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Family Values The Wondolleck family is legend: Hal and Helen, seven sons, one daughter and now several of the thirteen grandchildren have sailed Thistles, Snipes, El Toros, International 14’s, 505’s... and Tempest, the family’s Santana 22. Since 1965, Hal and his family have raced Tempest in countless one-design events and club races. In 1985, the first year the boat had a new suit of Pineapple Sails, Tempest became “really competitive,” finishing 4th in the nationals. Over the years the boat has accumulated 21 “bags” of sails. But as Hal puts it, “the Pineapple sails are the feist ones.” This past fall, Tempest, powered by Pineapple Sails and sailed by Wondollecks Tom, Bob, Kathy and their friend Chris, won Encinal Yacht Club’s Estuary Cup. A race around the Bay that ends in the Oakland Estuary in front of the club, Tempest won the Cup two years in a row. Sailing Tempest is a real family affair. V

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1988 BENETEAU 432. New engine. Freezer, autopilot, electric windlass. Priced to sell at

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Classic version. A proven offshore cruiser loaded with inverter, radar. Must see at $120,000. BENETEAU OCEANIS 390.

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BENETEAU BROKERAGE

27' CATALINA, 1974 .reduced to 12,500 27' ISLAND PACKET, 1988.55,000

38' 38' 38' 38' 40' 40' 40' 40' 41' 41'

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ISLANDER, 1984 ..24,900

29’

CAL 2-29, 1974 cruise equipped ... 23,900

30' LANCER, 1985.24,995 30'

ALBIN BALLAD, 1978, excellent.19,500

31' ISLAND PACKET, 1986.69,000 33'

PEARSON, 1986 .55,000

34' WYLIE, 1980.33,000 35' C&C, 1972, needs work .18,000 35’

NIAGARA, 1981 .59,500

35' ISLAND PACKET, 1989.129,000 36'

ISLANDER, 1976, diesel.37,500

36' PEARSON, 1985.69,500 36’ CATALINA, 1985 .60,000

BENETEAU OCEANIS350,1988. Popular.clean and well equipped modern cruiser from in¬ dustry leader. At our docks. Now only $59,975.

ISLAND PACKET, 1989.139,500 BALTIC, 1983.135,000 CABO RICO, 1988.160,000 CALIBER, 1988.134,000 PASSPORT, 1982.135,000 X-119, 1990 ...128,000 C^PE DORY, 1985.135,000 TARTAN, 1986.145,000 MORGAN 01, 1979, clean cruiser 65,000 NELSON-MAREK, 1982.59,900

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C&C, 1984.99,500

42' 43' 441 46’ 49'

TARTAN, 1982.115,000 MASON, 1982 .145,000 HYLAS, 1985 .priced to sell 149,500 FRERS/PJ ALUMINUM, 1976.99,000 TASWELL, 1991 .449,000

BENETEAU OCEANIS 350, 1988 ....59,975

36' BENETEAU 35s5, 1989 . 82,500" 37'

BENETEAU OCEANIS 370, 1991 ..112,000

39'

BENETEAU 390, 1990.120,000

40' BENETEAU 405, 1988.135,000 42'

BENETEAU, 1985.119,500

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45' BENETEAU FIRST 45f5, 1991 .239,000 45'

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C & C 40 No funny hull graphics, no impressive race record, just a good clean boat. Well equipped, well cared for and ready for those who want a performance cruiser. Probably your best value for the dollar on the market today. Call for complete information. Asking $69,950.

35' COLUMBIA 10.7.29,950 HURRY! Priced well below market

43' NEW ZEALAND Cutter 149,950 Bluewater capable & equipped

51' TATOOSH.299,000 3 stateroom, ready to cruise

36' FREEPORT...59,950 Pullman berth, roller furling

32' EVASION Pilothouse ....36,950 Built by Beneteau, dual steering

35' CHEOY LEE LION.37,500 Now at our docks!!!

41' FORMOSA.55,000 Great liveaboard, at our dock

Small Yacht Corner 27' ERICSON Very clean, owner moving, make an offer!!! $12,500.

28' ISLANDER Diesel, large interior and 2 boat owner $15,900.

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YANKEE DOLPHIN /.9,450 CAPE DORY.9,900 ERICSON.12,500 CAL Mk III.12,750 ISLANDER.15,900 BRISTOL Channel ctr.57,000 ISLANDER BAHAMA .25,000 EVASION Pilothouse.36,950 PEARSON 323.38,500 PROUT CATAMARAN.79,500 COLUMBIA 10.7 .29,950 CHEOY LEE LION.37,500 FREEPORT Islander .59,950 C&C.48,500 RAFIKI.New Listing MORGAN Moon Shadow.54,500 KAISER KETCH.59,900 DOWNEAST.57,500

40' 41' 41' 43' 43' 44' 47' 47' 49' -50' 50* 51' 51' 60’ 65'

C&CTT..69,950 FORMOSA.55,000 CORONADO.54,500 NEW ZEALAND CTR.149,500 BENETEAU 430.159,000 LANCER TWIN TURBO ... 129,500 JEANNEAU.149,500 CELERE.New Production ALBIN TRAWLER .149,000 COLUMBIA. 109,500 COLUMBIA.119,500 TATOOSH .299,000 BENETEAU..2 from 128,000 MORGAN .275,000 MACGREGOR.124,950

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This Cal 33 is in like new condition and ready to go cruising. 16' 24' 27' 27' 27’ 27' 30' 30' 33' 36' 42' 46' 50' 50’

Hobie.2A1L Columbia. Catalina, 1974 . Cal T-2, 1973 . Santa Cruz, 1986 . Express, 1982 . Catalina, 1984, Immaculate ... Cal, 1963. Cal, 1989. Lapworth, 1957 . Beneteau, 1985. Frers, 1979. Santa Cruz, 1979 . Santa Cruz, 1984 .

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MASON 43.New Listing A1 Mason designed these beautiful sailing vessels to be the most comfortable&seakindlyyachts,astandardofexcellencefortheBLUEWATER Cruiser. Excellent inventory of equipment and in immaculate condition. Truly a unique opportunity for the serious Cruising Skipper.

ISLANDER 40 ......Reduced to $73,000 Designed by Robert Perry and built in 1972 as a Bluewater Cruiser. Incredibly well set up for Living Aboard and Cruising, this vessel offers her new owners all of the comfort expected from a Perry designed Yacht. Her extensive equipment list is available upon request.

gg? BROKERS CHOICE © 27' VANCOUVER.42,000

41' YANKEE CLIPPER.65,000

3P PACIFIC SEACRAP.67,500

41' CSC.98,500

32' ERICS0N.NEW LISTING

41' CORONADO.39,950

32' ISLANDER.26,500

41' MORGAN 01.69,500

33' OLYMPIAN ..

27,500

41' COLUMBIA.2 from 45,000

33' CAPE DORY.62,750

43' MASON. 179,500

33' RANGER.24,500

43' SPINDRIFT.179,000

36' PETERSON One-Ton.34,500

43' KETTENBERG.58,000

37' RAEH0 .77,000

44' GULFSTAR.77,000

37' ENDEAVOUR.69,500

44' PETERSON.112,500

37' TAYANA.88,500

45' COLUMBIA..69,900

37' PEARSON.114,000

46' MARINE TRADER.149,000

38' CSC.125,000

48' CUSTOM CUnER.86,500

38' D0WNEAST.54,500

50' FD-12.179,900

38' ERICS0N.119,000

50' KETTENBURG.109,000

38' HANS CHRISTIAN.112,500

50' COLUMBIA.Reduced 89,500

39' PEARSON.49,900

55' TAYANA.369,500

40' ISLANDER/PERRY.75,500

57' CUSTOM STEEL.ESTATE SALE

40' CSC.79,900

66' STAYSAIL SCHOONER. 169,500

41' ROBERTS SCHOONER.45,000

70' NEW HORIZON.395,000

ERICSON 32.67,900 Excellent Late Model Yacht

C&C 41.98,500 Immaculate Performer!

CORONADO 41 .39,500 See this great Liveaboard/Cruiser!

PEARSON 39.49,000 Owner says, "BRING ME OFFERS!"

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OLYMPIAN 33 Bluewater Cruiser Inventory:

TRAILERABLE.3,800 - 9,900

22' CALw/trailer. .9,900

29' ERICSON . .16,950

22' SANTANA w/trailer..3,800

32' WAYFARER. .... Reduced 14,950

26' CHRYSLER w/trailer..9,900

32' CORONADO. .17,950

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33' RANGER. .24,500

27' ERICSON. .12,900

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45' BENETEAU 456, 1985. Six sails and a ton of electronics for cruising or racing. Asking $139,000.

45' JEANNEAU, 1984. A fast, comfortable, and clean offshore cruiser. Loaded. Asking $125,000.

jjjjj; Buyers & Sellers NET We reach a

worldwide market. 35' RAFIKI, 1978. Ready for passage making. Asking $56,900.

Via Computerized Multiple Listing

37’ AMAZON, 1986. Steel. Well known superior quality. Beautifully maintained & equipped. Asking $145,000.

38' CABO RICO, 1982. Rugged ocean cruiser, newly refurbished. Asking $78,000. '

36' CHEOY LEE, 1985. Pedrick design = style, toughness and performance. Asking $59,000.

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30’ LANCER, 81 .16,500

37'TAYANA CUTTER, 78

32’ BENETEAU, '81 ..36,000

37’ CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE, ’85 ...110,000 w HINCKLEY, urarn rv 70......Offers -rn 38' ^

35’ BRISTOL, '79 . 49,000 36' PEARSON 365 KETCH, 79.54,900

EAST COAST 37 AMAZON, '86 (Florida).145,000 44' AMAZON Steel Cutter, '92 (Canada) ...239,000 44' SWAN 441, '80 (Sweden)...215,000

38' VAGABOND, 1987. Roomy, great liveaboard & ocean cruiser. Asking $79,900.

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40' (LOA) ENGLISH GAFF ketch, 1985. Traditional beauty in fiberglass. Asking $49,500.

41' SCEPTRE PILOTHOUSE SLOOP, 1986. Canadian quality. Fast cruiser, loaded. Asking $219,000.

37’ HUNTER LEGEND, 1987. Shows pride of ownership. Asking $69,900.

41' MORGAN O/I, 79

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75' FRERS PJ Sloop (Med).

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Nonrace Feb. 2 — Groundhog Day. Feb. 4 — "Cruising the Leeward Islands in a 440-foot Totally Automated Luxury Sailboat," a free slide show by Bill Fellers. Stockdale Marine Theatre, Sacramento, 7:30 p.m.; Ryan, (916) 332-0775. Feb. 4 — Pacific Cup YC Winter Get-Together. Hors d’oeuvres, no-host cocktails, race videos, tall tales, skippers looking for crew, crews looking for boats, etc. Berkeley YC; 7:30 p.m.; free. Mary Lovely, 441-4461. Feb. 5 — Sail a Small Boat Day at Richmond YC, sponsored by SBRA. Test sail a dozen or more different dinghies for free between 11-3 p.m. at the Richmond YC. Bring dry clothes and a life jacket, if you have one. If you miss this opportunity, catch the 'rerun' on March 5. For details, call the new SBRA Hotline at (408) 264-7245. Feb. 5-13 — ASAP (American Sail Advancement Program) Sail Expo ’94 at Atlantic City, NJ. Info, (617) 536-1100. Feb. 6 — Performance Sailing Seminar, featuring John Kolius and Bill Gladstone. At Sobstad Sails, (510) 234-8192. Feb. 8 — "How and When to Sail from San Francisco to South¬ east Alaska," a slideshow presentation by Ralph Nobles. Lee Sails (Alameda), 7 p.m.; Donald Goring, (510) 523-9011. 'Feb. 9 — Celestial Navigation, a free seminar by Gale Stockdale at the Stockdale Marine Theatre, Sacramento, 7:00 p.m. Call Ryan at (916) 332-0775 for details. Feb. 9 — ESPN coverage of the Whitbread Race, Leg Two, at 11:00 a.m. Feb 9 — SSS TransPac Seminar #5: Power Generation, Electrical Systems and Diesel Engines. Oakland YC; 7:30 p.m.; free. Dan Ben¬ jamin, (510) 423-1339. Feb. 10 — Single Sailors Association Crew Party/Mixer, 7:30 p.m. at Oakland YC. SSA, (510) 273-9763. Feb. 10 — Coastal Navigation, a free seminar by Dick Winter at the Stockdale Marine Theatre. Same drill as February 9 listing. Feb. 10 — "What’s an Analemma?", a celestial navigation class by Bill Myers from 7-9 at Encinal YC. If there’s enough interest, this class will continue for another six weeks on Thursday evening. Info, Bill Myers, (510) 547-0447. Feb. 12 — Heineken skipper Dawn Riley will be at The Armchair Sailor Bookstore (Sausalito) from 1-3 p.m. to present a Whitbread video and her analysis of the race at 'halftime'. Details, 332-7505. Feb. 12 — Catalina 30 Cruise-In to Encinal YC. Meeting at 3 p.m. to discuss upcoming season. Seth Bailey, (510) 521-4780. Feb. 12-13 — Freya 39 Rendezvous at the San Leandro Marina. Chuck Woods, (510) 837-4289. Feb. 12-13 — F-27 Tomales Bay Cruise. Gary Helms, (510) 8652511. Feb. 13 — ESPN coverage of the Whitbread Race, Leg Three, at 9:30 a.m. Repeated on February 15 at noon. Feb. 15 — SF Bay Oceanic Crew Group meeting at the Sausalito YC. Patrick Adams of Bay Riggers will be the featured speaker. 7:30 p.m; free and open to the public. Margrit Keyes, (510) 834-2836. Feb. 17-21 —41st Annual Sacramento Sports, Boat & RV Show at Cal Expo. Info, (916) 452-6403. Feb. 19 — Marine Refrigeration Seminar at Surface Dynamics (in Ballena Isle Marina, Alameda). 10:30 a.m to 4 p.m.; $10; space is limited. Program repeated on March 26. Alan, (510) 814-7343. Feb. 23, 1942 — At 7:07 p.m., the Japanese submarine 1-17 opened fire with its 5.5-inch gun on oil wells near Goleta — the first bombing of American soil since the War of 1812. After lobbing about 20 shells — causing a mere $500 in damage and one injury incurred afterward while defusing a 'dud' — the sub quickly disappeared, leaving a phony bamboo periscope floating in its wake to confuse pursuing aircraft (there weren’t any). After the incident, Radio Tokyo proudly broadcast the following message throughout Japan: "The U.S. War Department officially announced that Santa Barbara, California, was devastated by enemy bombardment. . . The U.S. is

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SUTTER'S SERVICE CENTER These days it seems it's just about impossible to get someone to meet you on your boat when you need them to discuss a problem or give you advice about your sails - unless you have a hot new one design racing machine that needs ten Wmmmf up bags of new sails. But if your Newport 30 or your Pearson Vanguard needs a new heavy 0720 weather jib or a cruising chute, or if you need some advice on where to put your new inboard sheet¬ ing tracks, forget it. Here at SUTTER SAILS, we take these requests very seriously. We think the sailor who owns that Newport 30 cares as much about his or her sailboat as the Fastech 43 owner - and deserves as much care and attention as it takes to build the best possible sails for him, or for her. SUTTER'S has been building sails using the highest quality domestic sailcloth and hardware for over forty years. Our designing and construction are all done in our Sausalito loft by local sailmakers who are pre¬ pared to help you with all your sail needs - big or small. Visit us, and see how a real sail loft works! Performance Cruising Sails Racing Sails Traditional Sails Repairs Pro-Furl Furling & Reefing Systems Roller Furling Conversions Used Sails

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not publicizing this damage, however, for fear of the impact on the minds of the public." Feb. 23-Mar. 1 — "How to Make Your Cruise More Fun," a lecture by John Neal and Barbara Marrett. Another in a series of West Marine seminars, held at the following locations: Santa Cruz (2/23); Palo Alto (2/24); South San Francisco (2/25); Sausalito (2/28); Oakland (3/1). 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; $5 admission. Call your nearest West Marine store for details. Feb. 25 — "Around the World in 79 Days," a multi-media presen¬ tation at Corinthian YC by Commodore Explorer crewmember Cam Lewis. Dinner available by reservation from 6 p.m.; program at 8 p.m.; $5 at the door. Sponsored by Latitude 38, Patagonia and Cor¬ inthian YC. See Sightings for more. Feb. 25 — Full moon! Feb. 25 — BAMA (Bay Area Multihull Association) Dinner at Waterfront Cafe in Alameda. Gary Helms, (510) 865-2511. Feb. 26 — Svendsen’s Marine Products Showcase. Over 100 manufacturers reps will be on hand with their latest products; sidewalk sale; raffles and more. (510) 521-8454. Feb. 26 — YRA Protest Management Seminar at Encinal YC, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; $25 fee includes lunch and materials. YRA, 7719500. Feb. 26 — US Sailing/NCYSA Junior Program Management Workshop. Joni Palmer, US Sailing’s junior sailing consultant, will lead the event. San Francisco YC; 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.; $15 at the door. Hal McCormack, 892-7177. Feb. 26-27 — Sausalito Boat Show, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Cass’ Marina. Check out more than 30 boats available for bareboat or skippered charter. Info, 332-6789 or 499-7707. Feb. 27 — Berkeley YC Youth Sailing Program’s Annual Marine Swap Meet & Flea Market. Charles Buckingham, (510) 933-6241. Mar. 5 — Sail A Small Boat Day, Part II. See Feb. 5 listing. Mar. 5 — Islander 36 Maintenance Cruise to San Francisco YC. Noel Hyde, (510)614-9181. Mar. 19 — West Marine Pacific Cup Preparation Seminar. Berkeley YC, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; small charge for box lunch. Mary Lovely, 441-4461. Mar. 19 — Master Mariners Spring Potluck, 6 p.m. at the Sausalito Cruising Club. Terry Klaus, 543-2928. Apr. 5 & 7 — Latitude Crew List Parties at Encinal YC (Tuesday, 4/5) and Corinthian YC (Thursday, 4/7). Details forthcoming. Apr. 9-16 — Sea of Cortez Race Week. For more info, please don’t call us! Rather, fax Club Cruceros de La Paz, c/o Marina de la Paz, 011-52-112-55900. Racing Feb. 5-25, 1983 — Monroe Wingate’s lone Bay Area entrant, the Serendipity 43 Scarlett O’Hara, won the SORC overall against a 90-boat fleet. Ah, the good old days! Feb. 17-18 — Manzanillo Race, featuring a cruising division for the first time. See Race Notes. San Diego YC; Irmgard Ryan, (619) 222-1103. Feb. 19-20 — 65th Annual Southern California Yachting Assoc¬ iation Midwinters. Despite earthquakes, fires, riots, floods and an upcoming plague of locusts, the show — billed as "North America’s Largest Regatta" — must go on. Tom Parsons, General Chairman, (714) 545-8682. Feb. 26-27 — Big Daddy Regatta at Richmond YC. The usual format (two 'real' races Saturday, pursuit race' Sunday) with a Saturday night party featuring 'real' comedians and music. All boats rating 156 and below are invited. Rick Schuldt, (510) 235-4191. Feb. 28-Mar. 5 — MEXORC. Racers and cruisers will congregate in Manzanillo for a week of casual racing and serious partying. San Diego YC; Irmgard Ryan, (619) 222-1103. Mar. 5-6 — St. Francis YC Spring Keel Invitational for J/24s, Express 27s, Etchells, ILMetres, Melges 24s, Solings, Stars, J/29s

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CALENDAR and Moore 24s. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 12-13 — St. Francis YC Spring One Design Invitational for Etchells, Olson 30s, Newport 30s, Santana 35s, J/35s, J/105s and Express 37s. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 19-20 — St. Francis YC Spring Dinghy Invitational for 505s, I-14s, Snipes and Lasers. StFYC, 563-6363. Mar. 20 — Rites of Spring Shorthanded Race, including a division for women only. Oakland YC, (510) 522-6868.

Midwinter Race Series BERKELEY/METROPOLITAN YC — Midwinters (make-up

Great Sails & Great Service have been the standard at Sails Iby Marion, helping to make our winners list longer every year. Now we are joining the UK Sailmakers group to add the knowledge, experience and technol¬ ogy of hundreds more winning sailors & sailmakers. We are expanding our loft and upgrading our equipment. You can stop by to talk with the

sailmakers who design and build your sails. We are also adding staff to insure we are able to continue our tradition of great sails & great service. Special emphasis has been placed on

sailmakers who are experienced with sail handling systems and cruising sails.

race for Sunday Series on 2/6, 2/12-13). Bobbi Tosse, (510) 9399885. CORINTHIAN YC — Midwinters (2/19-20). Colin Gilboy, 3318379. COYOTE POINT YC — Winter Series (2/5,3/5). Bill Schwager, 592-4572. ENCINAL YC — Jack Frost Series (2/19, 3/19). John Boyd, (510) 865-3381 (evenings). GOLDEN GATE YC — Seaweed Soup Perpetual Trophy (2/5, make-up race on 3/5). Ed Welch, 851-3800. ' LAKE MERRITT SC — Edna Robinson Memorial Midwinter Series (2/12, 3/13). John Hege, (510) 832-4261. OAKLAND YC — "Brunch Series" (2/6,2/20,3/6). Oakland YC, (510) 522-6868. RICHMOND YC — Small Boat Midwinters (2/6, 3/6). RYC, (510) 237-2821. SANTA CRUZ YC — Midwinters (2/19,3/19). Mike Evans, (408) 476-5671. SAUSALITO SC — Midwinters (2/26). Pat Broderick, (707) 5282109. SAUSALITO YC — Midwinters (2/6, 3/6). Chuck Mellor, 3312411. SOUTH BAY YRA — Midwinters (2/12, 3/19). Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. Please send your calendar items by the 1 Oth 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 phoner 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. Unless otherwise noted, all phone numbers listed in the Calendar are in the 415 area code.

Please call to discuss your sailmaking require¬ ments with: Howie Marion, Dick Pino, Bill

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Leap into a Partnership Over the past year, we have sold sixteen new 11 :Metres. When looking at who bought these boats, we noticed that over halt the boats were sold to partnerships. Another interesting observation was, almost all of the sailors could afford to buy a boat without partners. After asking the owners what made the partnership so intriguing, most responded by saying they just could not use the boat enough

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to justify owning it by themselves. The other common response was, it obviously was half the expense! Also, with a partner or two, finding a crew became a lot easier. We have received so much interest from individuals wanting to participate in partnerships in the new 11 :Mctrc class, we are now helping bridge that gap. Let us know what your budget is and we will be happy to assist in setting up an arrangement that is workable for you. The 11 :Metre base price is still only $31,250. A complete race ready boat with a single partner is just a $5000 down payment and a monthly cost of only $220 each. As you can see, owning a new 11 -.Metre is a lot easier than you might have thought. Plus, if you have a trade, the equation can get a whole lot sweeter.

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When Don Scotten implied that pilothouse yachts are unseaworthy because they are less likely to survive a capsize, you challenged him to argue his point more forcefully. I’m certainly no expert, but everything I have read indicates that Scotten is right. As a result, I have eliminated pilothouse boats from my own search for a cruising boat. This is primarily based on my reading of K. Adlard Coles’ classic, Heavy Weather Sailing. He cites several instances of boats being lost or nearly lost in knockdowns when the doghouse was damaged. One of his conclusions — in Chapter 16 — is that in knockdowns, "It is usually the doghouse which suffers and its construction is often a source of weakness." Other sources I have read indicate that the large windows in pilothouses are prone to breakage in survival conditions and need special protection to avoid sinking the boat. If there is another side to this issue, I would sure like to hear it. The comfort of a pilothouse would make my wife happier — and if the truth were known, I wouldn’t mind getting out of the weather sometimes myself. Kent Lewis Que Tal San Diego Kent — Our 'side' of the issue is that in the 16 years we’ve been publishing this magazine, we can’t ever recall a boat being lost because the pilothouse was damaged or destroyed — and we’ve written about a lot of boats that were lost. Our position would be supported by the large number of circumnavigators who, partway through their voyages, have added doghouses to their boats. If you want to go by percentages, the most serious danger you’ll face is running your boat up on shore. Second would be having the anchor drag, allowing the boat to blow ashore. We think you also might want to consider whether or not 'survival conditions' should be very high on your list of serious dangers. First off, if you’re careful and you don’t plan on spending most of your winters in the North Atlantic, your chances of encountering a survival storm are pretty slim. Secondly, even boats of mediocre construction have proven to be remarkably resilient in such conditions. Over and over again — no matter if it was the '79 Fastnet or a horrible winter storm off the East Coast — boats have fared better than the people who abandoned them. In our opinion, the worst thing about doghouses or pilothouses is that it’s hard to make them blend in with the other lines of an otherwise good-looking boat.

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The circling technique was developed for the 'Mom and Pop' situation where leaving the steering station to throw a device while the boat is under way — especially in seas — may be difficult. In short, there may be situations where the Lifesling is not needed at all (warm, calm water, low freeboard) or where some of the procedures are not necessary (primarily with full and experienced crew). However, we reviewed 16 cases of attempted recovery by fully crewed boats. Of these, there were eight successful recoveries and eight deaths. In 15 case histories, the man overboard was brought alongside and actually grasped by one or more crew members. In only seven cases was the crew able to pull the crew member aboard. In seven cases the victim was lost, and in one of those cases, two more crew members went overboard. In one case, the man overboard had to be rescued by another boat. In the final analysis, the method used must depend on the conditions and the crew’s experience. Short cuts should not be employed unless the chances of recovery are very high, as the penalty for failure is also high. Douglas M. Fryer Chairman, Safety at Sea Committee v The Sailing Foundation Seattle

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I just returned from the Tahoe area, where I’d gone to purchase the old high sulfur diesel for my boat. But when I checked the only two diesel retailers on the Nevada side of Tahoe, I found that the fuel was clear, meaning it’s the same low sulfur stuff they’ve introduced here in California. So I called Richard Braun, my mechanic. He informed me that the problem of fuel lubricity is due to both sulphur and benzene being removed from the new fuel. He further stated that the problem could be remedied by using Standyne All-Season Diesel Conditioner. Since it appears that the fuel being sold in Nevada is the same damn stuff we now have here, I thought this might be of help to your readers. Keep up the great work — your magazine is the only thing that keeps me from going insane on my 12 hour flights to Europe for business. P.J. Panzl Cavalier 39, Jolly Mon Northern California

Mnever met a bad whale yet The following information about whales may not be true, but it sounds logical and is based on 28 years of observation by myself and other sailors. A rocket scientist — no kidding — friend was on his way from Panama to Tahiti when his boat was struck up forward by a whale. The whale then went around and stove in the other side of the boat. The three crew on the boat, being bright, had a big canvas harness which they put in place to keep the boat from sinking. It allowed them to limp to Tahiti for repairs. My friend surmises that the area is a whale breeding ground and that he’d inadvertently sailed his boat between a mother and her calf. All the stories you read about boats being hit by whales seem to have occurred in this area — including the couple who spent 107 days at sea after a whale sank their boat and the family who spent 36 days in a raft after a similar whale attack. It seems logical that these boats had invaded the whales’ territory and the mothers would protect their young. As for the whale rubbing on a boat’s keel that was mentioned in the December issue, this also happened to a friend of mine who was coming up the Baja coast on a Santa Cruz 50. It was whale breeding season, and we believe the whale mistook the Santa Cruz 50 keel for a female whale and tried to mate with it. My friend scared the whale

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of! by turning on the engine. I believe there are many misconceptions about killer whales, too. I grew up in Puget Sound and sailed those waters frequently in company with these beautiful creatures. During our first race on a 26footer heading south, we were suddenly surrounded by killer whales. The pod extended as far as the eye could see, from one side of the sound to the other. The killer whales would come up to the boat, and look at us or dive under and come up on the other side. There have been no instances of a killer whale attacking a human — not even the fishermen who sit of! the points in their little aluminum dinghies. There are many species of whales in the Pacific Northwest. Once I even saw a very rare blue whale that was 60 feet long! Just one more thing: In the 1976 Victoria to Maui Race, three boats struck and drew blood from whales that were sleeping on the surface. These whales didn’t retaliate, giving further credence to the theory that whales only attack when something comes between the mother and her calf. Unlike many people, I’m not that much of a whale lover, but after 500,000 sea miles, I’m glad to report I’ve never had a bad incident with one. One of these days, Alice! Lu Dale n Newport Beach Readers — Lu, one of the West Coast’s most eminent delivery skippers, recently returned from a three-year trip that featured stops in Mexico, Honolulu, Palmyra, Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Palau, New Guinea, Manila and Hong Kong. During that time they hit no whales. II IT WHAT KIND OF BOAT IS MY NEWPORT? In the spring of last year, I purchased a lightly used 1985 Newport 28 MKII with inboard Universal diesel. My intention was to do some coastal cruising and maybe a longer trip down the West Coast at some time in the future. Since purchasing the boat, an article by Practical Sailor and comments from a local boatyard about the quality and strength of construction in Newport boats has caused me some concern. I’m aware she’s a production boat, but it seems to me that she was pretty well built. My previous boat was a well cared-for C&C 24. The C&C is supposed to be a quality boat and everyone gives them much praise. But I just don’t see — and I do my own maintenance and thus have poked around in both boats quite a bit — that much difference between the quality of the C&C and the Newport. I spent the better part of two years searching for this boat. I crawled over, under and throughout 27-footers by Cal, C&C, Catalina, Ericson and others without being moved. But when I spotted this spotless — inside and out — Newport 28, it was love at first sight. But now my confidence is shaken and I’m looking for help. What kind of boat is my Newport? Is she capable of safe coastal cruising and that longer trip I dream about? Are there Newport owners out there who have done such trips and could give me advice? What upgrades could or should I do? Kirk Hansen Margaritaville 3762 NE Milton, Portland, OR 97612 Kirk — Flipping through the pages of the last Latitude, we picked a surveyor at random to ask about the Newport 28. We came up with Jack MacKinnon, who is very familiar with Southern California production boats. His general evaluation of the boat: "I’d say the Newport 28 is structurally comparable to similar sized boats by Cal, Ericson, Catalina and others. It would neither be the best or the worst of these. As such, the boat should be as capable as the skipper of coastal and long distance cruising — assuming, of

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I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoy Latitude — so I won’t. But with regard to the Loran distortion at Bodega Bay, isn’t there a Navy low frequency submarine communications center near there? The amount of power that type of station transmits could play havoc with other radio signals. More on yelling or screaming by skippers: There is a difference between yelling, which is raising one’s voice to be heard, and screaming, which is raising one’s voice to release fear or frustration. I feel the less experience and the greater the fear the skipper has, the higher his or her decibel level will be. On to Hawaii: I recently accepted a job here and have found it to be the most boater-unfriendly place — other than Saudia Arabia — that I have been. The Ala Wai Yacht Harbor has a minimum 4V2-year waiting list — and it’s the only place where you can live aboard with good facilities. Other public marinas on Oahu are small and won’t even consider liveaboards. But all in all, Hawaii is a great place to sail. There are good winds, warm and clear water, and nice destinations. Admittedly the place is not overflowing with anchorages, but half the fun is getting there. Because Hawaii is so unfriendly to mariners, I left my Young Sun 35 Artemis with Bill Gorman Yachts. If anyone needs a great offshore boat, see Jack Megher. Douglas Kendall Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii Douglas — Are you claiming — as seems to be the case — that just because a place doesn’t have room for additional liveaboards means that it’s not 'boater friendly'? If so, you’d have to include Santa Cruz and many other undeserving placis in the same category. It’s also worth considering some of the reasons it’s so hard to get a slip in the Ala Wai. One is that the rates are so low — which is great for active mariners. It’s also great for folks who no longer have an interest in sailing, but like a cheap place to live on the water. Or a cheap place to indefinitely leave their deteriorating boat. Which is why the Ala Wai is full of boats that only go out once a year — that being the day they have to be proven navigable to keep their slip in the harbor. Now we certainly don’t have anything against people who liveaboard or people who leave their boats inactive for long periods of time. Nonetheless, in areas such as Hawaii where the population won’t support the building of new marinas, it’s one of the primary reasons you’ll never be able to get a slip at the Ala Wai. Or in Santa Cruz. Or in scores of other popular locations. The State of Hawaii is certainly not boater friendly. But it’s not just the government that’s responsible.

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will have the old high sulfur diesel available. And failing to find the good stuff, I have been told by a very knowledgeable fellow who I’ve known for a long time that adding 3% outboard oil to the new low sulfur diesel will end the danger of ruined O-rings and injectors. Bery Brooks Rohnert Park Bery—If things were only so simple! The California Air Resources Board (CARB) doesn’t mind if recreational mariners buy the old fuel, but the federal government does. The old fuel is tax exempt, so as of 1994, the feds will only allow commercial vessels to buy it. We’ve been unable to confirm that adding outboard oil to diesel will solve the O-ring problem without causing greater problems to the rest of the engine. We do know, however, that some people are adding approximately that percentage oil—even regular motor oil— to their diesel fuel. But our recommendation is to do like we’ve done and arrange for a fisherman to buy the old high sulfur diesel for us. There are three benefits to such a course of action: 1) It saves diesel engines from getting wrecked, 2) it eliminates the air pollution that would have been caused by adding motor oil to our diesel, and 3) it’s far better that some fisherman gets a 'commission' on the fuel he sells to us than a profligate government getting additional taxes they don’t deserve. For a much more detailed discussion of the current diesel situation, see Sightings.

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In reply to Margaret Huffer’s December letter, my comments may have been sexist but they weren’t ageist. If she’ll recall, I’d written, "60 or even 20-years-old". About that mean winch Margaret grinds, I’ll bet it’s pretty small. Most women don’t have the upper body strength to handle that kind of a load. Maybe she could send a picture of the winch. The nice thing about the windvane is that it requires no sleep, food or water, and you don’t have to bring it hot or cold beverages. You don’t even have to listen to it complain. I must add, however, that I do envy Vernon and Margaret. They’re out enjoying their golden years, and that says it all. Sam Burns i North Highlands Sam — We think you’re off the mark about women crew, no matter what their age. Nonetheless, we salute you for speaking your mind rather than being a PC hypocrite.

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My lovely spouse doesn’t seem too receptive to the idea. But why? You’d think that after 20 years of a joyous relationship that she would understand — and above all trust me. After all, what’s the big deal? Is all this confusion caused by the fact we’re different genders? I think it’s crazy and unfounded! In any event, I told my wife that I needed a female crewmember because I always got sick the first couple of days at sea. And for some reason, 1 know I wouldn’t feel so bad if there was a female with me. This is a serious situation for me and I’d really like to read your opinion on this touchy subject. Besides, I wonder why people think that every time there are members of the opposite sex aboard, sex will ensue? I’d also like to know what the Wanderette thinks about this, as I feel she’d understand my problem. P.S. Are there other male sailors in the same predicament? P.P.S. My wife just told me that she wouldn’t mind if my female crewmember looked like Janet Reno or Lani Guinier. So I guess there’s some hope left. Michel Seigneur Thalassa v St. Petersburg, Florida Michel—There are no other male sailors in the same predicament because all of them would have effected a 'male solution' long ago. Specifically, if a male’s mate didn’t want to go to sea, he’d find a replacement—pronto! And if the preferred replacement looked more like Cindy Crawford than George Foreman, well, lucky for him! Actually, it is a big deal precisely because of the differences in the sexes. Men are rugged individualists who thrive on freedom. Cage them and they wither. Women, on the other hand, are possessive by nature and favor as many restrictions on behavior as possible. If they had their druthers, the world would be a giant kindergarten and they’d be the teachers. As for the reason people feel sex will happen if members of the opposite gender sail together, that’s because there’s this mutual attraction between most males and females — an attraction that’s dramatically heightened by exposure to salt air and the mild danger associated with sailing. As for the Wanderette, her only response is: "I understand the guy’s problem.'' Cryptic as ever, isn’t she?

UffCLIPPER CRITIQUE The letter from the owners of the Clipper Marine 26 Rising Star struck a responsive chord in this sailor. Such a flush deck 26 provided me with my 'training wheels' while learning to sail San Francisco Bay. Singlehanding this 'beast' was an intimidating experience, to say the least. Weather helm? Two fists on the tiller was all that you needed. And if you still managed to hang on, the rudder would stall and she’d round up anyway. Riding the flat-bottomed lightweight over Bay chop could only be compared to riding a bucking bronco at the rodeo. Not being a cowboy, I set out to tame the beast in the following ways: 1) I added 400-lbs of inside ballast in the bilge, the equivalent of two people on the rail. 2) I mounted a fixed skeg forward of the rudder. 3) I reinforced the swing-keel mounting to halt its self-destruction. 4) I thru-bolted the hull-to-deck joint, which had previously been hollow-riveted. (I had recalled seeing a news photo of a CM 21 washed ashore with the hull and deck separated.) 5) I added loads of amenities for creature comfort. 6) I was forced to raise the waterline stripe to compensate for the weight added. After two years of construction in 'dry dock', I finally launched her for a test sail. The results of my efforts were remarkable: even when sailing singlehanded, the boat was nice and stiff. She handled and sailed far better than previously. The helm was neutral up to 12 knots

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Being newcomers to Latitude, we were pleased to read the letter from Gigi reminding us all to tread lightly on nature. We have been reading the magazine — thanks to Pete Sutter — to learn more about extended cruising and are keeping our eye out for 'the right boat'. We’re hoping to sell our commercial dive vessel and chase Sutter down in the South Pacific. Many articles in Latitude seem to emphasize the party life. We could only shake our heads after reading about the folks that bragged about how much booze they consumed on a cruise. Good grief! It’s good to know that there are sailors out there who appreciate and respect the pristine natural beauty of remote ocean areas. Thank you for speaking your mind. And three cheers to the editor for bringing up the matter of the human population explosion. I agree that this is crucial to preserving what is left of the world it its natural state. The most important issue seems to be the one that is the least discussed. Donna and Tom Ferguson Dive Vessel Motivation Port Townsend Donna & Tom — We believe in living a balanced life — which means working hard and playing hard, too. Since most people work hard in order to go sailing and play hard, it’s not surprising that some of them enjoy a bit of the party life — and that we occasionally chronicle it. Heavy duty partying and partiers — such as the Kiwis on Boozwater — are pretty much confined to marinas and special occasions. Generally speaking, there’s an immensely diverse world of people out cruising. Getting to know these folks is part of what makes it all so special. As for finding that special boat, all you need is sufficient motivation and it’s as good as yours.

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Ml WIPED AWAY A TEAR FROM MY EYE After reading Steve Dowdney’s Things I Left Behind, I was left with a strong feeling that life had indeed been cruel and he sailed away into the sunset aboard his 'no lifeline' woodie. Perhaps to start life anew, alone and lonely. As I wiped away a shining tear from the comer of my eye, my other eye, the clear one, caught the latest Some Like It Hot Rally list. There, as big as life itself, was #106: "Lyric / 25-foot woodie / Steve and Sandra Dowdney / Seattle." I assume they are man and wife. Did Sandra then swim behind the old woodie? Or fly United to be with him in Cabo? "So I wrested with the flailing fabric, hanked on a smaller jib and finally collapsed in the cabin," he wrote. Wow, Steve, didn’t mommy help at all? G.H. Gettemy Sonoma

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ilfTTHE DARKER SIDE Once upon a time I found myself on Ascension Island. To answer Joe and Sally Whiteson’s January letter, no, I didn’t see any dragons there. But the place is certainly the type of spot to test the darker side of one’s imagination. When crossing the South Atlantic, Ascension Island is probably the easiest landfall to make — at night, anyway. The world’s brightest light sits on this island, we were told, to attract UFO’s so they don’t go

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anywhere else and provoke UFO 'sightings'. The island also has the world’s longest runway in the off chance the space shuttle needs to land there. These two facts might be questionable, but the runway is long and we did see the light from 60 miles out! Since Ascension is a military post that bristles with antennae, they impose a curfew between 0700 and 2200 and only allow you to stay 48 hours. The curfew turned out to be not much of a hassle because there wasn’t much to do on the island. Upon arrival at Ascension, I threw the guts of a blackjack we’d caught over the side — only to watch a swarm of black fish devour it in less than one minute. We were so impressed that we chucked the rest of the blackjack over — with the same results. All four of us simultaneously came to the conclusion that snorkeling was out of the question. Just for fun we experimented to see if the fish also had an appetite for aluminum, glass and even fresh sewage. They scarfed it right up! Sights on land itself were limited by all the restricted areas. We were, however, allowed into an American-style bar. This wasn’t worth the trip — to say the least — as the only patron was a big slob with a T-shirt that featured a submarine and a mushroom cloud. The caption read: "A hard day’s work, 24 empty missile tubes . . . now comes Miller time." Class act, huh? There was a good left hand break behind the bar, but with all those ferocious fish in the vicinity, it will probably remain unsurfed. No doubt they eat surfboards, too. We departed Ascension after our allotted time was up, but we couldn’t escape that strange feeling we were being watched. When we were 30 miles out, we heaved some wine bottles over the side and began shooting them with the .357. Suddenly two orange buoys popped up out of the water and zoomed away at about 20 knots. Our resident Kiwi squeezed off a few wild pot shots at it and ... "I bloody well missed by a mile." It was a good thing, too, for no telling who or what was attached to the other end. Despite the shortcomings of Ascension Island, the place is worth a visit due to the fact that it breaks up the long passage between the islands of St. Helena, nine days, and Fernando de Noronha, another seven days. Doug Foote San Diego Doug — There’s no way of knowing, is there, whether or not it was a dragon attached to those orange buoys?

UflLIFE AS WELL AS PROPERTY IS THREATENED The California Air Resources Board (CARB) have perpetrated a giant disservice and hoax on the citizens of California. I refer to their arbitrary decision to add additional restrictions to the refining of diesel fuel distributed in this state — apparently without so much as a single test to determine what effect these changes would have on operating diesel engines. The news is rampant with the problems already caused by the introduction of low sulfur diesel fuel. One only needs to visit a diesel service center to learn that fuel and engine problems have increased one thousand fold. As you know, these problems take the form of fuel leaks due to the ruination of O-ring seals in injector pumps, fuel lines, etc., as well as, and more costly, a lack of lubrication to the injector pump itself. A diesel engine injector pump is a very delicate piece of machinery that was manufactured to exact tolerances and requires lubricity in the fuel it burns. CARB has removed this lubricity from California’s diesel fuel! This makes the State of California liable, in my opinion, for millions of dollars in damages and repair bills. This liability becomes more frightening in the case of diesel powered vessels at sea, where life as well as property is threatened! You may say that marine fuel stations are exempt, but that is a laugh. Our fuel contractor here in Santa Cruz

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UttWHAT’S THE RELATIONSHIP? Quite by accident, I recently purchased a copy of Peter Pye’s The Sun Is For Sailing at a thrift store. I later discovered that the copy had been inscribed "To Morning Star from Moonraker" back in 1960. The book also has the address of Herb Manley of Sausalito. I’m hoping that someone might shed some light on the relationship of Herb Manley and the Morning Star to Pye. Further, how did a signed copy make it to a thrift store? P.S. I’ve been on this coast a year and I love your publication. I read it from cover to cover when I can get a copy. Do I have to send you $20 to get a copy three weeks late or can you send more copies for distribution in this area? David Springer 7198 Witter Road, Sebastapol 95472 David — While we know a number of boats named Moonraker and Morning Star, we regret to report we’re not familiar with either Pye, Manley or the book The Sun Is For Sailing. How the book ended up in a thrift store is rather simple. After 30 years from their date of publication, all books not securely imprisoned in bookshelves hustle off to thrift stores in search of renewed affection. They 'walk' in a poorly understood fashion not unlike capillary action. And yes, if you’re not prompt about getting to your Sebastapol distributor, you’ll have to fork over the $20. As you’ve no doubt already learned, we’re a bunch of hard-asses on this coast.

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Uncontrolled vessels careening wildly down the estuary may well smash into other yachts or be washed up on shore. During the stormy season last year, a U.S.-registered ketch was tied to a mooring several boatlengths up the estuary from my ketch Jan Broer. The owners of the American vessel were aboard and belowdecks when a squall hit, catching their full complement of awnings, which caused their vessel to roll severely. Shortly thereafter, the ketch draggedTier mooring, turned broadside to the wind and rolled heavily. The owners of the boat, oblivious to what was happening, remained below. Had they known what was going on, they could have secured their vessel by dismantling the awnings or starting the engine. Neighboring skippers, including myself, used both VHF and fog horns to try to catch their attention. The American ketch took an unusual backward leap and rammed broadside into the bow section of my vessel. That impact finally brought the thunderstruck owners on deck. Observing their confusion, I ordered them to start their engine and power ahead. The yachts were thus entangled. The owner of the American yacht then stated that he did not consider himself responsible for the damage his vessel had inflicted on mine. His insurer, A.W. Lawrence—recommended by Seven Seas Cruising Association to its members — refused to meet any responsibility for the cost of repairs to my vessel. In addition, A.W. Lawrence was excessively abusive. When I tried to collect for damages, a Costa Rican court made it clear that Costa Rica does not have maritime laws. Their legal structure is not impressive, as it failed to remedy a situation caused by the owners of the American ketch who failed to secure their vessel. Despite having not settled for damages to my vessel that had been caused by their less than prudent seamanship, the Americans left Puntarenas. Incredibly, A.W. Lawrence called the ramming of my vessel an 'Act of God'. My insurer, Pantanius of Germany, courteously paid part of my repair costs. As Costa Rica offers limited repair facilities, my vessel had to be jury-rigged and brought to Mexico for repairs. Let it be said that the international yacht insurance coverage that you may have placed your trust in may, in fact, not meet your expectations. It may well turn out to be very costly — even more so when you are up against a non-caring fellow cruising yachtsman like the owners of the American vessel. Svein Madsen Oslo, Norway Svein — We talked to some insurance experts and here’s how they explained it to us: First off, it seems like the real cause of the damage to your boat was Yacht Services’ mooring breaking loose. If so, then both you and the American boat were victims of that outfit’s negligence. As such, your insurer pays for the damage to your boat, the American boatowner insurer’s pays for the damage to his boat — and nobody bothers to sue Yacht Services because they know they’re not going to collect a red cent. It may not be fair, but that’s the way things work out in this world. Such third (and fourth and fifth) party incidents are anything but rare. You might have a storm where Boat A breaks loose and causes Boats B and C to break loose. They in turn both hit Boat D and cause it to wash up and wreck Joe Blow’s beachfront house. What’s going to happen in the end is that Joe Blow’s insurer is going to pay for the damage to his house and Boat D’s insurer is going to have to pay for the damage to that boat. Again, it may not seem right to you, but that’s how the courts and insurance companies have worked it out. Incidentally, you should also ask yourself if you might not be partially responsible. If you knew that the moorings were "poorlymaintained and hazardous to use", what the heck were you doing anchored or moored directly behind a boat secured to one? And if

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ill!KNOWLEDGE OF HAND SIGNALS IS HELPFUL I’m addressing my letter to Connie Skoog — and other women who are pondering how to make a learning, sailing, cruising relationship work. It is possible, you just have to make things clear from the start. If something changes mid-stream, you’ve got to talk it over. I’ve found that having clear-cut responsibilities, duties and knowledge of hand signals is extremely helpful in eliminating shouting and bad tempers. But let’s face it, things do go wrong on boats and there are surprises every day when cruising. But here’s something I don’t understand. If some boat equipment breaks down, it’s usually the man who has to repair it. Personally, I’d love to have a woman assume all — or even half — the responsibility of keeping the boat equipment in good repair. It seems to me that if a woman is truly interested in cruising, she should invest the time and effort necessary to learn how to do maintenance and effect minor repairs. For I can think of no other single responsibility that wears down sailors and relationships more than do repairs and maintenance. Many of my friends, in fact, have 'given up the ship' because they could no longer cope with fixing their boats in foreign ports. In reality, it needn’t be so difficult. You can enjoy your time in port and accomplish the repairs. It just takes teamwork. Although I don’t claim to have all the answers — how could I, I Page 64

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recently sent my crewmate to pursue her career after 3 Vi wonderful h years together? — a few things help out a great deal: 1) Clearly assign duties and responsibilities. Even if the person in charge doesn’t have the knowledge or experience to perform the task, it’s his/her responsibility to insure that the job is completed to their satisfaction. You can always ask for help, but the responsibility is yours. 2) Identify those areas you want to learn more about and devise a program to leafh them. But don’t rush, as one short lesson a day is plenty. Also identify those areas your partner needs to learn more about — and then have them teach you! Nothing hones your own skills more than having to teach it. 3) Do things to personalize the boat and make it a home. Get rid of those silly boat plaques you don’t like. Put up a picture and make a cover for the settee. Secure a vase for flowers and fill it. In my case, I tore out the galley and main salon, rebuilding them to allow for more convenience, storage and ease when cooking. My partner plalyed a major part in this modification and I still love the new galley. 4) Take time to talk out your fears and share your ideas. Alternate who is responsible for shore excursions. I have been surprised so many times by what 1 was able to learn from my partner. J5) Most important, get off the boat as soon as you become homesick or frustrated with one another. A couple of nights in a hotel — or with friends — will do wonders for a relationship. In conclusion, I suggest that women such as Skoog think twice before buying a boat at this time. There are plenty of sailing men and women wanting to share their boats — and help an enthusiastic party learn to cruise and enjoy the experience. There are all sorts of people afloat, and you can find what you seek. Cameron Clarke Gulfstar 40, Jupiter Clifton, Union Island, St. Vincent & the Grenadines -

Cameron — Our question of the month: What’s the best way to forge a male-female team on a boat? By having each person do what they excel in, or by both becoming Jacks and Jills of all trades and alternate all roles and responsibilities? By the way, if you see a fellow buzzing around Clifton Harbor in a red 15-foot Rahdial inflatable powered by a 40-hp Yamaha, would you do us a favor? Grab him by the neck and squeeze long and hard — he’s a cold-hearted thief.

