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The Delta Ditch Run is a "fun" race, as every race should be, and Current Asset, John Bowen’s Islander 30 Mk II, placed first overall in the fleet of 45 boats. This race starts in the North Bay and finishes at the Stockton Sailing Club and was created to put boats in Stockton for the 140mile Stockton/South Tower Race the following week or just up to the Delta for warm water cruising.

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Current Asset's crew of eight included three generations of Bowens: father, son and grandson (age 8). John the elder (sailors never get "older") aligns his assets to make a winning combination — great family, wonderful crew, wellequipped boat - and superior sails. John’s new Pineapple spinnaker proved sound investment indeed, providing sterling speed on the runs and excellent control on those tight Delta reaches.

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CONTENTS

BENETEAU Because the Sea Demands the Best LOA

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107"

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7,054 lbs.

10-year warranty

FIRST 310 A perfect family boat for all reasons. Fast, easy to sail, and comfortable, the 310 features a furniture grade cherry interior, 2 private cabins, furling genoa, main, Volvo diesel, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, shore power, shower, hot & cold pressure water, stove & oven and much more at a very reasonable price.

LOA

357"

LWL

311

Beam

12 6

Draft Displacement

11,660 lbs.

10-year warranty

FIRST 35s7 The room and speed of a 38-footer in a stunning and exciting package. The perfectly executed cherry wood interior rivals custom yachts for elegance and beauty. Features include rod rigging, furling genoa, Harken deck gear, refrigeration, shore power, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, battery charger and much more.

LOA

46'6”

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36'9”

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14'0"

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76"

Displacement

21,500 lbs.

10-year warranty

FIRST 45f5 Designed by Bruce Farr, the 45f5 has excellent sailing manners and incredible speed. The level of finish and interior accommodations are approached only by much more costly yachts. Very well equipped with windlass, refrigeration, battery charger, furling genoa, rod rigging, basic

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PACKET Modern Yachts In The Finest Tradition

BENETEAU 375. 1985. Traditional teak interior in this roomy performa nee cruiser. Go out the Gate with confidence. $74,500.

1983 BENETEAU FIRST 456. Frers-designed racer/cruiser boasts3cabi ns in large j interior.Priced to move at $135,000.

PASSPORT 40, 1986. Impressive list of upgrades including max prop, radar. Very : low time. Must see to appreciate. Immacu¬ late, $159,500

BENETEAU 42,1985. The German Frers designed classic. Racing or cruising, this yacht is a proven winner. Sails, electronics, and all the gear at $129,500.

25' CAPE DORY.7,000 27‘ CATALINA, 1974.reduced to 12,500 27’ ISLAND PACKET, 1988 .55,000 28' ISLANDER, 1984.22,900 30' LANCER, 1985.24,995 30' ALBIN BALLAD, 1978, excellent 22,250 30' DUF0UR, 1970, refurbished .... 19,900 30' SANTANA, 1976, diesel.. 19,500 31' ISLAND PACKET, 1986 .69,000 32' ERICSON, 1976 .moke offer 24,000 33' HUNTER, '79 .24,950 33' APHRODITE, 1977.24,000 33' PEARSON, 1986 .61,500 34' WYLIE, 1980.33,000 35' C & C, 1972.29,900 35' CHRIS CRAFT, BY S&S, 1963.30,000 35' NIAGARA, 1981 .59,500 35' ISLAND PACKET, 1989.129,000 36' PEARSON, 1985 .69,500 37' PASSPORT, 1988.139,000 38' FINNSAILER MS, '78 ..must sell 59,500 38' SABRE, 1988.159,000 38' MORGAN, 1979 .61,000 38' ISLAND PACKET, 1989.139,500 38' BALTIC, 1983.135,000 38' CABO RICO, 1988.......160,000 38' CALIBER, 1988.134,000 40' PASSPORT, 1986.159,500 40' PASSPORT, 1982.135,000 40' X-119, 1990......128,000 40' CAPE DORY, 1985.135,000 40' TARTAN, 1986 . 145,000 41’ FRERS, 1988. 149,000 .4IT HANS CHRISTIAN, 1986.169,500 41' CAMBRIA, 1986 ..249,000 41' MORGAN 0UTISLAND ....2 from 69,900 41' CT KETCH.59,900 41' NELS0N-MAREK, 1982.59,900 41' C&C, 1984. 99,500 42' HALLBERfpRASSY, 1984.160,000 42'TARTAN 1982.115,000 43' YOUNG SUN PH, 1983 .89,900 43' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1985.189,000 43' SHANNON, 1986 . 229,500 43' MASON, 1982.145,000 44' ALDEH, 1980 ..210,000 44' C&C, 1987.149,000 44' GULFSTAR, 1980.128,900 44' IAFITTE, 1985.175,000 44* HYLAS, 1985.149,500 45' BRISTOL, 1983.235,000 49' TASWELl, 1991 .449,000 49' HINCKLEY, 1973 .285,000 50’ PASSPORT, 1990.395,000 59' HINCKLEY SOU'WESTER, 1984 500,000 POWER 24' FAIRLINER FLYBRIDGE, 1973.... 10,000 30' SEA RAY, must sell.37,000 31' TIARA HARDTOP, 1984.Offers/83,500 31' TIARA FLYBRIDGE, 1988.110,000 36' TIARA CONVERTIBLE, 1990.179,000

The Island Packet 44 ~ From the Experts "Everything about this boat demands that she be taken off into the distance and enjoyed in the warmer, remote parts of the world. She is equipped and rigged to get her crew from A to B without fuss or over _ Yachting Monthly

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"The Island Packet 44’s long waterline will make it a freight train when sheets are eased."

- Sailing Robert Perry "Beam reaching, the boat relishes a breeze - remaining stiff and well balanced, reluctant to get pushed over too far, feeling solid and firmly put together as she works her way in, around, and through a seaway. The Island Packet 44 would make a desirable boat to live aboard. The galley would make many apartment dwellers envious." _ . . , ,

- Cruising World

"Island Packet has built its reputation over the years with well executed interiors, easily handled rigs and solid construction and detailing. The 44 will appeal to all cruisers who plan to live aboard or travel extensively. The boat tracks straight, the ride is exceptionally steady and it's an easy platform to work on while under way."

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HYLAS 44, 1984. Very well designed aft cabin layout. Priced way below market for ' $149,500.

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28' HUNTER 28.5. ....29,500 29' CAL. ....19,750 30' KIANDFR RAHAMA 21750 30' CAL9.2R. ....26,950 30' NANTUCKET . ....19,870 31' MARIAH / 67 500 vr Feiixrw 19R9 67 500 32' MORGAN. ....39,900 .24,000 33' RANGER 34' MARINE TRADER TRAWLER....49,950 34' ERICSONT..35,000 ...114,500 34' CREALOCK 34 ‘ AI0HA 62 500 .85,000

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35' FORMOSA..39,500 36' CATALINA ..66,500 36' FREEPORT ISLANDER..59,500 36' MORGAN OUT ISLAND. .39,500 36' SABRE . .98,000 36' C&C. .48,500 36' C&C, 1981. .52,500 .69,800 36' SPARHAWK 36' UNION. .74,500 37' ENDEAVOUR. .69,500 37' TAVANA . .88,500

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33' HANS CHRISTIAN.89,500

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(510) 865-1777 48’ AMEL (French) Ketch, 1985. One of the world's top quality yachts. Custom built for passage making in safety, luxury & comfort. Asking $205,000.

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SAUSALITO MODERN FACILITIES IN A WELL PROTECTED HARBOR • DEEP WATER BERTHS: BASIN AND CHANNEL DREDGED • CARD KEY SECURITY SYSTEM • DOCK CARTS • PUMP OUT STATION • AMPLE PARKING • CLEAN SHOWER AND TOILET FACILITIES • WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE: MARKET/DELI LAUNDROMAT • RESTAURANT • AT EACH BERTH: LARGE STORAGE BOX METERED ELECTRICITY PHONE HOOK-UPS • WATER

Concrete Dock System Well Maintained Facilities Beautiful Surroundings

Kappas Marina 100 Gate Six Road Sausalito, CA 94965 (415) 332-5510

1985 Dehler 34 auxiliary racing sloop. Built by Dehler GMBH (Ger¬ many). Sistership (shown above) to 3/4 Ton World Champion. Includes new mast and North mainsail, Raytheon and Brookes & Gatehouse instruments and plenty of sails. Yanmar 27 hp diesel engine. Ready to race and win.

ALSO AVAILABLE: 1974 MacGregor 24 with trailer 1979 Boston Whaler 5.2 Harpoon Sailboat with trailer. Outstanding condition. 1974 Balboa 26 auxiliary sloop. Includes Trail Rite tandem axle trailer. 1977 Catalina 25 auxiliary sloop. Includes E-Z Loader tandem axle trailer. 1986 Boston Whaler 17' "Montauk" center console sport fisher

For more information, please contact

Stanford Sailing Office • (415) 723-2811 Page 14

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1070 Marina Village BA

Bill QORMAN

Parkway, Suite 100 Alameda, CA 94501

FEATURING: THE BEST MAINTAINED USED CRUISING BOATS

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. 44' JEANNEAU ODYSSEY . ..179.500

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A South Pacific Vet with all the toys. In remarkably good condition, she has radar, gen set, solar panels, SSB, plus a lot more. If your mate gets claustrophobic on most cruisers, check this one out. Dark it s not! A modified keel with good windward performance. Now $ 114,000.

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(510) 521-1829

CUSTOM PRODUCTS The creative abilities at Pacific Coast Canvas are limitless. We have assisted in the design and construc¬ tion of thousands of prototype items featuring all types of covers. Additionally we offer unique products de¬ signed and built for the most discriminating customer’s requirements.

CUSHIONS Our complete upholstery shop can provide our customers with the finest in cushions craftmanship and design. Our products are custom-designed for your boat using the lat¬ est in patterns, colors and materials. Our staff can handle any job from new cushions to restorations using the same fabric and de¬ signs as the original. We have upholstered every kind of craft from small ski boats to giant America's Cup Sailing Yachts.

We have been serving the Bay Area since i983 and have the experience and capabilities to handle any size product from the concept and design to the finished product and installation. We are a one-stop shop and are able to provide all your canvas and upholstery needs.

sutler sails

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The San Francisco Bay Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, needs Lasers for cmr summer camp sailing program. Each year hundreds of Scouts and families learn small boat sailing and Lasers are the principal craft used. Will accept with or without sails or ^ gear beyond repair, as long as hull is in good condition. Please contact:

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LONG and ASSOC marine insurance ..

(510) 638-3600

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THE NEW WATER BALLAST FAMILY

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Large cockpit with swim ladder

Easy launch design features

Sailing simplicity for your family from ours. The all new Hunter 26, coming in July, joins Hunter's family of water ballasted, easy to rig, easy to launch and fun to sail, trailerable sailboats Hunter's popular open transom design compliments huge cockpits with comfortable seats, generous storage lockers and built-in stainless swim ladders to allow your family to enjoy time on and in the water. Inside are surprisingly large cabins with ample berths and space to enjoy your cruising. The new family enjoys a galley, head, plenty of storage space, a large double berth aft and comfortable berths forward. Water ballast is central to the boats in this family and is key to their sailing stability as well as easy in trailerability. The swing centerboard blends excellent sailing characteristics with shallow draft needs of exploring and cruising. Once in a great while you come across exceptional values. The sensational low prices on the Hunter water ballasted boats coupled with Hunter's famous Cruise Pacw of standard equipment make these boats ready to trail, ready to saij and fun to own.

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Nonrace June 30-July 4 — Tallship Concordia, a 188-foot Canadian barkentine, will be open to the public at the Bay Model in Sausalito; 1-4 p.m. on weekdays, 12-5 p.m. on weekehds. Free and fun! See Sightings. Bay Model Visitor Center, 332-3871. July 4 — View the Crissy Field fireworks from the decks of Concordia. Boarding from Bay Model at 6 p.m.; $35 donation includes box supper; proceeds benefit the Sausalito Tallships Society. RSVP, 332-1727. July 10 — Monthly meeting of the San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group at Fort Mason Room C-205. The sailing part of the nowdefunct Oceanic Society, this group "services environmental organizations through boating activities." Free; 7:15 p.m.; Margrit Keyes, 924-3739. July 2-5 — Hans Christian Owners Association Cruise to Capitola and Half Moon Bay. Marcus or Vera Anderson, 873-3989. July 10-11 — Islander 36 Cruise to Encinal YC. Art Fowler, 9412335. July 14 — Bastille Day. July 16, 1891 — Legendary America’s Cup yacht designer Edward Burgess died, opening the door for his friend and contemporary Nathanael Herreshoff. In 1855, Burgess, a wealthy Boston-based designer, launched Puritan. That boat easily defended the Cup, and Burgess went on to dominate the A-Cup scene yntil his untimely death six years later. Captain Nat then picked up the slack and enjoyed an even more brilliant career (Vigilant, Defender, Columbia, Reliance and Resolute). When HerreshofFs reign ended, the torch passed to Edward Burgess’s son, W. Starling. The younger Burgess drew the magnificent J-boat defenders Enterprise, Rainbow and Ranger, the latter in collaboration with an up-and-comer named Olin Stephens. According to Bill Robinson’s The Great American Yacht Designers, "The line of descent in this competition has indeed been a long, thin, and sparsely populated one." July 16-18 — 11th Annual Catalina Yachts National Rendez¬ vous at Isthmus Cove on Catalina Island. Over 120 yachts are expected. Seminars, fun, games, prizes! Mark Wilson, (818) 8847700. July 18-23 — Laser Symposium at Tinsley Island. Instructors, include Pam Healy, Morgan Larson, Trevor Gleadhill and Patrick Andreasen. Call the latter at 563-6363 for details. July 20, 1965 — Solo sailor Sharon Sites cruised her 25-foot sailboat into Hawaii, becoming the first woman to sail from California (San Pedro) to the Islands singlehanded. July 24-25 — Ericson 27 Cruise to Vallejo YC. Joe Carver, (707) 746-0421. Aug. 7 — Delta River Rat Cruise for Master Mariners. Call Delta dawdler Dan Drath at 851-7601 for specifics. Aug. 15, 1914 — Panama Canal opened. Aug. 21 — 8th Annual Petaluma River Festival — all-day fun in and around the Turning Basin. Details, (707) 762-5331. Aug. 28-29—NCYSA/SBRA symposium and regatta at Sequoia YC (Redwood City). Patrick Andreasen, 563-6363. Racing June 30-3 — 37th TransPac. Forty-one boats in IOR, IMS and PHRF classes are entered. TransPac YC; Fin Beven, (818) 795-3282, ext. 111. July 2 — Oakland YC & Elkhorn YC’s 42nd Annual Boreas Race, 90 downwind miles from San Francisco to Moss Landing. Includes a motoring division for the first time! Toby Hickman, (408) 722-2995. July 2 — 14th Annual San Francisco Classic, a 22-miler for boardheads ending in Berkeley. StFYC, 563-6363. July 3-4 — StFYC Invitational & TUDOR/IMCO Grand Slam. More stand-up sailing, this time around the buoys on the Cityfront. StFYC, 563-6363.

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July 3 — Second Annual Encinal/Santa Barbara Coastal Cup. About 70 boats will start at 2 p.m. off Bakers Beach. Encinal YC; Shirley Temming, (510) 521-0966. ... July 4 — 15th Annual Catalina Race — cancelled! July 4 — Freedom Cup: San Diego to Guadalupe Island and back. A 500-mile ocean race for traditionally-built boats designed prior to 1968. Ancient Mariners Sailing Society, (619) 287-9066. July 5-8 — Area G Junior Semi-Finals: Sears (Moore 24), Bemis (Laser II) and Smythe (Laser) competition at locations to be determined. Winners will advance to the finals in Houston in August. Patrick Andreasen, 563-6363.

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64 Railroad Ave ■ Point Richmond

(510) 233-1988 Mon - Sat 9AM -5PM- Wed 9AM - 7 PM Sun 10 AM - 4 PM ■ Closed on Thursday

July 9-11 — Laser PCCs. Radials and full-rigs will duke it out on the Richmond Riviera. RYC, (510) 237-2821. July 10 — 26th Annual TransTahoe Race, open to monohull keelboats over 21 feet long. Pusser’s Painkiller Party the following day. Tahoe YC; John Utter, (702) 329-2311. July 10-11 — High Sierra Regatta, Part I. Dinghy racing on beautiful Huntington Lake. Dave Mosher, (209) 673-2344. July 16-18 — Santana 22/Wylie Wabbit Nationals on Huntington Lake. Erik Menzel, (510) 525-9024, or Kim Desenberg, (510) 523-8330. July 17 — Plastic Classic Regatta and Concours d’Elegance. Bay View Boat Club, 495-9500. July 17-18 — High Sierra Regatta, Part II. Bigger trailerable boats have their turn. Dave Mosher, (209) 673-2344. July 17-18 — Butte Sailing Club’s Almanor Regatta. Presently, a "well kept secret", but potentially one of the gems of the NorCal Lake Circuit. Leanne Sevdy, (916) 893-1286. July 17-18 — Lipton (IMS), Little Lipton (J/24) and Larry Knight (PHRF 96-150) trophies, aka the PICYA Championships. Hosted (and dominated) by the St. Francis YC. Rich Paulsen, (510) 524-8223. July 17-18 — Region 7 (nine Western states) El Toro Cham¬ pionships at Stockton Sailing Club. Russ Shroff, (510) 521-3279. July 23 — Hunter Sailing Association of California’s getacquainted party at Encinal YC. Guest docks available, or come by land yacht. Optional dinner at 6 p.m., party at 8 p.m. See Loose Lips for more info on this newly formed association. RSVP, Jerry Little¬ field, (415) 566-5275. July 23-24 — Andreas Cove YC’s Island to Island Race, i.e, Bruno’s Island to Angel Island and back. Chris Longaker, (916) 4215132. July 24 — Monterey Peninsula YC’s Sixth Annual Invitational Singlehanded Race. Gene Maly, (408) 372-9686. July 24 — South Bay YRA Race #4, hosted by Coyote Point YC. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. July 24 — Silver Eagle Race, a 75-miler for mono and multihulls. Like last year, the weather mark is Blackaller Buoy — this thing’s a piece of cake compared to the 'old days'! Island YC; Marcine or Ray Osborn, (510) 537-4548. -:-----

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CATALINA 50 • 42 • 36 • 34 • 32 • 30 • 28 • 270 • 25 • 22

CATALINA 42

This new 32-footer replaces just about every 30foot sailboat ever made. New styling... Larger inte¬ rior... Better handling... Standard equipment such as pedestal steering, Perkins diesel, furling headsail, pressure water, performance elliptical fin keel and elliptical rudder.

Only Catalina Yachts gives you the interior use of space that you have asked for. Two large double cabins... Two heads... Large airy galley with pantry... Fixed dinette table with easy seating for six... A cockpit that will seat 8 to 10 adults. Beauty, Offshore Integrity, Liveaboard Com¬ fort. A PROVEN WINNER.

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*82 CATALINA 27 .11,900

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Hunter 37 L :«.»»»» “90

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79,000

43“ Cohtmbia.— reduced to se# 49,995

27' Catalina, 71 o/b, good condition ..9,995

41’ Morgan, aft cabin, liveaboard sbp69,995

27“ Catalina, 72, race quipped, o/b... 11,500

27' Catalina, 74, i/b, priced to sell.9,995

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.81,000

Catalina --- '82.14,900

Catalina.™..'86.

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.....54,000

Norsea

Watkins...—.“81.

.....49,500

Pearson.—*■ 76.-7,900

Catalina..’92.

.79,500

Nonsuch Classic. •82 .45,000

34' Columbia, 70, rebuilt engine— 28,995

26' Capri, 'Si, dsl shwr, trig, extras.. 27,995

freedom 4l«t>iu<utk» “87.

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34“ Catalina, '86, dodger, furling.59,995

26' Columbia, 71, o/b, ready to go.6,495

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25* U.S., *81, fixed keel, dsl i/b-8,795

30' Tartan, 75, dsl, exc. crute’g boat 24,995

24’ Del Rey Sloop (Isl. Bahama 24).3,995

30’ lancer, '84, dsl, wheel, aft cabin .21,995

23* Pearson, *83, cat rig, like new!.4,900

30‘ Catalina, '81 -.25,995

22* Columbia, *68, Coyote Pt side tie . 3,495

Catalina.—..93

30“ Capri, ’83, race equipped.19,500

22* Catalina, 75, w/trir,swing keel—-4,995

29“ Ericson,70,Atomic4,dodger... 16,995

14* laser, great condition.1,1%

*80.7,900

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NEW BOATS IN STOCK

..22,000

50' Catalina

18,200

38* Morp3n ...

24,000

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32’ Catalina 329._*93

Catalina.~.“85

16,300

27’ Catalina 270..-*93

29* Ericson, 72, Harken, dodger16,995 28' Newport, “84, dsl dodger, CNO... 19,995 27* Bristol, 76, coastal cruiser 4444— 14,495

POWER BOATS 28* Bayllner, *86, Trophy, exc. cond.. 29,995 42* Owens, '65, new engines.49,000

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NONSUCH 36 • 33 ♦ 30 ♦ 26 ♦ 22

25' Coronado, '65, new mast rigging -4,995

Nonsuch Classic. 79

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32’ Westsall, 74, lots of gear, dsl...... 49,995

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35' liwin, *86, dsl. aft cabin . reduced 54,995

26' Folkboat, 70 -.-.reduced 6,995

.92,500

Catalina

35' Alberg, '66, dsl, new sails

26’ Folkboat 72, Volvo i/b dsl.. 10,995

.82,500

Cstslins

27’ Catalina, 79, i/b, new furler.—.... 10,995

33* Hunter, 78, dsl, dodger, wheel—29,995

Nonsuch Ultra.“87

17,500

27’ Catalina, 76,

35‘ Ericson, furling, lots of gear.32,995

33' Ranger, 74, new dsl..reduced 29,995

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Nonsuch Ultra.. ’88

Catalina...79.

Vb, new furler-11,995

35* Fantasia, 79, dsl, ready to cruise 68,995

CATALINA 50 • 42 • 36 • 34 • 32 • 30 • 28 ♦ 270 -25*22

MORGAN 50 • 45 • 38

NONSUCH 36 • 33 • 30 • 26 • 22

MORGAN 50 • 45 • 38

NIAGARA 42-35

MORGAN 50 • 45 • 38

NIAGARA 42 • 35

NONSUCH 36 • 33 • 30 • 26 • 22

CATALINA 50 ♦ 42 • 36 • 34 • 32 • 30 • 28 • 25 • 22

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July 24 — Singlehanded Sailing Society South Beach Fun Race. Pat Zajac, (510) 232-9965. July 24-25 — High Sierra Regatta, Pt. III.. Fireball Nationals, Snipes and Mercurys. Dave Mosher, (209) 673-2344. July 24-25 — Zellerbach Regatta for singlehanded Olympic classes: Lasers, IMCO boards, Euros and Finns. StFYC, 563-6363. July 24-25 — Mallory (Etchells) and Adams Cup (J/24s) Area G Eliminations at San Francisco YC. Chris Anderson, 435-2940. July 24-25 — Third Annual Scott Rovanpera Youth Sailing Regatta, co-sponsored by Encinal YC and SBRA. Five Estuary races for three skill levels (two classes of El Toros, one of Lasers). Vince Casalaina, (510) 841-8524. July 24-25 — North Bay Series. The third and final weekend of racing, hosted by Benicia YC. Kathy Folsom, (510) 671-9400. July 27 — Cal 20 Junior Class Championship Regatta at Richmond YC. Peter Fowler, (510) 658-8192. July 27-31 — Cal 20 North Americans at Richmond YC. Peter Fowler, (510) 658-8192. July 31 — San Leandro Centennial Perpetual Regatta, hosted by SLYC. Call 'Gomer Crabcrusher' at (510) 889-8246 for details. July 31-Aug. 1 — Fourth Annual Second Half Opener. Every¬ one welcome! Encinal YC, (510) 522-3272. July 31-Aug. 1 — Albert Simpson Regatta for Etchells and J/24s. St. Francis YC, 563-6363. July 31-Aug. 6 — El Toro North Americans in Richardson Bay. San Francisco YC, 435-9133. Aug. 7-15 — International 10 Square Meter Canoe World Championship. Richmond YC; Del Olsen, (510) 233-1286. Aug. 7 —Jr. Waterhouse Race. Richmond YC; YRA, 771-9500. Aug. 13 — Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race, another 'surfin’ safari' for ULDB 70s. Tom Leweck, (310) 454-4455. Aug. 14-15 — IMS Invitational, aka Stone Cup II. The last 'big' tune-up before the Big Boat Series. St. Francis YC, 563-6363. Aug. 21 — Tiburon YC’s Women’s Regatta. Two races; prizes and surprises! Divisions for 'all-women' and 'women at the helm'. Susie Woodrum, 332-5970. Aug. 21 — Ocean Vallejo Race. Vallejo YC; YRA, 771-9500. Aug. 21 — Gracie & George Regatta. Doublehanded, mixed sex racing, with the female steering. Encinal YC; Larry Duke, (510) 5311860. Aug. 21-22 — Frank’s Tract Regatta. Three races, major partying. Andreas Cove YC; Chris Longaker, (916) 421-5132. Aug. 21-22 — Little Daddy Regatta, an El Toro and Laser weekend for kids. Richmond YC, (510) 237-2821. Aug. 22 — San Francisco Perpetual Cup: Encinal YC versus St. Francis YC in IMS boats. One race, winner takes all. EYC will challenge with Bang-, St. Francis hasn’t announced a defender yet. StFYC, 563-6363. Aug. 27-29 — Moore 24 Nationals at Richmond YC. Peter Carrick, (408) 426-6125, or Moore Sailboat Shop, (408) 763-0196. Sept. 3 — Windjammers Race to Santa Cruz. First gun at 0850 off St. Francis YC. YRA, 771-9500. Sept. 4 — Fifth Annual Jazz Cup: downwind from Treasure Island to Benicia. Limited to 100 boats. Co-sponsored by South Beach and Benicia YCs. Call the new 'Jazz Cup Hotline' for details, (415) 688-3355. Sept. 4-6 — IBM/Sailing World NOOD Regatta. Same classes as last year, plus the J/105s, ll:Metres and Melges 24s. Doubles as the Nationals for Olson 25s, Olson 30s, Express 27s and Hawkfarms. StFYC, 563-6363. Summer Beer Can Races BAY VIEW BOAT CLUB — Monday Night Madness. Second half: 7/26, 8/9, 8/23, 9/6, 9/20. John Super, 243-0426. BENICIA YC — Thursday Night Series (through September 23). Mark York, (707) 452-1160.

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8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25. Ed Welch, 851-3800. ISLAND YC — Friday Nights on the Estuary. Second half: 7/23, 8/6, 8/20, 9/10, 9/24. Kenn Lewis, (510) 426-7860. OAKLAND YC — Wednesday Night Estuary racing: 8/4, 8/11, 8/18, 8/25, 9/1, 9/8, 9/15, 9/22. OYC, (510) 522-6868. OYSTER POINT MARINA — Tuesday Night Series (through September 21). Dick Timothy, 952-5540. OYSTER POINT YC — Friday Night Series: 7/23, 8/27, 9/24. OPYC, 873-5160. RICHMOND YC — Wednesday Night Series: 7/7, 7/21, 8/9, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15. RYC, (510) 237-2821. SANTA CRUZ — Wet Wednesdays (through October). Tom Conerly, (408) 427-2152. SAUSALITO CC — Friday Night Series. Second half: 7/30,8/13, 8/27, 9/10, 9/24. Pat Broderick, (707) 528-2109. SAUSALITO YC — Sunset Series (Tuesdays). Second half: 8/3, 8/17, 8/31, 9/14. Chuck Mellor, 331-2411. ST. FRANCIS YC — Friday Night Series: 7/4, 7/16, 7/30, 8/13, 8/27. StFYC, 563-6363. SOUTH BEACH YC — Friday Nights: 7/16, 7/23, 7/30, 8/6, 8/20, 8/27. Hav Staggs, 364-3073. SPINNAKER SAILING — Laser Series at Shoreline Park. Monday evenings through October 4. Rich Ferrari, 965-7474. TIBURON YC — Friday Night Series:7/9, 7/16, 7/30, 8/6, 8/13, 8/27, 9/10, 9/17. Ken Andersen, 564-2865. Please send your calendar items by the 10th of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. Better yet, FAX them to us at (415) 383-5816. But please, no phone-, ins! Calendar listings are for marine-related events that are either free or don’t cost much to attend. The Calendar is not meant to support commercial enterprises.

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Saturday, September 4th Jazz Cup Race (Treasure Island downwind to Benicia); Benicia Jazz Festival and parties at the Benicia Yacht Club. Classes for PHRF (up to 250), ultralights, and multihulls under MPHRF. The race is limited to the first 100 entries. Berthing in the Benicia Yacht Harbor is available to the first 50 who sign up. Plenty of berthing is available at South Beach Harbor for those coming in for the Friday party.

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The sinking of Clam Bake as reported in the May issue must have been a frightening experience for all involved. I’m sure the sinking was sudden, but a collision is proof positive that someone didn’t follow the Rules of the Road. The container ship should have been visible to Clam Bake for at least 20 minutes. Did the watch do anything? I realize for insurance reasons we have not heard the whole story yet. As the captain of a similar size — 750-foot — container ship and a sailboat owner, I can’t stress enough how difficult it is to see small craft from the bridge of a ship. If you’re on a small boat and you see a ship approaching you with a steady bearing and closing distance, or with white lights in line and both side lights visible, you had better make yourself very visible. No ship wants to hit you, but the crew needs a couple of miles to avoid you. A ship can travel two miles in six minutes or less. Side lights on almost all small craft are impossible to see at more than a couple miles, and stern lights are not much better. Small vessels that are hard to see during the day are even more difficult on moonlit or starry nights. If the ship’s mate is writing in the log, making out a weather report or cleaning the coffee pot, he may not look ahead for five minutes or more. Calling on the VHF radio might not help much, as many foreign crews don’t speak English well enough to want to answer. It might, however, attract their attention. The most important thing is to turn on some lights when the ship is five or more miles away. A masthead anchor light is good, so are spreader lights, a bright flashlight, or half-million candle-power search light — anything to make your position known. A ship doesn’t really care what direction you are heading at six knots, just where you are. Remember, Rule 36 allows the use of signals to attract attention. This accident with Clam Bake shouldn’t have happened — so keep a good lookout, try to avoid getting on a ship’s trackline, and keep a bright light at the ready. Capt. Richard Crane Rough & Ready, CA

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LETTERS things pretty seriously. So should cruisers. I’ve enclosed a copy of Article 113 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the section that deals with lookouts. Notice if you will, that little fine print that says in time of war he "Shall be punished by death." Yes, it’s that serious, as your shipmates’ lives depend on you. Also enclosed is something on the lighter side, an article from All Hands, a Navy publication. I encourage you to reprint it. As humorous as Mail Buoy Watch gags are when perpetrated against new guys on board, I think it also illustrates how important watchstanding is. It was sure important to the guys on the 'mail buoy'. P.S. If, as in the case of singlehanded sailing, it is impossible to maintain a 24-hour watch, a radar with alarm should be employed at the very least. Maintain a constant vigil, fellow seafarers, and you, in the words of the great helmsman of state Abraham Lincoln, ”ShallNot Perish". Henry Cole Stage, III USS Abraham Lincoln Readers — What follows is the reprint from All Hands recommended — wisely so — by Stage: Airman Apprentice Steven Shuler may be the most successful mail buoy watchstander of all time. The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) crew member knew exactly what to look for as he stood his first watch: "An orange buoy, with a flag on it," he said."Once we got our mail, we would lower it back into the water for a submarine." Properly briefed and fitted with the standard mailbuoy watch uniform, including helmet, kapok life vest, binoculars and soundpowered phone, Shuler began his search. Within seconds, the 21year-old spotted something and shouted, "I think I’ve got the mailbuoy!" According to Shuler, "Everybody started laughing." Then, 30 second later, he saw hands waving and said, "There’s people on it." Suddenly the laughter stopped. The traditional practical joke became a real rescue at sea. Shuler had spotted two men on a raft made of inner tubes. They had been adrift for 15 days in the Florida Straits. Dehydrated, sunburned and starving, they had the incredible good fortune to drift into Shuler’s line of sight. The men were quickly rescued, treated by the ship’s medical staff and transported to Key West, Florida.

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We’ve been readers of Latitude for a long time and have sailed the Bay for even longer. But it seemed like time to move on, so on April 23 we sailed under the Gate and turned right. Yes, we know it’s the wrong direction for warm weather, sun¬ bathing and easy lifestyles, but somebody has to do it. We’d already spent three wonderful years exploring Hawaii, Tahiti and parts of Micronesia in the early '80s, and while we weren’t quite ready to take off again, we were ready for a change. Our kids had wised up years ago and moved to the Seattle area. With the addition of a grandchild, we had no choice but to go north. Besides, we’ve heard there’s great cruising up here. Getting the boat ready is always a lot of work. The only trip we’d taken lately was to the Channel Islands two years ago. We wanted to make some long overdue changes to the boat, and where better than the Bay Area, where for years I operated a boat business (Doug’s Marine Services)? Our boat Delphinus is a Rafiki 37 double-ender with a boomkin for the backstay. I never liked the arrangement of the stays to the hull or the chain plates. During our trip from Hawaii to Tahiti in 1982, we had a failure of the chainplate that holds the whisker stays for the boomkin. Since that time I have wanted to replace the wooden boomkin with a stainless steel unit and eliminate the wire to the hull. 1 also wanted to incorporate a stem rail and radar arch, making the whole thing tie together with sufficient strength to take the load of the backstay. I wanted it to look good at the same time, as so much stainless steel could seem out of place on a traditional-looking bogt.

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arry Kent expects quality. It's his job. so when Larry and his wife Grace set their sights on a voyage into the South Pa¬ cific and beyond, they not surprisingly chose the Pacific Seacraft 37 as the means to their dream. "We had been looking at a lot of boats," says Larry. "But when we saw the Creal¬ ock 37, we knew it was our boat. We had to wait another 5 years before we were in a position to own one, and of course we continued to look at other boats in the interim — but nothing came close to changing our minds. The more we looked, the more impressed we be¬ came with the Crealock 37."

I've sailed, whether with tiller or wheel, seemed to fight me. Eagle never does — I appreciate that so much. I always felt dreadful when sailing other boats that seemed to have minds of their own. But I feel so confident in our 37; I don't get at all nervous, which is important to me." "And the performance is excellent," says Larry. "I'm not the kind of person who is constantly tweaking the sails — I'm more the kickback kind of sailor, and I'm still amazed at the performance." Grace laughs. "Larry built open wheel formula race cars, and I think it's safe to say he still gets pretty excited about performance. We'll be sailing along the bay and Larry will become absolutely delighted, 'Just look at the way we're walking away from that guy!' "

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"I'm sure I drove them crazy at Pacific Seacraft with all of my questions and visits to the fac¬ tory. I had some fairly detailed questions and I wanted to see exactly how the boats are built. The more I saw, the more impressed I became. That gave me a good deal of confidence in going forward with our dream of owning a Crealock 37. My title at work is Program Quality Engineer, and I'm accus¬ tomed to looking at details very care¬ fully." Larry laughs, "I have responsibility for quality assurance of the Aircraft Engine Nacelles that go on many Commercial airliners. My friends at work kid me about whether I put my boat through the same scrutiny as I do when I'm examining cou¬ pon specimens for aerospace adhesive bonding — if they only knew. "Something we came to appreciate too is that the boat is built in America. Obviously it's not that we’re just 'buy American' kind of people — we have an Italian sports car and love it. But we felt

To live aboard the ultimate cruising boat The formula to Larry and Grace's dream includes living aboard their Crealock 37 before sailing for more distant landfalls of paradise. "There's something renewing about coming home to the boat at the end of the day," says Larry. "And the 37 is a great place to call home with plenty of cabinet and stowage space. "Grace works with a large law firm downtown; and in my job I have to wear suits and I find myself commuting to Europe fairly often — so we each have pretty exten¬ sive wardrobes. Surprisingly enough we find room for them." "We both enjoy this lifestyle a lot," says Grace. Living aboard Eagle is a wonderful adventure in itself — and most exciting is that the real adventure is just ahead..."

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LETTERS I turned to the Svendsen’s boat yard for help. There, Jeff Daniels and Carson Grasvik performed wonders. I worked with Jeff on the design and we came up with exactly what I was looking for. It looks great and on the trip up the coast everything worked well. Before adding the new piece, I could never get the headstay tight closehauled because of the flex in the old boomkin arrangement. I’d also had problems with the autopilot, as it has to steer the 30,000-pound boat with a tiller. Carson built a stainless trim tab and linkage to hang on the main rudder. Using an Autohelm 2000 mounted on a tiller that’s connected by linkage to the trim tab, it was easy to operate the trim tab, which in turn operates the main rudder. The arrangement worked quite well and steered the entire trip except for a five hour period during which we had 30 knot winds — and gusts to 40 knots — over the stem. It took a lot of design work and cooperation getting everything to fit and work together. I’d like to thank the Svendsen’s crew for their superior custom work. I’ll write again when we’ve had the opportunity to explore the great Northwest. Joan & Doug Rumrill Delphinus, Rafiki 37, Hull #26 Bainbridge Island, WA

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Yes, there is reason to the "madness" of boats being secured to two mooring buoys at Angel Island. You should never use just one mooring buoy for obvious reasons: the buoys are too close together. If two large boats secured to adjacent buoys were to swing, they could hit each other. By tying both the bow and stern of each boat to a mooring buoy, they are prevented from swinging. However, the use of two mooring buoys per boat at Angel Island does not decrease the number of spots available. This is because two boats should be attached to each buoy: the stern of one and the bow of a second. If all boats line up parallel facing the picnic area, there should also be a row open through which boats can travel. A different system is employed in the San Juan Islands, where boats are allowed to swing on a single mooring. This is only possible because 1) fewer moorings are placed within a given area, and 2) boats over 45 feet aren’t allowed to use the moorings. If the same system were used at Angel Island, we wouldn’t have as many mooring buoys and not as many of us could enjoy mooring off the island. Nancy Oswald Vintage Port

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I knew it! The Wanderer was a '60s English Lit. major! He gave it away by recommending the 'Clift Notes' for Moby Dick and by nominating Stevenson’s The Wrecker as the "Greatest Sailing Story" ever written. After exhausting the East Bay’s used book stores, I found a copy of The Wrecker in the "greatest used book shop on the West Coast", Powells of Portland. The Wrecker is a good story, but for the greatest sailing story, you couldn’t compare it to B. Tfaven’s The Death Ship for the amount of sailing in the two novels. I picked up reader Sam Bums’ "Greatest Sailing Story" recom¬ mendations to take with me to Oaxaca. After reading Chichester’s account of Gypsy Moth Circles the World, I had to ask myself if the guy had any fun. No one making a passage should read it! I am sure he was a better sailor than an upbeat writer. He wouldn’t stand a chance of writing for Latitude. In closing, my vote for the greatest story still goes to the second leg of the Bounty Trilogy, Men Against the Sea. Nineteen guys in a 23foot long boat sailing 3,600 miles in 41 days with little food or water

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Bill — Thanks for your contribution. But hey, since the majority of us now sailing grew up on rock ’n roll and don’t know how to read, how about nominations for"Greatest Sailing Songs"? We’ll start with Crosby, Stills & Nash’s Southern Cross and Leon Russell’s Back To the Islands. Your nominations are welcomed, but you must remember the song must actually be about sailing, not just a song you enjoyed while sailing.

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Here’s another great sailing story to add to Fred G’s list of "greatest sailing stories": Endurance — Shackleton ’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing, 1959, McGraw-Hill. This is the tale of a 17-month journey of survival, against overwhelming odds, during the years 1914-1916. It’s vividly por¬ trayed in a gripping narrative. You, too, will find it remarkable, all the more so because it is a true story. I heartily recommend this book to you and your readers. Bill De Jager Skipper, Delicia Alameda

Books and interviews frequently discuss sail inventories for cruising boats. These opinions always seem to deal exclusively with hank-on headsails. Any suggestions for a sail inventory when a boat has a roller furling headsail? If only one headsail is taken, what is the recommended size? Or should you carry multiple headsails? Does having a cutter rig affect the above picture? I have been enjoying the book selections appearing in your Letters section. Here are some ideas of favorites and I-wish-I-had-my$24.95-back 'nots'. Favorites: 1) Jimmy Cornell, first Cruising Survey Book. 2) Hiscock, Cruising Under Sail. 3) Slocum, Alone Around the World. 4) Pardey, Self-Sufficient Sailor. 5) Mowry, The Saga of Cimba. 6) Rousmaniere, Fastnet Force 10. 7) Roth, After 50,000 Miles. What I look for in a book is good entertainment value and one that will teach or inform me. Being landlocked in Phoenix for the last five years, my collection is extensive and was to a large extent a waste of money. I felt that most of the Pardeys’ books received good ratings and the books that I wasted money on were about circumnavigations. Nots: 1) Tania Aebi’s book. (You were right, Latitude, you shouldn’t

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Several months ago, you had a letter from a gentleman who did a recent Milk Run through the South Pacific. What intrigued me was that he’d chartered a boat for a year to do it. I’d like to find out more details about how this was arranged, because we’d like to do something similar. With boys ages 8, 10 and 14, my wife and I would like to take off cruising for a year and taste the cruising life — but we don’t want to have to sell our eldest son to buy the cruising boat. If anyone has some information about how to charter a cruising boat for a year, please contact me. Thanks in advance. P.S. I lost the issue and therefore the name of the man who wrote in. Gary L. Christensen 2070 Longden Circle, Los Altos, CA 94024 (415) 965-1414 Gary — While 'cruising charters' aren’t common, they do happen from time to time — especially with a boat market such as the one we have right now. If you find out anything interesting, we’d appreciate it if you’d share it with our readers. In the meantime, you might take out a Classy Classified and state your desires to the cruising world.

Uttl'M SURE HE SWAM HIMSELF TO DEATH Since several people have mentioned taking their dogs cruising, I’ve got a story to relate. In 1972-73 the schooner Sabrina — I believe she was from Northern California — was cruising Baja with a big beautiful Lab aboard. The dog fell overboard one night at sea and was not recovered. Labs do not drown, so I am sure he swam himself to death looking for his master. There were the usual rapes, murders, wars, famines and so forth that year, but I do not recall the details of any of them as clearly as I picture that dog swimming around out there on the big ocean. That completely eliminated any desire I ever had to take one of my dogs offshore. On to a more pleasant subject — if propeller shaft stuffing boxes can be so considered. When I acquired the Orient Star 21 years ago, I was having a lot of trouble with the propeller shaft leaking. The box

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had been fitted with a grease cup, which is like an oversize bottle cap that you remove and fill with grease. When you periodically screw it down, it forces grease into the cavity. It didn’t work, however, because the grease would get cold and hard and then you couldn’t turn the cup. It was also difficult to get to. Eventually I replaced it with a copper tube that led to a grease gun I’d mounted in the engine compartment. I mounted it in such a way that I could easily replace the grease cartridge refills. Now I only have to give it a stroke or two of grease occasionally to keep it from leaking. As for the stuffing box, I haven’t repacked it in 20 years. I’m not sure if I’ve ever tightened the packing gland; if so, it would have only been once or twice. I’ve also noticed that several writers have made reference to humor in recent editions. Although people don’t seem to be having as much pure fun as we all did before AIDS, the recessions, the BCDC, etc., there are still a lot of funny things that happen. I think it would be wonderful if you could find room for any submitted or maybe even have a special section somewhere. Finally, you are correct that there is no good practical reason to carry a sextant with all the back-up portable GPSs you can buy. I have seldom used my sextant since the early SatNavs became available. I must say, however, that becoming proficient in the use of a sextant is surely one of the most satisfying aspects of long range cruising. Ernie Copp Orient Star Long Beach Ernie — Any time anyone wants to send us a humorous story — no matter how short — we’ll always be delighted to consider it. We’re doing everything we can to help pump a little humor into this increasingly solemn world. As for the frequent uselessness of sextants, we were reminded of this again last month. After leaving Balboa, the skipper and crew of Big O had eight straight days of non-stop and frequently torrential rain. No sun, no moon, no stars — no nothing to point a sextant at.

Ml RESENT THE APPEAL FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION I’ve been reading with increased irritation the ongoing saga of the Pegasus Syndicate, the potential all-woman America’s Cup entry. Through all of the back-biting, attacks, defenses and name-calling, I have become most irritated by one thing: Lynda Corrado has asked for special treatment because she and her crew are women. When they weren’t recognized, she fell on the age-old cry of "discrimination". I am a woman racing crew member here in the Bay Area and am working very hard to be an excellent contributing member to any crew on which I serve. I have never asked — and hope to never ask — for any special consideration because I am a woman. I greatly resent Corrado’s general appeal for special consideration from the Race Committee and the general sailing community for more time to raise funds and meet other entry requirements. Corrado wants the racing community to lower their standards to her level. Nobody, male or female, should be asked to lower standards, especially when it comes to racing. Regardless of whether or not sailboat racing is a 'man’s sport', women crew members must work every bit as hard as the men they sail with — sometimes harder. On big boats, where men, who naturally have more muscle, are much appreciated, women must either meet the challenge or — call me nuts — actually cooperate with members of the opposite sex. I’m all for an all-woman entry into any major racing effort. But girls, let’s maintain our credibility in the process. Winning in spite of the odds and because of hard work is real winning; who wants a victory that’s been watered down with special consideration? Whether the Pegasus Syndicate succeeds or fails doesn’t matter

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We’re just completing a seven-year circumnavigation. Our exper¬ iences are vastly different from those expressed by the Jessies in their Latitude interview. We are an Idaho forester, retired, and his wife, who’ve been sailing an average production boat (an S&S designed Tartan 37 centerboarder) and enjoying ourselves. If we can do it, so can most of your readers who want to and who are willing to prepare. We’re now cruising the coast of California on our way back to Seattle. Norm & Lois Anderson Sisu Boise, Idaho

Mhand over hand to the masthead A friend who lives in the San Francisco area, a reasonably fit woman in her early 60s with plenty of Bay sailing and overnight trip experience, has canceled her plans for what would have been her first cruising vacation. She did so on the advice of an inept Foster City psychiatrist and his equally ill-informed wife, who said she needed to be capable of climbing a rope hand-over-hand to the masthead in the event that some far-fetched emergency arose. Since it’s not unreasonable for retirement-age men and women to consider first-time cruising, and since there are always people like that couple ready to give them negative 'advice', I would like to see some letters from experienced cruisers addressing the issue of first-time cruising at retirement age. Would a course in weight-training or aerobics have prepared my friend sufficiently for cruising? Would the size of the crew be a factor in whether she should have considered herself ready? P.S. I also go cruising, mostly with the help of your Crew Lists. We’re now at anchor in beautiful Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas. Joel Waldman Rockwall, Texas Joel — We’d be surprised if there is one cruiser in a thousand who can hand-over-hand to the masthead. That’s why most of us carry bosun’s chairs. There are literally thousands of retirement age people out cruising, many of whom are doing it for the first time in their life. Norm and Lois in the preceding letter are typical. If someone has the desire — particularly someone who has done overnight sailing and knows what it’s like — we think that and reasonably good health are all it takes. Frankly, we’ve seen a large number of frightful physical specimens out there cruising. But let’s hear from those of you who started cruising at retirement age; what’s it take physically and — perhaps more important — mentally?

li 11300 STARBOARD TACKERS! Wow! It’s my first chance to be a Latitude Roving Reporter. Last weekend I was fortunate enough to land a ride for the Cowes, England, Round-the-Island Race. It’s touted as the largest yacht race in the world and, with 1,224 entries, it may well be. Beginning in Cowes, the course leads out the Solent to the Atlantic, around the Isle of Wight, and back to Cowes for a total course length of approximately 60 miles. To get an accurate picture

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UIlNEKKID GUYS I always look forward to reading every page of your magazine, as there’s always so much info and fun stories. But how about showing some nekkid guys instead of always featuring topless women? Having read your mag for awhile, I’ve yet to see a nekkid guy. What gives? How about pics of the staff of Latitude cruising aboard Big O with it all hanging out? Julie Harrar San Francisco Julie — The reason you don’t see "nekkid guys" in these pages is because of our devotion to the truth. Our responsibility is to portray sailing the way it really is — which is that a woman sailing topless on a boat in the tropics is considered normal and acceptable behavior. Except in the cases where the crew are quite young and/or quite inebriated, the same is not true for buck-naked men or bottomless women. Social mores change constantly, and maybe these will, too. If and when they do, we’ll tell it — and show it — the way it is.

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When we were getting ready to cruise five years ago, one of our last purchases was a Magnavox 4102 SatNav. Being relatively competent mechanically, I installed it myself. The only possible hitch was soldering the co-ax connector onto the antenna lead. After I fired the SatNav and left it for a couple of hours, 1 noticed that it was not getting fixes. So off I went to the local electronic store for a new co-ax connector. After I installed it, the SatNav still didn’t give any fixes. We were living at a dock at the time and had an onboard telephone, so I called Magnavox and demanded to speak to a technician. I was really pissed off that my brand new, expensive Magnavox was not working. A very helpful engineer came on the line and ran me step by step through the initialization process. When we came to the latitude/ longitude, it was apparent that I had entered east longitude instead of west! Having been caught with my brain in neutral, I figured the best defense was a good offense. So I told the engineer, "I think such a high tech instrument made by Magnavox should be able to discern between gross errors in DR position."

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LETTERS Five years later, his reply still brings a smile to my face. "Sir," he said in his loftiest tone of voice, "if you don’t know which hemisphere you’re in, we don’t think you should be using our equipment." Well, we figured out hemispheres and sailed west from Sausalito to Miami. We’re now working and saving for a Magnavox brand GPS, as their SatNav never missed a fix. We’ll see everybody back in the Bay Area in a few years. P.S. I think there’s a good article in the funny things landlubbers say. Most of us have been asked, "When you cross the ocean, where do you stop when you go to sleep at night?" I heard another good one from a cruiser in Australia. A guest was aboard his boat, and as all the boats were at anchor, they were all facing the same direction. "Everytime I come here the boats are all facing the same direction,' he said. "Did the government pass a law to get everybody to do that?" David Morgan Saravah Miami Mthis could happen to you After a wonderful passage from the Socorro Islands in Mexico to Costa Rica — my first long leg after years of coastal sailing — I decided to chuck it all for a few years and take a once-in-a-lifetime extended cruise. So, I flew back to the States, cashed in my cruising kitty and converted all $10,000 of it to Visa brand travellers checks. Smart move, right? Wrong! When I returned to Costa Rica, the absolute worst thing happened to me in the bus station at San Jose. My camera bag was snatched — and with it my travellers checks and passport! Since it seemed more of a risk — 1 was travelling alone — for me to offload my other baggage and return to a hotel in order to file a report with the police, I continued on to my boat which was located at Golfito in southern Costa Rica. Upon my arrival in Golfito, I called Barclays, the bank that issued the travellers checks. They instructed me to return to San Jose to file a police report. 1 received a small amount of money, but then the real nightmare began. After more than 13 telephone calls from Costa Rica and a two- . month wait, they informed me I wasn’t going to get my money back! Barclay’s 'handwriting expert' had examined the checks and said that the signature had been mine! They didn’t have to prove it was my signature — it’s up to me to prove it wasn’t mine! The bank won’t even send me the checks or a report to verify their claim. Think about whether you could ever find yourself in a similar situation: thousands of miles from home, all your money stolen, and then you learn you have to sue to prove your innocence! It’s truly a cruiser’s nightmare. I want to warn anyone considering the purchase of travellers checks not to buy them, as you could be a victim, too. I have to assume that this is not an isolated instance, and would like to hear from anyone who has had a similar experience. I hope this letter can save other cruisers from the horror I am going through. In the meantime, my cruising plans have, needless to say, changed radically. For in reality, I have been robbed twice; once in the bus station and once by the bank. Thomas Wessels Triumph San Bernadino Thomas — With all due respect, based on the information you’ve given us, we can understand why there might be suspicion. First off, with all the drugs, drug money and money laundering in that part of the world, any weird money business is going to raise suspicions. Just try to cash a travellers check at a bank in Panama, for example. Most won’t take them; those that do will only cash relatively small amounts.

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The death of a boat is always sad. The February issue photograph of Heemskerk fast on the rocks just west of Punta Mala, Panama, is an image that will be frozen in our minds forever. All of us that sail know it could happen to us. Our hearts go out to owners Anthony van Marie and Paula Freston. But we write this letter in the hope that the Punta Mala accident can be a lesson from which all of us can learn. If a boat can be saved or a crew reassured, it will be worth revisiting the anguish. The light described by Anthony van Marie, "red flash, 4 second sequence", exactly fits the description of the light at the Frailes del Sur rocks, 11 miles southwest of the Punta Mala light. The Punta Mala light he was looking for is actually a 5 second white flash with 15 seconds between flashes. Apparently the crew of Heemskerk didn’t have a clear description of the two lights and, mistaking the Frailes del Sur light for the Punta Mala light, turned north too early and ran the boat on the rocks. The article was incorrect in stating: "A few years ago the Panamanians installed a hazard light 15 miles west of Punta Mala. But rather than give it a hazard light characteristic, they duplicated that of the Punta Mala light!" The flashing red light with a 4 second sequence is a hazard light for the Frailes del Sur — and is indicated as such by its red color. The Punta Mala light is white, the color of all major lights, and has a 20 second sequence. The two lights, installed by the United States many years ago, have very different characteristics. A copy of Publication 111, List of Lights and Fog Signals, published by the Defense Mapping Agency, is an inexpensive safety item that all cruising boats should carry. If a copy had been aboard the Heemskerck, the mistaking of the Frailes del Sur light for the Punta Mala light could have been avoided and an accident prevented. Even if the Punta Mala light was not operating, the crew could have known they were abeam the Frailes and thus had at least 15 more miles of easterly advance before they could safely turn to the north. The mistake of turning to a new heading based on a bad position report is common to a lot of groundings. The most infamous example was the southbound flotilla of U.S. Navy destroyers a half century ago. The group was dead reckoning in fog from San Francisco to San Diego and thought they were south of Point Conception. A signal from the destroyer ship gave the 'column to port' signal, and all five of the vessels, in close formation astern, piled onto the rocks just north of Point Arguello. The mistake made by the navigators was overestimating their distance travelled. Two factors were identified. In using the propeller shaft revolutions-per-minute to calculate their speed, they didn’t compensate for the drag caused by their fouled bottoms. A second factor was their overallowance for a following current. A margin of error when estimating the influence of a current on your distance-made-good can easily be one or two miles each hour travelled. This is especially true near Punta Mala, where tidal currents

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LETTERS flushing in and out of the relatively shallow Gulf of Panama are some of the strongest in the world. The tidal range is 20 feet or better during spring tides. Two years ago we caught the outgoing tide near Punta Mala and made better than 80 over-the-bottom miles in 10 hours! Our through-the-water speed was less than five knots. So, better carry the Tide Table publication with you as well. P.S. Don’t follow the U.S. Navy. Chris & Darlene Buckley & Kids Denali, Yorktown 39 Maui / Morro Bay Chris & Darlene — Thanks so much for that correction and advice. The on/y thing we have to add is not to transit such areas without two GPS units. Yes, two. Had the Navy destroyers had them, they wouldn’t have gone up on Arguello. Had Heemskerk had one, they wouldn’t have gone up near Frailes. A GPS will give a much more accurate position than will the visible sighting of one or even two lights and the GPS will also do a better job of telling you what the current is doing than will tides tables.

-U-TTLIKE A SEASICK SAILOR ON THE LEEWARD RAIL I’m not a naval architect, naval engineer or other kind of expert. However, over the past 25 years I’ve owned eight monohulls and three multihulls. I did 30,000 ocean miles on the former and 10*000 ocean miles on the latter. I was also a sailmaker for nine years, racing on about everything 1 could and did long deliveries. So I’ve had a little experience. While cruising with my family aboard our 43-foot Kantola trimaran, we became close friends with another family with young children cruising on a monohull. One day the wife confided to my wife that she was concerned for our safety; she said she prayed for us because our multihull might capsize! My wife was a bit surprised. She told the woman she prayed for them because she was concerned the kids on their boat might die when the boat sank! Too many monohulls—such as Coyote, Drum and Pandemonium — have capsized. Of course, multihulls have capsized, too, especially those with low buoyancy amas. A few have also broken up and sunk. The deal is, you pay your money and take your chances. Of course, none of these nautical disasters happen nearly so often as fatal car crashes. Has Mr. Taylor sold his first car yet? Norm Cross and I were partners for the last five years of his life in the trimaran Crossfire. We spent many hours discussing sailing in general, and multihull sailing and safety in particular. Of the 1,000 multihulls built to his designs, to his knowledge only one ever capsized. She was a 24-footer in which the leeward ama hatch had come loose permitting the ama to fill with water. The boat slowly rolled to leeward. The crew was rescued off the coast of San Diego sitting on the floating hulls. Norm Cross did not die while sailing one of his boats. He died ashore in his mid-70s after a long illness. A wise man told me that a person who voices opinions out of ignorance is like a seasick sailor on the leeward rail — it is wise to avoid what comes out of either mouth. P.S. Raindancer: Send us your address, we’d love to write but have lost it! David Reams 2925 Buena Vista Ave. Lemon Grove, CA 91945

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One Monday evening in late April found us — the delivery crew and skipper — licking our wounds after a bloody defeat (9th in PHRF A!) in the Newport to Ensenada Race. Just two years ago Roller, our Andrews 42, took the gun and corrected first in IOR B and second in fleet behind the great sled Pyewacket. Anyway, there we were at the finest Italian restaurant in Avalon, the El Prago, discussing the zigs and zags of outrageous VMG. We concluded our poor showing was completely Harold’s fault because he wasn’t there to defend himself. Harold is the name of an imaginary crewman we invented to divert the blame from us after bad finishes while still fulfilling the need for a sacrificial victim. Such a 'person' was particularly necessary because the skipper had just bought a whole pile of new sails for the race: a main, heavy #1, medium #1 and a .6 oz. poly chute. Our apologies, but Harold, you’re the one! Harold’s first crime was insisting that the skipper start at the leeward end of the line while the rest of the fleet battled it out at the weather end. He figured that full boat speed and, hopefully, clear air would be the right call. Wrong! We got buried by virtually all of the 407 entries that started before us. You can imagine our pleasure — only two hours into the race — looking astern to see what appeared to be the vast majority of the non-sled fleet in our wake. We were close reaching in a lifting southerly, making 6V2 knots of boat speed in 7V2 knots of wind. Harold’s early chute set regrettably caused us to sag off rhumbline — ultimately by about four miles — which committed our inside track headlong through the deadly Dana Point 'hole'. We ended up passing Point Loma just outside the kelp line in the middle of some scary unlit sand barges which were virtually invisible that moonless night. We escaped and kept wind through the night, mostly with the light #1, although we did set the half ounce twice in the early pre-dawn. The last mistake in our comedy of tactical errors occurred off Punta Descanso, when Harold took us into the beach looking for a strengthening lift in the morning offshore. It never materialized. In the process, we gave away some 30 degrees further from the mark than the other tack. But hell, the weather was beautiful and we crossed the finish line that morning at 10:53. By noon we were drinking Coronas

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and doing shots at the Hotel Bahia. Ensenada Harbor mud, into which we lowered the anchor, has to be the most sticky, clingy, adhering muck that has ever attached itself to a boat-hook. It has the consistency of melted butter mixed with wallpaper paste. Once it gets on you, it never lets go, spreading itself into a fine black film of gooey yechhh. An anchor dropped into such stuff soon buries itself into the nether reaches of quagmire and can be rescued only after inordinate back-wrenching pulling, tugging and ripping, ultimately tearing it free from the sea-dwelling bottom monster of suck. But I’ve digressed. The upshot of the dinner at the El Prago was a long, drawn out ranting discussion between myself, the humble portside genoa trimmer, and our shark lawyer who trims the main. The question at hand was on the relative influences of luff curve and broadseaming in the creation of sail shape. The shark lawyer said that luff curve is the more influential component defining sail shape; I said that broadseaming was. So it’s come down to the key question and a wager for $25 and the sake of pride. With the sailshape draft cut and sewn into a sail, will it lay totally flat and smooth on the sail loft floor? s Yacht Roller Santa Barbara Harbor Rollerboys — According to Steve Taft at North Sails, a sail would lie perfectly flat only if it had just been shaped with luff curve. If, however, there was any broadseaming at all, the sail couldn’t lie flat anymore than an orange peel could. Which of the two is more important in creating sail shape? "It’s like those crazy ads on television," say Taft, "where the announcer says, 'You’re both right, it’s a floor polish and a mouth wash!' A sail won’t have good shape without both broadseaming and luff curve."

