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Hot Deals on Heaters! SALE $62.50 ORIGO HEAT PAL 5000

HAPPY’S AIR-DRYR Safe, inexpensive, effective way to fight mildew. Pulls cool damp air into base of unit. It’s then heated and released to prevent mold and mildew. Model 248815 for 1000 cu ft. List $44.95 SALE $29.95 Model 248823 for 500 cu ft. List $34.95 SALE $22.95

GOLDENROD DAMP CHASERS

Uses non-pressurized alcohol. Portable unit good for heating and cooking. Safe and effec¬ tive. Model 171306 List $8700

RED DOT 12 VOLT HEATERS' The RED DOT heaters work like car heaters. They recirculate water from the engine to produce heat. Great for boat, car, truck, or RV. Easy to install. Single Fan Model 246777 List $115.67 SALE $79.00 ' % '■ Dual Fans Model 246785 List $170.43 '■ SALE $115.00

HI-SEAS DIESEL/ KEROSENE HEATERS

Stop destructive mold, mildew, and dampness with these firesafe, maintenance free units. 110v 12" Model 112524 List $27.95 SALE $17.95 18" Model 112532 List $29.95 SALE$19.95 24" Model 112540 List $32.65 SALE$21.50 36" Model 112557 List $34.95 SALE $22.59

Under way or dockside, stay warm and safe. Liquid Fuel will not spill while under way. Small size won t take up valuable space. Fuel tank not included. 24" STAINLESS Model 245308 List $400.00 SALE $319.00 24" BRASS Model 245290 List $450.00 SALE $359.00 36" STAINLESS Model 256354 List $450.00 SALE $359.00 36" BRASS Model 256362 List $500.00 SALE $399.00 All models not on display at all stores.

FORCE 10 HEATERS Available in either diesel/ kerosene or propane, these bulkhead mounted heaters are beautiful and safe. Made of stainless steel, bronze, and brass, they de¬ liver up to 9000BTUs of heat. Stove pipe and fuel tank not included. Propane Model 237412 List $315.00 SALE $239.00 Diesel/Kerosene Model 172734 List $255.00 SALE $199.00

SALE SOUTH PACIFIC HEATER

$35*95

1500 watts of UL approved heat in a compact size with many safety features built in. Model 235325 List $63.95

(Ikkin/on THE NEWPORT Solid fuel fireplace. Fireview door and draft control. Bulkhead mounted. Top will accommodate small pot or kettle. Model 246538 List $286.00

SALE $169.00 THE ALASKA Diesel or Kerosene heater. Can be bulkhead mounted or floor mounted. For boats 26-36 feet in length. Model 246546 List $510.00

SALE $299.00

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MYLES RINGLE

Wildfire Ttirns Op The Heat

“Wildfire,” John Clauser’s Ranger 37, smoked the competition in the lOR division of the 1986 Bay series. John modified the boat, adding a radical bulb keel (sound familiar?) and a deeper rudder. And he added an inventory of specially designed Pineapple sails. John’s innovative approach required a sailmaker who was innovative as well, building sails that incorporated the latest in materials and technique with design concepts that only years of sailing experience can bring. John chose the best sailmaker for the job. And the good news spread like “Wildfire.” I

WILDFIRE*

DEALER FOR: Henri-Lloyd Foul Weather Gear • Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: Svendsen’s, West Marine or Boaters Supply Call now about our winter discount. We will be closed between Christmas and New Years. Happy Holidays!

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Pass^yachts

1220 Brickyard Gove Pt. Richmond (415) 236-2633

Bay Area’s best brokerage buys Local Cruisers

Some Race Equipped

*20’ Cal 20 2,600 *23’ Ranger 23, LPU Paint 8,900 *24’ Moore 24, Trailer 16,500 *24’ J-24, 10,900 *25’ Cape Dory, Cruise Equip 13,900 *25’ Yamaha, Sharp, Diesel 16,750 25’ Cape Dory 25D, 1983 29,850 *26’International Folkboat 11,500 *26’Ranger 26, Mull Designed 10,500 *26’ C&C, Inboard 20,500 *26’ Columbia, New Eng. 12,500 *26’ Pearson 26, 16,200 *27’ Ericson 27, Two From 18,900 *27’ NorSea 27, Sturdy Cruiser 34,900 *27’ Cheoy Lee Offshore, 18,950 *27’ Cal T/2, Two From 11,200 *27’ Vega 27, Swedish Cruiser 17,000 *27’ Cal 2-27, Two From 22,500 *28’Mair, U.L.D.B. by C.&.B. 19,500 *28’ San Juan, Diesel, Sharp 26,950 *28’ Pearson 28, Exc. Cond. 31,500 *28’Islander 28, Three From 28,000 28’ Ericson 28 +. 1980. Diesel 38.950 *28’ Sovereign, Ctr. Ckpt: 35,000 *28’ Newport, Diesel 29,800 *29’ Beneteau, 1985 42,000

1978 Nor’Sea 27. Sturdy, traiierable cruiser in excellent condition. Center cockpit, aft cabin model. She has been sailed sparingly and retains her new boat freshness and handsome interior. $34,900.

*29’ Ericson, Diesel, Wheel *29’ Cal 2-29, Two From * 30’ S-2,9.2A, Dodger, Wheel 30’ Yamaha, Diesel, Loran *30’ Pearson 30, 1973 30’ Newport 30, Diesel *30’Clipper *30’Islander 30 *31’ Allmand, 1982, Spacious *32’Pearson 323, Two From 32’Columbia 9.6 Two From *33’ Morgan Out-Island * 33’ Tartan, Sharp, Well Equip.' *33’ Hunter, 1980, Diesel ’ * 34’ Wylie 34, Race Equipped *34’ O’Day, Dodger, Wheel 35’ Santana, Rod Rigg, Norths *35’ Coronado 35, Aft Cabin *36’Islander36,Diesel, Sharp *38’ Catalina 38

Blue W ater Cruisers

28,500 26,000 38,500 38,000 24,000 36,000 12,900 26,500 49,900 39,500 39,500 34,950 34,950 41,950 45,000 57,000 54,950 42,000 54,900 79,900

Livcaboards

*30’ Alberg 30, Classic * 30’ Cape Dory, 1982 *32’Mariner Ketch, 32’ Vanguard Offers 36’ Pearson Cutter, Liveaboard

28,000 49,900 34,900 37,000 96,000

1981 Newport 28. This fast racer cruiser is in mint condition. She sports a diesel engine, lines led aft, north sails, and headfoil 2 system. You will be impressed with the T.L.C. this boat has enjoyed. $29,800.

37’ Crealock, 37’ Flying Dutchman *37’ Islander, Great Cruiser *38’ Ericson, 1982 38’Beneteau, Twin Aft Cabins 38’Farallone Clipper, Restored . 38? Cabo Rico 39’ Lancer Motor Sailer 40’ Passport, Two From *40’ Cheoy Lee, Offshore *41’ Newport S, C&.C Design *41’Whitby Caribe 41’ Bounty, Bristol, Loaded 41’ Perry, Superbly Maint. 42’ Passport 42’ Garden Stys’l Ketch *42’ Pearson 424, Ketch *42* Golden Wave, Perry Dsgn *44’ Peterson Cutter 46’Island Trader Mtr Sailer 46’ Cal 2-46, Loaded * 48’ Cheoy Lee, Staysail Ketch *50’ Steel Cutter, Ctr. Ckpt. *51’ Garden Ketch 52’ Columbia, Generator 54’ Sparkman & Stephens 53’ Cheoy Lee Ketch, Repo

108,000 65,000 36,000 99,000 95,000 45,000 70,000 105,000 119,500 89,000 75,000 59,500 54,000 125,000 143,000 105,000 128,000 119,000 124,000 165,000 132,000 150,000 240,000 145,000 125,000 300,000 205,000

* Come to Brickyard Cove to see these boats

Morgan 33 Out Island. Ever popular Out Island series. This sturdily built Morgan features an amazingly large amount of interior volume. Family cruisers or liveaboards who appreciate plenty of living space, this is a must see. Diesel engine. $34,950.

1979 San Juan 28. Must be seen! Superb inventory includes Yanmar diesel, full electronics, 5 sails including spinnaker, epoxy bottom, new LPU on spars, and much more. $26,950

1985 Passport 40’. Like new elegant liveaboard loaded with gear. Sistership. $147,500.

1979 Gulfstar 37’. Extremely well equipped cruiser. Features Perkins diesel, full electronics including autopilot, electric windlass, roller furling, dodger with full cockpir enclosure, Lectra san head, diesel heater and much more, must see. $70,000

CONTENTS

Passages News from the World of Passport, Beneteau and Passage Yachts

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We’re Expecting You! Here's five good reasons for you to come to Passage Yachts before the end of 1986.

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We’ve anticipated the year end rush and have a good selection of some of our ♦ most popular models for personal use as well as charter placement

We can make sure you get your sales tax '♦ deduction for 1986. We’ll show you how the interest on your new yacht financing can be deducted ♦ without any gimmicks.

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Design Details That Make A Difference

FREEDOM * VACMTS * Most Freedom 36 owners will never see a Freedom 36 rudder post, and that’s too bad. The beautiful elliptical rudder is an eye catcher, but what you don’t see, up into the hull is a honking, massive tree stump of a rudder post that is integral with the rudder — all one laminate, rudder and post, of fiberglass, pressure molded to an amazing 72% glass to resin. It’s one of hundreds of unique design details that sets the Freedom 36 free.

Another design detail of which we’re especially proud is the toerail of the Steel 34. Before pencil ever went to drafting board, we spent hours discussing the nature and function of a toerail, and more hours looking at every kind of toerail, caprail, rubrail, guardrail we could find. We came up with a stainless steel shape that is a multifunction delight and darn pretty to look at. We expect smart imitations.

EXCLUSIVE REPRENTATIVES EOR

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$ail Brokerage 21’ Freedom w/trlr. $16,000 22’ Cape Dory. 13,900 22’ Westerly Nomad w/trlr 15,000 * 24’ Moore. 16,000 25’ Freedom.(2) 26,500 26’ Columbia.(2) 11,500 26: Contessa. 20,000 26' Pearson Ariel.(2) 9,500 26’ Pearson. 15,500 27’ Coronado. 12,000 27’ Nor’Sea. 34,000 27’ Newport. 19,950 i 27’ Catalina. 24,500 li 27’ H-27. Offers 27’ Sun. 24,000 27’ Tartan. 21,500 28’ Rhodes Ranger. 19,500 P 28’ Dufour. 29,500 28’ Newport. 23,750 28’ Dufour. 36,000 28’ Sovereign. 49,900 | 29’ Ericson. 24,500 hj 30’ Coronado. 22,500 r 30’ Garden cutlet. 25,000 30’ Cold-Molded Mull. .. 32,750 H 30’ Hunter. 27,000 If 30’ Olson. 22,500 K, 30’ Tollycraft.(power) 75,000 30’ Ericson. 27,500 30’ Newport. 29,000 j| 30’ Islander Mkll. 28,300 30’ Tartan. 34,000 30’ Wilderness. Offers 30’ Bristol 29.9 . 44,000 31’ Cheoy Lee. 29,500 31’ Pearson. 37,000 31’ Mariah.(2) 49,500 31’ Steel Snowbird. 34,000 ; 32’ Westsail. 62,500 m 32’ Ericson. 27,000 32’ Freedom.(loaded 98,500 33’ Ranger. 38,000 33’ Rhodes Swiftsure. 28,500 1 33’ Tartan Ten. 29,900 33’ Pearson Vanguard29,000 33’ Freedom. 98,500 34’ Coronado. 34,000 34’ Islander. 29,900 34’ Hans Christian. 73,900 35’ Ericson. 29,000 36’ Islander.(3) 36,900 36’ Columbia. 39,950 36’ Custom Steel. 59,500 v 37’ Islander.(2) 44,000 37’ Hollman Custom. 65,000 ;v, 37’ Crealock...(2) 88,000 38’ DownEast. 69,500 38’ Hans Christian T.__ 97,500 39’ Freya 39.(2) 98,500 39’ Freedom Express. 145,000 39’ Freedom P.H.(2) 149,000 39’ Hans Christian P.H.... 149,000 40’ Camper Nicholson.... 120,000 40’ Valiant. 115,000 40’ Challenger. 78,500 40’ Freedom. 125,000 40’ C&C. Offers 41’ CT. 75,000 41’ Coronado. 59,500 41’ Wood Cutter. 48,000 41’ Bounty. 58,900 41’ Morgan. 79,000 41' Perry. 94,000 42’ Garden ketch. 129,000 43’ Gulfstar Mkll. 89,500 43’ Hans Christian. 125,000 44’ Freedom. 130,000 46’ Windjammer Schooner 105,000 47 ’ Cheok Lee Offshore... 110,000 48’ Sparkman&Stephens.. 149,500 50’ Flying fcutchmam^l?l|B&00,000 50’ Steel C%er... .*.... 24MM 50’ PrfcnrfiseV ... m,.. JMM 50’ KJySburfk... llt>00 50’

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730,000

HANS CHRISTIAN 43. This world cruiser is im¬ maculate. She has been pampered and prepared for her new owner — sail her anywhere! $125,000. sistership

TARTAN 3000. 30 -ft successful S&S racer/cruiser I

PETERSON 44. 10/86 survey found this boat clean,

GULFSTAR 43. The ideal liveaboard for the person

healthy and rarin’ to go! Perkins, Lewmar, Micrologic, Signet, Apelco . . plenty of good gear and big teak interior. $109,000.

who needs a little more room. Staterooms w/seperate heads & equipment to make her go. If luxury suits you, at an extremely affordable price, see this yacht. $89,500.

design. Loaded to the spreaders, lovingly kept; good per-f formance machine with all comfort & confidence of Tar¬ tan quality 460.000. $44,500.

38’ STEEL P.H. This is not your average boat. Sturdy steel hull, comfort of a pilothouse, sunroof for those beautiful days & a diesel that means business. This is a special boat for a special sailor. $89,500.

PEARSON 30. A quality production boat. 30-ft of design that makes sense and moves fast. This is an ideal boat for the first timer who knows it pays to own quality. For only $26,900. sistership

FREEDOM 32. Gorgeous custom version of the

ISLANDER 36. Nine North sails, (8) winches. Halyards

popular 32. With EZ gun mount spinnaker & every factory option, plus opulent one-off interior. $98,500.

to cockpit, dodger — a great sailing boat with huge onedesign activities and support. $36,900.

STEEL 31. This tough/handsome little cruiser sold a few ; months ago, almost the minute she hit the market. Change ;of owner’s plans make this again a great opportunity.

H-28. A fast, fun special for Midwinters Bay racing, or |better yet, a terrific trailerable Baja cruiser with solid ISwedish build and good speed; little interior.

RAWSON 30. With big interior, lots of headroom, good size cockpit. We sell these year after year — right now we have two! One at $16,900.

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DORY 27. Outfitted by engineer owner, beatftifully. Equipment normally found on much bigger cruisers. $29,500. sistership.

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BLUE WATER CUTTER

The CompleteEValueEAfloat [ij Finished; lacking in none of the parts; consumate; thorough; as in Solid teak staving on all bulkheads Solid teak on all locker facings Teak and holly cabin sole Decorator fabrics Hand-rubbed varnish finish S/S lined stove well Polyurethane-foamed insulated ice box Dish and pan storage throughout Perkins or Yanmar 40-45 hp dsl auxiliary 3 bladed prop Flexible engine mounts Deluxe engine panel with alarms Fiberglass drip pan under engine 100 gallon black iron fuel tank HULL & DECK S/S double bow and stern pulpits Double lifelines & gates Stemhead fitting w/double rollers for dual anchor system Stern anchor roller & hawse hole (4) 10” S/S mooring cleats (4) bonze mooring chocks Bowsprit with grating Teak-framed Lexan hatch Teak-framed skylight S/S skylight guard (4) S/S dorade vents Teak grabrails on cabintop (9) S/S opening ports w/screens (2) bronze hawse pipes Helm seat w/lockers under (2) jib sheet tracks, 12’ long, w/blocks Mainsheet traveler, S/S Teak seahood Teak sliding companionway hatch

Louvered teak companionway doors Teak grate in cockpit Teak coaming caps Boomkin, w/deck Deck box Mushroom vent

STEERING Wheel steering w/teak wheel, with pedestal guard Pedestal w/brake, drink holder, 5" compass Emergency tiller

CANVAS Hatch covers, winch covers, binnacle cover Deck prisms (forward stateroom & head) Boom gallows Insulated hull PLUMBING HOv/engine-headed hot & cold pressure water pump Manual Edson-type bilge pump Manual head with holding tank H&C pressure water in galley H&C pressure water in head Portable shower head in WC Manual freshwater pump in head 140 gallons of water in S/S tanks Electric bilge pump Electric shower sump pump Manual salt water pump in galley MAST & BOOM — cutter rig Anodized aluminum mast S/S standing rigging Anodized aluminum boom Dacron pre-stretched halyards Aluminum self-tending stays’l boom S/S turnbuckles and tangs Teak-shelled jib blocks S/S mast pulpits w/teak treads

WINCHES — Lewmar or comparable (2) Lewmar #46 S.T. primaries (1) Lewmar #16 mainsheet winch (1) Lewmar #16 stays’l sheet winch (1) Lewmar #7 main halyard winch (1) Lewmar #7 jib halyard winch (1) Lewmar #7 stays'l halyard winch (2) S/S lock-in winch handles SAILS Furling mainsail Furling working jib Furling stays’l ELECTRICAL (2) heavy duty marine 12v batteries Perko 2-way battery switch 12V breaker panwl w/DC voltmeter 12V dome lights 12V navigation lights 110V ship-to-shore 30-amp connector 110V breaker panel w/4 outlets VHF radio Digital depthsounder Knot/log Windspeed/wind direction indicator Ritchie 5” compass Nilssen electric windlass Alpha Marine 3000 autopilot Additional jib halyard 12V exhaust fans in galley and head Solar exhaust fans in head Battery charger Deck washdown Halon fire extinguishers including auto in engine compartment

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CALENDAR Nonrace December 1 — Film of tall ship sailing ’round the horn, narrated by Dave Nettle of the National Park Service. Oceanic Society’s “Man and the Sea” program. 7:15 p.m. in Room 300, Building C, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco. $2 for non-members. 441-5970. December 1 — Lecture on impact of new tax law on boat owners. Robert DeSilva, tax specialist. 7-9 p.m. Sausalito Cruising Club. $20. 332-6789. December 6 — Marine diesel engine seminar covering repair and maintenance. Adjust valves, time engine, bleed fuel system. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pt. San Pablo Yacht Harbor. 233-3623. December 7 — Registration opens at College of Alameda for Course 004, Coastal Piloting, and Course 003, Celestial Navigation 1. Both will be taught by Sam Crabtree, starting the first week of January. 748-2255 or 522-7221. December 7 — Heavy weather sailing class. Steering in a seaway, storm tactics, sea anchors, broaching and pitch-poling. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Horizons Charter and Yachting Association, 1030 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda. $65 for members, $90 for non¬ members. 521-5370. December 13 — Annual Marina del Rey Christmas Boat Parade, starting at 5:30 p.m. Entry fee $35. (213) 822-3423. December 14 — Berkeley holiday boat parade, 5 to 6 p.m. Decorated boats will parade along the fishing pier, the seawall and around the back of the marina. 644-6376. January 1 — Annual yacht cruise around Alameda Island spon¬ sored by the Metropolitan Yacht Club. Starting time is noon from Jack London Square. 521-6330. January 3-11 — NCMA Boat Show, Moscone Center. 521-2558. January 6 — Solar Navigation Course begins at UC Davis. Macey Casebeer is the instructor for this class. See Sightings for details or call (916) 756-3152. To register, call Dottie Moore at (916) 752-3098 afternoons or (800) 752-0881 for VISA/Mastercard registration. January 7 — Six-Pac License Preparation Course begins at UC Davis. Classes run from 6 to 9 for ten weeks. See above entry for information and numbers to call. January 8 — Coastal piloting theory workshop. January 15, use of compass, DR position, etc. Instructor, Peter Clutterbuck. Sausalito Cruising Club. 7-9 p.m. both nights. 332-6789. January 9-19 — San Francisco Sports and Boat Show, Cow Palace. January 11 — Start of the third leg of the BOC. This 8,250-mile jaunt from Sydney to Rio de Janeiro is the longest leg of the four-part Singlehanded Round the World Race. January 13 — Blue water gourmet. Cooking tips from Bonnie Rollyson of Meals on Keels. $20. Sausalito Cruising Club. 332-6789 January 17-18 — “All Hands On Deck Festival” at the Exploratorium, a weekend dedicated to the science of sailing and the technology of the America’s Cup. Includes lectures by 12-Meter designers Heiner Meldner and Gary Mull, films, artifacts, even model sailboat racing on the Palace of Fine Arts Lagoon. 563-7337. March 11-17 - Sacramento Boat Show at Cal Expo. Admission $4. (916) 482-8190. January 20 - Fast course on celestial navigation. Good refresher course. 7-9 p.m. Sausalito Cruising Club. $20. 332-6789. Expeditions - The Oceanic Society has published its catalog of 1987 expeditions to explore oceans, watch whales and learn about natural history. For a catalog write Oceanic Society Expeditions, Fort Mason, Building E, San Francisco, CA 94123 or call 441-1106.

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CALENDAR Racing December 6 — Perry Cup Series and Monterey Invitational Regatta. Series continues January 3, February 7 and March 7. December 2 — Third round of America’s Cup eliminations begin. Each race is worth 12 points. Go USA! January 23 — WRA (Womens Racing Association) annual membership meeting, elections and trophy presentations, 7 p.m., Berkeley YC. Sue Gombassy, 866-0957. February 7 — Marina Del Rey to Puerto Vallarta Race. For IOR or PHRF boats. Put up the chute and go! Del Rey YC, (213) 823-4664. SORC — Boca Grande Race — February 26; St. Pete to Ft. Lauderdale — March 1; Lipton Cup — March 12; Ocean Triangle — March 14; Miami-Nassau — March 17; Nassau Cup — March 20. Fall Series — WRA — 12/20 Perpetual Cup. Liz Ferrier, 567-9314. Midwinter Series — Metropolitan/Berkeley YCs — 12/13-14, 1/10-11, 2/7-8. 832-6757. Golden Gate YC - 12/7, 1/4, 2/1. 346-BOAT. Sausalito Cruising Club — 12/6, 1/3, 2/7, 3/7. 332-9349. Corinthian YC - 1/17-18, 2/21-22. 435-4771. Richmond YC - (SBRA) 12/28. 444-4144. Lake Merritt Sailing Club — 12/7, 2/16, 3/15. 465-1287. All of the above races are open to the public. Some clubs have their own series for members only, so check with your club’s race chairperson. Please send your calendar dates by the 18th of the month to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. Send early, send often, but please only one announcement per page!

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LETTERS have to be your perspective. As you demonstrate so well, one doesnt have to be funereal to be serious; a little humor seems to set just the right tone. This is not to slight your broad coverage of the sailing scene. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest two years ago I’ve done some cruising. Please pass this along to your readers: stay away. The fishing is overrated: I had a line in the water for a full minute and didn’t catch a thing. The stop light in Friday Harbor is still broken and has resulted in both cars creating incredible traffic jams. The guy who plays the carillon at Roche Harbor still hasn’t learned any rock ’n roll. The Gulf Islands are full of Canadians. Everything is very expensive: I just had to break a $100 bill to pay my monthly moorage bill. It’s hard to find a marina with cable TV. Nobody knows how to make a Picon Punch. If that isn’t enough, I’ll think of more reasons. Regarding your request for information on heaters, I get along just fine with a small electric and a Force 10 kerosene heater. When they’re both going, it’s enough to make you want to go to hell to cool off. The only recommendation I’d make is to get a small, low amp 12v fan to circulate the hot air, like those sold in auto parts stores for keeping condensation off the windshield. Tom Scott Nepenthe Gig Harbor, WA

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□I FELL IN LOVE In your November Sightings on chartering in the Caribbean you gave Nanny Cay a bad review. I totally disagree. Having bareboat chartered a beautiful Beneteau 38, Fly Baby, in November 1985 from Tortola Yacht Charters, I can speak with some experience. First of all, the best way to get to the British Virgins is not through St. Thomas. You fly Delta from San Francisco to Newark, then to San Juan, then directly to Beef Island Airport, Tortola. Open air taxis take you to where you want to go. Now about Nanny Cay. Nanny Cay is an absolutely gorgeous place away from the polluted, crowded waters of Road Town. It is considered the best-equipped marina in the Virgins. Within walking distance are sail-makers, mechanic's, a parts house, machine shop, riggers, travel lift and a storage yard. They have nice townhomes for your first and last nights stay, two restaurants with bars (Bolo’s and the Fabulous Peg Leg Landing, a must). It also has nice showers, a post office and a completely equipped market within a 15-second walk from the docks. Their docks also have sideslips which is alot more comfortable than climbing on and off the front of your yacht.

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Our charter went flawless except for the presence of hurricane Kate for a couple of days. The Virgins have had a hurricane in November for the last three years. The people working for Tortola Yacht Charters were very friendly, loved sailing and worked hard to make our trip go right. When we arrived in the evening at Nanny Cay with our mainsail ripped into two pieces from the first squall of Kate. They had it repaired and installed back on the boat by 9:00 a.m. the next morning. We waited another day to leave the harbor. Nanny Cay is a great place to sit out a hurricane. When we arrived late in the trip for one hour provisioning, I told them our rear head wasn’t working. They took the head apart, machined a new part and had it installed before we were ready to leave. Those were the only problems we had with Fly Babi) in 14 days. The blow out of the main was probably my fault. I had it reefed, but I should have dropped it before the squall hit. Tortola Yacht Charters never questioned me about it. Another thing about Tortola Yacht Charters; they love fast boats, just like I do. The only place around you can charter Beneteaus. They also will be the first to get a J/40 into Caribbean charter. Everywhere I went in the Virgins other charters in ‘tubs’ said the same thing to me: “That boat sails really well doesn’t it?” I know the Moorings is the biggest, but I couldn’t imagine charter¬ ing from them. I absolutely fell in love with Nanny Cay. I hope you give it the coverage it deserves. Oh, one other thing, Nanny Cay has the best drinking water around. James Dumas Northern California James — Let’s clarify matters a bit. If you read our Sightings item again, you’ll see we made no negative references to anything at Nanny Cay but the Endeavor charter boats we saw. VJe have no dispute with your observation that Nanny Cay has got all the facilities and services right there in a neat little package. And, we have no reason to believe they are anything but first class. While we’re delighted to hear you had a terrific boat and experience with Tortola Yacht Charters in November of 1985, if you’d seen their Endeavor fleet in October of 1986 — as former Northern Californian Warren Stryker and we did — you would not have recommended them to your friends. The boats may have been in better condition before and perhaps are in better condition now, but at the time we saw them they were the most neglected looking charter boats we’d seen in our lives. It was pitiful. In regard to Roadtown and The Moorings, some things you say are true, but others we’d disagree with. The drinking water at Nanny Cay is generally considered to be better, but the water around the docks in both places is unfit — in our estimation — for swimming. As for being ‘gorgeous and uncrowded’, we don’t think there’s anything to pick between the two; of course, that’s just a personal judgement. As for services and facilities, The Moorings isn’t lacking in any way. They’ve got sailmakers, mechanics, chandleries, stores, machine shops, showers, a restaurant, a bar, a pool, a hotel, a boatyard, a dive shop, a gift shop — the works. And most of these they have full control over because they own and operate them themselves. Furthermore, you imply that the boats at The Moorings are tied bow-to, which is more difficult to dimb on. This is only true of half of the berths. As for ‘tubs’ and Beneteaus, virtually all of The Moorings boats have fin keels and scores of them are brand new Frers designs by .. . Beneteau. Of the two fleets, we’d say that Tortola Yacht Charters had by far the ‘tubbier’ of the two. Don’t get us wrong, we’re not trying to elect The Moorings to saint¬ hood. And they do make mistakes; while there in early November page 51

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□THE WRONG PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME Many thanks for the glowing review of my book in your November issue. The Magnificent Peninsula will no doubt never be praised so highly again. But alas, the review found its way next to the picture of the well-endowed young lady who won the wet t-shirt contest! Shortly after 38 hit the stands, the guy in the boat two over from ours was climbing aboard with his copy as I was basking in the glow of your review. I yelled at him, “Hey, look on page 99.” He quickly complied, and promptly yelled back, “Yah, she’s got nice ones.” Deflation time. Now, how do you expect my poor book to withstand that kind of competition? Jack Williams Sausalito Jack — That’s called ‘getting buried’, and both advertisers and authors who get their books reviewed hate it. We’re delighted to be able to tell our readers that author Williams has started a new book on Baja, tentatively titled Baja California Boaters Manual. In addition to relying on his considerable past sailing experience in Baja, Jack has planned another seven month cruise for next winter on his Cal 46 to gather more data and field check the first draft. As Jack puts it: “One of my principle objectives is to make the book equally useable for both the ocean cruiser and those who take small boats south by highway. I also want to include extensive background chapters on such subjects as marine wildlife, maritime history, etc. Thus in effect, a Magnificent Peninsula for the boater.” We can’t wait.

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LETTERS beer, but also the tasty shrimp and fresh fish. As part of my employment I have thus served and cleared many a Corona Clara. The point 1 am trying to make is that I know a Corona bottle when 1 see it, and the bottle the wet t-shirt woman is holding on pages 98 and 99 of the November issue is not one. It is, in fact, a northern Mazatlan dark bottled Pacifico Clara! P.S. In our travels around Mexico we have met many friends from the farm lands of our great interior. After showing them your great publication, they have wanted to subscribe in order to keep up on the news from different parts of Mexico that you and your letter-writers provide. Wayne Nelson San Rafael Wayne — We thought it was a bottle of Corona the woman was holding, but the light was such that we couldn’t be sure. So we enlarged the photo as big as we could and dragged out the linen tester. There still wasn’t good enough resolution to make a decision. Knowing that they only serve Corona and Pacifico — the latter is our personal favorite but can’t be imported to the United States because it’s not pasteurized — at Baja Race Week, we decided to call it Corona. Afterall, who would ever know the difference? Then along you came! A Roving Reporter t-shirt is now winging its way toward you for your sharp eyes.

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□JUST 13 I am 13 years old and a devoted sailor. But being a young sailor is hard when you don’t have parents buying you boats left and right, and when they aren’t into sailing as much as you. Besides working extremely hard to get good grades and raise money to support this love, you also have to prove yourself to people. You don’t get respect until people come to know you and accept your age. But it’s great to see peoples’ reactions when I talk about different marinas rather than different football teams or skateboards. I was introduced to sailing back in the fifth grade through B.J. Price, who is now my best friend, and who had been sailing for years before. I took sailing classes and read many books, but like they say, experience is the best teacher. The people that have taught me the most about sailing are Jim Arthur, B.J. Price, and my uncle, Jack Ford. I admire all of them. In response to the October issue Letter on Kids and Cruising, most kids will get bored — if not scared — if you stay on one tack and page 55 /

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LETTERS they got our marina jumping. And thanks for leaving my name out of it.

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□LOOKING FOR INFORMATION I recently bought an American 28 sailboat and understand that the company has gone out of business. I would like to gather some information about the boat and wondered if you had done articles or reviews on it in the past. If you have, can these be obtained? If not, do you know where I can go to get such information? Robert S. Johnson 1052 Susan Way Novato, CA 94947 Robert — We regret to say that we haven’t done any reviews on that boat nor do we know any publication that has. We have, however, taken the liberty to publish your address in the hope that a fellow American 28 owner might contact you. Happy sailing!

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□SLIGHTLY DISAPPOINTED BUT WITH A GOOD ENDING! Two friends, my wife and I chartered a boat in Tonga from The Moorings — highly recommended — for a two-week dream vacation. On September 5, I called your office to see if I could have a few hot October issues to take along. Your staff agreed to send me some by UPS. October 9 was our departure date, but I had not received any copies by then. So I made a rush trip into town to see if Hot Gossip, a distribution place up here, had gotten theirs. It must have been my lucky day. I got ten Latitude 38s to top off our already stuffed sea bags, and away we went. Your magazine was greatly appreciated by all the new friends we made, who in turn gave us first-hand sea stories and information we usually only read about. We also met up with two friends from Tahoe; Don and Rita on Cameo. Don shared his catch of the day, a yellow fin tuna, with us. The meal was excellent! Some of the other boats we’ve seen enjoying the friendly islands are Genesis, King’s Ransom, Misty III, Moon Dog, Manana, Vivant, Oceanic, Kitare, Sea Swan, Muddy Waters, and Antaries — just to name a few. Now back in the real world we treasure the nice memories we brought with us. Thanks to you for a great magazine — and Hot Gossip Expresso Bar for their copies. Roger and Lynn Cisl Copine So. Lake Tahoe, CA

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LETTERS It was nice to see you pass on the pleasure of enjoying Youth. It was taken from Conrad’s life experience as was The Shadow Line, which deals with leaving youth behind. It’s a bit more complex but equally rewarding. I crewed in the old Clipper Cup — now the Kenwood Cup — as well as photographing and reporting on it when I lived in the islands. It s a superb race and I really eat up Latitude SB’s photograph and reportage of the race. It’s almost like being there. Lastly, my Fuji HD-S has gone through its second release button and shutter so I ve enclosed a card to get on your Fujica list.

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□WHO DO I CONTACT? You folks are receiving this because you know everything about sailing in our area. To whom do I write to get details on the next Singlehanded TransPac? Or, as someone recently put it, the Half TransPac. I’m talking about the event that Hank Dekker has now participated in twice. By the way, Latitude 38 is a good and improving publication — and I’d tell you that even if 1 had to pay for it. As a former reporter/editor, I am picky about quality in the output of practioners of the art. Some of your competition is so bad that it’s often unreadable. Bob Russell Rio Vista Bob — Thanks for the nice words, but we’re certain you find plenty to pick over in our pages. We sure do. As for the Singlehanded TransPac, phone Frank Dinsmore, who has done the race three times and was in charge of it this year. Frank lives right up your way and can be reached during the day at (916) 962-3669. The next race is in 1988. Incidentally, this year was the first time that Hank Dekker had done the race. He’d previously done a round-trip to Hawaii, but no racing. The Singlehanded TransPac is a great race. We know most of the people who have done the race, and while it wasn’t ever easy, it remains a highpoint in most of their lives.

□WANT TO RETRACT MY OBSCENE REQUEST I want to use your publication to apologize for the four-letter word I directed to the sailboat — I think it was a Farallone Clipper — that motored at hull speed through our start area off Point Knox on September 20. It wasn’t that there was just one minute to our starting gun, or that there was little wind and an adverse current, or that we wanted to tack just then that upset me. It was your rhetorical question “How else could I get from Point A to Point B?” I have thought about it, and I want to retract my obscene request that you vacate the area. I want to replace it with the suggestion that you consider a slight detour through Point C. It’s a big Bay and certainly racers don’t own it . . . but geez! Terry Holmes San Carlos Readers — Can we have an understanding between racers and pleasure sailors? Will the'pleasure sailors please recognize that the page 73

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□FIJIAN CHARTER As many of your readers are aware, chartering can be a chancy business. But having just returned from Fiji and the most incredible sailing charter one could hope for, we’d like to share — with some misgivings — the information with any of your readers who, like us, love to sail the South Pacific but can’t sail to it. We chartered a 45-ft steel ketch, Seax of Legra for a week, anchoring in small bays that had not had a visitor for months and stopping at other villages. In all our years of travelling, sailing and adventuring in different parts of the world, 1 don’t think we’ve ever had such a marvelous experience! The Seax is owned and crewed by Warwick and Dianne Bain. (Bareboating is non-existent in Fiji). He is British, and she is Kiwi. Both have circumnavigated and are delightful folk. As a bonus, Dianne is a gourmet cook. The best time of year to charter in Fiji is July through September. Seax can accommodate five guests comfortably and costs about the same as a good hotel.

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□ MERMAID As new sailors on the Bay, we have found the response to our query as to the original name of our Mermaid #8 very heartening. Although Mermaids as a class disappeared from the Bay many years ago, there are obviously many Mermaid lovers still about, and it seems that a Mermaid once seen is not soon forgotten. So to all who have offered their information and advice, our thanks. Ondine, as she is named, has new canvas decking, fittings and rigging and will soon be sailing again. John and Prema Swearingen Oakland

□TWO FOR THE SEA You asked for good books relevant to sailing and the seas. Sea Routes to the Gold Fields by Oscar Lewis offers fascinating accounts of sailing around Cape Horn and to and from the isthmus of Panama during the early Gold Rush days. Well-written and easy to read, it’s historical non-fiction. Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling is a well-written (obviously!) novel about a millionarie’s son who falls off an ocean liner and is rescued by Gloucester fisherman on the Grand Banks. The spoiled boy is taught a thing or two and “straightened out” by the captain of the fishing boat. (Boy takes the helm at one point and is told he’s plying a course that would “break a snake’s back” it was so crooked!) The portrayal of fishermen and their life on the sea is excellent. Prema Northern California page 77

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Bob — Your questions are good ones, and we wish we could give you quick, concise answers. But it’s just not that simple. One problem is that there are so many boat designs. It’s not at all like cars where there are millions of just a few models; with boats there are hundreds of models and just a few of each built. And even two examples of the same model production boat can be radically different. As a general rule, we’d try to get away from thinking in terms of boat models as opposed to individual boats — especially in the used boat market. It happens all the time that you could find one Blue Seas 46 that wouldn’t be safe to sail across the Bay and another Blue Seas 46 that’s completely ready to sail the world. Even more revealing is the fact that you can find boats that really weren’t designed or built to cruise the world that have been suc¬ cessfully modified for that purpose by their owners. And by the same token there are boats that were wonderfully designed and built to sail the world but because of neglect are no longer suitable for anything other than sitting by the dock. Back when we sold boats, a lot of people in the business used to say how terrible Columbia boats were. They should try telling that to Bob Jensen, who after countless trips to the South Pacific and Alaska is finally putting Simoon — he bought her used — up for sale. Or Jack Edinger, who has had his Columbia for 17 years, and is now happily cruising in Mexico. Our point is not that Columbia’s are great, but that scores of folks have happily cruised all over the world in boats everyone else said were no damn good. But in general, we’d suggest that you find out what appeals to you and then seek out the opinion of one — or maybe two or three — surveyors. Or talk to folks who’ve done the same kind of sailing that you plan to do; see what they think of the boat you’re considering. Don’t take their word as gospel truth, but just another opinion to be evaluated. The one thing surveyors, friends and other experts can’t do is decide what type of boat suits you. There are good light, medium and heavy displacement boats. There are good sloops, ketches, schooners, gaff-rigs, fractional rigs, and all the rest. There are good wood boats, glass boats, steel boats, and yes, ferro cement boats. And there are all kinds of hull to deck joints that have proven — or been made — satisfactory. So we suggest you don’t look so much for types, but for quality. But sometime you’re going to have to come to grips with the fact that ultimately it’s you who makes the final decision on everything. Because no matter what brochures, salesmen, fellow cruisers, and surveyor’s say, when you’re out in the middle of the ocean alone, none of them will be around to blame or pull your chestnuts from the fire. Thus it’s incumbent upon you to become as knowledgeable as possible. We suggest the best place to do this is at the water’s edge. 0

□A YEN FOR JAPAN My husband and I just returned from a three-week business trip to Japan, so sightseeing had to revolve around work. But I did stumble across a daysail charterboat firm that operates on the Seto Inland Sea. Their ad says they rent 45-ft sailboats. I was too scared to ask the price because everything is so expensive over there, but anyone interested can call Seto Inland Sea Lines in Tokyo at (03)574-1311, page 81

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□ HER ORIGINAL NAME - TAKE TWO If you guys are so hard up for letters you have to print them twice, I figured it was time to write you again. Following “Take One Of Take Two” was a letter requesting an itinerary from San Francisco to Catalina. Having sailed this route and taught coastal sailing, I found your answer/suggestion to be accu¬ rate, but I am concerned for anyone who would write a magazine — even Latitude 38 — for their itinerary. Did he get his charts from AAA? I would hope that anyone taking an ‘ocean voyage’, even a coastal one, would have the capability to plan their own itinerary, as well as plans B, C, etc, just in case things don’t go as expected. In regards to the letters on seasickness, while crewing for Alan on the Stonewitch during our Greenpeace ‘assault’ on Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (Did that thing ever get going? How soon we forget!) we gave people soda crackers if they started to feel seasick. The sodium bicarbinate would help calm the stomach. I hadn’t heard this mentioned — maybe everyone know this — but it was a new one to me ten years ago. I send a copy of Latitude 38 to my friend in Japan every month. It’s the only thing keeping him sane. David Graas Santa Cruz David — Your comment about every ocean sailor being able to plan their itinerary — plus alternatives — is a good one. And we assume that the reader can and is doing that. But as far as we’re concerned, a sailor shouldn’t just restrict themselves to charts and other basic materials. Whenever we go anywhere new — or to a place we haven’t been in awhile — we always ask around for folks who have been recently. More than a few times casual remarks have been worth their weight in gold. Besides, it’s fun to discuss a planned voyage, for them and us. page 83

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LOOSE LIPS As Bob Leslie, President of the Marina del Rey Area Chamber of Commerce, said, “We saw the success of the Chamber had in Hollywood with it’s community name registration efforts and we thought, why not us?” Why not indeed. The licensed trademark is reproduced, without permission, here. If you’re interested in taking advantage of the Marina del Rey Chamber’s licensing program, contact Bob Lowe at (213) 821-0555. But hurry, boat dealers, car manufacturers, perfume concocters, underwear makers, and scores of other enterprises are going to rush to stake their claim of the action. And you don’t want to be left out of Marina del Rey. Before Tom Wolfe was even born. Before the astronauts were born. We quote from Joseph Conrad’s Youth: “Yes, that was the first thing we did — trim the yards of that wreck! No one was killed, or even disabled, but everyone was more or less hurt. You should have seen them! Some were in rags, with black faces, like coal heavers, like sweeps, and had bullet heads that seemed closely cropped, but in fact singed to the skin. Others, from the watch below, awakened by being shot out from their collapsing bunks, shivered incessantly, and kept on groaning even as we went about our work. But they all worked. That crew of Liverpool hard cases has in them the right stuff. (Editor’s emphasis). Youth, incidentally, was published in 1903. Spindler kicks ass! That’s correct, that all-around good guy Spindler used A.R.T. (Advanced Rig Technology) Cut Aways for the first time in speed trial competition and broke existing records for sail efficiency. According to the Fantantic sailboards press release: “Spindler returned from the legendary Speed Week in Weymouth with the highest sail efficiency rating. Spindler was able to sail 1.795 times faster than the prevailing wind conditions at the time of his victorious run. This impressive feat was accomplished in barely 14 knots of wind!” Not bad, eh. The only unfortunate thing is that the fellow had the wrong first name; Monty. Had he been named Richard, we might have been able to use his accomplishment to get somewhere with impressional young ladies who don’t know anything about sailboarding. Public money, private loans. A $100,000 loan from the California Department of Boating and Waterways will cover 32 berths from the Delta sun and build two docks at the boat ramp for Holland Riverside Marina, at the junction of Rock Slough and Holland Cut. This isn’t the first loan of public money to private marinas. There was a program for four or five years that involved the Small Business Administration, but the red tape was too much even for state bureaucrats, and only two loans actually got through. A bill by Assemblyman Patrick Johnson, D-Stockton, that took effect this year streamlined the process, and now the agency has $1 million to loan during this fiscal year. Most of the department’s money comes from gasoline taxes, but assistant director Bill Satow says income from interest will make the loan program somewhat self-supporting. Interest on the loans is the prime rate plus 2 percent, which now works out to about 9.5 percent. Doesn’t this put the state in competi¬ tion with private lenders? Satow says it does, sort of, but banks have been reluctant to lend money to smaller “mom and pop” marinas, so the state stepped in to fill a need. page 93

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SIGHTINGS boaters breathing a little easier Unless you’ve been at sea for a long time, you know that the great tax reform bill of 1986 was signed into law a little more than a month ago. But unless you’re a tax expert, you may not realize that it will have virtually no effect on the after-tax cost of boat ownership for many boatowners. This is a little bit complicated, so read slowly and carefully. There is one area of backtax news, and that’s for boatbuyers. As was antici¬ pated all along, as of January 1, 1987 sales tax will no longer be deductible. The obvious way around this change in the tax law is to purchase a boat before the end of the year. If you buy a $50,000 boat, you’ll be ahead by whatever the approximately $3,000 deduction is worth to you. That represents a chunk of money, but probably not enough to kill any but the most fragile of next year’s boat deals. The feature of the new tax law that had most boatowners and boatbuyers quivering in their seaboots was the one that terminated the deduction for interest on boat loans. This had always been allowed in the past, but as expected, went out the window with interest deductions on other consumer loans. But, don’t freak out until you’ve read the next few paragraphs. What many boatowners and potential boatbuyers weren’t aware of is that many boats qualify as ‘residences’.-That they do is a good thing, because primary and secondary residences are the only two things where mortgage'' interest can still be deducted. “Let’s get this straight,” you’re probably saying, “many boats can qualify as residences and therefore the interest on the mortgage can still be deducted?” Yes, that’s correct according to the tax lawyers for the National Marine Manu¬ facturers Association. If your boat qualifies as a residence, it’s very likely you can write off the interest just as you’ve always done. There are a few exceptions; for them, see below. (// you’re the kind of person who likes to wade through the fine print yourself, refer to section i-68 of the new tax law, and subsection 280A of the existing tax code. It’s only fair we warn you, tax law is nowhere near as stimulating as the Meese Commission’s thrilling report on pornography). According to a news release by the NMMA, “A ‘qualified residence’ which would be eligible for the mortgage interest deduction is defined under the new Act as a principal residence or other residence used by the taxpayer as a “dwelling unit” (as that term is defined under prior law) for personal pur¬ poses. Definition of the term “dwelling unit” under prior law specifically includes boats. Thus, interest expense incurred to finance the purchase of a boat which is, in fact, used as a residence, should be deductible under the new law.” The release continues: “To determine which boats qualify as “dwelling units”, there appears to be a requirement of a head, galley and bunks. While the tax code does not define amenities needed to so qualify, it seems that a test of “residency” clearly points to appropriate living conditions. While some boat owners might argue otherwise, it’s unliklely IRS auditors would consider a 16-foot fishing boat as a qualifying residence.” Three questions you’re likely to ask: Can the boat qualify if the primary residence is located nearby? According to the NMMA, “Apparently there’s no problem with a condo in the city and the sailboat moored in the city harbor.” How many days must the boat be used? The NMMA says, “This is not defined, although it’s often confused with the 14-day maximum use rule for boats set up as “income properties”.” If a primary and secondary home are currently claimed, may the boat also be claimed? The NMMA responds, “If the taxpayers chooses, he may switch deductions from the second home to the boat; but only two residences can qualify at one time.” ■ Second home status does not apply to all boats, however, even if they meet the accomodation requirements. For example, if your boat was pur¬ chased as a corporate asset, for use in a commerical business, or as a charter or lease, separate rules apply and you’ll need to see your tax advisor.

autumn We’ve lived through more Novembers in Northern California than we care to admit to. But of all the Novembers, none we can remember has had as great weather as this one. The only other that comes close was the November of the drought.. , Normally San Francisco Bay sailing turns a bit frigid right after Halloween. But as we write this, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and Bay sailing has been delightful. True, some nights have turned chilly, but as long as the sun’s been up the sailing has been great. As for rain, the only noticeable precipita-

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SIGHTINGS sailing tion in our area has been at night. What a great idea! Somebody ought to patent it. As a consequence of the warm weather and gentle winds, sailors have been out in

That many boats can qualify as residences is great news to boatowners and boatbuyers to be sure. We must confess, however, we don’t understand why any residence, boat or more traditional real estate, should qualify for interest deduction. After all, renters don’t get anything comparable. But, since you can’t fight the system, you might as well roll with it. And the way it looks, if you currently rent and like to sail, it might be a wise move to buy a boat. That way you get your residence, your recreation, and your tax deduction all wrapped up in a little package that can go to weather. There’s more, too. As the state tax law currently stands, liveaboards can also pick up a sweet homeowner’s tax exemption. All you have to do is send a document to the state that declares your boat as your primary residence. Eventually they’ll send an acceptance back to you — and some of the tax money you had previously forked over. Tax simplification: getting more complicated than ever.

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unseasonable numbers. Grabbing moorings behind Angel Island — like Mike Lingsch with the Wylie 36, Alert, in the photo below — or day sailing around the Bay, or taking groups of friends cruising out the Gate. Of course, the good weather isn’t going to last forever. What to do when it turns cooler and wetter? Dress warm and keep right on sailing. For tips on dressing for cold weather sailing, turn to page 140.

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SIGHTINGS all hands on deck San Francisco’s Exploratorium, a place to learn and have fun at the same time, will have a weekend of lectures, exhibits and films about sailing January 17 and 18, including the technology of the America’s Cup challenge. Designer Gary Mull and Dr. Heiner Meldner, scientific consultant to the Golden Gate Challenge, will be among the speakers at the All Hands On Deck Festival: The Science Behind Sailing and the America’s Cup Challenge. Topics will include the strategy of the America’s Cup, new and old technology of sailboat building and design, weather and ship traffic on San Francisco Bay. Demonstrations will include sail making, rigging, sea chanties, model sailboat racing, knots and splicing. A three-ton, 20-foot-tall buoy will be on display. The films “Around Cape Horn” and “America’s Cup” will be shown. One exhibit will allow you to compare Bay ship traffic on both radar and video screens. Other exhibits range from sailing into the wind using two types of sails, the principles of the gyro-compass and how wraps of rope around a winch create friction. Exact times haven’t been nailed down yet for speakers and films. We’ll have a full schedule in the January issue.

Racing sailors on the Bay know him as the “Big Daddy”, and Richmond YC’s Bob Klein, 61, has certainly earned the title. For almost 50 years he’s been racing on the Bay and helping move the sport of yachting forward through his tireless organizational work. In November, the Pacific Inter-Club Yachting Association (PICYA) honored his distinguished service to the sport with the Douglas Boswell trophy, aka the Bay Area’s Yachtsman of the Year award. Richmond YC’s staff commodore Jed Crane was the moving force behind awarding the trophy to Bob, whose modesty almost matches his outstanding achievements. According to Crane, Bob’s sailing career has included almost 20 years in small boats such as Snipes and 110’s, three season champion¬ ships in MORA, seven TransPacs, nine Mexico races. His knowledge of the winds and tides on the Bay are legendary, and he’s even served as Dennis Conner’s tactician for the Big Boat Series. His Santana 37, Amateur Hour, was a terror in HDA for years. For the past six years he has co-owned the Peterson 40 Leading Lady with Stan Reisch, nipping at the heels of the newer, more expensive members of the IOR fleet. He’s also the only sailor on the Bay with a regatta named after him, sort of. Richmond’s annual February event, the Big Daddy, is a tribute to Klein. x While his on-the-water exploits are better known, Bob has been tireless in his organizational work. He’s chaired the national 110 fleet, the Small Boat Racing Association and the San Francisco Yacht Racing Association. He’s been commodore of the Lake Merritt Sailing Club and twice served that role at the Richmond YC. Currently he heads the San Francisco Bay Sailing Association, a major funding group for local sailors competing internation¬ ally. In 1982 he ran the Junior National Championships for young sailors from all over the country. “It’s an honor,” says Bob, who adds that he was surprised, but had an inkling something was up when his wife Doris, who usually begs off formal sailing dinners, was excited about the PICYA feast. “The friendships I’ve developed over the years are really what’s important. We’re like a family on Leading Lady, and the committee work extends that family farther. I’m very happy to have received the award.” So if you want to salute the Big Daddy yourself for his efforts on the behalf of sailing on the Bay, here’s what you do: The next time you see the red and silver hulled Leading Lady sailing on the Bay, look for the fellow in the back of the boat with the white sailor’s cap on. Cup your hands like a megaphone and in your highest pitched voice, yell out “YOOOOO HOOOO!!!! HELLO, SWEETIE!” At the very least, you’ll get a wave, or maybe even a yoo hoo back from the Yachtsman of the Year! — shimon van collie

DIANE BEESTON

big daddy gets a big honor

SIGHTINGS bruce easom Northern California lost one of its finest sailors November 17, when 56-year-old Bruce Easom succumbed to cancer. A class guy, his bright outlook and sense of humor will be missed by all who knew him. Ironically, he first learned of his illness 14 months ago during the 1985 Big Boat Series. At the time he was ‘local knowledge’ aboard Larry Harvey’s Crazy Horse. After the diagnosis was made, Easom checked himself out of the hospital to rejoin the boat on the course. Crazy Horse finished with four bullets and a 2nd to take class honors. Bruce is not the only renowned sailor in the family. His son, twenty-sevenyear-old Scott, is an important member of the Golden Gate Challenge. Brother Hank runs a Sausalito boatyard and has long been regarded as a premier racer on the Bay. Unlike Hank, who doesn’t care for the ocean, Bruce liked all sailing. He competed in four TransPacs, most recently as skipper of Zamazaan during a Sausalito Yacht Club effort in 1983. He was seemingly forever the class cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS bruce easom — cont’d champion with Champagne, his Cal 29. He also won the Champion of Champions, emblematic of the champion of all one-design classes. Bruce knew how to have fun while sailing. We vividly remember Cham¬ pagne during a couple of evening beer can races off Yellow Bluff in Sausalito. Always one of the first to the mark, Bruce never hesitated setting the chute in howling wind, even though he’d have to thread his way through the tightlypacked fleet. There wer^ some hairy moments, during which he always seemed to be laughing the loudest. Bruce did his first TransPac on Marionette in the late 60’s. A one-off cont’d on next sightings page

new marina A $9 million marina aimed at boats 35 feet and longer is under construction at Schoonmaker Point in Sausalito. It should be fin¬ ished by April, but managing partner Bob Huff says more than 100 people are already on a waiting list for slips. Schoonmaker Marina will have a ^minimum depth of 11 feet, thanks to the dredging shown in the photo below. Huff says slips will rent for $7 per foot and up.