1111 RACING STRIPES As a lifelong Marina del Rey sailor, 1 must comment on the pop quiz in the January Loose Lips. Absolutely no offense is taken to the worldwide recognition we get for more than our fair share of people who neglect to bring in their fenders when they leave the dock... but let’s get it completely right. We call such dangling fenders 'del Rey racing stripes' — and they serve quite a purpose. Since we never have any wind, we always have postponements before we race. Being too mellow to chase frisbees around, we all raft up and pass the frisbee by hand and discuss mergers and acquisitions. After every race, we must always raft again to exchange insurance agent and attorney names and numbers prior to heading into the protest room. The photo you ran is obviously an untrained amateur effort at the Marina del Rey look. We never allow the weather fender to touch the water as that would slow the boat! As a side note, Larry Klein — match racer of note — was partic¬ ipating in a race clinic here a couple of years ago and mentioned that we were being challenged for the title. A move was afoot by the J/24 racers from the land of the Longhorn to have left-out fenders through¬ out the world be known as 'Texas tampons'. Go figure. . N Mike Priest Mud Lake / Marina del Rey

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LOOSE LIPS Brother in arms. We are sad to report the passing of David Poe, co-founder and co¬ publisher of the Southern California-based Santana and H20 maga¬ zines. David got his start in the crazed world of nautical journalism in the Bay Area, serving as Managing Editor of Yachtsman during the mid-’80s. His off hours often found him sailing his Cal 25 around the Bay and Delta. He and wife Kitty James headed south to start San¬ tana about eight years ago, with H20 (a motorboat-oriented sister publication) joining the lineup three years ago. In lieu of flowers, a special fund has been established in David’s name with the US Sailing Association. It will be used exclusively to promote youth sailing programs in Southern California. Interested parties can make tax-deductible donations to US Sailing, Area J, with a note that the money is for the David O. Poe Memorial Fund. Checks should be mailed to Dick Reinhardt at 414 Via Mesa Grande, Redon¬ do Beach, CA 90277. The perpetual David Poe Memorial Yachting Service Award has also been established. It will be presented annually to the person(s) or oganization(s) that have contributed outstanding service to yachting. Better than a boat show. We hate to say it, but it’s true: If you’re more interested in sailing than knife throwing or llama treks, we think you’ll get quite a bit more out of Svendsen’s second annual Marine Products Showcase on Feb¬ ruary 26 than at the 'boat show' held at the Cow Palace last month. We’re not putting the latter down; it’s just not our idea of a boat show anymore. Anyway, the first incarnation of Sven Svendsen’s Marine Products Showcase last year was a runaway success, and this one looks even bigger. On hand at the Alameda boatyard will be more than 100 man¬ ufacturer’s reps answering questions and displaying thousands of the latest marine products. Festivities also include a prize raffle, sidewalk sale, good eats and more. Proprietor Sven Svendsen is one of the good guys of Bay Area sailing. He gives a lot back to the sport, and he knows how to put the ■boat' back in boat show. So give it a look. For more information, call (510) 521-8454. Dawn patrol. We received late word that Dawn Riley will be at the Armchair Sailor Bookstore in Sausalito on Saturday, February 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. Riley, whose credits include participation in the last Whitbread and a crew spot on one of Bill Koch’s America’s Cup boats, is currently skipper of the all-woman Whitbread 60 Heineken, which placed 8th in the most recent finish in Auckland. (For a wrap-up of Leg Three, see the article on page 104.) Dawn will have a short video taken aboard the boat, and will answer questions. Bear market. Bear boat #4 was paroled from the Emeryville boat prison after a conviction for vagrancy and conduct unbecoming a Bear. Tomboy was released into the custody of the San Francisco Bear Boat Asso¬ ciation who turned the wayward Bear over to Carl Nelson of Nelson’s Marine. Carl plans to restore Tomboy, one of the oldest Bears in existence. Long thought to be MIA, Bear #5 was found in Pittsburg earlier this year by Pat Carroll. With some help from the association, Threadbear was moved to Richmond. After an extensive refit, Pat has her back sailing the Bay, and plans to race WBRA this summer. Koala, Bear #12, also underwent a renovation last year. Under the able hand of Ansel Wettersten, Koala is one of 10 Bears participating in the Sausalito YC’s midwinter series. Three more Bears changed hands in 1993. Bandersnatch, #28, was chartered to Don Crowe and sons by the Bear Boat Charitable Trust and placed second in its first race. Renegade, #35, and Orsa

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Bella, #45, also recently found new owners. Finally, the Clement Avenue Project in Emeryville has donated Friske, #53, to the Association after a lien sale. The Association is currently looking for a new owner for this vessel. — Bob McComb Testimonial for the ’90s. We were in mixed company the other day when it came out that we wrote for Latitude 38. Prepared for the usual 'attaboys', we were somewhat taken aback when one fellow declared, "I hate that magazine. I really hate that magazine." "Why might that be?" we asked. "Because every time I read it, it makes me want to kill my wife and kids and take off cruising!"

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SIGHTINGS something a little different You’ve probably played the boat ID challenge — you walk down the dock and try to identify as many boats as you can before one stumps you. Not to brag or anything, but being 'in the biz', we don’t get stumped that often anymore. Pteron was a real head scratcher, though. At first glance, the unstayed carbon fiber mast was reminiscent of the latest generation of catboats sailing the Bay, but its placement and the addition of a headstay made it a fractional sloop rig. The beautifully finished hull and deck kind of reminded us of a 'streamlined' Wylie 36, while the scooped, step-through transom didn’t ring any bells. The comfortable cockpit and interior foretold a cruising intent, while the large rudder and bulb keel bespoke a racier image. All things considered,, we didn’t do that bad. Pteron’s hull is really a tweeked Wylie 34, and designer Tom Wylie drew a version of his WylieCat catboat mast to fit Maas’s desires for "something a little different" in a cruising continued outside column of next sightings page

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pv In late January, we received the shocking news that Mexico cruiser John Carter was killed in Puerto Vallarta on January 15 when the dinghy he was rowing back to his boat Wizard was run down by a panga. The accident happened in Punta de Mita, about 10 miles north of Marina Vallarta. With Carter in the dinghy was his wife Crissy. It was night, and they were reportedly waving their flashlight wildly just before the collision. With the panga in its usual bow-up attitude, the driver never saw them. He hit the dinghy broadside and John fell into the propeller. He was killed instantly. The men in the panga stopped long enough to help

SIGHTINGS tragedy Crissy back into the dinghy, then disap¬ peared into the night. John’s body washed ashore three days later. The funeral was held in the small town of Bucerias, about 7 miles north of Marina Vallarta. The cruising fleet in Banderas Bay (which includes Marina Vallarta, Nuevo Vallarta La Cruz and neighboring anchorages) was incredibly supportive, collecting more than $1,000 in just four hours to help Crissy with expenses. There were over 50 cruisers at the funeral, most of whom did not know John personally, but who wanted to add their support and comfort to Crissy’s loss. continued middle of next sightings page

different — cont’d boat. The rest was pure Maas, the culmination of years of sailing, the boatbuilding skills to successfully pull off 'something a little different,' and a longtime dream of cruising. Chris Maas first came to the Bay Area from Canada to compete in the ’83 J/24 Worlds. The competition featured an altogether forgettable performance, he recalls, but the Bay Area itself made an unforgettable impression. Before long, he had moved to Alameda and set up shop near Kim Desenberg. While Kim cranked out Wylie 34s, Chris started constructing boats for his other love, rowing. Today, the long, lithe Maas rowing shells are the top of the line in the United States. Chris has long since moved to his own shop in a quiet backroad in Richmond, where in addition to some 20 shells a month, a moderate-size sailboat has been taking shape for the last decade. Pteron got her start when Chris rented the Wylie 34 molds and popped a hull out in between Desenberg’s Wylie 34 projects. Maas proceeded to take some rake out of both the prow and stern, making the latter a walk-through in the process and adding about 10 inches overall to the boat’s waterline. He then proceeded to build his own deck plug, mold and deck, using the same foam sandwich construction as the hull. The underbody features more stuff from the Wylie 'parts bin'. Tom designed the bulb keel, which is similar to those on his WylieCats; and the rudder is a big, deep one off a Wylie 39. The simple, spacious — and engineless — interior was next, followed by the rig, which went through a number of gyrations on paper, each carrying more sail area than the last. Drawing on his years of sailing Finns and Lasers, Chris settled on a tall, tapered spar whose willowy top end depowers itself when the breeze picks up. A wishbone boom rounded out the package, and a transom-hung 10-horse Honda outboard provides the mechanical oomph when needed. Chris and his wife Monique launched Pteron — Greek for 'wing' — a year ago this month. Since then, the two have been sailing quite a bit. And Chris is enthusiastic about the boat’s performance. "It sails fast and easy in light air. It doesn’t like going upwind in a breeze like some boats I’ve sailed, but off the wind it goes very well," he enthuses. In a trip to the Channel Islands last summer, Pteron also proved to be a well-behaved ocean boat. "In light air, the jib really makes the boat move," says Chris. "When it starts to blow, I just leave the jib down. The main provides plenty of drive." Although he says a direct comparison would be "interesting," so far he has not searched out a stock Wylie 34 to compare boat for boat to his customized version. And though some of Pteron’s heritage derives from racing, that’s just not something Maas is interested in right now. Ten years is a long time. Chris andiMonique look forward to the enjoying the fruits of their labors this fall as they leave the business in capable hands and take a six-month sabbatical to Mexico. Chris smiles. "Or, if everything works out on this end, maybe it will be a little longer than that."

farewell to isabelle We’re not making this up: the terse fax we received in early January announcing the abrupt end of Isabelle Autissier’s New York to San Francisco record attempt was titled, intentionally or not, 'breaking news'. What broke, literally, was the weld at the top of Ecureuil Poitdu-Charentes II’s unique canting keel, forcing Autissier and her three-man crew to divert into Fort de France, Martinique in the West Indies for repairs. The designer of the 11month-old BOC 60-footer, Jean Berret, and her builder, Marc Pinta, flew in from France to inspect the damage — and based on their findings the 37-yearold French woman’s current challenge was abandoned. Had the hydraulically pivoting bulb keel been readily fixed, Autissier could have jumped back onto the 'course' and probably still have beaten Georgs Kolesnikovs’s trimaran Great American’s 1989 time of 76 days, 23 hours and 20 minutes. Since their December 31 departure from the Big Apple, Ecureuil continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS isabelle — cont’d had covered 1,000 miles at a 9.14 knot average before disaster struck — way ahead of Kolesnikovs’ 5.74-knot average over the same time period. But the damage caused to, and by, the flapping keel couldn’t be mended in a timely manner, leaving Great Amer¬ ican’s time secure, at least for the time being. Apparently, Autissier is still considering returning to New York and restarting the 14,000-mile passage, but time is now working against her: the later she leaves, the worse the weather will be for breaking the record, and any further delays with this pro¬ ject might interfere with her involvement in September’s BOC Challenge. If Isabelle does take another shot at the NY-SF record, it will also have to be with a different crew. Two of her hands, Da¬ vid Adams and Bernard Abalan, have previous commit¬ Isabelle Autissier. Right, 'Ecureuil Poitou-Charentes IV. ments and will need to be replaced. About the only person who could be remotely happy with this depressing turn of events is Kolesnikovs, who flew in from Canada to see Autissier off. At a press conference, he presented her with the teddy bear that he took with him on Great American’s record-breaking trip, and confessed to mixed emotions about her record attempt. "But if 1 must give up the record, I’d rather do so by kissing the lips of an extraordinary woman than by shaking the hand of some man," he claimed.

the accident that should never have happened It is, in the minds of the local maritime community, an accident that should never have happened. In the predawn hours of January 18, the 54-ft fishing boat St. Francis collided with the 815-ft container ship NYK Surfwind — almost directly under the Golden Gate Bridge! The incident brought to mind the 73-ft dragger Jack Jr., which suffered a similar fate back in May of 1986. But the differences were significant. The Jack Jr. was hauling in nets off Pt. Reyes and unable to maneuver, and the tanker that crushed her beneath its bows in heavy fog never heard or saw a thing. By contrast, the St. Francis/Surf wind collision happened in clear, calm conditions, with little current running. Reportedly, the fishing boat’s lights were fully visible to those aboard the big ship for at least 10 minutes. The collision happened just after 6 a.m. as the St. Francis was outbound from Fisherman’s wharf to Bolinas Bay. The Liberian-flagged Surfwind was entering the Bay, bound for Oakland. Her speed at the time was about 15 knots. Both the cap¬ tain and pilot aboard the big ship testified that the ship sounded its whistle, made a slight course change and turned on deck floodlights. (It was not known for sure at presstime whether or not the ship tried to reach the fishing boat by radio.) Nevertheless, the St. Francis plowed into the side of the Surfwind amidships and, according to its only survivor, sank within 20 seconds. The Surfwind informed Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) immediately and the Coast Guard was onscene in minutes. The accident killed one of St. Francis’ three-man crew, 59-year-old Thomas Savage of Berkeley. Missing at this writing and presumed dead is the St. Francis’ captain, 55-year-old Jim Koskela of Petaluma. The third man, 31year-old Dmitri Seleznov, swam to the boat’s liferaft which was apparently jarred loose. He was recovered in good condition. All parties on both sides were experienced seamen. In addition to fishing, continued outside column of next sightings page

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tragedy This is not the first time someone in a dinghy has been run down and killed by a high-speed panga. And Mexico isn’t the only place it happens. In some places in the Caribbean, there are so many cruising boats that serious dinghy crashes could almost be said to be commonplace. Many of these acci¬ dents are also fatal. Personally, we take the suggestion for dinghy running lights — or those suction-cup

cam on The first time we hit 14 knots in a sailboat, it scared the bejeesus out of us. The 'teens' are still impressive in any boat. But imagine

SIGHTINGS — cont’d substitutes — with a grain of salt. In our opinion, the best insurance against dinghy crashes is the biggest, most powerful flash¬ light you can find, waved high and vigor¬ ously. If you still have any doubts, have a handheld strobe handy. Unfortunately, as you have just read, even the best insurance doesn’t always work. — phyllis newman and latitude 38

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accident — cont’d Savage was a sailor of 32 years and an active volunteer for the San Francisco Maritime Museum. He often sailed as mate on the historic scow schooner Alma, and the old ship was present at China Camp for his memorial service. The Surfwind was not held in the incident. She proceeded to Oakland, and departed the next day for Portland. Despite a Coast Guard inquiry in late January, little light was shed on the bizarre accident. According to Seleznov, the St. Francis’s engine, radar and lights were all working fine. Koskela was awake, alert and steering. Seleznov says he saw nothing until the St. Francis hit the ship "softly, like a pillow." He was ordered on deck to check for damage. The next thing he knew, he was swimming for the raft. He never saw either Koskela or Savage again. If anything positive is to come of what appears to be just a tragic freak accident, it may be to remind all mariners of the fact that once big ships enter the Golden Gate Channel, they are committed. Because it is so narrow, they cannot turn appreciably. And they can’t stop. With her engines burning up in 'crash astern', it still would have taken the Surfwind almost a mile to stop. It is up to you to avoid them.

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SIGHTINGS strahle’s sailing simulator Mike Strahle says he can teach you how to sail in 10 minutes. That’s how long it takes the average neophyte to master the controls of Strahle’s Sail Simulator Machine, which will be doing duty at the San Francisco Chronicle’s upcoming Great Outdoor Adventure Fair, March 4-6 in the City. We haven’t sat in Strahle’s rig, which involves a sail, sheet, tiller and three high-velocity fans for wind. But we’re not about to doubt his claims. Strahle is a force of nature himself when it comes to putting an idea into action. Strahle, who is from Redding, took up Hobie Cat sailing in 1982. His first love, however, was being on the mountain slopes, where he was an ’extreme' continued outside column of next sightings page

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commodore pursuit of a mythical goal: beat the ghost of Phileas Fogg, the hero of Jules Verne’s 1873 novel Around the World In 80 Days. Myth met reality early last year as the French offered up the Trophee Jules Verne to the first sailboat to beat the fabled mark. As with Fogg, there were many detractors who railed from their armchairs that such a feat was impossible, not to mention foolhar¬ dy. And there were a handful who built boats

SIGHTINGS — cont’d to prove them wrong. Four huge boats representing tens of mil¬ lions of francs were hurriedly put together. But one by one, the three biggest dropped by the wayside, all waylaid after hitting flotsam at high speed. Before long, there was only one boat left out there, Bruno Peyron’s 86-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer, the oldest, smallest

sailing simulator — cont’d skier. On January 26,1985, he got too extreme and broke his neck. The acci¬ dent left him a quadraplegic, without the use of his hand, leg or trunk muscles. He did retain use of his biceps, however. After three months in rehab, Strahl came home and de¬ cided to go sailing on his Hobie 16. Lying flat on his back, he couldn’t see where he ~ 'v was going, but with the help of his crew, he did get one \ hull out of the water. The

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! Left, Mike Strahle (left) and Carl Strahle. Above, the Sailing Simulator. experience inspired him to invent a special 'trap seat', a hammock-like affair that allows him to sit up and sail the boat. Three weeks later, he competed in the annual Whiskeytown Regatta — and opened up a new horizon for disabled sailors everywhere. In 1988, Hobie sponsored the first Trap Seat National Championships. Two more have been held since, as well as three international title events. Strahle has been a driving force behind each. Strahle is now a Hobie Cat dealer, which is where the idea for the sailing simulator originated. Being somewhat landlocked as far as teaching sites, Mike decided to try building a machine that would graphically show how the wind, sail and hull interact. What he came up with is the Sail Simulator Machine. As you can see from the illustration, its tiller attaches to a motor that rotates the seat on which the student sits. The tiller reacts just like on the real thing, even disengaging the motor when the student goes head to*wind — and gets himself in irons. Strahle gave the machine its first trial run at the International Boat Show in San Diego back in November of 1992. Over the four days of the show, he gave 263 lessons, which averages out to one every seven minutes! He claims his students walked away knowing how to sail. Purists might scoff at the notion, but we’re willing to go along for now. Other simulators have been built and can now be found in Toronto, Syracuse, Michigan and Montana. As mentioned, you can test the sailing simulator yourself at the Adventure Fair, which will be at the corner of Eighth and Brannan Streets. Strahle himself won’t be there, but he is available at 915 Wall Street #5, Redding CA 96002, or by calling (916) 221-7197. February. 1994 • UMaJc 12 • Page 77

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the diesel debate To say that the new rules regarding diesel fuel are as murky as a Level-3 air quality alert in the L.A. basin may be the understatement of 1994. As of January 1, the diesel you buy at most gas pumps from sea to shining sea comes in two tax categories, three colors and two formulations. Except in California, which requires a third formula. The colors are regulated by the EPA, the tax stuff is handled by the IRS and the formulation is tweaked by both the EPA and, in California, by the California Air Resources Board. Somewhere along this tortured line, a lot of people are getting pissed off. Despite the fact that we here at Latitude generally abhor engines as much as the next guy, we’re going to try to put this all in perspective for you. Partially because diesel engines occupy a significant niche in the sailing world, and partly because there were a couple of errors in our short mention of diesel fuels last month. So here goes. First the facts. Diesel now comes in — believe it or not — red, white and blue. (Okay, the 'white' is really clear, but the imagery is too good to ignore.) Blue diesel is the cheapest to buy and highest in sulfur content. In fact, for all practical purposes, blue diesel is the old 'heavy' diesel that trucks, boats, tractors and everything else has been running on for years. Blue diesel is nontaxed and may be used in farm equipment, trains, stationary source^ and continued outside column of next sightings page

and most underfunded boat of all. Aboard were three other French crewmen, and world-class American sailor Cam Lewis. Flotsam and the incredible loads on gear took their toll aboard Commodore, too — they hit logs and whales, they battled cracks, leaks and near capsizes in monstrous wea¬ ther. And they threw patches on patches and kept on going. Few seriously thought the effort had a snowball’s chance. Indeed, a week away from France it looked like Commodore was going to fall agonizingly short of the goal. Then, three days out, Commodore got the breeze that pushed her 507 miles in 24 hours, in the process hitting a trip-high speed of 32.6 knots. Scarred and battered, she crossed the finish line in 79 days, 6 hours, 15 minutes. It was a moment that transcended sailing, a burst of human achivement not unlike Lind¬ bergh’s landing in Paris or Jesse Owens win¬ ning Olympic gold in Munich. In stunt-crazy -

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diesel — cont’d commercial boats. That latter includes, in the words of the IRS, "boats used in commercial fishing, transportation of persons or property for compensation or hire, or for business use other than predominantly for entertainment, amuse¬ ment or recreation." Clear diesel is high in price and low in sulfur. It is currently the only taxed type of diesel, and 24.3 cents for every gallon you pump goes to pay state and federal taxes. The 4.3-cent-per-gaIlon increase in the federal rate from last year is Congress’ way of sticking it to one small group for all the revenue not raised by the now-defunct Luxury Tax. That group consists of truck drivers, owners of diesel-powered cars, and pleasure boaters — who are not allowed to buy anything but clear diesel. Red diesel is priced in between blue and clear. It has the same low-sulfur formulation as clear diesel, but is tax exempt. It’s for busses, government vehicles, Red Cross vehicles, nonprofit schools, aircraft museums and things like that. If those who qualify can’t find red diesel, which apparently is not widely available yet, they can buy clear diesel and then apply for a govern¬ ment rebate to recoup any taxes paid. Although some tax-exempt users can buy either blue or red diesel, they can’t mix the two. Purple diesel is a no-no. Right off the bat, this system is creating problems for boaters. Not all fuel docks have enough separate storage tanks to offer both blue and clear diesel. The fuel dock at Santa Cruz, for example, now only offers blue, and so cannot accommodate diesel-powered pleasure boats anymore. Recreational boaters needing clear diesel in Monterey Bay now have to go to Moss Landing or Monterey to get it — or spirit it aboard in jerry cans, which is illegal. A quick survey of fuel docks around San Francisco Bay revealed that all offer clear diesel. The idea behind lowering the sulfur content is to reduce airborne pollu¬ tants. Sulfur is decreased by introducing hydrogen during the refining process. The hydrogen reacts with the sulfur, forming compounds that are easily removed. 'Hydrotreating' also reduces the amount of components called aro¬ matics, which is additionally good as they also contribute to air pollution. Unfortunately, the process also reportedly diminishes the concentration of some desirable ingredients, such as lubricity-enhancing chemicals. Since sulfur is an anti-oxidant, removing it may also cause the fuel to degrade more quickly. Once diesel destined for the California market reaches EPA-approved levels, CARB requires that it go through an additional reduction in aromatics. Presumably, this process removes even more 'good' components. California diesel, like California wine, comes in either white or red. CARB doesn’t mess with the blue diesel. Are you with us so far? As you read in last month’s issue, there have been problems with the 'new' diesel. Most of the hue and cry has risen from the ranks of the California Trucker’s Association. And with good cause. Thousands of trucks have been affected statewide since the new CARB formulations came out. It’s hit them where they live, and it’s bound to hit consumers, too, in the form of higher prices at the checkstand. (Between the new diesel and the earthquake in Southern California, can the $40 head of lettuce be far behind?) The root of the problem is that some engine o-rings and seals fail after being exposed to the new low-sulfur fuels. There’s a lot of speculation as to exactly what fuel component, or lack thereof, causes this failure. It was originally thought that the problem was confined to older engines whose seals and o-rings were made of Nitrale. Nitrale apparently needs something in nonCARB diesel to keep swelled up. Withqut it, the swelling goes down, the seal is broken and things start to leak. Since fuel (injector) pumps on diesels are under high pressure, leaks often appear there first. If nothing is done about the leaks, they get worse until air gets into the system and the engine won’t run anymore. It’s important to note that more than 90% of the reported truck engine failures nationwide have been made right here in California. Which in most people’s minds incriminates the CARB formulation. Even the truckers show little correlation of engine failures to the straight EPA fuel. It’s also important to note that most of these stoppages are not what you’d continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS diesel — cont’d call 'catastrophic' failures — no pistons flying through the windshield, no flaming oil spewing on the highways, no big rigs jackknifing across four lanes of crowded commuter traffic. To be fair, some truckers have reported on-theroad stoppages with diesel fuel squirting out of the engine. But in most cases, these are 'cold start' failures — the engines simply refuse to start. This is not to say the necessary repairs are not expensive. They are, on many levels. The engine has to be partially disassembled and all o-rings and seals replaced with a more fuel-friendly material. This in itself is a costly process, but it also takes the truck off the road, it takes the driver out of the truck and it keeps the items off the shelves. In the trucking industry, it is a major problem. Now let’s talk about boats. First of all, we have a bit of a problem with trying to equate the huge, hardused engines in big rigs with the comparatively small, lightly-used engines in sailboats. The seal-degradation problem does take some time to occur, so it’s not like the average sailboat engine is going to conk out as you pull away from the fuel dock. It could take weeks or months for leaks to start. Secondly, from what we have been told by several diesel dealers and engine shops around the Bay , engines made after about 1985 should not have any problems with the new fuel. That’s because since the mid-’80s (the'exact year varies a bit depending on manufacturer), diesel o-rings and seals have been made of Viton or other materials which don’t depend on high-sulfur fuel to stay swelled up and sealed. Our understanding from these representatives is that these engines — and all new engines — will not be adversely affected by the new diesel formulations. Rebutting this claim are the truckers. CTA spokesman Dave Titus says the organization has received "numerous documented failures" of Viton sealed engines — and repeat failures of engines whose Nitrale seals were replaced with Viton! After much experimentation, he says, one research facility actually found Nitrale held up better than Viton. Whether or not such claims have any merit at the sailboat level remains to be seen. But certainly the worst-case scenario in our sport would be an old motorsailor with an old engine that sees a lot of use. If you’ve got one of those, you have every right to worry. Once again, however, from everything we’ve been told, engine leaks will warn you of any impending demise — and give you plenty of time to get somewhere to get the engine fixed. In the case of older engines, there are additives that may help delay the inevitable. Since lubricity may be part of the problem, we’ve heard some peo¬ ple are just pouring outboard oil into their tanks with every fill-up. (Which leads us to wonder if this whole scheme is yet another bungled government 'solution1 that will end up making the original problem worse than it ever was.) Incidentally, most manufacturers of newer engines recommend against the use of additives. The bottom line(s) as best we can figure: 1) Nobody really knows exactly what’s going on yet; the situation is still too new. Plus, all the principal players are putting their own spins on it, so you really don’t know who to believe. 2) With the amount of attention most sailors give their auxiliaries, the engines are much more likely to die from total neglect than leaky seals. The present situation is, nevertheless, cause for concern, especially for owners of older engines that must really be depended on — such as for long passages or getting a boat through tight quarters or dangerous conditions. At this point, there are a number of options available to boaters. You can follow the lead of many truckers and not buy fuel in California. Get the 'straight' EPA stuff in Oregon or Nevada, or head down to Mexico for the good old high-cholesterol diesel. Perhaps you could siphon the good blue stuff out of earthmovers parked at remote sites on moonless nights. Or maybe convince a local fisherman that he could make more money selling 'black market' blue fuel to sailboaters than he could catching fish. Unfortunately, all of the above bend the law to varying degrees — and may land offenders with big fines. If you can believe it, the IRS has secured the right to slip a dipstick into any diesel tank from the refinery to your sailboat. If it comes up the wrong color, you are liable for fines of $10 for every gallon of fuel involved, or $1,000, whichever is greater. Fines for multiple offenders continued outside column of next sighting page

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coast We almost didn’t get search and rescue summaries from 11th District Headquarters this month. With the earthquake and all, the Coasties have been as busy picking up the pieces as everyone else — plus a lot of their aircraft were used for official overflights of the area. They rallied, however, with the January 6-24 SARs — all 28 pages of them — arriving by fax at our 11th hour. December 16 — Eenie, meenie, minie, moe . . . Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol teams determined the source of an EPIRB signal was a container ship moored in Long Beach Harbor. When the Maui’s own devices were found to be secure, it became obvious that the signal was coming from one of the containers. The trouble was, there were 945 of them aboard and the ship was sailing in three hours. Maui departed as scheduled for Honolulu, keeping on a 12hour communications schedule with the Coasties to help correlate the ship’s position with the numerous SARSAT reports it was generating. December 18 — The Coast Guard was contacted after a man aboard a sportfishing boat took two aspirin for a headache — and subsequently vomited and passed out. A helicopter medevac’ed the 45-year-old man to St. John’s Hospital where he was admitted to intensive care and diagnosed with an inner cranial aneurysm. December 20 — Responding to the report of a capsized skiff and a person in the water in the vicinity of Avila Beach, Group Monterey launched a cutter and helicopter. The Port San Luis Harbor Patrol also responded. The latter found the man, pulling him aboard and rushing him to a local hospital. Despite arriving with no pulse or respiration, the man was last reported in critical condition and "responsive." — In another capsize search, a Navy rescue helicopter dropped a diver into the water to check out an overturned 20-ft powerboat about 8 miles off North Island (San Diego). The diver discovered that the boat had been gutted — no engine or electronics — and that holes had been drilled in the hull. A strobe light was attached and a BNM (broadcast notice to mariners) issued. December 24 — Spending Christmas aboard wasn’t in the cards for the five people aboard the 55-ft sailboat Pleasure, which became disabled in 40-knot winds and 10-15-ft seas 40 miles east of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island. The Coast Guard had the Bahamian-flagged vessel Chiquita Schweiz divert and assist. The ship rescued the five and continued on to Panama. Intending to have the boat towed in, the owner left Pleasure’s EPIRB on and aboard. December 28 — What’s yer 10/20,

SIGHTINGS watch good buddy? When an 18-ft power-boat with six aboard ran out of gas 5 miles out of Dana Point, the operator issued a Mayday — over his CB radio. A REACT operator transferred the call to the Coasties. A helo launched, located the vessel and marked its position with a smoke float for the commercial tow firm that rescued the boat. Although CBs are virtually unheard of aboard sailboats, they are common aboard fishing boats. REACT— Radio Emergency Associated Communica¬ tions Team — is an organization of volun¬ teers who monitor CB emergency channel 9. December 29 — Group San Diego received the report of a capsized vessel 90 miles west of Ensenada from an unusual source — a group of F-14 Tomcats on a training exercise. The jets conducted a quick search and reported no other signs of debris or survivors. A helicopter launched to investigate found the boat was the same one the Navy had checked out earlier in the month. (See entry for December 20.) December 30 — The owner of a 40-ft powerboat reported to the Coast Guard that, when his boat had started taking on water 7 miles off La Jolla, he had repeatedly called them but received no answer. (Neither group San Diego or Long Beach heard his calls.) Eventually, the boat sank and the owner and one other person took to the dinghy and rowed ashore. The man was making his report from a phone booth. A helicopter reconnaissance the next morning revealed a light oil sheen at the approximate location given. The water in the spot is 1,800 feet deep. January 2 — Two boatloads of novice sailors cruising Baja were the foci of Coast Guard activity on the second day of the new year. The sailboat Promise, with four people aboard, set off their 406 EPIRB off Isla San Martin, and the sailboat Meshack, with two aboard, was reported overdue on a passage from Newport Beach to Cabo. Promise was located in Turtle Bay in no distress. Meshack was last reported safe in Isla San Martin on December 25 and "in no hurry to reach Cabo." Keep your contacts updated, folks! — Does this mean the fishing was good or bad? When the 30-ft fishing boat Queen Emma went onto the beach in Ventura, offi¬ cials thought it a bit odd that no one was around when they got there. There were, however, a number of liquor bottles bobbing around the boat and on the sand. Local resi¬ dents reported the boat had gone aground the previous evening. The people spent the night on the beach and were picked up by cars the next day. The Ventura County Sheriffs moved the boat up the beach out of harm’s way and contracted with a commercial firm to remove it. continued middle of next sightings page

diesel — cont’d are determined by multiplying the penalty amounts by the number of prior violations. Adding another layer of haze to the overall murkiness of the picture, it seems there’s a lot of room for 'fudging' at the distributor level, too. According to one circular, "It is expected that the majority of distributors will sell only the low sulfur fuel, but will add blue dye when delivering it to a tax-exempt custo¬ mer." And according to the IRS, the whole idea behind putting red dye in the tax-free, low-sulfur diesel developed because some dealers were selling the clear fuel to tax-exempt government vehicles as taxable fuel and pocketing the difference. To put it another way, the feds can screw with us, but not vice versa. As far as legal recourse in the short-term, the word is that fuel docks which have remaining supplies of the 'old' fuel may still sell it to recreational users. And recreational users who have the old stuff in their tanks may continue to use it. We’ve seen one 'cut-off date of mid-February mentioned for this type of usage, but the general feeling is that things are probably going to be pretty lenient for at least the first few months of this new program. (Another wrinkle here is that it’s apparently unclear who has the ultimate say on what fuel Californians must use. As mentioned, the feds say recrea¬ tional boaters have to use their clear, taxed formulation. But once CARB has the stuff re-refined to their standards, does that make it a different fuel subject to only their guidelines? The discrepancy could be an important one: CARB claims their fuel was aimed at land-based use and "there is no law or regula¬ tion that boaters have to use clear diesel." In other words, as far as CARB is concerned, boaters can run any color diesel they want.) Also for the short term, we hate to have to state the obvious, but it’s an excellent idea to contact your local engine shop or distributor to get their input and recommendations for your particular year and model of engine. For the long term, we suggest that you once again take pen to paper and remind every state representative you can think of, including Governor Wilson (who is supposedly 'studying' the problem anyway), of the following: • The consequences of having an inoperable engine on a sailboat can be considerably more dire and life-threatening than a those of a truck that won’t start in the morning. The resulting rescue by the Coast Guard can be expen¬ sive, put more lives at risk, and take the Coasties away from 'real' emergencies — all of which would be unnecessary if recreational boaters were allowed to use either the old fuel formulation or straight EPA fuel. • Diesel-powered sailboats are a minuscule minority of the overall diesel 'population'. Most have comparatively tiny engines that are used a few hours a month to get in and out of slips — which makes their contribution to air pollution slightly less than zilch. • Current estimates by the California Trucker’s Association put the amount of revenue lost by state truck stops in 1994 at $35 million, with another $10 million lost in taxes. Truckers are just not fueling up in California anymore. Therefore: • CARB formulations should be removed from the market immediately until hard empirical data has been established on the long-term effect of the new 'improved' fuels on diesel engines. (Various opponents of the new formulations contest that this has not been done with the CARB formulations. CARB claims sufficient testing was done.) • In the meantime, blue diesel should be made taxable and therefore useable by recreational boats. Commercial vessels cap- apply for a rebate at the end of a given period. When the QARB stuff is gone, we can then use the EPA-formulated clear blend. It’s not like-we don’t want to do our part to clean up the air. And while we’re on the subject of cleaning up the air, when you think about all the ways sailing reduces air pollution and the use of fossil fuels, it wouldn’t be hard to make a case that sailors should get a certain allotment of fuel each year for free. Unfortunately, despite hard work by lots of dedicated people over the years, big government still seems to see us only as the idle, indolent rich who are 'getting away with murder' — and therefore legitimate targets of every possible below-the-belt tariff. It must have something to do with the fact — and the frustration — that they can’t figure out a way to tax the wind. February. 1994 •

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crew list Let’s cut right to the chase: Do you want to expand your sailing horizons this coming year or don’t you? It’s a simple as that. If you are satisfied with your current sailing situation, bully for you. Color us green with unending envy. If you want to try something a little different, there are seven ideal opportunities — otherwise known as the 1994 Spring Crew List forms — on the pages surrounding this little speech. By filling out the appropriate one(s) and sending it/them in, you can set yourself up to take part in more racing, daysailing, cruising or co-chartering than you might previously have thought possible. In the March and April issues, we will print all the names we’ve received — in essence setting up a ready-made network for boats to find crew and crew to find boats. In the 10+ years we’ve been doing this, thousands of people have found new situations through our Crew Lists. And we hope you do, too. Here’s all you need to know to take part. • Fill out the appropriate form(s) as completely and honestly as possible and send them in quickly. The deadline for racers is February 15, and,their

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January 6 — A Coast Guard helicopter performed the 'babyvac' of a 4-month-old suffering heart problems from March Air Force Base to Balboa Naval Hospital in San Diego. January 7 — Group San Francisco received the report of a boat collision approximately 1 mile east of the Antioch Bridge. The report was called in by a good Samaritan who overheard a transmission on the CB emergency band, channel 9. One vessel allegedly had 11 aboard, and the other sank. Launched immediately were two Coast Guard boats, one Contra Costa Sheriff’s boat and the Lauritzen Marina Harbormaster’s skiff. Nothing was found, leading the Coast Guard to believe the call -1

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was a hoax. January 8 — Per request from the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, a Coast Guard helicopter medevac’ed a 22-year-old hiker off Mt. Sierra Mondo, about 5 miles inland from Morro Bay. The man had fallen down a 50-ft cliff and was suffering from a broken hip, a compound fracture of the leg, possible compressed vertebrae and internal injuries. He was transported to French Hospital in San Luis Obispo where he remains in critical condition. January 11 — Group Monterey received a Mayday from an unknown vessel that reported itself on the rocks "in Port San Luis." When the PSL Harbor Patrol came up

names will appear in the March issue. Everyone else has until March 15, with that list appearing in April. All forms should be addressed to Crew List, P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. • One person per form, please — unless you are offering your services or skills only as a couple. If you need more forms, just make copies of these. • Please note that there are advertising fees involved. The amounts are are printed at the bottom of each form and must accompany any submissions. If it doesn’t, your form goes up in smoke at our next pagan ritual. In case that print is just too darn small to read, those prices are $1 for boat owners and $5 for everyone else. • Women Crew Listees should use first names only and, when possible, a post office box, answering service or other method of screening responses. As we have said at least a trillion times before, if you are a woman, you will get responses. We have been told by some women that they still get occasional calls several years after having taken part in a Crew List. • Make-the-lawyers-happy time: The Latitude 38 Crew List Advertising

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. Kids okay as long as you can control them Mail completed form and $5 to: Racing Crew List, Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by FEBRUARY 15, 1994. Box 1678Psted TS and $1 t0: Daysaillne Crew Dst, Box 1678, Sausahto, CA 94966 by MARCH 15, 1994.

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empty, the Coasties dispatched the cutter Pt. Winslow and a helicopter. They eventually located a 30-ft sailboat with a broken rudder

Supplement is for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 neither makes nor implies any guarantee, warranty or recommendation as to the character of individuals who participate in the Crew List, or the conditions of their boats

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■RRNiWM and equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. • The people who participate in the Crew List get to come to our Crew List parties for free. Everyone else can come, too, but they have to pay at the door to get in. The Parties this year will be held on Tuesday, April 5, at the Encinal YC in Alameda and Thursday, April 7, at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon. Times are from 6:30 to 9 p.m. We’ll have the usual munchies and T-shirt sales and giveaways, and the clubs will run their usual no-host bars. We’ll also have more information about the parties in the next issue. You probably already know that these forms appeared in last month’s issue, as well. You may be interested to know that this is their last appearance for the year, so if you don’t act now, well, we’ll just assume your current sailing situation truly is fulfilling enough — and hey, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. As for the rest of you, the ball, as they say, is in your court.

treasure island — magic kingdom north? The speculation du jour around these parts is what’s going to happen to Treasure Island when the Navy vacates in 1997. One idea is to convert at least part of the 400-acre parcel to a Disney-type theme park. Another calls for continued outside column of next sightings page

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aground off Pismo Beach. The three people aboard had swim/walked 100 yards to shore. The owner arranged for a salvage company to pull the boat free on the next high tide. January 15 — Two people made it to shore after the sailing vessel Oasis (type and length not specified) drove ashore along a

lunch It doesn’t have much to do with sailing, but like we always say, why spoil the beauty of something with the logic of it? Surfers who ride the waves off Ano Nuevo got a reprieve of sorts last month when a local dive boat captain agreed to stop chumming the waters around the popular Northern California state park with animal blood and guts to attract great white

SIGHTINGS — cont’d desolate stretch of coastline northeast of Mazanillo. Following the proper procedure, our Coast Guard notified the Mexican gov¬ ernment, which dispatched a Naval vessel. The ship arrived to find the people in good shape but Oasis breaking up in the surf. — One woman died and her husband re¬ mains in critical condition after the two were "struck by a marine mammal" while scuba diving off Point Pinos. A passing boater took them to shore. — Shades of McHale’s Navy. . . After a crewmember suffered a severely sprained ankle in a fall, the cutter Point Ledge diverted from its original destination of Fort Bragg to Santa Cruz Harbor. While enroute, the cutter suffered the equivalent of a blown head gasket to its starboard engine. Then, while entering the harbor, the Point Ledge struck a submerged dredge pipe, damaging one of its shafts and propellers. Needless to say, the trip to Fort Bragg has been delayed. January 17 — In the wake of the 6.6magnitude earthquake that rocked Southern California at 4:30 a.m., Coast Guard heli¬ copters did duty for the next week taking officials on overflights of damaged areas. Officials included Secretary of Transpor¬ tation Pena, Senator Boxer, Congressman Mineta and USGS geologists who were look¬ ing for the actual fault that caused the quake. January 18 — Two fishermen were kil¬ led when their boat rammed into the side of an inbound freighter just outside the Golden Gate and sank. See elsewhere in Sightings for more details. January 24 — You can’t be too careful these days. Just ask everyone who had to evacuate the office buildings on Alameda’s Coast Guard Island following the discovery of a suspicious-looking briefcase in their parking lot. A hoard of officialdom des¬ cended on the scene, including Naval secur¬ ity, fire units and the Oakland Police Bomb Squad. In bombspeak, the briefcase was found to be 'inert'. Turns out the case had been misplaced by a civilian employee of the Coasties.

treasure island — cont’d staging a third World’s Fair there. The first two, in 1939 and 1940, literally put T.I. on the map. Up until the late ’30s, Yerba Buena was the only spot of land occupying the gateway to the South Bay. Treasure Island is a man-made addition — composed of massive amounts of landfill either barged in from Bay and Delta dredging, or trucked over from the digging of the YBI tunnel. Our speculation on these speculations is that hell will freeze over before they see the light of day. Why? Because if hell did freeze over, it would still be warmer than T.I. in the summer. Not to mention the fact that the Bay Bridge could not handle the traffic for such a venture. Besides, an environmental impact report would be needed, and we’ll all probably need to reincarnate before that’s been completed. Other factors in the very preliminary talks about T.I.’s future include the INS wanting to use its brand new prison, and some part of the island possibly being given over to shelters or low income housing for the homeless. Radical environmental groups are sure to get into the act, too — don’t be surprised to see at least one call for complete removal of Treasure Island to return the area to its 'natural' state. Nowhere in the proposals so far have we heard the most logical suggestion of all: Turn Treasure Island into the Bay’s biggest and most modern marina. Unfortunately, this plan would also doomed from the get-go by insur¬ mountable obstacles. First, we all know how far logic goes in the machinations of government. And secondly, the powers that be seem myopically intent on denying the world’s greatest sailing amphitheater the big, focal sailing center it needs. Sarcasm aside, we understand that no matter who gets what when the T.I. pie finally is cut up, the Treasure Island Museum will remain where it is, in the old World’s Fair administration building near the entrance to the island. A visit comes highly recommended if you’ve never been there before.

shades of gray (and blue, red, green . . .) Back in the ’50s, it was cars. Up here in the ’90s, two-tone paint jobs are becoming 'the thing' on boats — the bottoms of boats. First spotted in — where else? — Santa Cruz but now happening in other yards, we’ve so far

break sharks. The whole business began in December when Jon Capella of the Santa Cruz-based TriShark Adventures released more than a ton of said chum into the water: It worked, attracting four great whites and causing his dive charterers to reel off several miles of film and videotape to properly record the continued middle of next sightings page

been able to find only two pratical explanations. One, with a lighter-colored keel, kelp is easier to spot and remove. Secondly, and more importantly, it looks too cool for school. February. 1994 • UUmL 39 • Page 85

SIGHTINGS here there be dragons Have you ever wondered why we here at Latitude 38 have never once recommended sailing in Lake Erie? Well, feast your eyes, folks: it’s like a Jurassic food fight for sailboats there. Little did we imagine as we fought off rabid throngs of little old ladies for our coveted copy of the Weekly World News that fateful August morn (those walkers should be registered as lethal weapons) that an even larger shocker was in the offing. In our morbid fascination with the grisly end of those poor slobs on that doomed sailboat, we soon detected a relatively significant flaw in the IVlVATs story — the whole thing was a baldfaced lie. To put it mildly, that cut to where we live. With their credibility breeched, were we now to believe that President Clinton has hasn’t been meeting with aliens? That Howard Hughes has not been brought back to life? That 100pound mutant mice don’t threaten life on earth? And if not the WIVN, who are we supposed to trust for truth-in-reporting now: the leftist, pinko New York Times? The capitalist-pig Wall Street Journal? Or maybe Mr. big-shot-whogot-upstaged-by-a-girl Dan Rather? Truely, it is times like these that try mens’ souls. The facts, however, were irrefutable. The more we stared at the photo — a boat in obviously heavy weather, all in disarray, down to only a storm jib and dragging warps — the more it looked somehow familiar. And then.it hit us: the 1979 Fastnet Race. A quick flip through several books confirmed our suspicion, which appears unretouched on the right. (It’s taken five months of faxes and letters to England to obtain a copy of the original, thus the delay in bringing it to your attention.) As it turns out, the boat. .. this is so hard for us . . . was not a 38-footer in Lake Erie in 1993, but the 34-ft English sloop Carmague during the ’79 Fastnet. The photo was one of series taken by the real heroes of the Fastnet, the Royal Navy Air Station at Culdrose, England. It was snapped a few minutes before Carmague’s crew abandoned and were hoisted aboard a helicopter — one of a score of such rescues that day in sometimes hurricane-force winds. The only 'monster' in the original photo was the ’79 Fastnet Race itself, which remains the worst disaster in the history of ocean racing. Of 303 entries, 24 crews abandoned their yachts, 5 boats sank, scores were dismasted or otherwise disabled, and 15 sailors lost their lives. Ironically, as we skimmed through John Rousmaniere’s excellent book, Fastnet, Force 10, we found that Carmague’s fate was only slightly less strange than that potrayed in the WWN. It seems that a couple of days after conditions abated, Carmague was taken in tow by a French trawler that brought her to Milford Haven. Upon entering the channel there, the tow was spotted by the crew of another English yacht, Animal, who thought the Frenchmen were stealing Carmague. (They’d been through the race, too, so might not have been thinking exactly straight.) Anyway, they went out and cut the towline, put it aboard Animal, and towed Carmague the rest of the way up the estuary. A big legal brouhaha ensued, with the Department of Trade saying at one point that the act of piracy in reverse was unprecedented and that it did not know what course of action to follow. Eventually, the story had a happy ending: the French fishermen were compensated for their time and efforts and the owner of Carmague got his boat back. Now that we think about it, the WWN’s monster looks stupid anyway.

short sightings NORFOLK, VIRGINIA — White elephant or the buy of the century? That’s at least one of the questions surrounding the Open Class 60-ft Imagine, which may still be for sale for $100,000 following the withdrawal of original skipper Michael Carr from the upcoming BOC Singlehanded Around the World Race. (The offer was supposedly good through January, but who knows?) Carr cited some structural failures suffered by the boat in November sea trials as his reason for withdrawing. The boat’s designer says the damage — dented hull plating and bent frames in a forward section of the aluminum craft — are fixable and that the boat is sound. With a sale price of about 20 cents on the dollar over what it cost to build, Imagine could well represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a low-buck campaign to enter the world of continued outside column of next sightings page

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lunch experience. Local surfers took a dim view of the goings on for obvious reasons. So on Janu¬ ary 18, members of the Surfrider association met with Capella at a Pescadero restaurant to discuss the matter. Also present were marine biologists, other divers, conserva¬ tionists and agents from the California Department of Fish and Game. Though it has yet to be determined if Capella broke any laws, almost everyone had something to say against what he did. "We don’t want great whites associating humans with food," was one person’s mild way of stating the

SIGHTINGS — cont’d obvious. Less mild have been several death threats aimed at Capella over the past month or two. Capella agreed to suspend the chumming pending special permits from the state and federal government. For those of you titillated by the thought of diving with the ocean’s 'chairman of the board', and you don’t care how much it costs, satisfaction is still in the offing. There are several dive charter outfits in Australia that will be happy to stick you in a cage and let you throw horse legs at great whites all day long.

shorties — cont’d big-time sailing: The price reportedly includes the transfer of skippership to the new owner for participation in the BOC, which starts in South Carolina in September. Interested parties can contact Kaufman Design at (401) 263-8900.

