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S2 30C 1983 aft cabin S2 Excellent condition. NOW $40,500

CS 40 — one for $ 134,000 equipped!!

CS YACHTS* SUPERB QUALITY VOTED BOAT OF YEAR AGAINST YACHTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE!! PRIVATE STATEROOM, ROD RIGGING. LOADED. CS 30 • 33 • 36 • 40 • 44 • 50 S-2 36 Great Liveaboardl STEAL MEI

TRY $59,000

THESE OWNERS SAY MUST SELL NOW!!

SAILBOATS 22' CATALJNA.3,500 24' S-2'87, UKE NEW.OFFERS 525 SANTANA,'81.TRY 9,000 26' DAWSON, aft cabin.... 11,500 27' CS, '82.21,000 27' NEWPORT, '81, DSL.... 12,500 28' ER1CSON+, '82.31,000 28' NEWPORT,'77.19,000 30' SANTANA, '82.TRY 32,000 32' WESTSAIL, loaded.54,000 35' LORD NELSON.119,000 37* TAYANA, '85, loaded..85,000 38' HANS CHRISTIAN.85,000 40' CHEOY LEE KETCH.89,000 UVEABOARDS

COLUMBIA 43 TRY $49,000

COOPCR 30 • 35 • 42 LIVEABOARD & LUXURIOUS AFT CABINS & SEDANS

FROM ONLY S690/MONTH RENT 42 COOPER $900/MONTH (5 DAYS)

J/29 EXC. CONDITION, STEAL MEI

TRY $28,000. No brokers please.

30' S-2, AFT CABIN.40,500 34' COLUMBIA..28,000 35’ ERICSON,'74..29,500 36' S-2 CIR CKPT..59,000 40’ VALIANT 40, '80.99,995 43’ COLUMBIA.TRY 45,000 44’ HYLAS 44, loaded.179,000 44' CS, '85.210,000 50’ CS, '88.358,000 POWER 24’ FIBREFORM.15,900 30' BAYUNER.25,000 3 T CALIFORNIAN.84,500 38’ BERTRAM.68,000 38* DEFEVER.59,500 40' BLUEWATER.89,500 45' CUSTOM TRAWLER.75,000 45' STEPHENS.39,000 50' CHRIS CRAFT.135,000 50' GRAND BANKS.248,000 52' PT,loaded ...Reduced335,000 62' WHEELER, certified .... 185,000

HUNDREDS OF OTHER BOATS AVAILABLE

WE NEED LISTINGS!/ SANTANA 35

LORD NELSON 35

BANK REPO TRY $38,000

Beautiful interior, two dbl berths, huge shower. Great liveaboard.

Loaded with gear. $ 119,000

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This Goose Cooked (all the way to the finish line) Jim and Sue Corenman enjoy racing their Nordic 40, “Wild Goose.” So this spring they had the boat measured for an IMS (International Measurement System) rating and entered the Vallejo Race.

“Wild Goose” won the race overall under IMS, both to Vallejo and back.

The Nordic is a racer/cruiser.

Her full complement of Pineapple Sails and state-of-the-art electronics are matched by her full complement of blender, TV, CD player and vacuum cleaner.

“Goose’s” sails were built to be fast and stay fast. The Kevlar main was built in 1987 and is still winning races; the newest spinnaker was built before last year’s Pacific Cup. All the sails on the boat have remained competitive, defeating much newer sails in a highly competitive fleet.

If you’re ready to race and cruise to the front of your fleet, give us a call or stop by (to gander?). We can help put you there and keep you there: with sails that start fast and stay that way. *WILD GOOSE

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PASSAGES The latest news from Northern California’s largest boat dealers. ◄ Mason 44. lb quote “Practical Sailor” magazine: “when compared to other boats in its class like the Hinkley 42, the Alden44 or the Swan 43, the Mason 44 is a bargain. If there is a better deal on the quality end of the sailboat spectrum, we have not seen it

Own a new Pearson \hcht with no monthly boat payment until 1991!

Beneteau told us that we’re only #2

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Beneteau 35s5 But we have until Aug. 31 to become the largest Beneteau dealer in the U. S. so we’re pulling out all the stops to earn your business. We’ve stocked a large inventory of FIRST and OCEANIS models and have rolled back the prices. Well consider any reasonable deal to move units. This may be your best time ever to own a top quality BENETEAU sailing yacht.

Pearson 31 Put a new Pearson in our exclusive charter placement program with HORIZONS CHARTER AND YACHTING ASSOCIATION and we will cover your monthly boat payment until 1991. In addition to offsetting the cost of boat ownership during the time you’re in this program, there are significant advantages available to you. This program makes so much economic sense that our first client in this program was an economics professor and investment advisor. Don’t miss out on this tremendous opportunity to own a top quality boat. We have a limited number of boats left that qualify for this special program. Call today for details.

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subscriptions calendar letters loose lips sightings sweet summer transpac preview cruisin'the delta idiots guide to outboards young guns eltorob.o.m. south tower race max ebb catalina preview world of chartering race sheet changes in latitudes classy classifieds brokerage ad index

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Motorsailer 250,000 Steel, Abeklng & Rasmussen 225,000 S4S Aluminum 250,000 Beneteau 250,000 Passport 220,000 Island Trdr Ketch 149,000 Peterson, ctr cockpit 125,000 Hylas _.

183,500 Pearson 424 Ketch 99,000 CSC, Race equipped 130,000 Whitby Carlbe 45,000 Newport 78,000 Columbia 39.500 Passport (2)135,000 Beneteau 405,1S86 119,000 Hunter 89.500 Olson 139.000 Farr 130,000 Ericson, Loaded 110,000 76.500 CaC Landfall, Loaded Farallone Clipper 35,000 75,000 Peterson cold mold 88,000 Hinkley Morgan 61,000 Express 99,000 Endeavor 64.500 Ranger 42,000 72.500 Yamaha Custom, Kauri 89,000 Cheoy Lee, Luders 49,000 58,000 Beneteau Santana 54.950 Niagra 77.900 Wylie (3) 39.900 49,000 cac Pearson 68,000 Peterson 34,000 Aphrodite 101 35,000 Pearson, 1987 67.500 Dehler 65,000 Ranger, Harken Furling 34.500 Morgan, Diesel, Wheel 35,000 Aphrodite 27.950 Pearson (2)20,800 Catalina (2) 28,500 Island Bahama Offers Cal 3-30 24.950 59,000 Baba Cal 2-29, Diesel 22,300 Ericson 29 24.500 Pearson 31.500 Cal 2-27 (3) 21,000 Pearson 16,200 Inti Folkboat 10,000 I.O.R. Racing Yachts

40' 40' 40’ 42' 43' 43' 45" 46' 48’ 50’ 54' 55' 55'

Beneteau, "Jazz "1984 Pendragon”1985 Nelson/Marek1985 Sprint II" 1987 Frers "Shockwave"' Frers "'Abduction'" Frers " Camouflage Frers " Golden Bear” "Blade Runner "1985 Frers "Fujimo"'1985 Frers'"Jubilation"’ Nelson/Marek "Emotional Rescue”

115,000 225,000 225,000 200,000 200,000 155,000 200,000 150,000 275,000 485,000 450.000 300,000 475,000

Pearson 33.1987. Enduring Pearson quality in this spotless, well equipped yacht Attractively priced at $67,500.

Ranger 33. Harken tuning. Auto-pilot.

Refrigeration. All lines led aft. Gary Mull design. $34,500.

Pearson 424. Stiff cruising ketch. Partial list includes radar, furling jib, electric windlass. Splc and span. Now only $99,000.

Islander Bahama 30. very clean. Diesel wheel. Year s free berthing. Offers.

Pearson 34.1984. Enjoy Pearson ownership in this well maintained quality yacht.

Excellent buy at only $68,000.

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Graphic Design: Terri L. Wilder Copyright 1989 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., inc. page 5

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Union 36.1985. Heavy duty cruising cutter with very little usage. Less than 40 hours on Parkings diesel. Asking $74,900.

The Perfect Combination

gutter sails &

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Built to perform, dependable, rugged, high quality, excellence in design and finish — all describe Sutter Sails and the ProFurl reefing furling system. Why settle for less? Give us a call or come by our loft and then sail with confidence!

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M50 = 50 bhp (inc gear box)

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M80T Diesel

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Publisher & Executive Editor.Richard Spindler Co-Publisher.Kathleen McCarthy

(inc gear box)

Only 507 lbs Designed by the World's Largest Diesel Manufacturer to maintain and build on Perkins legendary reputation for reliability and durability. Conservatively rated, more fuel efficient, quieter, and most import they are affordable Il

Factory Authorized Dealers: BRITISH MARINE

Managing Editor.John Riise Associate Editor.Rob Moore Advertising.John Arndt Advertising.Mitch Perkins Production / Office Manager..Terri L. Wilder Production / Classy Classifieds.Colleen Levine Production.Suzanne Tumicki Bookkeeping.Kay Rudiger

P. O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 (415)383-8200 FAX: (415) 383-5816 page 7

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LIST MARINE 69 Libertyship Way Sausalito CA 94965 (415) 332-LIST

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MORGAN 51 Vessel upgraded with many custom installations including new radar, new SotNav, new AP and new dodger. Owner must sell to please family. $148,500.

FREEPORT 36 One of Islander's most elegant yachts. Owner's stateroom surpases most boats under 50-ft.

Let the Islander experts at ABC point out the subtle features of this fine yacht. $89,000.

21 knots. Two double staterooms, radar, Loron, loaded! In-

47* VAGABOND Beautifully maintained and equipped to go. Classic Garden design in fiberglass. Become the new owner.

Try $120,000.

HYLAS44 1984. Frers design— a rare offering w/new reefer system, radar, AP, Loron, more. World class cruiser. $183,500.

IRWIN 52 Center cockpit, tricobin ketch. Large aft suite, dean.

Try $129,500.

105’ 65' 62' 55' 48' 48' 48' 48' 46' 45' 45' 45' 45' 44' 44' 44' 43' 43' 43' 43' 42' 42' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 40' 40' 40' 39' 39' 39’ 39' 38' 38' 38' 37 37 37 37

SAIL LOGGERT, 1903.$175,000 SWAN, 1984.1,150,000 McVEIGH, 1979.185,000 FIBERSTEEL, 1975.99,000 CSTM STEEL KCH, '81 .275,000 HUGHES, 1972.129,500 STEEL KETCH, 1981 .275,000 SWAN, 1972.180,000 PETERSON, 1979.135,000 DUFOUR, 1979.150,000 EXPLORER, 1979.100,000 HARDIN, 1982.107,000 LANCER, 1983.125,000 HARDIN, 1979.111,000 HYLAS, 1984.1983,500 PETERSON, 1977.124,400 CHEOY LEE. 1983.139,000 COLUMBIA, 1970.75,000 OFFSHORE, 1979.85,000 WESTSAIL', 1975 .101,000 TAYANA, 1983.132,500 US NAVAL SHIPYRD, '46 . 46,000 DARWINSKI, 1978 . 84,900 FORMOSA, 1972.79,500 ISLANDER FREEPORT.120,000 LITTON MARINE, 1983 . 79,500 NEWPORT, 1973 . 60,000 CHALLENGER ... (2).75,000 FREEDOM, 1981.120,000 LIDGARD, 1982.73,000 CAL, 1978.75,000 ERICSON, 1971 .52,500 FREYA, 1978.79,500 LANDFALL, 1979.85,000 ALAJUELA, 1977.85,000 HANS CHRISTIAN, 1977 . 99,000 STEPHENS, 1961 .30,000 ENDEAVOUR, 1979 . 70,000 ISLANDER, 1968.49,500 ISLANDER PH, 1970.47,000 KINGS - ESSEX, 36.60,000

37 37 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 35' 35' 35’ 34' 34' 33'

TARTAN.79,000 TAYANA... (2).74,500 BRISTOL, 1982 . 58,000 CASCADE, 1973 .29,000 CHEOY LEE, 1976 . 49,950 CS, 1981 .74,500 FORMOSA.45,000 FREEPORT, 1981 .89,500 HUNTER, 1981 .55,000 ISLANDER ... (5).44,500 J/BOAT, 1981 .86,000 PEARSON ... (2).55,000 UNION, 1980 . 79,000 YAMAHA. 1981.79,000 HINKLEY, 1966 . 34,500 SANTANA, 1980.47,000 WARRIOR, 1974 . 55,000 FISHER, 1984.115.000 HUNTER, 1983.49,950 HUNTER. 1979.39,000

32.6' 32' 32* 32’ 32* 31’ 31' 31’ 31' 30' 30' 30' 30’ 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 30' 29'

PEARSON, 1965 . 32,500 ARIES. 1984.34,000 ELITE, 1985.55,000 ERICSON, 1972.19,500 TRAVELER, 1978.49,500 CHEOY LEE, 1969 . 29,000 DUFOUR, 1982 . 42,000 HUNTER. 1986.42,900 MARINER.33,500 BABA, 1979 . 59,000 CATALINA ... (2).25,000 IRWIN, 1980 . 30,000 ISLANDER... (2).20,000 J/BOAT, 1982 . 43,000 ODYSSEY, 1966 . 21,000 PALMER-JOHNSON.29,000 PEARSON ... (3).27,000 ROBERTS, 1972 .13,500 SPIDSGATTER.35,000 BRISTOL. 1967 . 20,000

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29’ 29' 29' 29' 28* 27 27 26' 26' 25' 25* 2560' 57 54’ 53* 53' 525?

50' 50' 49' 47 47 44’ 43' 42' 42" 42' 41' 40' 40' 40' 39' 38' 38' 37 36' 36' 36' 31'

CAL, 1972.29,500 ERICSON, 1978 .18,000 J/BOAT, 1983 . 26,400 SEAFARER, 1974.11,000 NEWPORT YCTS, 1977.21,900 CHEOY LEE. 1966 . 22.000 ERICSON, 1974.16,000 COLUMBIA, 1969...9,600 RANGER, 1969 .9,500 CAL, 1968.6,000 NORTHSTAR 500 . 9,800 O'DAY, 1977.12,000 POWER NORDLUND, 1979 . 450,000 CHRIS CRAFT... (2).169,000 BLUEWATER ... (2).187,000 MATHEWS, 1965 .149,500 MONK, 1971 .140,000 BLUEWATER, 1982.169,000 DEFEVER, 1963.225,000 CHRIS CRAFT, 1960.115,000 STEPHENS... (2).110,000 ALBIN, 1980 .165,000 GRANDY, 1912 . 79,000 MONK, 1962 . 79,950 PACEMAKER, 1966.111,000 PRESIDENT, 1983.160,000 KROGEN, 1988.190,000 UNIFUTE, 1973.129S00 GRAND BANKS, 1968.79,500 MATHEWS, 1952 . 39,500 CHB, 1988.175,000 MARINE TRADER, 1978.125,000 BLUEWATER (Taiwan). 77 ...86,000 SEA RANGER, 1981 .75,000 CHRIS CRAFT. 1985.162,000 BAYLINER, 1984.109,500 HERSHINE, 1979 . 69,750 MODERN, 1983.77,000 GRAND BANKS, 1974.79,950 CHRIS CRAFT, 1964.33,000 BERTRAM, 1970 . 49.000

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CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN AND DIANE HICKS ON THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR BRAND NEW PACKFIC SEACRAFT CREALOCK 34, #173, IN JULY. AFTER TWO YEARS OF RESEARCH, LOOKING AND SAILING, THEY HAVE DECIDED ON THEIR ULTIMATE CRUISING YACHT. WHY DID THEY CHOOSE THE CREALOCK 34 BY PACIFIC SEACRAFT? THE REASONS ARE MANY BUT WITH ONE LOOK AT THIS FINELY CRAFTED YACHT, YOU'LL KNOW THE ANSWER! CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT TO VIEW THIS NEW ARRIVAL

ISLAND PACKET 38

ISLAND PACKET 35

ISLAND PACKET 38

ISLAND PACKET 35

LAST 1988 MODEL LEFT! REALIZE TREMENDOUS SAVINGS ON THIS BRAND NEW YACHT. FULL SAFETY AND ANCHOR PACKAGE PLUS ELECTRONIC. SAVE OVER $10,000! CALL FOR DETAILS.

LOOK FOR THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW ISLAND PACKET 35.

SEE WHY THEY SOLD OVER 65 BOATS WITHIN TWO MONTHS CALL US TODAY FOR COMPLETE DETAILS AND ARRIVAL TIME.

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DEALERS FOR FREEDOM • PACIFIC SEACRAFT • ISLAND PACKET • CRUISERS INC. • RAMPAGE • LUHRS

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ATTENTION SELLERS: THERE ARE STILL A FEW SELECT BERTHS AVAILABLE AT 1 /2 PRICE WHEN LISTING YOUR BOAT WITH CRUISING WORLD AT GRAND HARBOR. PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS.

DANA 24 —TRADITIONAL PACIFIC SEACRAFTSTYLING AND QUALITY IN A ROOMY 24-fT OCEAN GOING CRUISER. THIS THREE-YEAR OLD JEWEL HAS H&C PRESSURE WATER, 2 JIBS, S/T WINCHES, KM/DS, AND MORE. WITH REPLACEMENT COST OVER $70K THIS RARE FIND WON’T LAST LONG AT $59,500.

NORSEMAN447—CENTER COCKPIT VBtSION. LOADED W/ELECTRONICS, SAFETY GEAR, VANE, AP & TOO MUCH MORE TO UST! I ASKING $215,000.

. -\RSON FLYER 30 — large comfortable cockpit for the EXPRESS 37 — FULLY LOADED WITH All THE TOYS AND SAILS. PROVEN WINNER: TRANSPAC, YRA. TOP CONDITION AND READY TO WIN AGAIN. WHOLE FAMILY. RACE OR DAYSAIL DIESEL, TWO JIBS AND SPINNAKER.

GURNEY 33 — HU5SAAAN built aluminum fast cruiser. ou> world CHARM WITH GOOD CRUISING INVBTTORY. OUR DOCKS. KEDUCED TO $39,500.

TRAVELLER 32 - fantastic offshore saiung yacht, she is EQUIPPED TO GO ANYWHERE AND IS IN MINT CONDITION. A MUST SEE!

U35 PILOTHOUSE - roomy & airyw/great visibiuty makes her A PERFECT UVEABOARD. NEW CUSHIONS & OTHER RECENT UPGRADES. $49,500.

SUN 27 — owns needs to sau; has reduced price and wants OFFERS. GREAT FAMILY BAY AND DELTA BOAT.

ISLANDER 34 — want an affordable cruiser? sistership has gone TO NEW ZEALAND AND IS ON THE WAY BACK. Oil FOIt DETUIS. $29,500..

FORMOSA 35— large interior, offshore capability with DiEsa AND MORE AT A VERY AFFORDABLE PRICE ASKING $39,500.

SELECT SAIL LISTINGS FUCKA__2 FROM 21,500 2,950 AQUARIUS. „ .

59,500 DANA CUSTOM BAHAMA.17)900 14 900 HUNTER PACIFIC SEACRAFT. _17’500 (j-27 OFFERS/15’000 RFPUfFn uwi SUN 25’000 O'DAY ELITE_—_39,500

30' 30' 30‘ 30' 30’ 30' 31 • 32' 32'

45,000 BODEGA COLDMOLDED MUU.__29)950 _ 27,500 ERICSON 31 500 PEARSON FLYS 44 000 S2-C . .OFFERS WILDSNESS MARINS 34,500 FREEDOM 32_ _79)500 MARINS_-_29,500

32' 32' 33' 34' 35' 35' 35' 35' 35' 36'

TRAVELLER__49,500 WESTSAIL, 2 FROM . .59,500 GURNEY ALUMINUM. ..REDUCED 39,500 ISLANDS.. „2 FROM 29,995 CHEOY LEE 35.„.59,500 FORMOSA..39,500 PEARSON ALBERG. .._„..._33,500 SANTANA.__.39,500 US PILOTHOUSE_ ..69,500 CASCADE__49,500

36' 36' 36' 36' 37' 37' 38' 39' 40' 41'

ERICSON CRUISING__65,000 FREEDOM__139,950 ISLANDS.. „ 59,500 WHITE WING__94,950 CREALOCK_ .._108,500 EXPRESS ..„ * 115,000 INGRID. * _75,000 CUSTOM STEE.. _51,000 CHEOY LB OFFSHORE- _59,500 S&S CUSTOM YAWL__55,000

42' 44' 44' 45' 47' 48' 48' 52' 60'

WESTSAIL__124,500 NORSEMAN 447 ... .215,000 PETERSON CUTTER — ..

109,000 EXPLORER __100,000 VAGABOND KETCH _ 125,000 CAL- . _ 98,500 S&S __129,500 IRWIN KETCH_ _ 145,000 GAFF RIGGED CUTIS ——95,000

DEALERS FOR FREEDOM * PACIFIC SEACRAFT • ISLAND PACKET • CRUISERS INC. • RAMPAGE • LUHRS ■■MMIMVapppBI

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• • • •

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The Boatowner's Boatyard

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(415) 536-5548

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Don’t risk your boat on an anchor that may be “just as good” as a CQR. CQR’s drop forged high tensile steel gives unrivaled strength. CQR’s optimum weight and geometry allow quick penetration, digs in deep and stays put in shifting winds and tides. Why risk your boat s worth thousands to fjffiff save a few dollars?

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DONATE YOUR BOAT TO SEA SCOUTS POWER OR SAIL • YOUR DONATION IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE. LET US SHOW YOU THE ATTRACTIVE VALUE AND SPEEDY TRANSFER THAT WE CAN ARRANGE. • ELIMINATE BROKER FEES, ADVERTISING AND BERTHING. • HELP INSTILL THE LOVE OFTHE SEA AND BOATING INTO THE YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE IN SEA SCOUTING. SEA SCOUTS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY CRAFT, POWER OR SAIL, IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION. • 1989 TAX CREDIT

l/l/e Have New And Used Engines In Stock from 9.5 hp and up

We also have one of the most extensive and comprehensive parts inventories in Northern California for Volvo Penta and Yanmar.

WE GUARANTEE: TO GET YOUR VOLVO PARTS WITHIN 48 HOURS PROVIDING THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CONTINENTAL U.S. CALL US FOR DETAILS.

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639 Bair Island Rd., Ste 8, Redwood City, CA 94063 ON THE ROAD TO PETE'S HARBOR

SAIL * SAIL SAIL • SAIL

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SAIL* SAIL 48' MARINER—

'81. CENTER COCKPIT LIVEA-

BOARD/CRUISE, NICE. TRY $110,000

45' COLUMBIA

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REFINISHED INSIDE & OUT.

BETTER THAN NEW. ASKING $95,900

40' PEARSON—

1980. PERFORMANCE

OCEAN CRUISER — SELLER WANTS OFFERS!

36' CHEOY LEE

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FULL KEEL, 1-OWNER

SINCE NEW, VERY NICE. TRY S45,000

PASSPORT 47—

ON GOINi ON COIN -;-v

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1985 GEARED TO CRUISE.

ASKING $220,000

41' SEAWOLF

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40' IRWIN

EXTRAORDINARY

39' LANDFALL

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FULL KEEL, OFFSHORE

CRUISER. ASKING $75,000

36' ERICSON

39' ERICSON

— '84 RON HOLLAND DESIGN

36' ISLANDER —

S65,000

TWO FROM S35,000

— FLUSH DECK. LARGE

INTERIOR, FULLY REBUILT. TRY $48,000.

36' FORMOSA

PERFORMANCE CRUISER. TRY $60,000.

36' HANS CHRISTIAN —

— 1980. CLEAN,

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32'ALOHA TRY S45,000.

30' 5-2 — CENTER COCKPIT, EXCELLENT CONDITION. TRY $34,000

SPENCER 35' — FULL KEEL, VERY HIGH QUALITY. EXCELLENT COND. TRY $38,000

32' JEANNEAU — RACER/CRUISER. AS NEW! TRY $44,000

32' COLUMBIA — WELL EQUIPPED, GOOD CONDITION. TRY $26,000

30' ERICSON — '82. BETTER THAN NEW, EXTRA GEAR. TRY $38,000

28' ALBIN — '81. QUAjLTY! DIESEL, VERY NICE. ILLNESS FORCES SALE!

24'SHOCK WAVE — 1984.

SAILED FIVE TIMES. TRY $13,000

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EAGLE YACHTSALES SAIL 22' CATALINA, 1982 .$6,900 22' SANTANA ... (3) FROM .3,600 22'COLUMBIA, 1973 .3,600 22' O'DAY, 1984.8,500 23' RANGER . . . (3) FROM .... 6,500 24' COLUMBIA, 1963 .7,200 25' CORONADO (3) FROM ... 5,000 25' CATALINA, 1981 .1 1,995 27' CATALINA ... (4) FROM 12,900 27' VEGA, 1981 .14,900 27' ERICSON, 1973 .14,900 28' CAL, 1967.11,500 30' CATALINA ... (2) FROM29.995 30' RAWSON 30, 1971 .25,000 30' NEWPORT, 1981 .29,950 30' FISHER, 1973 .45,000 32 MORGAN, 1981 .44,900 33' NAUTICAT, 1982 .95,000 34' CAL , 1976.38,000 36' HUNTER, 1980 .49,000 36' COLUMBIA, 1968 .38,000 36' PEARSON, 1981 .74,000 36' CATALINA, 1984 .62,900 39' FAIRWEATHER, '87.130,000 40' SWIFT, KETCH, 1982 .94,995 40' BENETEAU, 1983 .109,000 43' CHEOY LEE, 1983 . 148,000 47'GULFSTAR, 1979 .169,000 POWER 28 BAYLINER, 1985.32,500 46 ALASKAN. 1970.124 900 46 INTEGRE, 1987.197,000

PEARSON 36 1981. ketch rig, lotsand LOTS OF CRUISING GEAR. S74.000.

NAUTICAT 33. '86. loran, vhf, km/ds, WINDLASS, FURL. JIB, ESPAR FORCED AIR HEAT, BEAUTIFUL COND, READY TO SHARE ITS COM FORTS. S 1 15,000.

CATALINA 36 1984 knot, depth, wp & WS, FURLING, l/B DIESEL; CLEAN, CLEAN, CLEAN! $62,995 mmxa a—i M|

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CATALINA 42 Luxurious owner's forward cabin and two aft guest staterooms. ^CATALINA 42 • Delivery from stock • $110,000 sailaway^

FAIR WEATHER 39

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catauna34. 1988 CUSTOM MAIN, JIB,

genoa, km, ds,ws,wp, vhf, custom furlING SYSTEM. LIKE NEW. S65,000. CALL FOR INFO.

HANS CHRISTIAN 43. 1979. autopiLOT, GENERATOR, 5 SAILS, SSB RADIO, VHF RADIO, COMBI DATA CENTER, WINDLASS, MUCH MORE. $139,000.

CATALINA 30. 1984. DODGER, LARGE DIESEL, PRESSURE WATER, PEDESTAL AND CLEAN. 538,995.

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MAKE Crown Ericson Chrysler Pearson Folkboal Ericson SOLD Buccaneer lancer Ericson O'Day Ericson Ericson Pearson Ericson Pearson 303 Rawson Catalina SOLD Cheoy Lee Pearson Westsail Jeanneau Pearson 10M Ericson Ericson

YEAR 1978 1980 1978 1975 1948 1977 1978 1984 1975 1977 1970 1973 1979 1981 1986 1974 1978 1968 1979 1974 1986 1977 1978 1977 IV//

$

PRICE 4,000 12.950 11.950 REPRO 5,750 17.500 9,950 29.900 14.950 12,000 20.950 15,000 24.950 39.950 46.950 19,000 28,000 24.500 29,000 50,000 68.900 49.950 37.950 39.950 3V,V5U

SIZE 35' 35' 36' 36' 36' 37' 38' 38' 40' 40' 40' 41' 42' 42' 45' 45' 47' 48'

MAKE C&C Landfall Ericson Yamaha SOLD Cheoy Lee Formosa Ranger Pearson 385 Catalina C&C Cheoy Lee Gulf Star C&C Brewer Westsail Dufour Jeanneau Perry Ct/Perry

POWER 23' Donzi FC23 23' Donzi R-23 41' Chris Croft 47' Ponderosa 4/'

YEAR 1982 1979 1981 1965 1980 1978 1984 1983 1984 1977 1978 1984 1987 1976 1975 1985 1979 1977

PRICE 69.950 43.950 72.500 38,000 39,900 46.500 1 10,000 53.950 175,000 99.950 78.950 175,000 155,000 124.500 159,950 197.500 125,000 1 89,000

1988 1988 1981 1986

20.950 26.950 136,500 189,000 1 89,000

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37 TAYANA New 1988 Mark II Cutter. 44 hp Yanmar dsl. Harken furling, full batten main, separate shower, aft stateroom, microwave, custom interior, plus much more. See now. $103,000.

OLSON 911 SE For the new kid on the block, the Olson 911 SE (a Schumacher-designed 30-footer) is way ahead of the fleet. It was last year's season champion in its division. It won the Wheeler Regatta too.

And there are 10 boats race ready to sail. We've also just repackaged the Olson 911 SE so you get even more boat for less cash .. . whether you cruise it, race it or both.

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OLSON 911 SE ITS A WINNER! 1986 Season Champion 1988 Season Champion

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38'C&C LANDFALL 1979. Sloop, dsl 39' FREEDOM '83 PILOT SCHOOaux, four sails, electronics, sharp! Great NER RIG with carbon fiber free standsailor! Try $77,500. ing masts, fin keel w/skegged rudder, fast and so easy to sail! Spacious interior, 44 hp dsl aux. Try $115,000.

27 ERICSON74, Inboard aux., 3 sails. I need a home_ 27 ERICSON 77, Yanmar dsl, 3 sails, wheel steering 27 BUCCANEER 77, big, spacious. Come take me_ 29' ERICSON 73, Inboard aux, clean, great buy! ....................

30' CATALINA'82, i/b dsl, 3 sails. Just listed_—-Try 30' ERICSON 30+ '81, dsl aux, clean and loaded_Try 31' PEARSON, Perry design i/b, aux, 4 sails inc. spin_..._ 34XERICSON 78, new dsl aux, 8 sails, hydv AP, Loran 34' T ERICSON, 77, new Yanmar dsl, 3 sails, whl steer 35' ERICSON 78, dsl aux., wheel steer, well equipped

$14,950 $16,950 $10,950 $17,950 $28,750 $33,950 $25,900 $34,900 $39,950

$42,950 36' PEARSON '85, dsl aux, dodger, aft cabin. Nicel_...... $93,500 38' CATALINA '83, Sparkman & Stephens design diesel aux, 4 sails_Reduced $53,000 41' C&C Sloop, '84,11 sails, new rigging full race-$175,000

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nevyoort 30 HI 43’ PORPOISE Ketch. Quite possibly 45 EXPLORER Cutter, 1979. Sturdy, the finest 43-ft on the Bay. Nothing spared full-keel cruiser with lots of equipment for ultimate liveaboard comfort, beauty, clean. Asking $105,000. bluewater cruising. Asking $135,000

Pilothouse BASE BOATS N-27 MK m 29,090 N-28 MK II 32,890 N-30 MK II 41,470 N-31 49,340 N-33 52,200 N-33 Pilothouse 53,600 N-41 MK II 103,680 Galf PILOTHOUSES G-27 32,180 G-29 36,900 G-32 57,900

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Sailaway Includes: Full electronics (VHF, depth, knot/log, compass); Sails (main & tapper jib). Ground tackle, pedestal steering, full safety package, shore pwer, pressure h/c water, shower (except N-27,28); Freight & commissioning; many additional options and installed customized cabinetry, teak sole.

30' NEWPORT MK III, 1984.

Customized beautiful interior combined with inventory of 5 sails, VHF, depth, knot/log &

36' PEARSON 365, 1977. Clean, reliable cruising liveaboard. Asking $50,000.

28' NEWPORT MK II, '81. Beautifully 36' UNION POLARIS, '81. Like new, maintained. Dodger, diesel, autopilot, 2 low hours; great liveaboard cruiser, ibs, new bottom job. Asking $22,900.

Asking $80,000.

27* O'DAY, 1986. Like new & ready to sail away. Diesel, VHF, depth, knot log, many extras.

Asking $23,900.

36' LANCER, 1982. Customized hulls & rigging, full electronics and a ton of extras. Asking $49,700.

39' FREYA Cutter, 78. Trans-ocean vet.

Recently refurbished (sistership). Asking $79,000.

30' PEARSON, 73. You should be in such great shape! Asking $18,000.

28' ISLANDER, 76. Diesel, club jib, four sails, clean. Asking $21,000.

44' PETERSON cutter, 1975. Fully equipped blue water cruiser, aft cabin liveatx>ard. Asking $120,000.

SELECTED SAILBOAT BROKERAGE FUCKA.77.$14,500 O'DAY & trailer, '77.16,500 INTL FOLKBOAT, '85 . 25,000 ERICSON, (3) from.15,900 EXPRESS Sc trlr, '82.

27,000 NEWPORT, 79.16,000 GULF PH, '85 (2) from.35,000 LANCER,'78, dsl.28,500 ERICSON 30+, '81.39,900 ERICSON,'80 . 42,000 DUFOUR, '79.39,500 ERICSON,'72 .27,000 PEARSON 323,78, dsl.45,500 HUNTER, (2) from.36,000 ERICSON, (2) from.37,000 HUNTER, '83......51,000 PETERSON sip, '82.

44,900 CORONADO, 1972.

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ERICSON, 7943,900 PEARSON, 73.54,000 ISLANDER, 79, dsl-54,000 CATALINA, 83.53,000 EASTERLY sip, 1978.64,000 LANDFALL cttr, PH, '79 . 75,000 NEW ZEALAND sip, '82.69,000 STEEL PH M/S, 77.80,000 STEEL cutter, 78_ 95,000 NEWPORT, (2) from.59,000 FORMOSA ketches, (2) from. 65,000 CHEOY LEE PH M/S, '83.... 145,000 LANCER PH M/S, '83 .125,000 PORPOISE ketch, 70.80,000 BLUEWATER kch, 1977.75,000 SWAN, 72.179,000 GAFF cutter, 1911 .95,000 TOPSAIL SCHOONER, 79 .235,000

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CALENDAR Nonrace July 1 — Sea Music Festival at Hyde Street Pier. Continuous live music (sea chanties, fo'c's'le songs, contemporary folk music of the sea) and sailors' craft demonstrations. If you don't know what a “foo-foo" band is, come and find out $2; noon to 6 p.m. Michael Naab, 556-3002.

July 1-November — "Tugboats: San Francisco Bay 1860-1960", an exhibit tracing the history of the tugboat industry on the Bay. At the San Francisco Maritime Museum's Harmon Gallery (foot of Polk Street). Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. 556-0532.

July 1-5 — Fifth Annual Catalina 27 Fourth of July Cruise to Glen Cove Marina. Or, if you want a shorter cruise, take your Catalina 27 in the class ovemighter to Angel Island on July 22. Steve Rienhart, (408) 452-7426, or Karl Dake, 525-4136.

July 11 — Slide show and talk by Marga and Stephen Vance about their seven year circumnavigation on their Cal 2-27, Twiga. 7 p.m. at Lee Sails in Alameda. Donald Bogart-Goring, 523-9011.

July 15-23 — Catalina 30 Fleet I Annual Delta Cruise. Martha Schultz, (408) 371-9576, or Harry Hayward, 459-5059.

July 22-23 — Catalina Rendezvous for all Catalina, Morgan and Capri yachts. Held at the Isthmus, the weekend features souvenirs, a free happy hour, a live band, a Polynesian BBQ, and technical seminars on various subjects. For details, write Catalina Rendezvous, Box 989, Woodland Hills, CA 91367.

July 29 — Vintage Boat Show. A fund raiser/hell raiser to benefit cadet scholarships on the tallship Californian. Sponsored by the Sausalito Tallships Society. At the Bay Model Visitor Center, 11 a.m.to 6 p.m. Ed Griggs, 332-3871.

July 29 — Jr. Clipper 40th Year Celebration. A raft-up and pot luck dinner at China Camp. Steve Andersen, 47 La Crescenta, San Rafael, 94901.

July 29-30 — Ericson 27 Cruise to Angel Island. Maurie Lundberg, 924-6751.

August 2 — Mandatory skippers' meeting for the Great Pacific Longitude Race, followed by the first SSS TransPac Race seminar.

The subject is "requirements of shorthanded ocean voyaging." Ed Ruszel, 655-5877 (days).

August 5-6 — Free introductory boat rides at the Cal Sailing Club in the Berkeley Marina. Half hour mini-cruises between 1-4 p.m. For more information on these free rides, or the non-profit Cal Sailing Club in general, call 527-SAIL. August 11-19 — 5th Annual Tahoe Wooden Boat Week. In conjunction with the Concours d'Elegance and the Great Gatsby Festival in South Lake Tahoe. See below.

August 12 — Seventeenth Annual Concours d'Elegance at Tahoe Boat Company (Tahoe City). Over 100 vintage wooden runabouts, built in the '20s through the '50s by companies like Chris-Craft, Hacker, and CarWood, will be on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tahoe YC, Steve Lapkin, (916) 581-4700/4679.

Racing July 1 — 38th Annual Boreas Race, co-hosted by Oakland and Elkhorn Yacht Clubs. An 84-mile downwind ride from San Francisco to Moss Landing, starting at 11 a.m. off the SL Francis YC. Joan Powell, (408) 425-1458.

July 1-3 — Santana 22 Nationals. Corinthian YC, 435-4771.

July 3-4 — Catalina Race. Most of the advice offered last year in our six page "Idiot's Guide to The Catalina Race" (Latitude, July '88) is still applicable. Once again, the race is shaping up to be one of the highlights of the summer. MYCO. Margaret Fago, 523-4388.

July 5-10 — Tornado/Men's 470/Women's 470 National Championships. A seven-race series for these three Olympic classes, sponsored by the "club built for fun", Richmond YC. Nick Barnhill, 283-0394.

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July 8 — Midnight Moonlight Madness Marathon, a 35.6 mile race from Tiburon to the Carquinez Bridge and back. You'll be bucking the tide each way and, despite the name, there's virtually no moon for the race this year. San Francisco YC, Bob Christiansen, 842-8145.

July 9 — Thunderbird Worlds. We'll have fun, fun, fun 'til her Daddy takes the T-bird away. Golden Gate YC, 346-BOAT. July 12 — First Wednesday Night Woody Race of the summer. A 6:40 start off entrance to Richmond Channel. All wooden boats invited. Jeff Rutherford, 233-5441, or Judy, 233-1988.

July 9-14 — Seventh Annual Audi Yachting Race Week at Whidbey Island (Washington). A big PHRF deal, as well as the Hobie 33 nationals. Yachting Magazine, (203) 629-8300.

July 15-16 — Silver Eagle Long Distance Race. An 80 mild tour of the Bay, beginning and ending at St Francis YC. Island YC; Ray Osborn, 537-4548.

July 15-16 — Andreas Cove YC's Island to Island Race. 110 miles from Bruno's Island to Angel Island and back — an "easy* version of the South Tower marathon. Garney Hargan, (916) 4813270.

July 15-16 — Cal 29 Association Bruce Easom Perpetual Trophy Race and Cruise-In at Marin YC. Ellen Minning, 944-6249 (days) or Doug Clark, 964-0912.

July 16-21 — Olson 30 Nationals. Six Cityfront races and one long distance race. StFYC, 563-6363.

July 17-19 — Olson 25 Nationals. At least a dozen of these spunky little racer/cruisers are expected to square off on Huntington Lake to see if anyone can strip two-time defending champion Bill Riley (Pearl) of his title. Bob Farmer, (206) 299-6622 or Nat Gildersleeve, (209) 822-2618.

July 19-23 — Express 27 Nationals at Richmond YC. Leon Daniel, 237-7447.

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July 22 — Low Budget Race, sponsored by the Singlehanded Sailing Society. A new no-frills race, featuring a low entry fee and recycled trophies. Ants Uiga, 658-8073.

July 26-29 — Moore 24 Nationals. Coronado YC, San Diego.

John Macdougall, (408) 462-6983.

July 29 — Second Annual Small Craft Rowing and Sailing Regatta. Hyde Street Pier. SF Maritime Museum, 929-0202.

July 29 — First Annual Gracie and George Race, a doublehanded non-spinnaker race in the South Bay sponsored by the Encinal YC. Skippers must be of the female persuasion; crews must be male. Neat trophies, including a pair of Bose deck speakers. Shirley Temming, 521-0966.

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July 30 — PICYA Youth Sailing Regatta. The first annual El Toro regatta for sailors between 8-19 years old whose parents are members of a PICYA yacht club. Three perpetual trophies and a BBQ lunch. Encinal YC. Lynette Harter, 697-2078.

July 29-August 5 — 20th International Knarr Championship. 25 Knarrs (6 from Norway, 6 from Denmark, 12 from the local fleet, and defending champ Frank Berg) will go at it in a six-race Cityfront series. StFYC, 563-6363.

July 30-August 4 — Rolex Swan California Regatta. Open to Swans of all sizes, types and ages. Balboa Bay Club, Newport Beach.

August 4-5 — Santa Barbara-King Harbor Yacht Race, one of the big ones in the Southland. Gregory Canova-Parker, (805) 965-8112.

August 4-12 — Etchells 22 Worlds in San Diego. Bill Barton,

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Vito Bialla, Don Jesberg, Dennis Surtees, John Ravissa and possibly a few more local hotshots will represent the Bay Area. San Diego YC, (619) 222-1103.

August 5 — Great Pacific Longitude Race, sponsored by the Singlehanded Sailing Society. From the cityfront to a predetermined line of longitude based on PHRF rating and waterline length, and back. A qualifier for next summer's SSS TransPac. Ed Ruszel, 655-5877 (days).

August 5-6 — J/24 Estuary Regatta and BBQ. Co-hosted by Diablo Sailing Club and Encinal YC. John Gulliford, 820-2953.

August 24-27 — Express 37 Nationals. StFYC, 563-6363.

Upcoming Beer Can Races BALLENA BAY YC — Friday Night Series: 7/7, 7/21, 8/4, 8/18. BBYC, 523-2292.

BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness. Second half: 7/17, 7/31, 8/14, 8/28, 9/11, 9/25. Tom Collins, 467-8975 (after 5 p.m.)

BERKELEY YC — Friday Night Series. Every Friday through September 29. Paul Kamen, 540-6324.

BENICIA YC — Thursday Night Series. Every Thursday through the end of September. Benicia YC, (707) 746-6600.

CORINTHIAN YC — 15th Annual Friday Night Series. Every Friday night until 9/1. Fred Borgman, 534-2777.

COYOTE POINT YC — Hot Dog Series. Wednesday nights through the end of DST. CPYC, 347-6730.

ENCINAL YC — Friday Nights Series. Summer Series: 8/4, 8/18, 9/8, 9/22,10/6. Shirley Temming, 521-0966.

GOLDEN GATE YC — Friday Night Cityfront Series. Series II: 8/4, 8/11,8/18, 8/25, 9/8. GGYC, 346-BOAT. ISLAND YC — Friday Night Champagne Series. Summer Series: 7/28, 8/11, 8/25, 9/15, 9/28. Mike Mannix, 869-2800 page 29

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SAUSALITO YC — Sunset Regatta. Tuesday evenings.

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SOUTH BEACH HARBOR YC — Friday Night Series.

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SPINNAKER SAILING CLUB — Friday Night Series.

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WOODY WEDNESDAYS — 29th Annual Wednesday Night Cityfront Regatta. 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30. Ed Welsh, 851-3800.

STOCKTON SAILING CLUB — Sunset Series. Wednesday nights. 7/5, 7/12, 7/19, 7/26, 8/2, 8/9, 8/16, 8/23, 8/30. Pat Brown, (209) 838-3285.

TIBURON YC — Friday Night Series: 7/21, 8/4, 8/25, 9/8.

Jerry Tostenson, 389-9144.

VALLEJO YC — Wednesday Night Series. Every Wednesday through the end of September. Vallejo YC, (707) 648-9409.

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I've really had it with Exxon. The Exxon Valdez accident is no longer news, but Exxon is still disregarding safety on the seas.

About 8:00 pm on June 10, we were returning from a day sail to Bolinas Bay when we noticed the Exxon North Slope entering the Bay. Initially we didn't think too much about it because so many tankers come in and out of the Bay, but this tanker was passing close by Horseshoe Cove (by the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge) and heading against the outbound shipping lane directly toward Raccoon Strait (between Tiburon and Angel Island).

'What is that tanker doing?' we all wondered.

'Oh, it looks like the Coast Guard is going to handle this one,' we thought, as a Coast Guard vessel approached the tanker and motored alongside. But we didn't hear any traffic between the two vessels on the VHF, and we didn't hear the Coast Guard vessel hail the tanker. Nothing, absolutely nothing.

'What's going on here?1 we wondered. 'Certainly these large vessels are required to use the commerical shipping lanes in the Bay, and they must have pilot with local knowledge on board.'

We watched patiently, with apparently nobody else noticing this tanker heading for imminent diaster upon Raccoon Shoal. We thought to ourselves, 'Should we say something? Maybe call the tanker. If there was a big spill we could get our slip fees reduced.

But no, since we enjoy sailing on this Bay we'd better do something!1 By this time we were just north of Alcatraz, the Exxon North Slope just west of Raccoon Strait, and another tanker, a southbound Standard Oil tanker, name unknown, on the opposite side of Angel Island, just beginning to make the outbound turn toward the Gate between Alcatraz and Angel Island. Certainly those two tankers could not see each other through Angel island.

Just then, the Exxon North Slope made a hard — well as hard as you can make with a tanker — starboard turn down toward us.

Aaaahhhl It was time to get on the radiol "Exxon North Slope, Exxon North Slope, Exxon North Slope, this is the vessel Jupiter, WUU2042, over.* No response. We try again.

This time the tanker replies. We take our traffic to another channel. *Exxon North Slope, this is the sailing vessel Jupiter. Are you aware you are in the outbound shipping lane? You are turning southbound upon us. What are your intentions? Over.* They reply, *Ah, affirmative Jupiter, ah we, ah we are heading for the bridge (a brief mumble in the background is heard, but what bridge?). Ah the Bay Bridge. Over." By now I know they could not possibly have a pilot with local knowledge onboard. Surely a pilot would have recognized they would have run aground on Raccoon Shoal. Were they trying to take another shortcut or what?

I was fuming, but realizing the situation, I stayed calm and replied, "Exxon North Slope, fine, we will alter course and stay well clear. Jupiter out* They replied and thanked us for calling. All was fine. The two tankers missed each other by a good quarter mile (I really wonder if either could have stopped or missed each other if we hadn't called) and the Exxon North Slope passed south toward the Bay Bridge just in front our buddy boat Bare Assets, which chose to go south of Alcatraz. Except for we five vessels, there was no one else in close proximity on the Bay. A few things come to mind fromjthis incident: 1. I thought all large commerical vessels were required to take on a pilot well outside of the Gate for inland navigation. Is this not true?

2. Why didn't the Coast Guard interfere when they saw the tanker enter under the Golden Gate Bridge in the outbound shipping lane? They were right there alongside near Horseshoe Cove. They probably would have noticed if I'd taken a whiz over the side. What is the purpose of the shipping lanes if the tankers aren't obligated to use them?/ page 33

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LETTERS 3. Why was it an Exxon tanker? Does the management of Exxon really give priority to cost savings over ecological safety by not paying for a pilot and trying to take shortcuts? I mean the Exxon Valdez incident clearly demonstrated this to me.

Many people know I am fuming with Exxon over the Valdez incident. I don't really believe the "drunken" captain deliberately and willfully ran aground. Therefore while I feel he should be punished for gross negligence, I nonetheless could still find a place in my heart to forgive him. But the Exxon management has willfully and deliberately failed in their responsibility to clean up the mess near Valdez. That I cannot forgivel As such, I feel the top management of Exxon should be severely punished as well.

In closing, the sail to Bolinas Bay through the Bonita Channel offers some of the best coastal cruising I have done along California.

I am sure to do this more often in the future. It brought back memories of cruising along mainland Mexico. I highly recommend this trip for anyone willing to venture out the Cate.

Let's all work together to keep the Bay a fun and safe place to sail. If you notice another vessel in trouble, or seemingly unsure of itself, get on the radio and do something! Be happy, be safel Cameron Clarke Jupiter, Culfstar 41 Cameron — Sometimes when we get emotionally involved with issues we tend to see what we want to see rather than what's really there. This may have happened to you on June 70. The Exxon North Slope was not headed for Raccoon Shoal, it was not taking shortcuts or unsure of where it was going, it was not unaware of the other tanker or in danger of hitting it. If you're skeptical, you might want to check both the audio and visual records.

First, let's clear up a few facts. Number one, it's state law rather than parsimonious corporate executives which dictates whether or not ships enter the Cate with San Francisco Bar Pilots aboard. State law requires all ships entering the Cate to be under the control of a captain or bar pilot certified for such duty. According to bar pilot Alan Clarke, who after 60 years still actively races sailboats on San Francisco Bay, about 98% of the ships entering the Cate take bar pilots aboard. The two primary exceptions are the ships owned by Chevron and Exxon. Nonetheless, the Exxon North Slope entered the Golden Cate on the night of June 10 under the control of San Francisco Bar Pilot Jack Going.

Fact number two. The so-called 'shipping lanes' are merely advisory not mandatory. And this is by necessity. Deep draft ships cannot safely enter San Francisco Bay on the inbound lane that is south of Harding Rock because of the shallow areas created by Alcatraz Shoals, Shag Rocks, Harding Rock and Arch Rock. Naturally, bar pilots don't normally deviate from the shipping lanes without reason. When they do, they notify Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), which monitors and controls the movement of ships and other commerical traffic in and around San Francisco Bay. When bar pilot Jack Going boarded the Exxon North Slope on the evening of June 10th, he did what all bar pilots and captains certified to command ships in the Cate do: he called VTS on Channel 13 and advised them of his approximate ETA at the Golden Cate, and told them that because the Exxon North Slope was drawing about 45 feet, he would be taking Harding Rock to the north and after proceeding north and east of Alcatraz, head to Anchorage #9, the only anchorage deep enough to accommodate a ship drawing 45 feet.

We checked with Lt. Commander John Crowley at VTS, who said that taking Harding Rock to the north was "a common deviation from the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) that happens once or twice a day*.

About that sharp turn to starboard the Exxon North Slope made just past Harding Rock. This was what all deep draft ships entering the Bay have to do lest they run aground on shallow water off Angel page 35

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LETTERS Island. After making the turn they round Alcatraz to the north and eas* — staying about .7 mile off The Rock because of more shallow

water — they proceed under the Bay Bridge to Anchorage #9. If you check your charts, you'll see it's the only way it can be done.

The other tanker you saw was the Chevron Washington. Even when Angel Island blocked visual and radar contact between the two tankers, both, thanks to VTS, knew the position and intention of the other. Actually, the pilot on the Chevron ship, trying to be "super cautious", delayed his departure 45 minutes in order to give the inbound Exxon North Slope extra open water.

So what you apparently saw on the night of June 10 was not gross incompetence by bar pilots, captains or the Coast Guard, but normal ship activity. If you have any questions about the incident or such ship movements, feel free to call either Jack Going — who thanks you for turning when he tooted for you to get out of his way — or Lt. Commander Crowley. Going can be reached at San Francisco Bay Bar Pilots, 362-5436; Lt. Cdr. Crowley at VTS, 556-0890.

UITSAILBOAT ALMOST HEADED FOR DISASTER WITH A TANKER I am writing to describe a disturbing problem involving large commerical vessels. Given the permission of Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), ships are able to deviate from the normal traffic patterns. The I problem is that yachts and other vessels not monitoring VTS on channel 13 have no way of knowing that a ship is going to proceed on an abnormal course. I have no objections to the requirement that yachts stay clear of ships in restricted waters, but I would like to have some way of predicting which way a ship is going to turn so I can fulfill my obligation to keep clear.

The incident that sparked this letter occurred near the end of the very slow Farallones Race. We came in the north side of the Gate to avoid the last of the ebb a little past midnight. We jibed off Kirby Cove to head for the finish line at the St. Francis YC. Before we jibed we noticed an inbound tanker. After our jibe it became clear : that this tanker was going to interfere with our optimum course toward the finish line. That's part of the game and simply our bad luck.

In deference to the tanker, we altered our course, falling off to let her pass in front of us. This is where the problem occurred. As the tanker passed under the Golden Gate, she began to alter course to the north — not the south! Since the traffic separation lane requires inbound traffic to pass to the south of Alcatraz, we had : expected the tanker to go in that direction.

At this point we were still well north of the center span and just under the bridge. We were able to keep clear, but doing so required substantial alteration of our course. As a result, we came much closer to a fast moving tanker than I would otherwise care to come, especially since we had the chute up in the gusty area under the bridge. If the tanker had turned south, as we had expected her to, she would have easily passed in front of us. The whole incident was caused by the tanker's unexpected turn to the north, a turn that had her cutting across our bow on a collision course.

I later called the Coast Guard, which confirmed that the ship had indeed gotten a waiver on the normal traffic separation plan.

Upon reflection, I think that traffic separation lanes should be hard and fast rules. Rules that can only be broken under extreme circumstances. Those of us who must keep clear of tankers and other commerical traffic could successfuly anticipate the actions of ships if they stayed in the indicated lanes. I believe their doing so would improve maritime safety on San Francisco Bay. I have written my Congresswoman asking her to look into the matter, but I thought the extra publicity of Latitude couldn't hurt P.S. The answer to question 43 in your June quiz on the new racing rules is not only incorrect, it makes no sense at all. The question is. "Does a yacht that has started prematurely always lose rights immediately?" The correct answer is no; see rule 44.2._ page 37

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WHALE POINT MARINE SUPPUT C! Ciaran S. Phibbs Ph.D Mill Valley

Ciaran — We sympathize with you completely, as knowing which way a ship is going to turn will not only help you finish races faster but will also help prolong your life.

As you know from the previous letter and response, those in command of inbound ships state their intentions over channel 13 when out by the Lightbucket. If you want to know which way they are headed after that, you have to call either the ship or VTS on Channel 13. While VTS doesn't want to be deluged by calls about the movement of ships, they're happy to provide that information if it will prevent the development of a dangerous situation.

(Incidentally, the captains and bar pilots tell VTS what they are going to do, not the other way around. Says Coast Guard Commander Ed Rollison, "we don't even have veto power*.

Somewhat similarly, the separation lanes are merely advisory and not mandatory.)

According to bar pilot Jack Going and VTS's Commander Rollison, there are only about six situations in which bar pilots deviate from the normal traffic separation scheme. Known collectively as "Standard Contrary Movements", they are: 1. Deep draft ships entering the Bay and going to the north of both Harding Rock and Alcatraz. Generally, there are only two types of deep draft ships that come in the Bay; the blue-hulled Maersk line ships and the largest oil tankers.

2. Passenger ships from Pier 35 and Navy ships from Pier 45 will sometimes depart the Bay to the south rather than the north of Alcatraz, and thus will briefly be heading out an inbound lane.

3. Ships inbound to Oakland will normally cut across the outbound lane just north of the Bay Bridge.

4. Ships leaving the San Francisco waterfront south of the Bay Bridge will often cut diagonally across the inbound lane to get to the outbound lane.

5. In the north part of San Francisco Bay, sometimes ships will go out the inbound lane near *8" and "C" because there is deeper water in the inbound lane.

Mdont try and take the suds away Sometimes I just can't take it anymore. I let it slide when the letter writers pissed and moaned about the new format for the Classy Classifieds (which is a godsend for anybody actually trying to find something). But those who decry fun and a few beers under the spinnaker must not go unheeded.

Of course it is possible to have fun and not imbibe, but why should we? And why should it not be a part of lighthearted reporting? There are those who will overindulge, a few who will become obnoxious, and fewer who will be downright dangerous.

But no amount of reporting or non-reporting will effect those folks.

Taking liquor commercials off TV hasn't put many yacht club bars out of business.

So, if somebody wants to drink hot cocoa after the weather mark, I won't throw him over, but don't try to take the suds away from the rest of us. Maintain your style, Latitude 38, it's worked so far and I think most of us like you just the way you are.

Long live penalty poles and beers under big chutes.

Christopher Bruno Santana 30/30, Dementia Mnot talking about malicious dumping I have been reading so much about who is to blame for polluting the Bay: liveaboards, oil companies, commercial vessels, etc. The finger pointing goes on and on. Well, I have another minor offender that has yet gone unnamed; boat brokers. I'd be curious if other boaters in similar situations see what I see.

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LETTERS young hired help washes down the broker's boats — all of theml The boats look like they're toys floating in a bubble bath with the water filled with suds. Now I wash my boat and my dinner dishes, too, but I make the small effort to use naturally bio-degradable detergent. Do they?

In addition to the suds, there are innumerable solvents and cleaners that are sloshed and spilled — acetone being the most common. Later I find many of the containers floating carelessly alongside the boats.

I realize that we are not talking about tons of debris or malicious toxic dumping. Nonetheless, I'm making a plea for more care and concern from those who regularly clean such large numbers of boats. The Bay is more than just a business location for some of usl W. McGlothlin Living In Suds In Oakland VV. — We're with you all the way in the sense that everyone — business, government and individuals — should make every reasonable effort to preserve and renew the environment.

Mmost important is common sense sailing Re: Your response to letters about small boats in the June issue.

Come on, you stuffy, well-to-do, chicken-shit old fogies (to use your words). I can't believe you have been around sailboats this long and use size as the only basic criteria for safe boats. Regarding your personal mishap with a 20 foot boat, were you pushing the speed envelope a little too far? Was the boat a safe design or in need of maintenance? Or both?

Can we assume using your logic that boats in the 20 to 30 foot range should be prohibited from offshore sailing because of occasional gales? I think we can agree that these boats should not be offshore in storms and smaller boats should not be on the Bay during unusually dangerous conditions.

Most people would agree with your general statement concerning boat size and they would also probably opt for a full size well-engineered car and a custom home in the foothills.

Unfortunately, for a lot of folks money is a major consideration; hence compact cars, condominiums, liveaboards and small trailerable sailboats. Fortunately for all these folks, certain boat designers and builders have used a more scientific approach to safe and affordable vessels than yours.

Considering all the above, we are left with two basic choices: 1. forget sailing until we hit the lotto or megabucks, or, 2. Do what I and others have done by checking all that's available and buying the best boat for the money.