SIGHTINGS splashing ahead A 23,000-square-foot warehouse is being converted for board sailing, kayak and row¬ ing businesses. There will be a locker room and showers for berth renters. The public will have access to a sandy beach, bike trails and a boardwalk. Huff says the access road past the Bay Model and Easom’s Boat Works will be widened and a new traffic light will be installed at Bridgeway.

bruce easom — cont’d 51-footer by Cheoy Lee, at the time it was Barient’s racing platform. He’d come to the boat directly from being skipper of Tim Moseley’s Orient. By the early 70’s, Bruce, his wife Ruth, and children Kerry, Bruce Jr., and Scott were off cruising on the mahogany over oak Marionette. They leisurely visited Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean before ending up in Florida. Bruce later told us that they arrived flat broke, but that cruising with the whole family had been one of the finest times of his life. “We’re going again soon,” he told us about two years ago, “don’t you wait too long.” When his illness was diagnosed he was given just three months to live. That he survived nearly five times that long was attributed by friends to a con¬ tinuing positive attitude and the fact that he always looked forward to things such as his son’s participation in the America’s Cup Challenge. For many years, Bruce served on the San Francsico Bay Sailing Associa¬ tion, a non-profit organization created to help young sailors reach their full potential. Bruce loved life, and was loved by those that knew him. His ashes will be spread over the waters he loved to sail.

a woman looks at living aboard I have the incentive and the desire, but 1 just have a hard time finding the space and opportunity. Any woman who has ever spent time on a sailboat, whether it is a weekend or a long-term cruise, can readily identify with my problem. Before I committed myself to life on the water, I was faithful to my routine of working out with Jane Fonda, caring for my skin with Mary Kay, plus dedicated care of my hair (whose color needs ‘encouragement’) and nails. My legs were always smoothly shaved and my clothes clean and pressed. The first and immediate encounter with my ‘upkeep’ challenge was, of course, trying to put make-up on in a rocking vessel. I did okay with the cleansing and freshening, only spilling the freshener a little. The moisturizer and make-up base, which of course contain sun screen, went on fine; at least it looks all right in this light. Now, for the eyebrows ... 1 found that if 1 stood with one foot braced in the door and one on the latticed shower floorboard, and if that doesn’t slip, I can get them relatively even. Looks pretty good. The eye shadow isn’t much of a problem, just close your eye and brush in the general area. Sometimes it comes out looking like a black eye, but 1 can always say I got hit with the boom. Then, I am down to the eyeliner and mascara. There is a real challenge! These things can be tricky on solid ground, but when your hand goes up and your face goes down, it really gets interesting. In time, one might decide to opt for the “fresh-scrubbed outdoor” look. As time went on, I realized that I would have to figure out a way to do my hair which was getting a little dark at the roots. I have been quite ingenious with this one; always looking for an opportunity to present itself. If we are in port, I wait until my cruising partner is off the boat for at least half an hour, which allows time to get the color on and the ammonia smell out of the boat. If we are sailing, I take advantage of his trick at the helm. It can get a little rough down below for 30 minutes or more, but vanity perseveres. I have almost figured out a way to get my w6rk-out done. If I lie with my legs in the galley and my body in the companion way, I can do my leg lifts. I can stand between the nav station and the mast for the twisting and bending exercises, being careful not to hit the skipper while swinging. The sit-ups I can do most anyplace. I haven’t found a way to do the scissor kick and forget the bicycle! I tried that one and slid into the v berth. Long ago I gave up cleaned and pressed clothes for the ‘boaty’ look. And without too much regret, as long as I stay among ‘boaty’ people. But it has been really hard for me to settle for smelling like diesel instead of my good old Halston. As for my nails, I gave them up after refinishing the teak the third time. corn'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS woman living aboard — cont’d The thing that encourages me most is in the evening when I go to the marina showers to shampoo, shower and yes, shave my legs. While waiting in line, I see that I am not alone in my struggle to remain reasonably attractive while living aboard “without a care in the world”. — b.j. curtis, living aboard credence

el nino no es grande It’s not like the “El Nino Grande” of 1982, and it’s too early to worry about it, but the mid-Pacific is definitely heating up. Dr. Verne Kousky, in charge of the El Nino Watch for the National Weather Service, says the water’s one or two degrees warmer than normal between the International Dateline and the west coast of South America. More measurements are being taken and the possible effects of the warming trend on California may be clear by the middle of December. When an El Nino moves the jet stream to the north, California tends to get more storms, like it did in 1982-83. During a similar event in 1976-77, California got fewer storms and people put bricks in their toilet tanks to con¬ serve water. During those El Ninos, ocean water was about four degrees warmer than normal. The results are unpredictable, Kousky says. El Ninos ^ seem to occur every two to ten years. The marine food chain could be devastated by warm water on South America’s west coast, Kousky says. Normally, fish feed on nutrients carried in cold water that gushes to the surface along the coast. Warm water means no lunch, so the fish will go elsewhere. No fish means no catch for the fishermen. It also means the birds that normally dine on fish while nesting along the coast will probably abandon their chicks to follow the fish. A full-blown El Nino could cause more hurricanes than normal along Baja. Storms can happen any time of the year, but most occur during the official storm season, which runs from May 15 to November 15. The Redwood City office of the National Weather Service tracks tropical storms in an area from the equator to 30 degrees north latitude and from the Central America coast out to about 140 degrees west longitude. During the season that ended last month there were 25 tropical cyclones, 17 tropical storms (wind 33 knots and above) and nine hurricanes (wind above 65 knots). That’s about an average season, according to Walt Strach, marine forecaster. Ernest Daghir, oceanographer for the weather service, keeps track of ocean temperatures using infrared satellite photos plus observations taken by the Navy, commerical ships and automated buoys. He puts together a “sea surface thermal analysis” transmitted to shippers and fishermen. The accom¬ panying example shows water temperatures on November 11 off the Califor¬ nia and Baja coasts. The numbered lines show surface temperatures in Celsius. We’ll keep in touch with the weather service folks, and if the junior El Nino shows signs of growing up, we’ll let you know.

all right, In response to a number of requests over the years, we will henceforth reserve a small section in Calendar for what the tides are doing. Our mini-current tables will cover weekends only, since that’s when most of us go sailing, and go for about six weeks — all V the current issue weekends plus two more. Let’s see, that makes about number 58 on the list we’re compiling of “101 Reasons for Always Having a Latitude 38 Aboard Your Boat.” Among the others: fly swatter, kid swatter, pirate swatter (when wrapped around a large wrench), emergency TP that

winter tips for you and your boat Eastern Seaboard sailors have a simple and direct way of getting their boats ready for winter. They hoist them out of the water and put them up on blocks. Then they sit in front of fireplaces and grumble about the weather until spring. Californians leave their boats in the water, but we still complain about the weather. There’s a lot more to getting a boat ready for winter, even on the Bay where it doesn’t snow eight months out of the year. Sailboats tend to be ignored more in the winter because fewer people sail when it’s raining and cold. When boats aren’t used, little problems can grow into big problems if nobody’s checking. Dock lines can chafe through. Leaks can develop. Hatches can leak and let the rain in. Batteries can go dead. Boats can sink. cont'd on next sightings page page 102

SIGHTINGS already you can read first, glass cleaner, sandwich wrapper, bird cage liner, portable sunshade, high fiber cereal (only in emergencies) and spitball ammunition. Incidentally, don’t think that just because we’re doing something new and exciting doesn’t mean the page numbers get moved. You’ve only been asking for that for five or six years. It will take at least that again for our incredibly proficient research and develop¬ ment team to fully explore the intricate parameters and environmental impact of so drastic a move.

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winter tips — cont’d One diver we talked to refloated four boats last winter. Three of them had automatic bilge pumps, but they were disconnected, mostly because the owners feared they would run down the batteries. The batteries went down anyway, all the way to the bottom. Here are some things you could do to prepare your boat for a winter of sitting at the eock in the rain, rocked by winter swells: Protect your dock lines from chafing. Even a piece of old garden hose slipped over the line will help keep it from wearing through where it rubs against metal fittings. You can buy vinyl or traditional leather chafing gear to sew onto dock lines at appropriate places. We usually use clear plastic hose that costs about 50 cents a foot. Rope manufacturers recommend half-inch three-strand nylon dock lines for any boat over 20 feet. Use a spring line for extra protection. cont’d on next sightings page

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winter tips — cont’d If your companionway hatch leaks — and most do — consider rigging a boom tent over it. You can use one of those blue plastic tarps from a hard¬ ware store. Drape it across the boom and tie the comers off to the lifelines. It will keep the cabin dry and help prevent mildew. A low-power rod heater or an extension light will keep some of the moisture out. Take unnecessary clothes, towels and blankets home where they’ll stay dry. Check the icebox for salami sandwiches left over from summer picnics.

Don’t let this happen to your dock lines.

By spring, a salami sandwich would look like an entry in a science fair. Invest in an automatic bilge pump. Ron Anderson of Anderson’s Boat Yard in Sausalito says he knows of several boats that sank because the cockpit drains plugged, rainwater accumulated in the cockpit, and the pressure caused hoses to pop off fittings, dumping the water into the bilge. Eventually enough rain fell to sink the boat. If you’ve put off oiling or varnishing the teak, you probably have a few sunny days left to do it before the winter rain starts. Obviously wood will last longer if it is protected from the elements. Fall is also a good time to put that last coat of wax on the topsides. Since it doesn’t get cold enough to freeze here you don’t have to drain the water out of your engine and drinking water tanks. But it would be wise to run the engine every couple of weeks to keep oil from draining off metal parts inside and allowing rust. Probably the most important thing you could do is check your boat occa¬ sionally. Look for frayed dock lines. Make sure your fenders are in the right place. Inspect the bilge. A little attention will keep your boat in good shape through the winter and give you one less thing to worry about.

If a U.S. 12-meter brings back the America’s Cup next February, it won’t be the first time Yankee sailors have outwitted the Australians at Fremantle. Over a century ago, in the 1870’s, Fremantle (affectionately called “Freo”) was abuzz with the sound of sledge-hammers and v horse-drawn lorries rumbling over the cob¬ bled streets. Thousands of British convicts had been sent to the Australian Colony to build roads and government buildings for the Crown. In Freo, a small, isolated port on the continent’s west coast, the convicts went out in unsupervised work parties by day, and at night slept in the huge, round, yellow brick prison, still in use today, and still the dominating edifice on the Freo landscape. Most of these criminals served their time, and when released became the founding citizens and landowners of Australia. Among the last lot sent over from England was a small handful of military/political prisoners; Irish Feinians who’d been sentenced to death for plotting a revolt in Ireland, where they’d been hoping to establish home rule. The ringleaders of this failed revolt were British soldiers, some with many loyal years of service to the Crown. So instead of hanging, their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment — and they were shipped Down Under to Fremantle. But unlike the other convicts, these Irish Feinians had been traitors to the Crown, and thus had no hope of ever becoming free men. One of these political prisoners was John Boyle O’Reilly, an articulate man with a singleminded determination to escape. O’Reilly had been in Freo only a short time when he discovered that Fremantle was a customary port o’ call for American whaling ships. It wasn’t long before one appeared, and O’Reilly, out on the usual unsupervised work party, was able to make contact with the Captain. O’Reilly enlisted the aid of an Irish priest, and a few days later when the whaler weighed anchor and set sail out into the Indian Ocean, John Boyle O’Reilly was stowed away on board. The wily Irishman eventually arrived in Boston where he found a strong and grow¬ ing Irish population. A poet and writer, it wasn’t long before O’Reilly became editor of the Boston Pilot in which he constantly wrote impassioned editorials about his Feinian compatriots still serving life-sentences in the Fremantle prison. He wrote a book about the experience, and spoke of their plight at all the big Irish rallies which were popular at the time. He soon began to wield some influ¬ ence and eventually enticed the Boston-

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SIGHTINGS yankee skipper based Irish societies into raising funds for the rescue of the Feinians from Fremantle. The Irish societies formed a syndicate and engaged the services of Capt. George Anthony, master of the whaler, Catalpa. The ingenious plan called for Anthony to sail out of Boston in 1874, and go whaling for an entire year. This would allow time for two Boston Irishmen, known by their aliases of “Jones and Breslin”, to travel across the United States, find a ship crossing the Pacific, and get to Freo to prepare for the escape of the Feinians. Captain Anthony was scheduled to arrive soon thereafter and complete the rescue. It was an ambitious two-year plan to be played out more than half way around the world without benefit of any type of communications. Jones and Breslin barely survived their overland trip across the continent. But once on the California coast, they did find a ship bound for Fremantle and arrived in that small port city in early 1875. Posing as American industrialists looking for good investments, Jones and Breslin made themselves hail-fellow, well-met, gentlemen around town. Their act was so impressive they were entertained by all the best people in Freo, including the governor who was delighted to take them on a special tour of the Fremantle prison! The two imposters were careful to establish a reputation with the Fremantle livery for hiring the fastest horses, so that it would appear perfectly natural to have the fastest carriage available when they really needed it. As a result, they were commonly seen wheeling around Freo at breakneck speed. Within a few months, the Catalpa was sighted off the coast, right on time. When Jones and Breslin got word, they hired the best rig, and the next morning were waiting outside the prison for the Irish Feinians to emerge with the work parties. When the Feinians saw the pair, they made a break for it and scrambled aboard for the 18-mile gallop down the coast to Rock¬ ingham where a small boat had been engaged to row them out to the ship. Apparently, the stables had hitched up the wrong horses, and Jones and Breslin found themselves glancing over their shoulders in horror as they flailed away at two of the slowest nags in Freo. When they finally pulled up in Rock¬ ingham they were still ahead of the search parties, but to their dismay found the seas so rough that the small boat could not make it out to the Catalpa which was tacking back cont'd on next sightings page

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where the ships are Next time you’re groping your way through fog around Mile Rock wonder¬ ing if you’re about to have a close personal encounter with a container ship, tune in Channel 12 on the VHF for a little peace of mind. Starting this month on the hour and half-hour the Coast Guard will broad¬ cast locations of ships outside the Golden Gate within a 38-mile radius of Mt.

Boundary of Offshore Vessel Movement Reporting System.

Tamalpais. It’s called the Offshore Vessel Movement Reporting System. Vessels entering the area report their positions to the Coast Guard on Channel 12 and the positions are rebroadcast every half hour. There’s a small glitch in the system: participation is voluntary. Despite OVMRS there may be a tanker full of Indonesian oil steaming your way with no warning because the ship’s officers had better things to do than radio their position to the Coast Guard. But the system is still a big improvement. We welcome anything that will help prevent collisions between big ships and not-so-big sailboats. More on radio traffic: November’s Local Notice to Mariners contains a reminder that “authorized use of channel 16 (156.8 MHz) is limited to distress, safety and calling communications. The Coast Guard and the FCC cont’d on next sightings page

SIGHTINGS where the ships are — cont’d are renewing efforts to reduce the congestion and misuse of this frequency.” The rules are simple. Monitor 16 unless you’re using some other channel. Keep off 16 if it’s being used in an emergency. Switch to a working channel as soon as you establish contact on 16. If you don’t establish contact within 30 seconds, get off 16 and don’t try again for at least 2 minutes. Don’t clutter up the airwaves with unnecessary talk such as “Do you read me?” If they can’t hear you, they’ll let you know. And don’t use the phonetic alphabet unless the transmission is fuzzy. Over and out.

big water a-comin’ — maybe San Francisco sailors are used to currents. They’re also used to heavier currents during the rainy-runoff part of the year. This New Year’s, however, cont’d on next sightings page

yankee wins and forth offshore. Jones, Breslin and the Feinians spent the night in the open boat as it lay in among the rocks waiting for the seas to calm. In the meantime Fremantle prison search parties were organized, and one such party — taking a huge cannon — set out in the vprison’s only steam-powered vessel. They cruised up and down the coast, but by nightfall postponed the search. Early the next morning, the Catalpa again tacked in close to shore near Rockingham, and this time were able to pick up the

SIGHTINGS at fremantle — cont’d shivering Feinians. To get back to the open sea, however, it was necessary for Captain Anthony to sail the Catalpa up past the port of Fremantle. But by this time the prison authorities had sighted her manuevering offshore, and put two and two together. The Catalpa piled on full canvas, but when she came abreast of Freo in Gage Roades — a seaway just about where the America’s Cup course is — she was quickly overtaken by the steamboat. The prison cont'd on next sightings page

big water — cont’d a celestial event will add a new dimension to the cycle — and could make for some of the highest/swiftest tidal exchanges in years. The phemonemon will be caused by the sun and moon. Everyone knows that their gravitational pulls are the reason we get tides in the first place, right? But this New Year’s Day (and old year’s night), the Moon will be at perigee — the point at which it is the closest to earth. At the same time, the Sun and Moon will be aligned, a configuration called syzygy. Separately, both perigee and syzygy exert powerful forces on Earth’s oceans. It’s not hard to see how the closer the moon gets, the more its gravity pulls on our own. At perigee, that pull is greatest. In one phase of a typical syzygy, the Moon and Sun pull on the oceans in much the same way as a child who makes a face by pulling out the sides of his mouth with his fingers. Having the two effects occur at the same time — a phenomenon coined “proxigee” by retired meteorologist Fergus L. Wood — is like the kid making the face, except that Mr. T is pulling out on his cheeks. Wood was one of the first to correlate the convergence of syzygy and perigee with catastrophic storms and flooding. Ever since the three-day storm that ravaged the East Coast in 1962 aroused his curiosity, he has been col¬ lecting data. In the weighty tome Tide Dynamics: Coastal Flooding and Cycles of Gravitational Force, he associates unusual tidal action with proxigee as far back as the ninth century. As with any natural phenomenon, what exactly will happen on December 31/January 1 will depend a lot on weather patterns at the time. “If there is an onshore wind blowing through the Golden Gate at that time, the tide could be several feet higher,” says Wood. As you can see by the graph projection

Tides and Currents

HIGH: 00:26 10:46 LOW: 04:30 17:43 FLOOD: 00:48 23:13 SLACK: 01:64 12:32 EBB: 03:67 16:06

San Francisco - Golden Gate December 31, 1986

6.00 ft 7.46 ft 3.23 ft -1.80 ft 3.06 kt8 4.62 kts 06:40 20:06 -2.10 kts -6.00 kts

Mean Low Water . Mean High Water —

Current Speed

- Tide Height

Time SUN: rise - 07:26 set - 17:00 TIDES: Spring - Perlgean - Troplo MOON: Now, Perigee and South of Equator

Courtesy of MICRONAUTIC0, INC San Franoieoo

for December 31, we’re talking nearly an eight-foot high tide at 10:45 a.m., and more than 6 knots of ebb at 4 p.m. That doesn’t include possible amplification from rain runoff. Severe flooding could occur, says Wood. He is cautious about saying it will occur, however. His last proxigee flooding prediction in June of 1974 set off a worldwide flood alert and public near-panic. So he clarifies: If the wind is light, we may see no flooding and only moderately high tides. “I don’t want to alarm people or scare the public at all,” he says. “I’m just trying to enlighten them. By making the public and officials aware, we may somewhere along the line save lives and property.” The photo at left was taken from atop boatbuilder Myron Spaulding’s crane in Sausalito at a high tide of 6.7 feet on November 4. If a 6.7 tide reaches cars and phone booths, what will happen New Year’s Eve?

SIGHTINGS a zinc is not always a zinc A boat is like a big floating battery. All you need is two different metals, like the zinc and the copper in your bronze propeller, and a good conductor, like sea water. Electrons flow from one metal to the other, and pretty soon you need a new propeller. That’s what “sacrificial” zinc anodes are for. When they’re installed nearby, the current causes the anodes to corrode instead of the propeller. Just bolt on the zincs and don’t worry, right? Well, right only if you have good quality zinc anodes. Most people think a zinc is just a zinc, but some anodes are made of an alloy that contains impuri¬ ties. They look a lot like the good anodes and cost about the same, but shortly after you put them in the water the impurities form a crust that keeps the remaining zinc from doing its job. So the anode looks okay, but your propeller may be on its way to the junkpile. Here’s how to avoid trouble: Make sure you ask for anodes that conform to Military Specification A-18001. Technically, Mil. Spec. A-18001 zinc con¬ tains a maximum of .006 percent lead, .005 percent iron, between .025 and .15 percent cadmium, between .10 and .50 percent aluminum and no more than .125 percent silicon. The rest is pure zinc. We won’t go into brand names, but a lot of the anodes on the market s aren’t Mil. Spec. A-18001. Joss Wilson, a professional diver who has lots of experience with anodes, showed us the difference in two anodes designed to be bolted to a propeller shaft. One contained some metals that formed a crust and kept the zinc from wearing down through electrolysis, a process called sluffing. Another anode was made to military specifications and kept on sluffing. It was much smaller as a result. Joss says as the zinc in the common manganese bronze propeller leaches out the propeller will turn a deeper copper color instead of its normal brassy color. That shows that the zinc is slowly being removed. The result will be a propeller as porous as a Ritz cracker and about as strong. Most people don’t spend a lot of time diving down to look at their propellers, so the best insur¬ ance is to make sure you get zincs that will keep doing the job. Joss says when he’s cleaning a boat bottom and notices a crusted zinc he’ll whack it with a hammer to break off the crust. That exposes some more of the active metal so it will start working again, but the long-term solution is to replace the crusted zincs with new ones. There are some other zinc tricks that you may not know. Sometimes there can be an electricity “leak” in your shore power connection or in a battery charger left hooked up for a long time. The leak can set up a current that eats zincs like candy bars. If you notice that a big zinc plate you put on a month ago now looks like two donuts around the bolts, try disconnecting the shore power after you replace the zinc. If it lasts longer, you have a power leak. There are a number of solutions, like a transformer for the shore power ground wire. But that stuff gets pretty technical. Talk to an expert. We just learned the hard way about zincs and propellers. Anyone know why they don’t make propellers out of something that won’t corrode, like nylon?

yankee wins authorities boarded her and demanded that Captain Anthony hand over the escapees. Anthony politely denied having any escapees on board, and even when pressed, steadfastly denied any knowledge of the Irish prisoners. The Aussie prison guards huddled \on the rolling deck and finally decided to give the Captain one final ultimatum; “Hand them over or we’ll blast you out of the water.”

the bay bridge birthday celebration — were we having fun? We anchored at the Bay Bridge on Saturday night for the fireworks celebrating the bridge’s birthday. Was it ever a nightmare! The fireworks were great, but we were so busy fending off boats that we felt like we were engaged in combat — complete with sound and light effects. We had anchored our Islander 36 at 6:00 p.m. Isn’t it amazing that the later boats that anchored so close to us fouled our line? Then there were the folks who drove their boats straight into ours; most looked schnockered. Things tend to deteriorate in very crowded conditions; especially when there was six knots of current. There was an Ericson 39, still on the hook, that crashed into us. The skipper was yelling at us to do something — while cont’d on next sightings page page 108

SIGHTINGS at fremantle — cont’d At that point Captain Anthony suddenly found himself looking down the mouth of a very large cannon, and realized that his con¬ tract didn’t call for losing his life. But being a resourceful Yankee, he thought for a minute and then quietly ordered the bosun to hoist the flag. A hush suddenly came over the deck as everyone watched the Stars and Stripes

we were busy breaking our backs fending their boat off ours in the turbulent water. I’m working up a sweat just writing this. The folks on the Ericson wanted us to haul up our anchor; this while they watched from the rail as we fended off for half an hour. Not to mention the one Ericson crewmember who thought it would help if they kept grabbing my shirt while 1 was heave-hooing. But did they accept our kind offer to winch up their anchor with our windlass? No, rather than risk us stealing it, they cut it and let it go in the Bay anchor graveyard, quick to blame us for the mishap. As they motored away, cont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS bay bridge birthday — cont’d they said, “Thanks for not helping.” Multiply the above scene by four and you have our version of the Bay Bridge birthday party. Fun, eh? Our boat sustained multiple dings all over the hull; fenders weren’t enough. 1 bet you’re hearing many stories like ours from other boaters. Maybe we should all get together and compare bruises. — nancy a. young Nancy — Perhaps the best place to get together to compare bruises would be under the Golden Gate the evening of its birthday party. But you’re right, we’ve heard plenty of stories just like yours. Makes you wonder if the contrarians are on to something, doesn’t it?

the first "geek’ A few weeks ago, Bay Area television viewers were treated to their first look at the underbody of the Golden Gate Challenge syndicate’s 12-meter USA. The main point of the program seemed to be to raise money for the struggling campaign. And although the hour-long show only included about 45 seconds of actual footage of USA’s keel and rudders, what it did show was genuinely worthy of the word “revolutionary”. As most of us already knew or suspected, there was a rudder in front, a rudder in back, and a vestigal keel with a ballast bulb in the middle. But what surprised many viewers was the depth of the rudders — apparently just as deep as the keel — and the classic bulb shape of the keel. No suggestion of winglets, just a huge lead torpedo with a flattened cross section. The “geek”, as the crew calls it. The product of the joint efforts of designer Gary Mull and scientist Heiner Meldner. But one viewer was more than just surprised — he recognized certain

Dr. Clauser with the keel he’s been using for two years . . .

elements of the design as his ideas! John Clauser, physicist and IOR racer out of Berkeley YC, has achieved some degree of notoriety in recent years as a result of a series of modifica¬ tions he’s made to his Ranger 37, Wildfire. Back in the spring of 1984, it seems that Dr. Clauser removed the original cont’d on next sightings page .

yankee wins unfurl from the yardarm. “This flag protects me,” Anthony bluffed in a booming voice. “Fire on me and you fire on the United States of America.” Then he ordered all the Australians off his ship. After a hurried consultation, the Aussies decided it Nwas best not to take on the United States of America at this stage, and they let the Catalpa sail away. The Irish prisoners eventually arrived safely in the United States where they all

birds One year and one week after the tanker Puerto Rican blew up and spilled oil over portions of the Marin and Sonoma coastlines, the ship’s owners have agreed to pay $1.7 million in damages. Keystone Shipping Co., of Philadelphia, has also pro¬ mised an additional $250,000 if the aft sec¬ tion, sunk in 1,500 feet of water just inside the Farallon Islands National Marine Sanc¬ tuary, begins seeping large amounts of oil. To refresh your memory, the 632-ft Puerto Rican exploded just after departing the Rich¬ mond oil refinery on October 31, 1985. The burning, leaking mess was towed out the Gate where three days later, it broke in half. The after section sank, the forward section was towed back in the Bay and offloaded before being scrapped. A Coast Guard investigation determined that the probable cause of the mishap was a chemical reaction that the ship’s master should have been able to avoid. In other words, it was the shipper’s fault and they were liable. The shipper apparently accepted this decision with little argument and the legal wheels began a’turning: $343,520 for government expenses in assessing the environmental damage; $551,400 for emergency services by the Coast Guard; $48,000 in state penalties and — whoa, wait a minute! — $2.9 million for an estimated 2,900 birds? No way, Jose. Yes, the negotiations for the settlement of the government’s claims have been dragging on for over a year because no one could agree on how much a seabird is worth. As outlined above, Government experts wanted $1,000 a head for the birds killed by the oil spill. Tanker reps claimed the destroyed wildlife was worth no more than $200,000, or slightly less than $100 per bird. We can understand the confusion. To find out just what seabirds were going for these days, we called the Marine Mammal Center,

SIGHTINGS at fremantle — cont’d became immersed in American politics. America’s Cup visitors in Freo will see a photograph of Capt. George Anthony in the Fremantle Museum. The roguish Captain is grinning, leaning back in his chair, and smoking a big cigar. He was apparently the first, but perhaps not the last Yankee skipper to outsmart the Aussies at Frementle.

‘geek* — cont’d keel and rudder from his boat, replacing them with a keel and rudder of his own design. The rudder is within two inches of maximum draft, the keel foil area reduced to less than half of original, and yes — there’s a huge lead torpedo with a flattened cross section. Another “geek”. Not to be outdone by a mere $10 million America’s Cup campaign, John

— sue uaughn alexander

and barrels Marin Wildlife, International Bird Rescue, Fish and Game in Sacramento, Wildlife Management, Marine Resources, Wildlife Protection and about a half dozen other numbers before we realized that we weren’t getting anywhere. No one seems to know how much a bird’s — or any other creature for that matter — life is worth. We did confirm that it is against the law to kill any native animal out of its hunting season. Since there is no season on any seabirds, it’s against the law to off them at any time. As far as fines go, it depends a lot on the offense and the circumstances. At Fish and Game they told us about two guys who had been fined on the same day for tak¬ ing crabs out of season. One fine was $50, the other, $150. (All of this was punitive charges, by the way; no part of it went to actually pay for the crabs’ lives.) Where birds are concerned, it’s the same thing. You’re probably not going to get in as much trouble knocking off a starling or two as you would blowing away a few condors, but as far as we could tell, none of the fine you pay will go toward paying for the bird. Considering the price of turkey this year, this somehow makes no sense. Anyway, the two opposing parties in the Puerto Rican deal finally settled on $715,000 for “natural resource damage.” That works out to exactly $246.55 per bird; slightly less if you include the few lesser species that also suffered from the oil spill. Is that fair? Is that a precedent? Who’s to say? After a 30-day period for public com¬ ment, the settlement is expected to be for¬ mally accepted by the state. Personally, we think that Keystone Shipping is getting off easy at two-bills-and-change per bird. Think how terrible it would have been if something really valuable had been lost, like a load of $600 Navy hammers or $1,100 Air Force ashtrays.

. . . do you see any resemblance with the ‘USA's revolutionary new keel?

staged a press conference of his own, during which Wildfire’s keel was “revealed” to the same television cameras of KRON. John also revealed that over the last few years, when he and Heiner Meldner both worked for Lawrence Livermore National Labs, quite a bit of information regarding sailing yacht design had been exchanged between the two scientists. Just how much credit John Clauser is entitled to for the concept of USA’s configuration is an open question. Certainly John was the first to use a bulb keel and a full-draft rudder in local IOR racing. (Wildfire has won its IOR division for the last two seasons.) On the other hand, bulb keels are as old as the hills. When Heiner was asked on camera about John Clauser and Wildfire, he cited a 1902 book about model yachts that includes a design with a bulb keel and a forward rudder. The most significant part of John’s alleged contribution, then, could be the idea of using the rudder instead of the keel as the primary side-force-resisting foil. Why isn’t there also a rudder in front? John says the front rudder is a mistake — that USA would be faster without it — that USA would be faster if the keel looked more like Wildfire’s! — paul kamen

boating courses for the new year It’s been a long time coming, but there’s finally going to be a “Six-Pac License Preparation Course” available to area boaters. It begins January 7 at UC Davis. The “Six Pac”, the most basic and popular Coast Guard skipper’s license, is so named because it permits the licensee to take aboard for hire up to six people at a time. Officially, it is two separate licenses. Both the “Ocean Operator” and “Motorboat Operator” licenses are issued to those who succont'd on next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS boating courses — cont’d cessfully complete a rigorous examination and have the required on-thewater time in the area for which they wish to be licensed. Of course, you don’t have to have designs on the Six Pac to take the course. As an intensive, 10-week review of the major skills, knowledge and abilities required to navigate safely and professionally, it is also an excellent class for those who simply want to be better boaters and navigators. Dr. Macey Casebeer is the instructor. Two guest speakers at the first ses¬ sion are Budd Gonder, author of The Coast Guard License — Six Pac to Ocean Operator, and Coast Guardsman Steve Mackey from the Alameda Coast Guard Licensing Station. As mentioned, the class meets from 6 to 10 p.m. every Wednesday for 10 weeks beginning January 7. The other yachtsman’s course at the College this winter is the Solar Navigation Course, also taught by Macey Casebeer. This course is designed to prepare boaters and sailors for navigating the high seas in any part of the world using only the sun, the Nautical Almanac and H.O. 249. If the trigonometry and abstractions snowed you the last time you tried to learn how to shoot the sun, Casebeer’s course will be welcome relief. “Anyone who can do common arithmetic and spend a few hours each week studying should be able to master the techniques and art of navigating by the sun,” he says. , To register for either course, call Dottie Moore at (916) 752-3098 after¬ noons, or call (800) 752-0881 for Visa/Mastercard registration. For course details, call Macey Casebeer any time from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week at (916) 756-3152. Class size is limited so register early. Over at the College of Alameda, veteran delivery skipper Sam Crabtree will also be teaching beginning and advanced courses in navigation beginning in January. The Coastal Navigation class will cover, among other things, dead reckoning, plotting course lines and fixes, the use of an RDF (Radio Direction Finder) and depthsounder, and use of tide and current tables. Celestial Navigation students will learn basic celestial navigation theory, the use of the Nautical Almanac and publication 249 Sight Reduction Tables, the “noon shot” technique, and even how to determine location without the books or a sextant. Coastal Piloting (Course #004) begins Monday, January 5. Celestial Navigation I (Course #003) begins the next evening, January 6. The Coastal Piloting class (or demonstration of equivalent knowledge to the instructor) is the prerequisite for Celestial Navigation I. For further information and registration, call the College of Alameda, Division of Applied Arts and Sciences at 748-2255 or 522-7221. Registration for the winter quarter begins December 10.

new way to lite up Christmas parades of decorated boats are a big deal in Southern California and whether you think it’s a dumb idea or not more Bay Area boaters seem to be decorating for the holidays. There has been a parade of lighted boats on the Oakland Estuary for years, and last year the Berkeley Marina started one. One of the problems for sailboat owners has been how to provide electric¬ ity for the lights. A solution considered by a friend of ours is a very long, waterproof extension cord. This same friend has an electric lawn mower so he has a “long cord” orientation. We discouraged him with visions of tangled rudders, short circuits, jolted helmsmen and sparking shrouds. Another solu¬ tion is a gasoline-powered generator, but a procession of rumbling generators would sound more like a Hell’s Angels picnic than a Christmas parade. Dr. Irving Fatt, retired UC Berkeley professor, may have the answer. Dr. Fatt borrowed a generator for last year’s parade but it wouldn’t start. Caught up in the holiday spirit, Dr. Fatt was not to be deterred by a mere generator. He already had several strings of small lights, so he set out to convert the 110-volt lights to 12-volt operation. He found it fairly simple, and here’s how he did it: One string of 100 lights was divided into two 50-light segments, so Dr. Fatt cont’d on next sightings page

inadvertent whack Sometimes you do people wrong without really realizing it. We know we did a few months back. We did an article on the history of the Pacific Cup, the first of which featured three Santana 35’s. One Santana lost a rudder and one limped in to Nawiliwili with a bent rudder. Everytime we do a preview of the Pacific Cup, we review the races and men¬ tion the incident with the Santanas. You read something like that often enough and it’s like the Big Lie, pretty soon you can’t help but come to the conclusion that the Santana 35 is a boat with the bad rudder. The fact is, it’s not true. After that Pacific Cup, the folks at Schock — they make the Santana line — offered stronger replacement rudders. For free. And the offer was not limited to the original owners. As Jack Air told us, “We weren’t the first owners of our boat, but they took care of us. In all I think page 112

SIGHTINGS lite up — cont’d figured each bulb was getting 2.2 volts. Put eight to 12 bulbs on a string, wire it to your boat’s 12-volt battery, and each bulb will get from a volt to a volt and a half, which is enough. Hook the shortened strings in parallel to a cen¬ tral wire and crimp on some alligator clips. Attach it to the battery and your boat should twinkle like Santa’s workshop. Get a 75-foot piece of the cheapest lamp cord you can find in a hardware store. Form a three-inch loop on one end by doubling the wire over and securing it with some electrical tape. Make sure the two strands of wire exposed at the end don’t touch when you tape the loop. You can use this loop to hoist the string up the mast with a halyard. The lamp cord is made up of two little bundles of copper wires with plastic insulation. Every two feet or so separate the two insulated bundles for about four inches. At the other end, remove enough insulation to attach two alligator clips. Buy a couple of strings of small lights, the kind with pointy ends. Some of the sockets may have three wires. Nip those off with a wire cutter and throw them away. Cut the rest, all with two-wire connections, into strings of eight to 12 lights each. Scrape about an inch of insulation off the ends. Scrape the insulation off the lamp cord wires as shown in the illustration and wire the lights onto the lamp cord. Solder the connections if you have a soldering gun and know how to use it. If not, just twist the connections tight with a pliers and tape them with some electrical tape. Give some thought to how you want to arrange the lights on your boat. If you run the main wire up the mast, tie a rope to the halyard shackle and use it to spread out the lights. Loop the strands of lights around the rope and then tie it off on the stem pulpit after you hoist the halyard. This will spead out the lights like a mainsail. You could use the lights to decorate a small tree set up in the cabin. Another approach is to fasten the lights to the lifelines and tape them up around the portholes or hatches. You could form figures with the lights or even spell out words. We’ll leave that part to all those active imaginations out there. If you cause a “scene” by spelling out something tacky with your Christmas lights, just don’t say it was our idea. Dr. Fatt calculates that eight strings with eight to 12 bulbs per string will

in the face they replaced something like 100 rudders — and let me tell you, they’re not cheap.” Since that time rudders have not been a problem on the Santanas. And they’ve been well-tested. For a couple of years they sailed the ocean as a one-design class, the only design boat to do that. In fact, in 1985 there were 15 Santana 35’s sailing one-design in the ocean. They’re always one of the biggest one-design fleets on the Bay, too. Santana 35’s probably have more Bay and ocean time than any other single design. Furthermore, the design was cruise-tested by Bob Casparian and Picaroon, shown sail¬ ing off La Paz, Mexico last year. Bob thought the boat was a fine cruiser. So, in the future we’ll try to refrain from inadvertently besmirching the rudders on Santana 35’s, and ask that you remember Schock was one heck of a responsive manufacturer in regard to this problem.

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‘Latitude 38’ in lights — happy holidays to you all!

draw about four amps, so it can be operated for several hours without run¬ ning your battery down. These 12-volt Christmas lights would work in a camper or car, too. Just wire in a cigarette lighter plug. Of course, flashing Christmas lights may be a distraction on the Nimitz Freeway, and it could play havoc with your night vision. Better wait until you park the car before you light up the Christmas tree.

AMERICA'S CUP

ennis Conner is always available for television spots. But the Cup’s most visible skipper is not always an easy interview for the print media to get. Last month, toward the end of Round 2 of the Challenger eliminations, he had just finished a TV spot and started back to the Stars and Stripes

the American effort thus far in this 135th year of competition for yachting’s Holy Grail. If nothing else, November was a month of contrasts and frustration for the five American syndicates. There would be a con¬ vincing victory against a top boat on one day, and then a crushing defeat by a low-ball boat the next. There was either too much wind, too little wind or the fickle winds of for¬ tune that caused delays, course changes, breakage and mistakes. On top of it all, Western Australia was sliding full speed into summer. Temperatures hit the 100 degree mark on windless days, and the infamous Perth flies were out in swarms. At the end of November, surprisingly little

had changed except the point scores. New Zealand, America II and Stars and Stripes are still first second and third in the challenger standings. The Golden Gate Syn¬ dicate’s USA and White Crusader are still tied, now with 15 wins and eight losses apiece. But not for fourth. One surprise in was the elevation of French Kiss to the fourth place spot. A look at the Defenders also reveals few changes. The unbeatable (okay, once beaten) Kookaburra III is still at the top of the heap, followed closely by Australia IV and New Zealand’s ‘Kiwi Magic’: too good for the com¬ petition or too good to be true?

‘USA’ grinder Brad Lewis.

compound when the print people con¬ verged. “Come on Dennis,” said one. “We have a job to do, too.” “All right,” Conner said as he turned back to the small assemblage. Then he laid down, flat on his back on the tarmac and said “Go ahead and kick me!” It was good for a laugh. But its meaning was not lost on the people who won’t let him

or the world forget that part of his reason for being in Fremantle is personal redemption. If it weren’t for his loss to Alan Bond’s Australia II in the 1983 America’s Cup, all this hoopla, on a much smaller scale, would have taken place this fall off Newport, Rhode Island. In a larger sense, the gesture is symbolic of page 114

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Kookaburra II. (The second and third boats were reversed last month.) The biggest news to come out of the defender trials was the late November withdrawal of Australia III, which was holding its own at fourth place. The move by the Bond Camp prompted the comment “A 12-Meter has the lifespan of a butterfly.” You may recall that nine short months ago, Australia III was the walkaway winner at the 12-Meter Worlds held in these same waters.

DIANA JESSIE

hile the triumphs of Kevin Parry’s Kookaburra boats are turning the Alan Bond people into terminal nail-biters, the real

‘USA’ prepares to leave her pen for the day’s races.

Cinderella story of this America’s Cup com¬ petition so far is Chris Dickson and the “plastic fantastic” New Zealand (also known as Kiwi Magic). In case you’ve forgotten, this is the first Cup challenge mounted by the Kiwis, the first fiberglass 12 Meter to ever vie , for the cup, and the youngest skipper. Chris Dickson celebrated his 25th birthday November 3 by beating Dennis Conner’s Stars and Stripes. Dickson’ only defeat in 23 races was at the hands of Conner in Round 1. Kiwi Magic went undefeated in Round 2. Behind him, the boy wonder from down under has backing comparable only to the Aussies. If the New Zealanders lose or rip a sail, it’s jettisoned and a new one built. When the seamstresses in the sail loft complained it was too hot, syndicate kingpin Michael Fay had air conditioning installed. Speculation* continues on the apparently limitless budget — no formal figure has been disclosed. But back home, a top-of-the-charts song recorded by a public chorus has brought in $10 million (Kiwi) in a country of 3 million. The Kiwi’s fund-raising campaign in Freman¬ tle includes everything from souvenirs in every shop to a $10 charge to drink Steinlager with the crew. Says one spokesman, “The only reason they wouldn’t win is because they’ll break everything on the page 115

boat.” Well, maybe. But there might be another reason: the boat is too good tg be true. At this writing, Conner’s Round 1 contention that the New Zealand boat is illegally light in the ends is a non-issue. But as time goes by and the Kiwis keep on winning, you can bet your booties we haven’t heard the last of it. When asked his opinion, one USA crewman simply shook his head and said, “That boat’s not legal.” When you watch Kiwi Magic in action

: b bi any harder than this, we might as well give up the Cup now.” against another boat, especially in a seaway, it’s not hard to come to the same conclusion. The New Zealand boat holds her head up and skims over waves, allowing bowmen to work the foredeck almost any time they want. With few exceptions, all the aluminum 12’s resemble crash-diving U-boats in the same conditions, and the foredeck is no¬ man’s land until the boat stops driving.

AMERICA'S CUP

I n his Round 1 protest, you may recall that Conner asked for core samples to be taken of New Zealqnd’s hull to make sure it measured up correctly. Although lightening the ends of boats is a well-known practice in fiberglass construction, it is expressly forbid¬ den for 12 Meters. (The fact that most of the people who decide such things have already built aluminum 12’s probably has something to do with it.) Michael Fay, head of the New Zealand syndicate, came back to say that construc¬ tion had been overseen by Lloyds, the boat was legal, and that “It will be cored over my dead body.” The matter was eventually put to a vote among the challengers: a two-thirds majority would carry the protest through. Twelve of the 13 skippers showed up, and the protest lost by one vote. The no-show Tom Blackaller, who was busy rethinking the then unruly steering gear on USA. Officially, that closed the matter for the time being, and it has yet to be reopened. In all fairness, it is totally contrary to everything the Kiwis stand for to pull such a stunt. Simply put, they do not cheat. In a perennial and no doubt endless struggle to shake the “little brother” image they have to Australia, the independent Kiwis pride themselves on showing genuine superiority ‘USA’ bowman Scott Inveen in full battle dress.

in any contest they enter, especially against Australia. The truth of the matter — hideous though it may be — is that New Zealand may simply be a superior boat.

on the race course. When Stars and Stripes gets her weather — 18 or better —■ she goes like hell. And she appears to be the only boat that can match New Zealand in heavy chop.

But it’s still two months before the fat lady sings and no one’s given up on the Americans yet. If the moods ranged from somber to ebullient with little in between dur¬ ing November, the underlying message from the leading American camps never changed: “We’ve not yet begun to fight.” Although the Eagle and Heart of America syndicates didn’t have a lot to write home about, America II, Stars and Stripes and USA camps all have their spurs cocked and their sights set for the final assault. In Round 3, which begins December 2, each race counts 12 points (as opposed to one point for Round 1 and five

‘White Crusader’s kinked mast.

The tactical work has been on a par with the best and in boat handling, Dennis Conner does not make mistakes. Still, Stars and Stripes suffered defeats from Canada II, White Crusader, and New Zealand, and is a

boat design and the other is Christine Gum-

mersbach, Cool, competent, charming Christine Is the girl the legendary playboy of

in, it takes off

Cup skippers will marry before Christmas in a Fremantle wedding.

racing a Piper Cub.

more formidable and determined Blackaller in the America’s Cup scene " - John Bertrand, America II tactician

points per race on Round 2).

uriously, the strengths of the three top U.S. syndicates seem to come from different areas. As mentioned, Conner’s Stars and Stripes frontal attack is directed as much at the local media as his competitors out on the race course. Win or lose, there’s Dennis on the “telly”, cracking jokes or analysing a vic¬ tory. In a predictably ho-hum race against a losing boat, he put put a woman on the crew to grab headlines. Financially, Conner’s effort is well-heeled. And they’re no slouches

Both Kevin Parry’s Kookaburra syndicate

their 12s if USA's progress on the course continues to be so impressive. Golden Gaters say “Good luck and go for it Then learn how to sail the sonofabitch ” o: ; \

. “V./h

“At 12 points .per race in December, those

is about to begin.” -':

—

Tom Blackaller, skipper, USA page I 16

ROUND 2 WRAP-UP 12 Meter worlds, finishing third overall. Kolius’ only defeats in Round II came from Stars and Stripes and New Zealand. A dis¬ tant 12 minutes, 32 seconds behind the leader, the latter was a hard bullet to bite.

nd then there’s USA. Good old R2D2, the “revolutionary boat”. Although R-l has done nothing to dispel her dark horse image, no one laughs at her funny bulb keel and forward rudder anymore. To the contrary, USA has probably caused as much nail-biting as even the Kookaburra boats. Operating on a budget almost half that

Top Defender so far is ‘Kookaburra III’. The elevated camera pod on stern records everything from crew performance to rule infractions.

visibly slower boat in light air. After a squeaker win over next-to-last Azzura, Den¬ nis quipped, “If it doesn’t blow any harder than this, we might as well give up the Cup now.” The strength of the New York YC’s America II campaign flows from its peerless

administration. This is not particularly sur¬ prising, since they’ve been mounting the American defense of the Cup since 1851. As a skipper, John Kolius is as talented and pro¬ fessional as they come. Though not con¬ sidered as a particularly fast or breakthrough boat, America II is flawlessly sailed by a crew that’s been practicing in Fremantle for the last three summers. An earlier America II was the top American boat in the February

CUP QUIPS & QUOTES “During the five months of the America’s Cj be expected to vary from light winds under

ih«ir opponents always knew when the

occur in October. November and December." — excerpt from Australian Bureau of Met >ro/ogy bu tin

of other syndicates — and still struggling to meet it — the main strength of the Golden Gate syndicate lies in its radical design and the steep learning curve of its crew. When USA is dialed in, particularly off the wind, it takes off like an F-14 racing a Piper Cub. Unfortunately, the crew is still learning the boat and there’s a lot more to winning sailboat races, especially off Fremantle, than

. “Time is short. Of all the boats here, USA Js the only one with a chance to make iargeyi not small, gains in performance. If it doesn’t

“Dennis Conner is generally regarded as

: ■ would probably have been a wizard-prang ■ was methodically bombing the daylights out of Berlin." — Ian Woolridge, London Daily Mail “ There are perhaps no better practitioners ing this art form to the America’s Cup course is carrying a good thing too far. After the October series, the Italian 12 Azzura wound page 117

;■

■ — Warren Jones, executive director of the

budgets and men will be broken. Sleek crafi that have been lovingly cared for will be left

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talk of folly ”

Amid the Gup craziness, life goes on for Hank Stuart and family.

just going fast. USA kicked off Round 2 with an immense moral booster, particulary for Tom Blackaller: They beat Stars and Stripes. The very next race, though, went to Eagle when Blackaller stopped to retrieve a sail that had gone overboard. Unlike Conner, who cut away a $15,000 headsail in similar cir¬ cumstances, USA can’t afford such write¬ offs. Said Blackaller later, “The sail was worth more than the race.”

AMERICA'S CUP

want to have to explain at the news con¬ ference why I lost to the worst boat in the fleet!’ ” USA went on to win by more than eight minutes. Compared to some boats, though, the Golden Gaters could consider themselves lucky. French Kiss broke a boom before one race and lost a crewman over the side in another. Heart of America and White Crusader both gave races away to gear failures, the former kinking her mast when a running back let go. America II had several episodes with slipping main halyards, though they didn’t cost her any races. And spinnakers were popping everywhere you looked. The worst mishap of November occurred over at the Defender trials when

‘Courageous’ packed up for the trip home.

Steak ’N Kidney T-boned South Australia. Ironically, it was in the exact same spot she got stabbed during the Worlds in February.

BEHIND THE SCENES Oof, grunt. Russ Sylvestri horses around one of ‘USA’s 40 sails.

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Another bitter disappointment was the loss in race 4 to French Kiss. In flukey air, the boats headed for different ends of the line and then the wind just stopped blowing on the San Francisco side. USA closed the French boat’s 2:25 lead at the first mark to 44 seconds at the finish, but this wasn’t horseshoes and close doesn’t count. The rest of the month went a little more predictably, with narrow losses only to America II and New Zealand. Paul Cayard and Blackaller traded their respective tactician and helmsman positions for a couple of those

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a love

bouts, and Paul drove solo against Challenge France while Blackaller spent time ashore with his fiancee.