RIGHT NEAR WHERE YOU PICK UP THIS ISSUE — That’s where you’ll likely find the Latitude 38 1994 YRA Master Schedule and Sailing Calendar. As in years past, this is the most complete compilation you’ll find of racing activity in the season to come short of hacking directly into YRA’s office computer. Also as in years past, this 3rd edition has more new good stuff in it than ever before. And the best part is, it’s as free as the wind. One more note: We’ve taken extra care to make this year’s Calendar more user friendly, whether you’re a wind-burned veteran racer or a tender young newcomer to the sport. If you missed the Calendar where you usually pick up a Latitude, look for one at your nearest Bay Area yacht club or chandlery.

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materials, finite element analysis and ad¬ vanced core structures. Generally, what all of that means to the sailor of tomorrow is that diet fads aren’t only for followers of Richard Simmons and Jenny Craig. Twenty years ago, Santa Cruz sailor/designer/boatbuilder Bill Lee went around saying that "fast is fun." Lee’s still in business, which says something about how well his philosophy works. After talking to the high tech wizards, we’d amend that slogan slightly by saying, "light is right."

technology that only sailors at the highest levels of the sport could afford to have. Fortunately, this type of "trickle down economics" continues to benefit the average sailor of today. But the notion got us to wondering how the sailor of 10 or 20 years

Luch of the, emphasis in building boats these days focuses on shaving weight, while maintaining, or sometimes even im¬ proving, strength. Up in Port Townsend, boatbuilder Tom Vance says that it was Santa Cruz guys like Lee, Ron Moore and George Olson who pioneered the techniques for building lighter, faster boats. They did it by sandwiching a core of light balsa wood or foam between two layers of fiberglass. This produced light hulls that were (and still are) stiffer and stronger than comparable hulls of solid fiberglass. Vance continues to refine those techniques, working with people who used to build missiles and anti-tank weapons at Boeing. He’s also inherited some of the

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Craig Riley. Much of his work for the America's Cup is still top secret.

Santa Cruz legacy: he now makes the Olson 34 and is in the process of reintroducing Carl Schumacher’s Express 27, 34 and 37 to the

market. Vance, who grew up in a San Diego boatbuilding family and raced Sabots, Snipes and Dragons as a kid, has been busy finding ways to literally squeeze the weight out of hulls and decks by using vacuum bags to press out any excess resin. The old days of resin to fiberglass ratios of 60/40 have now been replaced by 50/50 ratios, which means greater amounts of fiberglass (which is less brittle than resin) in the hull. He’s also using a lighter grade balsa wood which still has good strength. And the modified epoxy res¬ ins he’s using don’t absorb water and don’t blister. The net results of these efforts are hulls for the Freya 39 cruising sloop — yes, Virginia, reducing weight isn’t just for racing boats anymore — that weigh almost 20 per¬ cent less than the old ones. Like Oprah Win¬ frey after a crash diet, the slimmer, trimmer Freyas have a lot of bounce in their step. If you keep the same weight in the keel, you also have more righting moment, which is what you want in those nasty, offshore situ¬ ations. Vance adds that the 'Freya Lights' are

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The catch to all this, of course, is that these materials cost more money — twice as much, Vance estimates, as the current indus¬ try standards. On the other side of the coin, on a $180,000 Freya, the hull itself repre¬ sents only about $20,000. Using the ad¬ vanced materials and techniques, that cost rises about $4,000 or $5,000, which is less

than 3 percent of the total price tag. If you factor in other savings, like not having to have hull blisters repaired and the increased

America's Cup masts made of carbon fiberweighed 40 percent less than if they had been made of aluminum. longevity of the boat, you can argue that the initial investment is well worth it.

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In the top drawings, the dark arrows show direct rig and keel loads on the Newland 368. The light arrows show the resultant stress in the hull and deck. The bottom drawing is a laminating sche¬ dule for installing various weaves of carbon fiber exactly in line with these loads. According to de¬ signer/builder Dan Newland, “This is extremely efficient in reducing bending and fatigue, since the resin never has to be used to prevent bend¬ ing, unlike normal woven glass fabrics."

Dan Newland after the finish of the '92 Singlehanded TrandPac. His 'Pegasus XIV was first to finish, first on corrected and first overall.

includes power craft, Coast Guard boats and the America’s Cup. The latter has long been considered a testing bed for new ideas for sailing and, in many cases, a direct conduit of high-techno¬ logy ideas to the recreational level. Winged keels and Mylar sails are two examples that jump to mind. Riley was intimately involved with the advanced materials that went into Bill Koch’s ’92 Cup winner, America3. In February. 1994 • UlUt^e J9 • Page 89

POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE fact, he remains involved with them to the degree that he still can’t talk freely about how they built their carbon fiber hulls, masts and 'cuben fiber' sails. Suffice it to say that if the latest America’s Cup is any indication of what’s coming down the road to the general sailing public, it will have something to do with carbon fibers.

To properly explain carbon fiber would take far more space than we have here, but basically, those long, black fibers come from subjecting a lump of either organic or syn¬ thetic material to both extreme heat and elongation at the same time under very con¬ trolled conditions. The process actually goes back as far as Thomas Edison, who applied it to cotton fibers and bamboo when he was trying to come up with incandescent lamp fil¬ aments in 1879. In the 1950s, interest rekin¬ dled in the process, using synthetic rayons for high-temperature missile applications. Carbon fiber isn’t that much stronger than the various types of fiberglass found in mo¬ dern sailboats, but it is about three times stiffer. In the lingo of the scientists, carbon fiber is said to have a high modulus, whereas the stretchier E glass has a low modulus. Price, once again, is a consideration with carbon fiber. Which is why it has been used only for big-buck campaigns over the past decade. Recently, however, the supply has increased — as part of the peace dividend, we aren’t building as many bombers or mis¬ siles. The price of carbon fiber has fallen accordingly. Riley has been using carbon fibers for many years in his catamaran projects ^nd, as mentioned, in the last America’s Cup cam¬ paign. When asked how he’d use it in his (IMS), the handicap division in which he races.

"Boatbuilding today is a team effort between the person who creates the shapes and the guys whodesignthe fabrics to build that shape,1' own boat, one of the first things he men¬ tioned was a carbon fiber rudder shaft. "It would be cheaper, stronger and lighter than the metal one I have in the boat now," he says. Unfortunately, it would also be illegal under the International Measurement System Page 90

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"1*he rating system didn’t stop Alaiheda’s Dan Newland from using a fair amount of carbon fiber in his own boat, the Newland 368 Pegasus XIV. Newland is an applications engineer for Orcon, an advanced composites producer in Union City, as well as a champion dinghy and ocean racing sailor. He sailed Pegasus, which he both designed and built, to victory in the 1992 Singlehanded TransPac, and now competes in Bay and offshore races. The boat’s bare hull, which is made of S-glass, Kevlar and carbon fiber, weighs only 650 pounds. For comparison’s sake, that’s 150 pounds lighter than the six-foot-shorter Olson 30. Newland used carbon fibers in places where the compression and tension loads are the greatest, such as the shrouds, stays, mast and keel. (See diagram) He also mixed in some Kevlar fibers, which aren’t as

This piece of modern art (it's beautiful in color) is really a graphic illustrating the stress loads on just the luff groove of an America's Cup mast.

stiff as carbon but have better impact resistance to protect the hull when it’s pounding through waves. The 'glue' that holds the Newland 368 together is a rubber-modified vinylester res¬ in. Vinylester is a higher-priced but easyto-work-with alternative to the more popular polyester resin. The 'rubber' Dan added made the vinylester more elastic, which means it won’t break down as easily. (In most fiberglass/resin layups, it’s the brittle resin that usually fails first.)

he number of boats like Dan’s cur¬ rently being built is small, in part because carbon fiber has been banned in the IMS. "It’s too bad," says Dan, "because carbon

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tecture graduate of UC Berkeley, Jordan originally wanted to design sailboats, but his professors painted a rather gloomy picture of job prospects in the recreational marine field. Kurt decided to focus on the engineering and materials side and started off working for a company designing composite semi-truck trailers. In the mid-’80s, he went into business for himself, working on fiberglass septic tanks and radar domes, sometimes with the late Gary Mull of Oakland. Four years ago, he was introduced to a company called Omohundro in Costa Mesa that was working on America’s Cup masts for Dennis Conner — and soon found himself not far from where he originally wanted to be! Kurt’s work involves breaking a large complex structure like a 114-foot America’s Cup mast down into small pieces and seeing how those pieces interact. "I look at the rig on the computer and apply loads to it to see

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backs, Newland adds, is a light boat’s tendency toward having a ’jerky’ motion. The wide, flat shapes of most lightweight modem designs tend to accelerate vertically and from side to side, unlike the old, heavy wineglass shapes. Both Newland and Riley agree that the place where we’re likely to see the most immediate introduction of high tech mater¬ ials, specifically carbon, is in mast making. It’s relatively easy to set up the tooling and operations to build carbon fiber spars and the weight savings can be dramatic. In terms of a boat’s stability, taking pounds out of the mast "is like adding lots of weight to the bottom of the keel," says Newland.

O ne of the local experts on carbon fib¬ er rigs is Kurt Jordan of Mill Valley. His specialty is finite element analysis, which translates into computer modeling of struc¬ tures made from fiber-reinforced materials. A mechanical engineer and naval archi¬

Kurt Jordan with a carbon mast section from a 115-ft cruising boat. "I have a hard time at par¬ ties trying to explain exactly what I do," he says.

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EDGE OF THE ENVELOPE weight aloft by as much as 1,800 pounds, which means the keel can be lightened or the boat’s draft reduced. Smaller boats are being fitted with these spars, too, such as the Santa Cruz 52 Pressure Cooker and the Wylie Cat 30. The Melges 24 is actually being sold with a production carbon fiber mast. Kurt also echoes Newland and Riley about the drop in carbon fiber prices. In the last three years, he’s seen a 20 to 30 percent drop in material costs. The decrease has been so dramatic that in Japan, they’re now using carbon fiber to reinforce concrete bridges!

pens. It’s much quicker and less expensive than conducting these experiments in real life." For the 1992 America’s Cup, Kurt anal¬ yzed about 100 different configurations and put together the numbers for 11 different spars that were actually built. They all performed relatively close to the computer’s predictions. Using carbon fiber, the mast builders turned out spars that weighed as much as 40 percent less than if they had

Even heavy-duty cruising boats like the Freya 39 can benefit from a weight loss program.

been built of aluminum. "The money invested in the America’s Cup gave us the luxury of developing the technology," says Kurt. And the filtering down of that technology has already begun. Kurt’s working on several carbon fiber masts for large cruising boats. For one 115-footer, for example, he estimates they can reduce

\A/e admit that we’ve only touched on the field of exotic composites and high tech materials, but this brief survey of some of the players in the game leads us to conclude that we’ll certainly be hearing more about the subject in the years to come — and seeing more of it at the 'real people' level. Indeed, if we’re to believe our four experts, in the not too distant future, the term "slimfast" might well apply to more than just another diet drink. — shimon van collie

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THREE BRIDGE FIASCO '94

hen you talk about a classic TransPac Race, the images turn to mile after glorious blue-water mile of scudding the trades to Hawaii. A classic Big Boat Series conjures up visions of close-in combat be¬ tween some of the world’s best sailors on the world’s best boats. However, when orie mentions a 'classic1 Three Bridge Fiasco, the best imagery we can concoct is a yachting free-for-all with boats going every which way in some of the flukiest winds of the year. And as Fiascos go, 1994 may have been the most classic of all.

JL he reverse handicap start for this first big race of the year began off the Golden Gate YC at 9:30 a.m. with the highest-rating boats. Two hours and 241 boats X later, the last, and lowest-rating boat, started. Hard as it may be to believe, this makes the Fiasco sec¬ ond in numbers only to the Open¬ ing Day jaunt to Vallejo and, as far as we know, the largest shorthanded race anywhere on the globe. That’s right: only single¬ handers and doublehanders need apply for this one, and it’s sponsored and run by the Bay’s own Singlehanded Sailing Soci¬ ety. Oh, and did wevmention the origin of the name? Boats have to round buoys or islands near each of the Bay’s three big bridges, but

they can do it in any order and in any direc¬ tion. What else could you call it? You probably know this part already, but with the handicap built into the start, the first boat to cross the finish line is the winner. That honor fell this year to John Niesley and crew John Tyer on Niesley’s J/35 Slithergadee. By the time they started at 10:30, the two Johns had the benefit of watching where everyone else went that started before them. They decided to go with the majority opinion and rounded the course clockwise, leaving Blackaller Buoy (Crissy Field), Red Rock and Treasure Island to starboard in that order. A good three-quarters of the fleet did exactly the same thing. With winds wafting from all over the compass during the course of the day, Niesley’s years of lake sailing came in

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"Then, as I got closer to Treasure Island, 1 could see there wasn’t any wind on the front. 1 was already up so high I justdetided to sail down the backside first." The breeze, a light southerly, held almost out Moon Shadow then got caught in the building ebb. "I went up the front of T.I. side¬ ways, but at least it was in the right direc¬ tion!" says Jack. Scullion’s other roundings — he left both Red Rock and Crissy to port — were normal. Or at least as normal as can be expected when you’re dodging boats roundlngliP theother direction. He finished about 5 p.m,, reefed down in a 15-knot northerly. Mid-fleet Fiasco boa ts round Crissy as earlier starters (sails in distance) try to beat the ebb to the Marin shoreline. SPREAD PHOTO;

THREE BRIDGE '94 I—.ending still more credo to this race’s name is the fact that several boats apparently used their mo¬ tors, thinking it was okay. This is a loose race, to be sure, but not that loose, folks. The extra glitch means we couldn’t get an official number of finishers by presstime. (It also means the following results are provisional.) But estimates were that slightly more than half the boats stuck it out that hazy, drizzly Saturday. Most of the dropouts did so in the early go¬ ing when it looked as though the ’94 race was going to be remembered as the Three Bridge Parking Lot. Again, nothing new for the Fiasco. Every year, this race 'fools' a lot of people into quitting early. Perhaps that’s the key for anyone enthused about giving the Bay’s most popular specialty race a try next year: ex¬ pect the unexpected. Have a plan A, change to plan B after the start and make up plan C as you go along. Like all good fiascos, it all works out in the end. ;— latitude/jr

PROVISIONAL RESULTS SINGLEHANDED-. DIV. I (multihulls) — no starters. DIV. II (0-126) — 1) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland; 2) Cheyenne, Wylie 34, James 'Our Hero' Fryer; 3)

White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Benjamin. (11 boats) DIV. Ill (127-168) — 1) Moon Shadow, Morgan 382, Jack Scullion; 2) Rumbleseat, 30 Square Meter, Bruce Schwab; 3) Storm Rider, Aphrodite 101, Don McCrea. (9 boats) DIV. IV (169-up) — 1) Dulcenea, Coronado 27, John Slivka. (all others DNF; 16 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker) — no finishers. (4 boats) OVERALL — 1) Moonshadow; 2) Dulcenea; 3) Pegasus; 4)

Rumbleseat; 5) Cheyenne. (40 boats entered) DOUBLEHANDED: DIV. I (multihulls) — 1) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells; 3) Erin, Antrim 30+ , Dan Buhler. (10 boats) DIV. II (0-126) — 1) Slithergadee, J/35, John Neisley; 2) Yucca, 8 Meter, Hank Easom; 3) Dragon Lady, Express 27, Jim Coyne; 4) Questionable, 11 :Metre, Mick Beatie; 5) Adrenalin Rush, 11 .-Metre, Tom Dinkel; 6) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer; 7) Smokin', Melges 24, Clark/Oliver; 8) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Carami; 9) Susie Kate's, 11:Metre, Priscilla Troy; 10) Limelight, J/105, Harry Blake. (81 boats) DIV. Ill (127-168) — 1) Mercedes, Moore 24, Joel Verutti; 2) #48, Moore 24, Dave Hodges; 3) Summertime, Moore 24, Dennis Bassano; 4) Top-per, Moore 24, Richard Korman; 5) Force 8, Wylie Wabbit, Mark Rudiger; 6) Bear Grotto, Custom 26, Hank Jotz; 7) Tulawemia, Wylie Wabbit, Bill Erke-lens; 8) Mustang Sally, WylieCat 30, Dave Wahle; 9) Sly Wabbit, Wylie Wabbit, Tony Hartinger; 10) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum. (63 boats) DIV. IV (169-up) — 1)War 2, Schumacher 26, Roger Peter; 2) Fun, Davidson 25, JockMacLean; 3) Chaos, Ranger 23, Tim Stapleton; 4) Tappo Pic-colo, Cal 20, David Bacci; 5) Flying

Cloud, Ranger 23, Bob McKay, (all others DNF; 50 boats) DIV. V (non-spinnaker) — no finishers. (9 boats) OVERALL — 1) Slithergadee; 2) Yucca; 3) Dra-gon Lady;

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Three Bridge action, clockwise from above: Comings and goings at Red Rock; Tiger Beetle’s Rob MacFarlane demonstrates no-hand steering; Adrenaline Rush not exactly rushing toward Treasure Island; Chesapeake smashes through rough Bay chop (or, hehheh, maybe it’s just tl^e photoboat’s wake...); if you have to anchor, it might as well be with a view; Culebra enjoys a rare commodity in this year’s race — breeze.

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SOUTH PACIFIC WEATHER, ^^h, the South Pacific at last! Warm trade winds, sunny skies, an occasional afternoon squall to cool things off — sounds lovely, doesn’t it? We’ve done some sailing in the Northern Trades, and thought we knew what to expect down south: lighter

If the South Pacific High is strong, then the trades will be strong.

winds, on the average, and maybe not quite so consistent, which sounded great. We were ready for it, because the Northern Trades sometimes get, well, almost boring in their consistency. Well, I don’t think anybody can say that the South Pacific weather has been boring! So what about these famous Southeast Trades? The average winds in the South Pacific Tropical Area are indeed Southeasterlies in the 15-20 knot range, but to fully appreciate that, we need to consider for a moment what this word 'average' means. The concept is simple, just accumulate a bunch of observations over some period, do some arithmetic, and viola! Suppose, for instance, that it blew half the time from the northeast at 5 knots, and the other half from the south at 30. The average would indeed be our mythical southeast 15-20 knot winds. But it never blew 20, and it never blew from

WINDS the southeast. The situation isn’t quite that bad, but beware of anyone speaking of ’aver¬ ages'. Actually, the weather on the passage from Mexico was mostly fine, and about what we expected — light to medium northeasterlies tending to easterlies north of the InterTropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), gener¬ ally light and goofy in the ITCZ with occasional squalls, some quite nasty, and becoming medium east-southeasterlies south of the equator. The weather in the Marquesas was also mostly gorgeous, but we had a taste of things to come on 'The Day the Trough Came Through Nuku Hiva'. We were sailing a lovely reach in a nice 12-knpt northeast breeze that was shifting north as we headed west around the north side of the island for Daniels Bay. Then we sailed right into a black wall of cloud. "No problem,” I said. "Just a big squall." "How about a reef?" Sue asked. "Good idea, but let’s at least wait to see if it gets up to 15 knots, don’t you think?" Dumb! The wind went right past 15 knots and we went right past the first reef. Our 10knot northeasterly turned into 25-30 knots from the southwest at the edge of the cloud bank. With cold, hard rain. As we sailed a wet, sloppy beat around the island, the wind backed to the south — and then southeast to stay right on our nose! "What the heck was that, Almighty Weather Wizard?" asked a soggy Suzy after we had the hook down in Daniels Bay. "Beats me, honey, but it sure acted like a

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cold front. There’s been nothing on the fax charts, but as they always say, 'If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck. . . We had been mostly watching the Pacific Surface Analysis charts from KVM70 at that point, which are put together by the National Weather Service (NWS) in Honolulu. They were pretty good at showing general wind flow, but as we were to find out, not too good with those silly discontinuities — such as troughs, fronts and other minor distur¬ bances — that we learned to take such an interest in. The Tropical Analysis charts from NMC at Point Reyes, put together by NWS at the National Hurricane Center in Florida (another building with no windows), had been a great help tracking the ITCZ during the crossing from Mexico, but they are mostly useless south of the equator. We tried to get the Kiwi charts from ZKLF, but our schedule was out of date and the charts were fuzzy. We couldn’t get anything that made sense until we were west of Papeete.

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The world's pressure and wind systems — as it appears in ‘Landfalls in Paradise' by Earl Hinz. If only things were this simple and consistent!

there for the same reason that the Pacific High is anchored off the coast of California: namely a bunch of mountains and no easy way to get across the summit. To move an area of high pressure across a mountain, range requires lifting the entire vertical column of air over the mountains — or finding a surface-level gap big enough to squeeze the air through. The Golden Gate isn’t nearly big enough no matter how hard it blows, so the Pacific High remains anchored a few hundred miles off the Cali¬ fornia coast, providing stable northeast trade winds and blocking most of the low-pressure troughs and fronts to the north. There are exceptions, of course, and when the Pacific High breaks down, the low-pressure systems can move south. This creates Hawaii’s wellknown Kona winds, westerlies associated with a low-pressure system north of the islands. The same thing happens in the South Pacific — backwards of course — except the stationary high is well east of the area that we are interested in. The weather books show a broad ridge of high pressure about 30°S across most of the central South Pacific — but that’s another misleading 'average'.

What really happens is a series of traveling highs, which like wandering minstrels are here today and gone tomorrow — steadily shuffle along from Australia to South America with nothing much to slow them down. North of each high are east-south¬ easterly winds, the famous trades. If the high is strong, then the trades will also be strong. They’ll usually be called 'reinforced trades' — which we’ve always thought was a bit of a misnomer. Separating the highs are areas of low pressure, troughs which are connected to the deep lows that march across the South-ern Ocean at latitudes of 40-50°S. These troughs, or valleys of low pressure, often extend into the tropics, disrupting the orderliness of the easterly trades. They bring a northerly shift as the first sign of their approach, and a southerly shift as they pass (i.e. to the west of the trough, see Fig. 1).

What we have so far are moderately variable winds, building and shifting from the southeast to the east as a high approaches to the south — and then getting lighter and shifting to the north or northeast as the high passes by and a trough approaches. Finally, they back to the south or southeast as the trough passes and the next high approaches.

This is the underlying 'beat' of the Southeast Trades and repeats itself on a 5-10 day cycle all across the South Pacific. In fact, the Fijian name for a strong easterly wind translates to 'eight days'. What makes the situation a bit more interesting is that the troughs are not simply areas of low pressure. They usually contain a weather front — just the remains of an old Southern Ocean front, but a front nonethe¬ less. These can sometimes be quite strong. The fronts lie in the troughs, and have the effect of making the transition from the north-something’s to the south-something’s quite sharp and rowdy. Frequently, they are accompanied by quite a bit of moisture. The actual wind directions will depend on the axis of the trough and its associated front. If it lies north-south, then the wind will be north to northeast as the front approach¬ es, and south or southeast as it passes. "Great, Mr. Wizard," Sue says. "I understand that it’s going to get goofy, but why does the goofy weather come from the west when the wind is blowing from the east?" "Ah, humunahumuna, good question. Let me think for a minute. . ."

T 1 his is an important detail that most people initially miss: These weather systems — highs, troughs, fronts and the lot — move from the west to the east, against the prevailing easterly surface winds. That’s right, backwards. The reason is that the systems are carried along by upper level winds, not the surface winds. And the upperlevel flow is from the west, in a broad band from the southern latitudes as far north as 2l0oS and usually 10-15°S. The surface winds in the Tropics are actually rather thin, only a few thousand feet, and the movement of the weather systems is dominated by the strong upper-level flow. Concluding that all this stuff was int¬ eresting but mostly harmless, we took off for

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SOUTH PACIFIC WEATHER, few days previous, which we figured must have gone away. We had a lovely sail in 15 knots of easterly wind that shifted northeast and got lighter. "Hmm, judging by the lighter winds and the shift to the north, I’d say the trough is still out here. But the barometer’s not doing any¬ thing, so not to worry," I advised. "Then why is the sky so black up there?" she inquired. "Don’t panic," I replied. "Larry reported on the radio that they’d found some lousy weather west of us, so maybe it’s some sort of front. Let’s get rid of this big headsail, just in case." As the rain started, the wind got all weird. It finally decided on 25-30 knots from the south, putting us on a miserable close reach with the #4 jib and two reefs. We charged into the night with no relief in sight. "Where did this crap come from?" snarled my lovely mate as she gave me the evil eye. "This makes no sense — unless we’ve found the Convergence Zone," I replied laconically. I have no problem with a windshift at a frontal line — kinks in the isobars and all that. Isobars are usually kinked sharply at a front, causing a sharp wind shift (actually vise-versa). But here we had two winds blowing towards each other, not just shifting. The axis of this thing apparently was lying east-to-west — assuming it was the same stuff that Larry had — and we had a meeting of northeasterly and southerly winds. The improbability factor must be huge — could this be the infamous South Pacific Conver¬ gence Zone that we had read about? "There’s a lot of air in all this breeze. Where’s it going, straight up?" Suzy asked. "You got it," I replied. 180

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The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) is a poorly-kept secret. It’s not mentioned in any of the weather books, at Page 100

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least not in those written in the Northern Hemisphere. Maybe that’s because it is not considered a significant player in the world’s

The SPCZ is not mentioned in weather, but for those that have met The Beast, it can be quite significant indeed. Further, it’s related to virtually all of the South Pacific 'horror stories' that we have all heard from time to time. You know the ones, the headlines that read 'Yachts Savaged by 70-knot Winds in Bora Bora', or something like that. The best previous information that we^ had on the SPCZ was a letter from Sandy and Sidney Van Zandt of Soquel in the January '93 issue of the SSCA Bulletin. The Van Zandts described a couple of horror stories and gave a very brief description of the SPCZ — including the normal position, from the Solomons in the Western South Pacific, to a point somewhere east of the Societies and then south (see Fig. 2). But it still didn’t make any sense in terms of what causes the convergence, where it comes from, why it doesn’t go away, how you know where it is, how to avoid it — and other important stuff like that.

1 o understand South Pacific weather, however, we need to digress and talk some more about some general weather theory, specifically air masses. 'Air Mass' is not what happens at dawn on Easter, but is a term that applies to a large chunk of atmosphere that is relatively homogeneous and uniform with respect to temperature and moisture content. These air masses develop over areas of uniform conditions, such as the tropical ocean, the polar regions, large land masses, etc. Marine air masses—which develop over the sea — tend to be moist and whatever the temperature of the ocean is. On the other hand, continental air masses — developed over land — tend to be dry and cold. Polar air masses are obviously colder than tropical air masses. All air masses take a while to form, and as they move away from wherever they were formed, they change temperature and den¬ sity only very slowly because air is a pretty good insulator. Any good weather book does a reasonable job of describing air masses, but they generally miss the mark a bit when

it comes to describing the role they play — aside from the classic storm tracks. The basic theory of high and low pressure systems is well understood and does a pretty good job explaining where wind comes from — at least in theory. Surface winds in the northern hemisphere circulate clockwise and diverge around an area of high pressure, and circulate counter¬ clockwise and converge around low pres¬ sure. These are the so-called gradient winds. The prevailing trades, for example, are a result of the pressure gradient between the highs that lie around 30-40° north or south and the lower pressure near the equator. In reality, however, things aren’t so simple. At each air mass boundary there is a change of air density due to a difference in temperature and moisture content. Air masses are always moving, propelled by the rotation of the earth, and will either converge or diverge at their boundaries. Divergence is a pretty benign phenomenon, and is assoc¬ iated with an area or ridge of high pressure — which is sinking upper-level air that subsides to the surface. This air becomes drier as it subsides and warms. A convergence, on the other hand, involves rising air in a zone of low pressure. As this warm, moist surface air rises, it cools and moisture condenses, causing a lot of vertical instability and often rowdy con¬ ditions. (See Fig. 4). The best-known convergence is the ITCZ, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, where the north and south tropical air masses meet in a broad area of low pressure at the equator. (Act¬ ually, it’s just north of the equator, which is the first clue that the planet is not symmet¬ rical in terms of weather.)

lassie weather fronts are also con¬ verging air masses and things get rather boisterous along these fronts — especially if the temperature differences are large. Rather than sedately mixing, these air masses inter¬ act violently. There is a lot of vertical convection and instability as well as con¬ densation and rain. Fronts also relate to low pressure troughs, and the circulation of troughs. Depressions start as a shearing motion between two air masses and the lowpressure convergence feeds the process by drawing the edges of the air masses together. In spite of the instability and violence at the boundary, this process is stable and will persist until the cold air mass warms up, the warm air mass cools off — or both. "So shouldn’t the temperature differences

PART I Cool Air Mass Strong Southerlies Unstable Air

Warm Air Mass Light Northerlies Relatively Stable

Worm Ocean even out and make the front go away?" Sue asked. "I think it would," I said, "except that the converging nature of the front keeps it going by continually pulling in new cold and warm air and sending it aloft. As a result, the air at the boundary never has a chance to reach equilibrium." "All right, I’ll buy that, but how long is this stuff going to last?" she said. "It’s hard to tell, but probably not until we sail out of it. I think it’s stationary and thus waiting for it to go away would be hopeless," I replied. "But there’s got to be more to the story, to explain why things are so boist¬ erous." Vertical instability is the key to the potential boisterousness of the convergence zone, and has to do with the vertical temper¬ ature gradient or 'lapse rate' of the atmosphere. The lapse rate describes how fast the atmosphere cools with increasing altitude. A rising pocket of air will naturally cool due to falling pressure. And if the atmosphere cools faster aloft than the pocket of rising air does, then the rising air will be warmer than the surrounding atmosphere, causing it to rise faster yet! Surface air over the ocean will also be quite moist, causing condensation into cloud and rain as the air rises. This slows the cooling rate — evaporation cools, conden¬ sation warms — causing the air to rise even faster. The rising air also tends to gather into cells of particularly high thermal gradients and intense activity, which accounts for the bursts of especially nasty weather imbedded in areas of generally nasty weather. This is also the mechanism responsible for

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Anatomy of a Convergence Zone.

isolated disturbances like squalls and thunderstorms. As cool air moves over warmer waters — say a cold polar air mass moving into the tropics — the lower levels of the atmosphere will be warmed by the ocean while the upper levels remain cool. This increases the lapse rate, making the atmo¬ sphere unstable, and causing the warm air at the lowest levels to start rising. Cool air over warm water is unstable, warm air over cool water is stable. "Great," said Sue, trying to balance her coffee against the motion of the boat. "It’s a nice theory, but you can’t call this cold air!" "Well, it’s all relative. And it’s certainly not as warm as it was back in the Mar¬ quesas!" That’s the nice theory of convergence. But the piece that kept eluding us was the answer to the question: a convergence between what? It takes two to tango and all that, and a front at the edge of the cool air mass as it moved into the tropics is (relatively) easy to understand. But why does a stationary convergence zone form? That’s the question we kept asking without success until we found Bob McDavitt at the Auckland Met office.

Rnh explained that the key is the South Pacific High — the one which we dis¬ missed earlier as being not important. This is the high that is stationary off the South American coast and feeds a well-established easterly flow on its north side, the 'east¬ erlies”. This air has traveled across a lot of tropical ocean by the time it gets to our part

of the South Pacific, which is west of 140°W, and thus has become uniformly warm, moist and relatively stable. In other words, a classic tropical warm air mass moving west¬ ward. As each new trough moves eastward across the Tasman Sea from Australia, it brings a new mass of cold polar air behind a cold front and ahead of another high. In the higher (more southern) latitudes, these fronts move pretty much due eastward. But in the more tropical latitudes, they slow and move slowly northwards. The surface winds behind — or to the westward of — the front are initially southerlies in advance of the next high. These become southeasterlies as the front moves north. Winds in advance — to the east of — the front will generally be northerlies of some flavor. As the trailing part of the front moves north, it becomes oriented more east-west and will eventually meet the warmer Easter¬ lies we just talked about. This new load of cold — or at least cooler — air behind the old front will interact with the warmer air of the Easterlies to the north, forming an active convergence. (See Fig. 5). The farther north this cooler air mass drifts, the slower it goes. That’s because the high-level westerlies get lighter in the lower (more northerly) lati¬ tudes. The convergence becomes relatively stationary and sits there until it is joined by the next front with a new load of cool air.

So the South Pacific Convergence Zone is really just a 'graveyard' for old Southern Ocean fronts. The reason they stop here and don’t continue on to the ITCZ is that they converge with the warm easterlies that flow from the stationary high west of Chile. The Convergence Zone will become less active when there haven’t been any fronts for a while. This is because the air mass behind each successive front warms up and the density difference across the CZ becomes less dramatic. In these conditions, the zone becomes more of a sheer line, with weaker easterlies above it (to the north) and stronger east-southeasterlies below it. But

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SOUTH PACIFIC WEATHER, PART I It’s important to remember that the SPCZ is a relatively stable beast in the geographic sense. Once a new front meets the CZ, it starts another 'feeding frenzy' as the cool air gets pulled into the stationary convergence. The convergence zone will wander back and forth slowly, but has little impetus to move. The predominate change is for it to become stronger and weaker with each new cooler air mass. The basic cycle is the 5-10 day weather period of the Southern Ocean. On the other hand, it may take an entire season for the CZ to move along to some other island group! The SPCZ usually starts somewhere near the Solomon Islands — say 5°S 160°E — and extends eastward to the north of Fiji, Tonga and most of the Cooks, crossing 160°W between 10 and 15°S. It then curves a little south, usually passing north, of Bora Bora and the Societies, then curves south¬ east between the Tuamotus and the Mar¬ quesas. This year the SPCZ was pretty active, and early in the season was pretty much where it was expected. Later in the season it was farther south and spent a lot of time over Bora Bora, Suwarrow Island in the Cooks, and Vava’u, Tonga.

Figure #5 — A convergence iii action.

weather with some friends and waiting for the rain to stop. Sharing the table was a professional photographer on assignment to do some travel shots of Bora Bora. The point is not what was said, which was the usual 'Howya doin? Whereya from?' sort of stuff, but simply that he was hanging around the bar talking to yachties instead of being out in the rain taking pictures. Ever seen a picture of Bora Bora on a rainy day? We haven’t either, even amongst our own. Next month, Part II.

"Wonderful," Sue said, stifling another yawn. "Is it going to rain torhorrow?" "Beats me." So why is there this almost universal misconception about the nature of South Pacific weather? Maybe the answer can be found in a conversation that we had sitting under the convergence zone at the Bora Bora Yacht Club. We were talking about the

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WHITBREAD RACE, LEG III /.

In America, we’re lucky: we have the Bobbitts, Michael Jackson, the Menendez brothers, Heidi Fleiss, Tonia Harding, a gaggle of politicians in Washington, DC, and a whole host of other clowns to entertain us. Tiny New Zealand — off the beaten track and with a population of only 3.5 million — isn’t nearly so fortunate, which may explain why the country goes bonkers every four years when the Whitbread Race rolls into Auckland. And this time, at 3 a.m.-on Sun¬ day morning, January 22, the country really got its money’s worth. Hollywood couldn’t have scripted a closer or more exciting finish. Thirteen days and 3,272 miles out of Fremantle, the two race leaders — fortuitously both Kiwis, Chris Dickson’s 60-footer Tokio and Grant Dal¬ ton’s 83-foot maxi ketch New Zealand Endeavour — improbably ended up match racing up the Rangitoto Channel to the finish. Tokio had played the shifts brilliantly at Cape Reinga, at the north end of New Zealand, and had opened up a 10-mile lead on Endeavour. For the last 200 miles of the race, Dalton had slowly ground down Dick¬ son’s lead, but he was running out of race track. Finally, as the wind dropped with one mile left to go, Endeavour pulled up even with Tokio.

who tried to tag him with a luff but a spectator boat interfered. "It didn’t really sink in until we were 100 meters in front that we had passed them, but then the boat just erupted," said Dalton, a popular figure in New Zealand. "I don’t normally hug guys, but I did then!" Endeavour finished the leg two minutes ahead, as thousands of spect¬ ators went wild. The party rolled on all day, as five more boats finished within the next five hours. At the dock, Dalton acknowledged the Tokio crew: "Chris and his team did a fan¬ tastic job. They sailed the boat really well and it could very easily have been them standing here." Dickson, in turn, wasn’t quite as gracious: "We were really not so tense because the W-60s and the maxis are com¬ pletely separate — but to be racing a maxi so close to the line was fun. Whether we finished first or not was not really as important to us as it was to them." Dickson went on to completely stick his foot in his mouth, tossing out insults like, "If Dalton had been sailing a Whitbread 60 like us, he wouldn’t have been there for another half a day." (Later he publicly apologized, claiming he hadn’t slept for over 48 hours.) Dickson further endeared himself to the assembled masses by filing three petty pro¬

Above, Chris 'Van Gogh' Dickson having a bad hair day. Right, Grant Dalton.

It was roughly the same spot where Dalton’s last command, Fisher & Packet, lost to Steinlager II four years ago in another classic finish. This time, Dalton was not to be denied — sporting twice the sail area and 23 more feet of length, he drove over Dickson, Page 104 • UaJel? • February. 1994

tests, two against other 60s (Winston and Intrum Justitia) for allegedly stronger fittings in their rigs than allowable, and one against the race committee for making Tokio carry their radar dome above deck like everybody else.

But whether you like 'Dicko' or hate him — and everybody in New Zealand has an opinion about him — you can’t argue with the results: Tokio beat Winston, the next W60, by 2 hours, 40 minutes in this leg, putting them some 14 hours ahead of Con¬ ner’s red boat on cumulative time after half the race (see box scores). Tokio’s also three hours ahead of Endeavour, the dominant maxi, at the break — a lead few would have predicted. "Dickson’s got a faster boat than anyone else," stated Justitia’s Lawrie Smith. "We’ll have to do something about that." In the month before the start of Leg Four, the mostly Farr-designed 60 fleet will no . doubt be scrambling to reconfigure their boats to match Dickson’s. But it’s way too late for anyone to reprogram their entire effort to come up to Dickson’s standard: his methodical two-boat, America’s Cup-type approach to the race, and all the hours of practice deeper into the Southern Ocean than the race will ever take them, is paying off handsomely. In addition to the best boat, Dickson has also arguably assembled the best crew: navigator Andrew Cape, watch leaders Joe English (NCB Ireland skipper), Matthew Smith (three-time Whitbread vet, including Fisher & Paykel) and Jacques Vincent (crew¬ man on Commodore Explorer’s recent 79 day circumnavigation). They’re taking an aggressive, almost fanatical approach to the race (no personal stereos or books, fewer clothes, less sleep), and if there are chinks in this team’s armor, no one’s found them yet.

THE DICKSON & DALTON SHOW

'Tokio' is dominating the Whitbread Race at the halfway point. Racing resumes on February 20.

Tokio, as we predicted after Leg One, will win the W-60 class. The more interesting question at this point is whether Dickson will beat Dalton as well.

I_*eg Three, a tactically tricky 'sprint race' from Fremantle to Auckland, began on January 9. The hopelessly outgunned Uk¬ rainian W-60 Hetman Sahaidachny actually 'started' the night before, sailing out into the ocean to familiarize her new crew with the boat before rejoining the fleet at the starting line. "Our crew now includes seven Ukrain¬ ians, two Croations, one Swiss, one Aus¬ tralian and one Kiwi," explained skipper Eugene Platon. "It took some time to start working as a team and sort out communi¬ cation, which is now in English." Other notable personnel changes were made on La Poste, which coaxed 62-year-old French sailing legend Eric Tabarly out of retirement to become co-skipper; Yamaha navigator Godfrey Cray left for "personal reasons" and was replaced by Murray Ross; and Brooksfield watch captain Mauro Pelaschier, the Italian 12-Meter sailor, disappeared myster¬ iously from the crew just two days before the start. Tokio was first across the line, but it was Endeavour that led the charge out of Freo. The next day, while running seventh at Cape Leeuwin, the southwestern tip of Australia,

Dennis Conner and Brad Butterworth drove Winston south in search of more wind along the Great Circle route. No one followed them on this radical move, but they should have: Conner found the stronger westerlies of the 'Roaring Forties' and quickly piled up a huge lead — as much as 146 miles at one point — on the stunned fleet. "Winston is looking pretty flash right now. They made a bold but risky move and it’s paying off for them," reported Yamaha’s Ross Field at the

bottom of Tasmania, nailed the boats to the south. The wind filled in from the north, where the majority of the fleet was clumped together with Endeavour momentarily in the lead. "We’re tight reaching in 25-30 knots at present, not exactly ideal ketch weather. I feel sorry for the Winston boys, but we have our own problems," said Endeavour navi¬ gator Mike Quilter. "We’ve got W-60s coming at us like bloody cruise missiles from every direction! I thought it was a Class One power boat going past us yesterday, but it turned out to be Dicko, going by about two knots faster." Intrum Justitia and Yamaha took the lead briefly, with Tokio setting up to the north of the fleet as they beat upwind to the final turning point, Cape Reinga, the northern tip of New Zealand. As the wind went light and shifty, the fleet condensed again, with Tokio and Endeavour taking the lead back. "We’re in sight of each other for about the tenth time this leg," reported Dickson. "It’s exciting to be visually pacing another boat rather than electronically." Tokio’s speed picked up a click after they backed the boat down and sent a man overboard to remove what they thought was a piece of plastic from the keel. It turned out to be the complete skin of a three-foot shark! "Our boatspeed is better now," reported Dickson. "Good for us, bad for everyone else." Tokio led Endeavour at the Cape by five miles, with the rest of the four other com¬ petitive 60s and the improved La Poste between 15 and 20 miles behind. Merit, some 27 miles further back, continued to be hampered by poor boatspeed and bad luck

WHITBREAD RACE RESULTS, LEG 3 Boat Tokio ALZ. Endeavour Winston Yamaha Merit Cup Galicia'93 Pescanova Intrum Justitia La Poste Brooksfield Heineken Hetman Sahaidachny Dolphin & Youth ProJ. Uruguay Natural Odessa

Type Farr 60 Farr 84 Farr 60 Farr 60 Farr 84 Farr 60 Farr 60 Farr 84 B/P 60 Farr 60 Farr 60 Humph. 60 Frers80 Sidenko60

Skipper/Country Leg 3 Chris Dickson, NZ 13:08:17:57(2) Grant Dalton, NZ 13:08:15:45(1) D. Conner/B. Butterworth, USA 13:10:57:54(3) Ross Field, NZ 13:11:07:59(4) Pierre Fehlman, Switzerland 13:16:26:04(8) Javier de la Gandara, Spain 13:11:35:39(6) Lawrie Smith, Europe 13:13:15:02(7) Malle/Tabarly, France 13:11:35:27(5) Guido Maisto, Italy 13:22:04:57 (10) Dawn Riley, USA 14:00:08:10 (11) Eugene Platon, Ukraine -^15:10:53:10 (12) Matthew Humphries, England 13:18:10:55(9) Gustavo Vanzint, Uruguay 16:19:34:49(13)** Anatoly Verba, Ukraine 16:20:07:40(14)**

Cumulative‘ 63:11:25:54 63:14:32:10 64:01:27:52 64:05:06:12 64:05:19:17 64:06:16:40 64:06:34:57 65:10:35:34 70:12:08:56 713*1:01:37 73:12:55:37 73:20:56:22 77:08:43:29 90:20:34:46

* pending protests from Leg It; ’* estimated times (still racing)

time. "The next chance for a break like that will be when we reach Tasmania and head out across the Tasman Sea." Sure enough, the good times ended for Winston a few days later when a high pres¬ sure system near the next turning mark, the

("What have we done wrong to the Gods?" joked Pierre Fehlmann.) As the fleet cracked sheets for the one-day reach down to Auck¬ land, position reports — which normally are posted every six hours — began being updated every hour in response to public February, 1994 • !44tA 1? • Page 105

WHITBREAD RACE, LEG III demand. Thus, with most of New Zealand tuned in, the stage was set for the dramatic finish between the two Kiwi boats. V/inston finished several hours after the two hometown heroes, and an obviously dis¬ appointed Dennis Conner hopped the next plane out of town. He claimed to have enjoyed this leg more than the first one, as did Ross Field, whose Yamaha pulled in ten minutes after Winston. "This race is the best one yet, and the W-60s are just fantastic," said Field, who like Dickson has a Kiwicrewed/Japanese-funded program. "The rac¬ ing was so close that if you make a mistake you lose a lot." _ Half an hour later, La Poste nipped Galacia at the finish by just 12 seconds — the closest finish in the 20-year history of the Whitbread Race. Like the Tokio/Endeavour finish, it was a crowd-pleasing, but essent¬ ially meaningless, match-up. Justitia pulled in several hours later, with last leg’s hero Lawrie Smith admitting, "We messed up in the last five days." Merit Cup and the under¬ funded Dolphin and Youth followed, the latter boat recording their best finish yet. You’ve got to admire these guys: Dolphin skipper Matt Humphries is only 22, and his crew, six of whom have minor disabilities,

The crew of'Winston' watched helplessly as their 146-mile lead went up in smoke.

averages just 23 years of age (as opposed to 31 on Dickson’s boat and 39 on Smith’s). Brooksfield and Dawn Riley’s Heineken (ex-Women’s Challenge), which hit 25 knots of boatspeed in a 60-knot squall on the way to Cape Reinga, were next, followed a day later by Hetman. The last two boats, the W60 Odessa and the old maxi Uruguay Natu¬ ral (ex-Martella), which suffered rudder damage, were still on the race course. L^»eg Four — 5,914 miles through the

Southern Ocean to Punta del Este — begins on February 20. As the crews ready them¬ selves for the last 'hard' leg, the Whitbread jury is meeting to reconsider the amount of redress given to La Poste and particularly Winston for aiding Brooksfield in Leg Two. Their findings may effect the cumulative times, which could only further Tokio’s lead. Be sure to catch ESPN’s half hour cov¬ erage of Leg Three on February 13 and 15. Or, for a more close-up account of the Whit¬ bread Race to date, go meet Dawn Riley in person at the Armchair Sailor Bookstore in Sausalito on February 12. (See Loose Lips for details).

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'MERICANS misers love Mexico. They like it so much that many of them don’t continue on to other destinations as they had planned. They also don’t care for lawyers — or for the declining quality of life in the United States. These are the general conclusions we arrived at following conversations with cruisers from 22 boats early this year in Puerto Vallarta. While the results are anything but a scientific, they nonetheless afford some interesting insights into the types of people out cruising and their attitudes toward life afloat south of the border. It should be noted that this group of cruisers was a little older and affluent than average for Mexico. After all, they were holed up in a marina which — while not the most expensive in Mexico — nonetheless averages about $ 11/foot/month. Cruisers who can afford that Usually have a bigger kitty than those up the coast at dilapidated Nuevo Vallarta or living on the hook.

^5ome of the folks we spoke to ended up cruising in the most curious of ways. That would include Jerry (51) and Debbie (46) Swanson of the Santa Cruz-based Crealock 37 Escapade. "Five years ago we read a newsletter from the Grimsbys who were cruising Baja," remembers Jerry, a former controller. "We’d never sailed, but we were so turned on by the newsletter that we went right down to Parks & Recreation and signed up for a 12hour sailing course. We then bought a Cal 31 and for two years sailed as many as five times a week." The Swansons then picked a departure day four years out, November 1992. That

It just took one cruiser's newsletter from Baja to seduce Jerry and Debbie Swanson of Santa Cruz into the cruising lifestyle.

