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• Quality service is the foundation of business. • We maintain a professional service deprartment that can handle all your needs, including custom work and installations. • With any new boat purchased in April you get: • 3 years free bottom painting labor • 6 months free berthing at Brickyard Cove Marina • Free annual boat inspection and rig tuning • Ongoing discounts on equipment purchases.

PERFORMANCE CRUISING FOR THE 90S: No matter what your destination, the Oceanis 400 will take you there in safety, comfort and luxury. She'll do it with a minimal effort on your part, thanks to a modern deck layout, quality hardware, and furling genoa and main sails. Cruising Worid magazine has just given Beneteau an award for Quality and Advarx;ed Innovative Construction techniques which result in boats costing about 30% less than anything comparable from other manufac¬ turers. 4Mii

BENETEAU OCEANIS 351 PAMPER YOURSELF in the new Oceanis 351 with a carefully crafted interior, fin¬ ished in rich cherry, that has more volume and speed than most 38 footers. With 3 doubieberths, refrigeration, windlass, elec¬ tronics, safety package, and cockpit cooier your comfort is assured. The stan¬ dard toiler furling genoa and main sail make this all new performance cruiser sin¬ fully easy to sail.

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QUALITY • Both Beneteau and Island Packet use the best components, materials, resins, and construction techniques in the industry. • Beneteau has been building quality sea¬ going boats tor over 107 years and is recognized as one of the world's best builders. • Island Packet has earned the reputation of building some of the best and most reasonably priced bluewater, liveaboard cruisers available today, VALUE

• The joy of owning one of the world's best boats lasts for years, just ask any Beneteau or Island Packet owner. • Both Beneteau and Island Packet have the most comprehensive transferable warranties in the industry , which mean higher resale value to you. • Low maintenance costs, durability and high demand on the used market, and high resale values result in the low overall cost of ownership for Beneteau and Island Packet owners. Our owner trade-in policy guarantees it.

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BENETEAU BROKERAGE

38' BALTIC, 1983 . 135,000 38' CABO RICO, 1988. 160,000

32' BENETEAU 32s5, 1989.72,500

35' C4C, 1972, needs work.,...18,000 35' NIAGARA, 1981. ...59,500 35' ISLAND PACKET, 1989. .129,000 ...37,500 36' ISLANDER, 1976, d'lesel. 36' PEARSON, 1985. ...69,500 36' CATAUNA, 1985. ...60,000 38'

ISLAND PACKET, 1989. , 139,500

BENETEAU FIRST 32s5, 1989. $72,000.

Boots in Bold Are Located in Richmond

27' CATAUNA, 1974. .9,500 27' ISLAND PACKET, 1988. ...,55,000 30' lANCER, 1985. ....24,995 30' AIBIN BALLAD, 1978, excellent. .... 19,500 31' ISLAND PACKET, 1986. ,,..69,000 33’ PEARSON, 1986 .....49,000 34' WYUE, 1980.....33,000

40' ISLANDER MOTORSAILER, 1973.. ..64,500 40’ PASSPORT, 1982 . 135,000 40’ X-119, 1990. 128,000 40' CAPE DORY, 1985. 135,000 40' TARTAN, 1986. 145,000 41' MORGAN 01, 1974, cleon cruiser 57,750 41' N'ELSON-MAREK, 1982 . ..59,900 41’ C&C, 1984. ..99,500 42' TARTAN, 1982. 115,000 43’ MASON, 1982 . 145,000 44' HYLAS, 1985.priced to sell 149,500 49’ TASWELL, 1991 . 449,000

35' BENETEAU FIRST 35s5 .82,500 39' BENETEAU 390, 1990.120,000 43' BENETEAU 432, 1987, new eng .. 109,000 45' BENETEAU FIRST 45f5, 1991.239,000 45' BENETEAU 456, 1983.135,000

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OPEN BOAT

APRIL 15. 16. 17

43'NEW ZEALAND Just reduced and anxious for a sale and sail away. She is truly ready to cruise to the most distant horizon. If you're tired of every day life and want to be somewhere else, this is your ticket. She'll be at our docks and open for viewing April 15, 16 & 17. No appointment necessary. Now asking $129,900.

33' PROUT......79,500 Great Offshore Cruising Cat.

41' CORONADO .54,500

34' ALOHA ..62,500

New rigging, sails & more.

Quality Canadian-built offshore cruiser.

2 boat owner ready for offers.

46' CAL 2-46.129,900

50' COLUMBIA.from 109,900

46'MORGAN.109,900

Custom-built Bluewater/Liveaboard.

2 great boats to choose from.

, Equipped for living or cruising.

Hard to Find 28' BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER.$57,000 35' ALBERG, 1966.$29,900 36' CATALINA, 1989.$79,900 37' RAFIKI, 1977.$69,900 38' KAISER KETCH, 1972.$59,900

But We Have Them! DEALERS FOR:,

51' TATOOSH.$299,000

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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 CATAAAARAN... ....79,500 ALOHA. ....62,500 ALBERG. ....29,900 COLUMBIA 10.7. ....29,950 CHEOY LEE LION. ....37,500 CATALINA. ....44,000 CATALINA. ....79,900 FREEPORT Islander. ....59,950 C&C. .48,500 RAFIKI . ....69,900

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MORGaN Moon Shadow.54,500 KAISER KETCH.59,900 CORONADO.54,500 NEW ZEALAND QR.129,500 LANCER TWIN TURBO ... 129,500 CAL 2-46.129,900 MORGAN .109,900 JEANNEA'J.149,500 CELERE.New Production ALBIN TRAWLER .145,000 COLUMBIA. 109,500 COLUMBIA.119,500 TATOOSH.299,000 MACGREGOR.124,950

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CATALINA 30 MK III

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Built to Highest Standards By Little Compton Yachts CAL 39

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Columbia, 1963 .$3,500 Catalina, 1987 .$12,900 Catalina, 1977 .$11,995 Cal T-2, 1973.$12,500 Santa Cruz, 1986.$13,900 Cal, 1970 .$12,000 Cal, 1963 .$19,900 Catalina, 1984 .$29,500 Ranger, 1970.$22,500 Yorktown, 1973.$14,950 Lapworth, 1957.$22,000 Beneteau, 1985 .$109,500 Santa Cruz, 1979.$189,500 Santa Cruz,"1984.$199,500

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MASTER MARINER.$51^ Built in 1963 by H. Chapelle, this strongly constructed, fully found Gaff Rigged Schooner was recently surveyed and refi tted to correct all noted deficiencies. This capable vessel is ready to begin a new chapter in her history with YOU at the helm!

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HANS CHRISTIAN 38.Reduced! Best in BLUEWATER sailing yachts, this HC 38 shows pride of ownership throughout! The Hans Christian is known for her generous accomodationand cavernous stowagelockers. Designed with the cruiser/liveaboard in mind. Call now to see this yacht.

BROKERS CHOICE

22' CALw/trailer.7,000 22' MERIT w/troiler.5,950 26' CHRYSLER w/haiier.9,900

38' CSC LANDFALL.63,000

27' ERICSON,o/b.12,000

38' 38' 40' 41'

28' MORGAN.12,500 29' ERICSON.16,950

41' CSC.96,500 41' SCHOONER.51,000

30' SVENDSKAFLICKA.7,645

41' ROBERTS SCHOONER.45,000 41' CSC.98,500

26' S-2,dsl:.9,900

30' PEARSON, dsl.24,500 30' NEWPORT.16,500 30' PEARSON.24,500 32' CORONADO.reduced 14,950 32' WAYFARER.14,950 32' BRISTOL, dsl.16,900 32' ERICSON.67,500

CSC.125,000 ERICSON.119,000 CHEOYLEE.55,000 a.2 from 49,900

MASON 43.159,900 Beautiful A1 Mason Design!

CORONADO 32 .14,950 This is a STEAL!

CAPE DORY 33.59,950 Turn Key Cruiser!

CT 41.2 from 49,900 Good Equipment, Best Price!

ERICSON 32.2 from 24,500 Great Fun - Great Sailing!

WAYFARER 32.14,950 Just a Good Boat!

C&C41.96,500 Quality Canadian Boat!

41' MORGAN 01.69,500 43' MASON. 159,900 43' SPINDRIFT.159,000 43' REnENBERG.58,000 44' GULFSTAR.77,000 44' PETERSON.112,500

36' PETERSON One-Ton.34,500

45' COLUMBIA.67,000 46' MARINE TRADER. 149,000

37' RAFIKI.78,500

48' MAPLE LEAF. 155,000

37' TAYANA.88,500

48' CUSTOM CUBER.86,500

37' PEARSON.114,000 38' HANS CHRISTIAN.99,950

50' RFITENBURG. 109,000

33' CAPE DORY.59,950

FUJI 35.43,900 Classic Bluewater Cruiser!

50' FD-12.179,900

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SUMMER SUN AT Marina Village Yacht Harbor Summer Sailing in San Francisco doesn't need to be foggy, cold or too windy.

Marina Village - the Bay area's finest marina, is protected in the lee of sunny Alameda. Just about any summer evening you can sit peacefully aboard your boat in your slip and relax. The Friday night races on the estuary are pleasant shirt sleeve affairs just off our docks all summer long. Of course, if you're really yearning for a cool, foggy sail, the Bay sits just outside the mouth of the Alameda estuary. But after a long, hard sail on the Bay it's still nice to come home to a warm, peaceful slip. If you're tired of battling San Francisco's summer weather on the Bay and at your slip you should try Marina Village. By moving your boat here this spring you'll enjoy sailing that much more, all summer long.

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KENSINGTON YACHT & SHIP BROKERS WEST BAY 475 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito

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EAST BAY Fortman Marina, 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda

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45’ BENETEAU 456, 1985.

45' JEANNEAU, 1984.

Six sails and a ton of electronics for cruising or racing.

A fast, comfortable, and clean offshore cruiser. Loaded.

Asking $125,000.

gjjg Buyers & Sellers i^ET 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.

28' J/28C '86... 30’LANCER, '81 ... 34’ TARTAN YAWL, ’74 35’ BRISTOL, '79.

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

.37,900 14,900 Firm .,...37,500 49,000

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

36' COLOMBIA SLOOP, ’68...36,000 37' CUSTOM PILOTHOUSE, '85... 110,000 40' DUTCH YAWL, '53.....67,500 40’ C&C, '82 ... 72,000

41' SCEPTRE PILOTHOUSE SLOOP, 1986. Canadian quality. Fast cruiser, loaded. Asking $205,000.

36' PEARSON 365 KETCH, 1979. New Awlgrip, all refurbished. Asking $54,900.

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EAST COAST AND QUALITY EUROPEAN YACHTS 37’ AMAZON, '86 (Floridal

48'C&C,'81 (Florida).

44’ AMAZON Steel Cutter, '92 (Canada)... 239,000

53’ AMEL,'89 (France).

372,000

44’ SWAN 441, '80 (Sweden)...215,000

75' FRERS PJ Sloop, '81 (Med)

350,000

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

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

39' C&C CUTTER, 1973. Upgraded & loaded for long distance cruising. Asking $77,500.

189,500

40' NORDIC 40 SLOOP, 1983. Fantastic, roomy, well-built, high performance beauty. Asking $120,000.

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SAN FRANCISCO SWAN 59 Naxos (1985) Well maintained and lightly used, this yacht has it all. Three staterooms plus crew, watermaker, air condi¬ tioning, generator, etc. Owner has bought a new Swan and this is our (Nautor) trade-in. Incredible opportunity with an asking price of only $675,000.

SWAN 46 Tru/npefer (1984) Terrific inventory including GPS, SSB, autopilot, furling system, windlass, 15 sails, even leather in the saloon. Very well maintained and keenly for sale at only $279,000. At this price she won't last long; call us today.

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Model Year Desianer Price 36 1969 S & S 60,000 O 371 1982 Holland 96,000 391 1982 Holland 151,000 41 1974 S & S 95,000 O 411 1979 S & S 150,000 o 42 1981 Holland 146,000 431 1976 S & S 125,000 o 441 1978 Holland 140,000 o 1984 46 Frers 279,000 ►F 47 1975 S & S 180,000 51 1982 Frers 295,000 © 53 1990 Frers 556,000 57 1985 S& S 395,000 © 61 1985 Frers 650,000 65 1974 S & S 402,000 ►F 651 1982 Frers 795,000 Prices are in foreign currencies and are based on 3/1/94 exchange rates. O Boats are located in the U.S.

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meeting and BBQ. The topic will be "Bareboat Chartering — Adventure, Romance and Reality"; 7 p.m. at the Sausalito Cruising j Club. SEA, 775-8779. Apr. 16 — Bear Boat Association Spring Kick-Off Party ay’| Corinthian YC beginning around 1:30 p.m. Past, present and future| j Bear sailors are invited. Bob McComb, 765-6904. ^ Apr. 16 — Encinal YC’s Marine Flea Market, (510) 522-3272. Apr. 16 — 56th Annual South Bay Opening Day, held at; Redwood City. John Mangney, (408) 736-7176. Apr. 16 — Third Annual Opening Day of Yachting Season on the Petaluma River. Ted Lehmann, (707) 763-0429. Apr. 16-17 — Catalina 27 Cruise to Berkeley YC. Michael! Creedon, 924-6722. | Apr. 17 — ESPN Whitbread coverage. Leg 4 highlights. Set thej VCR for 1:30 p.m., we think. Repeated on 4/29 at 11 a.m. i Apr. 19-28 — "Getting a Grip on Ground Tackle and Safety^ Solutions," a two-part seminar by Chuck Hawley. Offered at theJ following West Marine locations: Sausalito (4/19), Santa Cruz (4/20),1 Palo Alto (4/26), Oakland (4/27) and South San Francisco (4/28).^ Admission is $5; show begins at 8 p.m.; call the appropriate store for| more information. \ Apr. 23, 1907 — Jack London, the "sailor on horseback", his? wife Charmian, a yachtsman friend and three paid hands sailed outf the Golden Gate on London’s squeaky new 55-footer Snark. Their: planned circumnavigation ended in the Solomon Islands, abandoned; due to Jack’s illness. London’s account of the trip, and of, the^ numerous problems with the "dream boat" he designed and had built, ? is chronicled in his often-hilarious The Cruise of the Snark. Check it; out! Apr. 23 — Beached Boat Barbecue: the first 11 :Metre Shipwreck Party, from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. on the sandbar at the mouth of the St. | Francis Yacht Harbor. All fourteen ll:Mctres are expected to be* there, as The Gap has chartered them for part of the weekend. John Sweeney, 567-8880. Apr. 23 — Master Mariners Brooks Island Sail-In and BBQ, a beach party for woody lovers. Skip Henderson, (510) 531-1195. Apr. 23-24 — Hans Christian Owners Association Raft-Up at Treasure Island. John Gratton or Linda Hill, (510) 521-9587. Apr. 23-May 1 — Northern California Spring In-the-Water Boatshow at Jack London Square (Oakland). A full schedule of seminars, free sailboat rides, and more boats to inspect than ever before! See Sightings. NCMA, (510) 834-1000. Apr. 24 — PICYA Opening Day on the Bay. This year’s theme is "The Seven Seas." Margot Brown, (510) 523-2098. Apr. 26 — Bill Forrest, the luckiest man alive, will speak at Encinal YC at 8 p.m. Forrest, you may recall, fell off his Capo 30 nine miles off the coast of Costa Rica and lived to tell the tale. He also just survived a nasty car accident, which was why this presentation was postponed until now. Bar opens at 6 p.m.; optional dinner at 7 p.m.; free and open to the public. EYC, (510) 522-3272. Apr. 27 — Secretaries Day. Apr. 30 — Avon Dinghy Demo Tour at Moss Landing, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A free opportunity to test drive at least six different inflatables. Andrea Thorlakson, (800) 432-7275. Apr. 30-May 1 — Second Annual West Marine Fun Regatta at Monterey, hosted by NCYSA and MPYC. Chalk talks, race clinics and a beach party on Saturday, followed by a 'fun' regatta on Sunday. Open to anyone 9-19 years old with an El Toro, Laser I, Laser II or an Optimist. Patrick Andreasen, 563-6363. May 1 — Avon Dinghy Demo Tour, this time at Berkeley Marriott Guest Dock, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Andrea Thorlakson, (800) 432-7275. May 6-8 — 11th Annual Disco Bay Lions Boat Show. Jeff Conway, (510) 634-9717. May 7 — Marine Refrigeration Seminar at Surface Dynamics (Ballena Isle Marina in iMameda). 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $10; space is limited. Alan, (510) 814-7343.

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May 7 — Nautical Swap Meet at Point San Pablo YC (Pt! Richmond), 8 a.m. to noon. Jan, (510) 236-7664. i May 12 — Coastal Cup Race Seminar #1. The actual race (frorri San Francisco to Santa Barbara) won’t start until July 2, but the 'networking' will begin here. 7 p.m. at Encinal YC; buffet dinner available. Dan Fleming, (510) 769-0161. May 13-15 — First Northern California Swan Rendezvous at South Beach Marina. Cocktail parties, two low-key races, a night in Chinatown and more! Paul Kaplan, 567-6725. May 15 — Stockton Sailing Club’s Annual Swap Meet, dawn ’til whenever. Breakfast available; no charge for selling space. Cheri Skibo, (209) 462-4717. May 15 — Marine Swap Meet at Derrick Marine Services in Sacramento. Info, (916) 373-0063. May 21-22 — Second Annual Dinghy Helming and Racing Clinic for Women at Richmond YC. Michele Logan, (510) 237-2615.

SETS SAIL AT PIER 39 May 14 & 15 llam-4pm The CITIBANK Spring Cup '94 brings exciting 11: Metre One Design racing to PIER 39. These 35-foot, scaled-down versions of the America’s Cup yachts are the hottest boats on the water. And, for two days, they'll tear up the Bay at speeds of up to twenty knots in a series of exciting fleet races. View the regatta from the Bay end of PIER 39.

Bring the family to PIER 39 for fun, food and entertainment...and see who will win the first running of the CITIBANK Spring Cup. Entries are still being accepted for this unique, first-time event. Entry fees are $200 for sponsored boats, $50.00 for un-sponsored. Contact John Sweeney at City Yachts, (415) 567-8880.

Apr- 9 — El Alio Cuadrag^simo-Uno Gran Concurso Barco-Toro (41st Bullship Race). Gary Gates, (510) 945-0509. Apr. 9 — Commodore’s Challenge Regatta, hosted by Encinal YC. Two races for current commodores of PICYA clubs; crew must be members of the challenging yacht club; PHRF rating band is 117-156 (boats must be at least 26 feet and displace over 2,450 pounds) Larrv Duke, (510) 531-1860.

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BERKELEY YC — Friday Nighters on the Circle (4/8 through ^ 9/30). The price is right — free! Paul Kamen, (510) 540-7968. CORINTHIAN YC — Friday Night Series (4/22 through 9/16). Party at the White House afterwards. CYC, 435-4771. COYOTE POINT YC — Wednesday Night Races (4/6 through i the end of Daylight Savings Time). Kevin Knick, 347-4850. ENCINAL YC — Twilight Series on the Estuary. First half: 4/15, 4/29, 5/13, 6/3, 6/17. John Boyd, (510) 865-3381 (evenings). GOLDEN GATE YC — Friday Nights on the Cityfront, first part: 4/1, 4/15, 5/13, 5/27, 6/10, 6/24. Ed Welch, 851-3800. GOLDEN GATE YC — Woody Wednesdays (4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 6/1, 6/8, 6/15, 6/29, etc.). Ed Welch, 851-3800. ISLAND YC — Friday Nights on the Estuary. First hedf: 4/22, 5/6, 5/20, 6/10, 6/24. Rich Ahlf, (510) 672-2514. OAKLAND YC — Sweet 16 Series. Wednesday nights, 5/4-6/22 and 8/2 through 9/21. John English, (510) 702-7524. OYSTER POINT YC — Friday Nights: 4/29, 5/27, 6/24, 7/22, 8/26, 9/23. Ray Wells, 583-9964. RICHMOND YC — Wednesday Night Series: 5/5, 5/19, 6/2, 6/16, 7/7, 7/21, 8/9, 8/18, 9/1, 9/15. Free! RYC, (510) 237-2821. SANTA CRUZ — Wednesday Night Series (4/6 through 10/26). Mike Evans, (408) 476-5671. SAUSALITO CC — Friday Nights. Early series: 4/29,5/13,5/27, 6/10, 6/24. Pat Broderick, (707) 528-2109. SAUSALITO YC — Sunset Series (Tuesday nights): 5/3, 5/17, 5/31, 6/14, 6/28. Chuck Mellor, 331-2411. ST. FRANCIS YC — Friday Nights on the Cityfront: Every other week beginning 4/8. StFYC, 563-6363. SOUTH BEACH YC — Friday Nights: 5/6,5/20,5/27,6/3,6/17, 6/24, etc. Hav Staggs, 495-2295. TIBURON YC — Friday Night Series: 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/27, 6/10, 6/24, etc. Ken Andersen, 564-2865. j Please send ^our calendar items by the 10th of the month to Latitude 38 (Attn: Calendar), P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966. Better yet, FAX them to us at (415) 383-5816. But please, no phoneins! 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.

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For 35 years I’ve had a picture in my mind of the sailboat I’d like to have. That’s unusual because I was born and raised on Chesapeake Bay but we always had powerboats. My first real sail wasn’t until Miami in about 1955 when we sailed Ma/abarX///rail down in the ocean. I was really impressed. I managed to own a couple of boats since then, but they were stop-gap boats, not my dream. Then in 1990,1 began driving past a storage yard every day when going to and from work. There was a boat on a trailer in that yard that really caught my eye. I began speaking with her every day and called her 'Pretty Lady'. She was my dream boat of the last 35 years. I got the owner’s name, but try as 1 might, I could never reach him. But as I was eating lunch at work one day, I saw an ad for a Cheoy Lee Offshore 27 — it was my 'Pretty Lady'. So I made an offer on her. The owner said, "Don’t you want to go look at the boat." "Why?" I asked, "Is there a hole in her?" When he said 'no', I told him I didn’t have to take a look. After buying the boat, I brought her and all her gear home on a custom trailer. I’m now in the process of redoing her. Some of her sail bags have the names Penelope and Metzler on them. Do these names ring any bells with anyone? I’d sure like to get more information on her and Cheoy Lee 27s in general. I can be reached at (702) 677-1797 or at 17580 Thrush Lane, Reno, Nevada 89506. My hope is to get the boat and myself ready for a trip to Mexico and maybe further. I’m currently studying celestial navigation and started a ham radio class this month. I’m 62 years old and partially retired last November. I’ve had some work done on my heart and a 'zipper' in my chest where they opened my chest to have a look me. But my boat keeps me going and keeps me feeling young and capable. I fully expect to accomplish my dream in fine fashion — and soon. P.S. I tried to get a crew position going to Mexico, but I guess old ’ farts aren’t wanted as much as the young and pretty. Albert L. Hilleary Reno, Nevada Albert—If we remember correctly, Harold Upham had two bypass surgeries before he finished three Singlehanded TransPacsl As for 'Metzler', that’s a brand of inflatable and probably not the name of a boat. As for those Offshore 27s, they are good-looking little boats. The entire Offshore series was pretty handsome.

IIIILESS THAN EIGHT FEET With regard to a letter last month, El Toros don’t have to be registered because they are less than eight feet in length and are solely propelled by sail. For details, see Section 9873 of the Motor Vehicle Code. J. Haussener San Leandro J. — We stand corrected. The Coast Guard and state have different standards for what vessels need to be registered. The State, which is more strict, requires registration for all vessels over eight feet in length. It makes no difference to them if such a vessel is powered by oars, sails or a 225-hp Yamaha.

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1) Cruised St. Martin - St. Barts, in the process match-raced five¬ time maxi world champ Helizara with numerous female crew. 2) Competed in Antigua Sailing Week on our own boat for the third time, with approximately 15 active and topless — aren’t we naughty? — female crew aboard for each of the five races. 3) Cruised from Antigua to the San Bias Islands and through the Panama Canal with a mixed crew. 4) Delivered the boat from Acapulco to Puerto Vallarta, and Ensenada to Newport with a mixed crew. 5) Interviewed several cruising couples while in Hawaii covering the TransPac. 6) Chartered in Tonga. 7) Chartered in Fiji. 8) Did the Long Beach to Cabo Race on our own boat — with four women aboard, three of whom who’d previously survived several weeks of sailing with us. We easily had the highest percentage of female crew in the event. 9) Did Puerto Vallarta toZ-town with four relatively novice crew, including one woman who has since signed on for the next six months. 11) Spent several additional weeks aboard the boat in southern Mexico. While in Antigua, Tonga, Fiji, Cabo, Puerto Vallarta and Z-town, we relentlessly interviewed scores of cruising couples. Just ask the Wanderette — that we don’t stop is a major complaint of hers. So no, M.T., we don’t conjure up the reality of cruising from our desk, we go out and seek it in a variety of distant locations in the cruising world. Which is why we were able to confidentially and forcefully disagree with Knappen when she made some of her ludicrous assertions—such as that there aren ’t gender-based tasks on cruising boats. We’d have no problem reporting that as many women maintained diesel and refrigeration systems as men — if it were only true. It might be pleasant if it were, but it’s not. And as we said before, unless Knappen has been completely blinded by some agenda, she knows it. In fact, while in Z-town last month, we and a bunch of other cruisers — men and women — were sitting around laughing about which boat jobs are 'pink' (women’s), 'blue' (men’s), and 'purple' (gender neutral). It may not be politically correct, it may not be the way Knappen wants it, and it might not even be 100% universal — but that’s the way it is at this time in history. Personally speaking, we think Robin Hilton, who has been cruising for 13 years with her mate, hit the nail on the head with her February letter when she wrote, "As long as there is a fair distribution of work, everyone is happy." Lord knows, 'pink' and 'blue' jobs aren’t etched in stone. If men and women switch their traditional roles on boats, it won’t get our knickers in a twist. As for the Wanderette, we thought her few words of response to Seigneur’sletterwerefarmoreeloquentthanourhundreds. If you’d lighten up a little, perhaps the meaning wouldn’t have been lost on you.

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I seldom read your magazine, but while waiting for my sailboater mate of many years, I happened to read some of your readers’ letters and your request the wives write in. Since your survival as a publication depends on money being spent an boating, cmising and so forth, you are only interested in wives who either share their husband’s love of sailing or are happy not having their mates around. You won’t hear much from the other women because they don’t usually read your rag. I understand your slant, but it’s way off. What happened to partners finding activities that they both enjoy? Day sailing without his wife should be enough for any really sensitive, loving husband. What a joke, those cruisers who need to go off for six months — with female crewmembers yet? Unless the guy is a eunuch or can’t hoist anything but a sail, a normal healthy man will end up having sex with the crew. Now if wifey doesn’t mind, that is another story. Some of us may have managed sailing in our younger years, but for health reasons and in some cases a lack of interest, we don’t want to do so any more. But there are still plenty of other activities we can share with our mates. So if your wife of 20 years likes to sail and cruise, that’s fine. If she doesn’t mind your being gone for two weeks — or even six months — and enjoys celibacy, or you both have an 'arrangement', that’s your business. But if your wife happens to like your company, and in all the marital ways despite your age, then consider yourself lucky. You should go day sailing and then take her out to dinner afterwards! Landlubber Oakland Landlubber — Would Sir Francis Chichester have considered himself "lucky" if he’d had to be home from sailing each day to take his wife out to dinner? Would Eric Tabarly? And how about Henry Ford or Thomas Edison? Even more interesting, would Hillary Clinton or Martha Stewart have been able to achieve what they have if they had to be home for dinner with BUI and the former Mr. Stewart each night at 6:00? Perhaps before anyone gets married they should discuss whether the institution is to be viewed as a ball and chain, or a springboard to mutual growth. You probably don’t realize this, but to most men your comments are reminiscent of kindergarten. "Ten-minute recess is long enough for any good little boy, Billy, so put that toy sailboat back on the shelf and get back in your seat this minute." Yeech! Fortunately, kindergarten is over, this is real life, and for all anybody knows, each of us only gets to go around once. And with so many magnificent places to see, fascinating people to meet and wild escapades to survive, who wants to be confined to their 'seat'? Perhaps this is of no interest to you — wasn’t it Gail Sheehy who claimed that "comfort is to women what adventure is to men"?_but it may be of critical importance to your husband’s self esteem. Personally speaking, if we were condemned to a routine life and Roseanne reruns, we’d put a bullet through our brain, assuming we could hit such a small target.

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This doesn’t mean we don’t understand your point of view. T wenty years of marriage ought to count for something, right? We’re just not sure what, in the event the individuals have grown in opposite directions. We suppose it all boils down to what the individual feels the most allegiance to — the admonition of every high school valedictorian of "to thine own self be true", or the marriage vow of "to honor and obey, in sickness and health, til death do us part". It’s a dilemma that many couples in their 40s, 50s and 60s are coming to appreciate. Many find they still care very much for one another but that they enjoy entirely different activities. Increasing numbers are concluding that it’s not only not nice, but disrespectful to inflict one’s unique interests on the other. As such, many married men are out cruising alone while the wives stay home and enjoy grandparenting, gardening, businesses, psychic fairs and such. And believe it or not, there are a small number of women out cruising because their husbands prefer to stay home. The situation between couples becomes all the more complicated, of course, if children are involved. In our book, the first and foremost responsibility of any parent is to their offspring. As such, we’re enjoying the banquet of life in small bites, so our two children can spend as much time with their mother—who abhors travel — as with us. For if it were just the kids, the Wanderette and us, we’d be outta here and feasting on the spectacular heterogeneity the cruising life and the world has to offer.

JIlllT’S ALL THE FAULT OF GPS A longtime reader of Latitude, I received a letter the other day from an old friend who built one of the Alviso ferro cement boats. The boat has apparently been a great success, as my friend has been living on and sailing her since she was first built. His letter was interesting and I wanted to share a bit of it with you and your readers. Sailing south, my friend noticed many changes since he’d fast sailed to Mexico in the summer of 1987. With notable exceptions, the 'sailors' didn’t seem to be as interesting or adventurous as those he had encountered during previous trips. He felt it. was a reflection of the fact that for about $500 you can buy a hand-held electronic device that constantly provide you with your exact position. In other words, the navigational skill that used to be a prerequisite for sailing is no longer necessary. As a result, people who should never leave the marina now 'sail' long distances. Of course, when they reach their destinations, they stay in the harbor with excuses such as: 'My ice only lasts two days so I can’t go out'; 'I’m waiting for a fax'; and 'I can’t cook, so I have to stay close to restaurants or risk starvation.' My friend taught several of his fellow travelers how to spear fish. His rule of thumb is that it’s easy to tell which fish are good to eat. Any fish that swims away when it sees a person with a speargun is good eating. My friend reported that Mexico has become quite expensive and that prices are usually higher than back here in the states. For example, a gallon of gas is $1.50, celery and lettuce — when available — are $1.00 each and are often poor quality. Lastly, he also mentioned that they watched the lunar eclipse on November 28,1993, and noted that they "didn’t see anything". Ha, ha. Meanwhile, everyone played their favorite 'moon music' for the occasion, including tunes such as Moon River, Dark Side of the Moon, and Moon over Troubled Waters. Frank Dake Northern California Frank — IVe think your friend complains too much. Sure, if you spend a lot of time in marinas and tourist bars and restaurants, Mexico can cost you a bundle. Otherwise, it’s been our experience that the prices of essentials and many luxuries are quite reasonable. We suppose there are isolated places where you’d have

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LETTERS to pay $1.50 for a Iousi> bunch of celery, but only if you ignored the wide variety and plentiful supply of other inexpensive fruits and vegetables found in a typical mercado. Gas is a little more expensive, but how much do you need? Besides, if we remember correctly, diesel costs less. There’s no doubt that GPS, modern radar, watermakers and other such aids have made cruising attractive to many who otherwise might have thought it to be too arduous. It’s too bad if your friend finds these people to be boring and overly cautious. As for ourselves, we must be easily amused. VJe can honestly say that just about everybody we’ve met has some decent qualities and interesting tales. That’s more than enough for us.

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This week we moved out of our home and onto our sailboat in | anticipation of sailing south this fall to Mexico and points beyond. We hope to be gone for a couple of years. For months we have — half-heartedly — tried to find a home for Echo, our landlubbing blue crown conure. Now he’s living with us on our Offshore 40 yawl, which doesn’t have the largest interior. Echo has moved down in scale from his large home to a parakeet cage — sort of the way we feel at the moment! What we need is lots of information from folks who sail with their birds, because it looks like Echo’s gonna be a sailor, too. Customs, finding food in foreign countries, sea-sickness, cage etiquette, clean-up, food storage, illnesses to watch for, medicines to bring and any other details that could help us out would be greatly appreciated. Sonia Yates Calypso Northern California

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Sonia — All we can tell you is that a former captain had a double yellowback or some such thing aboard Big O for a year in the Caribbean and Panama. VJe and our kids loved that trash-talking, snorkel-eating, curious bird more than we ever would have imagined. Like all pets, she required some attention, but a boat in the tropics seemed like an ideal home for her. Most of the time she was allowed to run around free. Hopefully, other readers will be willing to share their bird-aboard routines and experiences.

ffffONE LARGE BETTER THAN TWO SMALL The Ranger 26 and Thunderbird classes are conducting an experiment this season that may be of interest to racers. The Yacht Racing Association and the One Design Classes Association have agreed to combine the R-26 and T-Birds into a single fleet for the 1994 ODCA schedule. The two designs have completed in numerous PHRF events and seem to be very evenly matched. Both have PHRF ratings of 198. We think one large fleet will be more fun than two small fleets. Anyone thinking of buying an inexpensive sailboat to race would be wise to consider either the Ranger 26 or Thunderbird. They both offer great sailing and range of competition in the combined fleet with a very minimal investment. Present or prospective owners of either class may call the fleet captains for more details about the boats and the race program. Call Dave Adams (415) 664-6553 for Ranger 26s and Jim Glosli (510) 606-1642 for Thunderbirds.

David G. Adams Fleet Captain, Ranger 26 Class David — We think the experiment will be a success, because in a couple of warped ways, 'two-design' racing — especially in some of the more casual classes — might actually be more fun than 'onedesign'. In just one example, they’ll be more than one 'winner' per

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A couple of years ago a crewman broke his leg on my boat during the Oakland to Catalina Race. He sued me for a million dollars plus. He won a small settlement in Federal Court. During the court proceeding, I was quite surprised to find the law to be ambiguous and difficult to interpret. I was shocked to find myself considered an employer even though no money or compensation was made. My fellow crewmen were considered employees. Oddly, this doesn’t happen in state courts, where assumption of risk is applied. In state courts, crew are responsible for their own actions and skippers are only accountable for gross negligence. In Federal Court, a law known as the Jones Act is applied when even just the slightest amount of negligence may be inferred. As I understand it, the Jones Act was originally conceived in the 1920s with the intent to protect seamen from unscrupulous employers who had little regard for a seaman s living and work conditions or his safety. I’m not trying to dodge responsibility here, but I’m not God either. 1 don’t have total control over the wind, the sea, or a crewman’s one-time poor judgement. My boat does not produce income. I do not consider it commercial. My crew and guests are not employees who work under my steel hand in fear of their dismissal. When racing, we worked as a team and everyone shared in the victories and defeats. It was all in fun and that s why we did it. Not for compensation — even if compensation may be legally construed as 'the experience'. My attorney’s fees were more than five times the settlement for the plaintiff. When you figure in the plaintiffs attorney, the jury, court costs, expert witnesses, exhibits, depositions, recorders, etc., it was probably easily more than 10 times the settlement. It’s not that justice isn’t served, it’s at what price.