“O n

that race, Challenge France jumped on our wind at the start,” says tailer Scott Easom, “ and for a long time we were right beside them with neither boat gaining on the other. Finally Paul started saying, ‘Come on, guys, get me out of this. I don’t

there would be no happening. Jim Taylor, shoreside operations manage tries h

your Laser on top of the car and going to

Lake Merced.” Taylor, like many of the support staff, works hard to keep things in perspective dur¬ ing the 40-hour days. One thing about the America’s Cup effort that he sees as different from other campaigns is that normally you make a list of things to do and go through it; with a twelve meter campaign “you never get to the bottom of the list”. It’s unfortunate that the list has no end as the syndicate pen is so ideally situated. It’s the closest one to the bar at the Fremantle Sailing Club. Location of the shore facilities plus all of the rest of the shore logistics has been Taylor’s responsibility. With the help of locals, in particular Brian Turpin, past com¬ modore of Swan Yacht Club, Taylor has a very efficient operation. Turpin has arranged all kinds of local help as well as being the walking, talking yellowpages for the syndicate. Enjoying the location of the syndicate pen are the stars of the “Mik and Coe Show”. Out on Trojan Lady. USA’s tender, there ate daily performances by Mik Beatie, a Golden Gate Ferry Boat Skipper from Corte Madera on leave to be the syndicate's tender skipper, and Mark “Coz” Cosby, tender mate from Del Mar, California. These two claim to have won the undisputed title as USA’s champion elbow benders. A tough job, but somebody has to do it. Coz describes, Mik as the crew’s professiona! ‘‘older person”, and Mik responds by calling Coz the “spiritual leader” of USA’s terrestrial refusing to lead a real life " page 118

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The impact destroyed the nose of Steak and threw the other boat’s helmsman in the water. No one was seriously hurt, but to add insult to injury, both boats were disqualified. Breakage aside, a key to the outcome of the first two trials — and undoubtedly the remaining bouts right on up to the Cup races themselves in February — are the winds. “The Fremantle Doctor is not as predic¬ table as everyone wants us to think,” says Diana Jessie, a Northern California cruiser enjoying the show from ringside. “One day the weather will be 90 to 100 degrees, the water mirror calm, the wind nothing and the

flies unbearable. Two days later, we recorded 25 to 28 steady with gusts to 35.”

^l' he quality of the wind is also a factor. When the Doctor — so named because it “cures” the heat and fly problem — blows its steady 25 to 30 from the southwest, the water is relatively flat and the boats “go like hell”. When a northerly storm blows over, though, it has behind it all the fetch of the Indian Ocean and most of the 12s have a hard time dealing with it. The Doctor only made a few house calls during November,

and the alternative feast or famine weather conditions caused a number of modifications to the normal eight-leg, 24-mile courses. In light winds, they were shortened to three legs. In a heavy northerly, to six. The chart on these pages denotes the

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I in led 5 the four semi finalists will be packing for home. Those boats will pair off for a best of seven semi finals. The two winners will then race each other in another best of seven to determine the Challenger. The America’s Cup best of seven races begins January 29. By the time a challenger is chosen, it will have had to come out on the better end of some 53 races. Which of the 10 challengers left will make the final cut? That call is perhaps a little premature even for Jimmy the Greek. But for the semi-finalists, general consensus has it between five boats. Here’s a thumbnail look at who they are and why they’ll be there:

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America II — Tough, thorough, talented, well-funded and professional through and through. The first of the syndicates to come to Australia and the one with the biggest score to settle.

midable. If he doesn’t, he may be home for Christmas. White Crusader — The first of two new British 12s built for the Cup, White Crusader was opted for when her radical new sister, Crusader II did not sail to expectations. Skip¬ per Harold Cudmore has done a superb job of taking the “conventional” winged-keel 12 from relative oblivion to within sight of a challenge.

Stars and Stripes — Flashy, visible and talented, the “Dennis Conner Show” has already won the PR wars. If he gets his wind, the heavy Stars and Stripes will be for-

USA — “USA is on a flyer. They’re either going to win big or lose big,” said one observer. USA is the youngest boat with the smallest budget and the most radical under¬ body. However, R-l’s competitors are pretty much optimized. They measure improve¬ ments now in lOths of a percent. When USA jumps forward, it’s in leaps of 1, 2 or 5 per¬ cent. Where that learning curve will plateau is anybody’s guess. For December, the boat is getting new sails, a slightly lowered keel and a carbon fiber boom, among other things. Then, says Scott Easom, “We’re go¬ ing to go out and sail our butts off practicing before the next round.”

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New Zealand — Almost a foregone con¬ clusion, the plastic fantastic boat has unlimited brains, bodies, bucks and talent going for it. If it can bear up to the scrutiny of being cored, it will be hard to beat.

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the underbody of USA on a special TV documentary. The video served its purpose, and new sails are on their way down under. But more dollars are still needed to see the challenge through to the end. “We are rac¬ ing against the clock,” says syndicate general manager Ron Young. “But right now, the time and the pace is driven by funding.” Ron

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sets the remaining amount needed as “millionish”, and once again asks that the Bay sailing and non-sailing community do what they can to help the boys from San Francisco bring home “what may arguably be the biggest prize in sports.”

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ailing partnerships have gotten a bad rap. The reason may be because discussions on the subject suffer the same fate as the stories told at the yacht club after a particularly windy race. The longer the sailor sits as the bar, the bigger the waves get, the stronger the breeze. Switch that conversation over to partnerships, and the partner — who is not there — gets less trustworthy, more unreliable, stingier, and stranger with each drink. After hearing a half hour of such partner¬ ship blues, you might wonder why anyone in their right mind would ever buy part of a boat with another person. But don’t judge too hastily, and don’t judge all partnerships by the extremes. Like the foulest of foul weather, it’s only the dingiest of partners that get mentioned again and again.

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What is often overlooked are the partner¬ ships that work and have worked for a number of years. Most partnerships originate when two or more people share a boat to cut expenses. Since most boats sit idle more than they are used, a partnership can also keep a boat active and therefore in better shape. There is an additional payoff that many sailors don’t foresee. Good partnerships produce even better friendships. I

^3 ordon Miller of Rossmoor, John Boonstoppel of Pt. Richmond ^and Bob

Berry of San Francisco have been partners in Anahita II, an Ericson 27, for almost ten years. They liked each other at the beginning . of the partnership, and now years later, they are still sailing together and — what’s more amazing, still like each other. In fact, when Bob Berry was racing the boat alone last summer, he felt it wasn’t nearly as much fun. Their partnership began back in the ’50s when Gordy and John used to race against each other in Zephyrs. One summer after chartering a Cal 20 and winning the season, the two sailors bought their first boat Partner-owned ‘Riff Raff’ drives to weather during the Santana 35 Nationals.

PARTNERSHIPS the partnership. “We are equal partners. We have a kitty and each one puts in a certain amount of together, Anahita, a Cal 25. Along came Bob Berry, eager for experience. “1 was a beginning sailor and I crewed for them about four or five years. Then I started looking for my own boat,” says Bob. Concerned that they would lose one of their best crew, and interested in moving up to a bigger boat, they asked Bob to become a partner. The Ericson 27 was the next step. The trio drew up a contract that focused on what to do if a partner wants out of the boat. Berry characterizes the contract as “informal”. In fact, he can’t even remember signing it. Up until this last summer, Anahita II was a regular on the YRA circuit.

Mark Hardeman (left) and Lou Bouc aboard their mutually-owned Santana 22.

“Partnership has been a big plus. When racing we can pretty well depend on three people. That means picking up only one or two more crew. Each race we alternate skip¬ pers and we have always had a policy that anyone can make a suggestion, but the skip¬ per makes the decision,” says Gordy. J

3 esides alternating skippers, they also alternate weeks on Anahita II. Each sailor get HF"'-

money each month. That takes care of everything: boat payments, berthing, repairs, insurance. It has worked very well,” says Gordy. One of the reasons this partnership has lasted, aside from the three men’s compati¬ ble personalities, is that they all had the same goal: They wanted to race. They knew yacht racing took time and money and were willing to commit to both. The same has been true with the partner¬ ship on Riff-Raff, a Santana 35 owned by Jack Air and Marty Gordon, both of Marin. Introduced by friends, they first bought a T— —T^ j

a week that starts on Tuesday and ends thfe following Monday, so three-day holidays are included. Although Anahita II spent most of this past summer up in the Delta, during her racing career she has had her share of on the water mishaps, including a broken mast and boom, and a blown spinnaker. Add this to the usual maintenance on a racing sailboat — new sails, yard work, gear replacement, and money becomes an important topic of

Santana 525 and moved up through the fleet to win their YRA division. Wanting something bigger so they could cruise as well as race, they chose a Santana 35.

11 was a substantial commitment and at first, they felt they needed a third partner to help with the finances. But there was a clash in goals and personality, so when partner number three moved, he was neyer

BOAT replaced. “A lot of partnerships start with the pur¬ pose of owning a boat but with no idea of doing anything together, just to share the expenses. That could work fine,” says Jack, “but the reason so many partnerships break down is responsibility. Some people are a lit¬ tle less committed to sailing. They are involved with other things, so they are spending money and receiving no benefit.” Jack and Marty have been partners for ten years. They have no written contact, but each specializes in certain aspects of boat care and business. Jack manages the expenses, orders new sails, sends in entry fees and organizes the crew. Marty’s forte is in boat maintenance with a knack for fixing and even anticipating what’s about to break. Their specialization is carried one step further during races. Although they trade off at starts, Marty drives upwind and Jack drives off the wind. “I think it is really working for us. Since we can concentrate on one thing, our perfor¬ mance has been improving,” says Jack. Like the owners of Anahita II, Jack and Marty’s partnership has lasted not because both men are alike — but because they can work together and want the same things from Riff Raff.

11 is when the goals aren’t the same that problems arise. One of the biggest pitfalls of partnership, thinks yacht broker Mary Jo Foot, who is also partners on her Cal 20, is when one sailor is a racer and the other a cruiser. “The way cruisers and racers spend money is totally different — the number of sails, the kind of sails, the upkeep on the boat — it just, honest to God, won’t work,” she says. But for every rule there is an exception. Lou Bouc of Berkeley and Mark Hardeman

But how, do you ask, does that work with a full racing schedule? It works because their partnership is very flexible, yet still fair to both. “I’ll give Mark the race dates and he works around those. Since I race, I break a lot of things, so I do maybe 80 percent of the maintenance. Mark helps on all the big jobs, like haulouts — and so far, everything has

Good partnerships produce even better friendships.

of Woodacre have been partners on the San¬ tana 22 Knuckles for more than three years. They seldom sail together. Lou races and Mark cruises. Like most partnerships, they divide up the useage of the boat. One month, Lou will get Saturdays and Mark Sundays, the next month, they will switch.

worked out perfectly,” says Lou.

1 he two sailors have an unwritten agreement that splits all costs down the middle. “When we first became partners,” says

(L to R) John Boonstoppel, Gordon Miller and Bob Berry: “Partnership has been a big plus.”

Mark, “we found that there was more breakage. Neither of us could understand what was going on. We finally realized with two people using the boat, it was getting twice the wear. So we learned to check things over more carefully each time we went out.” Like Mark and Lou, Gordon Cox and Ralph Price met through work. These Oakland sailors mutually own the Hood 38, Paulina III. In both cases, one man owned the boat first — but because their dollar munching hobby was consuming more than either could justify spending, they looked for help in the form of a partner. “Gordon had been in partnership with someone else on a Catalina 27. When that person wanted to move up to a new boat, he started looking around for a new partner,” says Ralph. “At first I didn’t have sufficient experience, or maybe he wasn’t convinced about the quality of my experience, so we didn’t become partners. I’m sure he was page 124

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friend, someone that you like sailing with, it is the best of both worlds.” Although some boat partners don’t have contracts, most would recommend that

Waterhouse Race together. It was a good thrash to weather and we were sitting on the rail blocking the spray. The guys on the afterguard were making all the decisions. We looked at each other and said, ‘We don’t have to do this for the rest of our lives. We could actually sail a boat ourselves.’ That is

After the work was done and the bill divided in half, partner decided not to pay. things get spelled out on paper before the dotted line is signed.

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have been more than willing to defer to Gordon’s judgement because of his level of experience. He is still teaching me a lot. Often we go out shorthanded, and I’ll mostly handle the sheets, then swap off at the helm.” Paulina III is a well used boat, often going out from her Sausalito berth thre^ to four days a week during the summer. Although the two men sail together with friends and family, they do take the boat out by themselves. “If you are going to own a big boat, this makes things a lot better financially,” says Gordon. “If you can find somebody that is a page 125

rank Lockwood of Berkeley and Donn Weaver of Oakland have been sailing together for almost 17 years and have been partners in the wooden Sonata, a Lapworth 39 for six years. “We have a partnership agreement, fairly simple, but about two pages. It establishes the ownership rights. We had agreed previously that the boat would be used predominately for racing during the summer series and the winter series, if we had time,” says Donn. The rest of the year the boat can be used by either owner as long as he checks with his partner. Like other men that race together, Frank and Donn have found their separate niches on Sonata. “Originally I started the race and Donn was pretty much the foredeck. But I’m not getting any younger,” says the 73-year-old Frank. “Now he, being younger, more aggressive and less likely to have a heart attack, starts and then I take over the tiller. Donn watches the sails, calls tactics and we trade the helm back and forth.”

11 is a rare partnership that starts before the boat has been designed, but Dave Mancebo and John Dukat got together before the coldmolded Critical Mass was much more than a sketch on a piece of paper. About ten years ago, the two friends were roommates. Dave, who was with the Wylie Design Group often worked at home and John was constantly peering over his shoulder. “At the time, John and I were doing a lot of ocean racing and we did one really nasty

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afraid of getting someone who would go out and do something stupid and sink the boat.” That didn’t stop Ralph. He was still inter¬ ested in the partnership and suggested that they race and cruise together. Gordon took him up on the idea and a year later, he became a partner on the Catalina. They moved up to the Hood together and are now talking about a 52-ft boat.

what ultimately lead to the boat we built,” says Dave, now a naval architect for the Navy. Once the decision was made, Dave and

Frank Lockwood, left, and Donn Weaver won their HDA division in 1985 with ‘Sonata’.

John went into action. They decided how much money they could spend and found a two-bedroom flat with a garage downstairs. “Then Dave said, ‘This is what we are go¬ ing to need,’ and he rushed out and bought the materials, ordered the plywood and started building. I had no idea what we were doing. I had barely even seen a cold-molded

BOAT PARTNERSHIPS

ners a chance to take off for a while and cruise or race. Bill has spent from four to six months in Mexico, while Mark and his wife, Kay, are now cruising the Pacific. . “Mark started working for me about ten years ago. Our partnership is an intangible thing. We have talked about sorting it all out and putting it down on paper but we have never gotten around to it. I don’t think I would have stayed in business, especially the marine business without an arrangement like ours,” said Bill. “Mark will be back one day and then I’ll get my turn to take off again.” Partnerships, whether in business or on boats, are almost like a marriage. In fact, one old chauvinistic salt described owning a boat with someone else as, “kind of like sharing your wife”. That may be a bit extreme, but the point is made that boat ownership is a personal commitment. boat in my life, but here 1 was building one,” says John.

T he boat was launched in 1978, sailed for a while in IOR until a rule change made it uncompetitive, and since then in MORA. Although Critical Mass is now in the process of being refinished at Dave’s house, she has , sailed more than 12,000 miles. “We used to alternate as skipper,” says Dave, “but it evolved into me handling that part of it. However, each of us has won the MORA San Diego race without the other on board.” Dave thinks John’s strongest abilities, besides being a top flight foredeck, is in organizing — crew as well as food. The boats /he sails on always have the reputation for the best meals. “Dave’s strength is that he doesn’t realize his limitations. It is incredible. He has this fighting spirit and never gives up,” says John. While Critical Mass is down for repair, the two partners have continued to sail together on another Mancebo design, Bloom County, which says something for their level of compatibility and team work.

rust ranks right up there with respon¬ sibility and compatibility for a good partner¬ ship. Unfortunately, trustworthiness isn’t as apparent as whether someone pays their bills or not. For example, one San Francisco sailor had what she considered an easy, comfortable partnership. Bills, sailing time,

Lou Bouc marks a waterline for a newly-painted ‘Knuckles’. Most partners work equally hard during haulout.

maintenance all balanced themselves out between the two partners. The first few years everything worked smoothly, but as interests changed, the boat was used less and less. The insurance was dropped and the sturdy fiberglass boat grew an interesting-looking hanging garden at the waterline. One stormy night, the dock lines broke and the boat pounded into their slipmate’s boat. Alerted by the harbormaster, the San Francisco sailor called her partner and then the other boat owners, who got an estimate for the repair work. After the work was done and the bill divided in half, the partner decided not to pay, saying “if they want the money, they can take me to court.” Luckily, the neighbors didn’t force the issue with the San Francisco sailor and accepted her half of the payment. “1 was really embarrassed and felt totally in the middle of the whole thing. My partner told them he never said he would pay, although he told me that he would. It was a horrible situation,” she says. Needless to say, that was enough for her. Whatever trust there had been disappeared and she put her share of the boat up for sale. In retrospect, a contract between the two partners might have helped this situation.

“P 1 artnerships

have to be based on trust,” said Bill Edinger who shares a boatoriented business, Edinger Marine, with Mark Rudiger. What makes this business relationship unique is that it gives both part¬

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—' Mary Jo Foote “Take a really fair attitude towards more than 50 percent once in a while to

— Lou Bouc, Knuckles

“Be sure that you have the same and the level of maintenance and care A Respect each other as sailors. Trust the

: ■ — Donn Weaver; -Sonata Like personal relationships, partnerships can be so rocky and miserable that it drives you to bemoaning the situation to anyone who will listen at the yacht club bar. On the other hand, if the right combination of sailors get together, sharing a boat and all its responsibilities can be, as Gordon Cox on Paulina III says, “the best of both worlds.”

•— glenda ganny carroll page 126

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he Los Angeles YC’s inaugural race from Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas was an excurciatingly slow affair. In your best Ed MaMahon voice, you the reader should now earnestly ask, “How slow was it?” Let’s see. It was soooooo slow that Dick Pennington’s Peterson 66, Cheetah, which hoisted the traditional broom to the masthead for ‘sweeping’ first-to-finish, first-

But numbers alone don’t tell the entire story. The race was sooooo slow that most boats had to resort to rationing food and £

The race was so long some crewmembers took to doing the ‘Egyptian’ on the bowpulpit.

It took 17 tries, but John Williamson of Saratoga, seen here in an official ‘Pericus’ towel, came up a winner.

in-class and first overall, took 120 hours to cover the 870-mile downwind course. The last boat in, Millenium Falcon, came in three days later, after almost eight days of racing.

“I felt like 1 just survived the Bataan Death March,” quipped one weary Falcon crewmember.

water. Dinner the last night out on one boat, whose name shall remain anonymous, apparently consisted of jam served on paper plates. Bon appetit! Even more gruesome was that with just one exception, every boat ran out of beer. Boom art on the Express 37., Blade Runner identified that vessel as the’ “Raleigh Hills Offshore Treatment Center”.. The race was sooooo slow that the white micron bottoms actually grew dirty before the finish. Sooooo slow that the navigator on San Rafael’s Montgomery Street read three entire books, believed to be a Mexican race record. Sooooo slow that sparrows and egrets descended on many of the boats, and finding so little activity stayed for hours at a time. Sooooo slow that one crewmember swore that cobwebs grew on the mainsheet. The race attracted 39 entries in six classes' with seven communication and escort” vessels. All departed Long Beach at noon on Saturday, November 8, for what turned out to be one of the slowest Mexican races ever. This was the 14th race to Mexico sponsored by the Los Angeles YC, but for the first time since the series started in 1961, the destina¬ tion was Cabo San Lucas rather than Mazatlan. To make the race a little more interesting — and perhaps to differentiate it from the two other races to Cabo San Lucas

— the powers that be threw in a turning mark — Guadalupe Island, 150 miles off the coast. This decision, along with handicapping the race based on a meager 562 miles, was not universally acclaimed. Ironically, the race ended up taking longer than almost all the previous Mazatlan races — despite the fact the course was 150 miles shorter. The culprit was the wind. There wasn’t much to start with, and there was simply none at Guadalupe Island. The island parking lot was the dominant factor in the race; how a boat fared escaping the doldrums at Guadalupe more or less dictated how she finished,

I I ow little wind was there at Guadalupe? Steve Taft of Mongoose reports they were becalmed by the island for a full day, affording the nine man crew the dubious pleasure of memorizing every feature of the barren 20-mile strip of Mexican real estate. Then at dinnertime a panga motored out from the tiny seasonal fishing camp at the island and ‘sold’ the stagnant racing yacht 18 fresh lobster for dinner. The cost? Two six packs of Bud and two packs of Kent cigarettes.

LEARNING TO CRAWL Santa Cruz 50’s are a good example, and older racer/cruisers, the opportunity to join in on the fun. The Santa Cruz 70, Citius, also met up with the mobile lobster concession. They claim to have paid even less for their dinner — each beer was worth two lobster. Playboys, however, weren’t worth anything. Apparently alcohol will get you through lean times better than sex. IOR Class A, which consisted of just four boats, was the only division where the leader at Guadalupe, Roy Disney’s chartered N/M 68, Prima, was passed on the way to Cabo. Swiftsure III, another N/M 68, under charter to John Reynolds and with Skip Allan aboard, pulled out the come-from-behind victory. Kathmandu, a Santa Cruz 70 with Gary Weisman and a lot of the Jubilation talent, also aced Prima near the finish to take second. Disney’s a’building maxi sled should be ready for the next Mexican race. The remainder of the big sleds opted to compete in the PHRF division, which was being offered for the first time — by the Los Angeles YC. As it turned out, a majority of the fleet elected to race PHRF, which in this case, however, should not be construed as further evidence of the decline of IOR rac¬ The finish at Cabo is right off the beach. The race committee and friends can observe from the hotels

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ing. Rather it was more an indication that it’s a whole lot more fun to sail maxi ULDB sleds in their “turbo mode”, i.e. with big poles and big kites, than to be constrained to the IOR maximum rating of 70.0. PHRF also offers under IOR, the

‘White Knight’ trying to hold off ‘Blade Runner’ early in the race.

Cheetah, with Ed Lorence aboard, led the entire fleet from start to finish to claim PHRF A honors over Joss, which is generally con¬ sidered to the fastest of the MacGregor 65’s. The Santa Cruz 70, Blondie, which had swept the last Cabo San Lucas race, was being sailed by her new owners, Mike and Pat Farrah. Despite halyard problems that cost them several hours, they managed to take third. In addition to Blondie, the Farrahs also own two cruising boats on the east coast, a 55-ft sport-fishing boat, and another maxi sled, the legendary Ragtime. If they still own both the big sleds when TransPac rolls around next year, Pat intends to take the newly buffed up Rags, while his son Mike, who is in his early 20’s, will take Blondie. Quick! Someone call Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.

I n IOR B, the N/M 55 Strider beat up pretty badly on her competitors, which con¬ sisted of three “lead dogs”. Finishing second to Strider — and possibly having the most fun of anyone in the fleet — was the 45-year-old Mexican race veteran, Miramar. Her sixteen man crew, almost all of whom were older than the boat, partied all the way to the cape. They reported no shortages at all, although they were a little bummed out about having to ration ice cubes — just two

CADO VIA GUADALUPE: per cocktail — near the end. There certainly was no shortage of porno on John Scripp’s Miramar. Aside from an extensive library, the unusually wellequipped crew brought a VCR for daytime viewing, and a portable projector for show¬

Laurie Timpson gets a clean shave courtesy of a fellow crewman on the Cal 40, ‘Montgomery Street’.

ing flicks on the mainsail after dinner. For whatever reason — boredom? tradition? cabin fever? — the guys also meticulously wallpapered the spacious main salon with pictures from a dozen or so magazines you’d never find on your parent’s coffee table. The ‘artwork’ was undoubtedly the biggest tourist attraction in Cabo after the race. And various Miramar crewmembers took turns, like docents in a museum, offering guided tours and commentary. The PHRF B fleet might as well have been split in two: B1 for the Santa Cruz 50’s, and B2 for everyone else. Hana Ho, Rolfe and Julie Croker’s SC 50 from the San Francisco YC, had a 38-mile lead getting away from Guadalupe (“that’s better than a lobster din¬ ner”) and held on to win the division. It was an uneventful trip, although Ron Urmini, Hana Ho’s cook and morale officer, ended up having to literally hide food around the boat to keep the “chipmunks” — two young and constantly ravenous crewmembers — from Hoovering down the carefully rationed supply. Mongoose, also from the San Francisco YC, pressed Hana Ho throughout the last few days of the race and was actually the first Santa Cruz 50 to finish. However they cor-

THE LAYC 1986 CADO SAN LUCAS RACE RESULTS Yacht Club

Corrected Time

Dick Pennington Dick/Camille Daniels Mike/Pat Farrah Fred Prelss Don Campion H.J. Ward Mike Paselk

LBYC LBYC LBYC Pac. Mar. SCYC California BCYC

129.10 133.17 133.97 135.30 135.63 136.17 155.70

Sp 50 SC 50 SC 50 SC 50 SC 40 Lufffs 44 SC 40 ' \ Olson 40

Rolfe Croker Paul Slmonsen J. Fraser/K. Bumap Evan McClean Bill Allen Lon Price John Blackburn Mike Campbell

SCYC Stillwater SCYC LAYC California Richmond YC SCYC LBYC

140.46 141.49 142.29 144.56 156.94 159.42 159.47 160.98

PHRFC 1. Perlcus 2. Nero 3. Revelation 4. Timber Wolf 5. Typhoon 6. Coureur 7. Millenium Falcon

Centurion 47 Custom 45 Cardinal 46 Farr 38 Custom 45 Schock 35 Custom 41

John Williamson II M. Ortiz/R. Taylor Ferrell Forehand Larry Atkins John Olsen Jim Daniels Dave Turner

SFYC Pierpont Bay Pierpont Bay Seal Beach YC LBYC Seal Beach YC LAYC

137.78 143.43 152.13 152.52 153.63 157.31 N/A

1 2 3 4

IOR A 1. Swlftsure III 2. Kathmandu 3. Prlma 4. Cltlus

N/M 68 SC 70 NM 70 SC 70

John Reynolds John Landon Roy Disney John Messenger

LAYC SDYC LAYC LAYC

114.21 114.44 115.66 116.37

5 6 7 10

IOR B 1. Strlder 2. Miramar 3. Lady Godlva 4. Wlnterhawk

Custom 55 Custom 68 Swan 61 Custom 68

Dave Pickett John Scripps Victor Fargo Harold Day

Blue Lake YC SDYC Southwest YC CYC

125.19 129.56 130.59 136.87

8 9. 11 12 13

IOR C 1. Medicine Man 2. Montgomery St. 3. Blade Runner 4. Mlnlxpress 5. Quamlchan

Choate 42 Cal 40 Express 37 Choate 42 Davidson 44 Custom 40

Robt. Lane Jim Denning Mike Shiens Frank Chambers Bill Clark Phil Freldman

LBYC Richmond YC King Harbor LBYC CYC LAYC

132.40 135.38 125.10 138.16 138.83 DNF

Overall

Boat Name

Type

1 2 3 4 5 6 16

PHRF A 1. Cheetah 2. Joss 3. Blondle 4. Christine 5. Merlin 6. Cheval 7. Fast Track

Peterson 66 Mac 65 SC 70 Custom 84 Lee 67 Mac 65 Mac 65

8 9 10 11 17 19 20 21

PHRF B 1. Hana Ho 2. Mongoose 3. Roller Coaster 4. Chlpango 5. Apparition 6. Mary Jane 7. Camelot 8. Revenge

7 12 13 14 15 16 22

White Knight

rected out second because they were rated for a long pole and big chutes. The fact that the four SC 50’s swept the top four positions

Olulu, would you look at ‘Blondie’s new transom! --—— --

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will no doubt further fuel the recent resurgence of interest in this enduring Bill Lee design. Supposedly eight or nine 50’s are planning to do March’s Newport Beach to Cabo Race, and as many as 12 are expected for next July’s TransPac. ... ..

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LEARNING TO CRAM-

In the ‘little’ classes, John Williamson, “Mr. Mexico” himself, finally lit up the scoreboard with a convincing first place in PHRF Class C with his Centurion 47, Pericus. This was the Saratoga resident’s first victory in 17 Mexican races. Many of the previous races were done in an Ericson 41 or Offshore 47. Williamson obviously loves rac¬ ing to Mexico; he delivers his own boat back, too! The crew on Pericus ate well — steak din¬ ners with artichokes and wine; had a running domino tournament going on down below, and generally enjoyed the hell out of themselves. Sailmaker Robin Sodaro explained that they took the inshore route after Guadalupe Island, and that veteran Mexican racer Williamson was “like a con¬ ductor on a train”. He’d say, “The point on your left is . . or “The light we’ll soon be seeing is . . .” As Sodaro learned, “The guy knows everything there is about the coast of Baja.” Also aboard Pericus for a little R&R was speed merchant Randy Smyth, best known for winning an Olympic gold medal in Toronado’s and his new 40-ft multihull, Smyth Team.

r1 OR Class C honors were claimed by the Choate 42, Medicine Man. (Owner Robert Lane is a pharmacist.) They were followed by Jim Denning’s Cal 40, Montgomery Street from San Rafael. Monkey Street, as the old warhorse is affectionately known, rates 27.0386 under the IOR now, and is sailing proof that old boats, if sailed intelli¬ gently. are still competitive in IOR ocean rac-

ing. Both of the above boats unexpectedly moved up one spot on the final day of racing when the leader of IOR C, the Farr 40 White page 131

on just about every part of the boat. But as time ran out for the Knight, it was decided that ‘Wilbur’ was actually bad luck and had to go. The crew unsucessfully tried a number of ways to evict it, including launching him off the masthead crane — his favorite perch —

‘Miramar's salon wall; one ship’s model and hun¬ dreds of Playboy models.

Knight, dropped out. It was a strange race all around for Phil Friedman’s White Knight (ex-Highland Fling III) and his five-man crew, three of which were from Northern California. An egret, apparently lost and exhausted, hitched a ride for 36 hours with them, having first tried out the accommodations on Apparition and Nero. At first Knight’s crew figured that the arrival of their own personal bird must have been a good omen, and tolerated it shitting

‘Hana Ho’s Julie and Rolfe Croker, second and third from right, and some of the victorious crew.

Palm trees, a sparkling ocean, friends waiting and the finish line — what more could you ask for?

of the whippy fractional rig by bending the rig and then quickly letting the backstay go. Having a five hour corrected time lead over the second boat in their class and run¬ ning 4th overall in IOR, White Knight pulled out of the race with just 125 miles to go. This in order to get the owner and his brother Marty back to L.A. to make a previous un¬ breakable commitment. It was a tough deci¬ sion for the “Flying Friedman Brothers”, who after campaigning the Choate 40, Ram¬ page with mediocre results for the last few years, were on the threshold of winning their first major ocean race. But they got off, along with Wilbur, in San Carlos, twenty miles inside Mag Bay. When last seen, Phil Friedman was stepping into a taxi for the six hour ride to the San Jose del Cabo and ask¬ ing how to say ‘Shit Happens’ in Spanish.

\A/ hite Knight’s experience was a little extreme, but in many ways summed up the slow, frustrating event. But just think, it’s only a few months until the Puerto Vallarta Race, MEXORC, and yet another Cabo race. And wasn’t the previous Cabo race the fastest in history? — rob moore

THE DAY WANDERED

he Wanderer and Wanderette needed breakfast in a bad way. It was the morning after a long sail the night before. Arrival in San Francisco had been late; din¬ ner had been even later. It was after 11 a.m. when the Wanderers dragged into the Eagle Cafe. A discouraging sign at the cafeteria win-

Pier 39 is not a bad choice for a boater who wants to dock next to shopping. dow said “Breakfast is over. Lunch is served.” When the Wanderer ordered a bearclaw and coffee, the waitress observed that it “sounded like breakfast,” implying that maybe we should be ordering something from the lunch menu, instead. “This is what we eat for lunch,” we explained, not caring to discuss our failure to roll out of the Avalon’s bunk at a reasonable hour that morning. Lunch was served with no further questions. It was a Wandering weekend of sailing and Christmas shopping. Our moonlit trip over from Emeryville had been picturesque, even though the wind was flimsy. The bright birth¬ day lights on the Bay Bridge threw shadows on the water halfway to Harding Rock. After overnighting in a guest berth at Pier 39 we planned to prowl through some shops and then sail down the Oakland Estuary to Jack

Eagle Cafe gull helps clear tables. Below, boaters flock to dock at Scott’s.

London Square. We stop in the Eagle Cafe whenever we’re at Pier 39. Not only is it a comfortable old place with good food, it’s the only bar we know that was once hoisted across the street by a crane. It started out as the waiting room of the old McCormick Shipping Co., the same firm that ran Wapama, a steam schooner now perched on a barge in Sausalito awaiting repairs. In 1929 the waiting room was turned into a restaurant by the Andreotti family. After decades of ham-and-egg breakfasts for the seamen and teamsters who worked San Francisco’s docks, Eagle found itself standing in the way of “progress” as boutiques and trinket shops replaced the blue-collar way of life. The city came to the cafe’s rescue by declaring it a landmark and in 1978 the Eagle was lifted intact and installed on the second story of Pier 39. Now it’s sort of a workingman’s restaurant/museum. You can eat outside overlooking the marina. Sea gulls help clear

HOLIDAY MEANDERING

ALL PHOTOS BY LATITUDE 38/BILL

Santa suit. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Glassman sold pearls in a little outdoor stand not far from where some unicyclists were preparing to put on a show. The pearls were still inside the oysters. For $4.95 you got an oyster guaranteed to contain a pearl. Elizabeth and her co-workers would pry open the oyster, extract the pearl, and either drill a hole in it for stringing or set it in a ring. The de-pearled oyster, however, would not make a suitable snack. First of all they’re not the kind of oysters people normally eat, and secondly, they arrive from Japan packed in formaldehyde. We prefer ours fried in butter.

1 or nautical gifts there’s a shop with vaguely boat-related items, such as a huge brass inclinometer that a friend or relative might find useful. It can be mounted on a wall to indicate whether the house is tilting 10 or 15 degrees, as houses sometimes do during earthquakes and interplanetary collisions. More practical nautical gifts might be

the outdoor tables by gobbling up fried potatoes and bread crusts. The food is sim¬ ple and inexpensive. A hand-lettered black¬ board announced “Spaghetti and Meat Sauce, $3.50.”

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aren’t many places for visiting | boaters to tie up overnight legally in San Francisco. There’s the municipal harbor, Pier 39, the new South Beach Harbor marina and a few smaller places, but that’s about it. Now that the new breakwater is finished — replacing the silly “barrier” of floating tires — Pier 39’s not a bad choice for a boater who wants to dock next to a shop¬ ping center within a few blocks of a cable car connection to downtown. The guest slip for our 26-footer cost $10. Reserve ahead for weekends by calling Har¬ bormaster George Hagerman at 981-1796. The harbormaster’s office closes at 4:30 p.m. If you arrive later, as we did (much later), you’ll need some way to get past the page 133

locked dock gates on your own. We just waited for someone else to unlock it and followed them out. No problem. We had dinner and drinks overlooking the bay. For some reason, getting back in is usually harder. After hanging around for awhile we concluded few, if any, people come down to their boats after 1 a.m. Showing a flash of criminal instinct, we let ourselves in with a maneuver that was prob¬ ably worth five years in the slammer. Next morning we learned the more sociallyaccepted method is to ask the guard at the front entrance to open the gate. We’ll do it legally the next time, your honor. We promise. Pier 39 shops were steaming full-glitz ahead for the holidays, although Halloween had just passed. The crowds seemed to lack that last-minute shopping frenzy. There was Santa stuff everywhere — whole stores full of nothing but tree ornaments and decorated stockings. One woman demonstrated a Mickey Mouse puppet that was wearing a

Mickey Mouse has the holiday spirit.

found about six blocks up the Embarcadero, through the tinsel of Fisherman’s Wharf and the smelly open-air crab cookers to the book store that’s part of the National Maritime Museum at the foot of Hyde Street. One new item is “The Sailor’s Game”, a nautical

THE DAY WANDERER: version of “Trivial Pursuit”. The box says “Sail ‘Round The World With Sparkman & Stephens”. Players advance little pewter sailboats around a board by answering ques¬ tions about sailing and history. It’s $40. Sample question: What’s a good way to determine wind direction in^very light air? Answer: Hold up a wet finger. Try again? What are baby dolphins called? Junior? Nope, calves. The store also has lots of boating books, calendars and cards. As long as you’ve walked that far, you should check out the historical ships at the pier. There’s the two-masted hay scow Alma, the gaff-rigged schooner Thayer, the paddle-wheel tug Eppleton Hall and the side-wheel ferry Eureka. Visitors can go aboard the ferry and the Thayer. The Wapama was part of the fleet until 1979, when it was hoisted onto a barge to keep it from sinking. Of course there’s a whole world of knickknack shops within walking distance of Pier 39: the Cannery, Ghirardelli Square and dozens of street merchants selling strings of beads and brass belt buckles that say Budweiser. You can truly “shop ’til you drop.”

George Brooks keeps traffic moving at construction site.

shops and restaurants, a lot more than we can possibly cover in this space. Maybe we’ll come back for a more thorough exploration. Watch for “The Bay Wanderer Goes To The Wax Museum.” We set out for Oakland in a chilly brisk wind, but 20 minutes of slatting sails in the Estuary persuaded us to start the outboard. We passed a boat flying a spinnaker barely making headway against the ebb tide. Ger¬ trude Stein found no “there” in Oakland, but that day she would have found no wind, either. Despite slack flags and straight-rising smoke, the guest dock was nearly fujf in front of Scott’s bar and seafood restaurant. Outside on the deck, champagne brunch was being served under neat blue umbrellas. Inside, little fish shaped crackers floated in bowls of dry-roasted peanuts and an occa¬ sional pretzel as the Wanderer and Wanderette altered course for the bar. It was a short stop for provisions before more shopping in Jack London Square.

Elizabeth Glassman extracts pearl from oyster.

Scattered among the little cable cars made out of abalone shell and the bumper stickers that say “I Heart SF” are some interesting

arming from the Estuary chill, we lapsed into a reflective mood. We imagined Jack returning to his home town, hands stuck into the pockets of the black deck coat he used to wear, collar turned up against the breeze and a bemused smile on his face as he toured Jack London Square, Jack London Village, and various J. London motels and bars. And there’s more to come. Across the street from Scott’s is a big hole in the ground where a few months ago there was a parking

lot. A new shopping center is being built over an underground parking garage. George Brooks wears a Keystone Kops costume while directing drivers confused by the construction project. “This lady doesn’t know where she is or where she’s going,” he said softly, patiently gesturing toward the two options open to the oncoming car. George was armed with a police baton, but it turned out to be a rubber one that made a squeak noise when squeezed. “That’s my little zapper,” he said, pointing it like a pistol and squeaking. Jack London was familiar with another kind of cop — the real kind. He grew up on the wrong side of the Oakland Estuary, earned his living as a teen-age oyster pirate, and later became a “celeb” writing about his adventures in the Yukon during the 1897 gold rush. Jack was a sensitive soul among the hard-fisted claim-jumpers and

Below, holiday shopping at Pier 39.

HOLI DAY MEAN DERI NG he knew and wrote about. Ships without sails were sometimes associated with misfor¬ tune in Jack’s books. The Sea Wolf opens swashbucklers he wrote about. Within a five-minute walk from Scott’s, photos of Jack look back at tourists from behind a chicken wire barrier on the wall of Heinhold’s bar, a place Jack knew well dur¬ ing his youth. In the photos he seems to be faking a tough-guy pose, while the smirk on his face says “isn’t this a hoot?” Heinhold’s was built in 1883 from the remains of a whal¬ ing ship, according to a plaque outside. Over the years the floor has developed a list to port that threatens to tip unattended drinks. Watch your step on the way out. Across the sidewalk from Heinhold’s is a tiny log cabin that Jack allegedly lived in dur¬ ing a Yukon winter. How tiny is it? You’d have more living room in the back of a mid-60s station wagon we once owned. Judging from the gaps around the doors and windows, the station wagon would have been warmer, too. We wondered what Jack would think of the containerized, computer-controlled freighters that have replaced the sailing ships ‘Jack L.’ up on the rocks at Jack London Village.

with a collision between a San Francsico Bay ferry and a ship. The ship survives, skipper “Wolf” Larsen picks up a guy who falls off the ferry and takes him on a wild adventure. The shops and restaurants bearing his name seem tame in comparison with Jack’s life and stories. Jack sailed the South Seas in search of adventure on his ketch Snark. ' Seventy years after his death he is memorialized by the Jack L. a bedraggled lit¬ tle motorboat run up on the rocks as a decoration in Jack London Village, about five minutes’ walk from Heinhold’s. The Wanderette found some gifts of the brass and cut glass variety in one Village shop, and after admiring the view down the Estuary from Shenanigan’s bar we walked about three blocks to the Oakland Grill on Franklin Street. The Grill is in the middle of Oakland’s pro¬ duce district. In the summertime the walls * roll up like big garage doors and you can watch workers pushing around carts full of onions and carrots. Sometimes freight trains rumble by on the Western Pacific tracks right down the middle of Third Street. The Grill has a no-nonsense bustle to it and the coffee’s really strong. The “griller” on the menu is a gorilla wearing a chef’s hat. We think Jack would have liked it. — latitude 38 — bp

RHONDA FLEMING:

lue eyed and blonde haired, Rhonda Fleming, 32, has the look of an All American girl. Gold earrings set off her win¬ ning, white toothed smile. Her throaty laugh can soften the hardest of hearts. Her whippet-like torso, though, conveys a physical urgency to get things done. Now. And correctly. Her arms are those of a boxer, and her hands are strong and cal¬ loused from her work with wood and fiberglass. Perhaps she is a new version of the All American girl; feminine and attractive as well as bold and competent in hard physical labor. Rhonda is also the new overall champion of the 1986 Midget Ocean Racing Associa-

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tion (MORA) season. She owns and skip¬ pers the Sonoma 30, Kitty Hawk, which edged out the Mancebo 30, Bloom County. owned by Carl and Mark Ondry, for the honor. According to the MORA records, that makes her the first woman to do so in the 22-year history of the organization. Male or female, she’s also one of the few who can say they built their yacht from the keel up. Kitty Hawk took shape during 1984 in a couple of locations. Rhonda had helped her boyfriend and sailing mentor Jim Gannon build a couple of Sonoma 30’s at his .Petaluma shop. She laid up Kitty Hawk’s fiberglass hull there herself, and Jim helped her glass in the balsa core and attach the keel. She then moved the hull down to Sausalito’s Onshore Marine while she ran her carpentry shop nearby at Schoonmaker Point. “Every spare penny went into the boat,” she says now, and her evenings and weekends were spent on the yacht. She launched the sloop in April, 1985, for the Lightship race, although all was not com¬ pletely ready. “We had two cordless drills going on the tow to the Cityfront,” she recalls, “and before we could set the chute

for the trip home we had to drill holes for the spinnaker block padeyes!”

Dueling out the Gate with arch-rival ‘Bioom County’. With the championship on the line, Rhonda drove ’Kitty Hawk’ to victory.

itty Hawk still resides in Sausalito, but Rhonda’s shop is now located near the Corte Madera Creek, across from the Larkspur ferry landing. Part of a complex of semifunky storage and work spaces, the shop is dominated by a large table saw in the middle of the space. Around it are stacks of uncut wood, other power tools and partly finished projects. Lying near the table saw is Dillon, Rhonda’s faithful canine companion for the past 16 years. Blind, deaf and not too spry on his feet, Dillon follows Rhonda’s scent around the shop, and if Rhonda is moving at high speed, which she has a tendency to do, the poor fella gets a confused look on his face. Rhonda, has been active ever since her childhood days in Odenton, Maryland, a one road town on the Patuxent River near Annapolis. She ran with her brothers, one a year older and the other seven years younger. “1 was teased a lot,” she says, “and 1 was always trying to be as tough as they page 136

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Jim Gannon was also part of that group, and he accelerated her learning curve by letting her sail his Moore 24. “I immediately

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Rhonda was the high-flyer in the 1986 Midget Ocean Racing Association. The hard-earned victory was worth smiling about.

gravitated to steering the boat,” she recalls, “which 1 thought everyone did. There was such satisfaction in making the boat go fast.” Career-wise, Rhonda found herself waitressing to support her gymnastics teaching job. Needless to say, the future in that program looked bleak. A friend was building a post and beam custom house in Berkeley and asked her if she’d like to work as a laborer. She agreed, and 10 months , later she had a new trade. She found that working with wood was more rewarding than the teaching/waitressing career, and paid better, too. Her housebuilder friend asked her to become a partner, but Rhonda wanted to set up her own fine woodworking and cabinetry shop, which she did in 1982.

: enjoyed a variety of sports, especially gymnastics, track and surfing. Occasionally her girlfriend would take her sailing, and she remembers tearing about on a Hobie Cat, capsizing repeatedly in knee high water. “We learned by trial and error,” she says. . Life in Odenton left something to be desired. Rhonda was excited to go off to the University of Maryland, although the big town of College Park was a bit overwhelming at first She adjusted, majoring in physical education and running the 100 meter hurdles and 440 relay on the trackteam. UM had plenty of money to send its basketball teams (under recently retired coach Lefty Drieseil) to tournaments, but there wasn’t enough for Rhonda and three other women who qualified to attend their national track championships. “At the time I thought we were missing a once in a lifetime experience,” she says, “but it doesn’t seem like such a big deal now.” After two years of surfing, teaching gym¬ nastics and waitressing on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Rhonda came west inT978. She had college friends in- Mill Valley and she liked the Bay Area, especially the aquatic opportunities. “I’m a water person,” she admits. Friends introduced her to War¬ ren Stryker, owner of the Bounty II Dulcinea and she began crewing on the 40-foot sloop. page 137

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wo characteristics which Rhonda possesses are a commitment to excellence and a willingness to get the job done no mat¬ ter what. These traits run through both her « woodworking and her sailing. She attacked the former, learning as many aspects of the trade as she could, from milling to framing to fine trim work. Because she was a woman in a man’s field, she knew she had to be twice as good to get her work accepted. “1 over¬ built a lot,” she says of her time spent fram¬ ing and building additions. The work paid off, however, and she now has an enviable reputation in the trade. “I’d love to have a whole crew of Rhonda’s,” says contractor

RHONDA FLEMING Jim Mannix of San Francisco Restorations. “She’s one of the best carpenters I’ve ever worked with.”

‘Kittyhawk’ working up the Bay. Quite a few women drive boats, but not ones they built themselves.

The idea of building a boat also fascinated Rhonda. She attended the wooden boat building school in Port Townsend, Washington, for a couple of months, but found the pace too slow. Instead, she started helping Gannon build the new Sonoma 30, a Carl Schumacher design which originally had a centerboard. Rhonda helped Jim sail the boat, too, working the cockpit area first and then moving forward to learn the foredeck. The centerboard idea didn’t work out too well for the Sonoma 30, so a fixed keel ver¬ sion followed. The first one off the mold became Red Stripe. Rhonda crewed and also got to skipper the boat in the new Women’s Racing Association series. Her learning curve continued to rise, but it became apparent that what Rhonda really wanted was a Sonoma 30 of her own. Gan¬ non agreed to let her use the molds, and off she went. Rhonda says the desire to go out sailing is what kept her going through the year long process, which took all her spare time and funds. She had built big things for others, “but this was the first time I’d done something so large for myself. I don’t even have my own desk!” The sacrifice paid off, though, with a beautifully crafted yacht that proved to be a winner. Even though Rhonda says sailing Kitty Hawk was easy compared to building it, she still had to master other aspects of the sport. As a skipper, she was still excitable, espe¬ cially in the women’s racing circuit, where she wasn’t sure of the crew’s abilities. “She was trying to steer and run the foredeck at the same time,” says Joyce Block, who’s duties included adjusting the traveller ad¬

juster and calming Rhonda down* With the addition of other competent vsailo'rs., like Alexis Monson, Sarah Roos, Kay Rudiger and Marie Rheem, the back end settled down even more and Kitty Hawk really began to fly.

till, in a crisis, Rhonda feels the need to take control. Joyce recalls one race last winter in particular. They had been over¬ powered on the weather leg with a 150 per¬ cent jib up in 18 to 20 knots of breeze. After rounding the weather mark and setting the chute for a mad plane across the Bay, they discovered that the jib wouldn’t come down. Rhonda figured the halyard must be jammed and the only way to retrieve it would be a trip up the mast. Joyce recalls someone sug¬ gested they could just furl the jib on the forestay and go baldheaded up the last beat. “No way!” was Rhonda’s emphatic reply. With Kitty Hawk on full plane, Rhonda scurried up the spar and set about unjam¬ ming the halyard from the sheave. A larger Refusing to tolerate mediocrity, Rhonda has developed an enviable reputation as a woodworker and skipper.

THE LADY IS A CHAMP as an acknowledgement of her performance. The gesture became an ongoing affair, with the winner of the previous race receiving the sailboat with right of way soon approached, and the women down below realized they would have to jibe. They began pleading

in a crisis, Rhonda feels the need to take control. with Rhonda to come down, but she just kept working and yelled down “Go ahead and jibe!” Joyce and the others were ter¬ rified, but they went ahead and maneuvered the boat. Rhonda finished her job and shin¬ nied her way back to the deck. With a smaller jib for the final beat, Kitty Hawk went on to win the race. For the MORA season, Rhonda had good help onboard as well, including Jim Gan¬

non, Rick Moser, Bill McGee, Jack Adam and Jerry Block. All are impressed with her skill as a sailor and a craftsman, and it’s real clear that she’s the owner of the boat and primary driver. “She can be pretty insistent about steering,” says Gannon, who also ad¬ mits that Rhonda’s pretty good at it. “1 had never sailed for a woman skipper before,” adds Bill McGee, “and she’s real good.” The sailors on Bloom County had a rap on Rhonda early in the year that she wasn’t driving the boat. That ended on one beat when Kitty Hawk slipped through their cover and they realized Rhonda was at the helm. Her competence was further established on the spinnaker reach from the Golden Gate up to Richmond during last July’s OceanVallejo race. “Rhonda picked a better reaching angle than we did,” recalls Bloom County crewmember John Dukat, “and she did a horizon job on us.” Before the start of the next race, they gave her a bottle of wine

No matter where she is, Rhonda likes to get in a good daily workout.

vino before the next contest. The friendly competition ended with the two yachts separated by just a half a point at season’s end!

honda wants to defend her title next ,year, and she’s been nominated to be on the association’s board of directors. Further down the road she’d like to sail with Jim Gannon in the 1988 doublehanded race to > Hawaii and maybe trailer the boat south for j the Mexican Ocean Racing Circuit (MEX■ ORC). Frofessionaly she also has plans, hoping to get more into design. “I’ve cor¬ rected enough poor drawings to think that it can’t be that hard,” she says. She’s a bit fear¬ ful of paperwork, though, realizing that “I have to be physically active to be happy.” “1 push myself hard,” says Rhonda, “and maybe I’m an overachiever. I just like to be the best that I can, whether it’s building cabinets or sailing. I’ve thought of doing some dinghy sailing, so I can speed up my reaction time spotting windshifts and chang¬ ing gears. I also realize I could drive myself o crazy looking for perfection where it’s z impossible to achieve.” > So far she’s doing pretty well, and staying § on this side of crazy in the process. $ — §himon van collie

HOT CLOTHES

e don’t have a big lab to test sailing gear, but we wanted to compare the latest cold weather togs with the stuff we usually wear on the Bay. So we did a Latitude test — we got a “volunteer” to jump off the dock. Our scientific “sailor immersion study” proved that if the water’s cold enough, a per¬ son can climb out of the Bay in about the same amount of time it took to jump in. We also learned a few things about clothes. The volunteer’s teeth took mere seconds to start chattering, making his complaints almost unintelligible. Our comparison sailor,

however, wearing the new generation of synthetic polyester, didn’t chatter or complain — much. Mr. Volunteer found his torn cotton teeshirt held water like a sponge. Same with his x. Levis, wool shirt and old faithful hooded sweatshirt. The dampness draws away heat. If that went on long enough, shivering would start, hypothermia would set in, and our

volunteer would go off to the big regatta in the sky. Our smug comparison sailor had flatly refused to go into the Bay. She argued stay¬ ing dry simulates wearing good foul weather gear.” However, if she had gone in, the water would have quickly drained out of her Capilene underwear, made of fibers designed to wick the moisture outward but not hold on to it. As a result of our exhaustive testing, we can confidently say cotton’s okay for Q-tips, that wool may work for sheep, but for sailing in the wintertime you need something that wasn’t first worn by a plant or a four-legged animal. A couple of years ago polypropylene was the hot stuff in cold weather underwear. It’s still warm, but there are some minor prob¬ lems with it. It soaks up oil from your body and won’t let go of it in the wash. Pretty soon it starts smelling like those sheep mentioned earlier. The fibers also gob together into little pills, wrecking the soft, fuzzy feeling polypropy¬ lene has when new. It also melts in the dryer. In extreme cases, you have to throw out the underwear and the dryer. But most impor¬ tantly, it loses its wicking ability when it gets old.