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LETTERS Caveat Emptor and elsewhere. But just as anywhere in the world, you must take care that you are getting the quality of service you want. Close supervision is necessary. I’m also sorry to hear you got held up by the Puerto La Cruz Port Captain. Three hundred dollars — ouch! That seems to be, however, an ongoing problem that the authorities are unable or unwilling to come to grips with. Ditto the very serious theft problem. Sadly, many cruisers are avoiding Venezuela — a beautiful place to cruise — because the joys simply aren’t worth the hassles. For those who are going to Venezuela this season anyway, here are a few tips that might help: 1) You really need an agent for checking in and out. I had good experiences with 4 Sisters in Porlamar, Margarita, and Marisol in Puerto La Cruz. 2) Always carry your passport — or a photocopy — when going ashore. Failure to do so can land you in the pokey until matters get sorted out. 3) Always hoist your dinghy out of the water at night. When ashore, lock it up. 4) Always lock your boat completely when leaving her, even if just to visit another boat. Tom Scott Nepenthe Eastern Caribbean / Menlo Park

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Tom — According to their stationary, it’s Trinity Yacht Facilities, below which in parenthesis it says: "Located at Power Boats Mutual Facilities, Ltd." True, everybody calls it Power Boats, but as publishers of a sailing magazine, we have to draw the line somewhere. As for Trinidad, it’s certainly not a place to be avoided or feared. It s terrific during Carnival, although as you note, prudence is necessary as in any city. And there’s absolutely no worries at Trinity Yacht Facilities; as you know, the yard is isolated in a corner of the island that is — of all things — a national park. With regard to the CMO yard in Venezuela, we’d have to recommend avoiding it. This is based not only on our experience; but that of many others who’ve hauled there. As one veteran cruiser put it, "Venezuela is great — as long as you don’t try to get anything done there." As for cruising Venezuela — and especially Los Roques and the Testigos — our only regret is that we haven’t had the opportunity. Hit IT SEEMS IRONIC After two years of walking the docks at the boat shows at Jack London Square, past mostly monotonous production boats of doubtful quality that look the same, two boats stood out like gleaming gems in a sea of mediocrity. They were Bill Lee’s Santa Cruz 52 and Vance Marine’s Freya 39. The quality and care in the construction of the Freya 39 reminds me of British craftsmanship at its best; birds-eye maple bulkheads, a well thought out interior and a great workable foredeck. The Santa Cruz 52 is also so well conceived — the ’fast is fun’ theme — that it makes you happy to know that such a boatbuilder is surviving through this economic slump. I was also pleased with the attention I was given. I’m a nobody, but both Bill Lee and Tom Vance patiently took the time to talk to me and answer my questions. I came away impressed. It seems so ironic in a country that is so prosperous and proud of its ability to maintain control of the America’s Cup, that there is no support ftr recognition provided by the state for this kind of talent. Boatbuilding is similar to art and is a reflection of the time and society in which it exists. I’m a loVer of pure sailing and I feel that without this creative talent we will, in the future, be doomed to production boats with nothing special. Doomed to tedious mediocrity devoid of the quality and care that must go into a boat and its rig to assure safety at sea. How about an article on American boatbuilders with a little history

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LETTERS about these people? There must be many builders stuck away around this country that have more or less been undiscovered. I’d be pleased to know who they are and what boats they build. Roger Giles Seattle Roger — The Santa Cruz 52 and Freya 39, despite being at opposite ends of the design spectrum, are both excellent boats. But you’re all wet when it comes to your comments on production boats. While there may be a certain sameness to their appearance, the design, quality of construction and user-friendly features have improved immensely. Take a few minutes to compare a 30-footer from 10 years ago with a modern 30-footer and you’ll see what we mean. The idea behind production boats has always been a big bang for the buck. It’s true that new boats, like everything else, cost more these days, but you also darn near get a nuclear explosion for the buck. Boatbuilders are mostly individualists, and as such we don’t think most are looking for hand-outs in the form of subsidies. But they sure wouldn’t mind getting rid of unfair repressions such as the luxury tax on boats over $100,000, a tax which became a huge net money loser for ihe government and cost many workers their jobs. Before Congress decided to "punish the rich", boatbuilding was one of the few areas of our economy where we exported far more than we imported. At the beginning of each year, we usually do a feature on what the various local builders are up to. Perhaps it’s time we also do a feature on what the production builders are up to, as obviously their efforts haven’t been getting the recognition they deserve. Two factual clarifications: 1)"British craftsmanship" is not quite the oxymoron that 'military intelligence' is, but close. And, 2) The United States is not necessarily proud of its ability to keep the America’s Cup. In fact, during the last Cup a shocking number of American sailors wanted anybody but the United States to win the Cup.

tlflTHE JOY OF SECTS — NOT! "Yes, we were able to capture all of them before they stole a large sailboat, killed the crew and sailed to Central America, as they had planned." So said Eduardo Ibarra Peralta, investigating agent of the Judicial Police of Baja California Sur, in Loreto. I had just delivered a letter of thanks, signed by owners and crew of 17 sailboats here in Puerto Escondido. The discovery of these plans had come like a frigid wind laced with sleet to the cruising fleet here in Puerto Escondido. Normally Puerto Escondido is a tranquil place, with no need to deal with such problems as murderers. But on Thursday, May 27, the La Paz newspaper, El Sudcaliforniano, published an article explaining that the Judicial Police of Baja California Sur and of Baja California Norte, in close cooperation with the police of California and of Arizona, had captured three fugitives wanted for murder in Arizona and for crimes in Mexico. After fleeing to Mexico, the three had stolen a car in Tijuana and had later murdered two women in Guerrero Negro while burgling their home. One of them, Earl Dave Johnson, had been captured in San Felipe, where he revealed their plans to steal a boat, kill the owners and sail to Central America. Meanwhile, the other two had traded a car and a computer in Santa Rosalia for a 22-foot sailboat, and taken it to Puerto Escondido. They were met with the usual warm welcome cruisers afford to newcomers in Puerto Escondido. Gunter Rebbow of Princess had them aboard for dinner, as did the crew of Sapo. Lloyd Cofield of Land’s End had begun teaching them to sail! Little did they know that the Judicial Police were even then observing the events covertly from shore and from small 'fishing' vessels. The police wanted to make sure they had the right people. "We watched a dinner party on Sapo," Agent Ibarra said. The two were captured at 0300 on Tuesday, May 25, in Puerto *r

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LETTERS on the grass. Jake, incidentally, was trained to do his thing on command, and only needs a bit of grass. So perhaps fake grass will do the trick when we take off cruising. Living aboard isn’t too hard for Jake, as he has the Redwood City flats to run in. He also has other dogs to socialize with and many harbor friends. The only non-friend is a German Shepherd bully who wants to bite Jake’s okole whenever he sees him. Life may be different when cruising, however. Jake will have his own PFD, and there will be netting at the rails. He’ll also have his own cedar chip bed in the forepeak, which is a great place to be when underway. As I’O is a very fast ex-IOR racer, we won’t be at sea that much between wonderful, watery places for him and us to explore. By the way, none of the other harbor pets have done anything disagreeable aboard our boat, although a huge shaggy dog came to visit during a rainstorm. He and Jake rolled around on deck and told cat bite stories. One of the braver local cats came to visit our boat, looked down the hatch at Jake and purred. They seem to have a very special relationship, and we feel privileged to share some space with them. This despite all the animal hair and rainy day dog-do-your-thing walks. P S. We are still in the process of turning I’O into a cruising boat. With his superior intelligence, Jake tries to be a painter’s helper. He hates carpentry and thinks sanding is for the birds. Bobbie & Robert Kuschel I’O Redwood City

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A couple of months ago there was an article titled Dumping Offends Sailor that appeared in the San Jose Mercury News. A similar story appeared in the Chronicle, and the same information was reported by good oP Dave on the Channel Five News. While the main story was about a guy in the Navy who wanted out because he said the ship he was on was illegally dumping garbage in the ocean, there was something even more interesting in the 12th paragraph. It read: "According to a 1990 Coast Guard study, the Navy dumps 63,356 tons of garbage a year into U.S. waters, more than all commercial ships combined. But by comparison, recreational boaters dump 421,371 tons per year." Can this be true? I’ve done quite a bit of sailing in U.S. waters over the last 20 years and have rarely observed anyone dumping garbage from a recreational boat. Even with a very conservative WAG, this would amount to some 21,000 tons — over 42 million pounds — being dumped by San Francisco area recreational boaters. Maybe the Coast Guard included ablative bottom paint. Don Goerlitz Redwood City Don — We don’t quite understand your arithmetic or know what "WAG" is, but we can tell you the 421,371 tons per year figure is unadulterated nonsense, most likely concocted by an agency with a desperate need to come up with reasons why their budget shouldn’t be cut. It most reminds us of the figure an environmental group came up with a couple of years about the amount of poop that was supposedly being pumped into Richardson Bay each day. It was an impressive figure — so impressive that if you sussed it out it was obviously false. For the figure to have been true, every single boat in Richardson Bay would have had to be pumping about 10 pounds of poop in the bay each day. The sad fact is that too many sanctimonious environmentalists

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I’ve been reading Latitude on and off for years, and I think one of the most important aspects of sailing has been grossly overlooked. I am referring, of course, to the fine art of barfing. Last week, a friend, my son and I, left the L.A. area to bring a sailboat ’home' to San Francisco Bay. Together we have over 30 years of Bay sailing and thought we were the rough and tough macho types. But after three days of constantly throwing up, we weren’t sure if this coastal stuff was fun or not. I haven’t barfed so long and hard since college. Frankly, 1 think this topic is due more respect, and that an enterprising person could possibly get rich marketing the concept as a weight loss program. Rather than spending thousands on 'diet dinners', we could spend thousands on a boat and run out the Gate on an especially muggy day with high swells, then go below and fill up a bucket or two. I have tried some current medical remedies such as Dramamine and the wrist band. Possibly other readers have more experience and can add to the solutions, or share stories of misery. George Houghton Suds, Islander 36 Santa Rosa George — We recently got tourista — a close relative of seasickness — while on a passage from Manzanillo to Puerto Vallarta. The only thing good we can say is it made us feel so bad that we were nearly in ecstacy when it stopped.

MTHEY’RE all having a good time I suppose my Seattle address eliminated me from your article earlier this year on the doings of California designers, and I think that is correct. Unfortunately, there are no other designers of sailboats in the Seattle area, so the entire field gets neglected. Right now I’m working on design number 210, which ironically enough is for a San Francisco sailor. It will be a 48-foot motorsailer to be built of fiberglass. My hope is that it will be built in California,

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LETTERS but we’re still waiting for the estimates to come back. My other current projects include: a 60-ft all carbon fiber trimaran built by Light Engineering; a 55.6-ft IMS boat to be built for a Long Beach sailor by Westerly Marine; a 45-ft Passport built by SouthCoast Marine in Taiwan; and a 48-ft aluminum cutter built by Marine Metals of Norfolk. I also have a new 63-footer from Marine Metals ready for launch. Obviously, I’m quite busy. For almost five years now I’ve been working all by myself — I found I couldn’t put up with draftsmen and they couldn’t put up with me. Ditto for secretaries. For office company I have a Portuguese Water Dog, Piper. My typical day starts in the office at 5:30 a.m. and I work till about 4:30 p.m. 1 enjoy it this way and think my design work has never been better. The whole Jessie controversy is deja vu all over again. I remember quite vividly a young designer in the early ’70s — me — who was so convinced that every sailor should do it his wap. If you did not, you were stupid. That was 20 years ago, and of course I knew a lot more about everything back then. That boyish confidence has waned and been replaced by a more thoughtful and conservative approach to design problems. It has also undergone a transition to a more accepting philosophy of boats and sailors. I am really turned off by the attitude that only one type of boat is 'right'. Allow me to ramble on concerning my design philosophy as I see it today. Boats should reflect an owner’s approach to life and lifestyle on the water. An owner with a high-tech job may want a low-tech yacht. I have a photo on my wall of an F-15 airplane, the pilot of which owns a Tayana 37. The choice of the style of yacht may have very little to do with VMG and everything to do with style or a Walter Mitty side of the owner. Boats are toys. I have to remind my clients from time to time of that. We are not talking about starving children in Africa, we are talking about sailboats. At best they are frivolous playthings. They may serve deep emotional needs, but we can certainly live without them. So if they are in fact toys, why not take a light-hearted approach to them? Assuming that we can design a safe boat within tremendous latitudes of design parameters, why not have some fun with the design? Why not let the design of the boat be a reflection of the owner’s approach to life on the water? When Dr. Bill walked into my office, I saw a distinguished-looking gentleman who looked like he just stepped out of an L.L. Bean catalog It was not hard to envision the style of boat that would enhance this image. Personally, I like very fast boats. But, I’m just as content mushing along in my El Toro as I am racing my 14-year-old son across the Bay on windsurfers. I certainly do not like bad designs. But I do like individual designs tailored to individual clients. With my own designs ranging from the 70-foot ULDB Meridian on down to the Baba 30 and the 8-foot Perrywinkle dinghy, I can’t think of another designer who has created such a diverse collection of sailing yachts. Of course, some were better boats than others, and not always as a function of VMG. The overall personality of any design is a far more complex matrix of characteristics than can be reduced to numbers. It is this complex blend of traits that make up a boat with a balanced personality that is the goal of my design work. Monohulls vs. multihulls, heavy displacement vs. light displacement — give me a break! I like pants with cuffs. I read the mega yacht magazines and the multihull magazines. I love to read about boats. But I can’t get excited about an argument of the benefits of 8 knots vs. 5.5 knots. My friend has a 35-foot powerboat with 800 hp. He lets me drive it on occasion. We go 75 miles an hour. That’s fast and very scary. These arguments are always based upon generalities. There are good and bad boats amongst every distinct type. All full keel boats don’t track well. All spade rudder boats are not difficult to steer. All double-enders are not good sea boats. It goes on and on. &r

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LETTERS At 47-years-old have I become cynical? Maybe. Certainly cautious of innovation and novelty. 1 have become tolerant. Jack wants to turn his baseball cap backwards and jam his J/35 onto the wind. Will sits in the cockpit of his offshore style double-ender and never goes anywhere. Ever. Ramer has so much stuff loaded onto his 40-footer that you’d have to put on scuba tanks just to see the bootstripe. But they’re all having a good time. So don’t tell me what kind of shirt I should wear and I won’t tell you what type of boat you should sail. But once the personality of a new design is identified, I’ll do my best to give you the fastest and safest example of the type possible. Robert Ferry Seattle

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In the interest of boating safety, I feel I must report to your readership the incident of the airborne Falcon. In this case, the Falcon was not a feathered predator, but a brand of handheld air horn. I remember the incident well, because it happened a few months after the accidental detonation of 'crapane' beneath my V-berth and shortly before I discovered that baby barnacles, still in the wormy stage, regard the glue that holds inflatables together as an edible delight. It all started when I decided that the air-horn canister I keep in my cockpit was so rusted around the 'collar' that it needed replacement. When I couldn’t unscrew the damn canister from the horn itself, I put a glop of Anti-Seize on the area, waited two minutes and tried again. Still no luck. With a hernia threatening, I broke out the ship’s vise, laid the horn in the jaws and twisted the can. Soon it began to turn, which is what I thought I wanted. Suddenly the can of compressed gas — somewhat fuller than I had anticipated — separated from the horn with the force of a small rocket. It smashed into my little TV, zinged back missing my VHF by a hair, caromed off a jar of pepper oil in the galley and came to rest on the settee, hissing like a dying snake. There’s a lesson here, don’t you think? Incidentally, after the unfortunate incident with my gaseous holding tank, I decommissioned it with the ship’s blowtorch. I didn’t want it to start my boat on fire. As for the inflatable, mine almost sank in South Beach Harbor before I discovered that the juvenile barnacles precisely followed the seams on the bottom of my inflatable. They just love the glue. I tell you, there’s no end to the knowledge one must store up to be a successful sailor. Jack Schreibman San Francisco Jack— We think the "lesson" you seem to be grasping for is merely to board your boat with extreme care.

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An 'A' for effort. Sad to say, but we flunked out of rocket science at MIT. So when it comes to modem boat painting 'systems', we feel as bewildered as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. If any of you find yourself in a similar state, you may be interested to know about Interlux Paints’ new 'interactive' fax line. To use it, any boater with a fax machine can call (800) 685-7151. After answering 10 or 12 questions about his boat, within minutes, a printed sheet of specific paint recommendations for his particular boat and area of the country squirts out of the fax. The recommendations include not only the quantities of paints for each application, but all necessary primers, solvents and thinners, too. As well, you’re given choices. In the case of antifouling bottom paints, for example, you can choose frorn "economy", "standard" and "long life" products. The computer on the Interlux end even calculates the approximate wetted surface area of the boat in question. The call ends by recommending you purchase the paint from your favorite retailer. Not again! According to the BOAT/U.S. graphics department, the most popular boat name for the second year in a row is Serenity. Other top ten names include Obsession, Osprey, Fantasea, Solitude and Wet Dream, several of which are also repeats. As we pointed out in a just slightly sarcastic Sightings piece last year, these selections should more accurately be termed, 'the most requested names from the BOAT/U.S. graphics department'. After all, they apparently do not include painted-on names, pre-survey names or names made by other graphics companies. Our suggestion for a moratorium on any new boat names using the words 'sun', 'wind', 'sea' or any conjugation of the word 'dance' is still out there in case Congress needs really important laws to work on. As far as suggestions for names, considering the success of Jurrasic Park, we think a cool name for a hot race boat would be Velociraptor — at least until it came time to spell it phonetically over the radio. Hunting for Hunters. The Golden Gate chapter of the Hunter Sailing Association has been started by Stephen Robinson. The organization is open to all Hunter sailboats. So far, 40 boats have signed on and 8 came to the Coyote Point sail-in in May.

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SIGHTINGS blind ambition Back in the early ’70s, young Hank Dekker was at the top of his game. From managing a successful car dealership in Hawaii to coaching his son’s lit¬ tle league team to his burgeoning career as a NASCAR auto racer — he took fifth in the 1973 Winston Cup Series at Sears Point — things were definitely going his way. "Then I started crashing, and couldn’t figure out why," says Dekker, now 58. "And I started losing sight of those little league baseballs coming right at me." The loss of his peripheral vision was diagnosed as progres¬ sive, irreversible glaucoma. In 1977, his world fell apart. The next year or two was a con¬ tinual nightmare of despair for the formerly energetic Dekker. "I lost my business; I lost my family; and I lost my self-respect," he says. He continued outside column of next sightings page

blackaller A trio of East Coast sailors are the first recipients of grants from the San Franciscobased Tom Blackaller Fund. Star sailor Tony Rey of Newport, Rhode Island, and the 420 team of Nicole Breault and Adam Walsh of Old Lyme, Connecticut, were selected from a field of 40 applicants from across the coun¬ try. Rey and the Breault/Walsh team were awarded $2,500 each to help with campaign and racing expenses. The Blackaller Fund was created to carry on the spirit and devotion to the sport of sailing that was exemplified by Tom Black¬ aller before his untimely death at the age of 49 in 1989. A native of the Bay Area, Tom began sailing at the age of 13 in Inverness on a boat he built with his father. He went on to

Spread, Hank Dekker aboard NCB Balti¬ more' (which was being broken down for shipping the next day). Inset, Dekker at the finish of the 1986 Solo TransPac.

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compete in more than 4,000 races, and won world titles both the Star and 6 Meter classes. One of his greatest pleasures, how¬ ever, was found off the race course, helping young sailors either get started or get better. Several, such as Paul Cayard, have gone on to become international stars in their own rights. Thus the Blackaller Fund, which was established to provide financial assistance to selected U.S. sailors under the age of 25 who are mounting national, international and Olympic campaigns. "This is the first year the Fund has been able to make grants, and I’m sure my father would have been extremely impressed with all the applicants," says Lisa Blackaller, Fund continued middle of next sightings page

wound up on the streets in San Francisco, panhandling for change to drink himself into oblivion. Hank was eventually cajoled into joining a self-help group where he talked to other blind people for the first time. At some point along the line, Hank’s own joie de viure kicked in again and, pardon the expression, he hasn’t looked back since. Now a sought-after motivational speaker for IBM and General Electric, among others, Dekker’s latest project lands him back in the sailing spotlight. Later this month, he’ll depart Baltimore aboard the Olson 30 NFB (National Federation for the Blind) Baltimore in hopes of becoming the first blind sailor to cross the Atlantic — alone. Hank is not new to sailing. He first went out with a friend more than 10 years ago and got hooked immediately. A natural goal-setter, Hank eventually went on to sail solo to Hawaii twice, the second time as part of the 1986 Singlehanded TransPac Race in which his Laser 28 Outta Sight took third in division. While Dekker admits he hasn’t done much solo sailing since — he does get out with friends every so often — he’s attacked this latest project with customary thoroughness. Once the sponsoring National Federation for the Blind gave its okay, Hank and project manager Ron Povtak (who also oversaw Dekker’s trans-Pacific voyages) immediately got to work. Within weeks, they had obtained Chuck Von Schalscha’s Olson 30, the former Quest, and began outfitting it for the trip. Dekker also began sailing the boat daily through much of May and almost all of June. Fortunately for the narrow time frame — Hank’s due to depart for the 3,450-mile trip to Plymouth, England, on July 26 — the boat didn’t need that much work. It had also done a solo TransPac and still had many of the shorthanded setups in place. Further simplifying matters is the tiny inboard diesel, which eliminates the hassle of dragging an outboard in and out of the cabin, as well as dealing with messy gasoline tanks. (Although it won’t be engaged during the crossing, the engine needs to be run to generate power for the instruments.) Several local and national companies have contributed to the effort. The boat will use a Monitor windvane and run Furuno radar. Dave Westwood made several new sails for the boat, and Bay Riggers put a new Harken roller furling system on the headstay. The boat will also carry an ARGOS beacon, donated by that company for the duration of the trip. Equipped with a special switch-operated 'emergency' frequency, Hank is glad for the extra measure of security, but surprised that you have to pay to use it. 'The Coast Guard charges $25 a month just to monitor the thing, and $10 more for the emer¬ gency band. But I guess it’s worth it," he says. West Marine has also come through with scads of stuff — halyards, foulies, polypro, handheld VHF, etc. Also aboard will be most of the specialized equipment Hank used for the Hawaii crossings, including braille charts and compass, and a 'talking' Loran. He also hopes to have the Furuno unit voice-synthesized in time for departure. It’s hard to imagine that the Hank Dekker of 1993 could be that much different than the sighted version of 1973, except for the gray in the hair and the white in the cane. Articulate, affable and humorous, Hank appears to live life to the fullest — and he certainly lives what he preaches: that anybody, sighted or not, can accomplish almost anything if they put their mind to it. And both his mind and heart are in this one. Although the voyage is obviously a motivational vehicle for the National Federation for the Blind (which is based in Baltimore, thus the departure from.there), it is also one more adventure for an indomidable spirit that lights its own way to the end of the tunnel. "I can’t tell you," says Dekker?"how great it will be to get out there again." Look for an update on Hank’s voyage in the next issue. — Ed.

don’t stop thinking about tomorrow If those words conjure up images of Bill Clinton’s inauguration, then you may also recall that they were sung by the legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac, who regrouped just for the occasion. These days, however, Clinton might continued outside column of next sightings page July. 1993

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SIGHTINGS tomorrow — cont’d find one of the band’s other standards to be more appropriate: Over My Head — and it don’t feel nice. "Don’t blame me, I voted for Perot," says John McVie, Mac’s bass player and one of the founding fathers of the band. Says the transplanted Englishman, "Everybody in the band was begging me not to say anything derogatory to the President while we were there.” Now a solo artist, John’s other passion in life besides music is sailing, which is how we hooked up with him for an afternoon last month. He has his beauti¬ ful 64-ft sloop Challenge up in the Bay Area for a shakedown prior to a South Pacific Milk Run later this fall. Challenge suits McVie well (or is it the other way around?). Despite being 30 years old, she’s as clean and crisp in look and performance as Fleetwood Mac’s unique brand of rock and roll. Designed by Sparkman & Stephens, the boat was built by Burger in Wisconsin for the man himself, Olin Stephens. McVie has been the proud owner of the aluminum-hulled beauty for the last 14 years, based for most of that time out of Red Hook in the Virgin Islands and/or St. Barts. For the last couple years, she’s been sailing out of Los Angeles. Now it’s time for another Pacific Run, says John. He and a bunch of eight or nine friends did such a cruise when he first got the boat, and he still looks back on it as the best of times. (Interestingly, he also retains an affinity for the Bay Area. He and the band recorded Rumors — the biggest selling album of all time until Michael Jackson came along — over a nine-month period at the Record Company, across the street from the Bay Model in Sausalito.) So the plan is to work the bugs out in San Francisco’s famous summer breezes, take the boat back to L.A. about mid-July, record another album, and then take off nonstop for Nuka Hiva sometime around late September. And wouldn’t you know it, the two-year trip will include an audience with another head of state — Lola Thomas (her stage name), the lead singer on McVie’s latest album, just happens to be the daughter of the king of Tonga.

blackaller Chairperson and selection committee mem¬ ber along with Tom Whidden, Peter Isler, Martha MacKechnie and Tom Allen. The Tom Blackaller Fund is entirely dependent on outside contributions. Anyone

two semesters After seven months of sailing in 80-degree weather and minimal winds, our journey south to the roaring 40s was more than welcomed. We departed the Welsh-speaking Puerto Madryn, a small patagonian port

counterpoint Some of you may have caught the morose assessment of the boating industry which appeared in the May 1 business section of The San Francisco Chronicle. Drawing on a host of statistics and carefully culled quotes, staff writer Kenneth Howe drove nail after nail into the coffin of the industry. Well, as Mark Twain is supposed to have said, "the reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Yes, sales of new boats are down. Have been for years. Yes, DMV registra¬ tions of new boats are down. Ditto. So what’s new? Almost by definition, all industries run by discretionary dollars 'suffer' in recessions, such as the one we’re in now. To virtually anyone in the industry, that’s all old, old news. Some things Howe’s article did not take into consideration: * Not all boats, new or used, get registered by the DMV. Some get documented, for example. Others get delivered to their owners outside territorial waters to avoid stupid surcharges like the Luxury Tax which, now that you mention it, has been the single biggest blight on American boatbuild¬ ing since dry rot. * Nowhere do Howe’s numbers take into account the tens of thousands of people who like the boats they have, and spend lots of money improving them rather than buy (and registering with DMV) new ones. What — because they’re not rushing out to buy boats they’re not part of the 'marine industry'? * There are 'official' statistics available that indicate the sailboat industry is, in fact, growing. For example, International Marine of Connecticut recently completed an exhaustive study of new sailboat production in the United States and Canada since 1988. Their findings: in 1992, the sailboat industry in North America was up overall 22% from 1991 (all segments except big boats grew — the luxury tax at work again). It’s forecast to grow a further 15% this year. We could rattle on some more, but you get the drift. Being as fair as possible, the writer knew nothing about boats and should therefore have never even been assigned the story. Failing that, he should have made at least some continued outside column of next sightings page

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interested in making a tax-deductible donation may do so to the St. Francis Yacht Club Foundation/Tom Blackaller Fund, St. Francis YC, On the Marina, San Francisco, CA 94123.

before the mast town in Argentina, on March 21 and the long awaited 'white-knuckle' sailing soon began. Our course through the Straits of Magellan was chosen to avoid the often treacherous rounding of Cape Horn, farther to the south. But that didn’t mean we’d have an easy ride. As soon as we entered the Straits, we were confronted with 40-knot winds and heavy chop. Six hours into the fight, two pilots boarded to guide us — at a continued middle of next sightings page

counterpoint — cont’d attempt at balance. We sppke with two of the five parties quoted in the article, and both said their words were taken out of context and molded to fit the dire tone. A third — Latitude 38 — was misquoted entirely. We never said nor wrote "What was a crisis is now a deathwatch." That quote appeared in the letters section of the Northern California Marine Association (NCMA) newsletter! The troubles with articles such as this — and there have been others — are many. First and foremost, they really tick off a lot of people. Second, they project an inaccurate and distorted picture to the general public, many of whom actually believe everything they read. Third, they make you wonder how many other stories the Chronicle gets wrong. (At it’s new, inflated price, we’d somehow expect more credibility, not less.) Fourth, the wrong stuff usually ends up only exacerbating the problem — as a small manufacturer, we’d certainly bypass the marine market with our new widget after reading Howe’s article. And so on. But again, you get the drift. Since many of Howe’s quotes and measurements were taken at the brokerage level, and since the Chronicle has so far declined to do so, we now give some 'equal time' to some local yacht brokers who accepted our invitation to voice their side of the story. continued outside column of next sightings page

SPREAD, CHUCK SAUNDERS/FOTO FLOAT; INSET, MITCH PERKINS

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SIGHTINGS counterpoint — cont’d Buyer’s market? Seller’s market? It’s neither! Buying or selling a boat has always been an emotional decision. It is rarely based on any logical financial reasoning. Right now, however, emotions are running high in Santa Cruz. The sun is out and the wind is up. . . sailing remains one of the last activities with ultimate freedom. Last month’s brokerage set a new record for the month. While good listings are hard to find, deals are being made by brokers who are willing to work hard for the customer and cooperate with other brokers to find the right boats for their clients. — ray pingree o’neill yachts santa cruz I just completed transaction #35 since December of ’92 — seven since April alone! Prices on good, clean cruising boats are definitely firming up. Double enders (Hans Christian 34 and 36, Polaris 36, etc.) that were selling in the mid $50s, are now mid $60s — if we can find them. A nice Peterson 44 came on the market Thursday at $124,000. Sunday continued outside column of next sightings page

Life on board 'Concordia'. Clockwise from here, running before a breeze; loading stores; swimming in the tropics; working the ship in a blow.

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before the mast cost of $1,000 a day! All classes aboard were canceled because of the pounding the ship was taking. As if the wind and high waves weren’t enough, we also had to dodge Chile’? newest industry: oil platforms. The channel snakes its way between hundreds of these structures, whose flaming towers bum off excess gas and make the Tierra del Fuego region a literal 'sea of fire'. After three days at Beaufort 8, the safety of Punta Arenas was a blessing. This place became a ghost town after the opening of the Panama Canal, but with the discovery of oil and the growing adventure tourist trade to Tierra del Fuego, it now offers all modern amenities, including phone, fax and pizza! With five days of recuperation and a refreshing hike to the glacier field where we drank 12,000-year-old water from Moreno

SIGHTINGS — cont’d Glacier, we were ready to battle the elements again. Sure enough, our first day out, the ship received a dusting of snow that reminded me of a typical Tahoe ski day. One morning I awoke to the all-hands alarm and rushed out into the cold to find one of my classmates hanging from her harness 70 feet above the deck. In the bitter cold, she had slipped while trying to refurl the upper topsail. Once rescued and collected, we all got a refresher course on boat safety. We donned survival suits and practiced man overboard drills all morning. Reaching the Pacific offered no solace. The ship was rolling more than 60 degrees and our scuppers were submerged for days. With 600 miles yet to sail before reaching Valparaiso, our lower mainsail tore badly. This required 24 hours of intense sail repair continued middle of next sightings page

counterpoint — cont’d morning there were six brokers in line behind me to show the boat! There were three different offers by Tuesday, with mine stuck damn near full ask. There are still good buys, but forget about 50 cents on the dollar for nice stuff. There are tons of under-$20,000 boats down here with Atomic 4s. There are also lots of boats being shipped to the Pacific Northwest, the Bay Area and Canada. There are probably 1,000 empty slips down here right now. (Remember waiting lists?) Advice: find a good broker who understands your needs, be realistic in your expectations and be ready to deal instantly when required. — mac pearce yachtfinders/windseakers san diego My opinion is that it doesn’t matter whether it’s a 'buyer’s market' or 'seller’s market'. If 'buyer’s market' means there’s a greater supply than demand, then that’s the situation we’re living in at this time. If'seller’s market' means boats are selling, then that’s the situation. Most of us surely make too much of such phrases. The fact is that used boats do not sell for as much as they used to. It’s also a fact that very nice used boats are selling very well. The same is true for very inexpensive boats in average condition. We have sold over 30 sailboats, new and used, in the past four months. — dave vickland farallone yacht sales alameda It depends a lot on what you’re looking for. If you’re looking for an older racer/cruiser like a 1970s Islander 36, you can find some very inexpensive boats. However, 1985 or newer boats in good condition are getting top dollar. If you’re looking for a clean, late model 35 to 40-ft boat such as a Hans Christian or Morgan 41, they are hard to find. They sell quickly and at or near asking price — I’ve even seen them sell for more than the asking price. More than availability, I’m seeing tight credit as a problem, which causes some deals to fall through when it’s time to get financing. — chris holbrooke regatta yacht sales alameda It’s still a buyer’s market, but there qre signs that’s changing. There are some very good deals in older boats — and there are still some sellers of older boats with unrealistic expectations of their boats’ value. The hardest boats to find are clean, late-model boats. Why? Because they can and will sell for more reasonable prices. — kirk valentine tradewinds sailing center richmond Our experience in the last two years is a shift in the balance back to the seller. So much so that we are now able, with some degree of confidence, to assure sellers that we can get 92 to 94% of the asking price if certain conditions are met. This is a long way from the 80 to 85% that buyers enjoyed in the previous seven to eight years. _ Does this mean it’s still a buyer’s market? No!... not like it used to be. Does this mean we are witnessing the rebirth of a seller’s market? No! Not by any stretch of the imagination. What it does mean is that there is a strong market out there willing to pay a fair price for a reasonably well-maintained, competitively-priced product. It means that there aren’t as many desperate sellers out there, period. While demand hasn’t exceeded supply yet, those owners who have taken good care of their boats should expect a better and quicker return for the effort than in years past. — bill gorman bill gorman yachts alameda July. 1993

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SIGHTINGS check that bilge pump for me, will you? Back in the days when navigators didn’t have reliable timepieces or accurate sextants, constant vigilance was required to keep sailing vessels from coming to grief. But despite the fact that we now have amazingly accurate and easy-to-use GPS, the need for constant vigilance hasn’t diminished. Nobody knows better than Tony Wagner, who for many years had boat maintenance businesses in Monterey and Santa Barbara. Three years ago, Wagner pulled up stakes and went to Florida to buy a charter boat from Bob Carson in Palmetto. Wagner and Carson, a couple of old surfers from the early days of fiberglass boards in California, found Wagner a C&C Landfall 4$. Wagner sailed her to the Caribbean where he did charters out of St. Thomas.. Old surfers ourselves, we bumped into Wagner, Carson and Carson’s wife Denise during Antigua Sailing Week and had them aboard Big O for a couple of days. We had a great time talking old boards, old time surfing and boats. When Sailing Week was over, the Carsons planned to help Wagner deliver Aspella back to her base in St. Thomas. As you can see from the accompa¬ nying photo, she didn’t make it. Like most of us in our early 40s, Wagner and the Carsons aren’t quite as wild and crazy as they were'in their youth. So when it came time to cross the notoriously rough Sombrero Passage between St. Martin and Virgin Gorda, they spent the afternoon resting up in St. Martin. They’d leave stone sober late in the afternoon in order to arrive off Virgin Gorda at first light. It’s a common practice to avoid the strong winds of afternoon. When they finally left, Wagner set a course and adjusted the autopilot. From time to time, whoever was on watch would check their progress and position on the chart. The problem with GPS is that it’s so easy to use. When combined with the use of an autopilot and other navigational aids, it becomes perhaps too convenient. When Bob woke up at 0330 in anticipation of relieving Denise at 0400, he checked their GPS position on the chart. "Good Lord," he said, "we’ve been set like crazy." For hundreds of years the set off Anegada has shocked

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before the mast by 42 inexperienced sail menders. Despite the makeshift repair, we reached port on April 6, right on schedule — and began preparations for the next legs of the trip, which will bring us to Easter Island, the Galapagos and, eventually, to San Francisco. — ryan troy Readers — Upon arrival in San Francisco in late June, local high school junior Ryan Troy will have completed his second semester aboard the tallship Concordia, whose 'Class Afloat' program was detailed in our May issue. The semester started in Florida in January.

a one-boat, longtime. Since launch on June 1, 1973 in Costa Mesa, I’ve happily owned by Columbia 45 ketch Sea Lawyer. This ’chopper’ boat has never had a blister, the original sails lasted 15 years and the rigging, 18. Despite her iron keel and bronze seacocks never having been bonded, there has never been any gal¬ vanic corrosion. The original Benmar 14B autopilot still works fine as do the original

SIGHTINGS bilge pump — cont’d

— cont’d For those interested in this innovative program, or simply in inspecting a working square rigger, the ship will hold an open house at the Bay Model in Sausalito (415332-3871) through July 4. On the Fourth, she’ll take out a boatload of people to watch the fireworks off Crissy Field, but that $35/person adventure has been sold out for weeks, so don’t get your hopes up. (Proceeds from the evening will go to the Sausalito Tallships Society scholarship fund, which helps arrange berths for local 18 to 20-yearolds. For more information on that, call 3321727.) The ship will depart on or about July 5 for a one-month harbor-hopping summer school session which ends in Vancouver.

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declared a total loss. _ , , The Carsons are now back at their yacht brokerage in Palmetto and Wagner is with them. He’s waiting for insurance money and looking for a new boat. "I want something a little smaller and less expensive," says Wagner. I d rather put the extra money in the bank so I can could cruise rather than have to do charters." We’re sure he’ll equip his boat with a GPS or two — but not allow them to lull him into complacency.

navigators, often with dreadful consequences. Wagner quickly awoke and checked the chart and their bearing on the light at the east end of Virgin Gorda. "I know where we are," he said, "we’re still all right if we turn and head straight for the light right now." Unfortunately, he wasn’t quite right on that one. "Almost as soon as we turned," says Carson, "we heard the sickening sound of the keel scraping against a coral head. Seconds later the rudder hit the coral head and bent. We lost all steering and were helpless." Thus Anegada’s Horseshoe Reef, one of the most deadly in the Caribbean, added yet another boat to her collection. She’s already claimed 300 known boats. While it was traumatic for Wagner to have his 'home' become trapped on the reef, it could have been worse. It would soon be light and there wasn t much of a swell. Of course it doesn’t take much of a swell to wreck a boat whose fin keel is wedged between two coral heads and whose hull is being worked by the surge. Virgin Islands Search & Rescue arrived a couple of hours later and stood by while Wagner and the Carsons loaded as many of Wagner s possessions as possible into the Aspella’s inflated liferaft. A short time later, salvors arrived. They handed Wagner a cellular telephone so he could get permission from Lloyds to begin work. Faced with no other option, the salvors simply dragged the boat over the rest of the reef "to a beautifully calm sandy area." Unfortunately, it was about 15 feet deep and Aspella had quite a few significant holes in her. A couple of days later, after being lifted and allowed to sink again, pneumatic tools were used to patch her with 15 sheets of plywood. She was then towed through the reef to Nanny Cay on Tortola. "The salvor told us that after ferrocement boats, balsa-cored fin-keeled boats are the least likely to survive encounters with reefs," says Carson. "He told us that not two weeks before a balsa-cored Swan 65 had gone on the reef in almost the exact same spot. They tried and tried to pull her off, but the hull just wasn’t up to it. They had to chain saw her into a bunch of pieces." Even though Aspella was able to be towed back to Nanny Cay, she too was

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SIGHTINGS movin’ — cont’d hands of one owner who cut out the interior structural bulkheads to make room for pipe berths. This prompted the comment from Oakland’s everquotable naval architect Gary Mull that the boat "was like a banana peel without the banana inside." Skrinde saw in Easom one of the leading experts in restoring old boats using new materials and technology. The duo decided to redo the boat as a showcase of what can be done to bring old racing boats up to speed — and comfort — by enlisting the help of marine manufacturers. The restoration project has been underway for six months now, with an additional six months of planning before that. It has included such modifica¬ tions as a completely redesigned cockpit, removal of the old IOR measurement bumps for a smooth hull shape, a new mast and rigging and a new IMS-type interior which replaces the old plywood structures with lighter balsa/fiberglass composites. To date, the Movin’ Up project has enlisted the aid of several marine companies. Some have been local, like Kim Desenberg’s North Coast Yachts, which did the fiberglass fabrications. Others have been national conglomerates like International Marine, which makes everything from masts to winches to electronics. The payoff for those who contribute to the project is that Saeta will become a display platform for their products. continued outside column of next sightings page

Deck the hulls: Inset, Phantom/Saeta' in IOR trim, and (spread) with her new cockpit installed.

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happy owner adults, and to make possible many dreams. Features I’ve added over the years include a teak and holly sole; teak settee, galley table and nav station; diesel heater, radar and loran; CNG stove; isolator; athwartship air bed for unparalleled Zs; dodger every 5-6 years; and huge, heavily-insulated reefer system. The weakest link over the years? The head. I keep an extra in my garage for quick replacement. The name, Sea Lawyer is a 'double en-

first 'the rock', Forget a floating baseball stadium — here’s a plan so completely bizarre that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are bound to love it: a floating prison. We wish we were kidding, but in fact New York City currently has two for sale. They’re 316-ft long barges with prisons built atop. Each can hold nearly 400 bad guys — TOO on each of four floors — in 'cells' that a recent Chronicle article described as "more spacious than some cruise ship cabins." Each of the barges — built in 1983 to house Brit¬ ish troops in the South Atlantic after the Falklands war — features its own self-con-

SIGHTINGS — cont’d tendre reflecting my enlisted hitch as a sea lawyer on the USS H.J. Thomas, a tin can, and the fact that the boat sailed me away from the . . . ugh . . . litigation profession in 1973. No, she is not for sale, and won’t be! 1 guarantee it! This will be printed, if at all, after her birthday, June 1 — 20 years young. But there will still be waves in the Bay from the party. — bill west

now 'the box' tained heating and air conditioning system, electrical system, water desalinization plant, sewage treatment plant, laundry, and galley capable of serving several thousand meals a day. Plus, a law library, medical clinic, chapel, gym and exercise yard on the roof. Our last condo complex didn’t have a quarter of that stuff and we paid big time to live there. Anyway, the reality of it is that San Francisco jails are so overcrowded that the City now pays Alameda to house 300 to 350 prisoners in their jails. For the barge deal to continued middle of next sightings page

movin’ — cont’d "It’ll be like going to an auto show where you can see an old car that’s been updated with new equipment," says Easom. "Where else can you go to see what a properly installed roller furling jib system looks like? Or how to properly install sheet and halyard stoppers? You’re wasting your time with off-the-shelf modern technology unless you use it properly." Skrinde and Easom also point out that retrofitting a 10 or 12-year-old boat like Saeta, which can be bought for around $50,000, is achievable for consi¬ derably less than the $250,000 you’d spend on a brand new 40 footer. You can also save money by doing some of the work yourself, and you can do the project in stages so you don’t have a big cash outlay all at once. In addition to the finished product, the Movin’ Up project will result in several documentaries, including a book, video and seminars on how to apply the same techniques to other boats. The partners also plan to take the show on the road, with the boat’s debut planned for the In-The-Water boat show at Jack London Square in September. From there, possibilities include trips to boat shows in Southern California and maybe even Mexico. "Our purpose is to educate sailboat owners how to make the best use of the aftermarket opportunities of marine manufacturers," says Skrinde. "They do the same thing for cars, airplanes, computers and houses. Why not boats, too?" — shimon van collie

the rest of the story In a couple of past issues of Latitude 38, in a few different places, we ran short items regarding the alleged theft and subsequent loss of the 42-ft ketch PF Flyer. Now, as Paul Harvey might say, you’re about to hear"the rrrrreesst of the story." Phil Frederico is an earnest young businessman. A general contractor by trade, he’s also involved in a partnership in Cava 555, a successful cham¬ pagne bar on Second Street in the City. About five months ago, the demands of business and personal life persuaded him to sell PF Flyer, a dark blue ferrocement ketch that he’d largely rebuilt since 1985. At the time, the boat was berthed at Pier 39. Along came Robert Hardin, a tall, greying man with a glib tongue and lots of assurances. He claimed he was a twice-published novelist, an entrepreneur of sorts. He’d pay the asked-for $25,000, only he’d have to pay $1,000 here and $1,000 there at first. A couple of early checks had no funds behind them, but he assured Frederico that some equipment leases could be pledged as col¬ lateral. Together, he and several partners scraped together $10,000. The rest was to be paid after January 1 of this year in $1,100 monthly installments over time, 15% interest overall. Then came a $400 payment in February. Hardin called Phil to say he’d found a larger boat. He’d pay off PF Flyer as that deal went through, in about two weeks. At this point, Phil had Hardin pegged as a fast talker, maybe just a tad dishonest. "I was careful. I brought my attorney to one of my meetings and established some collateral. This involved AT&T leases that guaranteed Hardin $1,400 a month, which sounded okay to my attorney. I also required Hardin to insure the boat with me as loss payee, and I got that in the mail. 1 demanded tax returns from him, too. I got that from his nephew, Joe Mayor, and Richard and Ron Squires, who were the partners in the boat.” Then Phil heard from Agent Steve Dybsky of the FBI. Seems that four or five years ago, Hardin had used the 'leases' to bilk others of out $8 to $10 million. Or so it was being alleged. Then Hardin did his disappearing act. "For about a week after that I got calls on my machine saying it was Robert, that he was anchored out somewhere in the Bay, that his first deal fell through but he had another one. All this time he was sailing to Mexico. Then 1 found out he had written $3,000 worth of bad checks." One of the victims was Ariel Richardson, who had been paid with a bad check for a GPS and an Avon. She had been collecting the names of mer¬ chants in Sausalito who had received bad checks, including West Marine, Bay continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS rest of the story — cont’d Riggers, Molly Stones and a chart store. Both Phil and Ariel started calling every harbor from San Francisco south, with Ariel locating PF Flyer in Santa Barbara on the night they checked in. This was around February 20, a week after they’d left the Bay Area. Phil tried to persuade the Sausalito Police that someone had stolen his boat, but official concerns about document jurisdiction kept them from acting that day, a Friday. In the meantime, FBI agent Dybsky had found out through the DMV that the bill of sale had been altered to say that Phil sold PF Flyer for $5,000. Phil’s signature was forged. "So I drove down to Santa Barbara with a baseball bat and some chain," says Phil. "I got there at 3:30 a.m., showed the harbormaster the contracts, the forgery, and all the rest of it.- After a couple of hours, they were convinced they had probable cause to hold the boat if it tried to leave. It was a waiting game after that." Hardin and two friends tried to sail that noon, but were turned back by the harbor patrol. Soon the Santa Barbara police arrived, questioned the trio, cuffed them and took them into custody on suspicion of theft and fraud. continued outside column of next sightings page ■>

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rock/box go through, it would have to be cheaper than the undisclosed amount the City now pays Alameda. If it did go through, the barge Bibby Resolution — which looks strikingly like a gigantic floating dumpster — would be shipped to San Francisco via Panama. No

hollywood Delivery skipper John Collins stopped by our offices for a quick visit the other day. And just had time to blurt out a few high¬ lights of his latest adventure before he was off to Mexico to deliver a customs-seized boat to the Bay Area. In April and May, John was skipper of the 112-ft Brooks schooner Manutea, aboard which was loaded 56 tons of food and sup-

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SIGHTINGS — cont’d word on where it might be anchored. Um, this might be a stupid question, but if we need more prison space so badly, isn’t a whole bunch of it sitting unused out in the middle of the Bay? If memory serves, Alca¬ traz was a dandy penitentiary for 30 years.

at easter plies for delivery to Easter Island. Seems Kevin Costner and this film crew were out there making a movie about the place, and the supply of Perrier was running alarmingly low. (Freighters don’t visit the island very often, thus the use of yachts.) Once the delivery was made, John got to

rest of the story — cont’d Phil’s troubles were hardly over. Ariel’s husband Doug offered to help Phil deliver the boat back up the coast. Doug had recently arrived home from a round trip to Mexico and still had all the waypoints in his GPS. The trip began in rough wea¬ ther and the two tried motoring straight up the coast. Getting pounded, they ducked into San Luis Obispo for a hamburger and shower. Then they started again, only to lose the engine and re¬ quire a tow from the Coast Guard into Pismo Beach. "They came out practically 0 with guns drawn, expecting Hary din and these other guys," says S Phil. (The Coast Guard had been £ alerted to the situation on PF |= Flyer, but word had not yet come > down that the suspects had been »/> . “ arrested.) g Phil got the engine going while (J in Pismo, and the pair left that afternoon. But now the bilge pump failed. With the boat taking a lot of spray, that was of more than minor concern. A few hours later, the engine quit again. "I tried to get the engine going all the next day," says Phil. "We were killing the batteries, there was no place to pull into until Monterey, and the winds were nothing. We had two days and nights of a knot or two. "By Wednesday night, we finally made it around Point Carmel, and were within sight of the Carmel Lighthouse about 2 a.m. 1 told Doug I was going to sleep for a couple of hours. He said, 'No problem'." Phil awoke about 3:20. The wind was howling. Just as he was about to come topsides, the boat hit something hard. "I heard Doug yell, 'We’ve run aground! Call a Mayday!' But our radio was dead. The generator was making funny noises. Although it was dark in the cabin, I could see the floor shimmering — the water was shorting everything out. "We were maybe a mile from land. Doug said he saw the buoy and thought he could cut inside it and tack back out. We were both pretty fatigued. 1 guess he wasn’t thinking like he should." As Phil started unbundling the Avon, PF Flyer came off the rock and, nose down, launched herself toward shore. "We were really moving," says Phil. "I handed the infiator to Doug and he started pumping up the dinghy while I shot a couple of flares. I knew the boat was history. We were taking on water very quickly — 15 seconds after we hit the ground the water was at the floorboards. "It was very dark with no moon, but I noticed a big crop of rocks off to port, so I told Doug to hold on. We hit hard and it threw the boat over nearly 90 degrees. The masts were nearly in the water. We were about 100 yards from shore and the waves were hitting us from the starboard quarter. We were hanging on, balancing on the corner of the cabin and the side of the hull, holding onto stays. I shot my last flare and a wave extinguished the only handheld I had. "I was able to dig out one life preserver and give it to Doug. We could see a vehicle on shore aiming its high-beams at us. We hung on for another 20 minutes in the rain and wind and breakers. By then we could see several vehicles and people yelling at us to stay on the boat. The cabin was starting to break up under our feet, so we clambered out onto the mizzen and shimmied over to some rocks. "We saw flashlights getting closer, then they went underwater. Suddenly, there were several divers with wetsuits and snorkels asking how many people were aboard and checking us for shock. A helicopter arrived overhead, but the continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS rest of the story — cont’d divers ended up swimming us ashore in the Avon." (Ironically, it was the same Avon that Hardin had written a bad check for only a few weeks previous.) Phil and Doug were treated in a local hospital and released, unhurt except for a cut on Phil’s hand. The next morning, he came back to survey the wreck¬ age of PF Flyer, now strewn over a quarter mile of beach. Only a little of the hull was left. It took three truckloads to get it all to the dump. As for the insurance, Phil was hardly surprised to learn that the paperwork Robert Hardin had supplied him with was all bogus. — eric best reprinted with permission from the xanadu news, the newsletter of the pier 39 marina

revival of the fittest From the late ’70s through the mid-1980s, some of the best boats in the world came out of Santa Cruz, California. That’s 'best' both in terms of speed and craftsmanship. Boats from the Moore 24 and Olson 30 on up to the Santa Cruz 50s and 70s were all benchmarks of design, construction and perfor¬ mance that continue to influence the new generation of 'sport boats' today. One of the best, and arguably the most successful, of the original ULDBs is the Express 27. Conceived in 1980 as "the ultimate weekend warrior boat", the goal of the 27 was to combine the room and comfort of an Olson 30 with the performance and ease of handling of a Moore 24. Designed by Alameda’s Carl Schumacher and built at Alsberg Brothers Boat Works, the little hot rod reached those goals, defined a few new ones — and was an instant hit. By the time management difficulties forced production to cease in 1987,117 Express 27s had been built. The demand, however, never went away. "They were back-ordered then, and in the years since, I’ve received calls from sailors locally and as far away as Greece trying to find out how they could get new Express 27s," says Schu¬ macher. As a result, a plan long in the making has finally come to fruition: the 27 is going back into production. Tom Vance of Vance Marine in Port Town¬ send, Washington, will build the boats under the auspices of Express Sailing. (Vance has already resurrected such designs as the Freya 39, Olson 25 and another Schumacher design, the Sonoma 30.) That’s good news indeed for a boat that really has little left to prove. In speed and control, the 27 has long been to a windy sea what a Porshe Turbo is to a winding autobahn. Remember when doublehanders Gary Clifford and Jonathan Livingston ticked off four 275-mile days in a row on Light’N Up in the ’84 Pacific Cup — an average of 11 Vi knots — and went on to finish fifth boat for boat, only two days behind Merlin? The Expresses also continue to enjoy a strong and active one-design fleet, both locally and in Detroit, of all places. The new boats will be class legal, "but improved where we can," says Schumacher. Initial upgrades will include adjustable jib leads (the Santa Cruz boats came with fixed ones) and flat track rather than toe-rail amidships to make things a little more comfortable for hiking out. Initially, the boats will retail for a base price of $28,900. That’s only $4,000 more than they sold for new in 1986. The arrangement Carl has with Vance is for production to begin as soon as deposits for three or more boats have been taken. Once the hull, deck and interior are together, the boats will be shipped to Schumacher’s Alameda facility for completion. The obvious question in all of this is, why would someone buy new when they can buy good, used, complete Express 27s with all the bells and whistles for thousands less? "First off, the market fluctuates," says Schumacher. "There are boats for sale now, but six months ago, people were calling and telling me they couldn’t find used Express 27s anywhere. "But the important thing, and my ultimate goal, is the continued vitality of the one design class. Having these boats available again will obviously contri¬ bute greatly to that. My hope is that it will also stimulate the sale of used boats. How? Several fleet members have expressed interest in new boats. If they fol¬ low through, their old boats will go on the market — and hopefully be picked continued outside column of next sightings page

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tion. "They made this moaia (the Easter Island statues) out of foam and chicken wire, but

cruisers race If you’re a cruiser with a latent competi¬ tive streak, the Long Beach YC has rolled out the welcome mat for you and your friends. Their 15th biennial race to Cabo this November will feature the first-ever cruising division in any Mexican race. A big head

SIGHTINGS couldn’t move it!" he says. "They had a big crane, truck, skiploader — and none of them could budge the thing. They ended up rolling it on logs to get it where they wanted it!" Another part of the movie called for fri¬ gate birds flying around the actors. There aren’t any at Easter Island anymore because the islanders ate all the eggs, so another yacht was dispatched to Saly Gomez, an is¬ land about 20 miles away. The crew secured 36 of the gangly black birds in their hold and sailed back to Easter. To film the action, the actors actually had to run along with the fri¬ gates and throw them into the air to get the shot before the birds flew off, presumably back to Saly Gomez. Look for Rapanui in a theater near you in March.

to cabo start for cruisers means they should cross the finish line with — if not before — some of the maxi sleds. There are several important ways in which the cruising division differs from the

revival — cont’d up by people who have wanted to come into the fleet but couldn’t afford to before." For more information on a new version of one of the original 'minisleds', call Carl Schumacher at (510) 523-2580, or write Express Sailing, 1815 Clement Ave., Alameda, CA 94501.

crew overboard Crew overboard is certainly one of the big three nightmares of sailing. Yet while most boaters take any number of precautions against the other two — fire and sinking — how many of us really know the best way to get someone back aboard who’s fallen off the boat? And don’t look at us — a quick survey around the office revealed the few experiences we’ve had with crew overboard were probably the same as yours: a Chinese fire drill that the crew sort of makes up as they go along, all the while hoping the man overboard can tread water like a banshee. Over the years, there have been any number of methods devised to standardize a crew overboard recovery maneuver. All have been aimed at minimizing in-the-water time for the person who’s fallen in, while at the same time keeping things as simple as possible for the crew making the rescue. The two most widely accepted and taught methods are currently the 'quick stop' and/or the 'figure eight’. Performed by an experienced crew in relatively calm water, both work fine. But offshore in a blow, or in a cruising situation with maybe only one or two people aboard, it’s often another story. The quick stop requires a jibe, the figure eight requires a maneuver that takes you as many as 10 boatlengths away from the person in the water. And both maneuvers require critical judgment calls in order to position the boat next to

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SIGHTINGS overboard — cont’d the person in the water. Without practice, they’re really no more effective than the fire drill method. Even the experts sometimes get confused. A survey of articles on crew overboard recovery published in several national sailing magazines (and at least one prestigious sailing book) over the last few years reveals inconsistencies and mistakes in just the theory of how you do a quick stop or figure eight. A solution to the dilemma may be in the offing right in our own backyard. Sausalito’s John Connolly, a sailing instructor, has been working for more than a year on a method he calls the 'quick return'. In May, we went out for a demonstration, and were impressed. Not only is the quick return quick, as the name implies, but it eliminates the need for both a jibe and that all-important judgment call. Compared to the quick stop, it was faster, much easier, and we stayed closer (two to four boatlengths) to the person in the water throughout the maneuver—a big psychological plus for any crew overboard, by the way. On August 9,10 and 11, a test of all three methods — the quick stop, quick return and figure eight — will be conducted right here on the main Bay. Representatives from both local and national sailing organizations have been invited to put each method through its paces in a variety of conditions (upwind, downwind, light air, heavy air, full crew, shorthanded crew, etc.), then compare strengths and weaknesses. The goal: see if there clearly, is one method that’s superior to the others. We’ll have a full report on the results in the September issue. Until then, don’t let anyone fall off your boat unless they can tread water like a banshee. For more information on observing, helping and/or possibly taking part in the test, contact the Modern Sailing Academy at (415) 331-8250.

group pot luck circumnavigation Based on sign-ups for the Pacific World Cruisers’ Around The World '95, there won’t be any sailors or sailboats left in the Pacific Northwest by June of 1995. They’ll have all taken off on a 'pot luck' style, 39-stop, 22-month, 29,000-mile around the world rally. A while back Pat McKinnon, former navy pilot but currently a math teacher and charter skipper for Anacortes Yacht Charters, decided that Jimmy Cor¬ nell’s Europa Around The World rallies were a great idea — but beyond the price range of many would-be participants. It costs $10,000 to enter a 50footer for Cornell’s upcoming Europa '94. So MacKinnon announced his own version of an around the world rally, one that would be both 'pot luck’ and free. The pot luck business refers to the fact that the participants themselves would be expected to handle many of the administrative details. Entry will be free, except for a refundable $200 deposit to weed out the posers. The concept behind all such rallies is that it’s safer and more fun to make passages as an organized group than it is alone. Some folks agree with that analysis, while others ridicule the idea by claiming it encourages unprepared sailors to go to sea and by nature is the very antithesis of 'real' cruising. The Around The World '95 is slated to depart Seattle on May 14,1995 and return on March 31, 1997. Once the fleet sails down the West Coast and reaches the Marquesas, the route almost duplicates that of Cornell’s Europa rallies. And no wonder, as MacKinnon freely admits the route planning was based on the information found in Cornell’s two excellent reference books. Boats will be expected to cover about 100 miles a day. The response, primarily from the Northwest, has been tremendous. Only a month or so after the rally was announced, more than 75 skippers indicated they were very interested in the rally. These were not phantom skippers, but real people willing to identify their boats and put their addresses on a sign-up sheet. The response has been so overwhelming that it’s hard not to wonder if some — including MacKinnon — might not be getting just a little bit carried away. Almost two years before the first rally is to start, for example, he has already announced that the event will be held every two years. According to MacKinnon, people are already buying boats in anticipation continued outside column of next sightings page

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racing division: 1) Cruising boats will start six days before the maxi sleds and five days before the smal¬ ler hot rods. 2) Cruising boats will have two interme¬ diate finish lines and stops. The first will be at Turtle Bay, 432 miles down the Baja coast. The second will be at Bahia Santa Ma¬ ria, another 240 miles down the road. From there, it’s just 180 miles to the margaritas at Cabo San Lucas. 4) The restarts of the cruising division are based on boats being able to average four knots or 100 miles a day. 5) If the wind is too light for you to make four knots or if it gets too sloppy for your liking, you’ll be permitted to use your en¬ gine. You’ll be penalized, of course, but not disqualified. 6) Gennikers will be allowed, but spinnakers will not — unless there are enough entries to create two classes within the cruising division. The cruising division is the brainchild of Hugh Lamson, who successfully competed against the speedsters a few years ago when his Islander 36 repeatedly hit 16 knots on the way to Cabo. Knowing that’s not what his boat was designed to do or is comfortable doing, he wanted to create a division in which people with boats like his can enjoy racing without having to 'white knuckle' it. 'Boats like his' means vessels with roller furling headsails, big anchors and windlasses on the bow, autopilots, biminis over the cockpit, BBQs on the stern and other 'goslow' gear. Cruising division boats have to rate higher than 27 PHRF, can’t be ultralight and should be over 33 feet in length. Boats less than 33 feet can petition for entry.