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lillFIRST IN '48? In his excellent article about Atomic Fours in the December Latitude, Mike Hokins stated that the engine was first produced in 1948. I saw the Atomic Four in the metal Whelin lifeboats during World War II, and even had occasion to take one apart that had been doused in saltwater. The engine had the same two main bearings, skinny crankshaft and a plate that indicated 'Universal Engine Wks'. Was this, perhaps, the prototype for the engine that was produced for the yacht trade in 1948? Arthur Collins Alameda

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UtlTHE RARE WOMAN WITH A SENSE OF ADVENTURE "Over the top" or not, the Wanderer’s response to Michel Seigneur’s February letter was more accurate than you may think. The underlying dilemma, judging from the response of your female readers, appears to be one of respect. Girls traditionally pass into, and are granted the respect of, womanhood automatically upon their first menstrual cycle. For boys it’s quite different since there is no sudden physical change. Rites of passage or tests were devised by which the boy earns the respect of manhood. These traditional processes are still at work today, and are probably at the root of your observation that men are rugged individualists and women want to be kindergarten teachers. The difficulty arises when the rare woman — with a sense of adventure and a willingness to leave the comfort of her nest and explore the world — enters a predominately male activity where respect is earned. This earning of respect — and trust — is vital in some activities, especially those that contain an element of risk to life and limb, for obvious reasons. Sailing is such an activity. Most of the women who take on such challenges understand this, but a small and vocal minority don’t. They show up with a big chip on their collective shoulder demanding to be called 'Captain' without first earning the respect of their crewmates. When this respect is not forthcoming, they turn into whiners and blame it all on our so-called patriarchal society and/or male chauvinist pigs.

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LETTERS a diesel-powered, well-equipped Islander 30 with a wheel docked in San Diego that he’ll trade straight across. It seems too good to be true — until I consider the cost of haul-outs, dock fees and other costs. But still, she’s a bigger boat! Mark The Confused Northern California Mark — If you plan to do a lot of lake sailing this summer, we recommend you stick with the trailerable boat.

IftlTO FREEWHEEL OR NOT As a licensed marine engineer, I have long been aware that a freewheeling prop contributes less drag than a locked one. It’s for the same reason that it’s much easier to turn a screw out of a block of wood than pull it straight out: the helical motion provides a path of least resistance due to the screw’s shape. I have recently seen this view quantified in a textbook. Marine Diesel Engines by C.C.Pounder, sixth edition. In chapter three on page 48 there is a graphic depiction of an actual test performed by an twin screw ship. They ran on one shaft with the other shaft first locked, then allowed to freewheel. Horsepower readings were taken on the running shaft at various speeds while they did this. The test was run at speeds from nine to twelve knots and clearly indicates an advantage of around one knot to be gained by letting one shaft freewheel. I hope this is of some value to your readers. Ed Ferranto Kipper Sausalito Ed — Very interesting. But given the differences in the bottom of powerboats and sailboats, and the differences in props, we still think it’s best for each boat owner to determine what works best for his or her boat.

IftfNO QUESTIONS OR HASSLES 1 want to praise the guys and gals at SGC in Bellevue, Washington, for their excellent service. My four-year-old SGC-230 automatic tuner for my ham and SSB radios died this summer while I was cruising in Costa Rica. The cause was water intrusion. Gee whiz, it got wet! SGC, based in Bellevue, Washington, claims their tuners are completely waterproof. So they replaced my tuner without any questions or hassles. Now, that’s great service from some real 'good guys'! Jean Hart Jambo III Republic of Panama

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had failed and was in pieces. Having to take time out during the repair for the crabbing season, they completed the repair near the end of January. In April of 1993, we notified Westerbeke of excessive smoking from the exhaust. Westerbeke authorized Salmon Harbor Boat Repair in Winchester Bay to make the necessary repairs. The injectors were replaced and a new fuel pump mount was installed. In September of that same year in Crescent City — with just 64.5 hours on the engine — we found gear oil in the bilge, and found that the excessive vibration from the engine had shaken loose the studs connecting the adapter plate to the transmission and V-drive. We replaced the gasket and torqued the studs back into the V-drive unit ourselves. Continuing on our trip, when we arrived at Humboldt Bay — with 82.9 hours on the engine — and found it was again necessary to retighten all exterior bolts and connections. They had loosened as a result of vibration from the engine. When we arrived in Bodega Bay — now with 110 hours on the engine — it was once again necessary to tighten the bolts and connections. By the time we had 126 hours on the engine, we were in Santa Cruz and the studs connecting the Borg Warner transmission to the Vdrive had come out completely, allowing the V-drive to completely pull away from the transmission. Thus we had no forward or reverse. We made the repairs ourselves. While in Monterey in October — with 127.3 hours on the engine — we heard an even louder metallic sound coming from the engine. Westerbeke instructed us to sail back to Santa Cruz where Marine Engine was authorized to make the necessary repairs. They found that the dampener plate was again in pieces. A new dampener plate was installed, but by this time we felt this wasn’t the actual problem. We asked Westerbeke to determine why the damjDener plates had broken. They responded that in their opinion the engine was repaired and operating normally. We insisted that they try to diagnose the problem, since we could still hear a loud metallic rattle in the engine. Six weeks later they told us that there should be motor mounts on the transmission and that we should install them at our own expense. Lucky for us, Nyles Klampe, a friend of ours with a mechanical background, was visiting. He designed the appropriate mounts, had them manufactured and installed them for us. Westerbeke reimbursed us for materials. Unfortunately, this didn’t solve the problem, so Westerbeke had Marine Engine install an intake air dam, which is sort of like a choke. When the throttle is pushed forward, it gives the engine more air. At idle, it shuts off the air supply, making the fuel mixture richer. This decreased the amount of metallic chatter, but caused a great deal of black smoke to be emitted from the exhaust. On October 22, Westerbeke instructed us to take the transmission to Sea Power Marine in Alameda, requiring us to rent a car at our own expense. Sea Power made a few minor repairs that were evidently part of a factory recall on the pump, but then sent us on our way saying the transmission was fully operational. We arrived in Monterey once more on November 23, where we discovered that all the exterior nuts and bolts needed retightening. There were 140.4 hours on the engine. In early December, we had another transmission failure while attempting to depart Morro Bay. Under the direction of Westerbeke, we removed the transmission and found — once again — a broken dampener plate. We replaced it with a spare we were carrying. Just after crossing the bar to depart Monro Bay on December 13, we did a routine check of the engine and found the bilge to be full of bright red transmission fluid. We turned back and notified Westerbeke of the problem. They authorized Morro Bay RV to work on the engine. They replaced the dampener plate once again and told us they felt the transmission oil had spilled out as a result of overfilling and rough seas.

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As I sit in my cockpit enduring another (ho hum) spectacular sunset fanned by a 10-knot, 75° breeze. I’m led to ponder two statements written by your staff in the February Latitude. The first is, "The State of Hawaii is not boater friendly. But it’s not the government that’s responsible." Every morning when I go to take my shower — and I’m a legal liveaboard with a coveted shower key I walk past an armed guard stationed outside the Harbormaster’s office. The guard is huge, wears a Public Safety Department t-shirt and has a sidearm. And each time I enter the Harbormaster’s office, I encounter two or three additional Public Safety officers seated at a desk by the door talking story. The word is that the Department of Land and Natural Resources seeks $7,000,000 from the Legislature to increase the Public Safety Department’s funding because life at Keehi is just like life on land, with "murders, rapes, and robberies". This according to Boating Director Steve Thompson. A large portion of our slip fees goes to the Public Safety Department, allegedly to protect against murders, rapes and robberies. However, the guards stay at the office and don’t go near the boats — except when they accompany the Harbormaster when he visits boaters. (Imagine, if you will, the public relations masterpiece when a Harbormaster accompanied by two large armed goons encounters a boatowner). The Public Safety Department has amassed an amazing number of crime-fighting tools, including two Boston Whalers, two large hardbottom infiatables and countless white cars with "Law Enforcement" written on the side. On one occasion, I had the opportunity to watch a group of approximately 30 Public Safety Officers — and you don’t want to mess with these dudes — practice criminal apprehension techniques in the parking lot next to the Harbormaster’s office. From all this it’s obvious that the intent of the Public Safety Department is not to protect the public but to protect the interests of the state. Didn’t Der Fuhrer have a Public Safety Department? Didn’t they evolve into the

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It is also obvious that the 'government' doesn’t intend to improve conditions for the boaters who pay slip fees and thereby fund the 'government'. We’ve recently been informed that new harbor improvements will include a new loading dock/launch ramp with a large fish scale. Keehi is a haven for trailer fishing boats whose owners pay only a $15 yearly registration fee, yet enjoy three — soon to be four — launch ramps and unlimited water for washing their boats. That’s right, Hawaii has no launching fees and requires no fishing licenses! So the new small boat facilities will go up while those who paid for them wait for additional showers and bathrooms — among other facilities. Two weeks ago I sailed around the lagoon and saw a large number of empty mooring balls. The boats that had been on the balls were either crunched at Pier 60 or confiscated by the State and docked at the locked Dejjartment of Transportation dock. I therefore have to assert that, contrary to your statement, the government in Hawaii is responsible for: 1) A threatening police presence at Keehi Harbor: 2) Failure to include boaters in decisions about the use of their money; and 3) The possibility that your boat may be taken and either crunched or sold at auction. I must reject your statement because the government in Hawaii is extremely unfriendly to boaters — except trailer boaters/fishermen — please note the ethnic distinction. God help us if Ben Cayetano gets elected Governor; remember his "rich fucking haoles" comment? Your second statement, "Just past the runway for the Honolulu Airport, Keehi Lagoon is neither quiet, convenient or scenic," also deserves a response. The 'quiet' again has everything to do with government. Our Senator Inouye managed to get a variance from federal airline noise regulations for the State’s two inter-island air monopolies. These planes are unnecessarily loud, particularly Hawaiian Airlines which flies 35 year-old DC-9s. However, flights are concentrated around early morning and dinnertime and we’ve gotten used to them. We’ve also learned to stop/start conversations with the passing of each plane — never missing a word. Between flights there is a quiet accented by the tradewinds which . blow hard from the mountain passes above Keehi. Keehi is conveniently located near the airport and H-1, which gives us easy access to central/leeward Oahu and easy drives downtown. If convenience is considered in relation to Waikiki and tourist traps, 1 question your definition. As for scenic, I just watched a beautiful sunset and need to travel only a short distance to Sand Island Park to swim at an uncrowded beach with a view of the Honolulu skyline. But perhaps the major, most endearing aspect of Keehi is the people. A different brand of boater populates the Lagoon. 'Lagoonatics' are a crusty bunch with a friendliness unmatched at the other yacht harbor. There are no snobs or social climbers here, and boats are for boating rather than social status. Furthermore, the people are real and genuinely care about each other. We take all of the aforementioned factors with a great deal of humor and gather each evening for another "Keehi sunset". I regret that I couldn’t put my name to this letter, but I don’t want any unnecessary 'Public Safety' or the enactment of another obscure 'harbor regulation'. I hope you understand. Anonymous Lagoonatic Keehi Lagoon Honolulu Anoniimous — We were 'sneakaboards' for some of the best years of our lives — including the launching of this magazine — so we understand your request for the protection of your identity. Unfortunately, you misunderstood our first statement. When we said the government was not responsible for Hawaii being not particularly friendly to mariners, we meant that it merely reflects the sentiment of the populace. Hawaiians take immense pride in and greatly support indigenous activities such as windsurfing, surfing.

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outrigger canoe racing, fishing from shore or small boats. Most could care less about sailing — and would readily agree with Ca^/etano s assessment that it’s elitist. Can you imagine how infuriated the average Hawaiian would be if he or she learned that his or her tax dollars were being earmarked to make the Islands more friendly to arriving mariners? As we understand it, the sentiment of the Hawaiian government is to make some minor additions to small boat marinas that would primarily benefit the Island’s indigenous fishing enthusiasts. Additional berths for ocean-going boats are visualized only in terms of being part of large new resorts. Maybe that’s how it should be. As for the state making good use of the revenue they get from yacht clubs, marinas, berth fees and the like, we’re absolutely certain they don’t. This opinion is based partly on the conviction that government is incapable of doing anything economically or skillfully. IVe give you American schools, the justice system and 'domestic tranquility' as but three examples. Our opinion is also based on first-hand evidence. We’ve lived aboard in Keehi and the Ala Wai for short periods of time on several occasions, and we’re familiar with many of the other state facilities. They are mediocre at best. Of course, that evaluation has to be tempered in light of the extremely low — especially given the great demand—berth rates. If Hawaii berthholders paid $7 to $ll/foot per month as is common in California, or $11 to $13/foot as at the new marinas in Mexico, even the bumbling state of Hawaii could afford new berths, palatial bathrooms — and a couple more regiments of Public Safety guys. Not that this is a trade-off we’d recommend. As for Keehi being scenic, convenient and quiet, you must be the Marquis de Sade of adjectives. Keehi might be scenic as industrial areas go, but it doesn’t compare with the rest of that side of Oahu. And while it is convenient — assuming you’ve got to catch a plane — only the deaf could ever dare suggest it’s quiet. Thus while we fully appreciate that Keehi is popular with those looking to liveaboard on a long term basis, it’s certainly not a favorite with active cruisers.

UllTHE CHALLENGER CHALLENGE I’m hoping someone out there can help me locate the construction drawings for my 1973 Challenger 40 ketch. She was designed by Howard Stem — perhaps a relative of the VJ/comic Howard Stern? Specifically, I’m trying to obtain information on the fuel and water tanks that were built in beneath the cabin sole. 1 bought the boat, hull #18, two years ago knowing it needed work. The expense of boat parts and cramped working conditions have put a capital ’P in this 'fixer-upper' more than once, but I’m sure it will eventually be worthwhile. If all goes well. I’ll be starting shakedown cruises later this year. P.S. Reading your magazine keeps me inspired. Mike Brownlee Box 286, South San Francisco, 94083 Mike — Back in 1979 we ran a short item on and photo of the Challenger40 TanTarAdoion in Puerto Vallarta. Her skipper, aguy named Bill, was in the process of singlehanding from Panama back to California. While in southern Mexico last month, we ran into Bill again. He explained that after returning to San Diego, he started a software company and later married a sweet lady named Renee. When we met the couple, they’d just cruised down the coast and were relaxing in Ztown before heading to Panama — aboard that same Challenger 40 ketch. We’ll see if Bill has some drawings. If not, perhaps one of our other readers can help.

UtlGLUB, GLUB, GLUB I think I’ve got it now. You’re at sea. It’s 0200 and you’re on watch. You think it’s time to tack to avoid a tanker you’ve been

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LETTERS tracking. You call your off-watch, the only other person onboard, and her or she comes topside, yawns, and says you don’t need to tack because the tanker will miss you by a good 50 or 60 feet. You put on the coffee and sit down and work out the bearings, speed, distance and associated math . .. glub, glub, glub. In between passages, all men love and adore their diesel — and all other engines and motors — and spend every waking moment, after finishing dancing in the rigging and rewiring the boat, of course, attending to them. On the distaff side, all women love and adore Kinder, Kuchen, Kirche, not to mention cleaning, laundry and sewing. Oooo! Jeez, 1 forget to mention refrigeration, varnish, gelcoat, splicing, etc. Which one is gender specific to which? "But that’s not how it is in the real world — and what’s more, you know it." As for your quibbling — which is what people do when they can’t really mount a substantive argument—about co-captain A and B, are you being deliberately obtuse? We’re talking two (two, II, dos, deux, duo, zwei) people running their own cruising boat, not the staff organization of the Queen Elizabeth II. Each one takes responsibility for the decisions he or she makes while on watch. That’s pretty simple, but you probably missed ’sharing' in kindergarten. Trust me, after six days at sea, no one engages in a tug of war over the helm. "Life is hard," cautioned Robert Parker, "but’s it’s a lot harder if you’re stupid." Get it? You assume I’m angry, and I assume your life is a good deal harder than need be. Polly Knappen Pacifica Polly — Let’s see if we’ve got this straight. You’ve been 'co¬ captain' ofa40-foot boat in the Caribbean for five years. You’ve been tracking a tanker and decide you need to tack to prevent a collision or close call. So you call the off-watch? No wonder you arrive in port so tired! Given your experience, skill and status as 'co-captain', why in the hell are you bothering the off-watch in order to perform a maneuver, like tacking, that’s as easy as one, two, three? One, turn the wheel so the bow of the boat will come through the eye of the wind. Two, release the jib sheet. Three, take in the new jib sheet. Honestly, Polly, what part of this maneuver don’t you understand? What part are you incapable of doing alone? Further, what in the hell are you doing getting so close to a collision? If you’d been tracking the tanker, why didn’t you change course — either heading up or off a little would have done the trick — a lot earlier? In so doing, you would have avoided your mini-crisis, your off watch could have continued his sleep, and the crew on the tanker wouldn’t have had to worry about a possible collision. At the risk of sounding harsh, Polly, we believe your priorities are in disarray. We’d spend less time worrying about insignificant titles and more time mastering the basics of sailing.

UtlARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS I’m confused about point #3 in your response to Don Klein’s February letter about anchoring in Hawaii. A vessel cannot stay for more than 72 hours. You say that statement is simply false, but you quote Paul Dolan of the State of Hawaii who again says you can’t anchor for more than 72 hours. I’ve also enclosed a plan of Kaneohe Bay. As you can see, it’s also a controlled anchorage. Mariners were harassed there until they started concentrating in Keehi Lagoon. Our main complaint is the arbitrary and capricious enforcement of the rules — to the state’s advantage — to facilitate the removal of boats from Keehi Lagoon. Carol Post Waterfront Postal Center Honolulu, Hawaii

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Carol — Confused? VJe suspect you know full well the distinction you and others with a single issue interest in Keehi Lagoon are so aggressively) trying to blur. Specifically, if you essentially want to homestead with your boat in Hawaiian waters, the state requires you to get a permit after 72 hours and thereby limits your stay in one spot to a couple of months. If, on the other hand, you ’re an active cruiser, you can sure as hell anchor out for more than 72 hours without a permit. As we took great pains to make so very clear in the last issue, this doesn’t mean you can anchor anywhere you want for as long as you want. But the net effect of the imposition of the 72-hour rule in certain areas has yet to significantly affect the enjoyment of cruising the Islands. As for Kaneohe Bay, there are four controlled anchorages. If you want to comply with the law, stay in one for 72 hours, move to another for 72 hours, then back to the first one for 72 hours. Do this until you die of old age, if you want. For homesteaders the necessity ofisuch frequent moving about would be an unabidable nuisance — which is the state’s intent. As for active cruisers, following the letter of the law would be a nuisance at most. But as a state of Hawaii official told us off the record, Kaneohe Bay is only sporadically regulated, and thus active cruisers could probably spend weeks without having to move at all. Indeed, this was confirmed by many cruisers in the South Pacific, some of whom spent entire seasons in Kaneohe Bay. The truth of the matter — which some single issue people in Keehi apparently don’t want reported — is that the state of Hawaii isn’t particularly concerned with active cruising boats. As such, there remain plenty of anchoring and mooring opportunities throughout the Island chain for folks cruising over for the summer. In your final paragraph you state your "main complaint”, effectively speaking on behalf of the Hawaiian Navigable Waters Preservation Society. That complaint in reality has nothing to do with the interests of active cruisers visiting the island and everything to do with what constitutes a 'navigable boat' for the purposes of being able to stay in Keehi Lagoon. This is precisely the distinction we’ve been trying to make and are being attacked for making. litGO FIGURE Lu Dale claims she’s got 500,000 nautical miles at sea. Bullshit!!! She and her claim are the laughingstock of many boaters in Hawaii. Get the calculator and go figure. That page made for excellent T.P. — yuck! Document and prove it, Lu! Michael Soboski Honolulu UltWATCH SCHEDULES Some months ago you ran an article by Max Ebb which showed a photo showing crew watch schedules produced on Max’s PC. Can you tell me who sells this software and where I might obtain it, please? By the way Cam Lewis’ presentation at the Corinthian YC was great. Ed Rogers Northern California

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litTRUSTY TANKS My cruising sailboat has two diesel tanks; a primary 15 gallon tank and a 55 gallon auxiliary. My problem is that the tanks are steel and must be kept full to prevent rust from developing. As the auxiliary tank was not always kept full, there is a pronounced rust problem. Despite having had the fuel polished, the tank still throws off enough rust to cost me a small fortune in Racor filters. I’ve researched steel tanks through books on steel sailboats and have sought the advice of others. Does anyone have a viable solution to my situation? As if the fact 1 can’t even use the 55-gallon tank because of the rust problem isn’t bad enough, having 55-gallons under the cockpit is a lot of weight aft. Help! S. Tuttle Marina Del Rey S. — Since you’ve already had the fuel polished, the next thing would be to scrub out the inside of the tank. VJe presume it has inspection ports. Thirdly, set up parallel fuel filters so that when you lose rpms at the high end, you simply throw a lever and direct the fuel through the second filter. You’re still going to have to have to buy plenty of fuel filters, but that’s probably less expensive than trying to replace the current tank.

ILtiTHE SWELLING MADE FOR TIGHT SEALS If you can find room for another letter about the diesel fuel issue, I think readers may find the following interesting. The problem of leaks resulting from changes in fuel formulation are not new, nor are they confined to diesel. Diesel fuel and aviation fuel for jets is very similar; in fact, for all practical purposes they are identical. A few years ago the U.S. Air Force began using a fuel called JP-8 in place of the previously used JP-4. The main reason for the change was safety. JP-4 is extremely volatile, has a high solvent content, and a flashpoint of -34° Fahrenheit. JP-8 is less volatile and its flashpoint is over 100°, making it a much safer fuel to handle. Significantly, JP-4 would react with the materials in the 0-rings and seals in the plumbing, causing them to swell. This swelling made for tight seats that didn’t leak. The problem was that JP-8 did not swell the seals. So when a plane sat on the ground for any length of time — especially during an overhaul — the seats would dry out. When refueled with the new JP-8, the seals would not swell up like they used to and the planes would leak. The only solution was to replace the seats and worn parts to ensure a tight close tolerance fit. As other branches of the service are converting to JP-8, they are experiencing the same problems. Now back to the diesel fuel that you and 1 buy. The problems we’re experiencing are exactly the same and for basically the same reasons. The new fuel does not swell the seals in our pumps and does not lubricate as well as the old diesel did. This causes leal^ and faster wear of close tolerance parts. What can we do? If you already have severe leaks, you’ll have to rebuild the pump, replacing all the seals and any worn parts. If your pump is still in good shape and you want to keep it that way, the best thing to do is use one of the additives on the market — making sure it has high lubricating abilities. As for mixing motor oil with your diesel, this is not a solution or a good idea. It will lubricate parts and the engine will burn it, but it will also build up deposits and eventually will cause more harm than good to your diesel. If you don’t want to pay the higher cost of the commercial additives you will be better off adding transmission fluid or a light 10/10 oil to your fuel. If your pump is on the way out and you can’t afford to fix it, a last resort is to mbc a very small percentage of gas — and automatic transmission fluid — to your fuel. The gas — no more than a 1% or

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Sue and 1 were delighted with your revisiting the Cabo disaster of '82 in your January issue. It allowed us to catch up on the whereabouts of the other survivors. Your article sparked us to review the video made by Doc Ross of Cabo San Lucas in the aftermath of the storm and during the relaunching of our Globe 44 Grace. What impressed me the most about our relaunching, aside from the heart-in-mouth tension of watching your boat being pushed around by a big bulldozer, was the many people who contributed their time, energy and ideas to the success of our project. During the 10 days we were on the beach — and especially during the actual relaunching — I was an emotional mess most of the time and not fully aware of all of those around me. In looking at the video, some of the many faces are familiar, but most of the helpers are face¬ less. To all of you who read this and helped us, I offer a belated 'thank you'. The willingness of all — cruisers, tourists, locals — to pitch in and help was one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. In addition to the above, I would like to acknowledge a few in particular: Leonard and Linda Grill, who lost their Valiant 40 in that storm and with whom we lived during this time; Dave Cookingham, our main angel; the superb Mexican cat skinner whose tractor was a physical extension of himself; Julio, the Mexican labor foreman whose crew was so helpful; our daughter’s friend Peter Karlovic of Sydney, Australia, who stayed by my side most of the time to try to relieve my stress and strain; and Bud and Donna Mundy of Pisces, who helped nurse us and our boat back to health at the inner harbor seawall. This was an experience 1 would wish on no one, but it was one of the most satisfying 'wins' of my life. As a result of the ordeal, I would like to share a few opinions about the situation: 1) If significant weather even threatens, have your storm sails hanked on, dinghies deflated and stowed, and ports, hatches and loose gear secured. 2) Buoy or retrieve your stem anchors to allow the boat to swing. 3) Set additional bow anchors. Incidentally, I don’t believe in all chain rode. I like 100 feet of chain backed up by 250-feet of rope. 4) Have fairleads at the bow, but secure the rope to sheet winches. Do not secure anchor line to the anchor windlass, as most aren’t strong enough and weren’t built for that purpose. 5) Do not anchor inside the potential surf line — as we’d done when the big waves arrived. You won’t survive it. 6) Pray. I believe that helped His Grace to survive. I’d be glad to answer questions anyone has. Bill and Sue Culver 520 West Kinnear Place, Seattle, WA 98119

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Eight Bells. Bay sailing lost two longtime stalwarts recently. We’re saddened to report the passing of Dick Miller and George Degnan. Dick Miller passed away in February at the age of 90. Born in Texas and raised in Seattle, Dick had been a resident of Sausalito for over 40 years. For the last 22 years, he and wife Jean have sailed and lived aboard their boat Liebestraum. A musician until the 1950s, Miller’s career as a drummer led to associations with some of the top bands of the day, including the NBC orchestra in the days when radio soap operas were aired live with a backup orchestra. During the war, he worked days as a rigger at Sausalito’s Marinship Yard and nights as a musician in San Francisco. More than once he appeared at the yard just in time for work — still wearing his tuxedo. Dick is probably best remembered by Bay sailors as a yacht broker who really cared. He always made sure his clients were buying boats they could understand and handle, often spending weeks teaching them how to sail, and in so doing, forging lifelong friendships. George Degnan also passed away in February, at age 80. A retired doctor, George started sailing late, and for about the last 20 years was a driving force in the lOD class. He once told us he bought his first lOD, Quickstep II, against all advice and learned to race it the hard way. "1 was so bad I’d always end up sailing with the Folkboats and Knarrs (which start after the lODs). The first few years, I got to know those guys better than the people in my own fleet!" George persevered, eventually going on to a new fiberglass lOD, Bolero, and a half-dozen season championships in the fleet. He also represented the fleet several times at lOD worlds in Bermuda, Scotland and other exotic venues. Off the water, George was reknowned for taking over WBRA get-togethers the way Robin Williams takes over movie roles, keeping the crowd in stitches for an hour with his ad-lib stories. Our condolences to families, crews and friends. Both Dick and George will be sorely missed. Lost, found, don’t call. An El Toro was found along the San Francisco waterfront in late March. Mark would like to return it to its rightful owner, but asks that we not give out a phone number, "because I don’t want to get 100 calls for a free boat." Smart man. If you’re missing a Toro and suspect this might be it, write with a description to: Mark, 3121 Fasman Dr., San Bruno, CA 94066. First Freya Rendezvous. Chuck Woods reports that the first Freya Rendevous was held at San Leandro Marina on February 12, with a total of 24 current and hopeful Freya owners in attendance. Four boats were open for view¬ ing, #3 On'ana, #40 Terra Nova, #42 Sydney Ann, and Latitude’s old Contrary to Ordinary, #22. Berths were provided free by the marina. Also in attenandance was Kevin Fleming, manufacturer of the steering vanes that bear his name, as well as refrigeration units and wind generators. Fleming is in the process of finsihing off his own Freya 39. For further information on Freya activites, contact Chuck Woods at 909 Marina Village Parkway, #232, Alameda, CA 94501. Credit where credit is due. Remember back a couple of years ago when a proposal in the state legislature would have merged the well-run Department of Boating and Waterways into the relatively sloppily run Department of Parks and Recreation? State legislators also wanted to divert some of the money boaters pay DBW through fuel taxes into the state’s General Fund — which certainly meant we’d never see it again. Many predicted the results of these proposals would be catastrophic at the recreational boating level. All that seems to be in the past as Governor Wilson’s latest proposals were unveiled a couple of months ago. Not only does DBW seem secure and autonomous, but the Governor has requested that its budget for federal year 1994-1995 be increased to $42.7 million

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SIGHTINGS pan pacific passage Mike and Judi Hyde’s arrival in La Paz last December was supposed to mark the beginning of their second big cruise aboard Agesha, a New Zealandbuilt Cavalier 39. The boat’s first big cruise had been to the South Seas and back. This time, as last, the pace was starting out relaxed. They were only planning ahead as far as Christmas, which they wanted to spend with other cruisers in Zihuateneo. But the plans of cruising folk are nothing the big picture if not flexible. The day after their arrival in La Paz saw them power¬ A total of 129 boats from all over the ing nonstop back to San Diego, to f world have signed up to do the Pan Pacific ' a life that’s has since been any¬ Yacht Race. Yor.’H recall this once-in-athing but relaxing. j, lifetime race, which is peirt of the opening And it’s all our fault. ; ‘ celebration for the new Kansai International "We got ahold of the Decem¬ f Aiiport in Osaka, has starts in five different ber issue of Latitude soon after we ^ countries: Australia, Korea, China, Russia arrived," says Mike, a retired amd the United States. foundry manager. "I started flip¬ Being the longest 'leg' — 6,600 official ping through it and on about the miles — the Americem start is first. Here’s a third page, there was an ad for the ; quick look at the 18 boats signed up to Pan Pacific Race. It went from f depart from Marina del Key on April 24. Marina del Rey to Japan in April and they actually paid a million C/ass A (5Z.5 to 6S.5 feet LOA) , yen to yachts that finished within name , length owner home'' a certain time limit — even if you Northwest Spirit S9’ John Oman Seattle didn’t win!" ' Ofass B (46 to 52.5 feet) The ensuing discussion with , Kine Kino Vil S2’ H. Kobayachi Japan Judi didn’t take long. They had Ocean Walker 48' Daniel Kaiser Japan both regretted missing Japan on ftegulusti 52’ MarkTwohey S.Diego the last cruise. "I said, 'I’d like to - Class C {39.4 to 45.9 feet) do this.' Judi said, 'So would I.' Ayesha 39.4’ Mtke Hyde Castro Vly The next day, we were on our Bright Star 46’ John Campbell WA way back to California." 44’ John Henson Lompoc " Seven days later, they pulled Fantasea 39.4’ R, Forier Arizona into San Diego and the faxes High Flight 40’ R Anderson Laguna,? started flying. One thing Mike 41' Nirvana T. Goldsworthy MDR learned was that, with the fluctu¬ 41’ Fred Writer Maryland Seagate ating exchange rate, a million yen Kiyoji Moroi Japan ; Shuten Dohfl 43’ was no longer worth the 'esti¬ C. Ruequoi Penn. Sundance 43’ mated $10,000' that had been The Far Side 42’ John Meyers S. Barb advertised. It was now down to Tikva 40’ SF Ken Clark about $8,700. He also leamedjl Winsome Geld 40' R. Grange Hawaii that all yachts had to conform tol ORC safety specs to qualify for' These boats compete for trophies only the race. Although Ayesha was : against the boats in their class and from the ’ already well-outfitted, that meant ' same starting nation. Rounding out the fleet the Hydes would have to add v;,will be 33 entries starting in Brisbane, 9 out such items as a storm trysail, an ' of Pusan (Korea), 39 from Shanghai and 30 SSB, a 406 EPIRB, a crew over¬ from Vladivostock. board package with two water^ For each boat that finishes within an activated strobes — in all, about altoted time period, a cash bonus will be $5,000 worth of gear. ' , 4awatded, no matter where the yacht places If the realities of the commit¬ ■ in its class. The time period for the California ment have dimmed the Hyde’s starters is four weeks after the first boat in enthusiasm for the project, they v.-each class passes the finish tine, and the hide it well. A recent trip to Grand bomrs for California starters (commensurMarina, where the boat is hauled . > atety more than all others because of the for a bottom job, found them distance) is 1 million yen. Depending on the working hard, and as giddy with - exchange rate, this has varied in the last few excitement over the upcoming i months from $8,000 to about $10,000 — race as a couple of kids on the . just about enough to ship most boats home. night before Christmas. "We’re going to give this our best shot," says Mike, with a gleam in his eye. "I’m no racer, but I’m in this to win!" "When we go back in the.water, the bottom of this boat is going to be as

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april The long and the short of the latest FCC ruling is that, effective on April Fool’s Day (no kidding, unfortunately), it will now cost you $110 for a new radio license. We’d do our usual rant and rave over the frustrating details of yet one more stupid tax, but Don Hossack of Truckee did such a fine job in a letter sent to Senator Ernest Hollings, chairman of the Senate Commerce Commit¬ tee, that we doff our hats to him — and yield the floor. Dear Chairman, / am dumbfounded by the stupidity of the U.S. Government. I recently bought a boat. On it was a VHF radio. The owner recom¬ mended that I not license it. His logic was

SIGHTINGS pan pacific — cont’d

foolishness that the fees were going to $110 in April. "Hell” he said, "the damn things onli/ cost $129. If you ever need it, call the Coast Guard then throw the radio overboard. When you get back to port, buy a new one. It will be cheaper in the long run as you’ll always have new equipment." This is exactly what I plan to do. We will also bring our cellular phone on board and dial 911 or the Coast Guard if we need to declare an emergency. Other boaters are sure to do the same. So now you’re going to set up a

smooth as a baby’s butt. I’ve even convinced a good friend and great sailor, Rick Schweiger, to quit his job and come with us!" The Hydes have also added several new Hogin sails to Ayesha’s compliment, including the required trysail, a new 120, a new main and a little-used North spinnaker off an Express 37. Realizing the commitment would take a serious gouge out of the cruising kitty, Mike began knocking on corporate doors as soon as they got back to the Bay Area. He learned quickly, as have many others, that corporate America does not embrace sailing the way their European counterparts do. He was gratified, however, to find that the marine industry does help out sailors like himself who are trying to achieve worth goals. The Hydes have received contributions in the form of price breaks, cut-rate services, equipment loans or contributions of gear from the following sources: Magellan, Forespar, Nicro Marine, Hewlett Packard, General Foundry Service Corporation, Spinnaker Yacht Club, Meridian World Wide, Pitchometer Propel¬ ler, Commercial Divers, Grand Marina, On Call Graphics, GP Designs, Peninsula Marine continued outside column of next sightings page

Judi and Mike Hyde and (spread) the cruiser/racer 'Ayesha.'