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"We finally located 'our boat' in Pensacola three months before we were scheduled to depart," says Jerry. "We shipped her back to Santa Cruz and had Harbor Marine do her over and add all the toys we wanted. It’s true ' we missed our departure date — but by only two weeks!" Like almost everyone we spoke with in Puerto Vallarta, the Swansons enjoyed a terrific summer in the Sea of Cortez. They’d planned to head to the South Pacific this year, but on account of last year’s bad weather in the South Seas, they’re opting for the Canal and the Western Caribbean instead. The Western Caribbean, for unknown reasons, has become a popular destination with cruisers currently in Mexico. Bob Ballering of Mt. Shasta made the decision to learn to sail 10 years ago when he was diagnosed as having cancer. "I told myself that if I could beat cancer, I was going to learn to sail." He did just that and started taking sailing lessons at Olympic Circle in Berkeley. Last year Bob and his wife Carolyn sailed their Dana 24 My Carnie to Mexico from San Francisco. "She’s a great boat", Bob says. "She entertains six, feeds four and sleeps two. She also met Carolyn’s requirements of having an enclosed head, a watermaker and roller furling." Despite a heart attack last year and facing a new round of chemotherapy treatments, Bob remains both philosophical and upbeat. "We’ve all got to go sometime, so it’s important to enjoy what time we have. After returning to the Sea of Cortez this summer, we’ll trailer the boat back east to sail in the Caribbean." While most everyone at Marina Vallarta had a relatively large and well-equipped boat, this wasn’t exclusively the case. Michael Childer’s 19-foot Herreshoff ketch The Quinn is a good example of a cruiser on a budget. Currently he makes ends meet by doing work on other boat’s electrical systems. Come March, he’ll point his tiny cruiser in the direction of Samoa where he hopes to get work. Buying The Quinn involved an unusual experience for Childers. A demo sail was arranged with the owner — who turned out to be the guy who married his ex-wife! We can only imagine how awkward the sail was and how numerous the inadvertent double entendres. Nonetheless the deal went through, reminding us of the C&W hit, He’s Got You, But I’ve Got Mexico. Also cruising on a relatively tight budget are Gary and Shirlee Sasenbery, a pair of 39-year-olds from Alameda aboard the Catalina 30 Stargazer. "We’re on a

sabbatical from our old lives," explained Shirlee. "We used to be Dinks — you know, double income, no kids. But now we have a boat and can’t afford kids, so we’re headed to the Canal, Rio Dulce, East Coast and Europe. We want to see the world." "I went from a hippie to a yuppie to a dink to a yachtie," says Gary. But we actually think of ourselves as 'puppies': small people, small boat, small budget — but big dreams." Jay and Sue Maxwell of the Seattle-based Spindrift 43 Melissa are examples that not all cruisers with nice boats are retired professionals or former business owners. Fifty-two-year-old Jay retired after driving trucks for 27 years, and 39-year-old Sue worked as a waitress. "A lot of C&W songs have been written about truck driver waitress couples like us," she laughs. The Maxwells are accompanied by their 16-year-old daughter Molly, who surprised her parents by insisting on bringing two years of schoolwork along. "It sucks," groaned Molly when asked how it was coming, "because you can’t study and party. Now I know why they don’t build school campuses on beaches." Molly says that there’s enough social life for a 16-yearold and that she’d recommend cruising to her girlfriends.

xlmong the retired professional was 56year-old Dave Heaps of Rascal Fair, a Liberty 49 from Bellingham. To say the orthopedic surgeon was chomping at the bit to go cruising would be an understatement. "We took off in 1993," he says with a big

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smile, "just two days after I retired. And I love it — although I find that I’m now doing what I did back home, only for free." Dave and his wife Evie will be leaving for the South Pacific in March, have equipped their boat with just about all the cruising goodies available. But according to Evie, they’re still finding more gear they think they need. While most boat gear takes debugging, the Heaps haven’t had a problem. "Nothing’s broken, everything works fine," reports Dave. Rascal Fair spent last summer cruising the northern part of the Sea of Cortez, the consensus favorite. Dave loved it and had no problem with the heat, which wasn’t quite as bad as most summers in Baja. Evie loved the area and especially the people, but found the temperature a little warm. Of course, when you come from the Northwest, there’s a lot of acclimatizing that has to be done. One of Evie’s favorite activities is working the ham radio. She is scheduled to be one of those giving the ham tests in Puerto Vallarta in February. Some cruisers have had mechanical Ex-hippies, yuppies and dinks, Alameda's Gary and Shirley Sasenbury now consider themselves ’Puppies’.

Spread; the San Francisco-based Valiant 32 ’Sierra Point’ steaming across the placid waters of Banderas Bay.

problems. Bob (49) and Stephanie (40) Harvey of the Portland-based Westsail 42 Aplysia — Latin for 'big sea slug' — lost the use of their diesel at Conception Bay’s Santispac at the worst time imaginable: with hurricane Calvin heading right for them. Fortunately, Calvin fizzled, because the Harveys were stuck in Santispac for nine weeks waiting a Perkins 4-107 part to be sent down. During that time they became known as 'Mr. & Mrs. Santispac'. As it turned out, the engine part never arrived. Stephanie ending up finding one in 90 minutes while in San Diego on other business. Although used, it was a perfectly good part at half of price of a new one. "Santispac was really great and we got tutored in Spanish," reports Stephanie, a former home help and hospice administrator for Kaiser — who doesn’t miss all the pressure one bit. Bob, a retired plant paliotologist for the Forest Service, reveled in the warm air and water. "The Sea was 90° in the morning, 90° in the afternoon, and in the upper 80s ten feet below the surface. The snorkeling was delightful because there were plenty of clams and scallops — but no stinging jellyfish." Bob wants to clear up what he believes is a common misconception in the United States. "We’re retired, we’re not bored." Like Evie of Rascal Fair, Stephanie confesses to being a ham-a-holic. The Harveys, who started cruising with a season in Alaska, intend to spend the next year in Mexico.

kJ peaking of the United States, there was near universal agreement among the cruisers that the U.S. comes off poorly in many respects when compared to Mexico. Cruiser after cruiser shook their head in despair and wondered why America can’t be as safe, as friendly and as relaxed as Mexico. Most said they didn’t truly appreciate how awful things had become in the U.S. until they got to Mexico. "I enjoy not getting the news and hearing what’s going on back in the rotten United States," says Rosemary Hull of the Vallejobased Santana 39 Hull-O. "In Mexico you don’t feel the hostility among people there is in the States. It’s a terrible shame that our children aren’t able to experience life as it is down here," says the former data processing coordinator. "I grew up in a small town," says 58-yearold husband Bob, a retired civil engineer, "and being in Mexico is like living in a small town again. I’m really enjoying it." The Hulls arrived in Mexico in 1992 and did 'the circuit' as far south to Z-town before heading back up into the Sea of Cortez. Like a lot of cruisers, they left their boat for the hottest of summer months before returning in the fall. The couple first planned to sail to Hawaii — Bob did the '92 Pacific Cup and enjoys long passages — but have found Mexico too nice to leave. "Going cruising is like being newlyweds in the sense that you have to work things out," claims Anna Whitman of the Portland-based Cal 2-46 Snou) Goose. Despite being married to her husband Roy for 32 years,

Evie—hands mimicking ham headphones—and a happy Dave Heaps of the Bellingham-based ‘Rascal Fair1. They're headed to the Pacific.

Anna discovered several surprising things about her husband in the first months of their cruise. "First," she says wide-eyed, "I learned that he loves candy! Second, that he loves all junk food except Twinkies! Third," she says February. 1994 • UKUJt 12 •

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'MERICANS laughing, "That he can be somewhat impatient, because during the first couple of months he tried to run the boat like he ran his retail construction office." Roy listened to all these accusations with a guilty grin across his face. "My entire career was planning," he says, "and now I don’t believe in it." He reports that like several others cruising Mexico, he was forced to retire about five years early. Not that he has any regrets. "We’re having a really great time and the people out here are terrific. Everybody should go cruising now!'1' Anna, a retired surgical nurse, shares the sentiment. "I enjoyed my work, but I enjoy cruising a lot more." Her only complaint is that she found the Sea of Cortez to be a little bit too warm in the summer. "It’s not like the Pacific Northwest at all," she observes. Roy wasn’t particularly uncomfortable. He was too busy being thrilled by the fact that the 88° degree seawater was allowing the watermaker to crank out 28 gallons a day — three over its rated maximum. It never did that it the chilly waters of the Pacific Northwest. The Whitmans have a strong loyalty to boats made by Jensen Marine. "We had a Cal 20, 29, 34, and 35 before we got our 246," says Roy. The couple are headed for the Caribbean and plan to be out as long as they are having fun.

cJ ohn Etienne, who is cruising his Belmont-based Ericson 39 Dolphin Dance with his wife Carolyn, claims the secret to keeping a mate happy is to cruise nine months a year and let her choose what she wants to do the other three months. "That will give you a lot of ammo," says the 52year-old "retired shark". John and 53-year-old Carolyn, "an artiste", departed San Francisco in August of 1992 and spent last year on the mainland side of the Sea of Cortez. "It’s really terrific up there around Los Cochinas. The water is Anna Whitman catches husband Roy — once thought to be 'clean1 — in the midst of another junk food attack.

warm and clear, and the coves are empty." They plan to sail down the coast of South America to Patagonia, then across to Tahiti. "We’ll be out for a minimum of five years," John predicts. After a season in Mexico that took them as far south as Acapulco, Bob (70) and Sally (58) Wood of the San Diego-based Passport 40 Luana thought they’d be headed to the East Coast. "But we love it so much here in Mexico," say the former San Francisco residents, "that we’re staying." This summer the former sales manager for Jaguar and Pac Bell employee will join the 50 or more other cruising boats headed to the Bahia de Los Angeles area of the Sea of Cortez. "We’re burned out business owners," announced Barbara Sedgwick of the San Francisco-based Bristol 43 Windscape. "My husband Alan and I had a chain of designer clothes stores in San Francisco and Walnut Creek. We kept our boat down in the S.F. Marina, but we were so busy working that we never had time to use it." "You should sell the magazine," Barbara advised us in no uncertain terms. "Cruising requires work, but it’s a day at the beach compared to running a business. We had a love affair with our business, but the lawyers drove us out. So we had a gigantic, one day going-out-of-business sale and then shut the doors. The last day was the best we ever had!" Married for 23 years, Alan (53) and Barbara (45) plan to sail to the Canal, Cartagena and then head to Europe. Excellent choices, all of them. "Things are a little different on the boat than in business," admits Barbara, "because while I was the president of our clothing stores and Alan was the vice president, he’s the captain of the boat." After pausing for a suitable amount of time, she added with a laugh: "But I’m the admiral." In the course of our conversations, we noted that it was usually the women who were eager to speak about their experiences. Many of the men seemed perfectly content to sit back, sip a beer and listen with amusement. It was as if after decades of having to be aggressive, the men had learned to relax — and were enjoying it very much, thank you.

cJ im and Darda Harrison of Makaha, Hawaii, have a unique perspective on cruising Mexico, as they cruised these waters 11 years before aboard their Chesapeake 32 Compromise. They sold the boat after that first cruise and bought a Mariner 36. But oddly enough, before taking off on this second cruise, they repurchased their

Hawaii can wait! Bob and Rosemary Hull of Vallejo have found Mexico too nice to leave.

original Compromise. "Cruising is so different now," remarked 48-year-old Jim, a retired fireman. "Eleven years ago we had an Atomic 4 instead of a diesel and we didn’t have a proper stove. Back in those days GPS and small watermakers — two things that make cruising so much easier — didn’t even exist. This time we’ve got a good ham radio, dive gear and non-skid, too!" Darda, a former stewardess, says parts of Mexico have changed dramatically while others have stayed the same. "We just couldn’t believe the changes in Cabo San Lucas. It doesn’t look anything like it did in '82 — we were there the day before the famous storm that destroyed all those boats. But then again, we also visited places like Santa Maria Bay that haven’t changed at all." Although the Harrisons own a palapa in the Sea of Cortez, they’ll spend one year in Mexico before heading through the Canal for several more years of cruising. The couple with the most peculiarly juxtaposed occupations had to be Frank and Judith Lomas of Oriana, a Rancho Santa Febased Mayflower 48. Frank has owned San Diego’s House of Motorcycles for many years while Judith, his wife of two years, sold "last residences" — a euphemism for cemetery plots. And please, let’s not have any jokes about referrals. Forty-eight-year-old Judith is an interesting woman to say the least. Although she’s always loved the water, she didn’t take up sailing until she got divorced in 1982. She began sailing with a singles sailing club, but dropped out after discovering most of the men were looking for more than flowing telltales. So she bought her own Morgan Out-Island 33 and did a lot of daysails, trips to Catalina and beer-can races with girlfriends.

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"I’m a great carpenter," she announces, something you wouldn’t expect from her Diane Feinstein-ish attire. "It’s true, my husband buys me power tools instead of diamonds for Christmas. I got a router on my last birthday, and if I’m busy when people call Frank tells them I’m doing my nails with a Skil Saw." There were three things that prompted Frank and Judith to take off cruising. 1) Frank having worked six days a week for so many years, 2) Their having had their fill of lawyers, and, 3) Their wanting to find a better place to live than the United States. After spending the winter in Mexico, they plan returning home for the summer before continuing on to Costa Rica and Venezuela. "Dorothy Taylor and I have been married for 70 years — but not to each other," jokes Larry Hirsch of the Hunter 40 Shayna. Hirsch also finds it amusing that he, a Jew, and she, a German, are happily cruising together. Larry, who owned a engineering business for 25 years, only learned to sail a few years ago. Dorothy, a former psychiatric nurse, has been sailing for 50 years. "I’ve been through the Canal before and all that," she says. "I’m not what you’d call an excellent sailor, but I can get from Point A to Point B and enjoy myself in the process."

1 he shutting down of Pan American Airlines was the impetus for Larry (54) and Ellie (58) Hebert of San Carlos to take off aboard their Acapulco 40 Janine. "I worked for Pan Am for 23 years," says Larry, "so I quit work when they did." Ellie, who worked for United and as a loan officer, didn’t have any objections. The couple, who completed their boat Bob and Stephanie Harvey. A former hospice administrator, she's become an expert at locating hard-to-find engine parts.

San Francisco's Alan and Barbara Sedgwick are looking spiffy — and on their way to Europe. 'Mayflower's' Judith Lomas is sick of attorneys and into power tools. She and husband Frank will continue on to Costa Rica and Venezuela.

from a bare hull and then lived aboard for 12 years, spent most of last year in Mexico. They left their boat at Navarro’s Boat Yard near Guaymas for the hottest summer months. Some cruisers like Navarro’s low prices, but the Heberts found it a little too dirty to recommend. The couple plan to continue cruising for as long as it’s fun, figuring that might be 10 years or more. When Bob (59) and Phyllis Neumann of the Penngrove-based Perry 47 Adventure departed for Mexico last March, they planned on sailing to Mexico, Panama, the East Coast and Europe. "We’re already a year behind schedule," reports Phyllis, a retired family counselor and author. "The Sea of Cortez hooked us!" "Going cruising is a lot like going back to college," the couple report, "as there is so much new stuff to learn." Their biggest learning experience occured in La Paz when a dock line got caught in the prop shaft, putting the engine out of business for three months. Did that sour them for cruising? "Hardly," replies Phyllis, "we’ve never been happier." When Jack Townsend (55) attended Heald Engineering School in San Francisco many years ago, he’d hitch rides on weekends to Sausalito to get sailboat rides. When he met and married Ruthann in Arizona a couple of years later, he told her they would someday buy a boat and cruise the world. "I laughed," remembers Ruthann. -She’s not laughing now. The retired construction supervisor and retailer were in Puerto Vallarta with their San Franciscobased Rafiki 37, Ruthann. The couple left San Francisco on October 20 of this year and harbor hopped down the coast of Southern California. "We could see a part of Southern California burning from each marina," they report, "and our boat would get covered in ashes."

It’s been smooth sailing since and the Townsends are looking forward to the Canal, the Western Caribbean and Florida — where they have a grandchild. Tom and Joan Sauer of the Seattle-based Baba 40 Toucan think Mexico and cruising are great. "Every night is Friday night and every day is Saturday," says 40-ish Tom, who was self-employed before untying the docklines. Joan, a CPA, explains that they’re living on about $1,000 a month. Tom advises that the three great vices that corrupt a budget are alcohol, smoking and meat. We spilled a drink all over our notes, so we can’t remember if the Sauers were living on $1,000 a month despite their vices or because of them. For Joan, the biggest change brought on by cruising has been with regard to space. "Moving from a home on five acres to a boat with about 45 square feet of living space has taken some getting used to," she admits. The couple plan to be out four years.

T X he lone singlehander we met was 52year-old Ray Hutchinson of the Los GatosRoy Hutchinson of 'Native Dancer' and Los Catos is on his second cruise through Mexico.

'MERICANS IN MEXICO based Nor’West 33 Native Dancer. This is his second cruise to Mexico; his last was in ’86 aboard the Vega 27 Poco Loco. Two years later he sailed through the Canal and met up with Mike Starbuck at Playa Blanca, Panama. Hutchinson traded his Vega and some cash for Starbuck’s Peterson 44, then went into the dive-charter business with the boat in Belize. In 1990, Hutchinson sold his Peterson — then located in Guatemala’s Rio Duke — to Doug and Gail from Tahoe City. He then flew to Southeast Asia where he’s involved in resort development. Upon his return to California a year ago, he noticed a Nor’West 33 for sale in a Latitude brokerage ad and went for it. "As a singlehander, 1 like a smaller boat because there’s less upkeep and effort required to sail," he explains. Currently on a six-month sabbatical, Hutchinson will return to work in March. But he’s got his sights set on cruising to the Rio Duke again, as well as the Eastern Caribbean, Venezuela and perhaps a slow cruise across the South Pacific.

If we weren’t so open-minded, we’d never have included the 65-foot catamaran

Fishead was designed for both day charters and term charters. Alas, the partnership for the charter business has fallen through and Bir, who has owned numerous monohulls, is enjoying himself using her as a power yacht. She easily does 12 knots. Bir’s only complaint with the yacht is that she’s way too big. But he has an all-woman crew — Susan Harrington of Dunedin, New Zealand, and Robin Neuman of Maine — to compensate. Our apologies to everybody we didn’t get to meet in Puerto Vallarta; perhaps later on this season on the mainland or early this summer in the Sea of Cortez. Apologies also to Mark, Linda and Kelsey of the Alamedabased Lookfar; we hope to use your materials and photographs in the next issue.

Don Bir has his hands full with the all-woman crew of the 65-foot catamaran ‘Fishead1.

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ATOMIC FOUR T 1 he two most common customer re¬ marks heard in a boatyard are, "It wasn’t like that when I brought it in" and, "All you gotta do is..." The second one echoed through all our minds as we read The Atomic Four, Learning to Love the Bomb, in the Decem¬ ber issue of Latitude. Although we feel that the Atomic Four, like the Volkswagen Bug, is a remarkable survivor, the aging Universal auxiliary is hardly "a great example of postwar American engineering at its best." Likewise, being cheap does not necessarily make this the best sail auxiliary of its era, although it may account for the quantity still in service. The only noteworthiness one can definitively ascribe to a two-main-bearing, four-cylinder flathead engine designed in the late ’40s is that it is short. ^ . Don’t get us wrong. Like the VW bug, you gotta admire these little engines. They are paragons of simplicity. But that does not mean that there are no 'critical tolerances' as the article suggests. Most assembly clear¬ ances are similar to other gasoline engines and require that the mechanic be able to read a micrometer accurately. New parts availability is still fairly good. Our fall price list did bring us some price decreases. It didn’t change the cost of a simple overhaul much, but the price of over¬ size pistons and undersized bearings did go down significantly. .Overall, although the December article provided some useful facts, we feel it over¬ simplified dealing with the Atomic Four and in doing so presented some misinformation.

The story didn’t tell you, for example, that engine overhauls are not all the same. Maintenance history and environment play a large part in the internal and external condition of a 20-year-old engine. Some years ago, when the cost of labor and materials appeared more reasonable, 'major engine repairs' often meant total rebuilds where engine were completely stripped down and reassembled, often to produce a better than original product.

right by the job, a compromise must be wrought. The job described in Learning to Love the Bomb appears to indicate a re-ring, valve grind and bearing replacement. The article neglected to tell you that a set of oversized pistons, necessary if the cylin¬ ders are badly worn or excessively corroded, will cost $300. Boring (resizing the cylinders) should be an additional $80 or so. Crank grinding costs about the same. As you can see, just two problems and the price of poker has gone up nearly $500. Often excessive corrosion or cracking necessitates the replacement of the manifold, cylinder block or cylinder head, at a substantial cost. Atomic Four manifolds run $271; cylinder heads go for about $425. s What? you say, but it doesn’t stop there. Many mechanics (or people who call them¬ selves such) think that the only attention the Zenith carburetor needs is an overhaul kit. Many of the older carburetors however, are worn and leaking at the throttle shaft. This causes vacuum leaks and accompanying symptoms such as hard starting, rough idling, surging, hesitation, stalling, etc. Reaming, rebushing and resealing that shaft is one expensive option. Or you can buy a new car¬ buretor for $170 to $240, depending on where you shop. Painting the engine may seem like a small detail, but getting lasting results is no small chore. Lack of cleaning and painting the external surfaces is a frequent cause of trouble. Also overlooked in the article — as well as in real life — is the actual cause of a failure. At the top of the list for most engines are poorly designed or deteriorated exhaust sys¬ tems, cockpit and stuffing box leaks (onto the engine) and contaminated fuel tanks. Each of these can involve a considerable amount of fun tickets, and often all need to be addressed to promote the longevity of the newly overhauled engine.

et’s have a look at some of the costs

Maintenance history and environment play a large part in the internal and external coridliion of a 20-yeaold engineh <■

Today, replacing every wearing part and providing optimum adherence to ideal spec¬ ifications is most often not cost-effective. In other words, it would cost less to simply replace the engine with a new one. Thus, in order to meet the day’s challenge and still do Page 114 •

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involved in a minimal overhaul. A tune-up kit (even if using auto parts store materials) will run $60; a gasket kit $65. A standard piston ring set is $71. A standard bearing set is $380. A carb kit goes for $48 — without the throttle shaft bushings and seals. A ther¬

mostat is $68 and a raw water pump, $28. Cam bearings are $70. A rear seal and wear sleeve are $35. Paint, belt, hoses and clamps total about $50. The state sales tax on all that is $72, for a total of $942 just in materials. What we call contract labor is what the machine shop does for you. Cost depends on what you ask them to do. A basic overhaul goes something like this: Block hot tank and cleaning, $50; valve job, $60; crank polish, $25; cam bearing installation, $56; some resurfacing, $60; pressure testing and crack detection, $50. Again, the above represents a least case scenario. Added to the above, it totals more than $1,200. Now we get to the labor charges for dismantling and/or reassembling the unit. An average engine involves approximately 20 hours from start to finish. It should be noted that some severely corroded units take much more time to dismantle than usual. Cylinder heads do not always come off in 10 minutes unless you use a cutting torch. If $60 per hour (a fairly average shop rate) is used,

ADDENDUM but rebuildable engine) we can find for $300. But that doesn’t mean that after we’ve dis¬ mantled, cleaned and tested it, that we’re going to sell it for $300. We often have to go through several 'good' cores before finding one that’s truly useable. Let’s face it. The reason it’s so hard to find a good used marine engine is that people rarely pull a good one out! And even if they did, used saltwater-cooled engines don’t last long when exposed to air. Trapped salts, changing humidity and the oxygen in the air usually lead to rapid deterioration. This contributes greatly to the scarcity of cores. Now about conversion to fresh water cooling. In all our years of servicing and repairing these engines, we have seen about as many such conversions as VW Bugs pow¬ ered by big block Chevy engines. Let’s see: heat exchanger, $375; water pump with cus¬ tom support bracket, $300; heat exchanger mounting hardware, hoses, fittings and fasteners, thermostat modification and such, $250. Oops, we forgot labor and we’re al¬ ready over $900. You then have to ask yourself if, after spending $3,500 to remove, rebuild, and re¬ install this little gem, do you really want to want to spend another $1,300 to convert it to fresh water cooling? Even if you’re told it may hurt, rather than help? The fact is, the build-up of corroded material and mineral deposits in the water jacket generally pre¬ vents a fresh water cooling system from being effective when an engine has previ¬ ously been cooled with saltwater for an ex¬ tended period of time. The increase in sys¬ tem heat is likely to cause corrosion to penetrate a cylinder. A rebuilt Atomic Four can be better than the original. It'll also be a lot more expensive.

that’s $1,200 more for labor.

*1'he machine shop prices we’ve quoted do not include the minimum 30 percent markup normally added by repairers, so let’s throw that in. A reasonable surcharge on contract labor is necessary to cover any war¬ ranty on the repairs. In other words, if the engine fails due to a machine shop error, they only rectify the improper work, not the removal, dismantling, reassembly, reinstal¬ lation, or replacement of any other parts damaged due to the failure. Removal and replacement of the engine varies from boat to boat, but generally runs about $600. One should always anticipate some material charges due to deteriorated supporting systems. We’ve now topped the $3,000 mark for our 'minimal' overhaul. So when the Decem¬ ber article reported that professional

overhaul should run anywhere from $1,600 to $2,500 — including removal and replace¬ ment — we wonder where they got their fig¬ ures. When they warn against a shop that meets your inquiry with provisos and dis¬ claimers, we must object. No one can deter¬ mine the internal condition of an engine — and therefore an honest estimate of the

I f a bulletproof engine is the goal, diesel is the only way to go. In terms of dependa¬ bility, there is no comparison. In fact, the words 'dependable gasoline marine engine' comprise an oxymoron. There is something in the marine environment that appears dia¬ metrically opposed to spark ignition.

No one can determine the internal condition of an engine until it has been completely disassembled. repair — until it has been completely dis¬ mantled. No amount of testing can guarantee the longevity of a 20-year-old saltwater cooled block.

The idea that you can remedy a serious problem with a "$300 core" is ludicrous. We will buy any serviceable core (non-running

Having said all this, we would still encourage anyone seeking thrift or the desire to 'do it themselves' to tackle an Atomic Four. These engines can be worth repairing. We don’t feel however, that the 'simiplicity' of the Atomic Four means that repair will be either simple or inexpensive.

— mike haley & robert richard richmond boat works February, 1994 • U&foM 39 •

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MAX EBB'S ”R L^eep\

Beep! Beep!" The starting whistle pierced the Sunday morning calm of the inner harbor. Thirty seconds to go, and I was right where I wanted to be — beam reaching on port, ready to tack for the starboard layline to the favored right end of the starting line. Another boat was approaching on starboard with right-of-way, so 1 tacked into the safe leeward position. Twenty seconds. I lost a lot of speed in the tack, but it still looked good. "Leeward!" I shouted to the other boat, now drawing abeam to weather. But he luffed up to avoid me, still coasting over me with much more speed. "Trim!" I ordered my novice crew. "Move your weight forward, and let the boat heel more, and — no, that’s too tight!" The windward boat was now slightly ahead, threatening to bury me in bad air at the start. I bore off, hoping to gain speed and stay clear, at the same time yelling ’star¬ board' at another boat approaching head-on on port tack. But the port tacker flipped onto starboard with a smooth roll-tack, and by the time we were on the five-second countdown, I was getting bad air from both my compet¬ itors. "Three... two.. .one.. .go!" My crew dutifully read off her stopwatch. "Not a bad start, Max!" shouted Lee Helm, who I now saw was the skipper of the port-tacker that had slipped in right on my bow. "You’re almost at the top of the food chain in this fleet!" She was being polite. It was a second-row start, and we both knew it. I tacked back onto port for clear air. The boat to windward of me tacked to cover, while Lee got away clean to the favored left side of the course, towards the stronger wind ripples I could see on the water. She rounded the windward mark first, while I was near the tail end of the eight-boat fleet, still beating. "Pressure’s off for this race, huh Max?" she said as she slid by, jib wung out for the run, while I still struggled to find some clear air. "Does that mean we can relax and enjoy it now?" asked my crew, a middle-aged woman who was actually doing a remarkably

were doing, and rounded the mark in sev¬ enth place. My crew raised the centerboard and wung out the jib smartly, not waiting for my instructions. "Good work," 1 said, trying to make up for the verbal abuse I had been dishing out on the previous leg. "Let’s try the weight way forward and let the boat heel a little to windward."

hat was I doing in an old over¬ weight training dinghy on an almost flat calm Sunday morning? It was a deal with Lee Helm, the naval architecture student who sometimes crews for me in 'real' races on my 'big' boat. Poised to place well in one of the midwinter series, I desperately needed her help going into the final race. But she had other offers — bigger, more competitive, and, as I found out later, serving better sandwiches. So the arrangement was, for every Sunday morning that I’d race as a guest skipper in the round-robin dinghy races put on by her college sailing club, she’d deign to crew for me in one midwinter or YRA race. So there I was, terminally clumsy in a primitively rigged trainer with ancient sails, racing against seven other identical slugs skippered by brilliant young intercollegiate racers. And I was getting my clock cleaned. We held onto our seventh place for the run, passed a boat that was finishing a 720 at the leeward mark, but ended up back in sev¬ enth for the race. Lee finished first, two-fortwo so far for the day. "Nice race," I said to Lee as we glided up to the dock. "We got lucky," she grinned. "Enjoying yourself?" "I’m having fun," I answered. "But these races are just about 100% boat-for-boat tactics. As far as I can tell all the boats go about the same speed no matter how you trim them, and the legs aren’t long enough to worry much about wind strategy. It’s all in the start, the mark roundings, and covering."

"If you push back, there’s some good chemistry working. good job of moving around in the 16-foot dinghy. "No!" I snapped back. "This is a race! Ready about!" We made another sloppy attempt at a roll tack, trying to copy what the other boats

"For sure," she answered. "Keeps you on your toes, doesn’t it?" Lee was in another boat for race three, but I had a sit-out while other skippers got their turns. So I walked up to the clubhouse — really just a little shack — to watch the

next race. My crew had the race off also. "I used to be good at this kind of racing when I was in college," I told her. "But either the college racers have learned a few things over the years, or I’ve forgotten an awful lot! I can’t seem to get a good start to save my life!" "I think it’s amazing," she said, "how close you maneuver these boats without crashing into each other. I’m impressed!" "It gets to be natural enough," I said as we sat down on the clubhouse steps. I had neg¬ lected to introduce myself before our race, so we did the formalities. Her name was Shelly Ban, and she had just joined the sailing club last week. "I thought you had to be a student to join this outfit," I said, realizing that I might be committing a terrible faux pas. She appeared to be too old to be a college student — closer to my age, in fact — but you never know. "Oh no, you just have to pay a few dollars more. It’s open to the public." I told her about my boat, and explained my deal with Lee, and why I was here being humiliated at the hands of college kids. "You must be the guy Sandy told me about!" she said. It seems that we had a ■*

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mutual friend, Sandy Beaches, who had crewed for me last season. Shelly was about to join an expensive big-boat oriented yacht club, but Sandy had redirected her towards the college club. "She says that small boats are the only way to learn, and that if I’m really serious about going cruising to the South Seas, I have to start right here." "Your friend is absolutely right," said a man sitting a few feet away from us on the clubhouse steps. He spoke with what sound¬ ed at first like a British accent, but he could have been an Aussie or a Kiwi. "A 16-foot boat in 25 knots of wind behaves just like a 40-foot boat in 50 knots of wind." "That doesn’t mean you can’t learn in a boat bigger than these things, though," I said. "The bigger it is, the slower you learn," he replied. "You do fewer tacks, fewer jibes, fewer dockings, far less tight maneuvering under sail and don’t have to think as fast for any of it. Besides, if you really do go cruising to the South Seas, you really will have some nasty weather eventually, mate. No sailing school will let you take their 40-footer out in

50-knot winds to practice. The dinghy in 25 knots is the only way to acquire any skill." I asked him how he knew this, and he said he had been in several storms in the Indian Ocean with winds topping 60. His name was Sidney Hobart, and it turned out he was quite an experienced ocean racer from Australia. Even so, I was ready to make the case for primary instruction on something just a little bigger — like a Cal 20 or a Rhodes 19,

"You know," said Sidney, "4,000 years ago, someone discovered that instead of always paddling the canoe, you could hold up an animal skin to the wind and save yourself a whole lot of work." "Right," I said. "Get with the technology!" "Give him a break," said Shelly. "You guys are at least 150 years behind the times yourselves, using sails to move your boats around instead of motors," Sidney pointed to the place that gives the kayak classes, but not before a promotional flyer for the sailing club had been stuffed in the poor guy’s hands. He walked off, shaking his head. We watched the next race while I answered all of Shelly’s questions about my sailing, racing and cruising. And every time I mentioned something about my own boat, she repeated her desire to go cruising to the South Seas. Was she coming on to me? Hard to tell. I decided to assume that she had no ulterior motive. After a few more minutes it was our turn again. But because there wasn’t enough crew for all the boats, some of the skippers had to rotate into a crew position for some of the races, so that all the boats always raced doublehanded. This time I was assigned to crew in a boat skippered by Roxanne Scholes — a woman I knew from the yacht club, a very competitive racer with a small one-design keelboat. "Roxanne!" I said. "What are you doing here? Why aren’t you out racing your own boat?" "This is how I keep my starts sharp," she said. "In fact, I’ve been a member here since before I even joined the yacht club. Now cast off and hop on, we’ve got a race to win!" I untied the bow painter and jumped on the foredeck. A minute later we were circling in the pack of boats doing our pre-start maneuvers, while I read the time off my stopwatch and trimmed the jib.

he wind had filled in somewhat and

"I’ve made moves In these boats that I wouldn't

especially for a woman the age of my new friend Shelly. "No need to have the constant fear of going for a swim," I was about to say. But we were interrupted by a man walking up to the clubhouse with a question.

Ls this where I sign up for sea kayak lessons?"

backed to the south, so now the left end of the line was best. With careful timing we managed a good start at that end, which put us even with one other boat and in a slightly advantageous position on the other six. We rounded the mark a close second, and bore off to an easy reach for the jibe mark. "Good sailing!" I said. "Nice to be count¬ ing from the top for a change." February. 1994

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MAX EBB'S It’s easier when Lee is sitting out a race," she allowed. "But there’s still plenty of stiff competition. Stan Chun is right behind us, and he’ll protest anybody who even gets close. Does it all with a silly smile, though, so it’s hard to get mad at him. Gratuitous

wouldn’t dream of making in a bar!" ^^eanwhile, our weight placement

7 won f even consider going out with a man

unless the length of his boat is greater than his age!u protests are always considered fair play around here anyway. How have you been doing so far today?" "I’m getting clobbered, Roxanne. It’s been too many years since, I did this kind of racing. On the other hand, I think my crew is putting the moves on me." "You have to watch out for that around here. This sailing club can be even more of a meat market than those crew list parties!" "So I see. She’s practically invited herself to go off cruising with me already." "Is she doing the 'knee contact' thing on the boat?" "I’m not sure. What do you mean?" Roxanne looked around at the competi¬ tion, called for a centerboard adjustment, and sailed a slightly lower course to cover her inside position at the mark. I wung out the jib for a few boatlengths, then we jibed around, still in second place. "Let’s keep our weight centered in the boat as much as possible," she said, "but keep it heeled over." I moved aft a little, and she moved forward. I was crouched over the centerboard trunk, she was on the leeward seat tank, also leaning inboard. The leg of her foulies brushed up against my thigh. I would have moved out of her way had I not known that this was a demonstration. "See? I’m making physical contact, but because of all the layers of plastic in our foulies, I can pretend I don’t even know I’m doing it, like it’s just an empty fold of material up against you. If you give me space, you’re probably not interested or maybe you’re just being polite. If you don’t yield, it probably means there’s some interest there. The more involved I get with maneuv¬ ering the boat, the harder I can press against you without looking like I’m being too for¬ ward. If you push back, then there’s some good chemistry working." "Nothing new about this game," I ob¬ served. "But it works so much better in this context, with the foulies adding subtlety, and the concentration on the race giving you an excuse to be careless about body contact. Why, I’ve made moves in these boats that I Poge 118

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wasn’t really what the boat wanted for speed, and number three was gaining quick¬ ly. It was Stan Chun, the notorious protester. But Stan was crewing for a relative beginner, so Roxanne had a plan. "Just keep talking," said Roxanne. "Don’t look at him. Keep your hand on the centerboard downhaul, though. We’ll let him pass to windward, thinking we don’t see him or don’t care." He came up fast, less than half a length to windward. We waited til we were bow to bow, then on Roxanne’s nod I pulled the board down and she spun the boat to windward. "Mast abeam! Mast abeam!" yelled Stan. Bang! The boats bounced off each other. "Protest!" yelled Stan. "That’s a binding hail, gotta break off your luff! You’re outta here, do your circles!" I looked at Roxanne wondering what she would do. "Protest yourself!" she snorted back. "We got him good this time," she said to me. "You see, I can assume I have the right to luff when there’s doubt. He’s absolutely correct about the mast abeam hail being binding — but Rule 40.1 is very specific: the hail has to be made by the 'helmsman'. I knew Stan would make the hail, not the driver. So we had the right to luff him to the moon!" We rounded the leeward mark and sheeted in, only now the wind was strong enough to keep both of us on the windward side. "Observe the body language action," Roxanne instructed. "We keep the weight centered, stay low in the boat to reduce windage, I lean down to get a better view of the jib. Now there’s elbow contact, now shoulders pressing together. Any more of this, and we’re practically necking!" "How do you handle it when you’re on the other side of this situation? I’m sure there have been lots of guys who make the same moves on you, and my guess is it’s seldom welcome." "You’re right about that last part, Max. For example, I won’t even consider going out with a man unless the length of his boat

is greater than his age!" "I’m afraid I fall a bit short in that respect." "Ready about!" she said, and we tacked to avoid a covering tack by Stan. Fortunately, the lead boat was now covering Stan rather than us, unaware that Stan would probably be DSQ’d. "Actually," she continued, "the unwanted move isn’t much of a problem, because it’s so easy to signal disinterest with body pressure here. But come to think of it, there are guys who just don’t get it, and ve haff vays of dealing wiss zem." "Like what?" I asked. "Before I had my skipper’s rating at the club here, I kept getting private sailing lessons from one guy who must have really had the hots for me. He didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell, of course, and I was careful not to do anything to lead him on — beyond simply agreeing to go out sailing with him. Anyway, one day we’re all the way at the far corner of the daysailing area, and suddenly he’s all over me. He actually tried to kiss me!" "That’s a pretty serious move if it’s unwanted." "No problem. It was a windy day. I cap¬ sized the boat." "Must have cooled him right down!" I said. "It sure did! This was in April! I left him with a swamped boat to put away, too. He never bothered me again. On bigger boats, though, the unwanted sexual advances of the owner can be a little more serious. My favorite trick is to threaten to toss winch handles over the side if the skipper gets fresh." "Have you actually ended up doing that?" I asked. Roxanne nodded. We finished a very close second, almost passing the lead boat at the finish line, but not quite.

I was a skipper again for the next race, and my crew was an experienced racer named May Day. She explained that even though she thought she was perfectly qualified for her skipper’s rating, every time she went out for her sailing test something terrible happened. One time the boat was dismasted, another time the wind died and they had to be towed back in. "The greatthing about the way they teach here," she explained, "is that as soon as you’re a skipper, you’re also an instructor! And I really want to start teaching. I know it’s

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the only way to really get up to a high level of skill quickly. Well, teaching and racing. And as soon as I can pass that stupid sailing test without something going wrong, then I can skipper in these races." We got a beautiful start. Probably just luck, but we were the only boat at the favored end of the line with speed. And with the help of May’s perfect roll tacks, we held our lead up to the top mark. That’s when we ran aground. May raised the centerboard quickly enough, but with no speed we drifted sideways into the mark, and forgetting the last two rule changes, 1 started to go back to re-round before one of the other racers reminded me — as he sailed into the lead — that all I had to do was a 360. Back to the middle of the fleet, we had to settle for a fifth place finish. "So like, how do you like racing with us kids?" asked Lee, tying her boat up after the last race. "Does it make you feel like a newbie again?" "Let’s just say it was eye-opening," I allowed. "But at least I never came in last! Thank heavens for that one guy who was

always behind me!” "Oh yes, the guy from Switzerland, Bjorn Toulouse. Helena Handbasket, his girlfriend, was crewing for him today. They’re here every week — they try hard, and they’re nice people and all. They’ve crewed on some big boats in Europe, even a couple of Admirals Cups — but as far as skippering is con¬ cerned, Bjorn just doesn’t seem to get it." Just then Bjorn was walking by with his nose in a book, as if to check something that had just happened on the race course. "Yacht Racing Rules Made Practically Incomprehensible, by Miles B. Hind," read the cover. "Nice racing with you today," I said. "Sank you,” he said in his heavy accent. "But I vood like very much to crew on beeger boats." In a second he had one of my boat’s 'business cards’, and a tentative crew spot for next weekend’s race. I helped Lee to unrig, then went back to the clubhouse steps to listen to the protest hearings. "They’re in an open format here,"

explained Lee. "Instead of the usual closed session, here we all get to listen to everything. It’s like, very educational." "There was that one guy who seemed to protest in every race," I noted. "Oh yeah, Stan Chun. Protest-A-Rama. He doesn’t really mean any harm, though." We sat down on the steps, next to Rox¬ anne, while the principals in the first case were called and the hearing was brought to order.

^^eanwhile, a young student — who must have been a freshman, and couldn’t possibly have been older than 18 — came walking up to the group of docksailors on the clubhouse steps. He was extremely well built, and it wouldn’t have surprised me if he was in school on a sports scholarship. He had a deep tan with a ski-goggle pattern still visible on his face. Lee, Roxanne and even Shelly had their radars locked on target as he walked towards us. "Can anybody give me a lesson?" he asked innocently. "Sure," said Roxanne. "But wouldn’t you rather go sailing?" — max ebb

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With reports this month on the advantages of crewed yacht chartering, West Indian logic, spring sailing in Baja, expedition chartering and worldwide charter notes.

Crewed Chartering vs. Bareboating: Weighing the Options Because Latitude readers are generally bonafide hands-on sailors, our coverage of international yacht chartering is often heavily weighted towards bareboating rather than crewed chartering. But in the interest of fairness, let’s put the two options in. per¬ spective. Many a macho sailing stud sees bareboat chartering as an annual rite of passage — an opportunity for conquest where he can prove his mastery over wind, waves, electrical systems and eternally-cursed marine toilets. For him, the zen of unassisted anchor hoisting each morning is pleasurable pain he will savor weeks later, back at the office. You can find a boat for any occasion within Antigua's incredible charter fleet. 'Colt International' is a swift Race Week challenger.

But — luckily — this is not everyone’s vision of chartering. Wives and girlfriends, for example, rarely embrace the title of 'galley wench' with euphoric glee. And why should they, when they know that for the price of a decent hotel room they could be pampered with first class service morning, noon and night by a captain and crew that actually do know what they’re doing and where they’re going. After all, this is supposed to be a vacation, not work! But choosing a crewed yacht is not just a means to appease the ladies. In fact, there are some very strong arguments that even a macho salt could swallow. Ask Dana Nicholson, who grew up skipping over the docklines of maxi sloops and mega yachts at Antigua’s famous Dockyard. (Her grand¬ father was one of the true pioneers of the industry after World War II.) "A luxury yacht gives you first class service; they do all the cooking and cleaning so you can just enjoy yourself. And you can see more islands and anchorages with a crewed yacht," says Dana, "because there’s no extra charge for a one¬ way charter." Also, an experienced professional crew invariably knows more about a given area, and can share insider’s knowledge of the best anchorages and attractions ashore — bars, restaurants, hiking trails, etc. Despite the sluggish world economy, business is brisk in the Eastern Caribbean — bookings through Nicholson’s Antigua clear¬ ing house are expected to see a 10% increase this year. The unchallenged charter hub of the Windwards and Leewards, Antigua is a sunkissed mecca for many of the world’s most spectacular charter yachts. The annual Nicholson charter boat show (held every December) featured over 150 pristine yachts this year, from modest 40-footers to the gleaming 115-foot showboat Snow Goose. Although many boats are already booked for the Caribbean’s ultimate serious/fun regatta, Antigua Sailing Week (April 24 May 1), a number of prime racing machines are still available, including a hot Olson 30 and two Frers 49 sisterships with IOR ratings and plenty of sails. (If you’re serious, hire a comfy mother ship too, to eat, sleep and party on.) Having a local captain — or guide — on board to furnish local knowledge, can

home a trophy. 'Race Week' is the symbolic end to the charter season, but there’s still great sailing here all summer long. "June and July are my favorite months," says Dana Nicholson. "The wind is not so rough, the water is much clearer for scuba diving, there are fewer tourists and the locals have much better attitudes!" Whether your motive for chartering is to race against the Caribbean’s finest, or simply to pursue a couple weeks of footloose stress therapy, consider the advantages of a crewed luxury yacht. It will definitely cost more than bareboating, but the added value may be well worth the price of admission. — latitude/at A Taste of B.V.I. Logic Your B.V.I. charter article warmed my 'New-York-in-December arse' by reminding

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Spring Sailing in the Sea of Cortez You can’t beat Mexico’s Sea of Cortez for a quick charter getaway, particularly if you live on the West Coast. The Moorings’ base at La Paz offers 30 - 51-foot sailboats, providing quick access to the many islands and anchorages to the north. I recently made a short trip from this wonderful new base, but I still have fond memories of an earlier trip, when my wife Suzanne and I chartered out of the original base at Puerto Escondido. My best college buddy, now an airline pilot, and his wife flew out from New Jersey to join us. This was over Easter week, when the strong northerly winds had subsided, and the wind normally varies from north to east , to south. During these conditions we often go with the wind, sailing north on the

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Swans like sleek, sexy 'Narida' flock to the Windwards and Leewards seeking stiff breezes, camaraderie and charter guests. me of a laughable experience on my trip there. On the lovely isle of Virgin Gorda there is a soccer field. The topography of this island is rather like a volcano sticking up out of the ocean, so naturally this ’field’ is not level. In fact, it isn’t even remotely close to being level — it’s sloped about 20-25° from one goal to the other. While this location is probably the closest thing to level ground on this very hilly island, level it is not. But the locals don’t seem to mind. In fact they’ve devised a very workable solution — albeit a ’no problem mon’ approach. You see, rather than bull-dozing to level the field, they use the ’T.H.S.’ (Tropical Handicap System). The opposing teams are made up of men of different age groups — that is, of different

generations! Gray and white-haired gentlemen play against men in their teens, 20s and 30s. But the elders play only downhill. There’s no changing goals after each period. The young men always play uphill and the older gents always play downhill. It’s so simple — and it works! I don’t know how the competition usually ends but the wonderful game I had the pleasure of watching ended when a very large bull returned from wandering down the road and laid down right in front of the downhill goal! — rich patterson the beautiful bronx, new york In Praise of the ’Little Guys’ We recently returned from a two-week cruise on a Beneteau 432 from Conch Charters. All the people we met in the B.V.I. were very nice and we especially had great service from Conch. One thing that could have made the difference in the islanders’ attitudes towards

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southerlies and south when it shifts. It’s surprising how often this has resulted in an enjoyable, if somewhat random, itinerary. We got as far north as San Juanico, a favorite anchorage, and as far south as Bahia Agua Verde. At the 'Yacht Club' there, we barbecued a whole small goat — nicknamed 'Billy Bob' — for Easter dinner. Buying him at the carniceria in Loreto was one of the novelties of provisioning in Baja. And after letting him marinate for three days in the fridge, we had gotten used to seeing him staring up at us each time we went for a beer or a coke. (We made delicious goat tacos with the leftovers!) Our ten-day sail was great, our friends want to do it again soon. We saw whales, dolphins and — while snorkeling at Agua Verde — a prehistoric-looking scorpionfish, who was lying so still on a rock that we thought he might be dead. When we poked him with a very long stick (to avoid his venomous spines), he shot off the rock straight towards us, causing a mad scramble backwards and a few scrapes from the rocks behind. Needless to say, the poor fellow was only trying to escape, not attack. We like spring or fall best in the Sea of Cortez. The weather is too hot in July and August and the water is too cold in the winter. We have windsurfed in the winter months without a wetsuit, but for extended snorkeling you do need a suit at that time of year. Now that The Moorings has moved to La Paz there are more choices in air travel. Since we live in San Diego, we fly in from

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Nevertheless, the Sea of Cortez is nothing like the Virgin Islands — or the Windwards and Leewards for that matter. You can’t plan to go ashore for dinner or shopping on every island. In fact, according to Mexican law, the islands in the Sea of Cortez cannot be permanently populated, so all you see ashore most places are itinerant fish camps. Unlike the Eastern Caribbean, Baja offers uncrowded anchorages, good fishing and no boat boys hustling T-shirts or services. The new Moorings base is at La Paz’ modern Marina Palmira, just north of the center of town, and the closest marina to the islands and anchorages. It offers an excellent complement of services, including an on-site hotel and restaurant. We sailed north, exploring the many anchorages on the west side of the Islas

Espiritu Santo and Partida, then up to visit the sea lion colony on Los Islotes. At the next island, San Francisco, we spent the after¬ noon windsurfing and hiking ashore from a beautiful southern cove. Unfortunately we had only three days on this trip, which certainly wasn’t long enough. But we’ll definitely be back again before long. — john pew seabreeze bookstore, san diego Formula for Charter Success: Break Out of the Mold Most charter boat owners follow the herd, assuming that "if other boats can make money in this market, we can too." Unfor¬ tunately, it doesn’t always work out that way. In the Virgin Islands, for example, dozens of perfectly good charter yachts teeter on the brink of insolvency year after year because, frankly, the market is flooded.