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Crew and equipment requirements aren’t much beyond that of an average cruising boat. Four crew are mandatory; kids who know what they’re doing count. You’ll also need a SSB with at least 80 watts of power — although there may be a variance for this requirement. We think Lamson and the Long Beach YC are onto a great concept. The similar ARC rallies across the Atlantic have been very popular and the West Marine Pacific Cup "fun race to Hawaii" has been selling out for years. With all the cruising boats headed to Mexico in November, there’s no reason the cruising division shouldn’t attract 25 or more entries. We think the cruising division is such a terrific idea that we’ve already entered Lati¬ tude’s charter boat Big O. With a longer wa¬ terline than most entries, we and our charter guests hope to get to the intermediate stops earlier than most boats. Our plan is to estab¬ lish a relaxed atmosphere for the division, welcome boats in, and help out any way we can. The $375 entry fee ($450 after Septem¬ ber 1) will make some of you budget-minded cruisers cringe, but there are some big bene¬ fits to being part of the race. There’s a big pre-race party oh October 28, and there’ll be all kinds of organized festivities once you get to Cabo. And racing, even cruising style, is a blast. There’s roll call every morning to see how you’re doing, and you can give your competition gas over the radio in the afternoon. Please note that the cruising division start is October 31, Halloween. We’ll be in cos¬ tume and expect that you will be, too. For entry forms, contact the Long Beach YC at (310) 598-9401.

pot luck — cont’d of Around The World '95. At the risk of being wet blankets, we feel compelled to caution people against investing large sums of money to buy boats based on the expectation of the success of such a proposed event. Why? First and foremost, because we’re skeptical that 'pot luck' rally management can really work. When asked how arrangements will be made for group arrivals at various ports, MacKinnon told Latitude that members of the rally will be assigned the responsibility to write ahead to make such arrange¬ ments. Based on our experience, this sounded so unrealistic that we weren’t surprised to learn that MacKinnon hasn’t done any foreign cruising himself. That’s not a sin or character defect, but suggests a serious unfamiliarity with the issue at hand. Anyone who has cruised to even a few foreign countries, for example, can vouch for the fact that mail almost never gets through. And when it does, rarely to the correct person. That’s assuming, of course, the original author was fluent in Greek, French, Italian, Spanish — whatever language would have been appropriate. It’s to Cornell’s credit that he and his family sailed around the world prior to starting the first Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) eight years ago. And that he did six of them before he set up the first around the world rally. And that prior to the rally, he flew to each port and 'sold' the event to local officials. He’s once again flying around the world on the six-month eve of the second Europa. Cornell has, at times, rubbed some people the wrong way. Nonetheless, he’s got a lot of experience in this kind of thing and, based on Dick Wilson’s comments on the first Europa (see this month’s Changes), was very good at it. It reportedly cost Cornell $250,000 to put on the first rally. Since he’s an entrepreneur by nature, it’s hard to believe he’d have made that investment unless he believed it absolutely necessary. And apparently even that sum wasn’t enough to cover management expenses. It was the Greek philosophers who first noted that all things tend toward chaos. And that’s ten times as true when it comes to cruising boats in foreign countries. If the Around The World hopes to be a success, we believe a 'scout' is going to have to personally call on each port and clear the way. That in itself is going to cost a few bucks. In addition, we think there will need to be an onlocation 'humper' to bring order from chaos during the rally. MacKinnon, it should be noted, is not planning go on the first rally. Organizing even a local weekend regatta takes considerable time and money. Frankly, we’re not certain the Around The World organizers appreci¬ ate the magnitude of their proposed global endeavor. And without adequate organization, we fear the Around The World will fray at the edges and rather quickly disintegrate — severely pissing off those who’ve invested heavily in boats and gear counting on the success of the event. We also can’t help but wonder if some of those who have signed up for the rally comprehend what they plan on getting themselves into. While MacKinnon wisely suggests boats of at least 40 feet in length — the minimum length Cor¬ nell will accept — many Around The World skippers seem to think they can get away with smaller vessels. The smallest boat in the first Europa was a 40-foot modern design. Most were bigger and all but a few were relatively modern and inherently swift. With all due respect, there is no way that many of the 75 boats on the Around The World's list could keep pace. Orion 27, Pearson 30, Westsail 32, Mariner 32, Nonsuch 30, Aries 32 — these are all fine boats, but are they realistically fast enough — especially when loaded down with stores and fuel for long passages — to keep up? Could a loaded down Orion 27 or Pearson 30, for example, actually make it the 3,100 miles from the Panama Canal to Puget Sound — which is all upwind and up current — m 49 sailing days as per the Around The World schedule? Please don’t shoot the messenger, but we say it would be darn near impossible. And if anyone tried it, it would be the hate mission from hell. Incidentally, Cornell’s Around the World Rally should be required reading by anyone contemplating such an adventure. Of one thing we’re absolutely convinced: the good intentions of MacKinnon and the folks who signed up for the Around The World rally. As such, we hope they’ll try walking before running. What do we mean? Perhaps a West Coastcontinued outside column of next sighting page

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SIGHTINGS pot luck — cont’d Mexico-French Polynesia-Hawaii-Pacific Northwest rally before taking on the world. Since such a mini-rally would be along the Milk Run, it could probably be pot-luck organized for the upcoming '93 - '94 cruising season. It would at least give the organizers an inkling of the problems that might be encountered in a much more ambitious global endeavor. In any event, we offer our best wishes to MacKinnon, Pacific World Cruisers, and anyone who might participate. And we hope that whatever event they hold be as good as it possibly can be. — latitude 38

short sightings PETALUMA — The saga of Forbes Island continues. The island — which is actually a motorized barge covered with sand, palm trees, a picket fence and a 30-foot lighthouse — was kicked out of Sausalito back in 1991. (In our humble opinion, one of the dumbest things that city has ever allowed to happen — akin to Memphis kicking Graceland out of town, or San Francisco giving Coit Tower its walking papers.) Now owner Forbes Kiddoo, who has the Island parked up in Antioch, is talking with the city of Petaluma. His proposal: move to the Petaluma Marina and open the floating landmark as a restaurant. At this writing, City Council members were guarded in their opinions, hut promise to give the proposal quick review. The Petaluma Marina, by the way, is out of the jurisdiction of the BCDC, the organization that forced Forbes Island out of Sausalito. GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT — In a dramatic move, US Sailing changed the venue of the Nautical/US Sailing Youth Championships from Jacksonville, Florida, to Greenwich less than two weeks before its June 19 start. Even more dramatic was the reason: US Sailing found out that a promi¬ nent black dentist in Jacksonville had been refused membership to the Florida YC, which was to host the Youth event. "Unfortunately, some of the challenges that face all of us in society today . . . required a change of venue," said US Sailing executive director John Bonds. "While we have the greatest respect for the city of Jacksonville and for all those who are swept up in this local controversy, it is not fair to allow these youths to become embroiled in a serious controversy that was not of their making, and is not within their ability to resolve." REDWOOD CITY — What do you do with a 17-foot runabout seized two years ago in a drug raid? If you’re the San Mateo County Sheriff, you press it into service as a Sheriff’s patrol boat in the Redwood City area. After reports of nighttime boat thefts and burglaries in the municipal marina, they decided to extend the patrols after dark — and scored on the very first night, June 16. Two deputies spotted an inflatable without running lights, and when they flashed their blue light, the person aboard sped off to Bair Island, throwing things overboard as he went. The things turned out to be seven potted pot plants, which Sheriffs detectives suspect are being planted and harvested in the uninhabited bayside marshes. SACRAMENTO — Let’s see, we boaters pay fuel tax, we pay property tax, we pay sales tax on marine items, we’re up for the luxury tax, we pay DMV and we pay user fees. To normal people like you and us, that’s about five taxes too many. But to people whose major boating venture was playing with a rubber tugboat in the bathtub when they were kids, it’s not nearly enough. Why, those rich fat cat boaters are getting away with murder! So they got themselves elected to political offices and now they’re going to set things straight, by crackie. The latest assault on logic and decency comes from the state level. Senate bill SB 723, which has already passed the Senate and is now in Assembly committee, would do away with the second home interest deduction for boats. Not ski cabins, not beach condos and not RVs — just boats. Oh yeah, that’s real fair. We have a better idea. Why not just forget all these namby-pamby little taxes and simply have all boat owners send all their money to Sacramento? continued outside column of next sightings page

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monkey The otherwise smooth-running in-thewater boat show at the Petaluma Marina the weekend of June 4-6 was marred by an ugly incident: the kidnapping of Gonzo, the 35foot tall inflatable gorilla hired to promote the show. Plainly visible to passersby on highway 101, the big brown primate disap¬ peared Friday morning. "It’s got all the markings of a prank," said a show official. "(Gonzo) is not the type of thing you can take to a flea market and sell." The gorilla, with his big, toothy grin, is valued at $6,000.

looking Imagine driving the family sedan out onto the track to watch the Indy 500. Or climbing aboard your trusty steed and moseying out to the 3/4 pole tp catch the Kentucky Derby. Laughable fantasies, to be sure. But if you want to catch the action at a sailboat race, what better way to do it than from the deck of your own boat? That may very well be what the single-

SIGHTINGS business At this point, police suspect the incident may be connected to another disappearance. In 1989, a teenager abducted a 35-foot in¬ flatable Santa Claus from a Petaluma Christ¬ mas tree lot. Old St. Nick’s whereabouts was tipped to authorities by another teen. Oh, and by the way, why a gorilla to promote a boat show? Wouldn’t an inflatable dolphin or boat have worked better? "The company we rented Gonzo from gave us only two choices, the ape or a dino¬ saur," said a show official. We would have taken the dinosaur.

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(Yeah, it’s for laughs, but what’s really pathetic is if it happened they still couldn’t come up with a budget that worked.) Anyway, thank Quentin Kopp for getting SB 723 through the Senate on the coattails of an unrelated bill. We know we’re starting to sound like a broken record, but once again you’re going to need to contact your local Assembly representatives and voice your opposition to this one. We’ll keep you updated.

WASHINGTON — In a move designed to improve the safety of the commercial fishing industry, Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena has sent a proposal to Congress aimed at reducing vessel accidents at sea. Among initiatives of the proposed legislation: a plan to license operators of commercial fishing vessels, and to require all federally documented fishing vessels to have a license master aboard. (Vessels above 200 tons are already so required.) According to Pena, an estimated 250 vessels and 100 lives are lost annually, making fishing one of the nation’s most dangerous occupations.

correction In the June Decadents Abroad story, we wrote that Jim Kenyon was one of the financial contributors who have gotten the University of Washington football team in trouble with the NCAA. That is incorrect and appeared as a result of an editing error. Kenyon boasted that he’d given more than $200,000 to the University of Washington. In a completely separate matter,' the NCAA is investigating a summer employment program Kenyon had for University of Washington student athletes. We regret the error.

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handing owner of Teasel, a the Catalina 30 pictured here, had in mind. Photographed on May 29, he was sailing the boat near both the Master Mariner and Memorial Day Re¬ gattas. Or hey, maybe he was just out for a nice, peaceful daysail. Either way, Teasel was trimmed well, sailing fast and looking good.

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MARINERS REGATTA n olde Scotland, it was the Gathering of the Clans-. To the mountain men of 18th century America, it was ’Rendezvous.’ To the yachts Of yore on San Francisco Bay, the big annual get-together, competition and celebration is known as the Master Mariners Regatta. Like those earlier gatherings, the roots of the Master Mariners Regatta run deep. Begun in the 1860s as a friendly competition between commercial sailing ships, the event was kind of the local Superbowl of its day, a grand spectacle drawing thousands of spectators to vantage points tike Telegraph Hill to watch the action. Those,early regattas also served an important social function: to raise funds for the Master Mariners Benevolent Association, which in those days took care of retired seamen. The ’original’ Master Mariner Regattas were held off and on until 1891. In 1965, the event was reborn with vintage yachts. It has been a Bay Area tradition ever since. On May 29, some 92 classic yacrits in 13 divisions assembled off the Cityfront for the annual rites—in untraditionally calrh conditions. As late as 1990, the Mariners revelled v in near gale-force winds that forced the cancellation of other sailing events up and . \ down the coast. For the last couple oiyears, conditions have been more typical \ \ of summer on the Bay: brisk, but nolbrutal. True to form, by early afternoon, \ \ competitors in this year’s race were shying in 15 to 18 knots of breeze. By late afternoon, the wind hadbuilt to the low 20s, making for some fittingly dra¬ matic duels down the homestretch to the finish line below Treasure Island. (There’s no waiting or wondering about handicaps in this race; ‘Californian dreaming

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they’re built into the reverse-handicap start — whoever crosses the finish line first wins the division.) Tactically, the race may have been a bit more challenging than other MM regattas in recent memory — especially how boats dealt with the huge parking lot around South¬ ampton. As you’ll see in a minute, many a race was made or broken there this year. The bottom line: everything was just different enough this year to cause a shakeup in the order of the 'usual suspects'. The boats that always seem to top their classes simply got out-pointed, out-waterlined, outPage 102 • UtiU/t

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Clockwise from above — one of many pile-ups at Southampton Shoal; Peter English's 'Chorus' builds to a crescendo on her way to a win in Ocean II; hauling up a staysail on 'Ingwe'; the Bird Boat 'Swallow' (#25) leads eventual winner 'Skylark early in the race; the 75-ft schooner 'Tyrone' posted the fastest elapsed time of any gaffer; a revamped 'Clover' struts her stuff off Angel Island.

drifted or outsmarted. As you enjoy photos of some of the day’s action on the next few pages, here are a few literary snapshots to 'colorize' that action. Clover — A lot of people are still won¬ dering how the 66-ft Clover won the Big Schooner Division. Hey, we couldn’t find anyone who knew why a cutter even raced in the Big Schooner Division. But there it is. The Master Mariners were never ones to let

piddling semantics get in the way of the spirit of the competition. The closest we could come to an explana¬ tion was that the Big Schooners needed at least one more boat to have a really compe¬ titive division. The stately pirate-ship recrea¬ tion Hawaiian Chieftain is not exactly in the same performance league as the sleek state tallship Californian, and the Maritime Muse¬ um’s scow schooner Alma is definitely more

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which boasts one of the most interesting histories in the fleet. Among other pursuits in her 55 years of existence, Clover served as a British subhunter/minesweeper during World War II and is rumored to have evacuated more than 100 Allied soldiers off the beach at Dunkirk. "One of my wife Diane’s goals was to have the boat sailable for this year’s Master Mariners" says Lee. (About 3/4 ’done’, the big double-ender still lacks an interior.) "And she was sure happy we got a first place. The irony of it was, she had a family emergency and didn’t even get to go with us!"

Samarkand — The win in the competi¬ tive Ocean I class couldn’t have gone to a nicer boat this year. A Sparkman and Ste¬ phens yawl built by Abeking and Rasmussen in Germany in 1958 for IBM chairman Tho¬ mas Watson, Samarkand (ex-CCA racer Pa¬ lawan II) has been a tough as nails competi¬ tor for all her 35 years. This year the boat was in an especially aggressive mode, says Richard Humphrey, who amazingly is only the third owner. Over the last couple of years, she’s undergone a whole bunch of upgrading, including new rigging, new paint job (white replaces the ■ly. 1993 •

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1993 MASTER formerly bright-finished Honduras mahogany hull) and a new set of North Sails — all the better to duel with her nemesis in Ocean I, Christopher Schroll’s lovely S&S yawl Athene. Despite measuring in some 9 feet shorter than Athene’s 67-ft LOA, the 14-

Bob Sherman's gaff yawl'Freya1 reaches across the Bay from Blossom Rock.

The busy cockpit aboard 'Samarkand.

person crew on Samarkand was able to maintain almost all of her 10-minute lead over the course. The only time Athene really

threatened was in the reach from Blossom over to mark 23, when she waterlined to within 5 minutes of Samarkand. The latter, with her deep centerboard, made it all back up in her higher pointing ability in the next several legs. "Athene is always superbly sailed. I’ve never seen those guys make any mistakes. So it really felt good to finally beat them," says Humphrey.

Nomad — Anthony Leighton’s Cheoy Lee Lion celebrated her first win of anything, anywhere on Master Mariners Saturday, tak¬ ing home the division win in Marconi II. Leighton credits his crew and one big break for the victory, the 35-footer’s first win in four tries since 1988. "We were very lucky at Southampton," says Leighton. "We saw a bunch of boats parked there in no wind, so we stayed high. I’d say we passed at least 30 boats in that one maneuver." Not bad for a cruising boat built with no pretensions as a racer. Nomad was one of the last of the teak-hulled Lions to come out of Hong Kong in the early ’60s — "Back when they built boats right," says Leighton. For Anthony, this year’s regatta was the most enjoyable Master Mariners of the half dozen he’s done over the years. (Not all were aboard Nomad.) The worst were the ’89 and Like her broom-wielding namesake, 'Black Witch' started flying once the breeze filled in.

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’90 races, those gale-force gearbusters men¬ tioned earlier. Curiously, Nomad survived both those races intact, only to break her boom during a jibe right after the finish — both years! "I’ve since installed a new goose¬ neck arrangement," comments Anthony. The win was a fitting capper on a satis¬ fying eight years of ownership, during which

The crew of 'Nomad1. That's owner Anthony Leighton on the boom.

Leighton, a boatbuilder, has made many up¬ grades to the boat. Now, having become 'geographically undesirable' — Anthony is currently living and working in Mendocino — Nomad is up for sale. Black Witch — For the third year in a row, a division win in Gaff II has narrowly evaded Craig Swayne and crew on the 36-ft Winslow gaff sloop with the flying witch on the mainsail. And for the third year in a row, their second place showing has also gone hand-in-hand with the fastest elapsed time in division. "Old habits die hard," laughs Craig, who besides juggling with tactical on-the-water decisions, was this year’s race chairman. Black Witch was edged out of first this year by Ed and Linda Witt’s 44-ft schooner Regulus. Usually, the duel is between the 'Witch and Diane and Jerry Brenden’s likesize gaffer Freda. Unfortunately, Freda became one of the few DNS boats this year when a leak developed during practice the day before the race. So for the first time in almost a dozen years, the Brenden’s 108year-old boat spent race day in her slip. In the parlance of the classic crowd, "The wood wanted to wait," says Diane. One of the things that held Black Witch to bridesmaid status again this year was getting caught in the by-now infamous parking lot at Southampton. From there on, however, it.' was great sailing, especially the home stretch. "It was blowing about 20, the water was flat and everyone was just plowing along," says Craig. "It was great!" Californian — It’s always great to have the Southern California-based 145-ft state tallship Californian on hand for the Master Mariners — and equally great when she’s beaten out of a division win by a local boat. But while Californian had to settle for a second in the Big Schooner Division to the

Clover, there were a boatload of 'winners' aboard to enjoy the day. Some 40 guests paid $100 apiece to enjoy the race from the decks of the topsail schooner as she winged her way around the race course (an option other interested 'spectators' might keep in mind for next year, by the way). Keeping them and the 11-person crew under reign was Californian's master, 27-year-old Eric Rice, whose first exposure to the ship was as a cadet way back in 1986. But as Californian proved this year, all the talent and enthusiasm in the world won’t help if there’s no wind. Becalmed on her way across the Bay, Californian was 20 minutes late to her 1 p.m. start — and her fate was sealed. Bluenose — "It was the typical fox and hen routine," says Dennis Peitso, owner of the 50-ft Chappelle schooner Bluenose. "I think we won from shear fright." Bluenose, whose Marina del Rey-based owner also received the long-distance award, has earned her stripes the hard way. "For the last 12 years, we’ve done the best we could until Brigadoon went by, then we’d follow them and learn something," says Dennis. This year, Brigadoon got caught in the 'black hole of Southampton', while Bluenose somehow squeaked around just ahead. By the time the bigger boat got out, Bluenose was making like her famous Grand Banks namesake and sprinting for the finish with everything flying. "It was one of the most exciting finishes

In a class by themselves: Gordie Nash and crew on the 20-ft mini-mariner 'Fairhaven'.

I’ve ever experienced," says Dennis. "Briga¬ doon is a real thoroughbred and I thought sure they were going to catch us. After a while, my crew wouldn’t let me look back. 'You just drive!' they’d shout." Meanwhile, over on Brigadoon, Terry Klaus’s crew was doing everything they July, 1993

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1993 MASTER could to pour on a little more speed. Crew¬ man Pat O’Daniels reports that there was some concern about the strain being put on the topmast in the increasing breeze. To which the afterguard replied, "If it goes, it goes . . . catch those guys!"

Coming or going (she's coming at the camera here), there's a certain symmetry to 'Alma'.

Had they raced all the way to the Bay Bridge, Brigadoon would have 'caught those guys'. As it was, Bluenose crossed ahead of her perennial rival — by only 14 seconds. A sistership, Bill Rickman’s Nightwatcher took third.

The crew of'Elizabeth Muir' proudly display 'Lati¬ tude's house flag: skull, crossbones and beany cap with a propeller on top.

"I liken the feeling to throwing myself off a cliff and screaming all the way to the bot¬ tom," says Peitso. "I’m still hoarse." Polly — The 'newest' of the Birds soared into her second lifetime at the ’93 Master Mariners. Regular readers may recall that Polly underwent one of the most extensive restorations we’ve ever seen starting back in Page 106 • UMmUH • July, 1993

1990. Originally built in 1929 at the Stone Boat Yard, the nonprofit 'Polly Project' ran into funding problems during her restoration at the same yard, and work stopped and started several times while donations were sought. Late last year, Polly’s patron saint appeared in the form of Danville’s Floyd Wheatley, who raced against the boat in her prime back in the ’30s and ’40s. Wheatley stepped in with enough bucks to get the project com¬ pleted, and took ownership of the boat just this spring. At that time, Polly was little more than a bare hull and deck, but a first-class one — the only original wood left was just a few feet of the stem. The boat was completed only a month before the regatta, and she sailed only once before joining the race. Despite those handicaps, Wheatley helmed the boat to a second in the five-boat fleet behind WBRA regular Skylark. Regulus — And then there’s Ed Witt. If anyone ever personified the spirit of the

Relaxed here, the crew of'Bluenose' were in for one of the year's most exciting homestretch runs.

Master Mariners, this year it’s got to be Ed, owner and master of the 1949 Crocker schooner Regulus. First off, under a former owner, the boat was one of the original participants in the 1965 recreation of the Master Mariners Re¬ gatta. Secondly, Ed’s crew probably symbo¬ lized the unity, spirit and continued vitality of the Master Mariners better than any boat out there this year. The six-man complement was composed of three sets of fathers and sons: Dave and John Razzano, Steve and Spencer Hubbard, and Ed and his son, Jesse. And finally, there’s Ed himself, who as you’re about to read, paid dearly to parti¬ cipate in this year’s race. If there’s ever a 'Spirit of Sportsmanship' award given, our suggestion is that it be named for Ed. The 'Tai Kuri' eventually overtook 'Wilhelm H. Starck1 to garner a third place in Gaff II.

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ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE/JR EXCEPT AS NOTED where he received seven stitches across his forehead. Against the advice of various doc¬ tors, mothers and spouses, however, Witt went ahead with plans to enter the regatta and managed to steer Regulus, one-handed, to victory."

'Witt and Wisdom’ trophy, or perhaps the Witt’s End' perpetual. We quote from the June issue of The Shellback, monthly news¬ letter of the Master Mariners. . . "Witt’s April haulout of his 44-ft schooner Regulus began with a fall that dislocated his left shoulder. Several days after having his

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iIs another Master Mariners goes into the record books, Craig Swayne offers spe¬ cial thanks to the many people who helped make it happen, especially trophy chairman Tom List, sponsorship chairman Peter Eng¬ lish, senior race officer Jim Snow, committee boat driver Dan Wilson, and Caleb Whitbeck, who for the fifth year in a row pro¬ duced the artwork that appeared on the race T-shirts. Tfiis year’s featured boat was Nightwatcher. Although down slightly from years past in participant numbers, the ’93 regatta was decidedly up in sponsor participation, with 37 companies or individuals lending their support. As mentioned, in the old days, the

Arrr, mateys — the salty 'Hawaiian Chieftain' sailing full and by.

the company to fly their house flag aboard the sponsored vessel, as well as have a representative aboard for the race. Again,

1993 MASTER MARINERS RESULTS BIG SCHOONER (22.5. nm; 4 boats) 1. Clover Lee & Diane Deckard 2. Californian* Nautical Heritage Soc. 3. Hawaiian Chieftain Haw, Chieftain inc. 4. Alma Natl Maritime Museum GAFF 1 (15.5 nm; 5 boats) 1. Btuenose Dennis Peitso 2. Brigadoon Terry & Patty Klaus 3. Nightwatcher Bifl & Shiriee Rickman GAFF II (15.5 nm; 8 boats) 1. Regulus Ed & Linda Witt 2. Black Witch* Craig Swayne 3. Tai Kuri Skip & Pat Henderson GAFF ill (13.6 nm; Iboat) 1. Fairhaven* Gordon Nash MARCONI I (15.5 nm; 16 boats) 1. Contenta Chuck & Carla Levdar 2. Kandu Jim Conway 3. Apache* Ron Romero 4. Danzante Barry Herman 5. Mangareva Roger King MARCONI II (15.5 nm; 10 boats) 1. Nomad Anthony Leighton 2. Enkidu Jim Stoye 3. Sunda Robert Rogers 4. Nautigal Jeff & Karen Stokes MARCONI III (15.5 nm; 9 boats) 1. Vectis Steve Stock 2. Simoon* Dale Williams 3. Eclipse Richard & Millie Bitter 4. pampero W. Owen/C. Newell

66' cuke Bros. Cutter (1938) 145' Topsail Schooner (1984) 193‘Topsail Ketch (1987) 80' Scow Schooner (1691) 50’ Chappelfe Schooner (i960) 65’ Herreschoff Schooner (1924) 50' Chappelle Schooner (1978) 44* Crocker Schooner (1946)

36' Winslow Stoop (1949) 40’ Wykoff Ketch (1971) 20’ Traditional Ketch (1988) Lapworth 40(1959) 40> S&S Sloop (1946) 68 Cox & Stevens Sch (1925) Lapworth 40 (1960) 40' Dallimore Cutter (1951) 35’ Cheoy Lee Lion (1962) 36’Ohlson Sloop (1963) 35' Blanchard Sloop (1941) 38’ Spaulding Sloopfl938) 37* 33' 31 33'

New Zealand Cutter (1929) Rhodes Sloop (1957) Reimer:. Sloop (1940) Rhodes Stoop {1947)

arm properly realigned at Kaiser Vallejo, a second fall left Witt unconscious in a p'uddle of blood and antifouling paint. When he awoke thinking Jimmy Carter was still presi¬ dent, Witt was promptly rushed back to the familiar faces of the Kaiser emergency room,

MARCONI IV (13.6 nm; 13 boats) 1. Westerly Noel Duckett 30’S&S Sloop (1939) 2. Curmudgeon Don Thackery 27’Crosby Stoop (1938) 3. Honalee* Paul & Dawn Milter 28’Herreschoff Ketch (1962) 32' Herreschoff Ketch (1961) Charles Cannon 4. Sea Spray 31'Davis Stoop (1955) C. Gann/D. Promo 5. Vim OCEAN 1(17.1 nm; 4 boats) 55’S&S Yaw! (1958) 1. Samarkand Richard Humphrey 63 S&S Yawl (1937)“ 2. Athene' Christopher Schroll 3. Valiant Jeff McNish 45’S&S Sloop (1960) OCEAN h (17.1 nm; 5 boats) 1. Chorus* Peter & Kathy English Kettenburg 38 (1958) 38' Farallon Clipper (1957) 2. Ouessant Frank Buck 3. Credit Bill & Janice Belmont 38* Faralton Clipper (1952) BEAR (14.1 nm; 4 boats) 1. Trigger* Scott Cauchois (1938) 2. Sugarfoot Marty Zwick (1938) 3. Ginger Bear Karen Moeller (1947) BIRD (14. 1 nm; 4 boats) 1. Skylark* Peter Brosig (1929/1993) 2. Polly Floyd Wheatley 3. Cuckoo Chris Hammond (1929) SPECIAL AWARDS Biltlken Betl (Fastest Gaff): Tyrone; T. Thomdyke, 7S* Crocker Sch (1939) Deadeye Trophy (Fastest Marconi): Apache, Ron Romero Lyfe Galloway Trophy (Fastest under 30’): Wona/ee, Paul & Dawn Milter Baruna Cup (1st Place Perpetual, Ocean I): Samarkand, Richard Humphrey Longest Distance Travelled: Bluenose, Dennis Peitso (Marina del Rey) Best Dressed Crew: Slmpatico, Tom McGowan. 35‘ Garden Ketch (1965) *Denotes fastest elapsed time in dess. In divisions with no asterisk, fastest boat did not place.

money went to retired seamen. Nowadays, the $100 sponsor fee goes to help offset costs of the regatta. Notably, Peter English was able to entice a number of shipping companies to rejoin the tradition they helped create 126 years ago. Sponsorship entitles

something to think about for next year if you want to get involved. (Sponsors,do not have to be marine-related.)

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plete without the post-race raftup and party, which may well have achieved its legendary status as far back as those original 19th century races. This year, somewhere be¬ tween 50 and 60 boats rafted up at the Encinal YC to enjoy the lasagne feed, musical entertainment and of course the awards presentations. Winning boats in each division receive a coveted strutting cock banner emblazoned with the word 'Champi¬ on' — another popular carryover from the old days. Finally, lest anyone deign to suggest that

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ties centered around the Lapworth 40 Danzante and her illustrious skipper, bartender and resident philosopher, Barry Herman. "Barry wowed everybody with his stamina and endurance, teaching us the meanings of life, karma and screw-top bottles as he held court in the throne room—Danzante’s cock¬ pit — from past midnight until well past cock’s crow and the start of daytime tele¬ vision." So wrote a survivor named 'Snakewake' in The Shellback. Herman continued his assault on conven¬ tion by napping through a stirring medly of reveille tunes — accompanied by the formed-on-the-spot Master Mariner Clogstyle dancers. True to form, though, Barry was once again hitting on all cylinders for his own birthday party later that same evening.

post-race raftup ana dmner-on-tne-green.

there are no iron men left among the wood¬ en crowd, we offer a glimpse into the last and least known facet of the Master Mariners tradition: the post-party party. It begins as the last of the lightweights motors home, and usually goes until at least dawn. (This is one of the big reasons the ’Mariners switched this regatta from Sunday to Saturday a few years ago — one day wasn’t enough to recover.) This year, much of the after-hours festivi¬

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ust 25 years of age, Emma Westmacott has been the professional captain of a large foreign-going San Francisco-based sailboat for the last two years. In a world where there are relatively i«w wcrr.er. captains — and fewer still who have been running big yachts since age 22 — it’s only natural to wonder if perhaps the boat isn’t owned by her father. It’s not. Her conservative father, in fact, would prefer that Emma return home, become a nurse and settle down. Fat chance. It was her mother who got Emma started in dinghies on the East Coast of England when she was very young. As she grew older, Emma continued to progress in sailing on her own. "I loved being on the water. I also knew I was going to want to do a lot of traveling, and working on boats seemed like the ideal way of making money while seeing the world." Westmacott taught sailing in her teens, got her Coastal Skippers License at age 19, and her Yacht Master License — which enables her to skipper private yachts with no stipulation as to the vessel’s size or number of passengers — at age 21. (Unlike the American Six Pak license, which is obtained by passing a multiple choice test for which the questions and answers are — embarrassingly enough — available in advance, England’s Yacht Master license entails a rigorous test of onthe-water competency.) It wasn’t after getting her license that the ambitious Westmacott and her Aussie boyfriend Ian, also 21, became tired of teaching and shuttling boats across the English Channel for Sunsail Charters. Wanting to run big boats, they delivered a Beneteau 38 from Europe to the Virgin Islands. When the delivery was over, they made the rounds of big boats with their Master tickets, hoping to get hired as charter skippers. "We got laughed at a lot. We were both young, hadn’t run big boats before and I’m a woman. Even funnier to some was the fact I’m from Hartfordshirfe, which like Kansas, is about as far from the sea as possible." Emma and Ian decided to gut it out by taking whatever jobs they could to get a foot

in the door. "When you’re new, you have to accept the worst jobs," Emma says without rancor. "Having worked for Sunsail in England, we had some credibility with a Sunsail/Stevens guy we met in Antigua. He Page 1)0 •

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Through skill and perseverance, Emma Westma¬ cott has risen above many petty predjudices.

got us a job delivering a Cheoy Lee 36 from the Virgins to St. Lucia. What a disaster!"

1 oung and determined, Emma and Ian continued to pay their dues. "Upon arrival in St. Lucia, we took a job aboard a Nautical 56. We got it because it wasn’t very

desirable. The owner — who was aboard full time — was attempting to fix the boat with hardly any money, and as a result, things weren’t getting done properly. Furthermore, Ian and I were only paid $1,200 a month between the two of us. "But we made the big effort and stuck it out for three months because we needed a situation in which to prove we were both competent and serious. The Caribbean charter business is full of people who blow through for a couple of months primarily for a holiday on the beach; people who’ve finished school and don’t want to start careers yet, people who’ve just gotten divorced, that kind of thing." Their three months of hard work paid off, for when it was over they had three job offers. "One was from The Moorings to run a 51-footer. That was tempting because- it offered job security. But it was too much like the work we’d done for Sunsail back in England: long hours, low pay and just a Thursday afternoon off every couple of months. The other two opportunities were to run a Talisman 46 or a Pearson 530. We chose the Pearson, which was in good condition and owned by a guy from Oklahoma. We chartered her for three months out of St. Lucia and had a great time. "Although Ian leaned a little more toward the mechanical side and I toward cooking, we were equal in all other aspects of the job, such as driving, navigating, sail trim and general responsibility. Ian was great in the sense that, like me, he believes the only differences between a man and a woman are physical." While Ian may have been enlightened, such was not the case with everyone else. "It was usually perceived that Ian was the skipper and I was the bimbo. I didn’t like that — although it further fueled my desire to run my own boat." Unfortunately — in a professional sense — for Westmacott, she’s a strapping woman of 5’9" and more than a little attractive. But it’s not only her good looks that help reinforce the false bimbo perception, but also her dedication to retaining her femininity. "After a while, women on boats have a tendency to start looking like the guys; a little grungie, a little dykie. I’m proud to be a woman and think it’s important that people be able to accept me as both a good sailor and a woman who likes to look her best. Just because a woman sails doesn’t mean she has to look like Tug Boat Annie." Emma and Ian delivered the Pearson to the Northeast, where the boat was shown at a number of the used boat shows. It was

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during one such show that a chance meeting occurred that would eventually put her in the captain’s seat.

11 guy from Fraser Yachts sent an older gentleman over, who told us he was looking to buy a boat and would therefore need a captain before long. The man, whom I’ll call ’Mr. X’ because he prefers to remain anonymous, was from San Francisco. Ian and I didn’t have time to do much more than

say ’hello1 and give him our resumes, as it was raining, freezing cold and almost dark, but he told us to keep in touch." When the Pearson sold in October, Emma and Ian were without a gig. So, they spent the winter shuttling boats, starting with the delivery of a Little Harbor 44 to the Caribbean. After that, Sunsail needed numerous new boats commissioned and Emma is currently skippering this San Franciscobased 55-footer.

tested in Guadeloupe and Martinique, and then delivered all over the Caribbean and to the Bahamas. "We did so many deliveries that season I can’t remember them all." One of the keys to success in any uphill endeavor is perseverance, and Emma has it. Most sailors would have brushed off the letters that continued to come from Mr. X, who seemed to be interested in a different boat every month. Ian was one. "This guy is never going to buy a boat," he’d tell Emma. But she figured it didn’t take that much time or effort to stay in contact, so why not continue to correspond? Near the end of the season in Antigua, Emma and Ian split up. "On our anniversary, of all days," she says ruefully. She joined a Swan 651 as mate, and sailed across the Atlantic to the Azores, Gibraltar and Palma. After a brief trip back home to visit her family and do some racing in England, she returned to the Swan. By this time Emma’s perseverance had paid off. Mr. X had bought a boat in June and wanted her as captain. Emma didn’t drop everything and take the job, however, because she’d made a commitment to spend the summer chartering with the Swan in Corsica and Sardinia. And she believes in keeping her commitments. But after hauling the boat in Antibes and doing the Niolargue in St. Tropez — Emma loves to race — she left the Swan. "Everybody was blown away when I gave up my position, as good jobs on boats were getting hard to come by, and mate on a Swan 65 is a prestigious position. But I wanted to run my own boat."

i^\fter arriving in San Francisco in October of 1991, Emma’s situation rapidly became secure. "I was hired on the basis of my resume," she says, "so the owner and his partner didn’t really know how good I was. But I must have proved myself pretty quickly, because after just one week I was given a two year contract." Young female skippers have a lot of hurdles to clear before becoming the skipper of a boat, the biggest hurdle usually coming :

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who might be able to recover stuff that gets stolen." Port officials, even in macho Mexico, have been anything but a problem. In fact, it’s one instance where it probably helps to be a female captain. "They’re all amazed to see me. And once they do, they don’t forget me. The Port Captain at Puerto Madero practically waited on me hand and foot," says Emma.

"Mr. X and his wife are an unusual couple," explains Westmacott. "Even though he’s in his lates 70s, he still windsurfs. And his wife has been like a mother to me. They’ve been wonderful, as has been their partner in the boat. Frankly, I think they’re all proud of me, and enjoy it when guests who come aboard are shocked to find me, a young woman, the skipper." While the owners haven’t had a problem with a young woman being skipper, it’s not been a universal sentiment among her male colleagues. "When you start out, everybody tries to take the piss out of you. 'Doing two jobs for the price of one, are you?' they’ll taunt. I can handle that stuff. After that settles down, I can pretty much figure on half the male skippers really liking me and half feeling just the opposite." Because she’s still relatively young and a woman, Westmacott still has to keep proving herself each time a new opportunity — such as being the sailing master on a Baltic 42 at Antigua Sailing Week — comes along. "The worst is the night before the first race in a bar. The guys who don’t know you are

One of the biggest hurdles women skippers have to clear is from anotherwoman; the owner s wife. naturally sizing you up and there’s nothing you can do to prove yourself. But everything changes once the racing starts, because I know what I’m doing and the crew can see it. After that, it’s no problem." Self-confidence is an important quality in a skipper; Westmacott obviously has it.

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The Baltic 42 'A' PoiF ivas one of few boats at Antigua Sailing Week to have a woman as sailing master.

^5hortly after being hired, Westmacott took the boat south to Mexico. Technically, she wasn’t the skipper until the boat was in Mexican waters, as foreign citizens cannot skipper U.S. documented vessels. That winter she would take the boat as far south as Z-town and as far north in the Sea of Cortez as Mulege. When summer came, she brought the boat back to California. Last winter, Westmacott took the boat all the way down to Costa Rica, only recently delivering her back to San Diego. "A lot of California sailors don’t find what they expect in Costa Rica. It’s not white sand beaches and palm-lined beaches many expect, but rather 10-foot tides and open anchorages. Being from England, I’m used to that stuff and it didn’t bother me. But a lot of the cruisers were disappointed and/or anxious." Thievery has become a growing problem in Costa Rica, but Westmacott wasn’t bothered by it. "People are a little bit stupid, aren’t they?" she says. "They don’t get that upset if their bike is stolen in the States, but they can get all worked up if their shoes disappear from a dinghy in a Third World country. It doesn’t make sense to me." Westmacott had two solutions to thwart the main thievery problems. "First, I made sure the dinghy was hauled out of the water each night so it couldn’t be stolen. Second, I deliberately made friends — as I do everywhere — with the fishermen and locals. If you avoid them and put padlocks on everything, you’re both being unfriendly and showing fear. Neither is good. So I just walk up to them and start talking. I become friends with them because most of them are nice — and because they’re the only ones

estmacott readily acknowledges there are a few things that men can inherently do better on boats than women. "A man can jerk a big sail up on deck with one arm, whereas a woman might have to use every muscle in her body. But stuff men can inherently do better can be compensated for with good technique, teamwork or by using mechanical aids. There is no reason that women can’t accomplish any of the jobs on a boat." And that goes for the mechanical stuff, too. "I learned about engines while working on them,” says Westmacott, "so there’s no mystery about diesels for me. I’m probably lucky in that I learned from good mechanics who had a positive outlook that stuff would work when they were done. I also always read the manuals before I dive into anything, which is important, as is following directions. The nice thing about mechanical problems is that there’s usually one correct solution; I derive a lot of satisfaction from finding it." Westmacott is also a big believer in cleanliness. "I’m tidy, and that helps when you’re doing mechanical work. When I was working on the Nautical, Ian used to put the dirty fuel filters in the wash basin!" she says throwing up her hands. As one male who has sailed with Emma noted, 'The boat was clean enough to lick anywhere." Preventing problems is another of Westmacott’s credos, no matter if it regards the engine, rig or anything else. "Doing things properly from the start or in time can save a lot of trouble later. It doesn’t matter if it’s changing the oil in the diesel, cleaning the various filters or reefing. I’m a great believer in preventing problems before they happen. When the wind starts to come up, for instance, I reef. It makes things safer and easier both on the crew and boat." Following this philosophy has left Westmacott unable to remember a single real crisis at sea during the 37,000 ocean miles she’s sailed. "I’ve been through the normal crap where the engine overheats, the alternator doesn’t charge, the mainsail rips, stuff like that. But nothing major. And while

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a lot of people get excited about little things, I just don’t see the drama in it. "What’s the big deal, for instance, if the main tears in half? You’re out in the middle of the ocean, so you’re not going to hit anything. When it happened to us, we just reefed the main past the tear and kept on going. And what’s the drama if the engine overheats? You’re not going to sink, nobody is going to die. The important thing is to keep cool.” Westmacott attributes some of her cool to having started sailing young and on dinghies.

"Tipping over was fun and you learned it was nothing more serious than getting wet. So you’d right the boat and get going again, none the worse for the wear. After a while you learn it wasn’t really a problem in the first place."

' 1 ^ hroughout her sailing career, Westmacott has adhered to certain personal Despite being one of few women in a 'man's world, Emma has no problem maintaining her femininity.

principles. One is that no matter how exciting the opportunity offered to her, it had to be tendered on the basis of her sailing ability alone. "I refused all offers to sail as cook or stewardess. When told 1 could come on deliveries if I cooked, I replied that I didn’t cook. If you tell them straight off that you cook, you end up doing all the cooking! In actual fact, after the third day I usually end up doing my share of cooking. That’s both to pull my own weight, but also because I frequently can’t stand the dog food that’s served up on so many boats." This is not to say Emma still doesn’t get offers to cook on boats. One of Westmacott’s goals is to do the TransPac on a maxi sled. "A guy I met in Puerto Vallarta told me 1 could do the TransPac on a maxi sled with him if 1 cooked. 1 told him I don’t cook on boats. He found me again later that evening and told me 1 wouldn’t have to cook to get the berth, I’d just have to screw him! I told him I don’t cook or screw to get on boats. Nor do I associate with people who make such offers." The offer Westmacott desires more than any other is from a Whitbread syndicate. While she feels it might be easier for an all¬ women’s effort to attract publicity and thus sponsors, she has no illusions about her chances on just merit. "There are so many highly qualified males around." Westmacott has talked with three or four syndicates, and in early April the prospects looked excellent for what was planned to be a Whitbread entry with half men and half women. But in May she got the bad news that the sponsorship had fallen through. Time is running short, but she’s still hoping.

^5o what’s Westmacott like as captain? Pete Caras, a Sausalito veteran of singlehanding up and down the Baja coast and many ocean races, just helped her deliver the boat from Cabo to San Diego. His evaluation: "I give her five stars. She’s an extremely competent captain — certainly a better one than I. In addition, she has a wonderful personality. We had two novice women sailors aboard who were very eager to learn and who asked a thousand questions. Perhaps its because Emma taught sailing for so long, but she was a very patient and thorough." So what’s the future hold for her? Emma’s not completely sure. "I was brought up in a very conservative and proper place, where girls become mums and live happily ever after. There’s a little bit of that tugging at me. But it’s a big world with so much to see, that it would be hard for me to turn my back on it now." — latitude 38 July, 1993

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e love the Fourth of July — but not because of the family picnics, patriotic parades and fireworks. In fact, we honestly can’t remember the last time we were home to enjoy that 'normal' stuff. No, we’re passionate about the Fourth because we

“We'll be first to Santa Barbara — that is,,unless we do something incredibly stupid!“ predicts Peter Hogg, owner of’Aotea'.

associate it with the noble pastime of ocean racing — real, hardcore ripping down-thecoast and blasting over-to-Hawaii stuff. Until a week ago, there was an over¬ abundance of July 4th distance races to choose from — four, in fact, each offering a different destination and requiring different levels of skill and commitment. The 'fresh¬ man' course remains the easiest: Oakland YC and Elkhom YC’s Boreas Race, a 90-mile coastal jaunt now in its 42nd year. Starting off the Cityfront at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 2, this race will feature 20-30 boats ranging in size from a custom Lapworth 48 down to a Thunderbird. A motor allowance division is being offered for the first time, insuring that at least some of the fleet will get out the Gate before the mid-morning flood turns nasty. We’re told the Saturday night shindig in Moss Landing makes the whole trip worth¬ while, after which you still have two days to recover and get your boat back uphill. The second option used to be a choice between two 'junior varsity' middle-distance races. However, Metropolitan YC — Oak¬ land’s 'mobile' club — recently pulled the plug on their once-mighty Catalina Race after 14 years, citing lack of interest in the race. Just as that race once gobbled up MORA’s San Diego Race en route to an alltime high of 127 participants in 1988, the Catalina Race has been superseded by Encinal YC’s fledgling Coastal Race to Santa Barbara. Races have lifespans, and the Catalina Race appears to have come to the end of its road. "But we’ll be back in some form next year," vowed MYCO Commodore Jim Shapter. "The race started as a club cruise, and maybe that’s what it will become again." Given the tremendous effort Encinal YC has put into their new Coastal Race, we figured it would eventually overwhelm Page 114 • Ur&Jtli • July. 1993

MYCO’s doddering Catalina event — but frankly, we didn’t expect it to happen quite so suddenly. Fortunately, the Coastal Race

alternative makes good sense in these hectic times — it takes less time, costs less and involves fewer hassles than its former competitor. "Basically, we cut a full day of drifting off the back end of the course, and

spared everyone the inconvenience and expense of dealing with Avalon," says race official Ed Milano. "Obviously, everyone was ready for a change." Finally, there’s the 'varsity' race — the real thing, the Holy Grail, the pinnacle of West Coast distance racing — the 37th Transpacific Yacht Race. The 2,216-mile dash from Pt. Fermin to Diamond Head remains the ultimate rite of passage in the close-knit California offshore racing community — love it or hate it, you have to do the TransPac at least once to call yourself an 'ocean racer'. In the balance of these few allotted pages, let’s take a closer look at the new kid on the block — EYC’s 'upstart' Coastal Race — before turning our attention to ’ol Granddad, the TransPac, and the new tricks he’s learn¬ ed this year.

1993 Encinal/Santa Barbara Yacht

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J/44 Wylie 42 Olson 34

Monroe Wingate Lon Price Bruce Nesbit

St. Francis Richmond Richmond

Antrim 40 Cross 46 R F-27 Tetstar 8M

Peter Hogg Bill Maudru Mike Green Joe Siudzinski

Corinthian Sierra Point Encinal BAMA

MacGregor 65 SC 52 SC50 J/44 Beneteau45f5 Frers 46

John Townsend Jeffery Chandler David Sallows Jack Clapper John Linneman Adam McAfee Steen Moller Bobbi Tosse/John Clauser Ryte Radke John Ntesley Bob Bloom Rico Venables Andy Rothman Mike Shlens Georg Neill Steve Saperstein Alex Malaccorto Lee Garami Mario Supulveda Carl & Mark Ondry Craig Riley Bill Keith John & Betsy Hughes Bob Cunfco/Jerry Keefe Cliff Donoho Mary Swift James Fryer Mike Clarke Paul Altman EricSchou Klaus Kutz Tim Descamps

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Coastal Race Over 80 boats are expected to answer the starting guns at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 3, off Baker’s Beach for the second annual 285mile Encinal-Santa Barbara Coastal Race. "We more than doubled last year’s fleet!" exulted race chairwoman Shirley Temming. "Who’d have figured it?" The make-up of the fleet is also quite different than in ’92, as big boats are now the rule rather than the exception. Last year, the event was dominated by little boats: 22 of the 38 entries were MORAns (30 feet or under), and many of these boats trailered home. Eric Sultan’s Wilderness 30 Special Edition swept the inaugural race, finishing first in 41 hours, 51 minutes. Even a cursory glance at the entry list below suggests that Ed’s record will be pummelled given any kind of wind. Conten¬

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Express 27 Ericson 35 Mk III Laser 28 Columbia 45 Pretorien 35 Contessa 33 Islander 36 Catalina 36 Orion 35 Jeanneau 32 Cal 31 Catalina 30 Catalina 30 Wilderness 21

Kim Desenberg Patti & Dick Cranor J.R. Byrne Harold Wright ■ Bruce Morden Chuck Hooper/Shelly Nissen Bill Paries Jim Anton Jim Dupuis Bob Neal Noble Brown Seth Bailey John Jacobs David Jefferson

Richmond Alameda Encinal Sequoia None Benicia Encinal Benicia Encinal Benicia Benicia Encinal Island Baliena Bay

126 126 132 132 135 138 144 150 156 156 156 180 180 216

Olson 29 Express 27 Moore 24 Moore 24 Hawkfarm 28 Cal 9.2 Cal 20

Dan Nitake Mark Halman Roger Heath Peter MacLaird B. Boshma/T. Bentsen Don a Betty Lessley Mike & Linda Warren

Santa Cruz Richmond Richmond Sausalito Richmond Richmond Cal Sailing

Sabre 42 Tartan 41 Nordic 40 Ericson 38 G&C Landfall Valiant 40 Peterson 44 Islander 36 Morgan 44 Nonsuch 36 Islander 30

Alex Finlay Herman Trutner Rodger Chrisman Myron Eisenzlmmer James Neef David Bennett Paul Rasmussen David Scardigli Don Engle Mai Jendresen David Hillstrom

Encinal Island San Francisco San Francisco Baliena Bay Alameda Encina! Coyote Point None Sausalito Encinal

93 102 105 117 123' 132 138 144 153 156 198

CT 49 Ericson 32 Newport 30 Seafarer 30 Islander

Robert Marshall Lew Tanenbaum Tom Gaines Rodger Goodseli Lee & Claudia Series

Encina) Sausalito Island Encinal Island

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PHBF.ttOnttl) Frog-in-French y Wind Chaser Takeoff Spectra Arcturus Warwhoop Juggernaut Fast Forward Nicole Movin On Perpetual Motion Fat Cat Trey Shay LiV Bandit

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TransPac When we last left ’Granddad’ two years ago, he had shrunk down to only 42 boats, the smallest fleet since 1963. This year, despite the addition of PHRF for the first time — not to mention an expensive mar¬ keting blitz — the race still failed to reverse the downward trend, topping out at 41 boats. "Actually we’re pleased to be holding our own given the current economic state," claimed Transpacific YC Commodore Leon Cooper.

ders for monohull line honors include Blackjack (Mac 65), Pressure Cooker (SC 52), Dolphin Dance (SC 50) and a pair of J/44s. Peter Hogg’s Aotea, with designer Jim Antrim and sailmaker Kame Richards aboard, is a good bet for multihull elapsed time honors. At the opposite end of the speed spectrum is Mike Warren’s Cal 20 Culo Bagnato, which according to the PHRF ratings should finish last by several hours. "Hey, who needs to get there first?" said Mike. "We spend more time on the course, thereby maximizing the return on our $125 entry fee!" Hopefully, the Santa Barbara YC won’t explode at the seams when the huge fleet hits town. The awards ceremony on Tuesday night, July 6, should tax the facilities to the max. "We’re working out the details," promised Temming.

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'Rage' should be first to Hawaii, albeit un¬ officially. "We'll serve the sled guys cocktails when they get in," promises owner Steve Rander.

Taking a cue from the Pacific Cup, this year’s starts will be staggered over four days (June 30 through July 3), though most of the attention will still be focused on the 13-boat ULDB 70 class that leaves the last day. Will this be the year that Merlin’s 1977 bench¬ mark of 8 days, 11 hours, and 1 minute finally falls? Could something other than a sled — gasp! — arrive in Hawaii first? Interesting TransPac efforts — and there are always many — include Bonnie Gibson’s all-women crew on Antara, a Cal 40 out of Santa Barbara; HMCS Oriole, a 102-foot training vessel from Canada which has no winches; and the controversial Wylie 70 Rage from Portland, Oregon, which has elected to race unofficially rather than sail in July. 1993 • IaXPU-Ji 12 • Page 115

OCEAN RACING PREVIEW 1993 TransPac Entrants a 'neutered' configuration to conform to the equivalent of the maximum allowable IMS rating. "Why take the fun out of the passage?" asked Steve Rander, who’s disap¬ pointed but not bitter about the way things worked out. We’ll fill you in on the above stories and more next month. Meanwhile, here’s a quick and dirty look at the Bay Area entries;. Destiny — Peter Bennett’s 1978 Swan 43 needs a breeze to do well. "It’s a Swan, so we’ll sail down the rhumbline, eat really well and just hope for the best," claimed watch captain Jim Schafer. Most of the crew is from the Bay Area, including navigator Bob Woodford, Tim Russell, Oliver Coolidge and Chuck Bremberg. Bennett chartered Strider for the ’91 race. Gone With The Wind — St. Francis Commodore Bill LeRoy will race with his 18year-old son Mike, two of the Perkins brothers (Chris and Phil), co-navigators Dan {

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N/M68 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 R/P 70 N/M 68 Andrews 70 Andrews 70 SC 70 Andrews 56 Schock 55 SC 50 Frers 50 J/N 40 Choate 40

David Delo Ed McDowell Blake Quinn Jim Ryley Petek Tong Roy Disney Joe Case John DeLaura Bruce Chandler Eitaro Skimizu Mike Campbell Dick Compton Fred Kirschner Bob Lane Barbara Colville Bill LeRoy Dick Applegate Jerome Montgomery Leonard King

San Diego Redondo Beach Newport Beach San Francisco Long Beach Marina del Rey San Francisco Los Angeles Long Beach Toyko. Japan Long Beach Santa Barbara Coronado Long Beach Newport Beach San Francisco Long Beach Long Beach Ventura

69.99 69.71 69.59 69.57 69.57 69.50 N/A N/A 69.37 69.37 68.90 68.74 68.04 59.86 N/A 54.43 38.24 29.97 29.28

IMS 19 boats) MBS Flyer It Morning Glory Persuasion Ariel Warspite Perestroika Vendetta Antara Urban Renewal

Simonis 53 R/P 50 Andrews 53 Mason 54 Wylie 42 Jeppesen 39 Moody 44 Cal 40 J/35

Ellian Perch Hasso Plattner Neil Barth Richard Rosie Kevin Meechan Gib Black Bill Reid Bonnie Gibson Les Vasconcellos

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Not all dinosaurs are confined to Jurassic Park this summer. Some, such as 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' (above) and ‘Tomahawk1, are racing in the T-Pac.

Mudge and Tom Relyea, and Bud Suther¬ land. The latter two are the most exper¬ ienced offshore sailors in the group — in fact, both were on Ted Turner’s winning Tenacious in the ill-fated 1979 Fastnet Race. This group is sailing with an aggressive 7Page 116 • lOMJt’iI? • July. 1993

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man crew using the popular 'rotating' watch system. They have a new main and two new kites, just did a last minute blister job and have overhauled the electronics. This is the first TransPac for most of the crew. "It’s a really big production," marvelled one design ace Chris Perkins. "It’s not exactly as easy as just going down to Safeway and buying a week’s worth of food!" Kingfish — "We have high expectations, but a low budget," admitted John Kerslake, owner of this late-model (1985) SC 40. "We’re there to have fun — but who knows, maybe we’ll get lucky!" The Kingfish effort is a collective one, with everyone on the team chipping in to cover expenses and labor — including 70 hours of fairing the bottom! In addition to Kerslake, the crew consists of Corinthian YC Commodore Jim Gibbs (navi¬ gator), his 17-year-old son Matthew, Ron Kell, Jim Snow, Jim Tull and Tom Neukranz. "We’ve got four new sails and have up¬ graded all our safety gear," said John.

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"We’re all really excited, and can’t wait for the start!" Merlin — Owner Donn Campion is still negotiating with the race committee as to what class his venerable Merlin will be allowed to race in, PHRF or IMS. "VJe're running into the same obstacles as Rage, but we’re definitely going!" stated Donn. "Our ideal scenario would be for light wind in the beginning and heavy at the end." His crew, who are sharing the expenses on the adven¬ ture, includes Skip "the world’s oldest bowman" Stevely, Kent Massey, Heather Flick and Rick Lowrey. Mirage — Jim Ryley’s Santa Cruz-based SC 70 is optimized for downwind perfor¬ mance, i.e., her keel has been cut down, ballast has been removed and three brand new Santa Cruz Sails kites have been added to the sail arsenal. They also have a new boom, having just broken their old one in a 35-knot jibe during a recent practice run off Ano Nuevo. Navigator and sailing master

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Skip Allan will be their key to victory — his uncanny ability to interpret weather patterns should keep them in contention ’til the end. Ryley’s 'home boy' crew consists of watch captains Jack Halterman and Andre LaCour, Dave Hodges, Don Jesberg, Gordon Clute, Syd Moore, Mark Golsh and his son Grant. Morning Glory — Local hotshots Dee Smith, Kimo Worthington and Dan Newland (navigator) will join owner Hasso Plattner and a German crew in an attempt to keep the R/P 50’s record unblemished. Since winning the Capetown-Rio Race, Morning Glory hasn’t lost a race, and we figure they’re pretty untouchable in the IMS division. Given their one day headstart and the right conditions, they and a few other boats, such as Medicine Man, have the ability to beat the sleds to Hawaii. Silver Bullet — Owner John DeLaura and boat manager John Jourdane have once again drawn heavily on the Bay Area for crew: Jeff Madrigali, Mark Rudiger, Dave Gruver, Robert Flowerman and Bill Erkelens are among the 10-man crew. Historically this SC 70 has fared well in the TransPac (first in

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’89, second in ’91), and with two navigators this time (Jourdane and Rudiger), they’ve got to be considered heavy favorites for the Barn Door Trophy. "I expect a tighter race than usual, a real horsepower contest," predicted Madro. "With three days of little boats in front of us showing us where to go, the sleds will probably stick together after the West End. The competition? Pyewacket, Mir¬ age, Holua. . . Oreint Express will be a wild card."

O ther Bay Area TransPac participants that we’re aware of include Steve Baumhoff (Medicine Man), Dobbs Davis (Grand Illu¬ sion), Dave Wahle and Commodore Tomp¬ kins (Warspite), Steve Taft (Holua), Zan Drejes and Stan Honey (Pyewacket), Carl Schumacher and Jay Crum (Mongoose), and Peter Gibson (Bay Wolf). We wish everyone in both the TransPac and the Coastal Races a safe, happy trip. We’ll cover both races in excruciating detail next month — let the games begin! — latitude/rkm

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THE RIVER Hopefully, by the time you read this, the unusual heat waves of June will be over and San Francisco’s real summer, the one with fog and cool ocean winds, will have kicked in. After all, what’s summer on the Bay without bundling up and risking a little

hypothermia now and then? Alas, some peo¬ ple never do get used to it, though. Get them out on a boat and the first thing you know they start wishing out loud they could- go sailing someplace else, like Southern Califor¬ nia, heaven forbid. You don’t have to get anywhere near that drastic. One of the great summertime spots on the planet is less than a day’s sail away from the main Bay. It’s called the Delta, a wonderland of sloughs and rivers that wind their ways through the lowlands east of Val¬ lejo and west of Stockton. There are about 1,000 miles of waterway to explore, which should keep you busy for at least one sum¬ mer, if not the next 20. The wind still blows up there, to be sure, but by the time it reaches Pittsburg, it has warmed up. Until about October, you never need wear much more than T-shirts, shorts, and a liberal dose of sunblock in the Delta. And the pleasures to be had there are myri-

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cockpit awning, watch birds and other wild life and then relax some more.

ake Jim and Jackie Winkel, for exam¬ ple. Formerly members of the corporate rat pack, they used to race their bbat out of Brisbane every weekend. About six years ago they decided to alter course drastically, both in terms of their livelihoods and their boating. As for the former, they opened a cafe called the San Mateo Coffee Company. As entrepreneurs, they realized they needed more relaxation than was provided by a weekly thrash around the buoys. They found it to the north and east, in the Delta. While many people consider the "real" Delta to be the waters of and off the San Joaquin River, which runs up to Stockton, the Winkels decided to take the river less travelled, the Sacramento. As you journey upstream, the two rivers diverge at Pittsburg, with the Sacramento heading in a more nor¬ therly direction towards the state capitol. Looking for a spot to berth their 32-foot Fuji ketch, the Winkels decided to check out Hidden Harbor Marina, on the southern tip of Ryer Island. Jim took the Caltrans ferry across Cache Slough to get to the access road on the is¬ land, and recalls thinking that anyplace you have to take a ferry to get to must be pretty remote. ”1 told Jackie that if the marina was even halfway decent then this is where I wanted to berth the boat,” he says. "The place is such a mental getaway." The Winkels found Hidden Harbor, which caters to sailboats only, to be more than just halfway decent. They discovered their ideal hideaway spot, and for the past six years they’ve spent just about every weekend ei¬ ther out on the sloughs to the north or in the harbor itself. "Getting Delta-fied means altering your mind," says Jim. "We certainly don’t go up there for mental stimulation." We heard about the Winkels from the owners of Hidden Harbor, the Kauffman family, and took an auto run north to meet with them. While sitting on the Ryer Island ferry for the trip, which takes about a minute to cross the river just north of Rio Vista, we

were impressed as the Winkels must have been. The place really is remote.