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SIGHTINGS pan pacific — cont’d Services, Dry Creek Vineyards, Copyrama, Lifesling and West Marine. The Hydes also extend a special thanks "to the many individuals who have given us encouragement and financial support, and especially Mike Lingsch who showed us how to run the boat and really got us interested in cruising." The Marina del Rey start is April 24, so they’ll be leaving the Bay by the 8th or 9th. One would think that, compared to the frenzied preparation, the actual race itself would be almost relaxing. "We’ll relax once we get there," Mike reminds. "Like I said, we’re sailing to win." For the skipper of the smallest boat of 12 in his division — and no handicaps — that seems like brash talk. But with 6,600 miles of open ocean between start and finish, even an inexperienced racer knows anything can happen. If we’re to believe the press coming out of Japan, we have to wonder if Mike and Judi aren’t going to have to postpone that R&R even a bit longer. Mike laughs. "I think you’re right. It’s apparently going to be a huge, huge thing in Japan. There’s going to be national media coverage, dinners, parties. All yachts are being asked to stay at least two weeks after the race for all the continued outside column of next sightings page

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foolishness whole new bureacrac^ to handle this expect¬ ed huge influx of funds. Except people will stop licensing their VHP radios, so there Isn’t going to be a huge influx. So then you’ll have to subsidize the bureacracy with other funds. In the end, it will be like the Luxury Tax and now the diesel fuel tax: It will always cost more to run the bureacracy than what

the best varnishing In researching the story of Santana that appears elsewhere in this issue, we heard what could possibly be the best varnishing story ever. This is the way it was told to us: Bogie and Bacall were flying somewhere

SIGHTINGS — cont’d the taxes bring in. I am beginning to feel stupid in even taking the time to write the government letters. My father always told me, "Never argue with a fool. It gets too difficult to tell who is who." — donald hossack

story ever? for a couple of weeks. They told Santana’s caretaker — a well-known local shipwright who shall remain nameless — that they’d like the galley table varnished by the time continued middle of next sighting page

pan pacific — cont'd various functions. They’re even assigning a family to each yacht, to make us feel more at home." "When you look at the big picture, we’d have spent the money to get to Japan eventually anyway. But we never would have sailed directly there. This race gives us the opportunity to go where we wanted to anyway, and meet these people on a level that we’d never have had otherwise. How could we pass up an opportunity like that?" Oh yeah, and one more thing. The whole Japan adventure promises to be a much more interesting and unique first leg to their ongoing cruising plans than they could have imagined back in La Paz last December. "After the race, we’re still planning on being out two to three years this go-around," says Mike. "Japan wilt make a great jumping off point."

open sesame April, come she will. And so will hundreds of boats and thousands of boaters to celebrate various opening days around the Bay. This tribal rite of passage among the sailing set had its origins back in the days when tog ’gates' would be strung across the openings to many anchorages to protect them from the onslaughts of winter. Come April, the gates were opened and yachtsmen took to the Bay en masse to vent their pent-up winter frustrations. Although the log booms have long since been supplanted by modem mari¬ nas and stout breakwaters, modern Opening Days are still characterized by hundreds of people going crazy on boats, interspersed with a few solemn cere¬ monies. Here’s a chronological rundown of the various ODs around the area. Delta (April 2) — Theme for the Opening Day Parade off the Stockton Sailing Club this year is "Easter Parade On the Delta." For more, contact Cheri Skibo at (209) 462-4717. Carquinez Strait (April 9-10) — Benicia YC hosts this populeir event, now in its 15th year. The boating part of the two-day festival includes a parade of more than 100 decorated boats, all bent on swaying the 'celebrity judges' opinion for the best interpretation of the ’94 theme: "Tales of Carquinez, Man’s Epic Adventure On the Straits." The fleets’ return to the docks signals the live entertainment, food booths, arts and crafts fair, contests and bands all along the green at the Benicia Marina. For more, contact the Benicia YC (707) 746-0739, or publicity chairperson David Sprague at (510) 934-6444. Petaluma River (April 16) — The Third Annual Opening Day on the Petaluma River is the only one thoughtful enough to have included President and Mrs. Clinton on its invitee list. No RSVP yet, but who knows? Highlights include a 30-boat decorated boat parade in the Turning Basin at 2:30 p.m. The theme is The Seven Seas.' This compiunity event is presented by the Petaluma YC and local merchants. For more information, call PYC Commo¬ dore Ted Lehmann at (707) 763-0429 or Catherine Lehmann at (707) 7780429. South Bay (April 16-17) — Teen representatives of the Specied Olym¬ pics California will kick off the 56th Annual South Bay Opening Day off Red¬ wood City. This is especially appropriate as the focal point of this Opening Day has always been on youth and sailing. Theme for the decorated parade this year is 'South Sea Fantasy,' and boats will vie for awards in seven different categories including a new one for 'Classic Beauties' built prior to 1964. Post¬ parade festivities will take place at the Sequoia YC and Peninsula YCs, with Palo Alto YC doing the honors for the Sunday morning pancake feed and Coyote Point YC taking over for the dinner crowd. For more information on any of this, call John Mangney at (408) 736-7176. Main Bay (April 24) — The Pacific Inter-Club Yachting Association (PICYA) is as always the host of the grandaddy of Opening Days here on the Bay. Theme for the decorated boat parade, which will go along the Cityfront, Fishermans’ Wharf and Pier 39, is 'The Seven Seas.' That parade will be fol¬ lowed by a new addition: a parade of 'vessels of interest' — fireboats, tugs, classic yachts and the Bar Pilots boat. Over in Raccoon Strait, the blessing of the fleet will commence at 10 a.m. and run through noon. Vessels wishing to be blessed should proceed between Tiburon and the anchored Navy ship USS continued outside column of next sightings page

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open sesame — cont’d Kiska on a Southwesterly heading. Be aware that a 4.4-knot flood will be max¬ ing at 10:05. Also stay alert for Navy utility boats ferrying people back and forth for a concurrent open house on the Kiska. For more information on the Main Bay Opening Day, contact Margot Brown at (510) 523-2098.

enza crescendo We hate it when this happens. On or about the day we went to press, the 92-ft New Zealand catamaran Enza is due to smash the nonstop around the world record, otherwise known as the Trophei Jules Verne. (Several hundred Latitude readers enjoyed an evening with Cam Lewis in late February as he talked about being the first to break Verne’s mythical 80-day record aboard the 86-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer.) The last report we got, Enza was only 1,600 miles from the finish, but had recorded a painfully slow 135-mile 24-run. Wow, that’s almost as horrible as a real boat. Since departing Ushant on January 16, Enza has covered more than 25,000 jniles at an average speed of 14.97 knots, dipping down as low as 61 ° South latitude to keep the breeze and avoid any undesirable weather. It’s a good bet that, even as this was being written, they’ll have attempted to crank things up a tad to break the 15-knot average. What’s not so well known is how they will have done against their French rival, the 90-ft trimaran La Lponnaise des Eaux Dumez. The last word we had received was that 'Lyonnaise skipper Olivier de Kersauson had made it a real race, coming from more than 1,000 miles behind Enza in the early going to less than 450 miles in the boat’s last reported position on Monday, March 21. At that point, Kersauson was reporting 15 to 18 knots on the speedo, and was also examining his op¬ tions as the big tri approached the Azores High. 'The High will be the deciding factor in who wins the duel," he said. Then he blacked out all communications and position reports so Enza wouldn’t know what he did next. Although spirits were high aboard Enza that they’ll break Commodore Ex¬ plorer’s 79-day mark by the better part of a week, co-skippers Peter Blake and Robin Knox-Johnson were certainly concerned about the French boat; KnoxJohnson possibly more so. Hey, he can’t help it, he’s British. Of particular bother to KJ was that, unless Enza got perfect conditions in the last few days of their trip, the all-time day’s run record would belong to the French boat. In the early going, Enza ripped off an incredible 520.9 miles in 24 hours. Within a week or so. La Lyonnaise reported a staggering 524.6 miles, which was later confirmed by satellite fixes. Of course, KJ’s ultimate nightmare was that the French trimaran might sneak by Enza in the last few days. Though unlikely, Knox-Johnson wasn’t taking any chances. Reportedly, every time he climbed in the shower, he belted out a stirring rendition of Rule Britannia. Meanwhile, back in France, Commodore skipper Bruno Peyron is looking for backers to build the next Explorer — a 123-foot-long, 53-foot-wide behe¬ moth catamaran. It’s expected to displace no more than 20 tons when fully loaded, and be capable of speeds approaching 45 knots.

isabelle on track As of March 24, Isabelle’s open-class BOC SO-footer EcureiulPoitou-Charentes II was about 240 miles northeast of Cape Horn and on record pace to beat the New York to San Francisco sailing record — 76 days, 23 hours, set by the 53-ft trimaran Great American in 1989. After 33 days at sea, she was 370 miles ahead of Thursday’s Child, and 1,110 miles ahead of Great Ameri¬ can’s position. Thursday’s Child was the first sailboat to beat the clipper Flying Cloud’s 89-day record with a run of 80 days and change, also in 1989. We here at Latitude remain very interested in this attempt. Isabelle is a world-class sailor and the only woman to have ever completed a BOC race. When she arrives, local sailors will get a rare firsthand glimpse of one of the newest boats in possibly the most radical developmental class in the world. It would also be great to have enough advance notice to give her a rousing Bay Area greeting, such as the huge yachting flotilla that escorted Thursday’s Child continued outside column of next sittings page Page 100

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they got back. No problem. The caretaker went to work. He sanded the table down and applied a fresh coat of varnish. When the table dried, however, there was dust in the finish. Being a perfect¬ ionist, he sanded it all down again, dusted the galley thoroughly and waited until early the next day when the air was still. Then he put on another coat. There was still noticeable dust in the finish. A friend suggested that the dust was coming from was his clothes. Being young and impressionable, this made perfect sense. So he sanded, dusted, cleaned, stripped down to his BVDs and varnished again. Still dust in the finish. Our hero sanded the table again. He then removed it from the galley floor and hung it

from bad Based on information provided by Park Police on the scene at San Francisco’s i Ocean Beach, the wee hours of Monday, I March 28, couldn’t have been much worse I for a man they identified as James Sqeskew. Sqeskew apparently misjudged the i 'corner' of the coast near the Cliff House, I and the lovely center-cockpit ketch he was I either sailing or motoring was driven ashore I by the surf. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the I allegedly inebriated skipper was arrested for I punching a park policeman who’d come I down to investigate.

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upside down from the overhead. Then he took all his clothes off, laid down under the table and was in the midst of varnishing it Michelangelo-style when he heard footsteps on the deck. Then faces in the companionway. Bogie and Bacall were back early, and were now staring down the companionway at the strange sight. The story goes that Bogart didn’t say a thing. He just came down the stairs, took off all his clothes, laid next to our hero and said, "How’s it going?" We’re almost sorry to report that we checked with ultimate source of this story and he said it’s not true. Well, not all of it, anyway. While the basic order of things was correct, says the shipwright, "It wasn’t Santana, and it wasn’t Bogart." Dam.

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Since this happened immediately prior to our going to press, many details are unclear. We don’t know the name, type or hailing port of the center cockpit ketch that appeared to be about 50 feet in length. Nor do we know who the owner is. As we departed the scene, the ketch was hard aground, stem to the waves in about three feet of water. Periodically she’d flop from one side to another, like a beached whale. She still looked to be in excellent condition, but with the tide coming in, her future was certainly in doubt.

into the Bay. Unfortunately, for reasons we don’t yet completely understand, getting pertinent, accurate and timely information on Isabelle, who’s coming here, has been far more difficult than for the Jules Verne boats, which didn’t come within 5,000 miles of San Francisco. Go figure. Hopefully, this situation will change the closer Ecureiul gets to San Francisco. To beat the 76-day record, Isabelle will have to arrive before May 7. We’ll keep you posted.

women want the cup In a move that may make Australia’s winged keel of 1983 look about as revolutionary as paint. Bill Koch announced in March that he would field an all-woman sailing team to vie for the right to defend the 1995 America’s Cup. Do we need to remind anyone that this will be the first such effort in the Cup’s 142-year history? If successful — and success can be measured in various ways — the distaff team could have a huge impact on the America’s Cup in particular and the sport of sailing in general. continued outside column of next sightings page

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women want the cup — cont’d Koch, who teamed up with Buddy Melges and an all-male crew to win the Cup in 1992, began the women’s campaign with a splashy midtown Manhat¬ tan press conference, complete with one of his International America’s Cup Class (lACC) 70-footers and a core group of candidates. The latter included Olympic medallists J.J. Isler, Lynne Jewell-Shore, Allison Jolly, Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Betsy Allison and Linda Lindquist. Dawn Riley was also included, although she couldn’t attend — at the time, she was racing up from the Southern Ocean en route to Uruguay as skipper of the Whitbread 60 Heineken. Also present were three non-sailing women who are world-class rowers and whose strength could make them valuable members of the crew. (Koch had more than one football player on the grinders of his ’92 Cup winner who didn’t know port from a porthole.) This is no joke entry, which is evidenced by the fact that Koch pledged a significant — but undisclosed — portion of the $20 million that will be needed to fund the campaign. He’s also providing a powerhouse team of coaches, designers and managers, many of whom took part in the last campaign. He’s also providing his two boats, A^ and Kama, the fastest lACC yachts sailing off San Diego in 1992. Assuming the syndicate can raise enough sponsorship money, the team will build a new boat for the upcoming America’s Cup, which starts elimination races early next year. Kimo Worthington of Montclair, who drove Koch’s #2 boat in 1992, has continued outside column of next sightings page

Operation Overlord. Normandy. Omaha Beach. D-Day. By the time darkness fell on the coast of France on June 6, 1994, some 5,000 ships, 4,000 landing craft, 11,000 aircraft and 3 million men had completed the largest military invasion in history. British, Canadian and American troops had come ashore in waves spanning 50 miles of German-held coastline, marking the begin¬ ning of the end for the Third Reich. On June 6, 1994, there will be cere¬ monies and celebrations on the beach at Normandy to mark the 50th anniversary of D-Day. We’re proud to note that San Fran¬ cisco will be ably represented by the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien, aboard which will be many men who took part in the 1944 inva¬ sion, including her 78-year-old master, George Jahn. The O’Brien, which normally docks at Fort Mason, is presently in drydock being readied for the 20,000-mile round trip.

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SIGHTINGS to Omaha Liberty Ships were nothing fancy in terms of technology or speed (8 knots is about it). They were simply prefabricated, mass-pro¬ duced freighters that could be built quickly and cheaply — the object being to build ships faster than the German U-boats could sink them. In a purposely set-up stunt, one yard actually built an entire ship in one day. Few of the 2,700 Liberty Ships built still survive, and Jeremiah O’Brien is the only one that has never been altered. Part of the Suisun Bay mothball fleet for 33 years, she was rescued in 1980 and has been a floating memorial to merchant seamen ever since. The O’Brien is scheduled to depart San Francisco Bay at noon on Thursday, April 14. We know most Latitude readers can’t make it out on the water then, but urge those who can to escort the O’Brien out to sea. The rest of you mark your calendars for Sun¬ day, October 2, when the old girl is slated to sail back home under the Golden Gate.

women want the cup — cont'd assumed the title of 'director of sailing' for the defense challenge. He reported that once the word got out that the all-woman effort was really going to happen, his San Diego office received more than 500 applications from

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women wanting to try out for the team. That pool will be whittled down to three groups of 16 to 20 who will come to San Diego to take part in 10-day trials. From that group, 22 finalists will be picked for the team. Other women, including Tiburon’s Melissa Purdy, have already begun to get the boats ready for sailing. "We plan to have the women handle both sailing and taking care of the boats," says Kimo. Full time sailing starts in late May, when the women will have the benefit of the expertise of Buddy Melges and Dave Dellenbaugh, who were the sailing brains behind Koch’s 1992 win. Although disappointed he won’t get a shot at being a helmsman of record for the ’95 bout, Kimo’s pretty excited about the women’s effort. "This will be the first time in a major sport that women will be able to compete equally with men," he says. "They’ll have a boat that’s as fast or faster than anyone else and they’re going to be sailing months before the other American syndicates even have a boat in the water. The hard part will be picking the final 22 for the crew." The women are stoked, too. Allison Jolly says the physical challenge, which has been the standard (male) argument against women competing in the America’s Cup, is one of the lesser problems. "There’s much more emphasis on speed and endurance," she says. "Women have shown that we’re very capable in both these categories." "It’s fantastic!" echoes J. J. Isler. "Standing on the deck of that boat with the other women in New York sent chills up and down my spine." Isler plans to be ready to go when the tryouts begin, although she does have one concern that no other America’s Cup sailor hcis ever encountered: her five-month-old son isn’t fully weaned yet. 'We’re working on it," she says. — shimon van collie

hang ’em high Three young Barbudans — Mel 'Jacket' Harris, 22, Donaldson Samuel, 21, and Marvin Joseph, 20, have been arrested for January 29’s grisly murders of four people aboard the Swan 65 Computacenter Challenger. The vessel was anchored off the sparsely-populated Eastern Caribbean island of Barbuda when the atrocity occured. If the three young Barbudans are convicted — as many citizens of the country of Antigua & Barbuda expect — they’ll hang for their crime. continued outside column of next sittings page April, 1994 •

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SIGHTINGS } hang 'em — cont'd The victims were William Clever, 58, Kathleen Clever, 50, Captain tan Cridland, 32, and crewmember Thomas Williams, 21. Latitude readers will recall that the Clevers, who were originally from Northern California, were employees of the boat’s English owner and had been given a sailing vacation as a bonus. They were experienced sailors and had formerly owned the Alameda-based Alajuela 38 Silverheels. Working with a combination of clues and tip-offs from Barbudans met during a previous visit. Detective Superintendent Mike Lawrence of Scotland Yard began searching for the prime suspect, 22-year-old Mel Harris of Barbuda. It’s believed that the Barbudan-bom Harris spent most of the last few years in New York City. He’s said to have jumped bail on a New York City armed robbery charge to return to Barbuda. "New York City is where he learned his trade," Reina Knight, an Antiguan sailmaker, said ruefully. It had been the first murder on the 1,500 inhabitant island of Barbuda since 1936. When Detective Lawrence and others broke down the door of at small Codrington, Barbuda, wooden house on February 17, they found Harris and an incriminating wad of Bank of Guernsey notes. The Clevers worked in the Guernsey Islands, which are off the coast of France. Harris was said to have been so shaken by his arrest — it was about 2y2 weeks since the crime had been committed — that he immediately gave a full confession. He may have been 'encouraged' to confess, of course, as prime murder suspects in Caribbean islands usually aren’t coddled the way they are in the States. In any event, Harris not only implicated Donaldson Samuel and Marvin Joseph as partners in the crime, but he also led police to a sandspit where a blue bag was dug up. It’s identification tags listed William Clever as the owner. According to Harris, the madness started on January 29 when he and his two colleagues 'borrowed' a Boston Whaler from one part of Codrington Lagoon to take them to that part of the lagoon that is separated from Low Bay — where the big Swan was anchored — by just 100 yards of sand. Upon arrival at the end of the lagoon, the trio dragged a Sunfish across to the beach at Low Bay, then paddled it out to Computacenter Challenger. It was at approximately 0100 that the three Barbudans boarded the dark blue Swan. The vessel’s four pcissengers were then bound and gagged around the salon table. Harris reported that he and his associates terrorized their four victims for about half an hour, then shot them with a single 12-gauge shotgun. William Clever was shot in the back and the right side; his wife Kathleen was shot once in the back; Captain Cridland was shot once in the chest; and, deckhand Thomas Williams was shot in the head and the back. Given the time necessary to reload the shotgun for all the shootings, for who died first were indeed the lucky ones. Initial reports from Antigua Police were that the victims had been mutilated as a result of being wildly stabbed numerous times. They also reported that the whole inside of the boat was splattered with blood. While the report of multiple stabbings was not accurate, there’s something of an explanation for how such an error could have been made. There is a considerable amount of deer, wild boar, pigs and other game that live on Barbuda, and its status as a game reserve is not honored by all. It’s common a money-saving practice for the island’s poor poachers to refill empty cartridges with chopped-up three-inch nails as a substitute for more expensive shot. At close range, the result is a deadly but highly irregular blast pattern. Thus what originally looked like deliberate mutilation of the victims, was actually the work of homemade shotgun shot. Once their four victims were dead, the murderous trio stole whatever they could. The fact that they weren’t very thorough — they missed Kathleen Clever’s wedding ring among other valuables—led some to speculate that the boat must have been part of some drug deal or other scam. It wasn’t. Rather it was just another case of gratuitous violence accompanied by general ineptitude. After the murders and robbery, the perpetrators paddled the Sunfish back to the beach, dragged it over the sand back to the lagoon, and hid it in the mangroves. They then hopped back into the Boston Whaler and returned it to the wharf from which they’d taken it. Somehow they left part of a cigar from continued outside column

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cabo survivors In January, we did a "Where are they now" piece on the boats that survived the Cabo catastrophe of December, 1982. The

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catastrophe involved a fast-moving southerly storm that caught the anchorage by surprise around dinner time. In its wake, 28 boats had been driven ashore, most to be smashed to bits. Only six boats survived to sail again. We were able to find out what had happened to four of them. That piece generated severed interesting letters, one of which appears in this month’s Letters section. We’ve combined the con-

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If a genie gave us three wishes, they’d be 1 1) that Heather Locklear would develop an 1 insatiable lust craving for our bodies; 2) that ' j someone would give us Windward Passage ■ ^ and pay a million bucks a year for us to do a < | five-year circumnavigation; and 3) that the i BDCD would go away forever. In that order, ii Well, we wouldn’t exactly cedl State 1Senator Milton Marks a genie, but he appears to be coming through on at least '5 one of those wishes. On February 25, the good senator introduced Senate Bill 1933. If enacted, it would abolish the San Francisco ■ Bay Conservation and Development Com¬ mission and transfer its functions to the ; California Coastal Commission. Isn’t that a great idea? Longtime readers will know that we have held the BCDC in low esteem ever since they " became a stereotypical bloated government I agency preoccupied with increasing their misguided power at taxpayer expense. In the mid-’70s, when the Commission came into being, they did a lot of good. In the last two or three years, one need to look no further than the resurrection of the boats-as-bay-fiU ’ issue to know that the BCDC has gone to | seed in a big way. According to Joy Skalbeck at Senator Marks’s office, the Senator may not be aware of all the BCDC’s shenanigans involving

SIGHTINGS update tents of two others into this update on one of the boats we couldn’t find, the Cabot 36 Dancing Bear owned at the time by Don and Bonnie Verley of Emeryville. Most of the boats that survived Cabo were repaired in Mexico. But Dancing Bear and the Olson 40 Notorious were towed to San Diego by Bob Sloan behind his wellknown schooner Spike Africa. Dancing Bear was trucked to Costa Mesa and repaired by Grant Swigg. Rechristened Survivor, the boat was sold to a new owner and sighted in Acapulco enroute to Florida in February of ’94. The Verleys themselves bought another boat, a 50-ft yawl they found in the Latitude Classifieds. As soon as L’Autre Femme ('the other woman') was outfit-ted, off they went cruising again. A recent newsletter install¬ ment from the Spinnaker YC found them alive and well and enjoying cruising life to the hilt in Turkey. As well as sailing to various ports, they had bought an old Peu¬ geot car with a travel trailer and over the last year or so have visited most of Turkey and a good part of Europe. Thanks to Bob Hume of San Mateo and Bobbie and Glenn Stevens of the Spinnaker YC for the above information.

days numbered? boaters. His bill simply recognizes that dissolving the BCDC makes economic sense. The Senator thinks it will save money and be a more effective program," she says. Marks’s office is still piecing together exactly how much money could be saved, but it will certainly be a substantial amount. There are currently 27 members of the BCDC, along with a commensurate number of support per-sonnel. The Coastal Com¬ mission has only 15 members, although SB 1933 provides for an additional two mem¬ bers if the BCDC is dissolved. The Coastal Commission would also absorb the BCDC’s civil service staff. The bill has a long way to go before it gets to the governor’s desk. It begins the process in the Senate Natural Resources Committee on April 12. Once approval is granted there, it goes to the Senate Appro¬ priations Committee, the Senate floor, the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, Assembly Ways and Means, the Assembly floor and finally to the Governor. Few bills make it through this torturous route as written. But it would be a shame for this one to get defanged. We request any readers who feel as strongly as we do about the BCDC to write your state representatives (Senate and Assembly) and urge them to support Senate Bill 1933.

hang 'em — cont'd Computacenter Challenger in the Whaler, an blunder that was to provide Scotland Yard with a valuable clue in breaking the case. Harris, Samuel and Joseph are currently incarcerated in Antigua and have been paraded before magistrates about once every week for various proceedings. Detective Lawrence is back at Scotland Yard, where forensic evidence is being prepared for what’s expected to be a trial this fall. William and Kathleen Clever were buried here in California last month. About the same time, there was a memorial service for all four victims at Shirley Heights above English Harbor. Several choirs performed in a service that was attended by somber locals, yachties and government officials. Despite the substantial international publicity — Antiguans first learned about it while watching CNN and they still get most of their information from stateside newspapers — the murders have had surprisingly little effect on tourism. 'There are lots of boats and a nice atmosphere — it’s been a good season," said Norma at Nicholson Yacht Sales. Bob and Joan Roy of the Tiburon based Gulfstar 43 Dirago, who’ve just put their boat on the hard in Antigua for a few months, confirm that report. "We found there had been very few cancellations," they report. Memories of the terrible crime are sure to fade even further with Antigua’s two major sailing events scheduled for this month. The Classic Yacht Regatta, with such brilliant boats as the 135-ft J Class sloop Endeavour, is shaping up to be perhaps the best ever. And in late April, some 250 boats and 4,000 sailors from 30 countries will descend on the island for Antigua Sailing Week. Ironically, last month Antigua just underwent a major political change. The Labor Government of the Bird family, which has controlled the island almost eis a dictatorship since it became independent from England, has lost some of its control. While they previously had a 16 to 1 majority in the Senate, it’s now down to 11 to six. "At least we’ll have an opposition," said one delighted Antiguan. Further, much of the old boy network — which is widely believed to have been associated with all manner of nefarious dealings from drug smuggling to arms running — seems to be on the wane. Although Antigua & Barbuda’s short and long term prospects are bright, they still can’t erase the shadow cast by the deaths of four good and innocent people for a paltry amount of valuables and money. May all the victims rest in peace.

cure for dem ol' boat show blues Pencils ready; here’s a pop quiz for you. Are you a) burned out on boat shows; b) tired of seeing all the same o)d stuff; c) wondering why going to boat shows seems like more of a chore — and less like fun — than it used to be; d) all of the above. If you answered 'yes' to any of those, you’re part of a growing number of disillusioned boaters who simply aren’t going to boat shows much anymore. As the old song goes, the thrill is gone. Fortunately, there is a cure on the horizon: the 22nd Annual Spring In-TheWater Boat Show, scheduled for April 23 through May 1 at Jack London Square. Now, before you think we’ve finally gone around the bend, hear us out. In only it’s third year at the Jack London location, we think we can all agree that this Northern California Marine Association-sponsored show is by far the best in the Bay. They always have the most sailboats, the most boating-related booths and, with a handful of the best restaurants in Northern California within walking distance, the primo location. But this year, there’s more, a lot more. A local contingent of SAIL, the Sail Advancement Information League, has joined forces with the NCMA and West Marine to sponsor one of the most diverse and information-packed seminar series in recent memory. Check out some of these subjects and speakers: Bill Lee, Mark Rudiger and Zan Drejes ("Offshore Racing Tactics," 4/27, 4 p.m.); Jocelyn Nash and Sally Richards ("Women and Performance Sailing", 4/28, 4p.m.); Dan and LindaNewland ("SinglehandedSailing, 4/25,4p.m.); Kame Richards ("Tides and Currents to Vallejo," 4/29,2 p.m. [the Vedlejo Race starts the following day]); Bruce Schwab and Patrick Adams ('The Rigors of continued outside column of next sightings page

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Rigging," 4/30,4 p.m.); Howard Wright ("Man Overboard," 4/26,1 p.m.); and lots more. In another first, you can skipper a boat in a real on-the-watcr regatta without ever leaving dockside — in the West Marine Fun Cup Challenge model boat regatta. That’s right, your boat show pass allows you to compete for grand prizes worth up to $500 sailing these graceful remote-control craft. There will be divisions throughout the show for men, women and kids under 16. If you’re curious to learn more about them, model boat guru and world renowned model boat sailmaker John Amen will be on hand at various times to answer questions. (John is also a successful Express 27 racer, so he can talk big boats, too.) New yachts on hand for boarding will include lines from Beneteau, Island Packet, Jenneau, Valiant and Catalina. S/VL is also putting special emphasis on small boats and learning to sail, and will have some new and old faces — Laser, Sunfish and JY/15 among them — at their Sailing Resource Center at the show. Plus, various brokerages around the Bay will have a bevy of t|ie best and brightest used boats on hand. In all, over 300 boats will be on display. The sailing star of this year’s show is the hot new Antrim 30-1- trimaran Erin, which will be on display the first seven days. There are bound to be a few surprises even omniscient writers such as ourselves don’t know about. But if we had to guess, they would be that the Strahle Sailing Simulator might be there. This is the machine which its designer claims can teach anyone the theory of sailing in 10 minutes — and which was among the most popular attractions at the recent Great Outdoor Adventure Fair. We’ve also heard a rumor that Bill Forrest might come north to join the seminar schedule. If he does, be sure to stop by, listen to his story and shake his hand. It’s not many times you’ll meet a man who slipped off his cruising boat, swam nine miles to shore and survived 10 days with little water and virtually no food — at age 68. Show hours are 11 to 6 weekdays; 10 to 6 on weekends. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for kids 6 to 12. A multi-day pass can be had for $10 and discount tickets are available through various participating marine outlets. For more information on any facet of the show, call (510) 452-6262.

coast watch With a notable exception highlighted at the end of this Coast Watch installment. Coast Guard search and rescue activity was comparatively tame from mid-February through mid-March. Here’s a look at some of it. February 26 — Group Humboldt Bay was the search coordinator for two separate 121.5 EPIRB alerts coming from the vicinity of Crescent City Harbor on this Saturday. In response to the first, a helicopter and rigid-hull inflatable boat (RHIB) were launched, but the signal ceased as they neared the harbor. The search was suspended until several hours later when another 121.5 composite was received from the same area. The helo was launched again and narrowed the signal down to the Crescent City Marina. A shore patrol located the EPIRB in the back of a pick-up truck parked at the marina. The owner was cited for an FCC violation. February 27 — By the time the Coast Guard arrived off Point Loma (San Diego) in a helicopter and 41-footer, a 19-foot sailboat reported to be in the surf was dismasted and hard aground below the point. All four people on board had made it ashore safely with the assistance of lifeguards. The owner arranged for commercial salvage to extricate the boat. — Station Humboldt Bay was back at it, this time responding to the report of an injured jet skier off Eureka. The skier had been jumping waves when the jet ski landed on him, causing a compound fracture of one of his legs. A companion skier was able to ferry the guy back into the harbor and right up to the Coast Guard dock. March 1 — Group San Francisco received a Mayday call from a sailing vessel with 14 people aboard sinking near Holland Tract. A helicopter responded, along with several Coast Guard and good Samaritan vessels. Nothing was found. Since the area around Holland Tract is shallow enough continued outside column of next sighting? page

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Say you hauled your boat out this year for a major renovation and then kept it in the water until, oh, the year 2034. That’s right, 40 years between haulouts. What kind of shape do you think the bottom would be in by that time? Chances are, not much better than the San Francisco ferry boat Eureka, which somehow has survived just such an insult. The last major shipyard repair for the 104year-old museum ship was May 19, 1954. San Francisco residents and old ship buffs can thank State Representative Nancy Pelosi for the Eureka's new lease on life. Pelosi, who rechristened the ship at her 100th birthday celebration in 1990, sponsored the

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$2.7 million Congressioned appropriation to refit the old ferry. The out-of-water portion of the work is complete as you read this. That included repairing, refastening, recaulking and replating the bottom — no small job on a 300-foot-long, 78-foot-wide hull. It took a crew of 45 from October to February to complete the job. In all, they hammered more than 9,000 8-inch spikes, caulked their way through 2V^ miles of Irish felt and Stockholm tar and refastened some 12,000 continued middle of next sighting page

coast watch — cont’d that any vessel that sank would still be clearly visible, and since the caller’s voice was calm, the case was suspended as a possible hoax. — A Humboldt Bay-based helicopter assisted in the rescue of a woman hiker who had fallen from a cliff near Trinidad Head to the beach below. The woman, who sustained a fractured pelvic bone, was transferred in stable condition to Mad River Hospital. March 2 — A total of five separate 121.5/243 MHz EPIRB transmissions were recorded in the vicinity of San Clemente Island on this Wednesday, but a search by Coast Guard helicopter and a Navy ship was negative — except for the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, which was conducting flight ops south of the area. The Third Fleet Command Center in San Diego was contacted, and they called up the Kitty Hawk. Shortly thereafter, all transmissions ceased. March 5 — Maybe he won’t tell the grandkids about this one... When his 21-foot powerboat went aground in the Napa River, the 80-year-old, 250pound owner jumped out to push it off — whereupon he sank to his waist in the soft mud. And couldn’t get loose. He stood there about 40 minutes before someone noticed his plight and called the Coast Guard. They nosed a small boat up on the mud near the guy and had the lightest crewmember jump onto the man’s boat and pull him back aboard. The man, a disabled veteran with a history of cardiac problems was checked out and found to be okay. March 6 — A good Samaritan came to the rescue of six people off Redwood City when their 18-ft powerboat was, ahem, swamped by its own wake. They were transferred ashore in good condition while a Coast Guard 41-footer monitored the recovery of their boat. March 7 — The Coast Guard and local agencies searched unsuccessfully around the San Mateo Bridge for a 39-year-old man who reportedly jumped after wrecking his car on the bridge. The man’s body was located later when the tide went out. March 10 — Talking about collisions, here’s one for the books. A fishing boat lost power and steering while entering the Noyo River. It was taken under tow by a second vessel. A third vessel, unable to check its headway, rounded a bend in the entrance and plowed into the first two, driving them into a nearby pier. The multiple-vessel accident ripped the pier in half and destroyed the pilothouse on one of the fishing boats. Amazingly, no one was injured, no boats sank and no pollution was noted. — A Coast Guard helicopter was launched to assist an Air Force search for a downed aircraft in the vicinity of Napa Airport. The Coasties found the twinengine Piper in a remote ravine. They landed nearby and the rescue swimmer located all three victims dead. The Coast Guardsmen waited on scene until ground parties arrived. March 11 — The Marines at Camp Pendleton were somewhat surprised to find a shipwrecked sailor walking up their beach in the middle of the week. MPs took the guy to the base hospital where he was found to be suffering from mild hypothermia. The man claimed the engine on his sailboat quit a ways offshore and when the vessel started to drift into the surf line, he jumped off and swam ashore. Finally, this incident didn’t take place in the 11th District, but is certainly worth noting. On February 20, while on patrol off Alaska, the Coast Guard cutter Hamilton responded to a mayday call from the fishing vessel Keta. The fishing boat reported that their pilot house had separated from the main deck, disabling the steering cables and all electronics. After steaming 11 hours and 150 miles to rendezvous with the stricken boat, a Coast Guard repair party managed to rig a makeshift steering device and restored enough electronics that the Keta could proceed under its own power. The Hamilton then escorted the fishing boat for the two-day journey back to safe port in St. Paul, Alaska. As they were pulling into St. Paul Harbor, another mayday came over the Hamilton’s radio. This one was from the fishing boat Chevak, which had run aground about 5 miles away. Upon arrival, the Hamilton crew found the Chevak hard aground and breaking up. Within 15 minutes, the Coasties had rescued all seven crew, despite 30-degree seawater, 20-degree air temperature and 30-knot winds. No sooner was the Chevak group aboard than a call came in from another fishing boat — Rebel reported their "propeller had been fouled by their continued outside column of next sighting page

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SIGHTINGS coast watch — cont’d rudder" and they were adrift 50 miles north of the cutter’s position. Hamilton steamed to the rescue through 15-foot seas, took Rebel in tow and headed back to St. Paul. While towing Rebel — we swear we’re not making this up — the cutter received another call for assistance from, you guessed it, another fishing boat in trouble. The King & Wing was 10 miles away and taking on water fast. A quick turn, a couple of more wraps on Rebel’s towline and away they went. The Hamilton crew were able to transfer two portable pumps to the King & Wing’s crew, but the old crabber’s number was up. The rough conditions were opening up her 80-year-old wooden hull faster than she could be pumped out. Eventually, her four crew joined the menagerie aboard the cutter and everyone watched in awed silence as King & Wing slipped beneath the surface. The Hamilton was able to make it into St. Paul without any further interruptions that day. But three days later, she was back out rescqing the fishing boat Northern Belle, which had lost steering and was taking on water. Conditions were very extreme in this rescue — 50-knot winds, 20-ft seas and continued outside column of next sighting page

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eureka square feet of gleaming copper plates to Eureka’s massive underbelly. Now that she’s back home at the Hyde Street Pier, museum shipwrights can get busy with topside and interior repairs, which should keep them out of trouble for about next 18 months. This phase of the project will involve mostly replacement of rot damaged wood, with a modern twist — the addition of borate rods. This cutting-edge technology was developed by the park to help preserve its other ships. Basically, the intrusion of rainwater (the primary cause of dry rot) over time causes the rods to dissolve. The borate leaches into the wood, killing any rot spores. Dockside repairs will also include renovation of Eureka’s 'walking beam' en-

SIGHTINGS — cont’d gines, massive single-cylinder affairs (65-inch piston, 12-foot stroke) that once drove her 27-foot paddlewheels. Built by San Fran¬ cisco’s Fulton Iron Works, they are the only such powerplants still afloat. Eureka herself was built and launched in Tiburon in 1890 as the Ukiah. Originally designed to carry railroad cars between Marin and San Francisco, in 1922 she was converted (and renamed) to carry cars and passengers. Until her retirement in 1957, she carried up to 120 cars and 3,500 passengers a day between Oakland and San Francisco. On her 100th birthday, the Eureka was designated a National Historic Landmark. The Museum hopes to have the ferry once again open to the public this month.

coast watch — cont’d a wind chill factor of 40 below. It took Hamilton's crew two hours just to free a frozen hawser on Northern Belle so they could tow her, too, back to St. Paul. In all, in a one week period, the 378-ft high-endurance cutter Hamilton saved 3 vessels and 32 lives. The cutter has since returned to her homeport of San Pedro, California.

high and dry The photo at left reminded us of an old cartoon gag we saw once. In the background was a lady waving goodbye to a friend on the dock. She had her back to the boat, and was saying, "Well, I guess I better get back to the boat. Ralph said something or other about watching the tides..." Cut to the fore¬ ground where the boat was hanging by its docklines — about 10 feet above the water. The circumstances aren’t so dire for this old Gladiator, although we’d definitely give that rudder the beady eye before sailing too much farther. What we want you folks to guess is where the boat is, and what buildings those are in the background. It’s worth a T-shirt to the first one with the right answer.

short sightings THE PACIFIC — Peter Bird’s Pacific rowing attempt came to an end last month when freighter plucked him and his 28-ft Sector Two out of the water in mid-Pacific. Bird, who departed Vladivostock on a planned 200-day cros¬ sing to San Francisco way back in May of 1993, had been at sea 304 days. With repeated setbacks from weather and currents, he had made it only a bit over halfway to his goal. You have not read about this voyage until now because it really has nothing to do with sailing. However, circumstances surrounding termination of the voyage may have broader implications for all boaters. Unfortunately, Peter wasn’t due back in the Bay Area until the day we went to press, so the details will have to wait until next month. WASHINGTON, DC — The national boating watchdog organization BOAT/US has targeted the Internal Revenue Service with an aggressive campaign to back off on the new diesel fuel tax at the recreational boating level. In testimony before the IRS on March 23, BOAT/US vice president Mike Sciulla pointed out that adoption of the tax, which has resulted in the complex and confusing 'coloring' of fuels to indicate tax status ("The Diesel Debate," Sightings, February ’94) has spun off a dangerous and potentially lethal situation for recreational boaters — the unavailability of fuel. With many fuel docks simply not having the tankage to service all different facets of the boating community, many are having to choose who they’re go¬ ing to serve: recreational boaters or commercial fishermen. For most, the choice is clear — fishermen buy a lot more diesel than sailors. This means rec¬ reational boaters are having to travel greater distances to find fuel, and the chances of running out are greater. "The owner of a truck or automobile running out of diesel fuel may lose some time," Sciulla pointed out. "The skipper of a boat running out of fuel in bad weather or at night can lose his life." The problem is most pronounced on the East Coast, where recreational boaters in some areas have to travel 30,50, even 75 miles farther to get 'legal' diesel fuel than they used to. But the rec boater isn’t the only loser in the deal. The fuel docks lose whatever percentage of recreational boaters they once ca¬ tered to. And in fuel docks where the balance is closer to 50/50 (recreational to commercial boats), no matter what the dock’s choice, they lose 50% of their business. According to a recent report from Price Waterhouse for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, recreational boats consume less than 1% of all fuel sold. In 1991, diesel fuel accounted for 5% of this amount. boat/US’s suggested solution to the problem, at least in the short term: continued outside column of next sighting page

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SIGHTINGS shorts — cont’d allow a marine fuel retailer to sell any type of diesel to a recreational boat owner. If blue diesel — the 'untaxed' color — is sold, the retailer would collect the appropriate teix from the boater and give the skipper a receipt noting date, amount of fuel purchased and amount of teix paid. The retailer would then turn this information, along with the proceeds, over to the IRS on a monthly or quarterly basis.