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If you can scrounge up a dozen weeks of charters doing the standard milk run through the B.V.I., you’re considered a success. Meanwhile, a few stalwart individualists like A1 and Irene Whitney have chosen a tack 180° from the mainstream. Fifteen years ago they were among the early pioneers of Pacific Northwest chartering; they offered sailing expeditions focused on appreciation of nature and wildlife long before the phrase 'eco travel' had been coined. Not only that, they booked their boat by the berth to all types of people. Charter brokers thought they were nuts. "It’ll never sell," they warned. But the brokers were wrong. These days, after many successful seasons touring the remote Queen Charlotte Islands and elsewhere along the Pacific coast, A1 and

Charter Notes Even though we are still deep in the throes of winter, now’s the time to be planning summer charters. In April the rainy season will be ending in the South Pacific, opening up enticing destinations like Tahiti, Fiji, Vanuatu and Tonga. Speaking of which, there is still time to reserve a boat (or berth) for Latitude 38’s first South Pacific flotilja in the DARWIN SOUND

After a recent upgrade to her heating system and other improvements, 'Darwin Sound' is now ready to tackle the Arctic.

Irene are blazing trails with their Ocean 71 Darwin Sound in places most charter skippers couldn’t even find on a chart. Between April and September they’ll take clients through the magical fjords of Norway and Sweden, Scotland’s Orkney and Shetland Islands and across the Arctic Ocean to Spitsbergen — a whaling haven of olden days, which abounds with whales, walruses, polar bears and sea birds (latitude 78° N). In addition to all this, they plan a side trip to Turkey and Greece aboard two chartered 50-foot sloops. Other expeditions in recent years have taken they to as diverse places as Cuba and Finland. In terms of actual bookings, Darwin Sound has got to be one of the most successful charter yachts afloat. They run chock-a-block full for six months a year, then take the winter off to ski back home at Whistler, B.C. Meantime, they seem to be breaking all the rules! They carry as many as 14 guests and crew, yet the trips are not particularly cheap; they book by the berth, they hardly ever advertise — and they bring along their kids! But despite the rumblings of non-believers, it works. Why? Primarily because they have captured a niche market which few others, if any, have ever taken the trouble to pursue. Compared to doing a tropical milk run, it is a tremendous amount of work to prepare for these offbeat expeditions, but one of the defining attractions of trips on Darwin Sound is the assurance that A1 and Irene will have done their homework well and will be able to recite infinite details about the wildlife, geography and cultures of the areas they explore. The inclusion of renowned natural¬ ists and local experts in the crew also adds to the draw. A1 and Irene both have dynamic person¬ alities which give guests an instant sense of excitement and well being. Both are former teachers who love sharing their knowledge and adventures with guests, many of whom have become close friends. If attracting repeat business is the mark of success, they are definitely winners — one client has done 11 trips and many more have done six or seven. What about the kids? As A1 says, the idea of having them on board probably does turn

some people off and they simply don’t sign up. For his regular guests though, the kids seem to be a very positive asset. After all, you are buying into a lifestyle here, not a typical luxury charter. For their part, A1 and Irene point out that they spend more time with their kids than anyone they know. The kids learn their ABCs under sail while gleaning the incomparable education achieved through exotic travel. For Would-be charter operators, the Whitneys make a strong case for breaking free of the traditional mold — and there is plenty of room to open up other niche markets. Call your West Coast charter broker for more info on Darwin Sound (most of them now do believe) or contact the Whitneys direct at (604) 932-3107 (phone or fax). — latitude/at

The wayfaring Whitneys have shared experiences few families can match. Talk about alternative education!

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THE RACING

With reports this month on eight mostly windless midwinter races, results of Key West Race Week, entries in the upcoming San DiegoManzanillo Race, a photo essay on broaching, and the usual ration of race notes at the end. Pray for wind!

RYC Small Boat Midwinters The numbers were off a bit from last month — 170 boats versus the recordbreaking 195 in December — but the fun factor was high at Richmond YG’s Small Boat Midwinters on January 2. A "chilly northerly allowed for a full day of racing — three races on the outside course and five inside the breakwater. By the end of the afternoon, the breeze was strong enough to death-roll a few boats, including El Toro, Sr. winner (and non-swimmer) Hank Easom. For the February 6 and March 6 races, the race committee is considering including a Portsmouth Rule 'open class' for any dinghies who don’t field enough entries for a one design start — such as the Lido 14s, 470s, JY 15s and Coronado 15s at this last regatta. If you’re interested in dinghies, be sure to check out one or both of SBRA’s excellent Sail A Small Boat Days at Richmond YC on the Saturday before the last two midwinters

INNER COURSE (five races):

EL TORO, JR. — 1) R. Sjoberg; 2) D. Jones; 3) K. Hall; 4) J. Martin; 5) N. Nash; 6) J. Amen; 7) C. Freitas; 8) P. Diola; 9) L. Snetsinger; 10) D. Carlon. (21 boats) EL TORO, SR. — 1) H. Easom; 2) F. Paxton; 3) C. Nash; 4) J. Joy; 5) D. Silva; 6) M. Adams; 7) J. Warfield; 8) J. DeWitt; 9) D. Seifers; 10) C. Morris. (24 boats) JESTER — 1)C. Watts; 2) A. Lacour; 3) D. Bassano; 4) I. Klitza; 5) P. Tara. (15 boats) SNIPE — 1) D. Cefali; 2) Stine/Steiger; 3) S. Casalaina; 4) J. Gilmour; 5) C. Heimler. (9 boats) OUTER COURSE (three races):

INTERNATIONAL CANOE — 1) Bruce Bradfute; 2) Del Olsen; 3) Paul Miller; 4) Fran De Faymoreau. (6 boats) WYLIE WABBIT — 1) Jon Stewart; 2) Colin Moore; 3) Bill Erkelens, Jr.; 4) Bill Partridge. (9 boats) LASER — 1) Will Benedict; 2) Paul Kerner; 3) Matt McQueen; 4) Tom Dobroth; 4) Jon Howell; 6)

1-14 — 1) Keith Stahnke; 2) David Klipfel; 3) 'Bates'; 4) Alan Laflin; 5) Jim Wondolleck; 6) Schmidt/Livingston. (11 boats) FIREBALL — 1) Pierrick Pedron; 2) Scott Rovanpera. (3 boats) LASER II — 1) Katherina Kuzina; 2) Dave Chatham; 3) Rich Lowell; 4) Matt Mink; 5) Gary Bergero. (5 boats) FJ — 1) Karl Dake; 2) Linda Brandon; 3) Joe Doering. (5 boats) THISTLE — 1)Mr. Volelsong; 2) Mr. Westland. (4 boats) BYTE — 1) Michele Logan; 2) John Amen; 3) Gene Harris. (5 boats) LIGHTNING — 1) Bruce Arnold; 2) Elissa Hall McQuillin. (4 boats)

(February 5 and March 5). It’s a great opportunity to testsail different boats, chat with class representatives, and basically fritter the day away on the always pleasant Richmond Riviera. Call the SBRA Hotline for details, (408) 264-7245. Pnno 139 »

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From 'Yucca' to Etchells to dinghies, Hank Easom can do it all. Currently, he's the hot new kid on the El Toro block. Madhaven Thirumalni. (28 boats) 505 — 1) Andreasen/Hopkins; 2) Tobin/Watters; 3) Cooper/Marion. (5 boats)

MULTIHULL — 1) Wayne Mooney, Hobie20; 2) Bill Erkelens, Sr., Prindle 19; 3) Margaret Harris, Hobie 20. (9 boats)

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Art Mowry; 2) National Biscuit, Schumacher 35, Colin Case; 3) Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider; 4) My Rubber Duckie, Hobie 33, Lee Garami; 5) Breakout, Santana 35, Les Raos. (10 boats) DIV. IV (117-140) — 1) Advantage II, J/29, Pat & Will Benedict; 2) Wave Dancer, J/29, Richard Leevey; 3) Rantum Scantum, J/29, Unknown. (8 boats) DIV. V (141-197) — 1) Harem, IOD, Noel Markley; 2) War 2, Schumacher 26, Roger Peter; 3) Hecate, IOD, Dennis Jermaine; 4) Xarifa, IOD, Jeff Hager. (11 boats; all others DNF) DIV. VI (198) — 1) Crazy Jane, Thunderbird, Doug Carroll; 2) Cardinal Sagehen, Knarr, Doug Hansen. (8 boats; all others DNF) DIV. VII (199-up) — 1) Dulcenea, Coronado 27, John Slivka; 2) Shazam!, Santana 22, Bud Sandkulla; 3) Esea Rider, Santana 22, Joe Schmidt. (6 boats; all others DNF) SEAWEED SOUP STANDINGS (3 of 4 races) — 1) (tie) Wild Flower and Dulcenea, 2.25 points; 3) Bondi Tram, 4.5, 4) War 2, 4.75; 5) Advantage II, 5.75; 6) Shazam!, 6; 7) Crazy Jane, 6.5; 8) Expeditious, 7; 9) National Biscuit, 9; 10) Cardinal Sagehen, 9.75.

'High Risk1 high and dry in the Golden Gate Midwinters. Inset, 'War 2' (aka 'Maidenform') flaunts her bold new mainsail look.

and cold, the wind blew from the south at less than 5 knots, and a 5-knot ebb ran through the starting line. Still, 72 intrepid boats showed up for the third of four Golden Gate YC Midwinter races. Given the minus tide, a lot of boats ran aground just getting out of the harbor. With upwind marks of Blossom Rock for the big boats and Fort Mason for the little ones, the fleet hugged the shore to get around the point at the end of the breakwater. Over a dozen boats hit bottom (all but High Risk were able to get off and keep racing) and many skippers had the chance to start sev¬ eral times in the adverse current. Twenty-eight boats threw in the towel as the fleet crawled up the Cityfront. Event¬ ually, the current simmered down and the wind picked up just enough to get the dimin¬

ished fleet around the course. Scott Easom’s Frers 41 Bondi Tram was first around the 7.45-mile course in 2 hours, 28 minutes. "We were tied up and on our second cocktail before anyone else even finished," claimed Bondi bowman Steve Marsh. Still tied for the overall series lead are Wild Flower and Dulcenea, each sporting three bullets. Mount Gay is sponsoring the party after the last race of the series (February 5, unless the weather forces a make-up race on March 5). DIV. I (0-71) — 1) Bondi Tram, Frers 41, Scott Easom; 2) Bravura, Farr 44, Cal Berkeley; 3) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou & Paula Pambianco; 4) Susie Kate's, 11:Metre, Priscilla Troy; 5) Phantom, J/44, Jack Clapper. (14 boats) DIV. II (72-75) — 1) Danville Express, Express 37, Andy Hall; 2) Slithergadee, J/35, John Neisley; 3) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom; 4) Skye, J/35, Dave Corbin; 5) Spindrift, Express 37, Lynn & Larry Wright. (16 boats) DIV. Ill (76-116) — 1)Wild Flower, Santana 35,

OYC Brunch Series "We really weren’t prepared for such a big response on our first effort, but we were very satisfied," claimed Ted Mattson, chair¬ man of Oakland YC’s new low-key Brunch Series. "It’s sure to grow." The inaugural event, held on January 9, attracted 21 boats. After 100 sailors stuffed 1 themselves with brunch and covered them- , selves with sunscreen, a short race (2.5-mile windward-leeward) was held in light air on the Estuary. "In this series, if you ever put on ■ foul weather gear or break into a sweat, you’re doing something wrong!" claimed race spokeswoman Diana Jessie. DIV. I (0-169) — 1) Logical Switch, Express 37, Fred Joyce; 2) Salt Shaker, Rogers 39, Jim Jessie; 3) Marrakesh, Express 34, Doug Hipsley. (10 boats) DIV. II (170-up) — 1) LeloToo, Tartan 30, Emile Carles; 2) Snow' Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson; 3) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Rienhart. (11 boats)

BYC/MYCO Midwinters The third weekend of the Berkeley/Metro¬ politan Midwinters, held on January 8-9, was another less-than-satisfying occasion. "We’ve got to be the unluckiest midwinter series on the Bay," sighed race official Bobbi Tosse. "I guess it was just our turn this year." First the good news: Saturday’s race attracted 105 boats despite a scheduling February. 1994 • UlUcJt 39 • Page 133

conflict with the Golden Gate Midwinters. A feeble southerly, combined with rain and fog, made for less than ideal sailing conditions, but at least almost everyone finished the 8.8-mile course. The bad news came on Sunday, when only two boats finished — Special Edition and Corsair, the latter of which made the 5 p.m. cutoff with two minutes to spare. The wind on Sunday, what little there was Page 134 « DiUUt 39 • February. 1994

of it, came from the east, so 'A' was the upwind mark. Unfortunately, the committee boat that day drew seven feet and on the -1 tide couldn’t get up to 'A' to shorten the course. "We watched helplessly as time ran out," explained Tosse. "I wasn’t very popular at the club that night." This was the third time in a row that disaster has struck the jinxed Sunday Series: in November, there was too much wind

(three dismastings and many DNS’s); in December, only 9 boats finished in light air; and only the aforementioned 2 boats finished this month. A make-up race will be sailed on February 6. SATURDAY, 7/8: - -

DIV. A (0-117) — 1) Absolute 88, Wyiie 37, Keith MacBeth; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30 SX, Pat Brown; 3) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 39, Jonathan Livingston. (6 boats)

IOR 'broach coaches' of yesteryear. As photographers, we miss these entertaining beasts; as sailors, we're glad they're all but extinct. All photos Latitude’ archives.

DIV. A-2 (120-132) — 1) Takeoff, Laser 28, Greg & Ron Byrne; 2) Redux, Olson 9115, Nick Barnhill. (4 boats) DIV. B (135-195) — 1) Heatwave, Wavelength 24, Mike Whalen; 2) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, John Siegel; 3) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber. (10 boats)

DIV. D (207-up) — 1) Thumper, Wilderness 21, Erich & Maggie Bauer; 2) Madman Across the Water, Santana 20, Steve Katzman; 3) Ah Wilderness!, Wilderness 21, Jim Gibbs. (5 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Snowman, Greg Dyer; 2) Carbonated, Hans Williams. (4 boats)

OLSON 30 — 1) Liquid Gait, Jack Easterday; 2) Saint Anne, Dick & Bruce Heckman; 3) Killer Rabbit, William Coverdale. (8 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Sonita, Norman Davant/A. Knier; 2) New Wave, Buzz Blackett; 3) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell; 4) Phoenix, Kim Harbeck; 5) Frog in French, Kame Richards. (18 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Hot Rod Lincoln, Charles Witcher; 2) #48, Dave Hodges; 3) Free Flight, Pat Mitchell. (9 boats) February, 1994 •L*X^UJUZi*

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THE RACING J/24 — 1) Physical Therapy, Chris Moeller; 2) Snow Job, Brian Coepfrich; 3) Hardtack, Charles Allen; 4) Wonder Woman, Dines/Kennelly/Pugh; 5) Lepre¬ chaun, John Bromstad. (20 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen; 2) Double Agent, Ron Landmann; 3) Chesapeake, Jim Fair. (6 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman; 2) Mariner, Bruce Darby; 3) Achates, Bill Schultz. (8 boats) CATALINA 27 — 1) White Satin, Steve Rienhart; 2) Catalyst, Ed Durbin; 3) Freyja, Larry Nelson. (5 boats) CAL 20 — 1) Andulucia, Dick Taylor. (2 boats) SUNDAY, 7/9: DIV. I (0-132) — 1) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan. (8 boats; all others DNF) OLSON 30 — 1) Corsair, Don Newman. (5 boats; all others DNF) (all other fleets DNFed)

LMSC Midwinter Series Because December’s racing was canceled due to soggy weather, the first races of Lake Merritt Sailing Club’s 1993-94 Edna Robin¬ son Memorial Midwinter Series occurred on January 9. Winds were typical for this time of year (read: light), but at least the sun shone as 29 boats got in three low-key races. The series resumes on Sunday, February 12. Like last year, the entry fee for the day is a bargain at only $4. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.; the skipper’s meeting around 10:30 a.m.; and lunch, which is available for a small fee, sometime after the first one or two races. Call race chairman John Hege at (510) 832-4261 if you’re interested in joining the fun. EL TORO — 1) Walt Andrews, 5.5 points; 2) Jeff Joy, 7.75; 3) Cordy Nash, 8; 4) Bob Hrubes, 13; 5) George Morris, 20; 6) Ron Locke, 20; 7) Steve Miller, 22; 8) Jim Cozine, 23; 9) Jim Warfield, 25; 10) Frank Healy, 27. (13 boats) FJ — 1) Joe Doering, 2.25 points; 2) Linda Brandon, 7; 3) John Aitken, 8. (4 boats) HOLDER 12 — 1) George Pedrick, Sr., 1.5 points; 2) (tie) Del Locke and Jim Kearney, 5. (4 boats) LIDO 14 — 1) Doug Hamilton, 3.5 points; 2) Jim Boissier, 5.75. (4 boats) SNIPE — 1) Jim Grubbs, 2.25 points; 2) Doug Cefali, 6. (4 boats)

Key West Race Week While the East Coast froze and Southern California rock ’n rolled, a record-breaking 176-boat fleet materialized at Yachting’s seventh annual Key West Race Week. As many as 2,000 sailors from 13 countries and 25 states invaded the tiny resort town on January 17-21 for what has unquestionably become the nation’s premier winter regatta. In fact, attendance was up 50% from last Page 136 • LaWr 3? • February. 1994

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5 year’s 113-boat turnout, mainly because one design classes — particularly the 28-boat Melges 24 fleet — were included for the first time. Three separate race circles were needed to accommodate the four one design and nine handicap classes (one IOR, two IMS, six PHRF). Each of the seven races in the series were windward/leewards ranging from 7 to 21 miles, most sailed under grey skies and stiff 20-30 knot breezes. The blustery conditions — quite challenging by East Coast standards — resulted in several dismastings, a few nasty collisions, many blown-out sails and plenty of great war stories at the post-race Mt. Gay parties. Boat of the Week honors went to Thomas-I-Punkt, which topped the 10 sisterships in the hot new Mumm 36 class. In addition to the usual pickle dishes, owner Thomas Friese of Hamburg, Germany, scored two much more practical trophies: a trip for two to the Bitter End YC in the British Virgins and his weight in Champagne Mumm. Presumably, driver Russell Coutts and tactician Larry Klein — who contributed to I-Punkt’s two-point victory over the Jim Brady-driven Atalanti — will share in the bubbly booty. Here’s the rundown on the 'glamour classes': John Kolius steered Mark Morita’s Champosa to victory in the ever-shrinking 50-footer class; designer Bruce Nelson took IMS-A with John Thompson’s N/M 49 Infin¬ ity, Helmut Jahn’s Farr 39 Flash Gordon took IMS-B (which might have gone to Bob Garvie’s N/M 43 Bullseye had they not PMSed the third race); and Terry McSweeney of Cleveland, with sailmaker Mark

Bob Garvie's ‘Bullseye', seen above at last sum¬ mer's Stone Cup, was the only Bay Area boat to bring home silver from Key West Race Week.

Reynolds aboard, won the Melges 24 class with The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing when Harry Melges and the Full Throttle gang choked in the last race. Bullseye, whose entire crew took home Citizen watches on Wednesday as Boat of the Day, was by far the top Northern California finisher. Hasso Plattner’s R/P 50 Morning Glory finished 6th in IMS-A; Bob Harf’s B-25 Bloodvessel was 10th in PHRF 6; and in the Melges 24 class, Route 66 (Allan Bray/Seadon Wijsen) was 8th and Nantucket Sleighride (Oliver Coolidge/Greg Dorland) was 13th. SoCal Melgi sailors fared slightly better — John Kilroy’s unnamed boat was 5th, Tim Hanke’s Iceman was 7th, and Bill Fortenberry’s Meltdown was 17th. INTERNATIONAL 50 — 1) Champosa, Farr 50; 2) Corum Saphir, Farr 50; 3) Carat VII Citroen, Farr 50; 4) Heaven Can Wait, Farr 50. (7 boats) IMS A — 1) Infinity, N/M 49; 2) Falcon, Tripp 50; 3) Full Cry, Farr 50; 4) Gaucho, Farr 44; 5) Merrythought, Frers 62. (12 boats) IMS B — 1) Flash Gordon, Farr 39; 2) Bullseye, N/M 43; 3) Slip Sliding Away, N/M 43; 4) Wired, N/M 43; 5) Numbers, Taylor 42. (11 boats) MUMM 36 — 1) Thomas-I-Punkt, Germany; 2) Atalanti, Greece; 3) Aero Sail, Germany; 4) Pigs in Space, USA; 5) Kiwi, England. (11 boats) J/35 — 1) Instigator; 2) Gunsmoke; 3) Inside Trader. (8 boats)' J/80 — 1) Rhode Warrior; 2) Cunning Stunts; 3) Banjo. (11 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) The Meek Shall Inherit

SHEET itors on both days — including the Antrim 30+ Erin in her debut — to get swept past the finish line and DNF. Shoreside activities on Saturday night centered around the beer keg (courtesy of Pineapple Sails), the CYC ballroom (over 200 dinners were served, followed by dancing), and for the true party animals, over to Sam’s for late night carousing. After two days of drifting in and out of Raccoon Strait, eight of the 14 classes saw ties for first place. The four-race series resumes (and concludes) on February 19-20. Results at 'halftime' follow:

Nothing; 2) Full Throttle; 3) Zenda Flyer. (28 boats) PHRF 1 — 1) Jager, Nautor 52; 2) Fatal Attraction, Tripp 40; 3) Games, Swan 51. (10 boats) PHRF 11 — 1) Woftam, SR-33; 2) Rum-An', Beneteau 435; 3) Arete, Oyster 42. (15 boats) PHRF III — 1) White Trash, Olson 29; 2) Zoo III, N/M 29; 3) Kelly, Beneteau First Class 10. (15 boats) PHRF IV — 1) TCV, Frers 33; 2) Glass Frog, Nightwind 35; 3) Impetuous, Frers 33. (26 boats) PHRF V — 1) Hustler, J/29; 2) Burnin' Daylight, Tripp 26; 3) Coyote Ugly, Lindenberg. (17 boats) PHRF VI — 1) Fast Times, J/27; 2) Fortune Cookie, B-25; 3) Flying Circus, Pearson Flyer. (16 boats)

Corinthian YC Midwinters Despite many obstacles — competition from Encinal YC’s popular Jack Frost Series, the 49er-Giants playoff game, post-Christmas blues, skiing, a three-day holiday weekend and all the other ’excuses' race committees come up against this time of year — Corinthian YC’s 1994 Midwinter Series attracted 118 boats on January 15-16. That’s down from their record high of 142 boats in 1991, but a definite improvement over last year. Mother Nature, however, was unmoved by the racers’ renewed enthusiasm for CYC’s series, punishing them with a fickle 0-5 knot northerly and a 2.5-knot flood each day. Race chairman Colin Gilboy wisely chose short North Bay courses both days, using the odoriferous Southampton Shoals platform as the 'upwind' mark for both races. Ironically, after several long hours on the race course, the late afternoon ebb caused many compet-

PHRF I (0-72) — 1) Fever, J/35, Barry Danieli/ Tim Russell, 2.75 points; 2) (tie) Leading Lady, Peterson 40, Bob Klein, and Melange, Express 37, Steve Chamberlin, 6. (11 boats) PHRF II (73-99) — 1) (tie) Mischief, Soverel 33, Bill Moore, and Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider, 3.75 points; 3) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Garami, 6. (9 boats) PHRF III (100-138) — 1) (tie) Mr. Bad Example, Express 27, John Hauser/Dave Gruver, and Guneukitschek, Express 27, John Collins, 2.75 points; 3) Zilla, B-25, Mark Thomas, 11. (16 boats) PHRF IV (139-172) — 1) (tie) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum, and Outbound, Olson 25, Bill Blosen, 6 points; 3) (tie) Movin On, Jeanneau 32, Bob Neal, and Ruckus, Newport 30 Mk. I, Paul Von Wiedenfield, 11. (16 boats) PHRF V (173-up) — 1) (tie) Ah Wilderness!, Wilderness 21, Jim Gibbs, and Groundhog Day, Santana 20, Spooge Syndicate, 2.75 points; 3) Summer Wind, O'Day 27, James Nuss, 6.(11 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (0-185) — 1) QE3, Tartan Ten, Greg Melanson, 1.5 points; 2) Impetus, Unknown, Francis Hevern, 5; 3) Starlight, Capri 30,

20, John Nooteboom, 3.75; 3) Samsara, Kim Ford/ Kay Rudiger, 5. (8 boats) SHORTHANDED — 1) (tie) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Brian Boschma, and Peregrine, Unknown, Mike Hockin, 4.75 points. (3 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) (tie) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, and The Wild Thing, F-24, VicThiry, 2.75 points; 3) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg, 7. (7 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) Illusion, Kevin Burrell, 2.75 points. (3 boats) SOLING — 1) (tie) Derf, Rowland/O'Bryan, and Pandemonium, Ken Grayson, 2.75 points. (4 boats) 11:METRE — 1) Sebastiani Vineyards, John Sweeney, 1.5 points; 2) Adrenalin Rush, Dinkel/ Luckes, 5; 3) Ronstan, Alistair Murray, 7. (7 boats) KNARR — 1) Huldra, Jim Skarr, 2.75 points; 2) Cardinal Sagehen, Doug Hansen, 7; 3) Kaereste, Joe Casey, 9.75. (10 boats) IOD — 1) (tie) Quickstep II, Mark Pearce, and Hecate, Dennis Jermaine, 2.75 points. (3 boats)

Santa Cruz YC Midwinters "Windwise, it’s been really stagnant down here," lamented race chairman Mike Evans. "We haven’t seen over 10 knots in months." Saturday, January 15, was no exception, as race five of the Santa Cruz YC Midwinter Series occurred under sunny skies in 0 to 5 knots of breeze. Race six was abandoned after the start, and most racers beat a hasty retreat to the bar to watch the 49ers playoff game. The most notable finish was turned in by Tom Akrop’s and Matt Lezin’s Olson 30 Animal House, which won their fifth straight race in the series. Phil ’Coach1 Vandenberg was their in-House rockstar. Animal House is definitely the Olson 30 to beat these days — especially since sistership Stray Cat was recently sold to Soquel’s Paul Parsons and

Corinthian YC midwinters — unfortunately, this was as windy as it got!

Rebecca Dymond (who will race it doublehanded in the Pacific Cup).

Lee, 8. (10 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (186-up) — 1) Aolele IV, Cal 20, Julian Barnett, 2.75 points; 2) Tension II, Cal

DIV. A (0-135) — 1) Animal House, Olson 30, Akrop/Lezin; 2) Tsunami, Olson 30, Bob Haase; 3) Hanalei Express, SC 27, Sturgeon/Schuyler; 4) New Wave, Custom 30, Homer Lighthall; 5) Flying

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THE RACING Squirrel, SC 33, Jack Cordon. (13 boats) DIV. B (136-up) — 1) Great Pumpkin, Moore 24, Jim Maloney; 2) Adios, Moore 24, Scott Walecka; 3) Bruzer, Moore 24, Gar Tracey; 4) Snafu U, Moore 24, Conerly/Berryman; 5) Impet¬ uous, Moore 24, Unknown. (11 boats)

Jack Frost Series Encinal YC’s third of five Jack Frost Series races went off smoothly on Saturday, January 15. In classic midwinter conditions — a light northwesterly, water flat as a pancake, and 'cold' sunshine — 114 boats sailed a 7.3-mile or 5.75-mile course, depending on boat size. With more than half the races finished now, the pecking order is pretty well est¬ ablished in most classes. The long-running series reconvenes on February 19 and March 19. CLASS A (0-95) — 1) Terminator, Serendipity 43, Steve Sundeen; 2) Bodacious, Farr 40, John Clauser; 3) First Class, Express 37, Bill Stauch. (11 boats) CLASS B (96-114) — 1) Been There Done That, J/80, Dave Furbush; 2) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, The Ondrys; 3) Novia, Cal 39, John Webb. (9 boats) WYLIE 34 — 1) Friction Factor, Will Paxton; 2) Magic, Malcolm Gregory; 3) Annalise, Paul Altman. (5 boats) J/105 — 1) Slither, John Niesley; 2) Limelight, Harry Blake. (3 boats) CLASS D (115-132) — 1) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen; 2) J's Wave, J/22, Janey Rand. (7 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Jenni, Jay Aiken; 2) Vivace, Bill Riess. (4 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Hurricane, Adam Sadeg; 2) Sassy Mama, Karin & John Selbach; 3) Flying Colors, Peter MacLaird. (5 boats) CLASS E (133-159) — 1) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Dick Horn; 2) Taralynn, Beneteau 32.5, George Selby-Hele; 3) Coast Starlight, Morgan 38, John English. (9 boats) CLASS F (160-180) — 1) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 2) Crinan, C&C 30, Bill West; 3) Snow Goose, Santana 30, Ted Mattson. (8 boats) CATALINA 30—1) Biophilia, Mary Callup; 2) Fat Cat, Seth Bailey; 3)MonaToo, David Halaby. (9 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Shazam!, Bud Sandkulla; 2) Carlos, Robert Ward; 3) Thully, Roy Steiner. (8 boats) CLASS H (198-264) — 1) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison; 2) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Rienhart; 3) Alien Nation, Thunderbird, Jim Glosli. (8 boats) CHALLENGER — 1) Shay, Dean Briggs; 2) Runaground Sue, James Van Blarigan; 3) Murphy's Law, Bill Murphy. (7 boats) CLASS I (non-spinnaker) — 1) Elixir, Freedom 45, David Eggleston; 2) Redline, J/35, Bill Fawn; 3) Rojo Grande, Ericson 38, Albert/Hopkins. (17 boats) Page 138 • Ul^uM 12 * February, 1994

CATALINA 34 (non-spinnaker) — 1) Casino, Bill Eddy; 2) Searcher, Thomas Zalinsky. (4 boats)

Race Notes Kodak moments: The 49th Kodak Sydney-Hobart Race was one of the gnarliest ones ever, with only 38 boats out of 106 starters finishing the brutal 630-mile, predominantly upwind, upcurrent survival contest. In winds up to 50 knots and seas reportedly as high as 35-40 feet, two boats sank (one when its keel fell off and the other due to damage from dismasting), lots of rigs tumbled and a disturbing number of boats suffered serious hull delamination. For¬ tunately, no one perished — though it was a miracle that one John Quirm, who was washed through the lifelines of his J/35 MEM, survived without flotation for over five hours in the cold water before being rescued by a tanker. With Brindabella and other big boats knocked out by various gear failures, line honors fell to a ’small’ IMS boat, a Farr 47 called Ninety Seven. Winning overall IMS honors was Micropay Cuckoo’s Nest, a new David Lyons-designed ILC 40. Rising to the Challenge: 33 men and one woman (Isabelle Autissier of France) met the January 1 registration date for the upcoming BOC Challenge, a singlehanded 27,000 mile, four-legged race around the world. Some entrants, notably Mike Carr’s Imagine project, probably won’t make the September 17th start off Charleston, SC, but organizers are nonetheless expecting a record turnout. The last two BOCs drew 25 boat fleets sailing in two classes, 50-60 feet and 40-50 feet. Interestingly, the U.S. fielded the most entries this time with 10, followed by the UK (8), Australia (4), France (3), South Africa (3), Italy (2) and one each from Argentina, Germany, Japan and Russia. Notable Amer¬ ican entrants include Steve Pettengill (Hunter’s Child), Seattle’s Ray Thayer (Wild Thing) and former Sausalito resident David Scully (Will). Tornado warning: Prindle 19 sailors Bill Erkelens, Sr. and wife Marie Roehm are making a bid for the ’96 Olympics in the Tornado class. They just spent the latter part of January in Florida completing in SPORT (St. Petersburg Olympic Regatta Training) and the Miami Olympic Classes Regatta. Future plans include attending the NAs in Bermuda in May and the U.S. Nationals in Marblehead in June. "We just bought the boat three months ago, so we’re still at the bottom of the learning curve," admits Marie.

"Our goal is to make the US National Team (top five) and then do as well as we can at the Trials in ’96. But realistically, the top three places are already sewn up by Randy Smyth, Pete Melvin, and our mentors, Jay and Pease Glaser." Incidentally, Bill’s big boat, the Wylie 40 Lois Lane, is expected to reemerge from mothballs sometime in late spring. America’s Cup gossip: In an article titled "Rematch of the Century?", the latest Yacht¬ ing magazine predicts a Dennis Conner/ John Bertrand rematch in 1995: "As of this writing in late December, Conner is clearly the favorite when it comes to the Defenders and Bertrand, heading his own syndicate in Australia, is the most potent Challenger of the 14 groups still standing." Conner already has two sponsors, Citizen Watch Company and Cadillac, and claims to be doing well on fundraising this time. Kevin Mahaney’s PACT ’95, the only other defense syndicate, also claims Citizen as a sponsor. They recently reserved a building slot at Eric Goetz’s shop in Bristol, RI, although actual construction of a boat is still months away. The field of A-Cup challengers was reduced to eight on January 1, the deadline for posting the required $250,000 per¬ formance bond. Still left in the fray — which begins May 6,1995, in San Diego — are the Southern Cross YC (John Bertrand), Aust¬ ralian YC (Syd Fischer), YC d’Antibes (Marc . Bouet), YC de Sete (Marc Pajot), Royal New Zealand (Peter Blake/Russell Coutts), Tutukaka South Pacific YC (Chris Dickson), Nippon YC (Makoto Namba) and Monte Real Club de Yates de Bayona (Pedro Campos). . . Meanwhile, speculation abounds regarding the key players from the last Cup: BUI Koch is still talking about backing an all-women’s team, and free agent Paul Cayard, who recently pulled the plug on his /ira-lacking Europa YC Challenge, is deciding what team to sign up with next. The rumor mill currently has 'Pierre' (no longer 'Paulo') linked with Marc Bouet’s group. Briefly noted: After 6 of 8 races, the Monterey Peninsula YC-hosted SC 27 Mid¬ winter Series is a virtual three-way tie between Cam Lewis’s Saltshaker (7.5 points), Jack Allen’s Excalibur (8.5) and Mark Dini’s Dynaflow (9.5). The series will be decided on February 12. . . Remember International 110s — those 24-foot boats that look like a soapbox derby car with sails? The low-riding, flat-bottomed 1939 Ray Hunt design was a breakthrough in her day, but these classic boats have fallen by the wayside in recent years. Chris Waddell of

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Sacramento is trying to revive the 110 fleet on the West Coast, and would like to hear from any current or prospective owners at (916) 393-1845. Phileas Fogg followers, cont’d: The two latest challengers for the Troph£e Jules Verne departed from Brest, France, during a 'weather window' on January 16. After a week, Peter Blake and Robin-Knox John¬ ston’s 92-foot catamaran Enza was leading Olivier de Kersauson’s 90-foot tri La Lyonnaise des Eaux Dumez by a few miles. Both were on target to beat Com¬ modore Explorer’s record of 79 days, 6 hours and 15 minutes — but they’ve barely begun the 27,000-mile non-stop circumnav¬ igation and obviously anything can happen. Both boats are bigger than the 86-foot Explorer, so given the right conditions and a bit of luck, the record could fall around April Fool’s Day. Match racing notes: The Australia Cup, the first of 11 events on this year’s Omega Grand Prix of Match Racing Circuit, is under¬ way in Perth as we go to press. Heading the list of ten allstar skippers is defending champ Rod Davis, ranked #2 in the world behind Russell Courts... Closer to home, St. Francis YC’s second annual Match Race Invitat¬ ional on April 14-17 has made quantum leaps into the bigtime, signing up a truly international field for their round-robin J/105 series. John Bertrand will have to work hard to defend his ’93 title, with stiff competition from Paul Cayard, PACT ’95 (Kevin Mahaney/John Kostecki), Roy Heiner, Bertrand Pac6, Thierry Peponnet, Magnus Holmberg and several other to-be-determined rockstars. "We’re oversubscribed, and may have to turn down some pretty famous people," claimed race official Matt Ciesicki. 'This event is going to rival the Congressional Cup in only our second year!" Sled news: At the ULDB 70 Assoc¬ iation’s recent annual meeting, sled owners voted overwhelmingly against carbon fiber spars, asymmetrical kites and any form of water ballast (including adding inappropriate amounts of water in portable containers on the starboard side for the first few days of the TransPac). All seven of this year’s champion¬ ship series will be owner-driven for the first time, and the sleds will run their own Cabo Race in November (the Los Angeles YC has finally discontinued their Cabo Race, which formerly went to Mazatalan). The sleds’ 1994 best-of-seven schedule looks like this: Manzanillo Race (Feb. 18), Spring Sled Regatta (April 16-17), Cal Cup (May 27-29), Aldo Alessio Race (July 29), Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race (Aug. 5), Big Boat

Oakland to the Big Island starting on August 14. Of that number. Bob says six are currently committed to doing the race. Sale boats of the month: Boat junkie Carl Nelson just picked up the ill-fated Schumacher 44 Eclipse — presumably cheaply — at a closed-bid auction held by the insurance company. Nelson intends to make the boat safer by putting on a 'real' keel and taking off the racks. . . Wave Runner, the Luffe 48 which Lon Price generously donated to the Richmond YC Sailing Foundation, was also recently auctioned off. The boat will depart for its new home in Seattle as soon as escrow closes. . . John Hauser, an airline employee who lives in Pittsburg, PA, recently bought an Express 27 in Detroit and towed it out here. Mr. Bad Example, named after a Warren Zevon song, is currently tied for first in her (his?) first regatta, the Corinthian YC Midwinters. Hauser commutes here for races! Surf’s up: Port Townsend, WA, boatbuilder Tom Vance reports that he has orders for 11 new Sonic 30s (the new,

Series (Sept. 16-18) and the fall Cabo Race on a to-be-determined date. Full house: The West Marine Pacific Cup is up to 71 entries and counting, surpassing the ’92 entry peak of 65 boats. With a 60-boat limit due to space restrictions at Kaneohe Bay YC, the last 11 boats are currently on the waiting list. Among those waiting patiently for the inevitable dropouts from the main list are the SC 50s Oaxaca and Yukon Jack, and the Andrews 53 Cantata. . . Up north, the Vic-Maui Race is also pulling ’em in, with as many as 35-40 boats expected to start over three days (June 29, July 1-2). Some of the bigger boats entered are the SC 52 Marda Gras and three SC 50s (Ralphie, Emily Carr and Midnight Special). . . Entries for June 25’s Singlehanded TransPac haven’t really started flowing in yet, though race officials are convinced there will be a good turnout. "We’ve been getting 120-130 people at our seminars," said SSS spokesman Dan Ben¬

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Tups

Yacht Club

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Kirk Wilson Dave Meginnity Bruce Tabor Jeff Chandler Neil Barth Bruce Anderson

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improved version of Carl Schumacher’s Sonoma 30). Four of the ULDBs will be heading down to Chile... Two new J/105s are on their way to Acapulco, where the aging 10-boat 10R fleet is beginning to unravel in favor of PHRF. Prominent February, 1994 • U^U/t-32 •

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THE RACING SHEET Mexican yachtsmen Choco Brockman and Aaron "Chato" Saenz (the chairman of the Mexican Sailing Federation) are the proud new owners. Lasermania! The Laser Slalom will be revived by St. Francis YC on July 9-10, and ESPN will be coming out here to cover it! Thirty-two hot Laser sailors have been invited (22 'tourists'; 10 locals), including some of the oldtimers like John Bertrand and Ken Keefe. In ’94, this literally splashy event will be followed by the Laser. North Americans. But the really Big Show will occur in ’97, when St. Francis YC will host the knockdown, dragout Laser Worlds on the Cityfront. . . While we’re on the subject of slaloms, the first Ski-Sail National Championship is slated for April 22-24 at Lake Tahoe. Ski racing will occur at Squaw Valley; sailing will occur in Lasers and Melges 24s at Homewood. Call Ralph’s Sail¬ boat Services at (916) 525-SAIL for details. Trivial pursuit: The 20th Annual Jester Worlds, a tongue-in-cheek event unrivalled in the sailing world, was contested off the beach at Half Moon Bay YC on December 26. A cheering throng of "three kids with sticks, two dogs and the Snyders" watched as

22 teeny Jesters managed five races before the wind "forgot its promise to blow like stink" and the day degenerated into a postChristmas party. There were disappointingly few capsizes — the frigid water apparently sharpened everyone’s skills — on the wind¬ ward/leeward twice-around courses. Light¬ weight and overall winners were: 1) Morgan Larson, 2) Jack Halterman, and 3) Chris Watts. Heavyweights (over 180 pounds): 1) Ian Klitza, 2) Dennis Bassano, Jr., and 3) Mike Evans. Women: 1) Janey Larson, and 2) Pitter Fox. Road warriors of the month: Tiburon’s brother/sister act of Tom and Melissa Purdy (Small Flying Patio Furniture) spent most of January in Melbourne, Australia, where they sailed a chartered boat to sixth in the Australian J/24 NAs, followed by a very creditable 14th out of 49 in the J/24 Worlds. Melissa, who drives while Tom handles the foredeck, may not have won the Worlds — but she did win the grand prize in a raffle associated with the event (some kind of Aussie dinghy valued at $12,000)! Mean¬

while, Newport, RI, Shore-turned-Sobstad sailmaker Ken Read took the Worlds — his fourth in a row and sixth overall! Incidentally, the latest International J/24 magazine includes a highly 'Readable' auto¬ biography of sorts by Ken Read titled "I Didn’t Realize This Class Would Run My Life!" Another article, "A Buyer’s Guide to Used J/24s", offers great tips for deciding whether that $6,000 'bargain' J/24 is redUy worth it. And wasn’t that Don Oliver’s Casual Contact on the cover? (Actually, it was Dave Willke’s J/24 masquerading as Contact while the 'real' boat was in Europe). Speaking of which, did anyone else notice that the halfdrowned 505 sailors on the cover of the latest Sailing World were homeboys Patrick Andreasen (steering) and Meade Hopkins? The envelopes please: The 'short list' of nominees for the 1993 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year consisted of Bill Draheim, Chris Larson, Cam Lewis, Joe Londrigan, Robie Pierce and Ken Read. Choices for top Yachtswoman were Betsy Alison (another Newport, RI, Shore-turned-Sobstad J/24 sailor), Lanee Butler, Dawn Riley and Hannah Swett. The winners will be an¬ nounced in mid-February.

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CHANCES

With reports this month on the attack on Points Beyond; from Avatar cruising the Caribbean and Bahamas; from Joshua H. on crossing the Pacific pond; from Marljke on the pleasures of French Polynesia; from Judy K. on living a double life in Mexico; from Tekin on bringing pets into New Zealand and Australia; from Peregrlna on pirates in Southeast Asia; from Geja on summertime cruising in the Pacific; and, Cruise Notes.

Points Beyond — Shannon 38 Devan & Alisa Mullins San Diego (Stockton) My wife Alisa and I left Stockton and the Bay Area in October to cruise to Florida via the Panama Canal aboard our Shannon 38 Points Beyond. We made it to Marina del Rey with only minor autopilot and regulator problems. It wasn’t until we got to San Diego that real trouble surfaced — and from a surprising source. It happened one afternoon when I was trying to remember how to varnish and had unwittingly let Alisa off the boat to walk the dog. Suddenly, I found myself surrounded by a throng of young women wearing thongs — but not on their feet! They informed me of their intention to do some 'modeling' aboard our boat. Abruptly concerned about the surety of Points Beyond’s trip, I first tried to keep them off the boat by limiting their activities

to the mast, stowing them in the dinghy and lashing them to the wheel. But nothing worked. Like water into a leaky bilge, these lovely young women continued to flow onboard. Just when I had lost all hope, my wife appeared and came to my rescue. Like a dynamo, she swung into action. Where I had failed so miserably, she managed to turn the tide by clearing the deck and saving both myself and the boat from certain disaster. Together we were able to chase the young ladies off our boat and onto the 110-foot Feadship next door. Nonetheless, I was exhausted by the ordeal and I could offer little resistance when several of the sturdier women dragged me — against my will, of course — to the Feadship hot tub for a 'group shot'. The stress was terrible and it’s a wonder I survived. Assuming no more interference from the young models, we will be leaving San Diego tomorrow for Cabo San Lucas to pick up our Some Like It Hot T-shirts. VJe’re told the cruising gets even better the farther south you go. I sure hope so, although 1 don’t know hew much I can take. — devan 12/15/93 « Devan — 'Babe feminism': The pride! The poise! The poses! Such powerful stuff. Only a miracle — your wife — saved you from what otherwise would have been certain injury.

One of'Points Beyond's' boarding party heats up the BBQ.

to the dock. But that didn’t work, as several of them slipped aboard. I responded by seizing their hands to the rigging, tying them Page 142 •

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Avatar — Mull 45 George & Brenda Milum Little Fanner’s Cay, Bahamas (Northern California) We haven’t written Changes since the spring of 1991 when we reported on the northern Sea of Cortez. Thus we’ll try to cram 2% years of cruising into one short letter. We left Mexico in February of '92 with our friend Scott Dallman of Dana Point aboard. Opting for the less travelled route south, we sailed 350 miles offshore from Puerto Vallarta to visit Isla Socorro. After five rough and windy days there, we made a 1,600-mile passage to Isla del Coco. It was a very fast but sometimes uncomfortable trip: just 12 days, but six of them to weather in 25

to 30 knots of wind. Cocos was beautiful, our first really lush tropical island. And the diving was great. We spent a week there before completing our journey to mainland Costa Rica by motoring 270 miles through flat calm. After three months in Costa Rica, we were ready to move on. Inland travel in that country is great, but Costa Rica leaves a lot to be desired as a cruising area. The scenery is dull, the water is murky, it’s hot and humid and there are humongous lightning storms. The Pacific coast of Panama, on the other hand, was much nicer, with idyllic islands, friendly natives and some occasional good snorkeling. The water clarity was poor while we were there, perhaps because of the El Nino. It wasn’t until we got to the Bay of Panama’s Las Perlas Islands that it all came together: clear water, nice coral reefs and masses of colorful fish. With sharks galore! Our transit of the Canal went smoothly.

IN LATITUDES

Devan and Alisa Mullins' Shannon 38 ketch was briefly overrun by a group of forceful but scantily-attired ‘babe feminists'.

We arrived in the Caribbean locks 20 minutes after the last trip down, so we had to spend the night on Gatun Lake. After a few roily anchorages on the east coast of Panama, we continued on to the San Bias Islands where we finally found the paradise that cruisers seek. Here are the palmstudded, white sand, deserted islands, the balmy breezes and calm seas, and the super snorkeling in crystal waters. Like others, we were overcome with 'mo/a madness'. Alas, we came to feel that the Cunas were becoming a little too pushy: they hung onto boats and peered into the ports while hawking their molas and demanding landing fees at some of the islands. After five weeks in the San Bias Islands, we pushed on to Cartagena. It’s a great city, but a city nonetheless, so after a month we

were ready to resume cruising. 'They' say the first 100 miles out of Cartagena — no matter what direction you head — will be the worst 100 sailing miles of your life. But we lucked out and had a fast — averaging seven knots under sail — and painless passage to Isla Providencia. Providencia is a neat little island that’s well worth the stop, but was apparently bypassed by most cruisers last year. In addition, we stopped at several of the nearby banks. We’d anchor in the middle of nowhere, with nothing in sight except several wrecked freighters. It was eerie. We wintered at Honduras’ Bay of Islands, another tropical paradise. The only major storm of the winter was a Thanksgiving weekend norther — that surprised everyone by continuing to come out of the southwest and not clocking to the north. A dozen boats that had holed up in a bight for protection from the north had to endure a very lumpy night caused by steady 45 knot winds. We spent most of the winter in Roatan,

the most populous of the islands. Next time we’ll spend more time at Granaja and Utila. We also went to Cayos Cochinos, small islands 20 miles to the south, where we visited some unusual anchorages on the west and north sides of Roatan. The snorkeling and diving were excellent everywhere, an awesome mixture of rich shallow reefs and deep walls. Come spring, we moved to Guatemala’s Rio Dulce River, another favorite with cruisers. In order to pick up some guests, we checked in at Puerto Barrios. What a mistake, as we had to pay double the fees being charged at Livingstone. Guatemala offers great inland travel: Antigua, the earthquake racked former capital; Lake Atitlan and the surrounding authentic indian towns; and, Tikal, the most magnificent of all Mayan ruins. The marinas around Fronteras offer quiet waters, fresh food markets, many restaurants and all the socializing you could ask for. A week’s tour of Lago Izabel is fun, especially a hike to the hot waterfall. The 20-mile trip along the river itself, which can easily be stretched to a week or more, is a beautiful jungle experience. Our six foot deep keel dragged both entering and departing the bar to the Rio Dulce, even at high tide. We managed to pull ourselves off, but boats with deeper draft needed tows. , The highlight of our trip, Belize, was next. We spent seven weeks there and anchored in more than 40 spots. The diving and snorkeling were superb—especially the nine days we spent at Lighthouse Reef. George and our son Dave dove the Blue Hole, the 'diver’s Mt. Everest' for divers. 'Mola Madness', endemic to the San Bias Islands, can infect anyone.