Waterlogged boat shoes.

icking is the holy grail of sailing underwear. Boaters since the time of Noah have known if you get wet — especially out in the wind — you’re going to get cold. Oldtime sailors wore cotton underwear, wool shirts and “oil skins,” waterproofed with melted paraffin. In the time of wooden boats

No underwear

first worn by a

plant or animal." and iron men, wicking was what a lamp did; people on boats got cold in the wintertime. Now we have plastic boats and wicking is how cloth moves moisture away from your skin. Capilene wicks because water molecules page 140

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are more attracted to the fibers than to other water molecules. Instead of forming beads, water spreads along fibers from wet areas to dry ones until it dissipates and evaporates. It

Rubber & nylon foul weather jacket.

Polyester pile A Navy vet, he volunteered anyway! But no retakes.

doesn’t hold body oils, so there’s no “low tide” smell. Patagonia, the firm that popularized polypropylene in the 1970s, now says polypropylene is out and capilene is in. Musto, a competitor, makes sailing underwear of meraklon, which is the British name for polypropylene. Musto turns up its nose at the body oil issue and claims a simple sudsing in Woolite will make its meraklon tidy once again, ol’ chap. There are many other makes of synthetic underwear that would go sailing nearly or equally well. Some of the fibers used in sailing garments are new, but the time-honored “layering” principle remains unchanged. Most people recommend three layers: a thin polyester underwear, a thicker middle layer for insula¬ tion, and then a waterproof shell. An advan¬ tage of layering is that you can peel off layers as weather improves or as friendships develop. Now for the middle layer. Bomber-style nylon-shell jackets lined with polyester fleece seem to be everywhere. They’re like zip-lock baggies — once invented we wonder how we got along without them. They’re ver¬ satile. You can wear one to a bowling tour¬ nament in Turlock, day sailing on the Bay or under foulies in the Big Boat Series. There’s Some difference in materials, design and workmanship, but we suspect a big chunk of the price goes for the label. A basic “no-name” nylon shell lined with polyester fleece made in Taiwan is available at many locations for about $40. The same style of jacket made by High Seas, Patagonia, Omega, Chuck Roast, Sea Gear, Atlantis and others can range from $50 to

turtleneck pullover.

polypro undies, so toasty!

Rubber & nylon lined pockets!

socks.

-«* n $100.

Most of the fleece pants we’ve seen look too hot for all but the most wretched summer day on the Bay. We still sail in longjohns and Levis under our foulies and have seldom been cold. We find the problem is not with the clothing but with the sailor who waits until he is soaking wet before deciding to climb into the boots and foul-weather pants.

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We always think this time the spray, won’t come over the bow. Waterproof clothes don’t do any good if you’re already wet when you put them on. We know better. We’ve been nagged about it. But we do it anyway. Every time. Fleece pants are there for those who want

HOT CLOTHES to be really warm in the winter. They’re also great for wives, girlfriends and other women sailors. Some manufacturers make bib pants intended to be worn under a waterproof shell that would be suitable for winter daysailing in everything but a steady rain. They have a water-resistant nylon layer, fuzzy lining and reinforced knees and seat.

othing gets colder than feet. Noses, fingers and liquid nitrogen come in second. Layering is a must for feet. There are plenty of thin polyester wicking socks intended for skiing or hiking that work in sailing boots when combined with a thick wool or bunting layer. One catalog recommends rubbing anti-perspirant on your feet to keep dry by reducing sweating. Presumably this would also reduce “polypro nose”, but we don’t think it would healthy on a daily basis. Boots have the simplest job on the boat. All they have to do is keep your feet dry and resist slipping. The fit is less important than with hiking boots because your longest walk is likely to be to the ice chest for more beer. Ms. Comparison Sailor kept her toes dry in a new pair with soft soles that looked like Sperry Topsiders, with the squiggly little razor cuts. The cuts let water get out of the way so the rubber part can grip the deck. Heights range from mid-shin to knee-level. We prefer the higher ones, even though

LATITUDE 38/SARAH

There’s nothing like a good hood. That means fleece-lined so the waterproof nylon doesn't sand your neck.

they’re a nuisance to pull on, because it’s an even bigger nuisance to take off the boot and dump it out if water gets over the top. Boots don’t have drain holes in the bottom — for reasons that should be obvious.

High Seas has a new boot coming out in January made on running shoe molds for greater comfort and with little “scuppers” cut into the edge of the sole. This is to let water squish out and reduce “hydroplaning”, according to sales representative Dick Marsh. They’ll sell for about $40. The outer layer is your first line of defense and the first consideration is the actual water¬ proofing. There are several ways of bonding a waterproof layer to cloth. There’s a process called “calendaring” that sticks big sheets of nylon and neoprene together under heat and pressure that’s used to make inflatable boats. It’s used in jackets by Henri Lloyd, Musto and High Seas. Patagonia stretches its nylon to saturate the threads as it applies layers of “SealCoat” plastic. Some manufac¬ turers spray on polyvinylchloride, the familiar PVC that’s in plastic pipe. All manufacturers claim their jackets are waterproof, and most are. That part is relatively easy. We’ve skied in the rain wear¬

ing a big garbage bag with a hole cut out for our head. It was waterproof and cheap, but that’s about all. Beware of Gortex, the late-70s “miracle” membrane material that was supposed to let your body moisture evaporate but keep the rain out. From all reports we’ve heard and our own personal experience, it just doesn’t work well enough for sailing. Even when ours was new it leaked through stretch areas like the elbows. Then a certain offspring try¬ ing to “help out” threw it in the dryer with a pair of Levis. By the time the pants were dry the jacket really leaked. We found out the hard way during a Metropolitan YC Midwinter race when it rained hard all day. On our way home — still soaking wet — we stopped a chandlery and bought a new jacket.

P 1 ay attention

to how the seams are finished on foul weather gear. Seams are a common leak point. Some seams need to be sealed with a tube of stuff that looks like page 142

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Good boots not only keep you warm, they keep you from slipping overboard.

airplane glue. Others, especially the less expensive ones, don’t have stitching at all — the seams are simply melted together. One manufacturer stitches the seams, glues the flaps inside, and then melts a tape over the whole thing. Seams have to be strong and watertight, too. Usually, stitching alone isn’t enough. Examine the hood design when picking out a jacket. We like the high stand-up fleece-lined collar. When the hood unrolls from the bottom of the collar, it presses the fleece against your neck. It’s warm and won’t chafe. Some hoods are cut back at eye-level so you can look to the side without turning your whole body. Most people probably believe yellow is best for foul weather gear. Common sense tells you yellow would be more visible in the water than, for instance, a blue coat. But Dick Marsh says most cruisers he has talked to at boat shows say they would rather wear a color that doesn’t show the dirt so much, like blue or red. “The five or six I talked to who had fallen overboard all said they were rescued purely by accident, not because of the color of the jacket they we were wearing,” he says. You decide for yourself. page 143

Some jackets have fleece-lined handwarmer pockets. These are great. The only thing better for cold hands is a friend’s warm skin, but handwarmer pockets will get you in less trouble. Look for drain holes in the bottom of pockets, sleeves and between inside layers. If a wave lands in your lap or you fall over¬ board, you’ll want somewhere for the water to run out so you can start getting dry again. If the drain isn’t right at the bottom, water will be left standing in the pocket about knuckledeep. Other features to look for include a sort of “bat wing” cut over the shoulder, leaving one piece of cloth from cuff to cuff and eliminating the seam at the base of the neck that is frequently the first to rip. Some jackets also have a single piece of material wrapped around the body, so the only seams are under the arms and down the front. Some have extra material under the arms to keep the jacket from riding up when you raise your arms. No foul weather set is complete without the pants. The better ones have extra layers of abrasion-resistant material at the seat and knees. Otherwise, those areas are not only the first to wear out but the first to leak, right where the body bends most. Bib pants should fit loose enough for movement and ventilation, but not loose enough to get in the way. Suspenders should be elastic and wide. Any snaps

A zipper in the front of bib pants makes getting in and out a breeze. Of course, some prefer the ‘foulie watusi'.

should be easy to work with one hand. We prefer no snaps — just sew them on and leave them. Make sure the cuffs have enough room for your boots inside, with straps to take up the slack. A zippered front can make bibbed pants a lot easier to get into. The alternative is the “Foulie Watusi”, which can be done with or without music. Zippered pants usually have folding gussets inside so there’s no way water can get through. It also allows you to unzip the front to cool off while sitting on the rail without the chance of a rogue wave splashing down your pants. This is good planning. Do some stretches and kicks in the pants before you buy them, just to make sure they’re big enough. Don’t worry about look¬ ing a little funny, bouncing around in the store with your tags flapping. You’ll look a lot funnier if a fanny seam rips during a race because you bought pants that are too tight for you. One thing that hasn’t been discussed here is style, as in looks. Basically we wear foulies to keep the rain out and the heat in. We don’t care much about looks. Except for one thing. We’d never wear one of those long¬ billed “sou’wester” hats. We know they’re traditional, functional, etc., etc. But they look like something off a tuna can. . As for our soggy volunteer, after a few hot drinks he recovered enough to announce that the test had persuaded him to do two things: get some better sailing clothes — and never volunteer for anything again. — latitude 38 — bp

HDA/IORDA HDA — F Soverel 33 “Grand Jete”

Handicapped Divisions Association

he Handicapped Divisions Association is the great melting pot of Bay racing. It is at once testbed, boot camp, grid iron, teething ring and final resting place for the second largest (to ODCA) group of racing boats on the Bay. As diversity goes, HDA is hands down winner. Three quarters of the 122 boats registered this year are the only ones of their kind in the organization. Between the extremes of the 23-ft Three Sheets and the 65-ft Zeus, there’s a little bit of everything racing HDA — old boats, new boats, one designs, one-off designs, ex-IOR racers, old woodies, you name it. The HDA season consisted of 10 races with two throwouts. Four of the seven divi¬ sions this year were “standard” divisions broken down by PHRF ratings to roughly 20 boats apiece. The special divisions are H, which is reserved for light and ultralight boats; K, which is given over to the older boats; and P, for non-spinnaker racers. A pseudo-renaissance among racers has HDA president Bill Pritchard thinking of adding one or two more special divisions next year. “For whatever reason, participa¬ tion in organized racing is down, and par¬ ticipation in specialized races is up. Races like the Midnight Madness, the Lightship and the Silver Eagle are booming. We may try having a division that only does a selection of specialty races.” Harder to deal with is the dilemma of pro¬ fessionals versus amateurs. “HDA guys are basically your average sailors that want to go out and have fun racing,” says Bill. “If you get one or two ringers out there, it can destroy a fleet. I, for one, enjoy the challenge of racing against guys like Corlett or Commodore Tomkins, but a lot of skip¬ pers don’t. With no hope of winning, a lot of

boats don’t even bother to show up for the second half.” This problem is neither new nor confined to HDA. It has yet to be diplomatically resolved by any fleet. The Yankee Cup, held every October, is HDA’s champion of champions race. The top two to three boats from each division go head to head in a three-ra£e Weekend regatta to determine the top overall PHRF boat in the universe — at least that part of it between Berkeley and the Golden Gate. In 1986, top honors went to Roger Strawbridge’s Pretty Penny, a ’70s-era Mull 30 made of wood. The rest of the fleet stacked up this way: 2) Pearl (Division H), Olson 25, Bill Riley; 3) Tres Equis (Division F), Beneteau First 10, Rick Lowry; 4) Crlnan (Division L), C&C 30, Bill West; 5) Neblina (Division M), Cal 28, Neil Mosher/Hans Carter; 6) Dulcinea, (Division M), Killer Whale, Mike Mathiasen/Biil Pritchard; 7) Screamer (Divisibn J), Schumacher custom, Dick Horn; 8) Angel Ann (Division P), Ericson 27, Don Herzer; 9) X Ta C (Divi¬ sion H), Olson 29, Bill Sweitzer; 10) Lelo (Division P), Santana 27, Emile Carles.

Most of the changes for 1987 will be behind the scenes, says Bill. He plans for HDA to work more closely with ODCA in two ways: to help transfer burgeoning fleets like the Olson 25s from HDA to one design; and to keep dwindling ODCA fleets racing by inviting them into HDA. Also in the works is a survey he hopes to complete and send out to all members before next season. Its purpose is to let organizers know better what kind of racing HDA members want. Always on the docket are new ways to draw more boats into the organization. For our two cents worth on that subject, HDA offers neophytes an excellent entry-level oppor¬ tunity to get into racing — and winning — on the Bay. This year, 47 HDA boats, more than a third of the fleet, brought home indivi¬ dual trophies. For more on HDA, call Dick Horn at 284-2480.

Bill Patry Corinthian YC Bill Patry has been winning sailboat races for years. But rarely has he done it in the same organization, the same division or on the same boat for more than two or three years at a time. Bill is the perennial neighbor next door who gets a new car — and a new boat — every couple years. Boats he’s suc¬ cessfully campaigned in the past include the Hawkfarm Manface, the Cal 29 Boog A Loo, the Santana 35 Blue Max (now Fast Friends) and the Express 27 UXB. One thing that has remained constant, however, is the core of his crew, several of whom have been around through all or most of the above mentioned boats. This year they were Bob Keller, Tom Obletz, John Stewart, Jeff Fine, Terry Shore, Wendy Miller, Deanna Bradbury and last but not least, Bill’s son Jeff. Father and son share driving duties and tactical decisions. Being the smallest boat in the class has both advantages and drawbacks, says Bill, a regional sales rep for a mens’ clothing firm. “You have to hit the starting line hard and then go for clear air or the big boats will roll you.” On the other hand, Grand Jete (a for¬ ward leap in ballet) is just the right size to surf. “On one race we rode Sangvind’s stern wake all the way across the Bay.”

2) Tres Equis, Beneteau 10, Rick Lowry, SYC; 3) Jackrabbit, Islander 40, Dave Liggett, LGYC. 16 boats entered. page 144

SEASON CHAMPIONS HDA — H Olson 25 “Pearl”

HDA — J Olson 91 IS “Wave Train”

HDA — K Mull 30 “Pretty Penny”

Bill Riley Tiburon YC

Chris Corlett St. Francis YC

Roger Strawbridge San Francisco YC

“I like small boats. They’re fun to sail,” says Bill Riley. He was referring to his pro¬ gression as a boat owner from a Ranger 23 to a custom half tonner to his present boat, the Olson 25 Pearl. This is his second season of racing the littlest Olson, which itself has only been in production two years. Bill characterizes the design as a wellrounded performer in a breeze, but par¬ ticularly good to weather. Also well-rounded and particularly good this year were Pearl’s crew, Jack Adam, Tim Errington, Jeff Johnson, Ed Paulson, Greg Palmer and Peter Corlett. In addition to winning the regular season, they sailed the boat to an overall win of the South Tower Race, and a class win and second overall in the Silver Eagle. The trip that got Bill’s adrenalin really pumping, though, was the one trailering the boat down through Baja for the last Sea of Cortez Race Week. “The boat is nine feet wide, the lane is nine feet wide and there’s no shoulder,” says Bill, who in “real life” runs a childrens’ clothing store. “Next year, I think I’ll just charter a boat down there.” Most boat names have good stories behind them, but Pearl’s is particularly interesting. It goes back four generations to Bill’s great grandfather. “He was master of a sailing ship, and his first mate and best friend was named Pearl. When he was lost overboard, the captain honored his memory by naming his daughter, my grandmother, after him. Pearl is named for her.”

Although Chris Corlett is known and respected in big boat circles far and wide, the Olson 911s is a new kid on the block. It started life several years back as the Capo 30. When the molds were sold to Pacific Boats and the design was updated to con¬ form to the MORC rule, the design was renamed. The “911” stands for 9.11 meters. The “S” is for the designer, Carl Schumacher. At the core of Chris’ crew this year as last (when he won division with an Express 37) were Jim Walton and Dennis Gruidl. Rounding out the ’86 crew were Jocelyn Nash, Liz Baylis, Bill Brandt, Wave Train’s owner Rick Ceskey and, when he could make it, Carl Schumacher. Chris attributes the win to good crew work and “getting with the program. We were ready and the crew work functioned just like an automatic transmission.” Among extracurricular activities, Chris sailed aboard Coyote at the Big Boat Series and was part of the winning team in last sum¬ mer’s British/American Team Racing Cup in Europe. The extracurricular achievement he is proudest of, though, is the birth of daughter Josephine in April. Chris is in the enviable position of racing as much for business as pleasure. An Alameda yacht broker, he participates in HDA both to promote the boats he sells, and “to satisfy a need to go sailing regularly.” Next, year, he’ll be back in Schumacher’s latest creation, the Express 34.

We got Roger Strawbridge in a bit of trou¬ ble earlier this year. In our article on Division K in the July issue, we quoted his prediction that Pretty Penny would win the HDA season. As it turned out, he didn’t mean that little insight to see print. When it did, few people were more upset than his crew. “When that article came out at the end of the first half, we hadn’t won a single race,” recalls crewman Emmett Yeazell. As providence would have it, though, Pretty Penny went on to take straight bullets 1 in the second half of the season. This was no mean feat: Division K contains some of the most competitive boats anywhere. What made it even tougher was gear problems that plagued the boat the whole season. “We broke everything there was to break at one time or another,” says Roger, who works in manufacturing and imports. Their overall win of Yankee Cup was right in keeping with the rest of the year. In the last race of that regatta, they crossed the finish line with the jib jammed in a broken headfoil and a busted spinnaker pole — and took second. t In addition to Yeazell, Pretty Penny’s crew this season were Tim Sals, Steve Jones, Jim Plumley and Richard Cossen. Perhaps proudest of the boat’s achievement, however, was Roger’s father, Gordon. Now 86, this elder statesman of the San Francisco YC had the boat cold molded of four layers of mahogany at Easom’s boatyard in 1971. He raced her for several years thereafter until failing health caused him to hang up the tiller in 1980.

2) X Ta C, Olson 29, Bill Sweitzer, VVC; 3) Humboldt Pie, Humboldt 30, Gilbert Sloan, BBYC. 17 boats entered.

2) Screamer, Schumacher custom, Dick Horn, RYC; 3) Wavelength, modified Cal 33, John Deleter, IYC. 22 boats entered.

2) Sonata, Lapworth 39, Frank Lockwood/Donn Weaver, RYC; 3) Chorus, Kettenburg 38, Peter English, STFYC. 20 boats entered.

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HDA/IORDA HDA — L Yamaha 24 “Confusion”

HDA — M Cal 28 “Neblina”

HDA — P Ericson 27 “Angel Ann”

Ron Stout Richmond YC

Neil Mosher/Hans Carter Half Moon Bay YC

Small boat HDA sailors develop slightly different skills and strategies than those on the big boats. For example, as skipper of the smallest boat in Division L, Ron Stout knows he has to make his hay upwind. “We tend to point well and still keep footing. Downwind we get boatspeeded to death,” says Ron — unless there’s a big boat nearby. “We’ve perfected wake riding,” he says. The right philosophy has a lot to do with it as well. Ron has two: “It’s never over until the fat lady sings”; and “Don’t screw up”. “If we have problems, we work them out and keep going.” Those combined disciplines led them to seven firsts — many of them boat for boat — and one second after throwouts. Ron’s crew, several of whom have been with him since his championship Catalina 22 days, are Glen Baker, Denise Tibbott, Jim Barrick, Kent and Gail Liddy and Kip Taylor. Like most owners, Ron drives the boat. Strategy is by crew consensus. Unlike others, Confusion’s crew hasn’t practiced between races in years. “We used to try practicing,” says Ron, who works in the purchasing department for the City of Santa Rosa, “but every time we did we’d do terrible during the race. The last time we practiced was right before the 1985 Yankee Cup and we blew that race royally. We haven’t practiced since.”

Neblina is living proof that you don’t need to throw fistfulls of money at a boat to win races. Four years ago, Neil and Hans bought the former Cumulus because it had a good racing record, a decent rating, and a decent price. Except for a jib they replaced, most of the sails were decent, too, if a bit onvthe dated side. “I’m sure we have the oldest sails in the fleet,” says Neil. “Our 150 has ‘1968’ stamped on it, and someone this year told us, ‘I’ve been watching that same spinnaker for the last 12 years!’ ” The boat is also proof you don’t need a crew of hardened veterans with two cen¬ turies of combined experience. Crewmen Dan Mellow and Dan Nackerman were both new to sailing when they joined the boat three years ago. Jaan Roots was new this year. Rounding out the compliment is Hans’ girlfriend, Josephine Concha. The secret, says Neil, is “Go the right way, think things out before you do them, and make every race.” He cites improvement in the first category as their biggest advantage this year over last. “We know the Bay well enough now that we don’t go the wrong way very often.” Mosher and Carter trade off driving and calling tactics. The only digres¬ sion they made from that pattern was when they sailed a South Bay race shorthanded and Neil did foredeck. “During one jibe, I spent five minutes being bashed into the mast by the spinnaker pole,” he says. “I haven’t been back to the foredeck since.”

Don Herzer/Hector Caraballo/ Dave Freer (above) Cal Sailing Club

2) Crlnan, C&C 30, Bill West, EYC; 3) Suzi, David¬ son quarter-ton, Rod Eldredge, BBYC. 20 boats entered.

2) Three Sheets, Sprinta Sport, Tony Soter, CSC; 3) Cielo Mar, Cal half-ton, Jack Young, SFYC. 17 boats entered.

This year marks Angel Ann’s 12th in Bay racing. The first 10 of those were in ODCA (One Design Class Association) where the Ericson 27s were allowed working sails only. Such training made partners Don Herzer, Hector Carabello and Dave Freer, along with crewman Bill Hanssen, adept at making the boat go without a chute. And it made the boat a natural for HDA’s non-spinnaker Divi¬ sion P. (Last year, there was no non¬ spinnaker division in HDA. Angel Ann, like other boats requesting to race without spin¬ nakers, was put into a regular division and assigned an extra time allowance. Herzer and crew took third in division in ’85.) This year, Angel Ann took firsts in six of its ten races. The partners trade off driving duties and tactics “are by consensus,” says Don, an elementary school teacher. “If there are disagreements, the opinion of the fellow with his hand on the tiller carries the most weight.” Don feels the most important aspects of the win were in preparation — getting the course laid out, and consistency — sticking with the plan. Of the boat itself, he says, “It loves to go to weather in heavy weather. The heavier the better.” Angel Ann will be back next year sporting her newest piece of gear, a spinnaker. They used the new chute for the first time in competition at Yankee Cup and liked it.

2) Lelo, Santana 27, Emile Carles, OYC; 3) Moria II, Folkboat, G.G. Crane, RYC. 10 boats entered,

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SEASON CHAMPIONS

International Offshore Rule Divisions Association Good things were happening in IORDA this year. The old age allowance brought several former competitors out of retirement; a nucleus of 1/2-tonners out this year may signal a resurgence in that fleet; and with the election of new officers, the organization has shifted its focus “back where it belongs,” as one boat owner put it, to the boat owners and racers. While fewer boats race IORDA (the in-theBay season competition for 10R boats) than did five or six years ago, the 45 registered boats this year represents an average for the last three to four seasons. Part of the variable nature of IORDA participation, especially in Division A, is that “All boats rating 30.0 and above get invited to big events like Kenwood Cup and Long Beach Race Week,” says IORDA vice president John Clauser. As a result, only one or two boats were ever around to start most of the 16-race, twothrowout season in that division, and not enough “A” boats completed the races to accrue overall results for the year. Divisions B and C were different. In addi¬ tion to returning regulars, both divisions drew in a handful of older boats given a new lease on racing life by IOR’s old age allowance. Basically, this awards rating breaks for the age of the design. The older the boat, the better the allowance. Breaks were negligable for boats newer than about 1982, but many of the late ’70s racers received a half foot or more of benefit. The biggest break — almost 4 feet — went to Hank Easom’s beautiful Yucca, a 49-ft double-ended 8-meter that will celebrate its 50th birthday next year. Another good omen for IOR was the return of the half-tonners. This year, Mer¬ cury, Petrified and Sorcerer raced at the low end of the rating scale in Division C. With at least half a dozen commitments and semi¬ commitments for next year from other owners, the half-tons could have a division of their own in 1987. The IOR fall meeting is scheduled for December 2 at 8 p.m. at the Berkeley YC. Among items on the agenda for discussion are the Southern California revision of the batten length rule, and the impact and impli¬ cations of the new IMS measurement rhle to local racers. As always, all IOR racers are encouraged to attend. Until that meeting, all Clauser can promise is “a greater emphasis on internal organization, better administra¬ tion and a continued push for more turnout.” For more information on IORDA, call Colin Case at 441-0197.

IORDA — B X 1-Ton “Dark Horse”

IORDA — C Ranger 37 (modified) “Wildfire”

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Don Horn and Dennis Surtees were both IORDA veterans when they went into part¬ nership a year and a half ago on Dark Horse. After a 10-year hiatus, Horn got back into racing hot and heavy six years ago with the Wylie 34 Thunder, winning among other things an IOR ocean series and a Catalina Race. Surtees has been racing nonstop for many years. Before Dark Horse, the former 505 champion sailed the X-102 Abracada¬ bra to two consecutive season champion¬ ships in IORDA. About 20 different people crewed on the boat over the year, says Don, but the most regular were Mike Casey, Skip Bonn, Bob Daniels, Dan Snitley, Doug Olander, Jay Kuncl, Steve Jeppesen, Bruce White, Ruth Terra and Duane Delfaus. Horn, who works in land development and construction, and Surtees, a surgeon, traded off driving duties. Horn credits consistency — some of it in just showing up — as the biggest contributor to the season win. With a lot of boats away for other races, IORDA B only averaged about six boats on the line a race. Like many one tonners, says Horn, “We intended to race the season primarily as practice for events like Big Boat Series and Long Beach race week.” Ironically, while everything clicked in the IORDA season (and an identicle boat won the One Ton Worlds in June), a variety of gear problems, bad calls and just bad luck kept both Dark Horse and an older sistership Arbitrage down in the standings at the big West Coast events. “That’s racing,” says Don.

All racing skippers are innovators to one degree or another, but few take the quality as far as John Clauser. He couldn’t see spending the big bucks IOR seems to en¬ courage boat owners to do to win, so three years ago he “rolled his own”. He bought a Ranger 37, removed the stock keel and rud¬ der and installed appendages of his own design — a strut with a bulb of lead and a huge rudder that came to within IV2 inches of the boat’s new 8-ft draft. The changes made the boat very stiff, “absolutely dynamite to weather,” says 'Clauser, a physicist, and essentially unbroachable. With the modifications, Wildfire could carry more sail and a higher rig — all at little or no rating penalty, and at a fraction of the cost of buying a currently competitive IOR boat or having one built. What’s more, the updated boat was still eligible for its old age allowance rating break. Of course, even the best boats can’t do well without good crew work. Wildfire regulars this year were Bobbi Tosse, Peggy Hickman, Ian Nadel, Don Chandler, Tom McCormick,'* Loren Marcellini, Craig Jimenez and Steve Ware. Also aboard for various races were Rich Silva, Bill Hammil, Paul Gore, Mike Seely, Mike Gough, Makoto Kuzuha and Mike Diepenbrock. How good were they? Well, with a couple of roles reversed —• Bobbi Tosse on the helm and Clauser navigating — the • crew chartered Sweet Okole for the Pacific Cup and won that overall (IOR fleet), too.

2) Liquid Sky, J/41, Bob Brockoff; 3) Arbitrage, X 1-Ton, Bruce Stone.

2) Magic, Wylie 34, M. Gregory/J. 3) Petard, Farr 36, Keith Buck.

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LEARNING TO LOVE

here comes a time in almost every sailing couple’s relationship when the first mate draws her line and says, “Thus far and no further.” My time came when trying to decide which radio would accompanying Dale and I and our two children aboard La Gitana as

discovered that despite rumors to the con¬ trary, code is a breeze and theory a bucking headwind. After all, code was fun! 1 timed myself, kept meticulous records of my pro- v

nothing to do with operating a radio.” we sailed off to Mexico for a long, openended cruise. Most of our decisions, until then, had been a joint effort with the determing scale tipped most frequently in the cap¬ tain’s direction. After all, Dale was the sailor, the navigator, the originator of this cruising dream. But the choice of radio seemed a dif¬ ferent matter, not under any of those categories where Dale was the official expert. In fact, radios and anything remotely elec¬ trical were definitely his weakness. Therefore, when Dale began to vigorously champion the simplicity of the shortwave receiver over the single-sideband or amateur rig, 1 drew a firm line: the kids and I would not sail without a Ham radio. Everything that I read about the Ham radio seemed to indicate that it was the only way to go cruising. It provided, among other things, a link with the folk back home via phone-patches, access to essential informa¬ tion on weather and the cruising grounds through the Ham nets, the possibility of obtaining the advice of a doctor in the event of a medical emergency, and a last source of help or hope should the foundering of our boat become imminent. It seemed to be a panacea for almost every detriment to cruis¬ ing. It was wise; it was powerful; it was the hope of salvation. In short, obtaining the General Class license that would allow me to buy and operate the radio became my own, personal quest. It would become that small, but not unimportant grasp upon cruising safety and sanity for which I alone would be responsible.

gress and dazzled the children by tapping out words on the table-top. Soon I was copying at sixteen words per minute and felt I had the dragon by the tail. But, theory! I feel asleep reading theory. My vision drifted and my mind refused to focus. I forgot from one paragraph to the next the definition of a diode. And the for¬ mulas! They were a form of mental gym¬ nastics that resembled the rack. For five long months, I endured the double-edged agony of pain and boredom in my fence with theory. At last the day of reckoning arrived. Dale and the kids piled into the car and proudly drove me to Long Beach, dropping me off at the building where I was to culminate my quest. There, I joined the hundreds of other hopefuls amid the muted rumblings of chanted formulas and a fervent pitch of “dits” and “dahs”. Five hours later, my silent vigil ended as I was called into the examination room. While I was fumbling with the adjustment of the headphones, a fellow initiate asked me how long I had my Novice license. When 1 admit¬ ted that I never got one, she eyed me skep¬ tically, surmising, “I see, starting from the top, are we?” I answered — prophetically, it turned out — “I can always go down from there.” Fifteen minutes later, I furtively slipped back into the waiting room until they retested for Novice speed. This, along with the General Class theory exam afterward, I passed, allowing me only a Technician license. And why not? I had all the time to ponder, speculate, and erase as needed.

F■ arning the license would be a two-fold venture. First, the Morse Code requirement of copying at thirteen words per minute would need to be attained. Secondly, an in¬ credible amount of facts and figures needed to be assimilated in order to pass the exam on theory and regulations. Girding myself with several tapes and books on the subject, I began my quest in earnest. Soon 1

Still, a Technician license was not the object of my quest. With it, I had no legally practical voice for my purposes. Obviously, another dragon-swining session was needed in order to get my general license and I reluc¬ tantly signed on for the task — in one dread month. Meanwhile, our departure date was fast

approaching. Since we had already given notive on our slip in Ventura, we decided to sail off to Catalina Island for a short rest, then onto Long Beach where we would retest, purchase the radio and install it before escap¬ ing southward toward Mexico. It sounded simple enough. But who would have guessed that Catalina could be so seductively warm and lovely in January? Or that the winter mooring rates would be so enticingly cheap? Doubts began. Did we really want to leave the peace and serenity of the island for the noise and confusion of the city so soon? Was it necessary to actually ‘talk’ on the radio? Wouldn’t listening suffice? After all, who would refuse to speak with a mother whose child was suffering from acute appendicitus? And the clincher: What if I failed again! Needless to say, our stay at Catalina slipped carelessly into an additional two

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weeks, successfully eclipsing my test date. By the time we reached Long Beach, all there was left to do was to buy the radio and plug it in or so we thought. Armed with my Technician license, we ventured into a radio shop and surveyed row after row of radios in all shapes and sizes. “Okay,” Dale asked, “Where are the Ham rigs?” As I con¬ tinued to stare blankly about me, he queried further, “You mean to tell me that after five months intimate congress with the innerworkings of the amateur radio you still don’t know what one looks like?” — or words to that effect. “Ask me what a diode is,” 1 pleaded, although not at all sure I’d be able to identify one of those either. Fortunately for us, the salesman knew right where the Ham radios were located. You can know Code and you can know Radio Theory, but you still might not know nothin’ about using a Ham radio.

We told him we were looking for something compact and easy to use, so he led us to one of the newer models. We scrutinized it carefully. Sure enough, it was small and with twelve memory channels. It had to be easy, so we took it. At the checkout counter, the salesman mentioned that we might want to consider purchasing an antenna, antenna tuner, SWR meter and electric keyer as well. Dale looked at me and I gave it my full con¬ sideration. “I do seem to recall reading about those things. I whispered. “We better buy them.”

hat night I enthusiastically climbed into bed with the radio model manual, eager to prove to Dale that while my code wasn’t up to par and my radio identification was a bit hazy, I obviously had theory down pat — I had passed theory, hadn’t I? By dawn, I

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wondered how to break the news to Dale. Theory has absolutely nothing to do with operating a radio. It was a whole new world. Yet, there was worse to come. It seemed that Ham radios do not just plug in. Getting a Ham license and learning how to operate the rig was beginning to sound easy com-

I finally realized 'YL' stood for pared to putting in a “proper” ground and tuning an antenna. How was I to explain to Dale such things as double harmonics and the SWR (Standing Wave Ratio) that I only mystically understood myself? Much of my understanding of Ham theory it seemed was of that mystical variety — brought to me on waves of intuition before ebbing back into that darker void. Fortunately, there were several local experts willing to help us with the ground problem. Never mind that they each had dif¬ ferent, opposing opinions on the subject and that every one of them sounded much too complicated for our tastes. Just close your eyes and pick one — blindman’s bluff was at least familiar. Dale was soon lining the bilges with rolls of copper plating and I was keeping a low profile and avoiding contact with anything metallic, convinced that all this fooling around with electricity was going to get me shocked. And both of us were wishing we had never heard of a Ham radio. One week from purchasing our radio, we were sailing wing-on-wing toward Mexico. Slowly, through trial and error, Dale learned which buttons to press and dials to turn to make the radio operable. But it was humiliating to realize that after five months of intense study to gain my license, Dale now knew more about the radio than I did. Soon Dale was navigating by the radio time-ticks and tuning in the Baja Nets as well as the BBC and VOA broadcasts. In fact, he and the radio were becoming quite chummy. I, on the other'hand, could not forgive its treachery. It reminded me of nothing more lhan some vicious creature who crouched in the corner of our chart table and forever grinned at me with pointed teeth. I con¬ descended to learn where the off button was located and exercized it with relish,- that being the total extent of my operating skills.

I n time, I came to a sort of truce with our “glorified shortwave”. I would forgive it the cost of pride, time, effort $nd dollars to install

LEARNING TO LOVE MY HAM RADIO

it as long as it kept Dale satisfied enough so that he would stop threatening to send me back to the States to get a “proper” license. Our truce lasted nearly a year. Then one fine November day when we were anchored at San Carlos, Sonora, Dale learped that code tests would be given in Tucson in one month. Despite my best efforts, I could not shake Dale’s enthusiasm for this project and 1 soon had my tapes out again, furiously copying code. This time, however, 1 eagerly sought all the help that 1 could get and it was generously given. Dale dug out the elec¬ tronic keyer from its unopened box and hooked it up for me when Lee on Mar Y Vent offered to send me code in the morn¬ ings for practise. Up until this point, 1 had been ‘sending’ code by tapping on the table with my fingers so I continued sending by tapping on one of the paddles. It didn’t take long for Lee to tactfully suggest that he buzz over and take a look at what I was doing with my keyer. It seemed that with an electric keyer one paddle made the “dits” and the other made the “dahs”, so that instead of tapping I was supposed to push the paddles

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back and forth in some sort of rhythmical dance. It was enough to send me back to theory! All of the code practise seemed to pay off. ^ This time when Dale, the kids and I piled into the back of a friend’s van and headed for Tucson and the dragon’s lair, it was not in vain. After nearly one and a half years my quest had come to an end — my General ticket was won.

11 wasn’t the end of my trials, however. Learning to ‘talk’ on the radio was nearly as difficult as learning to use the keyer. The use of Morse Code abbreviations and “Q-signals” as well as the phonfetic alphabet for spelling made the chatter heard over the nets sound almost like a foreign language. When I first began to talk on the radio, it always amazed me that no matter which net I was trying to check into, the same YL station kept getting in my way. No sooner would I give out my call sign and the Net Control

would bypass me and ask the YL station to come again. It was so frustrating! It was a long time before I realized that “YL” stood for any “young lady” or female voice, and that the Net Control had been calling me back the whole time. Often, too, I would make contact with a station only to have him ask me over and over again for my “handle”. No matter how many times I repeated my call sign, he just couldn’t catch. Finally, he would just ask for my name instead and always seemed to hear that quite well. Eventually, one old-timer patiently explained to me, “Your handle is your name, dear, not your call sign.” Slowly, I began to weed out these kind of blunders and gained some measure of radio decorum. Now that our radio is no longer merely a “glorified shortwave”, it is proving to be that aid to cruising happiness that I first envi¬ sioned. The prize has been worth the rigors of the quest. Now my radio sits proudly in the corner of our cabin like a vertible Golden Fleece and smiles at me with nary a tooth showing.

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he large glass panel buckled inward under the pressure of a strong gust of wind and rain. I moved another few inches farther away from the sliding glass door. “Good day to be sitting inside the yacht club,” I thought to myself as I took another sip of my bloody mary.

■ important attribute of a cruising boat ...” 1 wasn’t the only one who was happy to be sitting in a warm, dry yacht club bar that morning. The race had been called off due to the storm, and for those of us who actually got out of bed and came down to the marina expecting to have to go out and race, the change of plans was most welcome. Of course, no one would admit this in public. “We used to race in stuff like this all the time,” insisted one macho old-timer. “The sustained wind really isn’t much above 30 knots,” observed one of his crew. “It can be just as windy on a good day in the summer.” Another violent gust of wind shook the clubhouse. “In any case,” added a third dock sailor, “the decision whether or not to race is sup¬ posed to be made by the racers, not by the Race Committee. The race today should never have been called off.” “Darn right!” said the old-timer. “Wish we were out there!” added the crew. He spoke with so little conviction, sitting there by the fireplace in a bulky ski sweater and a warm drink in his hands, that we all knew it was a blatant lie. Meanwhile, another group of sailors came trudging into the bar, completely soaked and out of breath after a mad dash from the park¬ ing lot to the front door of the yacht club. “No race today,” we announced. Their expressions could have been those of prisoners sentenced to death who had just learned they had been pardoned. “Oh, that’s too bad,” they said. We slid our chairs back to make more room around the table. To complete the group, a couple of non¬ racing types came down just to see if anyone

would be crazy enough to go out. And even Lee Helm, a young naval architect I know who usually goes windsurfing on days like this, showed up to have a look before rigging her board. Yes, it was shaping up to be a thoroughly enjoyable winter morning at the yacht club.

irst we talked about the price of used boats. One of the cruising types had just put his old boat on the market for saje, and we all agreed that his asking price was way too high. “A friend of mine just bought a Hawkfarm for $16,000,” said one of the racers. “I know someone who got a Triton for six!” added another. One of the sailors picked up a magazine that was lying on the table in front of us, and started flipping through the classifieds. “How about a Santa Cruz 27 for $11,000?” he said. “Or here’s a deal — a

Cal 25 for $4,500!” Everyone had their own explanation for why the bottom had fallen out of the used boat market. But then the cruising sailor dropped the real bombshell into the conversation. “I expect to take a big loss on the old boat,” he conceded. “But tell me, what kind of boat should I buy next? I’m looking for something bigger, with bluewater cruising capability.” We pounced on him like a pack of wolves. “First you need moderate-heavy displace¬ ment — for the load-carrying capability.” “And oversize tanks.” “But it has to be a good performer in light air. That’s what most of your sailing will be.” “Find an old Cal 40 — best cruising boat ever built.” “You need a steel hull — steel can be repaired anywhere in the world.” “Keep it small. A forty-footer is too big for two people to handle comfortably.” ..y-;—*-.

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“You’ll never have enough stowage space “I’d never cruise without an inside steering station. But avoid unnecessary electronics!”

^\fter the initial barage, Lee attempted to put some of the priorities in order. “You’re all forgetting the most important single attribute of a cruising boat!” she said. “What’s that, Lee?” I asked, playing straight man. “Shallow draft! I mean, running aground is what cruising’s all about. If you have a boat that doesn’t draw much, and that sits on the bottom nicely when it does dry out, then you can get yourself into and out of all sorts of rad locations!” “That’s one reason I’m interested in a full keel design,” said the cruiser. “I like the keel-centerboard combinations that were popular in the late sixties,” con¬ tinued Lee. “The long keel allows the center

of the ballast to be just as low as on a deep fin keel. And the centerboard lets them go up¬ wind okay. But fully retractable keels are best. That way you can even, like, pull the thing up on the beach if you feel like it.” “I don’t think I’d trust a swing keel in the ocean,” remarked the old salt. “That’s because all the retractable keels so

“But just think what it would be like to cruise a boat that draws almost nothing with everything retracted. You anchor right in close to the dinghy landing. You could bounce over the top of a coral reef if you blew the navigation. And like, if you got caught in a marginal harbor with a hurricane approaching, you could go right over the sand bar and up the creek, winch the boat up on the beach, drop the mast, tie the boat to some palm trees and then go to the local

better knowing the boat will stay afloat.” far have been on designs intended for traiiering, or mostly lake sailing. They’ve been very lightly built and under-engineered, in some cases. A retractable keel designed for the ocean can be made as strong as you want it to be.” “Seems like it adds a lot of unnecessary complexity,” I said.

hotel to ride out the storm!” “I like the idea of being able to anchor close to the dinghy dock,” said one of the racers. “The times I’ve gone cruising, the length of that row seemed to affect my stan¬ dard of living more than anything else.”

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JL riority number two,” said Lee, “is a good arrangement for carrying a suitable dinghy. For me, this means a forepeak big enough to hold a stack of sailboards of various sizes.” “For me it means a forepeak big enough to hold a Subaru,” joked one of the cruisers. “I’ll settle for folding bicycles and a good inflatable dinghy.” “And SCUBA gear.” “Priority Three,” Lee continued, “is foam flotation. I sleep much better at sea when 1 know that even if we ram full speed into a lost shipping container or a tree trunk, the boat’s going to stay afloat.” This touched off a lively debate on the relative merits of foam versus a liferaft. The answer seemed to hang on the likelihood of fire and/or explosion being a reason for abandoning ship. Lee claimed that there were very few, if any, known cases of liferafts saving the crews of a burning yacht, while there were many cases of tragic loss that could have been avoided if flotation had been aboard instead of a raft.

nother blast of wind shook the clubhouse, and the rain was so thick on the glass door that I could hardly even see the Bay. I decided that my cruising boat would have flotation and a raft. “What’s priority four?” I asked Lee, ready to change the subject. “A back porch.” page 153

MAX EBB “A what?” asked the cruiser. “You know, a transom scoop,” explained one of the racers.” “Right,” said Lee. “They’re perfect for swimming platforms, or dinghy ramps, or for getting a bucket of sea water.” “And a place to set up the lawn chairs and barbeque,” remarked one kibitzer. “For sure.” “But what about the wind vane?” the cruiser pointed out. “You need a good foun¬ dation for the wind vane attachment.” “The newer autopilots steer so much bet¬ ter than the vanes,” said Lee, “I don’t think I’d even bring a vane on a long cruise. Especially if the rudder was designed with autopilot steering in mind. I mean, with just a little bit of overbalance, a couple of mediumsize solar panels could easily keep ahead of the autopilot’s power consumption. The helm would also have a very light feel for manual steering. And like, that’s really one of the most important qualities of any boat. The helm has to have a light feel, so that boat’s fun to sail. Let’s make that priority number zero. Boat must be fast and fun to sail. And not too big — 1 mean, anything heavier than about 5,000 pounds per person is going to be too much work to handle and still enjoy it.” “Okay, Lee,” one of the racers asked. “Do you know of any boats that meet all of these requirements?” “Does not exist,” stated the old-timer. “You can’t have all those features in one boat.” “Actually,” said Lee, “I do have a pretty clear idea of what a boat like that would be like. But of course you’re right — nothing like it exists right now.” “All right, Lee,” I said. “What would this perfect cruising boat of yours be like?” “Assuming a minimum cruising crew of two,” she began, “displacement shouldn’t be above like, 10,000 pounds. And for loadcarrying capability and decent speed, what I imagine would be about 42 feet long and 11 or 12 feet wide.” “A 42-footer that only weighs ten thou¬ sand pounds? Sound kind of flimsy, for a cruiser.” “No prob. Remember the last four feet is transom scoop, so the hull length is really more like 38. I mean, the Olson 40’s and Santa Cruz 40’s weigh about 10,000, and they have 5,000 pounds of ballast. This boat would only need four thousand, because the ballast would be all the way down in bulbs at the bottom of two very deep retractable keels.” “Remember you’re not going to have a boat load of deck apes to hold down the

weather rail,” said one of the racers. “For sure. That’s all been cranked in. One thing that helps is the extra large fuel and water tanks, port and starboard with cross connects. On a long beat you’ll be able to transfer liquids to the high side.” “Lee, did you say two keels?” 1 asked. “I thought you wanted this boat to be fast.”

1 ou’re thinking of European twin keelers, Max. The tides are so extreme in parts of Northern Europe — like 18 feet —

“Why throw away

that they have to have boats that sit upright in the mud at low tide. So one common con¬ figuration is to have twin keels. Those boats usually aren’t very fast because the keels are shallow and long. But something happened in 1983 that made a lot of yacht designers re¬ examine their prejudices about keel con¬ figurations. It turns out that a bifurcated, or split keel, or even twin keels, can actually be very efficient.” “Yeah, remember Hawkeye, that big old 50-foot IOR racer with the twin bilgeboards?” interrupted one of the crew. “They won everything in sight until they got slapped with an extra penalty for ‘movable appendages’.” “That was a slightly different concept,” ex¬ plained Lee. “That boat had unballasted bilgeboards that were towed in. If they put both of them down at the same time, they’d do a total snowplough and come to a dead stop. My keels would have all the ballast at the bottom, and they’d be designed to stay locked down all the time. Of course, in light air there’d be nothing to prevent you from cranking one of them up . . .” “Or cranking both of them up for downwind!” “At your own risk,” advised Lee. “So what would these keels look like,” asked the cruiser.

“Very short in the fore-and-aft direction, and like seven feet deep, at least. They’d spread out at the bottom to increase effective draft when the boat was heeled, and sweep back just enough to avoid catching kelp. I’d cut the surface area way down, as far as the structure will allow. Remember that something also happened in 1986 that made a lot of yacht designers realize that it’s perfectly okay to let the rudders do most of the work resisting leeway.” “Don’t tell me you’d put a forward rudder on it!” “No way! But like, I would have a very deep conventional rudder that would retract through a well just forward of the transom. Then with the keels and rudders up, the boat would sit really nice on the two ballast bulbs and the rudder tip, to keep the propeller clear. Draft would be like two feet.” “So what kind of rig would you put on the . . . let’s call it the ‘Lee 38’?” “Basically the same as an Olson 40 or Santa Cruz. Except I’d have a lower gooseneck and no drop in the boom, which is safer and faster than the droopy booms that the rules encourage.” “I think you should call it the Lee 42,” suggested one of the racers. “Why throw away four feet of hype?” “Because you can save on your marina bill if you call it a 38,” someone was quick to point out. “They never actually check to see if your boat is longer than you say it is.”

11 present agreed that this was sound reasoning. So as the wind and rain buffeted the yacht club, we went on to discuss the interior of the Lee 38: Two giant quarterberths, pilot berths, galley and nav station forward. And a huge forepeak for sailboards. But while I was up adding some more logs to the fireplace, I noticed a tiny orange and pink colored sail — it couldn’t have been more than about thirty square feet — moving at unbelievable speed across the harbor entrance. “Is that one of your friends, Lee?” I asked. “I recognize the sail,” she said. We both watched the windsurfer carve a jibe at what looked like about 45 knots. “It’s gnarly out there, Max. I’m gone!” Lee Helm ran out of the club to rig her board, and I went over to the bar to get another drink. Yes, winter racing is tough. But somebody has to do it! — max ebb page 154

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ld-time sailors noticed that when worms ate lots of holes in wooden ships, the ships tended to leak, break apart and sink. Ever since that observation, people have been looking for ways to discourage plants and animals from setting up

The problem isn’t confined to Navy ships and weekend sailors, of course. Some commercial ships use tin paint, too.

L tried, like electric current and noises. households and starting families on the bottoms of boats. Algae and other plants can make a fast boat slow, adding time and cost to commer¬ cial shipments and putting gray hairs on the heads of racing skippers everywhere. • The battle for clean bottoms has been long and hard. Copper gives off enough poison to keep sea life away. Some wood boats were protected by driving thousands of cop¬ per nails into the hull with their heads close together to form a toxic shield. Other boats had thin sheets of copper nailed on below the waterline. Lots of off-the-wall ideas have been tried, like electric current and noises. We’ve had coffee that probably was strong enough to work, but coffee’s almost as expensive as bottom paint. Obviously, a coating that keeps sea life away with poisons may be good for the boat but not so good for the fish, the clams, and everybody else standing on the food ladder. Paints containing copper have been the standard protection for years. Newer paints containing organic tin compounds (tributyltin) seem to be more effective — and more toxic — but new regu¬ lations may be coming because of environmental concerns. Tin bottom paint was banned in France in 1982 on boats shorter than 25 meters after tin was found to be causing defects in oyster shells. The problem seems most serious around ship yards where boat bottoms are sanded. Paint dust lands in the water and sinks. Great Britain has banned some tin paints and has set limits on the amount of tributyltin allowed in the water. About a year and a half ago the U.S. Navy wanted to coat 600 ships with a new kind of tin paint, but environmentalists objected. North Carolina passed stringent regulations. The plan was blocked, at least until the end of September. Paul Lillebo of the state Department of Water Resources Control Board in Sacramento thinks the Navy may try it again.

he new type of paint chemically bonds tin to the polymer paint base, so the tin is released into the water as the paint wears off, resulting in a slower flow of toxin 'than with older paints where the tin was not chemically bonded and quickly leached through the paint into the water. Although the tin would be released slower, it would still be too much because it is so poisonous, according to the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board. Susan Anderson of the regional board says studies are under way and eventually some federal limit may be set on the amount of tin or other poison that can be released by a paint in a certain time. The problem is that tin is way more toxic than previous bottom paint ingredients.

Frank Gostomski of the Environmental Pro¬ tection Agency’s criterion and standards divi¬ sion in Washington says while the toxic effects from copper are measured in solu¬ tions of about 10 parts per billion, tin is toxic in solutions 1,000 times weaker, measured in parts per trillion. Technical difficulties in measuring such small doses may make an outright ban of tin more likely. A summary of the studies into tributyltin’s toxic effects will be published in the Federal Register late in December, Gostomski says. The EPA will also set a level of tin concentra¬ tion in water that it considers safe for aquatic life. That information could be used as ammunition by any state that wants to ban or clamp restrictions on the use of tin in bottom paints. The EPA’s pesticide division is looking at all bottom paints containing tin for a “riskbenefit evaluation”, and could set limits on tin content, leach rates, regulate the size of boat that could use tin paint, or simply ban it altogether, according to Linda Vlier in the division’s Washington office. She says the EPA intends “to regulate in any manner appropriate,” but no ruling is

Tim Mahoney checks a bottom sprayed with ex¬ perimental Dorado paint.