After researching several books and articles concerning ratios, righting factors, construction, basic design, and after attending several boat shows and climbing through a lot of new and used boats, it was apparent to me that some less-than-20-foot boats were much safer than certain popular 22 and 26-foot types — which unfortunately have given trailerable boats a bad name.

More important perhaps is common sense sailing based on experience and instruction, such as knowing when to reef, when to run, when not to go out, when to request assistance and how to request assistance. Life is at best a chancy business, but we can better the odds by good intelligence gathering, proper technique and a good little ship.

If you ever happen to look down your nose and see a welldesigned small boat properly canvassed and crewed, ask for a ride, you might change your length limit Dennis Croneman Nelle Belle, Montgomery 17 Reno, Nevada Dennis — The only thing we don't want to look down our noses and see is the grave of a family that decided, on the basis of what poge41

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At Work on Our Nation’s Defense: Stone Boat Yard Doing Its Part Granted, you’re going to have to look sharp to see us in the defense of our country. First, you’ve got to be heading over the Bay Bridge toward San Francisco.

Then, you’ve got to be in the left hand lane, and your car has to be tall enough so you can see over the bridge wall.

Now, just as you’re coming up on Treasure Island you want to look down to the left and you’ll see the Coast Guard station. Tied up to the Coast Guard dock, you may see a black hulled ship. Black; not Coast Guard white, not Navy grey, but black. With an orange stripe. It’s the USCG Blackhaw. Not Blackhawk, with a “k”, but Blackhaw, the name of a plant that grows in Alaska.

Why is this mysterious ship black? Why is it named for a plant?

Well, the Blackhaw is one of the small and elite fleet of U.S. Coast Guard buoy tenders, which are all named for plants and are all painted black with an orange stripe. The Blackhaw is responsible for all buoys between Morro Bay and Seattle: up the Sacramento river, throughout the Bay, out through the Golden Gate, and every single buoy left and right for hundreds of miles each direction. When any buoy needs work, the Blackhaw either fixes it right out there, wherever, regardless of weather, or replaces it and brings in the old one to Treasure Island, where, at the facility right next to the dock, the old buoy is totally rebuilt and repainted, good as new.

Obviously, everybody out there on the ocean, and every one of us on any water around here, count a great deal on those buoys working right and being where they are supposed to be. The Blackhaw does an important job.

But the Blackhaw suddenly had to depart on another somewhat less sensitive mission. Maybe you read Tom Clancy’s book, The Hunt for Red October.

Several million people did, and, soon, you can see the movie. It’s being made now, off the lovely shores of Long Beach. But Paramount Studios needed a Russian trawler, and, evidently, you can’t call central casting for one of those. Well, it turns out that a Coast Guard buoy tender looks a bit like a Russian trawler, so Paramount rented several days of the Coast Guard’s Southern California buoy tender’s time.

However, that ship was called to the Alaska oil spill emergency, and is still up there, leaving some movie talent and equipment cruising around off Long Beach waiting for a Russian trawler to appear through the fog.

So, the Blackhaw was asked to head to Long Beach for a few days.

Except that a bit of the Blackhaw was all torn up.

We, Stone Boat Yard, had it all torn up. Our first piece of business for the Coast Guard. And suddenly, orders to leave at noon the next day for Long Beach. Well, we had to move around pretty quickly, but we made it.

It’s an interesting business, a boat yard. Not only do we find ourselves suddenly in the defense business but in the movie business as well. Some would say they are similar. We don’t know; the Blackhaw sailed away and we were out of both.

You ask — with good reason — what all this has to do with the sailing enthusiast, with the Latitude 38 reader, with you? Well, the Blackhaw is important to the Coast Guard, because all those buoys are important to the safety of an awful lot of people. We suggest that the fact the Coast Guard feels confident enough to call us over to fix up the Blackhaw should inspire in you the strong belief that Stone Boat Yard can properly care for your pride and joy. And we further suggest you give us a try.

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they read in Latitude 38, to sail their Lido 14 around the Farallones.

We can see them all reading your "size wasn't the only criteria for a safe boat’ seconds before a 15 foot wave engulfs them and their little boat.

Nobody is denying that you can sail the ocean on very small boats and almost always get away with it. Kenichi Horie sailed here from Japan in a 17-footer 20 years ago and is sailing back in a 9footer. He'll probably make it. Carlos Aragon sailed his open-cockpit 14-ft Finn from Mexico to the Marquesas and not long ago was preparing to make the same trip in a dugout canoe without food. Bill Twist raced his Star in the Newport to Ensenada Race. Les Harlander sailed a Lightning from San Francisco to Santa Cruz when he was a kid. Two brothers cruised Mexico and Central America in their Alacrity 19s. Pat Vincent and Jonathan Livingston sailed the recent Lightbucket Race in a 505 dinghy. Heck, George Sigler drifted to Hawaii in an inflatable boat and Bombard drifted across the Atlantic in another.

None of these stunts have done anything to dissuade us from the opinion that there comes a point at which size becomes the predominant feature of a safe boat. Arbitrary as it might be, most ocean racing groups around the world draw the line at about 20 feet. We think that's about right. That certainly doesn't mean that any or all boats over 20 feet can handle really rough Bay or ocean conditions, or that boats under 20 feet won't be able to survive them. It's just the point at which many experts feel you're making life a more dangerous proposition than it ought to be.

Someday you go out to the Marin headlands and watch wave after wave break over the Point Bonita buoy; having done that, you might change your length limit — to about 100 feetl Mread them and wept We the crew of Ozone enjoy reading your magazine — and especially our name when we do well. However, we get very disappointed when we work so very hard and do well and don't get mentionedl Enclosed is a copy of the 1989 Vallejo Race results. As you can see, we have done the math in the margin. According to our calculations, Ozone has 8.75 points! We think this beats 9.0 any day of the week.

Speaking of 9.0s, there were a lot of them. Check it out Considering the final results of our division, HDA H, for this two day regatta, we think the competition was great — and we would like to be acknowledged for our 8.75 points!

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C of O — Our statistician can't remember if he muffed his addition for HDA H or if he was given the wrong information. A lot of the Vallejo Race results were incomplete or inaccurate, both as we went to press and two weeks later. In any event, you have our apologies and our congratulations. ^COORDINATE... US? What are the dates of your October Cruising Kick-Off Party in San Diego? I believe you coordinate such an event for people leaving California and sailing tb Cabo and other points south.

I intend to sail my Traumerei with this group and need to make plans. , Frank Griffith Tucson, Arizona

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UtfTHE TRUTH ABOUT VANGUARDS My family's search for an economical sailboat has led us to an interest in the Pearson Vanguard. While there appear to be very few Vanguards in the Puget Sound area, we're told that they once were once rather popular in your area and that there are still many of them there. So, I'm writing to you to ask: Have I been told the truth about Pearson Vanguards on San Francisco Bay? Is there any club or association of Vanguard owners in your area?

What do you folks know of the reputation of the Vanguard?

Phil Andrus Box 261, Chicacum, Washington 98325

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Phil — Although there are still many Vanguards on the Bay, they are no longer an active fleet. But stay tuned, because the Vanguard is our next issue's "Boat of the Month\ UltWHO DESIGNED ANDURIL? I read with interest your story on Anduril.

As a long time multihull sailor and builder, one item I found lacking in your story was the designer's name.

In the monohull world the designer may not be that significant, but it is with multihulls. A well-designed tri is among the best sailing vessels in the world. A poorly designed tri is a slug at best and dangerous at worst Gary Davis Seattle, Washington Cary — We can't believe it, but somehow we left out the name of San Diego multihull designer Norm Cross. Our apologies to Norm and our readers for that error in editing.

Since you raised the matter, and since we're not that familiar with multihull designs, which tri's are considered to be "poorly designed“?

Mone boat, one vote I enjoyed Sally Andrew's article The Liveaboard Lifestyle, but where did she get the idea that liveaboards can't vote?

Everyone I know at Pete's Harbor and Peninsula Marina who cares to vote simply registers and votes at our polling places across the freeway in Redwood City.

Steve Carr Redwood City JlftTHE BIG ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE In reading some of the reactions to the Oceanic Society's program to promote environmentally-sound boating, I was glad to see that skeptics aren't missing the Big Picture. The criticisms seemed confrontational and directed at some of the details and background research, not at the heart of the program itself. No responsible boater or boating organization is going to go on record in opposition to what is essentially an anti-litter campaign.

As a long-time boater and member of the Oceanic Society, I found the concerns expressed about the program's facts and figures valuable. But let's not let the brouhaha over details distract us from the primary point of the program — that each of us can make a difference when it comes to keeping the Bay that we boat on clean.

Let's face it, who wouldn't like to be able to swim in the Bay or eat its shellfish? Most of the boaters I know feel as I do about the need to do our utmost as individuals to prevent bilge oil, raw sewage, toxic paint scrapings and trash from getting in the water.

Regardless of others sources of pollution, who are we to point the finger at others if we can't get our own house in order?

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LETTERS revised its facts and figures, and asked me and other boaters and organization to critique and evaluate its materials and clean boating program. I think this effort reflects the Society's long-established commitment to working with the boating community, not against it.

It's really up to all of us, as boaters, to embrace the responsibility placed upon us to be users and not abusers of our coastal waters.

Let's keep the issue of clean boating in it's proper place and look beyond the waves to the ocean. Maybe in a decade we can look back with success at our contribution not our confrontation.

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Jerel — The Oceanic Society's excellent intentions do not alleviate its responsibilities to the truth. If they want to distribute defamatory, inaccurate, out-of-context information as fact, they can expect Latitude 38 to confront them every single time and every step of the way. Maritime environmental goals are not going to be advanced by misinformation or falsely inferring that mariners are ignorant or careless.

If the Oceanic Society had been as careful and diligent as you claim they've been in the past, their original document would have never seen the light of day. Nor would they have embraced suspect statistics ballyhooed by such discredited agencies as the BCDC. Just to set the record straight, here's Latitude's environmental recommendations for sailors: 1. Don't throw anything overboard. 2.

Pee and poop before you board a boat, and only pee and poop in the Bay when you absolutely must. 3. Try to keep all toxics out of the water. 4. Support the development of effective alternatives to toxic bottom paints. 5. Don't tolerate 1mariner bashing by the BCDC or any other organization.

Mseriously seeking ciguatera solutions I'm hoping that some of your readers may be able to help me with a serious health problem related to fishing in tropical areas.

For several years my daughter has been sick with symptoms that exactly match those listed for ciguatera toxin poisoning — although she has not been so diagnosed by any of the doctors we have seen.

I understand that it is difficult to find objective signs because the toxin need not be present in more than the most minute quantities in order to produce horrendous symptoms. There is, however, a history of having eaten red snapper and possibly other fish that are potential carriers of the toxin.

In any case, since no doctor has come up with any adequate diagnosis or treatment, we thought it might be worthwhile to try the new treatment reported in the May 13,1988 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The treatment, reported by a Dr. Polabox of the University of Hawaii, consists of intravenous mannitol solution, which is not only effective but relatively free of side effects.

We wrote to Dr. Polabox asking about any possible side effects and for the names of physicians on the mainland who are using the treatment technique, but we have had no reply. Are there among your readers any doctors on the mainland who could help us with this problem, which has been destroying my daughter's life for years? We would be willing to travel anywhere in the States to get this help, perhaps even to Hawaii, if necessary.

I don't need to say that I would be extremely grateful for such help and I imagine there are others who are in the same position who could be helped by the answer to my question.

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WHY the mark. I cannot believe you don't know or care enough to research what is really true before going off half-cocked. What is really a disservice to all of us is that if bullshit is published it becomes valid ... something like garbage in, garbage out.

Here in La Paz there is supposed to be a new cruiser's organization starting up. The WNA. Why don't you practice up on fact-finding and let us all know what is going on. Stay tuned.

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Virtually all the statements were of a factual nature; which do you disagree with?

Mnot off limits at all I enjoyed the article and great birds-eye views of the anchorages (June, page 102) available to us in San Francisco Bay. But I would like to clarify one point regarding the use of the Navy Marina (Treasure Island Marina). It is not ‘off-limits to civvies".

Members of yacht clubs affilitated with the PICYA (Pacific Interclub Yachting Association) are welcome. Visits should be coordinated with the Treasure Island Harbormaster, Jess Burch. His number is 765-5065. Use of the dining facilities in the Casa de La Vista and/or the Chief's Club can be arranged for visiting yachtsmen.

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UltSHADY DEALINGS My wife and I cruised up to the Delta last year for the first time. I had pictured the Delta as an area where trees overhang the water.

Although we did find a few areas with tree along the river banks, I was disappointed that there weren't more.

Finally, we found The Meadows', which because of its trees, shade and water is just how we had expected the rest of the Delta to be. I guess the trees and shade were the reasons there were so many other people there.

We arrived on a Sunday so it was pretty crowded. Luckily some boats had just pulled out, so we got a nice spot in the shade. Come Monday morning I noticed that many people had gone but had left their toys behind — to reserve their favorite places. With so few good areas left in the Delta like The Meadows, it seems a shame that some people permanently stake it out as their turf.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I thought The Meadows was a public waterway to be enjoyed by all. I guess that means people can anchor in the best spots all summer — which seems like abuse if they only use their boats on the weekends. I sure would hate to see this kind of abuse lead to the state requiring a reservation system such as with state parks. That way you'd have to know months ahead of time where you were going to be each night — which sort of defeats the purpose of a boating vacation, doesn't it?

Ed Hoff San Bruno

Ed — According to Delta experts, the basic rule up there is that there are no rules — but that folks ought to be reasonable. *Use it or lose it‘ seems like a reasonable policy to us.

In any event, it seems likely The Meadows will become a state park in a year or two anyway. Wherever you get crowds, it seems like rules are sure to follow. page 49

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WORLD YACHT CENTER Ml KNOW I'D ENJOY HER MORE About a year ago I purchased a 27-ft Condor sloop from a man in Florida who didn't know a great deal about the design. Being a curious sort, I would like to find out more about Heather. I know it won't help me sail her any better, but I know I'll enjoy her more if I know something about her genealogy.

Apparently the design was developed in the San Francisco area.

The original owner saw a Condor in San Francisco and liked her so much that he bought plans and had his built near his home in Wisconsin. After his death the boat sat in a barn for a time before it was purchased by the man I bought it from.

During a short visit to San Francisco, I walked around the marina asking people if they knew anything about the Condor. Several people said they had heard of it, but couldn't recall anything specific. Two different folks suggested I write you, believing that any source of information would come through your magazine.

While in San Francisco I observed a couple of days of sailing breeze Heather was designed for; a steady 25 knots. It's a bit more than she gets now on Biscayne Bay. Therald Todd 324 West San Marino Drive, Miami Beach 33139

Therald If anyone in the San Francisco area knows more about stuff like that, it's our walking nautical encyclopedia, Myron Spaulding. Unfortunately, it didn't ring any bells with Myron — or the guy he hollered to in his shop.

(When you make future inquiries, it wouldn't hurt if you included the hull material and other significant characteristics that might stimulate the memory).

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Mdisappointed with your reply I was extremely disappointed in your reply to the M. Marsden's letter in the May issue about Newport Harbor YC racers leaving their trash on the quay in Cabo. You said that you weren't trying to excuse the inexcusable, but that's exactly what you proceeded to do — while at the same time being less than courteous to the Mexican people and their officials.

Had these irresponsible Corinthians acted in the same manner at their host club, the police would have been called. They would have been arrested, fined and the Newport Harbor YC would have had to pay for the clean up. , It is ridiculous and dangerous to advise — such as you did — that one individual tell a large group of winch jocks anything other than where to find free beer.

Latitude 38 is a widely respected publication that is avidly read by those planning a trip to Mexico. I, for one, cut out all the articles and letters prior to our cruise and glued them in a notebook — which proved very valuable. However, you also have a responsibility to urge and encourage conduct that will ease the passage for future sailors — whether they be racers or cruisers. I page 51

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It's good that Ian Farrier builds F-27s with him... as it's nice to have someone on the job Monday mornings.

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LETTERS believe you did just the opposite with your response to Mr. Marsden.

You were also wrong about who spends the most money in Mexico. I doubt seriously that 300 guys drinking beer at the Giggling Marlin will spend anywhere near as much money as 10 cruisers provisioning at the CCC in La Paz. More than 800 cruisers per year, who on the average stay at least six months in Mexico, spending anywhere from $400 to $1200 per month, leave a lot of dollars behind. Most cruisers also had visiting friends and relatives while in Mexico; we had children, grandchildren and in-laws as well as three sets of friends who visited and spent money in hotels, restaurants, souvenir shops and with taxis.

The Mexican government welcomes cruisers. How many presidents of major nations do you know take the time to visit a marina and check on its construction? How many governors do you know who invite cruisers to lunch in their palaces to discuss mutual problems? Both of these things occurred during our stay in La Paz. My wife and I were treated extremely well throughout the west coast of Mexico by the people and officials. We, in turn, tried to be good guests by leaving a clean wake and helping the communities we visited. Papi's in Cabo, like Phil in Bahia Navidad, are trying to make Mexico a haven for cruisers — and they need all the help they can get. Your publication could do a great deal to help to contribute to the welcome future cruisers will get in Mexico. Your support of Baja Sail Week is but an example — especially when it includes the local fishermen.

You could start by chastising the Newport Harbor YC as the sponsor of the event that disgraced our country and the noble fraternity of Corinthians — and by asking them to make a donation, thru Papi's Deli, to the orphans of Cabo San Lucas.

George B. Pichel Dana Point YC

George — As a group that has does a heck of a lot more cruising than racing, it nonetheless galls us when a cruiser, in this case Mr. Marsden, gets sanctimonious about cruisers and boat trash. Judging from our experience in both worlds, racers as a group aren't as big polluters as he would infer, and cruisers as a group aren't that dedicated environmentalists. Since you collect all our articles on Mexico, perhaps you could have Mr. Marsden comment on the cruiser-authored one denouncing other cruisers for leaving all their garbage at pristine San Juanico's shrine. Or perhaps ask him to defend Mr. Lydell, who in the April issue claimed that the objection to sewage from 250 boats in La Paz harbor was "a bogus complaint".

By the way, when all the racers were taking their poops in their hotel rooms and the Giggling Marlin, was Mr. Marsden's poop ending up in Cabo's bay? Or is poop not litter?

As for our excusing the behavior of the racers, we don't believe we did any such thing. The first line of our response was ’By all means rage against such slobbery!’ Reasonably unequivocal, wouldn't you agree? The last line was, ’We'll be glad to publish it [the photo of the trash-piling racers] as a reminder to racers — and all sailors — not to screw up the environment for others". We'll keep our promise to publish it if Mr. Marsden keeps his promise to send it to us. If he and you truly think it's ’too dangerous’ to confront ‘winch jocks’ — whose admittedly garrulous bark is worse than their bite — provide us with the evidence and reasonable identification and we'll be delighted to do it for you.

Let's talk money. Folks who think the cruising fleet spends big never paid the aviation fuel for a Lear jet to shuttle the crew back and forth between Cabo and L.A. Sure 800 cruisers all over Mexico spend more in a season than 40 racers do in Cabo in a week, but the issue was why the Cabo San Lucas harbor was cleared for that specific week.

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LETTERS trying to deny anybody got hurt in Tinanamen Square. Everybody knows cruisers are infinitely more parsimonious than the sportsfishermen or racers. Ask anybody in the business.

The only harm with cruisers thinking they are such big spenders is that they get an overinflated opinion of their importance, and being human, a few of them try to throw their weight around. That doesn't go over well when they don't really have the weight to back it up, and screws things up for people who follow.

The people of Mexico are wonderful. The government does welcome cruisers. The whole idea is to keep it that way. If Mr. Marsden is serious about fighting pollution, let him make the meaningful distinction between those who pollute and those who don't; not a phony one between those who race and those who cruise.

Msalute to the navy There is another government service besides the Coast Guard that helps sailors.

On Sunday, May 21, some sailors from the USS Kiska saved our vessel from destruction. We had tied up at a Jack London Square dock near where the men from the USS Kiska were ferrying visitors to and from their ship. Our engine stopped as we were pulling away from the dock, and the strong wind and waves set us toward the rocks.

When the men of the Kiska saw what was happening, they rushed to fend us off from shore. Then using hands and lines they got us to a dock we could tie to. After we repaired our engine, the sailors turned our boat by hand so we could head out safely.

We understand one of the Navy crew sustained an injury putting his body between our bow and the shore, something certainly beyond the call of duty. We hope his injury isn't serious.

Thank you, Navy, for being there.

John Hill, Tony Hunt, Ann Scott San Jose MOH, CAROL! Thanks for publishing Andy Urbanczyk's screech. Now we know why he always sails singlehanded.

But, as Carol Doda asked at the first Plastic Classic awards ceremony, “I wonder what he does with the other.. .* Fred Walter San Francisco Fred — As you know, we hardly ever censor anything, but in this case we've made a special exception. Andrew's done a lot more than most of us could do with sailboats, and as such we don't think he should be subjected to the cheap shot humor of a Carol Doda, particularly since she has dedicated her life to being seen rather than heard. Nothing personal against Ms. Doda, but Andrew needs to be understood and appreciated, not belittled.

Mre-enust or get a satellite Hello from Central Africa.

Browsing thru the April issue, on page 33 I noticed a letter by the Stevens family concerning the Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFRTS). Unfortunately, I think that we are all out of luck concerning the AFRTS short wave broadcasts.

I've been an avid listener to AFRTS since 1974 when I first took up residence in Africa. Apparently what happened is not so much a cost-saving measure but a duplication of effort The Armed Forces system now uses satellite service to reach all its Armed Forces members, and short wave thus became more or less redundant Believe it or not, AFRTS's primary function is to serve the Armed Force, not overseas Americans such as Mr. Stevens and I. Alas, I guess we really have two choices; re-enlist or get a page 55

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If Mr. Stevens feels he is missing the news, I could send him a copy of the Kigali, Rwanda newspaper — if they only had one.

By the way, we have a 43-ft Polaris cutter at the Richmond Harbor that we get to once a year, during which time we sail the bottom off for seven weeks.

P.S. I'll be sending a picture of a mountain gorilla reading a copy of Latitude 38 at 12,000 feet in the Virguna mountains. I have a couple of shots already, but the quality still isn't good enough.

Jon Martino S/V African Rover Kigali c/o Department of State, Washington D.C. 20520-2210 {^CONGRATULATIONS GEORGS, BUT...

We congratulate George Kolesnikovs for breaking the New York to San Francisco sailing record. But do readers of Latitude realize that Mr. Kolesnikov violated U.S. and International law to further his attempt?

According to a May 11, 1989 article in the San Francisco Chronicle, Mr. Kolesnikov was interviewed via radiotelephone and reported that his sailing vessel Great American was 2805 miles from San Francisco and getting lighter because "yesterday we threw one of the old jibs overboard".

Unlike the 19th century sails of Flying Cloud, modern jibs are made of plastic sail cloth materials which are illegal to dump in the ocean. As of December 31, 1988, it is against United States law to discard plastic into the ocean from any U.S. vessel or any vessel in U.S. waters. The Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 is a U.S. law that implements the international MARPOL Annex V convention which prohibits plastic dumping in the ocean from any vessel from a canoe to a supertanker. The law is enforced by the United States Coast Guard and violators can be fined $25,000.

At a time when ocean and beach pollution is making big headlines, Georgs Kolesnikovs owes us a public apology for breaking the law. Plastic debris in the ocean is not only unsightly, but it is dangerous to marine animals and sea birds who mistakenly ingest it as food or get entangled in it In issuing their regulations, the U.S. Coast Guard report that more than a million birds and over 100,000 marine mammals and sea turtles die each year from plastic debris.

Throwing plastic overboard to make the boat lighter in order to break a sailing record isn't in the spirit of sailing and certainly isn't worth the long term harm to the marine environment.

Michael L. Frankel Center for Marine Conservation, Washington, D.C.

Michael — Throwing plastics overboard is certainly against U.S. and International law, and should not be done.

But to say tossing stuff overboard to make vessels lighter isn't in the spirit of sailing is not accurate. Since almost the beginning of nautical history mariners have tossed stuff overboard — sometimes very valuable stuff — to make their boats go faster.

In any event, the whole matter-raises an issue we've wondered about for years: how to dispose of old sails. There simply isn't much room in our attic anymore.

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When we hauled our J/35, Equanimity, at Jock MacLean's San Francisco Boat Works after the Stone Cup, we were on a somewhat tight schedule, with our next race only 11 days off. Unfortunately, it became all too evident that our rudder had significant gelcoat blistering. Thoughts of untold dollars and delay immediately came to mind.

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Mright down the hatch •Put it in writing,* she said. *But all I want to do is get this thing back to the poor soul who lost it,* says I. "After all, you never know when they might need it" "Then put it in writingl! Where you found it, when, what you were doing, how you came to possess it, what it looks like — that sort of thing. Anything that will help us establish ownership,* came the firm but polite response.

■Yeah," I thought to myself, "just the kind of stuff that the constabulary wants for a conviction. Alright already, if that's what it takes to get this thing off the table saw in the garage, then I'll do it" It was a dark and stormy night... no, that's not going to work!

Actually it was May 27, a typical summer day on the Bay. Kind of windy, but nothing unmanageable. It was the second race of the Volvo Regatta and we were headed for the Cityfront after rounding YRA #18. We being the crew of the J/24 Sweeny Todd. Normally we aren't this far back in the fleet, but this is a tough group and we have had a bad day. The Harken traveller car self-destructed in the first race, and on the last leeward leg of the second race the spinnaker sheet parted. All we want to do now is salvage what we can and get to the party.

Oh yeah, the spinnaker sheet part hasn't happened yet We had just rounded 18 and were headed for the Cityfront when we spotted this yellow thing floating downwind toward us, and it becomes apparent that our courses are going to cross. Well, this thing turns out to be a horseshoe buoy, and it's doing what any respectable horseshoe buoy without a boat is going to do: it's floating about the Bay getting in the way. How the buoy got there is open to conjecture, but we figure that since there isn't anyone hanging out around it, that somehow it and its boat got separated.

As we draw closer we can see that we might even be able to recover it So, all four people on the rail get ready. Then in a tangle of groping, flailing feet, legs, and arms, this thing comes flying over the weather side and right down the hatch! Which is how I came to be in possession of a yellow horseshoe buoy that reads White Cloud on one side and nothing on the other. Seeing as it was found west of Treasure Island on May 27, we figure it probably came off a Master Mariner's boat I just want to get rid of it — preferably to its owner. pog»61

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LETTERS So there you have it; the where, when, how and why. Are you sorry you asked?

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Tony — Then again, it may have come from schooner White Cloud that Paul and Susan Mitchell had to scuttle near Australia last year.

MSHIT HAPPENED, BUT THE MATE WAS FIRST RATE Remember Memorial Day weekend? The sailing conditions varied from a reefed main, 95% jib, rail-down Saturday to a mellow Monday under maximum sail. Throughout the skies were unusually clear — and thanks to the Master Mariner's Regatta — the sights spectacular.

Sunday was unusual in that the wind blew out of the northeast, forcing us to return to the Emeryville channel on a broad port reach instead of the usual starboard. The approach to Emeryville requires navigating three sets of channel markers eastward, then turning south into the shelter of the harbor. Normally we take the jib down after the first set of marks, set docklines and fenders after the second set, then douse the main after turning at the third set of markers.

However Saturday's northeast winds necessitated a jibe at the turn rather than the usual roundup. One of the reasons we love our Ericson 35, Westwing, is that she's rigged for singlehanded sailing with both main sheet and genoa sheets accessible at the helm. This also means that the mainsheet comes down to the track from the end rather than the middle of the boom, and thus the mainsheet needs to be hand-guided through a jibe so as not to decapitate or otherwise injure crew and equipment. Well, the captain failed to realize that the mate was not familiar with the maneuver, and guess what? Shit happened.

I was forward ready to douse the main while the mate appeared under control at the helm. One second later the jibing mainsheet had smashed the mate onto the cockpit seat, where she lay face up, out cold.

Fortunately the primary force of the mainsheet had been absorbed by the pedestal steering, sparing the mate from further harm. But it did jam the throttle to the off position. I quickly took the helm and restored order as the mate continued to lay too still.

Seeing no blood, and with the mate starting to come around, I gave the helm to a guest and hurried to finish the job of dousing the main.

What really impressed me was the mate's first semi-conscious thought: she couldn't tolerate the flailing boom and subdued it with the mainsheet while still in a horizontal position. Now that's a firstrate matel Perhaps by recognizing what happened to her, others will be spared from similar mishaps.

P.S. Our opinion on slapping halyards is that they shouldn t. If the shoe fits, please spend $3.50 for bungy cords to tension your halyards to the shrouds and stop the clatter in your marina.

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Bob & Chris — Thanks for the caution, those end-of-boom mainsheets can be very dangerous during jibes.

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LETTERS John — If a ride to the west coast is what you're looking for, show up at TransPac Row at Oahu's Ala Wai Yacht Harbor on July 8 and start networking. All the boats and decision-makers are right there. If you look like you know what you're about or have large breasts, there's a good chance you can get a ride.

Marrows, cycloids and wave mechanics In reading Lee Helm's notions about course-keeping and balanced rudder systems in your May issue, I was disappointed to see an otherwise astute person once again cite the absurd comparisons of an arrow in flight with the motion of a vessel in a seaway.

Arrows and darts are not seagoing vessels; they are built much differently; are propelled differently; and, serve different purposes.

No one expects arrows and darts to provide directional stability in the cycloidal turbulence of profoundly disturbed seas. In fact, tank tests in turbulent water seem to offer more information about course-keeping in a rough seaway than wind-tunnel tests. It is no surprise that airplanes and yachts are very different from one another.

The sine qua non of cruising sailboat design is seaworthiness — what C.A. Marchaj calls "the forgotten factor" in modern yacht design. Tank tests and a vast fund of practical experience indicate that contemporary designs employing high aspect ratio keels and spade rudders perform admirably in the relatively calm conditions experienced by most day sailors and racers, but very poorly in heavy weather where they may suffer ventilation or loss of purchase of the rudder surface in cycloidal turbulence. Wave mechanics become extremely complex in heavy weather. Cross oversimplifications serve no one well.

The notorious Fastnet disaster may be the best known case of modern racer/cruisers coming to grief in heavy weather, but it is not unique. In the 1984 Sydney to Hobart race, 105 of 152 entrants were forced to retire and there was one fatality. In the 1985 Port Huron to Mackinac Island Classic, 94 of 305 starters retired due to heavy weather. In the 1985 Fastnet race only 73 of the 222 starters crossed the finish line.

Unfortunately, cruisers making long passages don't have the luxury of retiring. They must take what comes and make the best of it Long, low aspect ratio keels are often favored by those who take small boats across great oceans because, among other virtues, they provide better course-keeping in heavy weather.

Some naval architects, lacking the complex mathematical models and empirical data needed to design vessels for violent and confused seas, simply ignore the problem. As a result, contemporary vessels that perform beautifully in moderate conditions are designed to be consistent with very simple hydrodynamic models. Although they may be delightful to sail under most circumstances, they do not become less lively or more stable in gales and storms.

Instead of consulting with a bright, young day sailor at a San Francisco yacht club, the couple looking for a cruising sailboat should have read C.A. Marchaj's book, Seaworthiness: The Forgotten Factor. They might have learned that, first, a cruising sailboat must be seaworthy, as their very lives may depend upon it Second, it must be comfortable as it will be their home. Third, it must make respectable progress toward their destination under a wide range of conditions. And last, it should be fun to sail. They might discover, among other things, that lead sleds are probably sailing when IOR crews are kissing their bottoms goodbye. They would find, also, that archery has little to teach us about cruising yacht design.

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LETTERS further afield into long-distance cruising, they are often incomplete, incorrect or eccentric I enjoy them when they stick to their knitting, but their theories about bluewater cruising are, at best, strange.

Kenneth W. Lydell Yacht Weatherly, La Paz Kenneth — Lee Helm had this to say about your letter: "Max passed your letter on to me, probably because he couldn't come up with a snappy response — and also because he actually agrees with you. I mean, shows you how much he knows! Fact is, whether it's an arrow, an airplane, a ship, or a sailing yacht, the same basic equations describe the vehicle's control characteristics.

For sure, the arrow is a linearized simplification. So is cycloidal wave theory.

Tony Marchaj writes good stuff, but remember it's aimed at the popular lay market. Assuming you're familiar with the Creek alphabet and comfortable with differential equations, I suggest Principles of Naval Architecture, published by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. It provides a technically sound introduction to the subject of the various kinds of stability — including some discussion of the effects of forces on long deep hulls rather than foils."

[Editor's note: Max and Lee are, of course, fictitious. The creator of the characters may not have the "bluewater" miles of Mr. Lydell, but he's been around a little. His five trips to Catalina are, of course, merely coastal cruising, as are, for all intents and purposes, his two trips to Mexico. But he has sailed to Bermuda and made five crewed trips to Hawaii. His sixth trip to the Islands was singlehanded on a 25-ft light boat, as was his only trip back. Having had a full keel boat literally sink beneath his feet, and having had a light fin keel racer roll over on him, it can accurately be said that he's had a variety of experience.]

JlftBUT HOW DOES SHE TRACK IN BREAKING SEAS? On the subject of trailer boats, I own a Balboa 27 and have trailer sailed her all over the Delta, Lake Tahoe, Folsom Lake, San Francisco Bay, up and down the coast out of San Francisco, in Mexico from Guaymas to Manzanillo, and in the Bahamas.

I have been in all kinds of weather from calms to storms with 19foot breaking seas and 60 mph winds, from 110* heat to freezing cold.

In light of all this, I can say my Balboa has been a safe and comfortable cruiser, never letting me down. She has earned my respect and handled most conditions better than I would have thought Now I'm not advocating that you go out in nasty weather and take your chances with any particular boat, but I have found comfort in knowing I could handle my Balboa 27 in all the conditions I have experienced. Having been as much as 100 miles offshore, sometimes we got caught in nasty weather and wondered if we would make it or not But the Balboa always pulled through.

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All in all I have been very happy with my Balboa 27. I have met many people cruising on larger boats who were surprised at the amount of gear and room we had onboard. I have met some people cruising on similar and smaller size boats, but none as comfortable as ours. We even have enough room to store a hard dinghy on the foredeck.

Then there's the performance. I know it sounds like I'm bragging, but you all have the right to know. Although hull speed is limited by the 23-foot waterline length, the boat is fairly light weight and can easily be pushed to more than 7 knots by her single cylinder Yanmar diesel. If you're looking for range under power, you can motor 700 nautical miles at 5 knots with just one full 20 gallon tank of diesel.

I have sustained 10 to 12 knots all day long on a spinnaker run to Mazatlan, and made 9.5 knots to weather from Alcatraz toward Sausalito under a reefed main and a 100% jib. With the 150% genoa, she handles well to weather in light air, but with the centerboard retracted she will just about outrun anything in her class. I guess I am bragging now. Truth of the matter is, I'm not an avid racer. I'd rather be cruising on comfort, but I want a little performance to get there, OK? Then there is the shallow draft; just 2.5 feet with the centerboard up. It's easy to drop in the water, navigate rivers, put the bow on the beach — all that stuff. The tabernacle mast is easy to lower to get under bridges, too.I Yeahl My Balboa gets my vote for the best trailer boat If anyone wants to call me about them, I'd be happy to talk on weekday evenings at (916) 721-6587. Maybe we could organize a group outing of Balboas.

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LOOSE LIPS Bugged by litter.

The hot iOR 50-foot class recently wrote an interesting and progressive rule into their sailing instructions: any yacht seen throwing litter overboard is now subject to disqualification from the day's racing. Called Environmental Rule 21, the rule applies to every regatta the 50s sail in. It is similar in concept, though stricter in penalty, to the ULDB 70 Rater Association's ban against throwing non-biodegradable substances such as plastic overboard.

If the big boys can do it, why shouldn't we? Why not incorporate an anti-litter law into the standing instructions of our local YRA racing rules?

Could you save a life at sea?

Following up on our mention in last month's Sightings, Seminars at Sea is sponsoring a two-day seminar. Medicine for Mariners, on July 30 and August 6. The lecture and hands-on training aboard a sailboat will be aimed at instructing offshore cruising and racing sailors in the fine points of emergency medical procedures. For more information, or to reserve a spot, call Tim Blair at (415) 232S114.

If DC were Nero, he'd be fiddling...

When it rains, it pours in San Diego. By now you've probably heard that American Marketing and Communications of Santa Barbara is suing Dennis Conner and the Sail America Syndicate (now known as the America's Cup Organizing Committee) for $2 million. According to the suit, filed March 31, AM&C never received its 20% commission on corporate donations raised for both the 1987 challenge off Fremantle and the 1988 defense off San Diego. The donations in question came from corporations like Pepsi, Phillip Morris, American Express, Budweiser and others.

Then, in early June, the government impounded Stars & Stripes, the high-tech 60-ft catamaran Conner and crew sailed to a short lived victory over the 132-ft monster sloop New Zealand in that 1988 matchup. The cat and several containers of property belonging to Sail America/ACOC were seized in response to another suit, this one for $225,000.

Surely you know by now that the '88 "victory" turned to defeat in the New York Supreme Court when Judge Carmen Ciparick said the the catamaran violated the rules set forth in the deed of gift. She awarded the Cup to the Kiwis. The San Diegans have appealed the decision.

Where is the coveted "Auld Mug" while all this is going on? Well, irony of ironies, it's sitting back in the New York YC in Manhattan, where it rested undistrubed for more than a century. Both the warring sides decided that the New Yorkers would be satisfactory custodians until their squabbling in court was over.

We have money we want to send you.

Well, not all of you. Just Jeff Ross and Jules Kilpatrick. We have your editorial payments, but no addresses. Obviously an oversight on your part since it's inconceivable we could ever misplace anything on this end. (That's a joke.) If you guys give us a call, the checks will be in the mail. Really.

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New Boat Owners and Their Plans.

Back by popular demand, here's a brief look at some proud new area boat owners and their plans.

Lee Todd bought the Bristol 39 Folly from ABC Yachts in Sausalito back in March. The boat is hull #1, originally built for the designer himself, Halsey Herreschoff. Herreschoff named her Alerion, and Todd is in the process of having her documented back to that name. Launched in 1966, the boat has enjoyed an interesting life, including becoming a well respected racer in her early years. Todd plans to add to that color by outfitting her for living aboard and extended cruising.

Grover and Sally Drengson of San Jose like the Tayana 42, but wanted a boat with a pilothouse. So they custom designed one for the new boat, which should be delivered to the Pacific Yacht Imports brokerage in Alameda in August or September. The couple hope to realize their dream of cruising Europe with the boat Mike Prittinen and Ron Schultz, two more recent Tayana owners, can't wait that long. They're flying over to Hong Kong to take delivery of their 55. The two bachelors plan to start cruising the Pacific Rim for chicks right away.

Seriously, now...

Would you recognize drowning behavior? We've never seen anybody â&#x20AC;&#x153;go down for the third time,' so were happy to see a short writeup on what it looks like in the May issue of the Delta Bayliner newsletter. We think it's important enough to share with everybody: Many people drown within easy reach of other swimmers.

Children have drowned within a few feet of their parents. *She was splashing and playing and then suddenly she was gone* was the way one parent described the last few seconds of his daughter's life. *She never called for help.* Researchers have found that someone drowning lacks the lung capacity to call for help. Drowning victims act instinctively, moving their arms as though climbing a ladder, taking quick gulps of air and then slipping back underwater. With an adult, this reflexive behavior lasts about 60 seconds before the victim sinks underwater for good.

A child will only last 20 seconds. The struggle is quiet, and often looks *playful.*

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SIGHTINGS ripped off and wracked up Clad they don't kill the messenger anymore.

Per custom, we were banging on the TV remote while guzzling morning coffee, trying to catch swatches of news in between the antics of Big Bird, Kermit and the gang. Sailing isn't often included, so it really caught our eye when a film clip appeared of a boat on the beach at Fort Point. The newscaster said Alpha Centauri had run aground just before 3 a.m. and that all four people aboard were okay; able to simply jump off and wade ashore through the small waves. The boat, which looked like an Ericson 35, lay awkwardly over on its side, but otherwise seemed okay.

By the time we arrived on scene, around 7:30, Alpha Centauri was a wreck. The surf had moved it over against the jetty and it was well into the process of being pounded to a-pulp. Debris was everywhere along the rocks and in the water. A couple surfers were wearing the lifejackets. Others were trying to catch waves with cushions. The weirdest thing about it all was that

heard but Not that you need anything more to worry about, but news recently came out that submarines can't â&#x20AC;&#x153;see" sailboats unless somebody aboard is literally banging frying pans or something against the railing.

Oh wonderful.

The disclosure followed two unfortunate incidents involving the U.S.S. Houston, a nuclear boat out of Long Beach.

The first, and worst, accident occurred in the predawn hours of June 14, when the submerged Houston snagged the towline of the tugboat Barcona, which was towing two barges. Something had to give, and it

SIGHTINGS not seen wasn't the steel towline. In the space of less than a minute, the 73-ft tug was dragged under, killing one crewman. The other two, who later described "moments of terror* as the 97-ton tug was first yanked backwards at 10 knots, then under by some unseen force, survived by swimming to one of the barges.

In the second incident, which occurred only two days later, the Houston sliced into a fishing net while running on the surface off Los Angeles. Incidentally, the sub is in the area to take part in the filming of The

ripped off â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cont'd no one among the onlookers seemed to be "attached" to the boat â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the owner or crew.

We soon found out why. A call to the owner later that morning went something like this: "This is Latitude 38. Would you mind talking a bit about what happened

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to your boat?" , Pause. "What do you mean?"

"Well, running aground. You know, last night?"

Another pause.

"What, you don't know your boat ran aground last night?" we asked.

"What boat are you talking about?"

"Alpha Centauri, an Ericson 35. Isn't that your boat?"

"Well, yes. I mean, it belongs to my husband's company. But we weren't aboard last night..."

And so it went It's one of the few times we've been in the position of answering more questions that we asked, but over the course of the day, we gave Barbara and Ben Kacyra of Orinda all the information we could about their boat They assured us they'd get back to us with what happened as soon as they knew more.

What emerged is one of the weirder tales we've heard in a while.

Ben and Barbara bought the boat new 12 years ago, and in the last few years had made it available to employees of Ben's East Bay company.

Although four or five people there were "authorized" to use the boat, none of them was aboard that night Which meant that sometime during the day or evening of June 15, somebody or somebodies stole Alpha Centauri from her Pier 39 slip and took her out sailing. The next thing the Kacyras knew, we were calling.

From the grounding alone, it's easy to postulate that whoever was aboard didn't know much about sailing, although the Coast Guard did receive a Mayday from the beached boat at 2:49 a.m. By the time they got on scene, cont'd next sightings page

SIGHTINGS ripped off — cont'd though, the boat was too far up "on the hard" to be towed off. The Coasties called the fire department, which helped the people ashore and took statements from them, including one from the "skipper" that he'd arrange for a private towing firm to come pull the boat off the beach. That was the last anybody saw of him or the other wayward sailors. Nobody present took the time to try to anchor the beached boat in her relatively safe position on the sand — or even to take the sails down.

Unfortunately, by the time the real owners got pulled into the loop, Alpha Centauri was a total loss. They contracted for a salvor to do what he could, but all he was able to retrieve were a few bits and pieces.

As we go to press an investigation is proceeding into the case.

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heard Hunt for Red October, a movie based on the bestselling Tom Clancy novel. Houston was not involved in filming during either of the incidents.

In the days following, in a Gannett x News Service interview, two former submarine skippers attempted to explain the difficulty subs have in detecting surface ships, towlines, fish nets — and recreational boats. They pointed out, among other things, that subs running submerged usually rely primarily on their acoustic sensors, listening for winches, propellers "or sailors banging buckets against railings" to tell them

Speaking of "borrowed" sailboats, Les — we won't mention his last name — has achieved quite a notoriety around the East Bay. Allegedly, he steals boats. Coes to jail. Gets out. And steals boats.

Or at least that seems to be the pattern after talking to some of his latest victims. But in June, Les really outdid himself. First he stole the Santana 35 Firecracker from D'Anna Yachts' docks. He motored over to Nelson's Marine to have it hauled, and then went shopping. Everybody at Proper Tighe Marine liked the big guy (he stands about 6'6"), and especially all the checks he was writing for gear. Unfortunately, none of them were good.

Included in his merchandise were replacements for the "old" CF numbers.

Then Les went across the street to Ron Goode Chevrolet and tried to buy a car. That's where the long arm of the law caught up with him. Carl Nelson had recognized the boat and called Gil at D'Anna's. "Are you missing a boat by any chance?" he asked. "Sure ami" said Gil. And, once again, the jig was up for Les. It took Gil and Carl a couple hours to remove Les' stuff — groceries, booze and sleeping bags — from the boat. Other than Les' removal of the boat's name, hailing port and bursting-firecracker graphics, Firecracker was undamaged and is back at D'Anna's docks. Les is in Santa Rita jail.

No one knows how long Les has indulged the boat-lifting habit, but one broker remembers a strange incident with him as long as 10 years ago. “He tried to buy a boat from me, and gave me a good check as a downpayment.

Then his father came in to cancel the deal. He said Les was a Vietnam veteran and that someone had Ranked his wiring harness loose1 over there.

"Everybody around here knows about him. He's stolen boats from just about everybody."

a rotten situation The big stink over the 37-foot, 30-ton gray whale carcass that washed up on the shore of trendy Tiburon last month lingers on, figuratively at least. To refresh your memory: at 7:45 on Monday evening, June 19, while Tiburon town officials debated how to remove the decomposing leviathan, two Good Samaritans, John Hinrichs, 39, and Lance Schoenberger, 37, took the odoriferous situation into their own hands.

As a gathering crowd watched and applauded, Hinrichs dove under the whale and attached a line around its tail, and then slowly towed the bloated remains out to sea behind his 24-foot workboat, Orca. He and Schoenberger, both longtime workers and liveaboards on the Sausalito waterfront, did the good deed for free, saving the town of Tiburon anywhere from a few thousand dollars to $15,000. “It was a challenge, and it didn't seem like anyone else was doing anything about it," was how Schoenberger shrugged off their admittedly spur-of-the moment accomplishment.

As it turned out, the duo of "whalebusters" lost their cargo about ten miles southwest of the Lightship at three a.m. when a curious fishing boat cut directly in front of them, forcing an emergency stop. The towline sank into Orca's propeller, and was cut. In the choppy conditions, it proved impossible to retrieve the gamy grey corpse without getting back into the cont'd next sightings page page 82

SIGHTINGS — cont'd somebody is there. Although they are equipped with active sonar (the "pinging" in old war movies), most skippers resist using any sensor that gives away their position.

Writing this story struck a chord in our memory. That of the strange capsize and sinking of the 40-ft wooden ketch Spirit 10 or 12 years ago. Survivors of that tragedy describe Spirit's dying gyrations as "coming out of nowhere," or words to that effect, for they didn't see anything in the water before or after the sinking that she could have hit Could something big — like a submarine — have hit her and not even known it?

rotten — cont'd water — an unappealing and dangerous prospect at that point. Efforts to sink the gas-filled carcass also proved fruitless; eventually, they gave up and headed home.

A nice story, if it ended there. Unfortunately, the ripe booty washed up on the beach at Pacifica about 19 hours later. Two days later, on Thursday, officials had the whale cut up and trucked to a landfill site in Livermore.

Apparently, the festering whale — thoroughly unpopular by now — leaked "whale goo" all over the highways on the way to its final resting spot, much to the dismay of CalTrans.

Meanwhile, the town of Pacifica has announced that they will go after the whale-towing duo for the cost of the clean-up operation, possibly as much as $8,000. We think that stinks more than the actual whale carcass did, which was plenty. Meanwhile, Hinrichs and Schoenberger are keeping a low profile, hoping — along with us — that the whole smelly deal will blow over. We'll keep you posted.

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Larry Lee is a man with a vision. Actually, many visions. Larry makes his living as a many-faceted artist/designer, dabbling in everything from boat names to car flames to conceptual and architectural designs and master plans of such places as the Squaw Valley ski resort, the Chuck Yeager Museum and Kenny Rogers' recording studio. His latest project is doing the

The Coast Guard Auxiliary turned 50 on June 23. This civilian arm of the Coast Guard was established by Congress on that date in 1939 to promote boating safety, and they've done a commendable job.

We've personally taken the boating safety course three different times (with two different girlfriends and one wife) and have learned something new every time.

We were also pleasantly surprised to find out that boat insurance companies often give a slight discount to those who have completed the course. Hey, where do we sign?

The birthday was celebrated locally with a cruise for Bay Area auxiliarists aboard the Coast Guard cutter Morgenthau

Larry and Julie Lee. conceptual and architectural drawings for what the Petaluma waterfront could one day look like.

If your response to that is "What waterfront?" Lee shares the sentiment.

His designs provide at least one possible answer.

"I can't believe this or other Delta cities don't take better advantage of the history and closeness of their waterfronts," says Larry. He gestures along a waterway flanked by rotting pilings and dilapidated, deserted buildings, some only a stone's throw from downtown Petaluma. "If they could just see how it's done in Europe, I'd like to think they'd really come around."

For the last 12 years, Larry and his wife Julie have lived aboard boats, both in the U.S. and Europe. (They only recently sold their stateside home, the Sausalito-based 1931 Stephens motoryacht Legends.) They've spent the last five years cruising the canals of France and Holland aboard their 45-ft steel cutter Iron Horse. It's living that lifestyle that's infused Larry with possibilities for the Petaluma project — possibilities, incidentally, in which cruisers figure prominently. The example here, commissioned by Petaluma's Walt Haake, is of the Foundy Wharf area of the River.

"In Europe, life in the river cities centers around the water, and boaters play a big part. Cruisers are welcome everywhere, and many places have clean, well-maintained facilities for visiting boats. In most areas, you can actually tie up along the riverbank for as long as you want for free. They'll even come and hook up a phone and water if you want to stay. In many ways, it's the complete opposite of how visiting boaters are treated here."

While Larry concedes that a transition to that lifestyle here is unlikely in the foreseeable future, he admits genuine surprise at the (to him) foreign mindset of many of the decision makers he's dealt with thus far. "They seem more concerned right now with keeping certain ‘undesirable types' of people out of the county rather than drawing more people in. An even bigger problem is that local cities and counties just don't understand the water. In many cases, their attitude is ‘Who'd want to come see a muddy old river?1" Of course, Larry himself could hardly be accused of being a "conventional" thinker. Eariy on, a rebellious nature and his talent for art led him to a roller coaster of a lifestyle that continues today. With his own car cont'd next sightings page

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on June 24. There are more than 2,100 Auxiliary members in the 11th Northern region, which includes Northern California, Utah and northern Nevada.

Due to space limitations and the plethora of stuff happening in (the boating community every month, we admit to sometimes giving this worthwhile organization and their boating safety classes short shrift We'll try and remedy that in the future. In the meantime, if you have any questions about the Auxiliary or the time and location of the nearest boating safety class, in Northern California call (415) 4373316; in Southern California, call (213) 499-5310.

striping business taking off in the late '50s, he was barely out of high school in Pasadena before becoming partners with Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, another prominent car customizer. Lee and Roth were among the first guys to put graphics on T-shirts. (Anybody out there remember the “Rat Fink"? That was one of their gigs.)

"We made so much money it was ridiculous," laughs Lee. "Within a year of finishing school I bought a Ferrari."

For most of the next two decades, Lee's art played, if not second fiddle then at least equal fiddle, to a professional racing career. He was involved in car, motorcycle and even jet boat racing. In the latter category, Larry and partner Lee Taylor held the world water speed record with Hustler — 353 mph — for 11 years.

Through it all, though, Larry's hand was never far from the drawing board. Over the years, his clients went from car enthusiasts to, among many others, Dun and Bradstreet, Chrysler Corporation, Chevrolet Racing Division, Marine World, Disneyland and Islander Yachts. For "play money," he'll still stripe a car or do a boat name. cont'd next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS rebel with a cause — cont'd And the rebel in him lives on. His summer work wardrobe consists of cutoffs and a T-shirt instead of a suit and tie. And his office is on wheels.

The glossy black custom trailer containing it currently sits on property near the places depicted in his waterfront drawings. (His other more permanent office is in Lake Tahoe.) Right next to it sits another glossy black trailer containing a complete workshop. Next to that, Julie hoses the dust off an old but tricked-out four-wheel-drive truck — also glossy black with a flamed hood — that tows the other two. He asked us not to mention where he's living at the moment, but it looks like something out of Lord of the Rings and it rolls, too.

It's quite a setup.

As for the Petaluma project, it's too early to say anything more than “it's on the drawing board." The closest comparison we can draw for those who cont'd next sightings page

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most buck One of few non-sailing fantasies our “middle editor" hopes to fulfill in this lifetime is to own a completely cherried-out 1957 Chevrolet Nomad station wagon. To him, this car represents the epitome of sex, apple pie, nostalgia and the American Dream. What keeps this a dream at present is that such a vehicle in primo condition sells for between $30,000 and $50,000.

And they ain't getting any cheaper.

The nautical equivalent to his illusive Nomad is Blitzen, Lightning No. 1. Back in 1938, when Sparkman and Stephens were asked to design a family-oriented racer-

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(Locally, the Adams Cup eliminations were sailed in Lightnings on the Berkeley Circle.)

Old Blitzen, though, is semi-retired.

Restored to original condition by current owner Jack Ryan of Illinois, old Number One spends more time on the road than the water, doing the boat show circuit cont'd center of next sightings page

rebel with a cause — cont'd haven't cruised rural Europe is San Pedro's Ports O' Call complex. The main difference being that the Petaluma waterfront would not only be accessible to boaters, they'd be encouraged to come tie up.

As Larry Lee says, "We could do a lot with this 'muddy old river1."

(For more information on the Petaluma waterfront project, Lee can be reached at (707) 778-8256.)

reciprocal boarding privileges?

Nine days out of Hawaii, after beating into intermittent gales most of the way, the sun finally broke through. I was bringing Darryl Johnston's Ross 45 ULDB M-1 to Long Beach for spring tune-up races before she races TransPac back home. My three crew had found their sea legs and rigged fishing gear in search of a fresh addition to our pantry.

About noon, I spotted a ship on the horizon — a Navy destroyer. After taking a few bearings, it was clear we were on a converging course.

Although three miles distant, I wanted to make certain they were aware of our position. Tuning in to Channel 16, I called, “This is the sailing yacht M-1 calling the Navy ship. Are you aware of our position?" The radio instantly crackled back, “This is the U.S. Navy Warship. We have your position. Outl" The destroyer bore away and we settled back to our fishing, wondering only a little if world events had taken a turn for the worse since we left port.

About an hour later, the ship reappeared and we received a radio call requesting permission to board. Looking down the bore of two 5-inch guns and seeing a host of other pretty impressive armament, permission was hastily granted.

We were sailing in excess of eight knots at the time. The communications officer asked us to reduce sail so their motor-whaleboat could catch us. We obliged and then were very surprised when a Coast Guard officer on board the launch picked up his bullhorn and asked us "to stand by while the ship came alongside." Needless to say, the 11,000-pound M-1 was a little outsized Jay the 563-foot USS Callaghan.

The three Coast Guard officers who came on board were very serious.

They were in full battle dress, including flak jackets, guns, radios and even steel-toed deck shoes. They asked us to sit on the port deck while they boarded on starboard. It was an incredibly tense few minutes as they searched below and completed their "safety" inspection. We were told our personal gear would not be touched, but I was refused permission to leave the port rail during the search. As master of a U.S. vessel, 700 miles from Long Beach and clearly in international waters, I informed our "guest" that I resented being treated like a smuggler. This seemed to have little impact.

Like most sleds, it took but a glance below to see every square inch of the hull, and I think the Coasties, who by this time were turning a pale shade of green, were just as glad as we were the inspection was over and business completed. Stern faces turned to smiles and we learned they were small boat sailors from Long Beach. Apparently, they had been in the middle of a cook-out on the fantail of the Callaghan when my call came through. Not wishing to interrupt their festivities, they circled around an hour before they prepared to board. Preparation, it seems, meant sending all extra hands below, leaving only those on deck needed to man the guns, which were trained on us. Serious shit! At first it was a little hard to imagine what they were thinking — although M-1 is fast, it could hardly be expected to outrun a 30+ knot destroyer. ' After extending the officers an*invitation to come sailing when they returned to Long Beach, they presented us with a care package of cakes, fresh fruit and cigarettes and headed back to the Callaghan. It's not often you have guests in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and my account of this event would probably have been worthy of a roving reporter T-shirt even without the next boarding.

Three weeks later, after completing the Newport to Ensenada Race, we were sprawled in the chaise lounges by the hotel pool at the San Nicolas enjoying an early morning cocktail. Like all good yachties, we were recounting the events of the race down, sailing miles out the way to miss kelp, only to fall into one hole after another. The Callaghan event was the cont'd next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS boarding privileges? — cont'd furthest thing from my mind when a casually dressed gentleman approached and, pointing to the M-7 logo on my shirt, said, “You don't know me, but I'm the captain of the warship that boarded you."

We had a wonderful time reliving our mid-ocean rendezvous from two very different perspectives. Commander Stuart C. Caron, a very engaging and friendly fellow, then invited us to be his guests aboard the Callaghan, then anchored off Ensenada Harbor. When Carol Brown, a shipmate, and I accepted the Captain's offer, he picked up a handheld and radioed the ship to make the necessary arrangements for a launch.

We were given a guided tour — stem to stern including helicopter deck — of a very immaculate and orderly ship. We were greeted by many of the officers and crew who told us. we were the only small boat they saw and boarded on that tour of duty.

As a whole, the experience leaves a good taste in my mouth. They are on our side and have a job to do. We made many new friends and have a great story to tell when things get a little dull sitting on the windward rail.

As to why the Coast Guard was using a Navy warship — well, that's a story for another day....

— dan higgins, rear commodore tiburon yc

most buck Recently, other concerns have forced Ryan to put the boat up for sale. And like all those Nomad owners out there, he's pretty sure the restored classic is worth a lot more than the time and materials it took to get her there. Asking price for Blitzen

they're not flying them Another bit of nautical tradition went the way of the buffalo earlier this year when the National Weather Service officially ended the Coastal Warning Display System — the small craft advisory flags.