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But the highlight of all highlights was one day at Lighthouse’s northern cays when the resident dolphin appeared and spent hours playing with us around Avatar and among the lagoon’s coral heads. The first three weeks of April brought unsettled weather with several fronts and even more warnings of fronts. Many boats stayed in the 'wet cays', the islands near the mainland that offer better protection. Unfortunately, they also offer lots of bugs and murky water. During windows between blows, we managed to get out to the 'dry cays' for a few lovely days, returning to more protected anchorages before the next storm. Then, at the end of April and the first half of May, we were blessed with day after day of ideal conditions. We shall return, Belize! We daysailed up the east coast of Mexico, sighting only one other yacht the whole week. While at Isla Mujeres the weather turned nasty again, delaying the fleet of some 20 boats eager to head off in all directions. One boat did leave and returned 36 hours later, having made just 60 rough, wet miles before giving up. After the weather settled, we enjoyed a fast, calm passage to the east coast of Florida, stopping at the Dry Tortugas for a couple of days. We left Avatar on the hard for three months while we borrowed Brenda’s mother’s car and drove from Ohio to Maine to Washington — where we took a two-week cruise to Alaska — before driving back to Ohio. Thirteen thousand miles, 23 states and 3 provinces. From sea to shining sea, we saw the purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain. The United States is truly beautiful. Upon our return to Florida, we found that Avatar had sustained a lightning strike that wiped out most of our electronics. We were so busy removing them, shipping them off for repair, reinstalling, testing and tweaking, that much of the cosmetic work we had planned to do remains undone. Then a week before we left, we discovered that our water tanks were badly corroded and unusable. George piped the watermaker to two collapsible five gallon jugs and then to our pressure water system. So we are managing. Currently we’re wintering in the Bahamas, which have been a disappointment so far. Our six foot draft is just too deep to allow us into many of the spots we’d like to explore. Besides, the wind blows like crazy most of the time, and when Poge 144 •

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it finally stops the mosquitos and no-see-ums descend on us. We’ve already had to hole up once for four days when it was too rough to leave the boat. And norther season is just beginning! The water is quite clear, however, and the colors stunning. But the reefs are only so-so and the fish are tiny. Further, the tidal currents are so strong in most places that we have to hang onto the dinghy while we quickly drift over the reefs. The only time we can mosey along and actually look at things is during the really short — about 10 minute — period of slack water. The same strong tidal currents play havoc with anchoring. They turn the boat 180° four times a day. If you follow the Bahamian anchoring practice of two bow anchors, the lines often wrap. Sometimes a stern anchor solves the problem, but constant changes in wind direction and velocity often make this

Brenda Milum plays with a dolphin beneath 'Avatar1 near Belize's Lighthouse Reef.

— and all other methods — unsatisfactory. We often deploy three anchors — and once four! It’s nerve-wracking. We hope to find more intriguing islands soon. We plan to do the ICW this summer, then head down to Venezuela and eventually back to the Western Caribbean. — george & barbara 12112193 George & Barbara — We found the behavior of the Cuna Indians slightly annoying — but quite understandable. If they’re pushy hawking molas, it’s no wonder. They’ve got to compete with people selling knock-offs all over Panama — including the hallways of the Panama Canal YC in Colon. As for them holding onto boats and looking in the ports, maybe that’s just how they are. When we went ashore, they’d all

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invite us into their homes hiding nothing. Besides, they’re probably just curious about what’s inside those windows. When we did charters in the Caribbean, we’d always take our guests in the dink to peek in the portholes of cruise ships. It was hilarious. As for the issue of landing fees, that’s a tough one. If you take it the wrong way, it adds a mercantile quality to the experience, which isn’t what most cruisers are looking for. On the other hand, it also seems right that they might be minimally compensated for the use of their land. Lord knows, what they charge is minimal when compared to the Eastern Caribbean and especially places like the British Virgins and Anguilla. Joshua H. — Columbia 8.7 Jim Hagen Crossing The Pacific Pond (Santa Cruz) Some observations after crossing the Pacific pond:

If you’re even thinking of doing it, then, as our good friends from the 'Nike Cruising Association' say, "Just do it!" If I can do it — having just learned to sail years ago — then anybody can. Make no mistake about it, considerable effort is required. But similar to hiking to the top of Yosemite’s Half Dome, it’s the kind of thing that’s well worth the effort. If I had the trip across the Pacific to do again, I’d skip all of French Polynesia. While it’s undeniably beautiful and the closest landfall, it’s outrageously expensive. Further, the French aren’t the most gracious to those who aren’t fluent in French. The indigenous peoples of French Polynesia, on the other hand, are quite friendly. And while I only visited the 'major' islands of the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Societies, I’ve been told the folks on the smaller, less visited islands are even more friendly. It was mentioned before, and I can confirm that robbery was rampant at the new municipal marina at Raiatea. My boat was just one of four that I know to have been broken into while I was there. One was boarded three nights in a row! Unfortunately, the gendarmes took a rather blas£ attitude toward the situation. They seemed more attentive to the related paperwork than the actual situation — and one told me it was my fault because I’d left my boat unattended! So next time I’d head directly to either the Cook Islands or Tonga—particularly the Vava’u Group of Tonga. I understand that the Tonga’s Ha’apai Group is even more spectacular, but that the navigation is somewhat more difficult and that there aren’t many amenities. Even so, you could spend years — and some yachties do — just cruising Tonga and Fiji. It’s easy to see why: fantastic anchorages, beautiful warm water with 50 feet or more visibility, and great wind. It’s also considerably cooler than French Polynesia, which was a little too hot and humid for my taste. Two other reasons the Cooks and Tonga so nice for cruisers: 1) Things cost 25 to 50% less than in the French-occupied islands, and 2) Tongans and Fijians speak English and like Americans. During my trip across the Pacific, I found several businesses particularly helpful to yachties. In the Marquesas it was Rose

Corser, a former cruiser, at the Keikahanui Inn at Taiohae Bay, Nuku Hiva. Bruce and Gloria, who operate the hotel just beneath Rose, are also gracious. Guy, the owner of the Bora Bora YC — which is actually a restaurant — provides free moorings for yachties. One broke loose while I was on it, however, so be careful. Allan and Lyn Bowe, the new owners of the Bounty Bar at Neiafu, Tonga, are also most knowledgeable and helpful. The passages were all great and relatively easy tradewind sailing. The one from Vava’u to Minerva Reef was particularly nice because the swell was broken up and rendered insignificant by the islands of Tonga. There were 22 boats at North Minerva Reef when I was there. I was told that just five years before only 22 boats had called the entire year! If true, it would be just another indication of how popular and/or easy cruising has become. Incidentally, South Minerva was awash at high tide and

New Zealand docks are made for fishing boats — but they also have grids which allow for low cost: bottom jobs.

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and then got hammered twice — but it was still mostly great. My landfall at New Zealand was the most dramatic I’ve experienced yet, with lots of Farallones-type islands off the coast with a 'mainland' backdrop that exceeds our California Coast in beauty. Most cruisers, however, make landfall at the Bay of Islands, which isn’t as far south and has great anchorages and marvelous sailing. Kiwi docks are made for fishing boats, so bring big fenders. Customs and Agriculture officials are no-nonsense, otherwise very cordial and helpful. I’m looking forward to spending some time here, as it’s exceptionally beautiful, prices are low and the people are friendly and speak a form of English. P.S. Latitude is clearly the most sought after sailing journalism in the South Pacific. When someone announced they had an extra copy of the latest Latitude over the net in Neiafu, it was almost like the Second Coming! Keep it up. As for everybody else, just do it! — jim 11/93 Readers — It’s always remarkable what different experiences people can have in the same place. Check out the following Changes for an entirely different perspective toward the French Islands. Marijke — Halberg-Rassy 42 Roger & Margo Wheelis Huahine, French Polynesia (La Conner, WA) We arrived in Bora Bora in late October after a 21-day passage from Hawaii and a 19-day passage from Neah Bay, Washington, to Radio Bay, Hilo. We plan on spending the November to April cyclone season in the Society Islands and then move west on May 1 to the Cooks, Tonga and Fiji. This itinerary differs radically from the usual California to Mexico to French Polynesia Milk Run and is similar to a cruise we did back in 1983. Cyclones permitting — and they are rare in this area — it has some advantages. It allows you to cruise Hawaii in the summer, spend six months leisurely cruising the Society Islands, and then another six months cruising Tonga and Fiji — before having to leave for New Zealand in November. It overcomes the problem of leaving Mexico in March and then having to race through the South Pacific to get to New Zealand by November. Page 146 • UuuJt 3? • February. 1994

We’d been told that yachties were being forced — by not being allowed to renew their visas — to leave French Polynesia by November 1. Consequently, we applied for our visa in advance from the French Embassy in San Francisco. We arrived in Bora Bora with our visa in hand and had no trouble checking in with the gendarmes. This being our first trip in 10 years across the Pacific, we noticed a few changes. There were more tourists and less yachties on Bora Bora, and our favorite hang out, the Hotel Oa Oa, was no more. As in closed and bulldozed! Also, copies of Latitude could be found. Some other things were the same. Marina Aposite and the yacht charter operation — now The Moorings — on Raiatea are still managed by Henri Valin. He was as friendly and helpful as ever. While reading your November issue I was

Jim Hagen prefers the clear waters of Fiji, while Robert and Margo Wheelis think the Marquesas and other French Islands are just great.

surprised by two letters in Changes in Latitude regarding crime in marinas in Raiatea. 1 feel these letters painted all Raiatea marinas with the same broad brush. While both the marina at Uturoa and Aposite are municipal, the marina at Aposite is privately managed. It is fenced, has a gate and a night watchman. Crimes such as those reported at the Uturoa marina have not occurred at Marina Aposite. We spent two weeks at the latter and never bothered to lock our boat. We never had a problem and the night watchman, Pierre, even looked after our bikes and gear that we left on the dock. Incidentally, we were also told that the people that had robbed the boats at the Uturoa Marina have been arrested. It turns out they were a group of young teen-agers. We’re also somewhat amazed at the

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— by all means cruise to French Polynesia. — roger & margo 11/93

naivete and arrogance of some American yachties. When we cruise French Polynesia, we are guests in a foreign country and should expect to communicate in their language and abide by their regulations. Sure, most things are more expensive, but they are also expensive for the Tahitians and French. There are some things — staples such as bread, chicken, lamb and locallygrown produce — that are less expensive. We paid $11.30/day for a 42-foot boat at Marina Aposite, which included water at our dock and use of clean heads and showers. We also had sail repairs, rigging modifications and motor work done at the Raiatea Carenoze, the local boat yard. The workmanship was excellent and the cost was less than what we would have paid in the States. So, if you want your marina conveniences and stateside prices, stay at your marina in the states. But if you want great cruising and interesting cultures — Tahitian and French

Judy K — Cal 2-27 Bob van G order Sailing In The Other Life' (Occidental) It was five years ago that 55-year old Bob van Gorder retired as head of security at Sears Point Race Track. He was looking for something to do, so when neighbor Kelly Mendoza invited him to sail aboard a 25-ft tri he kept at Concepcion Bay in the Sea of Cortez, he agreed. Van Gorder enjoyed both sailing and Mexico so much that he decided it was the life — at least half of the year — for him. So he bought a Cal 2-27 and sailed her — with mentor Mendoza — to the Sea of Cortez. That was back in 1989 when he was #101 in the Some Like It Hot rally. "I found that it wasn’t a problem for me to learn to sail at age 55," says van Gorder. "I’m kinda mechanically inclined and had a positive attitude. I just told myself I was going to do it — and then just went ahead and did it." Once van Gorder got to Mexico, he found he enjoyed himself even more than he had anticipated. "The meeting new people and going new places really appealed to me," he says. "And I couldn’t think of a better place to learn to sail than Mexico. My friends up here in Bodega Bay ask when I’m going to bring the boat back to Northern California. I laugh and ask them why I’d do something like that. Down in Mexico you don’t need things like wetsuits to enjoy excellent snorkeling." Van Gorder only spends half the year on his boat in Mexico because ... well, because he’s married. Judy, his wife of 30 years, is a State Farm Insurance agent who just happens to enjoy running her business more than she does sailing in Mexico. The van Gorders marriage may not be traditional, but it seems to work for both of them. "After 30 years of marriage," Judy tells people, "I don’t want to go to all the trouble of breaking in someone new." From time to time she flies down to Mexico visit her husband and the boat that’s named after her. When van Gorder returns to Northern California in the off season, he leaves Judy K on the hook at Rancho Coyote, a half mile

When he's back in the States, van Gorder leaves 'Judy K.‘ at Rancho Coyote in Concepcion Bay. That's Isla Bargo in the foreground.

south of Santispac in Concepcion Bay. There’s a small group of Americans who keep boats like Nor’Sea 27s, Columbia 30s and a 32-foot trimaran there. They’re pretty close and keep a close watch on each other’s boats. Unlike quite a lot of cruisers in Baja, van Gorder is a pretty active sailor. He figures he’s sailed some 4,000 miles in Mexico since 1989,2,000 of them in the last year when he got as far south as Manzanillo on the mainland side. After the big St. Patty’s Day party in Melaque at Phil’s, he headed back to La Paz for Sea of Cortez Race Week and Concepcion Bay. "I’ll be sailing down to La Paz and over to the mainland again this winter," van Gorder says about this season. "I’ve signed up for a month long intensive Spanish course in February at Dr. Laura del Valle’s Mar de Jade retreat at Chacala. After that, I’ll head south again for St. Pat’s at Melaque." He then start heading back for Conception Bay, and by May we be flying back to Occidental to resume his 'other life'. Van Gorder reports that his 1978 Atomic 4 equipped Cal 2-27 has been a great cruising boat for him — even though it wasn’t designed for lengthy cruising. "She’s been a wonderful boat for a person such as myself who singlehands about 95% of the .time." He also notes that Judy K is one of the best equipped 27-footers in the Sea of Cortez. "I’ve got radar, a GPS, a ham radio and all kinds of other stuff. When your wife is an insurance agent, she worries about you more than some other wives might," he explains. Van Gorder hopes to head further south sometime soon to places like Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. "I have no qualms about doing it with the Cal 27," he says, "but February, 1994 • LtX&Ut 12 • Page 147

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I’d like to do it with something like a Cal 34 or Cal 36 — purely for the sake of the additional amenities you get with a larger boat. The 27 is a great boat for a singlehander, but it’s really too hard to have visitors." Judy, however, has informed him that he must sell Judy K before he moves up to a larger boat. But hey, when you’re married you have to make some compromises. — latitude 12115193 Tekin — Hans Christian 36 Renee Olson & Kevin Hartig Musket Cove, Fiji (Oyster Point) It was a pleasure to see our letter concerning travelling with pets in the South Pacific appear in the May issue, but we now have an update. When we were preparing to leave New Zealand, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) informed us that the rules have been changed — again! But this time to the benefit of pet-owning yachties. The current policy is that after your pet has been quarantined to your vessel for six months in New Zealand, you are able to import that pet if he or she is deemed healthy. This procedure could take up to three months and requires blood and stool tests. We imagine you would be required to pay all expenses. While this doesn’t seem like a big change, it will be for some. You see, there is unrestricted travel of pets between New Zealand and Australia. Thus if you sail directly to Australia with your pet, you will have a considerable amount of freedom traveling with that pet while in Oz. So for those cruisers with pets who are planning on visiting New Zealand and Australia, you may want to consider spending enough time in New Zealand to qualify for importing that pet. With all the recent changes and little details, I strongly urge pet owners to write the MAF with any questions. Their address in Whangarei is: Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Border Service, 17 Keyte Street, Private Bag, Whangarei, New Zealand. You can phone them at (089) 437-2822 or fax them at (089) 437-1368 As I reported in my last letter, Fiji requires that you sign a $500 (Fijian) waiver upon checking in that states that you will keep your animal onboard. If your animal is caught ashore, you forfeit the money. We Page 148

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haven’t had any official visits, so it appears to be based on the honor system. Percy created a big sensation at the King’s Wharf when we checked in at Suva. An eight kilo cat is unheard of, as Fijian cats are very small. We literally stopped work on the wharf as the linemen, fork lift operators, truck drivers, and secretaries came down to see "the big'kitty". When Kevin was in Customs doing paperwork, Percy and I had the unique opportunity of being surrounded by a dozen Fijian men who tried to get our attention by calling, "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy" — the Fijian word for ’cat’. I guess you had to be there! — renee & kevin 10/93 Peregrina — Tayana 47 Ed & Sandy Martinez Southern Asia (Mill Valley) We’ve cruised the east coast of Malaysia and the island group of Tioman since we last wrote. Because inconsistent winds would have meant motoring for almost 1,000 miles, we decided to skip Borneo. So we just had a

Some pirates attack with machine guns under the cover of darkness. Others are more bold and strike with squirt-guns in broad daylight.

nice time swimming, diving and doing boat projects. We’re now on our way back to Phuket, where we’ll get the boat ready for the passage to Cyprus via the Indian Ocean and Red Sea. We’ll be staying in Thailand for the King’s Cup regatta and related parties before starting off about December 15. Our first stop will be the Andaman Islands, which are owned by India. Friends on a New Zealand boat visited the islands last year and really enjoyed them. They reported the islands are about 50 years behind the times and that the people use elephants almost as much as they use cars. The diving is supposed to be terrific as there is little pollution and few tourists. From there we’ll head to Cochin, India, skipping Sri Lanka. At last report the Sri Lankan government is now charging about $200 U.S. for boats to enter their waters. So we’ll be meeting a friend in India instead and will tour the ’high country1 tea plantations and game reserves. From there we’ll head north to Goa, Oman, Aden and the Red Sea.

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It’s a different route than most cruisers take and we’ll provide you with an update when we arrive in Cyprus. We’ve enclosed an article from Malaysia’s New Strait Times on regional piracy. Hopefully, it will show what has and is happening on a factual basis. P.S. The cruising life is still great! — ed & sandy 10/20/93 Readers — According to the forwarded article, the Regional Piracy Control (RPC) reported that there had been just five pirate attacks in the Straits of Malacca between January and August of 1993. Four of the attacks took place in Indonesian waters and one in Malaysian waters. The five attacks represent a significant decrease since both Indonesia and Malaysia stepped up patrols in the area. Nonetheless, worldwide piracy is up 60% since 1991 when there were just 52 such incidents reported. According to the RPC, the international piracy hot spots include the Hong Kong - Luzon - Hainan triangle with 32 incidents, the East China Sea with 20

incidents, and the South China Sea with 10 incidents. Officials report that Russian registered vessels have been the most frequent target of attacks by pirates, with Panamanianregistered vessels second. Either the Russians are particularly easy targets or they’re inordinately stupid about taking precautions. The three primary types of targets have been general cargo carriers, bulk cargo carriers and tankers, which have made up 72% of all vessels attacked. Some 25% of the attacks were successful in the sense that the pirates were able — sometimes with the help of machine guns and hand grenades — to board the vessels and steql the personal effects of the crews. I There was no mention in the article of piracy against private yachts. It’s important to note that even in countries where there has been significant piracy, it’s only occured in specific small areas. The vast majority of places like the Phillipines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Viet Nam have apparently been free of pirate attacks. We’re frequently asked about the danger pirates pose to cruisers in Southeast Asia. While we haven’t heard of any reports of piracy there in several years, it doesn’t necessarily mean there haven’t been any. If you’ve any information on the subject, we and our readers would appreciate hearing from you. Geja — Islander 36 Dick & Shirley Sandys San Francisco To Vava’u (Palo Alto) We’re teachers who have to work for awhile before we retire, but we still want to cruise. So we sail in the summer and correct papers in the winter. It all started in the summer of '92 when we sailed to Hawaii. Due to unexpected work required on the steering, roller furling and mast, we were several weeks late in leaving. At one point I got so exasperated that I threw the oars in the Bay and dumped the French cooking pans and carpet into the dumpster. After allowing me to vent my anger and accompanying me on a therapeutic walk through Muir Woods, Dick got back to work. We finally left on July 14th. I was so anxious to be sailing that we spent an hour tacking beneath the Golden Gate Bridge

Shirley Sandys enjoys a freshwater bath at Palmyra.

against a maximum flood. Our friend Lowden of Grissette told us that the air would get a little warmer and the sea a little bluer each day we got closer to Hawaii. Of course, this was the same advice he gave us when we sailed to Mexico two years ago. It just isn’t so, my friends. Thirteen days out of San Francisco I was still wearing two vests and a jacket. And the water was gray, not blue. The problem with the weather was hurricane Frank. Dick thought sailing into the two-day old remnants of a hurricane would be safe, but 35-knot winds and 16foot seas are not bikini weather. , We made our landfall at Hana, Maui, because we figured we’d never get that far upwind in the Islands again. After 21 days, Hana looked very green and hospitable. It was just what we needed, a tropical paradise off the beaten path. We cruised the Islands the rest of the summer and eventually left the boat at La Mariana Sailing Club in Oahu’s Keehi Lagoon. We visited the boat at Christmas and made plans to continue cruising this last summer. One of the problems with leaving a boat a long ways avyay is that you can’t come to her aid if bad weather — like hurricane Iniki a approaches. Fortunately, we had a good berth neighbor, Floyd, who came through for us. Despite recommendations to evacuate, he stayed on the dock and even replaced one of our lines that chafed through. While Geja survived, it certainly made us aware of the dangers of leaving a boat for a long period of time. When we returned to the boat this summer, our Islander 36 looked dirty, dusty and lonely. We immediately sailed over to a berth at the Ala Wai because of the terrible February. 1994 • LmiUl

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noise at La Mariana. All the jets leaving Honolulu fly overhead and the noise is awful! Our attempts at an on schedule getaway from Honolulu were as unsuccessful as they’d been to leave Sausalito the year before. Rather than being able to make all the repairs and modifications we’d planned, we had to be satisfied with just bringing the boat back to the same condition as when we left her the year before. We had an ambitious itinerary for jpst two months: Kauai, Palmyra, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga. Since there wasn’t any wind in the Islands when it came time to leave, Kauai had to be scratched. Palmyra is the atoll that was made famous by the book and made-for-television movie The Sea Will Tell, which recounted the murder of one yachting couple by another. We didn’t know if we really wanted to go there because of negative feelings about murders and reports about sharks and murky water. But when others told us it was an uninhabited atoll, we naturally had to stop. It took us 11 days to cover the 600 miles needed to get there. This was partly because we tore the jib and had to sail bald-headed for a couple of days. When we finally sighted

Tata Victor and Tata Tony help guide 'Ceja' out the pass at Penhryn.

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getting through the pass. How could we resist this Frenchman in a lava lava with a feather behind his ear? Some yachties are turned off by the idea of a caretaker on this previously deserted atoll, but we think Roger added to the experience. Friendly and enthusiastic, he showed us his two-person bathtub, a tub for washing clothes and where' to get fresh drinking water. The next day he took us for a hike to see the various birds and their nesting places, and later to an underwater coral garden. We felt no foreboding, but rather absolute splendor in each of the three lagoons. Roger knew all the different types of birds and had one named Felix, his special "baby" ever since he’d rescued it as a chick with its foot caught in a tree. There was only one other boat there, Kalea from Maui. The four divers aboard were sailing to Micronesia where they planned on a year of diving and exploring. After sewing our jib for four days, we left for the Cook Islands. The only two good things about our crossing of the ITCZ was that we got through it in just two hours'without sinking. We were heading for Penrhyn on a close reach in either too much or too little wind. We’re definitely a lady and a gentleman, because we don’t like to sail to weather. Our roller furling failed, so we had to make headsail changes by hand. Dick isn’t much good at this and so our jib went in the water during one sail change. Only two panels and four seams were seriously torn to shreds. Our hand-stitched seam held just fine, however. Nevertheless, we had to sail the rest of the way to Penrhyn with a 50% jib. When we finally arrived at Penrhyn, we were certainly glad to have had purchased our Garmin GPS. The Coastal Pilot identified the Taruia Pass into the lagoon as "going between two small islands". Well, that’s not where the pass is. We used our GPS to follow a course to within 100 meters of the pass, at which time we could identify it visually. The two islands lay to starboard of the pass. Penrhyn is a friendly atoll that’s off the beaten track of tourist and yachties. Some of the locals go through life without ever having to pay taxes! They live by fishing, diving for pearl shells and weaving hats and baskets. The Polynesians who do pay taxes are those who go to New Zealand to work to buy the material things a salary can bring. But they

often leave their young children back at the atoll, where the living is free, to be raised by their grandparents. We were welcomed to the atoll by Tere Raea, the local doctor. He gave us cold drinks and opened up the local store so we could buy tea. He even loaned me his late wife’s dress to wear to church on Sunday. While in church, I discovered that Tere had written some of the hymns they sang. The music and fellowship reminded me of an Easter service on Ua Pou in the Marquesas. If there is hope for one world, it is with these bold songs of love and peace and awareness of the sea. There were no hymn books and no organ — just the harmony of Polynesian voices. We gave and received presents, shared food and paid for tuna hooks carved out of coral and for pearls. The islanders are pondering the idea of establishing cultured pearl farms. They realize the general populace will get wealthy, but wonder if they should sacrifice their island paradise for commerical development.

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Spread; the fantastic moonscape at Niue. The island is the largest block of coral in the world.

We’d anchored on a coral bottom for five days of 20-knot trades, so when it came time to raise the anchor, Dick got two islander friends to help pull it up. Who needs a windlass anyway? I’m sure glad I didn’t have to help pull the hook up. Our next crossing was just a four-day downwind sail to Suvarov, where there were 18 other boats. Lots of yachties have heard about the crab and fish feasts, the bird¬ watching, snorkeling and swimming. For those interested in further details, see the October '93 Changes. John, Jessie, Taylor and Mamai are an amazing three-generation family that reflect the giving nature of Polynesian culture. We got turned on to our next stop, Niue, while reading a description of it in Latitude last year. We figured we better stop as we wouldn’t pass this way again soon. The worst thing about Niue is there’s no good anchorage. In fact, several boats had

been blown out of the roadstead when an 'El Nino westerly' left them upwind of the rocky shore. But we were lucky. When we arrived late one Sunday afternoon, there was a vacant courtesy buoy so we didn’t even have to search for a sand patch among the coral. We were ashore within half an hour and made our free phone call to the Niue Hotel. "We’ve been feeding ourselves on a boat for five weeks," we explained over the phone, "and wonder if you’re serving dinner?" The answer was, "Yes, there’s a BBQ and buffet tonight with fresh fish, fresh fruit, cold salad and ice cream." When they asked if we had transportation, we told them not to worry. "Stay right there," insisted the manager, "I’ll come and get you myself." He picked us up three minutes later. When we walked through the lobby, his wife greeted us and asked if we’d like to take a hot shower. Boy, was that great! Niue is the world’s largest single block of coral — and all of it sits atop a volcano. Rainwater has leaked through the coral leaving absolutely gorgeous sea caves in the high cliffs. There are subterranean caverns and fresh water lakes 100 feet below the

surface of the island. We rented a motorscooter and began our exploration of the Avaiki caverns that are open to the breakers that crash on the reef 150 yards away. We also swam under stalactites that hung like icicles. It was a magical moment that even left my camera in awe. Nothing would capture the beauty! We next visited Palaha, a huge arch with towers of dead coral. Togo was a bit scary for me because we had to climb down a steep 39-step ladder to reach the sand oasis below. What a contrast: the top of the cliff is like a moonscape of jagged dead grey coral, while at the bottom of the ladder 50 feet below there is beautiful white sand. Vaikona is the magic cave where you drop through a hole and arrive in a cavern of cold, clear water. We couldn’t help but continue to explore and marvel at all the sights of Niue. One afternoon we stopped for a cold beer at the Sails Restaurant and Hotel, which is some three miles outside of Alofi. The place is owned by Kiwi journalist Stafford Guest, who in addition to wanting to trade us his restaurant/hotel for our boat, invited us back for dinner that night. We couldn’t resist and joined six others in a wonderful gourmet adventure. People smiled at us everywhere we went in Niue. Further, the hospital washed our clothes and the telecommunication center helped make our reservations for a flight out of Tonga. Actually, we had to sail for Tonga on Thursday because the cargo transfer barge makes trips directly over the mooring buoy we were using. True, there was a weather front lying in our track between Niue and Tonga, but a little rain never hurt anyone, did it? Wrong. It was our roughest crossing yet, with strong winds, lot of thunder and lightning, and heavy seas. We must say it again, "The South Pacific summer of '93 was not a good one." Tonga was beautiful and we left Geja on one of Don Coleman’s moorings in Neiafu so we could return home to teach school. We’re 'keeping our fingers crossed that this won’t be a cyclone year in Tonga. Some people ask about our boat’s name Geja. It comes from questions such as, "Gee, ja know where we can leave our boat in Fiji for ’94?" — dick & shirley 10/26/93 Dick & Shirley — Actually, we do know where you can leave your boat in Fiji: the Neisau Marina Complex at Lautoka. They February, 1994 • UlUuJtZU • Page 151

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charge $150/month to berth a 36-footer. They also offer hardstand storage in cyclone pits during the hurricane season. When we were there a few months ago, about five boats were about to be lowered into the pits. Ring Neisau Marina at 679-663807 for details. Another Horizon — Valiant 40 Steve Salmon & Tina Olton X-Mas In Z-town (Berkeley) We arrived in Z-town the week before Christmas and found about 35 boats anchored off the village and La Ropa Beach. Both anchorages suffered from rolling, however, as huge swells poured in from who knows where. Z-town, known for being a fairly smooth anchorage, was downright uncomfortable and the surf on the beach made dinghy landings exciting. The local kids had fun 'helping' us through the surf. Unfortunately, there were times when they 'helped' us right into the drink. By Christmas, however, all was calm. Taking advantage of the weather, the season and the good fellowship, dinghies from seven boats with about 20 cruisers rafted together to serenade the fleet — and a few somewhat startled local fisherman — with Christmas carols. On Christmas Day, we all trooped up to the Le Ceiba Tennis Club — which despite the name has no courts — for a Christmas Party. The staff was so nice to let us use their lovely facility. The afternoon began with a 'Yankee swap' gift exchange in which the 'stealing' of gifts — still wrapped — went on for half an hour. The potluck banquet — with 25 boats contributing — was vast and delicious. After dinner, we were entertained by Debby Banana with A Bunch A-peals Band, who had some unusual arrangements of some of our favorite Christmas songs. The band was led by Debbie of Romance (flute), Ken of Interlude (clarinet). Bill on Romance (harmonica), A1 of Iguana Azul (guitar and vocals), Frosty of Onrust (guitar), and Don of Walkabout (vocals). As a finale, Another Horizon donated the November and December issues of Latitude for an auction, the proceeds of which were donated to a local group for Children’s Day. Shirley of Harmony had got the bidding for the November issue up to 11 new pesos when Iguana’s Azul A1 decided to practice his Spanish by calling out, "Doce!" About $4 Page 152 •

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U.S. The December issue, a rarer commodity, went to Romance for $10 U.S. They were considering renting it out. San Francisco boats participating included: Acadia, Bliss, Iguana Azul, Sanctuary, Wingra, and Harmony. Also from the Bay Area were Novato’s Summer Place,^ Santa Rosa’s The Farm, and Point Richmond’s Setting Sun. Southern California boats included Breezy, Harrier, Interlude, Our Therapy, and Scallywag. The Northwest was represented by Romance, Walkabout, Onrust, and from Tucson, Shorebird. P.S. We’re now in the Ixtapa Marina. We draw six feet and touched bottom in the way in. We’re paying $17/night for a berth here. Even though the marina is almost completely empty, they say they only have 50-foot berths available. P.P.S. We were recently told that you can’t visit Socorro Islands anymore without a $100 permit, and that you can only get the permit in La Paz. The crack-down is said to be in part because some ugly Americans were illegally exporting tropical fish from the island. If you don’t have a permit, the Mexican Navy will ask you to leave immediately. P.P.P.S. There’s a new customs game in Cabo San Lucas. When checking in, the Customs officer hands you a large wooden cylinder, like a lottery cyclinder, full of marbles. We were asked to spin it and see what came out. We got a green marble, which meant they wouldn’t inspect our boat. One of our friends got a white marble, which meant Customs would do an onboard inspection. Only they didn’t bother! — steve & tina 1/10/94 Steve & Tina — We were given a similar lottery cylinder on the docks in Cabo. The Wanderette asked the two Customs guys to please excuse her. She then turned her back to them and fiddled with the cylinder until she got a green marble. She turned back to them and held the green marble aloft, "No inspection for us!" she told them. They smiled and said, "Okay!" It’s disgusting the stuff women get away with. A friend later flew into Puerto Vallarta and reports they have a stoplight for arriving passengers. Every tenth person gets a red light and has his bags searched. Our friend arrived with a big sail, four bundles of magazines, a dozen brand new shirts — and was waved right through. Cruise Notes: Gary and Christy Mahaffery of Auburn had a dream. After sailing their Hunter 30

No Mondays in the Bay and up the Delta for five years, they decided to relocate at Lake Livingston, Texas. All they needed was to sail their boat to the Lone Star State via Panama. That plan was at least temporarily shelved the night of January 11, when they made a navigation error and ran their boat up on the beach at Oceano. According to a report in the San Luis Obispo Telegram - Tribune, the Mahafferys had mistaken an airport light at Oceano for the entrance to Morro Bay — which is several miles to the north. This was reportedly the Mahafferys first offshore trip and once again emphasizes the dangers of land. Fortunately, neither Gary or Christy were seriously hurt. They were surprised by Robert Greenwood who, having seen their flares, walked out through the night surf to help them. No Mondays was taken to Port San Luis for repairs. There was talk she’ll be trucked to Texas. Jeff Talbut of Larkspur is ecstatic: "I just bought a Hinckley B-40 that’s currently docked in Snort Liquordale, Florida. After I deliver a Freedom 45 from Georgetown in the Exumas, I’ll fly back to California to sell the house. Then I’m moving aboard the Hinckley and I’ll be outta here!" "For the record," writes Don Combest, "I’d like it known that #7 in this year’s Some Like It Hot Rally, Millennium, was skippered by myself, Don Combest, rather than Dave Harmon as listed. Harmon was onboard for the trip, but unable to stand the . 'lifestyles of the poor & irresponsible', he flew back to Napa. Boy, is he missing a great cruising experience! By the way, it’s easy to find crew in Mexico." "We wish to advise everyone that as of last April we’ve taken over the Bounty Bar and Cafe in Neiafu, Vava’u, Tonga," write Allan and Lyn Bowe. "We’ve added fresh water showers, commercial washing and drying machines, fax service (676 70493), photocopying, secretarial service, and mail collection and forwarding to make life easier for yachties. We’ll also act as agents for visiting yachts who don’t want to do the Customs and Immigration paperwork themselves." Incidentally, the Bowes report that any Latitudes left at the Bounty Bar are quickly snapped up. So if you’re headed that way, be sure to bring a bundle. Errata! Errata! Errata! For years Gerry Cunningham has been producing accurate

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Tide Tables for the Sea of Cortez. The tables for 1994 — which are of major importance to the many cruisers planning on sailing far up in the Sea of Cortez this summer — are off because of a computer glitch. Cunningham explains: "Computers make mistakes and ours is no exception. The error we had occured when our little gem ended 1993 on a Friday, as is proper, but then it started 1994 on a Friday also! This made all of the 1994 days one week behind for all seven tide stations! To clarify: 1) The dates are OK. 2) The tides are OK for the dates. But, 3) The 1994 days of the week are all behind by one day." Cunningham has worked hard to alert all of the 700 buyers of the tables to the error, but wants to make sure everyone gets the word. If you have any questions, he can also be reached at (602) 394-2393 or at Box 976, Patagonia, Arizona 85624. Incidentally, Cunningham’s latest mini guide — this one to Puerto Escondido — has just been released. "Your January Some Like It Hot Rally article began with Ingrid Angelini’s advice "to go where the wind blows or carry a lot of diesel"," writes Jeff Angermann. "I was crew on Ingrid and Dave’s Cheoy Lee 41 Astrea for the trip down to Cabo," he continues, "and wanted to let you know there is more to that comment than meets the eye. We not only ran out of wind at Cabo Falso, but diesel as well! Needless to say we all learned the lesson that you can never carry too much diesel. Nevertheless, Dave and Ingrid were a great couple to sail with." Our advise is "to go where the wind blows or carry a lot of diesel — or throttle back". The motoring range on almost any sailboat can be dramatically increased by backing off on the rpms. And making sure the bottom is clean. A GPS is still not enough. Karl Raggio, Harbormaster at Marina Vallarta, asks arriving boats to call him as they approach so they don’t have any trouble finding the entrance to the harbor. One day he gave two skippers, who were buddy¬ boating, the GPS coordinates to the entrance. A while later they called back on the VHF more than a little angry. "You said there was plenty of water," one complained, "but we only draw 6V2 feet and we’re aground." "Sir, there must be some mistake," Raggio replied, "there’s about 13 feet of water coming in."

Indeed there was a mistake. Despite being given GPS coordinates, the two skippers drove their boats into the narrow — and shoal — entrance to Nuevo Vallarta — about five miles north of Marina Vallarta! They weren’t the only ones to make that mistake this winter. A 60-foot powerboat out of San Francisco pulled the same stunt a few weeks earlier. As always, the lesson is that you’ve got to double and triple check your position whenever you approach land. Raggio also told us of the tragic fate of Sultan, a 40-foot Florida-based trimaran that was heading home from Hawaii this summer. Shortly after hurricane Calvin passed Puerto Vallarta, the multihull was found flipped and without crew near the entrance to Banderas Bay. Two days later, the bodies of the crew — a man and a woman — were found further inside the bay. It was a bit strange because the boat was dismasted and the radar was found inside the locked cabin. Further, the two deceased weren’t wearing lifejackets. Ninety-seven boats completed the 8th Annual Atlantic Rally for Cruisers from the Canary Islands to St. Lucia in the Eastern Caribbean. This is the event that started the whole cruising rally business. First-to-finish was the Oyster 80 Free Spirit of Herm, which covered the 2,700 miles in just under 14 days. However, the much smaller Hallberg-Rassy 45 Gulkarna II required just two additional days to do the same course and thus walked off with fleet honors. Peter Bunting, her British owner, is a veteran of the Europa Around the World Rally. Other participants have done as many as five other ARCs. It’s still a popular event with a genuine international flavor, as trophy winners hailed from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Canada, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Spain. We Americans took zip. Strong trades — absent in years past — made this a fast but somewhat destructive ARC. The Spanish yacht Galvana, which had been leading the racing division, broke her rudder and had to limp the rest of the way across under jury rig. The Danish C&C 44 Confidence also lost her rudder. Three boats broke booms, including the wellknown Maiden Great Britain. ARC entry Free Spirit came across the French non-entry Cap D’Ambre, which had suffered a broken rudder, 1,000 miles east of St. Lucia. When attempts to tow the vessel became impossible, her owners decided to open the seacocks and let the vessel sink! The perception for some is that taking a cruising boat to Cuba is a daring thing to do. Nonsense — as we were reminded while paging through a recent issue of the Seven

Seas Cruising Association’s Commodore’s Bulletin. Within those pages Carolyn Archibald and Paul Smith reported on their hassle-free trip from Key West to Havana last July aboard Orient Express, a Lord Nelson 41. Twelve miles north of Havana, they radioed Guarda Frontera to announce themselves. Instead of calling the island’s populace to arms or even alerting Castro the Dinosaur, Guarda Frontera alerted Hemingway Marina that more visitors could be expected soon. After a couple of hours with various Cuban officials — none of whom charged for their services — representatives from Club Nautico arrived with welcoming cocktails, information on how to get cruising permits and $10 visas. Hardly worried about an invasion, the Cuban government sells excellent charts of their waters at the marina office. Berth rates were 45 cents/foot/night; apparently Cuba is trying to revitalize their economy on the backs of capitalist yachties. Fresh food was hard to come by, but liquor was plentiful and cheap. The bottom line? If you don’t want to lose your credentials as a ballsy free-thinker willing to travel to forbidden countries, you’d better hurry to Cuba before the general public catches on. Cruisers in Mexico — or folks thinking about visiting friends on boats in Mexico — should take note of the upcoming events: March 1-5, MEXORC at Las Hadas. Often times the Santa Cruz 70s and other hot-rods need pick-up crew for the day races. March 17, St. Paddy’s Party at Los Pelicanos Restaurant in Melaque. This is a biggie, and Philomena is waiting for everyone with open arms! March 19, Melaque to Tenacatita Birthday Regatta, a fun race a couple of miles up the coast for those who survived St. Paddy’s. The finish is at Jose Bautista’s restaurant —,r< it’s his birthday and he’s ghosting the bash. March 25 - 27, Banderas Bay Regatta, Puerto Vallarta. This is a rapidly growing event that receives much local support. It’s equally fun for those who take racing seriously and for those who take racing with a six-pack of beer. April 9 - 16, Sea of Cortez Race Week, La Paz. A week-long of casual racing and socializing at Isla Partida just north of La Paz. This is an oldie but a goodie and we’ll have additional details next month. February. 1994 • UKUJ* 19 • Page 153

CHANCES (Thanks to Mary Shroyer of Marina de La Fa2 for finally getting the dates to us.) The fact that the Banderas Bay Regatta and Sea of Cortez Race Week are separated by just 12 days but nearly 500 upwind miles make it almost a certainty that very few cruisers will be attending both. This is truly a shame. While Sea of Cortez Race Week is the senior event in Mexico, a lot of cruisers wonder if in the future the sponsoring Club Cruceros might be willing to push the dates back a few weeks. They reason that the mainland Mexico event dates are pretty much set in stone as they are based on St. Paddy’s Day. They further note that the water in the Sea of Cortez is still too cold to enjoy in April. For fun and greater attendance, they urge consideration be given to a late April or early May date of Sea of Cortez Race Week. How about it? "We spent Christmas in Acapulco," write Eric and Chris Thuesen, who are cruising Mexico with their 8 and 10-year-old daughters aboard their Seattle-based 41-foot sloop Tabasco. "What we read about the Acapulco Club de Yates is true: it’s hard to get space because all the Mexicans

permanently moor their boats here. Unfortunately, nearby La Marina de Acapulco is not what we expected. Even though the pool is right at the top of the docks, it’s owned by a very expensive club and only members can use it. Further, there were no showers available. It would have been far better to anchor off the Club de Yates and use their pool, showers, restaurant and bar for $14/day. "Our night watches have been amazing. We even saw the space shuttle pass by before it landed on December 12. We speculated on all sorts of possibilities about what it might be — until we turned on the radio and heard that the space shuttle had just landed in Florida. Quite a show! We depart Manzanillo for the South Pacific at the end of February."

Use of the Acapulco YC facilities is $14/day. Across the pool and bay are the highrises and nightlife of the pulsing big city.

Trying to decide whether to visit friends on their boat in Mexico this winter? Perhaps this weather report will help. As of the first week in January, it was 85° degrees at Z-town, and the relatively clear blue water off La Ropa Beach was also 85 *. The food in town was delicious and inexpensive, and the beer was ice cold.

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(209) 239-9409; for details, Mick (303) 795-6072.

sails, etc. Featured in Bay & Delta Mag. Sausalito 1977 CAPE FOUL WEATHER 25.

COLUMBIA 22, working sails plus genoa ’915 hp

berth. Lucky find at $8,800. Dan, (707) 544-4454. INTERNATIONAL 14,1960 Schock plastic clas¬ sic with spinnaker, 2 jibs. Rebuilt trailer. New Harken traveler. $775 obo. Chris, (510) 680-0907. LIFEGUARD LIFERAFT, offshore 4-person, va¬

Full keel,

masthead rig, 7.5 Honda, 3 spinnakers, 85%,

Nissan o/b bottom painted '92. Well maintained.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24’8" 1964, with 6

110%, 160% jibs. Battened main, 2 sets reef

Very clean. First offer over $1,000. Bay Area

hp o/b, 3 sails, 2 anchors, new battery, charger,

points, VHF. Too much to list..$6,000, owner will

location. (916) 456-3342.

VHF radio, other extras, well kept and very clean.

finance with 1/2 down. Jonathan, (415) 574-0605.

Berkeley slip, $2,000. Call (707) 451-8775.

lise type, 3 months old, perfect condition, manu¬

S.F. PELICAN, excellent condition, 11 years in

factured in Great Britain. Currently in San Diego,

storage, full cover, 1991 trailer, fully equipped with

will deliver. $2,000. (206) 778-8678.

roller furling jib. $1,400 obo. (510) 846-3736.

TRADITIONAL DESIGNS FOR SAIL, OAR, AND PADDLE

STEVE'S MARINE

Quality Wood Construction - Built to Order

has moved to Arques Shipyard

Day Sailers, Yacht Tenders, Prams and Canoes

(next to Bayside Boat)

Call about limited production of elegant 17' Herreshoff Pulling Boat

Custom Woodwork

STEVE NAJJAR, BOAT BUILDER (415) 323-3887 - 856-6209

Dinghies

JACK MACKINNON ACCREDITED MARINE SURVEYOR

Teak Decks 415-332-2500

Repair

NOR-CAL COMPASS ADJUSTING Magneuto™ System Exclusively 1. Boat Remains in Berth

2. Owner's Presence Not Necessary

3. Eliminates Deviation

MARINE SURVEYOR, APPRAISER Page 156

February, 1994

(510)276-4351

Dick Loomis

(415) 453-3923 days or eves.

24-FT GLADIATOR, painted last yr, VHF, KM,

22-FT MIKASA sloop, dble-planked mahogany

DM, compass, battery charger, sink, ice box,

S-2 26-FT C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar dsl, new

sloop, exquisite Honduras incl. hatches,

galvanized EZ loader, new DS, complete new

Custom woodwork interior and CNG stove. Elec¬

CATALINA 27, 1971. Dinette model with o/b.

recently purchased North sails, 110,150, & main

dropboards, etc. New Nissan 5, genoa, 2-spd

beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD

w/reef, Evinrude long shaft 8 hp, Berkeley upwind

tronics KM, DM, and VHF. 2 mains, 3 jibs, plus

Maxwells, roller reefing & more. Sell or trade for

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

berth. S4.000. Call Mike, (510) 672-8167.

spinnaker. All lines led aft. Lots of extra equip¬

limey bike or car. Pete, (415) 892-1273.

fect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new cond.

ment. Ideal starter boat for the Bay. $6,500. (415)

Must see. $18,000. (408) 371-7266, eves.

341-3371.

RANGER 23. Excellent condition, clean. All lines

SURPLUS SEA SCOUT BOATS 22-ft Santana

led aft, internal halyards, VHF, DS, compass, 150,

SI,000. 23-ft Pearson Si,000, 22 Star boat on

26-FT SLOOP, mahogany/teak classic. Built 1935,

125, spinnaker, new Nissan o/b. S4.000 obo. (510) 655-7271.

27-FT SANTA CRUZ ULDB, by Bill Lee Yachts. 8

trailer SI ,000 - 28-ft Marinette aluminum twin

Schock design, rebuilt 1988, 3 sails, new o/b,

bags including brand new N/S 3/4 spinnaker. New

screw Sport Fisher, no engines $2,900 - 16-ft tow

sleeps 2. Port Sonoma berth, bought bigger boat.

bottom paint & topsides. Must sell. $10,000 obo.

& work skiff w/18 hp Johnson o/b good race

S2,000. (707) 829-1678.

(714)493-8668.

Cove (San Francisco, near Fori Mason). Good

SANTANA 27,1968. Refitted 1992, sails, rigging,

27- FT CATALINA, 1976. Sleeps6, inboard, VHF,

day sailer. 2 mains, 3 jibs.Almost new Nissan o/b.

bottom. New 8.0 Johnson Sailmaster. VHF, KM,

dinette, etc. Ready to sail. $7,800 obo. Call (510)

S2.900 obo. (415) 777-5115, dys; ask for Dr. Sander.

comp, LPU paint. Like new cond. $7,900 obo. /

833-2477, Iv msg.

(510) 523-7439, hm; (510) 651-3565, wk; FAX (510) 523-2456.

CATALINA 27,1974. This fresh water Delta tall

O'DAY TEMPEST 2 + 2.23-ft. Slip at Gashouse

comm, launch. Call (510) 653-1724.

FIXED KEEL 1975 CATALINA 22. Good jib, fair

rig has nearly new mast, boom Pro-Line epoxy

main, new rudder, hatchboards andcombing rings.