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eanwhile, there’s a bill before Con¬ gress by Rep. Stan Parris of Virginia that would ban the use of tin bottom paints on all commercial and recreational vessels until the EPA finishes its studies. A hearing on HR 5050 was scheduled late in September. If anything comes of it, we’ll let you know. Scientists think the problem is serious enough to include a four-day seminiar on organic tin compounds in the massive Oceans ’86 conference in Washington last month. Fifty to 60 scientific papers on tin were to be presented. Edward D. Goldberg, a U.C. San Diego marine chemist, has called tributyltin the most poisonous substance ever introduced into coastal waters, and has called for an immediate ban. So why aren’t there non-toxic bottom paints? Ray DiMaio of the Z-Spar paint com¬ pany in Los Angeles summed up the prob¬ lem: “You can’t protect the bottom without being toxic.” He says Z-Spar has been selling five types of tin paint for up to 20 years, but they are waiting for some federal environmental rul¬ ing on tin before introducing a “co-polymer” paint similar to the Navy paint that would

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contain chemically-bonded tin. Chris von der Heyde, sales manager of U S. Paint in St. Louis, makers of Awlgrip, says he’s convinced tin paint will be outlawed nationwide soon. His company introduced a paint in the rest of the country a year ago that he claims is effective but contains no tin, Awlgrip All-Star Gold Label, but California authorities wouldn’t register it because the whole bottom paint issue is under study. He says U.S. Paint researchers are looking for a non-toxic way to keep bottoms clean, but for now “you have to have something toxic on your boat to keep the attachers off and keep your bottom clean”.

ut is it necessary to poison the little critters to keep them off? How about just making the bottom too slippery to hang on? Even barnacles have to hang on to something. Tim Mahoney of Handloggers lumber in Larkspur is working with the Dorado Marine Corp. to adapt a slippery plastic coating used in medicine that may make boats faster and also keep bottoms clean. We wrote about it in the October 1985 issue, and most sailors who have tried it seem to like it. Tim says it’s too early to tell whether it will keep bottoms clean by itself, but when sprayed over a regular bottom paint it slows down the release of the toxin, so the paint lasts longer. It’s been used to coat pacemakers before they are implanted in people’s chests. It’s non-toxic. It soaks up water and feels like slime. Does it make boats faster? Ask Otto Schreier, who got his Nordic Folkboat sprayed with the stuff a couple of days after he got beat by another boat that “never came close” before it was painted with the Dorado plastic. “The only difference was the bottom paint,” Schreier says. The night after he got the coating on his boat, Schreier finished a minute and a half ahead of the rest of the Folkboats in the race. It’s not unusual for Schreier to win, but the fleet is pretty com¬ petitive, and that kind of margin is unusual. “It made a difference,” Schreier says. We’re trying it on our boat, not so much for speed but to see if it keeps the bottom clean. And if this slimy stuff really makes boats faster, why isn’t it being sprayed on one of the America’s Cup boats? Could it make as much difference as the winged keel made for the Aussies last time around? We

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expected for at least six months.

Don't drink that paint thinner! Or the paint, either. There are come controversial toxins in bottom paint.

hear a 12-meter deal is in the works. Tim isn’t saying much, but we think you’ll be hearing more about Tim’s slime soon.

— latitude 38

THE RACING

If it’s November, that must mean midwinters, and we have results a’plenty. In addition, we have reports on the Collegiate NorthSouth Regatta> the South Beach Harbor Race, the Master’s Regatta, and the Red Rock Regatta. We’ll also take a look at the future of the Clipper Cup, how the Puerto Vallarta Race is shap¬ ing up, and let you in on a little known secret behind the current top challenger at the America’s Cup.

North-South Regatta Years ago, the North-South Regatta used to be between northern California and Southern California colleges. The annual event has since developed into the largest intercollegiate sailing event in the west.. This year, 18 schools participated, with several teams coming from as far away as Washington and Hawaii. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo hosted this year. The regatta was held on Lake Lopez over the weekend of November 8 and 9. The weather was warm and sunny, the wind light to moderate with occasional heavy gusts off the surrounding hills. This is the only four-division regatta of its kind. Comprising the varsity teams are two

points based on their placings: one point for first, two for second and so on. When the smoke cleared this year, the Stanford team had edged out defending champions USC for overall honors by only 7 points — 183 to 196. They had^ also won Division A — ironically with their; non¬ scoring second boat, skippered by Dan Buckstaff and crewed by Kathleen Mallery. In Laser Division D, Stanford’s A1 Sargent tied with Kevin Cassel of Orange Coast Col¬ lege, but Kevin was awarded the win for hav¬ ing more firsts. The winning Stanford team members were: Division A — Bill Shoemaker and Lori Dobeus; Div. B — Drew Gashler and Kristen Boyles; Div. C — Brad Swett; Div. D — A1 Sargent. Here are the top 10 schools and their scores in order of finish. V 1) Stanford, 183; 2) USC, 196; 3) Orange Coast College, 238; 4) San Diego State, 248; 5) UCI, 267; 6) UC Santa Barbara, 274; 7) University of Hawaii, 356; 8) UCLA, 376; 9) UC Berkeley, 412; 10) UC Santa Cruz, 418.

Stanford’s Al Sargent: a tie for first but no cigar.

Flying Junior (doublehanded) divisions and two Laser (singlehanded) divisions. Schools are only allowed one boat per division, unless one of the skippers on any team is a woman. Then they’re allowed a second, non-scoring boat whose occupants can com¬ pete for divisional honors but do not con¬ tribute points for overall team scores. A sim¬ ple scoring system awards ranking boats

South Beach Harbor Race It was not a good way for a first-year event to start. In practically no wind and a hellacious ebb, only three boats out of 4' entered managed to complete the First An¬ nual South Beach Harbor race — and one of those got protested out. Then again, many of them hung in there until the end. With a first prize of a trip for two to Hawaii, wouldn’t you? Originally scheduled to start at 1:30, the race was postponed several times until 2:30 when the course was shortened to three miles and the gun for the first of four fleets went off. Getting to the first mark, buoy “N” off the middle piling of the west span of the Bay Bridge, was no problem: it was almost straight downcurrent. Getting around it was something else again. Most boats turned around and set chutes well before the mark, then crabbed toward it sideways in the 4V2-knot ebb. Once around, it was hardly much better. The fleet piled up off Treasure Island,

everybody sailing downwind at 4 or 5 knots through the current and making about a half mile a day over the bottom. The only three boats to make the 4:30 cutoff time were, in order of finish, Whippet, Troubador and Vector. The Pyramid 30 Whippet took a DSQ over a port-starboard protest, which put Troubador, a Swan 46 sailed by Jim Diepenbrock, in the winner’s circle. Second place finisher Dave Sawle aboard Vector, a CF 37, received two free dinners at the Sail¬ ing Ship Restaurant just adjacent to the new Marina, which itself is just south of Pier 40 in the City. A big thanks went to the WRA (Women’s Racing Association) and Golden Gate YC for organizing the event, manning the committee boats, and trying to pull off a successful event in difficult conditions. At least the weather was warm and mostly sunny. The race is being considered for a second running next year, says South Beach Harbor representative Michele St. Pierre, but it will probably be moved to spring. Incidentally, page 158

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belief shared by everyone in Honolulu. Dick Gooch, who founded the old Clipper Cup, said “We’ll sue!” when told earlier this summer that Pam Am had Caribbean plans for the name. Then there’s the matter if Pam Am will be providing service to the appropriate islands. St. Lucia, said to be the Caribbean site of a new Clipper Cup, is no longer served by Pam American. They couldn’t fill enough seats to make a go of it. The last official word was that the series is “on the back burner”. Master’s Regatta

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the race coincided with the grand opening of the marina, which is only 60 percent full. “We have plenty of 30 to 50-ft slips available,” says Michele. For more informa¬ tion, call Harbormaster Carter Strauch at 495-4911.

Clipper Cups; Past, Present and Future

Through 1984 Pan American Airlines was the sponsor for the superb Clipper Cup Series in Hawaii. That event is now spon¬ sored by and known as the Kenwood Cup. Pam Am dropped its sponsorship when it sold its Pacific routes to United Air Lines. Earlier this year at a news conference in Newport, Rhode Island, one Ed Muhlfeld announced that the airline would host a new Clipper Cup Series. Although details were sketchy, it was supposed to be held off the island of St. Lucia -in the Caribbean page 159

sometime before Antigua Race Week. The most startling news of all was that there was to be $50,000 in prize money for an invitational class. After placing a number of calls to Pan Am, Latitude 38 has learned that the event is off — at least for this year. Nigel Bramich, a spokesman for the airline, said a Clipper Cup in the Caribbean “will come off, but we don’t know where or when”. He further stated that it was “unfortunate” that the new Clipper Cup was announced “while it was still only in the discussion stages”. The indivi¬ dual putting the event together jumped the gun,” he continued, “we have terminated our arrangement with him.” At least one west coast boat, Hal Day’s Winterhawk, had planned to do the series after competing in the SORC. Whether there ever will be a series in the Caribbean called the Clipper is open to ques¬ tion. Who has right to the name, for exam¬ ple, is a matter of dispute. While Bramich says Pan Am owns the rights, that’s not a

Every fall the St. FrancisYC puts on a great little event they call the Master’s Regatta. It’s sailing’s answer to the Senior’s Golf Tour. In order to be a skipper in the Masters, you have to be at least 55 years old and your crew at least 45. After rounding up eight such teams, the St. Francis gives each a J/24 and lets them have at each other in a two-day, four-race series held off the Cityfront. In addition to local entries, this year there were teams representing such distant clubs such as the Balboa and Newport clubs from down south, the Seattle YC from up north, and the Waikiki YC from across the deep blue. A number of crewmembers came from the east coast for the event. When all was said and done, Charlie Dole, representing the Waikiki YC, finished well ahead of the nearest competitors, J.D. Vincent and Jim DeWitt. While the 70-year-old Dole is 15 years

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beyond the minimum age limit, he’s still had a lot going for him, not the least of which was his crew. They included Carlos Echeverria of New York, who competed in the ’56 Olym¬ pics in Australia in Dragons and later sailed

THE RACING

with Dole in Stars off Honolulu. This was the sixth time Carlos had crewed for Charlie in the Masters. Another crewmember was Ed Perry, a local sailor who’d done a lot of Six Meter sailing in Seattle. He worked the foredeck. Rounding out the crew was Robert Johnstone, who not only finished 18th in the J/24 Worlds, but who also builds J-Boats. Of course, it didn’t hurt that Dole has his own J/24 in the Islands. The weather for the first day of racing was light, but it picked up to a very pleasant 15 knots on Sunday. While he didn’t finish'atop the pile, Jim DeWitt pulled the biggest stunt

each other in previous Master’s — the com-' petition is spirited. Said Echeverria of the winning team: “Oh god, it’s serious racing!” Puerto Vallarta

With a slow Cabo race behind them, Mex¬ ico racers are hoping for another year of good breeze and record-breaking dashes in another favorite, the Puerto Vallarta Race. The ninth running of this biennial event gets underway at 1 p.m. February 7 off Marina Del Rey. The record for this race was, sdt in its last running when Dick and Camille Daniels’

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0i Pf §||! of the series. While racing, his wallet slipped out of his pocket and plopped into the drink. A long time participant in Master’s Swim¬ ming, DeWitt promptly dove in. He not only recovered the wallet, but climbed back aboard and went on to win the race! While the social aspect of the Master’s Regatta is important — many of the com¬ petitors are old friends or have raced against

MacGregor 65 Joss made the 1,125-mile passage in 4 days, 23 hours, 14 seconds. Joss will be back to defend her first across title against such competition as Pat Farrah’s Blondie, Dick Pennington’s Cheetah, John Landon’s Kathmandu, the Del Rey Yacht Club syndicate on Citius, a half dozen other MacGregor 65s and let’s not discount Jake Wood’s mighty Sorcery. Also hopeful for

The Metro-Berkeley Midwinters — great weekend, oerfect wind.

Golden Gate YC

Some 170 boats hit the starting line for the first race of the Golden Gate YC midwinter series on November 2. That was after the start was delayed for half an hour while everyone waited for the westerly. It finally arrived to stay in the 15 to 18-knot range. The only thing that prevented it from being a perfect sailing day was a strong ebb that peaked about 5 p.m. The ebb, combined with a wind hole at 16, had fleets piling up on one another, and some bumps and grinds resulted. For the most part, damage was minor, but one boat lost a mast and another came awful close when their headstay parted. EXPRESS 37 — 1) Re-Quest, Glen Isaacson; 2) Sleeper, Tom Gettman; 3) Melange, S. Chamberlain. s KNARR — 1} Peer Gynt, Kjell Skaar; 2) Benlno, Terry Anderlin I/Charles Osborne; 3) Kaereste, Joe Casey. page 160

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this race is Roy Disney’s new Nelson/Marek 70 Pyewacket, although no entry form has yet been received for the boat. While the big sleds are doing their thing, depending on what the wind does and which navigators roll their dice right, the winners could well come from the B and C fleets. Among those in attendance from Northern California will be Lu Taylor’s SC50 Racy II, Lon Price’s Luffe 44 Mary Jane, Sy Kleinman’s venerable Frers 58 Swiftsure and Santa Cruz YC’s Leonard Hewitt aboard the Peterson 41 Irrational. If you want to take part, there’s still time to enter. But don’t put it off too much longer — mooring space on both the Marina Del Rey and Puerto Vallarta ends is limited. Call race coordinator Peggy Retler at (213) 823-4664 for more information. For those lucky enough to have the time, MEXORC 1987 gets underway right after the Puerto Vallarta Race, on February 19.

MIDWINTERS RESULTS THUNDERBIRD — 1} Crazy Jane, Doug Carroll; 2) Shanghai, Dave Miller; 3) Wlndjimmer, (type and owner not available). TARTAN TEN — 1) Sportin’ Life, Greg Pfeiffer; 2) i Waverunner, Krawiec/Campbell; 3) Wizz Lass, Len Jackson. IOR I — 1) Bladerunner, Reichel/Pugh 47, Bill Twist; 2) Skedaddle, Reichel/Pugh 40, Lee Otterson/Ray Pingree; 3) Bondi Tram, Frers 40, Peter Stocker. IOR It — 1) Yucca, 8-Meter, Hank Easorn; 2) Wildfire, modified Ranger 37, John Clauser; 3) Annalise, Wylie 34, Paul Altman. PHRF I — 1) Still Smokin’, J/35. Don Trask; 2) Svendle, Swedish Custom, Sven Svendsen; 3) Zeus, MacGregor 85, Hal Nelson. PHRF II - 1) Flying Bear, Catalina 38, Robert Johnson; 2) Gratia, Catalina 38, Duane Junkln; 3) Power Play, J/29, Peter Cunningham. PHRF III — 1) Hot Flash, SC27, Bren Meyer; 2) Sundance, SC27, Rob Moore; 3) Lipstick, Express

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PHRF V — 1) Current Asset, islander 30, John Bowen; 2) Callisto, Newport 30, Howard Cann/Charies Clemens; 3) 20/20, Cal 29, Phil PHRF VI— 1) Freyja, Catalina 27, Ray Nelson; 2) Wanika, Cal 2-27, Steve Wilson; 3) Mariner, Ranger 26, Brude Darby. PHRF VII — 1) Freya, Fotkboat, Ed Welch; 2) Caliban, Cat 20, David Green; 3) Reluctant Spinster, (type and owner not available).

Metropolitan/Berkeley Midwinters Once again, the Metropolitan Midwinters — this year co-sponsored by Berkeley YC — turned out the largest of the midwinter fleets. More than 300 boats signed up for the twoday-per-month series, which features a little something for everybody. You can race PHRF, One Design, or both, and on either day or both. Heck, coming as it does on the second Saturday and Sunday of the month, it even suits our schedule. We abandoned

the photo boat for the weekend, gathered a few people from the office and went out show them how it was done. What we ended up doing was proving that just because you write about sailing doesn’t mean you know how to do it better than anybody else. We finished last in class. But even with a dirty bottom, old sails and, er, a worn kanootin sheave, we were gaining on ’em the whole way. The wind was characteristically light for this time of year — 10 to 12 on Saturday with slightly more on Sunday — but the weather was uncharacteristically, warm and sunny the whole weekend. It was just perfect for first time racers. It was also good light air practice for experienced racers, and perfect weather for embarassing some whose skills have become rusty from spending too much time on a twin-screw press boat. But watch out next month. SATURDAY, 11/8 * DIVISION I - IV Surf City, Hobte 33, John Walker; 2) F.A.D., Olson 29, George Olson/Chip Bern; 3) Tramp, Farr 10/20, James Dumas. DIVISION II — 1) Wide Load, Santana 35, Sam Bonavich; 2) Absoluts 80, Wylie 33, Keith MacBeth; 3) Swell Dancer, Santana 35, Jim Graham. DIVISION III — 1) Wave Train, Olson 91 IS, Rick Caskey; 2) Bloody Mary, Santa Cruz 27, Franz Kiitza; 3) Mesmerize, C&C 35, Todd Lee. DIVISION IV - 1) Madhatter, Wylie Wabbit, Colin Moore; 2) Mr. MacGregor, Wylie Wabbit, Melinda and John Gruen; 3) Zot!, Choate 27, Bob Hrubes.

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peacefully cohabit in and still have equal chance at winning? Like the country song goes, “Hello Mexico, and adios, baby, to you.” It’s going to be a heck of a winter!

The Red Rock Regatta always brings out some great costumes. This is Jerry Kahn and wife as buoys . .

. . . and showstopper Dan Higgins as the 12-Meter

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Jack James’ Jubilation made a clean sweep of that series last year and its likely he’ll have the big Frers 54 back to try it again. And if you want to make it three in a row,

remember that Sea of Cortez Race Week runs from March 29 to April 5. This last may not have the prestige of the first two, but how many other events can cruisers and racers

Red Rock Regatta When it comes to really getting into Hallo¬ ween on the Bay, few fleets come close to that of the Red Rock Regatta. To begin with, the rules specify that at least one person on every boat has to be in costume. The regatta, this year held October 25, is always held close to Halloween. But the traditional Saturday night Barbeque feed/trop’ny presentation/costume contest is where this event really comes into its own. We attended last year and saw some of the most creative costumes since the bar scene in Star Wars. Forty-six boats entered this year, ranging in size from 22 to 43 feet. The only ingredient missing this year was wind. When race time arrived, the fleet just threw out anchors off the sponsoring Tiburon YC to wait it out. No complaints, though; the weather was too warm and beautiful. They swam, threw water balloons and generally kept themselves busy, but the breeze never did show. After two hours, though, things were getting serious — the

MORE MIDWINTERS RESULTS DfVISION V — 1) Roulette,. Ranger 28, Jerry Ingalls; 2) Araminta, Herreshoff 33, Emily Hogan; 3) Blue Moon, J/22, Phil Mayo. DIVISION VI — 1) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison; 2) Ouzel, Thunderbird, Mike Sheats; 3) Roxanne, Santana 22, Susan Hay/ Mike Bruno. CAL 2-27 — 1) Wanlka, Steve Wilson; 2) Zephyr, Bruce Nesbit; 3) Summer, Paul Shinoff. EXPRESS 27 — 1) Trimmer, Skip Shapiro; 2) Summer Palace, Brian Goepfrich; 3) Desperado, Mike Bruzzone. J/24 — 1) Elixir, Scott Klllips; 2) Beama Baoghail, Mike Grandin; 3) Chicks Dig It, Peter Young. JI29 — 1) Potstlcker, Kirk Denebeim; 2) Blazer, Mike Lambert; 3) Advantage II, Pat Benedict. NEWPORT 30 — 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman;2) Mintaka, Gerry Brown; 3) Zarpa, Robert Moyer/ George Gurrola. OLSON 25 — 1) Fastlane, Norman Williams; 2) Honey’s Money, Bob Evans; 3) Fast Freddie, Wyatt Matthews. OLSON 30 — 1) Saint Anne, Dick Heckman; 2) Think Fasti, Al Holt; 3) Vorticity, Jeff Gething. RANGER 23 — 1) Snow Storm, George Morris; 2) Smokey, John Nelson; 3) Nightwlnd, Richard Sloan.

SANTANA 22—1)Tara, Howard Brunn;3)Esea Rider, Joe Schmidt; 3) Buffalo Honey, Lou Fields. SUNDAY DIVISION A — 1) Something Special, Soverel 33, Alex Tchick; 2) Good And Plenty, Soverel 33, Seth Neiman; 3) X Ta C, Olson 29, Bill Sweitzer. DIVISION B-1) Smokin’ J, J/29, Don Trask; 2) Scoop, Wylie 34, Ken Schaff; 3) Violation, J/29, Noel Rodes. DIVISION C — 1) Wave Train, Olson 91 IS, Rick Caskey; 2) Peppermint, Santana 30/30, Larry Calhoun; 3) Severn, Annapolis 44, Lyle Radke/ Art Hansen. DIVISION D — 1) Magic Jammies, Nick Rau/ Charles Witcher; 2) High Frequency, Wavelength 24, C. Bell/ R. Merle; 3) Heatwave, Wavelength 24, Mike Whalen. DIVISION E — 1) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 2) Hurrah, Yankee 30, John Wright; 3) Class Action, Catalina 30, Dean Dietrich. DIVISION F — 1) Temptation, Cal 2-27, Rollye Wiskerson; 2) Con Carino, Cal 2-27, Gary Albright; 3) Catalyst, Catalina 27, Ed Durbin. EXPRESS 27 — 1) UXB, Pat Strange; 2) Summer Palace, Brendan Meyer; 3) Frog In French, Kame Richards. INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT - 1) Svea, Terry

Manchester; 2) Xanadu, Tom Federico; 3) Eiska, Lesta Nadel. ISLANDER 30— 1) Current Asset, John Bowen; 2) Antares, Larry Telford; 3) Bianca, Bruce Wallace. ISLANDER 36 — 1) Tom Cat, Allan and Candy Sebastiani; 2) Grumpy Dog, Cyndy Hessenbruch; 3) Prlma Donna, Eric Warner. J/24 — 1) Downtown Uproar, Wayne Clough; 2) JPJ, Pete Crystal; 3) Hardtack, C. E. Alien. SANTANA 22 — 1) Ban tana, Lloyd Banta; 2) Jowen, Robert Ward; 3) Roxanne, Susan Hay/ Mike Bruno. WYLIE WABBIT - 1) Mr, McGregor, Kim Desenberg; 2) Madhatter, Colin Moore; 3) Ricochet, Gene Harris.

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Committee boat problems delayed the start of SCO’s first midwinters on November 1 until 1 p.m. Winds at the start were decent, even if they were out of the east. By after¬ noon, however, diminishing breeze and the 5.5-knot ebb that peaked around 4 played page 162

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beer was running out. Someone thought they saw wind on the other side of the San Rafael Bridge, so everyone upped anchor and hauled butt over there. The line was set up and the race started, but it was not to be. The wind died again and no one was able to finish within the time allowance. Back at the yacht club, 225 costumed racers enjoyed barbeque, dancing and “gallons of mai tais”, says Carolyn Fitz¬ Gerald, who with husband Mike originated and has overseen the Red Rock Regatta since if3 inception. About midway through the revelry, they put names in a hat and drew for trophies. “Everybody was scream¬ ing and cheering louder than they would for real winners,” says Carolyn. Mai tais, especially complimentary ones, will do that to you. Among the costume winners, couples division, were Jerry Kahn and wife. They came as red and green buoys, complete with flashing lights atop their heads. Best single costume went to Dan Higgins who came as the 12-Meter USA. In keeping with the tradi¬ tion of the race, the party didn’t break up until the wee hours when the bar ran dry. One For The Rail It wasn’t one of Dick Loomis’ more

2DIVIStON i (PHRF 170 and below) — 1) Ringmaster, Express 37, Leigh Brite; 2) Good N’ Plenty, Soverel 33, John Callahan; 3) Sundance, Santa Cruz 27, Rob Moore. DIVISION II* (PHRF 171 and above) — 1) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Linda Kasper; 2) Roque¬ fort, Newport 30-11, Bob Marshall; 3) Ruckus, Newport 30-111, Paul Von Wiedenfeld. DIVISION III (Non-Spinnaker) — 1) Peer Gynt, Knarr, Kjeil Skaar; 2) Amanda, Newport 30-11, Jerry Raube/George Yeckl; 3) Perico, Ericson 35, Bill Lr6W^$

COLOMBIA CHALLENGER — 1) Osprey, Jim

Adams; 2) Suzy Q. GOLDEN GATE — 1) Kuuipo, Chris Craft; 2) Osprey, Peter Sears; 3) Sanderiing, Tom Anderson. TRITON — 1) Whisper, Ken Schopp; 2) Boiero, Ely Gilliam; 3) Skye Mist, Paul Brent. RANGER 23 — 1) impossible, Gary Kneeiand; 2) Twisted, Don Weineke; 3) Nightwind, Richard Sloan. 'Pending protests may change the standings in this class.

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havoc with racers. Many eventually gave up a losing battle with the tide and motored in.

The Red Rock starting area turned into an an¬ chorage while boats waited for wind that never came._

memorable races — at least not for the right reasons. There he was, all set to do the first race of the Snipe North Americans at the end of September, when the boss called an early morning meeting. “I couldn’t very well tell him ‘No, I have to go racing,’ ” says Dick, who was also race chairman for the event. So he made a few calls and had fellow

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Snipers set the boat up, arranging to meet diis crew at the dock in time to make it out to the first race. When he got there, all was in readiness, or so it seemed. The jib was up; all he had to do was put up the brand new main and start sailing. “But the boat felt sluggish,” he says, and sure enough, everybody easily outsailed him on the way to the course. “I said to my crew, ‘You don’t suppose they left the plug out? . . . but sure enoqgh, the drain plug

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was out and the boat’s double bottom was full of water. Loomis and Albright sailed back to the Richmond dock. “The drill was to raise the boat out of the water with the hoist, tilt it back and drain out the water. The only thing was, the boat full of water changed the center of gravity so that the mast would hit the hoist. So we took off the sails, including my brand new main, unstepped the mast, drained the boat, rerigged the mast, got ready to leave . . . and I couldn’t find the mainsail. “1 looked all over. 1 thought, this is ridiculous. We’re the only ones here. Everyone else is out racing. It was neatly folded on the dock only five minutes ago. I finally decided it must have fallen in the water. I had a wetsuit on so I started wading around, feeling for it with my feet. No good. 1 rigged up the boat’s anchor for deeper water and tried grappling for it. That didn’t work either. I kept thinking how ridiculous this all was. Forty-some boats out there rac¬ ing a nationals and I’m wading in the mud looking for a sail! All of a sudden, here comes Dan the Diver in full battle gear. I explain the situation, to which he replies, “It’s going to cost you.” That’s okay, I say, it’s better than spending $300 on a new sail. He was under the water maybe ten seconds and it cost me $20. $20 for ten seconds. That’s some hourly rate, eh?” By the time he finally got underway again, he was passing boats heading in. The race was over.

Race Yachts, Not Arms Looking for a race that’s a little different? How about a race from Japan to Russia? You can register now for the fourth annual Sea of Japan race that starts next August 16 in Muroran on Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan, and ends 550 miles across the Sea of Japan in Nakhodka, just east of Vladivostok. Entry fee is 40,000 yen, which works out to about $200. The Soviet government will reportedly supply transportation and an interpreter for entrants who want to do some sightseeing after the race. The race is sponsored by the Japanese government, a newspaper and some other businesses. Boats must be 24 feet or longer

and rated by the IOR or NORC (Nippon Ocean Race Committee.) This year there were eight boats in the race, five from Russia and three from Japan. Next year the sponsors would like some Americans to enter. Interested? Write Japan Sea Race Executive Committee, KikakuJigyo-Shitsu, Asahi Newspaper Co., Kita 2, Nishi 1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Japan. Neat Trick of the Month We’ve always figured the nautical equivalent to a used hubcap dealer (don’t laugh, there are two listed in the Marin yellow pages) is a used winch handle dealer. Only you wouldn’t have to, um, “acquire” your merchandise in the sapne way. All you’d have to do would be devise a way — like a giant magnet — to get them off the bot¬ tom. A couple days of gathering off the bot¬ tom of any harbor in the known universe should enable you to open at least a tenstore franchise right off the bat. Subsequent

Losing too many winch handles? Why not give them instant deck shoes!

collections could be made as business demanded. The briskest trade would be dur¬ ing the summer when racers replace handles almost weekly. And every one they replace means there’s one more waiting for you. We don’t know if you’ll ever get rich doing this, but we can guarantee that you could reincar¬ nate through three lifetimes and never run out of merchandise. All boats have their own little rules and dit¬ ties about how not to lose winch handles over the side — “Lose one, buy one,” for example. Our favorite has always been “Lose one and we’ll break your fingers, kick your dog and publicly smear your family name.” It works pretty well. What sounded like it might work better is a neat and simple trick spotted recently by sometime contributor Bill Mittendorf. For page 164

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winch handles that spend any time on the deck, “Lay a thin bead of silicon along each -edge of the handle. Voila — instant deck shoes for your handle.” He tried this and we tried this and damn if it doesn’t work great! When It’s A11 Over, He May Be Looking At Life In Prison There’s a tremendous irony developing in the America’s Cup competition that we’ve yet to see brought to the light of day. The deal is, at least according to some Kiwi sailing publications we read a year or so ago, that New Zealand never intended to even mount a 12 Meter effort. (We suspect you’re all aware that to date the Kiwi’s have performed brilliantly, and that many think the next Cup defense will be in sail crazy Auckland). Through public subscription and other means they’d already ponied up tons of money for such sailing endeavors as the Southern Cross and Admiral’s Cup series, and two entries in the Whitbread Around the

Race Notes Hank Dekker, the blind sailor who took third in division in last summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, recently announced plans to participate in next summer’s OSTAR (Observer Singlehanded Trans-Atlantic Race), a 2,900-mile jaunt from Plymouth, England, to Newport, Rhode Island. He’ll reportedly sail the same boat — the Laser 28 Outta Sight — and will once again ask for no quarter and give none. Talk about planning ahead. We recently received an official notification that the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in conjunc¬ tion with the Fukuoka Prefectural Yachting Federation has announced the inaugural Auckland to Fukuoka (Japan) Race. The date: May 6, 1989. The 5,500-mile event will be broken into four legs with stops at Suva and Guam. Open to both 10R and PHRF entries. Mark your calendars. While we’re on the subject of planning ahead, Olson 30 owners might like to know that next year’s Olson 30 Nationals will be June 19 through 25 in sunny SoCal. The Channel Islands Harbor Olson 30 Associa¬ tion will host. Want to know more? Call Gene Proffitt at (805) 488-4658. Winter is a great time for sailing seminars,

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and one of the best will swing through San Francisco February 7 and 8. This is the North Sails Smart Course, an intensive, weekend-long seminar filled with practical ideas about strategy and tactics for both han¬ dicap and one-design sailors. For more, call the North loft at 522-5373. Kudos to the local Cal 2-27 fleet. While other fleets come and go, this 15-year-old design is one of the only out-of-production one design fleets to actually increase in par¬ ticipation in the last six years: 10 qualified boats in ’81; 11 in ’82; 12 in ’83 and ’84; 13 in ’85; and 16 in 1986! The secret of their success — a good boat, good sailors, and an active fleet organization for both racers and cruisers. The Guadalupe Island Single/ Double Handed Race is rolling around on April 11, 1987. This 630 nautical mile event departs from Marina Del Rey and takes from

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World Race. Given their lame economy, there was little interest in entering sailing’s biggest dollar toss, the America’s Cup. So right up to the final deadline for coughing up $20,000 to reserve a spot in the competition, the Kiwi’s had no intention of entering. Then along came a swashbuckling Aussie — we no longer remember his name — who told local sailing chiefs that it was an outrage for a great southern hemisphere sail¬ ing power like New Zealand not to have an entry. And so he — an Aussie — put up the $20,000. This didn’t sit well with the Kiwi’s, who in the grand scheme of the world are more or less Australia’s kid brother. First there was in¬ dignation, then there was a spark of interest, and finally a Kiwi challenge took flight on its own. As for the Aussie guy who kept them in the hunt, according to the Kiwi press, he was later arrested in Australia for gem fraud. If the Kiwi’s continue to enjoy the success they’ve had at Perth and beat the Aussies for the Cup, outraged Aussie citizens are likely to lynch the original Kiwi sponsor.

Hank Dekker has his sights set on next year’s OSTAR.

<5 to 7 days to complete. It is the brainchild of BOC veteran Dan Byrne and run by the Southern California-based PSSA (Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association), and can be used as a qualifier for the 1988 Singlehanded TransPac. We’ll have more on this race as the time grows nearer. If you need more information now, call Steve Boothe at (213) 823-8868 and leaye a message.

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With reports this month from Tarwathie in Virginia; Shady Lady in Tucson; La Gitana in Pago Pago; WindChild in Ecuador; Bear Cub at Suwarrdw Atoll; Geraldine enroute to the Galapagos; Dawntreader in South Africa; Terese Schwartz in La Paz; Softwind on the La Paz Waltz; Sea Urchin on Nicaragua; Simoon cruis¬ ing in Alaska; Sisu in American Samoa; Magellan in San Diego; Prevail in Bora Bora; Breakaway in San Diego; and, Cruise Notes.

Tarwathie — Albatross 42 Additions to the List Dwight Rettie (Arlington, Virginia) The list and hints from Chela (September, Changes) will make for some important additions to one of the 60-odd lists my wife Karen and I are putting together for our round-the-world cruise we plan to begin next June in our newly rebuilt 42-foot steel Alan Buchanan Albatross. Perhaps your readers would find useful a few others I have garnered over the years: 1. Drinking straws — both the straight and flexible variety. Great for measuring small

Q-tips, one of the things that Dwight Rettie suggests you don’t forget to take along when you go cruising.

quantities of everything from epoxy to paint to fuels. Dip the straw, cover the end, and up comes a quantity that with a little practice can be measured and easily duplicated. 2. Q-tips, including the ones with long handles. Great for all sorts of jobs. 3. Tongue depressors. Absolutely indis¬ pensable. Cheap if you buy them by the box

of 500, which isn’t too many when you discover how handy they are for mixing, stirring, splinting, etc. 4. Safety pins, including several of the large ones that used to be used }or diapers and blankets. The big ones may be hard to find now. 5. A couple of the little eye-glass repair kits. At only a buck or so, they can be a lifesaver for someone, even if you don’t wear glasses. 6. A basting syringe. Most of them are plastic and cheap, so take two or three. Stainless steel ones will last longer, but they cost a lot more and depending on what you use them for, may not be worth the trouble to clean out. \ 7. An antique stove-top waffle iron. Okay, it’s a luxury, but worth the search. Many people assume you have to have elec¬ tricity to have waffles — not so. Most stove top models involve a circular base in which sits a two-piece iron that can be rotated or flipped. — dwight rettie 10/3/86 Trailer to Mexico Shady Lady — Southcoast 22 Mike, Kathy & Chris (11) Leonard (Tuscon, Arizona) We’ve got a little more to offer on the topic of trailering a boat to Mexico. As residents of Tucson, it’s only 320 miles from our driveway to the Marina San Carlos launch ramp. My wife and I first went sailing down there in a 14-ft open daysailer. We have since returned with a Venture 17 and a Southcoast 22. In all, we have made dozens of trips down for as short as a weekend to 14-day cruises on our boat. The border hassle can be rendered painless for folks using the Nogales crossing if they just use the truck route. It’s clearly marked on 1-19 and is the first Nogales exit. Visas are available and you avoid all the downtown Mexican city type traffic. (Towing a sailboat thru a Mexican city is an

experience nobody would want to miss!) The Mexico people refer to the highway between Nogales and Hermosa as the ‘Highway of Tears’. The traffic can be pure hell; but then again we’ve driven the road virtually alone. But one thing’s for sure; in this part of Mexico no rebase translates to ‘buses pass here’. My recommendation is to take a break every now and then. But whatever you do, don’t use the restroom at the El Oasis. Hermosillo is a very pretty city, but trust me, you don’t want to drive through it. For¬ tunately, there is again a truck bypass. As you enter town, you’ll see a sign pointing left that says ‘Guaymas’. Take it and you’ll skirt the town, thereby once again missing the opportunity to tow your boat through page 166

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another Mexican city. You do get other scenery, such as prisons, stockyards and BIG MEXICAN TRUCKS!!! After Hermosillo, it’s downwind for the 80 miles to San Carlos. If you crossed the border at 6 a.m., you should be there by 1:00 p.m. Stop at Jax Snax as you come into town and have a hamburgesa. They are delectible! The view of the Sea of Cortez as you enjoy your lunch helps you forget the road and allows you to start unwinding. The marina is only about three minutes away from Jax Snax. After rigging your boat, you can hire the marina’s tractor or you can launch your boat with your own vehicle. My Ford Ranger 4x4 has no prob¬ lem with my 22-ft boat. But then my boat will float in just 12 inches of water with the keel page 167

San Carlos, Mexico. One of the best places to launch a trailerable boat. La Paz and Puerto Escon¬ dido are two others.

and rudder retracted! If you draw more than three feet, it’s best to launch the boat at high tide. We prefer to anchor out rather than rent a berth in the marina. The marina has excel¬ lent facilities, we just prefer the quiet and the stars. In warm — make that HOT! — weather, there are less bugs and more wind anchored out in the bay. Depending on which you choose to do, either dinghy in or strut down the dock and over to the restaurant at the Shangri-la Trailer Park and have the shrimp in garlic sauce for dinner — you won’t regret it! After a good dinner and a couple of dozen beers, you’ll be ready to /

head back to the boat. If you’re lucky, as you dinghy out the phosphorescence will put on a light show. You can get food, ice and supplies at any one of a number of markets within an easy stroll of the marina. Stock up on the ice and fuel, because once you leave the marina, you’re not going to find much. If you head north for about ten miles, you arrive at San Pedro Bay, a well-protected anchorage. From there north you’ll find a bunch of little anchorages. Consult your chart or cruise guide. The snorkeling in these waters is simply fantastic. If you bring a spear gun you’ll eat well. Or if you just like to watch, the show the sea has to offer beats anything on television. If you don’t like venture too far, you can stay right in San Carlos Bay — where the marina is — and daysail. The snorkeling is also very good in Catalina Bay, which is just outside San Carlos Bay. A word of caution; there is a large rock to the port side — that’s left — as you enter San Carlos Bay. Stay to the center or right of center as you enter. If you’re heading to Catalina Bay, give the rock a wide berth because it’s a big rock. A popular quick side trip from San Carlos is three miles up the coast to Catch 22 Beach. Once the set for the movie by the same name, it’s now home to a Club Med. If you decide to visit on a sunny day, bring the binoculars along. The scenery is interesting, to say the least. The boat we sail is a 22-ft Southcoast, which has an 800-lb centerboard. I’m careful where 1 go and plan on taking a couple of extra days in case I run into weather I feel is too heavy for my boat. I have both a VHF and a CB. Somebody monitors one of the two 24 hours a day. The sportfishing clubs that operate ^out of here are very safety conscious, too. For comfort, I had a dodger made to enclose the ‘pop-top’ on my boat. Now we have 5’ 11” headroom; of course I’m 6’2”. We carry 10 gallons of fresh water and I cook on a two-burner Coleman stove. Beer and soda get stored in the bilge; on a small boat sometimes you just have to do without cold drinks. The cooler is reserved for perishable foods and lots and lots of ice. We have a Sun Shower that we use to wash the salt off, and we put the water from the melted ice in the

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Sun Shower. We don’t waste anything!!! I’m real happy with my boat. It’s big enough to play with in Baja and small enough to sail on the resevoirs in Arizona. We plan on going across at the Midriff Islands next year. I highly recommend a trip down to Baja. The mainland is a great place to sail small cruisers. The other boaters are very friendly and the Mexican people will go way out of their way to help. There’s only one word of caution. The Mexicans don’t do anything fast — until they get into an automobile!! Then they don’t do anything slow!!! If this qualifies for a much-longed for Rov¬ ing Reporter T-shirt, I wear a medium. — mike, kathy & chris 11/12/86 Readers — We had a nice little chat with Mike to confirm the name of his boat. In the process we learned that he’s hoping to trailer his boat down to Gua^mas, ferr\) them across to Baja, then trailer down to La Paz for Baja Ha Race Week this coming March. La Gitana The Brasket Family Pago Pago N/A After spending two years cruising the Sea of Cortez and four months in French Polynesia, we are now settled in Pago Pago, Samoa for the hurricane season. The harbor here is as dirty, noisy and foul-smelling as we’d always heard it would be. While the harbor is huge and well-protected, it is also crowded with tuna fleets, fishing boats and barges. Anchoring is only allowed in a relatively small portion at the end of the har¬ bor. Good holding ground is rather hard to come by and is often fouled by hundreds of plastic bags that seem to breed in these waters. In addition, abandoned mooring lines and other miscellaneous debris litter the bottom. The best holding ground down the center of the harbor must be kept clear for the barges that Eire constantly being towed back and forth. Movement in the harbor is tightly regulated. Written permission must be obtained from the Harbor Master before moving your boat to another anchorage or going to the dock to fill water tanks. Diesel fuel must be brought in by tanker truck to the customs dock in order to fill up.

But the officials and people here are veryv friendly. Food and clothing are nicely afford¬ able, and most common boat parts are read¬ ily available. Most American palangis can find work here if they put their minds to it. Teachers, especially, have a good chance of finding employment. We’ve enrolled our daughter, Kelli, in the sixth grade at the public school while Chris is taking a high school correspondence course through the American School based in Chicago. There are about 50 boats anchored here, including those at the so-called,“marina”. Among them are Anenom£, Sunshine, Laune, White Cloud, Buxom, Gingsing, Unicorn, Amazing Grace, Autumn Passage, Tender Foot, Neurius II, Softwind, HqIo Mai, Snow Goose, Bear Spirit, Ocean Gift Horse, Odyssey II, Whimsical, Phixis, Andre, Alibaba and Tara. Many of these boats will be heading on toward Hawaii or New Zealand, while quite a few others are stocking up on provisions and heading on to Tonga to spend the hurricane season where supplies are scarce but the cruising grounds are plentiful. We’ll be headed there ours'dlves come June, then on toward Fiji, New Zealand and, eventually, Australia. — debbie brasket 10/24/86 WindChild - Mariah 31 Pam and John Faulkner Salinas, Ecuador (Portland, Oregon) We last wrote from Algarrobo, Chile, right after we hauled WindChild at the spiffy yacht club there. By then it was April and winter was creeping up the coast, so we headed north to stay ahead of it. We stopped at Higuerillas, which is just north of Valparaiso; at Coquimbo; at Caldera, where the Atacama Desert begins; at Antofagasta, where we were wined and dined by the Hermandad de la Costa, which is a fraternal organization which goes back to the days of the pirates; and at Arica, the northernmost port of Chile. They call Arica “the city of eternal spring¬ time” because it never rains and it’s never very warm or very cold. We ultimately spent three months there, during which we took trips to Parque Nacional Lauca, which at 14,750 feet is the world’s highest. The park is full of snow-topped volcanos and lakes surrounded by high plains full of alpaca,

llama, vicuna, flamingoes, puma and a giant rabbit called vizcacha. Nearby is a church built back in the 16th century. We later went to La Paz, Bolivia, which is connected to Arica by train. We also went to southern Peru; Lake Titicaca, Puno, Arequipa, Cuzco, and of course, Machu Picchu! There’s nothing I could say that would ade¬ quately give a sense of the area, the natural splendor, and the signs of the Inca civiliza¬ tion that was. While we were off exploring, our cats were being spoiled by the yacht club folks who were looking after them. They were being given fresh fish daily; the cats must now think that every boat that pulls up to WindChild has a fish for them. Everywhere we went in Chile we got writ¬ ten up in the newspaper. Twice we were on television. Because of the great people, great food, great wine and great pisco (a South American version of tequila), we found it very difficult to leave Chile. page 168

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March 29 through April 5. We sure hope you folks can make it. We’d love to hear more about your travels.

Our next stop was Callao, the port city of Lima. There were more boats at the yacht club at Callao then we’d seen in all of Chile, and we were generally ignored. The climate was suprisingly cold and damp, so we headed for the sun of Ecuador! We’ve been here in Salinas for a month now, and have enjoyed it a lot. There’s sun, and now that we’ve gotten out of the Humboldt Current, the water is warm, too. The 10 to 15 knot breeze keeps our wind generator going all day long. The people are nice, the food good, and it’s very cheap! While here we met another American boat, Albatross, with Mike and Gisela aboard from San Diego. It was a treat to see our first Americans in more than a year. The Salinas YC is sponsoring a race to the Galapagos Islands next year, and all the en¬ tries will get permission to visit the islands for an as yet unspecified time. Two boats from the club did a trial run to San Cristobal this year. It took 3.5 days there and four days

Sometimes what you think is going to be a minor project — like changing spark plugs — can turn into a big deal.

coming back. The race might not attract the blood and guts racers who go for it in gale force conditions, but it sure would be a nice race for folks like us who like to put a little fun in our cruise. Anybody who is in Tahiti now could leave immediately for Chile, have a leisurely trip up the coast of South America, and be here by next November for the race. Alas, we’re soon to leave the southern hemisphere, headed for Cocos Island. If we don’t find a treasure in Costa Rica, then it’s home again. But first, when is Sea of Cortez (Baja Ha) Race Week? — pam andjohn 11/5/86 Pam and John — You folks — and the cats — have been real trailblazers. We salute you/ Sea of Cortez Race Week runs Sunday

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Suvarrow Atoll, 1986 Bear Cub — N / A Ross and Paula Welch (Victoria, British Columbia) I’d like to share an update on Suwarrow Atoll (Suvarov), the bird santuary now under the control of the Cook Islands government. Many sailors know this as the place where New Zealand hermit Tom Neale lived on and off for 20 years. On October 16 we just happened to be on Survarrow at the same time as the Queen’s Representative to the Cook Islands. While the stop was just part of his official tour, for us it was history! The Queen’s Representative and an offi¬ cial from Penrhyn were accompanied by a boatload of islanders, perhaps 150 in all. I wondered what Tom Neale would have done at such an event. We and the crews from three other boats were able to participate and assist in the preparations for the traditional welcoming ceremony and feast. Thus the night before everyone had to grab huge coconut crabs for steaming using coconut shells as fuel. And there were frigate birds to cook in the underground oven. And coconut milk to gather. And taro to cook and peel. And of course, the weaving of the many bowls and serving plates from coconut palms. A good day was had by all, both while en¬ joying the ceremonies and the feast and the local fanfare that followed. How quickly time passes when you’re having fun. We made many friends that day, and will long remember waving good-bye to them from our dinghy as they climbed aboard the ship. Even after they left, Suvarrow is no longer the uninhabited island that had attracted ATom Neale. For the past six months, appointed officials have been on the atoll. The permanent chief administrative officer is Petuela Kora, a meteorologist, who is here with his wife, Jane, a school teacher.- They have several children. Petuela gave us good weather information before we left, and he’s also in contact with Rarotonga daily. Suvarrow will probably have an airstrip by next year; the survey work has already been completed. And last

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month, legislation was introduced to the House to make Survarrow an official port of entry. Being on a direct line from Bora Bora to American Samoa, Suvarrow is a good place to visit. Diving in the lagoon is fantastic, the beaches are long and white, and there are plenty of coconut trees. It’s one of the special places in the South Pacific. — paula and ross 11/8/86 Geraldine — Cherubini 44 Steve Shohet Enroute to the Galapagos The Geraldine and crew are finally sailing about 500 kilometers southeast of Acapulco in route to the Galapagos and our quest for trepidurus (lava lizard) blood. So far the trip has been pleasantly uneventful except for modest delays dodging hurricanes in Cabo San Lucas and Acapulco. In the process of setting up this expedition, we have had immense help from dozens of knowledgeable and generous people. It’s im¬ possible to acknowledge them all, but I would like your readers to know about at least three who went way beyond the usual limits and without whose help we would still be ashore. First, both the Edinger brothers in Sausalito. Working under deadline pressure, they managed to unscramble my hopelessly byzantine refrigeration system and make it work! Since sample preservation is the sine qua non of the whole trip, we won’t forget Carl and Bill’s patience and Saturday and Sunday work. Second, to Jock McClean and his everhelpful crew at the San Francisco Boat Works. Amazingly, for over a month of fran¬ tic and frenetic preparations, they calmly accepted and supported our efforts. Parts, paint and psychotherapy were all readily available. With Craig, Bill, A1 and all the others, this is a real boatyard with its priorities straight — and thanks to Mike Derman, jazz on Sunday afternoons, too! Finally, a quick word for Pacific Offshore Rigging in San Diego. If speed, accuracy and imagination are needed to solve a rigging problem, Fritz is the man to see. I’ll close by telling you that we saw Mike and Lynn Schneider in San Diego on their lovely Alden yawl. Mike gave us invaluable help in dodging hurricanes on the way down

here. Mike and Lynn — and their two watery, kinder — are planning a cruise to Hawaii this winter. If we get our samples collected in time, and if the liquid nitrogen lasts, we hope to see them on the way back. — steve shohet 10/24/86 Steve — We’re glad you were able to “dodge” the hurricanes, but we’d like to remind our readers that sailing off the coast of Mexico between June and the end of October is reckless, no matter if you’re in search of lizard’s blood or just a good time. \

Dawntreader — Odyssey 30 Ben Wells Capetown, South Africa (Berkeley) You may remember me. I’ve contributed a few articles, Changes in Latitudes, etc. over the past 4V2 years. Dawntreader is my boat and Jean Lawler has been my crew. I’ve been hanging out here in Capetown for seven months trying to let my back heal. I mucked it up by going out for an afternoon race on a Farr 38, forgetting I’m no longer 24, but 54. Screwed it up but good. And now on the eve of what was to be our departure, Jean and I are splitting up. The latter is the reason I am writing. I don’t have time to wait for the next Crew List and then query possibilities. I would just like to know if there are any women who would take the gamble and fly to South Africa to sail with me on the last leg of my circum¬ navigation. I plan to sail to Salvador, Brazil; French Guiana; Tobago; along the coast of Venezuela; to Panama and then up the North American Pacific coast to San Francisco. For any women that might be interested, my picture appeared in the August and December 1982 Changes sections. And I am 54. The ad I ran to find Jean which gives an idea of my desires in a crew/companion appeared in the May or June 1981 Classy Classifieds. I think it said to write to P.O. Box 3130, San Francisco. Some of my requirements: ■ — She must do most of the cooking. I hate to cook, but would do some at sea. None in port. In return, I would do all the foredeck work and the navigation if she can’t or prefers not to. — I make all the decisions with respect to

itinerary, with consideration for her desires but not in deference thereto. I also make all the decisions with respect to boat-handling. — She must allow me to hold in my possession the cost of an airfare home, since that cost would be my responsibility if she decided to jump ship in a foreign port. I will glady discuss questions of itinerary directly with anyone that responds. - ben wells 9/17/86 Readers — We assume this is too late for anyone to respond to in time to catch Ben before he departs Capetown. However, Marshall Enderby of Northern California stays in contact with Ben. Marshall can be reached at 557-9104 during the day, and 457-3887 during the evening.