When it started back at the turn of the century, the system was considered an efficient way of letting boaters know what

unclear on the concept There they were, Jim Sayers, Rick Keefer and some friends, minding their own business and enjoying a pretty day of sailing Keefer's Gulfstar 50 Creat Escape near Benicia. One of the crew was forward, preparing for a jib takedown, when all of a sudden a Solano County Sheriff's boat pulled up and they got a citation for — bowriding?

Explanations to Sgt. Christ (rhymes with "mist11) about the need for sail handling and/or a lookout forward — both of which were legitimate occurrences at that particular time on Creat Escape — fell on deaf ears.

Keefer got the citation and Christ motored away with the admonition "Don't let me see anybody on the bow again!"

"Fine," yelled Keefer back. "Where does the bow stop?"

‘Escape's group was scarcely able to believe the turn of events until another sailboat motored over to ask what they'd been stopped for. When Keefer told them, they replied "Us, too!"

From what the Escape-ees found out, they and the other guy weren't the first sailboats to be ticketed for breaking a law designed for motorboats.

They also found out that it wasn't "just" a ticket Bowriding is a misdemeanor, punishable by a $350 fine and six months in jail!

Determined to set this wrong to rights and spare other boaters the same ordeal, Keefer hired an attorney and went to court, only to find that Christ was on a "special assignment" that day and couldn't attend.

“I think the guy didn't show up because he knew he was wrong," says Keefer. "He didn't have a leg to stand on."

It cost $550 and three lost days of work for each, but Keefer and Sayers won their case easily.

It's unclear, however, if Sgt. Christ got the message. So if you're sailing up near the Vallejo-Benecia area and you have to perform some supposedly "negligent operation" on the bow — sail-handling for example — keep an eye out for the Sarge's boat If you get popped, remind him that federal law takes precedence over state law, and that federal law (Coast Guard regulations, Rule 5) says you must have a lookout in a place where you can see around you at all times.

Since the helmsperson does not constitute a lookout, and since the headsail blankets your vision to leeward, you chose to post a legitimate lookout on the bow. You might go on to point out, politely of course, that there are two California Boating laws he would do well to familiarize himself with. One says you can be on the bow if the boat is equipped with a pulpit. The other gets right to the point, stating flatly that sailboats are exempt from the "no bowriding" law.

If cool logic doesn't work, at least you can be reasonably assured of winning your day in court. page 88

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emil's system

the wind was up to on a day to day basis.

In the last 25 years, though, with the advent of inexpensive radios and plenty of NOAA stations transmitting around-the-clock weather forecasts, the flag system has become all but obsolete. That's why the NWS cut it loose. The only thing the flag

Safety at sea in a man-overboard situation is relative. By that we mean that when the lifering was invented and somebody got the bright idea of mounting it on the stern where it could be easily deployed, that was the hot setup. By today's standards, though, such a minimalist system is practically something out of the dark ages. Today we have deployment systems of liferings, man overboard poles, canister liferafts, personal strobes and EPIRBs and the highly regarded Lifesling system. Surely present systems offer the best possible chances of finding and retrieving a person who falls overboard. ...Don't they?

Not according to Emil "Tony” Novak. Retired after 30 years as an engineer in the Merchant Marine, Novak finally realized a longtime desire to really help the man in the water by giving him a larger measure of control over his own fate — something none of the other systems do, at least directly. He had known men who had disappeared from ships at sea, but it was reading about a French singlehanded sailor whose deserted boat was found sailing along that really got him going on the development of what he

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(which means "lightning" in both German and at the North Pole) is $35,000. That's about $34,550 more than a new one — with sails — cost in 1939, but if a pristine Lightning is your idea of the American Dream, Jack's the man you want to see.

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SIGHTINGS emil — cont'd calls the Radio Signal Launched Sea Rescue Ship Arresting Life Saving System (and what we'll call simply "Emil's system" for the rest of this writeup.)

flying tells you now," says one guy not sorry to see them go, "is that something's up and I better go into the house and turn on the radio." True, maybe, but he's a callous slimeball for saying it To refresh your memory (and ours), the N single red triangular flag indicates winds up to 33 knots and sea conditions dangerous to small craft A second red triangle is added for gale warnings — wind up to 47 knots. (The last time these flew officially on the Bay was during last December's fierce northeasterly.) A single square red flag with a black center denotes the next gradation, the storm warning, with steady winds above 48 knots. Only if the wind is officially classified a hurricane do two black on red squares — presumably made of steel plate — fly.

To refresh your memory even more, a much more detailed weather forecast is easily accessible over any VHF set by simply pressing preset buttons. Not near a set? Any Radio Shack will gladly sell you a little $15 radio "cube" that also picks up the weather.

oil on It works like this: say you're singlehanding, you step to the back of the boat to retrieve a dragging line, your foot hits something slippery and all of a sudden you're treading water, watching your boat sail off into the sunset under autopilot. With the production version of Emil's device, you simply reach for the matchbook-size triggering device on a lanyard around your neck and hit the button. In one fell swoop, your man overboard gear is deployed and your boat goes head to wind. An almost certainly fatal mistake becomes just another story for the grandchildren.

You can't buy one of these yet. In fact, Emil has yet to approach a manufacturer with the idea, though that's the next logical step. All he has right now is an odd assemblage of stuff out of the attic — an old suitcase for the "canister", an inner tube for the life ring, etc.— that he's built into a working model. The electronic guts of the thing is all off-the-counter parts used for other stuff. A motorcycle battery supplies power.

It's all rather Rube Coldbergish at this point, but hey, it works. We played with the thing for half an hour in front of the office and it popped the suitcase open every time, from up to about 300 feet away. Novak says a Coast Cuard approved production model — waterproof, of course — could operate from up to a half mile. (Incidentally, the transmitter is not of the infrared "directional" type used for TV remotes. It transmits an actual radio frequency.)

Exact application could be customized to an individual taste or boat.

Emil's idea for the most basic version would deploy both the normal man overboard gear, plus a drogue attached by a line to the bow. The idea is to overpower a vane or other self steering by simply pulling the boat's nose around. More exotic versions could be set up to jam an autopilot full over, trigger alarms to wake other crewmen or even kill a running engine. Power would come from a 1 -year sealed battery or, optionally, from a hookup to the boat's 12-volt system.

Novak figures a marketable version of the system might retail for around $1,000. It would be a small price to pay for a quantum leap in peace of mind. For more information, contact Emil Novak, P.O. Box 11629, San Francisco, CA 94101. "Manufacturer inquiries welcome," says Emil with a smile.

Any of you who think shipping can't be accident free — why would you think that? — might want to speak your mind at a public hearing in San Francisco on July 13 and 14.

The hearing is being conducted by the Coast Guard over the question of whether or not there should be shipping lanes from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Actually, most everybody — especially sailors who have come up the coast in a thick fog — think such lanes are a necessity. The big question is what those lanes should be like.

The original Coast Guard proposal called for a 5-mile wide shipping fairway some five miles off the coast It seemed like a reasonable idea, one that might be improved upon by making two 5-mile wide of the Minerals Management Service (the folks who want to insure that as much of

the coast will be available for offshore oil fairways more like 20 miles off the coast Then earlier this year, at the instruction page 90

SIGHTINGS — cont'd If all else fails, just call any West Marine and ask to be put on hold. Instead of Muzak, they run the NOAA weather. Great idea.

But perhaps most refreshing of all is that despite the decree and the wonders of modern radio, you probably won't notice anything missing from most local marina flagpoles.

That's because though the program is officially history, the NWS left it up to individual marina operators whether they want to carry on the tradition.

Apparently, most do. Early "reports from the precincts" indicate that most of the 170 flag display sites from Hawaii to Massachusetts — including the Coast Guard — will continue to fly the flags.

Phone calls to a handful of Bay Area harbormasters revealed similar news.

Though only one office was even aware of the program change, all say they intend to keep the flags flying.

Said one, "Discontinuing the flags would be like losing an old friend." We agree.

back off, jack!

Remember when you were a kid and the only thing that hurt worse than smashing your knee into the chrome fender of the family station wagon was stubbing your toe? Well, this is the nautical equivalent of a boat stubbing

the water drilling as possible), the Coast Guard proposal was changed. The new plan calls for a 4-mile wide fairway 5-miles off the coast, but with a twist In the new plan, northbound and southbound shipping each have a one-mile wide lane and then there's a two-mile wide 'buffer1 in between. It's kind of a strange buffer in that the only reason for its existence is to potentially allow a greater number of offshore oil rigs.

It makes you glad Minerals Management Service isn't running the Golden Gate Bridge — they'd probably use the center divider for the storage of explosives.

Given the Exxon Valdez accident and the three major oil spills in late June, it's hard to believe anyone could still support the revised proposal — but rest assured some oil interests will. If you, like some shipping companies, want to object, the place is the Coast Guard public hearing.

The location is the Travel Lodge at 250 Beach Street in San Francisco, and the dates are Thursday, July 13 from 7 - 12 pm and Friday, July 14, from 1-4 pm. Those who want to speak must pre-register. Call Mike Lodge at the Coast Guard in Long Beach: (213) 499-5415. Before you start screaming at the Coastie answering the phone, remember that the revised proposal was forced upon them

by Mineral Management Most Coast Guard officers, who are supposed to be neutral, will privately tell you they don't like the latest proposal. page 91

Ouuuuuuch! her toe.

It all happened in April at the Alameda Yacht Harbor. Although there are several ways to get into the predicament, the technique used for Yukon Jack was not revealed. Nor was the final disposition of the situation, which we can only presume turned out fine.

But that was just the first error made by her skipper, who it's rumored the Island YC is trying to sign up to teach their "Safe Ways to Launch Your Sailboat" seminar. When offered these photos, he told the photographer, “Not in this lifetime — and don't send them to Latitude." Oh, if he'd have just forgotten the last half of that sentence the photographer might never have thought of it.

The photo was taken by ... wfelljfJarn it, we seem to have lost his name.

and speaking of bungled launchings...

Like they say, bad things seem to come in threes. Here's another look at another embarassing variation on the theme "launching a boat," this time in Sausalito. Or maybe it's unlaunching; the photographer didn't say. Anyway, it kind of gives a whole new meaning to the concept of center of gravity, doesn't it?

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SIGHTINGS bungled launchings — cont'd Apparently, the driver of a new Jeep (like the one in the photo below) backed too far and too fast down the ramp while attempting to launch his new Freedom 21. Beginning with the boat dislodging from the trailer before

better than There's nothing like a quick sail after work to take your mind off things. Lots of folks are taking advantage of these long summer evenings to do just that, such as the two boats shown below during last week's Sausalito YC Tuesday nighter.

X Ruckus, a Newport 30, is leading Jose Cuervo, an Islander 28, into the Knox bouy.

Another variation on the ‘nose stand.'

it hit the water, several things happened in rapid succession, the end result of which was that all three — the boat, the trailer and the Jeep — went in the water. The boat floated. The others didn't.

junior sailing programs revisited Last month, overcome with a spirit of public service, we ran a little blurb that we described as a "more or less complete directory to the junior sailing programs available around the Bay this summer." We went on to get pretty excited about junior sailing — hence the feature article in this month's magazine on "Young Guns" (see page 118).

But, as is invariably the case with such round-ups, the directory we published last month turned out to be less complete than we thought.

Here's the lowdown on three more junior sailing that we've heard about in the meantime:

BERKELEY YC — A new program featuring five two-week courses for any kids 9-15 years old. Instruction in El Toros; emphasis on small class size; $190 per session. Remaining sessions begin July 3, 17, 31 and August 14.

Marc Dronkers, 524-6060 (evenings).

SPINNAKER SAILING — Ongoing youth programs at various locations in two categories: sailing camp (20 hours of group instruction; $225) and cadet sailing academy (16 hours of group instruction and 2 hours on the tall ship Rendezvous; $195). Call either 965-7474 or 363-1390 for details.

UC AQUATIC CENTER — Weeklong sessions in Berkeley beginning June 19 and running until the end of August. Classes in sailing, windsurfing, kayaking and rowing for grades 3-13. Cost is $95 per week. Call the Center at 642-4000 for the scoop.

apl replacing the coast guard?

It almost seems that way.

On May 3, the President F.D. Roosevelt came to the rescue of Stan Valentine Sr. and Stan Valentine Jr. of San Diego. The two had been sailing from San Rafael to their homeport of San Diego when the forecast for 15 knot winds and 5 to 10 foot seas proved a little short of reality. What turned out to be gale force winds and 30-foot seas started to work their boat.

When Stan Jr. lifted the floorboards, he found lots of water and little geysers near the keel bolts every time the boat flexed. Unable to pump the water out as fast as it was coming in, they put out a rescue call before the water covered the batteries and knocked out their VHF link with the outside world. page 92

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When the Coast Guard received the distress message, they put out a call for all boats in the area. The F.D. Roosevelt responded they were 68 miles away and could assist Appreciating the life-and-death of the situation, Captain Gary Schmidt had the Chief increase the ship's speed to in excess of 24 knots. This into gale force headwinds and 20 to 30 foot seas!

Several hours later, the crew of Skimm II, with the help of the ship's crew, scrambled up the ladder to safety. The sailboat was abandoned.

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But Jose's mast man appears to have a plan — or maybe he's totally confused? Either way, you can bet everyone on each boat is concentrating on just one thing: getting around the leeward mark. The job, the national debt, the situation in China — all that stuff can wait until later.

To us, that's the beauty of sailing.

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SIGHTINGS apl replacing the coast guard? — cont'd Then on June 25 some 900 miles west of San Francisco, the crew of the President Lincoln came to what might be called the secondary rescue of Ron Steisgal's 30-foot wood sailboat, Juicy Anna.

Steisgal had left Honolulu for San Francisco, but was first dismasted and then began taking on water. He put out a distress call that was answered by the ship Washington Rainbow. The Rainbow's lifeboat picked him up, then stalled, and itself put out a distress call. (No doubt Steisgal thought it wasn't his day.)

At this point the President Lincoln came to the rescue of the rescuers and their survivor. All were to have arrived in Guam by July 3.

Hats off to the men of the American President Lines!

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operation The San Francisco Bay chapter of the non-profit Oceanic Society on June 15 launched "Operation Clean Fleet1, an educational campaign to cut pollution from on-the-water sources and to promote environmentally sound boating.

Margaret Elliott, the local chapter's Executive Director, says the organization wants to make the Bay Area's 489,000 recreational boaters a model of pollutionfree boating and a fleet of watchdogs to protect the Bay from pollution.

In order to do that, the Oceanic Society has produced an informative

Yeah, the news is a few months old, but the treatment is so timeless, we thought you'd get a kick out of it anyway. The author is the talented and entertaining Charles Osgood of CBS News, whose daily radio reports go far toward restoring our will to live while caught in the morning commute.

Without further introduction, and with apologies to John Masefield (who as a sailor-poet would certainly have appreciated the paraody, anyway), here is Osgood's impression of the latest turn of events in the ever-turning America's Cup fiasco... / must go down to the court again, where the lovely lawyers vie And all I ask is one upmanship, and a brief to steer her by Not the wheel's kick, nor the wind's song, nor mist on the gray sea's face Give me instead a file to read in a complicated case.

Forget the spray is what i say, and the call of the running tide That is all moot, for a lawsuit is what cannot be denied I must go down to the court again, to feel that judicial pull And all I ask is a legal task and a docket that's not too full.

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, and happily I will sift For some fine hint in the fine print in the legal deed of gift I must go down to the court again, far from the boatwheel's kick To breathe again the courtroom air, and the scent of the dirty trick.

Let the motions fly as the case we try, for this is the lawyer's way I need no boat on which to float, I get seasick anyway Let the black robes shake and the gray dawn break, I must go down to the court It's a wild call and a dear call... isn't sailing a dandy sport?

rorschach test for sailors It may be difficult to see from sea level as you sail by, but the architecture of the pier at Aquatic Park is some of the most unusual we’ve ever seen.

The pier itself is a long, sweeping, inefficient curve. When naval architects design a main salon table like that they rarely get work again.

But as you can see from the accompanying photograph, it’s the end of the pier, as seen from above, that takes the cake. The Latitude 38 quiz for June is: What was the guy thinking of when he designed this?

Deadline for entries is July 16. Winners, if any, and prizes, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the judges, who have yet to be selected. Unlike voting, you’re allowed to enter as early and often as you’d like.

short sightings MIAMI BEACH — Adolph Hilter's old yacht, the Ostwind, was supposed to be sunk two miles off the coast of Miami in 250 feet of water to form an cont’d next sightings page page 94

SIGHTINGS clean fleet brochure reviewing both environmental law and the ways that careless or ignorant mariners sometimes senselessly harm the environment The helpful brochure is available to individuals, groups and organizations free of charge. Call (415) 4415970.

In addition, the Oceanic Society has compiled a list of the pump-out facilities in San Francisco Bay and Delta waters. It's not only a great guide for the mariner who gets around, but makes for interesting reading.

Did you know, for example, that in

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short sightings â&#x20AC;&#x201D; cont'd artificial reef. Abe Resnick, project sponsor, blames A.M. Daly, captain of the tug towing the Ostwind. Daly blames Chris Cadley, captain of the passenger ship that accompanied him. Cadley says he had nothing to do with it. Whatever the case, the Ostwind was inexplicably sunk far short of the proposed site, atop a delicate reef in 25 feet of water dangerously close to a shipping lane. Federal, state, country and city officials are all upset, to say nothing of the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, shipping interests and the general public. Who ultimately picks up the tab for moving the Ostwind will no doubt be determined by the courts.

The date and intended sinking sight of the 85-foot yacht have considerable historical significance. The sight of the proposed reef is approximately the same spot where exactly 50 years ago the United States Coast Guard turned away the St. Louis, a ship carrying 900 Jews trying to

SIGHTINGS short sightings — cont'd escape Germany. Turned away also by Cuba, most of the passengers aboard the St. Louis were forced to return where the majority perished in Nazi concentration camps.

DRAKES BAY — Treasure hunter Robert Marx is almost sure he has found the wreck of the Manila galleon San Agustin in Drakes Bay. The ship, loaded with a booty of gold, silver, Chinese silk and Ming Dynasty porcelain, among other things, went down in the Bay in 1595. A dozen hands were lost as a reprovisioning party watched in horror from the beach. However, judging from the red tape, greed and chest pounding Marx has so far faced from the federal government over the matter — basically, they want everything he finds — it may be another 4 00 years before the wreck is actually salvaged. cont'd next sightings page

clean fleet Alameda County all the pump out stations are free and that 7 of the 8 are open 24 hours a day? Contrast that with Sacramento County, where none of the 9 pump-out

gps assuming After five false starts, four caused by weather and one by a faulty valve, a Delta 2 rocket flung the most recent Navstar GPS satellite out of Cape Canaveral and into the heavens. The $65 million satellite will use

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SIGHTINGS short sightings — cont'd IN THE PACIFIC — In mid June, Kenichi Horie reached the halfway point in his solo voyage to Japan. You'll remember Horie from a Sightings piece a few months back when we tell you he'd making that voyage in the 9-ft sailboat Mermaid. As he passed Hawaii at the end of May, the 50-year-old sailor took on fresh supplies from supporters who came out to meet him off the North Shore of Oahu. Other than that, about the only contact he's had with the outside world are daily HAM radio contacts with, among others, Code Madera's Joe Knowles. Joe helped Kenichi with the San Francisco end of the project. If all goes as it has so far, Mermaid should make Japan by early August. That's figuring 3,200 miles at the boats average of 2.7 blazing knots. Horie's best days run so far was 86 miles noon to noon.

NEAR ALAMEDA — "Hexxon" might indeed be more accurate for the pulverized Exxon Oil company, whose luck has yet to turn for the better. As if everything they're already going through — cleanup, boycott, media whipping boy, etc. — wasn't enough, in May the tanker scheduled to replace the gutted Exxon Valdez took out 100 feet of the Chevron docks at Pt. Richmond, narrowly avoiding a Bay Area version of the Prince William Sound debacle. Then, in mid June, while safely anchored off Alameda and totally minding their own business, the fully-laden tanker Exxon Galveston noticed the 80-ft cruise boat Harbor King — with no one aboard — had somehow slipped its mooring and was drifting down on them on a collision course. Quick work from the Coast Guard had the Red and White (soon to be Blue and Gold) tourist boat under tow back to safer dregs. Whew.

ANTARCTICA — By the time you read this, one of the biggest and strangest sailboast built in a long time should be on its way from New York to the real land of down under. By vertue of her massive aluminum-plate construction alone, the 120-ft motorsailor ketch could aptly be named Brick Outhouse, but she's really named UAP Antarctica for the French sponsor and the mission. Originally, that was to haul the multinational team and gear of two adventurers who hope to reach the North Pole by dogsled later this year; then act as communications link with them and the outside world. With the already huge stategic concerns of the expedition compounded by the obvious problem of having 50 sled dogs aboard for the two-month voyage (talk about poop decks!), the team scrapped the first part of the plan and will fly down to Antarctica. UAP, which features retractable keels and rudder; all Harken sail hardware and North Sails; an icebreaker bow; and twin 365-hp engines, should arrive in late July. The wildest part of this whole thing, though, is how the principles, Frenchman Louis Etienne and Minnesotan Will Steger, met. Both trying for the North Pole in 1986 (Etienne alone on cross country skiis; Steger by dogsled), in an area the size of the continental U.S., the explorers simply ran into each other, sat down for tea and came up with this project.

SAUSALITO — The Sausalito Tallship Society will sponsore a Vintage Boat Show on Saturday, July 29, from 11 to 6 at the Bay Model Visitor Center. If you want to see some of the real classics of Bay sailing up close and personal, this is a don't-miss opportunity. To name just two, Wanderbird, Harold and Anna Sommers' wonderful old pilot schooner (oldest sailboat on the West Coast); and Maramel, Alan Olson's classic 54-ft Hand schooner.

Refreshments will be served and a chanty band will lend the proper air to the occasion. The $5 admission will go to benefit the Tallship Society's scholarship fund, which enables area young people to serve as cadets on the state tallship Californian. For more information, call Ed Griggs at 332-3871.

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ALAMEDA ESTUARY — There isn't much that surprises folks who live and play along the Estuary, but on June 25, they were doing double takes. That animal swimming around in circles was no seal, it was... a deer? No one knows where the animal came from, but the buck stopped out in midEstuary when the Humane Society dragged him onto a boat. None the worse for wear, he was transported later back into the hills and released.

We figure he was headed for the Oakland YC when he got hopelessly lost and disoriented. We do the same thing every time we go over there. Aren't they ever going to get those streets done?

SWEET SUMMER SAILING Horrible surge and terrible dock don't keep the crowds from Sam's.

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A Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30, smartly reefed for a big breeze.

A classic Columbia Challenger off Yellow Bluff.

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Soft summer nights are sweet, too.

'Victoria', headed for Mile Rock.

Tapping the source from a raft in Hospital Cove.

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SWEET SUMMER SAILING If a reef's not enough, you must furl.

'Great American' dragged on the rocks after her record run.

'Calliope' making music outside the Gate.

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TransRac is not just another yacht race: It is an experience that seems to leave a deep and lasting impression on all who take part in it" The late Jack Smock penned those words in his book TransPac 1906-1979, and we couldn't have put it more eloquently.

Simply stated, the TransPac is the quintessential ocean race, a biennial midsummer tribal gathering that dwarfs all other West Coast distance races in terms of intensity, importance and fun. Since it all began back in 1906, the 2,225 mile mostly downhill ride from Point Fermin to Diamond Head has been an irresistible magnet for the best boats and sailors — and this year's crop looks particularly stellar.

As you read this, a small but talented 48-boat fleet is already blast reaching towards the northeast trades, having started at one o'clock on the afternoon of June 30th. The glamour and excitement of the pre-race festivities, centered arotind mainland host Long Beach YC, is already just a pleasant memory as the crews struggle through the oftentimes cold, wet and uncomfortable first few days. But don't feel too sorry for the 500 or so sailors doing battle in this year's 35th edition of the TransPac — about the third day out, the chutes will be popped, the poles will be pulled back and the drag race to paradise will begin.

And what a race it promises to be! An unprecedented 18 ULDB 70-raters — up

from 11 in '87 — will be duking it out for line honors, as well as a shot at Merlin's 1977 record of 8 days, 11 hours, 1 minute and 45 seconds. Records, they say, are made to be broken, and with any cooperation from Mother Nature the 12-yearold benchmark is sure to fall. Eyen though Merlin posted that time while rating around 84 under the IOR rule (the upper limit has since been set at 70), advances in tech-

nology — not to mention the sheer number of sleds now — suggest that the oncesacred record's days are numbered.

While first-to-finish is the name of this x year's game, there are a number of well sailed mini-ULDBs and a smattering of more traditional IOR boats competing in the smaller classes, all hoping to correct out overall. Also, for the first time, there is an IMS division, which attracted nine "guinea pigs" in what should be a learning experience for both the racers and the TransPac YC race committee.

To win the prestigious race to Honolulu takes more than a good boat and a dedicated crew that will sail flat-out all the way. At this level, those are givens.

The TransPac is the ultimate nautical chess game — a true test of navigation," claims veteran ocean racer Steve Taft "You can pump the main on every wave and jibe on every 5 degree lift, but if the guys 200 miles south of you are sailing in ten more knots of breeze, you're going to lose every time."

Good downwind helmsmen are obviously important: like doing the limbo, the question is “How low can you go?" But navigation and tactics — the ability to pick the shortest and fastest path around the Pacific High — are the real keys to victory.

"Usually, the fleet splits into several groups,"

Montgomery Street, overall winner of the '85 TransPac, will break at least one record this year.

continues Taft "South, rhumbline and, occasionally, north. After these agonizing decisions have been made, the task is to win the drag race within your immediate peer group. After that, you have to hope you're good enough — or lucky enough —

to have picked the right group to sail with."

Northern California sailors have always been active participants in the TransPac, and this year is no exception. And historically we've done quite well, especially relative to the number of yachts we send.

The '80s have been particularly profitable years for NorCal boats: 1981 was a virtual Bay Area sweep, with Sweet Okole winning overall and Bravura and Zamazaan taking class honors. In 1983, Bravura won overall while Great Fun took class; two years later, in 1985, Montgomery Street low-teched her way to first overall, while Secret of NIMH won her class. Last time, in 1987, three of the four class winners came from Northern California: Allure, Blade Runner, and Jazz.

This year, twelve boats from the Bay Area and Santa Cruz area are entered, and most of them are highly competitive. But win or lose, the TransPac Race — over a week of high speed surfing followed by some legendary parties — continues to be one of the biggest thrills in sailing. Here's a brief rundown on the boats and folks lucky enough to be en route to Hawaii:

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******* CLASS A ******* BLONDIE / SC 70 PAT FARRAH / LONG BEACH YC A bucks-up program with the best crew around (Dennis Durgan, Ron Love, Mark Wilson, et al.) and a constantly updated boat The long blonde one may be six years old now, but she still always finds a way to bring home the silver. Only question mark is navigation: Dale Nordin is a technical wizard, but does he know the way to Aloha-land?

CHANCE / SC 70 BOB McNULTY / LOS ANGELES YC McNulty would like nothing better than to pound Farrah, and isn't shy about spending money towards that goal. The boat is literally dry-sailed; dockside talk has it that most of the crew is paid. Based on recent Cal Cup win and high mileage ocean page 103

DRUMBEAT / SC 70 DON AYRES / NEWPORT HARBOR YC The talented Ayres family — Daddy Don, twin sons Bruce and Don III, and son Doug — are the defending champions in Class A and have sailed in the last three TPacs. They've just “turboed" their 70, putting on a new keel, longer boom and new sails.

Drumbeat has been a click off the pace around the cans, but does well in the ocean. Non-family crew includes Bill Herrschaft.

CHEVAL / NM 68 HAL WARD / CALIFORNIA YC A relatively new boat that doesn't have much of a track record yet Has more furniture than most sleds; should be a comfortable horse to ride. A solid crew (navigator Joe Buck, Scott Vogel, Stan Gibbs, Mike Howard, Paolo Shaeffer, Bob Mosher, etc.) could get more out of this boat than we've seen yet CHEETAH / PETERSON 66 PENNINGTON & WALLERSTEIN / LBYC Bruce Wallerstein is co-chartering Cheetah with Dick Pennington, and they're planning on having a good time. Crew includes big Tom Walters, Steve Dodd, Larry Atkins and Robbie Snyders. Short waterline length will hurt them on this traditionally heavy air downwind race, but who knows — every cat has its day.

GRAND ILLUSION / SC 70 ed McDowell / kinc harbor yc After just adding an 18“ scoop, a new keel, a new SeaTek mast with tubular (totally) spreaders and new sails, Grand Illusion (ex-Hotel California) is definitely faster than before. G.l. hasn't stroked one out of the park yet; some say they're overdue. Rick Della will navigate; watch captains are Mark Shutts and Greg Palmer.

MARISHITEN / NM 68 KATSUHIKO TAKEDA / NIPPON ORC Little is known about this all-Japanese ice-blue sled, as she hasn't come out to play with the other sleds yet Owner Takeda has done the last three T-P&cs, but his latest boat may prove to be a tad off the pace.

MAVERICK / NM 68 LES CROUCH / SAN DIEGO YC The red aluminum sled hasn't lived up to expectations, but don't count her out if it's light Anyway, Les Crouch and his homegrown San Diego crew always have a good time — they'll probably be the only

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2) Blondie — always in the hunt

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1) Notorious — will blow 'em away.

2) Flash — can't hold it back.

Darkhorse — Wave Runner

IMS 1) Outta Bounds — Mitchell is key.

3) Delphis — experienced group.

: FIRST TO FINISH — Silver Bullet OVERALL WINNER — Silver Bullet

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MERLIN / LEE 66 STEWART KETT / SANTA CRUZ YC There's still magic in the old submarine, and to this day no one's faster in heavy air dead downwind running conditions. When the Cruz 70s are hitting 22s, she's doing 25s. Could get hurt in early reaching stuff, though. Has something like 6 feet of old age allowance now. Kett chartered his boat (Octavia) for a shot at the Barn Door Trophy. Solid Santa Cruz group led by Jack Halterman and navigator Don Snyder. A darkhorse for line honors.

MONGOOSE / SC 70 PAUL SIMONSON / ST. FRANCIS YC A boatload of the Bay Area's best Steve Taft, Jon Andron, Skip Stevely, Don Jesberg, Zan Drejes, Tom "DWB" Ducharme, and navigator Stan Honey. Cam Lewis will add a jet-setting flavor. Totally revamped boat, faster than before. Claims to be the lightest SC 70 around. This group knows how to finish first, but as "Bone" Taft put it, "We wish we were youngerl" Should be near the top of the hunt Rumored to be for sale after the Big Boat Series.

much lately. May be too short or too old to cut it against this fleet, but charterer Wildman (owner of the 12-Meter Heritage) and his all BMW “wild man" crew (Steve Grillon, Dave Culver, Dave McCalley, etc) will give it their best shot

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ROY DISNEY / CALIFORNIA YC If the tippy Magic Cat were ever to win a race, this should be it For this, his eighth trip across the pond, Disney has sacrificed all upwind speed — boat now has a tiny keel, all lead inside, huge downwind main, etc Good group includes Billy Peterson, navigator George Alexander, Stu Palmer, and Greg Hedrick. A wild card to win it all.

GEORGE FOLGNER / SAN DIEGO YC First to finish in '85, but that was then and this is now. Folgner and his San Diego buddies will need light air and/or a bit of luck to stay in the fray.

RAGTIME / SPENCER 62 MIKE FARRAH / LONG BEACH YC Like Merlin, the black needle will suffer initially, then pour it on in the downwind drag race to the finish. Needs wind to do well. Rag's problem is that she's just too short (T-Pac rules won't allow any more sail area, and she's stuck rating way below 70).

Young skipper Mike Farrah (Pat's son) will be getting advice from Mike Elias, Dick Daniels (Joss) and Mark Rossi.

ROCINANTE / HOLLAND 67 SINJI OGUCHI / NIPPON ORC The old Charley, without the sea monster and with an all-Japanese crew.

Boat was first-to-finish in '83, and achieved an additional modicum of fame for dropping her keel on return to mainland. Sorry Charley, but Rodnante may prove to be a slow horse in a field of thoroughbreds.

SILVER BULLET / SC 70 JOHN DELAURA / WAIKIKI YC Currently leading the '89 sled circuit (see Racing Sheet), the King's impressive Bullet (aka, “Coors Light") has to be a favorite to win. The one-two punch of Jeff

TAXIDANCER / RP 68 MITCH ROUSE / CALIFORNIA YC The big yellow Taxi is another odds-on favorite: no one realized how "downwind" her set-up is until she fell off her pedestal at Cal Cup. Currently running third on the circuit, she'll be pushed hard by Ed Lorence, Buzz Boetcher, Rex Banks, East Coaster Jim Marshall and others. They have the desire, as well as the boat, to beat the SC 70s.

******* CLASS B ******* ACEY DEUCY / SC 50 RICHARD LEUTE / BALLENA BAY YC Homespun crew consists of navigator Mike Taylor, Jim Fair, Mary Lovely, Chip Bern, Jim Quanci, John Dolan and Les Raos. Won class in Catalina last year and has practiced in the Danforth Series this spring, but not the fastest of the 50s.

ALLURE / SC 50 CHUCK JACOBSON / MPYC Clearly the boat to beat in this class.

Allure's been beautifully maintained and updated; her regular crew is well-lubricated, and the fun-loving Monterey men are always in the chase. Won this class by over four hours in '87. Crew includes navigator Jack McAleer, master of ceremonies Harvey Kilpatrick, Dick Clark, Tracy Usher, Kelly Robinson and Dave Sparkuhl. Chris Corlett is the guest rockstar.

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PANDEMONIUM / NM 66 DONAHUE WILDMAN / CALIFORNIA YC Pulled off a surprise second in '87, proving you can't count anyone out in the TransPac. Pando had flashes of brilliance under Bill Twist last year, but hasn't shown

Madigali and navigator Mark Rudiger is backed up by a solid NorCal group that includes Mark Simms, Robert Flowerman, and Carlos Badell. Has won the first two sled rides this year (Cabo, Ensenada) — no reason not to “bullet" this one.

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BLASTER SYNDICATE / LSF The former Tribute II now under new management, which makes it tough to win the Big One. The Blaster Syndicate is on the steep part of the learning curve, but they'll have a blast, win or lose. page 104

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CLIMAX / BARNETT 52 MIKE CAMPBELL / LONG BEACH YC A custom '84 New Zealand job that did well in the light air '85 contest Supposedly does well if it honks, too.

Owner Campbell has owned a number of decent, but not outstanding, used boats in the last few years. This one looks better than usual, although no one we know seems sure what to expect Crew ability is also an unknown: Craig Fletcher, Steve Anderson and Doug Cairns are among the notables.

DECEPTION i SC 50 DAVE MEGINNITY / CALIFORNIA YC The newest (1987) and most IORoriented SC 50. Sam Heck and Chris Sellars are watch captains, so the boat will be flogged hard. But can they beat Allurel Navigation will be the name of the game, and Vic Beelik is holding the keys to the nav station.

HANA HO / SC 50 ROLFE CROKER / SAN FRANCISCO YC Always a contender, this relatively stock 50 may be a touch less aggressive without the Madro/Rudiger connection. Joining Rolfe on his eighth crossing are watch captains Mark Dowdy and Ian Moody, navigator Don Radcliffe, and Duthie Lidgard, Jock MacLean, Jeff Wayne and Kirk Denebeim.

LEAR JET / NM 56 SAM PALLIN / KONA KAI YC A brand new Nelson/Marek ULDB cruiser built by DenCho Marine for an ophthalmologist from Arizona (he owns Lear Eye Clinics). Many interesting innovations in this “two bedroom, two bath" floating pleasure palace. But can this jet fly? Watch captains Pete Heck and Dave Voss will be the primary pilots.

M-1 / ROSS 45 DARRYL JOHNSON / HAWAII YC A radical fractional-rig, plumb-bow New Zealand deal that's been hosing 'em in Hawaii. Rates high for a short boat, but the stripped-out, tiller-driven grey dinghy can boogie in a blow. Conversely, if it's light, they'll be glued to the water. All of Hawaii is rooting for their hometown heroes to win the TransPac overall. They just might — or blow up trying. Should give Allure a run for the mai-tais if their crew's any page 105

Latitude's pick for '89 T-Pac honors: navigator Mark Rudiger, left, and skipper John Delaura of Silver Bullet.

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OCTAVIA /SC 50 DARREL LOUIS / SANTA CRUZ YC A charter group out of Santa Cruz with Tom Connerly navigating; Homer Lighthall and charterer Louis are watch captains. Not the fastest 50, but in the T-Pac more than other races, it's not over 'til the fat lady starts doing the hula.

RALPHIE / SC 50 DAVIS PILLSBURY / NHYC This is the Pillsbury clan's last big race on their SC 50 (hull #2, ex-Shandu, ex- ’ Upbeat) — they're moving up to a SC 70.

Father Pillsbury's spent some serious bills on his current buffalo, but has never gotten her into the front row seats. They'd like to wrap it up on a high note though, so the crew (including Bill Mais, Jeff Jones, Pat and Peter Pillsbury) may not be allowed to fish during this race.

STRiDER / NM 55 BILL BOYD / SBYRC Bill Boyd got off his Rocking Chair (his MORC boat) and chartered this mini-sled,„ which was surprisingly DFL in class in '87.

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WHISTLEWIND / FARR 57 WALTER JOHNSON / HHYC Charterer Johnson has put together a “pay-to-play" group that probably won't end up in the front row seats. Boat needs wind, but if it gets hairy, will the crew be up to it? Whistlewind earned a dubious spot in TransPac lore in '85 when, under different management, she inadvertently sailed to Hilo, on the Big Island, instead of Honolulu.

******* CLASS C ******* ARIEL / TRADEWINDS 40 hugh McIntyre / California yc McIntyre and his regular Santa Monica Bay crew have done a bunch of Mexican races with this older boat, but is the program too "PHRF" to hit the long ball?

Should be a safe and comfortable trip.

CHARISMA / S&S 54 STEVE POPOVICH / KING HARBOR YC A famous Admiral's Cupper from the wayback machine, the blue hulled battlewagon still has charisma but may be a bit too old and heavy to fly in this race.

Should be in great shape two days out, and then start fading back. Win or lose, it's great to see her out on the race course after all these years.

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due to the good ol' boys of TransPac YC frowning on the Kamisugi's lush sponsorship deal with the Mauna Lani resort Cone too are the "flashy" hull and sail graphics. This '84 Peterson design never really did much on the race track, but in this class it'll be hard for Art and Libbie and their- allHawaiian team to hold their steed back.

GERONTIUS / FARR 42 BILL ALEXANDER / WAIKIKI YC A 15-year-old squatty-rigged Farr design which had a major facelift earlier in the year. Would have to blow like hell, for these guys to do well; besides, Hawaiian boats have traditionally fared poorly in this race.

ILLUSION / CHOATE 44 DAVID FELL / SHORELINE YC Ed McDowell, who moved on to grander illusions, won a bunch of races with this aging warhorse. Owner Fell has had her for two years — this is his second trip across with Illusion — but has yet to light up the scoreboard. If crew work displayed at Long Beach Race Week is any indication, Illusion could be a scary movie in a breeze.

MEDICINE MAN / CHOATE 42 BOB LANE / LONG BEACH YC Bob Lane, a man of medicine, raced the boat in the '85 race (8th in class) and we haven't seen much of the boat since.

Four years later, we figure it would take some pretty heavy medicine for this aging IOR battlewagon to find the winning Lane to the Islands. The helm is rumored to be like working out on a Nautilus machine.

MONTGOMERY STREET / CAL 40 JIM DENNING / RICHMOND YC The 26-year-old Monkey St. will break at least one record — this will be her tenth T-P&c, the most ever for any boat May also break a record for the oldest crew: four of her six crewmembers are in their 60s. All are members of RYC. Crew is navigator Don Morrison, gourmet cook and foredeck hand John Dukat (the "youngster" at age 39), Sheldon Cook, Doug McVay and Dick Packard. Could score from the “slingshot position", especially if it's light at the end.

Remember, Denning — now 73 years old — stole the show in '85.

NOTORIOUS / OLSON 40 SCOTT PINE / SANTA CRUZ YC This will be the fourth TransPac for the

Notorious bunch. Second in class in '87; needs breeze to correct out on more IOR oriented boats. Santa Cruz crew includes Matt Lettunich, Bruce Vessey and Mark Bidelman from previous trips; they're joined'

by Phil “Coach" Vandenberg and Steve Shaw this time. Delivery crew did a brodie on the way down to LA, kinking the mast and blowing up a brand new spinny.

Assuming they don't do it again en route to Diamond Head, Notorious should blitz this relatively weak class.

WAVE RUNNER / LUFFE 48 LON PRICE / RICHMOND YC Easy first to finish pick in this class, but the slender Danish speedster isn't very lORish and may not correct out that well.

Still, if The Price is Right (Lon will navigate in this, his sixth, TransPac), the Runner could turn a few heads. Bay Area crew includes Tom Krase and Craig Collins as watch captains, Robert Huebner, Mike Dorwart, Steve Gilcrest, Martin Swank and Brad Latham.

******* IMS ******* DANDY / BALTIC 42 STEF CLARKE / TACOMA YC A '79 boat that hails from Anchorage, Alaska. Hope they got the oil off their waterline. No word on this boat DELPHIS / CAL 39 MIKE MICHEL / BALBOA YC Owner Michel has campaigned Delphis extensively since she was launched in 1980.

Experience and a deep crew should make them a player in this division.

JAMBOREE / S&S 60 RICHARD ELLIOT / NHYC The Elliot family's big 14-year-old cruising boat should be well-sailed by a boatload of Elliots and Joneses, including the remarkable Thaddeus Jones on his 22nd consecutive TransPac.

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UANDA / SWAN 57 ANTHONY GERBER / NO YC An eight-year-old Swan hailing from Southampton, England. A mysterious entry, even to the TransPac race committee.

MAGIC / BALTIC 42 CALLAHAN & KEENAN / ST. FRANCIS YC Two Joes (owner Callahan and skipper Keenan) will sail with Joe Callahan, Jr., Jessa TeWalt, Tim Keenan, Mike Powers, Greg Van Dalen and Tom Ahearn. Navigator and skipper Keenan sailed on Charley in '83, which may help their effort, but to win, this boat will have to live up to its name.

NOVIA / CAL 39 JOHN WEBB / RICHMOND YC A well-prepared, but not blazingly fast, Bay Area boat that has all the amenities, including an onboard microwave. Owner Webb used to own an Islander 30. Crew includes navigator Bob Woodford, Peter Bennett, John DeMeter, Bob Henry and Steve Woodall. Comfortable ride, but beating sistership Delphis could be a problem.

OUTTA BOUNDS / ANDREWS 50 CHUCK COOK / LOS ANGELES YC Mean looking new Alan Andrewsdesigned, Westerly-built custom IMS design for the former owner of MORC boats Details and Minor Details. Should have named this one Big Details.. Problems measuring in caused them to add thousands of pounds of ballast Crew supposedly includes foxy navigator and fashion plate Ben Mitchell, as well as designer Andrews.

Will win the class if foregoing is true.

SWANS ISLAND / FARR 40 GIB BLACK / WAIKIKI YC The 3,000-pound heavier cruising version of a Farr-designed Garrett 40 (the race version is .like the San Diego-based Freefall). New in '88, this is a masthead rigged boat from Honolulu. Seems like the right kind of boat to score high in the IMS class; variables are how good the crew and rating are.

WORLD HEADQUARTERS / CARDINAL 46 ROBERT BROWN / SAUSALITO YC This Taiwanese design is the first boat for Denver-based owner Brown, and the TPac is apparently only his second time on a race course. Dockside talk has it that the World HQ group is in way over their heads.

Definitely in for a learning experience.

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^\|| told, the editorial staff here at Latitude have explored a braggable' chunk of globe from the decks of sailboats. In all those miles, though, we've never seen two areas so close in proximity, yet so divergent in climate, landscape and personality than San Francisco Bay and its adjoining Delta.

Sailing the Bay, surrounded by the rugged natural beauty and a breathtaking skyline, is usually cold, rough and nothing short of spectacular. A few hours away on the Delta, however, the weather might be-hot, the water inviting and the atmosphere much more laid back. The paradox is one of the real treasures of Northern California boating.

We didn't get up to the Delta until June this year. Compared to our usual May trip, the place was abuzz with activity: water skiiers, fishermen and powerboaters were chugging, roaring or lounging around every turn it seemed. Oddly, despite a nice

people, or that the big waterways can't breeze white-capping the San Joaquin, only accommodate everybody, but wending a a handful of sailboats were out Unless you sailboat up some of the narrow passages in count sailboards. As usual, they were V the Meadows is hard enough without huge ripping around the Rio Vista area — one of cruisers, Delta destroyers (houseboats) or the most happening campuses for this sport metalflake dragsters as the opposing traffic. on the West Coast — like a distrubed nest As a result of one bottleneck, we got our of multicolored hornets. mandatory grounding in early this year.

But like we said, if the sailors were Grumble, grumble. scarce (perhaps recovering from the Stockton-South Tower Race the two days During the week, however, things thin previous), the power crowd was out in out a bit, except around the larger stops force. Which reminded us once again that where locals might take advantage of the weekends are not the greatest times to long hours of daylight to get in a little afterexperience the Delta, if only because there work fishing or skiing. Those of us looking is so much traffic. Not that we don't like for more seclusion can find it easily among Spread, the great steamboat race of 1935 the nearly 1,000 miles of waterways and was staged for the movie mSteamboat Round 50-some islands that checkerboard this the Bend." The Sacramento River played the 750,000-acre piece of real estate.

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Not much has changed since we visited the Delta last year. Not much ever changes in the Delta, at least not very quickly. The Corps of Engineers bolstering of levees along the San Joaquin, started last summer and now complete, is the only real biggie we noticed. But to tell the truth, even that looks like it's been there a hundred years already. When we posed the question "What's the biggest change you've seen in the last 10 years?" to Hal Schell, one of the Delta's best-known personages and author of several Delta books and guides, he responded "More people driving bigger boats." Of the place itself, he said little has changed.

Historically, the major change in the Delta occurred shortly around the turn of

Classic Delta: Fishin', sailin' and relaxin' in the shade. the century. It was in the late 1800s that somebody finally decided to do something about the fertile flood plain where the soil could grow any number of crops, but nobody could live there because the darn thing would flood over every year.

Serendipitously, with the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, thousands of Chinese laborers suddenly found themselves out of work. And thousands of them found jobs again building the 20-ft levees that to this day hold the sloughs and mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin* Rivers in check. The reclamation took nearly 60 years, being officially completed in 1930.

With navigable rivers, the Delta became a significant contributor to California's breadbasket Steamboats, the waterborne

wharves to the main processing or shipping ports. Though pleasure boats gradually displaced the workboats, the area is still a major producer of potatos, asparagus, pears, com, rice, sugar beets and other crops.

Though the steamers are all but gone, ocean-going vessels still ply the deepwater channel up to Stockton.

To name drop a bit, the Delta also boasts a crop of famous people who have called it home at one time or another.

Among them are Sam "Mark Twain" Clemens, Earl Stanley Gardner and Jack London. A recent addition to the list is Craig Breedlove, a partner in the soon-toopen Snug Harbor Marina. Some of you may recall that Breedlove held the land speed record of slightly over 600 mph for many years. (Guinness still lists his name for the longest skid marks — 6 miles — when

10 DELTA COMMANDMENTS matter how hard thou iryest. . ' .

attractive female headed for a boatload of Latitude 38's bachelors, goest for it kinder, gentler part of America than whence you harken. Don't worry, be

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trucks of another era, plied the river waters by the score, hauling supplies in and produce out from hundreds of small

his jet-engined car went out of control on the Bonneville salt flats.) We'll have more on this racer-tumed-marina-developer in a

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ut enough with the history lesson.

It's time to start planning for your own foray into California's very own land of the lotus-eaters, the Delta.

Knocking rather loudly on the door of 40 as we are, we're into "10s" this year. So, interspersed among the photos and this deathless prose you're now reading, we've put together several "top 10“ Delta lists — "10 Items not to Forget"; "10 Favorite or Famous Places to Eat"; and the "10 Delta Commandments." Per our usual style, these are more subjective than scientific, and the restaurant one especially is subject to change at our slightest whim. So for any of that information, let your fingers to .the walking.

For the remainder of this discussion, we'll try to acquaint first timers with what to expect when they sail their own boats up. If you've been there before, feel free to backseat drive as you read.

We think it was Robert Louis Stevenson who said "It doesn't matter where you go, the great affair is to travel," or

words to that effect Well, probably the greatest "drive" you'll have to any vacation spot is the sail up to the Delta, for the simple reason that it's all downwind. Just set the chute (or wing out the headsail) in the main Bay and head north, under the San Rafael Bridge, past the Brothers, through San Pablo Bay to the Carquinez Strait Depending on tide and your waterline length, on an average summer day you'll cross under the Carquinez Bridge in about four to five hours. If you had to draw an imaginary line between where the Delta starts and stops, the Carquinez Bridge would be it Alternately, you can trailer a smaller boat up. The Delta is trailer boaters' heaven and low-fee ($3-$5/day) ramps are all over the place. Trailering has the added advantage of saving time. For a decent vacation in the Delta, our recommendation for those sailing up is at least four to five days. Trailer boaters can lop two of those off by driving to a launch site in the mid or upper Delta.

Several large marinas around the Carquinez Strait refer to themselves loosely as the "gateways to the Delta." We have no

problem with that, and in fact suggest that a first-timer sailing up take advantage of the hospitality of one of them and stay for the night With all the last minute details and delays of getting underway from your Bay Area slip, you probably didn't get going until lunchtime anyway, which would put you in the Carquinez Straits in the late

WHERE TO EAT 1. Fosters Bighorn. A bar and grill in Rio Vista about a 10-minute walk from the marina, the big attraction at Foster's the more than 300 trophy heads adorr the walls. All belong to animals bagged big game hunter and original owner Foster, ostensibly to show people what these animals looked like in the TV-less ' and '40s. Our hunch is that he hunt To the humane among sound like the restaurant from your prejudice has any flex to it, we you'll be more fascinated than horrified. Oh yeah, the food is pretty good, too.

2. The Point Restaurant Right a entrance to the Rio Vista Marina, the boasts tasty fare and a commanding Mew of the River. The buffet champagne brunch on Sunday is one of our favorites.

3. Al's Place. Arguably the most famous bar/restaurant in the Delta, "Al the as it's commonly known, has strong ever since the days of when you could indulge in pleasure imaginable in Locke. Now, as then, |mm| * ice at Al's is steak. Thick only item on the menu JMMHI Pk The steaks come with cheese bread onto which the faithful spread marmalade and peanut butter. Oookayyyy...

has all trie dollar of the bar section. how they get there. ; is a new one on sheet from up some of the best Chinese food on the Delta. Prices are reasonable, especially during lunchtime, and the staff friendly. On really warm days, try to get the table nearest the wheezing air conditioner.

5. Giustis. Good Italian fare that rivals anything Mama used to make. Located on the Mokefumne, Giusti's also features a great view, a great big dock for visiting boats and satellite TV so you won't miss the Hummm Babies or those ragin'As. 6. Wimpy's. Ail American county cookin' at

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TRY A DELTA CRUISE the wind in the winding little sloughs can be unpredictable. If you want to try sailing, be our guest, but we'd recommend doing it with main or jib only, and make sure your engine is ready to start just in case.

Above, the Islander 36 Cygnus enjoys the warm Delta breeze. Right, below, Scorpio tucked in cozily for the vacation duration.

afternoon or early evening.

As you'll read in the “10 Commandments", don't even think about going anywhere in the Delta at night An overnight stay at the large marinas at

than Moore's. The converted potato boat sits on the Mokelumne near its junction out front (first come, first served) and a great view of the river while you eat 8. Ryde Hotel. If you, want a redly classy clothes and tie up at the Ryde Hotel, just

Benicia, Martinez, Pittsburg, Antioch or Martinez, or at small but friendly Glen Cove, is a good alternative. (Overnight dock fees here and all over the Delta are quite reasonable.) With even a late-morning start the next day, you can cover a lot of ground, er, water before the next night's stop.

From there, you can do one of two things: plan an itinerary for the remainder of your Delta cruise or just tape one of Hal Schell's indespensible maps (they're $2 and available everywhere up there) to the binnacle and wing it We tend to prefer the latter course of action, but have done it both ways and enjoyed the results equally.

One nice thing about winging it is you can act like a real cruiser and get ideas for new stops from more experienced "river rats" you meet along the way.

If you're a planner, realize that after

\A/hen happy hour comes around, or you just want to stop for a swim and lunch, you have two options for securing your boat — three if you count running it aground. You can either tie up at one of the many guest docks at marinas, restaurants and/or gas docks, or you can anchor. To anchor Delta style, motor slowly toward a spot on shore that has a substantial looking tree or snag. Slip your hook over the transom — the Delta mud offers good holding everywhere — and let the bow bump into the bottom. Then wade ashore, loop a bowline around your tree and bring the other end back to secure to the boat Leave your muddy shoes on the foredeck, then go back and winch the boat back into deeper water with the stern rode.

If you don't fancy the thought of wading ashore, you can always do that part with a dinghy. Either way, be sure to secure both ends of the line to the boat and don't put any knots at the land end. That way, when you get ready to leave, you can just slip the line and pull away.

Our three favorite things to do on the Delta (well, four if our wife comes) are explore, swim and go visitin'. Yeah, we like restaurant-hopping, dink sailing, catching up on our reading and just generally blobbing out on the boat pondering the great "Why?" of our existence, too. We even tried water skiing with some people we met once. We were bruised and sore for a week and never did stand up for more than five seconds. And we occasionally borrow a

the trip up, actually sailing the remainder of the Delta is an iffy proposition. True, there is often quite a bit of breeze blowing up the big waterways, especially in the afternoon. Even in such instances, though,

sailboard and make a fool of ourselves until exhausted — there's no better place in Northern California to leam that fast-paced sport But the first three things are our favorites. Hold a gun to our head and we'd

(It's also a nice place to stay if you want to get off the boat for a night) The dining room, the rooms and the whole place is done in pink and black and is right out of parties a few years ago, the Ryde Hotel,

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SUMMERTIME BLUES? have to pick visiting as tops. What can we say — we like bother... uh ... talking to people.

For those of you prone to wait for such encounters, unless we're in the anchorage, this is an active rather than passive pursuit If you don't row or swim over and say "Hi," chances are that everybody in the anchorage is going to stare at their neighbors all night waiting for the same thing you are. (The Delta tends to put you in a pretty passive frame of mind.) So take our advice and take the initiative. We haven't regretted it yet

If these encounters go as they often do, one thing will lead to another and pretty soon the icebox on one boat will 'be so depleted of drinks that the party moves back to your boat Dinner with new friends often follows, so here's big Delta hint number 346: don't cook it on the galley stove. If you think it was hot before, wait till you fire that baby up. Besides, everything tastes better on a rail-mounted barbeque anyway.

As long as we're on the subject of food, you'll be happy to know that provisions are available all over the Delta.

Any large marina has a grocery or deli nearby, as well as a marine supply, so you don't need to worry about bringing it all with you from your home slip. It may be a bit more pricey some places than you're used to paying, but lighten up — this is a vacation for gosh sakes. Just think of all the money you're saving by not driving the station wagon to Yellowstone.

For the really adventurous, you might try supplementing the larder with fresh fish.

Stipers, sturgeon, catfish and other denizens of the Delta are plentiful. At certain times of the year, you can even catch salmon. If you want to be a real urban Delta cowboy, try your luck at catching crawdads. A trap (about $25 or make your own) and a dog

right? Wrong. No cabs in the Delta. But if you want to give the locals — many of whom have never even been to Marin (or San Francisco) — a good laugh, you can ask for one.

As long as we're on the subject of getting from A to B, one other change Hal Schell noted and we'll confirm is an increasing number of "no wake" areas. Many of these are along landings where the measure is obviously directed at safety and courtesy. The more rural 5 mph zones have a more practical purpose — erosion control.

Old timers on the Delta, particularly around the Meadows area, will recall the good old days when a mast might scrape through the tall branches of trees. Many of those big trees are gone now, victims of bank erosion caused by boat wakes.

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or for the asking at any of the bait and tackle shops, also located in all the big stops. Note: you will need a current fishing license to take both fish and crawdads.

Also widely available is gasoline and diesel. As first timers will quickly notice, sailboaters are a definite minority up Delta way. Most big marinas are geared primarily toward powerboats. That means lots of covered slip inaccessible to sailboats if you decide to stay awhile. But it also means plenty of gas docks all along the main waterways.

Lest you virgins begin to get the impression that this Delta place sounds downright civilized, there are lots of things you definitely can't get up Delta way. Like

I lere, in no particular order, are a final few random thoughts, observations and information. * Fourth of July fireworks. The holiday fireworks — held this year the evening of the 3rd, incidentally — attract the largest gathering of boats on the Delta all year. Mandeville Tip is the favored destination/observation area. Estimates range from near 1,000 to more than 3,000 boats attending last year. Lots of raft-ups, lots of fun, and a "rilly good shew" in the balmy Delta sky.

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In the Delta, they spell relief s-w-i-m-m-i-n-g.

* The Boathouse at Locke. You may recall that this Delta landmark caught on fire last fall. We're happy to report that, though 30 trailer boats stored in the former

produce shed were lost, the structure itself was saved and is back in full operation, except for the damaged section, which included the little gift shop. * The Delta King. A story in itself, the sternwheeler Delta King has finally been

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and no one we know can outrow it, particularly in an inflatable. A favorite dinghy trip is from the anchorage at Potato Slough over to Moore's Steamboat for dinner. Just make sure you start back while it's still light Bring plenty of spare sheer pins for die motor.

6. Cockpit awning, a good one able to stand some buffeting. We picked up the worst sunburn of our lives on our first trip to the Delta; when the blisters popped we could have played Freddy Kruger in the next Friday the 13th sequel, if there is one thing the Delta Is short on, it's shade. If you don't bring your own, you will regret it 7. Lots of liquid. One thing you'll notice about the Delta is that you'll be ravenously thirsty most of the time. Don't skimp on your favorite beverage, but don't bring only beer or one kind of pop; bring lots of page 113

water, bubbly or plain. Nothing else quenches that dry feeling. We've seen people drink the Delta water — It is fresh water. In case you didn't know — but well stick to bottled, thanks anyway Aspirin isn't a bad idea, either, for the mornings after too much of the stronger liquids.

