ond new instruments.67,500 Vagabond 47, 1981 . New oluminum most ond rigoing, trkobin loyout. 135,000 Gulfstar 50, 1977. USCG certified. In Howoii. Needs interior work. 74,900 Columbia 52, 1971. Huge soil inventory, racer with cruising interior, PHRF 66.119,000 63' three-masted schooner, 1985. Beoutiful, steel hull, charter boot in the Med. .180,000 MacGregor 65, 1992. USCG certified, sleek and fost. 195,000
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48' Cheoy Lee, '81. $175,000. Center cockpit cutter with custom transom scoop and gorgeous cranberry red hull.
47' Fitzmaurice, '88. $149,000. Comtoilable family cruising tri with 4 cabins and 3 heads, Mexico and South Pacific vet.
40' Aldeo; '56. $45,000. This graceful ano sturdy yawl has been continuously upgraded during her cruising career.
36' Hans Christian, '75 $69,500. Cutterrigged Perry design ottering the serious cruiser
32' Swain, '91. $69,500. Custom built pilothouse cutter with a bristol teak interior,
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43' Hans Christian Christina, '86.
Three staterooms, Mercedes diesel, full electronics, roller furling, professionally maintained. Asking $225,000.
47' Kaufman, '85. Three staterooms, roller furling, diesel, full tronics, loads of sails, spinnaker gear, beautiful Interior. Asking $189,000.
This newyacht has been thoroughly commissioned and shaken down with a 2,300 mile ocean cruise by an experienced yachtsman. Unforeseen personal circumstances force the sale of this highly-improved-overstandard yacht. This boat is immaculate, well equipped and available at a substantial savings.
$269,000. Call Ben Oldham.
30' Catalina, '81. New In '97. H/C water, AB refrigeration, dodger. Great family boat.
34' Olson, '88. New North main, split drum roller furling, H/C pressure water, Yanmar diesel.
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45' Hunter, '86.$125,000 36' islander, '76.$39,000
30' Columbia 72.24,900 27' Catalina '90.$25,000
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1984 ENDURANCE STEEL KETCH Built by Arma Marine in En¬ gland. Cruised extensively from England to New Zealand. Lehman 80hp diesel, 200 gals, fuel, GPS, Autohelm, Aries windvane. Isotherm fridge/ freezer, spars gold anodized alloy, 7 berths, Taylor kero¬ sene heating system. Force 10 propane stove, roller furling, round bilge steeel ketch de¬ signed by Peter Ibold. Won¬ derful bluewater vessel. Sistership sold for tens of thousands higher. A steol at $ 109,000.
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ERICSON 29,77. Outstanding shape down below. New Horken roller furling. Lots of fun for $14,000. (ssletsiii|))
60' ALUMINUM WORLD CRUISING KETCH, 1975 Aluminum proven world cruiser. Impec¬ cable construction. Lots of gear. Self-stor¬ ing, washer dryer, full size Norcold refrig¬ erator, roller furling. All oversized gear, massive rigging. Downtown Sausalito slip Try $219,000. All offers encouraged
32’ LANCER, 1981. Well-found boat for Ijveaboord or cruising. Yanmor diesel, wheel steering, pressure water, new propone stove/oven, Norcold refrigerotor/freezer, roller furler jib, little used spinnaker, new dodger. All lines led oft for easy sailing. Beautiful interior joinery, interesting and functional layout. Includes 8' Avon w/4hpTohalsu outboard. Boot is ready to go, relocation forces sale. $29,500.
CELESTIAL 32, 1990 Fast, sleek, outstanding performer, extremely well made. Autohelm, refer. Harken furler. Must sell immediately. Drastic reduction from $57,000. $44,000
POIMIS, 1906. Wanderful classic Master Mariners gaff-rigged sleep. Sail into a piece of history. 22 000
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50' CORTEN STEEL. Garden Porpoise design. Wonderful possi¬ bility for long ronge cruising. Reduced by $10,000. $74,O0O.
COLUMBIA 34. Huge amount of headroom. Perfect family boat. Sausalito slip. $26,000.
ARIES 32. New Harken roller furler, newspar, rigging. Finest on market. Sausalito slip. $36,500.
O'DAY 37. Dodger, full canvas, roller furler, holding plate, refrigerotion, pressure water. $43,500.