Season Opens Big Mexico Terese Pencak Schwartz La Paz, Baja California Sur (SausalitO)N It would be impossible to conclude anything other than that cruising is taking off page 170

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llifll Cruisers in La Paz practicing for Christmas.

in the Sea of Cortez. As of early December, I i counted 85 cruising boats in the La Paz hari bor. At this time last year there were only 35 i boats. Locals report that at the same time in 1984, there were only 20 boats; and, in 1983, just five boats. Christmas is always a big party on the i beach in Cabo San Lucas, but judging from : the preparations, it may be even bigger in La ! Paz this year. As you can see from the J accompanying photo that was taken early in 1 November, Santa Claus and friends are j getting ready. ’ Included in the photo are Jim ‘Santa ! Claus’ and Ann of Nimbus; Bill Robertson of | Tevakei; Beverly and Bob of Neah Kah Nie j Bob', Beverly and Ernie Montavo of Monty II; Jack and Diana of Ventura; John Beede j of Valkyrie', Dave and Lee Barber of San | Francisco; Felix and Corrie Klardie of Indian ij Summer; Tom and Jean Ness of Repose; 1 Jack and Cathy of San Francisco’s Wind i Psalm; Dave Johnson of Desiree Vive; and

Ruth and Ted McConnville of the great Majestic. The photo was taken at Marina de La Paz. — terese pencak schwartz 11/20/86 Softwind — Cheoy Lee Lion Don Mollett La Paz, BCS (Santa Barbara) The ‘La Paz Waltz’ is often mentioned by Mexico cruisers but rarely discussed. But as more and more new boats come to La Paz each winter, I think it’s time someone passed on a few tips on how to cope with it. Such advice might prevent some frayed nerves, gouged caprails and promote harmony within the anchorage. I don’t claim to be an authority on the sub¬ ject, but I’ve spent more than a year here and would have liked to been given the following information when I arrived: The La Paz Waltz occurs when there is a conflict between the direction of a strong cur¬ rent and a strong wind. This usually occurs the two weeks before a full moon to one week after — when the tide changes are the

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greatest. If you have a 15 to 30 knot northerly blowing against a four knot ebb tide, you have a huge fleet of cruising boats ‘sailing’ at anchor in all directions. Boats will alternately be pushed to the limit of their scope in one direction by the wind and the next minute in the other direction by the current. Thus if two or more boats have overlapping scope — which is very common — there exists the potential for a disaster! But there is more danger than just to other boats. Yachts have sailed back and forth over their own anchor line/chain, with the result that they’ve either fouled their own hook or even worse, pulled the hook up and dragged through the entire anchored fleet. The best way to minimize the chance of danger from The Waltz is to use the proper ground tackle. Since the anchorage has ex¬ cellent sandy holding ground you’d figure boats wouldn’t drift — at least until you’ve seen some of the ground tackle used. I’ve seen 35-ft boats drop a 10-lb Danforth with only five to ten feet of chain. It’s been proven over and over again that this is inadequate. I’m not going to give the minimum re¬ quired for each type of boat, but I will say that boats with plow anchors and all chain seem to have the least problems. Scope in 15 feet of water should be 5 to 1, which rpeans with the right tackle you won’t have to put out more than 75 feet. If you put out 150 feet of chain in the La Paz anchorage, you’ll get the surprise of your life to see how far your boat can ‘sail’ over your hook while the boat ahead of you sails aft of its hook. The ideal time to set your hook in the La Paz anchorage is during a steady ebb without the opposing wind. Only at a time like this will you be able to tell if you have sufficient room between the other boats. If you drop your hook at any other time, it is most ad¬ visable that you remain aboard on anchor V^atch through the next tide change and/or Waltz. After you’ve got a good spot and been there for a few days and notice your boat start to waltz around a little more, it’.s ad¬ visable to pick up your anchor and re-set it. Otherwise even the best ground tackle can foul its own anchor and start to drift through the fleet. Naturally there are a myriad of variables I haven’t touched on here, but the above are

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the basics. If after observing the Waltz you decide you don’t feel confident anchoring against it, you may want rent one of the mooring buoys or slips that can be found. Whatever you do, don’t be offended if the boat you drop anchor next to asks you to move. He just may have a better idea of how much room is available and how much is necessary for safety. If room to drop the hook tighter on one side than the other, 1 suggest you tie your tiller or wheel hard to port or starboard depending on which side your neighbors are the closest. — don mollett 2/1/86 Readers — Don has long since moved on to the South Pacific, but his observations are as valid today as they were in February. Sea Urchin — 28-ft Sloop Dick Erbe & Gloria Christman Cruising in Nicaragua (San Diego) Good news! The Nicaraguan government’s plans for cruiser-oriented tourist facilities is underway. In response to your comment in September’s Cruise Notes,

Dick Erbe of ‘Sea Urchin'. One of the first to be welcomed

Nicaragua

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we can attest that such welcome steps had been undertaken as long ago as March of 1985. Gloria and I on Sea Urchin dropped the

hook one afternoon on the Nicaraguan coast's, 15 miles south of Corrinto to make some needed adjustments to our boat’s steering. Having accomplished our main task, we had our sundowner, then supper in magnificent solitude just 200 yards off a beautifully tran¬ quil sand beach. Then shortly after dark the welcoming festivities began. First, a startling light display emanated from a beach position five miles down the coast. A brilliant searchlight swept over us, the water and the beach. Then, fireworks began with two beautiful red^ balls of fire passing over the mast. Minutes later another small ball came next to the cockpit where I’d flicked my Bic to light a cigarette. The Nicaraguans marksmanship was off, so I had to light the cigarette myself. But the intention of a warm welcome was inescapable. Gloria and I waited in silent anticipation for the next event. Expecting a launch to come out and pick us up for a beach party, we waited until 3 a.m. When nobody showed, we assumed that they were still in¬ experienced and would get better with time. So we just drifted off. Once several miles off¬ shore, we fired up our engine. We hadn’t wanted to embarass our hosts by firing up there on the beach and seeming like ingrates for their hospitality. We motored into the harbor approach of Corrinto at dawn. At six knots, we rapidly approached a very small patrol boat at the harbor entrance. Wouldn’t you know it, a fellow on the bow was taking a piece of old canvas off a bow-mounted gun to give us a 21-gun salute. What hospitality! Unfor¬ tunately, their timing was a little slow again. By the time they were ready to salute us, we were too close to receive their welcome. They then proceeded to assign us a slip. Well, actually the floating marina still hadn’t been completed, so in 20 knots of wind on the beam, we rafted up to a fishing trawler. Ultimately, we were to have a bang-up time for almost 30 hours. Finally, with a red zarpie and best wishes, we were sent on our way to Costa Rica. Actually, it’s debatable whether they said ‘Best wishes’ or ‘Get the hell out!’; my Spanish is that poor. So to you folks headed south, we say keep your masthead well below the horizon until they get their act together. Actually, without a program you can’t tell who is who

anyway. At the moment, Sea Urchin lies in a slip in Annapolis, Maryland. Gloria is into her shore routine in San Diego, and I’m recuperating in San Diego from my own haulout for repairs. Our future is uncertain, but a warm hello to all the friends we made along the way. P.S. We met Contrary to Ordinary in Zihuatanejo in 1985. You may remember us; we’re in our 60’s and you took a snap¬ shot of us. — dick & gloria Dick & Gloria — Sure we remember you folks. It’s great to hear from you again. Simoon — Columbia 50 Bob and Gail Jensen Cruising in' Alaska (Ukiah) We left Sitka on July 1, 1986 bound for

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Glacier Bay. Our first anchorage was Kalinin Bay, a well-protected bay with a fish buyer. When we anchored there were only two boats; but by morning more than 30 fishing boats anchored around us. We continued on to White Sulphur Spring, which proved difficult because it was hard to know which inlet was the correct one. We had to anchor, then look for the inlet near the spring using our dinghy. But the effort was worth it, as the springs are located on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Nothing like enjoying Alaska from a hot spring bath. We arrived at Pelican Harbor for the 4th of July. Rosie’s bar was the place to be, as there were both wet t-shirt and short pecker con¬ tests. There was a big parade which included a jeep and a fire engine, the only two vehicles in town. After a stop at Elfin Cove, a neat little har¬ bor with excellent protection while looking

Bob and Gail Jensen on ‘Simoon’ at Glacier Bay, Alaska.

out to Icy Straights, on the 7th of July we arrived at Barlett Cove on Glacier Bay. Only 20 boats a day are allowed on Glacier Bay, so it’s important to call ahead and make reservations. After checking in with the park office, we picked up some halibut remains and used them to bait our crab pot. The next day we had more crab than we could eat. We were later visited by some larger wildlife; two large humpback whales cruising within 50-ft of Simoon. The next two days were spent dodging bergs and watching the glaciers calve. It was like sailing in a refrigerator, as the closer you came to a glacier the colder it got. Muir Glacier, our furthest point north at 59° 05N, showed the most calving action of the six glaciers we visited.

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Heading south from Glacier Bay, we next stopped at Hoona, a small town of mostly Indian residents. The state of Alaska has spent $5 million on the harbor at Hoona, equipping it with galvanized steel pilings and covered ramps. It’s not unusual though. Every town we saw in Alaska had a new har¬ bor paid for by oil money, money which has now dried up. Typical fees to tie up were between $2 and $5 for our 50-footer. And unlike Hawaii, there was always a place to tie-up. From Hoona we motored to another new harbor, Tenekee Springs. The hot springs there was strictly regulated, with posted hours for the men and posted hours for the women. The town has a population of about 75. The slightly more populous Juneau was our next destination. We had to stay at Auk Bay, about 12 miles north of town, because our mast was too tall to get under a bridge. So we rented a ‘rent-a-wreck’ to get around, and were entertained by a couple of hams we’d talked with on the sail from Hawaii to Sitka. They explained that Juneau is built on a little shelf at the base of a very steep moun¬ tain. There’s about as much room to expand as there is in San Francisco. That makes things tight at the state capitol. On the way to Petersburg we anchored at Taku Harbor, Tracy Arm, Hobart Bay and Farragut Bay. This leg of the trip was in¬ teresting for watching the whales and eagles. The fishing was great, and we had plenty of halibut to go around. We were surprised at how modern Petersburg is and how busy the people are. Naturally, there was a new $10 million har¬ bor. We were told that the folks in Petersburg are richer per capita than any other town in Alaska. Oil? Nope, fishing. After leaving Petersburg, you have to hit Wrangle Narrows right as the tide changes, so timing is important. About ten miles from there we heard some strange noises in the engine and had to shut it down. Tying our Avon and its 10 h.p. outboard alongside, we were able to tow Simoon into Wrangle. A local mechanic helped us determine that one of the rods had frozen onto the crank. The diagnosis was made on Saturday. By Wednesday we had a new motor flown in from Seattle. By next Saturday we were on our way again. We especially enjoyed an-

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choring at Anon Bay. Just a short hike in the woods brought us to a stream full of salmon. Two bears and some eagles were working it. Myers Chuck was as neat as the name would lead you to expect. At Ketchican we loaded up with beer and fuel; our last stop before Canada, it’s cheaper there. Of all our many travels with Simoon, Alaska rates very high as a place to cruise. Next month we’ll tell you about British Columbia. — bobjensen Sisu — Tartan 37 Norm & Lois Anderson Pago Pago, American Samoa (Boise, Idaho) We’re cruisin’ now! You know you’re having fun when the varnish has all peeled off but you don’t care. “It’s only aesthetic.” When the ice box hasn’t had a cold beer in two months. “It makes you appreciate the Hinano & Steinlager when you hit port.” When you adapt to being on port tack for 15.5 days. “It’s even easier than sailing flat.” When your middle left toe has its third scar on top of a scar from kicking the same jib sheet car. “I’ll wear deck shoes tomorrow.” When you wake up for the 0200 watch even when you’re in port. “I always wanted to observe Aitutaki’s night life.” When, after your third long passage, you know you have seasickness licked. Then proceed to get sicker than you’ve ever been on an overnight passage between Huahine and Moorea. “Well, the seas were lumpy on the quarter and the wind was right on the nose.” When the log has turned the magical 9,999 — then becomes tired and only works half the time. “Ah, the SatNav does it all anyhow.” When you ease the sheets to increase the comfort — even though it means falling below your course to the next port and a longer sail. “We’re cruisin’.” We left Le Clerq Marina, Lake Union, Seattle on May 20. Memorial Day weekend was a blur for us as we spent three days in a gale off the Oregon coast. The rest of our 24-day passage to Hawaii was a mixed bag of weather and wind. In the Hawaiian chain, Lanai and the Big

Island were our favorites for beauty, friendly people and good snorkeling. However, N good anchorages and moorings are not plentiful or conveniently located. The channels did catch our attention. We came into Honolulu on the wings of strong trades of about 30 knots and seas from 15 to 18 feet. We crossed the Molokai Channel under similar conditions and have thus con¬ cluded it’s wiser to wait for more moderate trades and seas. For us, the most spectacular snorkeling on the islands was at Cook’s Monument at Kealakekoua Bay. Even better tfiati at White Manele or Molokini. We intentionally^ timed our arrival for just after 3p.m., when the two buoys the charter boats use become free. They return at 9 a.m. the next day. Because there is no anchoring in the preserve, we had the whole place to ourselves for evening and morning snorkeling. There wasn’t any swell, either. We left the Big Island on the Fourth of July and after 15.5 days of easy beating and three days of glorious reaching we arrived at Bora Bora and the friendly Oa Oa F(otel. The two big surprises of the passage were that it wasn’t hot and humid at the equator, and that the wind held all through the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone. We arrived in Tahiti on August 1, after stops at Taha, Raiatea, Huahine and Moorea. Five days later the surf was up and coming through the pass. Shades of Cabo San Lucas in December of 1982. By 2200 it was blowing 40 to 50 knots, with breakers hitting the beaches. Anchors started drag¬ ging and boats went up on the beach. About six or eight were damaged, including one Dutch boat that ended up all the way on the beach. The more fortunate boats were able to motor to the center of the harbor and reanchor. We lost two-thirds of our rudder when our anchor dragged and we went up stern first on a rocky shore. We reset two anchors using the Tinker Tramp inflatable and kedged off so we could motor off and rean¬ chor. Several other boats suffered damage to rudders and vanes. The moral was clear. Keep your boat out of breaking surf. Hauling out for repairs in Papeete was made all the more difficult and expensive because we didn’t speak French. There were

many phone calls, telexes, and much walk¬ ing of blind alleys on the way to getting the rudder repaired and replacement parts for the vane. However, the haulout at Warren Ellacott’s Yard was prompt and efficient once scheduled. The cost, including seven lay days, was $341 U.S. The bottom paint was $165 a gallon. The rudder was rebuilt from pieces found by Paul Mathews of La Nutra for $670. We removed and installed the rudder and skeg ourselves. The Fleming vane steering rudder and bevel gear cost $320 when air shipped from Australia. It took another $100 in phone calls and telexes to Muir Engineering Ltd. and ten days before they even answered the first two telexes. It seems that a ‘bean counter’ held our two parts requests until we phoned. Once the partsman got on the line he said they could ship that day. Then the ‘bean counter’ got into it again and said they couldn’t accept Visa. It took another week before we got the parts — minus one small locking pin. The Fleming vane is a superb self-steerer. In fact, it’s steering as I write this. I wouldn’t leave home without it, but Muir’s and Kevin page 174

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and Papeete; Moondog, Steve and Nancy Loy, in Bora Bora; Pytrka, from Tacoma, in Bora Bora; Cameo, Don and Rita Norby, in Raiatea and Pago; and Snow Goose, Jack, Kay and Brett Janess of Seattle in Papeete. The U.S. boats in Pago as of 9/21/86 were; Saving Grace, Hanalei; Phoenix, Juneau; King’s Ransom Portland; Malulani, Anchorage; Saving Grace, Long Beach; Diva;, Seattle; Sanctuary, Portland; Leif, Petersburg, Ark; Winsong, Weare, N.H.; Manana, Coos Bay; Gensing, Seattle; Nooshka, Vancouver; Vagabundo, Van¬ couver; Foxy Lady II, Honolulu; Bear Spirit, Laguna Beach; Heart, Beaumont, Texas; Toucan, Honolulu; Autumn Passage, Los Angeles; Softwind, Santa Barbara. — norm and lois 9/21/86

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Fleming’s service are deplorable. We learned that the Tartan rudder — designed by S&S — was made to shear at 24 inches, protecting the shaft and steering. It worked just as it was supposed to. We beefed up the rudder, but did not add addi¬ tional steel, as I like the idea of the sacrificial rudder and skeg. On the way to the Cook Islands, we stopped at Raiatea again for final provisions and water. The pass at Aitutaki in the Cooks looked narrower and more formidable than we’d expected. Perhaps it was the Swan 43, Defiance lying on its side on the reef. Check¬ ing with the dinghy, we found there was at least 5.5 feet around the Swan, which, with our board up, gave us one foot of clearance. Aitutaki has been our favorite stop to date. The people are great; happy, friendly, and have self-esteem. They like Americans. The island is picturesque and clean. The water and sea life is terrific. Our six-day stay was much too short. Our six-day run to Samoa was completed in light wind from every quarter. We saw no boats but had plenty of rain. The only sea life we saw was a big bird that came aboard one

Norm Anderson of 'Sisu'. ‘‘We’re cruising now!”

dark and rainy night. He made his way to the head and resisted all attempts by the crew to eject him — until one crewmember brought out the big weapon: a big Tupperware bowl. You can’t imagine how much noise a big bird and a sailor with a tupperware bowl can make in a small cabin. Once you get past the cannery smell, dirty water and harbor noise, the city and people of Pago are enjoyable. The countryside and beaches are terrific. The eating out and shopping were a pleasant change also. Our future plans include Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand. It might interest some to know that we’re insured with Lloyds. As such, we’re required to have a third crew person aboard for all blue-water passages. We’ve had three guests so far, two from Idaho, and one from Oregon. All have worked out well; the only drawback is that we’ve had to stick to a schedule. Boats we’ve seen: La Nutra, Paul Mathews and Karen Vanderbilt, in Moorea

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Magellan — Freeport 41 Eddie, Jerry and Bob San Diego (Redwood City) We left San Francisco in a light fog on November 5. At noon it was calm and we were feeling good. The weather service issued gale warnings for 30 to 35 knot winds. “So we get a little wind,’ we said to ourselves, ‘we’ve been through worse than that off the Cityfront.” By midnight it was blowing a solid 35 knots with gusts to 60. By 0200 the primary tow line to the dinghy broke. With all sick but the first mate, we attempted to pull the dinghy aboard. It’s hopeless, so we lengthened the line. The wind was unchanged by morning and the forecast offered no hope for improve¬ ment. We headed for Morro Bay, with 15 to 20 foot seas on our port quarter. The auto¬ pilot was down. By 7:00 p.m. we were just six miles from Morro Bay. The wind dropped to 20 knots and the sea was much calmer. An hour later we were inside the harbor. The Coast Guard * directed us to the Morro Bay YC. They also conducted a boarding; welcome aboard. The folks at Morro Bay were super. They did us many favors and showed many kind¬ nesses. We stayed three days before leaving again on November 9, after which we had to motor most of the way to San Diego. We found the oil rigs off Conception to be beautiful; at night they look like Christmas tree ornaments. The folks around them were

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very helpful on the radio. Mr. Clean chatted with us for quite a while, giving us informa¬ tion and suggestions. They even offered us coffee and shelter if we wanted it. But be aware that the rigs have anchors with anchor buoys out about one mile off. The buoys are not lighted! As we approached one, a tender came up with a BIG spotlight and guided us through. Thanks guys! We talked to John and Judy McCandless of Renaissance, also from Redwood City, on the way down. Also the wonderful hams on the California-Baja maritime net. Ralph came on the VHF to talk us up the channel to San Diego Bay — it’s a little hard to pick out at night with all the background lights. Some radio observations. Down here the boating community uses the radio much more than we do in Northern California. They also follow the regulations more closely. In San Diego the VHF is like a telephone; by the time we got here I already knew a lot of people. They also follow familiar boats from channel 16 to 68, 69, etc. Many times I would be talking to one friend about trials and tribulations when someone else would break in with some useful information. I didn’t get to see many of the people I talked to eye-to-eye. God, I wish I had more time. We went to the Consulate early in the morning; 7:30 a.m. even though they don’t open until 8:00 a.m. The Mexican officials are much more personaable than the U.S. types. By 9:30 I was done, having gotten the fishing licenses, too. If there’s space at the Police Dock in San Diego, we suggest you take it. It’s $5 a night for the first five days, then $10 a night for the next five days. The price is right; you get 30A outlets and water, but no showers. And the location is right; it’s an easy motorized dink ride to the San Diego YC and then a short walk to services like West Marine, Downwind Marine, etc. If you need more mobility, ‘$5 A Day’ near the airport has old cars you can rent for $5.95 a day and 12 cents a mile. A bicycle wouldn’t be a bad compromise. In 45 minutes you can be all the way downtown. I like it here and wish we could stay longer to enjoy the diving and fishing. ‘Hook, Line and Sinker’ near the San Diego YC has

reasonable prices on tackle and good advice. For $200 we were completely equipped, including one heavy rod and reel. Ny The locals have been apologizing for the weather. They think this is bad? The days are warm and the evenings cool — just a light jacket is fine. Oops, I didn’t mention the kelp beds off Pt. Loma. They are very, very thick, and extend out about two miles. When coming in from the north, you must stpy way south until you’re even with outer marker number three, then turn east. It seems like a long way out of the way, but I’ve heard three boats in three days call for help on tl^e VHF to get out. x We spoke with Jean, Jerry and Eric Horn on Das Tudelbaund when up by Oxnard’s Channel Islands harbor. Eric is taking on many responsibilities for such a young man — and handling them well. So far this trip has been an experience I’ll never forget, thanks to many wonderful peo¬ ple along the way. We hope to leave soon for Punta San Carlos, Turtle and Mag. bays, then Cabo San Lucas before settling at San Jose del Cabo. P.S. You are the one who missed the point. Ham radio is not and never was established for mariner communication. The code test is completely appropriate, though I will grant you that 10 wpm is more realistic than 13 wpm. Maritime hams do work very appropriately within the constricts of amateur radio. As a ham, I would much rather work maritime traffic than listen to the usual chatter and gossip. The fact that my rig is on my boat has nothing to do with it. — eddie alexander 11/17/86 Eddie — Since you go by the "constricts of amateur radio”, we’re going to assume that you won’t work your radio in Mexican waters until you get a Mexican license. And that you on/y worked the California-Baja net with those in Mexico with Mexican licenses. As to 35 knot winds, you now know that when they blow out on the ocean for a long time they’re a lot more to handle than 35 knots on the Cityfront. But we’re glad you made out allright and you seemed to enjoy it. We’re also glad you brought up the matter of unlighted objects in the Santa Barbara

Channel. There are scores of them. Why they don’t have to be lighted is a mystery to us, because they are a serious hazard. You’re also right about getting to the Con¬ sulate early. It’s the only way to go. But we’re puzzled about one thing. You say you’re going to “settle in” at San Jose del Cabo. Either there’s something we don’t know or we don’t understand what you mean. Prevail — Gulfstar 43 A1 Moglich Bora Bora & Raiatea (Portland, Oregon) You can’t beat the friendly people who live on Bora Bora and Raiatea. The friendly smiles and greetings add up to a real feeling of welcome. Currently both the Hotel Oa Oa and Bora Bora YC offer free moorings, showers and water. Greg and Elaine of the Oa Oa are exCalifornians who speak French and know how to get things done. They’re also glad to give advise, directions to shopping, and help in an emergency. The Oa Oa is also a good place to pick up your mail and exchange sea stories with other yachties; the chatting starts each afternoon in the bar. Prevail left Bora Bora for Hawaii but had to turn back after 500 miles and put in to Raiatea. I had a medical problem that caused the 1,000 mile trip to nowhere. As we approached Raiatea, we radioed The Moorings charter service and advised them that we needed help. Henri Valin, the manager of The Moorings, invited us to tie up at their marina. He then drove me to the doctor and stood by to interpret while I was examined. He then helped clear the boat’s paperwork with the French officials, arranged emergency air transportation back to the States, and found a skipper to replace me. Thanks to Henri, Prevail is now enroute to Hawaii where she’ll spend the winter. I’m allright now and am selling yachts for Royal Yachts in Alameda. I’d like to invite my cruising friends to come by and say hello. — al moglich 10/1/86 Breakaway — Passport 40 Betty and Gerry Inman San Diego (Northern California) Having read Latitude 38 for a long time, page 176

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we have been saving all the information on harbor stops. While taking our time going down the coast, we’ve found all the material to be very helpful and quite accurate. We’d like to make our own contribution of a spot folks should know about on Catalina Island. It’s the Buffalo Nickel restaurant and bar. It’s a safe and easy evening walk around the southeast end of the island from Avalon Bay. The owner, Richard Detanno, makes wonderful pizza and has fresh fish daily. He’s very helpful with local fishing tips and was pleased to have us join the locals watching Monday Night Football. So if anyone is planning a stop at Avalon on their way down the coast, tell Richard you heard about his place in Latitude 38. Better yet, bring him a copy of this issue so he can see it himself. We are continuing our trip down the coast and plan to depart for Mexico in early December. — betty and gerry 11/15/86 Cruise Notes: A few months back we mentioned that there had been a report to the Coast Guard Rescue Center in Honolulu that the big schooner Lord Jim was long overdue on a passage from Panama to Fiji. While details are sketchy and come to us by way of Europe, we’ve since learned that the boat had encountered lots of bad weather and some damage — such as torn sails — on the passage. All the crewmembers are fine, however. At last report, Lord Jim was in Fiji being put back in shape. The magnificent schooner was once based at Pelican Yacht Harbor in Sausalito for several years. Cruisers headed to Mexico this winter report that there’s been a tragedy in San Diego. Crazy Eddie’s Boobie Trap, just up the block from Pacific Marine Supply, is no more. It’s been replaced by a restaurant, of all things. Reasonable-minded citizens everywhere must ask themselves why the San Diego Preservation Society didn’t step in to save the tawdry house of watery beer, woeful food and lackidaisical topless dancers that provided such a pleasant respite from the rigors of sailing the bright waters of San Diego Bay. We can only imagine that they couldn’t clearly see what was being lost, given the minimal lighting and thick smoke page 177

that always pervaded the interior. Our Missouri-based friends on the Swan 651, Show Me, report their last stop in the Pacific was at Port Moresby, New Guinea. They’re now in Australian waters and expect to be in Perth shortly. “We’re going to miss half the Trials,” they report, “but there’s too much in the Pacific to have just sailed by.” Darn tooting! Their weather, as of October 29th: “Eighty degrees with 20 knots of wind out of the east. It couldn’t be much better.” Folks who were at Sea of Cortez Race Week (Baja Ha) will remember Show Me as the biggest boat in the fleet. “Mr. Kilroy, I presume,” might have been the words out of John Neal’s mouth while at the Galapagos. For while anchored there with wife Barbara on the Halberg-Rassey 31, Mahina, John watched noted maxi racer Jim Kilroy sail in on Kialoa. Although John didn’t specify, we suspect it was either Kialoa III or Kialoa IV, since at last report the new Kialoa V was being fitted with a new and hopefully faster keel. Kilroy’s stay at the Galapagos was brief; a day later he and crew continued on their way to their ultimate destination: Perth, Australia. As for John and Barbara on Mahina, they’ve been having an exciting time since leaving California for the Galapagos in the middle of summer. Knowing full well they’d be headed south thru the main northbound hurricane track, they left anyway. What hap¬ pened is recounted briefly in a letter they sent to Dean Carmine: “Hurricane Javier changed directions and the center came within 50 to 60 miles of us, at which time it had winds of 110 knots with gusts to 130. We didn’t have anything over 50 to 60 knots, but the seas were huge and confused. We were in the “dangerous semi¬ circle” when it changed directions, so we ended up beating to windward to the north through the worst of it. But I think this was a lot safer than running or lying a hull. It would have been impossible to heave to, with the wind from one direction and seas from three directions.” The Neals’ passage from California to the Galapagos was 29 days including a one day stop at Isla Socorro to recover from Javier. Once at the Galapagos, John and Barbara spent two weeks at the outer islands and then two more weeks “in town”. Needless to say they were fascinated by the animal life

and Darwin Station. Subsequently, they continued on to the very remote Easter Island, which is located about halfway between Santiago, Chile and Tahiti. Easter Island was exciting, for the huge stone figures and isolation make it one of the most haunting islands in the world. They ex¬ plored a bit on horseback, during which time John noted that “the windward side of Easter Island offers some of the most outrageous surfing waves in the world”. But most exciting of all was when the wind shifted while they were anchored in a tiny bay, forcing them to get out under adverse conditions. They hit bottom several times, but made it. It’s a good thing, because only eight boats visited Easter in the last two years, Mahina the only one flying the American flag. During a mid-November ham patch, we learned that John and Barbara were headed for Pitcairn Island, which at the time was 150 miles over the horizon, After that it’s either on to the Marquesas and Tahiti (John reports that there’s only about six foreign yachts in Tahiti now because of the changes in French regulations), or making the big hop over to Chile and perhaps Patagonia. Don’t kid yourself, it can happen. Somebody sent us a clipping from the Marin Independent Journal, which described how a young woman and three of her friends were driving through Ensenada when a bunch of locals pushed a beat-up station wagon into their path. The four Americans were injured, some seriously, when to the two cars collided. After the collision, the Mexicans reportedly snatched wallets, jackets, jewelry, purses and everything else they could get their hands on. While we think virtually all of coastal Mexico is quite safe, from time to time you’ll still hear horror stories. In our estimation, the worst places are the larger cities; places like Ensenada, M^zatlan, the outskirts of Puerto Vallarta, possibly Manzanillo, and Acapulco. * Like American cities, there are better and worse parts of Mexican cities, and there are certain situations to be avoided. If you’re even moderately careful about avoiding dicey situations and refrain from wearing your wealth on your sleeve, you shouldn’t have any problems. The safest places in Mexico? Once you get south of Ensenada, Baja is extremeley safe.

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FOLKBOAT 25 Built Denmark 1960. Excel, condition, full cover, outboard, 5 sails, new cockpit & interior cushions, whisker pole, and more. Will help move North or South. Asking $9,500 or best offer. (805) 985-5334 or (805) 485-5545.

MUST SELLI 1981-82 FLICKA 10 hp outboard. Factory finished with 3 sails, VHF, depthsounder and much more. Excellent condition. Recent haulout. Asking $19,500. Berkeley slip. (707) 448-1147 evenings.

PARTNER WANTED For Farallon, TransPac & Ensenada record attempts. Wind War¬ rior, '86 Ensenada winner by 5 hrs now has 10% more sail area, 15% less wt. New mast, kevlar main, hyds. Lrgr, fstr version ssfrshp Smyth Form. 40. $45,000 Vi-int/terms. (415) 567-2273

CLASSY CLASSIC — REDUCED TO $3,800 Handsome Gaff sloop 25’ L0A w/Bruce anchor, Evinrude in cockpit well, propane swing stove, inflatable dinghy. Full boat cover protects beaut, brightwork. Maintained & improved by prof, wdworker. Seaworthy Bay cruiser. Jon 563-4239.

FINISH IT YOURSELF Custom 28-ft wood cruising sloop in final completion state. Myron Spaulding design. Top specs. Full length planking. Bronze fastenings. Lead keel. Atomic 4. Spruce mast. Includes much hardware & supplies. $19,500. Sausalito. (415) 388-2292.

1.4 X WIND SPEED OR 20 KNOTS Or 1 pay $10,000. Wind Warrior guarantees this. (415) 567-2273.

BELIEVE THISI I’m a 4-boat owner with 3 fine cruising boats available. 1 must sell: trailerable Polaris Tripp designed f/g European seaworthy cruising cutter, 26’ LOD, 30' LOA, extensive refit ’84, new spars, rigging, interior, electrical, instruments, Imron paint, Honda 10 hp o.b., 4 sails, walk on bowsprit, $10,500/offer. 25 Nordic Folkboat, 1 owner, rarely raced, exc. cond., full cover, 5 hp o.b., $5,700/offer/financing. 26-ft Cheoy Lee f/g ocean worthy cruis¬ ing Frisco Flyer, Yanmar diesel, 4 sails, teak decks & house, $12,995/B.0. Call Tim, message, (415) 331 -4535. Serious inquiries only.

INDEPENDENCE 31 — PRICE REDUCED Elegant Bruce King designed cutter, built to highest standards by Ericson in 1978. Looks like a beautiful wood boat, yet is simple to maintain. Both headsails roller furl for easy singlehanding. Liveaboard interior has unique forced air heater for those cold winter nights at anchor. Bristol condition. Reduced to $39,900. Call for equipment list. 865-7439 after 7:00 p.m.

PLEASE STEAL MY BOAT F/g 26x8x4 full keel sloop. Ariel #96. Nearly ocean ready. Beefed up rig & rudder. Epoxy bottom, Imron mast, new main, twin genoas, jib, Sparr main. Ready for diesel or Atomic 4. $7,500 w/$75 month berth! OR With: Evinrude 7.5 long, Swoffer speedo, depth alarm sounder, Primus 2-burner kero, 3 anchors & rode, VHF, shortwave, WX, radios. West Coast charts, etc. $8,900. Phone (707) 874-3018.

SAIL MY BOAT Absentee pilot needs qualified sailor to use Catalina 30 on nearly unlimited basis. $160 p/month. Personal & financial refs required. Female preferred. Paradise Cay on Tiburon. 459-4853, keep trying.

BRIGHT STAR 1935 Schock design 53’ cutter. Currently being totally & profes¬ sionally rebuilt to the highest standards. Classic yacht with effi¬ cient rig & new electronics. Act now have the interior built to your specs. $120,000. (415) 233-5441, Jeff.

65-FT ALDEN CLASSIC Marconi ketch. Conn, built 1926. Nearly rebuilt, teak deck, stainless rigging, self-furling jib, oak interior. New stove, frig., elec., plumb., fireplace, excl. sail/liveaboard. Sell/partnership. Flex price/terms. Call eves. (916) 758-0741.

YANKEE 30 BEAUTIFUL CONDITION The yacht lone, S&S designed f/g cruising-racing sloop, 5 year South Pacific veteran, fully cruise equipped. 9 bags sails, 5 an¬ chors, Lewmar winches, 3 compasses, Avon inflatable, depthsounder, knotmeter. $33,000. 234-3399.

UNION 32 1984. VHF radio, Signet 1000 & 1500. 4 sails, windlass, hot & cold water. Never in salt water, berthed Lake Tahoe. Asking $57,000. Call (702) 882-1420 evenings.

WONDERPERSON NEEDEDI Growing sail loft needs reception, phones, and office help. Strict 8-5 hours in a friendly dynamic environment. Permanent posi¬ tion with competitive pay and benefits starting January 5,1987. Windwing Designs, Berkeley. (415) 849-4889.

J/35 FOR CHARTER Fast — Race/Cruise (415) 254-7669

HOWE AND BAINBRIDGE SAILCLOTH FOR SALE 6.5 oz Stabilized Genoa Dacron. 100 yards. Best offer over $600. 6.5 oz. Stabilized Dacron. 114 yards. Best offer over $650. Call Bud at (415) 342-5710.

DIESEL

MECHANIC

4 O YEARS EXPERIENCE - REFS. ED 459-3405

EVE; 862-2592

BAREBOAT THE BAY Charter a San Juan 28 for sailing fun! Clean, comfortable and fast. $175/day. (415) 383-0132.

MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engine. Get hands-on experience ad¬ justing valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system, diagnosing problems and making repairs. Programs held on Saturdays. For more information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 233-3623.

SOLAR PANELS TURN SUNSHINE INTO ELECTRICITY! Power your boat with clean and silent DC current. Run anything on board — even refrigeration — while charging batteries. Give the unusual gift of solar for Christmas! Take advantage of lowest consumer prices in solar history for Arco panels. Contact GOLDEN GLOW SOLAR (415)364-2948 1450 Maple St., Redwood City, CA 94063 page 178

YAMAHA 25 II SLOOP Yamaha's version of the Olson 25. Fast, comfortable, near bristol cond. Beaut, lines, intelligent design, meticulous attention to fit & finish. Teak cabin furniture. 6 sails incl: spin. Call Patrick(415) 626-3533 days; (415) 457-8098 eves. $17,500.

31’6” ALUMINUM MAST In very good condition. With 2 Lewmar single speed #8 winches, complete with sail & standing rigging. Boom 10’ long, 3’6" off deck. Contact Cliff Lawson at (415) 382-0654 or (707) 778-7508 evenings. $1,550.

STRONG CRUISING SAILBOAT WANTED BUDGET LIVEABOARD For the right person this is just the ticket. She is not the Queen Mary nor is she a derelict. Some work here and there, but nothing major nor immediate. One could move right on and go for rides. She is wood. 31’ LOA, 26' LOD, draws 4', 6’ headroom. Chris 4-cyl. gas engine, small galley naturally, 3 older sails, head, shorepower, anchor, etc. Survey last year 11K. $6,600. 522-2163.

1 have two parcels of land (California and Washington), value $25,000, plus cash to trade. Bill Eskew, 217 2nd St., Davis, CA 95616. 758-3032.

PARTNERSHIP 1/4 interest Islander 30 MKII, 1974. Wheel, 5 sails plus twoyear-old diesel. Radio, knotmeter, stereo and much more. $1,500 down with $150/month. (415) 820-5954.

1966 ISLANDER BAHAMA

35-FT ROUGHWATER AFT CABIN TRAWLER

24' full keel sloop. Full electronics. New rigging. Freshly painted. 8 hp Chrysler. Full galley. Sleeps 4. $6,500/6.0.(415) 887-3020.

VALIANT 40 PARTNERSHIP OR TIMESHARE

HIGH QUALITY ROPE FOR SALE

Enjoy owning one of the finest sailing yachts on the Bay for onehalf of the expense. Well-equipped and maintained Valiant 40 with prime San Francisco Yacht Harbor berth. (415) 941-4646.

1973. Lehman 120, low hours. Shower, 2 heads, fridge, freezer. Excellent condition. Good liveaboard. $52,500. 365-2077 leave message.

TWO CREW: FRANCE TO TURKEY Spring/summer 1987. New Hallberg-Rassy 49. Share planning, sailing, chores and considerable expenses. Four/five month commitment required. Experience highly desirable. D. Johnson, 2019 East Cliff, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.

Various lengths and sizes of dacron 3-strand, nylon double-braid and 3-strand. Cut lengths or spools. (415) 887-3020.

AVON REDSEAL — $575.00

1978 ISLANDER 36

Includes varnished floorboards, oars, airpump, small mushroom anchor, motor mount and an older 2 hp Evinrude engine. This boat is in excellent condition. Call (707) 542-0535 or (707) 987-3741.

Superbly equipped. North sails, 3-spd Barient primaries, custom boom, Harken traveler, foil, backstay adj. vang, folding prop, spinnaker equipment, diesel, propane, ready for Midwinters. Sell with slip. $55,000. No reasonable offer refused. 332-6921.

CAJUN LAD 1986 ANDREWS 30 SEMI-CUSTOM 2nd class MORC International, 2 mos. old, loaded, North sails, Northstar, Loran, Rochester instruments, diesel, new Micron bottom paint, Harken hardware. Asking 70K. (213) 425-1203.

USED SAILS FOR SAIL Islander 32 90% jib and 155% genoa, both seldom used as boat had roller furling installed 4 years ago and the 90% and 155% were never altered for roller furling. Dimensions: 90% luff 28.6’; foot = 14.6’; leech = 24.6’; LP = 12.1’; weight = 8.0 dacron. 90%: $375; 155% $650; jib bag: $25. Call (415) 332-4104 days.

CAMPER NICHOLSON 32 — ERINMORE Beautiful, seaworthy cruising yacht. 10 sails excellent condition. B&G instruments, VHF, Ham radios, Loran, autopilot, vane, new raft and more. 54K. Contact Bob Warfield, days (415) 479-4740; evenings (415) 457-4901.

GREAT BUY ON A RANGER 29! Neat Gary Mull design recently moved from Lake Michigan loaded with 15 sails, Atomic 4 inboard, autopilot, VHF, RDF, all electronics. Good condition. Two boat owner must take best offer. Jim Schrager, 893-9196, leave message.

ERICSON 27 1975. Gas i.b., spinnaker, 150%, 110%, 90%. Compass, VHF, whisker pole, dual hatch, split cockpit model, great value at $16,500. Dennis, (415)456-2469.

34-FT ATKIN KETCH FREYA 41 — HALVORSEN DESIGN No expense spared constructing/equipping this red hulled beauty. Custom built 1982 Alameda, CA. Easyrider has been professionally maintained, new condition. Gorgeous hardwood interior. Partial equip: 8 sails, Pathfinder diesel, Barients, CNG stove, heated water, windlass, Hi-Seas heater, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, Loran, radar, heavy rigging. Offered at $125,000. (408) 385-4781; (408) 385-6460.

Double-ender, offshore cruising, excellent condition. Sutter sails, Signet 1000/1500, VHF, Edson pedestal steerage, 60 hp Universal, full cover, lots of gear. $34,000. (415) 837-3249.

SELF-STEERING GEAR — SAILOMAT New servo-pendulum Sailomat 536 & Sailomat 500 units. 4 exhib. never-sailed systems avail, for 30'-55’ cruising yachts. Un¬ matched perf., simple attach., inst. removal, emrg. rddr. Fac. wrnty. P.O. Box 1952, LaJolla, CA 92038. (619) 454-9866. eves.

SANTANA 22 OWNERS Enjoy your boat more by belonging to the Santana One-Design Association (SODA). Monthly newsletter, racing, group cruises, seminars and other social activities. To receive information, call (415) 521-1020 and leave your name and address.

SANTANA 22 — 1967

COLUMBIA 29 SACRIFICE SALE This could be your new boat. 34’ Rhodes designed Seafarer. Westerbeke diesel, pressure H&C water, shower, MSD, wheel, VHF. Very good sails. Upwind Berkeley berth. $25,000. (415) 841-2673 eves.

Good condition. 327-7079 or 780-2475.

1985 rebuilt Palmer 30 engine, VHF, depthsounder, new bottom summer '86, well maintained. Great Bay boat. Priced to sell. $17,000. (415) 897-7390 or 892-0714.

SANTANA 28 WITH SANTA BARBARA SLIP Great boat for club racing or Channel Islands cruising. 1977 sloop. Volvo diesel, wheel steering, roller furling, knotlog, depth¬ sounder, Avon dinghy, VHF, RDF, am/fm, spinnaker, safety gear, etc. Excellent condition. $32,000. (805) 963-5030.

OLSON 30

PEARSON'S BEST

ROBERTS 43-FT BARE HULL

New Ballanger double-spreader mast and boom. New halyards and 6 hp o.b. 10 sails. $19,950. Must sell. Will take smaller boat in trade. Jim Robertson, 892-8171; 435-9654.

Coastal cruiser/S.F. Bay boat/liveaboard. A strong, roomy 32-footer you can depend on with oversized rigging, spars, winches, seacocks, diesel, etc. Pearson 323 with roller furling jib, windpoint, windspeed, depthsounder, self-tailing Lewmar 44 winches, shower, Electrosan, new dodger, wheel steering, Volvo diesel and more. Asking $49,500. Work (415) 852-5152; home (415) 726-2109. P.S: Boat is in great condition, you don’t have to spend your first year fixing up this boat. See this one before you buy!

Full keel, Airex-fiberglass construction, Isophthalic resin used, improved laminate schedule, plans included. Very fair finish, save the labor, selling at cost. $12,500. (818) 352-1605.

SAN JUAN 30 — $24,950 Cruiser/racer. Good boat for heavy or light air sailing, 9 sails, all halyards lead aft. Inboard engine, digital knotmeter & depthsounder. Will take smaller boat in trade. Jim (415) 435-9654.

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BRISTOL 32 F/g cruising sloop. 1976 diesel, wheel. Radio, Loran, autopilot, digital depth & knotmeter, AWI, furling jib, Lewmar 40 ST winches, etc. Rigged for singlehanding. Shorepower. $39,500/best offer. (415) 581 -7810. 20-FT WESTWIND LUGER 9.9 Merc. 3 sails, mahogany trim & interior. 15 gal. water. Por¬ table toilet. Battery w/automatic charger. Safety equipment. Foam flotation. Steel centerboard. Trailerable. Berthed at San Leandro Marina. $6,500/OBO. (408) 736-6688.

GREAT FAMILY XMAS PRESENT — CLUB NAUTIQUE Family Life Membership. Enjoy being a member of one of the finest sailing clubs on the Bay. Membership eniitles two adults and two children to free instruction — basics to bluewater, free use of the training fleet, 25% charter discount, extensive club activities and more! 1 have purchased a boat and am anxious to sell the membership. Normal price is $2495. Make me a reasonable offer. All will be considered. (415) 769-6768 Terry.

RANGER 26 Must sell. Reduced price. Gary Mull design racer/cruiser. Very clean in excellent condition. VHF, depth, knot, compass, jiffy reef, 90%, 110%, 10 hp o.b., split backstay. Must see at $11,800. Call (415) 345-8039. THERAPY CATALINA 30 Fast cruiser/racer, huge quarter & v-berths. 5 bags, spinnaker, 9 Barients, 5 halyards, full teak int„ autopilot, full instrumentation. Spotless LPU paint. Cockpit grate, deluxe int. Immac. cond. $32,000. Tom (415) 591-4054 leave msg; 692-5914 work.

23-FT SPIRIT 1979 Fiberglass sloop by Glastron. Deluxe pop-top model w/galley, ice, Porta-potti, fm, fath. Sleek, Italian styling. Like new. Surveyed 9K. Sell for 6K or B.O. x (415) 236-7868.

FOR SALE TROUBLEMAKER 1985 Pearson 34. Excellent racer/cruiser. 90% & 120% sails, jiffy reefing main, Yanmar diesel, hot/cold water, shower, whisker pole, Combi stereo, propane stove, many more ac¬ cessories. $78,500. Call (415) 969-8521 or (408) 496-9298.

COLUMBIA 26-FT MKII — $7,800 6 sails including spinnaker, Dodger, VHF, RDF, Fathometer, solar charger, 10’ Zodiac, 6 hp Johnson. Well maintained, fully equipped to race/cruise. Consider trade 15’ sailing dinghy and/or U.S.L.A. spec. Surfski. (805) 653-1419 Ventura.

CAL 29 1969. Good cond. Racing equipt. Spinnaker gear. 4 for’sls, wisker pole, compass, ds, km, swim ladder, VHF, am/fm radio/cass. So. Beach berth. Asking $21,500 for quick sale. Days (415) 343-7200; eves/wkends (415) 369-1149 Em or Larry.

CRUISING GEAR 6-man Bombard liferaft: $1,600; 9-ft Dynous inflatable with 2 hp Yamaha: $700; wind & trolling generator with meters: $400. (209) 478-2203.

ATOMIC 4 WANTED Motor should be in good condition. Call evenings, (415) 453-9896.

HAVE LOWER HARBOR SANTA CRUZ SLIP And need partner with boat. If you have a 30’ sailboat that's paid for and want to keep it in Santa Cruz, give me a call. Days, (408) 458-3448.

40-FT SLIP FOR RENT A-5 Emery Cove Marina, Emeryville, CA. Immediate occupancy. Excellent location. $225/mo. + deposit. Call days (415) 451-2859; eves. (415) 484-0486.

SAILBOAT WANTED 32’ to 40’ f/g cruiser/liveaboard. Owner to carry contract or owner refinance & carry contract with purchaser. Want to pay approx. $300 per month on boat payments. Please call (415) 381-5435.

$85,000 = 1983 43’ IOR GRAND PRIX RACING YACHTI Rare opportunity to acquire recent competitive ..design, lightly used with no expense spared in construction and-equipment. Designed by O.H. Rodgers and custom built by Kiwi, she is loaded with full race Ullmer inventory, Ockam interfaced electronics, Sparcraft triple spreader rig, Navtec System VI hydraulics, etc. The specifications and condition of this yacht will astound you. She is seriously for sale. Please call Jim Schrager and leave message at (415) 893-9196.

NORTHWEST 21 Handles S.F. Bay with ease. Full size cabin. Swing keel. Inboard Yanmar diesel. Stored for 3 years. Needs TLC. $10.OOO/OBO. (408) 263-8944, eves, until 11.

IRWIN 25 9.9 hp elec, start, depth, DeWitt sails, anchor, compass, bimini, enclosed head, galley. $9,300/B.0. (707) 539-9409.

HERESCHOFF BUZZARD’S BAY — BOAT MOLD Fiberglass mold and keel mold 17’3” LOA. Asking $800. Call (415) 663-8341, ask for Ed.

WESTSAIL 39 Superbly built world cruiser. Robert Perry design, built in 1984, never launched. Lefiel spars, s.s. Lewmar ST winches, wheel steering, sails, anchoring gear. Much more. Located Costa Mesa, CA. Replacement $115,000. Sell $85,000 cash. (714) 242-2453

SAN FRANCISCO 36’ BERTH AVAILABLE Pier 39, for sale or lease. Orientation permits sail in/sail out without engine. $180/mo. or $27,000 buy outright. Assumable loan, will consider “rent-to-own" or other creative financing. Tom, (617) 639-2547.

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY 1 wish to trade $45,000 equity in 2.5 acres of C-3 zoned land. Located in Lancaster, CA on corner of 4-way stop of two major streets. 900 sq.ft, bldg (used to be a gas station). Trade for equivalent value in a 35’ to 45' sloop or ketch. (805) 273-3809.

KEROSENE STOVE Hille Range 3-burner stove with oven. Stainless steel fuel tank. Size 21" wide, 191/2” long, 21V2” high. Excellent condition. $150. (415)382-8438.

STEEL SAILBOAT WANTED Looking for 38-40 foot bluewater liveaboard for South Seas cruising. Sloop or cutter rigging and a pilothouse possible modification would be ideal. Send photo & equipment inventory to: G.J.B., Box 30541, Tucson, AZ 85751.

RANGER 23 ^ Beautifully maintained, fully race equipped. Like new North sails (6), 7 winches, shore power, speedo, compass, VHF, 1982 7.5 hp Evinrude. Internally led lines, auto bailing system, many custom extras. $10,500. (916) 777-5615.

BALBOA 20 Excellent condition. Swing keel with 6 hp outboard, McKibbin sails, water tank, full cushions, trailer and more! $3,500. (707) 584-9662, John.

1972 RANGER 29 at 20% BELOW MARKET!

BOAT MOTOR Renault 20 hp marine diesel motor with trans. 4 cyl. Located at 16840 President Dr., San Leandro, CA. Tele: (415) 278-9170. Sacrifice: $500.

WESTSAIL 32 KIT Hull & deck (bonded & bolted), all lead ballast. Rudder, struc¬ tural bulkheads & cabin sole installed. S.S. bowsprit w/pulpit. S.S boomkin w/Aries bracket installed, steel cradle & much more. $21,500. Darrell (213) 830-8330 d; (213) 428-1415 e.

Unusual opportunity to own a fresh water Ranger 29, loaded with 17 sails, full electronics, etc., at about 20% below the typical asking prices of $25,000. Leave message: (415) 893-9196. CREW WANTED Skipper with yacht in So. Pacific seeks 30ish female crew to ex¬ plore paradise. Love of outdoors, intelligence and good nature more important than extensive sailing experience. (408) 997-6451 for details. WESTSAIL 32’ 1975, clean, heavy ground tackle, liferaft, SatNav, autovane, solar & wind gen. Hard dink w/Seagull, 8 sails Tanbark. Will trade for smaller boat or sell for $58,500. (916) 842-2955; (916) 842-1169 eves.

WESTSAIL 42 AND ST. FRANCIS SLIP Outstanding liveaboard and bluewater cruiser. Professionally completed in 1981 but never cruised. Pathfinder 85 hp dsl with only 190 eng. hrs. Sails like new. All winches self-tailing. Gorgeous teak interior w/many custom features. Stall shower, microwave oven, Dynamote AC inverter, hyd. steering, Datamarine electronics, Polaris radio, Benmar autopilot, Sony stereo system, Nelsson windlass. Too many features to list. Cost over $200,000 to complete. A steal at $95,000. Plus 60-ft S.F. Marina slip. Call for spec, sheet. Gail 775-0157.

BEGIN CRUISING IN MEXICOI 45’ Del Rey hull. Cust. ’81 midcockpit ketch. Equipt! Hdrm workshop. Spac., beaut, teak/ash int. Comf. living. Replacement value $200,000+. Asking $150,000. Will consider res. prop. For prospectus write: 660 Anchor Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008. COLUMBIA 28-FT Immaculate condition. $12,500. (408) 266-9996.

MARINE SURVEYOR

CHARTER A SEASTAR

BRIAN O'DONOGHUE

This beautiful 46’ cutter sailboat now has some dates available in November and December. Sail one of the most popular charter boats on the Bay. $275 per day Lee Stephens Yachts (916) 791-7074.