. idden Harbor itself reminds us of a garden resort, with lush vegetation planted around the two harbors that make up the marina. There are three residences on the property, which is where the owners, bro¬ thers Jeff and Scott and their mother Bever¬ ly, live. The assistant harbormaster, Dik Richardson, also lives within the harbor’s gates on his Islander 33. The Kauffmans are pretty proud of their facility, which is one of, if not the, only all¬ sailboat marina in the Delta. The reason they opted for sail-powered craft only was mostly practical: sailboats require less fuel and oil, they make less noise and the people who own them tend to be more laid back than those who jet about in their "muscle" boats. According to legend, Hidden Harbor got

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Harbor are so remote, the Kauffmans have helped their customers by creating their own set of charts for the area. First they flew over areas like Cache and Prospect Sloughs and had Richardson take photos of the popular

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anchorage sites. Then they took their utility boat up and sounded the areas. Putting the two together, they created the Hidden Har¬ bor Slough Book. This, too, is only available to berthers, but we imagine that if you got creative (in a positive sense, of course — no mischief allowed), you might get your hands on a copy. You could, of course, explore the area yourself using the government charts, plenty of caution — and good, strong kedging gear. If you do run aground, it’s usually no big deal. It’s so common we sometimes wonder if 'delta' isn’t some old gaelic word meaning "oops, we’re aground, we must be there!" The best remedy is to head for the ice chest, pull out a cold one and wait for the tide to rise. If the water gets low enough and your hull gets exposed, you can take advantage of the opportunity to clean some of those bar¬ nacles and other beasties off the keel. The fresh water, of course, will have done most of them in anyway. There are other cardinal rules to obey when you head upriver, some of which apply especially to the area west of Ryer Island and others of which are just good Delta guide¬ lines. Here are some of them: * If you venture north of Rio Vista on Cache, Miner or Prospect Sloughs, you have to have everything with you, including fuel, food and ice. Hidden Harbor only has self service ice for outsiders. The best place to fuel up and stock your pantry before you enter the area is in Rio Vista. * Expect mucho wind, even if it is warm. On a typical summer day, the anemometer will register up to 35 knots. This makes for great sailing and windsurfing, if you’re so inclined. The wild winds and resulting chop1 py waters make the Sacramento and nearby waters unattractive to water skiiers, which is another advantage of hanging out in this area. Actually, fewer powerboats and skiiers are expected on the Delta this summer be¬ cause, at long last, there’s enough water in the state’s lakes to handle that crowd. * Especially in the spring, you need bug repellent to ward off the particular brand of gnats that inhabit this part of the world.

Hidden Harbor harbormaster Dik Richardson (left) and co-owner Jeff Kauffman.

its name from the fact that 30 years ago the entrance to the harbor was so overgrown that people had a hard time finding it. When the Kauffmans bought the place in 1983, the growth was still pretty wild. They pulled out tons of brush and dug out the swamp on the east side of the property to create a second harbor. The place now has a beautifully gar¬ dened landscape, 3,200 feet of dock space and room for upwards of 110 slips. For those of you who want to get in, however, all of them are currently taken, although some may open up soon. Talking with the Kauffmans and Richard¬ son, it wasn’t hard to figure out wly/ their part of the Delta is so attractive. If you want to party and do the nightlife thing, you^go up the San Joaquin, where you’ll find places like Moore’s Riverboat and Lost Isle. If you

want solitude and time to let your mind unwind, the sloughs off the Sacramento are the answer. "I haven’t gone south in 10 years," says Richardson, who’s been a Delta dawg for the past three decades. "I can go back into the sloughs up here and not see anyone for a week."

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THE RIVER to kepp the critters away. The bugs tend to be most active just after sundown and before sunup. After dark, the nocturnal bats keep them under control. * Take at least three anchors. Put one on the bow (although many Delta denizens like to tie off to a tule bush) and have another ready to go at the stem. It’s a good idea to use a trip line on both. This can be attached to a floating Clorox bottle. Then, if you snag a tree trunk, a ’63 Volkswagen — or. some¬ one else’s old jammed and abandoned anchor — you can use the trip line to free your anchor. And what about the third anchor? That’s the one you put in an old sailbag or canvas bag with your watermelon, to keep the fruit cool on the bottom of the river until you’re ready to slice it open. * Have an awning to protect yourself and your loved ones from the hot, hot Delta sun. Seriously. * Bring your fishing gear. Catfish are still pretty plentiful in the Delta. Stripers (striped bass) come and go. Crawdads are plentiful and can be caught with a trap and a can of cheap cat food. Dik Richardson says he has at least a half dozen in his trap every morn¬ ing and he steams them up for breakfast.

hile at Hidden Harbor, we took the opportunity to drop in on some folks who keep their boats in the harbor and get some firsthand accounts of what appealed to them most about sailing and cruising in this part of the world. Here’s what we found out:

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Don is also one of a handful of people who actively sail the Delta in the winter. He says the sailing’s fine during the off season. He uses a 150 percent jib with a roller furler most of the time, and says he hasn’t shaken out the two reefs in his mainsail for going on two years! Michael Fitzgerald and Sylvia Fox are both journalism professors at Sacramento State. They’re also married and recently became owners of a majestic Swift 40 called Sabbatical. (They once invited some col¬ leagues down for a barbecue and took a photo to prove that "the entire department was 'on sabbatical' at the same time!") Before Sabbatical, they shared a cozy bunk on Michael’s Windrose 26. They wanted a big¬ ger boat for a world cruise and looked at 50 possibilities before finding the Swift 40,

Spread, going aground in the Delta is about as unusual as stubbing your toe. So don't worry. Inset, Don Risney sails the Delta even in winter.

split their time between a berth at the San Francisco city harbor and Hidden Harbor. The latter is their summer getaway, and they’re out almost every weekend, heading either north to seclusion or over to the San Joaquin for more action. They’ve become pretty proficient at opening the Rio Vista Bridge which, they say, works better if you call the bridge tender on Channel 9 rather than Channel 16 as the sign posted on the bridge suggests. Now that they draw 5V2 feet, Michael and Sylvia pay much closer attention to their charts. The handy and ever-popular Hal Schell Delta Map just doesn’t cut it when it comes to reliable depths. The 4-foot tides

A quiet slough, a balmy breeze and a hammock poled out over the water — could heaven be as sublime?__

Don Risney is a lifelong Delta resident and sailor. He was raised in Franklin, which is on the northeast comer of the Delta region. Retired for seven years, he now owns a Cal 2-29. He kept another boat he owned at Spindrift on the San Joaquin, but didn’t like the crowds and the heavy current. Up on the Sacramento, he finds more room to sail and spends his time between the sloughs to the north or romping down to Antioch when the wind is good and the current is weak. Page 120 •

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which they bought from Stanford University last year. Michael, Sylvia and their three kids now

keep them on their toes as well, and the extra water coming down from the Sierras this spring has brought a number of new navigational hazards with it — such as giant trees. Be aware that most of them aren’t on the charts yet, so be careful.

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e know we’ve been singing the praises of the Sacramento and the less well used sloughs that run off to the northwest, but that doesn’t mean you can’t head over to Seven Mile or Potato Slough and have a great time. There’s so much to explore and enjoy in the Delta that you could spend the better part of your life just dawdling your days away here. The king of the dawdlers is Stockton’s Hal Schell. He’ll never pretend to be a sailboater, but he’s been a Delta denizen dating back to the Kennedy administration. His books and maps are standard fare at any bait shop within a 50-mile radius of the area and

tory and have more pictures. If you want to get his latest scuttlebutt about bridges and other Delta concerns, you can tune in to his boating reports every Saturday morning at 8:15 am and Sundays at 12:10 pm on KFMR FM 100. Two items that Hal mentioned may be important to visitors. One is that there’s been a battle over anchoring in the Meadows, the wildlife area just north of Walnut Grove off Snodgrass Slough. The U.S. Fish and Wild¬ life Service wanted to curtail activity in the area, but the boaters joined forces with the local farmers and got the proposal modified. The other big news is the counties of San Joaquin, Solano and Contra Costa are elimi¬ nating their boat patrols as of July 1, which means there won’t be any gendarmes to pull over speeding powerboats or drunken boat operators. Now more than ever, it pays to

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drive defensively. We also asked Hal and several other people where we could safely anchor or dock a boat if we wanted to leave it in the Delta for a week or more. Some of the suggestions included: the local marinas or yacht clubs, which might have a vacant slip if one of their regular tenants is away; The Bedrooms on Potato Slough, where, for a sixpack or two, someone will usually keep an eye on your July, 1993

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THE RIVER LESS TRAVELED boat while you’re away; the top of Steam¬ boat Slough where it meets the Sacramento River, which is pretty secure and accessible by dinghy, but requires two lines ashore and two anchors astern to hold against the strong tidal currents; and Fisherman’s Cut on the east side of Bradford Island, although getting to and from your car can be a long trip.

1 inally, we need to mention the Delta’s biggest event of the year is coming up real soon. Every Fourth of July, Baron Hilton, he of hotel fame, hosts one of the world’s great¬ est fireworks displays at Mandeville Tip on the San Joaquin. We called the Hilton Head¬ quarters in Southern California and were eventually connected with Pat McCarty in Stockton. He’s part of the McCarty Com¬ pany, which manages the Venice Island farm and duck club that belongs to Mr. Hilton. McCarty says that Mr. Hilton started the fireworks about 30 years ago as an Indepen¬ dence Day treat for his children. Word spread about the show and things just grew from there. Last year there were an esti¬ mated 5,000 to 7,500 boaters in attendance! There’s no preferred seating, just first come, first serve. Some people show up as early as

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old buddy), makes the rounds in the ancho¬ rage aboard his own boat. He also has a helicopter flying overhead to take movies of the assembled throng. The fireworks themselves are set off from a barge anchored between Mandeville Tip, Mandeville Island and Venice Island. The show starts around dusk and runs for 45 minutes. McCarty says they’re always intro¬ ducing something new and that the show is "a real monster, as good as the one off Crissy Field in San Francisco. "People should know that the fireworks are a labor of love for Mr. Hilton," adds McCarty. "He enjoys them as much as anyone, and it’s become an event that people in the Delta count on. An endowment has been established so that the show can continue even after Mr. Hilton is no longer around."

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the Monday before the weekend of the Fourth to get a good spot. As you can ima¬ gine, things get pretty wild. Mr. Hilton has about 100 or 150 special guests flown into the island for the event. They arrive in the late afternoon for dinner before the show. The hotelier, accompanied by celebrities like Phil Harris (Bing Crosby’s

From the sounds of it, the Delta fire¬ works show is one of those events that you have to do at least once in your life to say you’re a real Delta dawg. There are only about a zillion others that you can start adding to your list after that. So what are you still sitting there for? — shimon van collie

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ONE WILD DAY 1 he late 1980s couldn’t have been any worse for Maroth de Marothy who, before his luck went south, had been a software engineer at Amdahl. It started in 1987, when he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Doctors told him he had 30 months to live. If you think things couldn’t have gotten any worse, you’re wrong. One evening two years later, he began to wonder where his family was. His wife had left their four bedroom home in Los Gatos that morning to drop their three kids off at school, but none of them had returned. Finally, a teary-eyed neighbor handed him an envelope that contained a two-sentence letter which read: "1) If you ever want to see the kids again, you’ll have to come to Sweden; 2) The car is parked in front of the kids’ school." Needless to say, an already despairing Marothy, who had quit work because of his health, was devastated. "I felt like my kids had died,” he says. Deeply troubled at having no family, no job and seemingly no future, he finally turned to the Center for Living With Dying. "They helped," he says." They really helped get me on my feet again." It didn’t hurt that the chemotherapy had apparently been far more effective against the lymphoma than anyone had expected. "The doctors weren’t optimistic after chemo because a CAT scan showed the tumor had only shrunk from 12 cms to 4 cms. They figured it would just grow back larger and be more resistant to treatment." But it hasn’t. Apparently what the CAT scan 'saw' as a tumor was merely scars from the radiation treatment. Whatever the case, when we saw Marothy this May in Antigua, he looked a lot healthier than a lot of others around. "After the diagnosis and my kids being taken to Sweden," says Marothy, "I had to ask myself what it was I really wanted to do with the rest of my life. I thought about getting a trailer and traveling around the country, but I like the water. I thought about a houseboat, but I didn’t want to stay in the

Sweden, where his kids were living. Marothy departed Beaufort, North Carolina, for Bermuda with a crew of two. But after a few days of little wind and even less progress, the female law student aboard decided she had to get back home and study. When they reached shore, the male crewmember decided he had business com¬ mitments he couldn’t miss. Marothy, a sailor of just two years experience, set off across the Atlantic alone. He made it, too. "When I arrived in Falmouth," he says, "I swore to myself I wouldn’t tell anyone I had done it singlehanded." Shortly thereafter, Marothy sailed to Sweden where he spent a wonderful summer with his children. He even got along well with his ex-wife. "It took marrying and divorcing the same woman twice to realize that we get along much better when we’re not married," he says with a smile. Because of his desire to spend as much' time as possible with his kids, Marothy stayed in Sweden until October. While commendable parenting, it meant he got a very late start across the Baltic and North Seas for England. And it was a star-crossed voyage from the start. "I left Sweden just a few hours after getting out of the boatyard. Before I got far, I noticed there wasn’t any water coming out of the engine exhaust. The sea was far too cold and murky for me to dive in and check the thru hull, so I returned to the yard and had the boat pulled out again." The source of the problem was a jellyfish that had been sucked into the engine’s saltwater intake. The next boat problem wouldn’t be as easy to repair.

O n the way to the Kiel Canal, Marothy "misnavigated" and struck a rock while traveling at six knots. Since it was already

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what it was / really wanted to do with the rest of my life." same place. So I got interested in sailboats." Thus at 47 years of age, Marothy began taking sailing lessons at Olympic Circle Sailing Club in Berkeley. By the end of 1989, he sold his house, flew to Florida and bought a Panda 34 he christened Sea Marua. Where to sail? Where else but Page 124 •

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November and the notoriously rough North Sea still lay ahead, he only had time to make sure the boat wasn’t sinking before resuming his voyage. "It’s incredible how bad the winter weather in the North Sea can be," remem¬ bers Marothy. After getting battered about in

port, he finally made his dash across to England, relying on the 'infallible' GPS to handle the navigation chores. The only prob¬ lem was the GPS system, which won’t be fully operational for another few months, had been turned off to make adjustments. Exhausted and having to rely on his dead reckoning, Marothy and Sea Marva made landfall at the entrance to the Thames. This was about 30 miles south of his intended landfall, and thus he had no charts. "When I figured out where I was, I tried to sail back out to deeper water," Marothy explains, "but I found myself over a shallow sand bank. The eight foot waves kept picking my boat up and bouncing her off the sand bottom. Having been awake for 36 hours and not knowing what to do, 1 issued a Mayday." Marothy’s distress call was answered by both a helicopter and lifeboat. Exhausted, he agreed to be towed to Walton-on-the-Naze, a little village north of the entrance to the Thames. Having had his fill of sailing for the season, he headed back to the United States. When Marothy returned to his boat in

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April of 1992, he discovered his run-in with the rock and sand bank had punctured the keel. He ended up having to do a lot more work — and fiberglassing — than he expected. In fact, it took him almost the entire summer. While he enjoyed Walton-onthe-Naze, by September he was ready for warmer climes. La Coruna, on the northwest tip of Spain, was to be the first stop in the voyage toward the sun. Because of the tremendous shipping traffic between England and northwest Spain, there is a traffic separation zone to keep the northbound ships from ramming the southbound ships. Still singlehanded out of necessity rather than choice, Marothy headed 70 miles west of the separation zone so he could crash out in peace. "An hour later, I was awoken by the sound of my bow pulpit scraping against the stern of a tanker!" he says. "I’d sailed right into her! It wasn’t too bad a collision — in fact, I wasn’t positive we’d actually hit until

I discovered my bow pulpit was all smashed up. But they didn’t see me because there wasn’t any radio contact before or after the collision. I haven’t singlehanded since; I’m just not keen on it anymore."

^^arothy continued on down to the Canary Islands where naturally enough he got into another adventure. This one involved Julia Bartlett, an Englishwoman who planned to singlehand her 30-foot sloop Fourlanda across the Atlantic. This was to be done for both charity and to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Ann Davidson being the first woman to have done it. Bartlett’s problem was that she didn’t have a windvane or the money to buy one. Since Marothy hadn’t planned to cross the Atlantic for a month or so, he graciously lent Bartlett his Monitor windvane. She departed the Canaries on December 1, with the intent of air-freighting the vane back to Marothy by January 1. The first of the year rolled around and there was no word from Bartlett. Nor was

there any word on February or March 1. Finally Marothy was able to reach her at her home. Bartlett explained that she’d gotten so tired — despite the aid of the vane — that when a passing freighter offered to take her aboard, she accepted. She abandoned her vessel — with Marothy’s windvane still aboard — in the middle of the Atlantic! Shortly after Marothy crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Antigua, he got word that Fourlanda had drifted all the way across to Martinique. And, that Bartlett was now aboard the vessel Red Shift in Trinidad. Marothy immediately departed for Martinique to search for the boat and, hopefully, his expensive windvane. Fourlanda was just about the first boat Marothy spotted when he pulled into the first harbor in Martinique. She was dismasted and there was no windvane in sight. The Frenclvphilosopher who was living aboard explained that the windvane had been stolen. Disappointed, Marothy and a sailing companion decided to climb Mount Saint Pierre, the one that erupted at the turn of the century and killed 25,000 people. When they came back down the mountain, his boat was gone! Searching desperately, Marothy finally spotted Sea Marva way down the beach. He figured she’d been broken into and looted. But when he got aboard he discovered she was still locked up and nothing had been taken. He couldn’t figure it out. A couple of hours later a dive boat pulled alongside with the explanation. "We found your boat five miles offshore drifting toward Central America. We brought her back here and anchored her." Marothy returned vane-less to Antigua, where he awaited the imminent arrival of Bartlett aboard Red Shift. When a sailing buddy from Texas in a 10-gallon hat suggested Marothy was going to give the woman hell, Marothy said that wasn’t the case. "You’ll like her," he said. "She’s a really good-looking woman."

^Considering all that Marothy has been through, it’s ho wonder he’s developed a philosophical outlook toward misfortune. But he was a happy man when we last saw him on that park bench in English Harbor. And why not? He was alive and wasn’t supposed to be. And he was about to head to Tampa to spend the summer with the three kids he once thought he might never seen again. Marothy may have had to learn the hardest way possible, but he’s got his priorities in order. — latitude 38 July. 1993

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MAX EBB If you take the ferry to Angel Island you have to be off the island at 5:20 p.m. — that’s when the last boat leaves for Tiburon. But if you sail there you can stay until sunset. So for three hours the yachties have the place pretty much to themselves, and this is by far the best time to take the hike around the perimeter trail. Not only are all the landlubbers safely on their way back to the mainland, but the people you do run into on the trail are likely to be friends or ac¬ quaintances. And your guests get treated to the postcard-perfect view of the city lit up by the sun setting to the northwest over the Marin hills. The strategy has some other elements to it: We arrive at about four in the afternoon, which is usually when some berths begin to open up at the docks in Hospital Cove, It’s also when some of the picnic groups are starting to abandon their spots. Ever notice when a barbecue grill has a perfect fire in it? Right! It’s just when you’re ready to leave! So by timing it right we get a berth, take over an ideal fire, and then have the island to explore without the crowds. On this particular trip I had some distant relatives out from the East Coast. We had a nice barbecue, the kids wore themselves out playing Frisbee, and we finally left the main picnic area at around 5:30, heading west on the perimeter trail towards West Garrison. My guests were impressed when we rounded the first bend overlooking Raccoon Strait, Tiburon and Belvedere. There were sailboats everywhere, and the strong ebb tide produced the usual turbulence over the shallow part of the Strait, even though the wind was lighter than average. "See?" I taunted my cousin, who as it turns out owns a powerboat on Long Island Sound. "Hardly a stinkpot in sight!" "That tide-rip looks just like Plum Gut!" he said. "I’ll bet you get a nasty chop under the Golden Gate Bridge when the tide’s falling." "We do get some steep waves," I replied with an air of big-water superiority over my eastern relative. "Makes for some great surfing when we’re coming in from an ocean race." We continued down the road towards West Garrison. The museum would be closed, but it would still be worth the small detour to look at the old buildings and read the signs. But before we had gone very far another group of sailors I recognized came around the bend towards us. It was Lee Helm and a few of her friends, probably classmates from the university. "Yo, Max!" she hailed. "Doing the tourist thing today, too?" "You guessed it," I replied, and intro¬ duced my cousin and his family to Lee and Page 126 •

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The wave energy moves through the water at only half the wave speed. So after encountering the current change, the wave energy is moving only slightly faster than the adverse tide. Energy accumulates, and the waves break. her cronies. "Quite a current you’ve got here, he remarked when I mentioned that Lee is a naval architecture graduate student. "Is this an unusual spring tide, or does it always run. this strong?" Lee informed him that this was normal. "I’ll bet it really puts a tooth on the waves in the middle of the bay," he said. "For sure. But do you know why?" Lee grinned at me when she said this. "My poor cousin," I thought to myself. "He’s in for it now." "Of course I know why," he assured her. "Waves are always steeper when the tide is running against the wind. Everybody knows that." "But what makes them steeper?" prodded Lee. "Because the waves go slower when the tide’s going against the wind." I thought I could see what Lee was getting at, so — against my better judgment — I took up her side of the questioning: "But how does the wind know which way the tide is flowing? Seems to me that all you have at the surface is the relative speed difference between the wind and the water, and the current speed should have nothing to do with the characteristics of the waves." "Not true," said my cousin. "The waves in

a contrary tide are actually steeper."

MW V V hat about our walk around the is¬ land?" chimed in one of the kids, sensing a long delay. "We were going to go all the way around counterclockwise," I said to Lee. "Would you and your friends care to join us?" "We’re almost done with a clockwise circumnavigation ourselves," said a young woman in Lee’s group. "We stopped at Perle’s Beach for a couple of hours, and I’d hate to double all the way back." "Perle’s Beach — isn’t that the one where clothing’s optional?" "Yes, and we have the sunburns to prove it!" they laughed. "So it’s true what they say about you folks in Northern California. . ." said my East Coast relative. "For sure!" answered Lee. "I mean, like, you don’t need a hot tub to get naked in public. Great view of the Gate from there, and even though it’s on the windward tip of the island, the wind stagnates in front of the cliffs so the beach itself is always warm and sunny." "Maybe we better take another route," my cousin suggested, eyeing his two pre-teenage children who were all too eager to exper-

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Note that the vertical scale of wave height is exaggerated. The water is 'deep' compared to wavelength, so this effect is caused by the change in cur¬ rent rather than the shoaling effect. ience firsthand the Bay Area’s cultural norms. "How about up the Sunset Trail?" said Lee. "That way none of us have to backtrack very far, and we get the view from the top of the island. It’s like totally awesome!" "Sounds good to me," I said. "It’s a plan!" confirmed Lee’s friends, and we started back in the direction from which we had come, towards the beginning of the Sunset Trail. "Think about this experiment," said Lee, getting back to the tide problem. "Suppose you have a swimming pool on top of a big truck. If the truck is standing still facing into a 30-knot breeze, you’ll get waves in the pool." "Of course," we answered. "What if the wind is only 20 knots, and the truck is moving 10 knots into the wind?" "You get exactly the same waves," I said. "Same thing with tidal current and wind. A five-knot ebb into a 15-knot breeze pro¬ duces the same waves as a 20-knot breeze over slack water." "No, it doesn’t!" said my powerbqater relative. "But like, how does the water know that the speed difference is caused by current and not by wind?" I had an idea. "It must be because the

effective fetch is increased," I said. "With the waves moving slower over the bottom, the waves take longer to reach the other side of the bay. So they’ve had time to build up to bigger waves." "So then, by that logic," said Lee, "the waves in an ebb tide should be exactly like the waves in a larger bay at slack tide." "Right." "That’s not true either!" insisted my relative. "Waves in a contrary tide actually look different. Just look at those waves down there in the Strait!" He was right, of course. I knew that ebb tide waves do look different, and the explan¬ ation about increased 'effective fetch' didn’t seem very satisfying. I thought this over for a few minutes while we came to the spot where the Sunset Trail was supposed to meet the perimeter road. "What happened to the trail?" I said. "There used to be some stairs up from the road, right opposite those three stumps." "You know, I almost forgot," explained one of Lee’s friends. "They re-routed the trails so they’re not as steep — there aren’t any stairs any more. Now the Sunset Trail starts back at the cove." "Can we still take the old one?" "It’s great sport, trying to follow the old trails. But look how difficult they made it. The stairs are gone, and they’ve put a big pile of brush in our way." We were already halfway back, so we decided to keep going and check out the new route. Then we turned right and began our trek up to the summit of Mount Livermore. "I’ll bet it’s really the effect of different current at the surface," I speculated. "If the tidal current is stronger along the top of the water, then the waves are going to get dis¬ torted backwards in the troughs, which would make them steeper." "Now that makes sense," said my cousin. "You can tell by just looking at a wave when it’s being pulled back by current. In fact, sometimes you see breaking waves in tide rips when there’s no wind at all! The different speeds of different layers of water would do that." Finally, I had out-theorized Lee Helm! But it was shortlived. "Only one problem with that explan¬ ation," she said. "Turns out that tidal currents are uniform from the surface to the bottom, for all practical purposes." "Really?" said the powerboater. "My diving buddies say that when they have to swim against the current, they can find relief by swimming right along the bottom." "That’s just the boundary layer very close

to the bottom. It doesn’t have any effect on waves. I mean, the fact that they have to swim right on the bottom proves that there’s strong current almost all the way down." "But there still could be a constant change in current speed as you go down." "Very small, Max. Except in cases of weird bottom features or fresh water spilling out on top of salt. In general, tidal currents are uniform top to bottom, as far as wave dynamics are concerned." "Obviously, we need to ask an ocean¬ ographer about this," said my relative. "Well, I’m an oceanographer!" said one of Lee’s friends, who had been waiting for just such an opportunity to make her entry into the conversation. "At least, I’m an ocean¬ ography student. And Lee’s right. Vertical velocity gradients from tidal currents are negligible, and have very little effect on surface waves."

I pqndered this fact as we hiked up the switchbacks, getting an occasional glimpse of the masts of the sailboats anchored in the cove. "I’m still not convinced about the effects of increased fetch," I finally said. "How fast does the typical wave move on San Fran¬ cisco Bay?" "Depends on what you mean by a typical wave," replied the oceanography student. "But if the water is deep — which means about half the wavelength for our purposes — then the speed of the wave in knots is 1.34 times the square root of the crestto-crest wavelength." "That sounds an awful lot like the formula for hull speed," I noted. "Same thing," said Lee. "The square root of 'g L' over two pi, corrected to come out in knots." "So what’s a typical wavelength?" "Our naval architecture department did some wave measurements in the Richmond area in conjunction with some open-water model tests back in the 70s," said Lee. "I’ve been reading some of their results, and as I recall, the peak period was around 0.4 hertz." "That’s a wave period of 2.5 seconds," explained the oceanographer. Lee hit some buttons on her calculator watch. "So the wavelength is 'g T' squared over two pi, for. . . 32 feet. Sounds about right for a typical late summer day on the Richmond course area. And the speed of this wave would be. . . 7.58 knots." "That’s the celerity, or speed of the wave form," said Lee’s friend. "The wave energy only travels at half that speed in deep water, so a group of waves moves at 3.79 knots." "And if there’s a knot of ebb tide?" I asked. July. 1993

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MAX EBB "Then that wave energy moves at 2.79 knots over the bottom, so it’s as if the fetch was. . . 36 percent longer. So the waves might be just a little bigger, by your model. The wave energy still moves through the water at 3.79 knots, and the shape of the waves is not affected, except to the extent the waves see one knot more wind. But it’s just like the swimming pool on the truck. The waves should have exactly the same size and shape as slack-tide waves on a day with two knots more wind and in a bay with 36 per¬ cent more fetch." "And if the current is two knots," Lee continued, "it would be like having over twice as much fetch and two knots more wind." "But," said the oceanographer, "it really is true that waves often have a different shape when the wind and current are in opposite directions. You just haven’t been able to explain why!" We rounded the turn onto the next switchback. "You know," said Lee, "I really liked the old trails better. They went straight up the natural ridge trail. All these switchbacks are kind of phoney. And now it takes a half hour longer to walk up to the top." "They say it’s to keep the trails down to a shallow grade for handicapped access," said another one of Lee’s friends. "Can’t imagine a wheelchair ever negotiating this trail, though. "It’s the park service’s idea of 'trail management' I guess. Makes it easier to patrol. That and the defoliation they did a couple of years ago, when they were cutting down eucalyptus on the south side of the Island and airlifting the logs out by helicopter." "I thought the idea was to return the island to native forest," I said. "A worthy goal, for sure," said Lee’s friend. "But with helicopters? How can that possibly be cost-effective when the state is full of other eucalyptus forests that have road access? And now they’re out of money, and volunteer groups have to raise money just to keep the place open at all! Sheesh!" "You think it was part of a hidden agenda to keep people from camping out here over¬ night without permits?" my cousin suggested. "It sure looked that way to me," said Lee’s friend. "But after talking to some rangers about it I really don’t think that’s it. Just poor planning, mixed up priorities, and a general cluelessness about what people like and don’t like in a hiking trail."

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"Think of the swimming pool on the truck," said Lee. "The surface current may have an effect, but it would be exactly the same in an ebb or a flood, if the apparent wind speed over the surface is the same." "Good guess, though," said the ocean¬ ographer. We trudged up another switchback. "And the worst part about this new trail," said Lee, "is that right at the top, after hiking up this long pseudo-natural trail, it joins a paved road for the last quarter mile! I mean, what an insult!" "I usually just jump the fence and take the old trail up the ridge for that last part," said Lee’s other friend. "Much nicer route. I could forgive them for putting in these new routes for less energetic climbers, if only they had left the old ones open." We snaked our way up the hill, crossed the fire trail, and were treated to another spectacular view of Raccoon Strait. That patch of rip-tide was still as turbulent as ever, despite the light wind. "Okay, I surrender. What makes all those waves appear like magic in an ebb tide?" "First, one more question," said Lee. "If you had a long straight river with a steady current flowing at two knots, would the waves be steeper if the wind was blowing up¬ river at 18 knots or down-river at 22 knots?" "Bigger waves from the 18-knot breeze blowing up-river," said my East Coast relative. "I want to say that, too," I answered, "but since you keep talking about a swimming pool on wheels, by that reasoning they’d both have the same waves, because they both have 20 knots blowing over the water surface." But I knew it was a trick question. "Max is right," said Lee. "Even though he thinks he’s wrong!" "Here’s what’s really going on," said the oceanographer. "When you see steep waves in a tidal current, you’re looking at the result of a horizontal velocity gradient." "Horizontal gradient?" "Right. Waves crossing from areas of light current to areas of stronger current. Think of a river mouth, with one knot of current flowing out of the river. In the middle of the bay we’ll assume no current. So these typical waves with a 32-foot wavelength moving at 7.6 knots get to the river mouth and encounter a one knot contrary current. They still move at 7.6 knots through the water, but they’re slowed to 6.6 over the bottom. You still have to have the same number of waves going by every second, though. So the wavelength is compressed to ..." Lee hit some more buttons on her watch.

"About 28 feet?" I guessed. "No, it’s more complicated than that. The wavelength is compressed, but it also moves slower through the water now that it has a shorter wavelength — like a shorter waterline length in the hull speed formula — so it gets compressed even more. Let’s see. . ." She hit a few more buttons, made some imaginary marks in the air on what must have been an imaginary blackboard, and finally came up with an answer. "22.8 feet. It’s the only wavelength that still has one wave passing over the bottom every 2.5 seconds. So if a wave was about to break in the slack water of the bay, it would almost certainly break when the wavelength is compressed like that. The important point is that it’s not the current speed that does it, it’s the change in current speed that the waves encounter along their path." "Let me think about this...." I mumbled, attempting to test the concept against things I had experienced. "What about places where you get big tide rips when there’s no wind at all?" asked my cousin. "If the wave speed is less than the change in current speed," she explained, "you’ll get breaking waves even in a flat calm." "How?" I challenged. "Let’s think of a cut between two islands, with a 2-knot current flowing between them and no significant current on either side. It’s almost flat calm — the only waves are little wind ripples and very low left-over waves and low swells. In order for wave energy to move through the cut, the wave forms have to have a celerity — that is a wave form speed — of four knots." "Why two knots?" I asked. "Because the wave energy only moves at half the speed of the waves. If you watch a group of waves progress you can see this. Like when a powerboat wake approaches, the waves in front always die out when they move to the front of the group, and new waves are always forming in back. Anyway, for a wave to be moving at four knots.. ." She hit some more buttons on the watch. That’s a wave with a 1.3-second period, having a wavelength of... 8.9 feet. Anything smaller won’t get through. This means that all the energy in wind ripples and left-over or reflected waves, or from small secondary waves generated by swell action on the shoreline — all this energy accumulates where the current speed changes until the waves break. So it’s common to see little breaking waves in tide rips, even when it’s flat calm!" "That checks with what I’ve seen in the channels between the islands back East,"

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said my cousin. "It’s also a condition associated with what they call downwelling," said the ocean¬ ographer. "Whenever you have converging currents, with the water flowing down away from the line of convergence, the wave energy gets left on the surface."

^^y this time we had reached the place where the remnants of the old Sunset Trail cross the new trail. "Who wants to take the shortcut?" said one of Lee’s friends. It seemed like a much more attractive and direct route, so we all hopped over the fence and followed the old dirt path up the ridge. It offered a clear view in three directions, and when I started to feel the effects of the steeper grade I turned around to rest and look back down on Raccoon Strait. "So how do you explain that particular tide rip?" I asked. "Simple. There’s a shallow spot under those waves. The ebb tide flows through a constricted area, so the speed increases from

IV2 knots to maybe 3. Smaller waves going up the Strait hit the adverse current, but they don’t have enough energy to get through. So there’s a 'pile up' effect at work." "Makes sense, I guess. But what about days when the waves are much bigger? Faster waves should only experience a slight delay as they enter a contrary current." "Exactly. But they are still going to be compressed somewhat, and that can be the difference that makes them break. Also keep in mind that a sea condition can usually be described as a spectrum of wave energy at many different wavelengths. So there are always going to be some smaller, slower waves in the mix that can't make it past the fast spot in the current, and that accumu¬ lation of energy from the those waves will put that 'tooth' on the big waves."

We trudged up the steep grade, feel¬ ing the heat of the low sun on our backs. My cousin’s kids ran off ahead to the top. I thought about tides to keep my mind off my aching joints.

"Does this theory also explain breaking inlets?" I asked, hoping it would slow down the pace of the climb if the women were dis¬ tracted again. "They say that places like the Tomales Bay entrance are most dangerous just when the tide is turning to ebb." "Absatively," said Lee. "Posolutely," added her friend. "When the ebb first reaches the ocean, you have the maximum difference in current. Plus the tide accelerates over the bar, plus the waves are steep and possibly close to breaking anyway because of the shoaling water. If you get a horizontal gradient of a few knots right there at the sharp interface between ebb water and ocean water, it’s easy to see why the bar can suddenly start to break." "Fascinating," I allowed between gasps. Finally we made the summit. My cousin was overwhelmed by the view of the city, the Golden Gate and Bay bridges, and the Marin and East Bay hills. I needed oxygen badly — but between gasps, I began to see the currents on the Bay in a whole new light. Though I didn’t know it at the time, I was soon to also see poison oak in a whole new light. From now on, I think I’ll stick to the official trails. — max ebb

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DOING HARD TIME T 1 hings are never so bad that they can’t get worse. For awhile it looked like that might be the case last August after hurricane Lester swept across the Sea of Cortez and slammed into San Carlos. In his wake, Lester

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left 19 boats damaged or destroyed outside the harbor. Our Hester £mi/y had five holes in her hull and considerable other damage. It was a doubly destructive blow to my wife and I, because our Offshore 40 was every bit as much our home as she was our cruising boat — and she was not insured. Adjustors inspecting some of the other boats told us that had she been insured, they’d have declared her a total loss. But thanks — in a weird way — to a declining Mexican fishery, Hester Emily and most of the other boats that were damaged by Lester are either back in the water or close to it, with most in better condition now than before the hurricane hit. While Lester didn’t wreck any of the hundreds of boats that were inside Marina San Carlos, the ones outside on moorings or anchors took an awful beating. Of the 19 mentioned, one was a complete loss, three sank and the rest — seven in one big pile — were blown ashore. The owners of the insured vessels simply let the adjustors take care of the problem. Those of us who weren’t insured were left to deal with our boats the best we could.

Immediately following the hurricane, some speculated that the damaged boats that were in good enough condition to make the trip across the Sea would be taken to the well-known boatyards in La Paz. As it turned out, that was not necessary. The Astellero Page 130 •

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ALL PHOTOS PHIL SARGENT Navarro Boatyard in Guaymas, a few miles from San Carlos, has been in operation for many years. But since their primary business has been the building and repair of steel shrimp boats, their services to yachties have pretty much been limited to the basics: bottom painting and replacing cutlass bearings and zincs. However, the past few years have not been kind to the local fishing industry. Hundreds of fishing boats are rafted together in the harbor at Guaymas, having made their last catch. (Even if the fishery returned, most are far too rusted and dilapidated to be worth repairing.) As the fortunes of the fishing fleet has declined, so have those of the Navarro Boatyard. And so it was that Hurricane Lester became something of a windfall — pardon the pun — bringing together a bunch of distressed yachties and one distressed Mexican boatyard. All 19 of the damaged boats were hauled at Guaymas and none went to La Paz.

ith the tremendous influx of mostly fiberglass yachts as opposed to the tra¬ ditional rusty fishing boats, the Navarro Yard had to expand the services offered to every¬ thing necessary for the complete restoration of a cruising yacht. While the yard already offered such services as sandblasting, car¬ pentry, welding, engine work, machining and general labor, more specialized work, such as for refrigeration and electronics, had to be farmed out. More importantly, the yard did all it could to accommodate our special needs. Unin¬ sured boats such as ours were set off the ways and placed on the hard. This allowed owners to make repairs at their own pace. Such do-it-yourselfers were charged a monthly fee which included electricity—and permission to bring RVs inside the fenced area. Some of the owners have camped out in the yard next to their boats for the last 10 months. Without this kind accommodation Some homes away from home made even the smallest cruising boats seem huge.

by Sr. Navarro, the yard manager, some of these cruising boat owners would not have been able to restore their vessels. (Insured vessels were hauled and repaired on the two 200-foot long ways, which could accommodate a total of eight boats.) Work included engine overhauls, repair of up to 4-foot long gashes in fiberglass hulls, replacing much of the planking in a 40-foot mahogany hull, and major cosmetic renew¬ als. Even though some of this work was new to some of the workers, their craftsmanship has been quite good. To date the prices have also been quite good. We were charged $500 to have our boat hauled out on the ways, transferred onto a custom cradle and reblocked count¬ less times — which was necessary for us to repair the five holes in the hull. We were charged an additional $120 a month for dry storage and being allowed to set up camp near our boat. That’s not bad at all. Examples of charges for work done by the yard: $51 for a machinist for the entire day, and $1,200 for Navarro’s to prep and spray the topsides of our hull and the interior of the cabin with linear polyurethane. We may

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even give them a tip when they’re done! Incidentally, Arturo — known in the yard as 'El Conejo' — has earned a reputation for being an artist with LP. As such, most of the boat owners have left the final prep and spraying of their boats to him and his crew.

& he Navarro Boatyard will quote prices for all jobs and services requested. All quotes are made personally by Sr. Navarro himself. Half of the bill is due as soon as the vessel is hauled, the other half upon completion of the job. To the best of my knowledge, there has yet to be a dispute when the final bill was presented. Security at the yard has likewise'been outstanding, and the guards have made a point to get to know everyone. Further,'they have been very accommodating when — no matter what the hour — someone has needed to have the gates opened. Working with the yard is not without its drawbacks. Probably the one that takes the

most getting used to is that it can literally take days to get a boat put back into the water at Navarro’s. Traffic on the ways is the usual source of the delay, although in the case of boats that draw more than 7 feet, delays may be caused by the need to wait for

A full house. It's hard to imagine this yard was on its way out before the hurricane.

a high tide. On the positive side, it’s made us all learn to be more patient over the last year.

here always seem to be at least sever¬ al gringos working on their boats at any given time. Some are those whose boats were damaged during Lester, but after word started getting out about Navarro’s, others started trickling in to be sandblasted in anticipation of do-it-yourself osmosis jobs. Because there has been so much activity in the yard, it seems as though there’s always at least one maintenance or repair tutorial seminar in progress. And everyone has been generous in sharing their knowledge. When we cruisers have pooled our resources, even we have been amazed at what we’ve been able to come up with. One yachtie, for in¬ stance, had a 6-foot long piece of 316 steel bar stock aboard. This permitted another yachtie to have a new propshaft fabricated in Navarro’s machine shop. Believe it or not, another owner had 100 feet of one-inch stainless tubing buried inside his boat. He, too, was wiling to sell it to others who needed it. Given the common fates and jobs, a close sense of camaraderie developed among those of us hauled out at Navarro’s. As a re¬ sult, there was considerable socializing. One of the most popular places to gather is Playitas, a motel and restaurant within walking distance of the yard. Josephina sells showers there to yachties for a dollar. Adja¬ cent to the yard itself is a small restaurant operated by a young woman named Lopita. She serves a three-course lunch, including a bottle of soda, for just $3. Of course this includes all the corn tortillas and hot sauce you can eat. Lopita also offers yachties a place to voice their troubles and pick up a few new words of Spanish.

Ls anyone who has had a boat hauled for an extended period can attest, life in a

boatyard is nobody’s vision of paradise. Sometimes the environment and the jobs wear away at you and something has to give. (It was comforting to know that if all else failed, it was only a seven-hour drive back to the States. Since most yachties have made July. 1993 • UMiJi 12 • Page 131

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friends with fellow mariners from Phoenix or Tucson, taking off for some decompression time doesn’t necessarily have to be that expensive.) But all in ail, these last nine months have been an experience that few of us would change for the world. Sr. Navarro, has been wonderful, and if word of mouth is worth anything, his yard should enjoy continued success in the cruising community. On a personal level, we have made many, many new friends among the yachties and through¬ out the local community. And best of all, we’ve got our boat — our home — back. — phil sargent

Here’s an update, as of presstime, on the Navarro’s 'class of ’92/’93': Alana Marie — Still undergoing repairs by owner. Champagne—Repairs completed. Cur¬ rently moored in San Carlos. Lo Llta — Repairs have almost been completed.

An example of the handcrafting available from the carpenter's shop at the Navarro Yard.

Heater Emily — Extensive repairs are in the final stages of completion. Styx — After being hauled at Navarro’s, this 37-foot wooden schooner was declared

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With reports this month about running a charter boat in the Caribbean, more charter alternatives up in the Pacific Northwest, and lots of charter notes.

Ending Up in The Charter Business By Mistake Madeleine and 1 are sipping vodka tonics at anchor off St. Pierre, Martinique, watching an outrageous sunset, getting ready to sail down to St. Lucia tomorrow to pick up our next charter. Betweert sips, we can’t help but think about the 30 ships below us that were destroyed after Mt. Pelee’s famous eruption of 1902. Looking ashore at the small village, it’s hard to believe that 91 years ago it was home to 30,000 people and known as the 'Paris of the West Indies'. Only one of those 30,000 survived the eruption; a condemned man in an underground prison who eventually became a popular circus exhibit. I guess it proves once again that crime does pay. Given the circumstances when we left San Francisco two years ago, it’s almost equally

Ken and Madeleine didn't start out looking for a 64-footer, but that's what they ended up with.

hard to believe we’re here aboard our 64foot charter boat. After putting my last spec house up for sale, Madeleine and I left Page 134 •

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Sausalito in May of 1991 bound for Hawaii aboard The Wild Thing, the Skye 51 we owned at the time. We spent a fantastic year cruising Hawaii, which despite the spoils of tourism, remains one of the most beautiful groups of islands in the world. I remember spending one magical night on Kauai; we could feel ihe low rumble of 20-foot waves crashing on the beach in front of us, but by walking just 50 yards in, we could take a shower beneath a waterfall cascading from the cliffs above. Lanai actually ended up being our favorite island. Manele Bay is about as peaceful as it gets, and the beaches, mountain bike riding and hiking — all are outrageous! As for the diving, we think Lanai offers the best in the Hawaiian Islands. So how did we end up chartering with an entirely different boat in the Caribbean such a short time later? Well, while cruising in Hawaii, we were desperately trying to sell my last Bay Area spec house in what we all know was a very bad market. It was reality check time and we had to put The Wild Thing up for sale. But guess what? She and the house sold within a day of each other! Suddenly our entire situation had changed dramatically. We had no house! No boat! But lots of unexpected cash! What’s a guy to do? A smart guy probably would have made some wise investments, but I was tired of being smart. And building any more homes in California was definitely out of the question. In any event, after six months, four countries and 200 boats — and the hard work of Greg Jampolsky at Lager Yachts in Sausalito — we came across Orient Express in Antibes, France. A Dynamique 64, she was a lot more boat than we were looking for, but chartering has interested both Madeleine and me for a long time as a way of helping to pay for a boat. And with three double guest cabins and three heads, Orient Express is perfect for chartering. After examining her in Antibes with Greg and Mike Wilson, a surveyor from Sausalito, she became ours. Antibes is wild! Our 64-footer was as close to slumming it as you can get in that harbor. It’s funny how the recession only seems to hit the little guys. The yachties of

Antibes were still living the high life. Mike Wilson decided to stay with us for awhile. Together we made a short stop at France’s Porquerolles Islands, complete with their medieval castles and caves. We then continued on to Spain’s Balearic Islands. By this time it was already pretty late in the season, so we almost had Menorca, Mallorca and Ibiza to ourselves. Ibiza, with its Moorish history and great countryside, was my favorite. Our trip across 'the pond' to the Caribbean was incredible. There were six of us aboard, each from a different country. We’d hooked up in Gibraltar, another great place with a wild history. We left there for the Canaries, where the America 500 was in progress. The fun hasn’t stopped since. Having signed up with a charter clearinghouse, done some advertising and showed at the Antigua Charterboat Show, we’re somewhat surprised to find that we are making a living doing something we love: chartering. Madeleine and I have always been big entertainers and we really enjoy meeting new people. So far all our of our

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guests have become really close friends, and Orient Express has been a huge success. Chartering has forced us to learn everything we can about the Caribbean in a very short time. As such, we have explored these islands from the Virgins to Grenada. I must say the sailing has been fantastic! And each of the islands seem to have something neat to offer. We’ll be working the Caribbean through next season, then we’ll be off to the South Pacific where we also hope to charter. Madeleine and I would like to take this opportunity to say 'hello' to all the cruisers we met in Hawaii who were heading south. We want you to know that we’ll be there, too —albeit a couple of years late. "Soon come", as they say down here. We’ll be hanging in the Grenadines or Venezuela for the summer. # — ken 5/15/93 / Readers — Before getting in the charter business as described above, 32-pear old Ken built houses in Redwood City, Los Altos Hills and Hillsborough. He learned to sail on the Catalina 30 his parents keep at Coyote Point. €

Great times in Hawaii, Monte Carlo, the middle of the Atlantic and on charter in the Caribbean.

Madeleine, 24, was a track star in her native Sweden. A certified master dive instructor and certified aerobics instructor, she spent a season teaching snow skiing at Telluride. Orient Express is handled by Nicholson Yacht Charters (800) 662-6066. Shelby Nicholson reports the weekly rates are as follows: $5,500 for two; $6,000for four, and $7,000 for six. The price is all-inclusive except for the bar. "Orient Express has been one of our most successful boats this season," reports Nicholson. "She already has some repeat bookings for next winter." Beyond Normal Northwest Chartering

The three Northwest charter destination areas mentioned in the last World of Chartering — the San Juan Islands, Gulf Islands and Desolation Sound — are justifiably world famous as cruising grounds

for charterers looking for a week of fun. Even more fortunate are those who are lucky enough to have an entire season to spend enjoying every cozy cove, fishing Tide and magnificent vista. For sailors who have 'done' these areas to their satisfaction, there’s no need to give up on Northwest chartering or cruising. There are two other areas which, although they are close to major population centers and used primarily by locals, can be enjoyed by anyone. The one in the United States is the passages and inlets of the South Sound, which is located south of the Tacoma Narrows and reaching to Olympia on Budd Inlet. Picturesque communities, marine parks, views of Mt. Rainier and good fishing are a few of its attractions. The best sailing breezes are in the afternoon, particularly in areas close to the Nisqually Delta. The second area is Canada’s Howe Sound, just around the corner from Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet. Skiers driving up to Mt. Whistler will no doubt remember the fantastic mountain ranges and remarkably formed islands that decorate this cornucopia¬ shaped body of water. Anchorages vary from July. 1993 • UuUi 12 •

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tiny coves in the Paisley Archipelago — where the water is surprisingly warm — to the deep fjord-like bays of Gambier Island. There’s a good sailing breeze almost every summer afternoon in Howe Sound, and sometimes it lasts overnight. So make sure your anchor is secure. In a few of the larger bays, you can tie up to log booms tended by friendly tugboatmen. Just be prepared to cast-off when the wind and tide make it propitious for them to leave for the open waters of the Gulf of Georgia. They’ll warn you if an after dark departure is probable. Similar to the Delta in summer, both areas are wall-to-wall boats on weekends. But mid-week in summer — particularly those at the edges of the season — the anchorages and parks will be uncrowded and sometimes you’ll have them all to yourself! The smart way to play it is to enjoy the weekend moored in an urban marina, which will be emptied out. You can then enjoy dining and sightseeing ashore or taking Northwest and Canadian friends for a daysail. Alternatively, if you have a fortnight or more to charter, you can spend the weekend transiting from one area to the other. Think twice if you were considering taking a handgun to Canada. The Royal Canadian

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handguns. More importantly, unless you pick a fight in the wrong pub, there is no reason to worry about your personal safety while chartering or cruising in Canadian waters. Last time I checked, a fishing license was not required to catch bottom fish and crabs in United States waters. Size and catch limits still must be observed, of course. A license is required to fish for salmon and trout. In Canada, however, you must have a license to catch any marine creature, from clam to salmon. All charter outfits stay current on the latest wrinkles in their country’s fishing regulations. Check with them before you pack your fishing gear. Some fishing tips: Dungeness crabs are found on sandy bottoms, but seldom in waters shallow enough to see them walking around. Thus a crab ring or trap must be used to harvest the tasty critters. Rock crabs can be found, as you might expect, walking around on rocks, many times just under the surface. A fun way to catch them is with a salmon net from the dinghy. One person quietly rows backwards along a rocky shore while the other kneels over the transom with a net at the ready. When a crab is seen, you try to scoop it up from behind with the net. Stow the crabs in a covered bucket, until you have enough for a meal. But don’t leave the bucket between your legs, as a crab pinch in the wrong place could ruin your day! Rock crabs aren’t as 'meaty' as Dungeness crabs, but their flavor is worth the extra effort to pick enough to satisfy a hungry crew. Based on weather statistics, the first weekend in August is the best time of the year in the Northwest. To take advantage of the fact, the British Columbia government declared the first Monday in August to be B.C. Day, extending the weekend to three days. If your charter itinerary includes that weekend, be prepared for a huge number of Canadian boats to be out on the water or sharing a popular resort or park with you. As the holiday has no other purpose than time off for everyone, it seems to get more people out than does Canada Day (July 1st) or our Fourth of July. Labor Day weekend is a' holiday shared by both countries and marks the end of the season for most resorts except those with good fishing nearby. These others stay open as long as the fish and fishermen come. If you’re a charterer who likes festivals and crowds, you can enjoy a summer full of them in British Columbia and Washington

waterfront communities. There are numerous charming events in the Gulf Islands, the Nainamo Mile Carton Derby, Friday Harbor’s Jazz Festival and Seattle’s massive Seafair to name just a few. Check Chase’s Annual Events at the library or periodicals such as Sunset Magazine for exact places and dates. When you have enjoyed 'all of the above', it’s then time to think about Vancouver Island’s west coast. You won’t find any charter boats there, but what a place to cruise! — knick py/es ketch murielle, currently in chile Charter Notes:

Shoot the government, it’s nuts! The most recent evidence comes from the San Juan Islands.

Everyone knows the United States has border problems. Actually, the problem is there are no borders; people pour in illegally by the hundreds of thousands to help themselves to a assortment of benefits. The borders are effectively non-existent with regard to drugs, too, as pot and coke flow into the country to the tune of hundreds of millions a year. The only stuff the border filters out are honest people and assorted

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Prime Minister 'Son' Mitchell told jet-skiers to take a flying leap from the anchorages in the Grenadines.

fruits and vegetables. But keeping in line with the government’s commitment to misplaced priorities, the Immigration and Naturalization Service decided that the approximately 30,0000 Canadians who visit the San Juan Islands each year should no longer be able to just check in with a phone call. It was ruled that these mostly weekending Canadians looking to lighten their wallets must now report directly to Immigration inspectors with a document called Form 1-68. The fact that there haven’t been enough 1-68 forms or INS agents around to make the program practical was just a minor oversight. Canadians caught in the U.S. without the proper form are subject to arrest, at which point they are given the choice of either immediately returning to Canada or posting $500 bail and waiting for a hearing. As a result of this policy, approximately, 100 Canadians have been expelled from the San Juans this year. The only thing that keeps it from being a total outrage is that four boatloads of those turned back were lawyers. When John Davies of the Journal of Commerce called INS headquarters in 3

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Rep. Swift of Washington, whose resort operator constituents stand to lose 50% of their summer business, had a better read on the situation: "When you have agents who read the rule book with less common sense than would fit in a gnat’s navel, neither the

public nor the mission of the INS is wellserved." In retaliation the Canadian government is reported to be considering shooting all U.S. citizens found on their soil. "It would serve them right," said one source who insisted on remaining nameless, "for putting up with such lousy government for so long." Leave it to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to show some leadership. In recognition of the value of quiet anchorages for charter boats and beach lovers, jet-skis have been banned from all beaches and anchorages. Previously the same ban had been applied to water-skiing. If you don’t think such bans don’t make a difference to the quality of charter life, you’ve never sailed near popular Mexican resorts. Hot 'on the heels of beating such illustrious boats as Brigadoon, Felicity and Spike Africa in last month’s Master Mariner’s Regatta, the 70-ft gaff-rigged schooner William H. Thorndike is getting ready to do commerical charters on San Francisco Bay. The boat, built in Boston in 1939, is owned by Townsend Thorndike of Meredith, New Hampshire. If you’re an avid doll collector, you might know that Thorndike is president of Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, which employs no less than 400 Meredithians to make their product.

The William H. Thorndike is expected to be available for short-term events, such as day charters and honeymoon cruises on San Francisco Bay. Right now they’re in the process of getting the crew together. In fact, if you’re a veteran schoonerman looking for a position, contact Doc Gordon at (603) 279-333, ext 3095. The Moorings announced that they July. 1993 •UVUM'W* Page 137

WORLD OF CHARTERING opened their first domestic base in Clearwater, Florida, to serve as a model for what is anticipated will be a number of Moorings U.S. franchises. The Clearwater fleet will consist of 18 bareboats between 38 and 51 feet. The yachts will be four to sixyear old Moorings boats that have been phased out of similar programs in the Caribbean. The Clearwater cruising area will include a number of barrier islands and stretch as far south as the Florida. Keys. If you’ve owned a Moorings charterbpat and are looking to move up to a Mooring franchise, contact the company at (800)3689994. It’s summer and the time is right for chartering. Here’s our recommendations: Greece is great in the summer but early September is probably the best of all. Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji — all are at their very best during our summer. The Caribbean is less expensive now that it’s off-season. As summer passes to fall, the humidity and slight chance of hurricanes increase, however. Mexico is hot until October. Some of the very best bets are closest to home. The Pacific Northwest is best in August and September, and is less expensive to get to than most charter destinations.

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THE RACING

Crammed into the following 11 pages, you’ll find brief reports on the Midnight Moonlight Race, the Delta Ditch Run, the Farallones Race, the Memorial Day Regatta (ex-Volvo), Long Beach Race Week, a change in YRA procedures, the Cal Cup, the Woodies Regatta, theSBRA Clear Lake Regatta, the HDA halftime scores, the South Tower Race, the Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race and the usual race notes.

Moonlight Race San Francisco YC’s traditional Midnight Moonlight Maritime Marathon was held on June 19. Despite the rtame, it was a dark and moonless night. Still, 22 boats ranging in size from a Cal 20 — Farmers, the defending champion — to a Frers 40 started the reverse handicap race in Raccoon Strait between 3 and 5:10 p.m. "We started them earlier than usual this year due to the adverse tides," explained race organizer Bob Christensen. "And knowing that it would be a 'big boat' race this year, we added a few extra miles to the 35-mile rhumbline course for handi¬ capping purposes." Still, the winner of the moderately windy

Erlin, John Collins, and Erich and Mimi Steadman. "We checked the tide book before we signed up, and realized it was a perfect race for Bondi Tram," said Gruver, a longtime North Sails employee who recently transferred into their Technology Group. "We were helped by light air down at the Carquinez Bridge, but we still had to work hard to grind down Chimo and Black Lace on the homestretch." Bondi finished at 11:18 p.m., three minutes ahead of Chuck Winton’s J/105 Chimo. The last boat to finish, John Coye’s Santana 22 No Problem, pulled in at 1:32 in the morning. 1) Bondi Tram, Frers 41, Dave Gruver; 2) Chimo, J/105, Chuck Winton; 3) Black Lace (*), J/29, Kim Dincel; 4) Leda II, Lapworth 36, David James; 5) Ex Indigo, Cal 2-27, Steve Seal; 6)

Delta Ditch Run Above, Dave Gruver. Right, the only 30-footer on the Bay with three johns.

jaunt to the Carquinez Bridge and back was the last boat to start, Scott Easom’s Frers 41 Bondi Tram. Dave Gruver entered and skip¬ pered the boat under the St. Francis burgee. His crew consisted of Easom ("our bow¬ man"), PJ Cosgrove, Alex Peoples, Mike Poge 144 •

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Sebastiani Vineyards, 11 :Metre, John Sweeney; 7) Adrenaline Rush, 11:Metre, Tim Wells; 8) Ex¬ peditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider; 9) Farmers, Cal 20, Richard von Ehrenkrook; 10) Family Hour, Olson 30, Bilafer Family. (22 boats; * = protest pending)

"It was really pleasant," said overall winner John Bowen of his first 'Frisco to Stockton Race. "We had three generations of Johns on board Current Asset — my son and my 8-year-old grandson. . . The end of the race reminded us of when we used to sail in Seattle. We were ghosting along in the dark, the stars were out and it was very quiet." Helping the three Johns pull the strings on the 65-mile downwind race were their regular 'All-IBM Crew' of Rick Crandall, Tim Donofrio and Matt Rooke. "We did most

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McGregor, Wabbit, Kim Desenberg/John Groen; 3) Bloodvessel, B-25, Bob Harf/Barry Danieli; 4) Ultimate, Ultimate 20, Jeff Canepa; 5) Tulawemia, Wabbit, Mark Harpainter. (16 boats) HEAVY — 1) Current Asset, Islander 30 Mk. II, 2) Aberrant, Coronado 25, Jim Retriever, Wavelength 24, David Maxwell; 4) George, Olson 25, Craig Douglas; 5) Rubicon Mine Too, Islander 28, Gene Runion. (17

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Logic, F-27, Alan Bikle. (7 boats) CRUISE — 1) Dalliance, Lancer 36, George Robinson; 2) Impulse, Catalina 36, Ron & Sherry Welsh. (5 boats) OVERALL (ULDB & HEAVY) —1) Current Asset;

2) Wanna B; 3) Mr. McGregor; 4) Aberrant; 5) Bloodvessel; 6) Retriever; 7) George; 8) Rubicon Mine Too; 9) Chili!; 10) Ultimate.