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27' CATALINA, '74, inboard engine, main w/2 reef points, very clean.$9,400
50' CALKINS. '61, center cockpit.$50,000
26' BALBOA, '72, very clean Bay & coastal cruiser.$9,500
39' LANDFALL.Inquire
25' YANKEE DOLPHIN, '68, 2'10'' draft, board up, classicAWeatherly.$7,500
Sr O'DAY. '79, Yanmar diesel.$39,000
22' CAPE DORY, '85.Pristine
37' BANJER, '69, lots of gear.$110,000
20' FLICKA, '82, new O/B, lots of upgrades and a trailer too.$22,500
36' PETERSON MAX1108, new listing.$40,000 35' RAFIKI, '77778, diesel (rebuilt), AP plus windvane, more.$48,000
POWER 45' PILOTHOUSE TRAWLER. '79, twin Volvo turbo diesels.$149,000
32' ISLANDER, '77, dsl engine, RF headsail, very clean.$27,500
38' DEFEVER. '79, diesel.$74,500
32' BENETEAU 32 R/C, '84, original owner, very clean, exc. sail invent.$38,750
37' BAYLINER, '69.$99,000
31' SOUTHERN CROSS, '82, very nice offshore double-ender, Airex core.$47,500
36' HATTERAS, '72. new bottom.$79,500
30' NEWPORT.'70.$15,000
36' ^EGAL COMMODORE 360, '87.$64,500
30' LANCER, '79, new bottom paint '97.$14,500
36' UNIFLITE, '75, double cabin, air, generator, full canvas.$52,000
30' ISLANDER, '84. clean, one-owner, diesel.$29,000
32' REGAL 322, '95. twin 7.4 Mags, air, 5 kw gen., TV, VCR, CD, +.$94,900
30' LANCER, '84, diesel and three bags of sails.$21,565
31' CHRIS CRAFT COMMANDER, sportfisher, gen., windlass.$27,500
29' CAL, '74, lots of sails, lines led to cockpit.$12,900
31' CHRIS CRAFT. '61, twin GM V-8, full Delta canveis & more.$11.500
28' ISLANDER, 77, epoxy bottom, new rig + LPU, new North sails.$18,950
28' WELLCRAFT COASTAL, '88.
27 SEA SPRITE. '81. diesel, beauty.$23,000
24' CABO , '91,454, lives wells.$44,500
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35' SANTANA, '79. Cruise & liveaboard equipped. New paint, rigging and Interior. Absolutely top condition. $39,500.
45' MULL Performance Cruiser, '81. Swan/ Baltic look-alike. King bed aft. New main & jib. New Zealand built. Sail to America's Cup. $128,000.
30' NONSUCH ULTRA, '88. Flying Cloudis a perfect 10. Finest quality shorthanded sailer. East Coast fresh water boat in SF since '96. Double cabins. Our docks. $89,000.
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26' YAMAHA. Diesel, roller furling, spinna¬ ker, lots of sails, dodger, loaded with gear. $12,900.
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SEEKING QUALITY LISTINGS 30' Rawson, '78.$58,000 42' Challenger sloop, '75.$79,000 43' Mason, '79.$138,500 44' Kelly cutler, '80.$135,000
46' Kelly/Peterson cutter.... 2 from $195,000 50' Columbia cutter, '68.$145,000 51' Avatar cutter, '90.$330,000 51' Endeavour sloop. '89.$199,000
54' American Marine M/S, '62.$165,000 55' Jomar ketch, '97.$395,000 62' Southern Ocean ketch. '86.$545,000 68' Belliure cutter, '85.$585,000
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TASWELL 43,1996 Center cockpit, roller furling, radar, AP, refrigeration, professionally maintained. Yanmar diesel, great cruising layout. Like new. $329,000 Craig Shipley sistership 47* GULFSTAR SAILMASTER This spacious liveaboard/cruiser has a master stateroom with queen centerline berth, copious hanging locker/drawer space and an ensuite head with separate stall shower! Roller furling, dodger, dinghy, dav¬ its, etc. all add to her appeal. In superb condition. Asking $17S,(KK)/offers John Baier TAYANA VANCOUVER 42 CENTER COCKPIT, 1985 Perkins diesel, extensive electron¬ ics including radar & AP, new 120% jib, new cruising spinnaker, new sheets, new lifelines, new epoxy bottom. In superb condi¬ tion throughout, very well main¬ tained by a knowledgeable owner. Numerous upgrades. Call forspecs and the extensive equipment list. $165,000 * Tom Gilson
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5 39' CAL, '81. Peodyfor Bojo Ho-Ho. Dieselw/940i|| 45'EXPLORER,'79.Centercockpitw/lorgeaftcobin. I hrs., Yomoho generator, windless, ST winches, beautiful i; r. Very comfortable bveoboord/cruiser. Cutter ketch. I took interior, tost cruising. $89,500. skimhii) 'i A lot of boot for $90,000.