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— MAZATLAN YACHT CLUB — Needs 30’ to 45’ sailboats for our charter lease-back program. No bareboat leasing. Skippered daysails only. 100% insured. Professional yachtsman advisors. We’ll take good care of your vessel & earn you some cash! Call David Kindoff, (707) 462-0555 or write to 1001 Bridgeway #560, Sausalito, CA.

HANDS-ON INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES Enjoy learning heavy weather sailing, anchoring, navigation, spinnakers & cruising skills. Join Solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel on a personally tailored 3-5 day livp-aboard instruction cruise in Santa Barbara's offshore islands. Brochure. PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING, 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108. (805) 969-4195.

GEORGE L. GOMBASY, MARINE SURVEYOR 516 Bayswater Avenue, Burlingame, CA 94010 (415) 347-2778 SAIL AND POWERBOAT SURVEYS OF ALL TYPES

HOME-STUDY PRACTICAL PILOTING Cut through the fog with skills learned from ex-USCG officer and solo TransPac skipper Mike Pyzel. Our eight charting lessons are the fastest way for you to learn visual piloting, dead reckoning, fixes, loran and more. Satisfaction guaranteed! PYZEL NAVIGATION & CRUISING 86 Olive Mill Rd„ Santa Barbara, CA 93108. (805) 969-4195. page 180

30-FT HERRESCHOFF KETCH (MOD. H-28) Cruise ready. New diesel. Excellent throughout. Must sell. 2 boat owner. $20,500/0.B.0. (805) 984-0865.

1972 NEWPORT 20 Stable & comfortable, sleeps 5. 6 hp Evinruder o.b. VHF radio, fathometer. Great shape, ready to sail. Loch Lomond berth. Best offer or trade up to larger boat. (415) 924-0240.

CUSTOM PERFORMANCE CRUISER 36 Designed and built by Charley Morgan. 1978. Westerbeke diesel. Navtec solid rod rigging. Hood furl-reef system. Dodger. Cushions. Refrigeration. Barient self-tailing winches. Spinnaker gear. Shower. Rigged for single/short handing. Navigational and safety equipment. Autopilot. A great boat. $77,000. Tamaya sex¬ tant, unused: $400. (415) 664-7777.

31-FT STEEL CRUISING SLOOP CIRCLE 31x9’8"x5'. Sistership to Antarctica circumnavigator Icebird. Ocean cruiser w/dsl, dinghy, windvane, 2 compasses, 3 an¬ chors, chain & nylon rodes, windlass, etc. Very clean, new cond. $32,000. Dolphin Isle, Fort Bragg, CA berth. (707) 964-5736. OLSON 30 Immaculate performance vessel with custom LPU cabinsides, 9 bags of sails, new Johnson o.b., VHF, knotmeter, compass, RDF, battery charger, man-overboard pole, float cushions, ground tackle & recent survey. $21,950. (415) 522-5900.

WESTERLY NOMADE 22-FT UVEABOARD CRUISER Twin-keel sloop. New: i.b. dsl, epoxy bottom, wiring, propane, stereo, icebox, cushions, potti, rigging, 15 gal. fuel/water, for¬ ward v-berth 78”. 2 pilot berths 82”. Pace VHF, 2 anchors, Autohelm, trailer. $12,900. (415) 420-8978.

BLUEWATER CRUISER Danish-built double-ended sloop. 34’ LOD, 11’4” beam, 5’9" draft, 11 tons. Diesel just overhauled, complete new rig & main¬ sail, dodger, VHF, windlass. Very seakindly & easily handled. Must sell. Any reasonable offer considered. (916) 265-2935.

BOATSITDNG/LIVEABOARO SITUATION SOUGHT

76 SAN JUAN 24-FT Must sell. Great family Bay cruiser, excellent condition, 3 headsails, 110 working jib, 150 jib & 170 genoa, main, 2 spinnakers, 3/4 oz. & 1/2 oz. plus all spinnaker equipment. 2 anchors & all safety equipment. Sleeps 5, stove, sink, Porta-potti, VHF radio knotmeter & compass. 7'/2 hp Honda, all lines come to cockpit for singlehanded sailing. Fixed keel, new cushions & carpets. Have lost interest. Must sell. $10,500 or B.O. Trailer available (707) 938-3818.

SACRIFICE — 1979 FORCE 50-FT Recent survey $210,000. Equipment & extras are excessive by any standards. This vessel is equipped for world cruising or lux¬ ury liveaboard. Will consider trade of smaller boat, 32’-36' or partner. Sacrifice price: $180,000. Call (415) 484-2930 days.

RHODES 19 PARTNERSHIP Excellent condition, new main & jib, Sausalito berth, repainted bottom spring ’86. Great racer, good 4 hp o.b. Share with 2 others & have lots of fun! $1,100/best offer. Deborah (415) 285-7884.

Older graduate student loves boats & quiet. Responsible, smart & handy, 1 can care for your craft from Jan. '87-? Open to negotiations. References. Richard (415) 352-5402.

HELP WANTED General Office position with Maritime Electronics of Sausalito. Must be self-starter & detail oriented. Knowledge of boats helpful. Duties inch typing, phones, It. bookkeeping, shipping & rec. & customer assistance. Rhonda 332-5086,10-1 weekdays.

C&C 24 CAL 34 — S29.900 B.0. Buy or lease/option this 1968 sloop. She has furling headsail, Loran C, unifridge, auto-battery charger, VHF radio, am/fm cassette, 3-burner alcohol stove w/oven, Tillermaster, Atomic 4 engine, 110/12 volt system, plus much more. Sleeps 6. Will consider trades for down payment or for real estate. Call Wayne at 485-5412 nights or 398-2465 days.

Excellent condition, finest weekend cruiser available. Roller furl¬ ing, Suzuki 8 hp 1985, depth & VHF 1986. $14,800. Richard Young, wk: (415) 543-3990; hm: (415) 933-9932.

SABOT 8-ft fiberglass dinghy. Row or sail. Includes: compact aluminum

extension mast with boom, nylon sail, rubber bumper rail, mahongay leeboard, rudder and hand-carved tiller. 6-ft ash oars, oarlocks and stops. $450. Leave message, (408) 521 -9312.

MOORE 24 —$11,500

79 NOR’SEA

Two boat owner. Must sell! Complete with motor, trailer, 9 sails. If you think $11,500 is too much, make offer. Roger 387-4590 or 681-4150 eves.

Excellent condition. Autopilot, full boat cover, 4 sails, dinghy, much extra gear and tackle plus EZ-Loader trailer and power winch. Documented. Until Dec. 31 only $30,000 firm. (707) 823-2724.

SLIP FOR RENT — PIER 39 36-ft slip for rent. Available November 15th. Parking pass, security, elec/phone, etc. Great views, location. $180/month. Call 728-3564 anytime/leave message.

NOR'SEA 27 Proven South Pacific cruiser, including New Zealand landfall. 1978 factory-finished aft-cockpit, Yanmar diesel. Documented. New main, new lapper, storm sails, 130% genoa. New anchor windlass, 3 anchors, VHF, fathometer. Lying Newport Beach, CA. $32,000/offers. P.O. Box 556, Tustin, CA 92680 or leave message (714) 544-0174.

J/29 —BLACK LACE 1983 upgraded active race, 1985 Fleet Champion. New kevlar/ mylar sails, new mast & rigging, etc. Extensively faired keel & rudder, excellent bottom cond., Micron 22, Sausalito berth. $32,000. (415) 331 -6120 or 777-3344.

TRAILER WANTED

TRAILER

COLUMBIA 22

8-10 GVW sailboat trailer wanted for my Pacific Seacraft 25. Jesse Touhey, 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #177, Oxnard, CA 93035 or call (805) 984-0615.

Heavy steel shipping trailer designed to carry 38-ft 17,000-lb sailboat. Ideal for boat building, overseas shipping or boatyard work. (415)457-0615.

Good condition with recent main and overhauled outboard. Depthsounder, VHF, heavy duty ground tackle. Fortman Basin, Alameda berth. $4,000. (415) 654-0861.

FREE BOAT?

NOR-SEA 27

30-ft Cheoy Lee ketch, wood sailboat. Best offer, even if zero. Alameda berth available. Call for details, but no matter what you offer, if highest, you get it. (408) 662-8131.

Heavy duty proven cruiser & liveaboard. Beautiful, well-maint. sloop with over 20,000 cruising miles under her keel, & home for 2 for 4 great years. Well-equipped, one year's free berth rent. $34,900. Call (415)236-7116.

SANTANA 22 Hull #256. Mint cond. 1-yr-old sails & o.b. Faired keel & Micron bottom. Rigged for singlehanded sailing/racing. Rarely raced. New nonskid. Compass, depth, VHF & automatic battery charger. An excellent boat, must see! 548-5191.

CORONADO 25

FOR SALE — CATALINA 27

One of the nicest. Good sails, Honda 10 engine. 1983 National champion, but lightly raced. You must see this boat. J. Piereth, 441 -5971. Strong, friendly class association. $5,500.

1979 Dinette model. 1985 o.b. Main, jib, genoa, storm jib, VHF, compass, knotmeter. Coyote Point berth. $17,000/B.0. (408) 244-3895

ZAP — 26 Bruce King's light displacement design. Very quick & can be sailed to rating (very important!). Lots of sails (12 bags), gear & silver! New business forces sacrifice at $12,000. Wk: (415) 686-0972; Hm: (707) 745-3288.

CATALINA 22

ROYAL DANISH YACHT CLUB JUNIOR

Great Bay boat in fine condition. Has fin keel, Honda Vk out¬ board and North sails. Berthed in Sausalito. Asking $3,900. Call (415) 332-4645.

19-ft boat, lapstrake construction. Looks like mini Folkboat! Good condition. Nearly new sails & rigging. $2,800. (415) 521-3078.

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Of paper work and free up your valuable time by: • receiving your Bills; • preparing your Checks; • paying your Bills; • balancing your Accounts; • dealing with your Creditors; • organizing your Tax Records; • supervising your Investments. Dollar Watchers, 348-4885.

on the Bay or Delta aboard my beautiful 43-ft sailboat Compass Rose. Sleeps six. Shpwer, refrigeration, stereo, instruments. $250/day. Weekly rates available. Call Jon (415) 427-5499.

THE CAUGHEY COMPANY

THE CRUISING CONNECTION

YACHT & SHIP BROKERS Sheldon R. Caughey 15 St. Lucia Place, Tiburon, California 94920. (415) 435-2920 Calif. Lie. #B-2428. Represenfing buyers of prestige and larger yachts.

A Cruising Support Service for People Who Sail the World Mail Forwarding and/or Bill Paying. Please write for details: 945 Neal Ave., Wahiawa, HI 96786.

NEW! WATERPROOF CHARTS Nationally acclaimed! Tear-resistant, two-sided, convenient/economical, containing two-plus NOAA charts. Only $11.95; free shipping! Call/write, 800-843-6206, Nautical Solutions, P.O. Box 626, Punta Gorda, Florida 33951 for ordering/catalog. Satisfaction guaranteed. Visa/M.C. welcome. page 181

FOR SALE Hand-held Horizon HX 200S VHF/FM: $275. Sea Gear, float coat, foul weather gear, plus matching bid pants: $275. All like new. Everything for $500. 332-1616.

__Qltrom B. AXELROD AND COMPANY Teak Lumber /Plywood Please phone first: (415) 626-4949 / 201 Florida St., San Francisco

TRADE FOR BOAT Ocean view home, 60-ft whale watching deck, beach, privacy. Elegant 3 bedroom, 3 bath with game room. Fully furnished. Per¬ manent or vacation home on Oregon coast. Appraisal $162,000. (415) 865-3711.

RANGER 33 — MORE BOAT FOR YOUR $

Sharpest 1965 Islander 32 on West Coast. Bristol condition, well equipped. Asking under 20K, make offer. Boat at SDYC, slip H 33. Will deliver. Call owner, San Diego (619) 222-7202.

Highly regarded Mull design, fast, safe, seaworthy, rigged for singlehanding or racing. Deluxe interior bigger than most 38’ers, every creature comfort, hot water shower, diesel furnace, stereo, oven, dodger, telephone, wheel, roller furling, hydra, backstay, bow-mounted CQR-35, windlass, MOB, depth, ws, wp, log, km, VHF, RDF, 2 batts/charger, shore pwr, dinghy, large compass, masthead lights, preventer, 3-blade prop, beefed up rigging. $34,950. Don Norwood, days (408) 742-8608; eves. (408) 247-3672.

CLASSIC WOOD

JONGERT

Good liveaboard yacht. 48-ft yawl built in West Germany. See to appreciate. Asking $130,000. Tim (619) 224-8713.

Buy the best and enjoy the Med. Own a small Jongert Pilothouse ketch steel motorsailer. Mercedes diesel 60 hp, 35'x11.7’x5.8’ (10.5x3.5x1.7 mt), built 1970. Beautifully maintained and up¬ dated, much admired, fully equipped, A-1 condition, very safe* Ideal for couple liveaboard (or sleeps 6). Ready to go anywhere in comfort Yard serviced May 86. Lying very safe Marina South Italy. $130,000 U.S. Best value for money. A. Eickelberg, P.O. Box 710365, D-8000 Munich 71, West Germany. Tel: (89) 75 63 36

ISLANDER 32

1985 INTERNATIONAL FJ Sailnetics roll tank model, U.S. 4337, race rigged, Pineapple sails, all spinnaker gear, Balko trailer included. Excellent condi¬ tion. $2,900 or best offer. (415) 841-1445.

WANTED: OLDER PARAGON GEAR Models can be FM2, FM3 or Westerbeke SAI Direct Drive. Call collect, leave message. (415) 282-7106. Will pick up anywhere on West Coast.

78 MORGAN 30’ 01 Solid coastal cruiser w/surprisingly spac. int. Strong 22 hp Yanmar dsl, 3-blade prop, wheel, 5 good sails, proper ground tackle. All the essentials & many extras. $21 .OOO/OBO. Call (805) 373-2618 days; (805) 492-1333 eves.

LOOKING FOR A COMFORTABLE, ROOMY LIVEABOARD? Lots of storage space, inside steering, hot & cold pressure water, teak interior, bright & sunny. 39’ Pilothouse cutter, 60 hp Isuzu engine. Well-maintained, perfect for cruising & serious sailing. $77,000. (408) 988-8432 eves; (415) 659-9128 days.

NZ 37 New Zealand built performance cruiser, 12,500-lb. Cold-molded kauri wood encased in epoxy saturated fiberglass. Custom 1969 37-ft sloop. Rod rigging, B&G gauges, tapered mast, vane, ap, Barients, etc. Mexico & HI vet. $44,500. (805) 642-2254.

SANTA CRUZ LOWER HARBOR

CATALINA 36 1983. Well-maintained & equipped. Great cruiser/liveaboard. Will deliver. Asking 60K or offer. (408) 429-8276 home; (408) 257-3840 message. Will return calls.

WANTED TO CHARTER Wooden Folkboat, short term, for use in San Francisco Bay. Call Howard Way, (707) 224-1969.

TARTAN 37 Superior fast cruising boat outfitted with finest equipment: Monitor windvane, Alpha pilot, Magnavox SatNav, Sitex Loran, propane stove/Margas, 5 sails incl. spinnaker, Micron 33, Avon liferaft, windlass, refrig., complete ground tackle, self-tailing winches, km, ds, VHF and more. Call for equipment list. Monterey berth available. Will consider trade of smaller boat. Must sell. Don’t miss this super boat in bristol condition. $76,000/offer. s '(408)458-4199 \

40-FT WOODEN CRUISER

35-FT YORKTOWN F/G SLOOP

1" mahogany, Vi" plywood bottom. F/g sides, top, inside new paint, sleeps 4, rebuilt 671 GM diesel. Propane range, Frigidaire, 2 sinks, head, new battery. Very clean with S.F. Marina berth. $29,000 negotiable terms. (415) 752-7412.

Motivated seller. Great liveboard cruiser. Autopilot, furling genoa, dodger, stove, refrig, h/c press, water, shower, knotlog, wheel steering, ds, VHF, charger, DC-AC converter, inflat, dinghy, much more. Must sell. $28,000. (213) 827-4800.

1984 MONTGOMERY 17

Beaut, cruiser. New LPU paint, bottom, wheel, ds, km, ws/wd, compass, am/fm, Delta cover, custom int. & ext. cushions, batt. chrgr, 1 lOv, 25 hp Gray Marine, mid-boom sheeting, Seafurl 130,2 Danforths. Saus. berth. $26,000.388-7570 eves/wkends.

1/2 partnership, Samouri 24. 3 jibs, spinnaker, primary/ secondary 2-spd winches, head, sink, icebox, stove, VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, stereo, adj. backstay, trim tab, 6 hp o.b. Great boat & location. $5,500/offer. (408) 429-9341.

INTERNATIONAL 505 Lanavere hull, spinnaker, trapeze and diaper. Spare tire. Entire boat and trailer in very fine condition. $1,450/OBO. Call Chico (916) 345-6158.

HELLO MIKE REPPY ABOARD RED TRIMARAN Damiana. Headed San Diego, Los Angeles, May 1986. Please contact. Dominic Partridge, CSV Edna, Box 3455, Princeville.

ERICSON 29 Easy Load trailer, 4 hp Suzuki, main, jib, furling genoa, H20 system, running lights. $8,250. (707) 995-1399.

SANTA SPECIAL

SAILBOAT CHRYSLER 26-FT

'82 Pearson 323, like new, cleanest boat on Bay. Dodger, new bottom paint, diesel, many extras. Must see/sail to believe. Take over payments. (415) 254-1892.

A-1 cond. Very comfortable, 6’+ hdrm. Sleeps 6. 'Enclosed head. Galley: sink, icebox, alcohol stove. Shore water, elcctz. connection. Full length shallow & swing keel. T'k Evinrude. Lts, running Its, curtains, anchor. Saus. berth. $9,950. 383-3268.

CATALINA 30 Lots of equipment, in excellent condition. Asking $27,000. Call Judie, (415) 283-3837 for more information.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 28 Full keel, f/g hull, teak decks, mahog. interior. Volvo diesel, heat exchanger, press, h/c water, shower, stove w/oven, wheel steer¬ ing. Sails: 100,130, drifter, new main, VHF, knot, depth, wind. $27,750. (209) 634-8752.

RACE WINTER/SUMMER ONE-DESIGN

CAL 20 Good condition with fully warranted 7 hp Honda (brand new, 1 hour/$1,400 motor). $3,500 or best offer. Financing available. 234-0303, ask for Brad.

CAPE DORY 25D 1983. Little use. Like new. Diesel with low hours. Sleeps 4. VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, genoa. Quality throughout. Will finance or trade. $28,250. Consider offer. (415) 574-2358.

BOAT SITTER — SEATTLE AREA

EXPRESS 37

In fully equipped 26-ft Thunderbird sloop. 3 class sails with ex¬ tra spinnaker, 6 Barients (2 2-spd), all lines lead aft, Micron bot¬ tom, alum, mast/boom, high aspect rudder. Only $1 OK. See it first! Call Jim 636-0607.

LIFERAFT FOR SALE OR RENT Avon, 6-man, valise, E-pack, new 83/84, certified 9/86. (415) 931-4384.

46-year-old non-smoking experienced boater wishes to boat sit. 1 will keep your boat safe, dry and ready for you to use. 1 will also perform maintenance work. Jim (206) 365-0639 home; (206) 548-6200 work.

50% partnership for $30,000. (415) 383-4390.

RANGER 29 Has won many awards in Bay & ocean racing. Just completed Panama Canal transit. Owner wants bigger boat to cruise. Fatho, km, wind ind., Loran C, new VHF, new rigging, and dodger. Want quick sale. $19,000. Ralph Harding (415) 236-5266.

TRADE FOR HO/O GAUGE MODEL TRAINS Will trade my 1981 O’Day 28 sloop, dsl aux. Very roomy and clean, a big 28’! $31,500. (415) 982-1851, Iv. message.

ORION 27 SHEARWATER Pacific Seacraft bluewater cutter. 1980. Aries vane. Excellent condition. Berkeley slip. $46,000. 321-7778, eves. Carl.

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Professional quality brightwork and painting, interior or exterior. Expert repairs and renovation on wood and fiberglass. Satisfaction guaranteed. Refs available. Serving the Bay Area. Michael Heiner 868-1720.

ACCESS MULTIHULLS Complete selection of ocean cruisers to day sailers, predominantly 30’+ to 48' catamarans & trimarans. 85+ to choose from. Call for our in-the-crate prices on new cats & tris. (206) 367-0252 2412 First Ave. South, Seattle, WA 98134-1422

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MUST SELL

BRISTOL WELLS 34 KETCH

New family brings big reduction. 70 Cheoy Lee 31 ’ offshore ketch, 20 hp diesel, depth, knot, VHF, am/fm cass., galley, head. $26,000. Make offer. Call (707) 746-0215.

WANTED: MAN WITH BOAT Young 50 yr. professional woman seeks considerate & dynamic skipper with seaworthy boat. Took lessons in summer & caught the Bug. Want to learn more & enjoy Bay sailing. M.L., P.O. Box 5399, San Mateo, CA 94402.

FOR SALE: 45’ BREWER KETCH This beautiful sailing yacht, custom built in 1977, is a bluewater veteran that has all the amenities. Barient self-tailing winches, self-steering, VHF, RDF, Combi & autopilot allow Interlude to easily be handled by two people. A fiberglass hull affords easy maintenance, while the great aft cabin, polished teak interior, fireplace, microwave, and refrigeration ensure your comfort whether anchored off Angel Island or Tahiti. Asking $95,000. Business (415) 627-5144; home (415) 854-4350.

CAPE DORY 19 1974. Excellent condition. 3 sails, trailer, full keel, running lights, outboard, VHF, beautiful seaworthy boat, extras. $4,500. (408) 265-5117.

FOLKBOAT U.S. NO. 24 25’ sloop. Good condition. Fir on oak. Full cover. 2 suits of sails, 6 hp Evinrude. Berth available in Martinez. Call (415) 689-3148.

AMERICA’S CUP Space available on a privately chartered 32-ft sloop from Jan. 10-23. Moored with several challengers. Need good sailors in¬ terested in sailing out to watch races or overnight. Help share expenses & a great time. Call Chris (415) 492-9530 days.

WOODIE LOVERS

1978 S-2 24-FT SLOOP 15 OMC Saildrive. Sleeps 4. Porta-potti, sink, VHF, flare kit, new anchor, new bottom paint. 4 sails, clean, comfortable & dry cruiser for Bay or Delta. $6,950/offers. John 332-2060 days; 331-7470 eves.

CAL 40 Classic offshore racer equipped for cruising. Monitor windvane. Heavy duty anchor system. Cockpit dodger. Avon 3.10 with 8 hp outboard. New main & jib plus 5 genoas & 3 spinnakers. Perkins 4-108. $59,000. Call (805) 649-3076 evenings.

18-FT ORIGINAL GAFF-RIFFED “BUDDY” CLASS SAILBOAT Built 1940’s. Rebuilt extensively 1980-81. Heavy wood con¬ struction. Tanbark mainsail, teak cockpit, oak rubrails. Comfor¬ table cabin sleeps 2. Very beamy. Unique & seaworthy small cruiser. $1,950/B.O. cash. John 332-2060 days; 331-7470 eves.

1978 NOR’SEA 27 AFT CABIN SLOOP

CLASSIC BACHELOR PACKAGE '68 Columbia sloop. ’67 Porsche 911. $39,000. Great liveaboard, great wheels. The boat is f/g sloop, strong Hawaii vet, diesel, windvane, autopilot, propane stove/oven, refridg., hot water, shower, VHF, Asimov 3-way masthead light, depthsounder, knotmeter, marine battery charger, 120/12v, much, much more. Fin keel, spade rudder. Porsche has had one owner for 12 years, custom wheels, grey, blk. int., much recent work. Great re-entry set-up if you're going through a divorce. May be bought separately. (415) 326-1430 days, Ted.

CONTESSA 32 The legendary racer-cruiser. 500 in England. Extremely sea¬ worthy, but fast. Finisher in Fastnet disaster. Smallest U.S. boat Westerly around the Horn. Built 76. New Farymann dsl. Monitor windvane. Must sell. Ask for brochure. $36,000. 846-4407.

CHEAP CAN BE BETTER When you buy this Bristol Columbia 26 for $10,000. New BMW diesel, full electronics, LP spars, new winches, full covers, many extras. Must see to appreciate this Sparkman/Stephens designed Bay boat at a sacrifice. (415) 949-1794, Joe.

Cruising Knarr #104, with longer cabin. Excellent condition. A real performance boat with cruising interior. Sleeps 4. 30’4”x7’x4’3". Norway built 1959. Mahogany on oak frames. Knotmeter, depthsounder, jib tracks, 6 Barients, CQR, full cover, Edson pump, 4 bags sails plus spinnaker. Sink, stove, head. 1983 mast, standing rigging, 7% hp Evinrude, battery. Slip in¬ cluded. This beautiful, fast boat sails like a dream & turns heads everywhere we go. A lot of boat, ready to go, for only $11,500. (415) 641-4421.

ISLANDER 32 — LIVEABOARD Berkeley berth, new dodger, hot & cold pressure water, new standing rigging, new winches. Pineapple sails, large cockpit for group Bay sailing. $29,950/B.O./trade down or up. (415) 827-4539; 845-4970.

No. 5 Burma teak planked o/oak frames w/copper rivets. Rebuilt Perkins 4-107, 8 sails, full cruising inventory, sleeps 6. Fast, comfortable, beautiful, a proven world cruising yacht. $49,000. (415) 897-2991.

Yanmar diesel, SatNav, VHF, ADF, Signet 1000A, monitor, autohelm, jiffy reefing, EPIRB, strobe, wood heater, propane stove, full dodger, bimini, stereo, much, much more! $42,500. J. Sherman, Box411, Morro Bay, CA 93442. 1-(805) 543-9416.

GREAT LIVEABOARD/1986 TAX SAVINGS For sale: 71 Columbia 39. Very roomy. Lots of headroom. Rebuilt 30 hp Atomic runs great. Head w/shower, stove, oven, refrig., VHF, depthfinder, 10 sails, sleeps 7, clean. $49,000/make an offer. (415)487-8955.

SANTANA 22 FREEDOM 45 GARDEN DESIGN Fiberglass hull, 101 hp Detroit diesel. Center cockpit, teak decks and interior, spacious aft stateroom, new rig & sails, new winches, all new electrical, plumbing and force air heating system. Rigged perfectly for liveaboard or cruising in classic elegance and comfort. $139,500/offer. Full specs. Call (415) 332-6120.

Make me an offer 1 can’t refuse. This boat's very clean with a long list of goodies. Call for a complete list. I'm asking $4,700 or ? Mike (408) 374-2396; 370-3011.

WANTED: OFFSHORE BOAT & EQUIPMENT 30'-35’ fiberglass after 1975. Full keel or full skeg rudder. Will pay cash. Also wanted: Monitor or Aries vane, sailing dinghy, anchor chain, sextant, liferaft, etc. (415) 282-3041.

RANGER 23

MONTGOMERY 17

1975. Great Bay boat & super clean. 1'k Evinrude 1982 yacht tw. o.b. New sail & companionway covers. Must sell. 2 boat owner. See at Clipper Yacht Harbor, Basin 2, berth 229 or call 457-9721. $10,500 or offer.

SANTANA 22

Rugged small cruiser, loaded! Windvane, self-steering, 6 sails, spinnaker & whisker poles, 2 anchors, compass, water tank, nav. lights & more. 1 have a new boat and this one must go. $8,700/offer. (916)481-3199.

Good boat, condition good. 3 jibs. All sailing line leads aft for singlehanding. Alameda berth. $4,500/offer. Call Jerry before 1 p.m. (408) 251-6436; after 4 p.m. (415) 960-5212.

FREYA 39

J/29 — J/29 — J/29 Seriously for sale! Fully race equipped, 2 suits of sails, new bot¬ tom paint & refurbished standing rigging. Buy now, practice in the mid-winter series before the wind & prices go up in the spring. Best price around! (415) 321-4074.

KETCH RIG WOODEN SPARS 38’ main with 12’ roller reefing boom. 28' mizzen with 8’ boom. S.S. standing rigging. Some running rigging. $600 for everything. (415)465-3394.

CANT SELL YOUR BOAT? 1986 last year for tax donation. Private party seeking boats for marine oriented non-profit organization. (415) 526-6914.

1979. Beautiful yacht at a fantastic price. Volvo diesel, radar, autopilot, windlass, dodger, f/g dinghy. H/C pressure water, propane stove, cold machine. $75,000. E C. Carder, Box 1288, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. (206) 378-5956.

ORIGINAL H-28

1/4 LEASE OF MORGAN 38

New plywood & fiberglass deck, mahogany cap & rub rails. Masts stripped & varnished. Engine rebuilt 1/86. New cushions & paint. 6 sails, Delta cover, 2 boat covers, Sausalito berth. 552-5580 weekdays; 585-2291 evenings.

Use only, no hassle, 1/4 interest in a great Bay boat. A solid bluewater cruiser makes an excellent weekender or daysailer. Fully equipped & maintained. An alternative to the high cost of owning. Must be qualified. $250/month. (415) 328-2408.

CAPE DORY TYPHOON SENIOR

1910 RACING SLOOP

MAIN SAIL MAST KIT COMPLETE

22-ft LOA, 3,500-lbs. displacement, 2 years old, 3 sails, beautiful well-built, easy to maintain. Berthed at Pt. Richmond. $13,900. (415)222-0871.

Ruby II. 39’x11’x5V2’. Very fast & graceful. Aluminum mast & S.S. rigging. Good cond. but does need some work. Autopilot, VHF, 40 hp inboard, etc. $7,500. (415) 465-3394.

All assembled top-quality Famet. Includes: 32'4” FM1 mast, masthead, Sta-lok rigging, boom with hardware, near new 154 sq. main sail. Misc. extras. $3,000+ list; goes for $1,500. Act now. Details: Dave (415) 458-3464.

DELIVERY OF SAILBOATS World-wide by Capt. Greg Booth A U.S.C.G. Ocean Operator and ASA Certified sailing instructor. I am gentle and careful, but charge low rates. Bonding available. References. (415) 658-7303. AWS certified welding. Fabrication and repair of ferrous and nonferrous metals. Shop and portable facilities. Member: American Welding Society. Cal. Contractor Lie. 491803. Rates: shop $25/hr; portable $30/hr. Hourly and bid jobs. Also marine portable. Phone (805) 461-1198. Bruce Sherman AWS-CWI NO. 85060481

ARGONAUT MARINE ELECTRICAL SPECIALIST 52G-6914 Fi\i!urmn Electronics by Skipper Marine Electronics page 183

SPECIAL DISCOUNT Ten Percent on Labor and Material-Tune Up, Oil Service, Transmission Outdrive, Major-Minor Engine Repair, etc. Service at all Bay Area marinas. Shamrock Marine Service, Inc. (415) 839-0461.

GET IT UP . . . ... on your rooftop. Custom designed and fabricated nautical windvanes — most boat designs available. Ideal gift for your sailor's home. Wind Vanities, 406 Wellesley Ct., Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 381-2627

MARITIME ATTORNEY Resolving Warranty, purchase/sale charter, construction, repair, collision, injury and lien prob¬ lems for over 21 years. Practical experience counts; Over 37 years of Bay/ocean racing and cruising! William E. Vaughan, Esq., 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland. (415) 532-1786.

CLIPPER MARINE 32-FT SLOOP By owner, just $22,000! Trailerable. Most boat for the money. 8 hp Yanmar diesel, VHF, am/fm cassette. Main, Lapper, jib, an¬ chors, BBQ, carpet, head, full galley, bell clock, depthsounder, more. Located Alameda Marina. Ed (415) 522-6377.

FEMALE CREW WANTED 28 yr. professional SWM, athletic skipper with nicest 27-ft boat on Bay looking for special woman (25-35 yr.) interested in Bay cruising and racing, mountain hiking and skiing, S.F. nightlife, etc. P.O.B. 5399, San Mateo 94402.

WANTED: ULTRALIGHT MAXI FOR CHARTER Are you sick and tired of chartering your boat out to a bunch of hackers? Extremely talented syndicate would like to charter an ultralight maxi for '87 Newport/Ensenada race. Lots of ex¬ perience, lots of references. Last year we chartered a Santa Cruz 50 and were the first monohull under sixty feet to finish. MacGregor 65’s need not apply. Call John (714) 644-0530.

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL — CAPE DORY 22 1982 quality sloop in top condition. Full keel, 3' draft, 24 gal water, galley, bilge pump, chain locker, inner-lined hull, Portapotti, etc. Sea Gull 6 hp. VHF. Must see to appreciate. $16,750/offer. Original owner. (408) 244-7872. GREAT DOG Needs family. Liveaboard couple cannot bring dog cruising. Will pay allowance for food, etc. Animal is friendly, affectionate and well-trained. Call Nancy at (415) 968-7488 from 8-5 for details.

CHEOY LEE 31 KETCH

NAVIK WINDVANE

Teak decks, spruce spars, mahogany interior. 8 sails. Roller reefing main, tiller steering, VHF, knotmeter, fathometer, autohelm. Volvo dsl, 4 anchors, chaiiK& rode. So. Pacific vet. Fast, comfy, beautiful. $28,500. Bob 331 -9106.

Excellent condition. $750/trade for 6 hp outboard, or ?? Also, I'm looking for sails or a trailer for a 17' Thistle dinghy. (415) 461-5451 evenings for weekends.

SEEKING NEW LOVER For my Columbia 26 MKII. $9,750. Roller furling, new bottom and aux., stereo, VHF, extras. Creature comfort abounds. Very clean for prompt enjoyment. Nathan, days (415) 591-9608; eves. (415) 591-9540.

TRADE ERICSON 27 FOR SANTANA 22 With Atomic 4 and wheel. Looks, sails and motors good. 1 owe B of A $9,000+ with payments of $290 per month at 11%+. With trade my equity for top condition Santana 22, you assume B of A loan and take Ericson. 1 take Santana free and clear. (415) 769-2095.

FOR SALE Datamarine, depthsounder model 200. Knotlog model 100 with A180 counter, new in box: $550.1 pair of Lewmar 40C: $375. Leave message, (415) 684-0202.

CORONADO 23

PERRY 41 — MUST SELLII 1983 fiberglass sloop, quarter cabin, B&G electronics, Loran, freezer, beautiful teak interior, liveaboard beauty! Orig. owner. Sacrifice at $79,500. Owner will finance up to 20%. Consider trade for condo, starter home. (415) 657-9810.

24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA 1967 Fiberglass, sleeps 4-6, 55 channel marine radio new, 3 sails, all safety gear, 2 anchors, 6 hp Evinrude outboard-, Pop-top. $7,500. Call Tom at (707) 557-0764.

CATALINA 25, 1985 Swing-keel. Perfect condition. Buying larger boat. Set-up for trailering/cruising. Pop-top with enclosure, Horizon knot/log and depth/alarm, Suunto bulkhead compass, H6rizon VHF/50 chan¬ nel, excellent stereo/speakers, 2 deep cycle batteries, alcohol stove, Porta-potti, 2 sinks, 10 hp Honda outboard w/6 and 4 gal. tanks, main, 110% jib, 80% jib, R&R cruising spinnaker with dousing sock, forespar whisker pole, 1985 Jrailrite tandem trailer with surge brakes & EZ-Load hitch. $18,000. (209) 727-3365 evenings. x

6-PERSON SURVIVAL RAFT

Great shape. Many extras. 2 mains, 2 jibs, spanker. Stove, sink, icebox, head. Compass, depthsounder, knotmeter. Extra rigging. Honda o.b. Sleeps 4. Must sacrifice. $4,950. Call Jerry at (415) 846-1186.

WASHINGTON 1915 46-FT EX-TUG/FISHING Refastened, new bottom, new batteries, Loran, autopilot, VHF, CB, galley, 471, dependable work boat, Vallejo berth, comes with cat: $8,000. Coronado 15, fully equipped: $1,000 with trailer; $800 without. (707) 552-2659.

TRADES

Ideal for racing or coastal cruising. Packed in cannister, comes with valise. Last certified 8/85. $750 or best offer. Greg, weekdays 332-4462.

FARR 1020 Smart Bruce Farr design, comfortable and competitive 1983, 33'11 ”, equipped with loran, radar detector, 3 autopilots, one vane (Navik) & two electronic refrigerators, LPG stove & heater, Volvo diesel 18 hp. Great boat for 62K. 644-8167 Iv. mssg.

DIESEL — A/C RV — RADAR — FLOTATION FOAM 12 hp China diesel, 1 cyl, new; $900; A/C RV w/heat, still in crate: $350; Radar Bonzer, perfect condition; $400; flotation foam, USCG approved, 2 part pourable 10 gal. kit: $100. Call (415) 593-7742.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38-FT MKII SAILBOAT Custom built & equipped to highest safety, comfort and perfor¬ mance standards. All upgraded sub systems. Outfitted for exten¬ sive cruising, rigged for man/wife crew. Extensive teak and marble, bristoi condition. Raytheon VHF & Loran, Datamarine wind/speed/log system, 1000’ Fath. Woodburning fireplace, Avon, EPIRB, RDF, 50 hp diesel w/320 hrs. Oversized Barient winches and dual CQR ground tackle. Being relocated, must sacrifice. $106,000. Reduced from $115,000. (415) 427-4656.

RANGER 29

Crescendo is a fast, cozy boat set up for living aboard and coastal cruising. Rigging, Atomic 4 and Lexan windows recently replaced. 6 sails incl: full spinnaker gear & lots of electronics. $24,500. Chris, days (415) 723-7526; eves. (415) 367-7822.

1 have 2 fast Bay boats (31-ft & 36-ft) to use as down payment for a house with yard big enough to build a cruising boat or trade for boat ready to cruise. Mike, 234-3254 evenings.

24-FT CUTTER Dbl-ended Bay/Delta pocket cruiser. Molded ply, f/g sheathed. Structurally massive. Easy snglhndr w/roller furling jib, clubfoot stays'l, Seagull, CQR plow, S-L windlass, Sutter sails. Loaded w/character. Sips 2. Red. 30% to $3,500. (707) 552-8754 eves.

' C&C 24 1978. Good Bay and Delta cruiser, VHF, lines lead aft. Not your ordinary 24. $13,000. (408) 946-4570.

CAL 20

MULL CUSTOM 45

A great first boat for the Bay. Fully rigged, excellent condition, several sets of sails, including spinnaker. 6 hp Johnson, control bridge, ready to race or cruise. Pier 39 berth. Must sell. $2,900. Call evenings after 6 p.m. or weekends. (415) 397-0924.

Aluminum cruising cutter. Fast, comfortable, strong. Hood, rod rigging, monitor vane, Loran, much more. $129,500 or Santa Rosa property. (707) 433-1736 daytime.

Almost new. 350-lb keel. Two masts with Jotz sails. Trailer. $1,500. (415)236-1473. Stored near the Richmond YC.

PARTNERSHIP IN CAL 39

CATALINA 27 — $17,500 Best buy on Bay. Wheel, Atomic 4, windangle, windspeed, knot & depth meters, VHF, oversized winches, new mast, rigging & bronze thruhulls, 150, 130, 110, 90. Beautiful teak cabin. Too much to list. Call 892-0445.

New Atomic 4 in 1978. New rigging & extensive other renova¬ tion in 1984. Barient self-tailing winches. Raritan head with Lectrasan. Immaculate custom interior. Original owner. Reduced to $12,500. (415) 236-5146 day or evening.

Saus. berth, Perkins dsl, CNG stove, teak int., full instrumenta¬ tion & electronics, self-tailing Barients, h/c water press, w/shower, VHF & stereo, refrigeration, Electrasan, genoa & spin. $3,000 for y3 int., $400/mo. 499-3800 d; 332-6221 eve/wkends

20-FT ZEPHYR NO. 113

1961 TRITON 28

1980 CORONADO 15

COLUMBIA 26 MKII

KETTENBURG 40

With galvanized trailer. Excellent condition, good daysailer, very stable & forgiving with a good turn of speed. Safety & trapeze gear included. $1,350 or B.O. (415) 851-4101 after 6 p.m. or weekends.

1970. Good condition, fully equipped: $9,250. VHF, ds, 7.5 hp Honda outboard, stereo, dual bat. 7.5 Honda o.b. longshaft, needs work: $75. Call Bob, eves. (415) 887-8839.

1961 cruising boat. Well-outfitted. Priced cheap. We want to seli now! We can’t take care of her any longer. $25,000. Derek, 485-6776.

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Exchange your yacht with another yachtsman in England, Europe, Mediterranean for your holiday. Directory of owners desiring exchanges being published in London. Details and application; Buoys, 601 W. Holly, Bellingham, WA 98225. (206) 647-0197.

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MARINE SURVEYOR P. O. Box 2257

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WOODWORKING Interior Hull 12' Dinghies $1,695 Schoonmakers

• • Sausalito

Exterior Spars Steve Jones (415)332-2500

SAN JUAN IS. BED & BREAKFAST/CHARTER VESSEL FOR SALE 60-ft ketch with established clientele, world-wide publicity, priced to sell for '86 tax advantage. The only one permitted in Friday Harbor. Sue Abbott, Windworks, Friday Harbor, WA 98250. (206) 378-2393.

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PRICE SLASHED FOR QUICK SALE! 41-ft Bounty II. Fiberglass sloop. VHF, Fatho, pressure water, dodger, wheel, good sail inventory. Bristol condition. Good liveaboard. $43,950. (916) 622-7482.

Bear boat

#48,

23-FT NUNES BEAR in excellent condition. $7,000. (415) 626-1572.

Sausalito berth.

ERICSON 29 As is! Tired of showing to looky-lous; located at Berkeley Marina finger LI 03. Excellent throughout, original owner, maintained like new. Please call after viewing boat & seriously interested. $13,900. (408)286-9124. NEW 39-FT CAVALIER New Zealand sloop, Perkins diesel, Stowe instruments, electric windlass, propane stove, h/c pressure water, refrigerator and freezer, deck-wash pump. $115,000. (415) 582-6422.

CAL 29 Experienced yacht in excellent condition. VHF, speed, depth, am/fm cassette stereo, all extras. 4 sails, includes berth. $23,500. (415)574-7740.

1980 CATALINA 25 Fixed keel. Excellent cond. Well cared for. New VHS radio, Hon¬ da o.b. Knotmeter, depthfinder, compass, Olympus stove, head, 120ac. Priced fairly at $13,950. 1986 Honda 10 hp o.b: $900. (916) 894-2444 eves; (916) 894-3276 days. SANTANA 22 Berkeley berth. $4,000. Bruce, (415) 886-6897 evenings; (415) 785-9408 afternoons. DESPERATE! Moving to Utah. Atkins double-ended cutter 34-ft LOA. If not sold by February 1,1987, firewood — no joke. $12,000 or B.O. (209) 952-9435.

HUNTER 34 — 1/2 PARTNERSHIP 1984. Like new, tri-cabin design. Sleeps 7. Nav station, diesel engine, VHF, windspeed/direction, knotlog, depth/alarm, self¬ tailing winches, halyards lead aft, compass, much more. $5,000 down & take over payments $285 per mo. (415) 521 -7301. HANS CHRISTIAN 38 — $83,000 Beautifully maintained yacht. Biggest bargain in the Bay Area. A great Christmas gift. The interior is custom designed & ready for cruising or liveaboard. Good electronics. Call (415) 879-0579 eves/weekends. C&C 25 1974. Excellent condition throughout. 10 hp Honda o.b. w/low hours. Full instrumentation. Fully rigged for race, cruise, singlehand. Quality boat. Asking price $14,900. Motivated. Call evenings, 924-6366.

1978 HUNTER 30 — MUST SELL Too loaded to list. Liveaboard. U.S.C.G.A. operational facility. Asking $25,000/B.0. (415) 268-9289.

ERICSON 27 — EXCELLENT CONDITION Great Bay cruiser/racer PHRF 228. 6’1” headroom, sleeps 5, built 11/78, commissioned 2/79. All teak interior. Private teak head w/vanity and sink. Holding tank with Y-valve for pumpsta¬ tion or overboard. 18 gal. water. Lifelines & pulpits wheel w/compass, dodger, wind curtains, Delta sun tarp, VHF, depthsounder, knotlog, stereo am/fm cassette, shorepower alcohol stove, DeWitt & North 90%, 120%, 155%, main, tri-radial chute, self-tailing winch. All lines to cockpit. Atomic 4 i.b. $25.°00-

FANTASIA 35 A 1980, nearly new and ip fantastic condition documented cruis¬ ing yacht. 45 hp Lehman-Ford diesel with 125 gallon fuel tank giving a cruising range of 1,000 miles. The Fantasia is a modern deep water vessel designed and built to highest standards Cutter rigged with 135% genoa, teak deck, power windlass, new 175 ampere batteries, wind and boat instruments, 9 winches, 215 gallon water tanks and much more. $64,000. Evening, (415) 521-6261.

WHEELS FOR KEEL Wanted: 23-26’ sailboat with auxiliary. Will trade for 1975 Datsun 280Z. Custom gold lacquer, Whale-tail, Air dam, Weber Bigthroat, Erickson cam, Enke wheels with locks, Yokahama tires, Konis, Sway bars, Rosewood steering wheel, alarm. Project is not complete but close; interior needs some work. (415) 641-9059; (408) 986-2066. Leave message.

PREDATOR IS FOR SALE! One of the Bay’s most successful offshore racers under 30-ft. MORA 11985 season champion, MORA long-distance race, G.G. and Metro mid-winters. Active one-design race fleet — 28' Hawkfarm. Excellent condition, locally built. Complete instrumentation and offshore equipment. Sails mostly mylar, mylar-kevlar spinnaker built by sailmaker/owner. Many extras. A performance sailor’s yacht, racing or cruising. $23,000. Linda & Dan Newland, h: 521-7172; w: 489-8100.

YAMAHA 36 — 1981 Looks like a Swan, built like a Swan, but she's faster than a Swan. Condition like new. Hand-layed fiberglass, all teak in¬ terior, rod rigging, hydraulic backstay, baby stay, boom vang, Pineapple sails 110, 130, 150. Spinnakers % oz„ Vk oz„ Blooper. Lots of electronics. Aft cabin, Yanmar diesel. Fast and strong cruiser. S.F. berth inch Priced to sell, half the replace¬ ment value. $69,500. Eves. (415) 922-1941.

CATALINA 27 — SAVE $10,000 1981. Diesel, 3 sails, VHF, knot-log-depth meters, Marine head, more. Call for equipment list and details. Cost $27,000. Similar new probably $31,000. Asking $21,000. Dan (408) 997-3952 evenings. ERICSON 30-FT SLOOP F/g hull, Loran C, much other equip: $22,000. Albin 12 hp aux. eng: $500; EI Toro woodie: $150; Ig. J. Bury MOB pole w/strobe. Call Harry, Redwood City, (415) 367-0660 or P.O. Box 1201, Redwood City 94063.

ERICSON 30 1 love it but divorce forces sale! 1968 f/g sloop features wind curtains, 3/4 cover, cockpit cushions, propane stove w/oven, VHF, compass, i.b., Albin 12 hp, 3 headsails, km, whisker pole & safety equip. Great shape! $19,000/B.O. Gary (408) 984-5250. RANGER 33/PARTNERSHIP Fast, strong Gary Mull design + Sausalito berth + 2 responsi¬ ble partners = the perfect & affordable combination for cruising or racing. Full, comfortable interior, wheel, Atomic 4, VHF, etc. $3,900 + $197/month total expenses. Greg (415) 965-3274. CT-41 Cruising ketch, full keel, 1975 fiberglass, diesel, teak interior, original owner, well equipped, A-1 maintained. Would be a great liveaboard. $72,500. (408) 779-7885; (415) 357-2245.

OVERSEAS 51 1973. Good condition. Spacious liveaboard, restored exterior & interior. Lots of stuff! Make offer. 843-9126.

VENTURE 25 1978. New Honda 75, Porta-potti, Horizon maxi VHF, depthsounder, knotmeter, 4 winches, 5 sails, epoxied keel, SYRA season champion. $7,000. (408) 224-2128.

CORONADO 25 — $7,500/0.B.0. Race or cruise. Well-equipped galley, dinette, sleeps 5. Race rigged including spinnaker. Possible upwind Berkeley berth. Anxious to sell. (415) 977-7316 days; (415) 945-8036 eves. 2 FOR 1 SALE Two classic, high-quality vessels. One for land, one for water, one great price: $25,000. 1968 Yankee Dolphin 24’ sloop. 1962 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL Roadster. Both in excellent condi¬ tion. Each $13,500. Phone (415) 461-1578 eves. HUNTER 34-FT SLOOP 1984, like new, tri-cabin design. Sleeps 7. Nav. station, diesel engine, VHF, windspeed/direction, knotlog, depth/alarm, self¬ tailing winches, halyards lead aft, compass, much more. $52,950/offer. (415)521-7301. 33-FT HUNTER 1981. $41,000/B.O. Fast, clean, extras. Barient 27 self-tails. Hood RF, VHF, depth, boat speed, windpoint gauges. Sleeps 8, s,tove, oven, shower, ect. Must sell. Marc, 346-3100; 435-3079. PEARSON 365 KETCH — BARGAIN Liveaboard or cruise in this comfortable, quality boat featuring full galley, pressure hot & cold water, stall shower. 4 cyl. Westerbeke diesel. A steal at $40,000. (415) 697-5977 after Dec. 8.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30-FT 1980. Absolutely like new condition, custom interior. Low hour Volvo diesel, wheel steering, self-tail winches, North sails, full instruments, hot-cold water, shower, many extras. August survey & bottom job. $27,900. (415) 228-2852 msg. 228-0946.

WOOD VARNISHED OR OILED

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Five to 4,000 Gallons of Pure Fresh Water from L’eau Pur, OML or Sea Recovery Reverse Osmosis Systems. As low as $400 to $25,000. Contact ROBOAT, 1954 Janet Ave., San Jose, CA 95124 or call (408) 377-8123.

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HUNTER 34 Cruise in comfort/race & win. 1st fin., 1st overall B Div. ’86 Windjammer; 2nd '86 G.G. mid-winter, 3rd G.G. Fri. nite, 2nd. dble-hnd Farallon. Over-size winches, new Elliptical rudder, heddfoil, much more! $52,000. 924-6014.

CHARTER BUSINESS & LOCATION — PIER 39 Slip A-1 (east side) at Pier 39. A 36-ft 50-year lease includes "sailboat rides”, name, existing ads, graphics and liquor license. Excellent access to walk-by traffic. $36,000 or best offer. John Tansley, (415) 282-6198.

FOR SALE — 53-FT ALDEN KETCH Built 1946 in Maine. Semi-restored. Great opportunity for wooden boat lover. Call Jeff Madrigali, days 261-6556; Evenings 435-4052.

CAL 30 1966. Full keel, Atomic 4 engine. Alcohol stove, fathom meter, numerous sails. New: bottom paint, cutlas bearing, stainless steel prop shaft, stainless steel gas tank. Great boat. $20,000/B.0. (415) 775-1165, Ron or Ken. ERICSON 27 Atomic 4, fireplace, S.F. berth. Owner finance. $25,0Q0/B:O. 563-4421.

FREE FREE FREE 6-months berthing or $1,000 cash rebate when you buy my Columbia 8.3 (27-ft). Atomic 4, very dry & comfortable. Great headroom & space below, enclosed head, dining table & many extras. Asking $21,800. (707) 554-3756.

FREEPORT 36 Owner will consider any offer for December sale. (707) 823-1151.

BIG BOAT FUN — SMALL BOAT PRICE '79 Tartan 10. Proven winner: 3 fleet champs, twice champ of champs. 11 sails, 4 spins, new bottom, keel, dsl, 6 Barients, ds, ws, wp, km/log, VHF, loran, MOB pole, 2 anchors & 750’ line. Trades, terms, $29,500. Greg d-(707) 577-2307;e-526-0177. 1985 CRUISING FOLKBOAT Mahogany/oak, copper riveted. Proven seaworthy design with raised forward cabin, self-bail cockpit, windvane, 3 anchors, 4 sails, RDF, 6 hp o.b., safety gear. San Rafael berth. $8,000/ trade car or boat + cash. (707) 857-3868.