BODEGA BAY — Although sleepy little Bodega Bay seems an unlikely locale for anything speed related (except how fast the grass grows), it will be just that starting in April. San Francisco speed sailor Russell Long is gearing up his Longshot team for another go at the holy grail of speed sailing — 50 knots. As regular readers may already know, 'speed sailing' bears an only tacit resemblance to what most of us do on weekends. For example, many could consider it a stretch to even call Longshot a boat. Known as a tri-foiler, the craft rides in the water only at rest. As soon as it gets any speed on, it rises up on its three foils and rides over the water at VMGs approaching the national speed limit. A number of improvements have been made over the winter to Longshot, which in the last few years has recorded record runs in such diverse places as the Cape Verde Islands off Africa, and the French trench. The improvements include strengthening the structure and installing 'hard' sails in place of its twin 'windsurfer' type rigs. The boat will also run on new hydrofoil fins coengin¬ eered by Harold Youngren of MIT and tri-foiler designer Greg Kettcrman. The upcoming attempts will be sponsored by Duraflame Firelogs and Neil Pryde Sailmakers. Longshot is also sailing under the auspices of the Earth Island Institute, a San Francisco-based environmental organization. The team will be set up for runs throughout the month of April. No specific dates are set — speed sailors don’t work like that. Instead, Long and his crew will watch the weather more closely than meteorologists. If the morning forecast portends a blow, the team races to the site and gets in as many runs as possible before the wind dies or the boat explodes. It’s a strange life. We’II let you know next month if it pays off. LOCH NESS — We hate to break this to all you believers in ghosts, UFOs, living Elvises, Kennedy assassination conspiracies, the Bermuda Triangle and any notion we’ll ever know what really happened to Amelia Earhardt. But the Loch Ness monster we’ve all come to know and love is a fake. A very small fake. This shocking piece of news came in the form of a deathbed confession from the photographer who took the most famous shot ever published of the monster — the one showing a dinosaur-like head atop a long, graceful neck and partially submerged body. Shortly before he died last November, 90-yearold Robert Wilson admitted the ruse to two Nessie researchers. The confession was confirmed by Christian Spurling, the only one of the four original co¬ pranksters still living. According to Wilson, the stunt was set up by Marmaduke Wethcrell, a film maker and self-styled big game hunter. He had been hired by the London Daili/ Mail in 1933 to look for Nessie. And he didn’t disappoint. He turned to skilled model maker Spurling who fashioned the fake Nessie from a toy submarine. The finished product was only a foot high and a foot and a half long, ballasted with lead to float convincingly low in the water. To add, er, authenticity, the model was at least photographed in Loch Ness. Perhaps needless to say, on some fronts the report has only fueled renewed enthusiasm for finding the 'real' Nessie. Which is hardly surprising. Nearly a million tourists — including many cruisers — visit the Loch each year, hoping to catch a glimpse of the monster and infusing the local economy with upwards of $37 million. SAN PEDRO — Animal activists gathered outside the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium last month to protest the incarceration of Octavia, a 58-pound octupus. They charged that Octavia, who was accidentally caught in a lobster trap and donated to the museum in January, was being mistreated, and were demanding the animal be released. "Octupuses need places to hide and the continued outside column of next sighting page

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this man The strange saga of the island without a home continues. In March, Forbes Kiddoo filed a lawsuit in Marin Superior Court that he hopes will clear the way for returning his unique floating island to "somewhere in San Francisco Bay." In 1992, you may recall, the BCDC won a Marin court ruling that the is¬ land, which was anchored in Richardson Bay off Sausalito, was illegal "bay fill." And they made him move. Forbes Island is currently moored in Antioch. Since the move, Kiddoo has installed a diesel engine and a 'wheelhouse' in the form of a 40-ft lighthouse atop the 100-foot long, 700-ton converted barge.

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The suit argues that the work makes Forbes Island a navigable vessel, and since the BCDC has no jurisdiction over navigable vessels (though they’d dearly love to), he can basically go anywhere he wants. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: The powers that be in Sausalito were fools to ever let Forbes Island leave. Next to the Golden Gate Bridge and Coit Tower, it may be the most unique landmark in the Bay. But Sausalito city officials will be even bigger fools if Kiddoo wins his suit and they don’t do everything in their power to entice him back to Richardson Bay.

tank does not provide one," said a spokesperson for Education and Action for Animals. Noting that some stressed-out mollusks mutilate themselves, she said, "I’ve heard of one case in which one gnawed through a limb. They do have teeth, you know."

BRIDGE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD — Go ahead, take a stab. See if you can guess which U.S. city boasts the most movable bridges over its waterways. New Orleans? Miami? New York? Try Chicago. That’s right, at 52 moveable bridges. Chi-town is far and away the leader. These days, however, it’s hardly a happy statistic. In fact, there’s a huge to-do going on right now between boaters and the city government over the bridges. To alleviate traffic congestion. Mayor Daley wants the bridges to closed during weekdays and only open on weekends. Like most movable bridges in most other cities, they heretofore have been manned 24 hours and opened on demand.

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Conversation overheard in mid-March; Sailor #1: "God, I can’t believe this weather. We were sailing in Tshirts today it was so warm. T-shirts, on the Bay!" Sailor #2: "It was great. I can’t wait for summer." Sailor #1: 'What?! Summer will never be this nice." Well, it wasn’t exactly T-shirt weather when we caught up with Avanti, scooting along nicely under rolled-out jib and reefed main. But her crew was still making the most of some of the most unsea¬ sonably nice weather we’ve seen in a long time. With such a day and such a backdrop, how could Avanti be looking anything but good?

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ailing is booming! Well, maybe that’s an overstatement — but at Ifiss^ it’s recovering from the doldrums of the late ’80s and is poised to prosper in the ’90s. The signs are everywhere — new and used boats are selling like hotcakes (see Race Notes), sailing schools and charter outfits are reporting record volumes, boatshows are expanding instead of shrinking, sailmakers have had their busiest winter in years, and the Crew List in this issue is the biggest one we’ve done yet. Another 'leading indicator' of this gratifying uptick in our sport is the magazine you’re holding, which hasn’t been this thick since April 1988! But the real reason we know there’s a recovery going on is from getting out of our office and into the boatyards for our annual spring pilgrimage. The yards were jammed with folks messing around with their boats, and everyone we talked with was brimming with enthusiasm about the upcoming season. Ours was a whirlwind, random survey at best — but it sure seems to us that there’s more going on in the boatyards this spring than ever before. On the following pages, you’ll meet some of the folks we 'interviewed' in the course of our 'research'. As usual, there was no method to our madness —■' we simply chatted with the first smiling faces we encountered at each of the yards. Collectively, we’d like to think they reveal a representative slice of the sailing life — 'real' people doing 'real' projects on their boats. latitude/rkm

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Nelson’s Marine (Alameda) — Tom Fox and Andrea Pook, both employees of the East Bay Water District ("We work with water all week, and then play on it on weekends") just bought their fixer-upper Rafiki 37 Sunshine for $10,000 through an ad in this magazine. The boat had been seriously damaged during hurricane Val two years ago in American Samoa, where she was languishing until they had it shipped to Oakland in mid-March. , "A barge broke loose and smashed into her," explained Tom. "The hull and bottom are a mess, but most of the damage is cosmetic. Fortunately, the rig is in perfect shape. It’ll take about a year of really hard work every weekend to restore her. Eventually Andrea and 1 will move aboard her, and hopefully cast off in a few years for an around the world cruise." Tom, incidentally, was the co-founder of the ^ Argonaut Sailing Project that makes sailing instruction available to 'inner city kids.

Bay Ship & Yacht (Richmond) — It was 'Miller Time' when we caught up with the Frey/a gang. Brothers Larry (left) and Doug Nelson (middle), and their partner Frank Van Kirk (right) were taking a well- . earned break from applying Z-Spar B-90 red paint to the bottom of their Catalina 27, a boat that’s been in the Nelson family for years. > "We do this every two years," said Larry, "Whether we want to or y

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Svendsen’s Boat Works (Alameda) — Brothers Dave (right) ; and Jim Bartlett, and Dave’s daughter Christel, were doing "everything from the gunnels down" to Jim’s Cascade 29 Soleil. The _ boat has been in their family for years, and Jim is in the process of y buying it from their father, who also owns a Mariner 31. "I’m the fifth owner, I think," said Jim, who works with his brother and their dad managing the family’s light manufacturing company in ^ A < i % San Jose. "She’s a 1964 kit-boat built up in Oregon. The hull is hand- ” laid fiberglass, solid as a rock. These are ’poor man’s cruisers' and people have taken sisterships around the world." Soleil will be in the yard about a month, and the budget-conscious Bartlett brothers are going to try to do most of the work themselves. *This is a great yard,” claimed Dave. "There’s a chandlery right here, and everyone that works here is really knowledgeable and help¬ ful. They’ve given us lots of pointers/hlready!"

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Sanford-Wood (Richmond) — Robin Phillips (above) was painting the topsides of her 1965 Mariner 35 Uhuru (Swahili for "freedom") with Petit Easypoxy, a product she highly recommends. "We’re hauled out here to spiff the boat up in order to sell her. Our circumstances have changed," she said cryptically. "My husband Steve is looking for a bigger boat to run charters with, while I’m going the other way. I just bought a 26-foot steel powerboat." Robin has lived aboard various boats for the last IV2 years in Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Morro Bay, Port San Luis and, for the last four years, in Sausalito ("It’s a great town, plus it’s the best place for work," says Robin, a legal liveaboard who works on boats.) Uhuru, which originally belonged to Laugh-In host Dan Rowan, has been home to Robin and Steve for the last five years. They cruised everywhere from Long Beach to Canada on it, and Robin wasn’t relishing the idea of parting with the boat. "But we have to sell," she explained. "Uhuru should be ready to go on the market in a few weeks. We’ll advertise her in your magazine, I promise!" Grand Marina (Alameda) — "I guess we’re experiencing one of the two happiest days in a boatowner’s life," joked new boatowner Marilyn Bunas (right) of San Jose. She and husband Norm, a telecommunication exec, liter¬ ally closed the deal for their late-model Endeavour 33 Phebe the day before. "We got it as part of a divorce sale," explained Marilyn. "Too bad for them, but good for us." Norm and Marilyn will rename the boat Makani Kai (Hawaiian for "ocean breezes"). They already own a 38-foot catamaran of the same name, which they keep on the Big Island and run as a charter business. The new boat will be primarily a Bay and Delta cruiser, with a trip down the coast in the cards when they feel comfortable. "The boat’s big enough to take another couple along, or the kids and grandkids," they said. "Someday our dream is to sail off into the sunset!" Meanwhile, the Bunases were happily waxing the topsides and cleaning the boat in anticipation of her upcoming launching ceremony,

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Berkeley Marine Center (Berkeley) — Ralph and Toni Jones (left) j hought their 1966 Cheoy Lee-built Frisco Flyer 26 Mk. Ill on December 24. "Sea Otter was our Christmas present to ourselves," said Toni, a graphic designer and veteran of ten years in the Caribbean as charter boat crew. Ralph, a VP for a sound systems company whose clients include the Grateful Dead and Luciano Pavarotti, owned an Optimist when he was a kid, but this is their first big boat. "We looked for a long time before we found this boat," said Ralph. "We found her sitting in San Rafael, and fell in love with her at first sight!" This was th^ first haulout for Sea Otter, which needs a bottom job and some minor . blister repair. 'We’ll have her fixed up and back in the water in a few weeks," , claimed the San Francisco couple, who were off to West Marine to buy bottom paint remover. "Sailing is our therapy, our gymnasium, our way of life," said Toni. "Some ^day we’ll get a bigger boat and sail around the world!" San Francisco Boat Works (San Francisco) — "1 may be nuts, but 1 rfeaUy look forward to this weekend. 1 guess it reminds me of when I was a teenager working at Easom’s Boatyard," says Peter English (below), now a downtown banker and owner of Chorus, a beautiful 1958 vintage Kettenburg 38. "Every spring, I repaint the bottom, put two coats of varnish on the ■ topsides and do one, maybe two, major projects. This year, we’re redoing the mast and working on the propeller and shaft." Peter has owned the mahogany-hulled Chorus — and vice versa — for 15 years now. "I love this boat," he claimed. "We were made for each other, and ho<w we’re stuck with each other!" He’s put together an ambitious race sched¬ ule this summer, including two Farallones races, two Lightship races, the Master Mariners Race and EYC’s Santa Barbara Race. "The boat’s a sleeper," said Peter. "We surprise people once in awhile, especially when it’s breezy." Helping sand the bottom this day was crewmember Terrie Olson. "The rest of the team will be here tomorrow," she said. "Or so they tell us!"

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SPRING GLEANING Anderson’s Boat Yard (Sausalito) — Boat partners Christine Nordbye, a market¬ ing VP from Sausalito, and Bill Meyers, a sales manager for a TV station in Chico, literally just took delivery of Fjordia, a 1963 Triton, earlier in the week. "We knew exactly what we were getting, and we got a good deal on it," explained Christine. "I’ve been sailing on and taking care of this boat for the previous owner for the last eight years." The duo was spending the weekend 'bonding' with their new toy: chores included a bottom job, epoxying the rudder, buffing up the topsides and other dirty jobs. Natur¬ ally, they wore face masks while sanding and scraping the bottom — even Bill’s dog Sam¬ antha ("she’s a 'canardly' — she’s got so many breeds in her, you can hardly tell what she is!") wanted to wear one. Future plans call for Bay cruising, some functions with the Triton Association, and possibly the Tuesday Night Races at Saus¬ alito YC ("We don’t expect to win — our sails are 20 years old!"). Samantha, how¬ ever, will stay at home when the fun starts. Says Bill, "She’s not real fond of boats. She gets scared just walking down the dock!"

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THE LADY LEARNS ^3 rowing up in Australia, where 90% of the population lives on the coast, instilled in me a great love for the sea. Nonetheless, it wasn’t until 1 travelled to America that I developed a desire to sail to distant ports and anchorages aboard sailboats. It was probably all those days I spent watching

The tattooed Aussie listened to my story in amazement He thought me incredibly stupid for working so hard for no pay. boats sail in and out of Santa Barbara Harbor that stimulated me. As such, when I saw an ad for crew positions aboard a 55-foot cutter that was headed for Mexico and Costa Rica, I applied. The owner/skipper, an elderly lawyer from the Bay Area, was planning to live out his retirement making money by chartering his beautiful boat. When the owner agreed to sign me on as part of the crew, it obviously wasn’t because of my sailing ability. I really didn’t have any. It was supposedly my amenable personality and willingness to learn. As it turned out, the only other crewmember was a stunning and lively young woman from Southern California who just prior to the cruise had been living in Spain. She and the owner knew each other, which is one of the reasons she was allowed her bring her dog — a large animal that is half wolf — along with us. So it was that we, a man in his 70s and two young women, departed San Diego for Mexico in late '93. Naturally, 1 was nervous and excited, which resulted in my bringing along the most unnecessary items and leaving the basics — such as a towel — behind. But who cared? I was heading off on a great cruising adventure during which I’d get to learn the art of sailing from a most impressive skipper. Or so I thought. From the very outset, the skipper laid out the rules of the boat in detail. Great detail. Prior to leaving, we two girls were issued a sheaf of papers — perhaps 50 pages in all — that outlined the various standing rules. It’s certainly good for newcomers to know what to do on a boat, but this seemed to be going a little overboard. Did we really need to be given scrub by scrub instructions on how to take a "whore’s shower"? And when told how important it was to stay low and hang on during rough weather, was it necessary to Page 118

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explain that this was in order to save our "rotten, miserable ass"? The initial rules apparently weren’t sufficient, as we were later presented with a revised set. I’d not been cruising before, so I’m not familiar with the norm, but we two girls certainly weren’t given any time to adjust to life at sea. We were kept busy with our duties of cooking, cleaning and steering. This wouldn’t have been so bad, but it seemed that these jobs were made particularly arduous for us. The 55-footer, for example, was equipped with a functioning autopilot. As there were just three of us, it seemed to me that it would have made sense for us to utilize this laborsaving device. We were told we couldn’t use it, however, because it would drain the batteries. That might have been true, but we had the ability to recharge them. Further, there seemed to be no regard given to how much juice was used for the refrigerator and freezer. Since we two girls were assigned a disproportionate amount of the steering duties, it meant we had to hand steer in excess of eight hours a day. For a novice like me, that involved standing up and battling to keep the boat on course. Even a few hours of autopilot use each day would have saved us a great deal of energy and frustration. Cooking was also made more difficult because the skipper was persnickety. During one of my first attempts at pleasing him with breakfast, the 'banana flips', muffins and coffee were sent back. I was informed they were inedible. The 'banana flips' were too thick and the muffins hadn’t tasted the way they had when his grandmother made them. I appreciate that people have different preferences in how their food should be prepared, but I’d done my best and didn’t feel I deserved to have been rebuked in that manner. I felt like telling him to go-join his grandmother in heaven, but I sweillowed my pride, smiled and tried to do better. As soon as I was done, I rushed to make his bunk lest he return to his cabin to find it still unmade. I was soon to get extra duties, however, for my crewmate injured her hand by getting it caught between the genoa sheet and the winch. While she couldn’t pull her full load as before, she was at least right there with moral support.

T 1 here were also times when we were put into situations that seemed — at least to me — to be unnecessarily dangerous. One day when there was a swell running, the

skipper decided that he needed to go up the mast to check the spreaders. Mind you, there was nothing broken or in need of immediate attention, he just wanted to go up that day. So he did. I tried my best to keep the boat within 15° of proper course, but the combination of my inexperience and the heavy swell made it very difficult for me. Further, I was distracted by the thought of this elderly man falling, like a huge, gray water-balloon, onto the deck and SPLAT! Nonetheless, through the constant rushing of the wind and spray, I tried to interpret the endless abuse he was showering down from above. "Stop staring at me and steer a straight f~ king course," hollered at full volume, was the essence of his instructions. What did this guy expect? He’d known all edong I was not an experienced helmsman, and I was doing the best I could. Time seemed to stand still as I wrestled to control the rolling boat. When the skipper was finally lowered back on deck, he was bashed, tired and furious. Grabbing the helm, he instructed me to go below and wash the dishes that I’d neglected. My crewmate found me below crying into the soap suds, vowing to jump ship at the first port and cursing the fact that the huge gray water-balloon hadn’tgone SPLAT! after all. We spent the next 30 minutes laughing

FROM EXPERIENCE ashore. The skipper was good enough to allow it, partly because it would allow him to attend to legal matters on his computer in peace and quiet. So the two of us went to shore in the inflatable, taking the handheld VHP as per the skipper’s instructions. After 30 minutes of collecting shells and walking in the sun, we were startled by the sound of the skipper’s voice over the radio. "Stop! Stop!" he ordered frantically. "Don’t walk any further, the fishermen in the huts have seen you and they’re getting hot for you!" My crewmate and I could see the fishermen in the huts, and they were peacefully eating their lunches. So we ignored the captain’s message over the VHP. If that be mutiny, we were mutineers. The skipper then repeated his warnings, reporting in graphic language that the fisherman were doing something that his grandmother probably would have thought might cause hair to grow on their palms. We finally returned to the boat, the skipper apparently having kept us under constant surveillance. So even our free time wasn’t really free.

Wiser for her experience, Georgia English wants to continue to go offshore to have some fun and improve her sailing skills.

emd crying at our misfortune in being stuck on this "wonderful holiday" — as the skipper always liked to refer to it. In order to impress upon me exactly how easy it was to steer a straight course — and further humiliate me — the skipper proceeded to take the helm and, for the next hour or so, steer while facing backwards! If his intention was to impress us, he failed. The sight of him staring at the transom while steering with the wheel behind his back — while recalling the hardship of his younger days at sea — sent my crewmate and 1 into convulsions of laughter as we prepared yet another meal. It weis either laugh or cry, and the former seemed preferable. Despite the skipper’s wacky hour-long exhibition of supposed steering prowess, I had already begun to suspect his seamanship. There was, after all, the matter of the hole that got punched into the bow of the boat back in California. The skipper liked everything *to be carefully scheduled, so even though there was a barge in the way, his insisted that the man overboard drill be held at 1000 as planned. Thus he tossed a plastic bottle overboard in a busy California harbor. With

him at the wheel, we girls were ordered to retrieve the object. The skipper appeared to be so intent on shouting, "That’s me in the water!", that he didn’t hear our warnings that he was headed directly for a barge. Well, the bottle was forgotten as soon as the lovely 55-foot yacht rammed into the barge. The resulting hole was patched, but not painted. The obvious blemish was the subject of inquiries by curious admirers of the boat in many ports to come. After hearing the truth about how it happened, most confessed that they initially suspected we two girls had caused it as a result of allowing the anchor to swing loose in the bow roller.

\A/ e only made a couple of brief stops on the way to Cabo. One of them was at Punta Belcher, where Charlies’ Charts

1 he routine of us girls slaving on the boat continued. We were not, however, slaving away at learning how to sail and seamanship — as we’d been promised. Rather, we learned to cook like the skipper’s grandmother, and how to properly clean the skipper’s head. We longed for Cabo San Lucas, now only a short distance away, as Christian and the crew of the Bounty must have longed for Papeete. Pinally, Los Arcos appeared at dawn one morning, which meant Cabo was just around jhe corner. With our bones aching, our heads weary and our tongues thirsting for an icy beer at a beachfront bar, the skipper decided now was the time to give me a sailing lesson! Having already abandoned the idea of learning to sail on this boat with a refuge already so close, I reluctantly took the helm as the skipper instructed me to chase a two-knot breeze out to sea. My crewmate didn’t take it as well. She went below and refused to speak to the skipper. The skipper couldn’t take the silence and finally motored in to Cabo Isle Marina. Thank God my crewmate had won that

This New South Wales girl wont return home believing that all skippers are nightmares and that cruising is nothing but hard work. promised seashells on the beach and an old whaling station. Young and naturally curious, my crewmate and I wanted to go

battle of wills. Had she not, we’d probably still be heading toward Hawaii. As you might well imagine, we were April. 1994

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THE LADY LEARNS thrilled to arrive at Cabo. Alas, we were not to find freedom even there. My crewmate and 1 took the first night off to dance and party with some of her old buddies. Since the skipper is a lawyer, I’m not going to accuse him of following us, but every time we moved on to a new bar, it seemed only a matter a minutes before he was there in the shadows. I suspect the skipper didn’t care much for us having the personal freedom being shoreside afforded us. For as I served him with a perfectly prepared 'banana flip' the next morning, he presented us with a new system of organization. He’d type daily memos of instruction on his computer, and we were to sign the legal documents no later than 0800 each morning! I can’t help but wonder at the validity of us having to sign such documents without legal representation — but we weren’t in a position to argue. The new shoreside routine required us to work at least four hours — and usually more — a day on the boat on the skipper’s business before we were allowed to arrange activities for ourselves. So there I was, slaving away in a vacation paradise, working hard waxing the hull, polishing the stanchions and countless other jobs for no pay. Meanwhile everybody else on the dock working on boats was getting paid. True, I got a bunk and the pleasure of eating in the company of what I considered to be an ungracious lawyer, but it still didn’t seem fair. During one of my work sessions on the boat, I was a approached by a big friendly man with a dragon tattooed on his right torso. An Aussie also, he listened to my story in amazement. He thought me incredulously stupid for working so hard for no pay. He had many sea miles under his belt and was finishing a varnish job on a boat beside the one I was on. It was he that led me to ask my skipper for a small weekly allowance to cover the meals we ate off the boat and to help justify my considerable labor. The skipper informed me that he would not pay me then, nor would he when and if there were charters in the future. He further told me that I was whining. "Don’t you realize how many women would die to sail on a boat like mine?" he asked me. When I argued that if my crewmate and 1 left the boat he’d have to pay someone to do our jobs, he just laughed and the subject was closed. It was then I decided I would return to California. If this was the sailing life, it sure wasn’t for me. The following day my crewmate and I took our time during the grocery run to have tacos at a local stand. While commiserating with each other, we were approached by a tall man, probably in his middle '30s, who said he’d seen us around and wondered if Page 120 •LtKUMVi* April, 199^

both had new boats to crew on — we were both saved!

Georgia's second boat may prove to be a charm. She and 'Stew" should be on their way across the Pacific now aboard his 33-footer.

we knew anybody looking to crew on a boat south. He seemed like a nice guy, so the next morning when the skipper was away and I was supposed to be cleaning, I snuck off to see this new acquaintance and his 33-footer. The fellow. I’ll call him Stew, had set up the boat for cruising with his now ex¬ girlfriend and her two daughters, but that relationship had fallen through. Not wanting to return home to the Northwest so soon, he decided to singlehand and keep a casual eye out for crew. After I explained my situation. Stew said he remembered us pulling into the marina earlier that week. He admitted he was envious of the distinguished looking older man at the helm with two young women for crew. 'What am I doing wrong?' he told me he had asked himself. When my skipper returned. I’d packed and told him I was leaving. I’ll say this much for him; he shook my hand and wished me well. I don’t supposed he realized the effect my

He was envious of the distinguished iooking genfteman with the two young women for crew. sudden departure would have on my former crewmate. She quickly packed and headed off to a nearby bar. Almost instantly, she ran into the owner of a trimaran — who was headed south and needed crew. Now we

^\lthough my moving aboard Stew’s boat meant I was getting on a much smaller boat, it was like arriving in paradise compared to my old boat. Fortunately, neither Stew nor 1 were looking for a relationship, just friendship and the opportunity to cruise the Mexican coast. My next few days were very pleasant, as I learned about the new boat — and watched the events taking place across the marina on my old boat. As my old crewmate and I had always suspected, the skipper of the 55-footer couldn’t find "countless women dying to sail with him", so he had to hire at least one person to help him take the boat to her next port. I couldn’t help but laugh when it turned out to be a grisly Aussie, the very one who’d convinced me what a bad deal the skipper had been giving me. Mr. Oz set his price and then demanded half the money up front. Our skipper, apparently realizing he was back in the real world, didn’t argue. The night Mr. Oz moved aboard the 55footer, the skipper asked him what he was making for dinner. The way my friend tells it, he snorted, poured himself a bowl of Cheerios and retired to his bunk. I’d have given anything to be there. And how ironic, as that very same night my old crewmate and I were being waited on and served dinner by our respective new shipmate/skippers! I’m glad I didn’t fly back to Cedifomia and admit defeat in the sailing world. For if I had, 1 wouldn’t have been able to learn about sailing aboard the 33-footer, or enjoyed more wonderful days at sea than I could have ever imagined. I want to thank Stew for sharing his boat and his knowledge with me, and for all the wonderful cruising couples who restored my faith in the cruising life. This New South Wales girl won’t be returning home believing that all skippers are nightmares and that cruising is nothing but hard work. Stew and 1 made it as far south as Z-town, at which time I returned to California for a few weeks. While plans change, the current one calls for us to sail to the Marquesas and Hawaii before returning to Washington. As for my old skipper, my intent has not been to trash him, even though I think he treated his crew poorly and unfairly. As with most non-lawyers, I fear speaking out will result in my getting sued. Nonetheless, I feel that other women — and skippers — can learn from my experiences, boA good and bad. Everything 1 wrote is exactly how I recall it^ with malice toward none. — georgia engHsh

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EYE ON

THE BAY >

Lot damn — spring has arrived on San Francisco Bay, the most scenic and thrilling protected sailing area in the universe! Spring, of course, means brisk breezes—the kind that are shown whisking the happy couple aboard the Islander Bahama 30 Snake Wake down the Cityfront. If you spend most of your time looking at the car in front of you in traffic and never at a map, you might not appreciate exactly how dramatically our region is dominated by that giant recreational playground that is the Bay. So if you’re not enjoying the enormous resource — as the folks pictured on the following pages are seen doing — you’re missing one of the overwhelming pleasures Northern California has to offer. As you can deduce from the pictures on the following pages — which were taken over the glorious March 9 & 10 weekend — you can thrill to sailing the Bay aboard anything from a $1,000 Laser to a $1,000,000 luxury yacht. Those with small boats can take heart from the fact they’re usually getting the biggest pleasure bang for their sailing buck. Of course, you don’t even have to own a boat to enjoy sailing the Bay. Check out this spring’s Crew List, which starts on page 152 of the issue you’re currently holding in your hands. __

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Is )«iir 'eye on the Bay* sharp enough to identify all these boats? Clockwise, from below: 'Canvasback*, a huge aluminum catamaran reaches across the Bay. She's made several cruises to the South Pacific to provide medical treatment on remote islands. / Bill Lee has contributed as much to West Coast sailing as anyone. A couple of guys enjoy ultralighting aboard one of his Santa Cruz 40s. / The Peterson 44 is perhaps the single most popular cruising boat in the United States. This blue-hulled beauty is a lovely example. / Anchoring on the west side of Angel Island is normally unpleasant if not untenable. But the Gulfetar 43 'Knotylus' and about five other boats were able to do it March 9 because of unusual — and warm — easterly winds. / Despite a dirty bottom, 'Eagle' looks fast beating toward the Sausalito shore. / Don Dalziel's New Zealand-built Mason 62 'Mamie' gracefully glides up toward Yellow Bluff. / 'Hanseatic', a Buchanan 45 built of steel in Holland, is up for sale. Perhaps that's a buyer-seller pow-wow on the bow-wow. / There's no better way of sharpening your competitive skills than by spiirring with sisterships. Three limber young Laser sailors work on it in the middle of the Bay. / What a difference 20 years of yacht design makes! This dark blue Catalina 43 reaching in front of Alcatraz probably has three times the interior volume of an old Cal 43. '

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lifter completing a five-year singlehanded circumnavigation with his Folkes 39 steel cutter, what does Menlo Park’s 51-year-old Tom Scott envision for the future? "Oh, I’ll probably hang around the Bay Area for a couple of months this summer 5

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Tom Scott, the sea breeze blowing through his hair for going on six years now.

refitting the boat and spending some time with my mother. Then I’ll most likely head back to the South Pacific." In other words, five years of cruising hasn’t been enough for the former Department of the Army psychologist. And it would be fitting if he were to return to the South Pacific, for that’s where he became infected with the cruising bug more than a quarter of a century ago. "1 travelled around the South Pacific by boat in 1961," explains Scott, "and eventually returned home by freighter. Twenty-five years later, I ran into a guy I’d known from Tahiti. He told me about a hell of a deal I could get on an unfinished Folkes 39. I ended up buying the boat and spent three years finishing her off. In 1989,1 took off." Having now sailed between 30,000 and 40,000 ocean miles — Scott isn’t the kind of guy who counts his miles as he goes — he’s had plenty of time to evaluate his boat. "She’s real slow because she’s got a short rig and displaces nearly 25,000 pounds. The three-bladed fixed prop certainly doesn’t help, either. But she’s still in one piece and comfortable, and those are the important considerations. If I had all the money in the world, I suppose I’d buy something like a Page 126 •

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Passport 40, but I’m happy with what I have." Ah yes, money. If you thought cruising was expensive, Scott has some rather pleasant news. "Having kept close track of my expenditures. I’ve found it’s cost me — for my boat and myself — an average of $685 a month. That figure would have been higher had I eaten out more frequently, but in my estimation there’s nothing more boring than going to a restaurant and dining alone. "Of that $685 a month almost exactly half of it has gone for boat expenses and half for personal expenses — and half of my personal expenses have been for beer and cigarettes. Scott is confident that he has all the boat gear that he needs — and it’s really not much. Nepenthe is equipped with a depthsounder, knotmeter and autopilot. She doesn’t have a radar nor does Scott believe she needs one. "Radar is good for foggy conditions, but I mostly sail in the tropics. It’s also good for navigation, but I don’t need it because I always stay well offshore until I can clearly see where I’m going."