8. Wlndscoop. They're not that expensive, and can make life tolerable below decks on A those really hot evenings.

9. Ice. After your first few days in Delta land, you will kill for an iced drink.

Fortunately, ice is widely available on the Delta. We buy it by the block rather than cubes, ft lasts longer and is easy to "cube” up with an ice pick or rigging knife.

10. Air horn. You know, one of those canister-activated things. You use them a lot on the Delta to signal bridge tenders — three short blasts — that you want to pass.

\/\/hen the fun is done and it's time to head home, we'd like to say that's a great trip, too. The fact of the matter is, it's usually a miserable beat to weather all the way, compounded by the fact that it gets colder every mile you get closer to the Bay. (Another plus for you trailer sailors who can boogie home in relative comfort) If we really strained to end on a positive note, we could say that the trip home will make you appreciate the warm, benevolent Delta all the more.

Well, that's about all we have room for this issue. Besides, if we haven't fired you up to give the Delta a try by now, you probably really are planning to blow the vacation wad sailing the station wagon all the way to Yellowstone and back. Well, have fun and don't feed the bears. If you're

Why they call them “Delta destroyers.“

one of those still with us, and still toying with the idea of going to the Delta, quit being such a pansy. Just go, for gosh sakes.

We've yet to meet anybody who wasn't glad they did.

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IDIOT'S GUIDE Two things inspired this article. The first is a new outboard we want to last for a few years. The second was the hideous suicide of a friend's outboard. For reasons unknown — abuse is suspected — the friend's outboard did a half-gainer off its bracket, coming to an abrupt halt at the end of its safety tether. It had effectively drowned and hung itself at the same time.

The crew dragged it back aboard and lamely tried artificial resuscitation — which consisted of sticking the dripping thing back on the bracket and pulling on the starting cord. And pulling. And pulling. And pulling.

And pulling. Someone emptied a can of WD-40 in the general direction of the outboard and they pulled some more. They still had to be towed in.

Demonstrating more perseverance than intelligence, back at the dock the crew pulled some more. Someone suggested hosing it off with fresh water. They did that and pulled some more. Finally, when tendonitis had taken out everybody's forearms, they save up and took it to the .

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First we contacted Mike Gorman at the Outboard Motor Shop in Oakland, and then, for a second opinion, Pete, who runs PCM Marine in Santa Rosa.

We found out a lot more than just how to resurrect drowned outboards. Like about proper care. So before we get into life-saving, let's learn a little about preventive medicine. Keep in mind that everything on these two pages pertains to two-stroke outboards, the most common type used on small sailboats and dinghies.

Two-strokes need to have oil mixed with their gas. Four-strokes, which use "straight" gas, are a whole different animal, * Don't run an outboard out of gas when you're done using it. Wow, that one was news to us. We've been starving them to death for years. The reason has to do with the fuel/oil mixture. The oil in the WMMM1

IF THE SUCKER WONT START There are simple, logical steps to take if your engine won't start or stops running. The important thing is to have a little common sense and not flip

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out. Here, in order, is whet the experts suggest you look fort '' * 1, On newer outboards, make sure the little doohiekus that engages the a plastic coil line. You're supposed to loop the other end to your belt or

3. Double check that the gas line is correctly hooked up to the engine.

4. Pump the bulb until It gets hard. It won't get hard if the tank's empty.

5. Open the vent—the little knurled knob — on the gas tank filler cap.

6. Make sure the throttle setting is on "start*

patience isn't one of your virtues, push the choke in and start Jerking the puli cord. If flooding is the problem, the engine will momentarily catch and

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shop. No word yet on whether the patient will recover or not When we began telling this story to our friends, we were amazed at how many of them had been on boats where the outboard had gone for a swim. Most didn't know how to try and save the engine. A few had voodoo-like remedies to bring the iron back to life. We figured it was time to

mixture is to lubricate things, but when you starve the engine the mixture gets too lean.

A lean mixture wears out piston rings — whatever they are.

On the other hand, you don't want the gas left in the engine dribbling all over

the interior of your boat when you put the outboard away. So here's what you do: Run the outboard out of gas one more time — but time it from when you pull off the fuel line until the time it dies. The next time and forever after, pull the choke out 30 seconds before the engine would have died for lack of fuel. Pulling out the choke kills the outboard, but not before shooting a extra load of oil-laden gas into the cylinder head. * Don't ever let the bottom of the engine (that's where the propeller is) get higher than the top of the engine. Being water-cooled, there's always some residual water left in an engine's water system. If you tilt the "lower unit* high enough, the water can run into the cylinders. The only thing cylinders like less than saltwater is catalyzed epoxy.

Many sailors may unknowingly violate this taboo. How do you stow your outboard on your boat?

If it's athwartships (perpendicular to the centerline), the lower unit will be higher than the upper unit on one tack or the other. The proper way to store an outboard is fore and aft, on the centerline, with the prop down. Or stowed upright on a bracket * Do try to achieve the proper mixture of gas and oil. We have enough trouble getting the right portions of gin and tonic, so you can imagine what a bear it is for us to hit on something as precise as the 50:1 gas/oil mixture. See if you can't do better than we.

If you must err, go a little heavy on the oil. Newer engines with their hotter sparks shouldn't have too much problem with slightly sloppy mixtures.

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TO OUTBOARDS metal, dreaded corrosion begins, and you're in deep poop.

If you want to try to restart the motor yourself, here's the drill: First, flush the motor every way from Tuesday with fresh water. That means pull the cover off, pull the plugs out, pull the air cleaner off — the works! Then rinse thoroughly. When you're done, turn it upside down to drain the excess moisture out of the top end. (Yeah, we just said never do that, but that doesn't count with drowned motors.)

After the rinse-out, there's a difference of opinion among experts as to whether it's better to let everything dry out, or just slap it together and try starting it right away. So that part's up to you. Some advise spraying the outside and insides with WD-40 (and contact cleaner on the electrics) before reassembling. When you've done what you think is best, hook the patient up to the gas tank and start pulling.

May the spirit of internal combustion engines be with you. outboards may smoke more than normal and foul their plugs. * Do keep fresh fuel in your tanks.

Odd as it may seem, in just a couple of weeks the gasoline starts to break down the lubricating oil you mix in. So if your gas can has been sitting more than a month, you should empty it and start over. * Do carry spare sheer pins at all times.

Sheer pins are soft metal pins that fix the propeller to its shaft If the prop hits something, the pin breaks instead of the prop or motor. At least in theory. (Some of the newer designs have little clutches in the prop that let it slip if it strikes something.)

Smart folks attach spare sheer pins somewhere under the "hood" of the outboard. The rest of us are going to do that for sure tomorrow. Smart folks also don't try use tough stainless steel cotter pins as substitutes for real sheer pins.

* Don't neglect regular maintenance.

Dreadful as the thought is, outboards periodically need plugs and who knows what else changed. It's in the owner's manual. Some maintenance, like periodic freshwater flushouts/washdowns, is as easy as running the engine in a barrel of fresh water and washing it off with a hose. Read your manual.

On the flip side, outboards are like all other machines — they run best if they are run often.

I n the market for a new outboard? In the '80s outboards aren't just outboards any more. Now there are models designed specifically for sailboat application. Johnpage 117

The operation was a failure; this outboard died on the operating table.

son/Evinrude for example (okay, Mike, here's your plug) builds engines with long and extra-long shafts, a special prop more effective at the lower (hull) speeds of sailboats, vertical (rather than horizontal) pull cords, throttle tension adjusters, built-in alternators and rerouted exhausts that don't interfere with engine cooling when in reverse. Newer engines also feature an 8step plating/painting process that stands up better to the saltwater environment The company also features the largest parts network of any outboard manufacturer in the world, an important consideration for cruisers.

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like Gorman cautions that for any hope of success, do what you decide to do — take it to a shop or rinse it yourself — within a day of submerging. Any longer and. the rod and crank bearings will probably need replacement Pete adds that electric starters will almost certainly have to be replaced, if not immediately, then not far down the line.

What are your chances? Not good.

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_nd now for the grand finale; the moment of truth; the final Jeopardy Question in the category “Fear and Loathing in Outboard-land": Will a drowned outboard live to run again?

It depends — on who you ask, what you do, when you do it, and in what order it's done. It's sort of like making it through the maze to get to the Holy Grail in the latest Indiana Jones movie. One move out of sequence and you're dog meat First off, understand that the smartest thing to do is the one both Mike and Pete recommend — take the motor to an outboard shop right away. If you can't take it right away, leave the motor underwater.

Three hours after saltwater and air meet on

“About 95 percent of people (trying to run an engine that's been underwater} will never get it started," says Gorman. Those who do usually run into big-time engine problems in a matter of months.

Which is a roundabout way of saying don't let it happen in the first place.

Happy putting. . .

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YOUNG GUNS: THE They're young, they're fast and they're hungry. They're the hot junior sailors of the San Francisco Bay Area.

They're kids with not only a future, but with some pretty impressive pasts. Some are already veterans of the dinghy and big boat

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circuits; others are still a little wet behind the ears and under their wetsuits. But all have that most valuable resource — youth — working in their favor.

They also have a great classroom in which to learn their sport While other geographic areas in the U.S., such as Southern California and Long Island Sound, may have stronger regional programs for kids, few can match the sailing resources on San Francisco and Monterey Bays. Mother

bears this out From Myron Spaulding to Tom Blackaller to John Kostecki, the youngsters who have matured into some of the finest sailors anywhere cut their sailing teeth in the howling westerlies that funnel through the Golden Cate. However, it wasn't until Kostecki, the 1988 Olympic Silver Medalist, won the U.S. Junior Sailing Championship — the Sears Cup — in 1981 that Bay Area junior sailing received national renown. It was the first time since competition for the Sears Cup began in 1921 that a Bay Area sailing team had taken that prize.

Which is not to say that the youth movement hadn't been alive and well here before that The 1940s saw such youngsters as Don Trask, Bob Klein and Tom Blackaller bumping about in El Toros and other small boats. "That was back in the days when we could swim in Lake Merritt," recalls Trask.

At the time, the Oakland water park served as a hub for junior sailing activity.

Trask, in turn, played a critical role in his children's sailing development As builder and dealer for the 14-ft Laser dinghy, he became the Pied Piper for kids who wanted a fast boat with intense competition. Yachting headlines around the world now print the names of the teenagers who took part in the programs in the early and mid-1970s: John Bertrand, Craig Healy, Paul Cayard, Bill and Dennis George, Ken Keefe, Russ Sylvestri. Bertrand, who won Olymgic silver in 1984 and now helms one of the red hot IOR 50-footers, rose to the top of the heap. In 1976, the 19-year-old won the Laser World Championships a d With Hogan Beatie on the wire, Morgan Larson rips a Laser II across Monterey Bay.

graduated into adulthood and Trask moved on to selling bigger boats, another group of young sailors stepped in to fill the void.

Their ranks included Kostecki, Cordon Clute, Bruce Edwards and Pat Andreasen.

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A look back across several generations

repeated the victory a year later in a tour de force performance.

When Bertrand and his cohorts

Time, like an ocean breaker at Fort Point, washed those sailors into drinking age, leaving the junior arena open for yet another wave. The present group includes a very talented selection who have already proven themselves on the water. Here's a page 118

ROCKSTARS OF TOMORROW

Exuding a professionalism beyond their years are (clockwise from top left) Forrest Fennell, Morgan Larson, Brady Sih, Perry Clark, Dave Albright, Brandon Paine and Matt McQueen.

look at some of them, including four who represent today's state of the art in youth sailing.

Morgan Larson Eighteen-year-old Morgan Larson hails from Santa Cruz. In 1988, he became the second Northern Californian to win the prestigious Sears Cup, sailing J/22s with his

crew of Haley King and Brandon Paine". â&#x20AC;&#x17E; Blond and quietly self-assured, Morgan has blossomed into one of the country's leading young sailors. He learned at his father Bobbo Larson's knee, racing Moore 24s, Olson 30s and Santa Cruz 50s, as well as in programs at UC Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz YC. Two years ago, his family took an extended leave of absence in France. DurÂŹ ing that time, Bobbo and Morgan took part in the Tour de France de Voile, a 40-race ocean series that took them around the French coast

More recently, Morgan headed a group of Bay Area sailors attending the U.S. Youth Championships in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at the end of June. Next fall, he'll matriculate at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where he hopes to reach All American sailing status. An Olympic bid is possible in 1992, but he'll also keep his hand in professional sailing. In June, he finished 7th in the Ultimate Yacht Race One Design 14 division in Corpus Christi, Texas, against a field of Olympic medalists and world champions. "That's really funl* he

YOUNG GUNS: THE says of the dash for cash.

Brady and Bryant Sih Novato's Brady Sih, also 18, currently forms half of the best 470 dinghy racing team in the country. He and his older

something," recalls Bryant Two years later, they won the doublehanded Youth U.S. sailing title and in 1987 competed in the

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brother Bryant, 21, won the 470 Midwinters earlier this year and took third at the spring Alamitos Bay YC regatta to earn the #1 ranking in the U.S. for 1989. With the position comes funding in the amount of $5,000, which they will use for their spring trip to Japan in August for the 470 Worlds.

For someone just graduating from high school, the upbeat youngster has incredible international experience. Through a series of circumstances, Bryant and Brady represented Taiwan in the 1984 Youth World Championships in San Diego. They

world 470 Championships. They went all out for the Olympic Trials and ended up 10th, an experience that Brady recalls as "both sweet and sad. We did respectably, but not quite what we wanted to do."

While Bryant, a senior at UC Irvine, is going for medical school, Brady will enter Stanford in the fall. His goals include winning the Youths again in June, becoming an All American at Stanford and staying ranked in the top three in 470s for the next three years. Then he and Bryant will take another shot at the Olympics.

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Indian Harbor YC in Creenwich, Connecticut Juniors aged 13 to 17 must advance through the dub, quarter-finals and semi-final regattas to reach the finals.

Boardsailors will compete for the Massachusetts Bay trophy on August 5-9 In

grabs is the F. Gardner Cox Sportsmanship Award for the sailor or team who best demonstrate that quality.

Saiffo indudes a team jacket and certificate, as well as publicity for their achievements. For RO. Box 209, Newport, Rl 02840. Their phone number is (401) 849-5200,

Ted Huang Los Altos' Ted Huang hadn't had much "sit downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experience in a sailboat until he

started learning at Stanford last fall. His expertise on a race course, though, is beyond question. Last year, he finished n. fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the sailboard division and he took the Division III National Sailboard title in 1986 as well as the Youth Nationals the same year. He's been at or near the top of every fleet he's sailed in, starting back on the Foster City Lagoon in 1983.

Blake Middleton, Ted's coach at Stanford, says the youngster is "an immense talent It took a while for us to get him out of the habit of gabbing the boom, though."

Ted says he's still not sure about the little tiller thing in the back of the boat, but he was very happy to report he steered to a win in a collegiate race during the spring.

This summer he'll be a junior coach at the Olympic Sports Festival in Oklahoma, and

ROCKSTARS OF TOMORROW Seattle.

Starting at the San Francisco YC's junior program in 1986, Forrest Fennell of will compete in the Gorge Pro-Am slalom sailboard races before heading back to school. He also wants everyone to know that boardsaiiing is the most popular class on the Stanford campus, training more than 500 students a quarter. Do you think it's more fun that economics?

Other up-and-coming juniors include: Tall and personable, 17-year-old Brandon Paine of Moraga has been racing El Toros since he was 6. He helped Jason Fain place second in the Sears Cup in 1987, and then crewed for Morgan Larson a year later. "Winning the Sears Cup was a

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dream come true," he says. A high school senior, Brandon wants to attend Stanford and be part of an Olympic effort in 1992, although he doesn't really think he'll ha^; a shot at it until 1996. Professionally, samng appeals to him, too, especially the money.

"Maybe it will pay my way through law school I" he says.

Jason Fain, 19, of Danville, started at the John Beery Sailing School in Berkeley at the age of 5, transferring to Richmond YC a year later. He's won the El Toro Nationals twice ('82 and '83) and says he still likes the 8-ft pram the best He placed second in the Sears Cup in 1987 and won the Governor's Cup, an international junior match racing series held at the Balboa YC, in 1988. He likes the idea of going on to the Olympics, but has his more immediate sights set on the 1990 Goodwill Games in

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Tiburon moved over to Richmond YC in 1987 and has been travelling to national regattas ever since. The 17-year-old has crewed for Jason Fain at the Sears Cup and raced with Matt McQueen in the Bemis doublehanded championship. He also races actively with his Redwood High School team, and hopes to go to the high school nationals next year in Annapolis. This year he wants to do well at the Youths and win the Junior Singlehanded Nationals in August Eighteen-year-old Haley King grew up sailing at the Fort Worth Boat Club in Texas before moving to Santa Cruz three years ago. She's campaigned Laser Ms actively, and placed second in the 1987 Cal State , Championships.

She's also placed respectably in the USYRU Youth ChamÂŹ pionships, as well as the Laser Radial Nationals, and she crewed for Morgan Larson when he won the Sears last year.

She'll be a freshman at Stanford in the fall after spending the summer as head instructor at the Santa Cruz YC. According to her mom, Haley has her sights set on the 1992 Olympics in the women's singlehanded division.

Another graduate of the Santa Cruz sailing program, 16-year-old Jesse Goff has been part of the Dave Wahle-inspired * junior sailing team at Santa Cruz YC. After the Youth Championships in June, he and Brian Myers will train for the Bemis Trophy, which will be held in One Design 14s in late August His big goal is to win the U.S. Youth Championships and sail in the Youth Worlds.

Palo Alto's Perry Clark learned to sail with his grandfather in Southern California.

Now the 17-year-old races for the St Francis YC junior team. He'll take a break after the Youth Championships to help his

YOUNG GUNS high school debate team compete in the national championships, and then go on to Spain. After that, it's back to sailing Lasers

in the Pacific Coast Championships and the Nationals. Long term, he too is aiming for the Olympics. “They're the reason , J'm sailing/ he admits.

COURTESY PAT ANDREASEN

Pat Andreasen keeps a fatherly eye on a group of juniors from the chase boat.

USYRU championships, including a stint on the wire for Brady Sih at the Youths. He prefers doublehanded sailing and enjoys the sport for its own merit "I haven't really thought about the Olympics," he observes candidly.

At 14, Matt McQueen is already a nine-year veteran of El Toros. Starting out off the back of his dad's boat in San Rafael, he put his experience to work last year to win the junior division of the El Toro North Americans. He's moved up to Lasers, too, and has his sights set on the 1996 Olympics. Asked if he'd like to be a professional sailor, he said “Yeah! That would be great!” Among his sailing heros are John Kostecki, whom he admires for his

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Another 14-year-old, Regina Carevich of Novato, admits she kicked and screamed in protest when her parents enrolled her in the Oceanic Society's summer sailing program three years ago. After a few days, though, her attitude changed dramatically.

Now she's considered one of the up-andcoming sailors on the Bay. At 5'9", she's big for her age and fearless, two qualities that come in handy in a brisk westerly. She's a member pf the St Francis junior racing team, campaigning Lasers, Laser lls and FJs. Her long-term goal is to compete in the latter class in the Olympics.

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thinking about this for about a year —* and finally everyone said we really need it now/ For more about NCYSA, call Pat at (415) 347-0259, or Mike at (415) 5644662.

Dave Albright has been sailing since he was 8. Now 19 and another Richmond YC junior, Dave crews regularly in the

ability, and Russ Silvestri, who he thinks “is a pretty cool guy. He really wants to help kids/

In talking to these junior sailors and their instructors, it's evident there are many more young sailors deserving of recognition than we have room for this time around.

Worthy of at least mention are Brian Myers of Santa Cruz, Vaughan Setters of Richmond, Ed Bass of Richmond, Treavor Gledhill of San Jose, Dave Shelton of Santa Cruz, Al Sargent of Stanford and John Samit of Encinal.

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EL TORO I t's been 50 years now since the El Toro first emerged from the "bull sessions" at the Richmond Yacht Club. Most of the seven men who developed the boat are gone now, but the boat and the class are both healthy and beloved by many. Adopted from a design published in the old Rudder magazine (an East Coaster by the name of McGregor is credited with the design, though no one recalls his first name), the hard chine, blunt-nose pram was intended to utilize the then newly developed marine plywood. The Sabot, a Southern California boat which evolved into two models, Windward and Naples, was more faithful to the original McGregor design, with a loose-footed sail and a leeboard instead of the Toro's centerboard.

The El Toro's founding fathers were young fellows then. Among them were Bud Coxhead, who owned the boatyard next to the Richmond YC, Bill Warren, Harold Belas, Hal Cunningham — all gone now — and Hal Decker, who lives at Clear Lake. Following the now legendary bull sessions at the club, the first boats were built in the shop of the Berkeley High School. The year was 1939, in the tail end of the Depression, and money was still dear. There weren't many small boats that were simple to build as well as inexpensive, so the El Toro filled an obvious need. The little pram proved to be just the thing for recreational sailing, and fitted with oars made a dandy tender for the up-river cruisers from Richmond.

Sailing merrily along through the years, the tiny El Toro has taught thousands to sail. Virtually all the yacht clubs on the Bay use the Toro as the entry level vessel for junior sailing programs, as do most of the city recreation agencies. Hilly Stong, director of junior sailing at San Francisco YC since 1966, says the El Toro represents a mixed blessing: "The youngsters who learn in El Toros really get a good base and go on to become the best sailors. The rig is more sophisticated than a Sabot or the pipe masts of a Laser, but the downside is that we experience a lot of mast and gooseneck

breakdowns." The subtle trimming necessary to make the Toro go fast continues to challenge bright young sailors, many of whom go on to become world class competitors.

Take, for instance, Soling Olympic silver medalist and Rolex Yachtsman of the Year John Kostecki. In interviews following his outstanding accomplishments, John credits the El Toro and the Richmond YC junior sailing program with giving him a head start.

Or the multi-talented Paul Cayard, who began sailing in El Toros on Lake Merced and has gone on to win world championships in everything from Stars to maxis. Or John Bertrand, who in 1968 as a 12-year-old was awarded the “most improved junior skipper" at the annual El Toro class meeting. John cut his teeth skippering Toros in page 124

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the tricky winds off Foster City, and has gone on to win an Olympic silver medal in Finns, and numerous match racing and big boat championships. Almost all the really fine local sailors began or refined their racing know-how in the diminutive El Toro — to name them all would take pages!

One reason the Toro is an effective vehicle for honing sailing skills is pride. There you are, sitting in an open boat for all the world to see. You can only tweak so much, so you just have to sail well. And in the varied world of the El Toro, such as Northern California's Small Boat Racing Association, that often pits lightweight youngsters against the wiliest of oldtimers.

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Jim Warfield, still remembers his first SBRA race. He and his dad had built the boat as a father-and-son project, and both were to sail it Soon Jim became proficient at the old Encinal YC, on the bay side of Alameda back then, and on Lake Merritt, so his father eased ashore to officiate while Jim got to do the sailing. In Jim's first race, Vern Warfield gave some sage advice to his 11 -year-old towhead son: "Watch that older gentleman in the black boat, and do what he does."

The older gentleman turned out to be the ageless Peter Newell — Mr. El Toro, if there ever was one. Pete and his marvelous wife Margaret — "Maggie" to us all — were Godfather and Fairy Godmother to most of the youngsters who came out of Lake Merritt,

which in the years after World War II was the hotbed of smal| boat talent in this area. Almost every year since the late '40s, Pete or Margaret were class officers, doing the newsletters, helping rig a new boat and encouraging young people in many ways.

The now extinct Palo Alto YC was another early training ground.

"That was when I really learned, the summer I was a teen instructor," said Chris Boome. "I'd ride my bicycle down to the boathouse add teach all day. After telling the kids how to sail an 'El Toro all summer, it finally started to dawn on me what to do." Chrjs learned his graduate work well, for in 1963 he and fellow Palo Altoans Dave Vickland, John Shaw and Steve Easterbrook were the first juniors from the Bay Area to qualify for the Sears Cup finals, held that year in Kemah, Texas.

Travelling here and there with the easy-to-transport 80-pound El

Toro on top of the family car (or on multiple-hull trailers) has been another reason the El Toro is so popular. There have always been great places to take a Toro: For example, Monterey Bay provides an interesting "Piasano" two-legged "his-and-her" race for those over 21, with part of the course being the downing of a glass of wine before you exchange with your partner. Then there was the nowdefunct but fondly remembered "Flight of the Bulls" at Foster City, which one year saw almost 200 boats "in flight" Clear Lake regattas continue to be very popular, as is San Jose Sailing Club's "Mile High Regatta" at Pinecrest, where many families camp out and go hiking together.

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and Kings Canyon), Hawaii and Howard Prairie, near Ashland, Oregon. The latter — located half-way between Bay Area sailors and their counterparts in the Northwest — is a favorite setting, with good winds, camping and the Shakespeare Festival nearby.

Lake Merced succumbed to insurance obstacles, but in the '60s the Nationals, and their fun "Rodeo", were held there. Lake Merritt happily hosts El Toro events all year, and Richmond holds an October celebration at their annual "Stampede", with races by weight for visiting big boat sailors and onlookers. There is a special "green bottle race" wherein someone dreams up an unusual format, such as a slalom course or a LeMans start. The big prize at the end of the day? El saco de manurol The Bullship Race — probably the best known local Toro event — began back in April of 1953 with an early morning crossing page 127

between Sausalito and the Cityfront. To ward off the chill, Irish Coffee, a new drink in those days, was offered afterward. Tempest Storm, a then-daring exotic dancer, gave out the trophies. Barnaby Conrad, who wrote swashbuckling bullfighting books, was the first sponsor, and the quasi-Mexican names the Race Committee disguised itself with became part of the fun. The racing was and still can be fairly hairy, so each contestant must provide a "cowship" to follow them across.

Obviously, it's pretty hard to be a snobbish yachtie in such "bullish" surroundings. For example, perennial winner George Martin is the president of a successful West Coast company, and certainly could afford to campaign a grand prix racer. Instead, he's happy to tool around the course in his El Toro — in fact, he hasn't missed a Bullship Race in all its 36 years!

Another hairy race, now defunct, was billed as "The Longest El Toro Race in the World." It was the so-called Pitch and Roll, going from Palo Alto to Alviso. If you can picture an ebb on the shallow South Bay combined with a healthy breeze, you know what they mean by "pitch and roll". The serious racing was followed by a goodtime spaghetti feed — the El Toro story in a nutshell.

Through the years, the class has evolved a bit under the watchful eyes of the measurement people. Homebuilt at first out of plywood, personal jigs were borrowed from the maker of the most recent model to achieve success. Eventually, fiberglass hulls came into being, and until the recent Tri-County "clean air* standards were enacted in the Santa Cruz/Monterey area, Gary Caballero was the acknowledged leader of the fast fiberglass hulls. Unfortunately, the new, stiffer environmental laws forced him to shut down production.

This boosts the resale value of used Caballeros a bit, but one can still be purchased for anywhere between $500 and $800.

Meanwhile, up in Washington state, another center of Toro racing, a name long associated with good El Toro construction — Smith — is still building competitive models. New ones sell for about $1,500.

And like most of the newer Toros, the Smiths are self-righting, something sure to gladden a mother's heart Just as in Norman Rockwell's idyllic world, many a kid sailed an El Toro through adolescence, having a good time, making friends with people of all ages and generally sailing to a code slightly higher than those of the USYRU (or NAYRU, as it was known in those days). Today, many of them are putting back in what they got out of their young lives. For example, Dave Vickland is building quite a junior program at Encinal YC. Nancy (Robinson) Farnum did the same thing at Fremont's Lake Elizabeth. Others have served as race committee chairmen, club commodores and as coaches for their junior programs. Richmond YC's outstanding junior program in particular has inherited many of these young parents, and it's hard to tell who's having the most fun, the oldsters or the kids.

Appropriately, Richmond YC, the birthplace of the El Toro and home of Fleet #1, will host the 1989 Nationals from August 5-11.

Regatta chairman Aad Rommelse promises that the Golden Anniversary regatta will feature a good time for all. The committee also will throw in a dash of nostalgia for those who grew up in Toros in the form of an Old Timers Race and an exhibit of pictures and memorabilia collected over the last five decades.

The fun will be genuine and the racing serious: that's the harmonious, double-edged agreement the El Toro shovel has "dug" during all its 50 years. Happy birthday, El Toro, and many happy returnsl — doris klein For more on the El Toro class, write the El Toro Class Association, Box 5050, South San Francisco, CA 94080, or call (415) 873-8820.

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"TI he Stockton-South Tower Race is the best race around, more challenging than the TransPac or any Mexican races I've ever been on," claims high mileage ocean racer Scott Owens. "I love it!* enthuses Kame Richards, who joined the host Stockton Sailing Club in the early '80s specifically so he could enter the 142-mile race (it was a club-members-only affair until 1983). "I love it and I hate it — and I wouldn't miss it!" says Tom Mason, owner of the Olson 29 Mis Conduct and this year's regatta chairman. Mason's not kidding when he says that — he's the only person to have sailed in all 17 of the grueling annual marathons.

We'd heard about Mason's obsession with the race before we met him and, frankly, had him figured him for some crusty oldster who'd spent a bit too much time in the Delta sun. Now, having met him — Mason's a relatively young guy, quite normal — and having done our first South Tower Race, we can see where he's coming from. We're hooked, too.

The fun, and the challenge, of this race are its extremes: upwind and downwind; day and night; too much wind and then not enough; flood and ebb; Delta and Bay; hot and cold; foul weather gear and shorts; coffee and beer; agony and ecstacy; yin

and yang. You change gears more times than a trucker in the Sierras, and you can never give up — you may round a bend in the river and find the erstwhile leader of N your pack parked firmly on a sandbar. Or perhaps your whole class will be waiting for you, stalled out against the current at one of the five bridges you pass under. In past years, boats have routinely dismasted; one year, in 1983, a Gulfstar 41 even sank in Suisun Bay during a 60 knot blow.

When it's over —* usually after about 30 sleepless hours — you really feel like you've accomplished something. You also feel like death warmed over: your body resembles a bruised peach, your hands are like raw hamburger and your brain's pounding like you've been on a two day Wild Turkey bender. All of which, says race historian Gary Krietsch, explains another thing: "We start the race on Friday, so that everyone has all day Sunday to recover."

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But sailors must either be a masochistic bunch or have short memories, because the race has grown steadily since the first

contest back in 1972, when Bob "Big Daddy" Klein bested the seven boat inaugural fleet The enduro, supposedly conceived as a bar bet between two men, | turned out to be just the solution to a problem the "ditch sailors" had been

wrestling with: how to have a truly overnight race when you're marooned 45 miles up the Delta. Despite other club members, who decried the race as â&#x20AC;&#x153;too far, too dangerous, too macho, too....", the race has flourished.

This year, thanks in part to some hefty sponsorship from Durafiame â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a Stocktonbased company whose president is a sailboat racer and a staff commodore of the host club â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the former cult race appears to boats hit the starting line on June 16th.

Spread: Mis Conduct at the start.

SOUTH TOWER RACE: Seven divisions of boats ranging in size from a Santa Cruz 50 down to an Islander Bahama began tacking away from the Stockton Sailing Club at five minute intervals beginning at 11 o'clock on Friday morning. A healthy flood and light air made for slow going as the fleet "pinballed" back and forth between the narrow banks of the San Joaquin. To minimize tacks and to dodge the current, everyone cut as close to the edge of the river as they dared, usually about a boatlength. The boat we raced on, Steve Roberts' Olson 25 George, got stuck in the mud twice for several minutes and bumped two other times — about par for the course.

Bartz Schneider's Expeditious wasn't so lucky. About five miles into the race, they went up on the mud in a major Way, losing, they claim, almost an hour to their class. Five of the six crewmembers had to get in the water before they could unglue their Express 34 from the Delta goo. "We figured we were out of the race. We were pretty discouraged," allowed Bartz. "Duncan (Kelso) wanted to take the boat to Tinsley Island, and offered to buy the first round of drinks. Stevie (Baumhoff) and Dave (Gruver) said they'd get the second and third rounds — but for some reason, we pressed on."

Their tenacity paid off: Expeditious finished

their way to first to finish by a healthy three hour margin, was Samurai, a Santa Cruz 50 under charter to Stockton small boat sailors Bob Dosher and Dana Smith. The duo had chartered the lightweight flyer Third Reef last year and finished first, inspiring them this year to take a shot at the course record of 22 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds, set by

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Samurai, a SC SO, beat the odds. She never did park it in the mud and went on to finish first Don Trask on the J/35 Still Smokin' in 1986. They chartered the 50 — the biggest allowable boat under the rules of the race

The winning Pearl crew (left to right): skipper Bill Riley, Chuck Mellor, Pete Caras, John Reese and Greg Palmer. (the upper limit is 50 feet or a PHRF rating of 0) — for another reason, too: "We wanted to have a nice, hot lasagna dinner this yearl" laughed Dosher.

Using their #3 jib and tacking every 150 feet or so, the 14-man crew of Samurai miraculously piloted their way out of the Delta without once touching the bottom, much to the chagrin of the armchair sailors who were betting on when the big Cruz 50 would come grinding to a more-than-likely permanent halt (the proceeds of the wagering, about $80, went to the club's junior sailing program).

However, despite being the biggest and most powerful craft ever entered in the race, Samurai failed to break the record.

"The tides were against us both ways, and the wind dropped out at night," said a disappointed Dana Smith. "Maybe next yearl* The group did break at least one record: they were the first boat in the history of the race to ever need the 66-foot high railroad bridge at Benicia raised for them. "We think we would have barely cleared it, but wanted to be sure," explained Dosher.

The overall winner of the race was a Class C boat, Bill Riley's well-sailed Olson 25 Pearl. It was Riley's fourth South Tower Race, and his second overall win (see box of previous winners). "Compared to other times, this one was ideal," he recalls. "The beat up San Pablo Bay under a full moon was a real treat" In addition to the obligatory nod to his crew and boat (The Olson 25's a great allaround performer that's just the right size for this race."), Riley attributed his victory to page 130

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having George, one of three sisterships entered, push him hard throughout the race. They kept us on our toes for 30 hours. The two of us pushing each other probably was good for half an hour over the course,* said Bill.

We had a railside view of the battle and, take it from us, the two boats could have thrown a tennis ball back and forth most of the race — they were that close.

The lead changed half a dozen times depending on who was aground, who had weeds on their keel, who knew a shortcut outside the channel or whatever.

George did escape briefly from Pearl by getting out of Carquinez Strait on the Vallejo side, and actually beat Riley to the Crissy Field buoy by 12 minutes. But coming back through Racoon Strait at dawn, George fell into a hole and Riley snuck past Pearl then poured it on to the finish line, beating George by almost ten minutes.

Collectively the pair of Olsons 25s, both of which sail for the Sausalito YC, pounded

the fleet: on corrected time, the third place boat, Gary McNair's Cal 2-27 Ragtime was 50 minutes behind Pearl; everyone else was an hour or more back.

The last boat in, Jeff Breen's unnamed Islander Bahama 24, crossed the line at 5 a.m. Sunday morning, three hours before the mandatory cut-off time. Bloom County, which in 1987 "quadruple bulleted" the race (trophies for first to the Crissy Field turning mark, first to finish, first in class and first overall), was one of four DNFs. Her eightman crew, which included race aficionados Kame Richards and Scott Owens, noticed their deck beginning to crack at the mast collar and decided to turn left into Richmond rather than trash the boat "If we stopped then, it was a case of only about eight hours of work to repair the deck," said co-owner Mark Ondry. "To have kept going would have meant about 25 hours of work."

Sleep — a scarce commodity in this race.

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1989 SOUTH TOWER RACE RESULTS .1—1) Samurai, SC 50, Dosher/Smith, , _) Mis Conduct Olson 29, Tom Mason, ; 3) expeditious. Express 34, Bartz Schneider, J. (6 boats) DiV. II — 1} Geronlmo, Express 27, Wuffi/Habeeb, SSC; 2} Midnight Flyer, Tartan Ten, Steve Trimble, SSC: 3) Chief, SC 27, Dwight Odom, FLYC. (6 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Pearl, Olson 25, BiH Riley, SYC; 2) George, Olson 25, Steve Roberts, SYC; 3) Vivace, Olson 25, Bill Riess, CSC. (7 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Pogo, Newport 30 Mk.lt, Herb Hiei, ACYC; 2) Animal Crackers, Cal 2-30, Michael Sbeehe, SCO; 3) Purtlectlon, Nonsuch 30, Ray

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Mason, whose Mis Conduct took second in Class A. As far as we're concerned, it was the best Stockton South Tower Race we've

ever been on. Okay, we're kidding — we've only been on one, but it was absolutely great For those of you who missed the South Tower Race this year, you can catch the ‘instant replay* sometime in the next month or two. With Duraflame's backing, the Stockton Sailing Club is currently putting together a professional-quality videotape of this year's race. The end product will be distilled down from the 40 rolls of tape they shot from land, sea and air. If it's good enough — and there is some concern that the race wasn't “violent enough" to make for exciting viewing — they hope to market a segment to ESPN. We figure, though, that if the video is even half as good as the real thing, it'll rate four stars. Check it out — and next year, why not check out the real thing? We'll see you there!

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looks an awful lot like Lee Helm's bicycle," I thought to myself as I opened the gate at the foot of the gangway. The bike, complete with helmet, pump, spare tires and assorted reflectors and strobe lights, was locked to the inside of the gatp structure where the communal shopping cart usually lives. Evidently the owner considered the security inside the gate sufficient to leave all the gear on board. It sure looked like Lee's rig —but what would she be doing down here in the middle of the week, this late in the day?

I was taking advantage of a long summer evening to spend some time down at the boat, fussing about with some small projects. After some general straightening up and cleaning, I remembered that the .3/4 ounce spinnaker had found its way into the 1.5-ounce bag, and vice versa. So I set about repacking both sails.

"Ahoy, Maxi Is anybody home?"

It was one of my dock neighbors, a woman who was in the process of preparing her boat for a cruise to Hawaii.

The crew was to include two of her friends, both women, and it was to be the first offshore trip for any of them.

"What can I do for your I asked.

"Could we possibly borrow a teeny screwdriver?"

I took my small box of "racing tools" out of its locker and located the little jar containing spare cotter pins, split rings, spare lightbulbs — and the small screwdriver. (It fits the little screws in the headfoil feeder.)

My neighbor is usually somewhat chatty, but this time she just thanked me for the tool and was off. Back to spinnaker packing. ^^fter the first chute was packed, it occurred to me that the labels on the comers of the sail were faded, and that the other sail didn't have labels at all. And since the tool box was already out, the marking pen was within easy reach. So, using my best nautical calligraphy, I wrote ■HEAD" and "CLEW" in big letters on both sides of the appropriate comers. I even added little arrows pointing upward along the luff. The jibs could use the same treatment," I thought, and proceeded to pull more comers of sails out of their bags.

Then there was another knock on the hull.

"Do you by any chance happen to have a voltmeter on board?" asked a female voice, which I accurately presumed to belong to one of my neighbor's crew.

"I think so," I responded. But it turned out that my large box of "cruising tools" was in the dock box, so it took a trip topside to fill this request As long as I had the dock

box open, I decided to bring the tools back on board to see if I could do anything about the leaky galley sink pump. The pump was barely taken apart when the other of my friend's crew stepped into my cockpit "Max," she asked, "could we borrow a tide table?"

I found a tide book in the nav station and passed it up the hatch. Boy that nav station was a mess — definitely worth taking a few minutes to straighten it out

and throw away some of those old race instructions and broken pencils.

While rearranging, I got to wondering what on earth they could be doing with a very small screwdriver, a voltmeter and a tide book. Leaving the chart table open, I got off my boat and walked up the dock to where my neighbor and her friends were preparing their boat for the big cruise.

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up to," I said as I approached. They were all below, but one of the women waved at me through the companionway to come aboard. I stepped into the cockpit and peered below.

The cabin was almost completely taken apart Wires, tools, pipes, batteries, sails and hardware were piled everywhere. The crew was all clustered around one end of the chart table, and Lee Helm was in the middle demonstrating some new device.

"Hello, Lee," I said. "I didn't know you were in with this crowd. Going to Hawaii with them?"

"No way, Maxi I mean, like they're just cruisingl Can you believe they're doing the downhill slide all the way to the islands, and they don't even have a spinnaker? Let me know if you run into any TransPac boats looking for crew, though."

"I will," I said.

"Actually," Lee continued, "I know one of these girls from the Womens Racing Association races last winter." She paused to introduce me to her friend and the other crew member I had not yet met "I'm just helping them with some wiring." While she spoke, I noticed a laptop computer bolted to the chart table with improvised aluminum brackets.

"Installing a computer?"

"For sure, Max. Doesn't every boat have one?"

"Last time we had this discussion, you were still raving about your Hewlett Packard hand-held whatever-it-was," I said. "It was doing all your celestial sight reduction, dead reckoning, and even had an automated star finder, as I recall."

That was back in the stone age, Max. The only reason 1 used to recommend the HP-41 was because it had the best sight reduction software — and because I used it at school for just about all my numbercrunching. But like, it's a complicated machine to learn if all you'll ever use it for is celestial navigation."

"Lee, are you suggesting that a fullfledged PC is easier to learn to use than a little handheld?"

"For this crew of innumerates, yes!"

"Innumerates?"

IIT I hat's what Lee keeps calling us," explained the owner of the boat "Instead of being illiterate, we're ‘innumerate1 because we don't understand very much math."

"It's just a question of attention span,"

didn't get bored to death first" "We do understand PCs though," said the owner.

That's right," said her friend. "Why, at my office, even my secretary can write a batch file or set up a virtual disk drive."

An actual LOP (line of position) fix drawn by the PC Astro Navigator program.

"A computer is no big deal, even for technophobes," said Lee. "And there's finally a couple of good software packages out that really make a computer on a cruising boat worthwhile."

"I've seen navigation programs for sale in the chandleries," I said, "and a couple others advertised in some of the magazines."

The one we're using," said the owner, "is called PC Astro Navigator, from Davis Instruments in Hayward. It's probably the same one you've seen, the one that lists for $69.95."

"Is it any good?"

"I'll demonstrate," said Lee as she hit a , few keys on the newly installed machine.

The drive whirred and clicked, and two opening screens flashed by as Lee hit return on both of them to get to the main menu. Then she selected "3* for "Nautical Almanac."

"It's actually a good program," she said.

"But here's one of my complaints: I have to input the date and time every time I use this almanac I mean, it would be so simple to have function keys input the current system time and date whenever they're asked for as inputs. Or at least remember

calculators if we didn't get bored to death first." isisted another one of the crew. "We could asily master any of those calculators if we

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Despite her complaints, a few seconds later Lee was bragging about the speed with which a complete table of nautical almanac data, including the moon, planets and who knows how many stars, was displayed on the screen.

‘Remember how long it took to do a moon sight with the HP-41?" she asked.

Two and a half minutes! This comes up in just a couple of seconds. Awesome. I'd buy this program for the almanac feature alone."

"Is it accurate?"

“Within a few tenths of a mile for the sun and stars, which is close enough for yacht work. The moon can be off by over a mile, though, which might bother some purists. But as a practical matter, moon sights are usually a big problem for about five different reasons, so a mile of error isn't really objectionable. Of course, if they had only carried out their algorithms to just a few more terms...."

"What about sight reduction?" I asked.

"Does it plot LOPs, do noon sights and all that stuff?"

"For sure, Max. Even running fixes, although I would still much prefer to do that manually. And the user interface really isn't that bad, although some aspects of it are totally brain-damaged. Look at this...."

She went back to the main menu, hit "2" for "Celestial Navigation" then "3" for "LOP — Sight Reduction."

"Now, it really should remember that the last time I did an LOP it was a sun sight, and give me sun as a default which I could accept or change. But no, I have to type in “SUN" every time." She typed "sun", hit return, but nothing happened.

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Once again, despite her complaining, Lee produced a neat plot of the hypothetical LOR That's pretty slick," I remarked. Too bad the interface isn't really up to industry standards, though."

Truth is, I can live with the interface," conceded Lee. "Remember that as a software market, us yachties aren't up to industry standards, either. So I'm willing to make some allowances. I mean, compared to anything else I've played with, this is quick and easy."

There's a similar program out that you might actually like a little better," remarked one of the crew. "I saw it demonstrated on a friend's boat a few weeks ago. It's called PC Navigator, sold by Pacific Marine Corporation in Upland (near LA.). It costs about $20 more than PC Astro Navigator, but it seemed to have a better user interface, and a few more features. Trouble is, you can't buy it at the local store."

"Just think of the 'user interface' you have to deal with if you use the paper almanac and books of sight reduction tables!" said Lee.

Remembering that Lee had referred to "a couple" of software packages, I asked what other tricks the machine could do.

"You'll like this one, Max. Two tide prediction programs from Micronautics in Sausalito. They cost $99.95 each, and cover the entire West Coast and Hawaii."

She exited the Astro program, pressed some more keys, and after a few seconds, the screen said Tide 1" in very big letters.

Then she keyed in the name of the marina, hit return twice, and after a few more seconds the screen displayed a bar graph showing today's tide heights at 40-minute intervals. The screen also displayed some miscellaneous information like times of sunrise, sunset and the phase of the moon.

This one is smart enough to know what today's date is," Lee explained, "and it's fully corrected for time and height difference applicable to the tide station at this marina."

"So this is really just a west coast tide table on a disk," I said.

"Functionally, you could call it that," she said. "Except that it's actually calculating the tide heights by harmonic analysis, and not using a big look-up table. What I really like about it is the way it customizes the tide data for your location."

"And it really is corrected for Daylight Savings Time," added another one of the crew. That's why I borrowed your tide book a little while ago. We were checking out which months were corrected and which weren't" "Watch this," said Lee as she left the program and brought up Tide 2" on the screen. Tide 2 does the same thing for currents, using an incredible number of current locations, even inside the Bay. You can find out when the tide is scheduled to turn off Alcatraz, or at Benicia, or off one of the South Bay piers, or even at a station off this marina that's not listed in the little tide books or indicated on the tidal current chart" The screen was soon showing another bar graph, representing the times and strengths of currents off Angel Island's Point Blunt "Now let's see how that compares with page 134 ■

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the Gate," I suggested. A few seconds later we had a plot for currents through the Gate, showing basically the same pattern, but higher speeds and slightly earlier times.

"Now let's see what happens on the City Front, let's say at Pier 37." The next screen showed much reduced tide strengths, but the times of slack and maximum current were all about an hour and a half earlier than at the Gate.

"Is there a way of showing current strengths for lots of different locations at the same time?" I asked.

"Unfortunately, no," answered Lee. ‘For tide heights, the bar graph format works great because of the physical analogy between the tide height, die length of the bar, and the fact that it's tide height variation with respect to time that we're usually most interested in."

"But for currents," I repeated, "what I really want to see is the variation of current strength and direction at different places, all at the same time."

IIT I hat would be an awesome weapon to have, Max. But this data is only bi-directional: for each current station, it only knows one direction for flood and one for ebb. Even so," she thought out loud, "I guess it would be possible to display a chart of the Bay, with a number at the location of each current station showing the current speed."

"Whatever happened to all that current data that was collected about 10 years ago?" asked the boat's owner. "Remember those buoys they put all over the Bay; the ones everybody kept running into?"

"Some of that data is incorporated into Tide 2, and it's also in the government Tide and Current Tables — although many of the new locations don't show up in the small tide books you get for free at the marina office. The best of the new data," Lee explained, "which includes directional information, hasn't been worked into a commercial software product yet What Micronautics can do, though, is generate custom tidal current charts for any specific time and course area. In fact, they were passing them out in Vallejo before the race back down."

"Yes, now I remember. Interesting information. How accurate do you think theses current predictions are?" I asked.

"Weil, just like the tables, you have to develop your own calibrations for them. But if you're serious about winning races, I think you want all the information you can get, calibrated or not* poge 135

Lee turned off the computer and opened the lid of the chart table. "Here, Max," she said as she handed me a small box about the size of a computer disk with a pirate-style skull and crossbones sticker on the top. "I made some duplicates for you."

"Thanks a lot, Lee," I said. "But isn't this illegal?"

"Chill out, Maxi Nobody buys software these days without trying it first And besides, Micronautics is one step ahead of us — they only include tidal data for one year at a time. So on January 1, you'll be the first in line to buy new copies of Tide 7 and Tide 2."

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"I'll probably just go out and buy this version," I said. “The price is reasonable, and besides, I always liked Davis Instruments. Aren't they the ones that brought us the $12 sextant a few years ago?"

"Now it costs $36.95, Max.”

n\A/ V V ell, obviously the power supply works fine," said the owner, intoning that she needed to get back to work on other projects. Thanks an awful lot, Lee." "Oh, no prob," she answered. "Just a few wires and a voltage regulator."

After retrieving my screwdriver, multimeter and tide book, Lee and I walked back toward my boat “Do you think those three women will have any problem finding Hawaii?" I asked Lee. "I know one of them is taking a navigation course, but that doesn't mean she'll be competent to navigate offshore."

Lee gave me a very unflattering look.

“Between the Satnav, RDF and computer, they'll have to try hard to get lost" That's if everything works, Lee. After the first week at sea, there's hardly a boat built that doesn't begin to experience electrical problems of some sort Wouldn't surprise me a bit if they end up with no Satnav, no computer and maybe no engine."

That's why I just pulled out some of those dumb crimp fittings and soldered the power lines to their Satnav, VHF and solar ’ panel," said Lee. “Even so, they could lose battery capacity and be without power. So I made sure they have the aeronautical chart of the Islands, because it has the best list of AM radio stations for directional finding. I also made up a little crib sheet for finding latitude when all else fails."

"How does that work?"

"For each day that they're likely to be out there approaching Hawaii, it says what the noon sight sextant reading should be. If the sextant reads too high, they're too far south. If it reads too low, they're too far north. All the corrections are built in. So like, all they need is a lesson in sextant handling, which I think they already know, and they can zero right in on Waikiki."

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Don't blind yourself trying to read them, just note that these current programs for (top to bottom) the Golden Gate, Pier 37 and PL Blunt graphically show the differences in time and velocity.

"That's how I buy all my software," volunteered one of the crew. "I start with a pirate copy, buy a book about how to use

Lee unlocked her bicycle, and I returned to the open chart table, the disassembled galley pump, the unbagged jibs and the unpacked spinnaker. How could I possibly have started so many projects in such a short time on the boat?

It's just a question of attention span.

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CATALINA RACE Even in this day of computers, it would be hard to design a race with more going for it than the Catalina Race. It's just the right length, has (mostly) the right amount of wind from just the right direction at (mostly) the right times. It is also a just-

boats to get there in two days and change.

I lowever, in keeping with the spirit of what the Catalina Race has become, we're not going to hit you with a bunch of stats; wax eloquent about the strengths and vagaries of handicapping systems; drop a bunch of rockstar names — all good friends of ours, by the way; known 'em since we were kids — or even predict who's going to clean whose clock. There's enough of that elsewhere in this race-heavy issue. Besides, the Catalina Race has turned into much more than just a race. This is a happnin', brol If you're into analogies, think of the TransPac (which happens at the same time) like the staid and stoic Boston Marathon — and the Catalina Race as the wild and nutty Bay to Breakers. Here's how to go for it

How to Get There

Getting there is half the fun. right destination — the natives speak English, but it's cheaper than Hawaii and nearly as warm. Further, the race comes at just the right time of year, and is just the right venue for both hardcore racers and experienced amateurs venturing offshore for the perhaps the first time. It is even a race that embraces cruisers, giving the "smell the flowers' crowd their own start a day ahead of serious raceophiles.

Want more? You don't have to take two weeks off work to do Catalina, which means crew is relatively easy to round up; and it doesn't cost anywhere near the bundle you'd blow on a TransPac campaign. Hey, even bringing a boat back from Catalina isn't that big of a deal.

It makes you wonder why somebody didn't think of this race sooner.

The 11th annual classic (one of the youngest races around to really deserve the adjective) begins this year on both July 2 (non-spinnaker cruising class) and 3 (IOR, IMS, PHRF, multihulls and everybody else).

The idea behind the staggered starts is to get everybody there more or less the same time. The record run for the 385-mile course is 36 hours flat, set by the Santa Cruz 70 Blondie last year. Look for most

Go out the Gate, turn left at Seal Rocks and when the butter melts, start thinking about finding Catalina. Okay, okay.

The three strategies are "inside" (hugging the coast); "outside" (meaning about 60 miles out); and right down the pipe (rhumbline).

Each has its strengths and weaknesses depending on what the weather is doing.

Last year, the winning boats favored the inside track, swerving in to take advantage of the windy points; heading out to stay clear of the balmy bays.

Things to watch out for The kelp off Pt Sur and Santa Barbara Island; de-kelp with "floss" and a "toothpick" — i.e., a spare sheet and kelp stick.

Running into one of the oil islands off

lookout and make sure your running lights are working. And then there are the Channel Island themselves. Only mad men and exper- ienced navigators shoot the gap between San Miguel and Santa Rosa. Going outside those northern islands is considered the safest route, though most of last year's winners gambled and went inside, enjoying good breeze and flat water. Go inside San Nicholas and take Santa Barbara Island on whichever side is windier.

Religion At Sea

Every racer's dream; every wife's nightmare. mainland Santa Barbara can put a damper on your mood, too. There's a good bit of shipping traffic out there, so keep a good

You may profess atheism from the fireside at home, but the first time you round down at the bottom of a 15-foot comber in 30 knots of wind in the black of night (this year's race will be during a new moon), you'll likely be bom again in a hurry. When you sail by the lee as much as you do in this race, though, crash and page 136

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"Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys" sometimes work wonders on the psyche. Beach Boys surfin' music would also be appropriate.

We're not sure we'd allow anyone with "Metallica" tapes on board in the first place, although if it helps him sleep.... By the second night out, you'll be able to sleep even if they're dropping A-bombs around the boat

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Catalina Race Customs Earty archeological evidence suggests the Indian sailors of our early coast used to sacrifice virgins around PL Conception in order to keep good wind. Since those are all gone, we've been told the Captain's nine-iron makes a satisfactory substitute.

"Conception costumes" — especially those prepared in advance — also seem to please the wind Gods into keeping up the pace, as does shooting off all those illegal fireworks off Vandenberg on the fourth of July.

Where to Go When You Get There Catalina has always been a place crews have anticipated eageriy. Don't let yours be so preoccupied with shaving, primping and memorizing chapters from How to Pick Up Women that you forget to finish. The finish line, once again manned by members of Long Beach's Navy YC, is once again off Arrow Point at the north end. That's at the opposite end from Avalon, so you'll have plenty of time to get ready to storm the beach.

If we had to nitpick, the one glitch of the Catalina Race is that finding a place to park is not always easy. Just smile, follow the harbor patrol guy in and be glad you didn't arrive on a weekend. Additional space is available next door at Descanso, or at the other big anchorages at Isthmus Cove on the east side; and Cat Harbor, opposite it on the west If you somehow do luck out and get a mooring all to yourself — enjoy it, you won't be alone long — be aware that moorings are fore and aft. Pick up the marker pole (watch your eye), loop the first coil over a forward cleat or bit, then follow the other line to the stem line.

What to Do When You Get There After the celebratory drinks and crew dinner, which your skipper is obligated to pay for (quit laughing, we can't concentratel), there are plenty of things to do in Avalon. Organized events include the legendary Hal Nelson Buffalo Golf Tournament on Thursday and Friday, July 6 and 7; the increasingly popular miniature golf tournament on Thursday evening; the pool tournament at the funky Marlin Club, also Thursday evening; the ever-popular margarita hours at El Galleon every afternoon; dancing at the Chi Chi Club; people watching from Luau Larry's, or Joe's Place on the pleasure pier; live music and the awards ceremony at the Sand Trap on Friday evening. There is also tons to do if you like sightseeing or shopping. First-timers shouldn't miss a tour of the Casino and

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What To Do When It's Time To Leave Ferries run regularly to San Pedro and Long Beach. For more money, you can fly out from the Catalina airport A much nicer idea if you have the time is to take part in the Homeward Bound Race from Catalina to Long Beach, with dinner at the sponsoring Navy YC's officer's club that evening. From there it's easy to taxi or SuperShuttle to LAX or wherever.

How to Get the Boat Home By the time you're done, you may be so enamored with the Southern California sunshine you may want to move there, in which case the boat will already be home.

Second choice is to hire somebody to get it back. It'll run in the neighborhood of $1,000 and take about three to four days.

Trucking is also an option, but with yard bills at both ends will run about run about double the delivery charge. If you want to gut it out yourself, just remember to hit Point Conception at dawn, when it's usually calmest, then put the pedal to the medal and, hugging the coast, make as much northing as your body can take before succumbing to the pounding. That'll be Monterey if you're lucky, Port San Luis if you're not and Morro Bay if you're like most normal folks.

Reliving the Experience We've been able to add as much as 25 percent onto wave height, wind strength and boat speed — and still have sailing friends believe that's really how it was out there. However, don't try to convince people that the Westsail 32 you were on planed by a Santa Cruz 50 on a 25-knot power reach. For nonsailing friends, you can double all values, throw in a few white shark attacks, lost crewmen, severed limbs and so on, and they'll still have no idea what you're talking about — nor will they care. Wives and girlfriends need only be assured you didn't hook up with some 22year-old D-cup at the post-race festivities.

So there you have it: all you'll ever need to know about the Catalina Race before doing it Well, almost The only things left are Latitude's three cardinal rules of racing, which we've saved as the grand finale: Don't forget the beer, Don't be stupid, and the only really serious message of this whole epistle — Be careful out there.

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With reports this month on hard-to-find charters in Fiji; off-season charters in the British Virgin Islands; the Greek Islands in May; customer problems with Paradise Yacht Charters; and, Charter Notes.

Chartering In Fiji Judging from a quick look in the sailing mags, you might believe there is no chartering available in the tropical paradise of Fiji. It turns out, however, that the pioneer charter company in Fiji, Emerald Island Yacht Charters, Ltd., is run by a Bay Area couple, June and Rick Elms. They started the company about seven years ago, with June running things in Fiji and Rick holding down a job here while taking care of stateside business. Last October Rick made a permanent 'change in latitude' to Fiji. Now daughter Nikki runs the San Jose office.