Farallones Race The first half of the 1993 ocean racing season ended on a high note on June 12 as 58 boats enjoyed a classic sail to the Rockpile and back. Consistent winds up to the mid-20s, kindly seas and favorable tides propelled the fleet around the 57-mile course in a hurry, and all but a handful of the smaller boats were in their berths before dusk. Interestingly, about a quarter of the fleet rounded the island clockwise (from the south) this year, an option which seemed to pay off. Results of the San Francisco YC-hosted Farallones Race follow, as well as the overall 1 results of the first half for the groups that score their series that way. The season resumes on August 7 with the Junior Waterhouse Race. FARALLONES RACE (June 12 — 57 miles): MORA I — 1) Friday, Express 27, John Liebenberg; 2) Locomotion, Express 27, Mike Radcliffe; 3)

'Culo Bagnato\ the mighty midget of OYRA. Mike Warren (inset) is halfway through his quest to race 1,000 miles in his Cal 20 this summer.

things right, except for ripping our .75 ounce kite on a day marker with about 12 miles to go," claimed Bowen. "We don’t have'a half ounce, so we had to finish in light air with our 1.5 — not a pretty picture!" Bowen’s Islander 30 Mk. II drifted across the Stockton Sailing Club’s finish line at 11:12 p.m., good enough to beat the second place finisher, Joe Ballard’s B-25 Wanna B, by nine minutes on corrected time. Allure,

Jacobson’s SC 50, finished first at 8:57 p.m., but got clobbered in the standings. This was easily the slowest of the three Ditch Runs to date, and TomCat’s ’92 record of 5 hours, 30 minutes was never remotely in jeopardy. A total of 47 boats competed in the mellow affair, off a bit from the record high of 53 boats last year. "A lot of people didn’t sign up because it was an ebb-tide race," figured irrepressible promoter John Dukat of co-host Richmond YC. "Just wait ’til next year!" ULDB — 1) Wanna B, B-25, Joe Ballard; 2) Mr.

Curses!, Express 27, Tim Descemps. (6 boats) MORA II — 1) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Jeff Nehms; 2) Culo Bagnato, Cal 20, Mike Warren; 3) Siva, Olson 25, Gal Bar-Or; 4) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Bentsen/Boschma; 5) Revision, Catalina 30, David Jacoby. (11 boats) J/35 — 1) Jarlen, Bob Bloom; 2) Major Damage, Wilson/Perkins; 3) Cosmic Muffin, Tom Carlson. (5 boats) IMS I — pending. (3 boats) IMS II — 1) National Biscuit, Schumacher 35, Colin Case;

Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean

Treadway; 3) Surefire, Frers 36, Carter Bros. (6 boats) PHRO I — 1) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright; 2) Leading Lady, Peterson 40, Bob Klein; 3) Blitz, Express 37, George Neill; 4) My

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Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami; 5) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland. (10 boats) PHROII — 1) Marilyn, J/44, Monroe Wingate; 2) Razzmatazz, Swan 46, Dennis Robbins; 3) Rocinante, Beneteau 42, Alex Malaccorto; 4) Novia, Cal 39, John Webb; 5) Wind Chaser, Ericson 35 Mk. Ill, Dick & Patti Cranor. (13 boats) ASHS — 1) Illusion, Cal 40, Honey/Lindsay; 2) Indigo, Dragon Fly, Mike Taylor; 3) Great Fun, Davidson 50, Stan Glaros. (7 boats) Page 146

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CRUZ — 1) Nan Sea, Islander 30 Mk. II, David Hillstrom; 2) Talisman, Pearson 31, Ryan Werner. (4 boats) OVERALL FIRST HALF (4 races, 1 throwout): MORA I — 1) Friday, 2.25 points; 2) WYSIWYG, 5.75. (4 boats) MORA II — 1) (tie) Siva & Perezoso, 5.75 points; 3) Culo Bagnato, 9.75. (13 boats) PHRO I — 1) Spindrift V, 5.5 points; 2) Pegasus

XIV, 5.75; 3) Blitz, 12. (13 boats) PHRO II — 1) Razzmatazz, 5.75 points; 2) Windchaser, 10; 3) Rocinante, 12. (25 boats) CRUZ — 1) Nan Sea, 2.25 points; 2) Ostinato, 9. (6 boats)

Memorial Day Regatta The Bay Area’s premiere spring one design regatta — the Annual San Francisco Memorial Day Weekend Regatta (formerly

Scenes from the StFYC's Memorial Day Regatta, an event in need of a sponsor. All photos/rob.

the Volvo San Francisco Regatta)—went off without a hitch on May 28-31. A total of 93 boats ip seven veteran classes (J/24, Folkboat, Express 27, Knarr, Santana 35, J/35 and Express 37) were joined by two new ones (the exciting J/105s and ll:Met-

res) on Cityfront and Berkeley Circle courses, with each class completing between 3 and 5 races depending upon their request. Conditions for the weekend were predom¬ inately overcast with moderate winds. The Memorial Day Regatta, though down slightly in attendance (previous turnouts have been between 100 and 125 boats), remains the biggest 'non-September' event of the year for host St. Francis YC. It’s also a

regatta which benefits a worthy cause: the San Francisco Sailing Foundation, a local charitable organization primarily dedicated to helping junior sailors finance racing campaigns, "Our raffle and T-shirt sales raised just over $4,500," claimed SFSF president Harris Lavine. "We look forward to redistributing this wealth to our younger sailors over the course of the next year." Regatta sponsors included Mt. Gay Rum, July, 1993

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Kenwood, Mistral Sailboards, Revo and Svendsen’s Marine. The many donors of raffle prizes included Kenwood, donating a fully equipped home stereo system, and Mistral, donating an "Evolution" sailboard. Highlights of the weekend included watching the beautiful Master Mariners boats parade by during Saturday’s racing, the always-popular Mt. Gay Rum-hosted steel drum party on Saturday night, Monday afternoon’s trophy reception and raffle drawing (Chris Genau won the stereo; Sharon Oliver won the board), and regatta co-chairmen Matt Ciesicki and Ronn Loewenthal’s stellar race committee work. If there were an overall prize for the stand-out performance of the regatta, it would surely have gone to Herb Cole and his Oathead team, who came down from Seattle to trounce the competitive 31-boat J/24 flotilla. With the exception of the Express 37s and Knarrs, all the fleets had clear-cut winners. J/24 — 1) Oathead, Herb Cole, 8.5 points; 2) Tundra Rose, Kevin Downey, 23.75; 3) Going to Disneyland, Peter Young, 25.75; 4) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 26; 5) Fluid Ice, Bill Fortenberry, 36; 6) Small Flying Patio Furniture, The Purdys, 38; 7) Electra, John Oldham, 38; 8) Whiteout, Howard Chesley, 47; 9) Siesta, Akira Iwade, 49; 10) Fly United, Seadon Wijsen, 51. (31 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Windy, Bill DuMoulin, 7.5 points; 2) Wolf I, Jerry Langkammer, 10.25; 3) Freja, Ed Welch, 21; 4) Thea, Tom Reed, 25. (9 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Guneukitschek, John Collins, 6 points; 2) Moonlight, Schumacher/Franklin, 12; 3) Jalapeno, John Stewart, 20; 4) Bessie Jay, Brad Whittaker, 20.75. (9 boats) KNARR — 1) Huldra, Jim Skaar, 8.25 points; 2) Lykken, Bob Fisher, 9.75; 3) Red Witch, Craig McCabe, 13.75; 4) Sproyt, Herve Collignon, 40; 5) Snaps II, Knud Wibroe, 42. (13 boats) 11 :METRE — 1) Ronstan, Alistair Murray, 2.25 points; 2) Sebastian! Vineyards, Watson/Sweeney, 6. (4 boats; 3 races) J/105 — 1) Blackhawk, Art Ball/Chris Corlett, 3 points; 2) Slither, John Neisley, 11. (4 boats; 4 races) SANTANA 35 — 1) Flexible Flyer, Mike Creazzi, 4.25 points; 2) Breakout, Les Raos, 12; 3) Dance Away, Slabeck/Storkovich, 12.75. (7 boats) J/35 — 1) II Pellicano, Glasberg/Wilson/Davant, 6.25 points; 2) Major Damage, Perkins/Wilson, 10; 3) STS, Rod & Malcolm Park, 12.75; 4) Jarlen, Bob Bloom, 15. (10 boats) EXPRESS 37 — 1) Melange, Steve Chamberlin, 10.5 points; 2) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson, 10.75; 3) Spindrift, Larry & Lynn Wright, 13.5. (6 boats) Page 148 •

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Long Beach Race Week Five of the six Northern Californian boats (Bullseye, STS, Warspite, Morning Glory, Bang) that ventured down the coast for Long Beach Race Week came back with trophies. Only Andrei Glasberg’s fifth place finishing J/35 II Pellicano failed to earn a souvenir, apparently unable to adapt to their first close encounter with soft, shifty air. "As a group, the Bay Area boats did great!" remarked Bullseye driver Kimo Worthington, who enjoyed sailing in shorts and a T-shirt, but was put off by the air quality and the traffic jams. "L.A.’s a nice enough place to visit, but every time I go down there I’m reminded of why 1 moved to the Bay Area!" Winds peaked at a less-than-ferocious 6-8 knots during the five-race series, hosted by Long Beach YC on June 11-13. The number of entrants, 51, was down again, possibly hurt by competition from the more popular and better organized Trimble/North Race Week which followed two weeks later on June 25-27. Still, there was close racing in most classes, especially between Morning Glory and Persuasion in the Fabulous 50s, and Chayah and Victory in the remnants of IOR. Bob Garvie’s new N/M 43 Bullseye was particularly impressive, putting together a 2,1,1,1,1 record to comfortably win IMS-A. She was also the low-point boat in the IMS fleet, with overall finishes of 3,1,3,1,1. In stark contrast to years past, the race com¬ mittee actually had the IMS results computed and posted moments after the boats tied up

'Bullseye', Bob Carvie's N/M 43, found the pace at Long Beach Race Week. She'll sail for StFYC in the Lipton Cup, and should be hard to beat.

at the dock. The victorious Bullseye bunch, in addition to Bob and Kimo, included Peter Cameron, Dennis George, Wally Henry, Ken Keefe, Ed Reynolds, Ernie Rodriguez, Tom Ross and Russ Silvestri. CATALINA 37 — 1) Mary Anne Wilson, 10.75 points; 2) Mark Noble, 15.75; 3) Dick Pennington /Doug Baker, 21; 4) Dick & Camille Daniels, 23.75. (9 boats) SANTANA 30/30 — 1) Redline, Bob Marcus, 6.25 points; 2) Mainstreet, John Matzinger/Joe Case, 9.5. (3 boats) J/35 — 1) Abba-Zabba Jab, Larry Harvey, 11.25 points; 2) Short Term Solution (STS), Rod & Malcolm Park, 15; 3) Flamboyant, Barney & Steve Flam, 20.75; 4) Juice, Stan Yocum, 21.75. (11 boats) SCHOCK 35 — 1) Outlier, Dick Schmidt, 14.5 points; 2) Buttercup, John Cazier, 14.75; 3) Main Squeeze, Rick Dorfman, 17.75. (7 boats) FAB 50 — 1) Morning Glory, R/P 50, Hasso Plattner/Dee Smith, 6.25 points; 2) Persuasion, Andrews 53, Neil Barth, 7.5; 3) Cantata II, Brook Gifford, 15. (5 boats) •OR — D Chayah, Vallicelli 50, Oscar Krinsky/Neil Baker, 6.25 points; 2) Victory, Dubois 40, Bob Butkus/Mark Wilson, 7.5; 3) Gator, Frers 38, Tom Wheatly, 15. (6 boats) IMS A — 1) Bullseye, N/M 43, Bob Garvie/Kimo Worthington, 5 points; 2) It's OK!, Andrews 43, Lew Beery/Craig Fletcher, 12.75; 3) Warspite, Wylie 42,

SHEET

Kevin Meechan/Craig Healy, 13. (5 boats) IMS B — 1) Marishanna, Wylie 38, Dave Dwoskin/Steve Grillon, 3.75 points; 2) Bang, N/M 41, Max Gordon/Howie Marion, 10. (5 boats)

Are You a Flake? If you are, then this is for you. For as long as anyone can remember, the deadline for

getting your YRA entry into the office' at Fort Mason was the Monday prior to the race date. This may seem overly strict in this age of fax machines, E-mail, credit cards and electronic fund transfers. But there’s actually a reason: The YRA

staff — Glenda Carroll and her assistant Lynn Malloy — needs the time to assemble the packet that goes to the sponsoring club’s race committee. This packet has to contain an accurate and complete list of entries for use on the starting and finishing line, and it all has to be ready in time to get it to the race committee by mail before the weekend. And when you rely on the U.S. Postal Service. . . well, you need a couple of days margin. In years past this wasn’t so much of a problem. It only came up at the beginning of the YRA season, which most of us seemed to be able to plan for well in advance. But current YRA policy encourages entries in individual races, and a few potential entrants have been taken by surprise by this seem¬ ingly hard-nosed entry deadline. Why not just fax in the entry, and charge the fee to a VISA card? The capability to accept charge cards would cost YRA $500 per year. What about letting in late entries after the race committee starting line list is made up, and let the RC figure it out? Too many possibilities for major RC screw-ups — and we have enough of those already, thank you. So what YRA finally came up with is this: You can fax in your entry to (415) 771-0144 any time before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday before the race, and mail your check in so that it arrives by Friday. (No check, and you

'Silver Bullet' leaves the fleet behind in the Cal Cup. The 'Bullet' is a favorite to win the Barn Door in this month's 37th TransPac.

won’t be scored.) And to cover the extra labor keeping track of tardy entries, there’s a $20 late fee added for being able to say "the

check’s in the mail." Also, you probably won’t get race instructions sent to you. Copy them from another competitor. YRA obviously does not want to encour¬ age last-minute entries. But at least now they’re offering an option, and this should prevent some frantic sprints across town to get the check under the door by the Monday evening deadline. However, in the words of Bobbi Tosse, YRA treasurer: "Being a flake is expensive!" California Cup John DeLaura’s experienced SC 70 Silver Bullet won the prestigious Cal Cup off Marina del Rey over Memorial Day Week¬ end, and with it grabbed the lead in the 1993 ULDB Championship Series. But they cer¬ tainly didn’t do it the 'easy way'. The Bullet almost handed the series to Evolution in the fifth and final race through a comedy of errors, including a terrible start and hitting the first weather mark as they rounded it convincingly in last place. Fortunately, they had 15 miles left on the triple windwardleeward race track, and showed their depth and determination by grinding their way back to third. They finished the owner/driver series with a 3,1,1,4,3 record. Though Silver Bullet hails from Long Beach, her 'core' crew is imported from the Bay Area — a tradition that dates back to when Robert Flowerman was the captain. Joining Delaura and current captain John Jourdane for this regatta were Bill Erkelens, Dave Gruver, Robert Flowerman, Jeff Madrigali, Mark Rudiger and former Santa Cruzan Mark Simms. This group is staying together for the upcoming TransPac and, given their momentum and previous record in that epic double-points race, they’re favorites to finish in the money. But there are still three more cham¬ pionship races to contend with after the TransPac: Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara (Aug. 13), LAYC Watts Series (Sept. 18-19) and the LBYC Cabo Race (Nov. 6). "Any¬ thing can happen still," warned Madro. "It’s too early in the season to start making predictions." CAL CUP (5 races): 1) Silver Bullet, SC 70, John DeLaura, 11.5 points; 2) Evolution, SC 70, Brack Duker, 16; 3) Victoria, Andrews 70, Mike Campbell, 22.75; 4) Alchemy, Andrews 70, Dick Compton, 23; 5) Grand Illusion, SC 70, Ed McDowell, 26; 6) Pyewacket, SC 70, Roy Disney, 28.75; 7) Holua, SC 70, Blake Quinn, 28.75; 8) Cheval, N/M 68, Hal Ward, 31; 9) Maverick, N/M 68, Les Crouch/Paul Cote, 37. (9 boats) July. 1993 •UMUiW*

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SEASON TO DATE (after 3 of 7 events):

1) Silver Bullet, 45 points; 2) Evolution, 41; 3) Holua, 36; 4) Pyewacket, 35; 5) Victoria, 32; 6) Grand Illusion, 30; 7) (tie) Cheval and Alchemy, 20; 9) Maverick, 14; 10) Blondie, 10. (12 boats)

StFYC Woodies Regatta Sixty woodies in five WBRA classes enjoyed the St. Francis YC Woodies In¬ vitational Regatta on June 18-20. The format was the same as usual (an afternoon race Friday, two races Saturday, one Sunday), the weather was the same (windy enough on Saturday to dismast Mike Guzzardo’s Knarr Peerless) and, for the most part, the same people won the trqphies again. Not much changes from year to year in the woodie world: the Bird class continues to somehow fight off extinction, the Folkboats and Bears are holding constant, and the IOD class has actually grown somewhat despite endless internal bickering. Meanwhile, the Knarrs continue to field the biggest fleet and offer the best competition. Because this regatta was one of their last qualifiers for the IKCs in Norway later this summer, the Knarr racing was even more heated than usual. BEAR — 1) Little Dipper, The Bambaras, 8.75 points; 2) Circus, Bob Jones, 10.5; 3) Smokey, Steve Robertson, 11.75; 4) Trigger, Scott Cauchois, 15. (9 boats) BIRD — 1) Widgeon, Heinz Backer, 5.5 points; 2) Skylark, Jane Hook, 6.75. (3 boats) FOLKBOAT — 1) Little Svendle, The Svendsens, 6.5 points; 2) Windy, Bill DuMoulin, 8.75; 3) Freyja, Evie Ashcroft, 21; 4) Highway, David Boyd, 21; 5) Thea, Tom Reed, 21. (12 boats) IOD — 1) Profit, Hennefer/Mettier, 5.5 points; 2) Bolero, George Degnan, 11.75; 3) Undine, Adam Wheeler, 13.75; 4) Icfigin, Clayton Jackson, 25; 5) Hecate, Dennis Jermaine, 25. (11 boats) KNARR — 1) Huldra, Jim Skaar, 14.5 points; 2) Whistler, Sinawi/Perkins, 14.75; 3)Adelante, Grant Settlemier, 24; 4) Wintersmoon, Bryan Kemnitzer, 24; 5) #103, Mickey Waldear, 26; 6) Lykken, Robert Fisher, 26.75; 7) Red Witch, Craig McCabe, 34; 8) Snaps II, Knud Wibroe, 35; 9) Nordlys, Joel Kudler, 37; 10) Sugar, Mark Heer, 42. (25 boats)

Clear Lake Regatta Several hundred dinghy sailors battled interminable postponements, light and fluky winds, 90° to 100° heat and mosquitoes as big as condors at this year’s Clear Lake Regatta, hosted by Diablo Sailing Club on June 19-20. Despite it all, the laid-back family ambience of the event more than made up for any shortcomings on the race course. Where else except the Konocti Page 160 •

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Harbor Inn can you lounge by or in the pool while waiting out Saturday’s 2.5 hour post¬ ponement? Or play mini-golf until midnight? Or go to a concert on the premises after racing? (Eddie Money was playing, but no one we know would admit to going.) Thirteen classes sailed on three different courses, making this once again the biggest and most popular event on the Small Boat Racing Association circuit. Twenty-five volunteers from Diablo SC, Richmond YC and Konocti Bay SC chipped in to make the weekend a success on land and water. After

two light, shifty races on Saturday, some 240 sailors enjoyed a wonderful lakeside barbeque, followed by a successful raffle to benefit SBRA. Fortunately, a 12-15 knot westerly filled in around 1 p.m. on Sunday, erasing mem¬ ories of Saturday’s drifting contests. Using three minute starting sequences, the RC got in another four races on most courses. "Sun¬ day’s racing was what lake sailing is all about," claimed Scott Rovenpera, who won the Fireball division. "Flat water, warm lake, full breeze — classic Clear Lake conditions!

“You never cover dinghies!' griped 1-14 sailor Alan Laflin. Well, here's a start — pics from the recent SBRA Clear Lake Regatta. All photos/rob.

EL TORO, SR. — 1) Hank jotz, 5.5 points; 2) Al

Kenstler, 5.75; 3) Steve Briggman, 7; 4) Gordon

Nash, 9.75. (31 boats) EL TORO, JR. — 1) Dana Jones, 3.5 points; 2) Nick Nash, 4.75; 3) Jason Martin, 10; 4) Kifnball Hall, 11.75. (13 boats) LASER 11 — 1) Michele Logan, 6.5 points; 2) Brendan Richards, 7.75; 3) Simon Bell, 10.75; 4) Ron Loza, 14. (9 boats) SNIPE — 1) Jim Grubbs, 3 points; 2) Charles *

Heimler, 13; 3) Carey Clausen, 17; 4) Ned Niccolls, 19. (9 boats) LASER — 1) Bruce Braly, 6.75 points; 2) Mike Eichwald, 7.75; 3) Paul Dietrich, 9.75; 4) Hal McCormack, 15. (13 boats) FJ — 1) Steve Klotz, 3 points; 2) Larry Weatherly, 9.75; 3) Joe Doering, 15; 4) Pete Blasberg, 17. (10

WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Colin Moore, 2.25 points; *2) Kim Desenberg, 4.75; 3) Jim Malloy, 11; 4) Bill

Erkelens, 11. (7 boats) 1-14 — 1) Keith & Patrick Stahnke, 2.25 points; 2) Alan Laflin, 4.75; 3) Andy Bates, 8; 4) Larry Craig,

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13. (11 boats) FIREBALL — 1) Scott Rovenpera, 3.5 points; 2) Will Paxton, 7.75; 3) Colleen Sullivan, 8; 4) Gordon

SUNFISH — 1) Rich Straub, 4.5 points; 2) Earl Dozier, 5.75; 3) Mike Waters, 5.75; 4) Darryl Coe,

Danielson, 8.75. (8 boats) CONTENDER —1) Jerome White, 3.5 points; 2)

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Gil Wooley, 5.75; 3) Rick Welch, 7.75. (5 boats) 505 — 1) Craig Collins, 4.5 points; 2) Mike

LIGHTNING — 1) (tie) Bruce Arnold and Mike

Molina, 10.75 points. (4 boats)

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HDA Halftime Scores The first half of the Handicap Divisions Association (HDA) concluded with a pair of wild races on the Knox course on June 19. At least one boat, Paul Altman’s veteran Wylie 34 Annalise, was dismasted in winds that peaked in the upper 30s. Results of the first half, scored on each yacht’s best 5-of-6 races, follow. The HDA season resumes with the Encinal YC’s Second Half Opener on July 31-August 1. DIV. H (0-114) — 1) Caberet, Oyster SJ 35, Bill Keith, 19 points; 2) Coyote, Beneteau 40, UC Berkeley/Rob Anderson, 33.25; 3) Condor, C&C 40, Mario Sepulveda. (21 boats) DIV. J (117-138) — 1) Wind Chaser, Ericson 35 Mk. Ill, Patti & Dick Cranor, 9 points; 2) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, 15; 3) Meltemi Too, Cal 35, Bill Jonas, 16.75. (16 boats) DIV. K (141-162) — 1) Fast Forward, Catalina 36, Jim Aton, 6 points; 2) Leda II, Lapworth 36, David James, 12.75; 3) Movin On, Jeanneau 32, Bob Neal, 15.75. (16 boats) DIV. L (165-186) — 1) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, 8.5 points; 2) (tie)Antares, Islander 30 Mk. II, Larry Telford, and Crinan, C&C 30, Bill West, 13. (18 boats) DIV. M (189-above) — 1) Dulcinea, Ki llerwhale. Bill Pritchard & Mike Mathiasen, 7.5 points; 2) Neblina, Cal 28, Neil Mosher, 14.75; 3) Hippo, Smith Quarter Ton, Mark Womack, 16.75. (14 boats)

South Tower Race "Hot and slow" pretty much sum up this year’s 22nd Annual Stockton South Tower Race, though there were brief moments of terror thrown in near the Crissy Field weather mark. "It was blowing about 20 and there was heavy fog," explained race chairman Pat Brown, who sailed his soupedup Wilderness 30 Rascal. "We got lost and came within about 100 feet of piling up on Angel Island with our kite up!" Held on June 18-19 by Stockton Sailing Club, this year’s Tower Race attracted only 35 boats. Officials think the Ditch Run may be cutting into the popularity of the South Tower Race rather than acting as a feeder to it, but no one is really sure why the numbers have slumped from the usual 45 or 55-boat turnout. One boat that was conspicuously absent was Tom Mason’s Olson 29 Miss Conduct — the boat featured in the DeWitt race poster and commemorative T-shirt. Mason, the only person masochistic enough to have done all 21 previous Tower Races, missed this one because both he and his boat have migrated to Seattle. This year’s marathon was postponed an

'Dulcinea', a Killerwhale, is running away with HDA-M at halftime. Nice graphics on the kite!

hour at the start, as the racers sweltered in 100° heat and no wind. Eventually, the race got underway in light air, with Aotea, Peter Hogg’s Antrim 40, leading most of the time — as expected — throughout the 140-mile race. The sleek trimaran was first to the weather mark and first to finish at 5:36 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. However, trophies for 'first to Blackaller Buoy' and 'first to Stockton' can only be earned by monohulls. Rob Anderson and his UC Berkeley crew, who pulled into Stockton at 6:06 p.m., claimed both those honors with their Beneteau 40 Coyote. But it was a small boat that nabbed overall honors — Mike Sheehe’s Islander 30 Mk. II Candace Ann, sailing under the burgee of the host club. Sheehe, a Stockton attorney, graciously credited his crew — brother Chuck Sheehe, Mark and Jeff Breen, Ken Martiney and Albert Boyce — for the victory, their first in five attempts. "We really concentrated upwind," commented Sheehe. "The race is basically won or lost going to Crissy." When pressed for more go-fast details (he beat Retriever, the second place boat, by almost an hour on corrected time!), Mike revealed, "We didn’t bring any booze, not even beer. However, we made up for it at the party afterwards!" Speaking of 'dry' ships, the Nonsuch 30 Sea Harp got confused going downwind in the dark off Pittsburg and found herself high

The Cal 28 'Neblina', currently a distant second in HDA-M, also sports a spinny graphic — but what is iti

and dry on a mudflat, going from almost 8 knots to zero in a hurry. They had to be pulled off and took a DNF, an option which four other boats exercised out of frustration at various other points in the long race. DIV. I — 1) Bottom Line, Choate 40, John & Debbie Walker; 2) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry & Lynn Wright; 3) Coyote, Beneteau 40, UC Berkeley. (4 boats) DIV. II — 1) Blue Blazer, Contessa 35, John Creen; 2) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer; 3) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, The Ondrys. (5 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Midnight Flyer, Tartan Ten, Melson/Felten; 2) Faded Badley, J/30, Dana Badley; 3) Sumo, SC 27, Cassady/Livingston. (6 boats) DIV. IV — 1) Retriever, Wavelength 24, David Maxwell; 2) Alzora, Olson 25, Rex Mallott; 3) Make My Day, Olson 25, Nat Cildersleeve. (5 boats) DIV. V — 1) Candace Ann, Islander 30 Mk. II, Michael Sheehe; 2) Mr. Bone, Columbia Sabre, Rick Nelson; 3) Mandalay, Catalina 36, Bill Lancaster. (5 boats) DIV. VI — 1) Cool Change, Catalina 30, Mike Morehouse. (2 boats) DIV. VII (multihulls) — 1) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells; 2) Triptych, F-27, Ken Kinoshita. (3 boats) OVERALL — 1) Candace Ann; 2) Retriever; 3) Alzora; 4) Make My Day; 5) Audacious. (35 boats)

Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race "Next year, the jinx will be lifted — the race committee guarantees wind!" promised --—

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regatta chairman Keith MacBeth. "But we’re considering providing a free keg at Morro Bay just in case." Incredibly, for the fourth year in a row, the Santa Cruz to Santa Barbara Race was another drifter. In fact, only five boats finished out of the 18 starters — percentage¬ wise about the same as last year’s debacle (6 finishers out of a 21-boat field). In case anyone’s forgotten, the ’91 and ’90 races were incredibly tedious, too. Almost as reliable as the lack of wind for the 215-mile Memorial Day Weekend crawl down the coast was the presence of Eric Sultan’s Wilderness 30 Special Edition in the overall winner’s circle. Sailing with his coastal race specialists — Dave Hodges, Ian Klitza, Roland Brun and Bengie Canepa — Sultan completed the race in 52 hours, 10 minutes, correcting out almost three hours ahead of the rest of the other finishers. "Outside was the way to go this time," explained Hodges. "Highlights? I can’t remember any — it was a slow, uneventful race." Mongoose, Paul Simonsen’s SC 70, was first to finish in an elapsed time of 45 hours, 44 minutes. Like sistership Mirage, they had hoped to use the SC-SB Race as a heavy air tune-up for the upcoming TransPac. Mirage, however, bailed out half way to Santa Barbara while behind Mongoose. Later, they took untold hazing for this decision from the ’Goose crew. Turnabout, it seems, is fair play: two years ago, the situation was reversed, as the Miragers had been pretty hard on Mongoose for quitting while they were behind. The majority of the fleet sought relief in Morro Bay after beating upwind in a light southerly for the first 24 hours of the race. The wind finally filled in on the second night (Saturday), but for most folks it was a case of 'too little, too late'. Some boats, such as Runnin’ Blues, a Moore 24 from Grapevine, Texas, sailed the course anyway, finishing well outside the 54-hour time limit. Whether the Texans did this for fun or because they knew there’s no hoist in Morro Bay remains a mystery. "Unfortunately, there was a better party at Morro Bay than at Santa Barbara this year," said MacBeth, himself a DNF casualty with Absolute 88. 1) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan/Dave Hodges; 2) Magic Touch, SC 40, Wayne Colahan; 3) Mongoose, SC 70, Paul Simonsen; 4) Proifiotion, SC 40, Paul Parsons; 5) Allure, SC 50, Chuck Jacobson. (18 boats; all others DNF)

Race Notes Bummed because you missed this year’s TransPac? It’s not too early to consider next summer’s West Marine Pacific Cup, scheduled for early July ’94. A couple of things are new for the eighth 'Fun Race to Hawaii': the 70-foot length limit has been eliminated (opening the door for sail training ships, mega-yachts and other interesting possibilities) and there probably won’t be a 50-boat limit imposed like in years past. Already, four boats have signed up: a B-25, a Ranger 33, a Hans Christian 43 with an all¬ female crew and an Ericson 35. "Interest in the race is running higher than ever," says spokesman Andy Rothman. "Get your entries in early!" Call Pac Cup Commodore Jim Quanci for more information at (415) 4414461. To receive the full race packet, send $10 to Pacific Cup YC, 2269 Chestnut St., #111, San Francisco, CA 94123. Find a need and fill it: SBRA director Michele Logan noticed that there are an abundance of training programs and racing clinics for kids, but none for adults. She decided to do something about it, hence the first hopefully annual Women's Dinghy Racing Seminar, held on May 22-23 at Richmond YC. "We offered it only to women for several reasons," explained Michele. "Primarily, we wanted to control the size of the event in its first year, as well as serve the greatest apparent need. Plus we thought it would be more fun this way!" Judging from

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make it so, including Gail Yando, Treacy Malloy, Sally Lindsay, Fred Paxton, Rebecca Harris and Krysia Pohl. Speaking of Rebecca Harris, the 17year-old superstar from Vacaville was recently named one of 40 sailors (and the only Bay Area sailor) on the 1993 US Sailing Team. That distinction is earned by being in the top-five ranked sailors in each of the ten Olympic divisions. Rebecca, a two-time Leiter Cup winner (i.e., best junior woman sailor in the country), is coming on strong in the Europe Dinghy Class. New boats: Two Melges 24s have now been sold in Northern California. Greg Dyer of Sacramento got his in time to win the Los Angeles NOOD Regatta. Danville’s Skip Rottlcci has ordered hull #61 and is looking forward to the upcoming San Francisco NOOD Regatta and next year’s freshwater circuit. Say, isn’t it time that a formal Lake Circuit was established? Movin’ on: Dave Sallows recently pur¬ chased the SC 50 Dolphin Dance. His former steed, the Beneteau 42 Maluhai, is still for sale. . . Bill Dorsch is shipping his Beneteau 45f5 Buddha Thumb to Italy, and then having it delivered to Greece. Ac¬ cording to Chris Corlett, Dorsch and his wife, both physicians, are "fed up with the system" here and are relocating to Greece. . . Lon Woodrum just sold his Farr 727 Fury and is replacing it with a Moore 24. . . The first J/130, a 43-footer featuring the new asym¬ metrical kite set-up, will arrive on the Bay in late August. It has been purchased by Jose Yturbe, who will sail it down to his home¬

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town of Puerto Vallarta later in the fall. . . Several of the sporty new J/80s have been sold in California, including one to revered sledmeister Tom Leweck. Summer vacation: Don Trask and son-inlaw Dave Hulse are currently sailing J/80s in July. 1993 •

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THE RACING SHEET a one design class at Block Island Race Week. John Kostecki is driving the Farr 50 Full Cry in the IMS competition there, assisted by Greg Prussia, Dobbs Davis and a bunch of PACT ’95 America’s Cup crew. Kimo Worthington is helming the Farr 40 High 5. Lovely idea: The first Tahiti Cup is tentatively scheduled to depart San Fran¬ cisco on June 10, 1995. The rhumbline distance is 3,650 miles at 205° true; a modern 40-footer should make the trip in just over 20 days. "We think people are ready for a change from the usual coastal and Hawaii races," claims spokeswoman Mary Lovely. If you’re interested in sup¬ porting or participating in the race, plan on attending the Tahiti Cup YC’s first organizing meeting at St. Francis YC on September 9th at 7:30 p.m. Call Keith Buck at (510) 8379424 to hear more. Meanwhile, the Transpacific YC is moving ahead with plans for their Tahiti Race, which will start the third week of June, 1994. According to race chairman Grant Baldwin, 20 competitors so far have indicated they will partake in this "race to paradise." Questions? Call Baldwin at (714) 675-8675. Whitbread update: 16 boats from 12 dif¬ ferent countries will compete in the sixth Whitbread Round the World Race be¬ ginning on September 25 from South¬ ampton, England. Since John Jourdane’s preview was published in last month’s Latitude, three more boats have signed up, two W-60s and a maxi. The 60s are Dolphin & Youth and U.S. Women’s Challenge, Nance Franks’ all women effort sailing the first Yamaha; the maxi is Uruguay Natural (ex-Martela). There’s speculation that the June 1 entry deadline date will be waived to accommodate any syndicate which buys Chris Dickson’s 'reject' 60, the radical Swarbrick model, at the last minute. Meanwhile, Grant Dalton’s NZ En¬ deavour won the maxi division of the six¬ legged Open UAP Round Europe Race, beating La Poste and Merit Cup. In the W-60 class, Galicia ’93 Pescanova narrowly triumphed over Intrum Justitia, with Brooksfield a distant third. The next pre-Whitbread showdown will be the 3,300-mile Gold Cup TransAtlantic Race from New York to England on July 3. At least three 60s are expected to use the race as a shakedown: Winston (with Dennis Conner actually aboard), Dolphin and US Women’s Chal¬ lenge. At least nine other boats, including the 80-foot maxi Congere, are entered. Comeback time: Olson 30s faded away as a one design class in Santa Cruz in the late ’80s, even as the class was growing stronger each year on the Bay. Now that pattern may be reversing itself — or at least Page 154

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an 0-30 revival is underway in Santa Cruz, judging by the enthusiasm of the nine boats at the Olson 30 Spring One Design Reg¬ atta hosted by Santa Cruz YC on May 2223. Doug Kirk’s slippery Stray Cat, currently dominating the Spring SCORE Series, took' the weekend with five straight bullets. Jack Halterman was the victorious skipper. Sec¬ ond place went to Animal House, co-sailed by Jay Crum and Dave Hodges; Jay Ben¬ nett’s Kabala was third. Jack Easterday’s Liquid Gait was the lone Bay Area repres¬ entative, finishing fourth. The strongest Santa Cruz one design fleet, the stalwart fun-lovers in the Moore 24 class, gathered for their Pacific Coast Championship on the windy weekend of June 12-13. Ian Klitza steered Adios to victory with four firsts and a third. His crew included owner Scott Walecka, Dave Hodges, Doug Kirk, Bengie Canepa and Mark Turbo’ Gittler. Moorgasm (Chris Watts) was second, while Great Pumpkin (Jim Maloney) was third in the 20-boat field. Brief notes: Bill Charron of the Fremont Sailing Club won the Lido 14 Nationals at Scott’s Flat Lake on June 12-13 over an 18boat fleet... The revived Corlett Race, co¬ hosted by IYC and HMBYC on Memorial Day Weekend, drew 11 boats this year. Dan Newland’s custom Pegasus XIV won the 8boat racing division, while Mike Warren’s diminutive Cal 20 Culo Bagnato took the cruising class. Lowlights of the three-legged race included no wind on the middle day (Sunday), during which a boat in the cruising division inexplicably collided with a fishing boat... Jeff Miller and Bruce Heckman won the StFYC-hosted 505 Regatta on June 5-6 over a small fleet. New sled owners: Fred Hammett of San Diego, who previously campaigned Jumpin ’ Jack Flash, recently bought Blondle, SC 70 #1, from Peter Tong. . . Joe Case, a Long Beach Santana 30-30 sailor, has become partners in the SC 70 Mongoose with Paul Simonsen. The boat will split its time between Northern and Southern California. ... Paul Cot£ is Les Crouch’s new partner in the aluminum N/M 68 Maverick. Big Red’s racing days are over, however — it’s cur¬ rently being converted into a cruising boat complete with three staterooms. First notice: The ninth biennial running of the Singlehanded TransPac Race is scheduled to begin on June 25,1994. Since 1978, 130 sailors have done this race in everything from a Wilderness 21 to a custom 60-footer. To obtain a race package (and spiffy original DeWitt poster), send $10 to TransPac ’94, c/o Singlehanded Sailing

Society, Box 1716, Mill Valley, CA 94942. Collegiate wrap-up: The West Coast had a great showing at the Collegiate Dinghy Nationals, held in FJs at St. Mary’s on May 31-June 2. Our two representatives, Hawaii and UC Irvine, finished second and third out of the 16 best teams in the country. Navy, led by repeat collegiate sailor of the year Brad Rodi, won the event by only one point. It couldn’t have been closer, as any of 6 teams could have won going into the last race. Afterwards, four West Coast skippers were named to the elite 20-person AllAmerican roster: Irvine seniors Geoff Becker and Randy Lake, and from University of Hawaii, junior Morgan Larson and senior Jeff Olson. Hawaii’s John Myrdahl received an honorable mention. Making Sailing World’s list of 20 All-Star Crews were Jennifer Browning and Sarah Robertson (both of Irvine), Britt Johnson (Stanford) and Wendy Chen (Hawaii). Tufts, which finished sixth in the Dinghy Nationals, captured both the Women’s and Team Racing titles, and with it the Fowle Trophy for best overall performance at the five national championships (the sloop and singlehanded events occur in the fall). Stanford, led by skippers Gretchen Uznis and Cinnamon Hampikian, finished fifth in the Women’s Collegiate Nationals, held May 27-29 at St. Mary’s. Santa Cruz was ninth in the 16-team field and Santa Barbara was twelfth. In the Collegiate Team Racing Nationals — which Tufts won over Navy in the final heat — Hawaii ended up sixth and Stanford was seventh in a 12-team field. Grand prix notes: Paul Cayard won the La Rochelle 50-Foot World Cup on May 27-30 with Rinaldo del Bono’s (his real name, we swear) Briand-designed Capricorno. Cayard and sidekick Steve Erickson, who served as tactician, easily bested the 9boat fleet. Interestingly, the 50 owners have abandoned plans to phase out of IOR 50s in favor of a similar length one design. "The racing is better than we ever dreamed it could be. To reach this level again — in a new kind of boat that could also compete under an evolving rule such as IMS — could potentially take years of development," claimed class president Wictor Forss, who proposed the one design idea two years ago. . . The 184-foot schooner Adlx failed last month to break the schooner Atlantic’s 1905 TransAtlantic record of 12 days, 4 hours. Lack of wind was their downfall. . . Bill Vincent, the crewman who died in the recently completed British Steel Chal¬ lenge, was deemed to have committed suicide. Apparently, he made a perfect dive overboard and then swam away from the boat. What a weird way to go. . .

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With reports this month from Long Tally Sally in the Mediterranean; 'busted yachties' down in Zlhuatanejo; an update from Jupiter in the West Indies; background to the incredible saga of Bill Forrest down in Costa Rica; another in a series of informative reports from Heart of Gold, this one on French Polynesia; Rolling Stone in Alaska; Pyxis does the Panama Canal; some important dates for the Mexico Class of '93-94; and the usual cruise notes.

Long Tall Sally — Tayana 55 Steve Weick & Maureen Miller European Adventure (San Francisco) For cruisers on the go, it’s often very difficult to find worthwhile employment. But in the case of Steve Weick, a former vicepresident at Tandem Computer, work found him. While back home in December of 1991 during the middle of a cruise to Europe and back, Weick was contacted by some folks from Hewlett-Packard. They explained much was going on in the industry and they occasionally needed an expert to check on project development around the world. Would Weick be interested in making himself available a week a month? Weick and Miller found the proposal attractive for two reasons. First, it would finance an additional year of cruising. They’d been having "a great time" and didn’t want to stop. Second, it would keep Weick’s hand in the business. He plans to resume

Towns such as Ciudadela on Menorca make the Balearics the most popular cruising area in the western Med.

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arranged day and the folks at HewlettPackard would instruct him to go to the airport to pick up his tickets. Leaving Miller alone on the boat, Weick would then fly anywhere from Bombay to Boston. After a week of work, he’d be back on the boat for another three weeks of cruising. As the old saying goes, it’s good work if you can get it. It was about five years ago that Weick, now 48, and Miller, 49, decided they wanted to go cruising. "We wanted to go soon and on a big boat," explains Weick. This required 'cashing out' by selling their home and most other things of significant value. The 'big boat' that won their hearts was a Tayana 55 that was being finished off in the East Bay. She’d originally been a father and son project for a gentleman who’d been diagnosed as having terminal lung cancer. "The two worked on the boat for about a year," said Miller, 'Then the guy shocked everybody by getting well. He hadn’t been that interested in sailing anyway, so he sold the boat to us and, at last word, had moved to Marin and started a very successful software company." Weick and Miller had the boat modified to their specifications and completed. One of the more interesting modifications was getting rid of numerous single berths up forward and replacing them with a comfortable double. "A lot of people are surprised when they discover our 55-footer sleeps just four people," admits Miller. That would apply to the French in particular, who think nothing of 'sardining' 10 or 12 into 45footers. We were fascinated by three features of Long Tall Sally, which was named after Miller’s affection for the song of the same name. First, the owner’s cabin, which takes the entire aft of the boat. Standard on most Tayana 55s, it’s one of the best conceived and executed we’ve seen on a production boat. Second, we were intrigued by the boat’s washer/dryer. "The washer works great, but the dryer isn’t so good," says Miller. "People think it’s an onboard luxury — until they get to Europe and discover that it costs $10 to do a load of clothes!" Finally, we were impressed with the 2,000 amps worth of golf cart batteries that provide the

DC power for the boat. "We never worry about running low on battery power," says Weick in what should be something of an understatement. Weick and Miller have been more than pleased with the Tayana. "She’s solid, comfortable, and handles rough weather well," says Weick. "I figure she’s about as large a boat as two people can comfortably handle. We crossed the Atlantic with three other non-sailors." The only bad feature of the boat has been the Onan generator. "It is the worst," says Weick with conviction. "I started our cruise as a computer guy, but as a result of all our troubles with the Onan, I’m now a diesel guy." Weick and Miller departed San Francisco Bay in October of 1990. If you’re going to head south this winter and don’t have the time or money to go any further, there’s no need to fret. "Mexico has by far been the social highlight of our trip," says Miller. "Since we started our voyage three years ago, we’ve kept a log entry of every boat we’ve become friends with. It begins with Stan and Donna’s San Francisco-based

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Maureen and Steve aboard'LTSInset, one of the charming and romantic little towns along the south coast of France._

Snow Goose and continues up to John and Noel’s San Diego-based Paper Moon, a Baltic 55 which was just added to log a few days ago. Of the 300 boats on our list, I’d say that nearly one half of them are from the first six months when we were in Mexico. You just don’t meet people the same way in Europe and other places." After the winter of '90-'91 in Mexico, Weick and Miller then sailed to Florida, Bermuda, the Azores, and arrived in Vilamoura, Spain, in July of 1991. "We spent almost the rest of that first summer in the Balearics, which we really enjoyed," says Miller. "It’s the best of the Western Med. It has a great combination of lovely anchorages, good marinas and attractions ashore. It was terrific. * "Most cruisers in the Med winter in places like Cyprus, Malta, Tunisia or Palma, where it’s warm," says Weick. "But we ended up m the 500-berth city-owned marina at St. Raphael, which is between Cannes and St. Tropez. Our boat was the biggest in the

marina^ and we paid $450 a month for the slip — about the same as we did in the Bay Area. "Cruisers should know that prices vary tremendously along the South of France," Weick continues. "At Beaulieu-sur-La Mer, where Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was filmed, we would have been charged $2,000 a month! Yet had we been willing to stay in a marina further west of St. Raphael toward Marseilles, we could have gotten a berth for as little as $200 a month." "It was cold as shit at times," says Miller," but we enjoyed it immensely. All the tourists were gone so we got to know some of the local people. In addition, we could hop on a train late at night and be in Paris the next morning." Long Tall Sally spent most of the following summer in Greece and Turkey. "The best places in Greece," says Miller, "were those off the beaten track such as in the Gulf of Corinth and the Ionian. The rest of Greece seemed to be packed with bareboats. It was also pretty expensive." "Turkey was the best," says Weick, echoing a sentiment common among almost everyone who has spent any time in the region. "It was inexpensive, there are great

marinas every 60 miles, the ruins are fabulous and it has the best sailing in the entire Med." Unlike Jim Kenyon of last month’s Decadents Abroad, who tied up to a quay almost every night of his Med cruise, Weick and Miller either stayed at town quays ("they’re free") or anchored out. "There are places to anchor out almost everywhere in the Med except the south coast of Spain, where all the bights have been converted into marinas." Weick and Miller avoided marinas, which can eat up a cruising budget. Long Tall Sally departed Rhodes for Gibraltar on September 1, her Med adventure pretty much over. "It’s then we got hit with our most serious winds," says Weick. "It blew 35 to 50 knots across the Aegean, which can really be rough." Ironically, that was followed by two weeks of no wind whatsoever. They departed Gibraltar in the first week of November, sailed to the Canaries and then the Caribbean. While Miller has enjoyed the trip tremendously, the one major drawback has been she’s missed her daughter more than she expected. "When we left, we thought we could use the ham radio and phone patches as a free telephone service to stay in touch with my daughter. Well, that’s just not practical. Ham patches are no substitute for the telephone, and telephone calls are an Inadequate way of staying close to a son or daughter. I think the ideal way to cruise The less-visited islands of Greece were the ones Maureen and Steve liked the most. But Turkey was even better.

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would be six months on the boat and six months back home." Few companies offer jobs with six months vacation a year. But you never know; Weick has already had pretty good success with unusual employment. The couple will be spending the rest of the summer cruising in the Caribbean and north coast of South America. They anticipate being back in the Bay Area in 1994. s — latitude 5/7/93 Busted Yachties Fritz Warren & Russ Pfaff Zihuatanejo (Sausalito & Long Beach) When we pulled into Z-town on June 7, there were but two yachts: Silvermoon, Rodger Parker’s Skookum 59 that was being delivered from Panama to Long Beach by Russ Pfaff; and Truly Fair, Fritz Warren’s Celestial 48 on her way to Costa Rica for some cruising. The hurricane season having officially started a week before, there wasn’t another active cruising boat in what’s probably the yachties’ favorite Mexican port. The thing that Pfaff and Warren had in common was that they’d both been arrested on their boats. For Pfaff, it had happened in southern Mexico, for Warren it had happened in Cuba. Pfaff’s misadventure started in Guatemala, where contrary to all predictions, he’d been treated royally. "Tell all your readers that they couldn’t ask for a better place to stop than Puerto Quetzel," Pfaff instructed us. "The Port Captain, who was educated in Chicago, is a great guy who can’t do enough for you. As an example, he drove us all over town in search of things we needed. And for $100 you’re allowed to stern-tie for five days. That fee includes electricity and you can have fuel delivered. Security is excellent because the dock is guarded by the navy. They not only watched over Silvermoon when I wasn’t aboard, but adjusted her mooring lines when I was gone." Some of you might wonder if Guatemala is still the same after the president seized power temporarily before being kicked out by the military. "I was there the day the president dismissed the congress and supreme court," says Pfaff. "It wasn’t a problem and 1 was treated well. The guys who had been crewing with me even flew out of Guatemala as scheduled — despite reports that the airport had been closed. Page 158 •

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Don’t let people tell you different, Guatemala is well worth stopping at." So what’s the business about being arrested? That happened in Pfaff’s first Mexican port of call. Being unable to find replacement crew, he brought a Guatemalan along with him. The Mexican officials had a fit because the guy didn’t have a visa. Pfaff was arrested until he came up with the $150 it cost for a Mexican immigration officer to escort the illegal crewmember back to the Guatemalan border. "I guess the Mexicans and Guatemalans don’t get along all that well," concluded Pfaff. As for the 67-year-old Warren, he’d been arrested 36 years ago in pre-Castro Cuba and thrown in jail for three days. His crime? Having sailed there aboard his first Truly Fair, a 72-foot yawl with a 39-foot waterline, with just two crewmembers. "The officials of the Batista regime insisted that there was no way just three people would sail such a big vessel to Cuba for fun, and thus we must have just dropped off insurgents who supported Castro. We spent three days in jail before they confirmed our story and let us __ II go.

‘Truly Fair' at Z-town, with owner Fritz Warren and Jan Haworth (left), and Russ Pfaff of 'Silvermoon' (right).

Warren eventually sailed the steel-hulled vessel — which he’d bought on the East Coast for $10,000 — to California. Most of the 13 years he owned her she was kept near his Newport Beach home. "About a year ago I got a cryptic call on my answering machine," he says. "Some guy asked if I ever owned a boat with a triple-riveted steel hull. He mentioned something about my old boat now being on the bottom. If anyone knows the details, I’d love to hear them." Most Californians who do circumnavigations start and end in California. Not so with the former mayor of Sausalito, who started and completed his circumnavigation at Xiamen (formerly Amoi), China. "When I looked to buy a boat in the mid-'80s, the best value for the money was in the Orient. And by buying there, I believed — incorrectly as it turned out — that I could sail her down to Fremantle and watch Blackaller and USA bring the Cup back to San Francisco Bay. The Celestial 48 ketch I bought was built in Xiamen, so that’s where I started my circumnavigation." Like almost all new boats, Truly Fair was

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a couple of months late being finished, so Warren didn’t make it to Fremantle. He did however sail around the world and back to Xiamen, which allowed him to both complete his circumnavigation and get the 6,000-hour old Mercedes diesel replaced with a Yanmar. "I’ve heard quite a few cruisers say they’re going to cruise China," Warren says with a knowing smile. "Having been there twice myself, I have to laugh because it’s not as simple as they think. I got all kinds of help from the factory and officials getting the paperwork done upon my return. Despite the best efforts of a number of agencies and having a specific invitation to return, there was still one agency that didn’t get notified. I ended up being fined nearly $1,000! It’s not easy cruising in China." The 48-foot Celestial proved to be^a good boat for Warren. After completing the circumnavigation, he sailed her back^-to his Sausaiito home via the North Pacific. We beat a 47-foot S&S by a week, but we couldn’t quite catch Peter Sutter and his Wild Spirit. Back in 1948 I used to crew on Hilaria, an engineless 65-ft cutter. We’d tear up the sails on the weekends and then take S them to Sutter during the week to get them

sewn back together." One significant addition to Truly Fair was a hard dodger Warren built himself in Australia. Although often unsightly, harddodgers are becoming increasingly popular with serious cruisers. And for good reason: "We haven’t worn foul weather gear since we put the dodger on," Warren says, exaggerating only slightly. If you’re headed to Mexico this season, Warren, like the crew of Long Tall Sally in the previous Changes, has an opinion that should cheer you. "Of all the places I’ve sailed in the world, I’d have to rate Mexico as number one. It’s got the most friendly people and some of the best beaches. The only drawback is that it’s the worst for paperwork!" "Mexico is just fantastic," concurs Jan Raworth, who did part of the circumnavigation with Warren and who was accompanying him to Costa Rica. A native of London who now lives on her own boat on the Alicante coast of Spain, Raworth is quite a lady. She used to run her own 45-foot charterboat in Greece and has done many deliveries across the Atlantic and other oceans. She first came to Warren’s attention when he spotted her, no longer a teen-ager, climbing a mast. Raworth can’t help but put in a good word for China. "I enjoyed it because it’s just so different." Indonesia gets Warren’s nod as the second best cruising area. "It’s a combination of the friendly people and really excellent food." Warren notes there are plenty of great anchorages, but that the important thing is to get away from the obvious places like Bali. "There’s an island just 20 miles from Bali," he says, "where you can get a simple shack overlooking the water — like some of these here on the hill at Z-town — and two meals a day for just $5!" And they don’t even arrest you. — latitude 617193,. Jupiter — Gulfstar 41 Cameron Clarke Bequia, West Indies (San Francisco) It was a foggy morning in October of 1989 when Jupiter and I sailed out of San Francisco. I remember, as we had to pass within 100 feet of the South Tower of the Golden Gate before we could see the bridge. It wasn’t until the sun broke through the fog

down at Pillar Point that we were provided confirmation that we were indeed headed toward warmer climes. A couple of weeks later, while at Catalina, we heard the news about the big earthquake. We were sorry and worried for our friends back home, but glad to learn they were okay. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help but think we made a timely exit. Some 16,000 nautical miles later, I find myself in the Tobago Cays, part of the West Indian country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. While in Bequia yesterday, the folks aboard Satori stopped by to say 'hello' and mention they’d just given their back issues of Latitude 38 to a boat from Long Beach. Just my luck! It’s raining as I write today and may well continue all day. It’s welcome rain as the island is dry. The grey sky reminds me of San Francisco fog, but it’s anything but cold here. The rain will cleanse everything — including my laundry! It’s the shoulder season here in the

Bequia's Admiralty Bay is one of the best spots from which to enjoy a Caribbean sunset. Good people, great island, much fun.

Caribbean, so there are only about six charter boats near me. Everyone is below hiding from the rain except for one guy looking for an anchor to replace the one he broke yesterday. Meanwhile, 1 sit in my cozy July, 1993 • UKUJi Z9 * Page 159

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cockpit, enjoying a cup of tea while I type on one of my computers. I’m fortunate in that I’m electronics competent. I’m sought out by fellow cruisers and am glad to help when I can. In addition to good mechanical skills, I can repair anything that produces, uses or abuses electrons. It is for this reason I’m able to keep my toys going. The Grenadines are less than half way around the world from San Francisco, but my rather meandering route accounted for the extra miles. The route included parts of the Sea of Cortez, The San Bias Islands of Panama, Cartagena and Santa Marta of Colombia, Jamaica, the Bahamas, parts of Florida and the Turks and Caicos Islands, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, the Virgins, and the Windwards all the way to Trinidad. I have enough stories and adventures from each place to fill a book, but I’ve returned to the Tobago Cays, feeling the need for them at this time. They remind me I must return to the San Bias Islands of Panama, which is my all-time favorite place. It’s not just the pleasing surroundings, which are great. Much more meaningful, it’s the people whom I encounter that make a place, be it an island or country, outstanding. Sure I enjoy a desolate, palm-covered, sandy island when I encounter one, but more than anything I enjoy other people, exchanging stories and sharing food, comparing cultures and fostering friendships. I just want to let my friends know where I am, that it’s possible to enjoy life just about anywhere, and to thank Latitude 38 for its efforts to encourage cruising. Now if I can just find someone special to share all this with! P.S. Mail from friends is always appreciated. — cameron 6/17/93 California Girl — Capo 30 Bill Forrest The Great Escape (Southern California) You may recall Forrest’s name from our June issue. He’s the 68-year-old singlehander who fell off his boat off Costa Rica, swam nine miles to shore, spent the next 10 days naked, sunburned and with a fish hook in his hand, before finally getting help. Forrest’s voyage up to that point had hardly been dull. His previous passage from Page 160 • L*KUJU 19 • July. 1993

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, to Costa Rica’s Bat Islands, for example, started off with a bang. Literally. "I went to the port captain for my zarpe, and he said that I was free to go," says Forrest, "so about 0700 the next morning I got underway. "I was sailing slowly down the coast when suddenly this panga zoomed alongside. There was a guy aboard pointing an AK-47 at my boat, saying he wanted to come aboard. It was an unmarked boat and none of the people were wearing uniforms, so I wasn’t about to let them on my boat.” Forrest tried waving them off a couple of times, but after awhile they weren’t having any of it. 'The guy with the gun fired a whole clip off over my mast," says Forrest. "He was so close that the shell casings fell on my boat." When the guy popped a new clip into the automatic rifle, Forrest decided he’d better relent. The 'officials' forced California Girl to return to San Juan del Sur and demanded a

This is an upscale kitchen at a typical home in the San Bias Islands. A nature-lovers heaven, it's • a wonder it's hasn't been overrun by hippies.

$50 exit fee. Forrest, ever one to question authority, refused. He argued that the port captain had allowed him free passage out of the country. Their response was, "If you don’t pay, you can’t leave." "I said fine," remembers Forrest, "and went back to my boat." The next day the 'officials' returned and said they’d waive the $50 zarpe fee — but Forrest would have to pay a $25 fine for leaving illegally. Discretion being the better part of valor at that point, Forrest paid the fine and departed for the Bat Islands — and the amazing adventure detailed in the last issue. Forrest felt confident he’d indeed be allowed to go — as he was — but others weren’t so sure. During the month California Girl had been in Nicaragua, Forrest had become friends with Chris Barry, who had been chartering Pelican Eyes, his Gulfstar 41, out of San Juan del Sur for several years. During his time there, Barry .had been^

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working hard to standardize procedures for arriving and departing yachts. "From what I could see," said Forrest, "right now it’s purely and simply a matter of whether they like your looks or not. Some yachts were charged high fees, some weren’t charged anything at all." Barry was one of the happiest to learn that Bill’s disappearance — and of course his survival — was not the result of foul play. "Those officials were pretty mad at me when I left," says Forrest, "Barry had been worried sick they’d gone out and shot me!" — latitude/jr 6/5193 Heart of Gold Jim and Sue Corenman > French Polynesia (Alameda) / After a great month in the Marquesas, we were fresh out of Central Pacific francs and getting itchy feet, so on May 2 we left Fatu Hiva for the Tuamotus. The weather fax maps from New Zealand had been showing a stationary front between the Marquesas and the Tuamotus for a

couple weeks, and the Honolulu maps occasionally indicated a trough in the same area. We hadn’t heard any reports of bad weather enroute and Mom told us to never trust the weather fax, so we stowed everything carefully for the 500-mile sail. Our extra effort was well rewarded, as our sail from the Marquesas turned adventurous. We crossed a weather front, all right, the sort known as a "Southern Convergence Zone" by students of South Pacific weather. The locals simply call it "lots of rain". The sky got dark, it poured buckets, and the wind blew 30 knots from the south — just like a weather front. So we shortened sail and had a fast — 68 hours — but sloppy trip to Tahanea Atoll. In the process, we finally had a 200-mile day — with a #4 (70%) jib and double-reefed main of all things! The Tuamotus are all atolls, which are lagoons that have fringing reefs. The group covers a large area of ocean, with Tahanea roughly in the middle. This atoll is about eight miles north to south, and 20 miles east to west. The land is literally a ring of coral reef and motus (sand islands covered with palm trees) surrounding a central lagoon whose depth averages 100 feet. Navigating among these atolls has traditionally been pretty dicey, as they are hard to see and the currents between them are unpredictable. GPS and radar have made it straightforward, however. The palm trees showed up clearly on radar about 10 miles away, this despite our antenna being mounted on a short stem post. The radar was a big help double-checking our position in the dark. The pass into Tahanea’s lagoon, about a quarter of a mile across and 40 feet deep, is pretty easy as Tuamotuan passes go. We’d been attracted to Tahanea by reports of good snorkeling and diving, plus the rumor that it was uninhabited and seldom visited. The reports were mostly true, as the snorkeling was great. But it was crowded, with two and possibly three locals living ashore, and two other yachts. Too much for us, we sailed across the lagoon for a few days and never saw a soul. The water at Tahanea is unbelievably clear. The bottom was visible in 70 feet of water and there were tons of fish. There were lots of colorful aquarium-type fish and lots of larger fish, too. Ciguatera poisoning, caused by an accumulation of toxins from an algae that grows on the coral that many fishes eat, gnn

is common. The toxin builds up in the predator fishes, so the general rule of thumb is to only eat smaller fish, those under two pounds or so. As a consequence, there are a lot of very large fish that are never hunted and thus aren’t afraid of swimmers. We were adopted by a red snapper in the anchorage which hung around the boat and swam with us whenever we were in the water. At least 10 pounds, he was completely tame. Using tanks, we dove 50 feet down on a reef near the anchorage and found all kinds of neat stuff. We also saw a stingray and a couple of sharks. Stingrays are dangerous only if you step on them when they are sitting on the bottom — which explains our funny shuffling walk as we got into the surf. The reef sharks here, black tips about three to four feet long, are said to be "mostly harmless". They, along with the white-tip

Sue Corenman and Mary Alice O'Neill CShibui', Seattle) picking oranges at Fatu Hiva. Fresh fruit doesn't grow on Tuamotuan atolls.