^5cott started his trip navigating the traditional way, with a sextant. "But when I got to Australia, 1 bought a GPS, and I haven’t had the sextant out of the box since. I can’t say enough about GPS — it’s certainly the greatest advancement of the 20th century for mariners. I don’t at all miss the 30 minutes it used to take me to shoot the sun and work out the math." Nepenthe is outfitted with five sails: a main, yankee, genoa, staysail and storm staysail. Scott’s only complaint with the inventory is that the heavy weather headsail is a little too big. As for his storm staysail, it only got used once off the east coast of Africa, but he was glad to have it then. All in all, Scott found the weather to be more benign than he expected. "In five years, I don’t think I saw wind over 45 knots more than five times, and never much more than that. The place you really worry about it is South Africa, but the guys at the airport weather service are really great and will spend as much time as necessary helping your sort it out." Two things Scott feels would have made his trip easier are a smaller yankee for heavy weather and an electric windlass. "The manual windlass was fine most of the time, but there were a few times when 1 would have killed for an electric one." Weather is a subject of considerable

amusement for Scott. "I met two weather forecasting professionals out cruising. Whenever they predicted a perfect window for making a passage, they’d go out and get really clobbered. "As far as I’m concerned," Scott pronounces, "the only important weather information is free to all: the strength of the wind right where you are and the look of the sky. Everything else is useless. Personally, 1 wouldn’t know what to with do a weatherfcuc. Besides, my boat is too slow to avoid trouble even if I saw it coming. So once I take off. I’m committed. And it’s worked just fine." Scott doesn’t have 'most favorite' or 'least favorite' places. The way he views it, the worst places have their good points and the best places have their drawbacks. One of the latter’s typical drawbacks is their popularity. But if you’re one of those who brood that the world is running out of great places to cruise, Scott advises you to relax. "The world is full of wonderful places to go," he advises, "and won’t run out soon." When it comes to great passages, however, there is a clear winner: the sail from South Africa to the Caribbean. "Two days out of Capetown, I got 15 to 25 knots of wind from aft with four to eight foot seas. It stayed that way for 14 days until I reached

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Circumnavigators from Modesto? You bet! Ed and Kathy Longwell aboard their DownEast 45 schooner 'Pegasus'.

St. Helena, and then for another 18 days until Barbados. The conditions were so perfect and consistent that 1 only fiddled with the sail trim to relieve the boredom." As for Scott and Nepenthe, there were no major disasters and the cruise was much easier than he anticipated. He was nonetheless aware of about 15 boats that had relatively serious misfortunes, most of them running up on reefs in the South Pacific. Nearly all were salvaged. In his five years of cruising, he heard of three boats that were either lost at sea or were never accounted for. "The real danger in cruising is bumping into something like an island or a reef," Scott advises, "so the safest place is out in the middle of the ocean. 1 got my worst scare of the trip when 1 made my final approach into Zihautanejo Bay. This cruise ship came right at me and didn’t turn away until she was only half a mile away. It scared the hell out of me!" Scott has noticed two trends in cruising since he left. The first is the dramatic increase in the number of roller furling mains, something that was particularly

evident in Australia. The second is the significant increase in the number of cruising boats over 50 feet in length.

iXnchored not far from Scott in Z-Bay was the DownEast 45 schooner Pegasus, belonging to Ed and Kathy Longwell of Modesto. Like Scott, they were just finishing a circumnavigation, one that began from EmerjA^ille in October of 1987. "We were workaholics who just got tired of it," remembers the 54-year-old Ed, "so we decided to get a big boat and do a circumnavigation right." Having owned two small stores, a cocktail lounge for 11 years and dabbled in real estate, it’s the real estate profits that have financed the cruise. "I’d fooled around with boats all my life," says Ed, "and in 1982 we bought an Ericson

45. "She’s big and heavy, which wc liked, and also carries 355 gallons of fuel and 350 gallons of water," says Ed. "And she has an unbelievable amount of storage space," adds the 39-year-old Kathy. "There’s six feet of storage space beneath the cabin sole, so we keep our bicycles in the bilge!" The couple carefully fitted the boat out before they left. "We bought lots of rebuild kits, filters, hoses, pumps, pressure switches, spares for the autopilot, extra parts for the extra parts — everything," says Ed. "As a result, we never had a serious breakdown." This despite the fact that some of the gear was relatively old. Their Raytheon radar, for example, was built in 1977 and is the size of a small nuclear reactor. It’s not only big, it also draws a whopping 8 amps while in use. "But it works," says Ed with a smile. Although their boat is relatively large, the Longwells have done the entire 42,000 miles without any crew. "We think it’s easier this way," says Kathy. 'We know and trust each other, and we don’t have to deal with strangers." "During long passages — such as to the Marquesas — we’d do five-hour watches," says Ed. "If it ever got rough, we’d reduce them by an hour or two. In stormy conditions, we’d stand one-hour watches." Ironically, the Longwells encountered their worst storm during the first year on a normally benign passage from La Paz to Zihuatanejo. "We had more than 40 knots of southerly wind for two days, and that created 30-foot seas," says Ed. "It weis unbelievable! Despite having a high freeboard transom, wc got pooped once and surfed down waves at 12 knots under bare poles! The boat getting tossed around 9logged up the fuel filters, so we lost the use of the engine and had to lie ahull, which wasn’t too bad. Wc eventually limped into San Bias." Their most perilous time, however, was in the Cook Islands. They’d had 40 knots of wind and 15 foot seas for five days before reaching the entrance to the lagoon at Aitutaki. Shelter and much needed rest lay just inside the pass — if they could get there. The problem was Pegasus draws six inches more than the 80-foot wide pass. When told them the pass had a sand bottom, the Longwells decided to plow their way in. Three hundred feet inside the pass, they

We know and trust each other. 30 and joined the Stockton Sailing Club. We happened to do a couple of coastal sails and found that we like them, which was what inspired the idea of a circumnavigation." Originally the couple looked at cutterrigged sloops, but then fell for the DownEast

hit bottom hard and stuck. It was a dicey situation, because they had to keep the engine at full throttle in order to prevent being blown sideways in the narrow pass. They were able to kedge off and continue — only to run aground and have to kedge off April, 1994

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CIRCUMNAVIGATORS another three times! Once inside the lagoon, they still had problems. Despite setting six anchors, they could frequently hear their boat’s long keel grinding on the coral heads.

xinangements were made for a tug to tow them out the pass, but it never showed. They later learned she had sunk! Pegasus was stuck in the lagoon at Aitutaki for five weeks — fortunately, it turned out to be a wonderful place! The Longwells recommend that cruisers have a powerful engine — and not just for being able to plow through shoal passes. "Our Perkins 4-154 is a little too small for our 45,000-pound boat," says Ed, "and as a result, we can only motor at six knots in the best of conditions. While we only motored 22% of the time during our trip, that percentage jumped to 45% of the time we were along a coast. And when you motor along coastlines, which are dangerous, you want to be able to motor effectively." Scott, who normally shuns motoring, also recommends a powerful engine for when you need it. One of the big reasons the Longwells were able to enjoy 42,000 miles without

additional crew is the schooner rig, which they both loved. "Schooners are ideal for two people," says Kathy, "because all the sails up forward are small. This meant I could tack the boat by myself. Adding roller furling halfway through the trip also helped." "A schooner’s big main is also an advantage," Ed notes, "because we were sailing off the wind much of the time. In fact, most of our sailing was dead downwind, so we flew twin-headsails — which were very effective — a large percentage of the time." Like Scott, the Longwells report their sail up the South Atlantic was the best of their trip — although it ironically took them from their favorite country to their least favorite. "If we had to pick one place that was best of all, it was South Africa," says Ed. "It’s modem, it’s beautiful, there’s lots of wild animals and the cost of living is low," says Kathy. "It’s too bad the sailing is awful and there aren’t very many anchorages." From South Africa they sailed to Brazil, their least favorite country. "Brazil is the only place 1 wouldn’t want to go back to," says

Kathy. "The poverty and crime are so terrible — we were half mugged — that it just wasn’t any fun. Places like St. Helena and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean — which you can only reach by boat — were much more enjoyable." When the Longwells started cmising in Mexico five years ago, it cost them about $500 a month. During most of the rest of the trip, their expenses for comfortable cruising totalled about $1,000 a month. They haven’t checked lately, but suspect that figure may have crept as high as $1,400 a month. for what lies ahead, the Longwells report they aren’t burned out by seven years of cruising, and will probably live aboard in Emeryville for awhile. "We’re thinking we might take some time to land cruise the United States and see our culture," says Ed. "In any event, we’re retired and certainly have no interest in going back to work."

^1' om Scott and the Longwells have a lot in common, not the least of which is the fact that they appear happy, healthy and well-rested. By the way, how are you feeling these days? — latitude 38

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SANTANA II

ow one measures the 'success' of any sailboat depends a lot on who’s doing the measuring. Yardsticks tike races won, miles sailed, care lavished and places visited are all valid indicators. But for our money, the truly successful yacht has to have been around long enough to satisfy in all categories. By this criteria, the 55-ft Sparkman and Stephens yawl Santana may well be the most successul boat on the Bay, if not the whole West Coast. Santana came into being in 1935, the brainchild of Union Oil executive W.L. Stewart and hotshot young designer Olin Stephens. Stewart wanted a schooner that could show her heels to the best and brightest on the both the West and East Coasts. You read right. Santana was designed and built as a staysail schooner. Constructed of mahogany planks over white oak frames at the Wilmington Boat Works in Southern California, she was launched on October 24. Though the days of the great schooner races were numbered, Santana immediately began to fulfill her promise and her heritage. In 1936, the boat took second in division and overall — to Olin Ste¬ phens own yawl, the great Dorade — in the TransPac. In 1938, W.L. had her shipped to Newport, Rhode Island on the deck of a tanker to compete in the Bermuda Race, an unprecedented move at the time. (But what the hell, he owned the tanker.) "West Against the World," shouted newspaper headlines on both coasts, and when it was all over. West had a winner — Santana topped the schooner division, although overall honors went once again to an S&S yawl, Baruna. For Stewart, it was time to face the music: The new generation of yawl-rigged boats were taking over the racing scene and he should have listened when Olin Stephens urged that Santana be built as one. Rather than convert her, W.L. decided to sell and order a bigger world-beater from S&S. He got her in the form of a 67-ft yawl he christened Chubasco. As for Santana, call it fate, call it predestiny, but the next chapter of her life was to make the yacht more enduringly famous than if she had grown wings and flown around every race course. It’s known among Santana-philes as "the Hollywood connection." Page 130 •Uuu^Z9 • April, 1994

Charles Isaacs, a San Diego businessman married to Eva Gabor, bought the boat from Stewart in 1939. In 1941, she was sold to actor George Brent, who had the conversion done to the yawl rig. There’s still some disagreement on exactly who did the design work, but who¬ ever it was did it right. Santana took readily to the new arrangement, sailing faster and higher than ever before. In 1944, Brent sold the boat to another actor, Ray Milland. Three months later, Dick Powell bought her, making it an even five owners in the boat’s first 10 years. It was Santana’s sixth owner that cemented her legend. In Decem¬ ber of 1945, Humphrey Bogart acquired the boat. Without taking away from the many other owners and friends who have sailed, pre¬ served and loved Santana over the years, the decade that Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall owned the boat are the years that stand out in most people’s minds. Owners may come and owners may go, but Santana will always and forever be best known as 'Bogie’s boat.' Bogart was an enthusiastic sailor and racer, spending upwards of 45 weekends a year on board and campaigning the boat all around Southern California. With some success, by the way: plaques still aboard note first in class in the 1950 San Clemente Island Race and

1952 Channel Islands Race. Interestingly, Santana did many of these races as a sloop. The early yawls, called 'handkerchief yawls for their small mizzens, were built for a rating advantage rather than any extra power afforded by the aft sail. As ratings evolved and the mizzens fell out of favor, many skippers pulled them off for racing. Bogie also spent many a weekend anchored at White’s Landing or Cherry Cove on Catalina, swimming, drinking and eating illegally caught lobsters with a mostly all-male crew. "The trouble with having dames along," he once noted, "is that you can’t pee over the side." One day always reserved to have the 'dames' aboard was the Fourth of July. In his memoirs, friend and fellow sailor David Niven recalls one of the more memorable such outings when he and his wife Hjordis accompanied Bogie and Bacall to Cherry Cove. Frank Sinatra rafted alongside us in a chartered motor cruiser with several beautiful girls and small piano. After dinner, with Jimmy Van Heusen accompanying him, Sina¬ tra began to sing. He sang all night. There were many more yachts in Cherry Cove that weekend, and by two in the morning, under a full moon.

Santana was surrounded by an audience sitting in dozens of dinghies and rubber tenders of every shape and size. Frank sang till the moon and stars paled in the dawn sky. Only then did he stop and only then did the awed and grateful audience paddle silently home. When Bogart died in 1957, a model of the boat was displayed next to the altar at his service. Santana’s next owner was an interior decorator named Willis Short who made some rather bdd interior changes involving plastic panels with seahorses on them. Those were retrofitted back to original when she changed hands again three years later. Thank retired general Wally Nickell for that foresight, as well as for bringing Santana to the homeport she’s enjoyed for the last 30 years, San Francisco Bay. Nickell, with full-time caretaker Babe Lamerdin, kept the boat busy with a full plate of racing events in the early ’60s. In addition to com¬ peting in as many as 20 events a season on the Bay, Santana did two TransPacs and three Mazatlan races. As with any aging thoroughbred, however, the years were once again starting to conspire against Santana. Not only were the new April, 1994 • UauJU.'ii * Page 131

Santana scrapbook, clockwise from here; On the way to a third in

division in the ’87 Master Mariners; lending a touch of class to the SF ® skyline; Lauren Bacall — The Look' at the wheel; Bogie aboard off • Catalina; the main salon; under the original rig at the start of the 1938 -i' Bermuda Race.

generation of fiberglass boats faster, but the old CCA rule under which she’d competed for so long was giving away to the lOR — a decidedly inhospitable environment for old, full-keel woodies. San Francisco attorney William Solari was the next owner on Santana’s ever growing family tree. He bought the boat in 1966, and Babe came with it. Santana continued racing under her new owner, going to Mexico several more times and doing pretty well (a third or fourth, Lamerdin recalls) in an early Big Boat Series against such gold platers as Audacious and Kialoa II. Solari’s most ambitious project with the boat, however, was entering her in the ’68 Bermuda Race — Poge 132 • Uu<~/c

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30 years after her triumph there. Babe and his wife Liz delivered her to Newport — this time on her own bottom. Santana turned in a forgettable performance in the race, but crewman Dennis Riegler had an unforgettable encounter with an old boat hand named Bert Dar¬ rell, the proprietor of a tiny boatyard in Hamilton Harbor. Riegler had shown up hoping to have one of Santana’s cracked spreaders repaired. Darrell asked what boat he’d come down on. "Oh, you wouldn’t know it. It’s an old timer," said Dennis. "What one?" "Santana."

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"Oh, Santana, huh? Wouldn’t know her." Bert then climbed up in a dusty loft above the shop, rummaged around for a minute and re-emerged with a familiar-looking piece of wood. "Here’s the spreader I replaced when Santana was down here in ’38," he said. Bill Solari was the last owner to seriously campaign the boat as a racer. But if anything, she did more sailing under her next owner than any that had come before — Charlie Peet departed the Bay in 1971 and sailed her around the world. Of many memorable adventures on that two-year sojourn, one

that stands out in the mind of crewman Jim Leech (who now runs the local Neil Pryde sail loft) was the time they lost the mizzen in hurricane-force winds off New Zealand. "We’d been using the mizzen to hove to, but it got blowing so hard you couldn’t even crawl on deck," says Jim. "Charlie ordered every¬ one below and said, 'Let it go!"' When it did, it took the dodger with it and bent the wheel. The replacement mast, installed in New Zea¬ land, still does duty on the boat. Santana returned to the Bay in 1973 and changed hands again. Sausalito 'drama therapist' Lloyd Carter had her only a short time before putting her on the market for — if you’re counting — the 11th time. The old girl could hardly have found two better owners at that stage of her life than twin brothers Tom and Ted Eden, lifelong sailors and owners of a San Francisco architectural firm. The Edens had the vision to treat Santana like the royalty she had become. Although the boat had never been allowed to deteriorate like so many once-grand yachts, the years had taken their toll. So the first order of business was a complete refit. The first year and a half were consumed by one project after another, including the sistering of 44 broken ribs. Most of the work was done by the brothers themselves, with the able help of the boat’s newest caretaker, Ralph Lucas. Once the total repair bill had been tabulated, the Edens found it came to more than they’d paid to buy the boat. But neither complained. Today, Santana occupies a slip in the prestigious 'head dock' at the St. Francis YC. The last decade or so has seen her slide comfortably into old age — she’ll celebrate her 60th birthday next year — with lots of pleasure sailing, a stint as the spectator boat at the ’92 Star Worlds, and of course a floating shrine to the various Bogie faithful alert enough to recognize her. None of which certainly means she’s grown soft in the racing department. Although competition is a little more infrequent than in the old days, up until recently, Santana was a regular in the tough Ocean Racing Division of the annual Master Mariners Regatta, which she’s won six or eight times. And as late as 1982, fate gave her the chance to settle an old score. That year, St. Francis Commodore R.C. Keefe arranged a match race against Dorade, the boat that had beaten Santana to Hawaii back in ’36. Tom Blackaller was at the helm of Santana that sparkling May day, backed by the Eden brothers and their well-oiled crew. Over on the chartered Dorade, Keefe headed a crew hardened by weeks of prac¬ tice for the upcoming Master Mariners. After some hard-fought negoti¬ ations at the club, it was decided that the slightly longer Santana (55 feet to Dorade’s 52) had to give 7 seconds a mile to her rival. The 12y2-mile course began and ended in front of the yacht club. In light air, Dorade took an early lead, but as the breeze filled in to a healthy 25 knots, there was no holding Santana back. With Blackaller hooting and hollering down the homestretch — "1 bet this boat was never this fast when Bogart sailed it!" — Santana went on to trounce her old nemesis by more than sue minutes. Just a few years ago, another event took place that stands out in Ted Eden’s mind. A friend who had Hollywood connections called one day and announced, "I’m sitting next to a lady who would like to talk to you." It was Lauren Bacall. "She asked many questions about the boat and later flew up'with her daughter (Leslie Bogart) to see the boat for the first time in something like 30 years," says Ted. As she and the brothers became acquainted, she visited several other times and even went out with them once for a sail. Sadly, the next chapter of the Santana saga is in the offing. Tom Eden passed away last year and Ted hasn’t used the boat much since. So, after 22 years, she’s for sale once again. As the old saying goes, if you have to ask the price, you can’t afford it. The contradiction — and perhaps the ultimate measure of Santana’s success — is that the slice of sailing history she represents is priceless. — latitude/jr April, 1994

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SOMETHING OLD, ^Dpring signals rebirth, a starting over for nature, man — and boats. We’ve been hearing all through the winter about various projects in various stages of completion that "you guys at Latitude have to write something about." It sounded like a good

14 inches to turn her into a shoal draft and very tender cruiser. The final ignominy was being rammed by five drunks in a 2i-foot

There wosn ‘f much to do on deck during the long, snowy passage, and by the time they reached San Francisco. Felice was pregnant. idea to us, so we picked a baker’s half-dozen of the most interesting sounding projects and hit the road. Here’s what we found.

Boston Whaler. The collision put a crease down the topsides and knocked off ^e stanchions. The boat has lived on her trailer since 1988 and has become a family restoration project. Bill and Billy stripped the boat of all hardware above and below deck. Kim Desenberg at North Coast Yachts has been working on repairs and updates to the bare hull over the winters, including patching the Whaler ding and plugging the holes that wouldn’t be needed for new fittings. The natural finish has given way to a light gray hull with white trim and a blue bootstripe. Three years ago, Billy purchased the gear for a new deck layout and has been slowly installing the pieces as time permitted. Bill found an diesel identical to the original. Mark Rudiger is helping with the engine as well as installing the new wiring. The interior will still sleep five, but the components have been moved around to make the cabin more

Bill Erkeiens — Lois Lane Perhaps one of the prettiest natural hull finish sloops to ever grace the Bay, Lois Lane, the Wylie 40 launched in 1978, is about to reemerge in a new configuration both inside and out. Owner Erkeiens hopes to have her sailing by July so he can escort his son Billy and daughter-in-law Melinda through the Golden Gate as they start the doublehanded division of the Pacific Cup to Hawaii on their own boat, the Dogpatch 26 Moonshine. Lois has survived more than a few highs and lows in her 16-year career. After winning the Danforth and Big Boat Series in 1979 (beating Imp in the process), Lois went the wrong way in both the 1983 and 1985 TransPacs and didn’t finish well. Eventually, the boat was trucked up to Lake Tahoe, where her engine block cracked one harsh winter. That spring, the lake’s water level

Mark Cenesty.

lowered to the point where Lois was sitting on the bottom. To extricate her, Erkeiens had to take a skilsaw to the keel, cutting off

open and airy. Other changes include the addition of a 700-pound bulb on the base of the keel plus

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the reattachment of the "Bobbittized" 14 inches. The rig, which was made bigger for the ’85 TransPac, has been sitting in moth¬ balls and needs little alteration at this point. "Lois has been in a sort of suspended animation for the past six years," says Bill, who admits he probably needed to set the July deadline to provide the final push to get the project done. When one considers all the irons Bill Sr. has in the fire these days, it’s amazing he’s gotten this far with Lois. This San Francisco saloon keeper was racing Prindle 19 catama¬ rans with his wife Marie Roehm three years ago when they got the notion to buy a Toronado and go for an Olympic berth. They’re in the midst of that right now. Bill also won three national rowing titles last year in the masters division for doubles, quads and sin¬ gles. He rows six days a week, which keeps him in shape for the Olympic bid as well. Through it all, the closer that Lois gets go going back in the water, the more enthused Bill gets. "When we get her sailing again, she’ll be a new old boat and she’ll still be good looking." Mark Genesty — 39-ft catamaran At the Boat Builder’s Coop in Sausalito,

SOMETHING NEW Mark likes the idea of a wing mast for cruising. For one, the spar makes the main¬ sail as much as 20 percent more efficient, which means he can have a smaller sail and get the same horsepower. The wing also pre¬ sents less windage at anchor, which is where cruisers spend more than half their time. The small jib also has an innovative twist: a curved tube of aluminum running from the tack to the clew that rotates on each tack to provide the correct curvature to the jib. The forward force on the jibsheet also pushes on the headstay, which keeps the latter tight and the jib flat, both of which can be hard to achieve on traditionally rigged catamarans. The boat has some completely individual idiosyncracies, including hull graphics of a wave and whale. The mammal’s eyeballs are rigged with special lights that illuminate in the dark. "We can use it to calm the natives," quips Mark.

Kim Desen berg and 'Lois.'

Frenchman Mark Genesty has been working at breakneck speed building his dream boat, a 39-foot cruising catamaran. By the time you read this, in fact, he may already be out the Golden Gate headed for the South Pacif¬ ic with his wife Felice (edso a boatbuilder) and two young sons. "They’ve learned how to swim," says Mark of his offspring, "so now’s a good time to go. We can teach them onboard for the next five years but then they’ll probably need a school onshore. We can’t afford to give them an education around here!" Genesty started his own sailing career as a youngster in France. He came to the East Coast 13 years ago and worked in a yard building Peter Hogg’s first boat, the Dick Newick-designed catamaran Tainui. Mark drove the boat across the country and ^ot to be friends with Peter in the process. He also liked Sausalito and the Bay Area, which is part of why he kept returning here in be¬ tween other boat construction jobs and deliv¬ eries. Five years ago, Mark and Felice were on a long, snowy passage from Japan to France.

There wasn’t much to do on deck and by the time the couple reached San Francisco, Fel' ice was pregnant. They decided to set up camp in Sausalito, which Mark describes as "one of our favorite places in the world. It’s a great place to have an active life, but not to rest — it’s too expensive! My $125 a month rent at The Boat Builders Coop is the best bargain I’ve found in Marin County." While his sons Thomas and Jeremy worked their way through diapers, Mark helped build several boats, mostly multihulls. He combined his experience and his ideas into the current cat, which he describes as "an up-to-date plywood boat." Fully loaded.

Arne Jonsson — No Kidding You might remember the boat Whipit, which has been racing on the Bay for more than a decade. She was one of the Pyramid 30s designed by Carl Schumacher that were produced in San Leandro back in 1981. Arne Jonsson got involved with Pyramid when he took over production of the Chuck Bums-designed Pyramid 45. He also raced regularly on the P45 Fast Company. He stayed with the company until it officially died in 1992, at which point he took over ownership of two of the company assets, Whipit and the 22-foot Pyramid 660. Ame operates out of Alameda Marina (in the shop which once housed the late Chris Benedict’s business). A year ago he started the overhaul of Whipit by taking off the outer skin of flberglass, which had a blister problem. When he rigged up a humidifier to dry out the balsa core, he found that the hull had soaked up 16 gallons of water! Once the boat was dry, Jonsson recovered the exterior with S-glass and epoxy resin as well as some collision-resistant Kevlar up front for extra protection. Carl Schumacher took a look at the boat at this point and suggested that his original design, which catered to the lOR rule, might

The final Ignominy was being rammed by five drunks In a 21 -foot Boston Whaler. she’ll weigh about 10,500 pounds. Each hull will have an inward canted daggerboard, which not only provides some positive lift at high speeds but, positioned on the outside of the ama, creates more room down below for the crew.

have been too flat aft. Arne made up some new stations, which he added to the hull, and filled it all in with Klegecell to add some 60 gallons of volume in the stern. He also replaced the rudder with a Gary Mull foil (the same shape as the one on the Moore April, 1994

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SOMETHING OLD, 30) and extended the waterline length with a 1.5 foot scoop off the stem. "My wife loves it as a swim platform for the Delta," says Arne. (One thing she didn’t particularly like was his first idea for a name change, Ain’t No Kidding. He deferred to proper syntax and shortened it to No Kidding, which refers to the speed of the smaller boat relative to Fast Company.) The changes to the rigging are also note¬ worthy. Jonsson had Hogin Sails sew him up a new main that boosted its sail area from 245 to 370 square feet. Most of the extra sail area is in the roach, a change which required removing the permanent backstay. In its place are two mnners that are held out of the way by a large "roll bar" on the aft end of the cockpit. Each runner has a two and a half foot 'high-field lever' in the cockpit which the skipper throws to take up the mast load on the weather side and release the load on the leeward side. For fine tuning, the mnners have Harken magic boxes with calibrations to permit equal pressure on both tacks. The top of the mast also has some extra stiffening

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scales up to the 30 footer. The modifications have cut the boat’s PHRF rating from 108 with the original fractional chute to a current rating of 90 with the big main. Arne hopes to have No Kid¬ ding ready in time to do the Doublehanded Farallones in early April and then concen¬ trate his efforts northward in the Vallejo Race and Frank’s Tract Regatta in the Delta later this summer. Carl and Hal Nelson

— Full Nelson Where other people might see a 44-foot boat that has sunk three times and turned turtle once as a liability, the father/son team of Hed and Carl Nelson of Ala¬ meda see the former Eclipse as an opportun¬ ity. They envision the 44-ft ultralight (she only weighs 7,000 pounds) daysailor as a great fun boat for shorthanded Bay and coastal racing. 'Eclipse', above, is now 'Full Nelson', right.

in the form of aft facing jumpers which resist forward bend. Up front, No Kidding has a retractable bowsprit for an asymmetrical spinnaker. The kite will be rigged on some 1x7 wire Arne found that doesn’t twist. Theoretically, he can then roller furl the spinnaker instead of having to gather it in. "We tried the same principle on the 660," says Arne, "and it worked fine." No Kidding is now sailing, although not all the modifications are completed. Arne’s toying with the idea of putting a lifting keel on the boat which would have a stainless steel front section and a trim tab aft. It might be a pain to change the trim tab on each tack, but it could also cut leeway to nothing. Arne’s trying it out on the 660 before he Page 136 • UU<Jt'i9 • April, 1994

Their immediate goal after taking delivery of the boat in January, in fact, was to have the it ready for the Singlehanded Farallones Race on March 26. The realized that goal, and, barring unforseen circumstances, will also sail in the Doublehanded Farallones. Gone are the outboard racks on which the crew sat for stability and which made the boat look like a giant Aussie 18 dinghy. In their place, the Nelsons have added 500 pounds of lead to the keel. They’ve eilso installed enough Styrofoam below decks to give the boat 100 percent flotation even if she fills with water. They’re cutting down the cockpit volume by raising the cockpit floor aft and putting a doghouse up front. Down below they’ll install a couple of pilot berths and a new nav station. They’ll also pin the keel in the down position, so no one will entertain the notion of raising it underway . and risking a death roll. The foil can still be raised for trailering, which would make those coastal races a spinnaker ride down and a beat on 1-5 to get home. Another interesting adaptation: Instead of repairing the keel-stepped mast, which broke at the deck when the boat turtled in last year’s Windjammers, the Nelsons effectively cut off the bad part and stepped the same mast on deck — after building the necessary compression post and support structure below, of course. Despite the boat’s checkered past, the hull passed inspection recently, a testament to her designer, Carl Schumacher, and her builder, Santa Cruz’s Larry Tuttle, who put the boat together in 1982. For the ^ture, the Nelsons have plans for a bowsprit to fly an asymmetrical kite and a carbon fiber mast which will weigh less than the present alumi-

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Inset above, 'Whipif. Above, like all middle-age racers, 'No Kidding is now fuller back aft.

num version and further increase righting moment. They’ve also changed the color scheme to fire engine red and renamed her Full Nelson, hoping the changes will usher in a new, safer chapter in the boat’s career. Commodore Tompkins — Wylie 39

When Commodore Tompkins, one of the Bay’s most accomplished sailors/riggers/ racers, builds a boat for himself, it’s worth paying attention. In his 62 years of sailing (he started as a newborn on the decks of his father’s famous Wanderbird), Commodore has seen it all. During his recovery from a recent heart attack. Commodore had time to reflect on his life and realized that one thing he really liked was light air sailing. He’s not averse to making a spectacular landfall or riding the wild surf, but the thought of reaching with

the y2-ounce kite fully powered up and no whitecaps holds a special appeal to him at this point. As a result, he’s mapped out a potential voyage starting on the East River of Manhattan, working his way north to Troy, NY (where his father was born) and then west on the Mohawk River to the Great Lakes and eventually down the Mississippi. "The rivers and lakes should provide plenty of smooth water sailing opportunities," he

been outfitted differently. One of them, for example, is Jonathon Livingston’s Punk Dolphin. Commodore trailed his edition north to Sonoma and has joined the hull and deck as well as installed the engine and bulkheads. He even poured the cement slab which on which the hull sits, then choreo¬ graphed 10 friends for a three-day 'barn raising' to build a shed around the boat. He has a mast and the deck hardware, but this do-it-yourself project ebbs and flows with the amount of cash on hand. He figures he could finish it up in a little more than two months with some sponsorship to grease the wheels a bit. Realistically, though, the boat probably won’t go in the water until sometime next year. Not unexpectedly, Commodore’s boat — also bright red, by the way — has some interesting facets. The keel will be liftable for shallow waterways. There will be water bal¬ last tanks on both sides that can add up to 2,000 pounds of righting leverage to the windward side. The mast will tower some 55 feet above the waterline and sport almost 800 square feet of sail area. No full battens or big roaches, however. "I’m pretty conservative," says Commodore. "Things are difficult enough at sea without trick shit to deal with." The final product will be fast and able to

Some people might see a 44-ft boat that's sunk three times and turned turtle once c^aiiability. says. The craft he plans to use is a Wylie 39 hull and deck built last summer by Westerly Marine in Costa Mesa. This is the eleventh hull out of the same mold, all of which have

cross oceans in addition to the owner s in¬ land plans. She’ll also have accommodations for two to three down below. The ballast tanks and the case for the keel eat up some of that room, but Commodore, who has col¬ laborated with Tom Wylie on the design, has made the cockpit floor quite shallow to cre¬ ate more room below. "You sit on the boat more than in it," he says, "and that takes a little getting used to." He’s also put in a stem window that opens up for even more spa¬ ciousness. Commodore adds that yacht racing doesn’t have the appeal it once did. He’s always wanted to cruise (when he was marlied he had a "Big Dry Boat Fund" that kept getting siphoned off to pay the mortgage), but never really found a boat that suited his tastes. This one, he hopes, will fill the bill. John Asuncion — US 49 Work has begun, to some degree, on the Bay Area’s first, last and only effort at the America’s Cup. Both US 49 and US 61, the 12-Meters that carried the late Tom Black-

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a kid in 1958 and has been hooked on the boats ever since. His dream was to own one and US 49 represents the dream come true.

7h}ng$ ore difficult enough of sea without a lot of trick shit to deal with."

Commodore Tompkins.

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The boat is being restored to its original sailing configuration. The hull and under¬ body work has been done, including the in¬ stallation of a $35,000 rudder that Blackaller and Co. had delivered (after snapping off the original) but never go around to installing. In April, John will put the deck hardware back on and start work on the mast. Long

Commodore even built the shed that houses his new 39.

range plans include installing an engine and cruising interior so Asuncion can go cruising in about three years. He’s also put together

Days of glory— the Golden Gate 12-Meters spar with each other in 1986. If all goes as planned, they'll see active duty again soon.

the Monterey Peninsula Sailing School, a charity organization that will offer free sailing lessons and take people out on the 12 to watch whales, etc. John wants to operate the boat in this capacity between Monterey and San Diego before heading out to Hawaii and the South Pacific. He also likes the idea of some possibly organizing a few races be¬ tween US 49, US 61 and Defender, the only other 12 currently homeported on San Fran¬ cisco Bay. Bob Cole — US 61 US 61, unofficially known as "The Geek" because of her bullet shaped keel, fore and aft rudders and complicated steering system, had her bottom redone a year and a half ago. "She’s in good condition," says owner Bob Cole, a Walnut Creek Jaguar dealer who was one of the original backers of the Golden Gate Challenge syndicate back in 1986-87. "We still have lots of sails and all the gear was stored in watertight containers. We have to service the winches and stuff like that, but otherwise she’s ready to go." Cole has been working with boat engineer Ken Keefe on update ideas, especially on whether or not to add an engine as well as crew-friendly changes such as raising the gooseneck, putting on a self furling headstay, adding lifelines and a pulpit, installing a modest cruising interior and reducing the mainsail hoist. They may also shorten the front rudder a bit to protect it from banging into anything. The steering system, which presented some headaches to Keefe and the

SOMETHING NEW faU. (One rumor on the grapevine was that USA was being readied for a trip across country to compete in a 12-Meter regatta that the New York YC will host as part of their 150th anniversary celebration. Cole says there will be divisions for classic 12s, as well as post-intrepid models, but only for designs with aft rudders and trim tabs on the aft end of the keel. That means US 61 — which coincidentally knocked NYYC’s Eagle out of the 1987 America’s Cup — isn’t on the invitee list. Boy, some guys really know how to carry a grudge!) When it all happens, US 61 will certainly be one of the more unique cruising boats anywhere in the world. Some of Cole’s pipedreams include using it as a training vessel for junior sailors, doing promotional work, even taking it up the Delta for the St. Francis YC Stag Cruise in the fall.