Covering an area equal to half the size of Europe, Fiji is not a tiny island nation, thus the chartering area available through Emerald Charters one of the largest in the world. Unlike French Polynesia, there are no time-consuming, rough water, open ocean passages required to get to the prime spots. A wide variety of itineraries is

'RomeP, a Mason 43 operated by Emerald Island Yacht Charters, at anchor in Fiji.

available. You can have long sailing days for weeks and not see the same area twice. Or you can have short sails and always find a new protected anchorage.

In order to see as much of Fiji as possible, we took the option of starting our

charter at one spot and ending it at another. We met our Mason 43, Romer, at the secluded Matagi Resort where we spent a couple of days prior to our charter unwinding and getting over the jet lag.

The main sailing season in this part of the South Pacific is April through early October when the trades in the southern hemisphere blow a steady 10 to 20 knots.

Since that's Rjian fall and winter, it's not too hot But we like to escape from Bay Area winters, and thus spent our great three weeks in Rji over the Christmas holidays.

Even though it was summer in Rji (which lasts from December to March), we rarely had temperatures over 90°.

Fiji seems to offer the best of the tropics. You have several large islands with their central mountains, beautiful waterfalls, lush tropical forests, and quaint villages of thatched roof bures (houses). Then there are the small, uninhabited islands with idyllic lagoons next to palm-lined, white sand beaches. We changed our itinerary to spend extra time at one such island called Raratingi, located in the Budd Reef area. In all there are more than 300 islands from which to choose. In addition to the natural beauty, you have the Fijian people, who are some of the friendliest I have ever met They all speak "the Queens's English" while retaining their native Rjian, which they normally speak to each other.

Rjian waters are crystal dear and offer excellent snorkeling and scuba diving.

Emerald Island Charters can provide a compressor, tanks, and a dive master for those who want a sailing liveaboard to go with their own personal itinerary. Or you can arrange your trip to meet one of the many dive groups, such as Dive Taveuni, and join them on a per day basis or per dive basis. The fishing was also great Even though we didn't make any real effort, we did catch some mahi mahi and other fish, enough for several dinners.

Since the Rjian government does not allow bareboat chartering, Emerald's charter fee indudes a local guide. Our captain, Steven, was less of a captain and more like a friendly resource to help us navigate the reefs (don't expect markers or perfect charts down here), locate seduded anchorages, buy fresh fruit and vegetables at the local

villages, and well as make us feel welcome with the locals. In certain areas custom requires that permission be obtained to anchor near a village. Several times Steven, our guide, arranged for the villagers to have a kava ceremony where we were treated as honored guests. When we were off the boat he would clean her from stem to stem — quite a luxury. Even though I'm a staunch bareboater, I felt Steven really added to our enjoyment of the area. I think most sailors with a preference for bareboating would not object to this arrangement The food — full provisioning was also included in the charter fee — was a nice blend of local dishes and American favorites. If you like to get off the boat once in awhile for dinner, there are several very nice resorts sprinkled through the islands, all of which are glad to have folks off yachts come in for a drink or a meal.

At the conclusion of our charter we spent three days at Namale Plantation, an absolutely beautiful place where a maximum of 20 guests have the run of 240 acres. Included are beaches, a pool, horseback riding and a operating copra plantation. At about $70 per person per day, this was a real find. In general, we found Rji to be far less expensive for travellers than, say, French Polynesia.

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morning. Snorkeling in the BVIs is also exceptional, and the gear was pulled out at every stop. At two spots barracuda would just hang out under our boat It was a bit unnerving until we saw that they were just there for the shade.

Our favorite spot? Deadman Bay on Peter Island, home of the exclusive Peter Island Resort The restaurant is first class, although expensive. But then nothing short of rum is cheap in the Virgins.

We sailed about 125 nautical miles in 7 days and saw almost every island. Next time we'll stay even longer.

— tom & pat jones san mateo Tom & Pat — The BVIs truly are a spectacular place to charter, especially for folks doing their first sail in the Caribbean.

Nonetheless, we'd heartily encourage all BVI charters to make the very short hop over to St. John in the U.S. Virgins; it's got a couple of the best beaches in the entire Caribbean.

chartering.

— frank magnotta lafayette Off Season In The BVIs It's been a year since we did our first cruise in the British Virgin Islands. Besides being ready to go again, we're glad we made the trip during the May slow season.

It was great to find fantastic anchorages with few if any other boats — plus it was easy to locate good holding ground even if we arrived late in the afternoon. We'd heard stories about high season crowds in the Virgins, where you had to be anchored by noon at the popular spots or else face setting the hook in deep water or worse.

We bareboat chartered from The Moorings in Roadtown and found them to be a generally excellent outfit. That company's experience was obvious in the way their boats are laid-out, equipped and rigged. Other than the usual refrigeration problems and the water tanks being only a third full, our 43-footer, ideal for two couples, performed and handled beautifully.

For us, the BVIs are "paradise found", with ideal winds, clear water, and warm temperatures both day and night It was hard to argue with the ladies, who decided they'd just as soon sell the boat on San Francisco Bay and do nothing but charters page 145

A Moorings 43, one of the most popular bareboats in the Caribbean, reaching off St. Martin.

like this where they could sail in bikinis all the time.

The scuba dive I made on the Rhone, located in 40-80 feet of water off Salt Island, is the most spectacular I've ever

Despite the occasional ceramic toilet bowl and engine block discarded on the sand, BVI beaches are lovely.

made. The dive boat picked us two men up right off the boat at our anchorage, leaving the gals to enjoy the sun for the

The Greek Isles In May We — three Bay Area couples — spent 10 days during the last half of last May aboard an Atlantic 55 in the Greek Islands. Our crew was wonderful, the food was great, and the skipper performed absolute miracles Med-tying our fat boat onto each island's minuscule quay. We did have some problems with the charter company, Albatross, primarily because their

people in New York didn't talk to their people in Athens. As a result we didn't get the foul weather gear and snorkeling equipment we were promised.

Travelling by boat is the only way to see most of the islands we saw. Though

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windsurfing. Mostly we read, got a great tan, and stretched out All in all, a very relaxing trip!

—louise pescetta (and dick dolan) papoon, south beach marina Louise — Invariably charterers think they want to be on the move more hours a day than they really do. Experience has taught us that it's the rare charter group that wants to sail more than three hours a day.

For those who like to spend a lot of time in the water, May and even early June are too early in the year for Greece. Of course, as the water warms the crowds thicken. they had large populations in ancient times, most are down to a couple of thousand residents, and the ferries only call once or twice a week. Fortunately each harbor had a least two tavernas, with exceedingly inexpensive good food, somebody who spoke English adequately, and a few other tourists, all of whom were European.

The weather was "interesting". Contrary to tourist bureau reports, it's not very predictable. When we got to Greece it was just like California but warmer, with 25 knots right on the nose. In a way this was good for sightseeing, as Athens' notorious smog was lighter than normal. By the time we got aboard our boat the wind had died down some and the temperature was in the 80's.

Our intention was to sail from Athens to Mykonos and back, stopping overnight on four different islands each way. This would allow us a day to see the ancient ruins on Delos, something we really wanted to do. Our plan wasn't so good, as we never made it to Delos at all. One problem was that it was too great a distance to cover comfortably; thus several times we had to motor up to six hours when the wind died altogether or was right on the nose. A second problem was the fact that although it "never" rains in Greece in May, it poured the morning we were to sail from Mykonos to Delos. And it kept right on pouring and blowing Force 8 all day. Rather than chance the Pbtato Patch-like channel between Mykonos and Delos, the skipper ran supplementary mooring lines to shore.

(That's was one great benefit of a crewed charter; the captain had to worry about the boat, not us). The next day it was still too rough to sail to Delos. Since we couldn't

Louise at the wheel of an Atlantic 55 in the Greek Islands.

wait another day, we had to sail on to another island without seeing Delos at all.

The boat itself was new and absolutely bristol. There were four identical cabins, with double beds and heads, and separate crew quarters. The salon was huge and there was plenty of room in the cockpit for all six of us to eat or stretch out I'm afraid I did spend a lot of time adding up what all the stuff was going to cost to fix when — not if — it broke! We did, for instance, have to motor the whole first day because the roller furling mainsail, which never worked smoothly the entire trip, was stuck.

The absolute best part of the charter, though, was just being in the Greek Islands.

We swam twice when the air was warm enough — the water is still really cold in May — and made one failed attempt at

Ripped-Off By Paradise I had hoped to participate with three others in the charter of a 38-ft sailboat through Paradise Charters of Alameda; the dates were May 10-16 and the charter was to be out of La Paz, Baja California Sur. We chose that company and location because of an article in your magazine.

After watching us provision the boat on May 10, the La Paz agent of Paradise Charters, Mark Mundel, informed us that there was a "slight problem", and that there was no permit to sail. He assured us that it would arrive in time for us to depart the following day, and that he would meet us at 10 a.m. on May 11.

He did not show up until the afternoon, and told us that the permit wouldn't arrive until the following day.

Finally, at about 3:00 pm on Friday, May 12, he admitted that the permit wouldn't arrive until the following Wednesday — the

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day we were scheduled to return the boat Our charter, in other words, was cancelled.

Mundel told us that Paradise Charters knew that they had lost the Mexican charter permit six weeks before we were scheduled to sail. They should have notified us immediately, but in fact waited until after we had provisioned the boat Not only were we not notified of the lost permit, they took payments from us after the loss of the permit, and continued to advertise that they were the only American charter company operating legally in Mexican waters. For all these reasons we don't feel their inability to deliver the charter was the result of an unforeseen circumstance.

In addition to the money we paid for the charter itself, we incurred other expenses as well; air fare to La Paz, hotel accommodations the night adjacent to our scheduled cruise, and provisions. The total amounts to $4,000, or about $1,000 per person. We requested payment in that amount from Paradise Charters, but have recently heard that the company is in bankruptcy.

We have also heard, however, that the head of Paradise Charters, Sam Knapp, is forming a new company. We feel that prospective charterers, as well as boatowners who may consider making their boats available to him, should know of his dealing with us and other disappointed clients.

Charles shere berkeley

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confirmed our charter for a trip out of La Paz two weeks before the scheduled starting date. They have advertised in Latitude 38 as "The Champagne Fleet”. But when we arrived, we found that the Mexican government had shut them down two weeks before because they didn't have a permit to operate a charter business in La Paz. Regina, who handled the paperwork and contract in Alameda, never mentioned there were any problems. We arrived in Mexico expecting to have a boat to charter, but we were forced to make alternate plans.

Upon returning to California, I called Paradise Charters three days in a row.

Nobody returned my calls. On the fourth day 1 called my attorney, who informed me that under contract law Paradise Charters is liable.

When I finally got through to Sam Knapp, the head of Paradise Charters, he said, "You need to listen to me". He never said, "Gee, we are sorry for the inconvenience, we'll return your money this week." No, he said, “I'll see you in court" Would I recommend Paradise Charters?

No. Future Charterers Beware: Request copies of government permits for the Sea of Cortez before chartering with any company.

— margaret allison gokey sausalito Charles and Margaret — We've passed both your letters on to Sam Knapp and gave him plenty of time to comment on them.

We never received the promised comment.

Let's get ready to rumble! An Irwin 68, the mainstay of the Virgin Island's crewed charter fleet, gets ready to do battle. She carries all the artillery: hard-bottom inflatable, little Whaler, sailing dink, skurfer and the terra-firma style BBQ. It's unclear from the photo if this is one of the Irwins with a hot tub.

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Knapp does not deny that a relatively large number of charterers — apparently over 20 — were not able to do the charters they had paid Paradise to do. He also admits that not all charters have gotten refunds.

Knapp said all the charterer's money was deposited in Paradise Charters' general fund and has been spent.

As of late June, the Paradise Charters' number was still being answered and there was no indication they had suspended business.

Charter Notes: "Miss Smith, when you're done sending the fax will you tail the jib sheet for me?"

According to the June 13 Wall Street Journal, when CJ. Silas, Chairman of Phillips Petroleum, takes a sailing vacation in the Caribbean this summer with his family, he'll bring with him "the usual essentials; food, water, a secretary and a fax". Actually it's no joke. With cellular phone connections available from Puerto Rico to St Martin and spreading Down Island, fax machines, which can be purchased in St Martin for as little as $650, are soon likely to become common on midsize and larger charter boats.

We'd planned to have a big report on chartering in Turkey this issue, but it fell ’ through, in a matter of speaking. Our reporter, having thoroughly enjoyed much of southwestern Turkey by land, boarded the boat he was to charter for an inspection. He shouldn't have. Stepping down the companionway, he tumbled through an open hatch into the engine compartment He suffered a severely broken leg and is now an expert on medical care rather than chartering in Turkey. He had been impressed with the first class marinas he'd seen in Turkey as well as the boats there from all over the world. He was not, however, impressed with Turkish medical care. Arriving home at San Francisco International at 0200, he went immediately to the Emergency Room.

Don't despair, we have another reporter covering Turkey and promise to have it in an issue before Thanksgiving.

Parting Words from Geoffrey Bocca, whoever he is: "Travel by sea nearly approximates the bliss of babyhood. They feed you, rock you gently to sleep and when you wake up, they take care of you and feed you again."

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With reports this month on two dinghy regattas, the St. Francis 505/1-14 Invitational and the SBRA Clear Lake Regatta; news of our local ",Dickies“ hitting pay dirt at the latest Ultimate Yacht Race; results of the Farallon and Corlett ocean races; a quick look at Long Beach Race Week; news from the North Bay; another in a series of Whitbread Race reports from John Jourdane; the sled score after Cal Cup; and a glimpse at the on-going Hiroshima Cup. Also, we offer quick looks at the S55 In-the-Bay Race, the StFYC Woodie Invitational, the San Francisco Perpetual Cup and the usual batch of race notes.

505s & 1-14s

Though it sounds more like the intersection of two highways, what we're talking about here was actually one of the better dinghy regattas of the season so far.

Hosted by the St Francis YC on June 4-5, the windy series attracted 32 boats, split evenly between 505s and International 14s.

The local 505 fleet, one of the strongest in the country, was joined by several boats from Southern California for their five race, one throwout regatta. One of the visitors, Howie Hamlin of Newport Beach, rudely beat up our hometown sailors, sporting a near-perfect 1,2,1,1 record.

In the 1-14s, Anne and Steve Toschi, probably the best 1-14 sailors in the

off Zack Berkowitz's quick new kevlar Larry Tuttle boat to win that class by a slim margin.

Each fleet was using the regatta as a tune-up for their upcoming Worlds, and apparently they got more than enough practice at "hitting the ditch" and then righting their relatively overcanvassed craft.

The 505 Worlds are in England at the end of July, while the International 14s will hold their Worlds on the Bay in early September.

The latter regatta should attract between 120-140 boats. Already, 47 paid-up entries have been received from England, the hotbed of 14 racing, and almost as many from Australia.

"It's going to be the most exciting dinghy regatta ever held on the Bay," claimed Steve Toschi.

505 — 1) Wowle, Howard Hamlln/Don Smith, NHYC, 4.25 points; 2) Rustbowl Fantasy, Jim Maloney/Bob Sutton, RYC, 10.75; 3) Foul Balls, Jim Wondolleck/Jay Kuncl, RYC, 11.75; 4) #787, Tom Poore/Stuart Park, NoYC, 13; 5) Who, Bill Jager/Robert Park, RYC, 18. (16 boats) 1-14 — 1) Carbon Copy, Steve & Anne Toschi, StFYC, 7.25 points; 2) Scared Skiff, Zack Berkowitz/Karl Baldauf, StFYC, 9.5; 3) Rapid Transit Jamie Hansler/Chuck Skewes, Univ. of Washington, 13.75; 4) #1000, Alan Laflin/unknown, StFYC, 19; 5) Banana Peel, David Klipfel/Mike Jankowski, RYC, 24. (16 boats)

Ultimate Yacht Race

Steve Toschi: on the leading edge of 1-14 racing.

country, defended the Bay Area's honor over a fleet that included boats from all up and down the West Coast The Toschis held

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Tiburon's Russ Siivestri and "his bunch of mean critters from the Bay Area" put the screws to their Ultimate Yacht Race competitors on June 4th at Corpus Christi, Texas, to walk off with a $50,000 first prize check. Sailing a modified Moore 30 for their major sponsor, Dickies, the San Francisco team simply sailed away from their three rivals in the Ultimate 30 class — Flyer (a Rob Humphreys design from Annapolis), Chattanooga Chew Chew (a Marcus Hutchinson design from Clearwater, Florida) and Blue Bayou Too (a Moore 30 from Corpus Christi) — in the winner-takeall finale.

During the three preliminary races, held June 1-3, Siivestri and his crew of Tom Ducharme, Craig Healy, Mike Herlihy, Scott Inveen, Greg Prussia, Chris Rand and Kimo Worthington, made their presence known.

What our local sailors lacked in speed potential compared to the newer, lighter Flyer and Chew, they made up for in teamwork, a crucial factor in the howling 20-25 knot seabreezes.

After finishing second to Flyer in March's Ultimate 30 series off Pier 39, the Dickies Racing Team gang keyed on the redhulled Flyer before each start, hoping to pin her behind the line and gain an advantage.

In the second preliminary heat, Silvestri's tactics earned him an eight inch gash under the waterline when Flyer port tacked his yacht in tight quarters. Dickies went on to finish second with a leaky hull. Both Siivestri and Inveen got into some verbal sparring with the Flyer crew afterwards, including one sequence in front of the TV cameras.

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ULTIMATE 30 — 1) Dickies, Russ Silvestri, San Francisco, $50,000; 2) Flyer. Mike Hobson, Annapolis, $30,000; 3) Chattanooga Chew Chew, Mark Ploch, Clearwater, $20,000; 4) Blue Bayou Too, Fred Soward, Corpus Christi, $10,000. (4 boats) ONE DESIGN 14—1) Stu Johnstone/Cam Lewis, Newport, Rl, $6,000; 2) Mark Starratt/Tom Wondolleck, Palo Alto/Alameda, $2,500; 3) Krister Bergstrom/M.Gravare, Sweden, $1,000; 4) Jonathan & Charlie McKee, Seattle, $500.

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Pre-start action at the Ziploc Ultimate Yacht Race in Corpus Christi.

the lead several times before Flyer capsized on the next-to-last leg as more than 2,000 spectators cheered on shore. "This was the most exciting race I've ever sailed in," claimed Silvestri, a former Finn North American champion.

In the big bucks Ultimate finale, Dickies trailed both Flyer and Chew over the starting line, but, in an unorthodox move, quickly set their 850-foot asymmetrical chute and bolted past to an unassailable lead to finish first by one minute, 40 seconds.

San Francisco Bay also had good representation in the smaller One Design 14 fleet Ten entries from the U.S. and Europe competed for the $10,000 in prize money in their own version of the 'dash for cash'.

While Stu Johnstone and Cam Lewis of Newport, R.I., repeated their victory of two months ago in San Francisco, the surprise runner-ups were Mark Starratt of Palo Alto and Tom Wondolleck of Alameda. Mark, a page 153

student at UC San Diego, and Tom, a geologist with Chevron, are veteran International 14 sailors. They had struggled during the four preliminary races in Texas, sailing the Johnstone one design version of the 14.

"Each boat has its particular rigging characteristics," said Mark, "and the lines get tangled in their own special ways. It took us a while to figure it out* The Starratt/Wondolleck team's saving grace in the finale, held inside the breakwater in front of the spectator crowd, was staying upright The star team of Jonathan and Charlie McKee from Seattle and Will Baylis of Santa Cruz with Steve Rosenberg of Long Beach all augured in on the first mad spinnaker dash in the blustery conditions.

English champions Charles Stanley and John Hodgart had second sewn up until they capsized to avoid smashing into a city-owned passenger boat Their mishap opened the door for Starratt and Wondolleck, who qualified for the next Ultimate race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the end of August — shimon van collie

San Francisco YC's annual 57-mile pilgrimage to the Farallones conjures up images, in our minds at least, of a foggy bone-chilling beat to the Islands, followed by a firehose reach back to the Gate. From that standpoint this year's race, held on June 10th, was a complete dud: with the exception of the beat out the Gate, the 41 boat fleet didn't find much air in the ocean that day.

There was a particular dearth of breeze at the odiferous mile-long upwind mark, which, if nothing else, afforded the crews a rare chance to study the prehistoric-looking animal sanctuary. But that was about the only positive comment we heard about the race, which dragged on to become a test of sanity and beer rationing ability, i The first boat home, Richard Leute's TransPac-bound SC 50 Acey Deucy, limped in at 8:38 that evening after nearly 11 hours on the race track. Everyone else who didn't drop out finished after dark, with the exception of the Serendipity 43 Scarlett O'Fiara, which for unknown reasons gutted it out until daybreak — and then some.

They finished at 10:48 Sunday morning, almost 25 hours after they started. Was it due to engine failure or sheer tenacity? We still don't know.

The slow Farallon Race ends the first half of the summer ocean series. "It was a 'really challenging spring," claimed John Liebenberg, who steered his Express 27 Friday to overall honors in MORA's Pete Smith Series over Bloom County and Animal Farm. "Either there was way too much wind, or hardly any at all. We must be due for a good ocean race soon!"

The ocean racing circuit resumes on July 29 with the Ocean-Vallejo Race.

IMS — T) Clipper, Olson 40, Howard Sacks, EYC; 2) Wave Runner, Luffe 48. Lon Price, RYC;

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3) Annalise, Wylie 34 mod., Paul Altman, IYC. (11 boats) PHRO — 1) Acey Deucy, SC 50, Richard Leute, BBYC; 2) Rocinante, Beneteau 42, Alex Malaccorto, IYC; 3) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry Wright. RYC. (15 boats) MORA — 1) Elan, Express 27, Steve Lake, RYC; 2) Friday, Express 27, John Liebenberg, RYC; 3) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, Carl & Mark Ondry, RYC. (15 boats) Long Beach Race Week Fifty-eight boats — up from 47 last year — participated in this year's Long Beach Race Week on June 9-11. Hosted by Long Beach YC and sponsored by Ullman Sails, this year's "race week" (weekend?) featured a new look, and with it a bit more energy and enthusiasm than recent LBRWs. No longer are there four long and often boring day races with courses that reach around between various oil islands. The new format, which seemed to be very well received, consisted of two windwardleeward “sausage" courses on Friday, two more on Saturday and a longer (18-22 mile) tour of Long Beach Harbor on Sunday.

"We're trying to listen to the racers and give them what they want," said Dave Ullman, who steered the R/P 42 Quintessence to victory in IOR B, the most competitive handicap class. Accordingly, the regatta seemed a little looser (there were no yacht inspections that we were aware of) and more fun. "It was a really well done," claimed Bydand owner Max Cordon.

"Hopefully, more boats will show up next year, particularly from up north."

In fact, only two NorCal boats made the trek down this year: Jim Mizell's Smith 43 High Risk, which Jeff Madrigali steered to a disappointing fifth in IOR B, and Cordon's Baltic 42 Bydand, which ended up second in IMS with Chris Boome, Bruce Powell, Leon Daniel and Bob Daniels among the crew.

Outstanding performances of the weekend were turned in by Jack James' ageless Frers 54 Jubilation, which Rick McCrath sailed to five straight bullets in IOR A, and Bob and Kathy Butkus' Dubois One Tonner Victory, which Mark Wilson drove to four firsts in IOR C (the fifth race for this class was discarded due to a race committee error). Hard luck award of the regatta went to Peter Tong's Schock 35 Momentum, which lost her rig in’ the last race — the only one in which the wind got

over 10 knots — while tied for the overall lead.

70 RATED SLEDS — 1) Grand Illusion, SC 70, Ed McDowell, KHYC, 5 points; 2) Drumbeat, SC 70, Don Ayres, NHYC, 11.75; 3) Cheetah, Pet 66, Murray/Pennington, LBYC, 12. (3 boats) SC 50 — 1) Elusive, Reuben Vollmer, CBYC, 7.25 points; 2) Deception, Dave Meginnlty, CYC, 9.75; 3) Rocket, Mark Bleiwels, DRYC, 15. (3 boats) IOR A — 1) Jubilation, Frers 54, Jack James, SBYC, 3.75 points; 2) Cadenza, N/M 45, Carl Eichenlaub, SDYC, 12; 3) Camouflage, Frers 45, Al Schultz, LBYC, 16. (6 boats) IOR B — 1) Quintessence, R/P 42, Don Hughes/Dave Ullman, SBYC, 10.5 points; 2) Persephone, R/P 42, John Woodhull, CYC, 16; 3) Shockwave, Frers 43, Richard Cavalli, SMYC, 16.75. (9 boats) IOR C — 1) Victory, Dubois 40, Bob & Kathy Butkus, CBYC, 9 points; 2) Allegiance, Andrews 39, Wootten/Koch, LBYC, 17; 3) Bingo, CF 37, Bert Gardner, LBYC, 19. (6 boats) IMS — 1) Millennium Express, Express 37, Hines/Butler, CBYC, 9.5 points; 2) Bydand, Baltic 42, Max Gordon, RYC, 12.5; 3) Gitane, Columbia 52, Ron Riker, SBYRC, 12.75. (8 boats) J/35 — 1) Juice, Stan Yocum, CBYC, 16.25 points; 2) Paleface, David Dale-Johnson, SBYRC, 19; 3) Diablo, Doug & Tom Jorgensen, LAYC, 20.75. (11 boats)

High Risk opts for some dear air at the start of race five of LBRW. She went on to win the race convindngly.

SCHOCK 35 — 1) Hombre, Bill & Judy Haslett, LBYC, 12.25 points; 2) Outlier, Schmidt/Gortion, CYC, 16; 3) Coureur, Ken Daniels, SIBYC, 21. (11 boats) North Bay Series Vallejo Yacht Club hosted the third and fourth races of the 10-race North Bay Series on June 17-18. Each day featured a different 13.8-mile course in lower San Pablo Bay and the Carquinez Straits, with winds ranging from 10-16 knots. The fleet rafted up at Vallejo YC for a party Saturday night, where they boogied to the house band, "Your Mama", until the wee hours.

The only disappointment of the weekend was that Carol Doda didn't show up this time," claimed Bill Sweitzer.

The next two races of the series will be hosted by Martinez YC on July 15-16.

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Whitbread Countdown I'm in California for a couple of days while our Farr 82 ketch Fisher & Paykel New Zealand is on a ship from New Zealand to Philadelphia. The plan is for our 17-man crew (15 Kiwis, one Aussie and me, the lone American) and 6-man support team to meet the boat in Philly, then sail to Newport, Rhode Island, for the Newport to Cork, Ireland, TransAdantic Race on June 7.

We won't be back in the States before the Whitbread Race starts on September 2, so wherever we go from now on, we'll be followed by three very full containers (one for rigging, one for our sails, and one for everything else, including personal gear) and our spare main and mizzen mast The masts will be switched after every one of the six legs of the Whitbread Race, so that the masts that just completed a leg can be Xrayed, repaired if necessary, and "rested up" while the other rig gets to sail.

Anyway, our boat is totally ready. All sail testing, polar work and crew training is done — we're ready to get on with the racing. I've never seen a crew as fit, psyched up, and as itchy to race as this one. ’ .

The last month has been spent in Auckland with the boat at Marten Marine, which built Fisher & Paykel, as well as New Zealand, Kiwi Magic and many other well known boats. We treated F&P to a total refit: the bottom was refairtd; the topsides, deck and interior were touched up; and every piece of deck gear tyyas tom apart, checked and put back together. Every piece of rigging was examined .for cracks, then wrapped up for the voyage.to the United States. No stone was left unturned; all systems, including the engine £nd generator, were torn apart, serviced and/or rebuilt Even our two onboard computers were sent in for service. The boat looks brand new, though she already has over 12,000 hard sailing miles under her keel.

Once we finished our work on the boat, we started twicera-day physical training. Our workout schedule, which was 0600 to 0700 in the gym six days a week, went to 0600 to 0800 and 1500 to 1700 seven days a week. Sunday through Friday, we did weight training in the morning, followed by a 10K run, a 2,000 meter swim or a touch rugby game in ;the afternoon.

Then, on Saturday, came the "Southampton Special".

It makes me nervous just thinking about the "Special": it's a twq-hour non-stop high speed aerobic workout, but not your everyday normal Jane Fonda ot jazzercise type workout We carry dumbbells and barbells while doing these- aerobics. A typical sequence consists of running up three flights of stairs with dumbbells in hand, then 175 push-ups, ifr^n run up the stairs, then 100 sit-ups, up the stairs, then 50 dumbbell press-ups, 50 dumbbell punches, 50 dumbbell curls,’and so on for 120 minutes. Tony, our cpach, starts each workout with a bucket in front of him, and says, "This is for those of you who were drinking last night, so you don't have to miss any of the workout by going to the head to throw up." Needless to say, we've long since stopped drinking on Friday nights.

We're all looking forward to our next test, the TransAtlantic Race.. It will be our first sail against the sloop-rigged maxis.

We've bet somewhere in the neighborhood of eight million U.S. dollars that we're faster with our ketch rig while reaching and running, but we won't know until we square off with the sloops. UCB Ireland and Rothman's from England are definitely doing the race, and we think Merit from Switzerland is going as well. There are supposed to be several other of the 17 Whitbread maxis entered, but we don't know which ones at this time. The Card has decided not to do the race, but will go home to Sweden to fit a new keel instead.

Steinlager II, our Kiwi training partner, is skipping the TransAtlantic Race, preferring to ship straight to England in June. They'll sail out of the Hamble River near Southampton until the start The race, which should take us 9-12 days, ends in Cork, Ireland. After that, Fisher & Paykel will train out of Plymouth, England for the remaining months of July and August We've chosen Plymouth over Hamble, where most of the maxis will be, because it's ten minutes from the ocean instead of an hour. Also, Hamble will be a

Our Whitbread correspondent, John Jourdane. He'll navigate Fisher & Paykel in the 33,000 mile jaunt around the globe. madhouse scene, crowded and full of unnecessary distractions.

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X the States for quite awhile. I just got in three wonderful days of windsurfing in Hawaii, then spent a few days sailing on Blondie and Taxi Dancer out of Long Beach, and even squeezed in a quick trip to see friends up in San Francisco. I'm having a great time, but can't completely relax: I know that Coach Tony will be waiting for us in Plymouth with more of his "Southampton Specials".

— john jourdane Readers — Fisher & Paykel won the poorly attended TransAtlantic Race against only three other boats, inluding the Whitbread maxi UCB Ireland. Currently, there are 26 boats entered in the Whitbread Race, including 16 maxis.

Halftime in Sledland Four of the seven races of the seven race ULDB 70 Association's 1989 racing circuit are now history, and some patterns are beginning to emerge. John Oelaura's SC 70 Silver Bullet is comfortably in first, having won the first two races (Newport Harbor YC's March Cabo Race and the Ensenada Race) and gotten a second in NHYC's Ahmanson Series and a fifth in Cal Cup. Blondie, Plat Farrah's always well-sailed SC 70, has come on strong in the last two races to move into second overall, just

Taxi Dancer's tiny bulb keel: if this is right,

a lot of the others must be all wrong. ahead of Mitch Rouse's R/P 68 Taxi Dancer, which stumbled in the Cal Cup. The 26th annual Cal Cup, held over

Memorial Day Weekend at California YC in Marina del Rey, served as notice that a pair of new SC 70s owned by two guys named Bob are also powers to be reckoned with.

Bob McNulty's dark blue Chance squeaked

by Bob Doughty's Evolution on the fourth leg of the last race to win the Cal Cup, the unofficial round-the-cans championship of the sledding world. Evolution, which has been a rocketship right out of the box, is sitting in fourth overall despite not making the Cabo Race; Chance is currently fifth.

However, it's too early to start engraving the 1989 Season Championship trophy yet, as the next three races will bear heavily on the final results. The TransPac, which counts double, is the big hurdle — a good showing there will be mandatory to stay in the overall hunt Then, there's September's Big Boat Series, the heavy air buoy contest that will favor long waterlines and relatively larger keels (read: Santa Cruz 70s), followed by November's Long Beach YC Cabo Race, which given the time of year, could be a total crapshoot Meanwhile, off the race course, the ULDB 70 Association has announced that beginning in 1990, the ratings for their sleds will no longer be tied to the IOR rule. “It's more like a separation than a divorce," explained class president Roy Disney. "We'll continue to base our ratings on the measurements used by the IOR rule.

However, the owners have agreed not to incorporate any future changes to that rule that have a deflationary impact on the ratings of our boats."

What that translates to is this: to compensate for some of the past "rating deflation" (older sleds have watched their ratings go from 70 to as low as 68.50 in the last four years), the Association has adopted a top end rating of 69.5 IOR for next year. For boats built in 1990, the top allowable rating will be 69.35; for 1991, 60.20, and so forth. Because the sleds will continue to race boat-for-boat, this "negative allowance" for new boats will force builders and designers to improve their designs and construction techniques to stay competitive.

"Experience has shown this is not only doable, it's inevitable," claimed Disney.

The parameters of the ULDB 70 Association's new rating structure were developed by a committee that included designers Alan Andrews, Bill Lee, Bruce Nelson and John Reichel. Also on the

committee were IOR measurer Frank Whitton, TransPac YC honcho George Griffith and Tom Leweck, the Association's executive director.

CAL CUP — 1) Chance. SC 70, Bob McNulty/John Kolius, LAYC, 12.25 points; 2) Evolution, SC 70, Bob Doughty/Robbie Haines, CYC, 14.75; 3) Blondie, SC 70, Pat Farrah/Dennis Durgan, LBYC, 16.75; 4) Mongoose, SC 70, Paul Simonsen/John Kostecki, StFYC, 26; 5) Silver Bullet, SC 70, John Delaura/Jeff Madrigali, Waikiki YC. 35; 6) Drumbeat, SC 70, Don Ayres, NHYC, 35; 7) Taxi Dancer, R/P 68. Mitch Rouse/Ed Lorence, CYC, 37; 8) Grand Illusion, SC 70, Ed McDowell, KHYC, 37; 9) Pyewacket, N/M 68, Roy Disney/Peter Isler, CYC, 40; 10) Pandemonium, N/M 66, Des McCallum/Norman Davant, StFYC, 43; 11) Cheval, N/M 68, Hal Ward, CYC, 44; 12) Cheetah, Peterson 66, Mick Schlens, KHYC, 52; 13) Maverick, N/M 68, Les Crouch, MBYC, 61; 14) Citlus, SC 70, DNC (14 boats) OVERALL — 1) Sliver Bullet, 51 points; 2) Blondie, 44; 3) Taxi Dancer, 41; 4) Evolution, 37; 5) Chance, 35; 6) Mongoose, 31; 7) Pyewacket, 25; 8) Grand Illusion, 24; 9) Drumbeat, 23; 10) Cheval, 21; 11) Ragtime, 17; 12) Maverick, 15; 13) Pandemonium, 8; 14) Swiftsure III, 7; 15) (tie) Citlus and Cheetah, 5; 17) (tie) Hokulele, Merlin, Prima, Marishiten, 0. (20 boats) page 156

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FJ — 1) Dave Wallace, FSC, 3.5 points; 2) Steve Klotz, FSC, 6.75; 3) Karl Paulsen, FSC, 10.

(17 boats) 505— 1) Jim Wondolleck, RYC, 2:25 points; 2) Chris Klein, RYC, 4.75. (4 boats) 1-14 — 1) Zack Berkowltz, StFYC, 2.25 points; 2) Steve Toschl, StFYC, 6; 3) Dave Klipfel, RYC, 9.

(12 boats) FIREBALL — 1) Craig Perez, RYC, 3.5 points; 2) Gary Boell, RYC, 8; 3) Scott Rovanpera, DSC, 8.75. (8 boats) LASER 11 — 1) Michele Logan, LMSC, 2.25 points; 2) David Menis, RYC, 5.75; 3) Gary Bergero, LMSC, 8. (9 boats) CONTENDER — 1) Rich Miller, CSC, 2.25 points; 2) Kirk Price, CSC, 6. (5 boats) FLYING DUTCHMAN — 1) Buster Brown, NoYC, 2.25 points; 2) Pat Robins, NoYC, 8. (5 boats) OK DINGHY — 1) Tim Nash, RYC, 4.5 points.

(3 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Bob Cunico, DSC, 2.25 points; 2) Jim Malloy, NoYC, 10. (6 boats)

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Clear Lake SBRA Regatta The centerpiece of the Small Boat Racing Assocation (SBRA) season, the Diablo Sailing Club-hosted Clear Lake Regatta, took place on the clear and sunny weekend of June 17-18. All three divisions of SBRA — A (El Toros), B (day sailing boats) and C (high performance dinghies) — attended the regatta, bringing the total boats to 144 in 11 SBRA classes and 5 open classes.

Two races were held each day in winds hovering between 8-15 knots. The El Toros raced on an inner triangle course off Kbnocti Harbor Inn, while divisions B and C raced longer courses on an outer triangle.

Conditions were varied enough to keep the sailors interested, while the jibe marl; near shore — where several boats capsized — provided entertainment for the spectators on the beach.

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also the biggest SBRA event of the season, and the only time beside the Richmond YC opener that all three divisions get together.

"I think it's the weekend everyone looks forward to the most," said Russ Breed, vice chairman of SBRA. "People treat it as a family outing."

Take, for instance, the OK Dinghy class. Only three boats showed up, but it was a genuine family affair: the Nash family (Cordon Sr., and sons Chris and Tim) not only dominated the class, they were the class.

EL TORO SR. — 1) Hank Jotz, WSC. 2.25 points; 2) Aad Rommelse, WRYC, 4.75; 3) Steve Briggman, SJSC, 10; 4) Patrick Vincent, RYC, 12.

(26 boats) EL TORO JR. — 1) David Wilson, RYC, 2.25 points; 2) Rebecca Harris, RYC, 6. (9 boats) THISTLE — 1) Ron Smith, SJSC, 2.25 points; 2) Ben Sevdy, BSC, 6. (4 boats) LIGHTNING — 1) Mike Brewer, MBYC, 2.25 points; 2) Mike Molina, RYC, 5.75. (5 boats) SNIPE — 1) Jim Grabbs, ABYC, 3.5 points; 2) Warren Wheaton, StFYC. 3.5; 3) Mike Plokabla, StFYC, 19. (14 boats) LASER — 1) John Taves, HMBYC, 2.25 points; 2) Bruce Braly, HYC, 7; Jack Gross, DSC, 8. (14 boats)

Coriett Race Only 21 boats in two divisions poked their noses out the Cate on the windy morning of Saturday, May 27, for the start of the three-day Coriett Race. Like the Jr. Waterhouse Race two weekends before, the conditions were gnarly for little boats. To quote the colorful Controlled Broach, the self-described "official propaganda" of the Midget Ocean Racing Association, "Somewhere near Mile Rock the dedication ,and love of adventure gave way to bowbashing, spinal-bouncing reality. As the winds punched over 30 knots and the ebb tide chop pounded relentlessly, facing more of the same for 5-6 hours out to the Farallones caused eight out of 14 boats to turn back."

The hearty half dozen MORAns who pressed on were rewarded with lighter winds further out in the Gulf of Farallones, and a spectacular spinny ride down to Half Moon Bay. Both Bloom County and Friday reported doing the 33 miles between the Rockpile and Half Moon Bay in 3 hours, for * an adrenalin-pumping 11 knot average. The remnants of the fleet dried themselves out on Sunday while enjoying a salmon feed courtesy of the friendly Half Moon Bay YC, and then headed home on Monday in more moderate conditions.

Meanwhile, the larger boats enjoyed the "traditional" Coriett Race: the first race to Drake's Bay, the second around the Farallones to Half Moon Bay, and the last one back to San Francisco. Cumulative

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results for the weekend follow: MORA — 1) (tie) Friday, Express 27, John Uebenberg, RYC, and Bloom County, Mancebo maxi, Cart & Mark Ondry, RYC, 2.75 points; 3) Animal Farm, Wylie 28, Rod Phibbs, TYC, 6. (14 boats) PHRO — 1) (3-way tie) Camille, Stewart 42, Bill Permar, SYC; Bones VIII, Swan 47, Bill Chapman, SFYC; Sea Peptide, Express 34, Fred Voss, EYC, 8.75 points. (7 boats)

SSS In-the-Bay Race Thirty-eight boats (10 singlehanded, 28 doublehanded) sailed in the Singlehanded Sailing Society's windy 20-mile In-the-Bay Race back on June 3. The reaching-oreinted course zig-zagged the fleet from host Corinthian YC to Knox, Blossom Rock, Crissy Reid, Southampton Shoal, Blossom and back to the finish.

For the second year in a row — and despite never putting up a kite — Pieter Jones took the singlehanded division with his Yankee 30 Emerald. Winner of the doublehanded division was Joe Terriault's Bucanneer trimaran Sundowner, which pulled a horizon job on the fleet SINGLEHANDED: DIV. I — 1) Echo, Wylie 34, George Klskaddon.

(3 boats) DIV. II — 1) Praise, Freedom, Ken Joy. (3 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones; 2) Reliance, International Folkboat, Reed Overshiner. (4 boats) DOUBLEHANDED: DIV. I (Multihulls) — 1) Sundowner, Bucaneer 33 tri, Joe Therriautt/Bob Tonjas. (3 boats) DIV. 11 — 1) Harp, Catalina 38, Sallle Rowe/Mike Mannix; 2) Bird, Swede 55, David Poole/Skip Wortiska; 3) Ringmaster, Express 37, Leigh Brtte/Marilyn Davis. (12 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Glory Days. Pretorlan 35, Andy Rothman/Keith Claxton; 2) Anna Banana, Moore 24, Joe Durrett/unknown. (4 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszei/Lauren Ruszel; 2) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning/Greg Stewart (9 boats)

Hiroshima Cup Twenty boats are currently competing in the inaugural Hiroshima Cup, a heavily sponsored 4,000 mile race which started off Pearl Harbor on June 18 and ends sometime near the end of July in Hiroshima. Four Japanese yachts are the only entries in the IOR racing division; among them is a former Bay Area speedster, the X-

1 Tonner Dark Horse, now renamed Pied Piper V. The other 16 yachts, split about evenly between Japanese and American entries, are sailing without handicaps in two classes of cruising boats. Merle Peterson — the selfappointed President of the Pacific — is sailing his 75-foot VTvefca, the biggest boat in the fleet, in the big cruising class. He'll have to beat Berkeley's Frank Robben and his Kialoa II, which has been chartered by the "One World Fund’, a private Japan- ese organization dedicated to amateur sail training. Robben is flying the United Nations flag for this race. Among the smaller cruisers is another Bay Area entry, Raul Steinert's Farr 1020 XXX. The race budget, rumored to be nearly half a million dollars, was lavish enough to outfit every boat with an ARGOS system which tracks the boat's progress six times a day. Kialoa II was fourth overall as we went to press; XXX was running sixth.

Details on fate of Mimi, a Japanese Murray Ross design in the small cruising division, are still sketchy: we gather they hit the windward side of Pearl and Hermes Reef, 90 miles from Midway. According to the fax we received from Hawaii, the crew is in the liferaft watching their boat break up while awaiting rescue from a U.S. Navy helicopter.

Upon successful completion of the race, which is billed as a quadrennial ’pilgrimage of peace’, yachts will be awarded 50,000

Wall Street Duck to weather of National Biscuit momenta after the start of the ’Schumacher Cup".

(approximately $4,000). Looks like at least one boat won't finish in the money...

Woodie Invitational The annual Saint Francis YC Woodie invitational — the Big Boat Series of wooden boats — took place on the beautiful weekend of June 16-18. Four Cityfront races were held: a late Friday afternoon contest, two 20-knotbers on Saturday, and a 30-knot howler on Sunday.

Two Knarrs and one IOD lost their rigs when the wind piped up.

This regatta, although one of the highlights of the woodie crowd's season, is a ’stand-alone* event separate from the WBRA racing schedule. The next race on the WBRA schedule isn't until August 13.

BIRD — 1) Oriole, Doug Hamilton, 7.5 points; 2) Widgeon, Heinz Backer, 8.75. (3 boats) BEAR — 1) Smokey, Stephen Robertson, 3 points; 2) Chance, Glenn Treser, 11; 3) Trigger, Scott Cauchois, 18. (9 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Volker, Jerry Langkammerer, 6.75 points; 2) Thea, Tom Reed, 13.75; 3) Freja, Ed Welch, 19. (14 boats) IOD — 1) Undine, Dennis Jermaine, 6.5 points; 2) Bolero, George Deg nan, 10; 3) Accounts Payable, Richard Pearce, 12. (7 boats) KNARR — 1) Lykken, Robert Fisher, 14.5 points; 2) Huttetu, George Rygg, 17; 3) Red Witch, poge 158

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would be on its way south right now," said Corlett. His crew for the winner-take-all race, in addition to Rastello and Robinson, included the Baumhoff brothers (Steve and Eric), Billy Brandt, Doug Holm, Ronn Loewenthal and Mike Mandell.

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Craig McCabe, 24; 4) Silk Purse, Matt Blake, 25; 5) Peer Gynt, Jim Skaar, 27.75. (28 boats)

Duck Eats Biscuit The 83rd San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Cup — known this year as the Schumacher Cup because both the challenger and the defender are Carl Schumacher creations — was retained by the defenders. Saint Francis YC. They pitted Jim Robinson's revamped Wall Street Duck against Balboa YC's National Biscuit, owned

by Colin Case, a non-resident member of that club.

"It was a tense race," allowed Duck driver Chris Corlett of their dose 1:06 corrected time victory over the 18.45 mile course. "We won because our tactics were better."

The Biscuit, sailed by Brad Wheeler with tactics by Jeff Madrigali, lifted the start off the Duck, which was started by match radng champion Mark Rastello, by nine seconds. They held that lead to the windward mark, but on the next downwind leg, the Duck — with a much bigger spinnaker and a blooper — passed the smaller Biscuit and never relinquished the lead.

In a virtually level match race (the Duck spotted the Biscuit 13 seconds), timing was everything. The Duck's mylar/kevlar mainsail chose the right time to blow up — 20 seconds after they'd crossed the finish line. "If it had gone any sooner, the trophy

As we go to press, we learned that Tom Blackaller just won the latest round of Salem ProSail back in Newport, R.I. Details next month...

Alameda yacht broker Don Trask recently won the Jesse Carr Trophy — the West Coast champion- ship for skippers over 50 and crews over 40 — for the third year in a row. It was sailed in Martin 242s at California YC in Marina del Rey on June 23-24. Trask, sailing for the StFYC, smoked the small 5-boat fleet with a 1,1,1,1,3 record. Jim DeWitt (RYC) came in second.

The last minute word from Long Beach is that Audi/North Sails Race Week was a resounding success, attracting 119 boats in 7 classes. The three-day, four-race PHRF series was held on June 23-25. Winners of the Audi Quattro Trophy (most competitive class) were Tom and Doug Jorgensen of LAYC, who sailed their J/35 Diablo to victory in the 27 boat two-design’ fleet of J/35s and Schock 35s. Long Beach YC's

The To8chis out practicing for September's /14 Worlds, which may be 'the most exciting dinghy regatta ever held on the Bay.' team of Allegiance, Flambuoyant and Cizmo won the yacht club challenge trophy.

Class winners follow: A — It's Okay,

R/P 41, Lewis Beery; B — Diablo, J/35, Tom/Doug Jorgensen; C — To the Max, Swan 53, Max Condon; D — Rumrunner, Peterson 30, Washbum/Rickershauser; E — Big Apple, NY-36, Johanson/Fleming; F — Easy Co, NM 25, Ron Kluwe; C — Cizmo, Farr 30, Satariano/Hinsche.

All the way with USA: Bravura, Great News and Sagacious will compete against 12 other three-boat teams in the 1989 Champagne Mumm Admiral's Cup in England between July 27-August 12. The distinctly Northern California effort — led

by Randy Short (team captain), Irv Loube, Dave Allen and Colin Case — will have its work cut out for them to beat New Zealand, who will be defending their title with the formidable team of Propaganda, Fair Share and Librah. Other serious challenges are expected from Australia, England, Germany and possibly Norway. In other AC news, ORC Special Regulation 12 — the one about dangling feet outside the lifelines at night — has been waived for this regatta. Also, Colin Case has transferred to the Great News crew due to a weight problem on Sagacious.

Representing Area G (Northern California) in the Adam's Cup, the USYRU Women's National Championship, in Milwaukee at the end of August will be

Richmond YC's Stephanie King Wondolleck. Stephanie, along with crew Melinda Groen and Sara Makielski, earned the honor by beating out RYC's Katherine Kipp and SFYC's Susie Madrigali in a windy fourrace Lightning elimination series off

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Southampton Shoals on June 10-11.

The same weekend, San Francisco YC's Don Jesberg won the Mallory Cup (USYRU Men's Championship) eliminations in a fourrace Etchells series. Jesberg, who's currently dominating the local Etchells fleet, sailed with Chris Raney and Vito Bialla. They beat out ten Munroe and Chris Perkins, both of StFYC, and StkSC's Bren Meyer for the right to travel to Houston in mid-September for the finals.

Whale (tail) watching, cont'd: Peter Cilmour steered Sovereign, the Pedrick 83 from Australia with the so-called Whale-Tail keel, to a narrow victory over five other maxis in the New York Maxi Series in Newport, R.I., on June 9-14. Sovereign actually ended up even in the six-race series with the new Dennis Conner-driven Emeraude, but won on the tiebreaker. Final results: 1) Sovereign; 2) Emeraude; 3) Boomerang; 4) Kialoa V; 5) Matador; 6) Congere.

Getting bent: They have bent, we have bent Together we came up with something that looked good to both of us."

Thus spoke Peter Grimm, chairman of the Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORQ, about the return of the 50 footers to next year's SORC (March 1-12, 1990). Per the request of the International Fifty Foot Association, they will race as a separate class on mainly short inshore courses and thus be ineligible for overall Circuit honors.

'We look forward to having them back,* said Grimm. "Everyone seems happy."

Speaking of the 50s, a trio of these hot IOR speedsters annihilated Antigua Race Week back in early May. Infinity, Carat VII and Champosa V swept class and overall honors in the 150-boat fleet It was also the second year in a row that John Thompson's N/M 50 Infinity won overall, prompting some critics to label the otherwise low-key racing a "mismatch" and worse. Bringing a well oiled IOR machine like Infinity to Antigua Sail Week does seem a bit like using a nuclear warhead to flatten an anthill, but that's racing.

John Kbsteda wrapped up the J/24 European Championship as we went to the printer. Sailing' an Italian boat with Vince Brun and Matt Cesicki, both of San Diego, and the Bay Area's Jim Barton, Kbsteda beat a large fleet of Js in Sardina.

Next stop on Kostecki's schedule is the 6Meter Worlds in Sweden in August

On a roll: Russ Silvestri.

News from up-river: the Stockton Sailing Club Spring Series, a seven race series held over the last three months, drew 48 boats this year. Winners were as follows: A Fleet — Faded Badley, J/30, Dana Badley; 5.5 Meter — Chaos, Jim Warfield; Midget Ocean Fleet — Shenanigan's, Merit 25, Pat Brown; B Fleet — Ve/oce, Cal 27, Ni Orsi; Catalina 27 Fleet — Lyric II, Paul Owings; C Fleet — Butter Cup, Columbia Challenger, Tom Nowak. Winner of StkSC's seven race Ladies Series was Olivia Owings, sailing the family Catalina 27 Lyric II. The beauty of sail: the Newport Volvo Regatta, the "original" Volvo Regatta back in Newport, R.I., is scheduled for July 14-16.

Twelve dasses will compete in this hugely successful regatta next month, induding a class of Classic 12 Meters. That's right — the Antique Twelve Meter Association (which, we imagine, indudes most 12 Meters now) has sanctioned the regatta as one of the events on their ‘dinosaur drcuif.

Five vintage 12s are expected: Northern Light, Gleam, Nyala, American Eagle and Weatherly, which defended the America's Cup against the Aussie's Crete/ is '62. In case anyone's forgotten already, 12 Meter boats were the vessels that the America's Cup — once yachting's most venerable trophy — was competed in from 1958 through 1987.

Vallejo Race update: last month's artide about the popular Vallejo weekend contained preliminary results that were subject to change, as there were 12 protests to be heard and, as it turned out, dozens of errors to be corrected. The revised standing revealed, among other things, that Wild Goose, Jim and Sue Corenman's Pineapple-powered Nordic 40, won the HDA division of IMS, as well as IMS overall.

There were undoubtedly other changes too,

such as Ozone's place in HDA-H (see Letters), but at this point it's just too time consuming and confusing to rescore the whole event Sorry, case closed.

The second biggest (after the Maurui/O'Neill World Cup at Crissy Reid) saiiboarding event on the California Coast, the Rio Vista Pro/Am, took place June 2,-4.

Over 150 stand-up sailors in five divisions competed in the up-river event Current Olympic bronze medalist Mike Gebhart took the toughest competition, the 66-board Men's Unlimited dass. Other winners: Dave Deisenger (Men's Production), Sharon Thompson (Unlimited Women's), Catt Betts (Production Women's), and Steve Sylvester (Master's).

Results of the Collegiate Nationals, held in early June at Chicago YC, follow.

Dinghy nationals: 1) Old Dominion, 132; 2) Navy, 134; 3) UC Irvine, 171 (USC was 10th out of 16 teams). Team radng: 1) Navy, 9-1; 2) (tie) UC Irvine, Tufts, Charleston, 7-3 (Stanford was 10th).

Women's nationals: 1) Brown, 144; 2) Tufts, 159; 3) Navy, 166 (UC Irvine was 8th). Terry Hutchinson of ODU was named the Collegiate Sailor of the Year.

In the know, and in the dough: the latest issue of Sailing World lists the top ten money sailors in the U.S. last year. They were John Kolius ($113,000), ten Read ($106,100), Randy Smyth ($100,500), Mike Hobson ($74,666), Andrew Nyhart ($62,000), Scott Allan ($58,000), Tom Blackaller ($57,000), Russ Silvestri ($33,333), Fred Soward ($32,000) and Mark Ploch/Bill Ziegler ($30,000). (Absent were the likes of Paul Cayard and Dennis Connor — they're paid well to steer the grand prix yachts, but how much isn't common knowledge.)

However, before you run out and quit your day job to become a pro sailor, consider that in most cases the costs of operating a Salem ProSail or Ultimate Yacht Race campaign eat up most of the earnings.

It also endangers your "amateur" status (wink, wink). It was interesting reading in SW how these blatantly professional sailors protect, or think they're protecting, their amateur status with USYRU. Tom Blackaller, for one, was refreshingly honest: "I'm taking the money. I may be shooting myself in the foot, but I'm unaware of any major regatta I'd like to sail in where I'm preduded from sailing." page 160

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With reports this month from the South Pacific on Asian's bad luck; from Panama on potential problems; from the Hawaiian Eye on events in the Islands; from Day By Day in St. Barts; from Born Free in the South Pacific; from Centolla in Australia; from Cat's Cradle in Florida; and from Baba Wawa following Columbus' path. Also, information on the importance of treating tropical infections, how to keep the cruising kitty fat, and Cruise Notes.

More Bad Luck In the South Pacific Arian — 25-ft Sloop Ian McNair (Harrow, England) It's not been a good 12 months of cruising for 52-year old Englishman Ian McNair. Sometime late last summer his 25ft sloop went up on a reef at Suwarrow.

Dejected, McNair pretty much just hung around until he began to get on the nerves of Cook Island officials. Finally, with the encouragement of fellow yachties, McNair retrieved his little yacht, fixed it, and continued cruising.

A lifelong sailor, things went relatively well for McNair until May 18 of this year when his yacht was discovered aground on a reef at the resort island of Toburua, some 60 miles northeast of Suva, Fiji. Members of the resort staff found the boat's self-steering

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As police sent urgent messages to coastal villages asking residents to be on the lookout for the cruiser, Arian drifted free of the reef and was towed to the resort at Toburua.

There was good news the following day, when the Brit, having drifted for 36 hours without water or food, was found by a fishing boat McNair says his misadventure began when his boat ran aground near the resort Unable to get his little yacht free by himself, McNair decided to row toward the two lights he saw ashore in the distance. At least he assumed the lights were on land.

After rowing some five kilometers in the t direction of the lights, they disappeared, and he had to conclude they'd been on some vessel. So there he was, without food, water or the capability to row against the current back to his stranded boat Fortunately he was rescued and reunited with his boat at Toburua.

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Panama Canal Chaos Coming?

Alright you geography majors, on what island do you find this sign?

engaged and the sails set, but no McNair.

With the last log entry indicating a position 300 miles to the north, and with no signs of a struggle, authorities speculated that McNair might have had a heart attack and fallen overboard.

If you're planning on moving your boat through the Panama Canal, you may want to act promptly. Experts on the region fear that a time of crisis is approaching.

The treaty between the United States and Panama calls for Panama to take full control of the Canal in the year 2000. Prior to that there is a gradual assumption of responsibility by the country Noriega is holding hostage.

The problem is that there's to be a new head honcho of the canal on January 1, 1990, and for the first time he is to be a Panamanian. Naturally Noreiga, who is under indictment by the United States for drug smuggling, will appoint one of his men.

The catch is that the man Noriega nominates also has to be appointed by President Bush and approved by the United States Senate. As if that man wouldn't be hard enough to find in the first place, there is a Congressional resolution that says one of Noreiga's men won't be accepted.

If the two countries can't agree on a new administrator, the default situation is a deputy administrator appointed by the United States. If you can't imagine how

Bob Peterson of ‘Topaz1 sent us this shot from Cyprus. More next month in ‘Changes’.

well this would go over in Panama, let Foreign Minister Jorge Ritter tell you. He says Panama “will raise a stink in the United Nations, the Organization of American States, and the Boy Scouts if we have to."

Should that fail, Ritter says the operation of the canal will become "endangered*.

Naturally he declined to specify what he meant by that There is a chance for a smooth transition, but with circumstances providing Noreiga with an ideal chance to bolster anti-American sentiments, it seems slim.

Stay tuned.