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SELECTED CRUISING YACHTS SAIL 60' OCEAN .... “81 $375,000 3ff ISLANDER...78 5V PASSPORT.,...'84 $275,000 36’ CHEOY LEE YAWL ... .78 W FORCE ,...73 $129,000 3ff CATALINA...■83 48* CT. ,..,78 $156,900 X COLUMBIA...70 47 ALOEN •51 $65,000 ay S211 METER.,.■85 47 TAYANA. $155,000 3ff PEARSON. .78 45- EXPLORER. $90,000 35' CHEOY LEE.,.'80 45- COLUMBIA 72 $59,950 35‘ SANTANA. .79 44' HARDIN ....77 S119.0X 35' BENETEAU35$5...'90 43’ YOUNGSUN.,,..79 $129,000 35' HUNTER LEGEND ....,.'87 43' STEEL PH.....'88 $85,000 35- CHALLENGER.....,.74 42' GOLDEN WAVE..... ‘81 $145,000 35' NIAGARA. . -SI 42* GARDEN..... '67 $75,000 35’ ERICSON. ,70 41' MORGAN.,...73 $61,500 3S ROBB... 41' ISLANDER FREEP0RT78 $99,000 35* FUJI. 74 41' SCEPTRE.....•ee $196,000 35' HUNTER LEGEND ......'87 40* GREBE ...'38 $39,000 35' CHALLENGER. .74 4<y SLOOP VWX)01E. ■90 $100,000 34' ERICSON.WA’89 ay CAL. ■81 $60,500 34' CAC...■80 ay WESTSAIL. $115,000 34' SAN JUAN. .■82 ay CAMPER NICHOLSON Id $49,500 33" TARGA101. ^1 3y CAC. ....’85 $64,500 33’ TARTAN TBJ. 79 ay JEANNEAU . ...78 $37,000 33- PETERSON. ay TAHITI. ...76 $22,500 32* MARINER. .70 ay MORGAN. ...79 $69,000 32* WESTSAIL. .75 38' CATALINA. •80 Inquire 3? WESTSAIL. .74 38' ERICSON. 84 $72,500 32“ SLOOP WOODIE. .'56 37 ESPRIT ...78 $64,000 32- ERICSON. .72 37 ENDEAVOUR .. ...79 $49,500 3V CHEOY LEE SLOOP. .'69 37 IRWIN CC. 80 $49,500 »’ BABA...'83 37> CAC. ■90 $145,000 30* Wm. ATKINS. 79 37 HUNTER *82 $45,900 29.5’HUNTER, loaded. .■96 37 HUNTER LEGEND .. ...■88 Inquire 2y CAL .70 37 O’DAY . ... 78 $43,500 2y CAL .71 37 WJNTER ...79 $36,000 2y CAL9i .■83 37 EXCEUCUTTER.... 76 $36,000 2y RANGER nee .72
$40,000 34,500 $55,000 $30,900 $62,000 $44,000 $59,500 $39,500 Inquire $59,900 $36,000 $67,000 $27,000 $49,500 $39!900 $59,900 $38,000 $62,000 $41,000 $45,000 $46,500 $35,000 $24,000 $45,000 $43,995 $20,000 $17,500 $26,900 $59,000 $12,900 $64,000 $10,000 $13,900 $24,500 $19,900
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1WO HUNTER 37s, 1979 and 1982. Greot boots for cruising ond liveoboord. Greot prices... $38,000 and $45,900.
$12,500 $8,500 $13,777 $5,900 $11,950 $26,500 $9,500 $110,000 $129,500 $149,000 $144,900 $65,000 $49,900 $4SiOOO Inquire $24,900 $48,500 $52,000
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'ESPRIT/VALIANT,'78.JustbockfromMexico. Perry design. Fully equipped. New full batten main, New upholstery. Great cruiser! Asking $84,000.