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RAY JASON'S now, there are probably thousands of Latitude 38 readers — well, maybe a dozen — saying to themselves, "I wonder how that juggler guy is doing on his voyage." Happily, I can report that my strong and lovely sloop Aventura and I are having a splendid cruise. Sun-sprayed days and starrich nights have melted together, creating the sublime illusion of an endless weekend. Many wondrous sailing friendships have been formed. I have marvelled at the strength and depth of these new bonds, and have concluded that they become strong so quickly because they are forged in the crucible of ocean passages — experi¬ ences that are fre¬ quently tough and occasionally terrifying. This recent addition of more than 3,000 singlehanded miles to my life’s log has reaf¬ firmed one of my phil¬ osophical theories: that life is mostly random and episodic; that probably any apparent order, reason or uniformity is only imposed by ourselves after the fact. In this spirit 1 have decided to forego a chronological accounting of Auentura’s voyage, and instead share with you some of the isolated events and experi¬ ences that have amazed, amused and moved me. So come aboard and I’ll pour us some yarns and dish up some sea gypsy vignettes! Purple But Pelagic Singlehanders have to beware of halluci¬ nations. Phantom crewmen seem to be the most common apparition, but here are some others that 1 have either experienced myself or collected from fellow solo sailors: a Viking slaveship with the oarsmen vainly trying to row with long-handled tennis rackets; a winch that glows with otherworldly light and then melts into a luminescent puddle; and a radar dome that slides up and down the mast like one of those ring-the-bell sledgehammer

iods without using the primal human faculty of speech could initiate electrochemical bio¬ logical reactions that contribute to these surreal visions. But regardless of what acti¬ vates them, the important thing is to stay alert for them so the solo skipper doesn’t make any foolish or dangerous mistakes. So where is this rather long intro leading us? Down the Pacific Coast of Baja where 1 was sailing nonstop from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. Since I had already done singlehanded passages of as long as 30 days, the week it would take to reach Cabo didn’t seem too daunting to me. On such a rela¬ tively short voyage, I was expecting no strange apparitions. So imagine my surprise when one morning, shortly after daybreak, 1 arose from a 20-. minute catnap, hopped into the cockpit, scanned the horizon and beheld a PURPLE SAILBOAT! Further examination through the binoc¬ ulars revealed that not only was she purple, but she had a green toe rail and red boot stripe. Damn. Aventura and I had only been at sea a few days and my sleep deficit hadn’t been too severe. But it must be a hallucina¬ tion — surely nobody would actually paint their boat in such a fashion. I went below, sloshed some water on my face, looked out a porthole, and she was still there.! brushed my teeth, drank a mug of tea, looked again and she was still headed colorfully south¬ ward. Could she actually be what she seemed — a Westsail 32 that had apparently sailed through the looking glass? It was time to find out. I keyed my VHF transmitter and said, "Purple sailboat, purple sailboat, purple sailboat. This is the white sailboat off your starboard quarter. Do you

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games at the county fair. Most theorists suspect that severe sleep deprivation and the incessant motion of the vessel cause these bizarre visitations. I have a hunch that bzisic lack of conversation might also trigger them — that going for long perPage 140 • UtUuM. J? • April, 1994

read me?" Almost instantly a reply came back. "White sailboat, white sailboat, white sail¬ boat. This is the purple sailboat off your port bow. Obviously you can see me. Can you also read me?"

So it wasn’t a hallucination but a real boat. In fact, it was the very best type of real boat — one where the skipper has a sense of humor! Next Stop... She was so very lovely. But her beauty was overshadowed by how weary and dazed she appeared. We were both at Mail Boxes Etc. in Cabo San Lucas trying to place calls to loved ones, to tell them that we were safe. I asked which boat she was aboard. When she told me, I gently clasped her forearm and said, "Are you okay? Are you all right?" If you had seen the boat she named, you would have done the same. When I was walking the docks that morn¬ ing, the little sloop had stopped me in my tracks. She was all wrong — potentially dead wrong. Seemingly backyard-built from mail order plans from Popular Mechanics rather than Cruising World, she had clearly taken a beating. Her roller-furling headstay sagged so badly that it probably wasn’t operational. The decks and cabin top were so cluttered that going forward probably required pitons and carabineers. And not only was the paint peeling off the plywood hull, but the actual wood was peeling away. Angered and disturbed as I was that someone had subjected this little lake boat to the ocean, I couldn’t help but admire the courage and moxie of the tiny sloop. With about as much chance as a tricycle on a turnpike, she had somehow made it here. Just as I was thinking this, a voice behind me said, "Fantastic, they made it. They’re four days overdue from Mag Bay and we

SEA GYPSY VIGNETTES

An aerial view of Bahia Salinas dearly shows the old evaporation ponds and the shallow, exposed anchorage._

were getting very worried." I encouraged the owner of the voice to fill me in. Here’s the gist of the story. Girl meets boy. They’re both from the same European country and are a bit over¬ whelmed by the strange land of Southern California. He suggests they sail away from that madness in his 'yacht.' She has never been sailing and doesn’t realize that an oceanworthy vessel should have more than 20 feet of waterline and 4 feet of freeboard. Off they go down the normally manage¬ able Baja coast during a year when the ocean should be named the 'Warific' rather than the Pacific. They battle their way from harbor to harbor. She begins to notice things — like the other boats are shaped more like Ferraris than Volvos and that their crews don’t look exhausted and terrified after every passage. The honeymoon cruise she had hoped for had turned into a brutal struggle between a tiny, fragile boat and a huge, fero¬ cious ocean. But somehow they had made it to Cabo San Lucas and now she was standing in Mail Boxes Etc. not knowing how to answer my question about whether she was okay. Yes, she was alive. Yes, she had done something most amazing. And yes, she liked certain aspects of being at sea. But at other times her fear of the little sloop being 'over¬ whelmed and swallowed by the uncaring ocean was paralyzing. ^ I suggested that she could get on the Cabo cruisers’ radio net the next morning

and start looking for another boat that would be safer. 1 emphasized that this was an easy port in which to find a crew position. This advice seemed comforting to her, but she was obviously grappling with mixed emo¬ tions. In an attempt to bolster her confidence in her boyfriend and to convince me of his competence as a skipper, she told me this poignant tale. "He’s already done a voyage far more dangerous than this. He once sailed an 18foot open boat with just a compass for navi¬ gation and a dog for company from England to New York. Well, he didn’t actually end up in New York, but that’s where he was heading." "So where did he end up, Baltimore?" 1 asked. "No." "In Charleston?" "No." "Miami?" "No." "Where?" "In Venezuela." The Petrified Chapel This ghost town was different. It wasn’t in the Siena foothills — it was beside the Sea of Cortez. It wasn’t a century old, it was just several years abandoned. It also wasn’t on the normal Baja cruisers’ route. But as sure as there’s salt in the sea, it was worth a stop. Bahia Salinas had been its name and salt had been its game. Enormous evaporation ponds covered the valley floor astern of the beachfront town. Several years after opera¬ tions had ceased the salt flats were still intact, giving the terrain an eerie, rectangular majesty.

The site is located on the eastern side of Isla Carmen, which is about 10 miles from Loreto on the Baja Peninsula. The bay is shunned by many sailors for two main rea¬ sons: it is very shallow and it is very open to the south. On my approach, Aventura was already in 14 feet of water nearly a mile from shore. I dropped the hook in 11 feet and the shoal¬ ing was so gradual that I was still more than 100 yards from the beach. Looking south, the second reason was quite apparent. It is very exposed. The fetch is endless — seem¬ ingly stretching all the way to Ecuador! Plus there is a bonus hazard for a singlehander without radar (believe me. I’d buy one if I could afford it) — a sunken salt barge that is only barely visible at high tide. It should be mentioned that this ghostly minitropolis can also be reached by trekking overland from the popular Puerto Ballandra anchorage on the western side of Isla Car¬ men. However, be forewarned that the hike is on a rough and poorly marked trail across mountain, desert and salt flat. I personally wouldn’t try it without the help of the Lost Tribe of Baja Sherpas. Beaching my dinghy, I was glad that I don’t use an outboard — my oars came in

The Ray Jason workout. Don't try this at home.

handy to fend off my welcoming committee of four wild dogs. They may have been domesticated at one stage of their doghood. April, 1994

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SEA GYPSY VIGNETTES but in their current state they could have been the inspiration for the phrase 'lean and mean.' But like all wise and wily cruisers, 1 had come ashore bearing gifts for possible barter. A month earlier, a sailor I knew had achieved the ultimate trade with some Mexi¬ can fishermen when he had exchanged their lobster for his SPAM! This triumph of com¬ merce inspired me to always include a tin of SPAM in my go-ashore kit. So 1 wadded up a gob for each of my CCC — Canine Con¬ cierge Corps — and off we went to explore the town. Already this out-of-the-way stop had been worthwhile since I had finally discovered an actual use for SPAM — a suppressant for crazed feral dogs residing in abandoned salt mine ghost towns. Scattered and shattered along the water’s edge were a couple of small tugboats and a few diminutive salt barges. It was difficult to determine whether these vessels had been deliberately beached or whether they had broken free of their moorings. Regardless, they were a trespasser’s dream. Inshore, the town is bisected by a sizable pier that apparently piped salt out to the lighters. On one side of this structure are the

administrative and industrial buildings, and on the other are the houses, school and chapel. It didn’t take long for Senor Holmes to. discover that everything had been ransacked. Not just the engines from the generators or the tires from the tractors, but doorknobs, faucets and light sockets from all of the buildings. If an object could be of Vcilue back in Baja, and it was removable, it had been liberated. This redistribution of wealth certainly made sense to me. In a struggling economy like Baja’s, why leave goods and hardware on a deserted island when there were so many destitute people 10 miles across the water? Like many tour guides, my canine escorts lost their enthusiasm before the end of our junket. Our amble through the shambles abruptly ended as 1 reached for the doorknob and started to open the chapel door. They suddenly started barking madly and ran off toward the beach looking for all the world like they were being chased by the mythical salt leopard. That was the first clue that something was

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strange. The second clue was the fact that there even was a doorknob. This was cause for a pause. I stepped backward and surveyed the little chapel more carefully. None of the windows were broken, the doors were on their hinges and even the bronze bell was in its niche at the peak of the roof. Could it be that the religious fervor of these simple people had been so strong that it had protected this modest church from the fate that had befallen the rest of the plundered town? The answer was dramatically revealed as I opened the door. Everything was completely intact — the pews, altar, pulpit, stations of the cross — everything! Nothing had been stolen, broken or destroyed. On the altar there was even a mimeographed copy of Holy Week services that had been scheduled for the final days of the town’s existence. There was an awe-inspiring feeling of true devotion and genuine sanctity in this dusty, deserted chapel that could not be suppressed in the mightiest of cathedrals. If there is a mothball fleet of workers’ churches located somewhere in the cosmos, this humble chap¬ el at Bahia Salinas should be its flagship. — ray jason

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wasn’t happy to see a raft of 15 boats in my favorite 'secret' cove. Well, actually it's not very secret, since you can see it from the freeway. In the shadow of a major bridge carrying major traffic, not too many people would put this cove near the top of their favorite secret anchorage list. Unless they’ve been there, that is. It’s a surprisingly pleasant place to overnight. It’s also conveniently close to my marina, has excellent protection from waves and surge, lots of room to anchor, and there are a couple of good places to land a dinghy. There’s even a nice stretch of beach, with narrow but effective wind protection if you get in close. And best of all, it’s hardly ever crowded. My trick is to go way into the corner of the cove, watching the depth sounder and the tide book. It’s a little too weedy to be called good holding ground, but it’s good enough to hold against the predictable evening seabreeze. I’m usually all alone in this favorite spot. Not this time, though. "No big deal," I thought to myself, "lots of room out in the middle of the cove." This would make it just a little noisier for the night, without as much land between my open hatch and the freeway. But still a perfectly acceptable place to decompress. I was alone for this trip, having decided almost on impulse to take the boat out overnight for the first time in months. But first, why not cruise around the raft-up once, just to see if there was anyone there I knew? After dropping the jib in an unobstructed part of the cove, I cruised in slowly, main only, one eye on the depth sounder as 1 crossed to windward and shoreward of the raft. No yacht club burgees flying, and no particular boat type or style dominating, so it couldn’t be a yacht club cruise or a one-design class event. There were some heavy double-ended cruisers, some ultralight racers, some very normal fiberglass racer/ cruisers and cruiser/racers, and one very salty-looking boat with an aft cabin and a strange but functional-looking forward cockpit. There was even a small powerboat, and a couple of windsurfers tied alongside one of the ultralights. Had to be some kind of yacht club cruise, with a mix like that. But no burgees anywhere. I had just enough water to jibe around the far end of the raft, then reach across their sterns to check names and hailing ports. A few from the East Bay, two from Marin, three or four from Redwood City. No, this couldn’t be a club cruise, as they came from all directions. I was about to bear off for some swinging room of my own when I was hailed from the cockpit of the cruisers. "Yo, Max!" Page 144

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It was a woman in a wetsuit, and I tacked back for a better look. My boat doesn’t man¬ euver very well under main alone, and by the time I had swung around and fallen off on the new tack she had moved two boats closer. "What’s the occasion, Lee?" I asked as soon as she was close enough for a positive identification. "You mean you didn’t hear about it?" she asked, feigning incredulity. "It’s a CyberCruise!" "A what?" I said. "Tie up and join us! Like, there should be plenty of water for you on the outside end of the raft!"

T i. hat was exactly the invitation I was waiting for. No need to get the anchor tangled in weeds or covered with mud now. And Lee Helm, the naval architecture student who had hailed me, was there to introduce me to whatever group this was. So I jibed and tacked again, and drifted up alongside the outboard boat on the seaward end of the raft, accepting the embarrassment of having to dash below for docklines and fenders while they hand-held the boat in position for me. "Give me a break," I said in response to Lee’s smirk. "I was all set up to drop the hook, not tie up to a raft!" Once secure, I was led to the boat with the best party in progress, according to Lee. On the way she introduced me to various people on the boats we were stepping across. "This is wolf@bay.com," she said pointing to a rather large man with a thick black beard sitting in the cockpit, "and that’s whois@lady.org with him. Over on the next boat is standat@tension.mil — he’s from Presidio Yacht Club. Look@mypolka.ti is over there on the. . ." "Waitaminute!" I interrupted. "Don’t these people have names? What kind of code are you talking in?" "They’re e-mail addresses. Max. Like, I totally forget their real names, so I use the same e-mail addresses that I use on-line. It’s way simpler." I was led down into the cabin of one of the smaller boats, which was packed with people. There I was subjected to another round of introductions to people with names that were all "something-at-somewhere-dotsuch-and-such." It didn’t seem like the kind of crowd I’d expect Lee to party with, though. Much too varied in age and appear¬

ance, and not nearly as athletic-looking as Lee’s usual windsurfing cronies. But the cabin was very pleasant, crowded with alcohol-warmed bodies and the aroma of a large pot of spaghetti cooking slowly on an alcohol stove. "And this is Meix," she said when she had finished all the intros, "and like. Max doesn’t have an e-mail address." "Security/!" yelled one of Lee’s friends, as if I had just crashed the gates of a rock concert. The group laughed, and promised not to make me walk the "virtual plank," at least not for now. Then I was offered a drink, poured by slatting@wind.com and handed to me by Iost@see.ruf. "So what’s a CyberCruise?" I asked Lee after taking a sip of what appeared to be a rum and coke, but a little too sweet. "And how do all you people know each other?" "A lot of us have never met until tonight," explained lost@sea. "We know each other’s virtual personae, through Usenet newsgroups and sailing forums of various bulletin boards. It’s easy to organize an f2f event as long as you have the alias for the mailing list."

THE INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY \

Too smart, and much too cheap!" "1 disagree," said standat®tension, who had just come down the companionway to join the crowd. "The YRA list would be worth a lot to people trying to sell all kinds of things over the phone and by direct mail. On the other hand, 1 don’t mind junk mail if it’s accurately targeted. Like the J/80 brochure that got mailed to everybody a few months ago. That was fine — not that I’m really about to buy a J/80. What annoys me is the scam-of-the-evening calls that always come during dinner hour. We have to let the machine screen everything during meals."

"That means you can send an electronic message to one address," explained Lee, "and it goes to everybody." "And 'f2f just means 'face-to-face'," explained another helpful cybercruiser. "Does this have anything to do with the ship-to-shore bulletin boards?" "Both the local ship-to-shore nodes seem to be defunct, unfortunately," said Lee. "All the activity," added slatting@wind, "is in the rec.boats newsgroup on Usenet, which you can reach if you have a newsreader and an account on a system with internet access. It’s tricky, though, and the best way to get involved is probably to start by buying one of the many books about the internet that have come out recently." "Also on The WELL, a BBS in Sausalito which has a good sailing conference. A little more accessible than netnews for the new¬ bie," added another cruiser. "Is this all related to the 'electronic YRA' that Lee keeps talking about?" 1 asked. "Any progress on that front?" "Nada," said lost@sea. "In fact, YRA won’t even let me see their paper mailing list, let alone anything in electronic form. I wanted to scan the YRA directory for e-mail

addresses, and they acted like 1 was from Mars." "That’s not surprising," said Lee. "There is no YRA member directory, as such. And like, they barely know what an e-mail address is." "And the YRA mailing list is also very confidential," 1 added. "Really? That’s brain-dead. Back on the East Coast, we joined the local YRA just because we wanted to be in the published yearbook, so we could be found easily by our sailing friends." "Publishing the YRA mailing list would just get everyone lots of unwanted junk mail," I explained. "Also'they want people to use the YRA mailing services for promoting events. It really doesn’t cost any more to have YRA do a mailing than to do it yourself, because they can often piggyback onto other mailings. And it helps support the YRA office, which provides a number of really important services to all racers. So the policy makes sense, and using YRA is a good deal." "That’s just paranoia about the junk mail," argued lost@see. "Sailors aren’t the ones that direct-mail marketers are after.

X or sure," said Lee, "we’d get YRAinduced junk mail if the list was public. But like, get real. Anybody who can’t deal with junk mail and unsolicited phone calls is missing sonie basic life skills for the ’90s." "And the ’80s, and the ’70s," added standat®tension. "Obviously you have to give each member the option of suppressing address, or phone, or maybe just zip or area code, from the published list. A simple set of boxes to check on the application." "1 like the idea of suppressing zip code and area code," said fatal®traction.grl, owner of the boat we were partying on. "Should slow down the sleaze-droids, but my sailing friends could still find me if they tried." "That junk mail thing is a red herring," continued the military representative. "YRA thinks it’s fine to have corporate names on racing marks, major sponsorship of regattas, even advertising on boats in some of the YRA events. We have no choice but to see all those logos go by, like it or not. So it makes no sense for them to take this strictly non-commercial stance about something as easy to avoid as junk mail. The real reason they keep the list close to the chest is for that mailing service revenue." "Certainly a big part of it," 1 allowed. "But it’s important for YRA to keep control. They’re the only organization that can resolve scheduling conflicts, they lobby on behalf of all racers, they maintain racing marks — and they need the revenue!" "So it’s like, 'what’s good for YRA is good for the racers'?" asked Lee. 'You could say that, 1 guess." "That’s backwards," insisted lost®see. "What’s good for the racers will ultimately be good for YRA. Not only should the mailing list be public, but it should be available as a database file, on disk or downloadable.” "Right!" said another voice, "Information should be free." I was amazed to see the degree of agree¬ ment expressed throughout the small cabin. April, 1994

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MAX EBB: ROADKILL ON "He should try to say that at a YRA meeting," I thought to myself. "Let’s suppose 1 want to organize a fleet event for all the owners of a particular type of boat," said lost@see. "With a database file I have it all at my fingertips. Or suppose I tie up to another boat after a race, and only remember the guy’s first name and boat type? You see, the whole purpose of YRA is to be a communications conduit. But in¬ stead, they’re a communications bottleneck. And they try to charge a toll for anyone to go through. Information needs to be free." "The office doesn’t come free," I said. "If YRA didn’t charge for services, it wouldn’t exist. It’s as simple as that." "Try to get a PHRF list from YRA," said slatting@wind.com. "They actually charge five bucks!" "Outrageous!" "Well, I can believe that it really does cost five dollars in labor and overhead to get a copy of the PHRF list out the door," con¬ firmed standat@tension. "The real problem is that they’re still using typewriter-and-xerox technology, and they’re asking us to pay the going rate for doing it the old way. There are better ways of distributing information." He proceeded to explain some of the basic mechanics of e-mail, listservers, and the internet, a small fraction of which I understood. I expected this older, militaryaffiliated cruiser to be at least a little conservative about these issues. But there he was, pitching the fast lane of the information highway right along with the young cyberpunks. Was I missing something? "The PHRF list should be sent to everyone with a rating," said lost@see. "It’s important for entry-level race organizers, and for new racers and their friends to know what they’ll be up against. But you can’t maintain a monopoly on information. I’ll scan the list and post it to the net on Monday. Infor¬ mation wants to be free!" "For sure!" said Lee, and the sentiment was echoed around the cabin as they toasted information wanting to be free.

”\A7 VV ho’s ready for a refill?" asked fatal ©traction, after peering into her stilllukewarm pot of spaghetti. "I’m ready," said stand@tension, "Ano¬ ther rum & Jolt, if you please." "Same here," said lost@sea. That seemed to be the drink of choice, although there was one guest "beta testing" Wild Turkey mixed with Mountain Dew. Meanwhile Lee and a few others were happy with an exotic herb tea, or novelty soft drinks (the Mexican Coca-Cola in glass bottles was a big hit). And look@mypolka.ti convinced one other cybercruiser to join him in a Page 146

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"Guinness black," which, as I learned, consisted of Guinness poured into a glass containing just enough black currant juice to turn the foamy head a deep purple. "YRA would be a natural for a special interest BBS," said lost@see, sipping his rum

"Secrecy is never good for any sport, whether it's America’s Cup keels, the IMS formula or the YRA mailing list," & Jolt, previous glasses of which had obviously taken their toll on his sensibilities. "All the info should be downloadable, no expense at all to the YRA office. Race results, schedules, ratings, mailing iiste, notices to mariners, crew pools, entry forms, race instructions, the works. But since most racers, believe it or not, still can’t figure out how to use their modems, we have to think of other ways to move documents around. Fax is a natural. I’ll bet over 90% of all YRA racers have access to a fax machine, either at home or at work. Local dialing range is 12 miles. So it YRA had a phone line in the city, and also set up lines for the East Bay, Marin, and down the Peninsula, darn near everyone could get faxes for free, except for the cost of their own roll of fax paper. Just takes a simple fax-back voice menu system. Off-the -shelf technology! No paper, no envelopes, no stamps." "But what’s going to pay the bills?" I had to ask. "They’re already talking about raising dues again, and charging the yacht clubs more in addition. There’s no free lunch!" "Reduce cost, expand membership base," said standat®tension. "The mailing list, for example, should go beyond YRA members. It could include everyone who’s ever had a PHRF rating. There’s been some discussion of tying PHRF rating to a kind of YRA membership. They already have a kind of 'non-season' YRA membership, which is a great idea." "Although YRA made a terrible mistake," noted lost@see, "by calling it 'non racing' instead of 'non-season' on the application." "If you make YRA the easiest and best way to communicate with other racers,"

continued standat@tension, "then demand to participate will always be high. We’re not talking all that much money anyway. Just sandwich money for a two-day regatta is more than a year’s membership in YRA. People will support it — and that means joining — if they think the 'org' gives them good service. They won’t if they think it’s being obstructionist to their communication needs." "So you think it’s that critical for YP?A to find its way onto the information highway?" I asked. 'YRA will be roadkill before it ever finds the on-ramp," quipped slatting@wind.com. "Information wants to be free!" The phrase was repeated, glasses were raised, as if this had become the battle cry of a secret band of revolutionaries. Indeed, I had a somewhat uneasy feeling that the analogy was not that far off.

"T1 still don’t think you understand how important those live voices at the YRA office really are," I finally countered, after listening to more fantasizing about how easy it would be to reduce YRA to nothing but ones and zeros. "Calls come in everyday from people right on the verge of buying into the sport, and they need more than just information. They need support, and explanations, and sometimes even a kind of direction and hand-holding that only a live, knowledgeable voice can provide. We’ve got some good people in the office now, and we need to keep them there if the sport is going to thrive." "Agreed," said Lee. "The live voice on the end of the phone when you call YRA is important. But it doesn’t have to be nirte to five, time's two. Office hours could be cut way back and the live help would still be there when needed." "My own observation," said lost@see, "is that office staff is much happier designing information systems than stuffing envelopes. I’m not saying we need to make them into programmers or anything. Just basic computer literacy, and some good tools to work with." "Another area where the YRA manage¬ ment might be remiss," noted standat@tension. "Computers are dirt cheap these days, and the YRA computers are about three generations obsolete. Give those women some decent tools, and the infor¬ mation will flow." "Information wants to be free!" shouted slatting@wind.com, draining his glass im¬ mediately after.

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"Time for me to get out of this wetsuit!" said Lee. "Anybody have an unoccupied cabin I can change in?" As I had surmised, Lee had anived by windsurfer. Fatal@traction had brought a change of clothes for her, and I offered the use of my boat’s cabin. "The engine was running just an hour ago," 1 added, "so there’s even hot water for a shower." "Kooool!" she said as she caught the small kevlar duffel bag that was thrown to her, and climbed out the hatch.

fiq o what do you think YRA should actually do?" I asked the group of cyber¬ cruisers, taking a new tack. "Secrecy is never a good thing for any sport," said lost@see. "Whether it’s America’s Cup keels, or the IMS formula, or the YRA mailing list. Step One should be to make all YRA documents and databases available on paper or disk. Subject to member-controlled suppression of address

and phone data, of course. Information really does want to be free." "Information wants to be free!" shouted slatting@wind.com, refilled glass in hand. "Step Two — and this is going to be an even harder sell — is to end the requirement that YRA members also belong to yacht clubs." "But YRA is an association of yacht clubs!" I said. "You have to do what’s in the interest of the member clubs." "That’s the problem. A lot of the growth of the sport is in events not run by traditional yacht clubs, and these events attract racers who often don’t belong to clubs. If YRA really wants to broaden its membership base, it will have to become in theory what it already is, to a large extent, in practice — an organization of racers, not of clubs." "In theory," said slatting@wind.com, "there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is." We spent the next half hour debating Step Two, and never got to Step Three, if there was one. The session ended abruptly when the spaghetti was finally declared warm enough for human consumption and Lee, with perfect timing, returned in a fuzzy blue

warm-up suit. The food could have been a little hotter, but it tasted great. "How often do you have these cruises?" 1 asked. "And how can I find out about the next one?" "We do it about every two months," said tost@see. And if there was a decent YRA directory you’d be able to get our phone numbers and e-mail addresses in a second." "Okay, okay. I see your point. But really, when and where’s the next one?" "Should we tell him?" "Information wants to be free," I reminded them.

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WHITBREAD; LEG IV

1 he fourth leg of the Whitbread Race, 5,914 lonely miles from Auckland to Punta del Este, ended in mid-March. The maxi New Zealand Endeavour finished first, fol¬ lowed just five minutes later by the W-60 Intrum Justitia, which set a world record for monohulls in recording 428.7 miles (17.86 knot average) on the second day of the race. Both boats, which match-raced for the last three days, smashed Steinlager II’s previous record for the leg by 42 hours. Justitia had led the 14-boat fleet around Cape Horn by 40 miles, and then stretched their lead to 90 miles before being reeled back in by Endeav¬ our. Still, Justitia carved five hours out of Tokio’s lead, moving into second place in the 60 class, 14 hours behind race leader Chris Dickson. Merit finished four hours after the two leaders, followed shortly thereafter by Tokio and Yamaha. Galacia Pescanova and La Poste were next, while the rest of the fleet straggled in over the next few days. Many sailors, including Endeavour’s Grant Dalton, claimed it was the hardest race they’d ever done. "There were such huge gains and losses over a six hour period that you were on a mental roller coaster," he said. "Physically, it was tough because there was so much close reaching and it was very, very wet. We never got any real spinnaker work." The race was particularly stressful on Dolphin & Youth, which had a loose keel (three keelbolts sheared off), and for the all¬ women team on Heineken, which limped in with half their rudder missing. The next leg — 5,475 miles from Punta del Este to Fort Lauderdale, beginning on April 2 — prom¬ ises to be a cakewalk in comparison. Pete Heck, the 34-year-old owner of Performance Sails in Long Beach, sailed the grueling leg with Chris Dickson aboard Tokio. Here are some of his impressions: How was your trip? Miserable! Absolutely miserable, worse than you can imagine. 1 was told the race would be 80% reaching and running and 20% beating, when in fact it turned out to be basically the other way around. It was the roughest sailing I’ve ever done, and the guys on Tokio all claim it was even worse than the Second Leg. 1 was freezing cold, soaking wet and semi-seasick for a good part of the 21 days. 1 went from 225 pounds to 191 as a result, and still feel a little weak. If anyone you know ever gets invited on this leg of the Whitbread, have them call me first — I’ll talk them out of doing it! Why did you go? 1 almost didn’t — I’ve got a wife and two young kids, and my sailmaking business to run. 1 almost sent (Steve) Grillon instead. . . Page 148 • UauJt.

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Pete Heck on 'iceberg patroF aboard 'Tokio' somewhere deep in the Southern Ocean. Not! Actually, it's a picture of his twin brother Sam sledding his way to Mexico — sorry, it's the best we could do on short notice!

But Chris (Dickson) is a good friend, he needed help, and there was money involved. We’ve sailed together a lot over the years, including a Cabo Race and a TransPac on Mike Campbell’s boat (the Andrews 70 Victoria), and get along well. I didn’t know anyone else on the boat, but it was obviously a good program and a good opportunity. I knew it would be one of those 'experience of a lifetime' deals, but I had no idea how hard it was going to be. Whitbread 60s make sleds seem like luxury liners in comparison, and TransPacs now seem like Club Med vac¬ ations.

What did you do on the boat? I was brought aboard primarily as a helmsman. I replaced Joe English, an Irishman and multiple Whitbread vet, who left for 'personal reasons'. I’d better not elaborate on that. We sailed with 11 crewmembers: Chris and navigator Andrew Cape spent most of the time below 'watching the movies’, while three watches actually sailed the boat. There were three watch captains: Matthew Smith, Jacques Vincent and myself. On my watch were Rodney Ardem and Ian Stewart, two great guys. We were on watch for four hours at a time, which entailed steering and constantly trimming the main and whatever headsail was up. Then you were on 'stand¬ by', which meant that at least one of you had to grind for the on-watch, and you had to do all the sail changes for them. Also, the standby watch was responsible for repairs, cooking, bailing the bilge and anything else. Finally, you got to sleep for four hours. What’s It like to steer a W-60?. They’re incredibly powerful! They’ve got all the horsepower of a maxi and then some, yet they’re a lot livelier and have a higher top end. Tokio’s impeller comes out of the water at around 26 knots, so I’m not sure what our top speed actually was. The first four days were pretty insane — we did 400-tmiles every day, which is averaging 17 knots! The speedo lived at between 20-25 knots — on the third day out, we went 411 miles, our best performance of the leg. It was blowing a steady 40 and we had our biggest fractional kite up (you can only use masthead kites on the first and sixth legs), full main and full water in the tanks. The boat was lurching like crazy; you virtually crawled around on deck instead of walked. We were wearing motocross goggles just to see. Everyone was barfing and feeling lousy. . . The Kiwis’ idea of a remedy is one blue seasick tablet taken with two tabs of some kind of speed. How was the morale on board? Great, despite everything. Everyone likes each other and gets along well — it’s a real team effort, and everyone is really loyal to Chris. They’re his 'soldiers', and it’s almost like they’re in awe of him. And leading the race by 17 hours at halftime is a pretty good morale booster, wouldn’t you say? A lot of other programs are having problems now — I heard that on other boats, people wouldn’t talk to each other for days at a time and fist fights erupted. But the Tokio guys were all hardcore ocean sailors and they’re tough as nails! No one whined, or was late for their watch, and you just kept going no matter how bad you felt.

ONE 'HECK' OF A RACE

The first night out, I was steering when a head suddenly popped out of the nav hatch and puked all over the cockpit. It was Dickson, who was promptly pulled back into the nav station by Cape, who proceeded to do exactly the same thing. Then they shut the hatch and went back to work. Were you eeer scared? Not really, but I probably should have been. These guys all knew the boat, and I figured they’d tell me when to start getting concerned. We never broke out the life jackets or anything, but often wore double harnesses, especially when steering because the waves would hit you from all directions. Ian (Stewart) broke his foot on the last leg when a wave crashed on him while he was driving with only one harness on. He never complained or missed his watch — for which he won the Omega prize for 'outstanding crewmember' of Leg Three. He sailed with his foot in a cast during Leg Four. Sometimes we wondered if the bow was going to break off, or how the keel could possibly stay attached—it’s a 13,000-pound bulb suspended 12*72 feet below us. We’d check through the window for kelp, and it was wagging back and forth like crazy. The guys on Dolphin & Youth were freaked out waiting for theirs to fall off entirely; they were on the radio a lot and sounded pretty frightened. Did you damage anything?

Not much, certainly compared to the rest of the fleet. We carried 8 spinnakers, 5 headsails, a drifter, a staysail and the main — and never blew up any of them. We never broached either, while I understand other boats broached all the time. The absolute worst thing to do would be a round-down, because the water ballast ends up on the wrong side and you basically can’t pump it straight uphill. You have to take down the sails, and it’s a real mess — Winston found out in the first leg. . . Other than a minor glitch with the valves on our water ballast system and the diesel heater crapping out the first day, the boat came through fine. We did break both carbon fiber spinnaker poles, but we were able to epoxy them back together. We damaged Ken pretty good, however — and that was really scary to watch! He’s been having a rough race — remember, he’s the guy who fell overboard in LegrTwo. What happened was this: it was blowing about 35 when the headboard pulled out of the main, so we sent Ken up for repairs. He was raised on one halyard, while a cara¬ bineer on his Lirakis was attached to another stationary halyard on the mast. Unfor¬ tunately, he hooked himself up inside the

babystay — and rather than come down and do it right, he tried to fix the situation aloft. He lost his grip, flew out about 20 feet and did this human tetherball routine about five times before smashing face-first into the mast. We were convinced he’d broken his leg, too — it was the worst thing I’ve ever witnessed on a sailboat! Ken spent the next four days recovering in his bunk. 1 think he was pretty embarrassed and depressed, as well as in a lot of pain. Didn't Dickson get hurt, too?

He almost died, and he’s still messed up. The first night after we got in, we were sitting outside at this bar called Moby Dick’s, drinking with the other Kiwis and swapping stories. A lot of these guys were royally smashed, but Chris wasn’t. Sure, he’d had a few drinks, but that didn’t have anything to do with what happened — a leg on the patio table he was leaning against broke, pitching him and a guy off Yamaha over a low fence onto the sidewalk about six feet below. Chris landed on his head, and was rushed to the hospital unconscious. He actually had to be resuscitated twice, and his heart had to be restarted with electric shocks. He was in a coma for about 10 hours, and now has a bunch of stitches in his head. He’d lost about 20 pounds during the race, and was emaciated and exhausted — which contributed to his body nearly giving up on him. I talked with him on the phone yesterday. He’s having splitting headaches and blackouts, and there’s some question if he should continue the race. He wanted me to keep sailing on Tokio, but I wouldn’t have a business left if I took off for another month and a half. I half-jokingly told him that if he

PV or Manzanillo — there’s no place like home! The consensus among the racers is that Punta is their least favorite stopover in the Whitbread. Plus, I hear that some of the boats had gear stolen a few days ago, and that the La Poste crew had their house ripped off. Will 'Tokio' win the Whitbread?