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Carol Post's Hawaiian Eye Waterfront Postal Center Honolulu, Hawaii Gregg and Leslie Olson are heading to Moorea aboard the South Pacific vet Tiva, a 37-ft Brown Sea Runner trimaran. The coupje purchased the boat in San Diego

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On April 16, Rick Cockbum, with Jim and Kirsten Howes as crew, left Hawaii for Guam aboard Hi Dad, a 45-ft trawler out of Vancouver. After a month passed and the boat had not arrived, the float plan filed with Waterfront Postal Center was reviewed and the Coast Guard notified. After considerable checking, it was learned that the vessel had changed plans and proceeded on to Japan, if you deviate from your float plan, you must notify whoever you filed it with! The Coast Guard and taxpayers waste tens of thousands of dollars a year on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;missing boats that aren't missing.

Cockbum and Hi Dad has left British Columbia in late 1988 and had a great trip down the west coast to Catalina, Cabo and Mazatlan, covering 3,100 miles in just 21 days.

Having already circumnavigated the world, Jim & Molly Moore, originally of Portland, Oregon, are planning a circumnavigation of another sort: the United States. It will begin in the Northwest, and after a side trip up the Tennessee-

and then left Newport Beach in 1987 for the 15-day voyage to the Islands. The Olsons plan to cruise the Society Islands, then spend the hurricane season in Samoa or Fiji. A dental hygienist, Leslie is taking her dental tools with her and plans to torture folks along the way. Just kidding Leslie, but we just had a root canal and it hurtl Another Brown Sea Runner 37, this one homeported in Hilo, departed Honolulu for Santa Barbara on June 1.

Aboard the unnamed boat were Steve, Peter and Tim Gates.

Leroy Gantt didn't specify what kind of boat his Kuuipo II is or where he's from, but after enjoying a couple of years in the tropics, he's headed back to the fog pf San Francisco.

Coming up from the South Pacific and 'having a great time" was Christopher Robinson aboard Rising Star, a British registered 37-ft ketch. No wonder he had a great time, his crew consisted of two gab.

The boat recently sailed for Sitka, Alaska.

The trio plans to winter in Vancouver. page 163

Recently arrived in Sitka after a 22-day passage from Hawaii were Frank Butler and Zoe Farrington aboard the Long Beachbased Westsail 32, Intuition. "We never did get the westerlies and had a few miserable days where we had to tack back and forth.'

After resting up in a slip for a few days, they planned to "shoot the rapids* up to Glacier Bay. A couple of singlehanders recently left Honolulu for Palmyra. Jack Kennedy of Los Angeles aboard the 36-ft ketch Freestyle, one of the two, was canying spare parts so Lazy Bones, a 40-ft steel ketch from Vancouver, could make emergency repairs.

Kennedy plans to return to Honolulu from Palmyra. The other singlehander, Robert Orlinger aboard Orion II, plans to cruise the South Pacific after Palmyra.

Once there were three dogs on Palmyra: Army, Navy and Palmyra. Navy died from complications following a shark bite; Palmyra passed away in May, so now only Army is left. There's talk among cruisers of bringing a pup down to carry on the tradition and keep Army company.

Once there was Army, Navy and Palmyra.

Only Army, resting in the Avon, survives.

Tombigbee waterway and down the Mississippi, and will end with a sail up the Potomac River to Washington, D.C. 'Our basic objective,' they write, 'is to see as much of the country as one can see from the deck of a sailboat, to meet as many

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people as possible, and to avoid all meaningful work."

It was in the early 70's that the Moore's spent three years building Swan, their Cascade 36. In 1977 they sailed from Portland to Hawaii, then through the islands of the South Pacific to New Zealand and Australia. Tracing Cook's and Bligh's route through the Great Barrier Reef, they called on Darwin, Christmas Island and Mauritius before finishing their crossing of the Indian Ocean at Durban, South Africa. After two months of enjoying Durban, the Point YC, the Zululand game reserves and the dreaded passage around Cape of Good Hope to Capetown, they sailed across the Atlantic. After visiting Brazil and the Caribbean, they transited the Canal ("in the good old days"). It was at Costa Rica that Swan and crew prepared for the 4,350-mile passage to Hawaii, the longest of their trip.

Although it took 38 days, there was some excitement; 400 miles southeast of Hawaii they crossed their outbound track, completing their circumnavigation.

The Moores have remained in Hawaii for the last seven years, "replenishing the critically low larder* and writing a book about their circumnavigation. By the Way of the Wind should be published by the end of the year. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; carol post & latitude 38 Day By Day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; CN 36 Richard & Marion Atchison SL Barts (Santa Cruz) "The heck with itl" That's what Richard and Marion finally said after spending four frustrating years in Florida waiting for the resolution of legal problems associated with The Broken Egg, his former Santa Cruz area business. So in June of 1988, the start of hurricane season, the two simply took off cruising southeast through the Caribbean.

As is the case with many California transplants, Florida never captured the hearts of the Atchisons. The heat and humidity of summer were oppressive. And while they made many good friends in the Fort Lauderdale sailing community, Marion observed that there's substantial animosity between ethnic and other groups in the South Florida area. Floridians, she feels, have yet to adopt a "live and let live" philosophy that seems to have taken hold in most of the Golden State.

The boat they're cruising on is a 1972

Camper-Nicholson 35 foot sloop they'd purchased in Florida back when they first arrived in 1984. Although in excellent shape to begin with, Richard made additional modifications to the boat for cruising comfort Richard Beers, another Santa Cruzian living in Fort Lauderdale, installed their engine-driven cold plate refrigeration system. Half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening, and everything seems to be cool, says Richard.

There's two basic routes to the Lesser Antilles from Florida; offshore or the Thorny Path1 through the islands. The Atchisons chose the Thorny Path through the Bahamas, the Turks & Caicos, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico, to the Virgins, SL Martin, Anguilla and St Barts. Not in any kind of rush, they took a year to cover the relatively short distance. "If you're going to cruise," says Marion, you have to be able to wait for good weather. Sometimes for weeks." All good cruisers know what she's talking about

Richard and Marion, relaxing aboard 'Day By Da/ at Custavia.

After all the flat islands of the Bahamas, the towering landmass of Hispaniola, with its towering verdant mountains and countless waterfalls and rivers, was the most spectacular. "It reminded me of Kauai," says Marion.

Attempting a nighttime landfall at Samana with the encouragement of a boat that had preceded them in during daylight, they came dangerously dose putting Day by Day up on a reef. Fortunately they were able to avoid the breakers and find their way in to port Puerto Plata and Samana, the only two places yachties can really get permission to go on the Dominican Republic side of Hispaniola, are both pretty filthy. The streets are dirty, the harbor has staph, and the teeming populations are desperately poor.

Despite this and the fact that both Richard and Marion came down with intestinal flu. page 164

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Needing to fly back to the States for six weeks, the two left Day by Day at Culebra, a lovely little hideaway between Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that is as hurricane proof as you can get From there it was on to the Virgins, Anguilla (where they visited some Santa Cruz folks who have a house there), St Martin and St Barts. When we spoke to them in early June, they were planning to hustle on down to Venezuela before hurricane season reached full bloom. After that plans were unclear; maybe another year in the Caribbean, maybe head to the South Pacific.

Cruising expenses, including flights home and gear for lovely Day by Day was running about $8 to $10 thousand a year, for those of you trying to get a handle of true cruising costs.

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they both have reasonably fond memories of die people and the country.

Looking for a place to get lost or start life over? The "DR", where the cost of living is cheap, the women pretty and nobody asks questions, is apparently the perfect place. "We saw several guys in there 50's who married beautiful local girls in their 20's,* remembers Richard.

When you think of Puerto Rico, you don't usually think of great cruising, but according to Richard and Marion — as well as other cruisers we interviewed — the south coast of what might become the 51st state, is excellent The hospitality, is wonderful, and there's lot of variety,1 they say.

Boqueron and Mayaguez are two of the main cities, but the coast is littered with good anchorages. The south coast is relatively undeveloped, but go a couple of miles inland and it's like being back in the United States: Jack, Mac, the Colonel, UPS, Sears, K-Mart and all the rest page 165

Bom Free — Westsail 32 Ed & Mari! Birkholz The South Pacific (Piercy, CA) I was delighted to have my wife fly down here to join me. We've done six weeks in the Marquesas, two weeks in the Tuamotus and two months in the Society Islands.

Don't think the no-see-ums won't bite you; they will. But it's just part of the trip.

Where are the Westsails? I haven't seen another one down here.

All the gendarmes and officials have been courteous and easy to get along with.

They seem to have plenty to do without bothering the yachties.

One of the highlights of the trip was when big waves came out of nowhere and ran all 15 yachts out of Atuona harbor. It was a bit unnerving to have screaming surfers catching big waves right off of our stem. The whole town came down to the cliffs on April 29 to watch the show. We were the last boat out of there as waves starting coming over part of the breakwater.

We had to steer thru several floating trees that had sudedenly washed off the cliffs.

We leave Bora Bora June 26 for Hilo.

We were really pleased with Polynesia and will head across hurricane alley in July.

— ed 6/6/89 Killing The Cruising Kitty Some folks getting ready to head south aren't sure how to blow their cruising kitty.

If you're one of them, listen up to me, because I'm an expert I blew my kitty so fast and foolishly I'm back home a year early earning money to get back to my boat and start living right and healthy again.

Here's how to kill the cat 1. Have a complicated boat You don't have to have everything. If you find you absolutely can't live without something, you can always add it later.

2. Have or want to hire people to do your repairs and maintenance. Not unless you really want to blow a bankroll.

3. Dawdle along the expensive coast of California.

4. Stay in marinas.

5. Drinking heavily — especially at

Keep the kitty fat by enjoying free entertainment such as the St Barts aviation antics.

shoreside establishments.

6. Visit countries where French is spoken. The franc is a killer!

7. Eat non-local foods or at restaurants.

8. Take taxis instead of buses.

9. Defer maintenance.

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10. Put your boat on a reef.

It took me too long — almost an entire kitty — to realize that we Americans are almost programmed to spend, no matter if we need anything or not Smash the program, save your cat!

— too embarassed to give my name Centolla — Sceptre 36 Arne & Elaine Abrams Rarotonga to New Zealand (Seattle) Rarotonga: Leaving Bora Bora, yachts either head to American Samoa for supplies, to Tonga, or stop at Rarotonga enroute to Tonga. Since we were provisioned, we sailed the 550 miles (in five days) to the pier at Ararua, Rarotonga. The harbor was protected except in northerly winds. Locals came down to greet the new arrivals and we met some New Zealanders who live on the island. They took us on a spectacular hike up the second highest peak of the island. The last mile required the use of ropes, but we made it Other highlights included a "communal tea" or potluck, a day of dinghy racing at a yacht dub

'Centolla', closing in on Australia.

situated in a blue lagoon, and the Constitution Festival. The Cook Islanders informed us that they 'ran their own show*

and displayed the Cook Island currency — featuring a naked woman riding on the back of a shark!

Niue: The 590 mile sail from Rarotonga took six days and was not our most enjoyable. It induded a 24 hour gale, the breaking of our SatNav, and both of us coming down with the flu. The anchorage at Alofi was a roadstead that can only be used in fine weather. Niue is the smallest self-governing state in the Raafic and has a population of just 2,500. Arne had to pick up the doctor, agriculture inspector and immigrations officer at the dock. Even though the agriculture inspector ended up in the water, the Niuans welcomed us into their country. Because so few boats stop, we made national news.

Renting motorscooters, we arcumnavigated the country, explored caves, chasms, blue lagoons and petrified coral forests. Some of the best basketry in Polynesia was available at the Handicraft Center. After five days we set the spinnaker and listened to the Niue radio station dedicate a farewell song to their "friends on Centolla" and Seahawk (Brian and Mary Alice O'Neill who have been sailing with us).

Tonga: With a broken sextant, Arne had to rely on celestial navigation to get us the 230 miles to Tonga. We slowed the boat down nearing the Vava'u Group, not wanting to make landfall before daylight We arrived on the third morning, which because it happened to be Sunday, meant we couldn't dear Customs, fish, swim or run the generator. We could, however, attend church two or three times a dayl Monday morning we purchased some fresh produce and a chart listing all the different anchorages and islands. We spent the next several weeks exploring the different spots.

The best pig roast was at Hunga, where the whole village brought different dishes. The villages welcomed gifts of children's dothes, material and school supplies.

Fiji: Our four day, 450 mile sail to Fiji was easy. We entered Suva under a full moon using the radar to guide us. The military coup has had little effect on the yachties other than boardings to see that yachts aren't transporting arms. The Suva YC had cold beer, Chinese food and laundry services. Suva also has a yachtie net, a great market, Indian food and the Fijian Handicraft Center.

We obtained permission to cruise the Yasawa Group for four weeks, which

because the Fijian traditions are still practiced, has been one of the highlights of our trip. The villagers would welcome us with "Mbula" and Arne had to present kava to the chief of the island and ask permission to visit We spent some time with the villagers, visiting their vegetable/fruit gardens, churches and schools. They were in great need of school and medical supplies as well as dothing. There was no electricity in these villages and the people cooked over fires inside huts. We alternated our time between village life and shellin^spearfishing on the deserted islands. Navigation in this area was very tricky because of uncharted coral reefs. We could only sail in good visibility and with someone on the bow looking out for coral heads.

Another stop in Fiji was at Musket Cove, Malololailoi Island on September 11 for their Race Week. The annual regatta features day races to the island for pig roasts, BBQs, mini-Olympics, fishing contests, wet T-shirt contests, talent shows page 166

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and a decorated boat parade with live figureheads'. Dick does a fine job running the Musket Cove YC, Race Week, and helping yachties.

New Zealand: Because it was the beginning of hurricane season, we needed to sail the nearly 1200 miles to Auckland.

After 9.5 days, we had to be towed into Auckland Harbor because of a broken lift pump on our engine. The Harbor Police welcomed us to New Zealand, tied us up at the Customs Wharf, and requested no money in return for their assistance.

The Kiwis have been exceptionally friendly. John and Heather Lidgard of the Auckland-based Reward took us on a month long Christmas cruise to the Bay of Islands.

We got pipis (clams), oysters, scallops and fish — all of which made for great BBQs on the beach. Another Kiwi couple, Nick MacPherson and Robyn Todd, who are preparing to go cruising in two years, helped us locate boat parts and took us to visit New Zealand's wineries.

We also did a month of tramping on page 167

The main anchorage in La Paz; holding tank regulations come this fall, maybe a multihundred berth marina in a couple of years.

the South Island. Backpacks, walking shoes and pots & pans were necessities, but sleeping huts were readily available. We travelled by car (which many yachties purchase) or coach/train/ferry pass. We recommend the Able Tasman area, Wanaka, Nelson Lakes, and the Milford Sound Track.

We are exploring the Great Barrier Island for a couple of weeks before we leave for the Lau Group, Fiji. We plan on sailing in the Solomons and Papua New Guinea this season. Somehow our Lalitutdes keep finding us!

— ame & elaine 4/7/89 Holding Tanks To Be Required In La Paz This Fall According to Lie Ricardo Perez Razura, who is retiring from government service to devote full time to his job as executive director of Pueblo Palmira and Marina Palmira, by late this year the Port Captain

of La Paz will require that all yachts have their head thru-hulls sealed. The move is part of the government's efforts to clean up the water of Baja California Sur's most populous city.

The general water quality has improved significantly, says Ricardo, since the municipal sewage treatment plant went into operation in 1986. With the dramatic growth in the number of boats in La Paz in the last 10 years, the marine sewage problem has grown increasingly serious. The government has held back from requiring holding tanks to be sealed in the past because there was no convenient way for cruisers to dispose of their sewage. That has changed.

Mary Shroyer at Marina de La Paz reports that they have the capacity to remove sewage from boats and dump it into the city's sewage system. Ricardo Razura was recently in San Diego purchasing head pump-out equipment for Marina Palmira. He expects his to be in operation by October, before the Port Captain requires that head thru-hulls be sealed.

Ricardo says that Marina Palmira will charge just $1, a very modest fee compared to the States, for a pump out He sees the 1 low cost service as a way of luring cruisers in to see the attractions of his expanding marina / condominium project Although it might be false economy, there will be a alternative: to go outside La Paz and pump holding tanks at sea.

Doubtless there will be a bit of bellyaching from cruisers in La Paz who will be inconvenienced compared to the past, but few can deny that the time for a change has come. Almost everyone is familiar with the sewage-related health problems that have struck cruisers in Puerto Vallarta over A the years. We just hope the pump-out equipment can be kept operational, historically a problem in California.

Mexico's President Salinas has appointed a new and widely respected gentleman as Director of Tourism, and charged him with doubling the number of tourists to Mexico in the next four years.

According to Razura, the development of tourism in La Paz will be nautically oriented. He notes that Marina Palmira, ultimately slated for 260 large berths, will have its second finger, complete with 54 more slips, ready for occupancy in October.

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The condominium project at the marina* Pueblo Palmira, will have its first models ready for inspection in August and ready for occupancy in February of '89. Joint venture partners for the adjacent hotel are currently being sought At the other end of the La Paz waterfront, down by the airport, Earl Tritt Jr. of San Diego is said to be just about ready to break ground with his 10-acre, 220 berth marina, hotel and golf course complex.

What's unusual about Tritt's project is that it's being built with 100% foreign capital.

The biggest marina project of all, however, is still in the conceptual stages.

Some 20 years ago Fideport, the Mexican government agency that was to build a more than a score of marina in Mexico identified the area in front of the Los Arcos Hotel as a marina site and did some earthmoving. The idea of a 300 or 400 berth marina lay dormant for many years until Mac and Mary Shroyer, operators of Marina de La Paz, approached the governor with the concept While the governor has approved the concept, Mary cautions that everything is in the most preliminary stages, and that scores of projects that have gotten

While some folks in La Paz are under the impression that cruisers are the economic lifeblood of that city, Razura says that's not true. He says that La Paz is above all a government center, where state, regional and local government offices are located. The city's number two economic engine is as a distribution center. "Ninety percent of everything in this state comes thru La Piaz," he notes.

All forms of tourism are the third most important industry. The focus of that tourism is changing, however. Formerly a free port that attracted a large number of Mexican tourists from the mainland, La Piaz no longer enjoys that advantage. The city now sees nautical development as a way to replace and increase those lost tourism dollars.

They've got a shot at it When Mary Shroyer took a look at the La Paz anchorage in the middle of June, she saw "more boats than ever for this time of year, more than even in November." â&#x20AC;&#x201D; latitude 38 6121/89

Sipping cervezas at Palmira Marina, watching a second finger being built

to this stage in Mexico were never even started. There certainly won't be anything for a couple of years," she says.

Tropical Infections Jane Baldwin For want of a nail the kingdom was lost Three weeks ago I stubbed my toe. I largely ignored the resulting infection, and

paid a price for it I am lucky we were in a place where a doctor was available when the infection became severe, but after more than a week of treatment I am still not yet fit to sail away and put it all behind me.

The story actually began with a little more than a stubbed toe. For two years, almost since I began my circumnavigation, I have been plagued with boils on my rear end. Every time we have a wet passage I come away with diaper rash. It's no wonder, Windigo, a 41-ft Rhodes Reliant, is a wet boat with low topsides and leaky ports. When the weather kicks up the boat is wet inside and out, and there is no getting dry. On some of our rougher passages I begin to feel like Mr. Jeremy Fisher, whose house is in a swamp. But he is a toad and likes being clammy. I do not and my bottom does not To make matters worse, my Line-7 foulies seal me up like a sandwich in a ziplock bag. Seawater does not get in, but sweat cannot get out After a few hours of sitting behind the wheel on a wet night I can feel prickly heat begin itching my stem end, and it is a sure bet that in a few days I will be ablaze with boils.

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Imagine being in the Caribbean and not being able to join friends for a refreshing swim.

during a visit home, and once by a doctor in Durban, South Africa. He was a distinguished-looking elderly man who, upon viewing my blossoming derriere, said, "I seel You have a pimply butt!' Both times I was treated and the boils subsided. But they always came back.

Three weeks ago while in Grenada, I had these boils when I stubbed my toe.

After a few days my toe became infected and so sore I could not wear shoes. It hurt enough to keep me awake at night, and the pressure from the pus slowly pried my toenail right off. My toe — fourth on the left foot — became a purulent, purple knob that felt as big as my whole foot Obviously I should have gone to the doctor. If I had gone then, the treatment would have been a simple matter of prescribing some antibiotics and staying out of the water. But because of penny-pinching, optimism, and not wanting to appear a hypochondriac, I did not go. Things got worse.

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too thorough. My rear-end boils were raging, but that was normal.

Tropical seawater is very warm and full of micro-organisms. It is the last thing to which you should expose an open cut No matter how much willpower it takes, you must stay out of the ocean when you have even a slight infection.

Over the next few days, we daysailed, hop-scotched between tiny islands and shallow reefs. My toe was not getting any better, so I stayed out of the water. Little did I know the infection had spread significantly, and it was too late for such precautions. One day after a long hike, I noticed a small lump on my abdomen at my groin. I thought it might be a pulled muscle. But day by day the lump grew bigger and more sore.

The lump was actually a gland, swollen because the infection was gathering there.

This gland tries to cleanse and purge the body of infection. Between my boils and bad toe, my gland had become overloaded.

The infection was out of control.

When we sailed for Bequia, a slightly larger and more populated island, six days after leaving Grenada, all I wanted to do was see a doctor. Sharp pains shot from the lump and it was far too tender to touch. I felt nauseous and flu-y. My whole left leg

Stubbed toes and other minor wounds can lead to serious infections in the tropics.

was hot and a large area around my groin was inflamed. When I finally limped to the doctor's office she scolded me for letting it

go so long, gave me a shot of penicillin, and recorded my temperature at 101.6".

Then the nearly 70-year old doctor sent me away with a bagful of antibiotics and orders to return in the morning for another shot After five days of Penicillin shots the lump had consolidated to an abscess about the size of a Ping Pbng ball. The pus had gathered and risen closer to the surface. It was ready to "gash open" she said. This she did in the exam room with several shots of Novocaine. It was messy and not at all pleasant When she finished draining the abscess, she packed it with gauze, which she takes out bit by bit so the cavity will heal from the bottom up.

We have been in Bequia for eight days now, and though it is lovely, we have commitments and are anxious to move on.

Maybe tomorrow Dr. Childs will pull out the rest of the gauze and say we can go. I may even get clearance to take a long walk or go swimming soon. You cannot imagine how refreshing the blue Caribbean Sea looks to a person who is verboten to jump in.

If I had gone to a doctor in Grenada when all of this began, I could have been snorkeling and tramping all this time instead of sitting on the boat It has been a bit of a < hassle and a great waste of time all because I did not take care of a stubbed toe.

— jane baldwin 5/15/89 Cat's Cradle - N/A Gisele & Ken Katz La Paz to Florida (Fort Meyers Beach, Florida) It's been over a year since we picked up a pen to write Changes. As you can imagine, much has transpired.

In our last missive we mentioned that we bought a house in La Paz. However, it didn't take long before the wanderlust seized us again. We sold the house after a few months of hard work, and used the proceeds to continue our cruise south and east We said "Adios" to La Paz in the spring of 1988, and had a breezy five-day voyage down to Z-town. As in the past, we enjoyed Zihuatanejo. Nonetheless, we could feel the effects of the bigger and less charming Ixtapa creeping up on the once sleepy town. As such, Z-town has become more upscale and prosperous but less quaint

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Our next stop was Acapulco, which because of her fine yacht club and excellent provisioning, kept us longer than we had anticipated. Other stops included Puerto Escondido (mainland) and Puerto Angel.

From Puerto Angel we began our coastwise trek around Tehauntepec. My two pesos worth of advise for anyone transiting this sometimes fearsome body of water is to hug the coast1 I haven't figured out how you can get hurt staying close to shore when a Tehuantepec'er wants to blow you out to sea. But, if you are five to ten miles offshore, the fetch can create ugly seas which become increasingly uncomfortable and dangerous. And don't cut the comers either; a Tehuantepec'er can come up very quickly.

With Tehauntepec behind us, we spent a short time in Puerto Madero before making the jump to Costa Rica. Our first landfall in Costa Rica was Bahia Santa Elena, just below the Nicaraguan border.

This bay is extremely beautiful and unmatched as a safe harbor. Such security was much welcomed after the Papagayo winds. Our hikes near Bahia Santa Elena brought us to fresh water pools where we soaked away the salt and memories of a rough, wet trip from Puerto Angel.

We had an easier time in the Papagayo region than those who sailed further offshore. Many of them got hammered and couldn't make landfall north of Puntarenas. We passed as close as a mile from Danny Ortega-land but experienced no incidents. The difference in sea state between one and five miles offshore was dramatic, as the Papagayo winds, like Tehuantepec'ers, blow offshore. The further out you go, the worse conditions get Thus if you hope to lay Bahia Santa Elena, you must head in sooner than you think or the headwinds and adverse current will push you south. Furthermore, the Papagayo winds often begin to blow well above the gulf of the same name. The wind actually begins to funnel across the open expanse of Lake Nicaragua. It is at this latitude that you can expect to first feel it I'll spare you of all the details of our time in Costa Rica, but we would like to share some of the highlights: — Culebra Bay, just above Playa de Coco, was quite worthwhile and a much nicer place to anchor than the latter, which is often roily.

French bread helps make a tasty lunch onboard, but Florida French can't hold a candle to San Francisco sourdough.

— Puntarenas proper is, in our opinion, a five-star puke-hole, but the Gulf of Nicoya offers some pleasant anchorages.

— Golfito is interesting and has striking verdant beauty.

— Drakes Bay to the south offers an exotic slice of laid-back Costa Rica. Stop in on Herb and Magdalena at Drake's Bay Wilderness Camp for a great meal and an opportunity to do some incredible horseback riding.

— The narrow gauge railway that runs from coast to coast is well worth a ride to see the inland beauty of Costa Rica.

— The natural beauty of the Monteverde Cloud Forest is stunning enough to turn James Watt into a birdwatcher.

Spending the summer in Central America was much more pleasant than we anticipated. I'd eat a large plate of worms before spending another summer in the Sea of Cortez. True, the often violent rain

squalls and lightning storms don't always make travelling easy, but the rain cools tiling down. With a good rain catch, you can collect enough fresh water to waste some.

Despite the political turmoil, Panama seems to be one of the best kept secrets in cruising. Putting Colon and Panama City aside, and the fact that Noriega is a horse's ass, the people and scenery are just outstanding. Some of the islands are just gorgeous and the generosity of the people, who have so little, is touching. One of our most memorable stops on the Pacific side of Panama was Bahia Honda. All in all, we felt very welcome as Americans in Panama.

My one dart in Panama is directed at the Balboa YC. They're interested in your money, but won't lift a finger to do anything but collect it Our Canal transit was flawless and efficient I'm not sure where the negative rumors about the Canal originated, but I felt that everyone bend over backward to insure our safe and enjoyable transit Once through the Canal, we spent a week or so page 170

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in Cristobal before hopping out to the San Bias Islands. Of course we stopped in at Mike Starbuck's and enjoyed his fine hospitality.

The San Bias Islands, however, have been the absolute highpoint of our 30 month cruise. I can't say enough about the beautiful coral-fringed islands or the lovely indians who live on the island and who offer such a great cultural experience. In addition, the crystal clear water was super for both diving and shelling. You get the idea that someone made a wrong turn at the Canal and that the San Bias Islands really belong in the South Pacific.

With the approach of October we studied the pilot charts and decided that we would not travel north of San Andreas Island until hurricane season was over. Thus we sailed to the Colombian Island of San Andreas (which at 120 miles is actually much closer to Nicaragua) with Cary and Judy Brown on March Wind. I can hear Rod Serling introducing what was to follow: *We had an unexpected visitor. Her name was Joan . . . and she was a first-class bitch!" page 171

Only the second hurricane to strike San Andreas in this century, Joan hit hard.

As the island boarded up windows and weighted down roofs, we pulled out our heaviest ground tackle. We came as close to losing Cat's Cradle in Joan as I ever hope to come. Joan's 75 to 80 knots winds have given us increased respect for the darker moods of Mother Nature. We dragged four anchors, snapped at least six snubbers, fouled a line in our prop and were getting ready for an unwanted trip to the beach when our anchors fetched up on a ledge.

We waited out the rest of Joan in just 4.5 feet of water! Our 3-feet of solid steel keel really left an impression on that grassy bottom.

The most notable of many things we learned about storm management from Joan was that nylon line that's had much exposure to the sun should be thrown away. We learned that it will snap like dental floss in such conditions. Chafe was also remarkable. The only way to keep it under control is with constant vigilance and heavy-walled heater hose.

With Joan behind us, we licked our wounds and sailed north to Providenda.

From there it was a nine day blur of wind and seas on the nose before we made our Florida landfall. Our plans to stop at the Dry Tortugas went by the board when the wind howled from the ENE and we had to settle for Charlotte Harbor some 120 miles to the north.

Taking a dock in this city on Florida's east coast, we were distressed to learn that tropical storm Keith, which had followed us across the Gulf of Mexico, was expected in Charlotte Harbor soon at hurricane strength.

So it was off to the mangroves for more fun and games. Keith was formidable, but compared to Joan he was a limp-wristed, quiche-eating wimp.

Here's where the excitement ends.

Florida has been a disappointment to us.

We came here in hopes of earning money and found that wages are about half of those in the Bay Area. Thus we both heard Tony Bennett calling us and began waking up in the middle of the night smelling sourdough bread. Alas, we are planning to put Cat's Cradle on a truck to the San Francisco area where we'll try to become honest, hard-working stiffs ... for a little while.

One last comment If you're going cruising, add a ham radio and license to

your list of essentials. We both agree that it was one of our most valued tools while traveling. Hope to see everybody in June. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; gisele & ken 4/21/89 Following Columbus Baba Wawa â&#x20AC;&#x201D; PC44 Chuck Wolf (Portland, Oregon) My transatlantic trip began on November 1 of last year from Puerto Sherry (near Cadiz, Spain) with Lt Cdr. Mike Huffman and his wife Susan aboard.

Anticipating what is normally a pleasant six day sail to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, we began by threading our way through a night long stream of humongous freighters transiting the Strait of Gibraltar. Four days out it was our privilege to begin punching into rapidly building southwest winds and seas. A low pressure front that we knew was in the area stagnated on us, finally striking with Force 10 winds. We reduced what little sail we still had up and hove to, whereupon the wind rapidly built beyond Force 10. For the next 96 hours we remained hove to and the wind remained at Force 10 or higher.

About 35 miles to our west and slightly to the south was Marinka, a Westsail 42 out of San Francisco. Thirty more miles to the West of him was a German boat We were the only yachts caught by the front, all the others having turned and run for shelter at Vilamoura or Puerto Sherry.

When the front finally left us in peace, we found ourselves only 100 miles from our point of departure and getting perilously close to the end of Mike's leave. We radioed back to Rota to obtained an extension of Mike's leave so he wouldn't be AWOL. In all, our passage from Cadiz to the Gran Canaria took 15 days, a time, which if J'm not mistaken, Columbus beat by nearly a week.

It turns out the naming of the Canary Islands has litde to do with Tweety Birds1 flitting and singing. In actuality, when the ancient roamers found these islands, they discovered large packs of wild dogs. Can meant 'dog1 in Ancient Spanish, hence the Canaries. So, in a manner of speaking, our trip was a case of a Wolf going to the doj^l Las Palmas is an interesting city with well-stocked chandlers, super markets and open markets. As such, it's an excellent port to provision for a long crossing.

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Unfortunately, it's also a filthy port, with black bunker oil covering everything and floating garbage in every crevice of the marina.

There was much excitement in Las Palmas as the huge Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) fleet got ready for their late November start. Part of the excitement was in getting ready for the race and part was generated by the racers themselves — such as the one skipper who took a dim view of his wife being entertained without him on another boat The offended skipper proceeded to blow part of the offending skipper away with his shotgun, putting a few holes in a nearby boat in the process.

Passion still lives! The gunslinger didn't get into too much trouble, while the ventilated skipper is most likely still picking pellets out of his hide.

A month of hard work getting ready for the long crossing was punctuated by time outs to observe the Scandinavian Snow Birds who arrive each week. The female of these throw off all their clothes to soak up as much sun as possible before heading back to the white world from which they came.

My preparations for the crossing turned out to be a lesson in futility. I tried to think of everything that might break and prepare for it in advance. As it turned out, everything I prepared for held together while everything I figured would be all right fell apart Departing on December 15 as planned, my Magnavox SatNav was the first to give out Left facing my first long crossing on pure celestial, I came within just four nautical miles of our final coordinates in Bridgetown.

My Alpha Marine autopilot was the second to go, when the set screw on the rudder post fitting broke inside the threaded hole that allows it to slip on the post There was no way to repair it A cheapie Navico 4000 backup took over and handled the autopilot chores for almost the entire crossing with nary a whimper.

Third to go was my brand new Nissan CXI000 generator. It had been hand delivered by my crew from the West Marine store in Portland, but operated for just five hours prior to abdicating its primary function, the production of electricity for battery charging. I'm sure the Japanese had it in for me for the two combat tours I flew against them in World War II. The little

Nissan comes with a two year warranty, but it still reposes inoperative because no place can be located that is authorized (or even unauthorized) to make repairs. It's a very frustrating situation to be in with a relatively expensive piece of equipment I'm convinced a low tech American generator with a Briggs & Stratton would have given me much better service and a much greater number of repair stations.

It was on Christmas Eve that the electronic module on the Adler Barbour refrigerator gave up. Faced with 1200 remaining miles of warm beer and hot martinis, this one caused some genuine hardship. All other failures were minor compared to the ones listed above.

The United Kingdom/Med Net on 14.3000 mhz was available three times a day (0800, 1200, and 1800Z) to halfway across, from which point Sheila's Transatlantic Net on 21.400 mhz at 1300Z took over. Both nets were wonderful, calling you up to check on your progress and to find out if you've having any serious problems.

A serious problem for one of the boats occurred between the Canaries and Cape Verdes when a Bulgarian tanker came dose enough to strike and damage their steering vane. The tanker did stop to see if any assistance was needed, but they refused to identify their vessel's name, home port or country of origin.

Despite die problems encountered, our 22 day, 23 hour crossing was a good one.

The seas were lumpy and rough for the most part, rolling in from storms far to the northeast Checking in at Carlisle Bay, Barbados was easy, with a $25 fee and no onboard inspections. After a week we made a two-day sail to Martinique, where checking in was equally easy and free. From there we sailed 2.5 days direct to Culebra, passing many of the more popular islands of the Lesser Antilles.

Just six miles long, Culebra is a small island midway between Puerto Rico and St Thomas in the U.S. Virgins. Well-protected from the northeast, it is the most secure hurricane hole in the Caribbean. An old Navy bombing and gunnery range, it has been abandoned by the Navy and now has a population of about 2,000. There's no night life, big stores or any of the problems

of civilization; it's just a place with beautiful beaches, dear water, and quiet relaxation.

That's it for our TransAtlantic crossing. I figure every cruiser should follow in Columbus' footsteps at least once!

— chuck wolf 5/25/89 Cruise Notes: The hurricane season has arrived. Early June brought the first tropical storms and hurricanes to the Eastern Pacific Barbara, the first hurricane of the year in either the Atlantic or Eastern Padfic, had peak sustained winds of about 85 knots before petering out in the cooler waters some 450 miles west southwest of Cabo San Lucas.

There was no damage.

The season's second hurricane, Cosme, struck land 100 miles southeast of Acapulco at Mexico's finest surf spot, Puerto Escondido.

Torrential rains brought moderately heavy flooding and 75 knot winds tore up a few buildings. But all in all, there was only moderate damage.

Hurricane season off Mexico runs at least through the end of October. It seems a few more cruisers each year are trying to get a jump on the winter season in Mexico by heading south before November. Our, recommendation: don't go looking for trouble.

Those who have cruised the tropics know that keeping cockroaches off boats is a time-consuming — and often futile — endeavor. The little buggers — and their eggs — come aboard in cardboard boxes, flour, unwashed fruits and vegetables, and a million other insidious ways. The traditional reaction to the discovery of a cockroach or two has been disgust followed by a cloudy assault with a can of Raid. But attitudes towards the enduring little pests have been changing.

Although cockroaches are considered anything but cute, environmentalists praise them for being terrific decomposers of organic materials.

And unlike ticks, mosquitos, fleas, lice, scorpions and spiders, cockroaches are not considered to be frequent transmitters of disease. Consequently the holistic crowd is adopting a modified live and let live1 approach to cockroaches, in the belief that powerful pesticides cause more harm to humans than the cockroaches themselves.

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deterrent as any. Boric acid is, of course, toxic, but only if you ingest it Who would ingest it? Well, infants do it by accident, and some adults have swallowed boric acid • tablets by mistake because some boric add tablets look a lot like Vitamin C. Claude Rothe, who was so disappointed with the Galapagos, reports that he's now in "the awesome and magnificent Marquesas". His 40-ft Finot steel sloop Quetzal covered the 2,990 miles from the Galapagos to the Marquesas in 21.5 days. "Considering we were loaded down with a ton of various liquids, and another ton of who knows what, we were quite happy with the time," he writes. After beating to and through the Caribbean for the last several years, Rothe has found the change to the Radfic much to his liking.

Thanks to you. Latitude travels. Jane Baldwin, who wrote the Changes on tropical infections' reports she's seen copies of Latitude in such far flung spots on the globe as Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and Mombasa. Conserve trees, pass them on. Baldwin left San Frandsco 2.5 years ago to fly to New Zealand and Bob Peterson's C&C 38 Topaz. Most recently she's been cruising aboard Geoffrey Palmer's Rhodes Reliant, Windigo.

(Next month we'll have a report on what Bob Peterson and Topaz have been up to the last 30 months.)

Ka—boom I The French nukers were at it again, detonating their fourth underground nudear test device1 of the year in the South Pacific. Kiwi scientists say the test was conducted on seldom-used Fangataufa because the normal site at Muroroa ‘has been knocked into bits and can't take it any more".

Meanwhile in Kiwiland itself, it's been a record warm 12 months. La Nina, the southern hemisphere's version of El Nino, is being named responsible for the toastiest 12 months since 1853, which is when they started keeping records. This may come as a shock to many cruisers who have spent the southern hemisphere summer in the land of "the long white doud" for the simple reason that many have harbored unrealistic expectations. Contrary to popular belief, New Zealand is not in the tropics — especially the South Island, which is as far south as Vancouver is north.

According to Tony Gillman, "Rhodes, Greece looks like a wizard spot for a Saturday sail. Of course, Bay sailors will page 173

miss the chop, fog and cold. I noticed only one U.S. sailboat in the harbor, a 28-footer from Wilmington, North Carolina. I'm not sure how it got here. As a Latitude Roving Reporter, I am also keeping an eye on a Nile River felucca in Minia, Upper Egypt" Good work, Tony, but what the heck is a "wizard spot"?

Judging from a recent article in the Algarve (Portugal) News, cruisers headed across the Atlantic pond might think twice about heading for Portugal, especially the once popular Vilamoura Marina. The problem is that Portugal, despite the supposed economic uniting of the European Community in 1992, is demonstrating an unfriendly attitude toward owners of foreign boats. For years Portuguese customs turned a blind eye toward the law that said foreign yachts in Portugal for more than a year must pay import duty. Then on February 14 they suddenly announced that all boats that didn't comply with the law in 30 days were subject to fines or seizure and sale by the Portuguese Treasury. As if the sudden enforcement of the law wasn't inhospitable enough, apparently not all owners would receive notification of the change in policy in time to avoid punitive action. One Englishman who had long kept his boat in Vilamoura told the News, "I love it here and most people are charming, but officialdom is the pits." He notes that when he questioned a government decision a few months previous, his car and boat were arrested and he had to spend lots of time and money before the government admitted he'd done nothing wrong. One Portuguese boatowner said, What I see happening to visitors to my country sometimes makes my blood boil. I know that it is almost impossible not to break the law in Portugal because the laws are not even available to study. For foreigners it must be impossible sometimes. We want tourists. Their money is vital to our economy, but this crazy bureaucracy will drive .them away." The information for the above came from a clipping sent to us by John Blank of Hercules.

According to Stephen Brown, who completed his circumnavigation aboard Southbound last year, "the photo on the "dreaded Tongan Box" in your May issue isn't on Tonga at all, but. on Tutuila

(American Samoa). I happen to know as we made that same shower stall from supplies garnered from the shipyard where I worked while suffering through the hurricane season of '84—'85." Who are you going to believe, Brown or Latitude? We're going with Brown.

In the April issue we blew it when writing about New Zealand. When Beau and Annie Hudson said they were spending $200 a day traveling by land on the South Island, they were talking about Kiwi dollars, not U.S. dollars. Correcting us, they say they spent a maximum of $120 U.S. a day, including food, lodging, gas, the van and a souvenir or two. The exchange is even better now," they write. The Hudsons want to set us straight because they think New Zealand is terrific and they don't want potential visitors to run scared. As they put it, "We hope they can find a way to kept New Zealand beautiful, sparsely populated and still survive economically,".

As for the Hudsons and their Freya 39 Lionwing, leisurely stops are planned for Fiji, Vanuatu and Noumea before putting in at Australia in mid-September.

Jack Whitnener reports that Martin Aalso, Joyce and Otto the Dog have transited the Canal aboard Nanok. After sailing to Costa Rica, they made a long tack out into the Pacific hoping to lay San Frandsco when they flop back over. They figure the trip will take six weeks to two months.

Although we've been unable to confirm it, Terry Kennedy of Erotica, a long-time Baja diver and friend of cruisers in Puerto Escondido, got squashed when the wake of a charter powerboat slammed two rafted boats together. According to George, who runs the Sonrisa Net in Baja, Kennedy was flown by jet back to the states for medical evaluation and treatment To their credit, The Moorings, owners of the charterboat, decided to pick up the tab to fly Kennedy home first and ask questions later. Apparently the former Redwood City resident suffered some busted ribs and other injuries, but is expected to pretty much recover. All his friends hope the macho man who follow his doctor's orders and hang up the scuba tanks until his body has fully mended.

We'll leave you this month with the words of J.B. Priestly: "A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours."

Berkeley Marina

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Cruising spinnakers have been called a lot of names Flasher, Dasher, Reacher, Drifter, DRS, MLS, Streaker, Genniker. Because these words mean different things to different sailors they may not describe what’s best for you.

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These sails can be divided into two broad categories, some are “more like a spinnaker” and others are “more like a genoa. All may be used poleless by shorthanded sailors.

Although some ads suggest these sails virtually fly themselves on every point of sail, it’s not quite that easy in real

SO HOW DO YOU CHOOSE? IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL HEADSAILS ALREADY including a large genoa, go for a cruising chute “more like a spinnaker." It is normally .75oz nylon, narrower than a racing model and usually asymetric. It has a big round head and performs well from 80 to about 150 degrees off the wind.

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Below that ANY cruising chute becomes blanketed behind the main and the best way to fly it will be by using a whisker pole to hold the clew out to windward. These poles are lighter in weight and do not require as much hardware as a normal spinnaker pole.

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IF YOU HAVE A LIMITED INVENTORY based on a single furling heads’l something “more like a genoa” in 1,5oz nylon could be for you. It’s not as full or powerful at broad angles off the wind but it is versatile and almost doubles as a light genoa/windfinder. It’s great reaching and may also be used with a whisker pole running.

Either sail maybe used with a STRANGLER or SNUFFER for handling ease.

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DINGHIES. LIFERAFTS AND ROWBOATS

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NEW AND USED Whitehalls and Dories available. Call Gordie Nash at 332-1489.

1965 WEST WIGHT POTTER, 15-FT. #1582. (2) main, (2) jib, (1) genoa, (1) spinnaker, (2) Danforth, (1) porta-potti, (3) life jackets. 2 hp Suzuki, tilt trailer. Used In fresh water only. Moving up to bigger boat. $3,000 firm. (702) 2484)969.

ELTORO, sailing/rowing dinghy, hull #7877. Nice wood/vamish. $525. (415) 895-8290 eves.

14- FT SNIPE. Hull #26422.3 sets of sails, Tandem trailer. Great shape, must see. $2,300. Call Rod at (415) 522-8071.

15- FT 9" SNIPE One Design Class. All wood with professionally glassed hull, new paint varnished interior, wood mast 2 booms, new sails, rebuilt Sears trailer with current license. Excellent condition. Must sell. $750 or b/o. (415) 572-0361 days or (415) 594-1045 eves.

7-FT SAILING DINGHY. Excellent shape. Sail, rigging, oars, tiller and dagger board induded. $750. (415) 3554)599.

12-FT INTERNATIONAL PENGUIN. Wooden catrigged, radng dass One Design w/trailer. Newly refinished. Must see to appreciate. $1,200. Dave (415) 321-2775 before 2 p.m. or (415) 3254542 msg.

24-FT RACING SHELL Almost new, mint condition. Complete with Concept II oars. $1,575.331 1639, Peter Cunningham or his machine.

14-FT OMEGA by Capri. F/G daysailer. Top condition! Tilt trailer, life jackets, etc. Excellent family boat $1,200. (415) 939-3372.

9-FT F/G SAILING DINGHY. Lapstrake style, immaculate condition, all gear. $850. Doug 9249098 eves.

MARINE SURVEYOR

J-24,1982. Great Bay boat. Buy it all or become joint owner with me. Berthed in Berkeley. 4 sails, almost new Johnson 8 hp motor, BBQ, VHF, EPIRB, sleeps 4. What a deal! Only $7,000. Call Jeff 339-3414.

COLUMBIA22. Great, stable Bay boat! Excellent condition. New bottom. Two year old main, jib & engine. Berkeley slip. Sleeps 4. Many amenities: fitted vinyl cushions, radio, head, battery charger, wiring, misc equipment. $3,500 or b/o. 654-9044.

17-FT DAYSAILER Richmond-built Sidney sloop, Shoal draft keel, new main/jib, whisker pole, Seagull o/b, inexpensive Berkeley berth. $1,000 or b/o. Sail this summer! Call (415) 282-9304.

BOSTON WHALER 5.2 HARPOON sailboat. 17ft cutty cabin, unsinkable. $3,800/complete: main, jib, spinnaker; trailer, 4 hp o/b, cover. Coyote PL Marina berth 204). Eves 348-2083.

COLUMBIA 24. Well maintained, new rigging, two jibs, nicely finished interior, reliable o/b motor w/low hours, sturdy Bay boaL $5,500. (415)4563495 h or (415) 459-1400 w.

CATAUNA 22,1987. Fin keel, deluxe interior, porta-potti, pop-top, o/b induded. Berthed Pete's Harbor. $7,000 or b/o. Will consider trade for two late model jet skis. Leave msg: Thomas (415) 4904)937,657-5081.

j-24. West Coast built Good condition. Many extras include Evinrude 4.5, Barient self-tailing winches, depth gauge, KM, compass, new battery and trailer. Priced to sell at $8,900. Call (415) 2447258 or (408) 7494)274 anytime.

AMERICAN 23,1981. Honda 7.5, Hood SeaFurl, two axle trailer, galley, head, Clear Lake mooring. $7,500.(707)995-3530.

TWO BOATS - One has to go. 1965 Cal 20, new keel bolts & standing rigging, 1988 Evinrude 6 hp, North main & jib. Or -1971 Catalina 22, fix keel, 4 sails, VHF radio. I’ll sell either one. $3,000. Call Dick at 865-7317 eves or 523-6730 days.

J-24,1981. North sails, 4.5 Johnson o/b, VHF, marine CB, stereo, porta-potti. $7,000.743-9313 or 743-9458.

COLUMBIA 22,1971. Excellent condition. Hull resurfaced 1987, looks/feels new. Front/rear pulpits, 6 hp, 12 gallon fuel, VHF, compass, KM, anchor, whisker pole. Interior lik$ new: Head, galley, cBnetle, 4 berths. Great Bay boat. Very dean. Best offer. (415) 861-3551.

CAL 20. Pineapple main & jib. Bags of other sails including 150% genoa. 1988 Johnson Sailmaster 4 hp longshaft. Piles of other extras. Sausalito berth. $3,250. (415) 388-3844 leave msg.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24. Very good condition, equlppedforfamity cruising/racing/fun. S.F. Marina Green berth. $3,900 or b/o or trade. (415) 941-1682.

CAT-KETCH, 21-FT. Handcrafted, sprit rigged, cutty, Seaflex F/G hull, nice bright work, design Kingston lobster boat, from Chapelle's Small American Sailing Craft $2,500. Call Bruce (707) 5264)492.

CAL 20. S.F. berth. Good shape. Lots of sails.

Asking $2,850. Jim eves: (415) 661 -5239 or days: (415) 397-5391.

FJ, 14-FT. Light blue and gray topsides. With spinnaker and extra rudder. E-Z Loader trailer.

This is a proven fast one, but can be a fun family daysailer.lt has always been covered and loved. , $1,800 or b/o. Sunnyvale (408) 736-4346.

SELL OR TRADE my 24-ft, 1972 Laguna Yachts swing keel & trailer for old cabin cruiser or smaller sailboat Dollar value not as important as satisfaction. Let's talkabout it (916) 689-8515 after 6 p.m.

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SANTANA 22. Fixed keel, sleeps 4, head, sink, Honda 10 hp, trailer, racing sails, Tiburon berth. $6,500 or trade. (916) 921-9623.-

CAPRI 22. Like new, fresh water use only. Radng package, newsails, trailer, epoxy Micron bottom.

Most sailing fun per dollar. $8,500. (916) 8918736.

RANGER 22.2 mains, 5 jibs, spinnaker, 6 hp Johnson o/b. Many extras! Richmond berth. $3,750. (415) 663-1500 eves.

CATALINA 22,1987. Used five times. Loaded with options. Blister free because epoxy barrier since new. New trailer and motor. Guaranteed for a year against defects. $10,500. (916) 891 -8736.

HOLDER 20. This is a great do it all boat. It has 5 Maxwell winches, Harken deals, spinnaker, 140, 110, plus KM and 4 hp Evinrude in perfect condition. Call and talk to Ed or Tracy (209) 526-2288.

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18-FT CAPE COD CAT BOAT. F/G hull, gaff rig, steel centerboard, sleeps 2, VHF, DS, o/b. portapotti, Coyote Pt berth, many extras. Own a classic small boat for $3,500. (415) 325-3012.

CAL 20. New main sail, never used. Club jib, genoa, storm jib, DF, VHF, KM, porta-potti. Great boat! Must sell, bought bigger boat 6 hp Evinrude, Berkeley berth. $3,500. Eves (415) 339-1412.

23-FT SPRINTA SPORT, 1981. Best buy in a fast, fun boat Clean, great condition, good sail inventory, Kevlar hull, electronics, easy to sail. $6,000.

(415) 530-5220 eves.

TREASURE ISLAND SLOOP, 1953. 22 1/2-ft wooden boat berthed, sailable. Very responsive, designed for S.F. Bay. Needs aesthetic work. $2,500 includes newly rebuilt 4 hp Evinrude o/b.

Call Arm (415) 5866484 (h) or (415) 543-3307 (w).

MAYA 23. New mast & rigging, new main, Honda 10 hp o/b, DS, compass, 12 volt system with marine charger. Hull needs work. Must sell. $3,000 or b/O. (408) 241-4923.

STONE HORSE 23. Classic pocket cruiser for incurable romantics. Sweet looking, sailing.

Amazingly efficient comfortable accommodations.

Airex, BMW, Datamarine.windass, heater, spruce, teak, LPU, WEST epoxy bottom, hand-rubbed interior all new and gleaming. $22,000 includes trailer. (415)332-6511.

SAN CLEMENTE 23. Big cockpit comfortable cabin with cafe-style booth, galley, enclosed head.

Nav/cabin lights. Sleeps 5. VHF, 150 genoa, 6 hp o/b, pulpit lifelines, dock, compass, anchor, 5 life vests. Like Catalina Alameda (Ballena) berth.

Must sell. $5,000 or b/o. (415) 494-1367.

CATALINA22,1981. Trailer, swing keel, pop-top, galley, 7 1/2 Honda halyanls led aft, lifelines, ladder,anchor,life jackets, new porta-potti. Berthed in Nice on Clear Lake. Asking $5,400. Call days or evenings (415) 655-0520.

23- FT BEAR, #19. Excellent condition. 3 jibs, 2 mains. New winches, new motor mount. Topsides/interior freshly painted. Evinrude4hpw/1 yr warranty. Best offer. (415) 243-0201.

24- FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Very dean.

New sails plus full spinnaker gear. All halyards run to cockpit New interior - VHF, AM/FM stereo cassette. Good bottom deaned every 3 months.

7.5 Evinrude longshaft Berth induded. $5,100/ offer (2 boat owner). (415) 592-6345 leave msg.

SPRINTA SPORT, 23-FT radng/cruising sloop.

European design. Easy/funtosail.Many upgrades.

Fractional rigged Briand mast Fun batten main, 10 sails, new rudder, new Bailenger boom, Swoffer speedo, Optimus stove. Excellent condition, seaworthy, comfortable, fast $5,000. Call John Hendricks 359-2442.

GLEN 24-FT. Extra thick F/G, new paint top and bottom, nice modifications. Galley, refrigerator, extras. 7.5 hp o/b, sleeps 3, sails great! Trailerable. Berthed in Alameda MustseD. $2,950. Leave msg for Les (415) 865-3386.

SANTANA 22,1967.#158. New Yamaha4,90% & dass jib, main w/jiffy reefing, i/b sheeting, 4 winches, spinnaker, pulpit lifelines, all white, very dean, race or cruise. $4,950. Call 563-0105 or 697-4682.

C4C 24,1979. Beautiful boat Has spinnaker, VHF, stove, porta-potti, Evinrude 6 hp, tape deck/ stereo, 4 sails, new bottom paint, halyards led aft black mast/toe rail, upwind Berkeley berth, sleeps 4. Owner anxious: $12,900 or b/o. Call Skip (415) 673-4048.

20-FT CAR ANITA. Very dry Bay boat. F/G over plywood. Bayview Boat Club Beer Can Race Winner. One year old main, jib, spinnaker, needs some paint $2,000. Aijan 863-7355.

VENTURE 22. Swing keel sloop. Excellent condition, stored indoors since new. 7.5 Honda o/b, trailer, 150 genoa, stove, sink, head, VHF, many extras. Must see. $4,950. Days (415) 494-1654, eves (415) 593-0314.

SANTANA 22. Gary Mull design for S.F. Bay. Race rigged w/spinnaker and new Mylar jib. YRA season champ '86, midwinter '88. Strong dass org w/race and cruise activities makes for high resale value and lots of fun. $5,000 or b/o. Call Karen at 865-4351 or 696-5303.

CAPE DORY TYPHOON Weekender, 181/2-ft 1978. Stiff Carl Alberg design. E-Z Loader trailer, Evinrude 7.5 hp motor, 3 sails, VHF, stereo, new marine battery, solar panel, ground tackle, cockpit cushions & cover. Beautiful condition. $6,500.

(707)252-6267.

ERICSON 23. Hand laid F/G sloop. Recent bottom paint and survey. 6 hp o/b, jenny, storm jib, DF, head, galley, sleeps 4. Great Bay/Delta sailboat Excellent condition. Sacrifice at $4,500 or b/ o. Scott (415) 665-9666 or (415) 6844)347.

KIWI 24. 'Adlib'. Ron Holland design. Proven race winner on Bay. 12 bags, many new, roomy cabin for cruising, sleeps 4, speedo, o/b with low hours.

Needs TLC but very sound and on trailer. Call 928-9148.

RANGER 23, 1973/74. Johnson 7.5 hp, VHF, depth/knot meters, compass, anchors, used sails. $10,000. (415) 848-4504.COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. New main and cover, 3 jibs, 7.5 Honda o/b, 110 shore power, new compass, VHF, DS. Hauled bottom paint April 89. Good Bay boat $3,700 or b/o. Call (408) 476-6986.

MOORE 24. Freshwater boat, excellent condition, trailer o/b, many sails and extras. Now near Santa Cruz 4U2C. $9,500. Must sell) Call(408) 623-2532.

J-24 SAILORS! When you are ready for J-24 performance with headroom, head and completely freshly rebuilt i/b dsl, call me. 14 bags sails, 31-ft custom C&C racer. Turns on a dime! Surfs to 15 knots. $22,500 or b/o. Call Don at 524-8740.

S26.8,22-FT. Flush deck, 2 coats bottom paint 9/ 88. Trailer, racfio, head, 15 gal water storage.

Listed at3050 lbs., Sausalito berth, trailer. $10,000.

(415)332-8784.

24-FT DOLPHIN SLOOP, 1968. Beautiful Sparkman & Stephens designed yacht. Versatile: full keel with shallow draft (2T0*) for Delta gunkholing; drop keel centerboard for performance sailing (draft 5*2'). Complete seaworthiness & cruising comfort in a 24-ft boat Asking $6,700 or b/o. (415) 558-8467.

J-24.8 bags of sails, 1st main and spinnaker like new, o/b, porta-potti, new battery, new VHF, trailer, many extras. $8,000 or b/o. (415) 544-1263 days or (415) 381-9018 nights.

DRASCOMBE SCAFFIE. Double-ended F/G cruising dinghy, like new condition. 14-ft9-in LOA, 460 lb cfisp., Tanbark lug sail, Seagull engine, EZ Loader galvanized trailer, Bruce anchor and many extras. Reducedto$3,200. (415) 866-8804.

24-FT ISLANDER BAHAMA. Competitive racer, comfortable cruiser, 2 mains, 3 jibs, rigged for spinnaker, 6 hp o/b. $5,000. Call 567-9868.

COLUMBIA22,1968. VHF, lOhp Evinrude. Pillar Point Harbor. Contact Tristan. (415) 728-9500, leave msg. $3,000/offer.

RANGER 23. A good one. 1/89 haul and survey.

No blisters ever.$7,900. See at Alameda Marina B424 then call Carl at 851-7804.

MERIT 22, 1984. Fast comfortable, sleeps 4, trailer, 6 hp Evinrude o/b, DS, compass, windex and transom swim ladder. This boat is in excellent condition and you must see to appreciate. $10,500.

(707)527-7046.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 24-FT 4*. Ten time S.F. Bay season champion. New bottom May '89.

Loaded with new stuff & upgrade. 6 hp Evinrude, Sausalito berth. Must see. $5,500. W: (415) 4538700 or H: (415) 456-6915.

RANGER 22,1978. Gary Mull design, Main w/ reef, 3 jibs, spinnaker. 7.5 Suzuki o/b. Internal halyards. Headfoil/2 w/2 jib halyards. All lines led afL Deep racing keel. Great boat! $4,500. Greg (415) 531-7138, leave msg.