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Jim and Julie Lee of the Oyster Point, seen here in the Marquesas reading upside down 'Latitudes' with friends, were so conscientious about keeping their weight-sensitive J-35 light, that they actually

shark swam by for a closer look. From Tahanea, it was a short sail to Kauehi, where we spent 10 days and once again met up with Brian and Mary Alice on Shibui. There are about 150 people living in the village, some cutting copra, some fishing, and some working in the pearl farms. We had a great time with them. While in Kauehi, we got the details on a ciguatera poisoning incident we’d heard rumors about on the radio. The crew of Moon Path, a South African boat, had caught a big wrasse. Because they caught it outside the reef, they assumed it was safe to eat. Since it was big enough to share, they gave half to the Powell family on Blaze. Well, the fish wasn’t safe and the family on Moon Path were all poisoned. Ciguatera acts on the nervous system, and the little girl got it the worst. She had to be evacuated to Papeete via boat to Fakarava and a plane from there. Luck was with the Powells. They already Page 162 • UWUJt 12 • July. 1993

'Heart of Gold anchored at Fatu Hiva with Jim and Julie Lee's J-3S 'No Tomorrows' from Oyster Point, and Peter Sutter's'Wild Spirit'.

had dinner planned, so they put the fish in the fridge. When they found out what happened, they threw the fish over the side. While at Kauehi, we were adopted by Edward and his gang of brothers, cousins and whatever, who brought us fish and drinking coconuts. They also invited us to dinner and the Saturday night 'hula-hula'. The latter turned out to be mostly American and French rock-and-roll with a little Tahitian dancingthrown in. Whatfun! Unlike the Marquesans, they didn’t ask for anything — and were a little embarrassed when we offered them something. T-shirts were out of the question, as we did not have any XXXLs. But we did give them some caps. Our next stop was Fakarava, a much larger but more sedate atoll. There were a

couple of tiny stores and an airport of sorts — an 1800-ft graded coral runway, a wind sock and a small hut — a nice school, and a post office with the biggest satellite dish (for telephones) you have ever seen. We only stayed a few days, then sailed overnight to Rangiroa, the largest of the atolls in the Tuamotus. Rangiroa was a pretty fancy place, with a couple of hotels, a real airport — lights and everything — and two pretty decent-sized villages. Oh yes, and cops. There is a gendarmerie, so you have to check in and out. The only catch is that they are in the village across the pass from the anchorage, an adventurous ride in a small inflatable boat when the wind is blowing and the pass is ebbing at nine knots. The snorkeling and diving at Rangiroa are great, however, and Susie got dinner out at the Kia Ora Hotel, a pretty fancy place itself. We snorkeled down the edge of the pass, drifting with an incoming tide, and dove the ^

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Our friends Larry and Julie from Restless came out from Papeete on a copra boat for a week-long visit and to sail back to Papeete with us. They had left the Marquesas for the Tuamotus about the same time we did, but were hammered pretty badly by the convergence zone, weather front or whatever you want to call if. In fact, the weather carried them right past the Tuamotus before they got things sorted out. It had been an unpleasant and scary trip for them, probably the result of being on a relatively small — 35-foot — boat, not enough experience in such conditions, and the unfortunate dhoice of carrying the dink inflated on deck instead of stowing it below. Besides the windage, the dink on deck prevented them from being able to rig their storm sail on the inner headstay. The primary sail they had on was a 135% genoa, way too big for the conditions. Larry and Julie did have an interesting

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overnight trip back on the copra boats, however. There is only one class of accommodations on such boats, 'deck class'. You bring your own food and when bedtime rolls around, you simply find a comfortable spot among the cargo on the steel deck and curl up, hopefully drifting off to the sound of unmuffled twin diesels running wide open. They thus report that there is indeed a class that is lower than 'sailboat class'. The couple was thoughtful enough to bring us a cooler full of fruit, veggies, and salad greens from Papeete. We hadn’t seen anything like it since Anaho, and that was six weeks earlier. The four of us joined the hotel divers for a dive on the far side of the reef outside the pass. You need a chase boat for this sort of dive, as there is no way to anchor. And it was great to have a guide along. We went out through the pass in their big Zodiac, and were dropped off about 100 yards off the reef. There were four of us plus two other divers and the dive master. We dropped 80 feet straight down into the blue, with fish all around. There were jacks, big green wrasses, a barracuda, and yes, a few sharks. Absolutely awesome, like being in a huge aquarium! Once we got down, we swam to the reef, which is almost a vertical wall on the outside. The number and types of fish were amazing. The water was crystal clear, with at least 200 feet of visibility. But it was hard to judge. From 60 or 70 feet down, the surface looked like it was just above us. And if you looked down, the wall seemed to stretch on forever. It almost did, as it’s 3,000 feet down to the bottom of the ocean. A huge manta ray, white underneath and black and gray on his back, swam by. Although harmless plankton eaters, they have an absolutely frightening appearance. They have fleshy horns that stick out on either side of a big, wide mouth, and a long, whip-like tail. We did some other snorkels and dives before we left, but none compared to that one! We wanted to leave Rangiroa on June 1, but that meant we had to cross the pass to check out first. The wind had been blowing for a week and the pass was at full ebb, so it didn’t look too promising. But who shows up in a Boston Whaler to make a house call to check the boats in and out — the gendarmes! What service. We packed up and had an absolutely delightful sail to Papeete,

covering the 195 miles in just 23 hours. The weather was perfect, with 12-18 knots of wind on a close reach, and Goldie just flew. We caught and passed Anaho, a fancy 57foot French cruising catamaran that does charters from Tahiti to the Marquesas and Tuamotus, eventually beating them to Papeete by two hours. They must not have been trying very hard, but then, we weren’t either, carrying just a small reaching jib and the main — that was reefed for dinner. We heard later that another strong convergence zone passed through the Tuamotus a few days after we left, packing winds in the 30-40 knot range. The anchorage in Rangiroa became a lee shore, with 20 miles of fetch. A number of boats reportedly dragged and a beautiful German 70-footer went on the beach. Another German boat, Atlantis, reported nine foot waves in the anchorages and said they had 180 meters of chain out! Papeete, being on the north side of Tahiti, got rain but no wind. But lousy conditions were reported in the anchorages at Moorea and Huahine. These convergence

Making tapa is easy. You take the bark from a breadfruit tree — and pound all day long.

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northeast, while the winds on the other side of the line are strong south-southeasterly, with large confused seas. There’s been more unsettled weather than we expected, but what do we know — other than there are sure to be more adventures to come. — jim & sue 6/15/93 Rolling Stone — Burns 36 Robby Robinson Alaska (Mill Valley) S' Greetings from Alaska: You may remember I departed San Francisco in June of last year bound for British Columbia and Alaska. My wife Dolores joined me in Bellingham on the 22nd of June, and we headed north. After a really great trip among the islands, trees, eagles, bears, whales and glaciers, we arrived in Juneau. Before we flew home at the end of the season on September 1, we met Mary Hicks, who teaches writing at the local university. She needed a place to live and we needed someone to stay on the boat through the winter to keep the heat on and so forth. So we made an arrangement. Incidentally, the harbormaster and staff in Juneau were very helpful in getting us a berth and secured for the winter. I returned to Alaska and Rolling Stone in the middle of May to get her ready to resume our travels in Alaska and return the boat to San Francisco in September. The boat looked great! It was quite a relief, as you can imagine what negative thoughts passed through my mind this past winter when Juneau had two weeks of sub zero temperatures. I feared a cracked engine block or thru-hull. But the only thing bad that happened was a lot of the varnish on the cabin lifted off. Oh well, that gives me something to do. After nine months, the engine ran fine and the electronics were okay. The food we left aboard held up well. We left a box of half- eaten Raisin Bran last year — and it still tastes good! Some of the cans have a little rust on them, but nothing bad. There are some nice stores up here for provisioning and the prices are only slightly higher than those at the Mill Valley Safeway. Juneau is really pretty this time of year. Apparently they’ve had a lot of sunny weather the past month, so everything is green and the flowers are blooming. The longer summer days take a little getting used Pag© 164 • UliUUt H • July. 1993

to. Right now the sun is rising just after 4 a.m. and setting at nearly 10 p.m. A couple of us took the boat out sailing for the first time today when the local yacht club invited us to join their race. They had 10 boats hit the line, including some hot ones such as a J/29, J/30 and C&C 34. In the first race, we finished second boat-forboat and second on corrected time after the J/29. We ran aground (ha, ha) for 15 minutes in the second race and didn’t do quite as well. But I’m sure glad we went out, as it’s really motivated me and was a great way to make sure everything on the boat is okay. My two big projects were installing a three-bladed prop and a new heater. They and all the other projects should be done by the time Dolores arrives next week. But I’m glad I came up early to get everything ready. We’ll depart Juneau on June 1 and have a permit to enter Glacier Bay a week later. After that we’ll continue on west to Sitka, then begin heading south again. On our trip down, we’ll be travelling to the west of the route we took on the way up. Armed with nearly $1,200 of charts — thanks B.C. Navigation — for Alaska and British Columbia, we plan to visit the Queen Charlottes and the west coast of Vancouver Island. — robby 5/22/93

Owners of boats such as this, which had just been struck by lightning, are glad for the two ways at the Panama Canal YC in Colon.

Pyxis — Cal 39 Lee and Linda Gillard Panama (San Diego) Armed with a zorpe from Golfito, Costa Rica to Balboa, Panama, our plan was to sail directly to the Canal — or at least the Las Perlas Islands on the Pacific side. But after talking with other cruisers, we learned that there are some neat cruising grounds in western Panama. Places where the anchorages and islands are clean, isolated, lovely, and just a day’s sail from each other. We gave the area a try, and are delighted we did. Not only was it a great place to explore, but the fishing was great. We caught two 18-lb mahi mahi and our buddy boat, Primo, with Ron Carlson and Milli McKinnon, caught another. You can imagine the menu for the next week. At Bahia Honda, locals paddled out to trade their fruits and vegetables for candy, hats, shirts, fishing gear and sugar. In Caleta Cayman, a shrimper traded five pounds of shrimp for three cokes and five candy bars. Fresh baked goods were a hit, too. We stopped in Ensenada Benao to wait for calm weather before rounding Punta Malo and the crossing to the Las Perlas Archipelago. For three days and nights it blew 20 knots from the north. By the fourth day it didn’t seem so bad, so we took off. We

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found the conditions outside to be much more pleasant. We read later in John Raines’ book that the wind you get in Benao isn’t indicative of the conditions outside. At Isla San Jose, transplanted Germans Gerta and Dieter welcomed us with a tour of their orchard and new pig sty. They haven’t caught a wild pig yet, but first things first. Theirs is a 'Robinson Crusoe experience' — except their boat hasn’t sunk, so they can make an occasional trip to Balboa to supplement what they raise or hunt. They were happy to get potatoes and onions in return for their fresh fruit and eggs. Finally we stopped at Isla Contadora — where the Shah of Iran spent some of his last days — and were shocked back into the 20th century. The Balboa YC was an interesting stop to us. Moored within 50 yards of the Canal channel, we watched the world’s shipping pass by all day and night. The club personnel are very helpful, but they require that you use the club launch service and not your own dinghy. Despite giving tips, we once waited 90 minutes to be picked up! After shopping in Panama City on'the Pacific side and Colon on the Caribbean side, we have divided opinions on which' of the two is the best place to provision. The selection and quality is better in Panama City, but transportation is expensive and loading inconvenient. Prices are cheaper in

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Colon and you get dockside delivery. It was no big problem to make the arrangements for the Canal transit. It cost us $215 for admeasurement, security deposit (a refundable $50), and transit. We got our line-handlers thru a local 2 meter band, and had them stay onboard the night before our transit. If you’re not ready when your advisor (junior pilot) arrives early in the morning, there’s a hefty penalty. When checking into Panama we found that we could have saved $10/person had we obtained our visas at an embassy outside Panama where they are free. Nonetheless, we got a zarpe for Colombia’s Isla San Andres, and were stamped out of Panama in Panama City. This was done even though we planned to stay a few days at Colon and a couple of weeks in the San Bias Islands. The thing is, you must get your zarpe and salida stamp in your passport within 24 hours of your Canal transit. Our advisor arrived about 0700 and by 1730 the last gate of the Gatun Locks opened and Pyxis was in another ocean! That makes only five more to go! We understand the Atlantic to Pacific transits often takes two days. This is because they start the day with traffic going from the Pacific to Atlantic, and don’t allow yachts to travel after sunset. The Panama Canal YC in Colon is a great stop. They have two ways for hauling out at reasonable rates, a fuel dock, several coin laundry machines, electricity and good water on the dock, a restaurant, excellent security — and all for 35 cents/foot/day. It’s even less if you Med-tie. True, the city of Colon resembles it’s name, but if you don’t go north of Calle 7, east of Avenida Santa Isabel, or anywhere at night except in a taxi, you’ll probably be okay. The boisterous Caribbean was a surprise after the Pacific! We stopped in Portobello and Isla Grande before continuing on to the San Bias. Everyone raves about the beauty of the San Bias Islands and the friendliness of the people. We can only add that it’s even better than that! Nobody leaves until their cruising kitty can’t afford another mola. The fishing wasn’t the greatest and provisions are hard to some by, so bring plenty of supplies if you’re ever lucky enough to come this way. When the trades dropped to 15 knots with eight foot seas, we left the San Bias for either San Andres or Isla Providencia. The first day was a beat into winds, but by the second day

they’d shifted to northeast. We were bruised enough to opt for a beam reach to San Andres rather than another day of beating to Providencia. At sunset we shortened down to storm jib and double reefed main to keep our speed down to six knots and prevent us from arriving at the reefs of Islas Este Sudeste before daybreak. All was going well with Linda on watch, when at 0245 Pyxis inexplicably rounded up. Both Linda and the luffing of the headsail woke me. I figured it was an autopilot failure, but when I spun the wheel and watched the rudder shaft turn, the boat didn’t! When I looked over the side a big flashlight, I saw the problem: the rudder was gone! We backed the jib and hove to, resulting in us making two knots to the north. With the west setting current, we had about 10 hours before we’d be on the reef. Luckily we were still travelling with our buddy-boat Primo, and asked them to pass us a line at first light. Believe it or not, I got some needed sleep as a result of the gentler motion resulting from being hove to. Primo’s skillful maneuvering at daybreak allowed us to pick up a line they had buoyed

Both the molas and little kids in the San Bias Islands irresistible.

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8 feet, so the 50-mile tow didn’t look promising. Primo elected to tow with a reefed main, staysail, and motor, while we on Pyxis would try to ease the strain with a reefed mainsail and engine. I expected the line to break several times, damage to bow fittings and a nighttime arrival at Isla San Andres. But it was not to be. By matching Primo’s speed with our engine and main, we kept the tow line running out to port and the line tension minimab.We made seven knots and had no problems even when the seas built to 12 feet approaching the reefs. Once inside the pass, we shortened the tow line and Primo dropped us off in the anchorage. And here we sit. We reached our good friend Knick Pyles, whose Murielle is in Chile for the off-season, in San Diego with our first phone call. He located a builder with the Cal 39 rudder plans and got them started the day after we arrived. In about two weeks we hope to see a rudder unloaded from one of the many jets flying in and out of here with South American and German tourists. Investigation of the rudder showed that 4/5th’s of it had snapped off. The 3V2-inch rudder shaft was welded to steel plate, but the welds didn’t look good. We’ve further learned that the architect specified the shaft to run the full length of the rudder; unfortunately, some cost conscious engineer had a brain fart and came up with our configuration, which wasn’t as strong. After some rudder failures, Cal went back to the

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Andres while we wait for our new rudder. — lee & linda 5/93 Cruiser’s Kick-Off Calendar For The Class Of ’93-’94 For those of you headed south for Mexico this winter, the California cruising calendar is already booking up. We already have dates for the following events: September 30, Latitude 38 Mexico Only Crew List Party, Sausalito. Big get together for anyone sailing or hoping to sail to sail to Mexico this winter. Win or buy an official Some Like It Hot rally T-shirt. (415 383-8200). October 9, Coast Chandlery Cruisers’ Swap Meet, Channel Islands Harbor. Some Like It Hot participants will receive coupons good for discounts at the Coast Chandlery store in Cabo San Lucas. (Steve, 805 9850541). October 9 - 10, Almar Marina’s Cruisers Welcome. They’ll be parties and activities at both Ventura Isle Marina (Ventura) and nearby Channel Islands Marina (Oxnard). (Mickey Short, 805-9856035). See below for berth discounts at Almar marinas for Some Like It Hot participants. October 16 - 17, Catalina Cruisers Weekend, Twin Harbors. Hosted by former Northern Californian Doug Owen, this one features everything from parties to swap meets to seminars. (Doug, 310-510-0303). October 23, Minney’s Marine Flea Market and Cruisers BBQ, Newport Beach. Good trades and good times at Josh Slocum’s restaurant in Newport Beach. (Ernie Minney, 714 548-4192). October 29, Almar Marina’s Adios Amigos Party. Hosted by the El Torito restaurant at Cabrillo Isle Marina on Harbor Island, San Diego. (Mickey Short, 805-9856035). October 30, Pacific Marine Supply’s Cruiser’s Kick-Off Party, San Diego. The original is so big it’s by reservation only, and for those going to Mexico this year only. (Pat, 619 223-7194). November 6, Downwind Marine Supply’s Cruisers’ Pot-Luck, Shelter Island. Dogs, burgers and beer on the grass at Shelter Island. (Chris, 619 224-2733). We’re pleased to announce that this year’s Some Like It Hots will be able to take advantage of special discounts at all the Almar Marinas along the California coast. The discounts are as follows:

Ballena Bay Marina — 50% off guest. fees from September 26 thru October 3, with possible extensions, for the marina in Alameda. Ventura Isle Marina and Anacapa Isle Marina — 50% off from October 4 thru 10, with possible extensions for the marinas in Ventura and Oxnard. Cabrillo Isle Marina — 50% off from October 24 thru November 6, and possibly longer, at this San Diego Marina. Cabo Isle Marina — 50% off from November 22 thru November 28, as space permits. That’s the current calendar for California; it’s sure to fill up further in the coming months. A full guide to all events will be distributed at our Mexico Only Crew List Party in September. Latitude’s Some Like It Hot Rally, the easiest in the world to enter, will be held again this year. All you have to do is leave California after October 30 and arrive in Cabo San Lucas before January 31. As befitting a Latitude event, you sign up at the finish line and there is no entry fee. VJe're currently working out the details of the rally. We’re hoping to be able to work something out that would involve Karen (of Papi’s) new Cabo Cruising Center, Cabo Isltr

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Marina, Coast Chandlery in Cabo and Latitude — all to the benefit of cruisers. We’ll have details — and hopefully a few Some Like It Hot discounts in Cabo to announce — in the coming months. So be getting ready, because everybody else is and the cruising season is sooner than you think! — latitude

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Cruise Notes: Serge and Robin Testa report they’ve arrived in the Marquesas aboard Encanto the 60-ft steel cutter he built almost entirely by himself in Alviso. We’ll have more details next month, but couldn’t help but note there was something conspicuously absent in his letter. He made no comparisons between cruising on his current 60-footer and the previous boat he used for a circum¬ navigation, Acrohc Australis, the 12-footer. Yes, a 12-footer. "Cruising the New Zealand coastline has been outstanding," report David Wright and Melissa Gionet of the Honolulu-based Lord Nelson 41 Elangeni. "The people are friendly and there are protected anchorages all along the spectacular coastline. It does

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get quite cool sometimes, however, so we’re looking forward to the tropics. Tonga is only a week away!" Wright and Gionet report they’ve received great service from NicroFico, Raritan (thank goodness!) and Icom. They’ve had less luck with Wolter Systems of Cincinnati, who made their instantaneous water heater. "The weather here in Puerto Escondido, Baja is fantastic," report Gene and Dorothy Roediger of the 33-ft motorsailor Hi Hopes. "Our biggest problem is that we are running low on molasses for our ginger cookies." The Willits couple both passed their exams for the Tech Plus ham license, a test organized and supervised by Karen and Lee of Tripui. The test was administered in the Tripui restaurant. Everyone returned that evening to celebrate, with Ray Jason of Adventura juggling. "It was," the Roedigers write, "as pleasant a way as there could be to take the necessary exams to get an XE2 Mexican ham license." Are you an older singlehander who thinks that the Women’s Movement has gone too far? Would you like girls of 18 to propose to you? If so, Jocelyn Nash of the Richmond YC has the book you’ve been searching for.

Provocatively titled Happy Aging With Costa Rican Women, (The Other Costa Rica), the book was written by James Y. Kennedy, a long time member of the Richmond YC. Here’s a review of the 180page book, apparently penned by the author himself: "This is a non-fiction, retirement, personal experience self-help book. It will help the aged American in his quest for happiness. It tells of the acceptance of older men in an alien culture. Imagine a girl of 18 proposing marriage to you. It has happened to me often. This book goes far beyond the usual guide book in preparing a man for travel. It is one man’s account of what happened to him when he made a late-life decision to abandon the predictable and boring life in the United States for a new start in Costa Rica. The author gladly gave up the Golden Age Senior Citizen ghettos common to older Americans for a life to a Latin beat." If you can’t live without a copy — which is no doubt soon to be a NOW book-of-themonth selection — send $14 to Box Canyon Books, #1 Box Canyon, Canoga Park, CA 91304. "That book," says Capt. Muertos, "reminds me of a guy I met four years ago in San Jose, Costa Rica. He put an ad in the Tico Times saying he was a sailor looking for a.wife, and any women between 20 and 40 who were interested should come to his hotel the next morning. When he woke up, there o u

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CHANGES IN LATITUDES like this — True Louel" "The only thing you have to watch out for," said a cruiser listening to the conversation at the Acapulco YC, "is that when you marry a Costa Rican woman, you marry all her relatives, too. So if you’re not careful, you end up getting exactly what you want — and a whole lot more!" It’s now officially hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific (Mexico), the Central Pacific (Hawaii) and the Atlantic/Caribbean. The Eastern Pacific’s first tropical storm, Adrian, formed in the middle of June and then fizzled about 1,000 miles southwest of Baja. The Caribbean also got its first tropical storm, a harmless little thing that blew by Brownsville, Texas. As we all know, hurricanes caused terrible damage last year. Kauai is still putting the pieces back after Irtiki. Lester, although just barely a hurricane, messed up boats at Santa Rosalia and San Carlos in the Sea of Cortez. The big one, of course, was Andrew, which in the process of tearing up a narrow stretch of South Florida became the most costly insurance catastrophe in history. With the current mild El Nino condition, nobody seems to know what to expect in the Eastern Pacific. A relatively mild hurricane season is forecast for the Atlantic/Caribbean, but that’s misleading because Andrew was part of "an unusually quiet hurricane season". Some quiet. If you’re in waters subject to hurricanes, don’t freak out because the odds are greatly in your favor that you won’t be effected. Nonetheless, make sure your boat is ready and that you have a plan of action in case a hurricane heads your way. The best plan of action usually involves staying as far away from other boats as possible. Good luck. Just before Clyde and Dianne Lane of San Diego took off for the South Pacific aboard Sorcery, they sold their marine stove to a fellow cruiser. It was a gentleman’s agreement by which the new owner would pay for the stove after he got it working but

before he took off cruising. Having learned that the gentleman has cruised as far south as Acapulco, they can only assume his lost their address. The money — or at least some explanation — can be sent to the Lane’s c/o Downwind Marine in San Diego. Ralph Arnold and Marie Zuroske threw a party June 19 at their Olympia, Washington, dock to celebrate their impending departure on the Milk Run to New Zealand aboard their Alberg 35 Geisha. "Life is short," they explain, "but it’s wide." We’d love to hear from all the rest of you who plah to be part of the of the Class of '93-'94. Speaking of the Class of '94-'94, the Long Beach YC announced they have added a Cruising Division to their traditional race to Cabo San Lucas in early November. We think it’s something many of you should take advantage of. See this month’s Sightings for details. Looking for a great place to cruise? 'Captain Bilgewater', formerly of Vallejo, recommends Guam: "The water temperature here is still 80°, there is no BCDC, no ordinances against liveaboards, and no EPA sniffing the Y-valves of our overboard discharges. Guam is a fine place to stop, and boats from everywhere are welcome. The island is totally Americanized, yet it still retains the exotic influences of Asia and Oceania. It’s legal for Americans to work here and unemployment is very low compared to the States. "It’s true we get typhoons once in a while," Bilgewater continues, "but as recent article in Latitude points out, we lost fewer boats to typhoons last year than Kauai did to Iniki. That’s because we now have some decent harbors of refuge." We’ve received a second-hand report that Tony Phillips and his crew of nine aboard the modified Ocean 71 Second Life have arrived in Tahiti from Sausalito. That Ocean 71 is soon to be replaced on the Bay by St.

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Elmo’s Fire, an owner-finished 71 that’s been languishing in La Paz for several years. Apparently she’s been seized by Customs and is being delivered to San Rafael for auction. Trinity Yacht Facilities in Trinidad, which has become very popular with cruisers who want to leave their boats on the hard just outside of the Caribbean hurricane belt, is about to expand. They purchased an adjacent lot so they can store more boats. Don Stollmeyer is a good man and we recommend the yard. But Trinity is about to get some competition. Peakes, who have the biggest chandlery in Trinidad, are soon to open their own yard next door with a 125ton Travel-Lift. We anticipate the competition will do nothing but benefit cruisers. Mill Valley antique dealer John Gorham remembers cruising Mexico in 1976 with his family aboard the 24-foot Baltic sloop Tekka. "The four of us lived on just $300 for the entire year!" he laughs. "And we bought margaritas and beers in bars every couple of nights." We wouldn’t have believed Gorham, but another friend of ours had his Atomic 4 rebuilt in Puerto Escondido that same year for $75. And that included the mechanic’s wife making them lunch every day until the engine was finished! What do Dreamer, Endless Summer, Aztec and Fellowship have in common? They all got left out of this month’s issue because we didn’t have room. Stay tuned next month. We’ll close this month with a little bit of rigging irony. All kinds of experts tell you will you that sailboat standing rigging needs to be replaced every six years. Then how is it we read the following quote from a rigging article in Practical Sailor: "Navtec’s chief engineer has a Concordia, which he sails far and wide, with 17-year old rod ridding." We’re puzzled. Should we do as rigging experts say or as a rigging expert does?

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470. Excellent condition. Can see at Stockton

Johnson o/b. Has bottom paint and oars. Good

$500. 2 hp Evinrude, 1991, like new, $350. BW

Sailing Club. $3,500 obo. Call (209) 484-5078

sails (1 set is T anbark), spinnaker. 6.0 hp Johnson,

condition. $1,050. Call (510) 521-3949.

velvet drive 73C, 2:1 reduction $650. Direct drive

(pis. Iv msg).

VHF, anchor, sink, enclosed head, compass, stove,

$500. Low hours & checked out. (510) 653-1724.

WESTERLEY 22,1963. English built, 2 sets of

sleeps 4. Excellent condition. Berthed at Penin¬ sula Marina. $4,800. Mike, 303) 987-3935.

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24-FT FULL KEEL FIBERGLASS boat on trailer.

CAL 20. Hull, sails, spars and hardware all in good

CAL 20, #1376 (1968). Completely redone in

19-FT PROPER YACHT built of F/G in 1965.

Needs rig and a little work. Good design. $500.

condition. Needs some minor work and TLC. First

1988 by Steve Seal. New winches and standing

Completely restored and in better than new con¬

(415) 363-1390, Rich. Also, used outboards for

SI ,000 takes it. Anthony or Rick (510) 843-4022.

rigging. All lines led to cockpit. Pineapple main, jib,

dition. Must see. New paint & varnish, mid-boom

and spinnaker. Electrical system. 6 hp Evinrude.

sheeting, new cushions, hauled May ‘93, Phil

sale: 4, 4.5, 7.5, 25, etc.

19-FT O'DAY MARINER, 1966, F/G, fixed keel,

Hardly used since re-do. A bargain at $2,900 obo.

Rhodes design, built by O'day. $2,500. Call (510)

COLUMBIA 22,1968. Excellent condition, new

cabin sleeps 2, rigging, bottom paint new July ‘92.

(510)521-7730.

653-1724.

bottom paint, new keel bolts, 4.5 hp o/b. Great Bay

Compass, sails, boom cover. Located Oakland

boat at a great price. $2,800. (415) 363-1390,

estuary. $750 obo, or trade for sailing dinghy, SL

PELICAN, 17-ft w/bow spit, like new, LP hull, new

19-FT CAPE DORY TYPHOON, 1977.3 sails, 4

Rich. RWC berth avail.

555/anchor. Dan (415) 558-9113 (eves).

bottom paint, flotation, wood hull & spars, gaff

hp Yamaha o/b, new halyards, deck anti skid

main, jib, reaching pole, centerboard, Seagull o/b,

paini, compass. Anchor. Located Monterey.

O’DAY 23,1968. Excellent condition, with Red¬

RANGER 23, 1974. 6 hp Evinrude, VHF, long

cover, mast & boom fit inside cockpit, very sea¬

$6,000. (408) 624-6606.

wood City berth, 4.5 hp o/b. Good Bay boat.

batten main, 125% tapper, 155% genoa, storm jib,

worthy, “Race the Bay” in class. $1,200 obo.

$2,100. (415)363-1390, Rich.

2 spinnakers, 6 winches, 2 two speed, lines led aft.

Located in MDR. (310) 822-2480.

ZEPHYR 20-FT good condition. New sails. Fast

Moving, must sell. $5,000 obo. (510) 547-6756.

and fun to sail. Trailer is in good shape and real easy to tow. This boat is all wood. Top deck is

S.F. PELICAN 12.5-ft. Great condition. Tilt trailer.

Philippine mahogany, a real beauty. $1,200 obo.

$1,025. (805)488-2197.

24-FT DEL RAY (Islander Bahama). Good condi¬ tion, sturdy Bay boat. Lines led aft, single handed,

Sausalito berth. Great Bay boat, stiff and fast.

LAPWORTH 24,6 hp o/b. Well built, equipped, &

full keel, bottom paint 4/92. Main, genoa, jib. (707)

maintained. Sails like a dream. $4,300. Coyote

258-8435. $3,200.

Point berth. #2237. (408) 269-7533.

GLADIATOR 24,1965 Run Free. Lapworth de¬ CATALINA 22. Swing keel, four sails, trailer,

signed 'plastic classic" winner. Custom inboard

SANTANA 22.2 mains, 2 lappers, genoa, storm

newly refurbished, Johnson 5 hp motor, o/b. Many

Yanmar dsl, Harken furling jib, 2 mainsails, spin¬

1961 MERCURY SAILBOAT completely restored,

jib, spinnaker. 6 hp Johnson, rebuilt 1 year ago. All

extras. $2,900. (415) 669-1073.

naker. One owner 28 yrs. Recently hauled, no

trlr., full sails, metal spars, wood hull, built by

lines led aft. Porta-potti head. Interior re-uphol¬

Nunes Boat Yard, Sausalito. $2,000 obo. Call

stered. Many extras. Looks great, sails great.

O’DAY 23. Tempest 6 hp Evinrude, KM,

(209) 298-8722 (after 5 pm wkdys or wknds).

$3,500. (510) 449-1652, (510) 482-0789.

depthfinder. Recently painted w/trailer. $1,500.

CATALINA 22. Immaculate 1975. New cushions,

MacGREGOR 22, trailer, swing keel, self tending

North main and 110 jib, also 150 and 85 jibs.

(916) 221-4583.

blisters. Custom spade rudder. Offered at $4,600. Call Peter (415) 4954911 (w) or (415) 469-9150(h).

(707) 996-4353,996-7543.

SANTANA 22, 1976. Joy is a lightly used Bay

jib, 7.5 Honda o/b, new wiring & battery, VHF, CB,

CATALINA 22, swing keel w/trailer, 6 hp Johnson,

thru hulls, keel bolts & cushions. 6 hp Evinrude.

Cruise-ready with pop-top, wrap-around enclo¬

compass, depthfinder, pop-up top with enclosure,

compass, galley w/sink, new curtains, self-tend¬

$4,000. (415) 898-7845 (after 6 pm).

sure, galley, potty. Reliable Evinrude 6; fixed keel,

porta-potti, galley w/propanestove, extras, sleeps

ing storm jib, jib, main, all lines led aft, whisker

good trailer included. $5,000 obo. (209)368-8051.

4, ready to sail. $4,250 obo. (408) 266-7245.

pole, boom vang, jiffy reefing, port-potti. $2,900.

sailerin excellent condition. New standing rigging,

MOORE 24,1981. Race ready, good condition. 13 sails, 4.5 hp o/b, dual axle trailer. Santa Cruz

(408) 429-5100(dys).

dry storage sublet available. $8,000 obo. (408)

RANGER 20. Excellent sailing and seakeeping

1968 COLUMBIA 22.3 year old main, 3 jibs, new

performance, easily single handed, graceful lines,

elec., new VHF, new AM/FM cassette, 6 hp Evinrude, new tank, new transom. Sleeps 4, has

MacGREGOR 22 w/trailer, Honda 7.5 hp, main,

429-6856. Will consider Laser(s) as partial pay¬

queen sized cuddy cabin berth, 550# shoal keel/

jib & genoa. Epoxy bottom, all lines aft, porta-potti,

ment.

center board, 3 sails, dodger, easy on/off galva¬

toilet. Berkeley Marina. $2,500. Rudy, (510) 658-

galley, anchor, boarding ladder. Good cond. Never

nized EZ loader trailer. 1985, good condition.

5696 (eves) or Iv. msg.

in salt water. Call (916) 332-0960.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Active racing fleet. New bottom, 1991, new rigging 2/92, new

Bargain at $3,200. (916) 753-5272.

STONEHORSE 23. Excellent for Bay and Delta

NEPTUNE 24, 1981. 7.5 hp o/b. Double axle

class jib 4/92, new boom and adj. back stay 1993,

MacGREGOR 22,1981.7.5 Honda, pop-top with

sailing. Loran, DS, Autohelm 2000, Universal dsl

trailer, Loran, depth pop-top. Excellent condition,

hauled 12/92, speedo, Autohelm, solar panel, 6

enclosure porta-potti, VHF, AM/FM cassette, swing

- low hours. Well maintained. Must see. Call

many extras, must sell. Call Hugo (707) 792-2358

hpo/b. $3,200. (510) 793-8388.

keel, swing rudder, stove, 150 genoa, trailer with

Regina, (415) 255-4844.

(dys), (707) 795-4928 (eves). $6,000.

RANGER 24,1978. Disp. 3000, stepped mast,

VENTURE 21, very clean in and out. Swing keel,

strong, dry. All usual gear plus custom cockpit

RANGER 23. Two sets of sails including two

lead fin, 25 water, large ice box, 2-burner alcohol,

main, jib, trailer. 8 hp o/b, cushions, lifelines.

sole, self-tailing jib, bow/stern rails, new main,

spinnakers and two spinnaker poles. Long shaft ol

large Vberth, drop-leaf table, 6.5 Evinrude, fresh

Easily towed w/small car. $1,950. (408) 997-0265

Honda 10 and full canvas for camping on long

b. Yard trailer included. Just reduced to $6,900.

bottom. New: spinnaker, life lines, upholstery,

(after 6 pm or Iv msg).

Delta weekends. You want this boat. $4,950.

Call (415) 369-6993.

compass, VHF, running rigging. Super clean,

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24. Great first boat. Safe,

brakes, fully equipped. $3,500 obo.(408)972-5299.

(510) 672-2910.

$5,800. Michael, (415) 995-2521 (anytime).

1981 NEPTUNE 24-FT fin keel, tall rig, main,

All controls lead back. A single hander’s dream.

C & C 24,1977. VHF, AM/FM, Loran, 7.5 o/b, AP,

extras, new bottom paint. Trailrite trailer. Boat is

mast, 5 sails, Seagull o/b, custom interior, sleeps

Lazy jacks. Full battens. Improved single-line jiffy

spinn., rigged for singlehand. Must sell. $5,000

fast and fun, great for Bay or trailer to Tahoe.

4. $1,800. (916) 381-6375 or (415) 331-9145. Call

reefing. Gooseneck improved and raised 8". Re¬

obo. (510) 906-8332.

$7,900. (707) 421-1816 (after 6:30 pm, Iv msg).

after mid-July.

130% genoa, cruising spnkr, new 6 hp o/b. Many

FREEDOM 21, Felix the Cat. Very nice condition.

cut main. New Pineapple light air staysail on

MacGREGOR 21,1972. Swing keel, tabernacle

Harken furler. New Honda 8 hp o/b. Factory reno¬

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Full keel, flush

23-FT STAR Olympic class racing boat and trailer

J/24,1980. New mast and sails, fixed hull keel and

vated knot and depth meters. Silva compass. New

deck, inboard engine. Ice box, stove, water sys¬

with North sails and lots of extras. $950. Also: 53

rudder, verminlite removed, wood floor, trailer,

cordage. Lunch hook, drogue and dock lines, plus

tem. Upgraded heavy mast, boom. Working jib,

foot Roberts F/G hull with complete' set of blue¬

b, extras. Race ready. 381-9814 or 331-2739.

somewhat worn spinnaker with gear but lacks

150 genoa, newly reefed mainsail. Cushions and

prints on building frame ready to move. $3,900.

$16,950 obo.

chute. Located in Redwood City. $7,995 obo.

AP. Two boats, too long. $2,500. (707) 429-9844

(209) 357-1956.

(415) 367-5050.

(Iv msg).

CATALINA 22,1980. Swing keel, gold gel coated

1964 O’DAY Tempest 23. Full keel sloop. Fine

bottom, white top with pop-top, 7.5 hp Honda o/b

VENTURE 24 w/trailer. Swing keel, cutter rig, REDUCED, MUST SELL. Santana 22, good con¬

main & jib, anchor, KM and forward hatch, cabin

dition. 3 mains, lifelines, all lines led aft. 10 hp

sleeps 4, roomy cockpit. Newly repainted topside.

cond. New bottom paint 1/93. New running rig¬

Honda, safety equipment, spare bits. Great boat

Great boat for Bay or Delta exploration. $1,000

(little use). Trailer (extended tongue), standard

ging. Safety equipment. Solid boat. Berthed SSF.

to discover the Bay on. At South Beach Harbor.

obo. (916) 753-7740.

sails, interior line, new, lake use only. Good con¬

$2,500. (415) 742-9231.

$2,800. Call Jan at (415) 731-2609.

dition. $6,000 obo. (408) 423-4253.

25 TO 28 FEET

SANTANA 22. Clean & pretty. 5 sails. DS, com¬

S-2 24-FT, 1980. Exc. cond. Great Bay daysailer,

FREEDOM 21,1983. Full batten main with lazy

pass, stove, porta-potti, o/b on bracket, lots of

sturdy, stable w/high sides to keep water out.

jacks. Spinnaker in sleeve and all lines led aft.

rigging upgrades. $3,500 obo. (707) 544-0209.

Owner has boat manual, motor radio telephone, DS, compass and portapotti. Newjiband mainsail.

NEWPORT 27s 79. Atomic4, VHF, RDF, 12vdc

tors, second main, staysail, porta-potti, and spare

J/24,1980. A most excellent yacht. Good condi¬

$5,000.(510) 831-2461.

& 110vac shr pwr, rllr frlng jib, wheel, grnd tackle.

rudder. In Vallejo, (707) 643-1040.

tion, dbl axle trailer, 4.5 hp Johnson o/b, many sails, new factory spreaders. Located in Sausalito

MUDHEN 18 Gaff Cat Sharpie. Excellent condi¬

shwr, sips 4-5, 6’4” headrm & more. Sonoma-

dry storage. $7,000 or partnership.(415)507-0776

tion. F/G hull. Teak cockpit. Dodger. Galvanized

Marin berth. Great Bay & coastal sailer. $13,500

trailer. $2,495. Breck, (707) 762-0440.

obo. (707) 838-0964 (hm).

Designed for singlehandling. Choice of two mo¬

Beautiful teak intr w/galley, head w/hldng tank &

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CATALINA 25,1982. Keel,•Honda O/b 7.5 hp. 3

NEWPORT 28. Great Bay boat.. Red hull, teak

LANCER 28, 1976. Fair condition, no motor, 4

TARTAN 27,1974. Cutter equipped, 4 cruising

sails, compass, DS, VHF, dual batt., one gelcell,

trim, teak interior, new upholstery. Atomic 4.

bags sails, $7,500 obo. (408) 996-3653 (h), (408)

sails, new Atomic 4, spacious interior, new uphol¬

batt. charger. Newly varnished. Shore power.

$9,750. Some financing available. Frank, (415)

756-5132 (w). Ask for Judy.

Excellent condition. $8,500 obo. (707) 252-6711

892-2088.

stery, life lines, excellent family boat, great for overnights, Bay sailing, or offshore cruising. Call

CAL 27 MARK III, 1985.25th anniversary model

(day), (707) 255-4609 (eves). Ask for Bernard. COLUMBIA 26, sails easily and well. Very forgiv¬

(408) 227-8161. Ask for Karl.

in excellent condition. Inboard diesel. Enclosed

BALBOA 27, new ilems added in ‘92 8 hp o/b,

ing. VHF, DS, KM, compass, 3 sails (new main),

head with shower. Pressurized water. Full galley.

SCHOCK ENDEAVOR 26. Built in 1968,3 sails,

Loran, VHF, roller furling, alcohol stove, DS, bot¬

Johnson o/b. Recent bottom and new standing

Sleeps 4. VHF, Loran, digital depth, KM, 2 APs,

5 hp Honda o/b. Inspect in Marina Village

tom paint, trailer in great shape w/new tires, ma¬

rigging. Sleeps 5, head and galley. Excellent

full race gear. 5 headsails & 2 spinnakers all in

(Alameda), Pier 9, berth H-28. Must sell this

rine head w/14 gal. tank, 25 gal. water, 2 sinks.

conditions,295.(510)245-4413or(707)746-6885.

great condition. Barient winches, double headfoil.

month to raise money for the San Francisco

Complete 12V and 110V systems. Epoxy bottom.

Sailing Foundation (SFSF). Price reduced to only

CORONADO 25.9.9 hp electric start Evinrude o/

PHRF192. Great boat for local cruising and YRA

$1,500. Nils, (510)682-8650.

b in well, VHF, radio, DS, compass, jib & roller

or club racing. Must sell. Buying larger boat.

closed head, alk. stove, all teak intr., new bottom

main, flares, anchor, nav. lights, porta-potti. Ready

$17,900 obo. (415) 931-9001.

paint, must sell. $7,000 obo. (510) 778-9687.

to sail. Includes Coyote Point berth. Great starter

$12,000 obo. (707) 576-0934. 26-FT S-2, 1978. 15 hp l/B, DF, VHF, KM, en¬

boat. $5,000. Call Tony, (408) 447-5629. 25-FT YANMAR DIESEL M-S Sloop rig. All line

PEARSON ARIEL 26, 1967. Full keel, sturdy, dependable, easy to sail, great Bay and Coastal

MacGREGOR 26, one year new. Used very little.

cruiser. Hood sails plus spinnaker and storm jib.

Great trailerable boat. Alameda berth. Easy to

Very nice Sausalito slip. Many extras. Very good condition. $6,000 obo. (415) 331-2252.

aft, wheel steering, VHF, depth meter, S/S tanks,

RANGER 26, 1972. Single owner, well main¬

sail. AP, 8 hp o/b. Sleeps 6. Wonderful for Bay or

new batts., new dodger, new bottom paint, full

tained. 7 hp Evinrude, 110% lapper, class main, 4

take anywhere. Cost $16,000 when new, sell for

keel, swim platform. Sleeps 5, & trailerable.

manual winches, alcohol stove, head. Always at

$9,999 or will take on 50% partnership for $5,000.

WESTERLY CENTAUR 26-FT. A rugged sea¬

$11,500 obo. (510) 657-9498. Ask for Ted.

Lake Tahoe summers, out in winters. $6,000 or

(408) 274-5547.

worthy, seagoing spacious and handsome sail¬ boat. Twin keel, with flared 'knuckle' bow for dry

make offer. Dick Johnson (916) 525-7848 or (415) CORONADO 27,1969, VHF, DS, compass, genoa

813-2203.

& working jib, 9.5 Evinrude w/electric start. En¬

ISLANDER 28 F/G sloop, 1976. Volvo diesel, KM,

comfortable cruising and sailing. Designed by

DS, Loran, stereo, VHF, tiller pilot. March survey;

Laurent Giles, built in England to Lloyds of London

closed head w/holding tank. Solid & dry, extra¬

25-FT GAFF CUTTER. 8' beam, 3' draft, plywood

no blisters. Main, 110, 85. Nice, very spacious

specs. Cabin has full standing headroom and

strong construction. A great family Bay cruiser.

& glass, hard chine. Bowsprit, 4 sails, sail cover,

interior. $17,900. (408) 723-2069 (dys or eves).

spacious accommodations. New Volvo Penta die¬

Berthed in Alameda. $6,000. (510) 865-1772.

ex. 9.9 o/b, depth, lights, stove, sink, potti, sleeps

CAL 25. Bbtter than new. Recent refit includes:

sel 3 cyl. fuel tank, lines, filter. New main and jib.

4, new bottom paint, good condition. San Leandro

STOUTFELLA 28,1962. Pocket cruiser/racer of

Recent haulout and bottom job. Health forces

berth. $4,500. (415) 948-5874.

cold-molded port-orford cedar. Light, strong, fast

sale. $13,500. (415)388-5251.

and beautiful. 4 berths, small galley and head.

electric start motor w/charger. LPU hull/mast, epoxy bottom, auto bilge pump, combo DS/KM,

HUNTER 28.5,1986. Sloop rigged, Yanmar, DS,

Many sails including 2 spinnakers. New cushions

MacGREGOR 26,1989 model, not in water last 3

new rigging, wiring, etc. Hauled 5/92. Great starter

VHF, stereo, wheel, 2-burner stove, microwave,

and LPU paint. Spotless Atomic 4 inboard. Asking

years, new condition, 8 hp Johnson o/b, 2 hrs,

or daysailer. Sailing lessons if needed. Call (510)

hot & cold water pressure, dodger, cockpit can¬

$6,800. (415) 258-6918. (707) 431-1305.

sleeps 6, main and jib, centerboard and water

521-6376. $6,000.

vas. Haulout and survey 5/93, excellent condition. Located Sausalito. $29,500. Call Steve (415) 331-

27-FT QTR TON, designed by Gary Mull. 1977,

with dodger, must sell, $8,000. Call Loren (707)

5919 or Dave (408) 734-4280.

new 3/4 oz. spinnaker & Genesis main. Extensive

433-4808 (wk), (707) 838-7067 (hm), in Santa

sail inventory, 9 hp Yanmar diesel, Loran, VHF,

Rosa.

EXPRESS 27

Locomotion,

'91 Catalina Race

winner, excellent condition, new mast, complete

ballast system, trailer, radio, porta-potti, pop-up

racing sail inventory including Sobstad poly and 4

CATALINA 25, 1977. Fixed keel, 9.9 Johnson

AP, WS, KM, DS, head, stove, sink/water, custom

other chutes, set up for offshore or one design,

motor, Trailrite tandem trailer, Hood sails, pop-top

trailer, many other accessories. $13,500 with trailer,

CORONADO 25,1968. Better than average con¬

trailer, VHF included. $20,000. (415) 673-8997.

cabin, Optimus stove. Boat is stored in Stockton,

$11,000 without. (707) 428-3733.

dition. Tabernacled mast, adjustable backstay,

PEARSON 28. Bullet-proof Bay boat, 1976. Atomic

pass, horseshoe & life jackets, whisker pole. Good

Evinrude 6 hp, VHF, battery charger, 110V, com¬

good condition, $7,000. Owner transferred. (918) S-2 26-FT C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar dsl, new

682-2870.

4, roller furling, Barlow self-tailers, boat in good

headroom, sleeps 5, galley, thru hull head. Santa

beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD

LANCER 25,1975. Shoal draft, good condition.

condition. We have moved out of Bay Area and

Cruz slip. $4,500. (510) 672-8352.

stereo, all new canvas, lots of custom work. Per¬

VHF, stereo, portable butane stove, porta-potti.

must sell. San Rafael berth. $12,000 obo. (707)

fect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new cond.

Sails like new. 9.9 Honda 1 year old. Sleeps 4.

274-8796.

Must see. $19,500. (408) 371-7266, (eves).

$7,500. (510) 372-0399.

EXPRESS 27,1981. Trailer, Yamaha4 hp. Excel¬

EXPRESS 27 bargain price, excellent condition,

1969, original owner, club-footed jib with car,

lent condition. $17,000. (408) 479-8228.

good sail inventory. Sail comp compass, o/b,

great for Delta or Estuary, Atomic 4, marine radio,

ERICSON 26,1969. New rigging & bottom paint

trailer, $16,000. Call Tom, (510) 522-1960.

DS, electric head, refrigerator, dual batteries, 3

last year, 10 hp electric start Chrysler o/b & VHF

jibs, more. $10,950. (415) 968-3203, Alameda.

radio. A good stout Bay boat. In Berkeley Marina'

galvanized EZ loader, new DS, complete new

B 25. High performance sloop. Ready to race or cruise, well maintained, many extras, private slip

COLUMBIA 28, great cruising for 6, launched

ISLANDER BAHAMA 26-FT. Cabin cruiser, ex¬ cellent condition, well equipped. One: main, 35 hp

CAL 25, 1969. Very good condition, Autohelm

OMC, VHF, AM/FM cassette, depth, knot, whisker

1000, mainsail, genoa excellent. No engine. $2,200

pole, Autohelm, flare kit, repair kit, integral tarp, rope ladder. Two: compasses, extinguishers, bat¬

0119. $5,700/offer. Call (916) 721-4888 or (916) 927-7106.

obo.. (209) 334-4416 (office). (916) 777-7052

MERIDIAN 25, ‘61. Rhodes design, full keel, extra sails, sleeps 4, head, VHF, galley, 6 hp Johnson

(home).

o/b, Berkeley Marina slip ($56/mo.), $2,000 for 1/

CORONADO 25,1968.2 year old Evinrude 8 hp,

2 ownership. (510) 428-1683.

custom Pilothouse hatch with 6'2" headroom, 2 4, Oyster Cove Marina. $2,500. (415) 615-0654.

teries, chargers, hand pumps. Three: Jibs, an¬ chors, charts, lifejackets, nav lights. New: sheets,

O’DAY 27 SLOOP. 1986, great condition.

zincs, seats, table, fan. Refrigerator, stove, 2

Westerbeke 10 diesel, very low hours. Great fun

27-FT US YACHT, 1981. Volvo diesel, pedestal

sinks, head, BBQ, phone w/jack. Beautiful, roomy

to sail and liveaboard. $10,000. (415) 864-7389.

wheel with compass, cruising spinnaker, DS, KM,

galley, high pleasure, low maintenance. Must see. CORONADO 25. Great shape. Dodger, VHF, DS,

$9,900 obo. Sarah, (510) 601-7776.

available. $18,950. (310) 424-9804.

mains, 2 jibs. It’s the first boat on the left at Gate

VHF, stereo, H/C pressure water, roomy interior,

25-FT FLEUR BLEUE, 1961. A fast and able

San Leandro berth. $10,000 obo. (408) 749-8339.

sailer, beautifully restored. Mahogany on ipil, cop¬

KM, new Evinrude 9.9 electric start, remote con¬

per riveted. VHF, 5 hp British Seagull. $6,000.

ALBIN CUMULUS 28,1982. (Aux. sloop), Sleek

trols. Many sails, new club jib, 3rd overall ‘92 Delta

OLSON 25 built in Santa Cruz, hull #69, $17,000

Swedish design, high quality construction, 12 hp

Ditch Run. Veteran Monterey, Bodega Bay. Delta

obo. Call Scott (415) 364-5918 after 7/11. Leave

Yanmar, 110 & 85% jibs, $14,750. (510) 215-

freshwater boat. $4,300. (209) 957-4905, eves.

message, will return your call.

(415) 387-6922. ‘77 ABBOTT SOLING and trailer, #687. Both in

2340 (5:30 to 9:00) or (707) 646-4873 (8:00 to

excellent condition. Lots of race and practice sails

4:00).

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MERIT 25,1983.12 sails, Loran, DS, VHF, epoxy

BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER, 1982. Profes¬

28-FT COLUMBIA ‘68. Wheel steering, 5 sail

CATALINA 30,1980. Rollerfurling genoa, 3 sails,

bottom, many other goodies. Excellent for racing,

sionally built in Canada, beautiful custom wood

inventory including club-footed jib, roller furling,

VHS, KM, DS, stereo AM/FM cass., refrigeration,

cruising, daysailing. Great first boat, or step up.

interior, Yanmar, full electronics, monitor wind

inboard BMW diesel D-7 with less than 10 hours.

shower, AC/DC, T.V., custom interior, diesel, new

$6,500 is a bargain, I’m buying a house. Patrick

vane, 6 sails, downwind poles, much more.

VHF radio, digital KM, new life vests, 2 new series

batteries, battery charger. Berthed in Delta. Will

(415) 826-0520.

S60.000. (408) 429-9744, (408) 479-4645.

27 batteries, all new wiring, 30 watt solar panel,

have new bottom paint. $23,500. (209) 748-2138.

custom built shelves for extra space/stowage, fuel

Moving, must sell.

CAPRI 25. Desperate to sell. Sail inventory: 2

MERIT 25,1979. New mast, recent haulout, lots of

tank recently cleaned, sail covers and dodger. 2

mains, 155 mylar, 130 dacron, 125 mylar, 95

sails, o/b, VHF. S6.500 obo. Days, Garrett (415)

anchors, alcohol stove, teak interior, sleeps 6,

mylar/kevlar, 3/4 & 1/2 oz. chutes. Nissan 3.5 hp

358-4924, eves (510) 524-3467.

owner finance avail. Haul out July '93. $10,500.

Propane, city water, AC, DC. Recently rebuilt

(510) 521-5851.

Atomic 4 30 hp. 2 mains, 6 jibs, spinnaker, 7

o/b included. Harken upgrades for double hand¬ ing (traveler, winches, & blocks),

epoxy bottom

ERICSON 29,1970. Comfortable small liveaboard.

winches, halyards led aft. 2 Danforth anchors and

1959 JOHN HANNA DESIGNED“gulfweed ketch" 28-fl on deck/33-ft overall, gaff-rigged main, Volvo

ISLANDER 28, 1979 new wheel, new rigging,

rodes. Moss Landing transient berth. $21,500.

diesel, VHF, 8 sails, etc. Lots of wood. Sails

roller furling jib, Volvo dsl 350 hrs, self-tailing

(408) 722-2995.

1986 CAPE DORY sloop, length O.A. 26-ft.

gracefully on Bay or open waters. Solid and beau¬

Barient winches, KM, depth, 2 compasses, 2

$26,000obo. Contact Lisa, (209)464-0855 (eves).

tiful. Asking $9,000. But will consider offers. (707)

batts, stove, charcoal broiler; the list goes on.

CORONADO 30, Yanmar diesel, VHF, DS, com¬

539-3711.

Owner may help finance. 388-4818.

pass, Signet knot log, sails: main, 3 jibs, spinna¬

excellent condition. Lots of race and practice sails

CATALINA 27,1971. Excellent condition. Must

CAL 2-27,1976. Good condition, 3 headsails &

head, & more. Priced to sell. $15,000 obo. (916)

and gear. $4,950. (408) 457-8542.

see to appreciate. New 8 hp Merc, (w/cockpit

spinnaker. Great family boat & active Bay Area

349-2637.

controls), new CD/stereo (4 speakers), dinette,

fleet. KM, DS, VHF, auto, battery charger, 12 hp

OLSON 25, Honey's Money. Built in Santa Cruz

sleeps 6, VHF, WS, DS, dual batteries, & more.

dsl. $15,000. (415) 383-6208.

11/84. Excellent condition, dry-stored. All Pine¬

Very clean. $7,900. Ted or Cathy, (510) 706-0565

apple sails, 2 mains, 4 genoas, 2 jibs, 2 spinna¬

or 706-2878.

(2/93). (209) 478-2642. $5,000 obo.

ker; dodger, cockpit cushions, sleeps 6, galley,

‘77 ABBOTT SOLING and trailer, #687. Both in

NEWPORT 27. Atomic 4, inboard 18 hp. Very

hauled. Usual electronics, diesel, over 6' head-

comfortable, sleeps 5, bimini top, head, lots of

room throughout, enclosed head, stove & oven.

NEWPORT 28, 1979. Beautiful boat, excellent

extras. Great condition. Ready to sail. $5,900 obo.

Sleeps 5 comfortably. Sistership just back from

condition. Fast cruiser, sleeps 6. Atomic 4 in¬

Phone Leon (415) 435-1134.

5,000 mi. trip. A steal at $12,500. (408) 395-5822,

kers. Raytheon 780 Loran, Yamaha 5 hp 1989, trailer w/new spare. $17,500. (510) 547-5531.

RAWSON 30. Probably the driest and safest cruising sailboat on the bay. Good condition. Just

(dys).

CAPRI 25,1982 by Catalina with dual axle trailer.

board, tiller, VHF, DS, KM. Nice galley, head,

Race, cruise, Bay or Delta. New self tacking jib,

shower. Teak interior. Plenty storage. Safe, com¬

90%, 150% Mylar, 150% Dacron, spinnaker. New

fortable, fast and sharp. Reduced. Steal her for

Rigging, roller furling, foresail, and hull paint 3

BUCCANEER 295, 1980. 30-ft sloop, (1/2 ton

Nissan 3.5, new battery, single point lifting sys¬

$11,500.(415)564-1194.

years old. Two stage jiffy reef in main. Total

rating), spin, 2 jibs, main, VHF KM compass and

control from cockpit, dependable safe boat.

enclosed head club race or cruise. Volvo diesel.

FRISCO FLYER 25, 1961. Extensively rebuilt,

Autohelm, lifejackets, whisker pole. I have moved

Great looking boat. $14,500 obo. South Beach

new mast, deck, cabin, two mains. $4,000. Call

to Colorado, no water. $5,000. Contact Hugh

Harbor berth. Call Jim (415) 928-0702 (day or

(415) 369-0150 (Iv msg for Steve).

Jones, (510) 533-4244 or Bill (800) 752-1901.

eve) or Joe (510) 631-1627 (eve).

tem, dry sailed, great shape. $9,995. Steve or Jeff (209) 478-5515 or (209) 943-1303. CAL 2-27,1977. KM, DS, VHF, Atomic 4, folding

CAL 27. Excellent family/single hand bay boat.

prop, clean, new bottom paint, teak interior, active one design fleet, good family cruising boat. Priced

PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25, 1977. Yanmar, dual

1979 S2 30C, excellent condition, roller furling,

to sell. (415)499-8097.

batteries. Fluxgate compass, SatNav, VHF, an¬

dodger, new sails, depth, speed, VHF, Loran, teak

29 TO 31 FEET

& holly sole, 15 hp Yanmar, Nor Cold refer, pro¬

emometer, Autohelm, anchors, 4 sails. Self-tail¬ ERICSON 27,1977. Atomic 4, wheel steering,

ing winches. Dodger, teak deck, galley with water,

main & 2 jibs, 2-speed Barients, DS, VHF, full

toilet, lots more. Needs blister repair. Located

FISHER 30. Many extras. Will accept bluewater

pane, H/C pressure water, manual salt water, roomy liveaboard/cruiser. Moving, must sell.

headroom, sleeps 5, cockpit cushions, Delta aw¬

Monterey. $15,000. (408) 624-6606.

pocket cruiser and/or van as partial payment.