No question. The only real threat now is Intrum Justitia, but they’re not so good in light air, which is what the next two legs will be about. We called them the 'Cheating Euros' because we can’t figure out how they can predict the weather so accurately unless they’re getting some kind of coded outside weather routing assistance. You should see the course they take — 100 miles south of everyone one day; then a few days later, they’re 200 miles north of everyone. They’re real corner bangers, going for the ultimate kill. Dickson is just sailing his own race, covering the fleet and not trying to match Lawrie (Smith) move for move. Two other boats are really fast—Yamaha and Galacia, which may be the fastest of all — but they’re not sailing particularly smart. Yamaha, in particular, seems like an un¬ happy project. Winston isn’t a factor any¬ more, and the rest of the fleet never was in the hunt. What about the maxis?

Chris got a lot of bad press in Auckland for telling it like it is — that (Grant) Dalton is sailing like dogmeat. Bruce Farr did a computer analysis that predicted the maxis should finish the six legs 100 hours ahead of the first 60. Yet now, after four legs. New Zealand Endeavour is only two hours ahead of us! They’ll stretch that out on the last two

WHITBREAD RACE RESULTS, LEG 4 Boat Endeavour Intrum Justitia Merit Cup Tokio Yamaha Galicia '93 Pescanova La Poste Winston Brooksfietd Heineken Potphin A Youth Pro}, Hetman Sahaidachny Uruguay Natural Odessa

Xyps Eafr84 Farr 60 Farr 84 Farr 60 Farr 60 Farr 60 Farr 84 Farr 60 B/P60 Farr 60 Humph. 60 Farr 60 Frers 80 Sidenko 60

SkJpper/Countrv Grant Dalton, NZ Lawrie Smith, Europe Pierre Fehiman, Switzerland Chris Dickson, NZ Ross Fieid, NZ Javier de ia Gandara, Spain Mafle/Tabarly, France Brad Buttenirorth, USA Guido Maisto, Italy Dawn Riley, USA Matthew Hiimphries, England Eugene Platon, Ukraine Gustavo Vanzini, Uruguay Anatoly Verba, Ukraine

Leg4 Cumulative* 84:16:58:23(1) 21:02:26:13 . 85:09:06:49 (3) 21:02:31:52 : ; 85:12:06:12 (4) 21:06:45:55 21:0/:29:06 84:18:56:00 (2) 21:07:37:33 85:12:43:45 (5) 85:16:55:01(6) 21:10:38:21 21:13:35,14 87:00:10:48(8) 22:02:26:24 86:07:54:16(7) 92:17:56:53 (9) 22:05:47:57* 94:10:5359 (10) 22:13:61:52* 22:17:21:37 96-10-17:59 (11) 96:11:1759(12) 2252:21-52 102-03:27.14(13) 24:18:41:41 115:19:11.58 (14) 2451:37:14

* Leg time modified by international jury.

ordered all his America’s Cup sails from me. I’d be there in a minute. So far, he hasn’t called back! What was Punta like?

I only stayed a day and a half, so I’m not really sure. It didn’t seem as nice as Cabo,

legs, but so what? They don’t have any real competition in their class — and besides, the 60s are the real story this time. Everyone in Punta, even the maxi guys, think it’s great that the big boats have been officially dropped from the next Whitbread. April, 1994

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WHITBREAD, LEG IV: 'HECK' OF A RACE What were some other highlights?

Besides finishing and getting off the boat? Well, seeing how crazy the Kiwis are about the Whitbread Race was pretty cool — our whole crew, even me, were signing auto¬ graphs and posing for pictures before the race! Something like 6,000 boats and 300,000 spectators went out to watch the start — an incredible send-off! Eight of the 14 boats in the fleet were over early, but Chris saw how it was setting up, and nailed it just right. We were launched off the starting line! Cape Horn was beautiful, and seeing icebergs for the first time was different. I’ve never seen it snow during a race before either, though I don’t know if that qualifies as a 'highlight'. Even though it was really remote and cold — we were about 250 miles from Antarctica for four days, with the water temperature at 37° and the air down around 10° — the Southern Ocean was spectacular. Any particular lowllghts? The food was just terrible! It was all freeze-dried and there wasn’t very much of it — just enough to keep you alive. It was all carefully rationed; there were no seconds even if you could stomach more. I suppose I’ve been spoiled by sailing sleds!

Did you ever see other boats? Sure, almost every day. We watched Intrum dive south, and then spent the middle of the race with Galacia. At the Horn, we were near Merit, Galacia and Yamaha. With position reports every six hours and radar contact, we had a pretty good idea who was where most of the time. It’s always fun sailing in sight of other boats — it keeps you pumped up. We actually ended up match racing Yamaha for over 1,000 miles to the finish. They’d been holding us back for days; we just couldn’t get through them. Finally, Chris got really frustrated and sent them a fairly nasty fax telling them to get off our face. That finally did the trick, and with about 100 miles to the finish, they let us tack away unanswered. We sailed about three miles, tacked over and got a 60° lift they never saw! We ended up beating them into Punta by about eight minutes. Did you change sails a lot?

Constantly! On average, three or four times a watch — which is a lot when it’s really cold. Unlike other boats I’ve sailed on.

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there was no 'five minute rule' — Chris’s philosphy is 'If you wait five minutes to change, you’ve waited five minutes too long." We had rules about always having the next lighter and/or heavier sail on deck, with sheets already on and a halyard available. We pushed really hard — I’m positive we did more sail changes than any other boat. That probably sounds excessive until you realize that sailing down in the lower latitudes, the weather changes constantly. For awhile there, we were going through about four weather systems a day — de¬ manding stuff, both physically and mentally. We approached the leg like it was a series of individual 20-mile buoy races, trying not to look too far past the immediate tasks at hand. What did you learn from the race?

Well, I suppose you could say we explored the limits of human endurance in sailboat racing — you can survive most any situation if you have the right attitude. Plus, I learned a lot about assymetrical kites, which will help me professionally. . . And 1 learned why they built the Panama Canal — to spare people from taking the Great Circle route around the Horn! — latitude/rkm

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1994 ’BIG' CREW LIST ou’re looking at the biggest Crew List we’ve ever run. So it seemed only appropriate to open it with the most syrupy sweet testi¬ monial we’ve ever received. We’re pretty sure that in an emergency, a diabetic could probably sustain himself for days without insulin by reading and rereading the story below. _

DEAR LATITUDE .. . says Joanna. T/ie ni.rrlendsanddoingalotofs3.l,ngb^^^^

Ernest in 1991 —

eight months after the Crew ^ ■/ wen* baeJe to V don't m^group of sailing friends, the Crew List with the intent atexfuna « r« amount of fate Although / don't I called had to /.vr near does exist. My only criteria ^ ,/e to drive to the boat. In other words, J didn t want me h t Sausalito from the East Bay.'

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together. On the °^^ ^"nd both admit to falling in love during and Joanna went out anyway, anu «« ^at very first sail together^

the only sensible thing to ao, notes ^ to Start her own Joanna has since «'«" “J * j boat in the fleet aver at chartering business MH Sausalito. Ernest kept the Atlantis moving up, too. V find that my partday job in Sjair head'hLd^repairman' and other high¬ time jobs as Joanna s scc^ ^ reorarding than rating points."

rea/ize your dream when you least expect i. Okay, we’re just teasing. As always, we were thrilled to hear about another happy ending to come out of the Crew List, and feel honored for having been a small part of it. There is a problem, however. Although feedback of this sort is probably the ultimate testimonial to the Crew Lists (this is the seventh or eighth marriage that’s resulted from Crew List contacts), the idea of using the Crew List to pursue any sort of relationship beyond sail¬ ing is always one we’ve always tried to discourage. So let’s leave it at this: if anyone using the Crew List to enhance their sailing happens to stumble upon a life partner, our congratula¬ tions. If, however, you go at the list with the idea of enhancing your sex life first and sailing second, may you flame out on both counts, you pervert. So much for the Crew List sex lecture this year. But as long as we’ve ticked off a fair percentage of you already, we might as well get that other distasteful little Crew List ceremony over with. You know, the one where we remind you to read and acknow¬ ledge all that ominous-sounding stuff in the thin gray box at the top of the page before you do any Crew Listing. Okay, now that everybody’s mad and paranoid about everybody else, we’re all in the proper frame of mind to do some serious, heavyduty Crew Listing. Right? You don’t need to be listed to use the 1994 Cruising, Daysailing, Page 152

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: The Latitude 38 Crew List AdvertieIns Supplement is for informational purposes only. Latitude does not make or imply any guarantee, wananty or recom* Boat Swapping and Co-Chartering Crew List. All you need to do is find the category(s) that apply to you and start calling people. It’s really as simple as that. Of course, if you are listed here, people will also be calling you, effectively doubling your chances of finding a boat or crew. The numbers beside each name on the List correspond to various skills, experiences, desires and, in the case of boat owners, boat types and sizes. To decode them, just look at the nearby 'Code' box, which is also in gray. You may not hit on the first call, as Ernest and Joanna did, but don’t let a few disappointments discourage your forward progress. As philosopher John Donne observed, "Persistence alone is omnipotent." The usual routine we suggest is to go down your category of choice and make red checks after each entry that sounds good. Then write out a bunch of questions for your potential crew or skipper and run off a few copies. When you make your calls, put the person’s name at the top of each question list and write the answers down on that sheet on/y. When you’re done talking to him Or her, get a fresh sheet and go to the next person. That way, it’s easy to keep track of who’s who and what’s what. The usual progression after you find a potential crew or skipper is to arrange a meeting, then a short sail together, possibly with other Crew Listees. Obviously, this will be more important for long-distance cruisers who will have to live together for long periods of time, as opposed to daysailors who enjoy our local waters together just a few times a month. All of which leads us to our favorite Crew List announcement: the 1994 Crew List Parties. As mentioned last month, these are actually more like friendly, low-key get-togethers than swinging-naked-fromthe-chandelier affairs — and for a very good reason: we don’t want anyone to feel intimidated about coming to one. So even if you score a boat or crew on your first few calls, plan to come by one of our two parties anyway. The first will be Tuesday, April 5 at the Encinal YC in Alameda. The second, Thursday, April 7 at the Corinthian YC in Tiburon. Both parties run from 6 to 9 p.m., will include no-host bars, a limited amount of munchies, random T-shirt/hat giveaways (keep your ticket stub) and all that good stuff. Most important, .however, there will be a whole bunch of people at the party who have not yet firmed up crew or boats. We assign different colored name tags to everyone so you can instantly spot a boat owner or crew. (People just 'here for the beer' won’t be wearing tags.) The Crew List parties also make excellent 'neutral ground' for people who have made arrangements over the phone to first meet each other. Whatever your situation, everyone is welcome to come by just to talk boats with a bunch of sailors motivated to expand their sailing horizons. Crew Listees get into these gigs free; all you have to do is point out your name in this issue (or in last month’s Racing Only Crew List) to the palace guards. If you name is not listed here, they’re going to hold you at swordpoint until you cough up $5 admission — and God help you if you don’t have the correct change.

ow for an encore medley or our greatest Crew List tips: • Make your calls during 'regular business hours' for most normal human adults — no earlier than 8 a.m. and no later than 10 p.m. • Be honest. In sailing, if you don’t know what you’re talking about, someone who does can recognize it instantly.

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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Garry G. Kraft, DC, 48, (805) 984-0050 . ^.3,4/wants 3,4,5,7,9/offers 1,2,5a(some),8(chiropractor EMT) Howard Hausen, 52, (707) 527-5416 ... ....exp 2b/wants 1,2,4,5,9/offers 2,8(computers)

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mcodation as to the character of anyone participating in the Crew List, nr the conditions of any boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself.

Ga^ L. Morrison, 37, (510) 685-8025.exp 2c/wants 1/offers 3 Todd McLeod, 23, (209) 434-6038 .

• Be realistic about the commitment. Even if you’ve just signed up for daysailing, don’t be late for an agreed-upon departure time. If you ve signed on for a long cruise, you’re going to be living in close proximity and limited privacy with other p>eople for weeks and month on end. Don t expect it to always be fun and never terrifying. • Don t be an age bigot when it comes to choosing a boat or crew. There s as much to be said for the steady hand of experience as for the strength and exuberance of youth. Give everybody a chance. • If you’re a man, for pete’s sake, don’t be a Jerk to any of the women on the Crew List. Yeah, we know, we’ve already screamed at you once about it already. This is what it’s like to turn into our parents.

Charlie Brabant, 60+. (206) 945-1240(msg), S.Cruz slip E-21 & Puget Sound .

exp 2/wants 4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,7,8(surf/windsurf, SCUBA, CPR lifeguard)

Mark Caplin, 34, (510) 625-4410, pgr;(510) 745-2345 .!.. .exp 2/wants 1,2/offers 7,8(paramedic).

wants 1,2,3,4.5,6.7.10(British Columbia)/offers 1.2,3,4,5b(French).7,8(coastal) Steve Wedi, 47, (415) 349-4765 .' .3/wants 1,2,4/offers 2,3,8(SCUBA, Marine Biologist, 6-pack license)

Leo Stoderl, 60, (510) 944-0329... •;.exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/offers 1,4,7,8(intellectual conv.).

Jim Cox, 46, (408) 867-0585....exp2b/wants 1,2/offers 3.4,7,8 (1st mate/skipper . Kale Happermans, 22, pager: (408) 429-0908, 454-9177(msg). .exp 3/wants 9/offers 2,3,4,5a,7,8(great attitude, very intelligent)

Claude Belter, 58. (510) 523-8628 . ..•.exp2c/wants 4,5,7/offers 1.3,4,5a,b(fluent French).

Mike Jackson, 44, (415) 472-1335.exp 3/wants 1,3,6/offers 1,2 3 4 5a Jim Pearson, 43, (510) 521-8028. .exp 4/wants 4,5.7.8,9,10(circumnavigation)/offers 1,3,7,8(diving)

Neil A. McManus, 43, (808) 523-8183, P.O. Box 715, Hanalei, HI 96714

ell, it looks like the Crew List is once again a wrap on our end. Good luck to you all, and do drop us a line if, through using the List, things work out beyond your wildest dreams. If ours ever come true, we’U be out of the dungeon and into the sunset right alongside of you, dictating the next issue into our little black box while finished articles squirt out back at the office. Don’t expect us anytime soon.

exp 4/wants 5,7/offers 1,2,3,4,5a,b(French),8(USCG Mstr lie., athletic, surf/dive). Harrison Orr, 32, (916) 368-8846 exp 1/wants 3,4,5/ofters 1,2.3,4,8(carpentry) DuWayne Olds, 51, (707) 822-2781 .exp i/wants 9/offers 1,2 3,4 Lee G. Kitchen, 55, (909) 694-1719, 27949 Diaz Rd., Temecula, CA 92590. .exp 4/wants 4.5,7,8/offers 2,3,5b(German, French), 8(USCG Lie. Master). Bill Lange, 46, (408) 366-6400 .exp 2c/wants 1 7 Thierry Pouedras, 34, (408) 456-1966,27850 Via Feliz, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 .;.exp 2/wants 1,2,5.7/offers 1,3,4,5b(French),7. Micky McGuire, 34, (707) 996-9248.exp 2b/wants 1,2/offers 1 2 George Bloom, 63. (510) 865-3903.

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Jesse Goodman, 43, (707) 433-6704..

.exp 4/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.8,9/offers 1.2,3,4,5b(French).7,8(SCUBA) .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10/offers 1,3,4,5a,7.

Ed Peterson, 63, (619) 435-2245, P.O. Box 1085, Coronado, CA 92178 . .exp 3/wants 3,4/offers 1,3,4,5a,8(relentless learner; desire training).

Jovan Radic, 44, (310) 559-2380, P.O. Box 11422 Marina Del Rey, CA 90295 ...exp 4/want 4,7,10(Costa Rica)/offers 1,2,5a,b(3 more),8(too many).

CREW LOOKING FOR CRUISING BOATS

Gary Figg, 54, (408) 295-6016.exp 2c/wants 1,3,4,5/offers 2,3,4 Mark Lewis, 27 (919) 929-7738, 605 Jones Ferry Rd, Carrboro, NC 27510 . .exp 3/wanfs 4,5,7,9/offers 1.3,8(photography, SCUBA).

Pat Lydon, 43, (209) 267-1339.exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,6,7/offers 1,2,3,4,7. Will Hasler, 47, (415) 664-1873...exp 3,4/wants 1,2,3.4,5,6,7,8,9,10(S,E. Asia. Seychelles, Maldives)/offers 1,2,3,4,5a,7,8(Chief Engr, Merch. Marine, lie. pilot)’ Mark Reagan, 34, (408) 978-7426, (408) 765-1424. wk.

MEN TO CREW ON A CRUISING BOA T Richard Van Artsdalen, 30, (916) 878-7734, pgr: (415) 991-8485. .exp 1/wants 1,2/offers 2,3,4,8(licensed captain). George Kniga, 48, (415) 292-4166. .exp 2/wants 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 3,4,7. Jerry Carlton, 40’s, (610) 649-8986, (415) 708-6879. .exp2c/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8/offers 1,3,4,6,8(blacksmith, storyteller). Chris P. Giles, 41, (707) 923-9299. .exp 2/wants 1,4,7,8,10(Costa Rica)/offers 1,3,8(pretty good fisherman) Tom Medwick, 50, (510) 735-3315.exp 2b/wants9/offers 1,3,4. Otis Phelps, 65, (415) 826-5726, (415) 824-0188 (Iv msg). .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,8(license U.S.C.G.). Ron Gary, 53, (801) 483-5569 ..exp 3/wants 4,5,7,9/offers 1,2,3. Craig Smith, 50, (607) 748-3529,248 Noyes Road, Vestal, NY 13850 . .exp 2/wants 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4,7,8(enthusiasm). Dick, 50, (916)391 -2053.exp 3/wants 1,3,4,5,7,9/offers 1,3. Timothy Klimoski, 25, (619) 270-8568 . .exp 2/wants 3,4,5,7,9/offers 3,4,8(4.5 yrs. Coast Guard). Joe Ruiz, 54, (503) 344-6613, P.O. Box 5536, Eugene, OR 97405 . .exp 3/wants 3,4,5,7,9/offers 1,3,4,5,8(private pilot). Sieg Mayers, 43, (916) 791-2371, wk:(916) 632-0140 . ..exp3/want2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4,5b«3erman),8(cstal nav, teacher/tutor). Brent Watson, 39, (510) 232-0562 . .exp 1,2^wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 2,3,4,8(electronic tech.). Alan Shankland, 36, (415) 321-9453 .exp 3/wants 1,5,6/offers 1,3,4. Stewart Nash, 24, (619) 595-0995, (619) 232-3100. .exp 3/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5a,6,7. Michael Taylor, 39, (714) 673-8347, pgr:(714) 575-3114. .exp 3/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8/offers 2,3,4,7. Ian Jones, 23, (408) 475-6571, (408) 475-9627 . .exp 2c/wants 2,3,4,5,7,9/offers 1,2,3,4,8(boat builder).

.,.exp 2b/wants 1,2,9/offers 3.4.

Chris Giovacchini, 40, (707) 938-1736. ..exp 3/wants 3,4,5.6,7,8,9,10(S./Central America)/ offers 4,5b (Italian, Portuguese), 8 (Jack of all Trades, good troubleshooter). Chris Karlin, 24, (415) 597-2520.exp 2ai/wants 1,2/offers 2,3,4. Wilson Ng, 32, (415) 564-7726.exp 3/wants 1,2,5,6/offers 3. David Zittin, 46. (408) 253-3258.exp 3/wants 3,4,6,10(5-10 day)/offers 2,3,7,8(Coastal Nav, radio comms, safety, friendship). Frank Magnotta, 47, (510) 422-7285. wk; (510) 947-1463, hm. .exp 3/wants 1,4,5,7,9/offers 1,2,3,4. Tom Oberski, 38, (415) 989-6956 hm, (415) 565-4500 wk. .exp 3/wants 1,9/offers 1,2,3,4. Jim Hancock, 35, (415) 513-8609 . .exp 3/wants 1,2.5,6,7/offers 2,3,4,8(Celestial Nav). Pierre Requillart, 21, (510) 601-9478. .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5b(fluent French), 8(cerlified diver). Patrick E. Walsh, 49, (415) 927-2222 ....exp 3/wants 1,4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,2,6,7. R. Scott Johnson, 24', (4J5) 292-3672.exp 2/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 3,7. Tom Taveggia, 50, (510) 946-9993.exp 3/wants 4,5,7/offers 1,2,4,7. Brian Hegarty, 39, (510) 741-8440.exp 2/wants 1,2/offers 1,3,4,7. Tracy McBee, 30, (415) 207-0172 beeper, P.O. Box 470402, S.F. CA 94147 ... .exp2c/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4. David J. Gimpelevich, 30, (415) 593-2500 x2350 .. .exp 2c/wants 1/offers 7,8(ASA BCC cert.). Nicholas A Goulden, 34, (707) 765-2516 . .exp 3/wants 5,6,10(deliveries)/offers 2,3,4,7,8(wood work). Mark Lortie, 31, (619) 459-3329, (619) 552-8585 x3473. San Diego. .exp 3/wants 3,4,10.(San Diego)/offers 1,2,3.4,5b(French),8(Medical). David Anderson, 32, (805) 682-4345. ....exp 3/wants 5,6,7,8/offers 3,4,5b(Bengali),8(Coast Guard lie., EMT training). Robert Drews, 35, (707) 769-1054 . .exp 2b.3/wants 3,4,6,10(San Juan ls.)/offers 1,2,3,4. April. 1994 •UtU4^J9»

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1994 'BIG CREW LIST Matthew M. Camp, 26, (415) 929-0851, 1725 Jones, Apt. A, SF, CA 94109.

Derrick Weeks, 33, (415) 328-3632 .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/offers 1,3,7.

.exp 4/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10(N.East)/offers 1,2,3,4,8(Navigation). Charles Martzall, 33, (707) 546-7567,1579 Farmers Ln.#153, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 . exp3/wants1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10(anywhere)/offers 1,2,3,4,7,8(Medical, diving, more).

Rob Stewart, 37, (714) 499-1661, P.O. Box 9335, S. Laguna, CA 92677. .exp 4/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4,8(celestial nav, SCUBA).

Steve Prayer, 34, (408) 426-2642.

Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 554-4681 . .exp 3/wants 2,3,4,5,7,8,10(E. Coast)/offers 1,2.

.exp 3/wants 5/offers 1,2,3,4,5b(French), 8(SCUBA, Solar, Carpentry).

Chris Swope, 22, (415) 332-2271 . .exp 1/wants 4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,7,8(fast learner, great w/kids).

Dave Koelsch, 33, (510>-635-3960. .exp 2c/wants 1,2,3,4,6,7,9/offers 1,2,3,4,8(SCUBA cert.).

"WANT TO CREW" CODE MYIOUR SAILING EXPERIENCE IS: 1) None, but I/we will do anything within reason for the chance. 1 understand that from time to time I'll probably get cold, become seasick, get mad at the owner and wish like hell I was anywhere but on the boat. I'm still game. 2) Some. At least a) 5, b) 10, c) 20 sails on the Bay while being active and suffering the normal cuts, bruises and holtering. 31 Moderate. Several years active crewing on the Bay or at least one trip to Southern California. 4) Lots. Several long ocean passages.

I/WE WAN I TO CRUISE: 1) 2) 3j 4) 5) 6)

SF Bay and Delta Monterey Bay Southern California Mexico this fall/winter Hawaii and South Pacific Pacific Northwest or Alaska

7) Caribbean 81 .Mfditc’rranean 9) Anywhere warm lOldlhtv

I/WE CAN OFFER; 11 2; 31 4) 5)

At least a month of shared expenses Mechanical skills: engine, electronics, refrigeration Llbow grease for bottom work, varnishing and other upkeep Cooking and cleaning skills Language skills — I'm reasonably conversant in a} Spanish; bl Otherfsl_. 6) Ornamental skills — • 1 look good in a bikini 7) Mental skills. I may not look like a playmate, but I don’t think like one, either. 8) Other skilKsl_ .

Albert L. Hilleary, 62, (702) 677-1797. .exp 2/wants 4/offers 1,2,4,5a,8(HAM radio). Romeo D. Danais, Jr., 47, (408) 287-9150 . .exp 3/wants 1,2,4,5,7,8/offers 1,2,3,4,5a,b(French), 6,7. George loannou, 53, (415) 821-2025. .exp 3/wants 8, 10(Greece), offers 1,4,5b(Greek). Peter Lipa, 49, (916) 455-2210 . .exp 3/wants 1,4,6,8/offers 3,5b(Czech),8(share expenses). Terry Gotcher, 51, (408) 238-3656. .exp 3/wants 1,2,3/offers 3,7,8(USCG Basic Coastal Nav). Gordon Freedman, 57, (415) 381-4579 .exp 2,3/wants 1/offers 3. Hugh Ross, 55, (916) 477-7056 . .exp2b/wants 1,2,6,10(Coastal)/offers 1,2,3.4,7,8(wood-metal work). Al Brown, 38, (408) 629-3354 ...exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4/offers 1,2,6,7,8(Navigate). Jack Morrison, 60's, (415) 457-4600, 453-1139 . exp 4/wants 4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,7,8(navigation, boat handling, good company). Nick Rada, 24, (907) 766-2965, P.O. Box 887, Haines, AK 99827. ..exp 2c/wants 4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,7,8(great cook). Howard Cantin, 60, (408) 629-1682 . .exp 3/wants 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,8(ASA cert, coastal cruising/nav.). Larry Tolj, 37, (804) 693-0062 . .exp 2c/wants 4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,8(carpentry/fiberglass work). Newt Lyman, 55, (408) 663-0601 .exp 2b/wants 2/offers 1,3,4. Scott Robertson, 30 (510) 210-2752 . .exp 2a/wants 1,2,3,4,7/offers 3,4,8(charts, carpentry). Paul Drda, 31, (303) 757-2072. exp2a/wants4,5,6,7,8,10(anywhere)/offers2,4,7,8(engineer,pilot,SCUBA,more). Michael Jamieson, 48, (408) 983-2328. .exp 1/wants 1,2,3,4,5/offers 1,3,4,6,8(writing/storytelling). Kevin P. Laird, 26, (415) 749-1788 .exp 2c/wants 1,2,3,4/offers 2,3. Page 154

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John, 44, (510) 793-8152. .exp 2b/wants 1/offers 2,3,7,8(photography, computer). Bob Lutsky, 31, (707) 765-5911, (415) 924-8242, Iv msg. .exp 3/wants 1,5,6,7,8/offers 1,4. Eric Mielbrecht, 24, (916) 759-9617. .exp2c/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10(3. America)/offers 1,2,3,4,5a. Jeff Angermann, 34, (415) 894-1708 ,.exp 3/wants 1/offers 1,3,4,5b(German). Art Urbin, 39, (408) 985-2107.exp 3/wants 4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4. Dieter Jetzorreck, 56, (415) 491-5005 . .exp 4/wants 4,5/offers 1,5b(German),7,8(navigation). David Bellavia, 38, (408) 736-8202.exp 1 /wants 1,2/offers 2,3,7. Michael (Mic) Podorson, 40’s, (408) 662-1073 v.m. .exp 3,4/wants4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,2,3,4,5a,b(French),7,8(enthusiastic). Tyler Hanzen, 21, (510) 523-1086, (Parents; Nick & Sally Stratton) . exp 2a/wants 9/offers 3,4,5a,b(French),7,8(cert. massage therapist, musician). Michael Stokes, 25,'(707) 664-6123 . .exp 1/wants 4,5,10(lndian Ccean)/offers 1,2,3,4,5a,7,8(engine rebuilding). Wayne Goldman, 38, (408) 866-4554 . .exp 4/wants 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 2,3,4,8(USCG master, sail aux.). Bob Tuttle, 44, (415) 821-7729 .exp 3/wants 1,4,5,7,8,9/ofters 3,4,7. Jim Pettit, 45, (916) 965-7485 .exp 2c/wants 1,2,3,4/offers 2,4. Dave Arbuckle, 62, (510) 521-3960 . .exp 4/wants 9/offers 1,3,4,5a,b=fair French,8=celestial. Mark Rhodes, 43, (505) 296-8314 .exp 1/wants 1,2,7/offers 1,2,5a,7,8=inquire. Andrew Schmidt, 28, (808) 826-7525, Na Pali Zodiak (808) 826-9371 . .exp 1/wants 5/offers 3,4,5b=Hawaiian,7,8=inquire. Todd, 41, (510) 849-2732.exp2c/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6/offers 1,3,7. Don Martin, 48, (707) 554-1811 ..exp 3/wants 4,5,7/offers 1,2,3,5a,b=German.

WOMEN TO CREW ON A CRUISING BOA T Carolyn Kendrick, 51, (510) 657-5496... .exp 2c/wants 1,2,6,7,10(2-3 wks now, longer trips later)/offers 1,4,5a,7. Eleanor, 33, (415) 673-2447 .exp 2c/wants 1,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 3,4, Louise Janes, 46, (510) 449-4995 .exp 2/wants 1,2,3/6ffers 4,7. Christy, 40, (510) 797-9694 .exp 1/wants 1/offers 4,6,8(gofer). Jackie, 45+, (415) 824-7875 ...exp 2,3/wants 1,6,7,8/offers 1,3,4,5a(poquito),7. Deanna, 40+, (310) 574-3833 ....exp 4/wants 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10(circumnavigate)/ offers 1,3,4,5a,b(French, Maylay/lndonesian),6,7,8(sing,dance,tell funny stories). Marcia from N.J., 30, (908) 530-7461 (EST), c/o Mcoss, 141 Bodman PI, Red Bank, NJ 07701 .exp 2c,wants 9,10(anywhere)/ offers 1,3,4,6,7,8 (energy, enthusiasm, common sense, 1st aid/CPR training). Kathi, 44, (510) 537-6502 .exp 1,2/wants 1,4,7,9/offers 1,3,4,7,8(EMT). Elizabeth Jade, 34, (209) 948-2920 .exp 1/wants 1,4,5/offers 1,3,4. Rosemary Akey, 42, (510) 944-0329(ask for Rosemary or Leo). .,.exp 3/wants 1,2/offers 4,7. Stephanie Wilson, 23, (415) 561 -0986 .exp 1,2/wants 9/offers 1,3,4,6,7. Susan, 35, (415) 474-0666.exp 3/ wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5a(fluent)b(French),6,7,8(Navigation, SCUBA). Andra, 45, (408) 374-7900x644(voice mail x644)... exp 2c/wants 1,2/o(fers 3,7. Grace Knight, 56, (415) 753-2031 . .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5b(French). Joyce, 36, (602) 921-4156 .exp 2,3/wants 4/offers 1,3,4,7,8(love to fish). Barb Hickman, 32, (209) 544-6887 .exp 2/wants 1,2/offers 3,4,5a. Jean Novotny, 47, (510) 436-6937,13 Embarcadero Cove, Cakland, CA 94606 .exp2c/wants 1,2,9/offers 1,3,4,7,8(pos. attitude, SCUBA). Tamara, 42, (415) 461-4481, (415) 981-3400 office. .exp 2a/wants 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 4,5a,6,7,8(serious about learning). Deborah, 22, P.C. Box 90086, Los Angeles, CA 90009-0086 .exp 2c/ wants 5, 10 (Tahiti, N.Z.)/offers 1,4,5a,b (Fr, Ger.),7,8(Marine biology, SCUBA). Pat Elliot, 58, (503) 382-3672 . .exp 1/wants 6,10(San Juans)/offers 1,4,5a,7,8(fun, adaptable, congenial). Karen, 49, (408) 685-2583.exp 2c/wants 9^ffers 1,3,4,7,8(compatability). Jennifer Newson, 31, (415) 454-8866. .exp 2/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10(Costa Rica)/offers 1,3,4,6,7. Edie Mosley, (415) 873-4161 . .exp 1/wants 1,2,4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5a,6,7,8(sense of humor). Jean Lundeen,40, (408) 447-7107 .exp 3/wants 1,2,4,5,9/offers 1,3,4,7. Janeen Silliman, 40, (209) 296-7312 msg, P.C. Box 1186, Sutter Creek, CA 95685..exp 2b/wants 1,4/offers 1,3,4,7.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Andrea, 25. (415) 392-2822.exp 1/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. 8,9,10(Brazil,anywhere)/offers 1,3,4,5b(Fr., Portuguese),7,8(wood-metal skills) Breeze, 34, (415) 955-2020. .exp 2/wants 1/offers 4,7,8(sense of humor, coachable).

Vail Schaeffer, 40, (415) 927-1035 .'..exp 3/wants 1,9/offers 3,5a,6,7. Tanith Tyrr, 24, (510) 639-1740, P.O. Box 7925, Berkeley, CA 94707-0925 ..... .exp 1/wants 1,2/offers 4,7,8(serjous gourmet cook).