23-FT CLASSY KING CRUISER. Needs work.

Make offer. Call Chris at (415) 7694)656.

22JS CHARLIE. Joe Hartog designed shoal draft

PACIFIC 21-FT, sailboat w/trailer. F/G, open cockpit w/fixed keel, new mast & lines, 7.5 horse o/b, designed for Bay. Beautiful lines, must sell.

Sacrifice at $1,900 or b/o. (415) 898-4360 or (707) 527-8852.

swing keel sailboat Epoxy and doth over plywood, 70% completed. Needs interior, deck and cabin. Comes with trailer, swing keel, mast cabin and deck beams. Health sale. $1,600/offer. (408) 996-2858 eves/5-7 p.m.

CAL 20. "Sea Love'. Perfect starter boat Race ready. 4 sails, new rigging, lines, beefy tiller, etc.

Tabernacle on mast. Santa Cruz Harbor. Call Don for details. Asking $2,500 or b/o. (408) 688-5544.

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24- FT YANKEE DOLPHIN. New UK sails, 1988 Johnson 8 hp/alt New Harken hardware. Excellent condtion. 933-2344.

CRUISING CAL 24, moored & maintained In Zihuatenejo, Mexico. Registered. Sail anywhere - Never has to leave. 2 heavy Danforth, new 6 hp Johnson work horse. $4,500. Kevan Moss 3818852.

16-FT HERRESHOFF CAPE COD, 1976.- 'Bulls Eye'. Cat rigged, 750 lbs of lead in keel, full sail inventory. Harcar trailer, registered and licensed, included. 4 hp o/b, many extras. Must sell. $2,000 or b/o. 236-8863, leave msg for James.

O'DAY 19,1980 with trailer. High quality, agile, lovingly cared for. Safe, ballasted-centerboarder can race, handle shoals. Bay winds. Steeps 2 in cabin. Huge, useable cockpit 2 jibs, main, 5 hp o/ b. $3,900.(415)428-1228.

CLASSIC BEAUTY, Teak lady, 171/2-ft sloop.

1939 Hong Kong handcrafted, restored and refastened. S.F. Bay design. Cabin steeps two. Extras.

1988 survey. $4,500. Gene (415) 451-4763.

25 TO 31 FEET "SUUUERTUIE DREAM” 26ft Schumacher custom sloop. Fastest midget ocean racer in Northern California Recently won class in Corinthian and MYCO Midwinters. New Sobstad sails, trailer, etc. Priced reduced to $14,000 for quick sale. Corry Cook (415) 523-7650.

29- FT CRUISING SHARPIE, 1984. Cat yawl, free-standing masts, tanned sails. Prototype of Phil Bolger’s Skillygatee design. 9.9 hp Johnson, awning, stereo, fully equipped. 16" draft beachable, ideal Bay & Delta gunkholer. $15,400. Call (415) 674-9518.-30- FT WILLARD VEGA MOTORSAILER. Doubleender, Perkins 4-107 dsl. Excellent condition. Dry stored 3 yrs. $27,985 firm. 1-806551-1199 days or 1-916791-0362 eves.

26FT DUFOUR SLOOP with good equipment Volvo dsl, hauled 8/88 & good condition. $14,988 firm.1-806551-1199days/1-916791-0362 eves.

MOORE 30 with trailer. Loaded. Asking $41,000.

Bob White (408) 4763009.RANGER 26. Clean - Loaded. Sausalito berth.

Bought house, must sell toys! First offer over $6,800 steals it (415) 454-9848.

CAL 2-27,1977. Must sell. Exc cond. Great Bay, family, race boat sips 5, traditional cabin, head, sink, 110 shore power, Atomic 4 eng. No reasonable offer refused. (916) 893-2018 or 8961877.

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Full shop and mobile services.

Dry Rot, Planking, Spars, Interiors Designed & Built.

453-5051 Lon Woodrum, Prop.

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23- FT MONTGOMERY, 1982.7 sails, new VHF, 7.5 hp Honda o/b. Very good condition with E-Z Loader Tandem trailer. A salty cruiser. $11,000.

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20-FT FUCKA. $18,000. Custom interior, Larsen sails. Strong rig set up fo singlehanding. Full cover, with Moss Landing slip. (408) 633-5760.

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LANCER 25,1978, including E-Z Loader trailer.

Sleeps 5. galley, head, 2 anchors, new 10 hp Honda o/b, Shoal draft keel, ideal for Delta Moored at Bruno's Island in Delta Asking $8,000. Call George (415) 367-9300 (d) or 415) 366-3051 (e).

BABA 30,1979. Robert Perry designed, full keel, cutter-rigged cruiser. Well maintained, aluminum spar, hot & cold pressure water, and refrigeration.

Sacrifice at $55,000. (805) 497-1710-.

S2 26FT SLOOP, 1975. Two owners - dean.

Center cockpit 6T hdrm, dsl, full keel, great cruiser. 30-ftS.F. (Ft Mason) berth. Solid with A1 survey. Best offer over $18,000.564-3425.

CATAUNA 30,1983. Uke new, Stockton Sailing Club. Camber spar jib plus 110,150, main. VHF, stereo, h/w pressure water. Cockpit cushions, 3 blade prop. $29,950. (209) 478-8178 after 6:00.

ISLANDER 28,1982. Yanmar dsl, mint condition.

Furling jib, VHF, depth, auto bilge, jiffy reefing, auto battery charge, Lewmar winches. Excellent Bay boat. Call Joel (415) 939-4242 or (415) 6726586. Must sell immediately.

HUNTER 31,1986. Singlehander and liveaboard.

All lines aft, Hood furling/reefing, jiffy reef and main downhaul. Diesel, epoxied, shower, heater, charger, refrigeration, stove, oven, anchors chain and line. Asking $39,500 offer. Sausalito berth.

RANGER 26,1973. Mull design. Great shape.

Harken roller furl, 10 hp Merc o.b, 2 spinnakers, 2 extra jibs, new VHF, perfect upholstery, Optimus stove, dark blue hull, porta-potti, Sausalito berth.

Trades possible. $8,500. (707) 838-2785.

CATAUNA 25,1960. Full keel, VHF, DF and Honda 4-stroke. Looks good. $10,950. Please call 1-806543-7997.

ISLANDER 30 MKII, 1974. Beautiful and dean.

Indudes 7 sails, wheel, DS, VHF, KM. Great teak interior. Berthed at Peninsula Marina. Engine needs work. Priced for quick sale. $16,500. Call (408)662-2334.

547-4177.

331-8901 msg.

CATALINA 30,1978. Excellent condition. Good inventory: 85%, 110%, 150% MPS w/sock, dsl, AP, CNG/oven, VHF, CB, WP/WS, speedo/log, deluxe interior. Good ground tackle. Many extras for cruiser. New paint 5/89. $25,000. (916) 3838619 after 6 p.m. or msg.

NEWPORT 27-S, 1980. Atomic 4 i/b, 110,150, spinnaker, VHF, depth/knot meters, custom Delta awning/tent, Sausalito berth. Anxious to sell to trade up. $17,500. Call (415) 332-3332 days or 461-7608 eves.

SANTA CRUZ 27. Hull #44. Many sails & trailer. $8,995.(707)554-8855.

"PREDATOR’ - HAWKFARM 28. Two-time Singlehanded TransPac veteran & ready to go again. Loran, VHF, DS, WS, AW, KM, Monitor windvane, Tillermaster AP, excellent condition. $23,000 firm. (916) 4362206.BENFORD 30, "Bekea", 1975. Classic F/G great cabin cutter. Complete: Mast spars, sails, F/G, dinghy, new through hull valves & s/s water heater.

Disassembled for refurbishing & on her own cradle. $14,500. Hood River, Oregon. (503)386-1526.CATAUNA 27,1978. One owner. Excellent condhion inside and outside. Traditional interior, Honda 10 hp o/b, cruising equipment + extras. Asking $13,500. (415) 336-7337 days or (415) 634-7647 eves, ask for Ben. Often hard to reach, msgs can be left at both numbers.25- FT NORTHSTAR 500. "Raccoon Ruby".

Replacement value $39,000 - Asking $9,500.

Race or cruise. Atomic 4 i/b. Bought new boat, must sell old. Call Dan (415) 388-0990SAN JUAN 28. Fast & comfortable roomy cruiser.

Inboard 4 w/low hours, VHF, DS, compass, 120% & 150% jibs, 6 winches, spinnaker pole. Very pretty. Now $15,900.383-0132.

26- FTMARIEHOLM International Folkboal Main, jib & genoa, 9.9 Evinrude, VHF, DS, KL, dock, barometer, Origo stove, Danforth anchor, sail covers & dodger, recent epoxied bottom. Excellent condition. Upwind Beikeley berth. $11,000.

(916)966-4226.

CAPE DORY 25,1979. Full keel, brass portholes, teak cabin, o/b, DF, VHF, very dean. $14,500.

(415) 620-2830 or 461-0510.

THUNDERBIRD26. Honda71/2, compass, VHF, porta-potti, F/G over wood, varnished spruce mast w/new oversize rigging North sails. Mahogany custom cabin, solid construction. Very sound, great looking Bay sailor. Hate to sell but have to. $4,500.(415)483-0864.

BALBOA 27. Like new cond., used very little.

Retrad keel, Tandem trailer, 3 sails, full hdrm, built in refrig (ice box) with shelves, propane stove, marine head with 14 ga) holding tank, 10 hp elect start Merc o/b. $16,900. (916) 791-7763.

(Excellent tow vehide available).

CATAUNA25,1978. Good condition. Swing keel, pop-top, 10 hp Honda KM, DS, compass, VHF, stereo, stove, potti plus lots more. Has been in freshwater. Asking $10,500. (209) 667-8311 days or (209) 883-2679 eves.

27-FT CATAUNA. $8,500/offer. Excellent condition. Must sell - Leaving for Mexico in the Fall! Call Scott at (415) 236-5105.

NEWPORT 27. Fully outfitted for single handing.

Full galley, wheel steering, AP, sailing dinghy, and much, much more. Serious sailors please, phone (209) 9461082 for brochure and photos. After 6 p.m. Boat "Scenario", berthed Stockton, Waterfront Yacht Harbor dock C.

ERICSON 3a Well equipped/maintained w/many extras. This solidly built fin keel Bay cruiser provides comforts & features ideal for S.F. area New rigging & more. Compare at $16,000. Motivated owner moving to smaller boat. (415) 254-9163.

CHEOY LEE 26FT FRISCO FLYER. F/G. Sell or trade for houseboat/powerboaL Volvo dsl, Honda generator, stereo, VHF, DS, cover, rubber liferaft, 3 sails, stove, head, water and sink. In Delta-Will deliver. $14,000. Call Tim at (415) 793-9096.

ERICSON 27. Excellent condition. 4 sails, working sails 2 years old. New rigging, Atomic 4, depth, knot, VHF, compass, anchor, whisker, cockpit cushions, AM/FM. $16,500, will finance. Edna (415) 331-6255.

26FT PEARSON ARIEL SLOOP. Beautifully maintained craft. Indudes 2 head sails, spinnaker rigging, 6 hp o/b motor, head, galley, lot, DS, plus more. Assumable lease at Pier 39, at end-tie rates! A real bargain at $6,700.5465377.

HUNTER 27-FT, 1980. Excellent condition. Fin keel, dsl, wheel steering, 4 sails, VHF, Datamarine digital KM, log, DF, propane stove, teak sole, 8 opening ports, internal halyards led aft, fast, roomy cruiser, Alameda$19,500. (415)932-4846 or (415) 8661035.

OLSON 30. The best deal is still atTahoe!#52, dbl spreaders, extra mast, epoxy bottom, 7.5 hp Honda/Volvo i/b, trailer, heavily rigged VHF, Datamarine, C. Plath. Fresh water only, too many sails. $18,750. (916) 542-2340 eves.

26FT LANCER, 1981. Good condition but needs TLC. Four berths, dinette, full galley, standing hdrm, trailerable. Four bags of sails, 7.5 Johnson.

Price reduced $5,000 - Steal for $9,900. Call (619) 224-9855 days or (619) 2961890 eves.

ARIEL 26FT FULL KEEL F/G SLOOP. Good sails. VHF, knot, depth & more. Strong Bay class & association. Excellent condition. Recent survey. One of Pearson Yacht's best! $6,900/offer.

Motivated two boat owner. (415) 254-8338 before 10 p.m.

26FT THUNDERBIRD. $4,000. Good condition, proven design. 4 berths, galley, head, 6 hp o/b, F/ Gover plywood. Worlds on S.F. Bay 6/89. Oakland berth. Don 254-1039 or 495-7755.

26FT LANCER, I960.1986 o/b, new sail cover, porta-potti, stereo, VHF, 3 sails, knot/depth meters, compass, hauled Feb '89. Good Bay, Delta family cruiser, sleeps 4. Good condition. $9,500.

(707)7661776.

PETERS0N26FT. ‘Pumpkin Eater". One time 1 / 4 ton champion. Major re-fit just completed, new everything. lObagsof sails. Ready to race.$14,000 or h/o. (415) 572-0704.

ERICSON 25+, 1979. Inboard, 3 sails, dodger, cockpit & bow cushions, swim ladder, AP, Loran, DS, KM, VHF, CB, stereo, refrigeration, dinghy w/ new 2 hp Mariner o/b, full boat cover, custom mast stepping equip, E-Z Loader trailer, more...Nice shape. $14,700/offer. Tow vehicle available. Call (707) 578-8042.

LEARN COASTAL/OFFSHORE CRUISING SKILLS among Santa Barbara's challenging Channel I'slands! Unique opportunity to join instructors John & Randi Sanger - couple whoVe sailed 40,000 mi together - for a 3,4 or 5-day personalized cruise aboard their 40-ft Valiant cutter, Grebe. 11th season. Brochure and schedule: EDUCATIONAL CRUISING, P.O. Box 780, Santa Barbara, CA 93102 (805) 967-4700

O’DAY 25,1979. Very dean. New bottom epoxy and paint New spinnaker. Self-tailing, 2 speed winches. 10 hp Honda, radio, KM, head, 2 burner stove, dinghy with 2 hp Suzuki, sleeps 5. $12,500.

(408)272-7981 eves.

PEARSON ARIEL 26. Full keel. 6 sails, VHF, compass, depth/speed, lazy jacks, inflatable, 8hp o/b, windvane, dodger, all lines aft, excellentsinglehandling, great condition. $12,000. Jim388-5048.

UNUSUAL BALBOA 26-FT. Available on lease option. 1975 model, fully equipped, one owner, S.F. Bay boaL Currently berthed in Vallejo. $175 monthly rent $400 security deposit $7,000 purchase price indudes Trailrite trailer. For more particulars, please call Larry at (707) 252-6581.

YAMAHA 30,80/81.3 sails, KM, VHF, DS, 1 cyl Yanmar dsl, bottom paint 4/89. $30,000 or b/o.

686-4576.— NEWPORT 30 MKIII, 1985.3 sails, dub fib, VHF, KM, compass, depth, wind speed/direction. Excellent Bay cruiser with extras. $35,000/offer. By owner. (415) 941-1172.36FT BIRD BOAT. #23. $1,800 or b/o. Phone (415) 454-0214, leave msg.

SOVEREIGN 30,1984. Refrig, 3 solar panels, propane stove/oven, running water, dean interior/ exterior, lots of storage, separate aft stateroom, excellent liveaboard. Motivated to sell by 8/15.

Asking $33,000 or b/o. Open to possible yearly rental to employed, trustworthy person with sailing experience. Call Mark at (415) 391-6331.26FT COLUMBIA MARK IL Was redesigned to sail around the world. Special rigging, 2 fibs, stepped 36ft mast, not sinkable, overhauled 6 hp' Johnson. Must see to appredate. $9,500/offer.

(415)892-2369.

NEWPORT 27. C&C design, 1974. Atomic 4 I/b.

Set up for singlehanded sailing. Original owner, many extras, Sausalito berth. Priced to sell at $13,000.(415)332-3447.

14 Years Experience Gasoline & Diesel: Inboard & Outboard Reasonable Rates — Quality Work Bob, (415) 472-1972

Boat Carpenter Restoration • Dry Rot 18 yrs experience • Reasonable Rates (415) 383-4407

EAGLE TOW BOAT CO.

PACIFIC CUPPER(FRISCO FLYER). 26ft, solid teak hull, good spars, new boom, no engine, one set of sails, needs refinishing, San Rafael slip. $4,500. Karl (415) 863-5155.

MARINE MECHANIC

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Yacht & Boat Towing to 50 tons or 100' Yacht Maintenance • Yacht Deliveries For EAGLET0W Call: (415) 237-8045 Bill & Elizabeth Stennis, 1120 Brickyard Cove Rd„ Pt. Richmond, CA 94801

PEARSON 30,1977. Original owner. Atomic 4, sleeps 6, beautifully equipped for cruising and includes raft Must sell. $18^00 or b/o. Call (415)

BOAT NAMES by

'UltUZlC GRAPHICS 415* 3 32 * 4710 SAN JUAN ISLANDS SAILING CRUISES 5-day instructional cruises. Highly qualified instructors, great boats, excellent meals.

Our 4th successful year.

SAILCRAFT MARINE SAILING SCHOOL 2419 S.W. 146, Seattle, WA 98116 (206) 244-5797 page 178

H-28 MODIFIED, LOA 30-fL Professional custom butt, highest quality material, solid Honduras mahogany cabin sides, caps, teak deck, yellow cedar, Honduras mahogany interior, Cherry cabin sole, new Sterling paint on hull, cabin top. Interiux 2000 epoxy bottom. Fully rigged. Call for spec sheet $67,500 or b/o. (206) 282-8461.

CATALWA 27/GENERAL CONTRACTOR. Trade my 1978 Catalina 27 for your services on residence remodel in Marin. Boat in bristol condition.

Value $13,900.Tom 898-1577. Professionals only.

SANTA CRUZ 27,1976. Good condition, many extras. $8,500 or b/o. (707) 446-9161.

CATALINA 27,1981. Atomic 4 i/b engine, full head w/holding tank, furling jib, Leading Edge sails, 110v power, VHF radio, TV, stereo, phone, excellent condition, exclusive Coyote PL berth.

Asking $16,000. John (415) 342-7473.

OLSON 30, 1983. Let's make a deal on my beautiful S.F. Bay One-Design. Loaded with equipment and in excellent corxtton. Low down and easy monthly payments. A.O.C. Buying larger boat and the Olson wont fit in my garagel Days; (415) 932-2900 eves or (415) 284-1537.

OLSON 25,1986. Deluxe interior for racing or cruising. Fully equipped with VHF, knot, full sail inventory plus, and 5 hp o/b. One of the best OneDesigns on the Bay. $17,000 or b/o. (415) 5911336, leave msg.

NEWPORT 28,1979. Very good condition. KM, depth, compass, VHF, stereo, alcohol stove, Atomic 4 - low hours. $16,000 or b/o. (415) 2222420 or (415) 553-9439.

BALBOA 27. U.S. documented trailerable sloop with more room than many 32 footers. Yanmar dsl, new bottom pairri, gimbailed stove, 4 sails, refrigeration, dodger/bimini, VHF, KM, DS, Harken mainsheeL Trailrite trailer, many, many extras.

Excellent cond. $18,950/offers. (916) 721-6587.

YANKEE 26,1974. Must sell. Vrre Westerbeke 1/ b, 4 jibs, spinnaker, DS, VHF, KM. $11,000. All serious offers considered. 524-5124, leave msg.

EXPRESS 27. Very dean, 2 sets sails, dry stored at Brickyard Cove. $22,000. Call Don at (415) 758-8085.

LANCER 28, 1984. Like new, fully equipped.

Largest size trailerable. Ship-shore radio, DS, ice box, two-bumer stove, sink, potty with door, hanging dothes doseL dinette, queen size and two quarter berths. $14,500. Delta (415) 6565562, msg machine.

ERICSON 27. Super Buy - Reduced $2,000 for quick sale. Atomic 4, furling jib, VHF, stereo, depth, knot many other accessories. Very dean yachL Only $14,900, ind Coyote PL Harbor slip.

592-5747.

LANCER 30 SLOOP, 1981. Roller furling jib, alcohol stove, roomy interior, pressurized water, pedestal steering, i/b Yanmar, VHF-FM, KM, excellent oorxftion. Any reasonable offer accepted.

Call Mark at (408) 432-1940.

CATALINA 27,1978. Price reduced for quick sale. This beautiful boat is in great condition. It has an Atomic 4 i/b motor, VHF, stereo, painted spars, marine head and comes with a Santa Cruz Harbor sublease. $12,500. Kurt (408) 4263233.

CHEOY LEE BERMUDA 30 KETCH. I wanna sell this suckerl Price reduced $4,000. Good, strong, seakindly vessel. F/G, dodger, refrigeration, AP, VHF, sumlog, DS. Set up for singlehanding. $18,000. A lot of boat for the money. Make me an offer. (415) 322-6439.

YANKEE 26-FT. S&S luxury design sloop, beautifully fitted, lovingly maintained. Ideal Bay and Delta cruiser, sleeps 4. Fun galley, stereo, marine head, i/b dsl, s/s radio, fathometer, 3 headsails. $17,000. Berthed in Richmond Marina Call (415) 548-7629 or 457-7448.

CATALINA 27,1985. Like new. Recent haul-out Delta awning, coach roof cover, cockpit cushions.

Autohelm, raft, stereo w/booster, hinged masL roller jib, spinnaker, sails cockpit-handled, extra water tank, holding w/Y valve & mercerator.

Senior's going RV-ing - Bargain $25,000. (415) 852-9219.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 31. F/G cruiser. 12v refer., Loran, dsl, 1989 new rigging, 1988 Awlgrip paint, 3 burner kerosene stove/oven, custom teak dinette, 6' T hdrm, teak decks, extensive ground tackle, Cheoy Lee quality and class. $19,500.

6563244.

PEARSON 30-FT, 1976.3 jibs. VHF, KM, depth meter, wheel, dodger, shore power, alcohol stove, holding tank, water tank, sleeps 6. Regularly hauled, good condftion. Berthed Oakland.$19,500.

John (415) 797-3458.

CATALINA 27. Excellent condition. Sails include tapper, dub, genoa, spinnaker, main. Jib boom, Tabernacle masL alcohol stove, 10 hp o/b w/ electric start, wind curtains, DS, KM, VHF, marine head. Must sell $12,500. Days (415) 4767878 or eves (415) 2762008.

OLSON 29 w/trailer, winter One-Design dass champ, lots of sails and extras for Bay & Ocean. $35,000. Call Peter days at (415) 2869444 or eves (415) 653-4844.

CASCADE 29, 1976 F/G sloop. Overbuilt for ocean cruising, fadory F/G deck, sails and rig new 1988. Excellent condition. $13,500. Call (408) 475-4172.HAWKFARM. Bay dassic race boat, price reduced, excellent condition. (415) 372-6593.

ERICSON 27,1976. Well maintained! Great Bay/ Dettafamily cruiser. Wheel, Electra-San, Atomic 4 and loaded with extras! $16,900. Phone (707) 539-5870.

ERICSON 27,1978. Yanmar dsl, wheel, deluxe teak & covers, North sails, new epoxy bottom.

Practical sailor's recommended model. Cleanest on Bay. $18,500. Call 451-7711 evenings.

ERICSON 25,1976. Rn keel, new roller furling, sheets, tiller pilot 1600, hatches w/fresh varnish, bottom paint 6/89. VHF, DS, compass, alcohol stove, rebuilt head w/H.T„ 6ft dinghy. 1981 Evinrude 7.5, full cover. $11,000 ortrade-upto Fuji 32 or ? Call Bruce days at 4274114 or evenings at 754-2396.

26FT COLUMBIA MARK 1, 1963. Ready for cruising, excellent shape. 25* plow, windlass, gallows, dodger, bronze portlighL VHF, i/b dsl, 11 hp, new painL mast, deck, remodeled inter. $18,000. (714) 661-7353, Bob. C&C 25,1973. 5 sails, ort>, VHF, 6 winches, cruise/race equipped. Great boat for Bay. $5,950.

Eves (415) 9665832.

DON’T SAIL A TUB, when you can sail a baby swan. iCygnet", a 26ft Northstar 500, Sparkman & Stephens dassic design, all the attributes of a great Bay racer/cruiser. Atomic 4 i/b. $9,000 or bI o. Call 331-2412 and take a look.

CAL 29. Good, test boat for cruising or racing.

Sleeps 6. Race winner, Recently surveyed. Good condition, blister-free huU. Main, three foresails, spinnaker, Atomic 4, KM, depth, compass, VHF, swim ladder. Berkeley berth. $16,000 or b/o. Call 6468878 days or 5262301 eves.

ISLANDER 28,1978. Wheel, 4 cyl, gas, excellent condition. Teak interior, Emeryville berth. Priced to sell at $23,500.654-3992.

RANGER 26. $9,500 or b/o. Spinnaker, VHF, DS, digital KM, lOhp Honda Rigged for singlehanding.

All lines lead aft. Larry 784-7046 or 521-5820.

30-FT RAWSON. Full set of sails, self-tending jib, Yanmar 3GM-30F dsl. Can be seen at Gate 10, berth 412, S.F. Marina $18,000. Phone (415) 6661472.

PACIFIC SEACRAFT, ORION 27,1982 Cutter.

Wheel steering, 6 sails, dodger, bimini, boom gallows, radar, Loran, AP, windvane, VHF, ground tackle, etc. $51,000. (916) 481-3199.

CHRYSLER 26. Herreshoff design. Bare 1979 model with swing keel. 6ft hdrm, E-Z Loader double axle trailer. Chrysler 10 hp o/b with i/b controls. Excellent condition. Active fleeL$12,500.

(916) 933-2497 evenings.

CORONADO 26FT. Like new, immaculately maintained, freshwater. Trailer, 9.9 o/b, upgraded rigging, 180, 150, working jib, spinnaker, DF, compass, solar. Outstanding, like new interior, new propane stove. Sublime buy - Call now for every detail. (209) 2367887.

NEWPORT 30 MKII, 1978. Pedestal steering, compass, DS, KM, new 3/4 oz chute, VHF, galley.

Great Bay cruiser/racer (large Bay class). Sleeps 6 comfortably. Jack London berth. $26,000 or b/o.

(415) 837-2852/531-2261.

CLASSIC 26FT FOLKBOAT, US25. Most complimented folkboat on the Bay. Recent restoration at Svendsen’s, 6 hp Seagull o/b, full cover, race ready, rigged for singlehanding, Berkeley slip. $5,000 or b/o. (415) 5362194.

(CA) SANTA CRUZ 27, reconditioned *Fast is Furr’ULDB sloop. New LP epoxy bottom, interior, rod rigging, o/b, Signet 300 race pak, Loran, VHF, 12 sails, trailer. $16,000. (213) 5924257.

CRUISE THE WORLD in this quality built, flush deck, 36ft F/G P J. sloop. A very nice boat with a good sail inventory and upgraded equipmenL Assumable financing. $29,500. (408) 2869751, evenings please.

CORONADO 28. Sleeps 6, full galley, enclosed head, Palmer 4 cyl i/b, VHF, DS, KM, Barients.

Main, genoa, 2 working jibs, drifter, boat tent & other equipt. Recent haulouL Located in Tiburon. $14,500 or h/o. (415) 4361014.

26FT RACER/CRUISER (Cal29,1973) inexcellent condition. New oversize rigging, 95,110,130, 150 Mylar, 2 mains, new spinnaker, Loran RDF, depth, VHF, 2 Autohelms, wind-poirrt, dose hauled, anemometer, KM, log, Avon 4-man, custom cover. $25,000.(415)892-9798.

CAPRI 25 (by Catalina), very dean and fasL 6 bags, full spinnaker gear, sleeps 4, race or cruise, porta-potti, gauges, large cockprt, 9.9 o/b. Beautiful well-designed boat forthe Bay. $7,950. (415) 9269148 or (209) 537-5644.

26FT PEARSON F/G SLOOP. Excellent boaL bristol condition. Ail new interior trim, cabinetry, electricals, etc. Improved deck gear, rigging, etc.

Too many extras tolist. Spacious interior. Handles heavy wind with ease, points high. Tomales Bay berth. $8,000 or b/o. (415) 6661704.— ISLAND PACKET 31-FT, 1986. Full keel cutter, purchased new in Nov. '87. Huge tri-cabin inL is liveaboardequippedw/cabin heaL propane stove, refer., VHF, KM/log, DS, Balmar windlass, furling & AM/FM cass., 400 hrs on Yanmar. $20,000 under new - $69,000.6260547 or 3460343.

SAUSALITO BERTHS

BOATWRIGHT SERVICES

Low Rates, Convenient Parking, 24-ft to 36ft MARINA PLAZA HARBOR 332-3802

Decks, Hatches, Interiors.

Steam Bent and Laminated Shapes In Wood.

Scott Ray (415)488-0716

ARCHIE McFAUL — COMPASS ADJUSTER Compass adjusting services for any vessel with a compass. Deviations checked and compensated by Sun Azimuths. Over 25 years serving the yachting and shipping industry, Navy & Coast Guard vessels Day (415) 439-5658_Night (415)432-4203

MIKE PYZEL, MARINE SURVEYOR Mast top-to-keel inspection & appraisal for vessel purchase, insurance, voyage preparation.

Serving Southern California since 1978

(805) 640-0900 page 179

OLSON 30. LPU hull with epoxy bottom, 8 winches, complete sail inventory including new3/4 oz spinnaker, VHF, Signet knoL depth and dinometer. 6 hp Suzuki o/b. Custom gatv single axle trailer.

Exceptional boat! Reduced to $17,500. Call (415) 322-4236.

DOUG StfOTTON MARINE SURVEYOR p. O. Box 2257

(415) 931-4584

San prancisco. C4 94126

INSTRUCTIONAL CRUISES WITH MIKE PYZEL Learn heavy weather sailing, anchoring & more on 3 & 4 day personally tailored Channel Islands cruise. Join Solo TransPac and TransAtlantic skipper Mike Pyzel for custom tailored instruction. Brochure & schedule.

Pyzel Navigation, P.O. Box 4217, Santa Barbara, CA 93140 (805) 640-0900

CORONADO 30. Nearly new spars, rigged for singlehanding, Jiffy reefing, VHF, depth, speed, wheel, 4 sails ind spinnaker, Palmer i/b engine, sleeps 6. Perfect Bay boat. Moved, must sell! $15,900. (415) 672-0670 or (209) 836-5947.-

COLUMBIA 26 MKII, 1970. Four sails, dub jib, 9.5 hp through hull drive, VHF, compass, DS, new paint deck & topsides, galley, two-burner stove, fresh water. Great boat for Bay/Delta. $8,950.

(415) 843-6264 or (415) 559-5715.

REBUILT C4C 31-FT custom racer. Totally fresh and warranted Volvo-Penta dsl and drive system.

14 bags of sails and all gear. Rush deck and unique cockpit layout also provide for tremendous Bay cruising. $22,500 or b/o. Don at 524-8740.

ETCHELLS 22. Ready to race. Winning history, latest sails, trailer, many extras. $10,900 cash or owner will finance with $3,950 down & $200/ month. Call (415) 548-4159 or (415) 547-0685.

EXPRESS 27. ‘Beth!’An excellent boat in beautiful shape. Completely race ready. Call Mik Beatie (415) 924-1699. Anxious to sell) EXCAUBUR 26-FT SLOOP, 1966. F/G, good condition. Bottom just painted, immaculate. 4sails, o/b. Fast easy to handle, perfect for Bay. Sleeps 4. No frills, lots of boat for $5,500. (415)777-2244 wkdys, ask for Allison.

THUNDERBIRD 26,1969. Excellent condition.

“Wild Goose'. Must see. Full set of sails, o/b & tank, radio. Priced for a buyers mkL $7,500. Call Ben (415) 236-7883.

CATALINA 27,1979. Excellent condition. Must sell in the month of July! Universal dsl, VHF, DF, new batteries, loran. $17,000 neg. Wk: (415) 869-8307 or H: (408) 954-8802 or San Leandro Y.C. on wknds.

26-FT NAVY WHALEBOAT conversion -Beowulf.

F/G hull. Launched 7/88. Suitable for cruiser as is -easily made into mbtorsailer. Presently no engine.

Sleeps2, has VHF, porta-potti, galley, mahog trim inside-teak outside, roomy, lots of character. $7,500 or b/o. (415) 687-4576.

CORONADO 27,1971, with trailer. Be in Mexico in 3 days - and/or liveaboard berth with phone in Redwood City. Excellent i/b dsl, 6-ft headroom, marine toilet 4 sails, roomy. Easy sailor - lessons are included! $13,900. A great boat! Phone (415) 367-0604.

NEWPORT30,1976. 'Phase//'. 12 hpdsl, VHF radio, shore power and phone, instruments, CNG stove. Comes with 7 sails including two spinnakers. Great condition. I'm moving and must sell.

Asking $28,000. Call Ron, weekdays at (415) 973-5282.

CATALINA 25,1979. Very dean, fixed keel, poptop & cover, sleeps 5, dinette interior, main, 110%, 150%, spinnaker plus gear, 2-speed winches, VHF, DS, compass, Honda 7.5 hp o/b, lots of extra gear. Must sell, asking $10,900 or b/o. Call (707) 252-1287.

26-FT CHEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER, 1958. High quality boat in good condition. Copper riveted teak construction, enlarged cabin, 7 hp dsl, hand or electric start masthead drifter, VHF, depth, stereo, propane stove and heat refinished 11/87. $7,000. Dave Ball 574-7169 or 3644)300.

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MARINER 31 KETCH. Loaded. Much custom work. Liveaboard slip in Mono Bay. Call (605) 543-4610.

CAL 27-FT SLOOP. F/G, i/b, full hdrm, VHF. Fast and in good condition for liveaboard or cruise.

Must sell $7,000.769-1071.

FORSALE OR TRADE/CAL 2-30. Wheel, lots of sails, 2 spinnakers, extra motor, folding prop, single handed rigging, electronics. Will help with finandng fortrailer boat sail or power, motoihome or? Or $18,000. Needs TLC. Bay Area berth.

(209)869-3215.

27-FT ALBIN VEGA, 1974. F/G Swedish sloop.

Excellent condition. Tough ocean pocket cruiser.

Molded semi-full keel, Volvo dsl, windvane, feathering adj. pitch prop, genoa, 3 jibs+cruise spinnaker. Possible owner finance. $20,000. Sheldon (415) 581-0766.

NOR’SEA 27. Aft cabin cutter rig. 7 sails, 8 hp dsl, custom teak and ash interior, Shipmate stove, exterior LP paint bronze fittings, excellent ground tackle. Proven coastal and offshore. In Vallejo.

Asking $34,900. Call (916) 448-2549 eves.

CAL 2-27. "Wanika', 1976. Well equipped boat in strong One-Design class. Lines lead aft for short handed sailing. Competitive class racer. DS, KM, VHF, stereo, spinnaker, folding prop, Micron bottom, Atomic 4. Call Steve (415) 654-8062.

LIVEABOARD IN HAWAIL 38-ft Downeaster cutter rig, dsl, Hood furling system. Equipped for cruising or liveaboard. 45-ft overall. Call or write for list of equipment and specifications. $77,500.

E Miller, 1164 Bishop St, *1200, Honolulu, HI 96813,(808)523-9477.

36-FT UNION, 1986. Cutter rig, Perkins dsl, epoxy bottom w/new paint Instruments, VHF, Loran, stereo, dodger. Beautiful boat lots of teak, used very little and in excellent condition. $78,000.

Consider small trailerable power/sail in trade.

(209)386-0275.

35- RCORONADO,1974. Diesel,centercockpit flush deck design w/large aft cabin & private shower/head. Great liveaboard, more liveable space than most 40 footers. Sails well & well maintained. $35,000 firm, some financing considered. 769-8087.

RANGER 33. Must sell now! Very dean. Gary Mull racer/cruiser with the lines of a classic yacht Fast and responsive. Stereo, dsl heater, CNG stove with oven, microwave, shore power, hot & cold. Wheel steering, self-tailing Bartent winches, Universal dsl, Lectrasan head, charger. North sails - main w/2 reef points, 70% (never used), 110,150,3/4 oz spinnaker (never used). DS, KM, VHF and lots of extras. Awning, cockpit cushions, etC...Lots of fun! $37,000. (408) 292-7826.

36- FT HANS CHRISTIAN. We must sell! First offer of $85,000 takes her. New Hood sails and roller reefing jib, dodger, stereo, Loran C, depth, knot lot Pisces 60 hpaux, inflatable & much more.

Excellent condition, in Alameda Evenings (209) 862-4990.

BRISTOL 27. Rigged for singlehanded, Hawaii vet has everything. $15,000 or b/o. Call (707) 746-6575.

HUNTER 37,1984 CUTTER. Swift & graceful sailing to weather. Cruise or liveaboard. Immaculately maintained. Separate cabins, sleeps 7, h/c water, shower, AM/FM tape stereo, stove/oven, Headfoil, oversized self-tailing winches, VHF, Datamarine, WS, WD, depth, Yanmar 30, Sausalito berth. Best offer. (415) 435-2924.

28-FT ENGLISH F/G SLOOP. Roomy, strong, inexpensive cruising. Only $9,500. Atlantic vet.

See at Metro. Yacht Club, berth C216. Call (415) 886-5304 X4445.

37- FT RANGER. Change in owners plans make this stiff, ocean, Mull designed racer/cruiser available. Great for cruising. PHRF120. Rod rigging, Volvo dsl, LPG stove, well equipped. $46,500.

(415)785-2288.

CAPEDORYTYPHOON. Excellent daysailer with trailer. Phone (415) 237-9602.

SEA CROWN 25 Sport 3/4 Sloop. Unique stainless daggerboard design with lead ballast makes for an ideal Bay or lake high performance boat Beautiful, fast easy to handle. Includes 4 hp o/b, galvanized trailer. Built in 1981. $7,500. (707) 725-6778 eves.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MKIL Excellent condition.

Great cruiser or liveaboard. Four sails with new jib. Aries windvane, dodger, solar panel, electric windlass, 2 CQR anchors with 150-ft chain, Loran C, VHF, stereo, refrig, dinghy and more. $110,000 or b/o. (415) 564-7508.

ANGLEMAN SEAWITCH, 36-FT. Bristol conation & cruise ready. Call for complete details. $59,900.(805)984-5677.

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36-FT COLUMBIA SLOOP. Well maintained, Yanmar dsl with low hours. Excellent boat for Bay sailing. Beautiful set up for liveaboard. Located in San Francisco. $28,000. (415) 981-7200.

CATALINA 34,1986. Excellent condition, owner has refinished interior wood to beautiful satin finish. Diesel engine, AP, Loran, VHF, 3 blade prop, wheel, compass, knot depth, 2 anchors, CNG stove & oven, cabin heater, dock, barometer, stereo. $59,000. (408) 370-2765.

CREALOCK 37-FT, 1984. Pacific Seacraft built with nearly every option factory installed. A beautiful, fast, safe offshore cruiser that has been little used but professionally maintained by original owner. Furling main and jib, Wolter hot water, dodger, dinghy. $112,000. (206) 671-4596.

CATALINA 36,1984. Perfect liveaboard/cruiser.

Excellent condition, well maintained, three cabins, sleeps 7, beautiful all teak Interior, 3/4 oz spinnaker, 2 headsails, easy starting Atomic dsl with low hours, water heater, shower, LP stove/ oven, stereo, VHF, KM, DS, RDF, tall rig, selftailing winches, cockpit rigged lines, good ground tackle, new bottom paint Sausaliio berth. $55,000 or b/o. Call Mark (415) 435-9253.

THE ORIGINAL OCEAN CRUISER, Westsail 32 Cutter. Full keel, dsl, heavy construction. Both wheel and tiller steering, 6 sails, roller furling, 6 page equipment list $50,000. If you're going, this is the boat!. (408) 377-4815.

33-FT SPAULDING SLOOP. One of 6 made by Myron Spaulding. New Ballenger mast and boom, has sails, ratio, DF, Atomic 4 engine. Boat sound, needs some work. Must sell - $12,000. Randy (408) 479-9257 evenings or TOm (408) 423-2740 days.

TAYANA37,1986.3sails, VHF, Loran,Signet log & depth. Excellent shape, hardly used, dsl, heater, propane stove, shore power, owner must sell due to health! Loc N.Y. East Coast. $79,900. Call Peter (207) 8464545.

WESTSAIL 32, 1972. Factory built, well maintained cutter rig. Great liveaboard/world cruiser.

Completely outfitted. Extensiveelectronics-Radar, BAG, SatNav, VHF, more. Complete sail inv. (6 sails), all rigging replaced '86. Propane stove, custom galley, heater, Avon liferaft, dinghy w/ motor/AP/windvane/electric windlass/solar panels/new dodger/lots more! Steve (415) 472-3094.

ERICSON38,1981. New dodger, Autohelm4000, Magnavox4102 SatNav, roller furling. Loved and pampered. $72,500. (415) 523-3433.

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ISLANDER 34. Cover, shower/head, great cruising rig, ground tackle. Boat needs TLC & engine needs work. Priced right $18,500. Leave msg at at (415) 873-0150.

FANTASIA 35-FT, 1976. Center cockpit cutter offshore cruiser. New alum mast dodger, Edson steering, press hot water, VHF, windvane, roomy teak interior, stove, dink, 40 hp dsl. Great Uveaboard. $65,000. Phone (707) 462-1719 or (415) 2346248.APHROOUE 101, 33-FT. Great singlehander ‘Stormrider’buWl by Bianca Yachts in Denmark.

Former H and J season champion, and 2nd place for 1988 season in J Division - HDA. New North main. Called "one of the prettiest boats in the Bay".

Features beautiful Danish workmanship, mahogany interior. Yanmar dsl, one owner, sink, stove, sleeps5. Fabulous cruiserfor Bay. Self-tacking jib makes going up city front a breeze. $27,950. Call 8:30-5:00 M-F. (415) 944-8600, ask for Greg Warner.36-FT STEEL CUTTER. Atkin design, diesel engine. $35,000. (415) 459-4136.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38 MK11,1979. Perfect liveaboard or cruiser. New custom cushions, recent bottom job. Refinished floors throughout interior.

A steal at $73,000 or bio. 538-2454 eves/weekends, 276-6719 days.

RANGER 33. $29,500.6 sails, spinnaker, 3 new '87. Self-tailing winches, roller furling Headfoil, hydraulic backstay, foldng prop, wheel steering, VHF, RDF, knot/log, wind speed/drection, depth, hot/cold water, shower and oven. Exc. condition.

Many extras. (408) 372-2352 or (408) 3756165.

ISLANDER 36. Loaded! Best rigged Islander on the Bay for radng/cruising. Mexico vetl Perkins 4107 dsl, stainless steel winches, Margas propane, on-demand hot water. You must see this Islander! $55,000. Tim (415) 848-7713 or (415) 2326750.

C&C 35 MKII, 1975. Recently reconditioned.

Immaculate, loaded. Rod rigging w/hydraulic backstay, 14 Barients, 13 sails, Aries windvane, dinghy w/oulboard. Ready to race or cruise. $63,500.Call (707) 823-3427or (707) 778-2222.GREAT RACER/CRUISER. 1974 Pearson 10M 33-ft 6". 1987 HDA Divisional Champ, 1988 Regional Champ. Comfortable, spacious, sleeps 7, dean, excellent condition. Indudes2 sets of sails, electronic, VHF, stereo, Force 10 heater, many extras. Must sell. $44,000. Call (415) 435-1257FANTASIA 35-FT, 1979 CUTTER Great liveaboard and/or cruising boat for a couple. Very roomy, 7-ft hdrm, 215 gal water, 115 gal dsl. $65,000. (408)227-0409. Seller motivated-Offers accepted. Possible trade for smaller Bay boat O’DAY 34,1982. VHF, Loran, roller furling, DR, set up to singlehand sail, AP, Signet 1000/2000. $42,000. (415) 689-4520.

FARALLON CUPPER 38,1961. Fast, dassy, racer/cruiser in like-new cond. Highest quality throughout. Loaded-ready to go anywhere. A great boat butalousy market Must sell to 1st offer over $24,000. Don't miss this one. (415) 363-4260.

CORONADO 35. Looking for a comfortable liveaboard/cruiser, tri-cabin design, lots of room below? Call me! Berthed S. S.F. Equipped with dsl, VHF, anchor windlass, refrigeration, microwave, h/c pressure water, aux. water and fuel tanks and more. $37,500. Dan (916) 432-3516.

RANGER 33. Legendary Gary Mull racer/cruiser.

Very dean, comfortable, lots of storage, sleeps 6, wheel steering, alcohol stove & Atomic4 with new exhaust. Indudes 5 sails (new main & jib), VHF, rubber boat, wind instruments, knot log. $29,000/ offer. Call (408) 3744935 after 5:30.

37-FT RANGER, 1973. Beautiful racer/cruiser. 15 sails, 13 winches, roller furier, dsl, wheel, full electronics including Loran, teak interior. Consider small boat as partial trade. $38,000 or bio. (719) 495-4672 or (415) 865-1328.

ALBERG 35. Full keel, F/G, Volvo 25 hp dsl, 8 sails, dodger, 5 self-tailing winches, elect windlass, washdown hose, 35 CQR/150' chain, VHF, DF, KM, strobe, propane stove/water heater, cabin heater, press, h/c water/shower, liferaft $39,000.

Msg (913) 631-7688 CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 36. Luders design, F/G hull. Good liveaboard/cruiser or Bay boat. Perkins dsl, new rigging (stays, halyards, lifelines), new upholstery, full boat cover, dinghy w/oars, sailing rig. $38,000 or bio. Moving, need to sell. Karen at 865-4351 or 696-5303.

NOR’SEA RACER, 35-FT of Norwegian wood.

Solidly built double-ender of heavy displacement New rig. Great Bay boat See and make offer.

John (415) 479-5408.

WESTSAIL 32,1975. Factory finished, recent survey, Volvo MK3B, new standing rig (all Stalocks), new running rigging, Aries, 10 sails, 10 winches, AP, Shipmate range & fireplace, teak decks, 2 sextants, walker log, Swoffer log, 2 VHF, DS. much more. $40,000. (619) 226-5238.

SANTANA 35. "Minx'. Fully equipped, new UK main, 155% genoa, daisy (15 bags), Volvo Penta, 8 Barient winches, Micrologic Loran, VHF, Sony stereo & more. Excellent racer/cruiser w/solid performance record. $46,900. Contact: Shelley (415) 383-2162.

CASCADE 36,1973. Great value F/G sloop. New dsl, Awlgrip topsides, new genoa, excellent ground tackle, DF, VHF, LPG stove w/oven. Could use some minor cosmetics. Save $$ - Must sell, baby due! Only $24,850 or bio. (415) 331-5016 or (707)829-1669.

BUCCANEER 335,1979 F/G sloop. Rod rigging, internal halyards, four 2-speed Lewmars, North sails, killer stereo, 19’ color TV, refrigerator, microwave, propane stove, alcohol oven, needs motor. Used as liveaboard in Redwood City now. $20,000.(415)3656977.

33-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1965.

32.6x9.3x4.6 - 6 tons full keel, F/G cruising sloop.

Salty traditional design. Safe, dry, strong, nc blisters, no leaks. Good gear, sails, Atomic 4. Recent rig & engine survey. Bargain at $19,500. Paul (415)4643063.

35-FT ALBERG, #99 by Pearson. 2nd owner.

Very Original and well maintained. 6 sails, excellent Bay or cruising boat. $32,950. Phone (415) 453-4872.

34FT YAWL, “Tyche", built by Barney Nichols in 1961. Plywood with mahogany cockpit and cabin.

Surveyed in November 1987. A stiff, comfortable boat for Bay or ocean sailing. $18,000. Call (415) 483-4642.

ISLANDER FREEPORT 36. Beautiful, top quality, well equipped, spacious Robert Perry cutter.

Maintained to perfection w/TIC. Perfect Bay/offshore cruiser. A boat you'd be proud to sail. $85,000.(415)346-1541.

PEARSON 37,1961 Rod rigging, roller furling, gray hull, 3/4 oz spinnaker, balsa core hull, 25 hp Universal dsl, refrigeration. $59,000. Call 3916438 after July 17 or951-7600 x6601 & leave msg anytime.

ISLANDER 36. New rigging, new main & spinnaker, new dsl. Reduced for quick sale. $36,000.

Call Gene at (209) 948-9185 or (209) 952-7976.

LIVEABOARD • Morgan 33 Out-Island. Roomy, full keel, F/G sloop, 40 hp dsl, clean w/new upholstery. $39,000. Redwood City 3636172.

32-FT LIVEABOARD or cruise this F/G Williams Garden design motorsailer. Aft cabin, center cockpit 2 heads, pressure water w/shower, Volvo dsl, wheel, roller jib, VHF, 110 shore power. Priced for quick sale at $23,000.769-1071.

CORONADO 35-FT, 1971 Aft cabin sloop. Dsl, DS, KM/log, VHF, 4 Hood sails, extra fuel/water tanks, stereo, microwave, 1988 survey/hauloul Reducedforquicksaie. Great liveaboard. $30,500.

(707)747-1740.

CATALINA 38-FT,1983. Excellent condition, well maintained, well outfitted - Three jibs (110,130, 150) 3/4 oz spinnaker, roller furling dual-purpose Headfoil, VHF, Signet 2000 KM, dsl, self-tailing winches, pedestal steering. $49,750. Call (415) 969-3488.

40 TO 50 FEET NEWPORT 41-FT, C&C DESIGNED, F/G sloop rig, Crulser/flveaboard, full sail inventory/spinnaker, Westerbeke dsl, dsl heater, refrig, 3 burner stove, oven, head, liferaft folding/standard props, newMicron bottom, electric windlass, anchor and chain. Much loved boat! Must sell! $59,500 or trade (707) 448-2488.POWERFUL CLASSIC P.H. M/S. 43-ft, 135 hp Perkins dsl, low hours, beautiful interior, 4 sails, teak deck, dual steering, electronics, possible liveaboard berth. $39,900, owner financing, $9,000 down. 8736008 evenings.

C&C DESIGNED NEWPORT 41 F/G sloop ‘Another Girl". Custom built in 1973, newYanmar dsl, 1983.12 sails, Micron bottom, solar power.

New: Autohelm 6000, refrigerator, Harken roller jib, Loran, heater, electric windlass, DS, new windows & hatches. Teak interior. $60,000. Call (707)823-3776.

42-FT BREWER 1987. Center cockpit with inside steering station. Cutter rigged teak decks, Isomat spars, Grand Dear rigging, new sails. Too many options to list Shows better than new. Valued at $170,000- Will sacrifice$149,500. Cali Ruth at (415) 535-5179 days.

CAL 48. Price reduced. Call for information. (714) 497-1849.

PERRY 47, center cockpit cutter. 2 staterooms with heads & showers, 6 hanging lockers, 300 gal pressurized hot/cold water, refrigeration, pantry, tiled counters, wood-burning and propane stoves, 200 gal dsl, self-tailing winches, F/G dinghy. $115,000. Call (415) 875-9345 or (408) 370-7164.

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32-FT SEAGOER YAWL Cypress on oak. Harry Pigeon circumnavigator. Master Mariner vet 32ft on deck, 44ft LOA, 10-ft beam, 4ft draft Full keel classic cruiser. Perkins 4108,40 gal stainless tanks, Loran, Gusher bilge pump, windlass.

Glass lapstrake 8-ft dinghy on cabin top. Ash & mahog interior. Binnacle with Danforth compass.

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35-FT LOA DOUBLE-ENDER, afloat in Santa Cruz. Needs finishing. L.L. yellow pine on Russian white oak. Hull built 1965. F/G decks, new dsl & tankage. Needs an interior, but has mast, rigging, winches & more. A sweet boat for $10,000. Call (408)462-5024.

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SANTA CRUZ 33 FOR A SC-27? Trade or sell a Santa Cruz 33 part complete kit for little sister - SC 27 or $13,500. Hull, custom deck, keel mold, winches, genoa track, cars & more deck gear.

Trailer & tow van available. Call Charlie (916)6857295 after 6:00 p.m. Other trades, offers considered.

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49-FT CUPPER-BOW PILOTHOUSE ketch (55ft LOA). Custom constructed under direction of Naval Architect Launched 1980. New 82 hp Perkins dsl. Loaded with electronics and cruising gear inducing SatNav, radar, depthtalker, 4 anchors, electric windlass, AP, Monitor windvane, 2300 watt inverter, solar panel, generator and lots more. Large capacity tankage, dinghy, cockpit dodger, bath tub/shower, freezer 2 dbf staterooms. Everything excellent condition. Cruise or liveaboard. $88,000firm. Market survey $125,000.

No better boat anywhere for this price. Detailed description available. San Diego (619) 426-1560.

GULFSTAR CUSTOM 40. Hood design, 1978. ’Athena'. Fast elegant biuewater sloop. Custom teak interior. Teak toe rail and cockpit combing.

Rod rigging. Perkins dsl, AP, Loran, VHF, etc.

Beautifully maintained. Santa Cruz. $78,900. By owner (408) 462-2236.FOR SALE OR REAL ESTATE TRADE. CSY 44.

Only one on the West Coast Mint cond., loaded with cruising gear. Asking $125,000. Ready to sail the Bay or the world. Roger (707) 762-2821.CHEOY LEE 40-FT MIDSHIP KETCH. Luders design, 1977. Beautiful and spacious. Perkins 50 hpdsl. Perfect for cruising or liveaboard. 2 heads, 2 showers, 2 refrigerators, microwave, stereo, full galley, BBQ, teak interior and decks, dinghy on davits. $89,000 or b/o. (415) 331-5509.

FOR SALE OR TRADE. Peterson 44. center cockpit cutter. Liveaboard/cruiser. Strongly built and well equipped. $110,000 or trade for cruising Trimaran. Call days and evenings. (415) 5214310.

PAJARA: 45-FT 1937 classic ocean racer. 2nd 1941 TransPac. Master Mariner's Division Champion. Beautiful, fast, comfortable. (415) 592-7216 days or (415) 592-5420 evenings.

FREEPORT 41. Same boat new phone from previous ad, (408) 252-7391. Great liveaboard or world cruise tomorrow. 190 gal fuel, 190 water, AP, liveraft self-tailing winches, radar, Loran, SatNav, 2 VHFs, 2 DS, KM, wind inst., compass, 3 bilge pumps, automatic fire extinguisher, 2 D8 batteries, 120A 12VDC power supply, AC/DC fridge, mast headlights on both masts, 12VDC fluorescent lighting, 50,000 CP spotlight electric head, propane 3 burner stove with oven, electric or eng. hot water shower, plus more goodies, Mexico vet $93,000, will consider trade.

43-FT KETTENBERG SLOOP, beautiful condition. Full electronics, 50 hp Perkins dsl., Zodiac inflatable dinghy, Avon emergency liferaft, nearly new sails, AP, berthed in Monterey. $58,000.

(408)626-1411.

MARINER 40. Partnership split 4 years of work done. No rot, Honduras mahog., 85 hp Perkins, refrig, shower, etc., etc. $42,000 or b/o, trades?

331-2806 or 331-9189.

HURRICANE 30-FT. Built in Sausalito, 1952. Fir on oak/lead keel. Prop/shaft '89; Bright spruce mast, all fittings, standing rig '88; 3/4 oz tri-radial '87; main, jib '86. All lines led aft, rebuilt by owner last 9 years. $14,000 or b/o. (415) 935-7096.

ROBERTSOFFSHORE44-FT STEEL CUTTER. Center cockpit Perkins 4-154M dsl, 2 separate staterooms, 2 heads, refrigerator, dsl stove, VHF, SatNav, depth, radar, windvane, AP. Complete sails plus drifter, safety gear for offshore cruising.

Mexico vet Call John at (415) 933-9982.

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KNEASS SEDAN CRUISER. A 35-ft woodie, built in 1939. Berthed in S.F., 2 cabins, separate head, shower, covered deck. New electronics, recent haulout, bottom job. Liveaboard studio, romantic afternoons? $18,000. Douglas 285-2786

ISLANDER FREEPORT 41. Factory kit-boat in orig. cradle. Exterior teak trim, windows, sole, fuel/water tanks, through-hulls, hull/deck joint all completed. Chain plates, s/s cable, masts, plus more included. Asking $27,000. Call (415) 5242861 for inventory & more info.

40-FT PERFORMANCE CRUISING SLOOP. John Lidgard Yachts Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand, 1982. Cedar/Kevtar/S-glass (WEST), 6 oz F/ G skin. New Hulse rig, Micron bottom and LPU topsides 1985-86. Beautiful wood interior. Sleeps 6, dinette, galley, nav station. SSB, VHF, Loran, stereo, AP.B&G 190,17 sails. New long battened North Kevlar mainsail. Yanmar dsl. Complete safety gear ind EPIRB & 8-man liferaft. Superb New Zealand craftsmanship & quality throughout $61,000 cash, CTNL, or possible assumption of $59,000/12% loan. (415) 421-0174,820-1552.

CLASSIC WOODEN HANNA KETCH, 1964.44ft on deck. Just hauled, new paint outside. Needs transmission work. Beautiful condition inside: blue, white, teak interior. Ford 4 cyl dsl, 2 heads, separate shower, separate engine room, lots of extras.

Best offer. (415) 234-1747.

SEA TIGER 41-FT KETCH. Excellent condition and ready for cruising and/or comfortable liveaboard. Weil equipped w/8 sails, ind roller furl genoa, FIG hull, teak trim, teak and mahogany interior, solid 1 1/2* teak housing, Perkins dsl, large salon, galley and head w/separate walk-in shower, Avon, full boat cover and lots & lots of equipment for cruising. Must see to believe! Must sacrifice at only $69,000. Call Rob @ (415) 3321177, after 6 p.m. (415) 388-5601.

DAVIDSON 44,1981 SLOOP. Beautiful racer/ cruiser. Lovely teak interior, Micrologic Loran.

Fastpac instruments Cybernet stereo. Excellent value. $75,000. (702) 831-1820.

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'Mariko' with licensed skipper. Also birdwatching excursions on the Elkhom Slough.

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OWNERS BUSINESS FORCES SALE 57-ft LOA strip-plank mahogany ketch, built 1984.5 bags working sails, 90 hp dsl engine. Excellent for liveaboard or cruising. U-shaped galley, large main salon, 2 staterooms, 2 full heads. Priced to sell! $49,500. Call (503) 761-2933.58-FT STEEL CRUISING KETCH. Divorceforces sale of this beautiful 1 yr old custom built ketch.