$149^900 $21,000 $28,500 $26,000 $19,995 $31,900 $14,000 $26,500 $13,500 $19,500 $12,500 $15,000 $15,000 $17,850
I FUJI 35, 1974. John Alden world cruising ketch. 5 36' ISUNDER, '78. Rater/cruiser. Refinished || 37' ENDUVOUR, '79. Perkins 4-108, liferoft, 1 Heovily buih Jopon construction. Perkins 4-108. brightwork. Hood moin, roller furling heodsoil, 130/ | | dodger, windvone, solar ponels,SS6, Horn, C6,autopi“1,500.1 • 120/90soil,d^ger,refer. $40,000. g! lot,rodor,-f-r-r. Roduced to49,500.
8ENETEAU35s$, 1990. Sleek performoncerocer/ | } cruiser with nke interior. $74,500.
NTER LEGEND, '87. Fully equipped modern rl beauty Freshwoter boot through 1997. Asking $59,900.1
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a PERRY DESIGN SLOOP, '80.. $59,500 a RORB WOODIE, '63, #10, one owner.. $49,500
9 33' a CUPPER KETCH, Bristol.CALL f 31' CL OFFSHORE, Volvo diesel, '69.$26,900
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6' SEA STAR, 1982. Terrific Brewer designed cruising machine. Excellently maintained. Inside and outside steering. Asking $149,900.
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A magnificent cue year old traditional yacht offering full modern convenience and comfort. Ideal for per¬ sonal pleasure or charter. $950,000.
47' ALOEN OCEAN CRUISING CUTHR KETCH. Dsl just rigged, many recent upgrades. Design #777-E. Last of the Nblabors. A world-class clossic. $6S,000/offers
ING DUTCHMAN SLOOP. Beautiy mance cruiser, dsl, wheel, AP, heot, stunning teolc int. & decks, roller furl, great sails, morel Asking $45,000.
28'x!3.5'CATTISHER.Cotamaranpassagemaker. M/B dsl, full elect., 2 wheels, shower 2 full double S/ Rs. Huge spoce on deck & below. Asking $59,500.
SAIL 62'MTRSAIL, Gardener, dsl ...225,000 53' CHAS. MOWER YWL, dossicol beauty in ext. tend. 60' LOA —. 42,000 46' SEA STAR, dsl, F/G, strong auiser load & ready to go! Ask 149,000 40'PH CUSTOM CTR, dsl,'91 . 100,000 38' CHANNEL CUTTER sip, dd... 22,500 36'CHEOY LEE ROBB sip, dsl ... 49,500 36' OHLSON, 1/B, Master Moriner.. winner —... 18,500/oh 36'AHGLEMAN5EAWITCH, salty 59,000 35'S&S CANOE STERN sip, dsl ...39,500 35'MARINER, dsl,newsaih. 28,000 34'RHODES WINDWARD ... Ask 12,000 33'CHEOY LEE CLIPPER kith, dsl 33,000 33'5INT'L ONE DESIGN Sip.12,500 33'TllADEWIND5MA,leak,dsl AR/Howail vet .Try 11,500 32.5 GLA5LAM 5.5M rating sip.. 12,800 32' ROYAL Cruiser, 1/B, dassit... 8,500 32'ATXI NS SCHOONER, dsl ..Only 7,000 32'TARGA dsl, wbl, mare!_ 39,500 31'COLUMBIA swing keel, 1/B ..5,900 31'CHEOY LEE, Luders, dsl,sip .48,000 30'C5TMRAWS0N PH tir, best- 59,000 30'ISLANDER MXII 1/B, looded 11,500 30' BIRD sip, rebuilt classic rate.. 8,500
62' LOA, 57' lOD JOHN G. ALDEN YAWL by Dauntless, '31. Lrgsail inventory, low hrson dsl, new rig, lull cover. Legendary! Asking $180,000