PEARSON 26, 1976, Excellent condition, clean

25 TO 28 FEET

No mast, no motor. New mast available from Catalina for $600. Have standing rigging. S700. Will help relocate to your marina. (415) 742-0384.

28-FT WOOD SLOOP.

Double ender, 100 hr.

bottom, 9.9 Evinrude, cushions, sails and rewir¬

inside and out, sleeps 4, VHF, head, 3 sails, 9.9

ing. VHF, KM, DS, Wl, spinnaker, club jib, more.

Johnson, Brickyard Cove berth, ready to go, must sell, buying larger boat. Reduced to S6,900 for fast

$9,250. Two-boat owner wants to sell. Call (209) 462-3808.

sale. Call Walt, (510) 682-2580.

‘82 CAPE DORY 22’4” full keel Alberg design.

diesel, 50 gal. alum. & SS tanks. All teak trim &

New standing & running rigging, 5 hp o/b LPG

deck, teak & holly sole, CQR with winch, 200-ft.

1984 CATALINA 27. Bottom paint '93, diesel, 2

diesel, 4 head sails & main, compass, VHF, DS,

heater, VHF, 2-burner stove. Excellent Bay or

chain, Barient, AB refer, Ritchie, Signet, needs

new batt., batt. charger, shore power, alcohol

knot log, AM/FM cassette. Last hauled 3/93.

Coastal pocket cruiser in Bristol cond. SF Marina,

finish work. $8,600. Trade for smaller boat with trailer. (707) 829-0320.

stove, 2-man inflatable, radio & antenna, adj.

Shorepower, battery charger, automatic bilge

backstay, 120% furling jib. Double life lines, hold¬

pump, Sleeps 5, stove, holding tank head. $17,500.

ing tank, automatic & hand bilge pump. $17,000.

(510)432-9255.

25' berth. S10.800 obo. (415) 331-3847. MONTGOMERY 15, ‘91,1st sold in ‘93, used one

CATALINA 27, 1982. Diesel, KM, log, depth,

CAL 2-27, 1978. Pristine condition, Universal

(408) 238-3796.

season, white w/blue stripe, trailer, new Mariner

VHF, shorepower, dual batteries, autohelm, full

2.5 w/20 hrs., bow pulpit, will fit in garage, pre¬

batten-Dutchman rigged main, 1 genoa, 2 jibs,

COLUMBIA 26. Great boat, great price. Lots of

ran, more. Sharp looking & clean. $9,000 obo.

mium quality & better than new, a rare find at $6,800. (707) 462-2012.

lifesling, electric bilge pump, custom electrical

stuff. Sails, stereo, VHF, DS, all USCG safety

(510) 846-7153.

panel, boarding ladder. At Richmond Marina,

gear, inboard eng. Cheap slip. Must sell. No

$14,000. Call (916) 454-3793, eves andwknds.

reasonable offer refused. You are not dreaming. Jim, (415) 365-8686.

1982 PACIFIC SEACRAFT Flicka 20 for sale. Included are: 1988, 9.9 Merc, o/b, custom trailer

CATALINA 25,1982. Honda o/b, DS, VHF, Lo¬

28- FT, 1959 JOHN HANNA designed Gulfweed ketch, fir over oak, gaff-rigged main, 8 sails, Volvo diesel, VHF, stove/oven, maple/mahogany inte¬

EXPRESS 27, 1984. Never raced, 2 North

and an extensive list of cruising gear. Well main¬

mainsails, 3 North mylar headsails, new spinna¬

26- FT INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT f/g, built

rior. Sails gracefully on Bay or open waters. Solid

tained and ready to go cruising now. Call for

ker gear, new Nissan o/b. Located San Diego.

1975, factory installed two cylinder Volvo diesel,

and beautiful. Must sell. Asking $9,000. (707)

Erta’sequipment list. Asking price: $31,500. (408)

$19,500. Call (408) 358-1791.

Loran “C", VHF, bow & stern rails, life lines,

539-3711.

479-8503.

dodger, sail cover, stereo, ice box, boom vang/

WYLIE WABBIT 24. Great race record. Has beaten

CORONADO 25, great shape, Barient primaries/ secondaries, new North main, 2 headsails, double

preventer, whisker pole, 150 genoa & more. Ask¬

ERICSON 27,1977. Atomic 4,2 mains, 4 jibs, (2)

ing $9,500. (510) 581-7459.

batt. new DS, KM, W/D, W/S full galley, standing

Melges 24. New high tech racing main, masthead

lowers, spreader lights, heater, d/s, VHF, head,

spinn., fractional spinn. Extremely fast. Most fun

chart table, Johnson o/b, sleeps 4 easy, Brisbane

25-FT MacGREGOR, 1984. Swing keel, rigged

haust, new covers, shore power. Truly a beautiful

for your money. Many extras. $4,000 obo. (805)

berth. First $3,500 takes it. (916) 962-1126, after

for single-handed sailing, sleeps 5, pop-top w/

sailboat. $13,000. (415) 742-9490, dys; (415)

650-9065.

6 pm. Steve.

dodger, main, jib, VHF, depth & fish finder, com¬

355-8925, eves.

enclosed head, sleeps 5, AM/FM, VHS, new ex¬

pass, galley, porta-potti, approved safety equip¬ 24-FT KENT RANGER, 1975 1/4 ton. Like Olson

CHRYSLER 26, f/g, long fixed keel, diesel, bimini,

ment, 9.9 hp Evinrude. $3,500 obo. San Leandro

CATALINA 27,1975. New (1989) 9.9 Evinrude/

25. Dry, comfortable, sleeps 4, galley, potti, VHF,

hard dinghy. New: standing/running rigging, boom,

Marina, (510) 352-7798.

cockpit controls/electric start. New bottom, Aug.

AP, AC/DC, shore power, tabernacle, extra gear, new spinnaker, cushions, compass. Outboard

2 reef main, Loran, VHF, AP, electrical, bottom 12/ 93. Head, sink, 4 jibs, headroom, cruising gear.

27- FT ERICSON. Inboard Atomic 4, excellent

$6,500. Call Don at (415) 567-5960, ofc; (707) 829-0215, hm.

'92. VHF, shore power, very good condition.

well. Clean, well made. $4,800, firm. Full keel

Single handed coast veteran. $8,000 obo. (707)

condition. Sausalito berth, liveaboard? $9,800.

trade? (510) 420-0580.

552-8246, (510) 528-3354.

Pager (415)998-5123.

SANTANA 22.2 mains, 2 jibs, spinnaker, o/b, dig.

THUNDERBIRD 26, 1961. Solid, sound, fast &

ERICSON 27, 1972, extensive refurbishing

1993 Mariner 15 hp motor, all lines aft, DF, VHF,

KM, DS, compass and all basic gear. Race and

fun. Fresh bottom paint, 6 hp o/b in well, Northsail

(approx. $12,000) last year. Main and 2 jibs. All

compass, AP, main/reef, 3 jibs, 2 anchors, sail

single hand rigged. $2,900. Reducedfrom$3,500.

main & 150 genoa. Icebox, extra long V-berth.

lines led to cockpit. Honda 15 hp, extra long shaft,

covers, jib bags, pop-top cover plus more. Very

(415) 399-9191/648-5168, ask for Ed.

Active sailorw/94 sticker in Sausalito berth. $2,700.

electric start, with 10 amp alternator. Excellent

very clean. $13,500. (510) 522-8570.

(415) 925-0208.

condition. Sturdy, reliable bay boat. Asking

CATALINA 25, 1980, with Trail-rite EZ trailer,

$15,000. Call, leave name and address for details

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 24'4", 1963 with 7.5 hp Mercury o/b. 2 sails, clean. Acquired by marina

MERIT 25, #307.4 North sails, plus 3 used, '93 4

from lien sale. As is, where is. $2,750. Call (415)

hp Mercury o/b, Kenyon spars, trailer, VHF,

332-5510.

knotlog. For sale or trade up, will deliver. Best

EXPRESS 27, the best one-design. New mast,

obo. (415) 627-8986, dys; (415) 391-4816, eves/

boom, and rigging. Two suits of kevlar sails; one

wknds.

set of blade, main, and spinnaker new. $17,000.

22-FT MacGREGOR, trailer, 7.5 Honda o/b, main, 28-FT LYLE HESS, Bristol Channel cutter. Cruis¬

sure, porta-potti, galley, PFD’s, epoxy bottom,

ing veteran, needs some TLC. Based in San

ground tackle, sleeps 4, extras, ready to sail.

Rafael, CA. (602) 502-0403, eves.

$3,850. (916) 332-0960.

1981 ISLANDER 28 BAHAMA, diesel, VHF, Lo¬

Call 852-9960. Must sell.

ran, KM, DS, Autohelm, etc. Very clean, hauled 9/ 28- FT TRITON #248, Yanmar diesel, new teak

93. $16,000. (510) 231-8261 or (415) 488-9504,

trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬

eves.

1979 CAL 2-25, great Bay boat, 8 hp Yanmar

port, generous freeboard, liveaboard headroom,

inboard, North sails, pedestal steering, good con¬

w/4 berths, two speed winches, main & jib, dodger,

dition, Alameda Marina slip $7,500 obo. Kevin,

new boom & cushions. 8,500 lbs for $1.41/lb.

(408) 453-9909.

Myron Spaulding, (415) 332-3721.

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Boat. 2 mains, 3 head sails, chute, nice interior, VHF, compass, etc. Moving up, must sell. $5,500

offer. (303) 884-9128. jib, genoa, all lines led aft, pop-up top w/enclo-

All Work Guaranteed

RANGER 26, 1972. Good condition, fun Bay

on upgrades. Rick, (707) 252-4103.

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27- FT CATALINA, 1991. Great condition, 30 hrs.

TRAILERABLE 26-FT f/g sailboat 6 hp o/b en¬

ISLANDER 30 BAHAMA, 1980. Volvo diesel,

30-FT ROBERTS, custom built junk rig, Yanmar

Johnson LS electric start, VHF, DS, 2 jibs, custom

gine very roomy liveaboard size, 3 saiis.

VHF, wheel steering w/Autohelm 4000, digital DS

diesel, HAM, VHF, depth, GPS, windvane, AP, 8'

teak hatch and table, dinette interior, 6' standing

Fantabulous condition. $4,500 payments pos¬

and knot log, Loran, pressure water, battery

hard dinghy, 65 gal, h2o, 30 gal fuel, 5 sails,

room, shore power. S5.900. (415) 898-5998.

sible, lease/option, may accept bigger boat as

charger, stereo with inside/outside speakers,

massive storage. Especially built for long range

down payment. (510) 532-1332.

stove. Asking $24,500. (415) 984-2000, dys; (415)

cruising. Positive flotation, located So. Cal. Ask¬

332-3938, eves. Ask for Jerry.

ing $25,000.(714) 831-7641.

TARTAN 30, 1979. Fully equipped for single

30-FT GLASS SLOOP built in Holland 1970. New

CONTESSA 26 SLOOP, long deep keel, rigged for single handed ocean cruising, 5 hp Petter

29 TO 31 FEET

diesel auxiliary, SI0,000. (707) 864-2135. 26-FT SAN JUAN. Good condition, VHF, shore

handed sailing, with all lines led aft to ST winches,

sails, windlass, AP, Loran, DS, Force 10 heater

Harken roller furling, Autohelm. Diesel powered.

Atomic 4, sleeps 5. Epoxy bottom, hull paint 1991. $10,000 obo. (916) 223-1017.

power, 7 hp Evinrude o/b. 3 sails plus spinn. Santa

J/291983. Race one design, then cruiseto Sam's.

Never raced, excellent condition. S22.500 obo.

Cruz slip. Must sell. S7.500 obo. (408) 479-0815.

Race winner already this season. Lots of gear for

(510) 527-3507. CAL 29. Race/cruise ready. 6 sails, 9 winches. 2

the Bay or ocean. Berthed in SF City Marina. CORONADO 27. Good weekend family cruiser.

$19,500. (415) 854-1491, eve; 961-3300, day.

Solid boat, formerly used offshore in Channel

82 CATALINA 30'. Excellent condition, many

APs, Loran, VHF, DS, 3 wind gauges, KM, log,

extras, tall rig, new engine only 19 hrs. Cash or

65A alternator, good ground tackle, oversize rig¬

Islands. VHF, depth, KM, compass, sink, water

ISLANDER 30, BAHAMA, 1980, wheel, diesel,

trade smaller boat for equity. Lw payments of

ging, new curtains, upholstery. Rebuilt Atomic 4,

tank, stove, marine head, Johnson longshaft 9.9

AP, Loran, great condition. Two boat owner.

$260 per month can be arranged. (415)381-7310,

folding prop. Newtank, strut, shaft. SI 8,500. (415)

o/b w/charger, strong ground tackle, genny, jib,

$25,000. Bill, (408) 246-8131 or 241-0192.

dys or (415)332-3372, eves, Ken.

969-1614. OLSON 30-FT, newly painted, near new motor,

main. Bargain S4.500. (916) 756-5374. CAL 2-29. Diesel. Full batten sails, genoa, dodger,

PEARSON 30,1978. Dodger, AP, Loran, stereo,

CORONADO 27,1973.3 sails, DS, new interior,

wheel, pressurized water, battery charger, LPG

EPIRB, automatic Halon system, KM, DS, VHF, 5

Harken self-tailing winches, 3 spinnakers, 3 jibs, 2

new varnish. Must see. $5,995. (510) 536-3526.

stoye/oven, VHF, DS, KM, Loran, stereo. Well

sails, new bottom, all lines led aft, teak cockpit

mains. In exc. condition. Asking SI 7,000 obo.

equipped and maintained. Stockton freshwater

coaming. Immaculate, well maintained, fast and

(510) 865-4109, ask for Carl.

boat. Must see. $19,000. (209) 465-0180.

comfortable. BUC $27,400, sail away for $21,000.

CAPRI 25, 1982 by Catalina. Great condition.

ETCHELLS. Race with the best in the most com¬

James, (415) 573-1332.

Newself-tacking jib, 90% and2150’s. NewNissan, new battery. Dual axle trailer. Dry sailed with a

TARTAN 30,1974. Atomic 4, the Practical Sailor

single point lifting system. $9,000 obo. Steve or

rated, 'best buy," good condition, new dodger,

ISLANDER 30, 1976. Super strong, super fun

now. New mast, main, jib & spinnaker. Ali rigging

Jeff, (209) 478-5515, dys.

cruising spinnaker, Barients, Loran, VHF, KM,

Bay and Delta cruiser. Sleeps 6, wheel, KM, DS,

and gear in top condition. This is a fast boat for a

DS, shore power, and much more. $20,000. (209)

Loran, VHF, cockpit cushions, etc. Gashouse

great price. $11,500. Patrick, (415) 332-5757.

835-1954.

Cove S.F. berth. $16,000. Mr. Bronson, (415)

MERIT 25, 1983. Rebuilt/reinforced keel 1992.

petitive fleet on the Bay. This boat is ready to race

C & C 31,1968. One of the classics. New standing

347-1555, ext. 201 or (415) 347-5818.

New mast and standing rigging 1991.Spinnaker, 100, 120, and 150 jibs. Autohelm, Loran, VHF,

S2 Sb-FT, 9.2A 1979. Aft cockpit. Wheel steering.

DS, knot log, compass, gel cell, Evinrude4.5. Fast

New bottom paint, depth, speed, VHF, 15hp

ERICSON 29,1971. Atomic 4 inboard, furling jib,

bottom, KM, DS, Loran, VHF, stereo, 2 mains, 3

boat. Move forces sale. $8,000 obo. Call Bob,

Yanmar. Like new, runs great, alcohol stove. H/C

2-speed winches. All gear and 3-man inflatable

jibs, spinnaker, Atomic 4. Well maintained.

(510) 886-6170.

pressure water. 100% jib and main sail. Docked at

included. Hauled and painted 1991. No blisters.

$16,000. Call Marty, (510) 443-6358 or Ted (510)

South Beach Harbor, S.F. $26,000. Call (408)

Well-maintained. $14,000. Berkeley slip. Call

886-1725.

954-7285.

David, (510) 642-3132, dys; (510) 883-9542, eves.

8 bags, Loran, lots of extras, with trailer. Former

30-FT CAL 2-30. Race or cruise. VHF, Signet

ERICSON 30+, 1982. Like new (hauled 8/93),

rig, roller furling genoa, wheel, 2 water tanks,

Nat. Champ. $16,400 obo. Great boat. C all (408)

instrument package, Autohelm 1000, 9 bags of

Universal 16 diesel, Combi KM, Depthfinder,

pressure water, macerator, double lifelines, double

438-1843, dys; (408) 476-3995, eves.

sails, 3 near new, Micrologic Loran, 7 S/S Barient

wheel, VHF, battery charger, hot, cold, pressure

sink, radio, nonskid decks, shower in head. One

winches/two 2-speed, man overboard gear +

water, CNG, stove, oven. Tabernacled mast,

owner. Well maintained. $17,900. (415) 387-4265.

sleeps 6, new upholstery, stereo cassette, Santa

OLSON 25, # 102. One of the last Santa Cruz built

rigging, new halyards, all lines led aft, epoxy

CATALINA 30,1978. Diesel, all teak interior, tall

boats. By Design has been maintained with TLC.

EXPRESS 27 Mirage, excellent condition; cus¬

strobe light, spinnaker gear, whisker pole, 2 an¬

tom graphics; new sailcomp compass; full cover;

chors, battery charger, holding tank, Orion 2-

Cruz slip. Ideal family cruiser. $32,750. Call (408)

CATALINA 30,1976. This is a great family boat.

4-hs. motor; ready to race. $17,500. Call Lloyd,

burner stove, stern pulpit, sun tarps and many,

426-3781.

Very clean and roomy/freshwater boat. KM, DS,

(415) 364-3899 or (415) 299-9207.

many extras. Repair record. Equipment list. Get aboard and go. $ 17,950. A really nice boat with all

30-FT CAL 30 MK III. Lapworth design. Has

$15,900. Call (209)368-5758.

the right stuff. Phone or FAX (310) 548-5398.

everything important for racing or cruising. Boat is in excellent condition. $19,500, will consider

1984 CATALINA 30, one owner, diesel, wheel,

PEARSON COASTER 30-FT, 1967. Mexico vet,

Ranger 23 in trade. Boat is a fast, heavy weather,

Harken furler 8/92, dodger, new standing rigging

16 hp diesel, Profurl, storm sails, dodger, running

agile design with a PH RF base rating of 168. (714)

& life lines 8/92, more, more. Berthed Alameda.

963-6585.

Call for detail equipment inventory sheet. May

CAL 25. Great Bay boat for very little $$$. Ready to race, lot's of sails, o/b, VHF. $3,000. Call (510) 642-8556, then press 3#.

Loran (new), VHF, Atomic 4, spinnaker, club jib.

PEARSON 28. Great little cruiser. LectraSan, AP,

backs, barient ST winches, monitor, AP, S.L.

spinnaker gear, bimini, VHF, and more. Atomic 4

windlass, 35# CQR, SSB, Loran, instruments,

needs work. Make us an offer around $8,000. Call

stereo. Propane stove, diesel heater, ample power

BLUEWATER CRUISER for Mexico/Hawaii highly

(510) 642-8556, then press 3#.

charging. New Awlgrip topsides/cabin & nonskid.

developed Cascade 29 for serious cruising. Ad¬

$30,000.(415) 331-3037.

vanced self-steering 70 gal fuel tanks, 25 hp Volvo

C A L 30-1 Kona, full keel, CCA racer cruiser/single

diesel. Barient winches, 6 sails, 2 previous voy¬

hander. LOA 30', beam 10', draft 4'6", disp. 8200 lb. S. A. 378 ft., L.W.L. 24' 6" D/L ratio 189 phrf 201.

28- FT HAWKFARM, active one design fleet. This

carry-back some $ for right deal. Asking $26,000.

is a great boat to race or just cruise on the Bay. The

ERICSON 30,1969. Roller furling, excellent sails,

ages to Hawaii, seaworthy well proven vessel,

one design class is a very competitive, fun group

DS, refrigeration, stereo, shore power and water,

$19,950. Pillar Point. Harbor “A43".

of people. Please call (510) 937-7024 for more

battery charger, wood stove. Strong and sound,

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ERICSON 30+, 1980. Great shape. New instru¬

ERICSON 32, 1987. Diesel, fast & fun to sail,

ments and bottom paint 7/93. 'Yanmar diesel,

WORLD CRUISER. Heavy displacement cutter

APHRODITE 101 (33-ft sloop), 1979/1980. Sleek,

beautiful leak interior recently refinished, new

Martec prop, Loran, wheel, pressure water,

rigged cruising vessel. Fully equipped, 6 bags

fast and fun for exciting racing and comfortable

sails, furling jib, Data Marine instruments, Alpine

shower, propane stove, battery charger, 7 sails.

sails, 3 anchors, electronics, exceptional joiner

cruising. Danish quality in design (Elvstrom/

radio/cassette. Excellent condition. Berthed at

work, mucho storage. Coast Guard documented

S23,500/offers. Call Lee, (408) 756-2542, dys or (415) 593-0405, eves.

Kjaerluff) andcraftmanship (Bianca Yachts). Frac¬

Mariner Village, Alameda. Asking $51,000. Call (510) 933-5211.

as commercial vessel. Wheel or tiller steering.

tional rig for easy sail handling. Cozy interior with

Coyote Pt. berth. $49,750. (415) 367-7607.

lots of wood. New mast and engine within last 6 years. Full sail inventory, electronics and extras.

ISLANDER 30 BAHAMA, 1979. Volvo Penta

35' SCHOCK. Race ready. Late 87 with factory

'87 CATALINA 34. Interior/exterior like new. New

diesel, VHF, wheel, compass, DS, digital knot log,

Why wallow around in a bathroom fixture when

updates. Kevlar sails by North/Sobstad; like new

epoxy bottom. 3 headsails, roller furling. Teak

shorepower, mainsail and 3 jibs, insulated head¬

genoa/spn. New batteries, keel/rudder specially

cockpit sole & folding table. Propane stove, inflat¬

liner stove, hot water, etc. Reduced. Asking

you can sail with a Danish girl? $32,500. (415) 227-3560.

faired. Many trophies including Ensenada and Hi-

able dinghy, canvas covers. VHF, knot, depth,

$20,000. Will consider offers. (415) 364-1675.

point. S68,500 or trade for classic car. Call (619) 222-4002 or (619) 232-3057.

Loran. $55,000. (510) 736-3706.

30-FT RACING SLOOP with trailer. Fast classy and fun. Daysailer, no cabin. Very good condition. S2.500. (209) 725-0627.

RARE ATKIN #512 double-ender. 34-ft O.D./47ft O/L. Capable of any ocean passage this strong,

COLUMBIA SABRE 5.5 METER. Here's your

beautiful boat is Bristol after 3 years in restoration.

BALTIC 35,1986. Great aft cabin. Light use, well

chance to own a true classic, LOA 32’5", LWL

A sacrifice at $71,500. Call for details, 331-7654.

kept, good upgrades, new bottom paint. For sale

227” beam 6’3", draft 4'4” sailing at its purest. Call

$110,000 obo. Call (415) 852-9960.

Peter, (415) 834-1523.

34-FT 11:METRE, 1993. North sails, masthead

NONSUCH ULTRA 30,1984. Equipped for fast,

and fractional spinnakers, KM, motor, and more.

safe, fun sailing. Priced to sell. Come get her for

PEARSON 32,1979. Around the Bay or around

78 HUNTER 33. Original owner clean. 15 hp

$32,000. Call John (510) 849-4942, dys or (510)

$65,000. (415) 467-6645; (415) 738-9905.

the Farallons, this fin-keeled, keel-stepped racer/

diesel. Sails excellent, 6 oz. main, 110,135. Main

713-1517, eves to 9.

cruiser is fast and strong' Extensive refit within the

cabin all teak. Electroguard. Freshwater 6 yrs.

past 18 months includes new sails with F/B main,

Propane, great liveaboard. Port Sonoma. Small

roller furling, Gleason gennaker, Hallspar quick

trade considered. (415) 892-4303.

1977, cedar on oak, bronze fastenings. Gillmer

ST4000, Furuno 1621 radar, and much more! All

COLUMBIA 34. Large interior. Very clean. Ready

design, similar to Aries 32. Dual steering, good equipment list. Owned by marine surveyor. In

Pearson quality, this sleek, bullet-proof yacht has

for cruising/liveaboard. Deluxe version with teak

excellent condition. $31,000. Cruise the Pacific

never blistered and is in sail-away condition. A

trim in and out. 12V freezer, large icebox, hot/cold

Northwest and Alaska, then sail home. Call (206)

“must see" for the serious sailor. $37,500. (707) 554-8725.

pressurized water, water heater, stove w/oven,

376-5989.

vang, Navtec hydraulic backstay, autohelm

32 TO 35 FEET ERICSON 34, 1987. Like new inside and out. Many extras including 3-blade Max Prop, Harken

32-FT DOUBLE ENDED PILOTHOUSE ketch,

microwave, fireplace. Large head with shower, new holding tank. 110V shore power, 35A charger.

ERICSON 35,1968. Like new, completely rebuilt

furler, North sails, Aeroluff jib and gennaker, line

33-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1965. #271. She's

DS, VHF, KM, new AP, wheel-steering. New rig¬

and upgraded from stem to stern. 8 bags of sails,

control whisker pole, battery charger and gel

in good shape and clean. $18,000 obo. Rich

ging 7/92.1 50% genoa, 90% self-tending jib, new

wheel, auxiliary, VHF, Loran, depth, CNG stove/

batteries, full cover. $72,000. (408) 257-0638.

Moore, (415) 512-6257, Wkdys; (415) 331-7954,

storm jib. Dodger, BBQ, swim ladder. 2 anchors.

wknts/wknds.

$25,000. (408) 721-5901, dys; (408) 734-1095, eves.

oven, shower. Must see. Sell $30,000 or down on home in central Contra Costa County. Call (510)

FANTASIA 35,1975 cutter rigged sloop. 40 hp diesel, 5 sails, dinghy, loran, epirb, dodger, bimini,

372-7763.

hot shower, 220 gal. water, propane oven/stove,

PEARSON 33, 1986. Beautiful performance cruiser, dodger, furling, full battened main, pres¬

JUST BACK FROM MEXICO. Dufour 35 cruising

LAPWORTH 32,1960. Mahogany stripped plank

windvane, all teak interior, 3 cabins, workshop,

sure hot/cold, shower, 6’2" headroom, loran,

sailboat Mexico/Hawaii veteran. Strong, seawor¬

liveaboard in style. $53,000. (408) 996-2045.

autohelm, Yanmar, bimini. Excellent condition.

thy, comfortable. Cruise equipped with extras: solar panels, HAM/SSB, bimini water purifier,

construction. Engine needs replacement. Good headroom, reasonably equipped including spin¬

Sacrifice $49,000. Private party. (800) 486-0766. 1972 35' MOTORSAILER built in Finland. North

customized interior, GPS, more. $55,000/offer.

naker. $8,000 obo. Sam, (408) 438-6470 or Liz, (408) 922-6694.

Atlantic design, Baja ready. 95hp Perkins, new

32-FT WESTSAIL, 1976. Factory built bluewater

main, 150 and 180 genoas, stove, refrigerator,

cruiser. Very good condition. $42,000 negotiable.

microwave, sleeps 6, marine radio, compass, Sat-

For specs call (408)645-7874 and leave mes¬

ERICSON 35,1973. Water heater, h/c pressur¬

designed (best boat of the year 1986 Sail Mag),

Nav, wheel steering, autopilot, Honda gen. solar,

sage.

ized water, CNG stove with oven, refrigeration, head with shower, holding tank, VHF, DS, Speed,

fast and ocean worthy racer/cruiser. Profession¬

surveyed, CA registry located in La Paz, Mexico.

COLUMBIA SABRE, LOA 32’6". Beam 6'3", 5.5

Loran, 50 amp charger. Owner financing avail¬

tom. Basic inventory. $79,500. Principals only.

Excellent condition, asking $24,000 or trade for

meter hull with cabin model. Fast, classic lines.

able. Asking $26,500. Call (707)794-1235 or

(510) 655-8800. Must sell, make offer.

property or vehicle. Contact in La Paz Lupita

Lots of gear. Sleeps 3. $6,000 obo. Call (916) 333-1657.

(707)766-8623.

new batteries, 110 gal. fuel/65 water. Recent

Macias 2-54-97 or Abel Shipyard 5-51-50. Info in USA-Dave Stewart, (503) 598-1287 Oregon.

Ted, (916) 292-9172. SABRE 34 aft cabin Mark II, 1989. Beautifully

ally maintained in excellent condition. Epoxy bot¬

SOUTHERN CROSS 28 beautiful cutter in excel¬ NAUTICAT 33 PILOTHOUSE The very best of

lent condition. F/G with wood interior. Yanmar

WESTSAIL 32. Factory built Mark II. A bluewater

sail and power. Rare 37-ft, LOA ketch Scandina¬

diesel, valiseliferaft, VHF, stereo, cassette, EPIRB,

ERICSON 32-3, 1985. Deep draft performance

yacht with an available liveaboard slip or ready to

vian quality. Spacious, comfortable, enviable com¬

more. Loved and well maintained. Pillar Point

keel. Excellent condition, many upgrades. Light

cruise. Clean and in very good condition. Half

bination of reliable 86 hp diesel and lots of sail. An

berth. Ready to sail away. $25,450 obo. Must sell.

pearl grey gelcoat with red sheer stripes, dark

Moon Bay, asking $55,000. For more info call

immaculate cruiser. $81,500. Call Ron at (408)

(415) 367-6401.

grey nonskid and varnished teak trim. Extensive

(415) 728-0259.

996-0591.

35' CHEOY LEE “LOIN”. Teak hull bright, full sail

35-FT 1954 WOODEN SLOOP. 3/4 keel, ocean

pleted, 25 hrs. on Yanmar 2 cyl. diesel, new mast

inventory, aluminum mast, Barlow 25’s, Volvo

cruiser. New sails and mast, new diesel, new

and rigging, fuel tank, water tank, propane 2-

equipment, too much to list. Price reduced to $39,000 firm. (805) 466-2773.

BRISTOL 32-FT, 1967, renovation 80% com¬

diesel, a real head turner. $30,000 obo. 237-1225,

pulpits, new stern and cabin top, cover and leecloth.

burner stove w/oven. Redesigned interior, new

eves.

$15,000 obo. (510) 522-2705.

cushions. $14,900. Moving and getting married. Very anxious. Scott, 331-6160.

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36 TO 39 FEET 1988 36'9” LOA 36' LOD steel Roberts Spray cutter rig aft cockpit. Built for two to cruise in comfort and safety. Recent haul and paint 1990 Mexico vet. Ready to go again. Major price reduc¬ tion to S70.000. Call now. Won't last at this price. (619) 426-0706. HUNTER 36. Rebuilt engine, new sails, newsteering and rudder, well maintained. Sausalito berth.

LEASE 37-FT YACHT 7 days/month S300.30 hp diesel, main, jib, spinnaker, h/c pressure water

Nilsson hyd. windlass, 300 ft. 7/16” chain, 4 an¬

wind s/d, depth, log, speed, 2 VHF, Loudhailer,

sleeps 6. 2 baths, butane R.+O., fridge. Bay or

chors, Icom SSB, 4 man life raft, GPS, DS, KM,

CB, Cft cabin, Avon. S125,000. (408) 624-7210.

coastal cruising. Emery Cove berthed. Ken, (209)

inflatable, hard dinghy, reefer and many extras,

BALTIC 39, 1980. Yanmar 4JH, V drive, 11 winches, 13 sails, tall mast, Navtec discontinuous rod, deep keel, NKE Topline, GPS, AP & inte¬ grated wind system, ICOM VHF, Northstar 800X,

cruise ready. Moored Auckland, New Zealand.

334-4177.

S95.000. Cruiser, c/o Leo Vitali, 2/42 Armien Rd„

TARTAN 37, 1978. Excellent, strong stable, PILOTHOUSE - PEA RSON 36,1980 on 365 hull,

grades, immaculate interior. Diesel, ProFurl,

dual steering, 50 hp Westerbeke, Loran, VHF,

dodger, elect, windlass, spinnakers, Force 10

DS, roller furling jib, stowaway main, refrig, LP,

50-FT SAMSON DESIGN ferro-cement ketch.

stove & heater, refrigeration, Autohelm, docu¬

stall shower, ElectraSan. S65.000 obo. (916) 265-

Westerbeke diesel, 6 kw Kabota generator, 3.5

mented, VHF, Loran, KM, DS, WP, newer rigging,

2945. Berth in Vallejo.

CFM diving compressor, new masts & rigging, 3

RANGER 37 by Gary Mull. Fully equipped and

wave, 11'Achilles &

ready to sail. USCG documented. Modified keel

S45.000. (714) 662-3408.

cabins, 2 heads, propane stove & oven, micro-

shaft. Hauled 4/93. Much more. S65.000. (510) 236-5839.

and rudder give positive control in any breeze. 14 sails, 12 winches. Berths for 9. Oiled teak interior,

and coastal, VHF, Loran, SSB, removable dodger,

extensive electronics, holding tank. S33.000 obo.

Frers. Excellent sailing and handling cruising boat

Barient winches, sleeps 6,2 anchors chain-rode,

(510) 939-9885.

with extra large interior volume. Two large state¬

S22,000/offer. (408) 475-8020, Jim.

1955 KETTENBURG 38-FT plus 12' dinghy. This

heads both with showers. Large settee and galley.

package is a steal at $7,000. Read about my boat

50 hp Perkins diesel, 60 gal. fuel, 275 gal. water,

Wooden Boat magazine. Page

hot/cold pressure water, windlass, refrigeration,

to move up; will consider part trade on larger Baltic

bluewater boat. April '93 survey S68.000. Cutter

Greg, (415) 679-1155.

or Swan (1980 or newer). $150,000. Call (206)

rig, Perkins 4-108 diesel (10 hrs on rebuild). 100 gallons water, anddiesel, refrigeration, VHF, RDF,

roller furling, loads of opening ports and hatches for ventilation. Co++33mes complete with two inflatables both with o/bs, idshes, cooking utinsels, all linens & fishing gear. Located in the Caribbean

compass, NavTec rigging, inflatable. Needs slight FREYA 39. Fast ocean cruiser teak decks, 13

TLC. Have lived aboard 5 yrs. but fiance says sell.

double action winches, 7 sails, all the gear, GPS,

If you want to head out the Gate and hang a left (or

generator, microwave. Interior by Kettenberg

right) or want a great Bay boat, this is it. $62,000

Yachts, proven design winning Sydney Hobart 8

or trade for smaller (18-22) boat. Kirk, 657-9821, 763-4164.

43-FT BENETEAU, 1984 all f/g sloop designed by

rooms with hanging lockers and vanities. Two

great liveaboard. Santa Cruz slip available.

in the Feb. issue of

Single Handed TransPac. In excellent shape.

more.

LAPWORTH 36, sloop, large sail inventory, com¬

TAYANA 37, 1978. Great liveaboard, excellent

337-0304.

15hpTohatsu,much

plete refitting finished June ‘93, cruised to Hawaii

Expar D5, Blaupunct Bose stereo. This yacht is beautiful and in excellent condition. Owner wants

Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand.

cruiser/racer. Sparkman-Stevens, numerous up¬

Assume low interest loan or S26.000 cash. Call (707) 224-2076.

48-FT CUTTER, 9 sails incl. new jib and staysail,

FISHER 37 Pilothouse ketch. Motorsailer, 1980, 80 hp Ford Saber diesel, 120 gal H20,120 fuel,

40 TO 50 FEET

on the Island of St. Lucia. Start your cruise there now. Will consider finance or trades for autos, boats or real property. Will also consider 50%

CT 41, staysail Kt, all F/G, prof, modified & equipped

partner. S75.000 total price. Call Charles, (510)

for world cruising. Complete, AP, WM refrig, etc.

906-8317.

Too much to list. Call for details. Located in sunny

$83,000. (408) 659-4250. 1982 J-36 owner relocating out of state. Here's

Baja. Steal $78,000. Call (310) 519-1208 or (310)

1981 PETERSON 44, totally equipped and re¬

ISLANDER 37,1968 classic Bruce King sloop.

your chance to own this fast racer/cruiser w/3 cyl

518-7640.

cently refurbished. Ready for immediate world

New rigging, genoa, thru hulls, prop shaft and

diesel, 8 sails, rod rigging, cruising interior, and

Wilcox imperial head. Low hours, beautiful boat.

lots of other extras. Asking $49,000 obo. Call

GULFSTAR 43-FT KETCH center cockpit, GPS,

Priced to sell at $27,500. (310) 498-0827, Long

(510) 638-3383, ask for Bob.

Loran, VHF, wind speed/point, Perkins diesel,

cruising. $89,000. Call for specifications. (208) 772-2313 or in Cabo 011-521-124-1776.

clean, well equipped great sailor and/or liveaboard.

COLUMBIA 45 M/S SLOOP, Perkins 4-236, 85

ISLANDER 36,1972. Good cond. Perkins 45 hp

Includes Achilles dinghy with o/b, 6 sails, dodger,

hp, Onan 3 kw, furling, 15 Q.F. freeze/refridge,

37- FT WOODIE, built in Sweden, 1954, teak and

diesel, must sell. $24,000 obo. (510) 683-4205,

just hauled. Call for spec sheet. Made in USA.

AP, new int., Nav station, Loran, SatNav, SSB,

mahogany; full keel, beam 8'6”; draft: 4’11". 2

dy/msg. (510) 490-5987.

$89,500. Call Jim, (510) 254-5653.

VHF, windlass, davits, 300 gal fuel & water, new

marine couch; sails: main, mizzen, and jib. Needs

ISLANDER36,1984. Red uced$10,000. For quick

DUTCH STEEL CUTTER 43-ft 10’, 6'3, full keel.

spinnaker (drifter), very clean yacht. $55,000.

new deck and caulking. Make offer. Call (415)

sale. Excellent condition, main plus 4 jibs, 2 spin¬

Fast & able, new 108. Interior disassembled.

(310) 822-2480.

994-1204.

nakers, 30 hp Yanmar, hydraulic boomvang,

Sandblasted, plated, coated, new bulkheads, wir¬

Beach.

bottom, LP mast

booms, twin cylinder engine, two piston renault

boom, furling jib, cruising

outhaul & backstay, refrigerator, natural gas stove

ing, plumbing, reassembledteak. 10 bags. $30,000

SANTA CRUZ 50, special factory deep keel, tall

FREYA 39, sloop design ocean cruiser, cored

& much more. $59,500. (209) 466-9704, dys;

spent 1990 $35,000 cash, laying Acapulco. Write

triple rigged mast and extended boom for upwind

hull, 3cyl. Yanmar diesel, 45' mast, winches, roller

(209) 943-2525, eves.

Cobb, 39 Shields Lane, Novato, CA 94947.

performance, open transom, newer layout below,

refrigeration, tanks for H20 & diesel, sails, ready to

36-FT ISLANDER SLOOP. Great liveaboard, lo¬

SWAN 44,1973. Sparkman-Stevens design, re¬

SSB, weatherfax and refrigeration, ready for cat¬

sail - finish interior. $50,000 obo. (707) 257-7872.

cal and long distance cruiser. Vintage 1972, super

cent refit. (805) 595-2180.

egory 1 racing. $198,500. (619) 232-3057.

many sails, Sobstad, UK, Ockam instruments and

furled head sail, DS, interior incomplete, stove,

strong. 1993 survey available for serious buyer. I 38- FT STEEL MOTORSAILER, converted Navy whaleboat, 3-ft draft perfect bay cruiser. Thrifty diesel, excellent ground tackle, jib and mainsail, deluxe liveaboard, 7-ft. headroom, full galley and head with shower, redwood interior and woodburning stove. $19,500 or trade. Call (415) 721-7919.

am motivated to sell now. Joe, (408) 423-4230,

40-FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE, 1980 by Uniflite.

ISLANDER 40,1979. Peterson designed racer

eves or msg.

Better than new. One owner, professionally main¬

with cruising amenities. Pathfinder 42 hp diesel,

tained. Outstanding cruiser/Iiveaboard w/one state¬

refrigeration, h/c water, CNG stove/oven, spinna¬

36-FT CATALINA, 1983. Diesel, furling jib, spin¬

room and big salon. Amenities include: Wood-

ker, 2 jibs, 9 winches, dodger, wheel steering,

naker, radar, Loran, VHF, depth, knot, Autohelm,

freeman AP, Grunert refrigeration, Furuno radar&

inflatable, Loran, VHF, charger, KM, DS. Very

batt. chrg. fish find., stereo, hot/cold press, water,

Loran,

fast. $59,000. Call Joe, (415) 239-8130, eves.

microwave, bilge pump, Zodiac dinghy, bottom

Westerbeke 58 diesel - one of the finest if not the

done 9/93, etc. Best value for Bay and Coast.

best cruiser in the NW. Call for picture and specs.

$44,000. (510) 838-9048, h; (510) 977-4735, w.

Asking $150,000. Call (602) 927-6973 or (206)

Lewmar winches,

dual

steering,

564-1221.

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Oakland, CA 94620 510/849-1766

CT41 KETCH, excellent condition, FG, 50 hp

43- FT STEPHENS CLASSIC motor yacht. Per¬

Perkins 4108, R. furl jib/staysail, fuel 150 gal,

WESTSAIL 42-FT, 1981. Center cockpit, cutter

fect liveaboard with ideal downtown Sausalito

water 135 gal. H/C pressure, ac/dc refer., propane

rigged. Well maintained. Must see to appreciate.

location. Fireplace, stove, shower. Very strong

stove, Micro, AP, Loran, equip, for cruising, many

Presently moored in Sausalito Yacht Harbor.

diesels with fewer than 500 hrs. Lots of light and

extras. Documented, new bottom paint. S68.000.

$95,000. For further info, call (415) 331-3022.

30s elegance. Some painting and cosmetic work

(209) 529-5508.

needed. $24,000. (415) 332-9038.

MULTIHULLS 31-FT GEMINI CATAMARAN, 1985. Full cruise equipment. Honda 15 o/b, roller furl main & genoa,

ISLANDTRADER MOTOSAILER 46-ft, 1983. LP

44- FT ALUM. SLOOP, 1979. Peterson design

& bottom paint 6/93, cruised Mexico 4 years, 120

teak interior, full galley, refrigeration, dsl. engine

Ford Lehman, 700 fuel, 450 water, radar, GPS,

18 sails, Barient self-tailing winches, Brooks &

large aft stateroom. Completely outfitted for ex¬

Gatehouse electronics, Zodiac w/15 hp Evinrude.

tended cruising or great liveaboard. 5139,900.

(619) 698-9321. San Diego, CA. S65.000.

spinnaker, storm jib, electronics: AP (2), radar, GPS, VHF (2), HAM/SSB, watermaker, solar pan¬

51 FEET & OVER

els (3), gel cells (3), propane stove, oven, refrig/ freezer, microwave, inverter, HiFi CD, 5 anchors, Avon RIB & o/b. $62,500. (619) 222-9694.

San Diego, (619) 222-4982. DEL REY50,1986. F/G hull & deck factory made.

STEEL KETCH MOTORSAILER52’OA, VanDam

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41-FT TC. USCG docu¬

37-FT WILLIAMS TRI PROJECT. Hull's com¬

12,500# lead ballast installed. S75/mo. storage/

1972. Cruising, liveaboard. Located Puerto

mented. In the South Pacific now. Walk aboard

plete, ready to assemble. Super quality S2.750

working area in Oakland. S7,000. (510) 932-4339.

Vallarta, Mexico. $160,000. Fax 52-322-10260 MS/Y JANBROER.

obo. Wanted: approx. 40-ft aluminum mast and

and sail away. Fully equipped - spare parts, rain

rigging; trade: 13.5' Dunlap inflatable for a smaller

gear, electronics, etc. Will sail to Tonga, Fiji, New

41- FT CHEOY LEE, 1980. Cruise or liveaboard,

Zealand, or Hawaii for you to pick up and begin

VHF, Loran, Autohelm4000AP, and Bidata speed/

62-FT FORMER MILITARY rescue boat, com¬

your dream cruise. For informaiton, equipment

depth, Signet windspeed/point new dodger/sail

pletely rebuilt 1988; survey Jan. 1994; loaded for

31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. A-frame, cut¬

list, and/or pictures write to N. DeStael, 505 w 45th

covers, CNG, refrigeration, elec, windlass, 6 sails

offshore cruising; great liveaboard or winter home

ter rig, 5 headsails, 2 mains, Johnson 9.9 L.S.

Street, Vancouver, WA 98660. Questions may be

& spinnaker, 10-ft inflatable with 8 hpo/b. $89,000.

in Mexico. Must be seen. $150,000 obo. Will

electric start, alt. 4 anchors, dinghy. Needs some

faxed to Liz at 011-676-70-130. A wonderful boat at S169.000. No brokers.

(408) 436-8496.

trade. (408) 659-4681.

work, but good solid boat. $6,500. Let's talk. Ian,

1984 TA YANA V-42 center cockpit cutter rig. T wo

60-FT FIFE design classic lines, steel cutter,

inflatable. Chuck, (916) 899-1835/893-2171.

(408) 475-6571, Iv msg.

TARTAN 41. High quality Swan like f/g racer/

cabins, head/showers; Perkins 4-236 diesel; Max-

DeVries built, 3 cabins, 6'2” headroom, sleeps 6,

37-FT POLYCON CATAMARAN balsa/fiberglass,

cruiser by S & S, 1975. Strong medium displace¬

prop propeller; roller furling jib; Westerbeke gen¬

full sails, 60 hp dsl, world cruiser, needs skilled

3 cabin, 2 heads, propane stove & 3-way refrig¬

ment with skeg-hung rudder. Fast and easy to sail.

erator; Signet GPS; Alpha Marine AP; Furuno

work - maybe 900 hrs + $12,000 to restore to

eration, 3 anchors, double battery bank, inverter,

Has roomy interior for good liveaboard. New Force

SatNav; Raytheon radar; Cybernet VHF. (714)

SI 50,000 value. Asking $50,000. (707) 823-7205.

watermaker, radar, GPS, EPIRB, weatherfax, SSB,

10 propane stove, diesel heater, AC/DC refrigera¬

723-4346; FAX (714) 723-4375. $139,000.

Yanmar diesel. Reduced $5,000, $93,000 will work with broker. (619) 270-1071.

tion, VHF, stereo, 6 sails, 9 Barients, diesel, Multipure water purifier, pressure water, 3 bank

42- FT GAFF RIGGED SCHOONER, Chapelle

battery charger monitor, 3 blade and folding prop.

design, built in 1963.40 hp Perkins diesel. Wood

No reasonable offers will be turned down. $49,500.

burning heater, kerosene stove and lanterns. Ex¬

Call Ed at (415) 728-5067, hm; 742-8393, wk.

tras. Well maintained. A beauty. $45,000. Call

CLASSICS

(510)357-6879. OFFSHORE 41 BY CHEOY LEE, 1978 Tri cabin

POWER & HOUSEBOATS

layout with circular dinette, huge cockpit, refrig¬

EXCITING PROJECT. Steel hull for sale. Bruce

eration, LPG stove/oven, diesel heater, Perkins 4-

Roberts offshore 44. Center cockpit ketch. Nice

1954 CHAPPELL CORSAIR gaff rigged topsail

108, Alpha Pilot, Maxwell electric windlass, ProFurl,

lines. Includes steel dodger, davits, railings, hull,

schooner. Great cruiser or liveaboard. See to

custom traveler, dodger. $70,000. Call for bro¬

deck and coachroof. Nice stainless chainplates.

appreciate. $32,000. (415) 589-8308.

chure, (707) 579-4298.

One mast and engine. Bare hull inside, serious calls only. $10,500. (408) 336-2442.

C & C, 1981. A beautiful, well maintained perfor¬

THE LEGENDARY IRON WITCH, antique cus¬ tom cruiser, 19-ft. 453 Detroit diesel, cabin, dual

MAHOGANY BOATS. 21-ft Owens, 1956; Cabin

helm, solid not restored, fabulous craftsmanship,

Cruiser, FH6-Gas. 33-ft Chris Craft, 1958; salon

berthed at Verona Joe's in the 60’s, built in Stockton. $3,000. (916) 622-6150.

mance cruiser. Full battened main, furling jib,

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 tri-cabin in out¬

spinnaker & gear. Diesel with low hours. B & G

standing condition. Philip Rhodes design. Hand

sedan, twin 6-gas. 50-ft Chris Craft, 1950; twin cabin, twin diesels. Call for info. Gary K. Mickelson.

instruments, rod rigging. Propane stove withoven.

layup fiberglass hull to Lloyd's specifications.

(209) 267-0630 or (916) 279-2189.

42-FT '56 MATTHEWS. Restoration 75% com¬

H/C water, pressurized/shower. Verystrong, PHRF of ’84. $62,500 firm. (314) 824-2329.