Heavily constructed with all the luxuries of home.

A full compliment of electronics. A large fuel & water capacity. Very comfortable. Must see to appredate. $150,000, will except trade. For more info call (415) 832-4329.

63-FT CUSTOM KETCH. Equipped for ocean cruising. Will consider property exchange. Allan Bates (415) 885-2088 or 523-3030.

CLASSICS GOT A CLASSIC Alden Schooner, Herreshoff ketch - or maybe even a Pearson Vanguard? If you consider your boat a classic, we'll include it under this all-new Classy Classifieds heading.

Justbesuretospedfy“Ciassic'whenyousendin your ad copy.

CHEROKEE, 1907CLASSIC MOTOR LAUNCH. Restored and maintained in mint condition, this showpiece is ideal for Bay and Delta cruising.

Length: 26-ft; Power: Westerbeke dsl; Speed: 67 knots; Capacity: 6-8 passengers; Dines: 4 graciously or 6 good friends; Sleeps: 2 good friends; Berthed in Sausalito. Featured in "Down Below on Board the World's Classic Yachts' and in Wooden BoaL $25,000. Annie Sutter (415) 332-4897.

45-FT GAFF SLOOP. ‘Felicity’ formerly ’Speedwell', built 1895 by Stone. Master Mariners course record holder. An awe-inspiring boat to sail. Good condition, recent survey, freshly hauled, dependable 4 cyl dsl, affordable China Basin berth. $25,000 or h/o. (415) 550-9042.

22-ft to 27-ft $325 to $395 six days, Tanzer-22, San Juan 26, Chrysler 26, Cheeta 27.

Direct airline connections to our dock via Lake Union Air. McKinney Marine (206)468-2130

RENEGADE 25-FT. Classic cabin cruiser built by Don Voelz Pacific Boat Works, 1949. RestoredA1 condition. New engine, fuel tanks, marine head, etc. See to appreciate at Channel Marina, Richmond, next to Cal coast Marine. $10,000/ offer. Phone 234-8934, leave msg.

24-FT BARE HULL Want a manageable home building project? A beautiful boat when you're done? Classic 24-ft Carl Alberg design, hand-laid F/G hull, lead ballast, cabin sole, bulkheads, rudder. Some other parts available. B/O. 331-9219.

SJOVIND 34-FT ATKIN classic dbl ended gaff ketch, Port Orford cedar, 1955, Yanmar 2QM20 heavy duty dsl, 400 hours, twins, mizzen staysail, storm tri-sail. Write: Jim Eakin, A. Navarro 139, La Paz, Baja, CA Sur for details.

MULTIHULLS MUST SELL BY JULY. All reasonable offers considered. WEST built Searunner 25 has lots of custom touches & trailer. Owner buitt, has to let it go. (916) 542-3419 or544-1545, hr msg for Jimmy.

VERBATIM: 40-ft Crowther Trimaran. Winner of '86 Solo TransPac. Fastest ocean racing yacht in the Pacific. Always maintained in superb cond.

Well equip! w/elecL & sails. Full Category I. Ready to race/convert to a cruiser/racer. $120,000 (Aus) ONO. Price ind extensive instruction, if required.

Perfect yachtto win 1990TransTasman Races or the Solo TransPac. Cathy Hawkins/Ian Johnston: 2A Allenby St, Clontarf, 2093 N.S.W. Australia-

ION ELECTRONICS, FRIENDLY SERVICES All electronics on board Service, Sale & Installation.

Call anytime for Free Estimate & Consulting.

Guaranteed the Best Electronic Service at Economy Rates.

Weekends Available Phone (415) 948-6730

NORTH BEACH MARINE CANVAS Custom Work, Modification & Repair of Canvas, Upholstery & Bedding for your boat! Get Ready For Opening Day! Elizabeth Roso (415) 433-2059 572 Filbert, San Francisco, CA 94133

OSMOTIC BLISTER REPAIR MANUAL Finally a repair based upon 20 years of research into water damaged fiberglass. Complete guide to Accelerated Hull Drying and Blister Repair. Complete bibliography: $15.

Calif. Res. add applicable tax. AISA, Box 11500, Piedmont, CA 94611

BARNACLE BOB'S BOAT DIVING SERVICE Hull Cleaning • Inspection • Underwater Repair • Light Salvage

Services throughout the Bay Area

Call MONTEREY BAY CHARTER For Personalized Cruises (408) 724-5582

SAIL THE SAN JUANS FROM LOPEZ ISLANDS

STEPHENS 45,1949. Elegant Bay & Delta cabin cruiser. Lots of exterior teak, interior mahogany.

Forward master stateroom, large galley w/dinette, separate shower/electric head. Twin Chrysler gas engines. Exc. liveaboard. Must sell nowl $29,000/ offer. (415) 588-7960 days or (415) 391-6240.

(415) 865-DIVE

MARINE SURVEYOR

Serving all Bay and Delta Areas JOHN HALLANDER, P.E. • Sail and Power • Fiberglass, wood, metal • 40 years experience • Free phone consultation • No travel charge • 24-hr. service available Pt. Richmond (415) 237-8412 Bethel Island (415) 684-2698 poge 182

SEARUNNER 37. Diesel, s/s rig, alum spars, 6 sails, VHF, DS, Lewmars & Barients, Edson steering, dinghy & o/b, 3 anchors & more. 95% ready to cruise. Asking $40,000. (916) 927-1173.

3WT CROSS TRI. Start your cruising from Hawaii in comfort Queen size bunks, great living aboard. $35,000. (808) 826-9335. C. Mulligan. Box 554, Hanalei, Kauai, HI 96714.

50-FT TRIMARAN. 1,000 sq ft flush deck, steel cross-arms, 17watertight compartments, 11 sails, new mast, dsl, Emeryville slip. Fast, safe, strong.

Coast Guard cert possible. May consider partner. $98,500. Jesse (408) 475-0295/(408) 429-9911.

SEARUNNER 31. Probably the best built Brown Trimaran on the West Coast Many extras. $29,500.

Serious inquiries call Scott at (415) 726-2282.

35- FT TRI STAR SLOOP (Horstman). Mexico vet 6 sails, Atomic 4, sleeps 6, wheel, alum mast electronics, windlass, CQR, teak and mahogany, much more. Richmond berth. Consider trade of income property. $38,000. Don(707) 554-1718.

PIVER 31-FTTRIM ARAN. 6 sails, recent rigging, ratio, DF, 2 dbl bunks, 7.5 hp o/b. Must sell. $8,000 or b/o. Call Mark (707) 642-3419, leave msg. Berthed in Berkeley.

36- FTLOADSTARTRIMARAN. All newrig,foam keel, LPU topsides, Lrg decks, Yanmar dsl, 5 sails, VHF, knot/log, DS, LPG stove/oven, fridge, ground tackle, many extras. Nices Loadstar on coast is ready to cruise for $25,000. Call (415) 366-2938.

35-FT TRIMARAN. Cruise vet fin keel, 5 sails, 15 hp Evinrude in well, AP, VHF, RDF, new instruments, (2) 25# CQR, 1 amp solar panel and more. $30,000.(415)522-8285.

28-FT PIVER. Lots of mahogany, real sanitary.

Seeing is believing. Broken mast as-is or fixed.

Consider trades. 732-9156.

25-FT JIM BROWN SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Professionally built with trailer, sleeps two, five sails, roller reefing, 4 hp Johnson. $4,500. Steve (415) 485-4543 or 655-5043.

32-FT TRIMARAN KETCH. Piver Herald. Aft cabin, ratio, 9 hp Honda, roller main, wheel steering, sleeps 6, wood stove, alum rig, 4 sails, standing hdrm, lying Sausalito. Solid boat ready to cruise. $9,900 or h/o. Call 332-2060.

POWER HOUSEBOATS 25-FT ALBIN quality dsl cruiser, 1976. Popular worldwide. Meticulous owner, loaded w/equipment Only 508 hrs on Volvo dsl. Boat like new. 2 boat owner. $18,000, ind trailer. (415) 435-4192.

30-FTSTEPHENS SEDAN CRUISER. Uveaboard equipped, stem, windshield, covers, Delta room, etc. $8,500.1/2 dwn & pymts, or 1/2 dwn & trade for sail, silver, coins, etc. Slip too, $72 per mo., Pittsburg security marina Ross (415) 451-2012.

AWESOME BACHELOR/BACHELORETTE PAD. Low slung, sexy 35-ft Chris Craft sea skiff.

Fresh paint carpet & upholstery inside & out Very comfortable environment for living & entertaining.

Hauled & surveyed 6/89. Microwave, TV, VCR & incredible true Audiophile sound system. Move out of that stupid apartment, paying rent is such a waste. $31,000/offer. (415) 769-7533.

37-FT ROUGHWATER Aft Cabin Trawler. FIG dsl, Monk design, sips 6, h/c pressure water, shower, fridge, freezer, two heads, inflatable. Exc condition. Great Sea boat & liveaboard. Health forces sale. $44,500. Call (415) 365-5982.

24-FT FIBERFORU1973.350V-8, v-berth, head, canvas top & full cover, bait tank, outriggers + extras. Hull/engine good. Some work required. $4,500 or b/o. Divorce sale - Willing to negotiate! Deborah Lockey 433-4150 ext. 211 (9-5, leave msg after hrs.)

41-FT CHRIS CRAFT FLUSH DECK. 1974 FIG hull. Twin screw427 Ford V-8’s with 300 hp each.

Fresh water cooled, 6.5kwOnan generator, automatic Halon's, great liveaboard. Excellent condition. $127,000. Roman Perry (408) 379-2521 evenings or (408) 370-1326 msg.

NEWPORT 30. Sausalito berth. New sails, full equip, sleeps 5. Sail 1 week a month • 1/4 share.

(408) 245-2430 leave msg.

SAILBOAT PARTNERSHIP available Colombia 8.7 sloop berthed at S.F. Gas House Cove (Marina). Call Pete (415) 367-8300 bus, (415) 5940783 home.

• Custom Woodwork 'Fiberglass 'Paint 'Varnish • Electrical & Plumbing • Mobile Service Andy Kurtz (415)456-7046

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MARINE SERVICE

Electrical - Carpentry Rigging - Mechanical Plumbing - Charter (415)331-1282 (415)331-9126

MASON 37. Beautiful traditional cutter from Hans Christian. 1/3 time share, no purchase obligation.

Loran, radar, depth, speed, h/c water, color TV, microwave, spacious master stateroom. $340/ month including maintenance, slip, insurance...everything. Experience, references and deposit required. (415) 521-6936.

OFFSHORE 27,1970. Glass hull, teak deck & cabin, Volvo dsl, VHF, compass. New sails, rigging 1987. Hauled 1988. Original owner seeks partner -1/2 share, $7,000 or b/o. Consider share work and expense arrangement A lovely boat.

Call Jeana (707) 763-2275.

PARTNER WANTED, HUNTER 33. Richmond.

1/4 share - $4,000 down & $100/month on balance. Roller furl jib, new main. (916) 389-2768.

CATALINA 30,1987 (new style). 1/2 partnership for sale. Berkeley berth. Boat has been professionally maintained and is in like new condition.

Extensive equipment list (415) 376-8992 eves or (415) 451-6000 days, ask for Bob. SAN JUAN 34,1980 FIG sloop. Sausalito berth.

Join a great partnership with lots of usage time.

Lots of work done recently. Looks great! Sleeps six, rod rigged, full sails, VHF, SatNav, electronics, Yanmar dsl, h/c pressurized water, full galley.

Fast and stable. Perfect for overnight and weekend trips. Arrival of baby necessitates sales. Low down, $235 (1/3 share) or $375 (1/2 share) per month includes everything. Call Greg (415) 3414100 days or (415) 753-0617.

HUNTER 27.1/3 Partnership. No down and acquire 1/3 equity in well maintained cruiser in charter. Your monthly payment would be $135 (approx), includes principal/interest moorage & insurance. Charter income will offset $135 payment by 30-45%. Even though Windsong is in charter, she is still available for the owners use & enjoyment. Windsong can be seen at Cass' Marina in Sausalito or call (408) 354-3857. Only responsible and financially secure individuals will be considered.

TRADE TRADE REAL ESTATE FOR SAILBOAT. Fully leased industrial buildings in Sacramento with up to $295,000 equity available to trade for fully equipped ocean-ready 40 to 55-ft yacht Call or write Doug (916) 635-4544 - 11290 Point East #140, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742.

FOR SALE OR TRADE 43 beautiful level acres Eastern Utah, near Duchesne, Fronts State Hwy 40. Pinion pine & cedar, near lakes, hunting, fishing, boating, etc. Split possible - $14,000 or trade for ski boat, sailboat 4x4 or Backhoe. I’m flexible. (916) 622-8169.

BERTHS & SLIPS FOR SALE BOAT SUP 50’x18’6* at Pier 39.

Great location, view of downtown San Francisco.

Part-time liveaboard available. $45,000 or make offer. Contact Wendy Merrill at (415) 983-4575 days or (415) 346-1238 evenings.

50-FT PIER 39 SUP for sale. 46 yrs remaining on lease of slip in prime location in East Marina.Good rental history. Close to showers, etc. $52,000.

(408)247-9324.

PIER 39(SANFRANCISCO)SLIP,36-ft, for sale.

Excellent location. Cali Doug Gooding days at (415) 397-6700.

BERTH/CONDO TYPE for sale. Why pay rent when you can own it forever. 40-ft upwind in Emery Cove Marina. Excellent location, showers, phone, laundry,etc. $37S00/offer. Free and dear, owner will finance. (415) 837-3037.

PIER 39 (SAN FRANCISCO) SUP, 36-ft, for sale.

Excellent location on C-Dock. Call Buck, eves (415)441-5280.

PIER 39 (SAN FRANCISCO) SUP. 36-ft, for rent on C-Dock. $198 per month. Call Ray at (415) 387-6904.

TEAK & MAHOGANY LUMBER TEAK-FEQ.KD: 1*45.85 BF 2*46.00 BF 3*46.75 MAHOGANY - FAS. KD: 1*42.45 BF 2*42.55 BF 3*43.10 M.W.W., CO..

4701 San Leandro, Oakland, CA • (415) 436-5702 • Painting & Refinishing JOl/RNEVMEN * ProP ancl Shaft Wont • Gel Coat/Blister Repair . Complete Mobile ^ .

• Mechanical Repairs • Fiberglass Repair The comprehensive yacht • Interior Design & Fabrication service at a substantial savings & Repair • Marine Wiring (415) 461-5487 • Maintenance Contracts

SUZUKI OUTBOARDS

AFFORDABLE CANVAS COVERINGS

Why buy second best when you can afford to buy Suzuki!

2 hp $475.00 • 4 hp $665.00 • 6 hp $925.00 * 8 hp $1,250 • * 9.9 hp $1,410 (*with oil injection) Call HELMS YACHT SALES (415)865-2511

Complete interior and exterior canvas outfitting for power or sail.

Highest quality materials and workmanship - Lowest prices For free estimate call Aaron at (707) 935-0287

ULTIMATE SAIL REPAIR KITS

MARINE SURVEYOR and CONSULTANT

Richard T. Why pay loft repair rales on repairs you can do yourself?

From the professional racer to the world cruiser, we have a ,USRK" designed for you.

TNT Sails 5290 N. Valentine #103, Fresno, CA 93711 (209) 276-8310

STEEL BOATBUILDING WORKSHOP '89 This is our fifth season, come learn how to build your own steel hull. Construction techniques, problem solving for layout work, welding techniques and tips, plan selection and economics, and much more. Held at Pier 66, S.F. August 18-20.

SIERRA YACHTWERKS, 909 Marina Vlg Pkwy, #134, Alameda CA 94501 (415) 863-1808

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CAL 31 • 2 openings available in 5 person group.

Earn equity and sail anytime. $180 per month paid semi-annually. Alameda berth. For more info call Mike and Loma 865-5147.

TIME SHARE. Sail S.F. Bay aboard a well equipped, bristol condition, Oakland Estuary berthed, Ericson sloop. $1,025 per yr+dep gives you 40+ days of sailing. Lv msg (805) 723-1785.

PARTNERSHIPS

THE BOAT GANG

ALAN OLSON

SANTANA 22.1/2 partnership. Sausalito berth (SYH), new rigging, recently hauled, good condition. A great & fun Bay boat. Moorage $60/month -$2,000buys. (415)641-9239or(415)586-8612.

Member;

Christopher

Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors.

Serving entire Bay Area.

(408)

Specializing in Wood.

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AMPLE START YACHT MAINTENANCE 13 years experience Yacht Services and Marine Insurance Surveying • Short Term Financing Available Bright Work: Varnishing, Oiling, Caulking, Rebedding, Painting, Work Aloft and More.

(415) 540-0671 x297 (415) 383-5420 lv msg for Sylvia Dunsworth

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40-FT SUP • S.F. Yacht Harbor at Marina Green.

Will sublease slip or sell slip with 40-ft classic motor yacht. Slip is prime location with ample protected free parking including weekends. (415) 461-7756.

40-FT PRIME DELTA UPWIND SUP for sale at $7,000 or 1 year lease $125/month plus utilities.

Also 45-ft, 1979 F/G pilothouse cutter, priced reduced from $125,000 to $115,000. Call Lon at (805)648-3235.

CREW WORLD CRUISE. SWM, 44, balanced, welleducated, fit, witty, retired, seeks compatible woman to share cruising lifestyle abroad. Require equality, mutual respect & dialogue in relationships. Enjoy culture, nature & exercise, ETD flexible. Box 30644. Seattle, WA 98103.

OCEAN CRUISING EXPERIENCE WANTED. Male, 41, wants to crew 1-7 days anywhere outside of G.G. S.F.-San Diego, day trips around Farallons ideal. Lots of Straights of Georgia and S.F. Bay experience. Mechanically inclined. Dave (408) 253-3258 eves-wknds.

SINGLE SAILING LADY WANTED. Call John at (707)539-1429.

CARIBBEAN BOUND, leaving Summer '89 aboard modem 41-ft sloop. Good man, 39, seeks adventurous female, 25-40, with some skills, brain power, and ambition to enjoy sailing, paradise, tropical ports and inland expeditions. Absolutely no-smoking or drugs. (916) 721-6587.

WANTED: EXPERIENCED SAILING partner for Coronado 15.1 amanovicewith alittle experience and need someone to build my confidence. Your expenses will be minimal, half the launch fee and gas ($8.00). Call Greg at (707) 526-2346.

TRAVEUNG COMPANION/CREW WANTED. Female, 2540, in good health, sense of humor, light or non-drinker with some sailing experience, free for extended cruise to Mexico or beyond.

Willing to contribute minimally for food & fuel, needed for Fall '89 departure. Skipper, SWM, 56, 6*2', healthy, good humored & serious about going. Are you ready to quit your job, store or sell your furniture & car? That's what it takes, if you are, call (415) 523-1383 or write: Box 701, Alameda, CA 94501.

INTERESTED IN MEETING a woman who has living aboard, working aboard and cruising on their mind. Perhaps our needs can compliment each other’s plans. Robert (916) 776-1094 or (415)420-9450.

ATTRACTIVE COUPLE, 50’s, SEEKING trip to Alaska on seaworthy vessel over 50-ft. Available July and August Some experience. Good cooks and willing crew. Looking for fun and adventure.

Leave a message for Bill at (408) 945-9429 or (408)259-9555.

CLUBNAUTIQUEsinglelifemembershlpincludes lessons, charter discounts, social, free training boats. Moving away makes it a bargain - A $2,450 value for only $1,7501 Write: M. Lester, 10044 Adams, Suite*340. Huntington Beach, CA92646 or call (714) 673-8563.

AUSTRALIA OR BUST. 26 yr old, WSF, anxious to sail down-under as crew. Terrifically experienced sailor, available October and on. Write: Anne Marie Jehle, Box 3, ChaJlis, Idaho 83226 or leave a message with my brother Bob at (415) 854-9250.-

SA1LBOATTRAILERS. New, used, custom built 3,000 lbs-18,000 lbs. Singles, tandem, triples.

Call 1-800-535-2882.

MISCELLANEOUS

VETUS (MITSUBISHI) DSL ENGINE 101/2 hp with 2:1 red. Used less than 10 hours. FWC/prop. $1,300. Call (415) 687-4576.

PREVENT PHOTOAGING with quality Mary Kay sunscreens.

Keep youryoung, healthy glow.

Call Tracy Lynne Polliak (415) 456-8637

FABULOUS SAN JUAN ARCHIPELAGO

CLUB NAUTIQUE MEMBERSHIP. Single lifetime membership includes free sailing lessons, free sailing on some boat, many activities and discountson charters. Worth $2.450, sell for $2,000 or bio. Call Wayne at (707) 829-8973.

ORIGINAL STEAMSHIPCONSTRUCTION drawings. Ink on linen, dated 1898-1920, by Union Machine Co., S.F. 35 drawings totaL 11 of paddtewheel steamer St. Helena (1901), 18 of steamer USNS Bear (1919-20), and 6 misc. Unique local history. Make offer. Dave 931-2920.

CLUB NAUTIQUE LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. Unlimifedlessons, free chartersto27-ft, discounted charters and more. Alameda and Sausalito locations. Moving, must sell. $2,000 or bio (Save $400). Call (415) 993-2927 or (415) 994-2645.

EQUIPMENT FOR SALE Autohelm 1000, $250, never used. Micrologic Loran C, $500, used once.

(415)372-6593.

HOUSE ON BAY for lease. 3 br/2 ba. Sandy Beach Rd. near Vallejo Y/C with water view and boat dock. Great weekender, must see to appreciate. (415)4334666.

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited membershipfortwo.

Sacrifice - Must sell. $2,950 value, will sell for $1,975 or offer. All associate, all advanced privileges, free trainer use, racing clinic and much more. Dues are $35 per mo. 339-2396.

FOR SALE: 150-ft of 5/16 BBB anchor chain.

Good condition. Will not cut $1.50 per ft (415) 493-0342.

TRY CRUISING CHARTER. Superb ’84 40-ft Beneteau - Caribbean, Winter. 4 mos $8,000,6 mos$10,500or8mos$13,200. One way or option to buy. Never chartered. Experienced American owner. Excellent gear & condtion. Write: Bruce M. Cameron, London WC1N 3XX, England.

CLUB NAUTIQUE A single life membership includes lessens charter dscount, social, training boats. A $2,450 value for $2,000. Write or call: S. Bums, 3 Admiral Dr.,#258, Emeryville, CA. Phone: (415) 654-5298,2:00 p.m. til 8.-00 p.m.

ARIES WINDVANE Many spares including vane & rudder (new). Original manual. Excellent condition. $1,200. (707) 252-6267.

CLUB NAUTIQUE (salting) membership for sale: $2,100. Sail out of Alameda or Sausalito. Call (707)762-5764.

HOUSE ANDYACHT.Beautiful home, drca1910, furnished in antiques, located in quiet community of Newman, just 11/2 hrs drive from Bay Area, plus an immaculately maintained 38-ft Hans Christian sailboat-All for $240,000. For more information call evenings (209) 862-4990.

CLUB NAUTIQUE FAMILY MEMBERSHIP. Unlimited sailing lessons, lifetime, re-saleable fun for the whole family. Learn to daysail, cruise, powerboat and row with fun people. A true bargain at $2,050. Save $900 over new membership cost (408) 736-8335 msgs.

USED GEAR

1 CYL PETTER DIESEL Excellent condition.

Complete. Asking $750. (415) 331-3732.

4-71 DETROIT DSL ENGINE (No trans). 420 hrs totaltime. $2,700. Dick(415)568-2833/465-3959.

EDSON STEERING GEAR. Worm drive, 35 to 50ft boat $150. (415) 4594136.

OLSON 25. New main and Mylar genoa By North, full newsail warranty, 1-32', J-9.6', P-28.8', E-10'. $500 each. (916) 891-8736.

USED SAILS: 1.5 oz nylon tri-radial spinnaker 54’x32‘; 8 oz genoa 49.5’x21'25'; 6 oz jib 34.5'xl 1.5'; 6.5 oz genoa 36'x15'; 5 oz genoa 35.5'x1725'; 6 oz genoa 35.5'x17.25'; 5.75 oz main 29.75x9.5'; 6.5 oz main 29.75'x9.5'. Call days (415) 5234388.

PURE WATER... wherever you cruise with a SEAGULL IV non-chemical water purification system.

GENERAL ECOLOGY OF NEW ENGLAND, H20 PURIFICATION INC. P.O. Box 412, Tiburon, CA (415) 435-2472 or 800-426-4556

BIKE

SAIL

RALLY

Pristine cruising area amongst lush sunny Washington Islands.

Ocean front and view properties, some with moorage, are still bargains.

Lose yourself in our Islands!

Bob Wood Olde Real Estate Co. Box 667, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

The Zeiderzee is gone, but Lake IJssel was made for sailing.

Bike thru beautiful North Holland, crew on a Tall canal boat rally by canal bike through Amsterdam Jack London Travel, Jack London Village (415)835-0650

2-35 FOOT WHARRAM CATAMARAN HULLS

FOR SALE: MAUI SAIUNG CHARTER COMPANY

Made with marine plywood, fiberglass over.

High gross business serving an upscale dientei Two yachts - 38-ft Sloop and 48-ft Ketch, certified for 24 passengers Commercial Harbor Permits • Growth Potential • Tax Advantages SAILING CHARTERS P.O. Box 10728, Lahaina, Hawaii 96761

Illness-force sele Contact: EDGEWATER YACHT SALES 332-2060 Going for just the price of materials - $4,500

YACHT REPAIR

WANT TO BUY

Fiberglass Work • Blister Repair • Wood Repair • Expert Paint & Varnish Work Decks Refinished • Seam Compound Replaced

Cruising Sailboat 38-ft to 42-ft 1979 or newer unless bristol.

Large tankage fuel & water. In $70,000-$100,000 range, cash buyer, or to $126,000, real estate exchange (condo) to $126,000.

No brokers please Call Chet at (916) 725-5634

All Work Guaranteed Reasonable Rates

15 Years Experience

(415)927-3329

HYDE STREET SEAFOOD HOUSE

** MARIN BOAT MAINTENANCE **

and RAW BAR Relax and enjoy San Francisco's freshest seafood dishes in casual nautical atmosphere. Parking.

1509 Hyde Street (at Jackson), S.F. Res. 928-9148

Refinishing * Painting • Cleaning • Wash • Wax • Oiling • Varnish eta - Monthly or Bimonthly Maintenance -

Quality Care at Reasonable Rates (415) 258-0620

MARINE FLEA MARKET

CASH PAID

Saturday, July 22,1989 • 7 am to 4 p.m.

Laney Flea Market Oakland, CA - 7th & Fallon, off 880, at Oak St

for used diesel engines, generator sets, parts.

Basket cases welcome - Turn that hunk of iron into brown bag cash.

Rebuilt diesels, generator sets and parts at about half the cost of new units.

Call for quote (415)381-4509

No charge to first tine sellers1 For more information call 769-7266

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CRUISING GEAR: Monitor windvane for Morgan 38, never used! Hood cruising spinnaker MPS (new): ski blue, yellow, gray, white panels. Force 10 Cozy Cabin propane heater. Lestek high output alternator. Lifesling. Small Bruce anchor. Mast railing (pulpit). (408) 725-3406 or (408) 251-9009 hm.

WANTED WANT TO BUY cruising sailboat 38 to 42-ft, 1979 or newer unless bristol. Large tankage fuel & water, in $70,000to $100,000 range (cash buyer), or to $126,000, R.E. exchange (condo) to $126,000. No brokers please. Call Chet at (916) 725-5634.

FURLING SYSTEM for Coronado 25-ft Victory Coronado 25 cheap, any condition. Catalina 22 mast or masthead. F/G El Toro. Write: Scott Holmes, 8788 N 3rd, Fresno, CA 93710, (209) 436-0512. Victory National High Sierra Regatta, July 14-15-16.

38 TO 45-FT Cross or Horstman Trimaran, any condition! Anywhere West Coast of No. Am. Up to $40,000 cash. Know of such a boat? Can pay

SITEX SATNAV & ARIES WINDVANE before 7/ 15/89. (408) 923-7021 or (818) 363-6914 in LA BOSTON WHALER HARPOON 6.2. Prefer with trailer and spinnakergear.Havethe5.2,looking to complete the fleet. Richard Whitehead, 4142 E St, Eureka, CA 95501, (707) 822-2946 days (707) 442-9274 nights. Collect to night # OK. INFLATABLE WfTH OARS and floor boards.

Good condition & quality only. Call (415) 2332117, leave msg if no one home.

35 TO 40-FT F/G SAILBOAT. Good condition for cruising. Call (415) 886-5304 x4445 or send to: Jim M., P.O. Box 2613, Castro Valley, CA 94546.

NON-PROFIT SAIL OR SIT ON YOUR SAILBOAT!? Secure couple with $15,000 to $25,000 down want 35 to 40-ft cruise/liveaboard F/G or steel hull. Need owner financing of balance or assumable loan, etc. Call Willie or Sue (415) 424-9521 or (408) 371-5595.

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USED SPINNAKER from Catalina25 or Capri 25.

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GAY BOATING CLUB. The Barbary Coast Boating Club for gays, lesbians & friends is having fun on the Bay & Delta waters. For membership info, call: (415) 255-1049 or (415) 865-6671 .--

ERICSON 27 OWNERS. There is a One-Design fleet in the Bay. Cruising-racing-partying. We want to meet you. For more information, Call Al Gates (415) 236-1473 or write: E-27 Reet One, 730 Liverpool, Sunnyvale, CA 94087.

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8 Anderson Stainless.75 Antioch Marina.115 Arena Yacht Sales.52 Armchair Sailor, The.55 Astronautics.

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Scanmar Marine Products. ....185 Scan Sailing Equipment.

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FOR SALE

BY OWNER We are selling our much loved, well cared for Newport41 (1971). She is well equipped with many extras and upgrades.

Equipment: New (1984) 30 hp Westerbeke diesel, outboard, Avon liferaft, generator, diesel cabin heater, phone hook-up, windlass, Barient winches, VHF, Loran, stereo, Autohelm, knot, wind speed, wind point, 12 sails, spinnaker* equipment, h/c pressure water, new Micron bottom, propane stove, refrigerator, folding/standard props.

Features: Cozy interior sleeps six, ready cruiser and liveaboard, large galley and main salon, full navigation area and chart table.

She has been beautifully maintained and is a boat that can take you far in comfort and safety.

Must sell!

Asking $59,500

Call (707) 448-2488

EXPRESS 37 "PRIMORDIAL SLOOP"

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$137,995.00

1988 HULL #62

• Cruising Interior • Deep Keel Model • Harken Roller Reefing • Signet Smart Pak • Wheel Steering • Full Batten Main (North) • Immaculate Condition.

Last Complete Boat Built by Express Yachts

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Mercedes Benz 72hp diesel • B&G instruments Polaris/Regency 7200 VHF • Electric windlass Battery charger all banks • Norseman terminals Merriman-Hollbrook tumbuckles on all rigging All mechanical reworked with American fittings

For Sale Or Lease — $129,000

Call (415) 851-7065 home or (415) 851-5704 page 191

Boat in perfect condition.

Call (415) 327-7977

EDGEVWTER YACHT SAIfS 1306 BRIDGEWAY SAUSALITO, CA 94965 (415) 332-2060

40' MARINER HUNS PACIFIC VET. LONG UST OF EQUIPMENT. IDEAL FOR EXTENSIVE CRUISING OR UVEABOARD.

ASKING $41,000.

28'CAL T2

RANGER 23

1974; 27-fT INBOARD AUXILIARY, VHF, KN01MEI®, BARJENTS.

1977 NEW OJ. W/GENERATOR, VHF & SOUNDER LOADED W/RACE GEAR.

TRY $6,000

ASKING $9,000/QFFERS

Gtorgo Steinemann — Broker 2507 West Coast Highway, #203, Newport Beach, CA 92663 (714) 645-4600 FAX (714) 645-7216 (415) 332-0291 —Sausalito, CA EXCLUSIVE DEALERS FOR NAUTOR'S SWAN

SWAN 36 ('89). Delivered for the Newport Beach Boat Show last April, this new Frers boat is offered complete with sails, fully commissioned in Newport Beach . . . $205/000.

39' SEA RANGER TRAWLER 1981 TWIN TURBO DIESES W/LOW HRS. OUTFITTED FOR UVEABOARD OR AIASKA MEXICO, ETC MODVATH) SE1EL ASKING $70,000/OFFERS.

OCEAN CRUISING WITH TASHIBA TASWELL LIBERTY 36 & 40 43,49 & 56 458 & 49 ALSO SAIL * 26' 28' * 29' 30‘ 30* 30' 30' 30' * 30' 32' * 34' * 38' 38' 38' 38' 38' 38'

BROKERAGE SELECTIONS SAN JUAN, ‘80, Pi. Richmond_$14,900 ISLAND® BAHAMA, '81, Emeryvdk —29,500 CASCADE, '65, ft. Richmond_19,500 ISLANDER Midi, 74, PL Richmond __ 28,000 CAPE DORY Intch, 78, Alomodo _ 30,000 BABA, 79, SoumlBo_65,000 BABA, '85, Wdo..81,000 PALM® JOHNSON, 7* Alomodo _. 29,000 aiCSON, '69, PI. Richmond_22,000 ttC '80, Berkeley ________44,000 DBH®db2, '85, ft. Richmond_89,000 BUND®, 73, ft. Richmond_59,500 ISLAND®, 74, Sousitho_44,950 BUND®, 79, Oakland.57,500 PEARSON 385, '80, EmwyriUe ___ 59,500 S-2121M, '80, Emoiynllo_84,950 NONSUCH, '83, Soottie_119,000

* 37' TAYANA, '85, Pt Richmond_89,500 38' A1AJUEU, 78, Alomodo_79,000 38* CtC LANDFALL, '80, Si._78,500 39' FAIR WEATH®, '87, Alomodo_135,000 39* FREYA, 78, San Rafool_79,500 40* PANDA, '82, Seattle_129,500 42' NEWPORT, 73, Sausalito_89,500 42' YORKTDWN, '84, Alomodo._Offers 44' HYUS, '85, Alomodo _i_182,000 48' UB01Y458, 82, Soottlo_185,000 48' MAPLE LEAF dp, 75, Seattle_129,000 53' CUSTOM NX ettr, '50, Soattlo_95,000 58' SHOCK/RUlH®fORD, '35, Rkh_185,000 105* HOLLAND-BUILT Icekli '03, Si._150,000

POWER 30' W1L1AR0 VEGA, 75, San Rafool_39,000 30' CSIM WORKING TUG,'88, Richmond-25,000

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SWAN 37 Hoidl

('70). An elegant S&S design, this yacht has recently undergone a total refit, including new topsides, interior upholstery & varnish, & complete overhaul of all systems.

Full cruising gear, B&G instruments, 12 sails . . . $79,000

SWAN 42 "Razmattaz" (SU Owner's relocalion necessifates immediate sale of this popular Holland design. Electronics include Heart inverter, Loran, B&G instruments, also hydraulics, roller furling, diesel heating and many sails . . . $169/500 SWAN 46 "Troubadour" |'83).With a replacement cost well over $600,000, this is a superb value. Full racing sails, electronics and cruising gear. Located in San Francisco ... $375,000.

5WAN 41 Jut [74). Recent upgrades include new engine and upholstery '85, mainsail ’86, running rigging '87. Full sail inventory. B&G instruments, hydraulics and plenty of cruising gear. Located Southern California . . . $115,000.

Illuslrations shown may in some coses be slsterships. Particulars believed to be correct but not guaranteed. Subject to price change prior to sole, or withdrawal without notice.

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KERMIT PARKER YACHT BROKERAGE San Rafael Yacht Harbor

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(415) 456-1860 SELECTED BROKERAGE 19 O DAY w/truilcr .7.60C 23 BEAR 23. HULL #3.6.50( 21 C«iC. 12.00C 23' SPIDSGATTER .8.001 25 FOl.KBOAT .8.001 25 PAINE CAROL .2 1.001 25' CAL ..8.001 26 PEARSON .8.50C 26 S 2 w/trailer.21 00( 27 CATALINA 27.12^501 27 CAL 27 . 16.90C 27 CHEOY LEE Offshore .24.50C 2/ SUN. Perry design .14.97E 32 MARINER .Offer?

28' HERRESHOFF' ....2 from 14.00C 28' BARNEY NICHOLS .8.00C 29 CASCADE .. 1 4.0CH 29 CAL 2 29 .26.00C 30 \VM GARDEN dbl endr .... 29.00(1 30 GUI.F ISLAND .Try 25.000 30 KNARR . 12.500 30 SPIDSGATTER ..35.000 32 ATKINS ARCHER .34.500 32' WESTSAIL . 28.000 32 CHEOY LEE M/S.55.000 32 TRAVELLER. 19.950 35 BREWER!.55.000 36 CASCADE .7.29.900 36 I.APWORTH. 17.500 36 ISLANDER FREEPORT ...89.500 36 STEEL SLOOP.36.000 36 LANCER.49.000 37 GARDEN KTCH Teak.67.500 38 DOWNEASTER .39.950 39 FREYA.79.000 4 1 NEWPORT....59.950 4 1 C l . Full Cruise .90.000 42 WESTSAIL . 120.000 13 CHEOY LEE M/S. 148.000 11 RHODES SLOOP.55.000 15 GARDEN PORPOISE .80.000 15 LANCER P/S . 125.000 46 GARDEN KETCH . 125.000 50 Sk s .250.000 52 IRWIN KETCH. 129.000 55 SWEDE 55 . 1 15.000 60 JO\.\Tll\X SWIFT . 120,000 62 (7.011.R . 195.000 72 STEEL KETCH . 195.000 76 CSTM WILLARD Ctr .875.000

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46' GARDEN KETCH "Morning Star" 8125.000

72' STEEL KETCH S195.000

44' KEUY/PETERSON, 1986/1989. Peterson design; center ckpt cutter rig. We've 3 select previously owned to choose From. NEW 1989 K/P 46 available for

VANCOUVER 32, '86 world-doss PH cutter. Pro-Furi, Autohelm, inside steering, private double-suite, diesel — super equipped! ALLOFFEIISCONSIDERHl.Asliing $75,000.

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41' BRISTOL, '81. Finest American-mode boat on Hw market. Stowaway main, furi'g jib, easily shoithanded, cold plate refer, radar, Loran, 58hp dsl; all the beds & whistles!

Well below market @ $125,000. At our docks.

ORGENTO CRUISER 1 1.000 OWENS .;.. 11.500 CARGILE CUTTER . 16.500 BAYLINER .39.000 SPORTFISHER .59.900 CHRIS CRAFT.. 169.000 BROKERAGE SLIPS

52 IRWIN 8129.000

AVAILABLE

83' 50' 47' 46' 44' 43' 42' 40' 40' 40' 40' 38' 38' 38' 37' 37' 37'

FORMOSA MOTOR SAUER, '85_$425,000 GUlfSTAR, 79,auiseequip!.....$149,000 MdNTOSH, '88_ $345,000 KELLY/PETERSON..$185,000 KEU.Y/PETERS0N .....3 from_$ 90,000 VANGUARD 1300, '84, steel _$139,000 TAYANA,'80,.Aloffers!.$ 90,000 VAUANT'80, loaded!.$125,000 CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE.$ 72,500 OLSON • Greot Sol lnventory2 ffom.... $ 97,000 SANTACRUZ..$109,000 ENDEAVOR_2from_$ 69,500 fRERS,M_ INQUIRE MORGAN_3Trcm_$ 58,000 CREALOCK,'78-Cruiser.$ 72,500 EXPRESS, race ready..$115,000 TARTAN, 77...$ 72,000

365 36' 36' 32' 32' 30' 28'

PEARSON, 78..INQUIRE HANS CHRISTIAN, 76.$ 59,500 ERKSON, generator, loaded.$ 89,900 WESTSAIL-Cruisers!.4 from_$ 44,500 CHEOYLEEM/S.looded.$ 55,000 S-2,79, looded, oft cobin.„$ 44,500 ISLANDER, 76, dsl, race equipt__$ 25,500

POWER 60' 53' 50' 49' 49’ 47' 46' 43' 42' 42'

HATTERAS, 81 Conv.$695,000 ALASKAN, 77 • Gorgeous Wood.. $220,000 OCEAN ALEXANDER,'87.....$265,000 ALASKAN -Booutful.$175,000 GRAND BANKS,'83. $360,000 MARK PILOT,'88.$365,000 SEA RANGER,'86..from.$210,000 HATTERAS.2 from.$199,000 GRAND BANKS, wood ....from.$ 82,000 GRAND BANKS,'75/'76/'83, F/G to $239,500

★ BROKERAGE SPECIALS ★ Brokerage Inventory

CLOVER 8195.000

38

SPORTFISHER Diesel 859.900

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SAIL

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42' 37' 37' 32' 32'

50' 41' 37' 22' 17'

TAYANA. '80.ALL OFFERS ..ARE CONSIDERED! ELITE feducw//)yS70ir„„C_OnfyS 75,000 RANGER_ Only$ 47,000 WESTSAIL, '77, ciuise equipped.Must Be Sold VANCOUVER_ $ 75,000

CALIFORNIANS__2 from. .$ 195,000 OWENS TAHITIAN, ved beouty ..... _$ 29,000 CF . ........$ 50,000 LARSEN, '86, with tinder .. ....CALL REINEli, '86, ond trailer. .$ 7,500

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Dealers for Kelly/Peterson, Frers, Endeavour and Hnllberg Rassy.

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247'' 20T0" 8'3" 2'8" 3,600 LBS 287 SQ FT/

DEALER FOR: • Mariner Outboards • Prindle Cats • • O'Day / Cal Sailboats • Montgomery Sailboats & Dinghies • FLYING JUNIOR 71

I NEED A NEW OWNER

Imported Van Deusseldorph Fully race-rigged - two suits sails plus spinnaker. Atherton mahogany hull, Proctor tappered mast, Sailnetics kick-up f/g rudder. Must see this boat to appreciate. Asking only $1,475.

I am a beautiful, but neglected 1977 SANTANA 28.

I have not been sailed in two years.

I have two new genaos, and a spinnaker which hasn't been used in at least 3 years. I'm loaded with ammenities including: Volvo diesel with full guages and a folding prop.

You can have me for only $19,995.

SANTANA 23 "Advantage”, 1980.

This well maintained beauty has trailer, 6 hp outboard plus custom canvas. Spacious 8-ft cockpit, wide companionway to large cabin, sleeps four. Full set of sails: storm jib, 110%, 135% and radial spinnaker. Reduced to $12,500.

NEPTUNE 24

CUPPER MARINE 9.2 WITH TRAILER We have 2 of these 30-ft trailerables: One has inboard engine and offshore keel; the other is just as well equipped. These boats are big enough to liveaboard and sail, tool Starting at $12,500.

WITH TRAILER. Spacious trailer cruiser, sleeps 6 and sails great! Pop-top, bow & stern pulpits, lifelines, s/s swim ladder, one-year bottom paint, enclosed head, space saver galley with fold down table. Only $10,950.

GLen cove vacHTsaus

FOR SALE Beautifully Maintained. Beautifully Equipped.

ESTATE SALE 37 IRWIN'80 Ctr/ Ckpt, 2 staterooms, I 2 heads, Perkins dsl.

Family must sell!

Asking $59,000.

No zmemtk offer Refused!

Call Lee for Details.

SAIL 24' CAL 2-241968. A giveaway at.$3,900 24' LAPWORTH1960. Classic Plastic. Just Reducedtl.Owner Anxious 27 DUFOUR, 1974.$14,900 27 HUNTER, 1984.$27,500 27 NEWPORT'S — Two to choose from!.$10,500 28’ TARTAN 1986. Top of the line..$48,000 29' GULF 1985. Two station steering...$35,000 30' CATALINA 1983. Diesel..$34,700 30' ISLANDER, 1974 ..$26,000 32' COLUMBIA 1975...Owner Asking For Offers!

32' WESTS AIL 1971. Veteran cruiser...$55,000

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Off 780 Between Vallejo and Benicia Take Glen Cove Exit andFollow Signs to Glen Cove Marina _2024 Glen Cove Road, Vallejo, CA 94591

"NAIAD" 1980 HUNTER 36 New (’88) LPU paint job and new ('87) epoxy bottom, stereo, stern ladder, cockpit weather cloths, dodger, two anchors, electric anchor windlass, accomodates five in two cabins, oiled teak interior, CNG stove, hot & cold pressure water, head and shower, new Doyle Stackpack, Hood furling system, Bimini, depth, knot, windspeed, Loran, compass, VHF, snorepower — there's more but you should really have a IookI You'll like her. Give a call for complete equipment list or make an offer. 49 000

$ ,

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At our docks — Marina Village.

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THIS MONTH'S FEATURED LISTINGS

1969. This professionally maintained cruiser’s in excellent condition— ready to go. Loaded: SatNav, SSB, AP, DF, Fax... $149,500.

PASSPORT 47

CATALINA 38

1985. This cruise ready beauty is better than new.

Below market at $220,000.

1982. This proven cruiser/racer is priced to take your family sailing this summer.

Asking $55,900

TAYANA 37

BABA 30

ERICSON 30+

1985. Classic heavy construction in an offshore cruiser that will take you anywhere. $95,000.

1983. Motivated owner —

1985. Good, clean, family cruiser with many extras and upgrades. $39,900.

wants offers!

Asking $65,000.

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Cheoy Lee Frisco Flyer R 2T Vega sloop.

28' Cal 28....| 29' Bristol 29' Cal 2-2S 30' |.. - -.U}.4...

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32' 36' T9Wf •* *• * * * * X y*x***** 36' 36' Ketch 36' 36' Yamai \ . . .

37' 38' Bristol 38 Sloop.

38' Morgan 382 Sloop 39' Freya.2 available 40' Cheoy Lae Midshipman Ketch 4V "Sea Tiger" Ketch.

41' King’s Legend Cruiser .^j|P***«.x***^*-.

42' Pearson 424 Ketch •••.

45' 32' 33' 35'

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Gaff-head Cutter "STORNOWA Y"....

Cheoy "Lee "Lion" Sloop.

64' 34' 34' 35' 59'

"SPRAY" Yawl.

Baltzer "Down Easter" ....

Falrllner330.

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Chris Craft Constellation

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24* 27' 30* 30' 30 31’ 31* 32' 32’ 33' 37* 41' 43’

FOLKES 39 CUTTER,

35hp Yanmar, aft double berth, Awlgrip, windlass, ST winches, stove, refrigeration, DS . . . $89,900

!OLKES 39, WET KIT,

in stock now, Yanmar, insulated,

□Hast, Awlgrip, hydraulic steering, lots more! . . . $39,900.

Other new and used steel yachts.

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SAUSALITO YACHT SALTS

CAL 39. Maintained to the highest — this 39 will satisfy the perfectionist yachtsman. 1978, Perkins diesel, roller furling.

Asking $79,900. _SELECTED BROKERAGE

GRAND BANKS 42.

1984 — the yacht for a lifetime of enjoyment. Equipped for the ocean. $195,000.

26' CONTESSA 26. COMPACT CRUISING, INBOARD DSL .

IT CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27 .

1971, GREAT BAY SAILER 1986.

351 CUSTOM STEEL.

CAPE DORY 30, 1983, Volvo dsl, wheel, cutter rig. $54,000.

36' PEARSON 365.

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TRY $15,000 fifi'nnn 1986, ROLLER FURL'G, DSL, REFER._$44,900/OFFERS 1984, DIESEL, I .IKE NEW. ..INQUIRE CRUISING CUTTER $55,000/OFFERS DIESEL, POPULAR BAY SAILOR_~~$45^00Q/OFFERS 1982, NEW FULL BATTENS MAIN- .$dQ/7*n 1979.

GREAT CRUISING POTENTIAL $50,000 FINE WOOD rONCTRT IfTIftM

47 PILOTHOUSE TRAWLER, 1978. Twin Perkins, generator. A fine value for Bay, Delta or ocean cruising. Try $115,000.

AN OUTSTANDING CRUISING YACHT_$112/100 DEVRIES OF HOLLAND. $129,000 1972, SPARKMAN & STEPHENS DESIGN_$180^000 POWER SPECIALS

,1ff;Garden Perk“s dsl, easily handled by one or two people. $69,000/0ffera.

47 PILOTHOUSE TRAWLER

TRAWLER, 1979, DIESEL_~.$49,500/OFFERS

BY KROGEN, 1987. __INQUIRE 1984—.. .$195,000 1984, TWIN CATS, MINT COND_.ASKING $225^000 1977. TWIN DETROIT'S. .T___$l60xnan 1975, TWIN DSL, FLYBRIDGE_ $187^500 1978, TWIN DIESEL_-- $135/100

(415) 332-5000

100 BAY STREET SAUSALITO, CA 94965

For Sale: Brown Sugar 1979 Peterson 38

ALBIN 25* diesel powered motorboat with trailer. $18/>00/offere.

tank mi 308 Harbor Drive, Sausalito, CA 94965

(415) 331-0533

FAX (415) 331-1642

Authorized Dealer

Cold Molded Custom Yacht • Professionally Maintained • Extensive Inventory • Ready to Race or Cruise •

$75,000

198843’ CHEOY LEE FLYBRIDGE MOTORS AILER Very Well Equipped ★ AT REX DOCKS ★ Call John Baier $249/X)0

1989 53’CHEOY LEE PILOTHOUSE MOTORSAILER DUE AT REX DOCKS AUGUST 1989

MOTORS AILERS 52' Cheoy Lee, '81.$230,000 44' Lancer sloop, '80.149,500 44' Rhodes cttr, '61 .75,000 43' Cheoy Lee cttr,'83...148,000

Exclusive Agent: John Poulson

SAILBOATS 64' Classic yawl, '39 .185,000 48' Swan cutter, 72.180,000

Passageldachts 1220 Brickyard Cove Rd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 (415) 236-2633, (800) 233-4048, FAX: (415) 234-0118

47 Perry design, 79.135,000 44' Brewer ketch, 85.129,500 42’ Golden Wave sloop, 81.112,500 41' Newport sloops, (3).Inquire 38’ Easterly sloop, 78...64,500 36’ Islander sloops, (2).Inquire 36’ Morgan sloop, 73.45,000

** SERIOUS LISTINGS INVITED **

VAGABOND 47 KETCH Comfortable, commodious, diesel powered, designed and ready for bluewater cruising/ liveaboard. Exc. equipment/sail inventory.

Call Pete Fromhagen $129,000 page 196

MILANO YACHTS

DISTINCTIVE NEW & PRE-OWNED CRUISING YACHTS

YOUR CRUISING HEADQUARTERS Cruising Consultants for Coastal and Offshore Vessels COASTAL CRUISERS * 29' Ranger. ...24,950 * 29' Cal. ...16,500 29' Cal 2-29. ...24,500 * 30' Cal 2-30. ...22,000 ♦ 3Q' Carter 32,000 * 32' Alden M/Sailor........43,000 * 32' Ericson. ....25,000 32' Fuji. ....45,000

33' *33' * 35' * 35 36' * 36' 36'

Columbia. .29,000 Newport. .44,500 Bristol 2 Fr. .59,000 Coronado . .48,000 Islander. .57,500 Islander C/C. .75,000 Cascade. .29,900

OFFSHORE CRUISERS * 27’ 30’ * 31 ’ 32’ 32’ * 33' 34’ 35' 35’ 36'

NofSea.49,000 Fisher.43,000 Cheoy Lee 2Fr.27,500 Atkins.59,500 Rival.53,000 Vanguard.20,000 Peterson.44,950 Hallberg Rassy.45,000 Niagra.79,500 Yamaha.

69,000

38' 39' 40* 41' 41' 44' 45' 46' 49' 62'

AldenChall.59,800 Cal 3 From.49,500 Valiant.129,000 Cheoy Lee.89,500 Islander Free.94,500 Lafitte.175,000 Porpoise Kth.80,000 Morgan Ketch.OFFERS Transpac MK II.189,000 Stl Hartog Kt.195,000

GRAND BANKS 46 Fully equipped late model Grand Banks with 3208T Cat. diesels. She is a comfortable sea boat with a moderate turn of speed. Built to exacting standards.

$335,000

CLASSIC CRUISERS * 30' Atkins Ctr.35,000 53’ Edson Schock 165,000 27' Virtue.28,000 * 60’ Pilot Ctr.95,000

C&C 36 ISLANDER FREEPORT CENTER COCKPIT A rare Islander Freeport with a large aft cabin. Roller furling main and jib,

* 25' C & C 25.12,500 38' C & C * 27' C & C 27.19,500 * 40' C&C 30' C&C 1/2 Ton.18,000

full dodger make her a comfortable easy sailed cruiser. One owner and ready to go. $75,000

PERFORMANCE CRUISERS 25' 30' 31' 33' 34'

35' Custom Alum. ....59,000 Kirby. .9,500 * 36' Pearson......44,500 ....28,950 P/J 1/2 Ton. 37' Ranger..47,000 Peterson 1/2T.... ....33,500 36' Peterson..62,500 Peterson. ....37,950 38' Soderberg..55,000 ....38,500 Dash 34.

23' 23' 24' 25' 25' 25' 25' 25'

Ercson.6,500 * 27' Catalina.

Ranger.9,500 * 27' Catalina O/B..

Bristol.10,000 27' Sun 27.

Cai.6,500 * 28' Cal. Yamaha.16,500 29’ Ericson ...........

Cal 2-25 2 Fr.18,500 30' Islander Mkll.., U.S. 25.10,500 30' Pearson 30.

Catalina..14,900

SAN FRANCISCO BAY CRUISERS * * * * * * *

TOLLYCRAFT 43

26.500 13.500 17,0b0 12.500 25,700 28,000 21.500

Cat. 3208 powered. All electronics and gear for the serious costal fisherman. She is fast and elegant, the perfect choice for the week-end fisherman. $225,000

POWER BOATS 30' 32' 35' 36' 38'

Chris Cavalier.16,000 Owens.22,500 Pacemaker.Inquire Trojan 36 S.F.36,500 PT 38 .88,500

41' 43' 45’ 46' 46'

Chris Commdr.136,500 Tollycraft.225,000 Bluewater.110,000 Chris Connie.89,900 Grand Banks.335,000

riortcn ou English quality, enclosed steering station, and maximum confort in 30 ft.

Ketch rigged, the perfect pocket cruiser. Bay or coastal cruising, she's perfect

$43,500

S..r Indicates vessel >t our docks..

Quality Listings for boats 35’ and up are needed to satisfy our customers for cruising boats

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APT CABIN NORSEMAN 447

198S HUNTER 45’

Regarded as one of the finest production cruising boats In the world. Ta Shing and Norseman mean ■quality'. This Is an outstanding example of how proper care and equipment can enhance the value of a used sailboat. Asking $225,000. Cali for an equipment list.

Stylish and functional — a well thought-out design that’s both fast and comfortable. A Warren Luhrs (Thursday's CNId) gem. Easy to handle and Impressive to the view. Asking $139,500.

1969

ac 41' REDUNE

WHh 20 bags of sails and a hull speed of 7 knots, this Is the kind of boat that should be mixing It up in the Catalina Race right nowl One of C&C's best designs. Asking $67500.

1987 PT 88' YACHTPISHBR Equipped with plenty of upgrades, this outstanding offshore cruiser Is ready for that special trip to Mexico... or the Alaskan Inland Pdssage (if that’s your thing). You'd be hard pressed to find a more comfortable boat to do It on. Asking $335,000.

BAY * COASTAL CRUISERS • 28’ COLUMBIA 8.3......

• 28’HUNTER 28.5..

• 28'ISLANDER...

29 cal •291 CAL2-29,2frm...

29’ ERICSON. ..

29' RANGER...

30' ALBERG...

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(415) 865-6151

1988 NEWPORT 30' MKIII A powerful design thafs both roomy and comfortable, Tiller and diesel plus good electronics make this a very attractive buy at $29,950.

SELL YOUR BOAT BEFORE THE SLOWER SALES' MONTHS ARE HERE. IF WE CAN'T SELL IT IN FOUR MONTHS . . .

WE LL PAY THE BERTH FOR THE FIFTH MONTH!

BAY & COASTAL CRUISERS, Conf’d 30* SANTANA3030...33,500 • 32* ELITE 49.000 •32* ERICSON........

29,500 32’ MARINER KETCH....39500 34* CAL 2-34..,...32500 • 36’HUNTER. 2 frm ...46500 UVEABOARD/CRUlSERS • 31* CAPE DORY..

•32’ CHALLENGER.......

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• 35* NIGARAMK1.........

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• 36' ISLANDER, 3 ffm...

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• 37* GULFSTAR.............

• 37* O'DAY

62000 33,950 55000 70000 52500

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1980 LANCER 44' MOTORSA1LER Two private staterooms and a separate chartroom; an Inside helm with an electric self-tailing winch; a "down" galley that Includes a microwave and a stdndard refer; (2) 85hp Perkins diesels and generator. Sailing doesn't have to be tuff folksl Asking $135.000. _

1976 CHALLENGER 38' SLOOP Seldom has a sailboat served as well over the years as both a llveaboard and cruiser as hasthe Challenger 32. Offering plenty of stowage and creature comforts, this one Is no exception! Well equipped and affordable at $32,500.

1979 YOUNG SUN 43' CUTTER A true double-ended, centercockptt, aft-cabln, full keel cruising design, bultt to withstand all conditions. She’ll take you anywhere safely and comfortably and still leave some money in the cruising kitty. Asking $109,500.

UVEABOARD/CRU1SERS, Cool'd , • 37' RAFIKI 69000 •38’ ERICSON, 2 from.. 79-000 • 38' FINNCLIPPER MS ..69^50 • 40'CHALLENGER....

78000 40’ ENDEAVOUR .....

99500 41'C&C 67500 • 44’LANCER MS. 135000 • 44' NORSEMAN 447 225000 •45'HUNTER...

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40,995

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Motoryacht. With Twin 300 Cummins, generator.2-3-4 state rooms, two heads, two showers, delivered San Francisco $295,000.

Flush Deck Trawler. The true world traveler. Built of steel and powered by Cummins - holds 3.000 gal fuel, 1,000 gal water! She s ready if you are - if you’re not. we have other Bay and Delta types for you. Asking S225.000.