$27,000. (510) 452-3948.

$42,000. Owner, (310) 306-3883.

ning, a good all-purpose cruiser/racer. Berthed in

ERICSON 30+ 1980. Mint condition, boat show

26- FT CHEOY LEE Frisco Flyer. Volvo Penta

San Rafael. $12,500. (415) 388-2292.

diesel. Jib, genoa, main sail. Nice cabin, sink,

J/29,1983. Raceone-design,then cruiseto Sam’s.

model, new Harken roller furling and new 100%

ISLANDER BAHAMA 28, Yanmar diesel, wheel

stove, new cushions, good cond. $5,700 obo.

This boat is always competitive. Race winner

North roller jib, Barient self-tailing winches. New

steering. DM, 2 batteries, charger, refrigerator,

(510) 208-3464.

already this season. Lots of gear for the Bay or

bottom paint and recent yard maintenance. New

ocean. Berthed in SF City Mailna. $24,000. (415)

boat covers and dodger VHF combi depth and KM

854-1491, (eves).

pressure hot and cold water pedestal steering

stove, teak interior, sleeps 6, bottom painted 6/93. Clean and in very good condition. $17,500 firm.

CAL 27 SLOOP. 3 spinnakers, 2 headsails, 6 hp

Call Adam (510) 549-4449.

Evinrude o/b. Handles well. Berkeley Marina slip

universal 16 hpdiesel Ballena Bay berth. $25,000.

J-347. $6,500 obo. Call (707) 965-3756. (415)

ALBERG 30. Classic f/g Bay/Coastal cruiser.

(510)820-2148.

749-8991 (pgr).

Yanmar dsl, VHF/RDF, Loran compass, speed/ depth sounder. 2 self-steering systems. Stern

29-FT PEARSON TRITON, #97. Great condition,

EXPRESS 27, former National Champ Summer

mounted/wind & cockpit mounted electronic. Ex¬

including new mast, boom, sails, standing/run¬

Palace. 2 + suits of sails, expertly rigged for Bay

cellent cruising main & jib. Good galley w/pro-

ning rigging, interiorcushions. 7/8 rig, rebuilt Atomic

CATALINA 27,1972.9.9 hp o/b. Good condition.

or ocean, dry sailed, o/b, VHF, trailer. Reduced

pane, AC/DC, sleeps 4, separate head, AM/FM

4. LPU paint, VHF, AP, KM. L.A. area. Priced to

$5,000 obo. Call Tom, (415) 386-7235 (Iv msg).

$16,500. (510)524-2914.

cassette. Large inventory of cruising gear in¬

move $7,500. (818) 790-1556.

26-FT MacGREGOR, '89.9.9 Honda, VHF, KM, 3 sails, mast raiser, sips 6, pop-top w/dodger. More. (707) 429-2526.

cluded, numerous anchors, etc. Fresh bottom >

CATALINA 27,1978. The classiest one on the

28-FT DANISH SPITZGATER SLOOP with dual

paint 4 months ago. No history of blisters. $9,750.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 30-FT, 1979. Rollerfurling,

Bay featuring two bronze port lights forward, teak

steering station, coal stove, Yanmar diesel. Sleeps

Priced to sell. Needs some TLC, but otherwise this

dodger with bimini top, wheel, new guages, AP,

interior, new alcohol stove, phone hook-up, TV,

4 + 2, legal head, documented. Built at

is a great deal on a solid boat. (415) 433-3911

teak interior, loaded with extras, new bottom and

sleeps 6.6T headroom. Atomic 4 inboard. Lots of

Fredrickshavn, Denmark, 1956. Original owner.

(dys).

survey. Like new. $25,000. (510) 228-2852 or

gear. Great condition. Hauled 5/92. $10,900. (415)

$14,000. (510) 934-9614 or (707) 877-3551, or

331-2044.

write for details: Box 3, Elk, CA 95432.

CAL 31. Excellent condition interior & exterior like new. Must see rollerfurling jib. Dodger Delta cover

WANTED - new owners for our 1960 Columbia 29

ISLANDER 28,1981. Diesel, tiller, 3 jibs, main,

27- FT NORSEA, 1977. Center cockpit, huge list of options for cruising. For details,(206)378-5446.

& screens. Rigged for short handed sailing, wheel,

sloop who can have as much fun with it as we.

VHF, wired for stereo gas stove w/oven, pressure

Nearly new sails. Strong Palmer gas engine.

i I J

gennaker, KM, DS, VHF, stereo, Loran, AP, teak interior. Really nice. $17,950. (510) 652-7765, Lou

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water, Volvo dsl, Signet Smart Pac electronics.

Exciting, forgiving, and inexpensive. First "big"

Hauled, new paint. $34,500. (510) 829-8676.

boat. Berthed in Tiburon. $8,000. (408) 424-2580.

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NEWPORT 30, 1970. Atomic 4 lb. Located in

CATALINA 30, 1985. Dsl engine, roller furling,

BODEGA 30,1977. Full keel low cost cruiser, with

CATALINA 30, 1978. Mexico vet, well main¬

Bodega Bay. $6,500. (707) 869-0902.

genoa, 110 jib, spinnaker rigging; ped. steering,

KM, depth, wind spd., Loran, new VHF, MD7A

tained, less than 330 hours on rebuilt Atomic 4,

KM, DS, WS, VHF, stereo, pressure water, prop,

Volvo diesel with 280 hrs. New cushions, cabin

rack-and-pinion wheel, roller furling, fully battened

J/29, 1985. Masthead, all North inventory.

stove/oven, new carpet, bottom paint 3/93, many

sole and tiller. $24,500. (510) 782-9300 (dys),

main, all lines led aft, Loran, DS, new compass,

Cleanest, fastest J/29 on the West Coast. 1988

extras. $31,950. Alameda, (510) 523-1626.

(510) 568-5529 (eves).

VHF, KM, Autohelm 3000, stereo, refrigeration,

$33,000. (805) 984-9918.

ERICSON 29,1971. Bruce King design. Atomic 4

DUFOUR 31 SLOOP, 1983. French built and 'lop

inboard, furling jib, 2-speed winches. All gear and

of the line". Sleeps 6, Volvo dsl., Loran, VHF,

NEWPORT 30 II, 1978. Diesel, wheel, 5 sails,

OCEAN GOING CASCADE 29. 7 sails, 25 hp

3-man inflatable included. Hauled and painted

Lewmar winches, new bottom, full set of sails.

spinnaker gear, teak & holly floor, tabernackled.

Volvo dsl. Barient winches, teak cockpit, self¬

1991. No blisters. Well-maintained. $14,000.

Great condition. $23,950 obo. (510) 933-7440,

Very clean. Si 8,000. Santa Cruz, sublease. (408)

steering, 2-burner stove w/oven, like new condi¬

Alameda slip. Call David (510) 642-3132 (dys),

ask for Mr. Schafer.

429-5111.

tion, 2-ocean passages to Hawaii, Pillar Point

(510) 883-9542 (eves).

new interior. $18,000. (805) 325-2160.

MORC National Champ. Meticulously maintained.

PACIFIC 30,1971. Vire 7 hp rebuilt eng. Full sails

RAWSON 30,1967. Bullet-proof, recent rebuilt 4

COLUMBIA 31,1967. New bottom paint, topside

and spinnaker, new rigging^ great sailing with

cylinder Palmer (less than 100 hrs). Main, 110,

CAL 2-29. Built 1978. New diesel. Loran VHF, DS,

paintand deck paint. Recently remodeled interior.

classic lines. Needs topside and cabin repair only.

club jibs, propane stove and locker, dinghy on

KM, wind spd and direction. Very clean and ocean

Needs engine and some work. $6,000 obo. (510)

$4,000 obo. Must sell. (707) 553-8169.

davits, 3 anchors. Proven offshore cruiser.

ready. Many extras. $22,500 obo. (415) 586-8173.

533-6921.

berth A-41. $28,000 obo. (415) 961-7835.

Sausalito berthed. SI 0,000 obo. Steve, (415) 331OLSON 30,1984. #240, excellent condition, 13

1978 CATALINA 30. Wheel steering Yanmar

'80-81 YAMAHA 30. Dsl, whl, $28,000. (415)

diesel, Loran, VHF. Signet instruments. Com¬

255-9587 (eves).

pressed natural gas stove. Standard rig. Clean, well-kept. $19,000. (209) 931-3787.

ISLANDER 30, flush deck, 6 hp o/b in cockpit,

5919 or Dennis (602) 622-4701.

sails, all race mods, new rudder, KM, DS, WS, EPIRB, Loran, Lewmars, ex. trailer, drysailed, 3.5

CATALINA 30, 1983. Diesel, wheel, furling,

hpNissan, all gear upgraded, spares, ocean equip¬

dodger, pressure hot & cold water, depth, KM and

ment. $20,000. (707) 996-3355.

more. $25,200. (916) 399-8902 or (916)684-6363.

great liveaboard/cruiser, stable full keel, large full C & C 31,1968. One of the classics. New standing

galley w/oven on L.P.G., AC refer, large head. At

CATALINA 30,1978. Diesel, all teak interior, tall

PEARSON 31,1978. Racer/cruiser, 3 headsails,

rigging, new halyards, all lines led aft, epoxy

Peninsula Harbor, Redwood City. Go to Mexico in

rig, roller furling genoa, wheel, 2 water tanks,

new spinnaker, 7 Barient winches, new 28 hp

bottom, KM, DS, Loran, VHF, stereo, 2 mains, 3

this one. $6,500. (415) 366-3478.

pressure water, macerator, double lifelines, double

diesel, Loran, VHF, cushions (best quality foam &

sink, radio, nonskid decks, shower in head. One

fabric), curtains, head, pulpit, great boat in excel¬

owner. Well maintained. $19,600. (415) 387-4265.

lent condition. Asking $22,900. (510) 254-7037.

jibs, spinnaker, Atomic 4. Well maintained. $18,000. Call Marty, (510) 443-6358 or Ted (510)

COLUMBIA 8.7 (29-FT), 1979. Yanmar dsl, low

886-1725.

hrs, VHF, DS, compass, 2 speed winches, 3 sails, teak interior, sleeps 5, galley, head, stereo cas¬

29-FT DEVRIES-LENTCH classic. Gaff-rigged

1969 CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 31-FT cruising

sette, battery charger, auto bilge pump. Bottom

sloop, built in Amsterdam in 1932. Full keel, teak

ketch. F/G hull, teak decks, wheel steering. VHF,

cleaned, painted 5/93. Two boat owner, ready to

planks over oak frames, teak deck, mahogany

RDF, KNT, DPTH. Kerosene cook stove, Cole

deal. $16,000. (510)440-1132.

wood heater. Volvo MD2 diesel. Classic modified Herreshoff design. $27,950 obo. See to appreci¬

1976 CATALINA 30. Tall rig, club jib, spinnaker,

ate, Vallejo YC (707) 644-6892, eves.

VHF, new Loran, DS & KM, Atomic 4, tiller,

32 TO 39 FEET

brightwork, wood mast and spars. 6 hp Evinrude o/b, mainsail cover, and full boat cover. $7,500.

HANS CHRISTIAN 38. Beautiful condition.

Call (510) 655-2705.

$119,000. (510) 534-0735 (hm), (510)'444-8484 (wk).

ElectraSan, 2 Danforths, bottom paint '92. Sleeps

CATALINA 30, 1978 tall rig. Great condition.

30-FT RAWSON SLOOP. Extensively outfitted

6, freshwater boat, very clean. $18,000/offer. (209)

Atomic4, VHF, depth, knot, tiller. Interior in perfect

HINCKLEY 38 SLOOP Major refit, much equip¬

and tested offshore cruiser recently returned from

368-5758.

condition. Club jib, cruising gennaker, all lines led

ment. Excellent condition. Many sails, life raft,

aft. Great for single handling. $18,500. Call Mike

dinghy, o/b. $95,000. Make offer. 347-6934.

Mexican waters. 27 hp diesel, propane range, radar, Loran, Aries vane, new standing and run¬

HUNTER 30,1990. Moving east. Bristol. Epoxy

(209) 369-0807 (dys), (209) 745-5820 (eves).

ning rigging, dodger, heavy ground tackle, spares,

bottom, dodger w/bimini, Harken furling, Yanmar

much more. Complete gear list and specifications

diesel, Edson wheel, DS, KM, WS, VHF,

‘83 HUNTER 31. Excellent cond. Yanmar diesel.

available. (503) 267-3348.

"singlehanded" lines/hardware, stereo, UK sails,

Good sail inventory, VHF, RDF, wind, speed &

Hood rollerfurling, 5sails, new dodger, LectraSan,

some spinnaker gear, much more. Absolute steal

DS. Compass, 2 anchors. Great for Bay and

propane range, Loran, VHF, DS, WP, WS, KM,

at $43,500. Call Don, (916) 454-9568.

Coastal cruising. Reduced to sell at $29,500.

KL, stereo, Perkins 4-107 with recent top over¬

(707) 823-9669.

haul, teak interior, new upholstery. $40,000. (510)

NEWPORT 30, 1979. New main, roller furling, Volvo diesel, refrigeration, new electronics, new Imron and bottom paint, Avon sportboat & out¬

HURRICANE, 30-ft. wd. sloop, l/B, Hd, sink, ice

board, HAM radio. Bristol condition. Located in

box. Very good con. Refast & seams. $9,800.

San Carlos Marina, Mexico. Sail the Sea of Cortez.

(415) 461-1145.

$25,000 obo. (602)895-1080.

BRISTOL 35, 1973. Well maintained, well equipped quality yacht. Edson wheel steering,

671-6935. 31-FT STEEL SLOOP. Sistership to Icebird, a strong bluewater cruiser. 5 sails, Volvo fliesel,

38-FT INGRID Flush deck ketch-cedar 1976. 8

mahogany interior. 3-burner propane oven w/

sails, Yanmar 3 HM 35, VH F, Sitex AVS 7 walker, Monitor, Autohelm, propane, tools, charts, 2 skiffs, ■

BIRD, 30-ft. wd. classic sloop, l/B Universal. Very

monitoring system. Tough rigging - a sailor's boat.

CAL 2-30, race or cruise, 9 Barients, split drum

good cond, wonderful daysailer. (415) 461-1145.

We'll miss her but we need the $. $14,500 obo.

130 water, 50 fuel, spares. Excellent cond. Pho¬

Harken furler, Forespar vang, spinnaker, new

$6,500.

(707) 874-1467.

tos/specs. Tevake, APDO 366 La Paz, BCS,

Atomic 4, Autohelm, ash and mahogany interior,

1978 C ATA LIN A 30, Extended rig, dsl, new stand¬

29-FT ERICSON, 1972. Great boat. Must be sold.

epoxy bottom, no blisters, always maintained, top

ing & running rigging, 80%, 150%, new main,

Roller furling, jib, dodger, VHF, stereo, stove, and

SANTANA 35 in good condition. Mylar and Dacron

condition. $18,000. (510) 352-0214.

pressure water, SSB, white/cream/dark green.

more. Must be sold by July 25. Best offer takes it.

headsails, 2 mains, 3 chutes. Large nav center,

(408) 253-3506.

graphics, new bottom. Limited racing background.

FA R ALLON 29, heavily built F/G bluewater cruiser,

$23,500. Sausalito slip. Call Tom, 472-3422, dys. 388-6154, eves.

CATALINA 30,1978. VHF, depth, compass, KM,

lease with option purchase. Asking $29,000 or

NONSUCH ULTRA 30,1984, like new, dsl., AP,

stereo, rack & pinion wheel steering, Atomic 4.

make offer. Les, (707) 938-3446(h).

dodger, Loran, VHF, stereo, propane stove/oven,

Retired living at Lake Tahoe with another boat,

main, new standing rigging, LPU spar, rebuilt

Mexico. $39,500.

90% complete, professional construction, no in¬ board, sale or trade $12,000. (510) 482-4575.

Enjoy fast, fun, colorful racer/cruiser. Includes

IRWIN 30,1980.3 jibs, WS, KM, DS, VHF, CPG

hot water, shower, documented. $70,000. Call

can no longer justify this one. Owner financing and

GU LF 32 PILOTHOUSE SLOOP cruise equipped

stove, liveaboard equipped, excellent shape.

(415) 467-6645 or 775-7359.

trades possible. $18,500. Bob, (916) 581-2741.

and now located in San Carlos Mexico. Ready to

$19,500.(415) 391-2508.

go. Recent LPU, rigging, Perkins 4108, trans. Too much gear to list. Partial trades considered. $37,000 obo. (602) 432-7264.

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ISLANDER FREEPORT 36, roller furling, jib and

COLUMBIA 36. Ideal cruiser or liveaboard. 1 lOg

RHODES 32 LOA World Class cruising ketch.

main, 50 hpdiesel. B-style layout. All instruments,

fuel, lOOg water, propane stove, microwave, fire¬

Santa Cruz slip for one year, fully equipped all

cruising equipped. Professional maintained con¬

GPS, DS, stereo, VHS. Also has: water heater,

place, H/C pressure water, tons of extra storage.

gear. F/G hull, decks & cabin. Teak, deck & trim.

dition. $72,000. (805) 966-6533.

teak & cane interior, large batteries, boat cover, 3

Albin design, can hand start. Motivated, must sell.

Isuzu diesel. Retiring from sailing a/c health, bro¬

sails, documented. Tabernacle mast can be low¬

chure available. Tel/FAx (408) 354-8719.

ered with winch in laserette. $36,500. George,

ISLANDER 36. Diesel Perkins 50, roller furling,

$28,500 obo. Owner may finance part. Call (510) 687-2728.

new main +120 jib. 3 chutes, 2 genoas, extra main

ISLANDER 36, 1976. New: Yanmar dsl ('93),

(707) 575-3535 (dys), or (707) 538-0828 (eves). ISLANDER 34,1966. Cruise equipped blue water

+Gemini 150 jib. New dodger with custom winches,

BENETEAU 35S5,1990. Best equipped 35s5 on

veteran, diesel, steering vane, F/G sloop. Sail

RANGER 33, 1977, excellent condition, fully

and windlass. Onboard battery charger and cus¬

West Coast. Excellent condition. Cruise in luxury,

alone, no crew needed. Flush deck on Alberg 35

equipped, last hauled May, 1993. VHF, KM, DS,

tom cabinets with 3 custom hatches. The nicest

including central air/heat. Race winner, all equip¬

hull gives well lighted spacious liveaboard for one

Loran, roller furling, 7 sails. $24,000 obo. A steal.

Islander I've seen. Tillicum'm front of Margaritaville,

ment, has North kevlars. Too much to list. Please

couple. Needs facelift. $26,000 or trade for

(510) 620-6862 (dys).

last dock out on right. Call 459-0155. $37,500 obo.

call for details. Asking $89,000. (619) 455-6558.

motorhome. (916) 777-5003.

ISLANDER 36,1972. Cruise or day-sail. Dodger,

AMAZON 37-FT. Custom steel cutler. If you want

WIFE SAYS SELL. Ohlson 36. Classic Swedish

teak decks, Airex hull, Volvo dsl., Autohelm with

vane, windlass & ground tackle, cruising spinna¬

a fast, dry, comfortable ride anywhere in the world,

wooden sloop. Fast, easy to sail. Comfortable

windvane, VHF, stereo, 1000 ft. depth, 6 oversize,

ker, etc. Hauled '93.Good bottom. Gas engine.

here’s your transportation. Full offshore equip¬

interior. Diesel aux. It's all there. OWC some

Barlow winches, Alspar mast/boom/rigging, 10

Under $30,000. Great value. (408) 423-4230.

ment list available on request. $119,000 U.S.

paper, $20,000. (415) 441-4446.

opening ports. $57,000 offer. Call for brochure.

RAFIKI 35, 1980. Offshore cruiser/liveaboard,

(509) 838-4801.

(408) 867-9202.

PANDA 38 Ta Shing, 1984. Totally offshore

! .

ALAJUELA 33, 1986 custom built complete

equipped. Teak interior, insulated hull. 2 ProFurls,

CREALOCK 34

by Pacific Seacraft, 1992

oceangoing and liveaboard cruiser. Moored in

37- FT HANNA KETCH. Heavy duty ocean-going

all new stainless, Quickvang, boom brake, Muir

Voyagemaker sloop. Harken rf, singlehanders

San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Extensive list of

double-ender. Haul-out, bottom job, marine sur¬

electric windlass, 5 solar panels, quad cycle, 3 gel

package, knot/depth/wind, refrigeration. Like new.

equipment on request. $55,000 includes Hurri¬

vey, (5-15-93) Volvo diesel. VHF, Loran-C, DS,

cells, Alpha AP, Flemming vane, Furuno radar,

Ask $116,000. Miami, FL (305) 448-3481.

cane Lester anchoring system. Will consider par¬

SSB. 35/45# CQRs & chain. Windlass. Skiff.

tial trade for 25-30” sailboat. Call (602) 432-7868.

$35,000. (510) 523-4038.

F/S HANS CHRISTIAN38+reducedto$109,000. Call (510) 444-8484 (wk), (510) 534-0735 (hm).

tensive parts and equipment. Many upgrades

Magellan GPS, Sitex SatNav and Loran, ICOM HAM and SSB, CARD radar detector, 406 EPIRB,

ARIES 32. Full keel double ended sloop. F/G hull

WEFAX, Heart inverter, Isotherm water-cooled

& cabin w/teak interior, 5 sails, dodger, heater,

refer, 2 watermakers, Balmar heater, 4 bilge

stove, VHF, depth, F/G dinghy. 30 hpWesterbeke dsl. $27,000. (415) 343-6738.

pumps, offshore liferaft, mast steps, 500 feet chain, completespares, epoxiedbottom, all heavy

SPENCER 35. New diesel, mainsail, dodger. Ex¬ documented. $32,000. (408) 688-0554.

COLUMBIA 36. Rebuilt engine h/c pressure wa¬

weather and safety gear. At 19,000 lbs. displace¬

APHRODITE 101 Bit, elegant racer/cruiser. 33' x

ter refrig., newHarken furl, new mast & main. New

COME QUICK. Won't last long. 1981 Ericson 38-

ment, easily handled by a couple but lots of space/

8', 6180 displ, 3520 bal. Tall rig, F/G hull, flush

covers & side panels, new life line w/net, VHF,

ft, immaculate condition. Must see. Hate to let it go

storage. Turnkey for Alaska, Cabo, Tahiti. In Se¬

deck-tread master, designed by Paul Elvstrom,

wheel, shore & phone power, knot, depth/stereo,

but I'm moving. Needs a loving owner. Call (415)

attle in pristine shape. $149,500. Call George at

Danish-built quality yacht. Sails beautifully, terrific

new bottom paint. Sacrifice $28,900 firm. Buying

728-0951, Howard.

(206)625-1580.

single hander. All lines lead aft. Diesel, Loran,

new boat. (408) 265-1100.

Autohelm. $24,000. Paul, (208) 622-7358. 37.5 ENDEAVOR 80 F/G sloop, full keel, 45 hp

O'DAY 37, ‘80. American made fast cruiser, cen¬ LAPWORTH 36 SLOOP, excellent condition, new

ter cockpit, aft cabin. 2 heads with hot and cold

i! Perkins, 55 fuel, 110 water, roller furling jib, 2

36- FT CHEOY LEE LUDERS clipper ketch. Great

standing rigging, hauled 1/93, new topsides and

showers, sleeps 6 adults in comfort. Low time on

spinnakers, head, full galley, sleeps 8. Berthed in

for offshore or liveaboard. Propane stove w/oven,

bottom paint, rebuilt engine, large sail inventory,

Westerbeke diesel. Well equipped with new

Vallejo Muni Marina, but built for cruising. Must

shower, refrigeration, roller furling, jib, many ex¬

rewired 4/93. This boat has been cruised to Ha¬

Autohelm pilot, VHF, Loran, SatNav, DS, speed

sell. $48,000. (916) 644-5828.

tras. 42 hp rebuilt Mercedes dsl, new transmis¬

waii and coastal. Offered with a Santa Cruz slip.

and log, self-tailing winches, 4 sails, propane

sion. $30,000 or trade for aircraft or property.

Priced at $22,000. (408) 475-8020, Jim.

stove with oven, automatic battery charger, whis¬

CORONADO 34. Excellent value. Clean, well

windlass, stereo, wheel steering. All maintained in excellent condition. $55,000. (916) 371-6455.

YORKTOWN 39, 78. Cntr. cockpit, aft cabin.

(707) 963-2056.

Perkins408.5sails, VHF, Loran, DS, frig/freezer,

■

dodger, new sailcover, Bruce 33#, pressure hoi/

1981 CABO RICO 38 Excellent condition. Healthy

maintained. New rigging, lifelines. 90,110,130,

cold H20 shwr, 2 heads. Roomyliveaboard cruised

Perkins 4-108 with new (1990) transmission, good

full custom cover, strong reliable Atomic 4, pedes¬

Hawaii. Perm berth Moss Landing. Fully found.

sails, new electric anchor windlass, extras.

tal, automatic charger, awning, stove, oven, re¬

WYLIE 34 Magic cruise or race, IMS or PHRF.

$37,000. (408) 663-0449.

$80,000. (510) 475-7205.

frigerator, DS, KM, VHF, much more. Berthed in

New sails, rebuilt engine, freshly painted mast/

Tiburon. Priced to sell $25,000. (916) 786-5991.

boom and bottom. No blisters. Full electronics Call (415) 326-6484.

HUGHES 35,4 sails, Volvo engine, new sail drive,

SWEDISH WOODEN YAWL, 1954. Heavy teak

new bottom paint, nice teak interior, excellent

and mahogany construction, 37’, 4", beam 8', 6”,

ISLANDER 36,1979. Well equipped cruising boat

liveaboard. Asking $31,000. Priced to sell. Call

draft, 4’, 11", wooden keel, planking mahogany,

with diesel, furler, AP, VHF, Loran, dodger, inflat¬

Marc, (510) 521-3635.

sails: main, mizzen, jib, $15,000. (415) 994-1204.

able, full U.S.C.G. safety package, 10 disc CD

RANGER 37. Super modified for cruising, very

player and extra genoas. Recently detailed. Moti¬

stiff with extra strong construction, rod rigging,

ERICSON 32, bullet-proof coastal cruiser, Atomic

HINCKLEY PILOT 35 superb condition. One of

vated seller asking $45,000. Sam or Ralph at

refrigerator, propane stove, admiral GPS, Loran,

the finest sailing yachts made. Decks & hull freshly

(415) 668-4637 or (415) 365-3222.

VHS, new panel and wiring, solar panels, drag

$14,000. Will finance, will consider partnership.

CORONADO 32, stern cockpit, extra clean, ex-

painted. Loran, VHF, AP, stereo inside/out. Lots

: it

go. $18,500. Phone, (510) 522-4189.

generator, Autohelm 4000, dinghy, $32,950 (510)

of sails, 3 mains, spinnaker. New propane stove

THE FINEST WESTSAIL 32 available. 1^78 fac¬

will trade for 40-ft bluewater cruiser. $64,500.

tory built Mark II with numerous improvements.

(805) 528-2225.

Truly Bristol and fully equipped. She’s a beautiful

1974 RANGER 32. 3/4 ton Mull design racer/

example of her type. A bluewater yacht with

cruiser. Clean, strong, new bottom paint, excel¬

|| cellent motor & sails, furling jib, sleeps 6. Readyto

including Loran. New Jersey partner says sell.

4, wheel steering, VHF, DF, stereo. Needs TLC. ! (415) 367-8517 (dys).

ker pole, 2 anchors with chain and rode, electric

521-6930.

37- FT SEASHELL KETCH, 1979. Factory built

liveaboard slip for only $55,000. For more infor¬

lent sail inventory including 2 spinnakers, 10 Barient

Canadian, bluewater vet. Electronics, Beaufort

mation, call (415) 728-0259.

winches, Automatic 4, tiller, enclosed head, stove, 435-1264.

sleeps 8. $23,000 obo. (415) 433-5444 or (415)

CHEOY LEE LION 1962. Professionally improved

life raft, Farryman dsl., roller furl, windlass, sepa¬

and maintained last 8 years. Diesel, propane, new

rate shower, etc. Exceptionally beautiful in & out.

ERICSON 35, 1986, Spirit. Documented, new

main, 5 bags sails, new standing rigging, new

Excellent liveaboard. A real sacrifice at $24,900.

bottom, LPG galley, dodger, 25 hp diesel, Loran,

boom, Brooks & Gatehouse instruments, VHF,

Call for specs., photos or appointment. Call (805)

EPIRB, HAM, stereo, VCR, color TV, ST winches,

38- FT CUSTOM FIN KEEL Ferro sloop. 25 hp

new deck. Winner Master Mariners 1993 and

773-3256, (415) 873-2009.

AP, KM, DS, dodger, 3 blade prop, lines led aft, 2

Westerbekedsl., wheel. Needs somework.$7,500

reef main 100% jib. $65,000. (408) 997-7972.

terms o.w.c. Rent to own? (707) 526-9731.

much more. $35,000. (707) 895-3506.

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WESTSAIL 32.10 circumnavigation vet. Unique

34-FT COLUMBIA MKII sloop, new Awlgrip ep¬

COLUMBIA 34, '69. Great for cruising, h/c pres¬

NEW FREYA 39-FT, hull model 44, sloop design

interior. Well equipped and mostly ready to go

oxy, recently hauled & painted, full galley, 110v/

sure water (100 gal.), new main, Signet depth,

ocean cruiser, cored hull, roller furled, head sail, 45 mast, new 3 cyl Yanmar, Gimbaled stove,

again. $45,000 to $55,000 depending on gear

12v refrig/freezer, alcohol stove, full head w/

VHF, vane, full galley & head w/shower, sleeps 7,

included. Consider trade for trailerable 21-25-ft

shower, sleeps 7, Palmer 4 cyl. gas eng., wheel

4 cyl. gas, tiller, 6'5" headroom, lots of storage,

refrigeration, DS. Sails great, interior needs

or? (408) 443-6551. Located Moss Landing.

steering, fully rigged. A very beautiful boat. I must

110V refrig., possible owner finance or trade.

completion. Berthed in Emeryville. S60.000 obo.

sell A.S.AP. due to financial difficulties. $18,900.

S29.500. (707) 554-4266.

(707) 257-7872.

PEARSON VANGUARD 32'6" 1962. Full heel,

(510)706-9047.

solid glass hull. New main, jib, running and stand¬ ing rigging, pulpits, lifelines, head, holding tank,

CUSTOM CHOATE 33. Consistent winner. 13

BRISTOL 38. Everything new or rebuilt. Strong

1980 YORKTOWN 35 SLOOP. Factory finished,

fast cruiser/liveaboard. Dodger, AP, Avon, 10

custom upgrades. Oversize: winches, rigging,

wafer, fuel tanks, stove. LPU hull and decks, 4"

sails, diesel, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual

sails, 520 amp hr. battery system & starting bat¬

windlass, dorades. Radar, Loran, Shipmate stove,

bulwarks. 35 lb. CQR and Danforth. Beautiful and

water tank etc. Photos, survey, equipment list

tery, microwave. Moving inland. Must sell now.

refrigeration, central heating. Teak interior. New:

seakindly. $20,000. (415) 592-7059.

upon request. Moored in Marina Del Rey. Asking

S43.000 obo. (415) 873-0863.

Autohelm 4000ST, Suunto compass, Shaefer run¬ ning rigging, traveler. 5 North Sails. 30 hp Volvo

$32,000 obo. (310) 479-0116 (eves). 1980 37-FT HUNTER cutter rig sailboat, ready for

DOWNEASTER 32 cruising cutter. Singlehanded

cruising. Roller furling jib, self-tailing winches, AP,

CAL 33,1989. Like new, wide open bright. Warm

dsl. 350 hrs. S36.500. (415) 331-5716.

to Hawaii 1991. Singlehanded to Mexico 1989.

Loran, VHF, DS, KM, anemometer, H/C pressur¬

feeling below. Unusually airy & spacious. Careful

Brand new radar. SatNav, GPS, Loran, radar

HANS CHRISTIAN 38T, 1987. 66 hp Yanmar

ized water, refrigeration. New epoxy bottom and

attention to finish detail above & below. Hull amid

detector, feet/fathom DS, VHF, stereo, 3 anchors,

turbodiesel, big boat Harken, main, traveler, 65 lb.

survey in 8/91. Must sell now. $38,000. Call (808)

ship lined with ash & teak. Deep double sink,

200 ft. of chain. Windlass, Monitor windvane,

stainless plow anchor/chain, Furuno radar, Loran,

326-5650. (916) 587-0522.

refrigeration, stove/oven, stereo. Tapered anod¬

Tillermaster, Gimbaled 3-burner range/oven. New

Icom radios, Force 10 stove, new water heater,

ized mast, double spreaders, all lines lead aft.

standing rigging in '91. Electrical wiring upgraded.

marble counters, teak salon table, cream hull, etc. Si 25,000. Phone Michelle Wood (510) 865-3799.

CATALINA 34,1992. Boat is in new condition,

Spinnaker rigged, roller furling, hydraulic back

Exceeds Lloyds specifications. Avon R-10 din¬

commissioned June 17,1992.38 hours on motor,

stay, wheel steering, Loran/plotler, VHF, Signet

ghy, 10 hp Honda, pressure water, 6'5” head-

sailed 12 times, Autohelm, gauges, AP, refrigera¬

smart pack. 27 hp Yanmar diesel. A fast & easy-

room, very roomy. Yanmar diesel installed '88.

WESTSAIL 32 L-Orion. Sale, or trade to licensed

tor, VHF, stereo with aft speakers, 2 jibs, roller

to-sail beauty. S79.000. (408) 373-3618. Sunny

Leecloths, new batteries, 2 solar panels, new

contractor. Want residential construction in Point

furling, lines lead aft, self tailing winches, wind¬

Monterey slip.

main, new Harken w/new jib. Interior clean with

Richmond, CA. Terms negotiable. Cruising is

newturtains. Just hauled April 1993. New bottom

done, need larger house. Boat has lots of gear,

lass, and more. $73,500. Serious inquiries only. All messages returned. (209) 522-4623.

CHALLENGER 35 SLOOP. Mexico vet '91 -'92.

paint. Surveyed March 1993. Appraised value

needs TLC. S38.000.jCall (510) 215-0467, (510)

Cruise equipped, diesel engine, roller furling, 5

S50.000. Selling for $39,000. Will consider trades

235-3731.

HUNTER 34,1984. Cruise in luxury on this big 34.

sails, radar, AP, wood interior. Clean inside & out.

for RV, van, RE, smaller trailerable boat. (707)

Excellent condition. Recent survey and bottom

Been a great liveaboard for us. Call for list of

428-0207.

paint. All lines led aft, roller furling, self-tailing

upgrades and equipment. $47,000. Call (510) 769-1602.

CATALINA 36, 1986. Excellent condition with

Loran, stereo, many instruments, pressurized hot

new epoxy bottom. Loran, AP, VHF, WS, KM, DS,

and cold water, wheel steering, easy to sail. Owner

winches, 2 anchors, KM, depth, new dodger, Loran, VHF, Yanmar 22.5 hp dsl, wind generator,

33-FT HUNTER. This is the one. Super clean, new paint, top and bottom. Lots of extras, radio,

water heater, water pressure, enclosed head with

THIS BOAT WILL NOT BE offered at this price

hydraulic backstay, Harken furler w/110 and 150,

bought 50 footer. Super deal S25.500. Call (707)

shower, 6’2" headroom, Origo stove, BBQ, micro-

after her haul-out. Mason design Oceania 33-ft on

dodger and cushions. Good liveaboard: refrigera¬

557-6976.

wave, sleeps 7, lots of storage room, all teak

deck, full keel gaff-rigged ketch. Oak frames,

interior. Fast and easy to sail. Call Brooke, (415)

cedar planked bronze fastened. Always well main¬

tion, microwave, electric head, stereo and track lights. $62,900/offer. (510) 814-8354.

332-8458 (h), (415) 721-7183 (w).

tained. $39,000. (707) 374-5555. ALBERG/ERICSON 35, 1966. Classic coastal

Two kylar one design mains, two 3/4 oz. spinna¬

ISLANDER 36,1978. Immaculate condition. Teak,

CRUISE MEXICO '93. Dufour 35 cruising sail¬

cruiser. New Yanmar, new Sobstad 90% jib and

kers. Many extras including shrouds, dodger,

oak, cane. Deluxe interior, 50 hp Perkins diesel,

boat. Mexico/Hawaii veteran. Strong, seaworthy,

main, new rigging, fresh LPU mastandboom, new

canopy, etc. S32.000. Call Steve, (206) 347-2622.

485 hours. Never raced, KM, DS, VHF, h/c pres¬

gelcoat decks, new bottom paint, new Barients,

sure water, CNG stove. Must see. $49,000. (415)

comfortable. Cruise equipped with extras: solar panels, HAM/SSB, Bimini, water purifier, custom¬

388-1720 (wk), (415) 388-0840 (hm).

ized interior, GPS, more. S60,000/offer. Ted (916)

(415) 824-1959, anytime.

HOBIE 33-FT. Tom Cat. New Honda 10 hp, Lo¬ ran, Sailcomp, AP, Sobstad Kylar jibs #1, 2, 3.

electronics. Wonderful condition. $32,000. Mike

292-9172. 32-FT (39 LOA) ATKIN offshore cutter, Lassiger

40 TO 50 FEET

IRWIN 37 CUTTER. A great all around yacht. Aft

Wind, 27 hp Yanmar (100 hrs), teak deck, sterling

FARR 36, 1975. Race/cruise, fractional rig. 10

and forward double berths, 2 heads, full galley w/

LPU, Bronze ports/deck lights, aluminum mast,

sails, 10 winches, VHF, Loran, AP, propanestove/

built-in refrigerator, microwave, range/oven. New

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41'TC. USCG docu¬

heavy S/S rigging, anchors, windlass, full cover.

oven. 100 hours on 30 hp Yanmar. S35.000. Call

standing rigging and mast refinish in 92. Perkins

mented. Lots of new electronics. Rigged and

$28,000. Slip 13, Loweries, San Rafael. (415)

(805) 642-1881 or (805) 658-1541.

4-108 diesel, radar, Loran, VHF, sound system,

equipped with everything for sailing or house¬

speed, depth, Autohelm, full sail inventory, full

keeping. 72 hp Mercedes Nanni dsl., 1/2 gal/hr.

CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE sloop 37-ft, 1985. Con¬

dodger, many interior and systems upgrades,

Insulated hull, epoxy bottom w/new paint. Many,

74 RANGER 37. High performance cruiser/racer.

structed for world cruising in ease and comfort.

ready for great adventures in the Bay or “the

many extras. Beautiful condition and ready to go.

Her modified keel and rudder provide positive control and exceptional pointing ability in any

Cored F/G hull, beautiful use of woods, custom

cruise”. A real bargain at $42,500. Call (415) 589-

For equipment list write: N. De Stael, 505 W. 45th

details, outfitted by professional mariner. Si 25,000

St., Vancouver, WA 98660. Boat details write:

breeze on any ocean. USCG documented, effi¬

obo. Call for specs and picture. (702) 831-7505.

6861 (wk), (415) 589-5384 (home for info, and fax sheet).

485-5915.

cient layout, spacious interior, berths for 9, 15

Keith Strasburg, P.O. Box 4478, Pago Pago, Am. Samoa 96799 or FAX questions to Liz at 011 -676-

sails, 12 winches, loaded and clean. New bottom

COLUMBIA 34,1974. S21,000. Very good condi¬ tion, great liveaboard. 6'2”-7' headroom, very

BERMUDA VACATION Cruiser/liveaboard. Best ocean sailing. C & C Landfall 35,1971. New epoxy

70-130. No brokers. S169,000.

paint Feb. 93. In dry storage at Nelson's in Alameda. Call for equipment list, photos and survey. $33,500.

roomy, refrigerator/freezer, pressurized water,

bottom, Awlgrip 1993. Westerbeke diesel, 6 sails,

CHEOY LEE 41. offshore kelch, Ray Richards

(510) 939-9885, (510) 643-5263.

head with shower, alcohol stove/oven 21 hp die¬

9 winches, VHF, Loran. Includes picturesque St.

design. $75,000. (805) 658-7703.

sel, furling jib, hauled 9/92, new bottom paint,

Davids Mooring, Zodiac, Whaler, local 55% duty

shaft and propeller. Must sell. (619) 542-1763.

paid. $55,000. (809) 236-7857.

JEANNEAU 41, 1990 Voyage 12.5 F/G sloop.

FISHER 37 Pilothouse ketch. Motorsailer, 1980,

RANGER 33, pick of the litter. All the best up¬

propane, refrig., 8-man raft, roller furling jib &

DICKERSON 35-FT, 1965. Center cockpit cruis¬ ing ketch. Strip plank Honduras mahogany on oak frames. Beautiful classic sailboat. Palmer gas

Ready for cruising with Loran, radar, Perkins 50,

engine. Rebuilt Perkins dsl. available. Projects

80 hp Ford Saber diesel, 120 gal H20,120 fuel,

grades, perfect maintenance, Harken traveler/

main, 3 cabin layout, bright interior. Asking

remain. Bring your talent. Let's make a deal. Ask

wind s/d, depth, log, speed, 2 VHF, Loudhailer,

furler, Hall quick vang, new stereo, new VHF. Free

$129,500. Call (808) 944-6615 for showing in S.F.

$10,500. (415) 344-1294. (510) 631-9529.

CB, aft cabin, Avon. $125,000. (408) 624-7210.

haulout with purchase. Call (510) 654-0378.

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Overboard items recovered. Prompt service. $1.00 per foot.

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computer oil sample comparison, written reports, litigation preparation. Marine Engine Survey (510) 522-7300

VALIANT 40 PILOTHOUSE. 1980 by Umflite.

ISLAND TRADER MOTORSAILER 46-FT, 83.

ROBERTS “MAURITIUS 43" HULL L.O.A. 44'4",

FORCE 50 KETCH rigged pilothouse motorsailer

Much better than new. One owner, professionally

New LP and bottom paint, cruised Mexico 4 years,

beam 13T, draft 5’4" (at max ballast), F/G, 3.4"

by Hudson Boat works. (3) double staterooms, (2)

maintained. Outstanding cruiser/liveaboard.

120 Ford Lehman, 700 fuel, 450 water, aft cabin

Airex-core, all laminations completed with quality

heads w/stall shower and Vac-U-Flush heads.

Amenities include: Wood-Freeman AP, Grunert

with island queen bed, completely outfitted for

materials and workmanship to designer’s specs.,

Dual steering stations w/Sharp AP. New rigging,

refrigeration, Furuno Radar & Loran, Lewmar

extended cruising or great liveaboard. $139,900.

full length lam. String At. W.L., U V protective resin

new Ford Lehman super 135 hp dsl engine. Plath

winches, dual steering, Westerbeke 58 dsl. Make

(909) 860-9678.

coat, covered in boatyard, ready to finish or ship,

electric anchor windlass, Merriman roller furling

time-proven design beautifully executed. Must

head sail, new Furuno 24 mile radar, new stan¬ dard VHF, (2) depthsounders, HRO watermaker,

this one of the finest cruisers in the NW. Call for picture and specs. Asking $165,000. Call (408)

PERRY 47 CUTTER in Mexico. Roller furling main

see. Will send pictures to serious buyers. $8,400.

371-0180 or (206) 564-1221.

and jib, Robertson and Sharp autopilots, lOkw

Terry, (310) 305-1449.

(7) 8D batteries, cold plate reefer and chest freezer,

and4kw gensets, weatherfax, GPS and handheld,

6-person Avon canister life raft, full workshop,

SANTA CRUZ 50, Mark II factory deep keel and

SSB/HAM, VHF and handheld, EPIRB and 406

NEW ZEALAND BUILT 50-FT STEEL CUTTER,

tall mast for windward performance, featu res open

EPIRB, Si-Tex plotter, SatNav, watermaker. Gel

'90, round bottom, flush deck, center cockpit, teak

reo andVCR, even a garbage disposer. Readyfor

transom, ready Transpac-Mexico, Ockam instru¬

cell batteries, Signet SmartPak, electric windlass,

dodger, 5' draft-twin keels, 62 hp Ford diesel, 235

world cruise. Beautiful liveaboard. Located at

mentation and SSB-Weatherfax, full compliment

Luke feathering prop, new mast, rigging, bottom

gal fuel, 390 gal. water, radar, SatNav, VHF, life

Pelican Harbor Sausalito. Asking $169,500 Call

of sails, new electrical wiring, engine driven refrig¬

epoxy in 1991,8-man life raft, 9’ Avon rollup, 8 hp

raft, hard & soft dinghies. Full batten main, storm

Claude, (415) 369-6746.

eration, winner Big Boat Series. $199,500. (619) 222-4002.

Honda 4 stroke, radar detector and reflector,

sails, ready to cruise. Beautiful wood interior, light

dodger, full sun cover, Trace 2000 + charger,

and airy, 3-cabin layout, 2 heads, insulation, re¬

41 BOUNTY II, classic Rhodes design in heavy F/

refer-freezer, microwave, gas BBQ, loaded with

frigeration, excellent ventilation, fantastic storage

G. Upgraded with Awlgrip paint, teak interior, and

1975 WESTSAIL 42. factory finished, cutler rig,

spares, plenty of redundancy, slip paid thru 1993,

plus large lazarette. South Pacific, Alaska vet.

new deck hardware. Gear includes radar, refir, h/

Pacific vet, loaded with equipment and spares,

1992 survey. SI 67,000 U.S. mail express: Fauquier

Enjoy comfortable, hassle-free, safe cruising.

c pressure water, full batten main, canvas pilot¬

Ready to cruise. $85,000. (619) 435-4899.

Lucky Lady, Marina Vallarta, Apartado Postal

$225,000. (619) 298-5118 for photos, survey,

house enclosure, AP, awnings, and much more.

specs.

50-FT SAMSON DESIGN, Ferro-cement ketch.

350-B, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mex. Phone 332/ 102-75, Fax 322/101-41.

built-in entertainment center w/19” color TV, ste¬

New survey. Price reduced to $69,500. Call (206) 378-6050 (dys).

Westerbeke diesel, 6 kw Kabota gen, 3.5 CFM

)

diving compressor, new masts & rigging, 3 cabins,

T-40 TURNER/LYNCH DESIGN. Performance

bronze fastened. 100 hrs on rebuilt Perkins 4108.

TAYANA 42,1983. Cntr cockpit. Cutter rig. Best

2 heads & 2 showers, propane stove & oven,

cruiser, 198140-ft sloop. Universal diesel, SatNav,

H/C pressure water, refrigeration, propane stove/

cruiser around. Full electronics, SSB, RDR,

microwave, 200 ga. water & 200 ga. fuel, IV

Loran, VHF, 9 bags, furling, hydraulics, 3 anchors

oven and BBQ, teak cabin sole, monel tanks,

Autohelm, roller furl, cruising spinnaker, refrigera¬

Achilles, 15hpTohatsu.$50,000.(714)662-3408.

w/chain & rode, dodger, spares, family cruising

VHF, Loran, BenmarAP, Signet 1000 and 2000,

tion, on demand hot water. AC/DC, TV, VCR,

Mexico 2 years. Sail in light airs when no one else

ideal windlass, CQR 45 and Danforth anchors, 9

microwave. Very clean. $142,000. No brokers.

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN Christina 43 Cutter.

can. Reasonably priced. Fax Free Run in La Paz.

bags of sails including spare main and 2 spinna¬

Call (415) 301-0828 (Iv msg.). Sausalito berth.

Excellent condition. $180,000. Well equipped, B &

01152-112-5-59-00.

kers, new Achilles 9' with 2.5 hp o/b. Paint and

KETTENBURG 43 1964. Mahogany on oak,

G Hydra 330 instrumentation, ICOM IC100 VHF

varnish A-1. Fast cruiser, good liveaboard in near

TANTON 44,1983. Cutter rig, returned 2 wks ago

and IC735 radios, JRC JLR4110 GPS, Magnavox

1981 KINGS LEGEND 41. bluewater cruiser,

Bristol condition. $58,000. Located Marina del

from cruise to New Zealand, boat & equipment in

4102 SatNav, Newmar NAV121 RDF, Furuno

sloop rig, flush teak deck, VHF, Loran, refrigera¬

Rey. (310) 823-1866.

excellent condition, monitor wind vane, Perkins,

' 1720 radar, Balmar 1200 H windlass, DC 480

tion, low profile pilot house, 2 steering stations, 2

battery charger and PCI 00 19 gph watermaker,

heads, 48 hp dsl. (new epoxy bottom) good con¬

COLUMBIA 45 SLOOP, 1973. Spacious and

shower, 2 heads, safe, fast, & comfortable.

Alpha 3000 AP, Harken furling on jib and staysail,

dition, principals only. $59,000. (707) 447-1653.

comfortable liveaboard. 1990 45 hp Perkins die¬

$158,000.(415)331-8746.

GPS, SSB, radar, real fridge/freezer, proper

Barient s.t. winches, Volvo TMD 30A engine, 2

West Marine dinghies with Nissan o/b’s, Beaufort

KELLY PETTERSON 44, 1977 #148, Perkins,

6-man life raft, 3 Arco M55 solar panels, Dickenson

radar, Loran. New bottom 3/93. New cushions, full

dinghy 4 hp o/b, electric windlass, T.V., microwave, refrigerator, propane stove/oven, H/C pres¬

stove and Bar-B-Q, Emerson 10" color T.V./VCR.

batten main, Harken furling, + more. $105,000.

sure water, separate shower. (510) 420-4109 (o),

see her is to love her. Sleeps 7, large cockpit, AP,

Maxima AM/FM stereo cassette plus more. Can

(805) 644-1924.

(510) 814-9755 (h).

electronics, many sails. 2-boat family. Must sell.

ently cruising South Pacific and preparing for

45-FT CENTER COCKPIT KETCH for sale. Nice

HUNTER 40,1984 LEGEND. Excellent condition.

i.i

return to U.S. via Hawaii. Call (408) 739-4356 for

lines. 6' plus headroom. Steel hull, deck and

Sails include 110, 130, 150, gennaker, cruising

information.

cabin. Mercedes diesel engine. Railings,

main, and racing main. 44 hp Yanmar diesel,

RHODES 40-FT SLOOP. Full keel cruiser/racer, TransPac vet. Built 1950. Mahogany over oak,

sel, new generator, Loran, roller furling main/jib,

sleep 6+ but my wife and I cruise it alone. Pres-

47-FT SLOOP S & S classic, one of SF Bay's most beautiful and well-constructed wooden yachts, to

$48,500 obo. (415)331-0907.

chainplates, dodger, davits and rudder. Stainless

Micrologic Loran, Autohe'm 6000, depth,

monel & bronze fastened. Wooded '91. New deck¬

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47-FTSTEEL M/S KETCH built 1972 by VanDam,

steel bow roller. Spacious aft cabin. Needs interior

windspeed, knotlog, water temp. See De Colores

ing '92. Recent interior restoration. Full galley and

Holland. A small durable and able sailing ship.

wood work. $15,000/must sell. (408) 336-2442.

on Dock A, Benicia. $75,000. (916) 966-3250.

head. New Barients, windlass, roller furling, much

Very comfortable liveaboard. Just completed Trans-Atlantic, now refitting in Puerto Vallarta,

F50-FT DOUBLE-ENDED SAILBOAT, you fin¬

41-FT NORTH SEA PILOT CUTTER. Profession¬

Mexico. Asking U.S. $185,000. Will considertrade

ish. New hull, new engine under 10 hrs., new prop,

ally built ferro hull, gaff rig. Beautiful wood interior

in real estate. Phone (604) 254-7697.

13' beam. $37,000 invested. Must sell. Make offer

with queen bunk in aft cabin. New propane stove,

or trade for street rod. Includes free 50’ berth

refrigerator, electrical system, batteries & life net.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 41, 1978 ketch. Re-

duced. Tri-cabin, circular dinette, all teak interior,

custom traveler, Alpha AP.ProFurl, Maxwell elec¬

more. $20,000. (510)428-2824.

(liveaboard) Moss Landing, CA. (408) 649-3369.

Ford 80 hp diesel. Sausalito berth. 461-1180 or

51 FEET & OVER

453-3575. $40,000 obo. COLUMBIA 50, sloop, diesel, Tripp design, LPU

tric windlass, refrigeration, dodger, diesel heater,

point, great survey. Gated and locked boat slip at

CHEOY LEE 48 KETCH, 1980. Perry design,

fresh LPU spars. Call for brochure and list. $75,000.

Ala Wai Harbor on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, 1967.

center cockpit, roller furling jib & main. Perfect

SWAN 57 '83. Sloop, owner's version. Race/

(707) 579-4298.

Re-styled interior. Asking $90,000. Bring me any

liveaboard, great day sailer or take her around the

cruise equipped. Excellent condition. Lying East

offer and I'll negofiate. Call Don or Matthew (415)

world. $95,000. (415) 851-3937.

Coast. $415,000. (410) 280-0211 (hm), (410) 280-9704 (wk).

864-6750.

GULFSTAR 43 KETCH. GPS, Loran, VHF,

windspeed/point, Perkins diesel, clean, well equipped great sailor and/or liveaboard. Includes

42-FT GAFF RIGGED SCHOONER, Chapelle

furling, 15Q.F. Freeze/refridge, BenmarAP, newly

55-FT CUTTER RIGGED bluewater ketch. Safety

Achilles dinghy with o/b, 6 sails, dodger - just

design, built in 1963.40 hp Perkins diesel. Wood

decorated int„ Nav station, Loran, SatNav, SSB,

and comfort as well as “poetry in motion.” Already

;

hauled. 6 months free moorage Emery Cove

burning heater, kerosene stove and lanterns. Ex¬

VHF, electric windlass, knot, depth, davits, HD SI

in the beautiful Sea of Cortez. Sale $62,000 or

Marina. Made U.S. A. $94,500.Jim (510) 254-5653.

tras. Well maintained. A beauty. $55,000. Call

SBOW roller, new bottom, very clean yacht.

trade. Bus. phone (206) 745-4200 (Iv msg).

(510)357-6879.

$64,000 obo. (310) 822-2480.

COLUMBIA 45, Perkins 4-236,85 hp, Onan 3 kw,

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COURTESY FLAGS 12" X 18" for $10 (Yes, $10) Pacific, Caribbean, South America, Med, Africa, etc. Handcrafted, sewn by sailors. Quality Materials. Fast cruising schedule turnaround. Catalogue upon request. Christine Davis Flags, P.O. Box 22303, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33335

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60-FT L.O.D. SAMSON Sea Lord ketch, 1976

MULTIHULLS

prof, built f.c. 15 ft. beam, 7 ft. headroom saloon w/ 4 berths, large galley & dinette, large f’w’d head & full shower, shop, 4 berth crew room, generous aft

37-FT WILLIAMS TRIMARAN, 1980. West sys¬

17-FT BOSTON WHALER. Heavy duty special

tem, loaded for cruising, Saab 18 hp, sloop. Very

Guardian model, gray with black trim. Full 5, steel

clean, San Diego, divorce sale. S40.000 obo,

rails, 24 gallon tanks, DeLuxe seats. Consul,

trade. (619)221-9111.

tachometer. Radio, depth finder. Lights, power lift for motor. Finest Gianola custom full cover, a 90

stateroom, w/head, 3 berths, 2 chart desks, 2

50-FT TRI RACING W/FOILS very good condi¬

helms, much 2” teak and mahogany, Harken

tions very fast 25+ knots. 1 main, 4 jibs, 3 spi., 4

32-FT PIVER TRIMARAN. Cruiser/liveaboard.

hp Yamaha and heavy duty deluxe trailer with

Perkins, davits, radio compass, partly renovated,

APs, 1 VHF, 1 Avon 4-pers, 1 watermaker, 1

Pilothouse, galley, head, sleeps 4, solar panels.

custom wheels. Trailer never in water. Entire boat

'89 survey. $110,000. Giveaway sale. $11,500.

computer NKE, 1 watchman, 1 AM/FM radio and

Must see to appreciate. Needs mast. Call (707)

and trailer in pristine condition. Cost new in 1990,

(510) 548-5298, (415) 663-8735.

a lot more. Call Pierre (415) 775-0411.

829-3428.

$23,000. $16,000. (415) 435-3286.

51-FT CRUISERS DELIGHT. Extraordinary gear

LIGHT, COMFORTABLE 35-FT TRI has cruised

32-FT TRI Otra Yez. Performance modified Piver.

43-FT STEPHENS MOTOR YACHT, 1931.2 great

list includes watermaker, generator, SSB, custom

Mexico and Hawaii. 5 bags of sails, Cross fin keel,

Farallones vet. Open wing decks, dagger board,

diesels worth $ 10,000 alone. Owned by Stephens

radar arch, hydraulic windlass, much more. This

15 hp electric Evinrude in cockpit well, boom

kick-up rudder, basic electronics, o/b motor, solar,

family in the 40's. Perfect liveaboard. Elegant.

Morgan 51 received a $150,000 refit in ‘92. Ready

gallows, documented. First $10,000. Call (510)

2 chutes, 3 jibs, 2 mains. $6,500 obo. Call (510)

$22,000. Sausalito berth. (415) 332-9038.

to go anywhere. Priced below market at $159,000.

522-8285.

458-3464 (msg).

N-

Call Bill at (619) 224-9034. Under con¬

1987,38-FT BAYLINER diesel engines, full can¬

Mast, rigging, diesel engine, sails,

vas. $89,000. (510) 820-8926, (415) 971-1024,

40-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. 60-FT FIFE DESIGN beautiful classic lines, steel

struction.

cutter, DeVries built. Full keel, full sail inventory, 3

portlights & hatches, steering system, stove, con¬

cabins, 6'2" headroom, sleeps 6, stove, refrigera¬

struction plans & materials & much more. $25,000.

tion, instruments, 60 hpdsl, 80% work completed,

Call Gene (408) 263-7633.

great world cruiser, liveaboard. $68,000. (707) 1986 NACRA 5.7 catamaran, excellent condition,

823-7205, (408) 521-0657, pager.

PARTNERSHIP IN HUNTER 31 SAILBOAT. 1/4

POWER & HOUSEBOATS

interest in Hunter 31 sloop. Excellent bay and delta boat. Upwind berth at South Beach Harbor, SF. Two weekend days and five weekdays/month.

Harken blocks, barber-hauler, mast rotator, double

CLASSICS

PARTNERSHIPS

Bill Evans.

trapeze, 2 Omega vests, bridle vane, plus extras.

HISTORIC TUGBOAT. Custom conversion float¬

Approximately $175/month. $1,200 buy-in. Call

Trailer has Toy Box, mast raiser, rebuilt hubs,

ing home. Noengines. 65'x16', 1200 sq. ft. Unique

Darryl at (408) 773-9089.

spare. $3,000 or make offer, seller motivated.

comfort, handcrafted beauty. Ideal living space,

(805) 589-7782 or (916) 253-3208.

office, studio, Bed N‘ Breakfast, summer cottage.

OLSON 30 PARTNERSHIP. Extremely well main¬

One-of-a-kind. Divorce sale. Must sell. Owner will

tained boat with all go fast upgrades including

finance. $56,000. (510) 253-9496.

double spreader rig, rebuilt (jock-strap) mast step,

GOLDEN GATES aka Baby B/rcfs.piassic wooden

SAIL a brand new, custom 38-ft performance

sloop designed in 1920’s for racing in SF Bay. You

Cruising catamaran. Fast, fun, level sailing.

buy one, we keep the other: hull #16 Sanderling

Sausalito berth. U.S.C.G. licensed skipper. For

1972 STEVENS CABIN CRUISER. 36 footer with

Kevlar jibs & full batten main. Full electronics

1957: winner of the 1980 SSS TransPac and

more info, and/or reservation, (415) 974-9007.

14 foot beam. Powered by: Turbo-charged 6-

including Loran, KVH compass, & Signet Smart

many more. $7,000 obo or hull #7 Vireo 1931: 1992 YRA class champion. $4,000 obo. (510) 234-0888.

& upgraded back stay. Four chutes plus North

cylinder, Cummins engine, double plank ma¬

Pak. Epoxy barrier in 1990 & new bottom paint

PIVER 33 TRIMARAN. VHF, dinghy, lOhp o/b.

hogany, displacement hull. Many extras. 20,000

every year since. Skipper & crew very committed

Ketch rig, red sails, aluminum spars. Vallejo berth.

obo. Jim, (415) 587-9384.

to one design racing. Join a strong and exciting

Absent owner. Quick sail for $4,000 obo. Phone

one design class. (415) 469-5024.