30'SUBISDYowl..„.7,500 30' BALTIC rip, Dutch built, gnat 9,500 30'GAltDEtl classic dbl-tnd sip ..10,500 30'ANUOSOKPHIp,l/B_12,000 28'lAliailMlcVslp,'84.....13,400 28'HEIlE5HOFFvawl,Ao2man(i 12,500 28'FELl0W5S5IEWAItTCoffklch 20k 27'NEWI>Olil5,l/B..12,500 27'CHEOTLEE lUDDEIl5slp.18,000 27' ERICSON wMeel slitring.... 7,000 27'CATALINAtS)__starling at 7,500 26'MERLE 0AVI5 sip y/A(,l/B.. 12,750 26'EXCALIBURslp,0/B,iiic«....6,BOO 26'PEAR50KCOMMANDER,nice. 6,500 25'CHEOY LEE PAC. CLIPPER_7,250 23' BEAR sip by Nunes, exc cond. 5,000 23'HERRE5H0FFslp,ilsl. 5,000/olt POWER 65'WHEELERMY,'31 . 95,000/oh 52' BAGLIETTO, turbo 8V71s... 49,500 48'STEPHENS FBMY, twins. 65,000 43'SnPHENS,'31, raised deck, tri-cabin, plumb bow, perfect, twins.. Ask 65,000 43'MAnHEWSEB ..- 55,000/oh 38'CHRIS CRAFT SF, twins ..Try 11,500 36'STEPHENS sdn, '39, reslored 30,000 36' GRAND BANKS Oass, all new 63,000
34' 5TRIKER, steel, twin w/tomnterciai crob/saftnan license.... Ask 60,000 33'CRUISER5 Inc., Iwn, Ik new ..48,500 33' DONZI2-33, Iwn 454i, mote 64,500 32'LUHR5FB,newtwin3l8s ...26,000 32'lUHRS MARLBORO, lunalowec, twfin dsis, fb, rodor, more... 32,000 32'STEPHEN5,'47, sed.ouise.. 15,000 31'RICHARDSON, ctuisei, dean 18,000 31'RICHARDSON, super shocpl.Call 30'IOLiyCRAnFB, twins. Eg .... 23,500 30'CHRIS CAVALIER, exc cond ..12750 29'TOLITCRAFTC Ouiser..16,500 27'REGAL Oossic 233 w/lHi. 45,000 27'CHRIS Sed Skiff, V8, nice.12,500 26'REGAL 255 XL_ 18,000/oh 25'ALBIHMA, dsl, strong.15,000 24'MARIAH CUDDY, 1976,1/0.28,500 23'CHINOOX PH,lrlr,i/o,rdr.. 29,500 22'APOLLO sdn, trir, i/o, nicel.. 7,000 22'BAYLINER EXPLORER, tile, i/ol 4,500 22'EORMUlA3LS,i/o.15,000 20'SKIP1ACX,V8, i/o, trie_13,250 20'BOSTON WHALER OUTRAGE, Iclc, consol, 0/B, loaded... Ask $11,450 16'THOMPSON w/trlrS 0/B ...2,950 meSltMOKlAT OUK POCKS t aSEWHlRt
40' DOlio PETERSON lOR dKign! Built by [Khcnlauli Aluminum, ideal for performance cruiser conversion. Soils galore! Dsl, rod rig, lots morel $34,500/offer.
32 TARGA Sloop. Finlond built. Diesel, dodger, new loroe sail inventoiy, roller furL, teak decks, center cocicpit, wheel, vane ond lots more. Asking $39,S00.
32' O'DAY KETCH. Center cockpit, wheel, dsl, aft cobin, roller furl, full aalley, H&C w/shwr, mony omenities, privocy, comfort, nice. $27,500/oHer.
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64' CUSTOM SPARKMAN & STEPHENS BUILT BY BURGER
30' 1937 STEPHENS SEDAN CRUISER. 1/B Port Orford cedar over oak w/bronze fostenings. VHP, depth, galley down. Very nice condition. Asking $18,950.
• Aluminum structure & spars • Teak decks over • Hood Stoway rigging • 14' beam • Tahiti vet • Won: Chicago/Mackinac • One owner for last 20 years • Powerful performer • Fully equipped for luxurious cruising • Returning soon from Hawaii • Just refit
Rare Opportunity Act Nowl $300,000. ^WDWMWRMNKEKScIoBkB^ teok, Dsl, whi steering. TrodileoR, mahogany iiiuiiuyuiiy. varnish. tuiiiwi. i/>i. •«««• tionol, powerful, oeoutiful cond. Asking $29,000.
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