Burmese teak throughout. Perkins 4-107, low hours; Max prop; aluminum mast; new sails; Barient

47-FT KETTENBURG PCC Antigua is a beautiful

$19,500 obo. Also 40-ft slip 18 Pier 39 approx. 43

CT 41,1975 traditional cruising ketch, excellent

winches; B & G electronics; much more. (310) 397-0141.

Marconi-rigged sloopin excellent condition,27,000 lbs. with a 9.5’ beam and 7' draft. 2-boat owner

with small down payment. (209) 293-3111.

condition, great liveaboard, Autohelm, electric

plete. Hemis require powering, hauled 3/93, cash yrs. remain on lease $28,000 obo. Will finance

distress sale. Asking $30,000 but will consider all

windlass, KM, electric refrigeration new in 1988.

REPOSSESSION. 1979 Cheoy Lee Offshore 41.

Asking $55,000. (916) 446-5278.

2-boat owner must sell this great ketch quickly.

offers. (510) 436-6558.

$46,450. Good condition; needs some elbow

CLASSIC WOODY: Danish built, 1938; full keel,

OLSON 40, 1983. Equipped for cruising.

grease. (415) 974-9007. Leave name and ad¬

oak frames, copper riveted fir planked,

Watermaker, SSB, GPS, gel batteries, refrigera¬

dress; I’ll mail complete list of equipment & pho¬

counterstern, 38' LOA, beautiful lines, mahogany

tion, freezer, Autohelm 2000, VHF, shore power,

tos. Must sell soon.

interior, sleeps 5, diesel powered. In good condi¬

EPIRB, anchor roller, V-berth, Cybernet stereo,

tion ready to sail and enjoy. Asking $18,500.

quad cycle, dodger, awning, wind scoop, many

Recently surveyed at $25,000. (916) 852-4756.

sails, and much more. $88,000. (619) 895-4756.

47-FT KETCH IN MEXICO

9A.uhifi.utf Charters

Illness forces sale. Fully equipped. New diesel engine, propeller, rigging. Includes A.D.F., VHF,

_Northwest, Inc.__

Aries vane, Autopilot, dinghy, o/b, 9 bags sails, Canadian reg. Will trade for Real Estate or

Bareboat Charters of Corsair F-27's and now the F-311

W.H.Y. Sacrifice for cash $35,000 U.S. Photos available. (604) 850-0612

Soil the beautiful San Juan Islands with comfort and speed. Call us for more information ond roles ol (206) 347-7127 Or, wilt vi of 3322 52nd PI act SW, Evtrtn, WA 98203

J.KARMIN BOAT HANDLING

DIESEL FUEL FILTERING

Customized instruction on your power or sail boat USCG 200 Ton Licensed Captain • ASA Certified Instructor

Now Available for Charter Yukon Jack

Process Scrubs, Polishes, Removes Algae, Dirt/Rust & Water from Diesel Fuel,

Also available for Charter Captain or Delivery Answering Service: (415) 341-2852 • Reasonable rates

50 ft- Sailboat, certified for 25 passengers

YOUR BERTH OR BOAT YARD. (510) 521-6797

MARINE DIESEL ENGINE SEMINAR

includes Internal Tank Wash Down.

TAMMY’S SEWING

Learn how to operate, maintain, and repair your diesel engine. Get hands-on experience adjusting valves, timing an engine, bleeding the fuel system,

Quality Canvas • Custom Interiors

diagnosing problems and making repairsrPrograms held on Saturdays.

100 Locust Street #2, Sausalito, CA 94965

For more information, phone Technical Education Institute, (415) 332-7544

(415) 331-6527

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Specializing in fiberglass structural repair and gel coat cosmetic repair. ■ Quality Work • Competitive Rates • Dockside Service Call (510)523-9713

February. 1994 •

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NEED A BIGGER MOTOR? I need a smaller one.

ONE OF A KIND. Almost restored WWII mine

BAREBOAT CHARTER. Gorgeous 36-ft

sweeper. 79 feet, Navigable with working Buddha

Jeanneau sloop out of South Beach. Fully

I'll trade mv Honda 7.5 for a 5 hp. Call Tom, (510)

diesels and 4k Onan genset. Remodeled 2 bed¬

equipped. Roller furling, wheel, 3 cabins, CNG

215-3516, dys; (510) 223-2796, eves.

room with full size bath, tiled shower/tub, air tight

galley. Fast, fun, responsive cruiser. Flexible

USED GEAR

wood burning fire place, hot tub, wheel house/

schedule. 25% usage includes berthing, insur,

1966 MOONEY M20E AIRPLANE, with full 1991

office, and much more. Major bottom job 4 years

fuel, maint. 8250/month. (415) 368-7981.

upgrade, including SWTA Texas II conversion,

45 LB CQR plow anchor. S300. Call Martin, (415)

new paint, and 201 engine. Full IFR. Recent

941-4933, eves.

ago. Currently at beautiful Wine County Marina,

annual inspection. Trade for 30-40 ft. cruising

with possible legal liveaboard berth. 550,000 obo.

J/BOAT PARTNERSHIP S250/month, no equity

Will consider owner financing to the right parly,

buy-in. Well maintained J/29

may consider partial trade. Steve at 923-1607 or

board, race & cruise equipped, 4 berths, kevlar

984-5890.

sails. Great Bay & Delta boat for daysails, over¬

148 J18 S350, spin pole $100,57' Gemini headfoil

nights, racing, offshore. Fast, easy to sail and

S200, dodger $100, SatNav $150, charting pro¬

beautiful. (415) 435-6822.

gram $150 w/charts. (415) 673-8373.

32-FT POWER CRUISER, custom built in 1940,

Maybe w/diesel

in¬

sailboat. Call Frank at (408) 988-5642, w or (510)

MAINSAILS: P64 E23, S500, P40 El2.8, $500,

455-4317, h.

genoa’s $350,157 J28,148 J14.6, wire luff staysail

mahogany on oak frames. Haulout and survey in June 1993. Hull excellent, new windows and ep¬

VAGABOND 47 partner(s) for Mexico/Caribbean

oxy decks, no rot. Beautiful liveaboard, solid en¬

cruising/chartering venture. Boat has inverter, AP,

closed rear deck, unbelievably spacious. 87,000

E-windlass, roller, Loran, SatNav, dinghy & o/b,

obo. Jim, (415) 664-8811.

microwave, TV/VCR, VHF, etc. Will call you col¬

COMPACT SSB TRANSCEIVER ICOM 1C M600.

WANTED

Automatic antenna tuner. All hardware to install SI,250; 7' hard dinghy w/6 hp Solo o/b SI,100; Westerbeke 4-60 diesel engine w/paragon tranny

lect. Write Jim Eskew, 400 Walnut #134, Red¬

EL TOROS wanted for junior racers. F/G models

- #1,000. Complete, new SCUBA gear; $800.

wood City, CA 94063.

only, please. Call (702) 588-2535, eves or wknds

(707) 769-8008, Iv. msg.

(Lake Tahoe). BOAT BUILDING MATERIALS: Uni-directional

BREWER46, partnership. Pilothousecutter. Great opportunity to own a fantastic bay and bluewater

PARTNERSHIPS

EL TORO wanted, wooden boats and jigs in any

& tri-axial f/g, 1/2" balsa core, cab-o-sil,

boat. Excellent partnership, fully equipped, Bristol

condition. Need parts, hardware, sails etc. Any¬

microspheres, peel ply. Cancelled project-will sell

condition, low interest loan, low balance. 25%

thing to help build new East Coast beginners fleet.

for half cost. Call (310) 866-8445, eves.

share. $8,500. (5400/month). Call for details, (707)

Call Walter, Norma or machine. (408) 438-9376. «

GROUND TACKLE. Want Fortress FX-23, and

EXPERIENCED SAILOR seeking short-term (3-4

CQR or Bruce 331b anchors. Also S-L Seawolf 520 electric windlass, prefer 1/4" or 5/16" gypsy. 4001

255-3368, eves. EXPRESS 37 PARTNERSHIP in Santa Cruz.

CATALINA 27.1/3 interest. Well maintained and

mo.) liveaboard situation on a 40-50 ft. sail or

The ultimate racer/cruiser, excellent partners.

equipped. New 4-cylinder motor. Tiburon Cay

powerboat. Peninsula location preferred. Stable,

1 /4" H i-Test or 5/16" proof chain. Also 1/4" or 7/32”

$5,000 cash takes over my 1/3 partnership. (408)

berth. $2,500. (707) 887-9146, (707) 823-1327.

employed professional will pay top dollar for the

StaLok forks, cruising gear, etc. (707) 447-3838.

right boat^Call Joe at (415) 879-0174.

295-2210, wk; (408) 279-4543, hm.

MAINSAIL FOR LANCER 27 with double reef.

LEASE 37-FT YACHT 7 days/month $300.30 hp diesel, main, jib, spinnaker, h/c pressure water

WANT 48-FT TO 65-FT sail/cruiser, equipped to

Will fit Catalina 27 but will be 8" long on the luff and

Bill Lee sloop. Original owners have maintained

sleeps 6. 2 baths, butane R.+O., fridge. Bay or

go. Aluminum, steel. Buy orswap. 2110OSilverbell

6" short on the foot. Used 112 of one season. Make

and upgraded boat continuously since new. Dark blue Awlgrip LPU topsides, roller furling, cruising

coastal cruising. Emery Cove berthed. Ken, (209)

Rd., Marana, AZ 85653.

offer to (916) 577-3593, eves.

LANCER 36.1/3 or 1/2 interest available in 1982

334-4177.

interior, epoxy bottom, Sausalito berth, terrific bay

USED GEAR in good condition. 25# CQR or

SAILOMAT WINDVANE self-steering. Model 3040

cruiser. Step aboard and start sailing, this boat is

16.5# Bruce and 22# Danforth anchor. 60’ 3/8 and

servopendulum with independent rudder. Good

completely equipped and needs nothing added.

65' 5/16 chain, Avon Redcrest dinghy, sea swing

condition. SI ,875, compare new $4,500. Also

TRADE

Experienced sailors only, please. Equity contribu¬ tion plus $500/month expenses for 33% owner¬

stove, hand held VHF. (702) 746-5143, Iv msg. I

1993 new Sailomat 536 servopendulum still under

will return all calls.

factory warranty. Only $2,100, compare new $3,500. San Diego, (619) 454-9866, fax (619)

ship. Call Alson at (408) 288-6307 or George PROFITABLE 7 YR Mexican corporation in Para¬

TRAILER WANTED. Tandem axle capable of

dise. Two prime locations in Puerto Vallarta; 10

carrying 5,500 lb. sailboat. Call (510) 525-0279,

VALIANT 40 cutter rig berthed in S.F. Marina.

fully trained staff and managers. Established

eve; (510) 642-1664, dys.

Comfortable & fast cruising sailor. One or two

wholesale and retail business. Excellent reputa¬

(415) 776-5118.

454-3512. H.A.M. RADIO - Icom 735 transceiver, automatic antenna tuner plus AC power supply. Excellent

partners desired. Small down payment plus share

tion and sales with dynamic growth. Easily man¬

LIVEABOARD SAILBOAT. Will trade 1993 24-ft

of monthly expenses & loan payment. Call (415)

aged, work permits and training includes, (value

travel trailer. Fully equipped. Some cash, (707)

851-8560.

$260,000) Ready to go cruising again in your 40’-

259-1611.

condition used only 6 months. Call Steve (415) 472-3094, eves. A 7.5 T015 HP long shaft engine that is 10 yrs. old

55' bluewater sailboat plus cash. Don & Teri MORGAN 38. Beautiful. No maintenance duties.

Murray, Pie in the Sky Bakeries, 278 B. Badillo St.,

MARTEC FOLDING PROP 12"dia„ RH, 6-7 pitch

or newer is sought for $800 or less. A dinghy and

Roller furling jib, new easy-reef main. Electric

Puerta Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Call 011-52-

for 1" shaft. Reaching strut, 2.5" - 3” dia. by 6-ft or

VHF radio are also needed. (415) 566-2355.

anchor windlass, 50 hp diesel, sleeps 7 inside, refrigerator, VHF, stereo. 1/5 equity, shared

(329) 8-03-06 Fax 011-52-(329) 8-00-61. Relax

so. (916) 447-1387. VOLVO MDIIC & trans. New starter w/handcrank

and prosper on beautiful Banderas Bay. SPINNAKER SHEETS and guys for Catalina 38

monthly costs. Second home deductions may

& manual. Eng. disassembled. $800.7.5" Mark I

apply. Reservation scheduling. Sausalito Marina.

TRADE REAL ESTATE.in Paradise, Calif. (2

or equivalent. Approx. 80'. Complete with fittings.

Navy compass, 1943 w/Gimballed case. Excel¬

Dale, (415) 964-2801.

buildable parcels) worth $85,000 owned free and

Bob, (415) 344-8030 or 343-8559.

lent $500. Jim, (209) 463-6844.

clear and/or nice 1700SF house in Santa Rosa, CA worth $159,000 in which I have $71,000 equity - assumable loan. Want motorsailer type vessel in top condition - liveaboard. (707) 829-9476.

Superior yacht Varnishina 1 by ‘Kerry Clart S pittdle r ^ 'far quality utork based cm experience uttfi same of the finest yachts and -ante ifrant properties in oforthem California.

MARINE ENGINE CO. Electrical, Water Systems, Plumbing Installation & Repair

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Complete Engine Services • Gas and Diesel

{415) 380-4810

Jim Swan, (415) 332-0455 • P.O. Box 122, Sausalito, CA 94966

PACIFIC DELIVERY SERVICES

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V 39 Liberty Ship

Also available for day or longer charters. Capt. GaryJimmink • (707)762-1899

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Way . Sausalito, California'94965

331-8321 VIsa/MC

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Repairs Electrical & Mechanical Systems

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Need Home Port Services? Banking? Bill Paying? Mail? Very Special Assistance? Want Bonded &

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or Write: P.O. Box 1237, Huntington Beach, CA 92647-1237

LEGAL PROTOCOLS: THE CARIBBEAN

DON'T SINK!

ISBN 1-883628-02-4, describes specific customs and immigration clearance

Floatpac inflatable bags can keep any sailing or motor vessel afloat,

procedures in 14 Caribbean countries, including Bahamas, B.V.I. & U.S.V.I.

even in severe weather conditions.

81/2x11” spiral-bound. $19.95 postage paid.

Proven on hundreds of boats & helicopters. Navy, Coast Guard.

ORCA, INC., 3419 Via Lido, Suite 228, Newport Beach, CA 92663

Save your life and the boat. PACFIC BAY SERVICES (415) 788-4409

Poge 162 • UtilosU 3? • February, 1994

YANMAR DIESEL 1 cylinder 18 hp, not running but rebuildable, complete with transmission, alter¬

MISCELLANEOUS

nator, wiring harness, fuel & water pumps etc. Salt water cooled. Mechanics special S350 obo. Tom (510) 223-3168.

ATTENTION ATOMIC 4 OWNERS. Owner's

FIRST MATE sought by 51 yr. old male with

COMPETENT SAILOR looking to crew to Hawaii

sailboat. Must be financially and emotionally stable,

via Pacific Cup or cruisers. Experienced owner/

ready to cruise the Tropics. Want a chance to

crew of bay & ocean racing & cruising. Numerous

really enjoy life, write Huff n Puff c/o Captains and

sailing skills, easy going, PADI divemaster, pro¬

Crew, 5300 Longbay Rd.. St. Thomas, USVI, 00802.

fessional videographer. Call Ken Allison (415) 341-2331 or 578-1318.

MARINE ALCOHOL STOVE. Very high quality

manual (26 pages) S12; installation, operation &

rarely used 3-burner Gimbaled range and stove

maintenance instructions (77 pages) S24; parts

for baking complete with pressure tank and pump.

EXCEPTIONAL MAN sought for partner in ad¬

list (162 pages) $36. Shipping extra. Call Chuck anytime, (805) 969-6687.

GET IN THE SWING for the 1994 sailing season.

venture by GWM sailor. Handsome intelligent

The Single Sailors Association is a singles' orga¬

Excellent conditon. Best offer. Call Paul at (408)

guy, 44, ready to explore the world under sail;

nization of sailing enthusiasts who enjoy cruising

looking for honest, confident, bright, masculine, FREE. 24-ft sailboat molds. Killer 1/4 tonner or

and racing on a regular basis. If you are single and

healthy, financially and emotionally stable

build a performance family cruiser. Call 725-0627.

want to know more about sailing or our group,

couterpart. Sailing/offshore experience preferred,

please come to our “1st Annual Crew Party &

sense of humor required. Write: ETL, PO Box 2954, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250.

Yacht Club. Singles only, please. For details, call

988-5880, dys; (408) 735-9055, eves. MAST, BOOM, full-batten main w/batt. slides, Dutchman system, LP-ED 72' x 21', 4 years old,

(209)

like new'. S4.900 obo. Oliver, (310) 822-1203.

(510) 273-9763.

470 US 1644. KD built, 2 masts (Epsilon &

SEEKING

Goldspar), Waterat blades, Ullman sails, yard dolly, top & bottom covers, excellent condition. Hardly used. Call (209) 484-5078.

Mixer" on Thursday February 10th at the Oakland

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

ADVENTURE

MATES.

MacGregor with professional

65-ft

captain cruising

So. Pacific for 12 months Marquesas, Bora Bora,

SANTANA 35 race crew; experience needed. Call Richard, (415) 348-8527.

Tahiti, Fiji, NZ, Gr. Barrier Reef for ultimate itiner¬

DIESEL ENGINE new Isuzu 150 hp 6 cylinder.

ary, comfort and fun. Seeking co-adventurers to

JOSH, 21, looking for crew position to South

share expenses, 500/wk. Call Pat Ripley (415) 332-4681.

Pacific. I have recreational sailing experience only, but I’m willing to learn as much as you're

Borg Warner 2:91/1 velvet drive trans with instal¬

SAIL-SERVICE-SOCIALIZE. San Francisco Bay Oceanic Group invites skippers, crew and ap¬

lation kit & instrument panel. Bought for S11,000, will sell for S6.000. (714) 548-2984.

active sailing groups. Participate in service, skill

WANTED - One or two persons to crew on a

improvement sails and fun sails. For more infor¬

Westsail 32 for Pacific World Cruise 95. Require

mation call (415)979-4866.

financial backing to complete restoration of boat.

butions are possible. I'm a hard worker with lots of

Secured interest, short term loan. Donald L.

sanding and scraping experience. April is good for

NEW JOHNSON 15 hp o/b long shaft SI,500.

prentices to join one of San Francisco Bay's most

Never used. (510) 638-1550, Iv msg.

willing to teach. I'm a rescue SCUBA diver, and

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fax (409) 763-2587. Ask for Gene or Janice.

one tack lasted 1500 miles with only occasional

March 18,1994; Tuesdays & Thursdays 7:30 pm

trimming. Britt Stett, (415) 322-1270.

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SKIPPER 5’6", semi retired needs first mate with

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pendulum. For 30-34' yacht w/tiller. $600. (408) 494-2158, dys; (408) 246-3276, eves.

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June seeks to crew (shared responsibilities and

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able to return fast boat. 31 yrs. old journeyman

grams, all weather passage making. "Apocalypse”

carpenter. Celestial navigation. Randy Griffin (510)

preparedness planning. Unusual acquisitions/sal¬

flusher, and factory tool kit included. Runs per¬

CREW

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CLASSY, ECLECTIC, ADVENTUROUS and fi¬

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SAILS mostly jibs, luffs up to 29' to fit boats to

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about 26' also some spinnakers. Call with your

as important as common sense, congeniality and

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apply. Impeccable references. U.S. passport short notice travel ready (for a price)! (415) 331-3257.

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SAILING AND WINDSURFING instrucors wanted

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School but other certification may be acceptable.

Bottom just painted. Strong, stiff, roomy, but quick

Please call for application or stop by the Sailboat

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price, S42,000. (510) 271-8031.

SMILING INSTRUCTORS. Tradewinds, the old¬

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SAILING INSTRUCTORS Club Nautique, S.F.

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Bay’s largest and best sailing school, having the

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full keel, H.D. offshore rig, twin h/stays, 6 winches, all lines aft, epoxy bottom, 7 sails, small o/b,

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Bay Riggers. .55

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Nelson's Marine.176

Pisces Wind Vane.166

Scan Marine Equipment.113

TAP Plastics.103

Newport Mattress.43

Pineapple Sails .3

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SELECTED SAIL 30' Catalina. .$18,500 30' Gemini, cat. .$67,500 33' Ranger. .$24,500 34' Cal. 2 from $29,000 35' Custom Sparcraft... .$24,500 36' Catalina, '84, dsl ... .$48,500 36' Columbia. .$21,500 36' Lancer. .$35,900 37' Shock, cat. .$98,000 38' Downeaster. .$49,900 40' C&C, '85. .$96,500 40' Valiant, new bottom .$92,500 44' Freedom. .$149,500 45' Explorer. .$110,000 46' Islander Trader. .$139,500 46' Peterson Formosa.. .$114,000 45’ Garden Porpoise.... .$58,000 46' Vagabond. .$195,000 47' Perry in PV. .$150,000 50' Force, singlehand... .$185,000 51' S&S race/cruise. .$139,000 57' Islander, custom.... .$199,900

1306 BRIDGEWAY, SAUSALITO, CA 94965 • Fax 332-2067

HI-VISIBILITY LOCATION FOR 27 YEARS. BOATS SELL AT OUR DOCKS. SELECTED POWER 30' Formula, '90.$56,000 32' Bayliner, '90/ 87 .from $69,900 33' Chaparral w/hydrolift.$57,500 36' Sea Ray, dbl cabin.$99,500 38' Pacemaker, Sdnsf.$39,000 42' Elegant MY, '87.$148,000 44' Pacifica Sf.$179,000 47' King Yachts Sdn.$412,500 48' Offshore SF.$235,000 48'Offshore Sdn, 90.$350,000 48' Fexus Sdst, 88.Offers 50' Ocean Alexander, trwl.$190,000 51'Sea Ranger MY.$229,000 53' Hatteras, MY & Sf ..from $225,000 56' Tortola Trwl..$335,000 58' Chris Craft, Sf, '86.Offers 60' Kita PH.$395,000 60' Hatteras CV.$595,000 60'Vega Marina SF.$495,000 75' Vic Frank MY.$990,000 75 Westide MY.$995,000

Offices conveniently located next to the San Diego and Puerto Vallarta Airports.

BALLENA BAY YACHT BROKERS

36'PEARSON P.H. SLOOP Dual steer stations, main/jib furling, Loran, Boat and equip, in excellent condition. Motivated seller with new boat. Asking $69/000/Offers.

34' HUNTER

1984. New dodger, roller furling, headsail. Spacious interior. Loaded w/gecr incl. Loran and wind generator. Asking $46,000/offers.

Boat Shopping has never been easier!

'80 '87 '80 '81 '81 '81 '83 '80 '84 '84 '80 '82 '83 '85 '85 '80 '80 '80 '81 80 81 '81 '87 '81 '85 '84 '85 '82 '82 '81 '87 '82 '86 '87

42'06 43' 43' 43' 4310 4310 43'08 43' 43'03 44' 44'07 44' 44'08 44 01 44 08 45' 45' 45' 46'04 46' 46'07 46' 47' 47 08 47‘09 47 09 47' 50' 50' 51' 51' 52' 61' 65'

32' WESTS AIL

Standard layout, diesel aux., extensive electrical system inc., autopi¬ lot. This documented vessel is in excellent condition & up to survey. Asking $49,500.

30'ISLANDER

mkii . Well equipped, roomy interior. Great family weekender. Up to survey. At our docks. Try $ 11,000.

Just phone (510) 865-8600 and we will instantly FAX back to you the location and specification sheet on these fine cruising sailboats. Coll now to save time and money! Pence 34.125,000 Pacific Seocrott Cieolock.114,500 Beneteou Oceonis 37 . 112,000 CSC 34 . 109,000 Huntei Vision 36 .104,900 CSC 38 98.700 CSC 38 . 125,000 fiicson 38 105.000 fleedom 38 .139,900 Beneteou Oceonis 39 105,000 Beneteou Oceonis 39 . 120,000 CSC 38 . 122,000 Gulf 39 . 109,000 Hons Christion 38.110,000 Gulfstot 37.89,900 Voliont Pilothouse.147,000 Custom.89,500 Beneteou Fits! 405 . 135,000 CSC 41. 99,950 CSC 41 .125,000 loncet 40.89,000 Catalina.110,000 Jeanneau Sun Legend. 108,495 Tayano 42.2 Iron 127,500 Cl 41 .83,000 Beneteou Moorings 43 . 117,500 Beneteou Oceonis 43.2 ot 159,000 Cotolino 42 .119,000 Golden Wove.119,000 Hunter Possoge 42.2 from 149,900 Pearson 424 .93,000 Pearson 424 . 133,000 Hylos 42.164,900

Islander's most popular model, two available, at our docks. Asking price from $30,000.

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3311 34'01 35'08 35'06 36' 3710 3710 37'08 3711 38 02 38'04 38' 3810 38' 39' 3911 39'06 40'05 40'09 40‘09 40' 4110 41 ‘01 41'09 41' 42'10 42'09 42' 42' 42'06 42'04 42 04 42'01

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Spindrift Pilothouse. 124,000 Beneteou Mootings 43 .135,000 Hons Christion 43.129,000 Hons Christion 43.149,900 Peteison 44 .110,000 Nordic 44 . 144,900 Nordic 44 .149,000 Tanton Cot Ketch. 125,000 Ron Holland.87,500 Freedom.149,500 Lancer Motorsailer. 125,000 Lancer Motorsailer.94,500 Excolibur.99,000 Hylos 44 .149,500 Gib Sea Moster 126 .95,000 Down East Center Cockpit.115,000 Down tost.119,000 Fuji 45.169,500 Peteison.:.110,000 Peteison 114,000 Vogobond 165,000 Fotmosc .89,000 Compass 159,000 Mopleleof 48 . 165,000 Jeonneou Sun-kiss.145,000 Copncoiit 48 .169,000 Koulmon/LodO.139,900 Columbia 50 . 109,900 Offshore 50 . 129.900 Hudson Pilothouse 165,000 Borefoot 51 .99,000 Seldon . 110,000 Genmotine...125,000 MocGtegot.. 135,000

Owners thinking of selling your fine vessels: With almost 5 million dollars of sales in 1993 BALLENA BAY YACHTS BROKERS four experienced brokers get proven results!

43' GULFSTAR

Flybridge trawler, twin Perkins mains, 7.5 aux. gen. Loaded w/gear inc., radar, Loran, AP cruiser, air/heat sys. 11' Whaler w/18 hp outboard. Asking $85,000.

1988 fore & aft kina & queen staterooms, dual stations custom bridge enclosure. 1 2.5 KV gen. set powers built-in, long list of appliances. Loaded w/Nav gear. Elegant interior. Try $140,000. Our sales docks.

44’ F/B MOTORYACHT

i986 by Bestway, twin turbo mains, 7.5 kw gen set, twin double staterooms, dual stations, long list of quality electronics & gear. Asking $ 159,000.

SAIL - PARTIAL UST 61' 45' 42’ 39' 38' 36' 31’ 30' 28’ 28' 27'

C&C KETCH, Cruise/Race, Loaded...$310,000 JEANNEAU, Our Docks.Try $115,000 ALDEN MOTOR SAILER, Turbo Cat Aux.$40,000 C&C, Two Listed.,.From $69,000 PACIFIC, New Zealand Quality .OFfers/$79,000 CHEOY LEE LUDERS KETCH, Our Docks.Try $32,000 COLUMBIA.*..Offers/$ 19,000 CATALINA.$18,000 CATALINA, 1992.$40,000 DANISH SLOOP.$9,000 LANCER POWERSAILER, Our Docks.$15,000

POWER - PARTIAL LIST 127' MIKI CLASS TUG, Ocean Going Liveaboard..$150,000 65' RIVER TUG, Beautiful Liveaboard.$125,000 64' WATER TAXI, C.G. Certified.$47,500 44' HI STAR.$224,000 43' ALBIN TRAWLER .$100,000 28' CLIPPER BOW MONTEREY.$26,900 25' ALBIN DIESEL, Our Docks.Try $10,500 25' CHRIS CRAFT CAVALIER, Immaculate...$13,000

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Two available, both very competitive intentories. Centerboard and fin keel versions. Both best values on the market. Call with questions.

SELECT BROKERAGE LIST

35' 39' 42' 44' 51' 64'

J-35, (5) available.from $40,000 CAL, two local boats.from $69,000 BALTIC, DP Magnum.Reduced C & C race/cruise.$155,000 BALTIC, updates.$275,000 DYNAMIQUE.Reduced

- SWANS SWAN 38.Asking $125,000 SWAN 411, ’78.$120,000 SWAN 441, '79.Inquire

SAIL J7TVAGABOND, '85.$198,000 44' ISLANDER, '74.„.... Redded $72,500 43' YOUNG SUN, ’83.-.Sole Pending 4 r GARDEN KETCH, 75.579,500 41' AUX.‘ CUTTER, ’4l . $57,500 38' HINCKLEY SIP, 69._.. $89,500 36' CATALINA, '88. $57,000 36'CiC, ’79 ..$55,500 36' ISLANDER, '72 ..$37,950 36' S-2, 1985 ..Sole Pending 36' COLUMBIA, '68.SOLD 35' ERICSON, '73.$26,000 35' FUJI KETCH, '73 .. Sole Pending 34' CAL '79 .....$30,000

34' MOODY '84 .. ....$48,000 34' COLUMBIA,'70.$27,000 32' THUNDER BIRD, '66. $10,000 32' ARIES. '76.-.Reduced $26,500 30' BODEGA '76 .$29,000 30' BUCCANEER '77.$14,900 27' CATALINA '89. $26,000 27' ERICSON '72 .$14,500 27' CAL, '85.519,950 27' LANCER, '84 . $16,800 27' HUN1ER, '77 . $12,700 26' EOLKBOAT 78 .$9,200 26'COLUMBIA '71 .$ 5,900 24' J BOAT, '80..Otfers 21' FREEDOM, 82.S 7,950

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Phone (415) 367-7212 • Fax (415) 367-7345 RON BANKSON YACHT & BOAT SALES

(800) 871-8470 SAIL 201 CAL '66, new o/b.S 23' BALBOA, 79 + trl.$ 23'0'DAY,'65.$ 25'0'DAY + trl.$ 25' N0RTHSTAR 500 SL, '73.$ 25' BUCCANEER SL, '80.$ 26’ PRIVATEER KETCH, '65.$ 27' BUCCANEER, 77.Offers $ 29'ERICSON, 73. $ 30'ISLANDER,'83.$ 30'PEARSON, 73.$ 31’COLUMBIA'66.$

1,950 4,950 3,700 11,900 8,900 6,995 8,400 8,500 13,500 29,900 15,900 23,900

32' KETTENBERG SLOOP, 77.S 34'COLUMBIA, 71.$ 35' DUFOUR SL, 74.Reduced $ 35'ALLMAND,'82.$ 35'RAFIKI,'80.$ 35’CORONADO KETCH, 71 .$ 36' ISLANDER SLOOP, 78.Reduced $ 38' H0RSTMAN TRIMARAN, SL ’91 dsl ....$ 39’ Y0RKT0WN, 75, ctr cockpit, aft cabin. $ 41'MORGAN 0/1 KE, 79.$ 58' CUSTOM SLOOP Rampage '64 SD.$

23,900 26,500 39,900 37,900 59,000 34,950 42,500 79,900 35,900 69,900 50,000

QUALITY PENINSULA LISTINGS NEEDED

IcyIraI Oyster Cove Marina • 385 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite #$8 South San Francisco, CA 94080 Fax: (415) 871-8476

SWAN 51, '82.$275,000 SWAN 53, 87.$525,000

Before You Buy...

SWAN 53, '90.$555,000 SWAN 57, '81.$440,000 SWAN 651.$750,000

Accredited Marine Surveyors Serving Northern California

Welcome Aboard!

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NAUTORs

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Exclusively Representing Nautor's Swan Since 1983

2505 West Coast Hwy, #202, Newport Beach, CA 92663

(800) 46B-4496 / (714) 645-4600 • Fax: (714) 645-7216 Dear Swan Enthusiasts, Since 1983, it has been my privilege to exclusively represent Nautor's Swan, and I have sold over 160 of these premier yachts, new and previously owned, including virtually every model built since 1967. While I have details on every Swan for sale worldwide, the yachts featured below are my Central Listings. Having sailed on each of them and even sold a few previously, I know their histories from the day they left Finland. If you want to draw upon my expertise when buying your Swan, call me. I hate surprises as much as you do. Sincerely, George E. Steinemann

HI .A

i CYGNET(1990): The only Frers 36 available in the U.S. Kept under cover since new, lightly used and superbly maintained. Hydra 330 instruments, autopilot, Loran, seven sails, and plenty of cruising equipment. Located Sausalito. Price reduced: $210,000. SWAN 36

TALARIA (1978): A clean, exceptionally well-equipped yacht with radar, three '91 North racing sails, and a full complement of cruising equipment. Furling, refrigeration, custom double berth forward, newly varnished interior. Long Beach. $120,000.

SWAN 39

: iSSSIl

ZEPHYR (1979): Highly upgraded '89 with new LPU topsides, watermaker, leather upholstery, SSB, GPS, inverter, and 80 hp dsl. Sailed only summers in Germany until sold here in '86, this boat has seen little use. San Diego. $275,000.

SWAN 46

TUNDRA (1985): Conceived purely for fast cruising. It features an aft cockpit entrance to owner's cabin, C/L berth, Scheel keel, waterborne heating. Impeccably kept with abundant cruising equipment. Friday Harbor. $450,000.

SWAN 47

SIRONA (1972): Sparkman and Stephens design with new Spectra sails, diesel, and rod rigging. The teak decks are in need of replacement, but otherwise the boat is updated and generally well maintained. Located San Fran¬ cisco. $175,000.

SWAN 51 CYGNUS(1982): Standard 3-cabin interior, 1,250 engine hours, used only for Southern California cruising since '87 and kept under full cover. Exception¬ ally good decks, upgraded winches, windlass, SSB, Ham, SatNav, fax. San Pedro, CA. $360,000'.

SWAN 48

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LOWRIE YACHT HARBOR: 40 Pt. San Pedro Road, San Rafaei, CA 94901 FAX: 415-454-2561

LOWRIE YACHT HARBOR 30 TO

62' KETCH. N.Z. built M.S., Gardner diesel, Lister gen. A lot of boot for the money. Asking 5165,000.

61' CSC KETCH. Center cockpit, cruiser loaded w/race gear. Asking 5310,000/ollen.

SAILBOATS .1,800 CHRYSLER 22. .2,200 SANTANA 22. COLUMBIA 22. COLUMBIA 24. . race rigged .2,500 ..3,000 MACGREGOR 24 .2,800 CORONADO 25.. .6,900 CAPRI 25. .... 3 from 2,000 CAL 25. .3,500 FOLKBOAT 26. .6,000 CATALINA 27. .12,000 MORGAN 28. KNARR 30 . . one design râ&#x20AC;¢acer.15,000

CHANCE 30/30.12,000 MORGAN 33 .24,500 RANGER 37 .42,500 FORMOSA 4) .38,000 POWER BOATS 21' LYMAN.inboard.4,950 26' BAYUNER .rebuilt engine/drive. 15,950 28' FIBERFORM .2 from 18,000 30' CHRIS CRAFT .7,500 34' HUBERT JOHNSON diesel.11,000 35' OWENS.27,900 36' CHRIS CRAFT Constellation.Inquire

BODEGA 30. New rigging, windvane, ready for long distanceCuising. Freebouloutto buyer. Asking S/5,000.

equipped for cruising ond what a buy! Asking $27,500.

NORPAC YACHTS SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR 557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94107 50' CELESTIAL, 1994

New model from quality Chinese builder on ocean proven hull, 2 or 3 staterooms, diesel power with gen set, only $219,000 landed San Francisco or less FOB factory.

(415)485-6044 * FAX (415) 485-0335

Donate your boat to the Sea Explorers

36' CAPE GEORGE, 1985 Excellent cruising cutter just back from Mexico and ready to go again, diesel power, loaded. Asking $82,000.

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 exploring. Sea Explorers are looking for any craft, power or sail, in serviceable condition.

Contact: Bob Dillard 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. Page 172

February, 1994

(510) 638-3600 Sea Scout Division San Francisco Bay Area Council

EMERY COVE YACHT HARBOR

(510) 658-9491 Fax (510) 658-9521

3300 Powell St., Ste. 105

(800) 952-3242

Emeryville, CA 94608

44' HYLAS New to market - '84 model w/ Harken furl, full load of Barients, dinghy & o/b + life raft, Autohelm, and more. S & S design (fast) and superb quality. Priced right. Inquire. 36' ISLANDER Hurry - bank is about to close on this. 2 chutes, 4 head sails, 2 mains - what did you expect from a TransPac vet? Clean.

C.C. Seahawk.....29,900 Bayliner 2655, ’92 ........26,500 Contessa F.B. ...24,500 Luhrs Tournament.... ...58,000 Uniflite F.B. Sedan ... ...54,900 Silverton Conv. ...84,000

sistership

44' LANCER MOTORSAILER Seller wants this one to become memories only. Now reduced to under $100,000. Makes this an even better buy.

POWER 25' 26' 28' 29' 32' 34'

54' HUNTER REPO-just in. Clean, stable, even has a garage for toys!

SELECTED LISTINGS 34' 34' 36' 36' 38' 40' 44'

Bayliner Trophy..68,500 Carver Santego. ...105,000 Hatteras S.F..72,500 Carver Mariner. ...105,000 Bayliner, diesel. ...119,000 Kha Shing ACMY ... ...129,000 Bestway . ...158,000

22' 27' 27' 28' 29' 30' 30'

SAIL

O'Day (o/b & new jib) . ...2,500 O'Day. .13,500 Catalina (AP ++). ...SOLD Islander, nice. .18,900 Ericson. .14,900 Catalina. 22,900 Santana, clean!. .19,000

31' 37' 37' 39' 42' 44'

Dufour +++equip. ....29,000 O’Day liveaboard. ....34,000 Ericson. ....54,900 Cal, hull #3. ....41,500 Golden Wave. ..119,000 Lancer Motorsailer .. ....99,000

YA CHTF11SDERS/

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44' PETERSON CUTTER.$110,000

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35' J/35, loaded!.$98,000

We are a PROGRESSIVE yacht sales office in SAN DIEGO dedicated to selling the RIGHT BOATS to people depending on their needs. Our experienced sales staff of seven will work with vou to locate the most suitable boat for vour usage within your budget! Give us a call (619) 224-2349.

YACHT BROKERAGE

1988 CORBIN 39 PILOTHOUSE CUTTER. GPS,

1990 BENETEAU 45f5. Advanced design by

SSB, EPIRB, Loran, windbugger, weatherfax,

Pininfarina yields this ultra-fast and sexy

Autopilot, watermaker, inverter, 5 kw genset, air,

performance cruiser at an unprecedented price of

profurl, spinnaker, life raft, 10’ dinghy on davits.

$165,000!

All for $165,000.

1989 CATALINA 50. Maintained in top condition

36' ISLANDER FREEPORT.... $64,900

THE BEST FROM THE EAST COAST. A Perfect

since launching, Avon dinghy, inverter, cellular

1989 BRISTOL 53' aft cockpit 3 dbl. strm. w•/

phone, Stowe electronics, microwave, blender,

Cherry interior! A/C, 7.5 GenSet, Stoway, elec,

Corian countertops, three staterooms, all for

winches and best electronics. Asking $185,000.

$239,500.

Make offer, owner seeks larger yacht.

44'HANS CHRISTIAN P/H...$ 169,000

If you are serious about buying a boat, you need to talk to us! From ultralights and full keel to heavy displacement, we can find the right boat to get you to your destination.

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(4151 $3zi-’3M 52' IRWIN, '77. Incredible inlerior/cruising & living cboord. Greot soiling perfotmonce 3 staterooms, new soils $165,000.

LOD BUILDER YR

PRICE

'87 MacGREGOR VEN. tops’! schooner 79 MORGAN 0/1KTCH '76 MORGAN 79 JEANNEAU '84 CUSTOM CUTTER ‘55 GARDEN 73 MURRAY-PETERSON 83 RHOOES '66 MORGAN 73 MORGAN ‘79 '82 C:&C ISLNDR-PETERSON '80 MARINE TRADER 82 CSC 73 CABO RICO '81 ERICSON '81 HINCKLEY '69 HUNTER LEGEND '88 ISLANDER '68 RANGER, dsl 73 ‘74 RANGER TAYANA 78 HERITAGE 78 78 ISLANDER ISLANOER 76 ISLANDER 76 ISLANDER 79

S137.500 $195,000 $115,000 $126,000 $145,000 $29,500 $65,000 $89,000 $60,000 $61,500 $72,000 $72,000 $64,000 $85,000 $77,000 $83,000 $59,000 $95,000 $84,500 $44,000 $42,500 $36,500 $67,000 $59,000 $39,000 $44,000 $47,500 $43,000

LOD BUILDER

65' 54' 51' 46 45' 44' 41' 41' 4V 4V 41’ 40' 40' 40' 39' 38' 38' 38' 37' 37' 37' 37' 37' 36' 36' 36 36' 36

36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 35' 34 33' 33 33 32' 32' 32' 32' 32' 31 30' 30' 30' 30' 29' 29' 29' 28' 28' 28' 28' 28

PRICE

ISLANDER 76 $39,500 PEARSON '85 $85,000 S2, center cockpit '84 $75,000 GULFSTAR 72 $45,000 FREEDOM '88 $110,000 CATALINA 87 $69,900 SANTANA . '80 $47,000 WYLIE 79 $34,000 HUNTER 79 $29,000 PETERSON 79 $20,000 RANGER 75 $24,950 WESTSAIL 78 $55,000 76 $24,000 ARIES COLUMBIA 76 $24,500 MORGAN 79 $39,000 WESTSAIL 76 $45,000 COLUMBIA 766 $21,000 CHE0YLEE $24,000 2 from $22,000 CATALINA 71 $17,500 ISLANDER MKII '84 $46,666 PEARSON 303 ERICSON 77 $19,500 BUCCANEER $19,000 CAL $19,000 CATALINA 92 $40,000 ISLANDER 83 $19,500 ISLANDER 77 $19,000 ISLANDER 85 $27,900 77 $12,000 NEWPORT

LOD BUILDER

PRICE

27' 27 27 27' 26 26'

74 78 74 84 85 88

$17,500 $10,900 $17,000 $18,600 $24,750 $29,500

CAL CATALINA ERICSON LANCER ERICSON ERICSON

POWER L00 BUILDER YR PRICE 75' WESTIOE FG MY 86$1,195.000 71 $425,000 OS¬ CHRIS R0AMER es' CUSTOM CHARTER 78 $275,000 57 $285,000 60' BURGER 62 $119,000 55' CHRIS CRAFT 53' HATTERAS 79 $345,000 '80 $179,000 53' BLUEWATER 50' TROJAN/SHEPHERD '69 $147,000 49' MARINE TRADER 78 $175,000 49' ALBIN TRAWLER '80 $135,000 47' STEPHENS '60 $179,000 46' CHRIS CRAFT '64 $69,000 45' LANCER •81 $142,500 44' LUHRS 70 $72,500 42 CALIFORNIAN 78 $89,500 42' P0NDER0SA '85 $170,000 '84 $159,000 42' UNIFLITE MY 42 CHRIS F/G SP0RTFISHER $75,000 40 BLUEWATER 78 $69,500

LOD BUILDER

40' 40' 40' 40’ 39' 38' 38' 38' 38' 37' 36' 36' 36' 36' 35' 34' 34’ 34' 34' 34' 33' 32' 32' 3V 28' 28' 28 25'

CRUIS-A-H0ME MATHEWS OWENS CHRIS CRAP CHRIS CRAFT BAYLINER HUNTER PACEMAKER BAYLINER NEWHAVEN HB NEWPORT TRL CHRIS CRAFT 1 CHRIS CRAG EGG HARBOR CHRIS CRAG JOHNSON CALIFORNIAN CALIFORNIAN CHRIS CRAG HAnERAS CHRIS CRAG 336 CARVER,AFT CABIN UNIFLITE RIVA CARVER SEA RAY BAYLINER BAYLINER

PRICE

75 47 64 49 85 87 59 70 91

$55,000 $42,000 $41,500 $25,000 $49000 $115,000 S23.000 S30.000 $123,000 $15,000 $57,000 $26,000 $33,000 $115,000 $58,500 $20,000 $60,000 $58,500 $78,000 $25,000 $49,900 $68,750 $49,500 $88,750 $35,000 $33,000 $15,000 $22,500

70 64 61 78 68 28 78 80 91 64 84 79 78 85 86 79 85

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46' MORGAN, '79. Brewer design ketch. 5SB, VHF, autopilot, SatNav, rodar, davits Price Reduction $ 126,000.

54' VENEKENS TOPS'l SCHOONER, 1979. Belgium built galvanized steel, high quality construction, watertight bulkheods. A finely fitted yacht. $195,000.

36' GULFSTAR, '72. Motorsailer, liveaboard, autopilot, 2 heods, refrigeration, 3 kw generator. $45,000.

38' BAYUNER. Two heads, two staterooms, comfort, convenience. 3 from $99,000.

38' ERICSON. Roller furling, autopilot, aft stateroom. $59,000.

53' HATTERAS, '79. 'The deonest Hatterson on the West Coast.' $345,000.

41' ENERGY, '88. Lavoronis 2-ton cutter. Exotic wood interior, teokdecks, 200 mile/day, Pacific vet. $89,500.

36' FREEDOM, '88. Unstayed mast, self-tacking jib, quarter berth stateroom, radar ond autopilot. Single honded. $110,000.

JEANNEAU 45. 3 staterooms, aft cockpit, like new, autopilot, SatNav, SSBB&G inst. Aircond ,gen. Recently reduced $125,000.

32' MORGAN, '79. Solid pocket cruiser. Au ghy, watermaker, new mainsail. $39,000.

ISLANDERS

PLASTIC CLASSICS Quality Construction and Classic Lines.

pfatiwptpitr: 36' ISLANDER, '79. Deluxe teak & oak interior, pressure woter, Westerbeke diesel, immoculote. $45,000. 40'PETERSON, '80, very fast 37' 1968 CLASSIC. 36' 5 FROM.

38' ALDEN YAWL, '63. Dodger, fireplace, Bristol condi lion, classic lines. $48,000.

40' SANTA BARBARA, '67. Fiberglass, single 185 hp dsl, lorge aft cabin, 2 heods, exceptionally sea kindly $69,000.

64,000 44,000 32,000

31' COLUMBIA, C. Morgan design.21,000 38' ALDEN.48,500 YACHT SALES NETWORK

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BRISTOL 35.5. Ted Hood design, high quality, excellent condition. $49,500.

BALLENA ISLE OFFERS A SWEETHEART DEAL FOR FEBRUARY

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Come Enjoy Sandwiches And More From The Newly Remodeled Deli!!

EXTRA VALENTINE'S SPECIAL Reduced Rates on 28’ & 32' Slips (Limited time offer)

BALLENA ISLE MARINA ON THE BAY

AN ALMAR MARINA

1150 BALLENA BOULEVARD ALAMEDA, CA 94501

1-800-675-SLIP • (510) 523-5528

USE YOUR GOLD CARD GATE KEY FOR THE FOLLOWING SA VINGS: 20% Fuel Discounts 15% Chandlery Discounts 10% Club Nautique Sailing Lessons* Haulout Discounts ‘not good with other promotions

Clean restrooms & showers Free pump-put station 24-hour fueling system Chandlery Security gates & roving security Direct access to the Bay Protective harbor Restaurants Delicatessen

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Boatyard

FULL SERVICE BOATYARD Professionals with Integrity Woodwork • Prop and Shaft Work • Blister Repair with Warranty • Rigging LPU Paints • Haulouts • Welding • Store on Premises • Dry Storage Marina Structural Repair • Marine Engine Services • Do-It-Yourselfers Welcome

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FIELD SERVICE GROWS!

Nelson's is adding a second mobile repair power boat able to provide repairs in your slip anywhere on the Bay. Our first boat has been so busy with everything from simple oil changes to full repairs that we are adding the sec¬ ond boat for better, faster service.

NO HIGH BOATYARD PRICES! If you're tired of the generally high mark-ups at your average boatyard chandlery you need to come to Nelson's. Whatever you need from our on-site store from paint brushes to paint will be priced to match the largest local dis¬ count stores. You don't have to waste time driving out of your way to save money - you can get the same quality product at the same low price right here.

536-5 LOCATION Take 23rd Ave. exit off 880 to the Park Street Bridge. Turn right at the first light onto Clement Avenue. Go 1 1/2 blocks to find Nelson s on the right.

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