IRVING JOHNSON’S last Yankee . Sparkman

671-734-0409, or write POB 3263, Agana, Guam

GREAT LIVEABOARD. Custom houseboat w/

and Stephens design, Dutch built Corten steel, new rigging, wiring, teak decks, etc. Extensive

96910, or call 408-255-1038.

engine I/O. 2 story, 2B/1B. 50' x 15’. Rich oak &

BREWER 46, Pilothouse cutter. A great opportu¬

pine interior. Lots of deck space. New bottom

nity to own a fantastic bay and bluewater boat.

update. Best offer. I nformation package $10. Yacht

37-FT BROWN SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Buy

paint and survey 4/92. Located in Delta. $50,000.

Excellent partnership. Fully equipped, Bristol con¬

Yankee, 1100 Colony Point Circle, Bldg. 3 Apt.

the best of the multihulls. West system. Aluminum

Daytime phone M-F (916) 921-4462.

dition. Low interest loan. Low balance. 25% share

506, Pembroke Pines, FL 33026.

mast. Heavy duty rigging. 18 hp Tohatsu. Full

$9,500. Call for details. (707) 253-3877 (wk>,

galley. Many extras. Inventory, photographs avail¬

S8,000 BUYS 2-STORY liveaboard house boat.

27-FT PRIVATEER BY KENNER, ‘67, F/G, ketch,

able. Don’t miss out on your dream-boat. Won’t

Has big rooms with lots of glass and deck space.

10 hp Volvo, sleeps 6, VHF, electric tiller, many

last at $19,950. (916) 361-0639.

Worth $30,000-$35,000 when completed. Have

11:METRE, new and beautiful, arriving 7/1, need

over $15,000 invested. Nearly 75% completed.

partners up to 1/2 ownership. (510) 834-0840.

extras. For free brochure call 348-3427. Berthed at Coyote Point, $14,500.

23-FT TREMOLINO TRIMARAN w/trailer, o/b &

Call Steve, (916) 922-9007.

gear. Fast & ready to go. $4,499. (408) 248-8587. WANTED NEW OWNER for classic Golden Gate

(707) 255-3368 (hm).

PARTNERSHIP IN CATALINA 25. 1/2 interest 25-FT1960 CHRIS CRAFT classic cabin cruiser.

$3,750 + share berth fees at South Beach Harbor

one design sailboat. Hauled and painted, Spring

46-FT WHARRAM CATAMARAN. Lug rigged

Beautifully restored top to bottom. Original Chevy

(SF). All lines led aft, excellent condition. Call

'93. Lots of extras including spinnaker. Make

ketch Pilot House, Yanmar dsl, fully equipped,

283 V8 with low hrs. Sleeps 4+. Just hauled &

before I change my mind. Mike, (510) 623-9341.

offer. Will trade for almost anything of equal value.

Murrey bottom handle winches, 2 SP bronze

surveyed. A head turner. $13,000. Must see.

Call Don, (707) 745-2628.

windlass, 4 anchors, chain & rode, radar, Icom,

(415) 388-5356.

PEARSON 30 SLOOP. 1/3 ownership, berthed

VHF, Autohelm 3000, etc. $35,000 obo. (206)

SWIFT, a famous 1938 square topsail schooner.

567-4574.

USCG licensed to carry 49 passengers for hire.

Swift has just undergone 3 years of beautiful

P-CAT, 18-FT. High performance rig, spinnaker,

restoration. Must be seen to be appreciated. See

trailer box, beach roller, custom fit boat cover.

1/8 pg. display ad in this issue. (805) 686-4484.

Great shape. Sacrifice. 51,500. (510) 843-8545.

S.F. Marina. Excellent condition, new furling jib, 32-FT OWENS power cruiser, 1961. Twin Chevy,

diesel, radio/telephone, new cushions, low main¬

delta canvas. Good condition. $15,000. (415)

tenance. Best offer. (415) 334-5884 (eves/wknds).

773-3948. SAIL THE CARIBBEAN Virgin Islands and be¬ 17-FT BOSTON WHALER Montauk with trailer.

yond for 4 weeks a year. CSY 44, 10% equity

$5,000. Rich, 363-1390.

$8,000 shared yearly expenses. (408) 438-0321.

ROMANCE IN THE SUN. Sail the seven seas in

CROSS 26. $9,500. Fast & pretty. New engine,

a Chapelle designed Corsair, gaff rigged, top

new electrical (solar), newly refinished inside/out

42-FT CLASSIC SALMON FISHING boat, with

SANTA CRUZ 70 Chance is looking for 1/2 or 1/

sailed schooner. Interior newly redecorated,

(2 yrs). Ready to sail: VHF, FM marine radio, 2-

current salmon permit, includes all fishing gear

3 ownership partners. Chance is one of the best

rerigged. Ready to cruise, or move aboard. Only

burner propane stove, 4 sails, spinnaker, 2 an¬

and 8' dinghy, has 6-71 diesel, good hydraulics,

kept sleds on the West Coast. Extensively

$39,500. Lmtd. qty.(1) (415) 589-8308.

chors, etc. See at Pier 39 D-dock, first slip. (415)

24 mi. radar, AP, VHF, CB, Loran, and paper

equipped for racing or cruising. (415) 964-9022 or

421-5854.

machine, bottom done in April '93. $10,000. (209)

(415) 365-8686.

463-1018 (eve).

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CLASSIC KNOTWORK Coverings for tillers & wheels, soft fenders, mats, swim ladders and other salty sailor stuff. For illustrated catalog send stamped self-addressed envelope to: The Knotted Line • 9908 168th Ave, N.E. • Redmond, WA 98052-3122 or Call (206) 885-2457

TIMESHARE OPPORTUNITY. Enjoy our profes¬

WHOLESALE GIFT BUSINESS, $200,000.

sionally maintained, well equipped Ranger 33.

TRAILER FOR 25-FT keel boat (Merit 25) any

FOLDING PROP, Elliptic, $375. Fixed prop $150.

Yearly sales. Can operate anywhere in Continen¬

Prime upwind Berkeley berth, roller furling, KM,

tal U.S. Established 1975. Will trade for 50-ft +/-

condition. (415) 358-4924 (dys), (510) 524-3467 (eves).

DS, Loran, VHF, LectraSan head, CNG galley!

Shaft. Call Cliff (415) 552-0293.

sailboat. Write: I.F.P., P.O. Box 1699, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

wheel, safety package, more. 25% usage in¬ cludes berthing, insurance, fuel, maintenance, etc. S200/month. 525-7477 (eves).

LIVEABOARD WANTED. Older houseboat or

MERCRUISER ENGINES. 4 cyl. -153 cu.in. 120

motor yacht 34'-46'. Solid, sound hull. Wish for

hp. four engines need work. 2 good blocks. $750

1991 MOTORHOME 31-FT, 22k miles, genera¬

lease option or owner finance. $1,000down/Sl ,000

all 4. (415)367-1428.

tor, microwave, stove, fridge, heating, A/C, queen

month. Liveaboard berth S.F. area. Laurel (415) 759-1837.

GEAR FOR SALE. Spinnaker, 47 X 27, $500; 21'

SAILBOAT PARTNER WANTED. San Francisco

bed, shower, toilet, 2 TV’s, cassette, FM, CB,

berthed Ranger 26. Great for entertaining. Set up

awning, ample storage, deliver anywhere U.S.A.,

for sailboat racing. Call Warren (408) 266-1741.1/

specifications available, $39,000. Trade & nego¬

3 partnership. S2.500.

WINDVANE SELF-STEERING for wheel-steered

VHF radios, $75 ea.; big racor filter, $50; 2 o/b's

tiate cash difference for 40’ plus pilothouse sail¬ boat. Peter (707) 528-3047.

boat, Monitor strongly preferred. Also needed:

200/425; Navy anchor, $60; Magma BBQ, $40;

small life raft, EPIRB. Craig, (408) 739-1904.

300’ 3/8 proof, new $300. (415) 927-8138.

ship or daily rental sail S.F. Bay aboard a well-

GET RID OF BOAT PAYMENTS without giving

SAILBOAT TRAILER wanted for 25-30 ft. fixed

equipped, Oakland Estuary berthed Ericson sloop.

RETIRE THOSE OLD RACING SAILS and re¬

up sailing: Trade down. We have a well-main¬

keel. Santa Cruz 27 trailer preferred, but any

$1,125/year + deposit. (805) 723-1785 (Iv msg).

place them with like new North sails. Light Mylar

tained '78 Cal II25'+ moored in Sausalito as well

considered. Also want to trade/buy good SC 27 sails. (510) 865-7439.

#1, heavy Kevlar #1, Mylar #2, Kevlar #3,3/4 oz.

pole $300, jib 49X17, $150, cabin heater, $125; 2

TIME SHARE: At a fraction of the cost of owner¬

Both props are 2 blades, 16D x 12P, RH, 1-1/8”

as a beautiful residential properly in the Loomis CAL 25 Great for entertaining friends.

equity,

area we will trade for a fully equipped and younger

low use, recent haulout, sleeps 5, w/sink, head,

34-40' ready to cruise. Let us trade equity and/or

CHEOY LEE 40. Like to purchase a well main¬

i !

“BayBlaster”. Kappa's/Sausalito berth. SI ,900. (415)883-5418.

take over your payments. Call Charley at (916)

tained, aft cabin design pref. late 60's-early 70’s. (415)552-6954.

1/4

442-7497, 9-5 daily or (916) 795-4321 on week¬ ends.

PARTNERSHIP AVAILABLE 1/4 or 1/2 share in

replacement cost. 1=55.45’ J=16.73'.Call (510)

TRADE ELK-DEER HUNTING on beautiful South¬

793-2490. SOLAR PANELS. Arco M52 1x4 ft. 30 watts, alum, framed for charging batteries, etc. $150

CRUISING GEAR: Sayes Vane, GPS, manual

Catalina 30,1985, loaded, in excellent condition

& new 1.5 oz. spinnakers. All priced at; 25% of

used. (415) 365-9475.

windlass (5/16), cruising spinnaker (43 ft. luff,

with prime St. Francis Yacht Harbor S.F. Marina

western Colorado cattle ranch for use of sailboat

1,000 sq. ft), gas generator, watermaker. Call

berth. Buy-in required, terms available, monthly

JOHNSON 6 hp, long shaft outboard, 3 props, low

(415)332-4612.

expenses, S65 per 1 /4 share. Sailing experience

in warm water winter '93-94. (209) 374-3355, (303) 259-3355.

time, stored over 10 yrs. Just serviced and ready

;

required. Call (415) 563-3747.

keel. (707) 532-7077.

ALPHA 4400 AUTOPILOT electronics only, com¬

HIGH QUALITY 28-35’ racer/cruiser for Bay

$400. (415) 854-6008.

NEED NON-EQUITY PARTNER for 1/3-112 share.

WANTED

$250-350 month. Flexible schedule. Immaculate

Beneteau Oceanis 350, '88. Sleeps

stern cabins, skylit interior. Fully equipped, 3 jibs,

many extras. Alameda area. Mechanical backgrd

SEVENTIES TO MID ‘80'S cruise-ready 50'-60'

helpful. Call Mary, (415) 712-9833.

bow and

pass, control unit, remote & wire. Factory checked. daysailing. Prefer J, Olson, Beneteau, Santana or similar. 50-100% interest desired. Please: no junk,

HILLERANGE STAINLESS propane stove,

heavy cruisers, race-tired, or overpriced boats.

Gimbaled, 3-burner with oven, excellent condi¬

+/- or ? FRO, metal cutter, sloop, ketch. Full or

Professional couple, mid 30s w/Bay sailing expe¬

tion, $300. Magnavox 4201 SatNav, good condi¬

partial exchange for acreage N W Tucson Arizona

rience. (415) 368-7981 (Iv detailed msg).I

tion $90. Call (510)849-1766.

VOLVO MD1B, MD2B, MD3B, 17, wanted run¬ ning or not or parts including starter, alternator,

furling system, new custom 140% jib and new

RANGER 23 PARTNER WANTED for S.F. Bay

overlooking Aura Valley. Water, utilities. No pollu¬

racing & cruising. S.F. berth at Gas House Cove,

tion. 3 BR caretakers residence. Ideal location for

jl $1,500 buy-in. Very low berth & maintenance. Call

year-round or seasonal home or multi-housing.

for reliable service. (415) 921-3417. $650. TO RENT OR BUY trailer for Chrysler 26-ft swing

Glen, (415)922-5231.

FOR CATALINA 27 or similar boat: new Hood

Remote-private with fast-easy no traffic access to

etc., wheel AP, depth and knot, GPS, cold plate

custom mainsail. Cost$2,800, sacrifice for $2,000

-freeway, city, financial, commercial or industrial

with D.C. motor refrigeration, new Johnson 15 ftp

obo. We just bought 32-ft boat. (415) 573-8331.

areas. Hughes, IBM, etc. Photos & Dwgs. re¬

o/b. Call collect (303) 663-4345, (303) 667-6929.

turned. 21100 Silver Bell Rd., Marana, AZ 85653.

51-FT ALUM. MAST Needs fitting out, $1,500.

VOLVO MD3B or MD3C in running condition. Will

$300. Sails for 43’ ketch (9 bags, misc.) $1000.

Rigging for 43' ketch, $300.2 #27 Barlow winches,

TRADE

USED GEAR

pay cash. Leave message. (415) 349-3826.

Complete set of heavy duty turnbuckles for above rigging, $500. Lots of misc. gear & fittings, make

it TRADE 2 SACRAMENTO HOUSES with com-

USED LASERS in good condition. Will pay cash.

bined equity of $65,000 for 35-ft to 45-ft sailboat.

(415)363-1390.

Must be great liveaboard. Houses are rented with

good tenants for $700/mo. ea. Both have $80,000

EL TORO WANTED. Wooden boats and jibs in

$350. Honda EX800 generator, $400. Gene, (408)

OUTBOARD MOTORS. 25 hp Johnson, $1,000.

i: mortgages. Good investment. (916) 921-0880,

any condition. Need parts, hardware, sails, etc.

263-7633.

25 hp Evinrude, $1,300. 7.5 hp Evinrude, $650.

WINCHES, (new)

ea. #28 S.S. $700. Leech #22

Make package offer. (415) 454-8408.

S.S. $300. Danforth constellation compass (new)

je Wes. i

offer. Would prefer to get rid of everything at once.

Anything to help build new East Coast beginners fleet. Walter, Norma or machine. (408) 438-9376.

SACRAMENTO RIVER FRONT HOME with 206K

4.5 hp Evinrude, $400. 4.0 hp Evinrude, $300. 1973 HONDA TRAIL '90 suitcase motorcycle,

Rich, 363-1390.

collapsible. Can be carried on boat, small aircraft

ii equity for sailboat plus cash to balance. Boat

BOAT SITTING JOB WANTED July-Sept. Expe¬

or motor home. Easy disassembled and reas¬

74 HP MARINE DIESEL with trans. $2,800 obo.

h should be in the 100K range from 35’ to 50' and be

rienced sailing couple in San Francisco Bay. Please

sembled street and trail gears, street legal,

50 hp Perkins 4-108 used Bobtail, $2,500.47 hp

ii good liveaboard. Call for package and details,

call (415) 456-9450.

mpg, 50 mph, 200 lbs. (408) 269-4320.

Perkins 4-107 rebuilt with trans, $2,800. 30 hp

FORTYSOMETHING SKIPPER, non-drinking fun-

SAYES SELF-STEERING VANE. No nonsense

522-7300.

!• 16-FT CHRYSLER MUSKATEER catamaran, in

seeker, needs crew and/or second boat for early

design. Bronze and stainless. Hardly used. New

t, good condition with trailer & sails. 1979 Honda

August cruise. SF to Santa Cruz or Monterey and

price: $2,000.Will sacrificeat$950.Bob, 821-0617.

:i Accord, runs well, but has rust and bad uphol-

back. Females encouraged, all welcome. Call

i! stery. Each worth about $1,000. Trade either or

soon. I'll be out of state July 14-26. Jack, (209)

FOUR DESIGNER TRI RADIAL racing spinna¬

person kayak. Safety harnesses. Bargain. Make

i! both for good tow vehicle of equal value. (415)

476-9417.

kers for 30’ to 36' boat, two .75, one 1.5 and drifter.

offers. Call for info. (415) 365-9478.

100

b Nancy (916) 646-1352.

Perkins M-30 rebuilt Bobtail, $3,000. Call (510)

)) 349-1330.

2.25 SPINNAKER, mains, racing sails from 45' ex-IOR racer. Fantastic condition. Inflatable 2-

Like new $450 ea. Also reaching strut 5100. (415) 897-2002.

TRADE NICE TUCSON TRAILER PARK

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$250K

2 Volvo 60 hp MJP21A Parts Engines $400/obo for the pair;

for quality cruising sailboat 40’ (+ or -), $100K (+ or -).

1 Yanmar 12 hp 1 cyl w/2:l gear $1,750; 1 rebuilt Atomic 4 $2,500 w/good core exch;

Will carry note for difference. (602) 622-0087 or

1 recond. Atomic 4 $1,750 w/good core exch; 1 6.5 kw Yanmar/Onan Genset $2,000;

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1 Volvo MD2B $1,750; 1 Pathfinder 50 hp Bobtail $1,250. Call (415) 332-5478

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July. 1993

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SEMI-RETIRED mid-60s East Bay man, novice

TAMAYA SEXTANT, teak box, two eye pieces, all

BAREBOAT CHARTER. Gorgeous 36-ft Bristol

ACCs, like new, $650, Merlin II SatNav, computer,

sloop out of Sausalito. This boat has everything. I

custom teak box, $220, SGC High Seas SSB, 11

am seeking one individual only who has at least

ch. (xtal) 10Ow, solid state, $250 obo, par pumps,

two years experience and is willing to commit

belt drive (3) $20 ea., Evinrude 9.9 o/b, used 3x,

$250 per month to have a fine yacht at your

40-FT DOCK Pr 39, mo lease. $300 month. D-13,

$700.(310) 822-2480.

disposal. Don’t pay the high prices of sailing clubs

good loc. (213) 622-5033 eve (818) 591-0686,

to get an ill maintained and unloved yacht. Use it

Ronald.

NISSAN 18 HP, Short shaft. Under 15 hours. Stored indoors. Like new.$1,350.(415) 332-8206.

but serious sailor, needs one mature crew mem¬

BERTHS & SLIPS

ber, for midweek bay day sailing of boats 30’ and up. Objective is to get boat and sail handling experience. (510) 525-2754. SINGLE WOMAN OVERBOARD. No more clas¬ sic woodie and its skipper. I am intelligent, spir¬

2,3 or more times a month at no additional cost. No lesson, no learners, only experienced sailors

DOCK FOR RENT. Behind house in Bailena Bay

ited, attractive, capable, and just 40, wish to

need call. Call Paul at (408) 988-5880.

(Alameda). Safe, quiet neighborhood, nice views,

continue local sailing and develop friendship with

off-street parking. Rent negotiable. Susan (510)

single, adult male. Laura (415) 369-9261.

MAGMA BBQ's (1) propane $75, (1) charcoal

521-5303.

$50,22 lb Bruce with chain $150. Wanted 33 lb

BONANSSSA. The expedition is over. Selling

Bruce, electric windlass, zig-zag sewing machine,

everything - from the boat to the boat's cat. New

propane stove w/oven. Call Kirby, (408) 446-9363.

items 33% off, once used 50%. Used free. Thou¬

BY OWNER 40-FT & 45-FT slips for rent in

sailboat leaving W. Coast on extended cruise. I’m

sand items: Avon, Autohelm, SatNav, sextants,

beautiful Emery Cove Manila. Conveniently lo¬

fit, capable, hardworking, enthusiastic. Please-

KEROSENE STOVE. Kenyon 3-burner with oven,

sails, sniffer, solar panels. Send SASE. Hurry.

cated, just minutes to terrific sailing/cruising on

contact Josh Federspiel, (408) 374-3197, 5160

tank & pump. Good condition. $175. Achilles LS-

Box 37-1090, Montara, CA 94037.

the Bay. Very nice facilities, full amenities. Norm,

Betlo Ct., San Jose, CA 95130.

CREW MEMBER LOOKING for a well founded

(510) 522-2928 or Rod, (510) 656-2702.

4 dinghy with Johnson 4 hp motor. $750. Auto¬ matic alternator regulator, $35. Anchor, 25 lb

THE MOORINGS. The best sailing vacations in

CQR, $150. (408) 942-6866.

the world at a 25% discount. My broken leg saves , you 25% on a 10-day charter on a 50’ yacht at any

CNG 2-BURNER STOVE complete w/LPG parts

Caribbean or South Pacific Moorings base until

for conversion. Also CNG, tank, regulator, hose

12-20-93. Hurry. (510) 652-7765, Randy.

SEMI-RETIRED SKIPPER seeking 1 or 2 people HAVE 40-FT COVERED SLIP in Walnut Grove

to crew on 28’ Columbia sloop. Must have expe¬

Delta. Am looking to swap for slip in Bay Area

rience or a desire to learn sailing. Jack London

during 7/31/93 to 8/31/93. (415) 929-1936.

Marina slip. Boat (510) 451-4609, home (408) 848-8179.

20+/- and solenoid $400. Genoa 150%, Luff 47’,

TWO BERTHS FOR RENT in bright, clean, se¬

foot 26’ $650. Mainsail cover 16'6", blue $75.

cure Emery Cove Marina. Immediate access to

FEMALE 46, would-love to crew days, Monday

Wanted: inboard autopilot. (510) 522-7408.

entire Bay. One month free rent on one year term.

through Friday out of San Francisco only, prefer¬

Berth 1 - 40’ average rent $165. Berth 2 - 50’

ably Marina. Call Anne (415) 931-1285.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

average rent $229. Paul Sinz, (510) 687-0111.

MONITOR VANE, $1,700.4-Winds wind genera¬ tor, mount, airbrake and regulator $900. Survivor

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB. The gay

80 modular $1,500. Apelco radar$500. (2) 33 watt

„ yacht club serving Northern California meets each

flexible solar panels $125 each. Folding bike

month at the Berkeley Yacht Club. Visitors are

$150. Autohelm 3000 $150. Marine washer/dryer

welcome. For info, please call (415) 905-6267.

WHAT SHALL WE DO with the sober skipper? PIER 39,40-ft. berth for sale, upwind, midway D-

Early August cruise, SF to Monterey might be

dock. $22,000. (408) 723-4720.

nice, especially if you're a trim female, 25-45. But anyone may inquire. Call soon. I'll be out of state July 14-26. Jack, (209) 476-9417.

$300. (408) 372-4272. CLUB NAUTIQUE COUPLES unlimited mem¬

PROPERTY FOR SALE/RENT

MAINSAILS PG4, E22 $600, P40 E 12.8 $500,

bership. All-U-Can-Eat ASA sailing classes, ac¬

GOOD CAPTAIN, age 43, on well fourjd 41 ’ sloop,

genoas, 157, J28, $400,140 J18 $400. Full dodger

tivities, boat chartering discounts and lots more.

seeks female sailing friend(s) to share Caribbean

$500. Electric head $75.4-man inflatable $100.

Great deal $2,500. Call Tamara, (707) 823-0902.

sailing adventures, three weeks/years. No smoke HOUSETO SHARE. Bailena Bay (Alameda) home

or drugs. Fax your desires, sailing experience,

DISCOUNT ON CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited

with 45’ deep water dock, skylights, S.F. view, all

skills,&times to call to S/V Jupiter (809) 458-8365.

TRAILERS. New and used for 20-27’ sailboats.

membership available. All levels of instruction

amenities, great neighbors. Female only, no

Call (800) 321-8972.

included. Resale privilege. Current family mem¬

couples. Available now. $500/mo or $700/mo

LIMEY SAILOR with 41' Hans Christian returning

bership, $4,125. Discount price $3,000. Single

including dock space. Susan (510) 521-5303.

Mexico Nov/Dec seeks slender, fun, adventurous

SatNav $300, B & G instr. 673-8373.

7-FT JESTER ULTRALITE sailing dinghy $450.

membership, $2,750. Discount price $2,250. Call

lady first mate, 40/55. Let's daysail Bay to check

17-ft Coleman canoe, $225. South Coast winches

Tom at (415) 457-0149 or (415) 454-6527.

chemistry & compatibility. Phone (415) 331-6234 or write: P.O. Box 617, Sausalito, CA 94966.

w/handles. Offer Laf/fucfecollection, Wooden Boat,

Sail-Free. Wallas 8000 BTU central heater, RDF,

CLUB NAUTIQUE UNLIMITED membership,

lots of household & sports gear, Miata MB 240D.

$1,850. Please contact Karl at (510) 462-4114 or

Leaving country, everythinggoes. (415) 389-9401.

(209) 966-4554.

CREW

DELIVERY, CHARTER or instruction. Licensed, bondable captain offers reliable seamanship in sail or power, large or small, bay, offshore, any¬

companion/lover wanted.

where. Learn in your boat or ours. Commission¬

discount of current prices. Single membership

Bookish, trim, classical music. References, pic¬

ing, inspection of hull, rig and systems available

priced to sell at $2,065. Couple at $3,100 and

ture exchanged. Artisan: 647 Pacific, Alameda,

as needed. (800) 378-7766.

family (2 adults/2 kids) at $5,137. Includes sail

CA 94501.

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited memberships at 25%

MISCELLANEOUS

FEMALE SAILING

training required for ASA certification. Active so¬ CHARTS - Alaska to Mexico, unused, recent

cial and cruising calendar. Call Douglas, (510)

edition. Want to sell whole batch at once. (415)

769-8018.

332-9543, Iv. msg.

DO YOU WANT TO SAIL? Male/female crew CREW WANTED for voyage from Kenya to West

members needed to help exercise my Hunter 30.

Indies on board Westsail cutter, completing five

Experience is not necessary. Seniors are espe¬

southern capes circumnavigation. Share duties/

cially welcome. Previous crew members are wel¬

CLUB NAUTIQUE ASA rated best school in West.

expenses ($2,000 per person). Sept. - May. Shorter

come back. Call Bob, weekdays (209) 795-2182,

QUALITYHIGH PRESSURE washing equipment.

Lifetime unlimited membership (couple). Best in¬

legs possible. Inquire (804) 898-1480 or (415)

weekends (510) 215-8110.

Up to 5,000 P.S.I. Boat yard friendly. Super low

structors, boat, activities, most fun, trips galore,

435-6204.

prices. Call Charles. (415) 961-8420.

both sides of Bay. Bay/ocean sailing, racing, cruis¬ ing, classes guaranteed. $3,200. (415) 331-7077.

FEMALE FIRST MATE wanted for S.F. Bay sail¬ NEED A BOOST this racing season? I can bring

ing and Caribbean sailing vacation. SWM, 49,

fresh ideas, enthusiasm, and experience to your

nice looking professional seeks adventurous lady

women with boating experience would like to boat

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited single membership

campaign. I’m 6’2", 230 lbs. I have a strong desire

30-45 for great sailing times. Note/photo please,

sit. Will give lots of TLC. (415) 434-4644, (eves) or

ASA sailing school rated “Best in the West’’, unlim¬

to win and am prepared to win. Call Bob McComb,

CPD, 2269 Chestnut St. #217, S.F. 94123.

(415) 626-7000, x114(dys).

ited sailing classes, active sailing, cruising and

(415) 765-6904, (dys).

GOING AWAY for an extended time? Working

social calendar. $2,750 value for $2,200, resellable. (510) 935-1952.

SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT

MAUI MEX

Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price; $180/gal. Our

Handsome one bedroom, two bath condo with pool, tennis, beach and all amenities in

price $50/gal. Also black vinyl & other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal.

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instructor with Olympic Circle. We feature a range

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of “women only" courses that would benefit from

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your expertise. Full curriculum support, great pay.

ads for more details. Other skills sought: SSB

(510) 843-4200. WELL ESTABLISHED yacht brokerage, excel¬ lent Marin County location, sales dock, looking for

SAIL TO PARADISE aboard beautiful loaded

experienced salesman/broker, possible partner¬

44' cutter leaving for Mexico, Tahiti, beyond,

ship. Call (415) 485-6045.

November 1. Join me for 6 months or more on trip of lifetime. Should have ocean experience.

SALESPERSON or working partner wanted.

Non-smokers only. Share operating, food ex¬ penses. Call (310) 984-8487.

Sausalito downtown. High split. Want strong sales¬ person who knows boats and yachts. Send re¬ sume to Sausalito Yacht Sales, Sheldon Caughey,

CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN. Looking for crew member to commit to 8 months or more leaving

gennaker, Loran, VHF, AP, Blaupunkt stereo,

day pay. 5 years marine mechanics experience

shoal keel, inflatable tender, shore power, Atomic

Cat and/or Detroit experience A+. Clean, neat

4 engine. Many extras. $14,500. (415) 459-7336.

appearance. Must have own tools. Send resume or apply in person: EdingerMarine Service, 2021 Alaska Packer Place, Alameda, CA 94501.

OHLSON 38, 1977, as featured in Richard Henderson's “Choice Yacht Designs.” Classic F/

100 Bay St„ Sausalito, CA 94965. 331-6200.

Call (415)

HAWAIIAN WET DREAM available for active/

num spars, diesel, wheel, anchor windlass. Fast

passive investor. 1987 Transpac record-holder,

bluewater cruiser. Structurally sound throughout,

Wind Wamorcatamaran, USCG certified 49 pax,

needs TLC. As-is. Best cash offer over $20,000.

and working Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Fiancee says sell now, so adios 1/2 interest in vessel & 1/4 interest in business. Partnership

O'DAY TEMPEST 2 + 2.23-ft. Slip at Gashouse

grossed $200,000 in 1992. Asking $95,000 cash

Cove (San Francisco, near Fort Mason). Good

for everything. Will consider reasonable offer/

daysailer. 2 mains, 3 jibs. Almost new Nissan o/b.

terms/trade. Send $10 for prospectus, financials

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& photo to: Wind Warrior Catamaran, 1833 Kalakaua Avenue, Suite 612, Honolulu, 96815or fax your credit card# info to (808) 973-0310.

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gust thru 1994. Available for cruising around the

& well cared for. Loaded. 6 sails incl. spinnaker &

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CATALINA 27,1982. Great condition. Very clean

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apartments attached, waterfall, fountain, tiles, arches, 47-ft Abeking Rasmussen ketch. Asking

Replies to: P.O. Box 1150, Kemah TX 77565.

SI,300,000 U.S. (510) 655-8938, Rita Kunz.

club jib/rig, Harken main traveler, 4 cruising sails,

TOO LATE TO CLASSY INTERNATIONAL ONE-DESIGN (1078) for sail. 33' wooden racing sloop built in Norway in 1947

6 total, can deliver, trailer. $13,900. Call (415) 331-7576. NEWPORT 27. Completely rebuilt brand new Atomic 4, new batteries, VHF, DS, KM, Danforth.

and recently rebuilt. Active racing fleet in WBRA

Main and two jibs. Fast, stiff, comfortable & spa¬

and GGYC Wednesday night races. All set to race

cious, needs loving owner. Solid boat at excep¬ tional price. $7,500. (415) 332-2192.

and ready to sell. $10,000. (510) 530-6181. 28-FT TRITON #248, Yanmar diesel, new teak

DAWSON 26, center cockpit cruising ketch, 1200

trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬ port, 133 cubic feet of underwater volume, gener¬

lb. swing-keel, shoal draft and trailerable, roller reefing jib, recut main, mizzen staysail, and spin¬

ous freeboard, liveaboard headroom w/4 berths,

naker, Westerbeke Vire inboard, VHF, DS, KM,

two speed winches, new boom & cushions. Myron Spaulding (415) 332-3721.

wheel. Perfect for Bay, Delta, or coastal. Trail to Baja? $11,500.(415)332-2192.

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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 OF THE SEA AND BOATING INTO THE YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE IN SEA SCOUTING. SEA SCOUTS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY CRAFT, POWER OR SAIL, IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION. • 1993 TAX DEDUCTION

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Beautiful Bay and marina views from your balcony and living room. And just a stone's throw from your door you have: • A dock for your boat, plus charters at Club Nautique • A peaceful half-mile walk alongside the breakers and rocks, in a Bayside open space preserve. This contemporary townhouse is on the smallest and friendliest inhabited island in the Bay, Ballena Isle, in a complex with shared com¬ mon space, swimming pool, and private backyards. Unit has 2 bedrooms plus den, 2.5 bathrooms, a 2car garage, and a spacious living room with high vaulted ceilings. Alameda schools. All this for only $259,000! 415-969-3069.

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Consignment Merchandise Rigging, Swaging, Nicro Press Electrical, Machine and Pump Repair Custom Woodworking Stainless & Aluminum Fabrication & Welding Used Sails Teak & Mahogany Lumber Marine Plywood CNG Exchange

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MacGREGOR 25,1985. VHF, depthsounder, 4.5 o/b, excellent condition. Price reduced $2,750.

CLIPPER 23,1978. Excellent condition. Price reduced $2,450. ERICSON 27,1978. Diesel, fireplace. $16,500/owner finance. MERIT 25,1983. New 3.5 hp o/b. $6,900. CORONADO 25,1966. Price reduced $2,295. RAWSON 30,1964. Diesel, popular cruiser. Price reduced $13,500. NEWPORT 33,1984. Diesel, exc condition. Price reduced $34,500. CORONADO 41,1974. Loaded, consider small boat in trade.

RAINBOW SLOOP, 1964. $450. CYCLONE. Complete w/trailer. $600. POWER

SAFTICRAFT SPORTFISHER 33,1961. Steel hull, twin 305 engines. Price reduced $8,900.

TROJAN 25,1977. Excellent condition. New canvas. Price reduced $9,900. 32' STEPHENS CRUISER, 1947. Great liveaboard. $13,500/owner finance. SUWANEE 47,1968. Great liveaboard. Clean, twin Volvo I/O. $15,900/owner finance.

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX

Scan Marine Equipment.29 Scanmar Marine Products.51 Navtec .75

Schaefer Marine .133

Hawaiian Chieftan .140

Nelson's Marine.192

Schoonmaker Point Marina.12

Ca pi tola Bay Marina.77

Haynes Sails.55

Nor Cal Yachts .33,34,35,36

Sierra Detroit Diesel.47

Captain Case.8

Headsail.16

Nor Pac Yachts.186

Smart Boots .28

ABC Yachts.190

Catell, Home for Sale.183

Helmut's Marine Service .63

North Beach Canvas.77

Sobstad Sails .49

Admiralty Marine Insurance.55

Chain Mate .169

Helms Yacht Sales.37

North Coast Yachts.57

Solar Electric.182

Adventure Cat Inc.142

Charter 'Yukon Jock' .140

Hewett Marine .29

North Sails .9

South Beach Harbor.21

Alameda Multihulls.51

Chula Vista.18

High Performance Charters.142

O'Neill Yachts.12

South Beoch Yacht Club/Jazz Cup .27

& Machine.53

City Yachts.30,31

Hogin Sails.70

Oakland Yacht Club.45,47

Sparky Marine Electrics .108

American Battery .182

Class Afloat.27

Hood Sailmakers.20

Oceanic Yacht Sales.185

Spinnaker Shop, The .14

American International Ind. Tool.182

Club de Yates Palmira .142

Horizon Line .53

Olympic Circle Sailing Club .64

Spurs.56

American Soils.77,123,132

Club Nautique .54

Hutchinson Sports.25

OTH Easy Jack.132

Stanford University.14

Anderson's Boat Yard.52

Compass Yachts.188

Infinity Marine .169

Owl Harbor Marina .123

Storbrite .133

ATM Yacht Charters .141

Conch Charters.140

J-Boats .46

Oyster Cove Marina.28

Starbuck Marine Canvas.

ATN...,.67

Corinthian Yacht Club .41

Johnson-Hicks.58

Oyster Point Marine .72

Stockdale Marine

Avon Seagull Marine.29

Crane, D.F.123

Kappas Marina.14

Pacific Coast Canvas.17

& Navigation Center.19

Bailiwick Sails and Canvas.109

Cruising World Pacific.6,7

Kensington Yacht .11

Pacific Marine Exchange.184

Stone Boat Yard.65

Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers.189

D'Anna Yachts.47

Kevin's Quality Marine.185

Pacific Marine Exchan

Superior Yachts.187

Balleno Isle Marina.191

Desolation Sound Charters.143

Knight & Carver.188

Brokerage.184

Superior Yocht Varnishing .77

Ballenger Spars.117

DeWitt Studio.55

Kurtz Yacht Construction.185

Passage Yachts .4,5

Sutter Sails.17

Bankson Yachts, Ron .186

Diesel Fuel Filtering .132

Lager Yachts.187

Pegasus Marine .117

Svendsen's Boat Works.39

Barnett Yacht Insurance .168

Dink Lock.133

Landfall Navigation.132

Peninsula Canvas.182

Swedish Marine .

Bay & Delta Yachtsman Chartbook .... 123

Eogle Yocht Sales.23

Larsen Sails.74

Peninsula Marine Services.122

Swift Associates .186

Bay Riggers .48

Earth Safe Sanitation Systems.18

Leading Edge Sails.28

Penmar.140

TAP Plastics.62

Bay Ship & Yocht.45

Edgewater Yocht Sales .187

Lee Sails.108

Petaluma Marina.182

Tedrick-Higbee.26

BC Navigation .66

Edinger Marine.8

List Marine.55

Petti t-Morry.181

Tradewinds Instruments.63

Bellhaven Charters .143

El Toro Class Association .129

Long & Asscoiates.

Pineapple Sails.3

Tradewinds

Berkeley Marina.14

Emery Cove Marina .71

MocDonald Yachts .188

Port Supply.133

Berkeley Yacht Club.57

Emeryville City Marino.16

Marin County Boatworks.122

Pryde, Neil, Sails' .185

Trask, Don, Yachts.

Blue Pacific .143

Essex Credit.67

Marin Yocht Sales .189

Railmakers SF Bay.53,182

Tropic Island Yacht Mgmt.140

Boats For Sail.

Everfoir Enterprises.16

Marina Village.73

Regatta Yacht Sales.28,188

Vallejo Marina.54

Boater's Friend.57

Farallon Electronics .8,10

Marine Survey Seminars.63

Richmond Boat Works .50

Vance Marine.169

Boesheild T-9.71

Farallone Yocht Sales .23

Mariner Boat Yard .32

Richmond Yacht Service.129

Vessel Assist.109

Bosun's Charters .143

First New England Financial.13

Mariner Square Yachting Ctr .32-37

Rip-Tie.27

Virgin Jewelers.69

Boy Scouts- Old Baldy.183

Fortman Marina.10

Maritime Electronics .63,41

S.F. Boat Works.181

Voyager Marine.60

Boy Scouts- San Francisco.17

Gonis.18

Mauch's Sailboat Guide .63

Sail Exchange.168

Waterfron Home.183

Boy Scouts - Stanford.186

Gianola & Sons .55

McGinnis Insurance.75

Sail Fiji.138

Gleason Sailmakers.45

West Marine . 26,76,77,78,79,80,81,155

British Marine .71

Metal Magic .24

Sailing Connection .

10,142

Western Boat Listings.185

Brisbane Marine.69

Glen Cove Yocht Soles.186

Micrologic.32

Soilrite Kits .108

Gorman, Bill, Yacht Sales.15

Westwind Precision Details .72

Brokaw, George, Yacht Sales.189

Modern Sailing Academy.68

Sailworks.182

Whale Point Marine .22

Bruno's Island Resort.123

Grand Marina .2

Monterey Bay Fiberglass.32

SAMS.182

Gulf Islands Cruising .143

Wind ’N Sea Adventures.138

Col Marine .56

Moore Sailboats.27

San Juan Sailing Charters.143

Caliber Yachts.41

Hackworth Insurance.67

Moorings, The.139

Yachtfinders/Windseekers ..

San Leandro Marina.61

Harbor Marine.24

Woolsey Points .109

California Maritime Academy.108

Morelli & Melvin .65

Sanford Wood.59

Harken.43

Yacht 'Axel Heyst' .188

Californio Custom Canvas.65

NAMS.188

Sausalito Yacht Club.53

Yacht'Fjord' .187

Alameda Prop

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Sausalito's Classic Pilot Schooner

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is available for purchase. Thoroughly restored,

U.S. built for good charterina potential.

she is pan of maritime history. Principals only.

Transatlamic/Caribbean/Panama Canal/Mexico vet but shows like new. Electric furling main &.jib. Bowthruster. Paaes of equipment.

Asking $925,000 • PETER SHEPPARD

$449,000/offers • JOHN BAIER

$290,000 • PETE FROMHAGEN

47' version also available.

cutter rig, 3 staterooms, genset, refrigeration, electronics, etc. Excellent condition.

$479,000/offers • JOHN BAIER

41' HINCKLEY SLOOP 1965

30' NONSUCH ULTRA 1987

30' CATALINA SLOOP, 1990

34' TARTAN SLOOP 1990

Fiberglass construction in superb condition. An

A joy to sail & simple to handle Cat rig!

Lively performance, liveaboard interior.

Immaculate Tartan quality with Sparkman &

original classic well-priced for West Coast.

Well maintained. Radar, autopilot,

Full batten main, Lewmar ST winches.

Stephens design. Scheel keel, B & G Hydra,

electric halyard winch, etc.

Well equipped. Original owner moving up.

heat & air, roller furling, spinnaker, etc.

Asking $87,500 • PETE FROMHAGEN

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25' MacGREGOR SL. '85. .$ 25' MERIT SL ’83. .s

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35' DUFOUR SL. 74. .$ 45,000 35' ALLMAND. '82 . .$ 37,900 4V MORGAN 0/1 KE.79. .$ 69,900

41'CORONADO SL. 74. .$ 55,000 POWER 25' BAYLINER SARATOGA, 78. .$ 13,200 25'CHRIF CRAFT, 65. .$ 25,900 27' SEA RAY, '82. .$ 22,900 27' BOSTON WHALER. ...2 from $ 47,500 31'SEARAY VANGUARD, 62..$ 49,900 31'CARVER EXPRESS. 73 . .$ 23,950 32' CHRIS CRAFT CONNIE, 62..$ 18,500 34' CALIFORNIA SEDAN F/B, 79 ....$ 69,995 35' SEA RAY, 90..$136,500 3? CARVER. 67. alt cabin. .Pending 41'P.T. TRAWLER A/C, 78..$ 75.000 49' ALBIN SEDAN, 80..$145,000

Oyster Cove Marina • 385 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite #$8 South San Francisco, CA 94080 fl7777777777777777777777777777777777Z&7tt77/7772277Z27r/7777777Z277ZZZ!Z&

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- Long leaf yellow pine, fastened with locust wood tree-nails throughout. Hull in excellent condition. Construction

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Exceptional opportunity! Try $130,000

Coastal quality cruiser. Asking $45,000

30' Ericson '81

41' Islander Freeport '80

Spacious, dsl. Bay sailer. Asking $30,000

All roller furl, very clean. Asking $69,000

25' CATALINA, o/b, very dean, '84.$10,500 27' CAPE DORY, dsl, '79.$23,000 27' CAL 2-27s, dsl, '76..Otters 29' CAL. Inquire 30' NEWPORT, dsl, 79.$25,000 30' PEARSON, clean. 77.$15,500 3V BOMBAY CLIPPER. 78.$22,000 32' ERICSON. dsl. LPU, 74.$27,900 33'HUNTER, dsl, 79.Call 43' AMPHITRITE ketch, '82.$155,000 43' C&C LANDFALL, Bristol, '84.$129,500

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laid fiberglass hull and decks, diesel aux, sails incl. new spinnaker. Try $27,000

2T LANCER P0WERSAIIER. Yamaha 115 hp aux., power/sail combo for the versatile buyer. Owner will trade up. At our docks. Asking $ 15,000/Offers.

43* LAKE UNION '23 classic M.Y. Quality teak cabin,

34' CALIF. TRAWLER U.S. built, twin Perkins mains,

interior/decks. Ford Lehman dsl main w/only 350 hrs. Major structural upgrode& new covers. $29,500.

dual steer stations. Recent upgrades incl., exter. trim varnished, new tnterphase video sounder, VHF & electric anchor winch, Sous, berth. Asking $58,500.

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SELECT BROKERAGE LIST 38' Swan 1978.Race, cruise ready.Try 105.000 39' Cal 1978.Outstanding quality, great Bay boat.69.000 40' Lester Stone 1957 ...Foxen, Beautiful wooden classic.Inquire 41' Sceptre 1985.Dual stations, raised salon, loaded.Try 195,000 42' Baltic DP. 1982...Full race .249.000 42' Wauquiez Centurion, 1987 Performance cruiser. 155.000 42' Baltic Magnum 1987 Fully equipped for race/cruise.169,000 43' Gulfstar 1977.Great aft cabin liveaboard.Ask 75,000 44' Swan 411 1979.Set up for short handed, light use .Try 180,000 45' Lancer Motorsailer, 1980....Great liveaboard.125.000 45' Jeanneau 1984 .. Spacious interior, extensive equipment... 145,000 47' Swan 1978.Many updates, owner motivated.Reduced 47' Vagabond 1981 ..:.Cruise/liveaboard, beautiful.Ask 180.000 50' Force 50 1974 ..Fully equipped, huge interior ....Ask 150.000 51' Skye 1992 .New boat! Great opportunity .278.000 53' Swan 1989.3 available, call for details.Inquire 60' Ladd Design, center cockpit 1993 ...Unique opportunity.Inquire 62' Custom Ketch 1985 .Outstanding cond. throughout ...Ask 575.000 63' Cheoy Lee, 1983.. Original ownef. Beautiful!.600.000 64' Dynamique 1983....4 S/Rs incredible equipment list!! .Ask 325.000 65’ Swan 651, 1984 ...Nautor quality, exceptional inventory.Inquire Hj/

Lager Yacht Brokerage Corp. 400 Harbor Drive, Suite C, Sausalito, CA 94965 Tel:415*332*9500 Fax:415*332*9503 New York • Sausalito • Seattle

Designed by and custom built for German Frers for the 1947 Buenos Aires-Rio Race, this beautiful classic has undergone a major refit involving over 10,000 hours. Winner in her class in the '54 Bermuda Race, she has also cruised to Tahiti. Con¬ structed of Viraro planking copper riveted to Viraro frames and stringers with lead keel and monel bolts. Complete new rig with Harken and Merriman blocks and Barient winches. Power is a Volvo 4 cyl. 75 hp diesel. New Magellan 5200 GPS, 1COM M120 VHF, All exterior paint and brightwork is Awlgrip. Dimen¬ sions: 50' x 36’ x 11'8" x 7'6" x 34,200 lbs. Location: Seattle.

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Axel Heyst

(510) 521-9732 Fax (510) 521-9734

Park St Landing • 2307 H Blanding Ave. Alameda CA 94501

FEATURE LISTING

Two Words...Six Metre WORLD CHAMPION. 25 bags of sails! Two rigs! Lean and very fast. Own a thoroughbred to win.

Call for an appointment.

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Morgan. 76.115,000 Force 50, 73.175,000 Arnel Maramu, ’85 . 205,000 Vagabond, 76 .142,500 Island Trader MS,'81 .150,000 Jeanneau,'85 .145,000 Lancer Motorsailer, '81 .120,000 Hans Christian T, '85 .189,000 Columbia. 71 .75,000 Hunter Passage, '90 .175,000 Morgan Outlsland, 79.69,900 Rhodes, '50 . 30,000 Tripp,'91 .210,000 8 Meter Sloop, '43 . 25,000 C&C, 73.87,500 Hinkley, 70.95,000 Fisher, 80.\.125,000 Tayana, 78.)..74,000 Ranger, 74 .39,500 Islander Freeport, '81 .75,000 S2, '85.Owner Wants Offers Cheoy Lee Lion, '58.40,000 C&C Landfall, ’81 .55,000 Coronado, 72.30,000 Rafiki, '80 .69,000 Ericson, 73 . 30,000 Wylie, 79.30.000 Tartan Yawl, 74.36,000 6 Meter,'85 . 40,000 Hunter,'82.29,900

SPACE A VAILABLE AT OUR SALES DOCKS.

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67' 60’ 57' 49’ 48' 46' 45’ 41'

Garden MV, '60.339,000 Bluewater, 90.299,000 Chris Craft Constellation, '68.170,000 Albin Trawler,'80 .145,000 Monk Trawler, '68.62,000 Spoiler MY, '83.189,000 Mathews, '66 . 39,000 Burnscraft, '81 .Offers/72,000

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Vancouver, by Tayana. .$22,050 Cape Dory. .25,000 Gemini, Cat. .67,950 Endeavour. .27,000 Endeavour. .49,000 Tyrrell M/S, ketch, teak. .Offers Herreshoff, cat ketch. .Offers Downeaster. .57,500 Hans Christian, loaded. .119,500

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Fax (619) 294-8694

Cal MK III. .59,500 Freedom. .Offers Lancer. .99,000 Peterson. .95,000 Cal, 2-46. .128,500 Perry, loaded. .167,000 Force. .195,000 S & S, alum. .139,000 Islander. .195,000

NEW LISTING IN SAN DIEGO

Fastest 33 on the market. Superb PHRF-1MS. Faster than most 34 to 37 footers. Meets or exceeds ABS offshore A-1. Featuring Genesis keviar and mylarkevlar. 1989 model. Mint condition. Only $75,000.

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54’ C/NKf, 74.....—$75,000 47* VAGABOND, *8S_—_$198,000 44' ISLANDER, 74___$32,SOD 43'YOUNG SDN, '83.. ■.$99,500 41* GARISH KETCH, 75__ ..$79,500 41 ’ AUX. CUTTER, *41_ -$57,500 40’ SWIFT 5WAUOW KETCH, '82 ... -$35,000 36* ISUN0Ht,72. ..$37,950

36' COLUMBIA, ‘08_$19,900 35* RKSON, *73.—.—$26,000 35* m KETCH, *73.—.$48,950 32' ARIES, 76_-$32,000 27* CAL *85 —. —$19,950 27* 52 8.0 CNTR/CPT, *79 .. -$8,900 26* SEAFARER, 78 __ .—$12,000 25* MERIT, *82 w/trfc —..—$8,500 24* J BOAT, *80 —.—.$8,800

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10WRIE YACHT HARBOR: 40 Pt. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA 94901 44' HARDIN OFFSHORE KETCH. One of the best

52' ADAMS KTCH, Super cruiser, built in Holland '77.140 hp

on the coast! Roomy oft cabin w/queen, see-out galley,

dsl, loaded w/GPS, radar, 10 kw, AP, genset, etc. Huge aft cabin, sep. showers & 3 other staterooms. Must see. Asking 215,000.

lotge forward salon, sleeps 6, easily singlehanded.

27' Dartsailer, '80, Dutch M/S ....$49,000 29’ Cal 2-29, dsl. .$15,000 30' Sagitta, dsl, cruise equip'd.$39,500 30'Cal 3-30, dsl.$19,500 30' Ericson, whl.dsl...$17,472 31' Mariner ketch, FG, dsl .$22,500 32'Westsail,'77. Offers 32' Dreadnought, '92 ..Loaded! 32' Ericsons .3 front $18,000 35' Erkson „...2 from $28,500 35' Halberg itassy, ctr cockpit.Inquire 36' Block Island cutter.$18,500 37' Hunter.2 from $49,500

38' Erkson, '81, furling..$59,500 38' Downeast cutter, '78, loaded .$65,000 38' K-38.$19,900 40' Acapako, new main, dsl _.$37,500 40' Yorktown.... $34,500 41' Mariner Neptune F/G, '84 ...$125,000 41' Steel French C/8 cutter__ Call 41' Kettenburg, F/G, cruise equip'd $45,900 42' Westsail, ctr. cockpit_$97,500 42' Colvin, '88 Steel PH Cutter_Call 44' Peterson, alum., fast cruiser ...$70,000 48' Cheoy lee cutter_$114,900 50' Hudson Venke model '85 ....$295,000

38’ DOWN EAST CUTTER. Perkins 4-108 50 hp dsl

26' ISLAND PACKET. A‘10". This super pocket cruiser is better than new. Completely upgraded w/all new; North sails, canvas,

Very clean and well maintained. Great liveaboard w/6'3" headroom. 2 from $57,000.

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62’ SPARKMAN & STEPHENS M/S

47' STEVENS

200 mile/dcy under sail. Mottvdled owner. Call Al Levenson. $295,000.

ssk center cockpit. Trt dm model. New, new, tie Owner maiwated; Cal lenard lee. $189,000

44' HANS CHRISTIAN PILOTHOUSE M/S

40’ C&CJ984 Fast performance rocer/crmser. $89,995.

3 stoterooms. Motivated owner.Call Al levenson. $195,000. More Listings

84 '81 '85 '80 75 '83 '87 '83 72 '84 '83 ¥

45 JEANNEAU 4 cyl dsl, gen A/C 2 aft cabins.*..... 424 PEARSON 4 cyl dsl, furler, dinghy, oft cabin... 36 PEAR50N 3 cyl dsl, furler, dodger, oft cabin. 365 PEARSON World Cruiser, furler. 33 RANGER Classic Boy racer/cruiser. 30 NEWPORT Osl, great Boy sailer. 30 CATALINA 3 cyl dsl furler dodger. 303 PEARSON Dodger, furler. 29 ERICSON Cleon, furler. Great Bov cruiser........... 30 ERICSON 3 to choose from. All diesel... 23 PEARSON Greot doysiler. Owner motivoted. .........................

.$145,000 ..Call Michael $95,000 .$71,995 ..Call Michael $49,995 .$21,995 .$24,900 .Coll Michael Price reduced $29,500 .$19,500 .$21,995 .$7,900

41’ CT PILOTHOUSE KETCH, 1975 Dual control stations, 70 HP diesel, owners double bed, separate stall shower, your chance to cruise in comfort and style. $78,500.

34f PEARSON 1984 diesel sloop. Wheel, sleeps six, new dodger, new epoxy bottom, very clean. Asking $68,000. July. 1993 • UiUcJiW • Page 189

Names You Can Trust

51' MORGAN '76 KETCH. Rodor, AP, SalNav, air cond.

42' CALIFORNIAN, 1978.1 staterooms, 2 heads, radar, Furuno FishFinder, 7.5 kw Onan. Twin diesel. $99,500.

Mike Kushner II Peter Powell H Dove Mgftholi

John Swoin || Clqy Prestott

ABC Yachts Welcomes Clay Prescott to our Staff.

52' CHEOY LEE M/S, '82. 3 staterooms, twin diesels, 12.5kw Onan, SalNov, WeFax, autopilot, 2 heads w/ showers. $205,000.

30' BABA, '81. Highest quality culler. Teok decks, cabin tops and cockpit. Wheel steering, green LPU hull. $59,000.

SAIL 75'CUNNINGHAM. 74 . 210,000 65' MacGREGOR. 8?. 137,500 54' VENNEKENS. 195,000 52' CHEOY LEE. 82. 205,000 50' GAR0EN KETCH. 78. 175,000 47' RHODES M S.. 71 . 112,000 43' COLUMBIA. 6S. .56,000 4V GARDEN. 73. .65,000 4V LORO NELSON,'82 . 139,000 41' MORGAN. 79. ..69,900 41 MURRAY-PETERSON, '83 .89,000 4V RHODES. '66. .60,000 4V ISLANDER FREEPORT. 76 .88,500 40' NORDIC. .Call 40' C&C. '82. .72.000 40 CHALLENGER. 74. ,89,500 40 CHEOY LEE O S . 71 . .58.000 40 ISLANDER/PETERSON. 80 .69,000 40 MARINE TRADER. MS. '82 .85,000 39 C&C. 73 . .87,500 38 COLIN ARCHER. 68 .26,500 38 BRISTOL . . 44,000 38' ERICSON. '81. .65,000 38' MORGAN. 79. .61,000 37'HUNTER LGND. '88. .84,500 37'HUNTER. '80. .45,000 37 ISLANDER. 68. .44,000 37'RANGER. 74 . .42.500 37' TAYANA. 78. .73,000 36'FREEPORT. 78. .65,000 36 HERITAGE, 78. .65,000

36' ISLANDERS 73-79. .. 44.000 36' PEARSON, 85. ..85,000 35' SANTANA, '80. ..47,000 W RFNFTFAII WV'ftQ

49ALBIN. .145.000 47' DELTA CLIPPER, 80.. .83,500 46' CHRIS CRAFT, '64 .... . 69,000

34' WYLIE, 79. ..34,000 33' HUNTER, 79. ..29,000 33' SWALCOW SWIFT, 78 ... ..50.000 32' ARIES. 76. ..32,000 32' COLUMBIA. 76. ..24,500 32'VALIANT, 77. ..45,000 32' WESTSAIL, 79(3). ..52,500 32' MORGAN, 79. . 39,000 30' CATALINA, 78. ..28,500 30'BABA,'81. .59,000 3(V flATAI INA 7ft 0) nnn 30' ISLANDER BAHAMA, '84 ..27,500 30' PEARSON 303, '84 .... .. 46,666 30' YAMAHA, 79. ..25.000 29' ERICSON, 77. ..19.500 28'ISLANDER, 77. .. 19,000 28' ISLANDER, '85. ..25,500 28'COLUMBIA, '69. ,...8.000 27' NORSEA. ..54,000 27' ERICSON, 74. ,.22.000 27'CAL 2-27,74. ..17.500 25', CAL 25,'80. ..16,000

45' LANCER, '81. . 142,500 44' LUHRS, 70. .90,000 43' PRESIDENT, '83. .149,000 42' PONDEROSA, '85. .170,000 40’ OWENS. '64. .41,500 40' BLUEWATER, 78. . 77,000 40' CRUIS-A-HOME, 75.. .55.000 39' CHRIS (STINGER). .59.000 38' GOLDENSTAR , '84 ... .89.000 38' BAYLINER, '87. .115,000 ftft’ PAHFMAKFR 70 38'HUNTER, '59. .23,000 37' NEW HAVEN 20 000 36' EGG HARBOR, 78. .115.000 36' CHRIS CRAFT, 64. .26.000 35' CHRIS CRAFT, '68. .58,500 34' CALIFORNIA, 78. .60,000 34'CHRIS CRAFT, '91 .... .78,000 34' HATTERAS. '64. .23.000 33' CHRIS CRAFT 336, '84 .49.000 32' COOPER, '89. .65.000 32' UNIFLITE, 79. 49.500/OBO 31'RIVA, 78. .88,750 30'VEGA. 74. .33,500 28' CARVER RIVIERA, '85 .39,000 28' SEA RAY. '86. .33,000 28' ALLMAND, 79 . .31,500 25' BAYLINER. '85. .22,500

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60' BURGER. '57. 285.000 56'FELLOWS & STEWART,'27 ..99,500 53' BLUEWATER, '80. 179.000 50' TROJAN, 60. 145.000

41' MORGAN, 79. Center ckpt.cutter, 1986dsls. AP, SSB, Loran, windlass, Bimini, dodger, refrig. $69,900.

37' RANGER. Custom teak interior like a finely crafted musical instrument. A unique ond beautiful boat. 547,000. 7,000. BETTER THAN NEW.

. ’ JEANEAU SUN-KISS, '84. Cutter, B & G instruments, hard to find 3 staterooms, perfect liveaboard/cruiser. ' $145,000.

34' S211MC, '84. Ctr cockpit sloop. Original owner bas moint. like new. Windlass, dodger, ST wincbces, Forced air fieaT, navy blue bull. $75,000.

38' GOLDEN STAR '84. Sedan trawler, centered queen forward, radar, AP, Loran, refrig. $79,950.

46' MORGAN, '79. Brewer design ketcb, 1800 amp brs., 3500 watt aux. gen., inverter, refrig, vacu flush, radar GPS & dinghy. $132,000.

38' HINCKLEY, 1969. Super clean classic, F/G sloop, loaded with equipment. $95,000/offer.

*• ISLANDERS ** 1-36 FREEPORT 1982. Center cockpit. Bob Perrry design. Looks like new. Dodger, roller furling, Autopilot and much more. Only $75,000._ 40' 37' 36' 36' 30' 28'

PETERSON, racer, 1980, very fost.$69,000 1968 CLASSIC.$44,000 5 from... $36,000 FREEPORT, 78, brisld condition.$72,500 BAHAMA, '84, very deon.$32,500 1985, wheel, roller furling ond woler pressure.... $25,500

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54' VENNEKENS TOPS'l SCHOONER, 1979. Belgium built galvanized steel pilothouse schooner. High quality construction, water tight bulkheods. A finely fitted yocht. $195,000.

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Nelson’s Marine

The Boatowner's Boatyard

HMS Nelson ~ Available for work at your slip!

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Clement Avenue • Alameda • CA 94501

(510) 536"5548

Take 23rd Ave. exit off 880 to the Park Street Bridge. Turn right at the first light onto Clement Avenue. Co 1 1/2 blocksto find Nelson s on the right.

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