SEAMSTRESS WANTED East Bay sail loft needs full-time seamstress to do sail repair and covers. Experience preferred. (415) 533-6980.

1980 FREEPORT 36 Liveaboard or cruise in luxury. This boat is a dream. Lots of room, easy to sail, stern folds down for boarding ladder. 6 sails, autopilot, roller furling and much more. Trade for real estate. Asking $75,000. Call (707) 823-1151. 2 BERTHS FOR SALE — PIER 39 40-ft: $34,000; 50-ft: $44,000. Best berths in marina. (415) 964-0500.

MARINA SAILING SOCIETY ANNOUNCES An open meeting for potential new members. Boat owners or crew who wish to share day cruises welcome. No host bar. January 6, City Yacht Club Restaurant (Pier 39) at 7:30. For information on future meetings: C.K. Whitehurst, 110 6th Ave. #2, S.F., CA 94118. Please summerize sail experience and include self-addressed return envelope with stamp.

LEASE (OR BUY): ERICSON 38 Beautiful, almost-new 1983 classic tri-cabin with tall rig and competition keel. Excellent sailing performance. Well-equipped, for both living and cruising comfort. Berthed in San Francisco Bay. Owner seeks limited group of 5 responsible sailors to share-lease on a year-by-year basis. Cost per month for each lease-partner is $270. Also will consider sale at $81,500. Contact Paul, (415) 522-5080 for details.

EMERALD IS FOR SALE Nor’Sea 27, aft-cabin, hull #8. Built for Long Beach Boat Show and launched 1976. Excellent maintenance records, tall cutter rig with tabernacle. This well-known local club race winner has extensive equipment list including: Monitor vane, autohelm, VHS, RDF, depth, Taylors kerosene stove & cabin heater, CQRs & chain, Farymann 9 hp diesel, spares, Avon, Suzuki 2, etc. $38,750. Quick while I'm resigned to selling.\ocated Mission Bay YC, San Diego. Phone (619) 274-2790 eves., keep trying.

40-FT WORLD CRUISER Imagine the ideal equipment list. This 1977 burgandy Valiant has it. Magnavox SatNav, Micrologic Loran, Horizon 78 VHF, Alpha autopilot, Aries windvane, Mariner stove, excellent Hood sails, superb ground tackle, Barient winches, Sta-Loc rigging, Givens liferaft. Custom carpentry. Custom stainless. Custom electronic charging. Much, much more. A 1985 New Zealand refit makes her the best-looking, strongest Valiant in the Bay. Unfortunately 1 must sell to best offer by early summer or $110,000. Call (415) 769-3963; (303) 476-3142. V

1 WANNA SAIL Just once between Hawaii and mainland. One way, either way. Experienced with own boat in Atlantic/Caribbean. Will deliver your boat with my crew, charter, or crew on your boat in May/ June 1987. Call Dr. Gil Pear, (313) 335-7459 or write: 275 Applewood Lane, Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48013.

TARTAN 3000 If you want a modern 30-footer with a warm teak interior, come see my T-3000 Sparkman & Stephens designed, USA. Built for offshore sailing. A new T-3000 costs 70K. Steal mine for 44K or less. (415) 386-4861 or (415) 521-7055.

FUN YET 30-ft Chinese Junk. Teak, Volvo diesel, 2 masts, Tanbark sails, propane, sailing dinghy, etc. Comfortable, well-equipped Bay cruiser. Roomy liveaboard or party boat. Good value. Rob, (415) 652-9095. WANT TO TRADE LAND FOR BOAT Want 44-60’ fiberglass sailboat in good cond. Trade for 36 acres in Oroville w/custom-built 3-bedroom home. $172,500 value. $133,500 equity. Bob Lipkin, Box 668, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. (213) 374-7134; (213) 374-2176.

'86 CATALINA 22 — CAPRI 30 Must sell one of these superb yachts. Both well-equipped with trailers & motors. In like-new fresh water condition. Cat 22: $11,500/offer. Capri 30: $26,000/offer. Lee (916) 891 -8736.

DAVE’S DIVING SERVICE Hull Cleaning. Full Underwater Maintenance. Hookah Diving System No Tanks To Damage Hull. Try My Year-Round Program And Save. 24 Hour Emergency Service. David Gissendaner (415) 331-3612.

EXPERIENCED CANVAS MAKER NEEDEO Management potential. Peninsula Canvas, (415) 368-7855.

CAL 34 — $2,000 CASH BONUS Use for down, improv’ts or whatsoever. Well-equipped for cruis¬ ing & racing. Near new main & furling headsail, spinnaker outfit, 10 Barient winches, Atomic 4 (+35 hours), Lectrasan head, electronics, tiller. $29,900. (415)435-2777. 48-FT 1921 CLASSIC MOTORYACHT Liveaboard. Cedar & oak construction. Twin Chrysler Royal 8 engines. 2 staterooms. Partially restored. New canvas work, paint. $17,000. 331-4535. CAL 20 — GOIN‘ BANANAS Sausalito berth. Race trimmed w/adj. backstay. Electrical sound system. 6 hp Evinrude. North & Leading Edge sails. Recently purchased second boat forces sale. $3,850. (415) 981-0440 days ask for Greg; (415) 332-6335 eves. WILLARD VEGA 30 MOTORSAILER 1974 fully equipped with VHF, Perkins diesel, dual steering new, radio, d(, new sails, excellent condition. Priced for quick sale/ trade. $36,000. Phone (415) 937-5539.

COLUMBIA 28 — XMAS SPECIAL REDUCTION Great Bay/Delta boat. Volvo diesel, VHF, df, log. Full cushions, radio, excellent condition. Priced for quick sale. $13,QOO/OBO. Phone (415) 937-5539. Emeryville berth.

SALE 1/4 OWNERSHIP — CAL 27 SAILBOAT Sleeps 4. 2 stoves. Sausalito berth. $1,000 down & $150/mo. Includes: ownership, berth, ins., cleaning, usage, 1 weekend a month + 5 days. Contact James McGreevy, (415) 331-1209. 1/8 share possible. ROBERTS 34 Fiberglass foam core hull. 3-cyl diesel. All wood interior, 4-burner propane stove w/oven La Feil painted mast & boom. Bronze winches, hard & soft dinghy. Launched Oct. '84, cruised Mex. '84-85. $29,900. (619) 934-6404 Iv msg. Too much to list. 23-FT CLIPPER MARINE SLOOP Great for Bay, Delta & Tahoe. Includes trailer w/brakes. Boat has Pop-top, galley, Porta-potti, 4 sails, 6 hp o.b., VHF and much more. Excellent condition. Try $6,500. (415) 548-1593.

WANTED Partners (3) in a to-be-purchased 44’-54’ f/g, tw. dsl. trawler to be berthed at Santa Cruz, lower harbor. Approx. 5K down + payments. Wanted: 44'-54’ Trawler. Twin diesel, fiberglass. Call: E. Kirk (415) 948-3477.

WANTED: SINGLE FEMALE CREW 20-40 for boat going south. Slow 36-ft motorsailer. Leave in March. Write Windrider, Box 40, 660 Bair Island Rd„ Redwood City, CA 94063 or (415) 366-5198 after 6:00 p.m. PEARSON COMMANOER Great first boat. 25', fiberglass, large cockpit. Will sleep 3-4. Perfect Bay daysailer. Stiff, full keel design. Located in 30’ berth S.F. Marina Green. $7,500 or best offer. (415) 454-6327 or (707) 996-7176.

MARINE SERVICES Electrical. Mechancial. Carpentry. Rigging. Surveys. Deliveries. Over 25 years experience. Reliable. Reasonable. Call Alan Olson 331-1282.

LUXURIOUS SAILING — AFFORDABLE PRICE

COLLEGE OF OCEANEERING

Fully equipped 27-70' yachts for cruising the San Juans, and beyond. We have beautiful yachts to meet your needs at prices you can’t resist. Yacht Master Charters, Inc., 9500 21 st Ave. N.W., Seattle, WA 98117. (206) 784-8429.

Now offering Degree Programs & the availability of Tuition Free Scholarships in underwater welding, nondestructive testing, EMT/D, and more. Want a challenging and financially reward¬ ing career in the Commercial Diving Industry? Call our councellors at (408) 778-0633.

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SACRIFICE SALE Buying house, must sell boat for under 3/86 survey appraised value. Well equipped Contessa 26 moored in Monterey. She's a beautiful, well heeled sailor. For complete photo & info package: (408) 649-8000 days; (408) 624-7643 eves. Judd. $12,000.

FOR SALE — EL TORO SAILBOAT Wood hull. Excellent condition. $450. 461-2395 after 6 p.m.

CAL 25 OWN A LEGEND; CAL 40 2 years old, custom mast & boom, running/standing rigging Perkins 4-107 diesel, thru-bolted anodized toerail. Navtec hydraulics, propane stove, cabin heater, new Sobstad sails, dodger, new batteries, 85 gal water, km, fatho, log, wd/ws, VHF ap, much more. Great boat, great buy!

'66. Good condition. 3 jibs, equipped for spinnaker, ds, 7.5 hp Johnson o.b. almost new. Head, sink, water tank, etc. Good per¬ former, good Bay boat. Well equipped. $7,000 or B.O. (415) 851-7348 eves.

MOVING EAST — MUST SELL! I

Bruce Goldsmith, (213) 275-2699.

30-ft classic Herreshoff ketch. Sound mahogany hull & cabin. VHF, depthfinder, 6 sails, wooden dinghy & more. Will consider trailerable sailboat as partial payment. $14,500 or reasonable offer. (415) 654-0556 or (415) 793-7477.

MULL CUSTOM 27

Famous world cruiser. Classic beauty inside and out. VHF, RDF, ds, 4 headsails, diesel engine and cabin heater. Owner desperate. Call for info. 755-5794 days.

SEEKING A WOODEN BOAT IN BRISTOL CONDITION? Cheoy Lee Lion, 1957,35-ft sloop. Fast & seakindly. Beautifully restored, upgraded & maintained. Teak planked, copper fas¬ tened, many extras including Aries. See Innisfree before choos¬ ing. $36,000. (415) 525-5430.

PEARSON VANGUARD 33 One of Rhodes best designs. A heavy-duty full keel fiberglass sloop. Atomic 4 gas eng. An excellent boat for Bay, Delta or off¬ shore sailing. Lots of extras. Berthed in Sausalito. $24,500. Call Dan, (415) 461-5740.

25-FT VERTUE Fast and fun. Current IOR certificate. Upgrades in Sept. ’85 in¬ clude: Baltoplate bottom, LPU hull, deck and mast, Datamarine LX-360 wind inst. Yanmar 9 hp diesel. 13 bags sails including 2 spinnakers, blooper, Mylar 150 and 125 genoas. Includes scads of gear. Will discuss financing. $18,500/B.0. Call for info sheet and photos. 258-9527.

CATALINA 27 XMAS SPECIAL Why should you buy my sailboat? The rigging, spars, sails, in¬ terior cushions, etc. replaced in ’84. Sails fast, exceptionally well-maintained, Sausalito slip available, price reduced far below appraisal I $13,900. Dave, 383-7537.

3-BURNER CNG SYSTEM Complete system with oven, box, regulator and two full tanks. What are you waiting for? Offers. (415) 331-6234.

27-FT WHARRAM CAT WITH TWO SAILS 10 hp Evinrude o.b., 3 winches, 18-lb Danforth, compass, sleeps 2, recond. w/West Epoxy, new paint top & bottom, deck, mast & rigging. Priced to sell. $1,900. Narayan (415) 652-3011; (619) 435-3638.

RANGER 23 Last chance. Leaving area. Good sail inventory, 6 hp o.b., trailer. Sacrifice at $7,900. (415) 432-2448.

BRAND NEW 1973 Ericson 32 w/new rigging, pulpits, stantions, lifelines, in-, terior, refrigeration, opening ports. An immaculate boat with many more improvements. $35,500. (415) 368-7855.

FOR SALE 2-burner Shipmast stove w/oven in excellent condition. All stainless construction includes 4 gal. kerosene tank, spare parts, tools & manual. $495/best offer. (415) 332-3612.

BEST BUY!

C&C 30

41 ’ Bounty II. Very strong f/g construction. Luxurious custom wooden interior. Has cruised extensively. New mast, sails, LPU, etc. Yanmar diesel. Must sell, will listen. $49,000. (415) 843-5227 home or (415) 232-5800.

Red hull with white decks. Great performer. Beautiful lines, full sail inventory including spinnaker & many sails new or like new. Inboard eng, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, autopilot, inflatable dinghy w/engine. $31,500. 332-7245.

END OF SEASON'S SPECIAL Classic wood boat, Alden 33-ft. $18,000. Call (415) 342-2704.

MOORE 24

NEWPORT 30 PH II

$50,000

Best Bay buy! Loaded & in excellent condition. Forward hatch, lifelines, speedo, am/fm, 9 bags, 4 new sails. Cash price $12,800. With new tandem trailer, only $14,200. OWF. Call (415) 521-6171 ask for Bob or (209) 533-4030 ask for Jay.

1977 Gary Mull designed boat in very active one-design fleet. Boat is race-rigged & cruise ready. Has tiller, autopilot, T-cockpit, CNG stove w/oven, spinnakers, Atomic 4, 75 gal water, 25 gal gas. $30,000/0.B.O. (415) 387-9864.

Gets you a 36-ft Crealock designed cruiser/racer. Ext. lead. Re¬ cent refit w/new mast, rigging, pulpits, iifelines, Sutter sails, Avon, dodger, Mariner Regal, big Barient ST, Ratelco, standard instrs., CQR, phone, shower. Gashouse slip. 771 -8435.

RANGER 30-FT

BALBOA 26 1974, 3 sails, 9.9 Johnson w/generator, dinette, Porta-potti, galley, sleeps 5, tandem wheel trailer. A steal at $8,500. (408) 423-6529.

RANGER 26 — $10,500

Fiberglass sloop, Gary Mull design, 7 sails including spinnaker, Signet cockpit gauges, wheel, diesel, sleeps 6, VHF radio, shower. Asking $28,000. Hans Rempel (916) 752-7231; (916) 753-6121.

A lively Bay performer with 7 sails, 5 berths, Honda 10 o.b., new sail cover, radio, enclosed head and galley. Marine survey. (415) 459-2744.

MORGAN 38 PARTNERSHIP

ATOMIC 4 ENGINE WANTED Late model preferred. Good condition preferred. Diesel replacements considered. Call Dick, days (415) 644-0146; eves. (415) 843-6368.

C-15 — 15-ft trapeze dinghy. Fitted for daysailing or racing. $1,250. Days or eves. (707) 448-0216. Extra sails, centerboard, rudder and tackle available.

WANTED FREE

8-ft fiberglass dinghy. Complete sailing gear. Excellent shape with like-new sail. Designed to be easily stowed upside down on deck. A fast and fun sailboat. Must sell. $475 or best offer. Dave (415) 956-4001.

SAILING DINGHY/TENOER

9-FT FIBERGLASS SAILBOAT — $475 “Little Hustler" class. Fast. Has all racing adjustments. Unsinkable. Great condition. Call Dick, days (415) 644-0146; eves. (415) 843-6368.

CORONADO 15

Bristol boat w/Sausalito berth. Furling jib, refrigerator, propane stove, great stereo & more. Low down payment. Very good part¬ ners. All maintenance & upkeep contracted. Need to sell as I've moved from Bay Area. Call John, (213) 417-5693.

I will take your 28’-35' fiberglass sailboat with diesel off your hands, or trade for days on the Bay. Call Marc, (415) 584-7059.

CATALINA 22

COLUMBIA 34

21-FT LUGERKIT

Mint condition, 3 sails incl: new 150, vang & reefing. Swim lad¬ der, galley, VHF, Porta-potti, bow & stern pulpit. No-rust trailer, 15” tires & 2 spares. Never kept in water. Loved & well cared for. $5,200. (916) 473-2468; 473-5359.

Cruise or liveaboard berth in Alameda. Well equipped, including Westerbeke diesel, windlass, dinghy, hot pressure water, 5 sails. $38,000/offer. (415)835-9448.

Excellent first sailboat. Hull & deck totally reworked & painted. New sail covers. Night light added to mast. Real steady boat with torpedo ballast on keel. Asking $2,500. Must sell. Call Marco, (415) 237-0249.

BOAT REPAIR AND BUILDING Wood GRP Cement Custom Woodworking Doors, hatches, drawers, moldings, plugs. Painting. Varnishing. Wood spar repair. ALEXANDERS BOATWORKS (415) 368-1499

FREE ACHILLES INFLATABLE That’s right! An $895 Achilles boat free with purchase of new winged keel Catalina 25 by December 31,1986. In stock now. Also '87 Catafflna 22’s at clearance price. Call now. CHICO SAILING CENTER 1-800-237-1419

BAJA CHARTER

WINDJAMMER MUSIC

New Beneteau 51 available for charter in Sea of Cortez. $3,000 per week bareboat. Based in Puerto Escondido via car or Aero Mexico. Four private cabins, snorkle gear, sailboard and dinghy are just a few features. Lee, (916) 891-8736 home; 800-237-1419 work.

Acoustic Entertainment. Available for parties afloat: Accordian, Guitar, Vocals; Solo or ensemble. Call Mike at 461-3263.

Vancouver 32 Pilot Cutter A cruiser for all seasons. Call (415) 331-2393 for free brochure. page 187

YANMAR PARTS San Diego is your last stop before Mexico for parts and service. We have cruising kits for your Yanmar. We can help you find everything you need for your boat while you are in San Diego. Marine Diesel and Services, Shelter Island, San Diego. (619) 222-0474.

31-FT STEEL MASTHEAD SLOOP Dutch-built 1971. Room for 2. Hard chine, 9' beam, 4%’ draft, teak cockpit, lazarette, double forestays/backstays, Volvo diesel, 6'1 headroom, wood interior, windvane, dodger, 7 sails, ground tackle. $25,000 firm. (415) 453-0221 eves/wkends.

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$19,750 0B0. Motivated seller with flawless San Juan 28. PHRF 168. Atomic 4, sleeps 6, very comfy. A real beauty. 383-0132.

FOR SALE — 41-FT CHEOY LEE KETCH Loran C, 50 channel VHF, EPIRB, Avon 6-man liferaft with pack in cannister, 8’ Avon Redcrest, 4 2-speed sheet winches, 7 single speed winches, low hours Perkins 4-108 fwc diesel, 5 sails including spinnaker, complete spinnaker gear, full Cheoy Lee custom interior, 30 amp mariner charger, ensolite cockpit cushions, CNG s.s. stove with oven, all galley equipment, stereo. Much more gear and equipment (3 pages). For more information and inspection, call days (415) 221-8282; evenings (415) 383-4217. Please leave message. Must see. $89,000.

FOR SALE

FLYING DUTCHMAN JUNIOR

Freya 39. Best buy. $60,000 gets you sailaway kit with sails, dodger, interior 80% complete & many extras. Put in finishing touches & sail away in spring. Must sell this month. 331-3221 or 563-6437.

Sailnetics FJ 14-ft racing dinghy. 2 sets of sails, 2 centerboards, Elvstrom bailer. Mast slightly tweaked, otherwise good condi¬ tion. $500 or best offer. Eric Altree (415) 332-4122.

TRAVELLER 32-FT CUTTER — PRICE REDUCEDII

Looking at this Nautor Swan 43 may spoil your appreciation for any other boats. Superb quality, like-new condition, incredibly sea worthy and roomy. This fully equipped ketch is priced at under 1 /2 of its new cost! 527-5523.

ELSITA FOR SALE Staysl schooner, LOA 57', L0D 45', LOW 41’, draft 5'6”. Wm. Hand design, Stone built in S.F. 1935. Perkins 4-108, new sails, split cabin w/2 sep. accom. Successful charter business Pac. N.W. Actively sailed. All original. 85K firm. (206) 285-0205.

CAL 20 2 mains, 1 jib, spinnaker. Rigged for racing. Head. Evinrude 5 hp. Many extras. Good condition. Sausalito berth. $3,000. (707) 996-5830.

NOR’SEA 27 — BUENA VISTA Former demo boat, has always had TLC. Aft cabin model, VHF, compass, ds, km, fm cassette stereo, wood heater, new stove/ . oven, diesel eng. A quality cruising boat. Was $34,900; reduced to sell now, $32,500. (408) 779-2334.

WARNING Okay, we were asking too much! We now own 2 boats! Har¬ mony is beautiful and loaded. Please call us anytime. (415) 728-3403. Asking $42,500. Negotiable.

CHARTS

& STEERING GEAR

Charts for sale: Hawaii, Pacific Islands, NI., Australia, Japan, N. Pacific, Mexico Caribbean. Excellent condition. $3.00 each or best offer for all. Edson number one steering gear: best offer. 648-8037 evenings.

22-FT TREASURE ISLAND Born on the Bay, this full keel sloop is in excellent condition. 15 hp o.b. Sleeps 2. Upwind Berkeley berth. $2,000. (707) 575-0285.

MARINER 31 KETCH Liveaboard/cruise ready with dsl, A/Pilot, 12V refridg, vane, dinghy, electronics, more. Excellent condition, delivery no problem. $35,900/offer. Call for specs and survey. (619) 581-1504.

COLUMBIA 50 — FRESHWATER BOAT Low hours Perkins 4-108. Interior needs refurbishing. Just reduced $20,000. Now only $60,000. COLUMBIA BOAT SALES, PORTLAND (503) 289-0543.

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VERITY 40 The ultimate steel yacht designed by Ted Brewer. Now available for demonstration. KELLY MARINE (415) 620-0330.

FRESHWATER BOAT

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Corinthian Yacht Club.155 Corlett & Blasier.35,199 Cruising World Yachts.10,1 I

Johnson-Hicks.17 Jones. Peter. Yacht Brokerage 196 Kappas Marina.62 Kensington

DeFever Yacht Sales.155 D’Anna Yachts.189 Dickerson, R.E., Insurance. . . . 66 Downwind Designs.88 Dreamers Come True Outfitters.39 Dri Diver.92 Dunne, Michael F., Insurance .59 Eagle Yacht Sales.22 Edge water Yacht Sales.192 Edinger Marine Services.40 Emery Bay Cove.75 Farallon Yacht Sales.22 Feeney Wire and Rope.85 Fernandez Boat Works.76 Ferrari Boatwright Svcs.86 Fleming Marine U S.A.87 Fraser Sails.60 Garrett, Dave, Sailing.69 Gianola & Sons.32 Glen Cove Marina.66 GMAC.34 Golden State Diesel.87 Golden State Yachts.195 Bill Gorman Yachts. 65 Hands For Hire.52 Hatler, Don, Yachts.71 Haynes Sails.88 HCH Yachts.151 Hogin Sails.93 Hood Sailmakers.19 Hulse Spars. 31 Hydro Acoustics. 87 Invideo Production Company . . 88 J/Boats West.13

Yacht & Ship Brokers.194 Kettenburg Marine.9 Larsen Sails.28 Leading Edge Sails.55 Lido Sailing.127 Margas.40 Marin Boat House.76 Marine Engineering.72 Marin Fire Protection Service. . 75 Marina Bay Yacht Harbor.44 Marina de La Paz.87 Marina Plaza Yacht Harbor.74 Marina Yacht Center.81 Marine Art.74 Marine Engineering.72 Marine Service Center.84 Mariner Square Yachts.83 Maritime Electronics.33 Maritime Store, The.78 Masked Marine.200 McDonald Electronics.74 McGinnis Insurance.56 Medof Marine.84 Metal Magic.87 Milano Yachts.197 Monterey Bay Fiberglass.80 Motorcycles Unlimited.88 Mr. Frogman Diving Service. .69 Nau»T*Kol.58 Nautical Images.80 NCMA.23 Nelson's Marine.24,25 Nicro Fico.56 North Coast Yachts.75

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY BOATBROKERS

8A US AUTO. CA Size

18' 18' 19' 19' 20' 24' 25' 27' 28' 30' 30' 32' 33' 39' 40' 18' 37'

Manufacturer POWER BOATS BAYLINER. SEASWIRl. EBK0. MELHART. SKIPJACK.

Tr ... ... . . . . ...

'83 '83 '84 '86 '82

Value

High Bid

9,000 9,000 12,500 18,000 12,000

5,100 3,500 4,500 6,100 9,300

SAILBOATS c&c. ... 77 14,200 SANTANA . ... 12,000 7,500 '82 ERICSON. ... 14,000 75 23,500 NEWPORT. ... 21,000 '83 32,000 12,000 U.S. YACHTS. ... '82 32,500 S-2 9.2.. . . . 79 25,500 45,000 24,000 ARIES. ... 74 38,000 RANGER. ... 74 32,300 18,500 S0VEREL. . . '80 65,000 CHOATE. ... '82 65,000 47,000 SOON TO BE RELEASED FOR SALE 74 FIBERF0RM. ... salvage 73 RANGER. ... MANY TRAILERABLE BOATS, CALL FOR DETAILS

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9,300

14,000

25,500

47,000

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Cape Dory Typhoon. 1980 ... Santana.2 available. ’69,79.. Ranger. 1972 ... Cal 2-24. 1968... Columbia MKII.2 available. 70,71.. Catalina.2 available. 71,78.. Vega Sloop. 1972... Santana Cal 2-; Mari, Travi Isla Cal Isla Frey'< Hinc, Farr Cheoy King’s Le North Sea Pilot Freeport Islander. Pearson 424 Ketch Hardin Ketch Garden Porpoise Ketch. STEEL Custom Cutter Hallberg P-28 Friendship Sloop Tumlare Sloop. . 1948. Garden Aux. Cruising Cutter. 1979 .. Sparkman&Stephens Aux. Yawl. I960.. Kettenburg K-40.2 available. '61,'64. Concordia Yawl. 1957.. Classic Cabin Cruiser. 1948 .. Chris Craft Sedan. Hunter Sedan Cruiser. 1954 .. Hunter Express Cruiser. I960..

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$7,000.00 . 5,000.00 10,500.00 . 6,500.00 12,500.00 16,500.00 22,000.00

12,500.00 ’,900.00 1,000.00 1,500.00

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1,000.00 119,000.00 95,000.00 108,000.00 125,000.00 114,900.00 145,000.00 240,000.00 9,000.00 .. Offers 29,000.00 55,000.00 57,000.00 29,000.00 75,000.00 12,000.00

29,000.00 17,000.00 38,000.00

. . THERE IS NOTHING — ABSOLUTELY NOTHING — HALF SO MUCH WORTH DOING AS SIMPLY MESSING ABOUT IN BOATS."

Want To Charter In The Caribbean Or Mexico?

THINK BIG! Latitude 38's Ocean 71 ketch, 'Big O', h^s: • three double cabins for six guests • separate quarters forward for three crew • three heads - including one with bath • two huge cockpits and two salons • two dinghies with outboards • two sailboards • and plenty of other goodies

THINK SMALL! 'Big O' charters for $100/day per person based on a six person charter, prepared meals and rum included.

CHARTERS Contact: Elaine (415) 383-8200 or write P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 page 191

EDGEWATER YACHT SALES 1306 BRIDGEWAY

SAUSALITO, CA 94965 (415) 332-2060

EXCLUSIVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEALERS FOR:

TAYANA FLEET: 37’, 42’, 52’, 55’

GULFSTAR 50 Quality cruise-equipped, f/g & teak. Perkins, Onan 7.5 kw, ap, Loran, VHF & ADF. Boat and equipment in perfect condition. Reduced to $110,000.00

30’ FISHER. Bristol cond, TransAtlantic vet, liveaboard. Owner transfered. Must sell: Asking $55,000.00

2S-2 Sloop. 1978. Fiberglass, VHF, sleeps four, clean. Asking $6,900.00

37’ TAYANA CUTTER Robert-Perry’s most popular design with over 530 hulls built to date, cruising the world over. Each 37’ is custom layed-out, the head has a separate stall shower and there is abundant storage throughout. See our Mark II layout at the Long Beach Sailboat Show!

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36’ ISLANDER FREEPORT 1980. Loaded, full electronics, including ham. South Pacific vet. Ideal liveaboard. Only $70,000.00

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25’ SAMOURAI. Fiberglass, fully equipped with auxiliary power. Try $3,500.00

43’ CLASSIC. 1929 Stephens, Twin diesels, fresh haulout. Absentee owner. Must sell. Try $39,500.00

42’ TRUNK CABIN CUTTER Our best seller for today’s market. Aft cockpit powered by a Perkins 4-108. Spacious accommodations including an aft quarter cabin, open-airy salon and galley and a head with separate stall shower. Modern underbody for great performance. The best value for your money today.

Three Offices To Serve You:

• CHANNEL ISLANDS/VENTURA Bluewater Yacht Sales — (805) 985-9599 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. • Oxnard, CA 93035

• MARINA DEL REY/LOS ANGELES Leeward/Roughwater Yacht Sales — (213) 823-8288 13442 Bali Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 34’ FLYBRIDGE SEDAN Twin F.W.C. engines. Fully equipped liveaboard with shower, etc. Sausalito berth. Asking $12,500.00

• SAN DIEGO Captain’s Yacht Sales — (619) 222-4515 2806 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106

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SAUSAL1TO YAGHT SALES SELECTED BROKERAGE SAIL 45’ 43’ 42’ 41’ 41'

39’ 37’ 36’ 36’ 35’ 35’ 32’ 32’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 29’ 28’ 28’ 27’

Brewer, 1978, dsl, ctr ckpt ketch, teak interior.$110,000 Cheoy Lee M/S, 1985, extensive equip list Asking $189,500 Tayana, aft cabin, 1981, diesel heat, lotsof toys .$120,000/Offers CT kch, Perkins dsl, roller jib, exclnt cond.$70,000/0ffers Norwegian-built sloop, bristol condition, dsl, VHF, CB, ham, SatNav, MarineFax, A/P, gen, watermaker & extensive inventory list of extras & spare parts for cruising.$95,000/0ffers Cal, 1977, Perkins 4-108, spinnaker, 150, 110, Barient S/T32’s, plus plus.$76,500/0ffers Ranger, unbelieveably cstm, teak int, must be seen! ,$65K/Offers Islander, ’74, exclnt cond, never raced. Owner anxious.. .$54,500 Pearson 365, 1976, Westerbeke dsl, VHF, A/P, Loran, SatNav, log, km, wd, ws, refrig, gd sail inventory, plus plus Asking 70,000 Ericson, 1972, spinnaker equipment.$32,000/0ffers Custom Steel sloop. Pilothouse.55,000/Offers Fuji ketch, 1976, Pisces diesel .47,500/Offers Aries, the Colin Archer race winner.(3) from $33,500 Catalina, 1978, Atomic 4, new roller jib, good equipment list, perfect condition.Asking $30,000 Fisher Motorsailer, ’75, dsl, furling jib, new paint, very clean.$47,500 Lancer, 1977, diesel, good sail inventory.$28,500/0ffers Bristol, 1968, impressively built and maintained . .$21,000/Offers Islander, 1982, dsl, cruising spinnaker, 2 jibs, good equipment list, very clean. Year end sale! .$27,000/0ffers Islander, 1976, Volvo dsl, self-tail winches, v. clean .$27,500 Cal 2-27, dsl, perfect condition, loaded w/gear. .. $25,500/0ffers

BAY & HUMBOLDT STREETS, SAUSALITO

(415) 332-5000

WESTSAIL 43

The Aries 32 is a fiberglass version of a wooden classic. The tradi¬ tional style round bottom, double ended hull is constructed of rugged, hand-laid fiberglass. Standard equipment includes aluminum spars, lifelines, bow & stern pulpits, & sail covers. Stainless steel watertank. The interior is beautifully finished in teak. A Westerbeke 4 cylinder diesel furnishes a powerful “iron wind” when needed. The Aries traditional deck & cabin layout reflects the combined ex¬ perience of many demanding yachtsmen. With 34 Aries cruisers deliv¬ ered on San Francisco Bay, there’s established a solid reputation for owner satisfaction & resale value. Let us show you why . . . Available for inspection at our dock. $58,900.00. Now With Lead Ballast!

SAUSALITO YAGHT SALTS

SAIL HAWAII

1977. Factory Built for V.P. of Quality Control — Tall Rig Yawl, Many Structural Extras, Ex¬ tensive Inventory, Pro¬ ven Cruising Ability. Very Clean. Motivated. Asking $97,500. Broker (714) 675-5800

^tochLala At^rma. & A/avlcfition &ntex 4730 Myrtle, Sacramento, California 95814

(916) 332-0775 DEALERS FOR: O’Day J/Boats Montgomery Prindle Cats HMS

IN STOCK: J/22 O’Day 192 O’Day 272 Montgomery 15 - Prindle 15, 16, 18, 19 O’DAY 272

The quality sailboat at a very affordable price. Coming in Mid-December! Come see it or call for information

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YOUR DREAM VACATION This beautiful SANTA CRUZ 50 is now available for day, interisland, and trans-Pacific race charters. Call or write: Herman Moniz c/o: Acey Deucy Yacht Charters

1350 Ala Napunani St., Honolulu, HI 96818 Phone: (808) 833-4226

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50’ GULFSTAR KETCH, 1977. Great bluewater cruiser and liveaboard in mint condition. Many extras. Just reduced to $139,000.

26’ INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, 1970. An exceptionally bristol yacht, above and below decks. Diesel, Berkeley berth. Asking $14,000.

ONE OF THESE COULD BE YOUR FIRST SAILBOAT Design J/24, 1981. Excellent condition. Six sails San Juan, 1978. Six sails, trailer. Nordic Folkboat, 1960. Beauty. Merit, 1983. Six sails, trailer; very clean. Columbia, 1969. Berkeley berth. Pearson sloop, 1967.

Asking 11.900 9,950 7,500 18.900 7,200 14,000

Design Ericson, 1974. V^ga, 1971. Clean and rugged. slslander, 1978. Two from ... Sovereign cutter, 1984. Mint condition, wheel, diesel. Cal, 1975. Diesel, wheel, new rig, bristol. Coronado, 1972. Race equipped, very clean.

Asking 15,500 16,500 28,000 35,000 26,000 22,500

39’ HANS CHRISTIAN CUTTER, 1981. A bristol cruise-equipped liveaboard with all the creative-comforts. Asking $119,000.

25’ MERIT, 1983. Race equipped, (6) sails, trailer, twin headfoils. Berkeley berth. Asking $18,500.

MEDIUM RACERS/CRUISERS AND LIVEABOARDS Bristol, 1979. Diesel. One owner. Irwin sloop, 1976. Diesel. Islander Bahama, 1981. Clean. Lancer MkIV, 1979. Wheel, diesel, exceptional. Pearson 303, 1983. Diesel, wheel. Ericson, 1969. Hunter, 1977. Many extras. Bristol. Auxiliary Garden cutter, 1975. Challenger, 1974. Santana, 1983. Like new, five sails.

Cheoy Lee, 1976. Center cockpit, diesel. Islander sloop, 1976. Pearson 365, 1977. Very clean, (5) sails. Pearson ketch, 1978. Sausalito berth. Union Polaris cutter, 1980. Perry designed beauty. Esprit, 1979. By Perry (Nordic), loaded. -Gulfstar sloop, 1978. Freya cutter, 1980. (9) sails, full electronics. Landfall cutter, 1979. Dual helms. Berkeley berth. Challenger sloop, 1974. Pristine. Loaded.

37,000 23,000 39.900 23,000 49,000 28,000 34.900 55,000 38,000 55,000

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43’ NAUTOR SWAN, 1978. You must see this world-class beauty! Asking $142,000. Alajuela cutter, 1978. Cheoy Lee ketch, 1979. Westsail cutter, 1981. One of the finest. Lancer M/S, 1983. Twin diesels. Like new. Island Trader Motorsailer, 1982. Berkeley berth. Steel M/S, 1981. S.F. Marina berth, CG charter. Force 50 Garden ketch, 1976. Sausalito liveaboard. Gaff cutter, 1911. Fully restored classic.

79,000 95,000 120,000 159,000 160,000 275,000 135,000 150,000

29’ ERICSON, 1974. Beautifully maintained, Atomic 4, customized teak, wheel. Asking $23,000.

LUXURY LIVEABOARDS AND OCEAN CRUISERS 38’ 41’ 42’ 45’ 46’ 48’ 50’ 60’

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75,000 63,000 65,000 50,000 69,000 79,000 79,000 105,000 79,000 69.000

34’ 36’ 37’ 38’ 41’ 44’ 46’

CLASSICS AND INEXPENSIVE LIVEABOARDS Chinook sloop, 1960. F/G, dsl. Berkeley berth. Gaff ketch, ’75. (Ferro). Mercedes dsl, exclnt cond. Alden schooner, 1931. Diesel. Sausalito berth. Kettenburg, 1953. Berkeley berth. Rhodes cutter, 1960. Diesel. Friendship sloop, 1964. Diesel, gaff rig, Kettenberg, ’48; beautiful classic. Berkeley berth.

25,000 32,000 44,000 15,500 58^000 35^000 35,000

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SIMOON’ IS FOR SALE

GOLDEN STATE

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> INTERNATIONAL YACHT

$125,000

BOAT SALES

We Want To Sell These Fine Yachts In The Next 30 Days! 27” 28’ 34’ 36’ 41’ 45’ Contact Bob Jensen

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Refrigeration Many cruising items Hard 10’ dinghy with sail Jiffy reefing Autopilot 125 gal water Much more

Windvane (4) anchors Electric windlass 250’ 3/8” chain Hard dodger 120 gal diesel

Balboa.Asking $14,000 Columbia.Asking 19,000 Pearson.Asking 69,000 Islander Freeport.Asking 92,000 Islander Freeport .... Asking 110,000 Freedom Ketch.Asking 125,000

We have a new HOOD 38 design available at our docks. This fine yacht is awaiting your custom desires for stand¬ ing and running rigging. Why buy some¬ one else’s choice of equipment? Get what you want up front. From $98,000. WE NOW CHARTER! Call Us For Rates

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Aquarius w/trlr.... $5,000 Offers Columbia Mkll. .(2) Folkboat. ....1970 14,500 Catalina, outboard. 15,000 16,900 O’Day ... Albin Cumulus.... 29,900 Ranger.. 24,500 Pearson . . ... 1978 Try 25,000 Whitby .. .... 1966 28,500 Cutter... ....1947 Offers Farallon . 44,500 Lancer... 25,000 Pearson . 75,000 Fantasia. .(2) _ 65,000 85,000 Fly'g Dutchman... 32,000 MacGregor cat1979

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Ericson Cruiser... 69,900 Crealock, a steal!.. 109,000 Ericson. 1980 87,500 Morgan. 1978 78,000 Hans Christian.... 109,000 Westerly, Perry design.. 109,000 Irwin, fast.... Try 79,000 Pearson. 1979 Offers Olson, ‘Fastbreak’. 109,500 Amphitrite ... 169,500 Freedom. 125,000 Morgan ketch. 159,000 CT ketch. 169,000 150,000 Gaff sloop.... 1911 Gaff Rig. 1911 175,000

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Prout Sailboats 31 ’-50’ • Irwin Sailboats 31’-85’ Golden Star Trawlers

PETER JONES YACHT BROKERAGE (415) 386-5870 BUYERS: If you’re looking for a boat & don’t see it here, or if you don’t know which boat among the many alternatives will satisfy your sailing needs, then please call. My listings change constantly, & I may have some suggestions if you haven’t decided on a specific boat.

44’ LAFITTE ’80. Cutter rigged sloop. Extremely well-equipt and well rigged luxurious cruiser w/many custom features. 175,000. 41’ RHODES BOUNTY ’60. Pacific vet ready to cruise anywhere. $54,000. 40’ CAL. Good equipment, needs new engine. $38,900. 37’ SOVEREL ’72. Super cruis’g sip. Dsl, vane, SSB, Loran + more. Inquire. 36’ ISLANDER ’74. Wheel, Signet electronics, clean. Great Price! 36’ YAMAHA ’81. (7) sails, hydraulics, whl, electronics. Clean. Inquire. 36’ OKOMOTO kch '56. Mahog on oak, bronze fastened, recent refit. $29,500. 36’ PEARSON 365 ’76. Well maintained ketch w/lots of extras. $62,500. 35’ MARINER ketch ’66. Mahog on oak, Perkins dsl, recent work $35,000. 34’ COLUMBIA MKII '73. Very clean, lrg interior, S.F. Marina slip. $39,500. 33’ MORGAN ’68. Recent refit, new diesel and sails. Inquire. 33’ NOR’WEST. Strongly built, fast. Burns design with nice interior, diesel, wheel, Rover dinghy and more. Ideal world cruiser. $49,950. 33’ PEARSON 323 ’77. Really nice w/brand new bottom & BARGAIN PRICE. 32’ CRUISING SLOOP ’72. Superbly built NZ kauri. Must see! $35,000. 32’ VANGUARD. Good clean Rhodes design w/S.F. marina berth. $29,500. 31’ CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE ’67. Clean ketch. Good gear & hard dink. $24,000.

MT42 Cntr cockpit pilothouse by Ted Brewer — ultimate liveaboard! Generator, refrigeration, aft stateroom w/dbl bed, inside & cockpit con¬ trols, fin keel w/skeg rudder, Isomat spars, Lewmar winches, Nicro Fico/Sbhaefer deck hardware, PAR water system, Bomar hatches & more! $138,500.

30’ IRWIN CITATION ’80. Diesel, refrigeration, roomy. $35,500. 30’ 30’ 30’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 27’ 25’ 25’ 22’

YANKEE ’71. S&S design. 9 winches, 6 sails, L.P. hull. $25,000. ISLANDER MKII ’71. Call for a great price! NEWPORT MKII ’77. TillerMaster, race rigged, nice! $31,000. ERICSON ’74. Clean with possible S.F. marina berth. Inquire. NEWPORT 27S ’77. Very clean. Depth, VHF, 6 sails, dsl + more. $15,500. CATALINA ’71. All new rig. Clean. Evinrude 6 hp. $16,500. SANTANA ’67. O.B., 6 sails, autopilot, etc. Honda. Good deal. VEGA ’73. Clean pocket cruiser w/dsl, dodger, cabin heater, etc. Inquire. SANTA CRUZ ’75. Well equipped ultralight. Fast! Inquire. VANCOUVER ’85. Great pocket cruiser. Extra gear. Must see! $33,500. CAL 2-25 ’77. Buy this boat! Inquire. WESTERLY CIRRUS ’72. British pocket cruiser. Yanmar dsl. Call. 20-26 FIBERGLASS SLOOPS. I have a number of boats in this size range. CALL FOR MANY MORE LISTINGS

SELLERS: If you own any well-built boat in good condition & want an honest and capable person to represent you during the problems of negotiation, financing, sea trial, survey, title transfer, insurance, property tax proration & the inevitable Snafu, please call & list your boat.

EAGLE 46 Pilothouse Cutter. Inside controls, Lewmar winches, furling jib, Isuzu 70hp diesel, private aft stateroom with double bed, full keel. Reduced to $124,500.

TRADE INS 1976 Islander 32, loaded liveaboard.$49,500 1981 O’Day 28, diesel, roomy. 31,500 1981 Crealock Excalibur 42, Airex, must sell 109,500

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EXPERIENCED YACHTS 24’ 26’ 26’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 30’ 34’ 35’ 35’ 36’ 36’

Stone Horse... . Chrysler. Laguna. Newport. Ericson. Bristol. Fisher PH. Pioneer. Fantasia. Baba. Islander. Islander.

$17,900 9,900 19,950 22,500 28,000 37,750 47,500 47,000 68,000 98,000 59,500 89,000

36’ 37’ 38’ 38’ 39’ 40’ 41’ 42’ 47’ 26’ 50’

Alden. Tayana. DownEast. Catalina. Cal II. Swift. Bounty. Cstm Ketch.... Vagabond . Nordic Tug.... Trawler. .

19,900 87,750 75,000 79,900 89,999 105,000 54,000 79,500 189,000 54,750 55,000

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MILANO YACHTS

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CLASSIC CRUISERS

★ 23’ BEAR BOAT $ 10,500 ★ 26’NORDIC M/S FK 20,000 30’ STEEL ATKIN SCHOONER 39,500 ★ 30’ McGREGOR . . 25,000 31’ MARINER KETCH . 33,000 ★ 33’ WINDWARD 8,000

38’ ALDEN CHALLENGER YAWL 78 000 40’ PACIFIC YAWL 74^500 55’ ALDEN C/B YAWL 90,000 ★60’ GAFF RIGGED CUTTER 150,000

EXHILARATING HIGH PERFORMANCE — RACE READY

24’ MOORE .$ 16,000 ★ 27’CONTEST17,950 ★ 27’SANTA CRUZ . 14,000 28’MAIR Custom C&B . 19,500 29’ BUCCANEER 295 . 27,500 30’CUSTOM ULDB 23,000

30’PEARSON FLYER 38,500 ★ 30’J30 . 38,750 33’ HOBIE. 4U500 ★34’ DASH. 38^500 34’ WYLIE . . 2 from 50,000 35’ SANTANA , . . 58,000 36’PETERSON .. . 65,000 55’ SWEDE. 121,000

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LIYEABOARD EXPERIENCED OFF-SHORE CRUISERS

31’ 32’ ★ 33’ 37’ ★ 37’ 37’ 38’ 38’ ★ 38’ ★ 39’

MARIAH.$ 52,000 WESTSAIL . . . 62,500 FREEDOM .... 79,000 CUSTOM SWEDISH SCHOONER . . 78,000 RAFIKI. 67,500 ESPRIT. 79,500 MORGAN 382 . 69,000 DOWNEAST CUTTER . 79,000 CABO RICO . . 72,000 CAL CORINTHIAN . 72,000

★ 39’ LANCER. 94,000 ★ 41’ CHEOY LEE . . 99,500 42’PEARSON 424 . 119,500 43’ AMPHITRITE KETCH . 169,500 ★ 43’ KETTENBURG 62,000 45’ EXPLORER ... 137,500 ★ 44’ FORMOSA ... 115,000 46’ MORGAN KETCH

. 150,000 ★ 50’ COLUMBIA . . . 92,500 54’ PERRY. 235,000

EXPERIENCED BAY BOATS

25’PACSEACRAFT $22,000 ★ 26’RANGER. 14,000 ★ 26’ DAWSON .... 18,000 ★ 26’ ISLANDER . . . 23,500 26’INT FOLKBOAT 13,950 27’ SUN . 22,500 ★ 27’ CAL 2-27 . . 3 fm 16,500 ★ 27’ CATALINA . . . 22,000 ★ 27’ ERICSON 2 from 17,500

28’ ISLANDER . . . 30,000 ★ 28’ NEWPORT 2 from 20,000 29’ COLUMBIA . . . 18,000 30’ CORONADO . . 22,500 ★ 30’CAL 2-30 . 22,000 ★ 30’ LANCER. 30,500 30’ISLANDER MK II 28,000 ★ 30’SEIDELMANN . 28,500

ISLANDER 28 1977 Islander 28, a Robert Perry design with Islander quality, built for people who love to sail and expect performance whether racing or just getting away for a weekend cruise. With a full sail inventory, 110 shore power with battery charger? wheel steering, and full ground tackle, she is ready to be a pleasure to her new owners when they step aboard. A very good price and an anxious owner makes a perfect combination for an exceptional value. 26 900

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MOVING UP — COASTAL CRUISERS

★ 27’ DUFOUR 2800 $30,000 29’ COLUMBIA 8.7 .2 from 28,000 29’ CASCADE .... 27,500 30’ CAPE DORY . . 42,500 30’ NEWPORT II . 31,000 30’ BODEGA _ 27,500 ★ 30’ PEARSON . . . NOW 2 from 26,800 ★ 30’ ISLANDER BAHAMA . 39,500 30’ ERICSON .... 27,000

★ 30’WILLARD_ 49,500 ★ 30’ TARTAN . . . 2 fm 28,000 ★ 31’PEARSON . NOW 34,000 ★ 31’ COLUMBIA . . . 30,000 32’ MARIEHOLM FOLK BOAT. 38,000 ★ 32’ ERICSON . . 2 fm 27,500 33’ RANGER. 35,950 ★ 33’US. 37,500 33’ KALIK. 49,950 36’ ISLANDER . . . 41,000

C & C’s GALORE — RACE OR CRUISE

C&C ★ C&C C&C C&C

★ C&C 34 . 59,500 C&C35MKII. 58,500 ★ C & C 36.Now 69,000 ★ C & C 40’ . . 2 from 110,000

26’. $29,000 27 . 25,000 30 . 29,750 30 . 22,500

BRISTOL — BRISTOLS

★ 24’BRISTOL_ $12,900 ★ 30’ BRISTOL 4 from 37,000

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★ 32’BRISTOL. 37,000 ^35’ BRISTOL 35.5 2 fr63,000

HERSCHOFF 28 Wooden boat lovers * . . here is a modified Herschoff 28 built in 1964 that is 75% restored. Fittings have been re-chromed, house top and decks are all refinished and the hull has been re-done. Only part of the cockpit and the detail work remains to be completed. A must see. 14 950

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32’ FINCH. Cold-molded sloop. Olympia diesel, VHF, depthsounder, RDF, new sails, full cover. $34,950.

50’ 8 METER Sip. Pisces dsl, VHF, ds, 7 sleeps 5. Classic racer modified for cruising comforts. Win Master Mariner race in style! $16,750.

39’ FREYA 1978. Yanmar diesel rebuilt 1985, RDF, Autohelm 3000 and vane, windspeed, Avon Redcrest, 8’ ply sailing dinghy, lots more. Must sell. $79,000/0ffers.

42’ GLOUSTER Fishing Schooner. Famous Chappelle design, finished ’81. Farryman dsl, exclnt cond, a true Master Mariner. $67,500.

ORIGINAL H-28 Ketch. New sails, new dinghy, new autopilot, new cruising interior, inboard. Must sell. Offers.

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27’ PEARSON MOTOR CRUISER

32’ DREADNAUGHT Ketch. 1975. F/G version of famous Tahiti ketch. Volvo dsl, VFH, 8’ F/G dinghy. Asking $29,000.

CAL 2-29. ’75, electr, all teak interior, inflatable raft, Lapworth design. Very little use. Haul/bot¬ tom paint '86. Owner says sell! $27,900.

New 351 inboard, depthsounder,\ autopilot, radar. Great all-around fun fishing boat, equipped to the hilt. Won’t last long! Asking $16,000 or Offer.

29’ COLUMBIA MKI Sloop. S&S design, new ib 1984, new LPU paint job 11/86, custom wood interior. Excellent condition, not your ordinary Columbia 29. $17,300.

VANCOUVER 25.1985, full keel pocket cruiser. Yanmar diesel, has had no use, just like new. $29,000.

30’ MODIFIED H-28. Double planked, Yanmar dsl, 1985, VHF, ds/km, RDF, TillerMaster, full cover; 6’3” headroom. Try $25,000.

37’ BANJER Motorsailer. 1972, Perkins 4-236 diesel, well maintained, excellent condition, great liveaboard. Asking $67,000.

26’VEESPORT. 1982, twin i.o.’s only 70 original hrs, 45 +mph, VHF, speedo, trim tabs, shower, vanity, refer, covered berth. $29,000.

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MH1 36’ CHRIS CRAFT Flybridge Sportsfisher. Twin screw, excellent condition. $24,000.

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WORD IS OUT! For some time Northern California sailors have thought of Carl Schumacher as their personal yacht designer and Alsberg Brothers as their personal boat builder. That was a luxury we enjoyed for a while. But, you can’t keep a secret as good as the Express for long. The rest of the world has discovered the quality, value, versatili¬ ty, and pure joy of sailing Express yachts. How does their discovery affect you? AVAILABILITY. While you’ve been calmly waiting to see the Express 34, those guys have been buying them: Boston, Seattle, New York, Cleveland, Annapolis, Ft. Lauderdale & Dallas! if you want the 1986 sales tax deduction, we have only one boat left for delivery in 1986. If you want to be sailing an Express 34 in the spring, we have only 4 boats available for all of California between now and March 1987. Don’t wait another day. The Express 34 is available now for inspection. Call today for your appointment to inspect her. ONE EXPRESS 34 IS AVAILABLE FOR PLACEMENT IN OLYMPIC CIRCLE SAILING CLUB. CALL PAULA BLASIER FOR DETAILS.

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