Joan, 49, (415) 599-3734.exp 1/wants 1/offers 3,4,6. Susan, 23. (207) 236-2446, c/o Robin Newman, P.O. Box 500, Camden, Maine wants 5,7,8/offers 1,3,4,5a,6,7.8 (Nanny exp., optimism, flexible, easy-qoinq) Abbie, 29, (415) 752-7950 .. .exp 1/wants 4,5,7,9/offers 3,4,6,7,8(quick learner, fun & friendly) Robin Newman, 39, (207) 236-2446, P.O. Box 500, Camden, ME 04843. .exp 3/wants 5,7.8/offers 3,4,5,6,7,8(teacher, CMT). Tara Herlocher, 31. (415) 863-7057 . •;.exp 2/wants 1/offers 3,4,5a,b(French), 7. 8(handy. math skills). Jill, 39, (602) 529-2061 .exp 1/wants 9/4,7,8(Mac wizard) Lora, 29, (916) 927-2908. P.O. Box 980592, W. Sac, CA 95798-0592 . .exp 2/wants 1,3,4,9/offers 8(Sailing Instructor, intelligent, articulate). Mary Mahoney, 47, (916) 648-1724 . .exp2c/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8/offers 4,7,8(funl6ving. attractive). Judy, (714) 497-5592.exp 3/wants 7/offers 4,5b(French),6,7,8(Navigation) Daniele November, 37, (310) 821-7170 . ....exp 2c/wants 3,4.5,7,8,9/offers 2,3,4,5b(good negotiator),6,7,8(reliable. fun). M.B., 37, (415) 552-6499 .exp 3/wants 1,2/offers 3,4,8(USCG lie.). Jenny, 40, (408) 279-6190 .exp 3/wants 4,5,7/offers 2,4,5b(French). Herlinda Lopez, 39, (707) 938-1889. .exp 4/wants 1,4/offers 1,4,7,8(navigator, mean Scrabble partner) Cassiopeia, 44, (707) 824-0532 . exp 4/wants 1,2,5,6,10(W. Pacilic)/offers 1,3,4,5a,6,7,8(some nav. experience). Lauren Anthone, 35, (301) 270-3976, 54 Elm Ave. #3, Takoma Park, MD 20912 .exp 4/wants 1,4,5,6,7,8,9,10/offers 2,3,5,7,8(navigation). Marie Wixon, 42, (619) 292-0103 wk ....exp 2c/wants 3,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,6,7. Jeannie Phillips, 49, (510) 814-8750, P.O. Box 864, Alameda, CA 94501 . .exp2c/wants 1,2,4,7,9. Vivian Dondero, 45, (510) 256-9466, (510) 846-6665 . .exp 2c/wants 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 3,4,8(child care). Man/. 29, (415) 627-4947.exp 2a/wants 1/offers 3,4,6,7. Karen, 29, (510) 814-0821 .exp2c/wants 3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,6,7. Rosemary, 46, (415) 578-8590 .exp2c/wants 1,4,5,7,8/of(ers 1,7,8(humor). Sterrin/Nicole, 24/25, (415) 749-1474.exp 2b/wants 1,4,5,6,9/offers 3,4,6,7. Ginger, 30, (415) 772-8312.exp 2a/wants 1/offers 3,4,6,7. Shaun Anderson, 32, (707) 433-4645, 504 #10 Matheson, Healdsburg. ...exp 2,3,4/wants 1,3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,6,7,8 painting, varnishing, cooking. Christine Flaherty, 28, (415) 487-7639. exp 2c/wants 1,4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5a,6,7,8(cert. diver, dive instr., fun/witty). Amy Senft, 26, (415) 673-4048 or 346-5786 exp 3/wants 4,5,6,7.8,9/offers 3,4. Mary, 48, (510) 531-6841 .exp 2,4/wants 1,2,3/offers 1,4,7. “J” Greenfield, 39, (415) 457-7925 . .exp 2,3/wants 1,4,5.7,8,9/offers 4,5a,8(photography, haircuts). D. Trammell, 30, (619) 226-6143. .exp 2a/wants 3,4,5,7,8,9/offers 3,4,5a,b(Swedish),8(SCUBA). Sue A., 39, (415) 461-3949.exp2c/wants 1,2/offers 1,3,4,7,8(reg. nurse). S. Rafalsky, 29, 350 Bay St. #100, P.O. Box 157, SF, CA 94133 . .exp 2/wants 1,3,4,5,6,7/offers 1,3,4,7. Sharon Baker, 44, (907) 586-2968, 623 Main, Juneau, AK 99801 . .exp 2/wants 4,5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,7. Patti Lee Borns, 38, (617) 576-6273, (617) 248-1881 w (mon.-wed.). exp 3/wants 4,5,7,8/offers 1,3,4,8(looks/brains, basic nav., calm, writing, more). Karla Wood, 26, (510) 820-1249 msg. checked weekly.exp 2c/ wants 1,2,5,6,8,9,10 (S. Pac, Asia)/offers 3,5a,b (Fr.),6,7,8 (humor, EMT, more). Alexis, 46, (408) 345-3138.exp 2/wants 1,2,3,4,5,7,9/offers 1,3,4,7. Sue, 48, (707) 255-0966 . exp 2c,3/wants 1,2,3,4,5,6.7,8,9/offers 1,3.4,6(ha!),7. Janine, 40ish, 2300 Bissell, Richmond, CA 94806 . .exp2a/wants 1,4,5,7,8,9,10=open/offers 1,3,4,5a,b=French,7. Diane Pulsifier, 38, (415) 495-5612 . .exp 3/wants 1,2,3,4,9/offers 1,3,4,6,8=tactician. Hilary, 25, 221-6231 .exp 4/wants 1,2. Chris, 35, (707) 778-9231 .exp 2c/ wants 1,2,10(local coastal)/offers 3,6,7,8(photography, videography, computers). Wendy Bartlett, 52, (510) 549-2428.. exp3/wants 5,6,7,8,9/offers 1,3,4,5; French, Nonwegian, German, etc,6,7,8=inquire. Marina Marson, mid-40s, (415) 381-0123.exp 2/wants 1,4,7,8,9/offers 4,7.

COUPLES TO CREW ON A CRUISING BOA T George & Jerry, 29/47, (415) 488-4761 .exp 3/wanf 4, 5,7,8,9/of(er 1,3,4,5b(French. Italian, Dutch, more),7,8(easy going, responsible).

Chris Paulsen & Carol, 37/42, (707) 762-9265. .6xp 3/wants 4,7,9/offers 1,3,4,5a,8(exp’d helmsman/boat owner). Cynthia Anna & Jim Reginato, 35/40+, (805) 969-5735, Box 5756, Montecifo, CA ..exp 4/want 5,7,8,9/offer 1,3,4,5b(French, Italian, Legalese), 6,7,8(carpentry, boat repair, music, massage & legal skills, humor, gourmet). Bill Von Lackum & Holly Taylor, 64/60, (415) 435-1068 . .exp 3,4/want 1,4,5,7.8,9/offer 1,3.4. Charlie & Brenda Ohrel, 43/42, (602) 720-4969. .exp 2/want 4,9/offer 1,2,3,4,5.6,7.8(ASA cert., Nav, CPR). Skip & Jeannine Wall, 46/49, (408) 279-8681 . .exp 2.3/want 1,2,10(S.Cruz coast)/offer 2,3,4. Don & Madeline Swartz, 47/39, (415) 892-0650. .exp 2b/want 1,4/offer 1,3,8(burning deisre to listen/learn). Wayne Erwin/Glenda Peterson, 50/45, (510) 651-6767 .exp 2c/want 1,2,4,6/offer 1,3,4. Dave & Sharon, 55/45, (805) 569-0541 .exp 2c/want 4.8.9.10 (W.Coast)/offer 1,2,3,4,7,8 (HAM radio, WeFax, comptrs, celest. nav). Chris Manning & Dyer Passano, 25, (415) 488-1764 . .®xp 2c/want 7/offer 1,3,4,5a,7,8(professional chef, friendly, down to earth). Sherry Hakin & Keith Dalphin, 24/36, (510) 549-9556 .exp 2,3/want 2,3.4,5,7.8,9.10(Japan)/offer 1,3,4,5b(Ger, Ital.Fr), 6,7,8(SCUBA, nav, own boat). Bob & Marsha, 55/47, (707) 422-3414 .exp 3/want 1,2,3/offer 8(flexible). Peter & Maria Rowell, 44/48, (707) 538-8362. .exp 3/want 4,5,7,8,9/offer 1,3,4,5a,b(French), 7, 8(Nav). Allan Marsh & Lori Baldwin, 62/39, (415) 285-7910. .exp 2c, 4/want 1,2,4,5,7,8/offer 1,3,4,5a,8(great picnic eats a la St. John). David & Liliy Balladone, 51/48, (707)823-6045. .exp 3/want 2,3,4/offer 1,3,4,5a. Bliss & Jim Cochran, 50, (707) 769-9916, (800) 648-0526, hm/office. .exp2c/want 1,2,3,10(offshore)/of(er 1,3,4,7,8(some general mech. skills). Johnny & Gianna, 36/25, (510) 528-1912. .exp 3/want 2,3,4,5,7,9/offer 1.2,3,4,5b(French),6,7,8(Carpenter/artist). Steve & Kathy, 49/41, (707) 425-3039, (510) 536-6163. .exp 3/want 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10(Pacifica)/offer 1,3,4,5,6,7,8(Guitar). Juliet & Herb, 30/45, (415) 864-6619, (916) 756-3719. ..exp 3/want 1,2,3,4/offer 1,2,3,4,5a. Eric Wakely & Cassie, 27/25, (808) 935-5831 .exp 1/want 5/offer 1.3. Alan & Danielle Gronner, 53/55, (415) 968-2087. .exp2c/want 1.2,3,'4,5,6,7/offer 1,3,4,5b(French),7. Dan Garr & Kate Riley, 50/39, (408) 426-4575.exp 2c,3/want 5.6.7.8.9.10 (lndonesia)/offer 1,3,4,5b (Fr,lndonesian/Malay),6,7,8 (nav., nurse). George & Helen Fitzsimonds, 52/47, (707) 644-4663 .exp 2a/want 1. John & Karin Claibourne, 49/33, (510) 787-1436.exp 2/want 1/offer 3,4. Donna Lekosky & Brian Stansberry, 34/28, (415) 960-0441 . .exp 1/want 3,4,5,7,8,9/offer 1,3,4,5a,7. Brent & Susan Lowe, 50/45, (510) 531-9008.exp 3/want 1. Jim Pettit/Ruth Vassaw, 40+, (916) 965-7485. .exp 2c/wants 1,2,3,4/offers 2,4,7,

CRUISING BOATS LOOKING FOR CREW MEN LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW Ben Erichsen, 43, (510) 215-6004, P.O. Box 192703, SF, CA 94119, 45’ Hardin ketch, S.F. Bay/Angel Isle, Weekends.1,3a,8,9. Robert Jordan, 65, (619) 222-1186, Shelter Island Dr., San Diego, CA 92106,50’ Schooner, New Zealand, 4/94.1,3b,4,5,7,8,9. Les Aurnhammer, 44, Fax: 011-52-112-5-59-00, Cetaceous, APDO Postal'#y6, La Paz, BCS Mexico, Islander 30’ MKII, Mexico/Costa Rica, 3/94.1,3a,8,9. Vern Hinkle, 61, (208) 45^-6898, Fairweather 39, Pacifica ‘95, 4/95 (2 yrs). .3b,4,6b(French),7(cooking). Herb Potter, 56, (415) 931 -9001, (702)588-8222, Passport 40, Carribean, Fall ‘94 .1,2,3a,5,7(wood & glass). Dave Hatch, (510) 830-9045,3716 Manacor Ct., San Ramon, CA 94583,38’ O.A. Dreadnaught, Hawaii, 6/94-9/94 .2. Eric Zatt, 43, (619)438-1084, 53’ Crealock ketch, Vancouver-B.C. Coast, AprMay.1,3a. Don Roberts, 50, (408) 481-6948, P.O. Box 61213, Sunnyvale, CA 94088-1213, Cascade 36, B.C./S.W. Alsaska, 6/94.i,3a. Wm. Barnes, 42, 430 Quintana Rd., #155, Morro Bay, CA 93442, 24’ Flicka, Mexico, Sept. ‘94.1,3a,8,9. Mike Gartland, 58, (206) 217-9726, Catalina 36, Seattle to San Diego, 6/15/94 .1,3a,8. April. 1994

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1994 'BIG CREW LIST Frank Redfield, 62, (619) 691-8588, D2-14, 550 Marina Pky., Chula Vista, CA 91910, Yorktown 39+, open, 11/94.1,2,3a. Martin, 39, P.O. Box 352, Davenport, CA 95017,34-ft sloop, anywhere warm, '94 .1,3,8.

Fred Quigley, 50?, (503) 271-4018, P.O. Box 1423, Winchester Bay. OR 97467, Aries 32, San Juan Isl., Canada, Mexico, Carib., 5/94.1,2,8. George Starkey, 60, (415) 369-0100, 32’ Ericson ‘93, Santa Catalina. 9/94. .1,3b, 8, 9.

Rob, 31, (510) 521-8393, Newport 33, Hawaii/Alaska/S.F., 7/94-9/94.

Phil Gross, 65, (510) 865-7009, Brewer 42, Caribbean, 9/94. .1.2,3a,b,6a,b(French),7,8,9.

.1,3b,7(good company). David Kelly, 31 ,(510) 841-8306, Cal 2-29, Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, Farallones, Catalina Isl.(9-25-94), 1 trip/month. 1,3a,7(music/SCUBA),8.

"WANT CREW" CODE MY/OfRBOATfSA_ /AVf PIAN TO SAIL TO_OS ABCUT(DATE)_ i/WEARE LOOKING FOR CREW: 1) Be wiKing to share basic expenses such as food and fue! 2) Be wiHing to bust butt preparing the boat 3) Have a) more desire than experience; b} lots of ocean experience. 4) Know off^re navigation, really know it 5} Have medianicai skiHs for the en^ne, refrigeration, etc. 6) Have far^uage ^tHs: a) Spanish, b) Other:__ 7) Other skills (woodworking, scuba, etc,):_ 8) Be unattached and unopposed to the pussibility of a friendship blossoming 9) Look $)od in a bikmi 10} Understand and appreciate Woody Allen

Dan Argabright, 38, (702) 746-5143, Vega 27, Hawaii, 7/94.i,2a,b,10, Tom McCall, 63, (408) 353-1665, Dawson 26, St. Barbara, TrI. to Baja, May. 1. Jonathan Olenick, 52. (909) 886-0648, Mason 43 ketch, Mex./So. Pacific/ Carribean, Fall ‘94.3a,8. Warren Roche, 60, (310) 455-1124, Yorktown 39 Cutter, Calif. Coast + N. Mexico, ASAP .3a,8,9. David Brifman, 47, Channel 22, 709 Jones St., Berk., CA 94710, 40’ Cutter, Mexico/Pacific.1,2,3a,b,6,7,9. Stan Starkey, 57. (510) 412-0822, Cheoy Lee Offshore 40. SF area, 2-dy to 2-wk cruises all year.1,2,3a,5,7. Glen Herman, 35, (805) 773-1719, Catalina 34, Caribbean to Venezuela, 11 /94 .8. Dave Gertz, 47, (415) 366-5436, 1329 Oxford St., Redwood City, CA 94061, Pearson Vanguard 33’, MexIco/S. Pac., mid ‘94. .1,2,3,a,b,6,a,b(French),7(cooking),8.9. Ken Knight, 60, (805) 595-7551, P.O. Box 88780, Honolulu. HI 96830, Lancer29, Tahiti/S. Pacific, ASAP now. 3a. Tom Thacker, 41 ,(916) 223-6070, Hunter Legend 37.5, SF Bay, various.3a,8,9. James Vaughan, 49, (510) 655-8071,47’ f/g ketch, Hawaii/Tahiti, 5/10-6/10 .... .1,2,3a. Frank Farinos, 60’s. (707) 642-0510, P.O.Box 1363, Vallejo. CA 94590, Tartan 34, Mexico/S. Amer., 11/94.1,2,3a,b.4,5. Ron Rosenberg, 44, (503) 285-1690, 1990 Pacific Seacraft 37’, Mexico & So. Pac. 11/94.1,3a,b,8,9. Hubert Schoenherr, 59, s/v Destiny, Marina, Santa Rosalia, BCS, Mexico, CT 35 PH Ketch, Sea of Cortez, 5/94.1,3a,8. Ron Weesner, 60, (805) 984-6550, Peterson 44, S. Pacific, 10/94.1,3a,8. Peter H. Ludewig, 61, c/o SY Andrew Doria, 60 Canterbury Ct., Orange Park, FL 32065, Colvin Dory 38’ Steel Schnr., FI. to Bermuda to Maine, June-Oct. . 2,3a,8,9. Jerry Cloyd, 49, (408) 462-3030, 31’ Ericson, Delta/Mexico, Fall. .1,2,3a/b,4,5,6a,8,9. Jack D. Daniels, 40, (310) 931-1306, Custom Downeast 38, Mexico/S. Pac., 11/ 94.1,3a,6,7.8,10. Alex Braguine, 55, (415) 588-2836, 40’ Wooden Sloop, local/coastal, yr. round .3a,8,9. John, Ivan, McLaughlin, 58, (305) 462-4632, s/y. Unity, 1515 S.W. 20th St., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315, Vagabond 39, Caribbean, Spring or Summer.1,3a,8. Len Graves, 53, (619) 429-6888, ext. 515,757 Emory St., #515, Imperial Beach, CA 92032, 50’ New Zealand Cutter, Central America/Caribbean.1,3a,8. Bernie Salles, 56, (408) 578-5573, Tayana 37, Panama, FL, 10/94.1,2. John Retzlaff, 30, (805) 549-6448, P.O. Box 6887 Los Osos, CA 93402, 30’ Catalina, Hawaii, 10/94.3a, 8, 9. Jack Thomas, 48, (209) 476-9417, Cal 2-27, Delta, Bay, Half Moon Bay, Summer/ Spring ‘94.1,3a or b, 8, 9. Page 166

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Co Webb, 35, c/o Page, 3 Tanager St, Arlington MA 02174, Freya 39, meet Papeete, mid-June, Pago'Pago late Aug.1.9Mike Brownlee, 35, (415) 604-6672, 40’ ketch, Mexico +?, 10/94. .1,2,4,5,63,9,10. Willie Evans, 58, Box 634, Petaluma, CA 94953, 46’ ketch, Hawaii. June. 1,2a. Michael C. Bennett, 29, (510) 370-8962, P.O. Box 204, Martinez, CA 945530020, Rawson 3011, Caribbean via Panama, 10/94.1,2,3a,7,8. Frank Ohiinger, 40, (408) 899-4507, Apache Catamaran 40, Marquesas and on, April.1,2,3a. Chuck Tilson, 53, (707) 745-2465, Hunter 42’, S. Cal & Mexico, May/June ‘94 .1,2.3b.4,5,6a. John Werlich, 47, Route 6, Box 426Z, Summerland Key, FL 33042, Mull 41, Caribbean, now but flexible.1,3a,8. Ken Knight, 64, (805) 595-7551, P.O. Box 88780 Honolulu. HI 96830-8780, Lancer 39, S. Pac. and Med., April-May ‘94.3a. Randy Hoffman, 43, (510) 980-4046, Voyager, Hawaii/Alaska, May-June. .1,2,3a,8,9. Greg 47 (415) 456-6470, 39’ Cutter/Aux., Channel Islands, Sept. . 1,2,3b.7(SCUBA). Paul Watson, 48, (516) 795-2665, Iv. msg., 32’ Allied Seawind II ketch, NY to S. Amer., Cuba, Mex., 10-12/94.1,3a,6a,8,9. Phil Doris, 59, Box 121993, Chula Vista, CA 91912,41 ’ ketch, Caribbean, 10-11/ 94.1,6a. Mike Sisson, 38, (510) 236-6480, (707) 446-5966 wk, Westsail 32, Delta/Coastal .1,2,3a,8,9,10. Jerry Pajon, 33, (510) 233-1326, 667-1748 pgr, CT 41, Delta/Coastal. .1,2,33,8,9,10. Mark Krajcar, 38, (310) 436-7238, Landfall 39, Mexico, Tahiti, Kirabati, 11/94.. .1,3a.7(SCUBA, surfing).8,9. Ray Thackeray, 39, (510) 814-0471, Island Trader 57’ ketch, Mexico, 9-11/94. .1,3a,9. Steve Dixon, 48, (808) 961-2847, (808) 934-0922, 155 Wailuku Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, Morgan 27, Hawaiian Islands, Holidays.2,8,9. Don Craig, 47, (310) 281-3157, Crealock 37, Mexico/Caribbean, 1/95. .1,3a or b,7(cook),8. Charlie Smith, 56, 011-52-112-55900 fax. Club Cruceros De La Paz, APDO postal #366, La Paz, BCS Mexico, 44’ Topsail schooner, N.Z., etc., doing it now .2. Jacques Elbert, 57, 01-52-112-55-900 fax, 41’ C Ranger, Costa Rica, Panama, Caribbean, Florida, June ‘94.1,2,3,5,7(non-smoker/drinker). Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 554-4681, Ericson 29, S. Cal, Spring ‘94.1,4.9. Rick Bresee, 48, (619) 426-1661, P.O. Box 152, Anacortes, WA 98221, FD 37 sloop, S. Pac, N.Z., Aust., June.1,3a/b,6a/b(French),8. Gary Masner, 47. (415) 673-2149, Cal 39, S. Pacific, April ‘95. .3a, 6b(French).7(SCUBA),8, 9. Roger Hout, 40’s, (510) 713-6432, Tartan 40, Bay & Coastal.1,3a,8. Rod Schoenlank, 69, (415) 726-7970, P.O. Box 2234, El Granada, CA 94019, Newporter 40, wherever. Fall ‘94.1,2,3a,8. Brandt Cheroff, 40, (415) 995-4614, P.O. Box 404, Sausalito, CA 94966,31' Jay Benford sloop, Mexico, Oct. 15.1,2,3a,7,8. Frank Gallardo, Jr., 52,1107 Key Plaza, Suite 300, Key West, FL, Albin Vega 27‘ sloop, Bahamas, On-going. 3a,8. Mark Lawn w/son Thomas, 40/6, (415) 331-5882,35’ Roughwater sedan cruiser, Bay/Delta, coast, on-going.1,2.3a,b,7,8. Bob Deacon, 34, (408) 944-3333 dy. (415) 468-6931 eve, Coronado 35, Cabo to SF, May 23rd.1,3a or b. Sean Holland, 57. (310) 472-8382, 2700 Roscomare, Los Angeles, CA 90077, Norseman 535, Hilton Head SC to CT, May 20 1994 .2,3b. Sean Holland, 57, (310) 472-8382, 2700 Roscomare, Los Angeles, CA 9007.7, C&C Landfall 38, Bahamas, Dec. 1994.1,2,3a,7,8,9. Richard Spademan, 60, (916) 446-5278,47’ ketch, Hawaii & return, July 12,1994 .^.3b.4,5. Alex Lake, 50, (510) 549-9497, P.O. Box 11446, Berkeley, CA 94701,47’ Gulfstar & MacGregor 65, Daysail S.F. Bay & Delta, Spring, Summer, Fall, 1994 . ..■.2,3a,5,7,10. Dave Fiorito, 45, (619) 221-8111, Pearson 34, Mexico, Oct. 31,1994 . .1,2,3a,6a.

WOMEN LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW Rita, (510) 232-2922, 3-masted schooner, cfrcumnavigate.this yr.1,2,. Valerie Bland, 47, (408) 236-2245, 26’ Power Sabrecraft, S.F. Bay Area/Delta, throughout year.1,3b.4,8.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE Smith, 52. P_a Box 8135, Agat, Gu 96928 (Guam). Bristol 34 sloop, Micronesia, .1.3a,7(sailing/maint/repair), 8(GWF only). Linda, 50, P.O. Box 2152, Sausalito, CA 94966,43’ Sail, SF Bay. Coastal, all yr.

Joe

Ruiz, 54, (503)344-6613, P.O.Box 5536, Eugene, OR 97405, in Summer

Nancy Barrett, 40, (415) 331-7844. Pearson ketch. Coastal-onward’, present & Tutur©(1007) . ^ 2 QK 4 5 fi y J. Breskamp, (410) 515-0138, 37 Mariner,. ' ’ ’4 5

a ".

Astrid 4 Robert Franklin, 50’s, (510)526-5465, h:526-5260,2 wks in Fall/Winter ^ ..exp 2b/prefers 1,3,5/in 7. DuWayne Olds, 51, (707) 822-2781, 1-3 wks in Summer.

COUPLES LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW

Bill Lange, 46,, (408) 366-6400, 1-2 wks in late Spring/Summer.

Garry G. Kraft, D.C., 48, (805)984-0050, 2+wks in any season ... V.„

.e>'P 3c/pre(ers 1,3,4,5,6/in 4,5.7,9(S. Pacific). .

...

3c/prefers 1,5/in 4,7.

....exp 1/prefers 1,4,5/in 9(anyplace).

Tom/Mina Caulfield, 66/62, (510) 549-2406. 50’ Schock cutter 1913 Western Carib., 11/94 . 1 25 6a7 Dave 4 Sharon, 55/45, (805) 569-0541, Cal 28 Cabo '& back. May-Jun^ ..3b,7(heavy wx. experience). David 4 Birgitta Costa, 50/55, (510) 522-2360. 875A Island Dr. #290. Alameda. CA 94502. 47’ John Alden ketch, Mexico-South, 5-6/94.

..'■'•'i....exp 2b/prefers 1,4,6/in 1.7. Will Hasler, 47, 664-1873, 1-4 wks in Spring. .®xp 3b,c/prefers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7/in S.E. Asia, Maldives, Indian Ocean.

Bob 4 Marsha, 55/47, (707) 422-3414, open for wknds ...;.exp 3a,b,c/prefer 1,3.4,5,6/in 1,2,3.

Tom McCall 4 Patti M., 63, (408) 353-1665, open ....exp 2c/prefer 1 3 4 5/in 7 Myrna, 55, (510) 521-7622, in Spring/Fall..

..1,2,3a,6a,7(SCUBA, first aid).

..;.prefer 4/in canal boats, England or France

Brown Sugar Team, Utkan. (510) 655-8800. Kristen, (415) 387-7666, Petersen

Charlie Brabant, 60+, (206) 945-1240, S. Cruz slip B-21 & Puget Sound, 2-10 wks

38 custom, SF Bay 4 Ocean, yr. round. 1 2 3a 9 10 David 4 Amy Sherman, 40/43, MCCA 51093, 1614 SW Seagull Wy, Palm Cityi FL 34990. Stevens 47 tri-cabin, Caribbean/S. Pac., 4-5/94.,..

Tom Oberski, 38, (415) 989-6956 hm, (415) 565-4500 wk, 2 wks in any season

_...1,3,7(teach kids 6 & 9). Steve 4 Melanie, 52/42, (+ 3 kids), P.O. Box 2130, Greenport, NY 11944, Ocean 71. Pacific, N.Z., Summer/Fall ‘94.1 _3’t, 5 5 7 Steve 4 Kellie, (415) 871-5163, Beneteau 39’, S.F. Bay, S. Calif., Monterey Bay ..1,3b,5.

John 4 Greta Pyle, 50, (510) 215-0293, Camper-Nicholson 39, Alaska, Mexico, S. Seas, Spring ’95.1 2 3a 5 7’

in Summer/Fall.exp 3b,c/prefers 1,3,4,5,’6/in 1,4,6,7. .exp 2c/prefer'1,4,5,6/in 1,7.

John Thorsen, 59, (510) 549-1675. 1 wk in any season. .

..exp 2b/prefers 4,6/in 1,4. Neil A. McManus, 43, (808) 523-8183, P.O. Box 715, Hanalei, HI 96714,2-12 wks in Spring/Summer.; .exp 3c/prefers 1,3,4,6,7/in 4,5,7,9 So. Pac, Fiji, Tahiti, worldwide

Frank Magnotta, 47. (510) 422-7285 wk. (510) 947-1463 hm, 1-2 wks in Fall/ .exp 3c/prefer 1,3,4,5,6/in 7,9(Bahamas).

Jean Lundeen, 40. (408) 447-7107 ..exp 2b/prefers 1,4/in 3,4,6,7,8,9(S Pac ) Ray & Jenny Jardine, 49/35, (503) 536-5937, 1-2 wks in Spring/Winter.

GROUPS LOOKING FOR CRUISING CREW

.exp 3c/prefer 1,3,4.5/in 7.

David & Alicia, 45/55, (415) 383-3181, 1-2 wks in June. ^p 3b,c/prefer 1,3,5,6/in 7

7 Seas Sailing Club, (916) 485-3576, (510) 522-3041. 2517 Blanding Ave, Alameda, CA 94501,72’ cutter, Mex., Hnl & Bay, year round.1,2,3a,5,6,7.

WANT TO CO-CHARTER

PEOPLE WANTING TO BOAT SWAP John Tindle 4 Cynthia, 56/51, (800) 347-3471, 40’ Sailboat 1985 Jeanneau, Washington State, 1-2 wks in July or August. Phil Norgaard, 48, (209) 4355250, (209) 638-6768, 41’ Rhodes Reliant, San Juan Islands, 1-2 wks in Aug. Astrid Rusquellas, 51, (510) 526-5465, h:526-5260, Santana 30, So. Calif., 2 wksin June, July or Aug. Warren Roche, 50, (310)455-1124,1 Rochemont Dr., Topanga, CA 90290, Yorktown 39 cutter, Mediterranean, 4 wks in June. Charlie Brabant, 60+, (206) 945-1240, msg., S. Cruz Slip B-21 4 Puget Sound, Pearson 33. S.F. Bay/Delta, Santa Barbara, 2-10 wks in Summer/Autumn (July, Aug, Sept). Larry 4 La Fon Anderson, 53/51, (209) 688-8902,34 Trawler, Oregon, Washington or B.C. Canada, 2-4 wks in Summer. Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 5544681,107 Smokey Hills Dr., Vallejo, CA 94589, Ericson 29, E. Coast, Hawaii, S. Cal, Mexico, 1-2 wks anytime.

PEOPLE WANTING TO CO-CHARTER George Knigh, 48, (415)292-4166, 1 wk anytime. .exp 2a/prefers 1,4,5.6/in 1,2,3,4.5,7.8.

GK Smith, 55, (916)654-6276, weeknds .exp 2/prefers 5,6/in 1. Jerry Carlton, 40’s, (510)649-8986, (415)708-<6879 pgr, 6-8 wks in Spring/Winter .exp 1,2/prefers 1,4,6/in 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8.

Bill Von Lackum 4 Holly Taylor, 64/60. (415)435-1068, anytime.

I/WE WANT TO CO-CHARTER FOR_WEEKS IN V WE_(SPf^NC, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER) OF 1994.

• SAILING EXPERIENCE: 1) Little or none. I'll need a co-charterer to skipper and give ’ me direction 2) Moderate, t sail regularly and have chartered before. Prefer co-charterer of at least equal proficiency 3) Lots. I've sailed and or chartered many types of boats and am a competent skipper. Would be willing to co-charter with less-experienced party. l/WEPREFERTOCO-CHARItK: 1) Bareboats (we sail) ,2} Crewed (professional skipper and/or crew) 3) With other couples 4) WiUi other singles 5) A smaller (30 to 40 feet) boat with one or two other people 6) A medium (40 to 50 feet) boat with four to six other people 7) A large (60 feet or more) boat, the more co-charterers the merrier - I/WE WANT TO CHARTER 1) San Francisco Bay 2) Southern California • 3) Mexico 4) Hawaii

5) Pacific Northwest 6) Caribbean 7) Mediterranean 8) Other

.exp 2,3b,c/prefer 1,3,5,6/in 4,5.7,8.

Chris 4 Carol Paulsen, 37/42, (707) 762-9265, 2 wks in Spring/Winter. .exp 3b.c/prefers 1,3,5/in7.9(S. Pacific). Dick, 50, (916)391-2053, 1-2 wks, in Fall/VVinter...exp 2c/prefers 1,4,6/in 4,6,7. Kathi, 44. (510)537-6502, 3 wks in Summer.exp 1 a/prefers 4,77in 7. Zachary Klarich, 43, (415)332-4618, 2 wks in Dec. .exp 2c/prefers 1,3,4.5,6/in 9(Thailand).

Steve & Kathy, 44/41. (707) 425-3039, (510) 536-6163,2-4 wks in Summer/Fall -.exp 3c/prefer 1,3,4,6/in 5.7.

Patrick E. Walsh, 49, (415) 927-2222, 2-3 wks in Spring/Winter. .exp 2a/prefer 1,4,5,6,7/in 4,7,8,9(S. Pacific).

Emmanuel U., 58, (415) 552-2860, 2 wks in June.. .exp 3c/prefer 1,3,4,6/in 9(Greece). April, 1994 *

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1994 'BIG CREW LIST Alain & Danielle Gronner, 53/55, (415) 968-2087, 1 or 2 wks in any season ... .exp 1 a/prefer 3,5/in 1,2,3,6,7. Julie Gilbert, 49, (415) 669-1113, 1-2 wks in Summer.■•••■ .exp 2a/prefers 1,2,3,4,6,7/in 8.

Box 404, Sausalito, CA 94966,1. Robert, 40’s, (415) 457-6182,1. SvendHoyerNielsen, 53, (510) 675-3557,1, Will Prescott, 48, (415) 326-1813,4. Don Martin,

John stashik, 47, (510) 235-2195, open.. .exp 3c/prefers 1,3,4,5,6/in 1,2,3,4,6,9(Delta).

48, (707) 554-1811, 1,3.

Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 554-4681,107 Smokey Hills Dr., Vallejo, CA 94589,1 wk in Sept.exp 2c/prefer 1,3,5/in 9(E. Coast/Chesapeake Bay). S. J. Mark, 42. (415) 775-2643, anytime.. ••• .exp 2a/prefers 1,3,4/in 4,5,7,8,9(lndonesia). Nancy^ 35+, (415) 327-1689, 1-2 wks .... exp 2b/prefers 1,3,4,6,7/in 1,2,3.6,7,8. Patti Lee Borns, 38, (617) 576-6273, (617) 248-1881 w (mon-wed), 2 wks in Winter‘94/5 .exp 2a/pre(ers 1,4,5,6/in7.

WOMEN WITH BOATS FOR DA YSAILING Astrid Rusquellas, 51, (510) 526-5465, hm:526-5260.2,3. Carolyn Cahors, 52, (510) 261-3787, 1,3. K. Edwards, 47, (805) 339-0981, 1. Nancy Barrett, 40, (415) 331-7844, 1,3. Kate, 40, (415) 457-3678, 3.

Sue, 48, (707) 255-0966, 2-4 wks anytime ... .exp 2a/prefers 1,2,5,6,7/in 1,2,3,4,5.6,7,8.

COUPLES WITH BOATS FOR DAYSAILING

Don Martin, 48. (707) 554-1811,2 wks. Spring, Summer, Fall. .exp 2c/prefers 1,4,5,6/in 4,7.

Terry & Cynthia Ramseyer, 53/44, (415) 726-4860, 3. David & Barbara Lenschmidt, 50/50, (510) 521-1667. 3. Wm. & Mary Hogarty, 50s, (415) 3648220 2 Bliss & Jim Cochran, 50, (707) 769-9916, (800) 648-0526, hm. office, 1,2. Vic & Sandy, 50s (415) 331-0953,2,3. Dave & Denise, 30s, (510) 655-9370,

DAYSAILORS LOOKING FOR CREW

GROUPS WITH BOA TS FOR DA YSAILING 7 Seas Sailing Club, (916) 485-3576, (510) 522-3041 boat, 2517 Blanding Ave.. , Alameda, CA 94501, 1,2,3,4.

MEN WITH BOA TS FOR DA YSAILING John Anderton„53, (510) 521-6353,wk;(408) 975-7411,2099 Grand St, #L22, Alameda CA 94501,1,3. Ben Erichsen, 43, (510) 215-6004, P.O. Box 192703, SF, CA 94119,1. Rick Drain, 36, (415) 367-9926, Redwood City (S. Bay), 1. Liam O’Flaherty, 32, (415)331-0448,1,3 Charter Kays, 41, (415) 721-0154,1. Paul Berger, 41, (408) 371 -2489,1,3. Jerry Morgan, M.D., 56, (707) 539-5397,1,2,3. Bob Ritchie, 50, (415) 331-9316, 1. Jim Pope, 55, (408)363-8400, (415)9612057 1 Noel Peattie, 61, (916) 662-3364,1. Jim Anderson, 62, (415) 574-3456, 1,3. Scott Rau, 24, (510) 523-1118, (408)894-2349,1. Mark Joiner, (510) 3769035 (wkdys), 1,3. Warren Roche, 50, (310) 455-1124, 1. Stan Starkey, 57, (510) 412-0822,3. Tom Thacker, 41 ,(916) 223-6070,1. Johathan Olenick, 52. (909) 886-0648,1. Bob King, 60, (415) 567-4598,1. Joseph Carouba, 37, (415) 345-3062,1,2,3,4. Tom Oberski, 38, (415) 989-6956 hm, (415) 565-4500 wk. 1. Charlie B., 60+, (206) 945-1240, msg, S. Cruz slip B-21 & Puget Sound, 1,3,4. Steve Carr, 48, (415) 494-7500,1. John Thorsen, 59, (510) 549-1675,4. Doug Webb, 64, (408) 454-0117,24’ Sailboat in Santa Cruz,3. Mike Ormond, 42. (707) 586-0944,’ 1. Jerry Cloyd, 49, (408) 462-3030, 1, 3. Ron, 48, (510) 704-9115, I.Alex Braguine, 55, (415) 588-2836, 1, 4. Pat Lydon, 43, (209) 267-1339, 1. David Mast, 36, (408) 559-5906,1. Jesse Goodmann, 43, (707) 433-6704,1.3,4. Gary Fountain, 52, (916) 988-5509, eve, (916) 988-8367, 1,2,3. Geo. Starkey, 60, (415) 369-0100,1. Bill Wells, 50, (916) 486-4846, (916) 531 -4744,1,4, Randy Leber, 35, (510) 865-6872,1. Art Epstein, (510) 601-9920. Pearson 365,1. Kirk Wheeler, 41, (408) 732-1197, 1,3. Jack Thomas, 48, (209) 476-9417, 1. Jay Ailworth, 42, (510) 522-3361, 1,3,4. Bob A. Dries, 49, (415) 864-8522, 1, 4. Bruce Wicklund, 46, (415) 349-8900.1. John R. Klingensmith, (916) 392-0317, 1. Darryl Coe, 50, (415) 595-2765, 1. Frank Dosh, 40, (415) 666-2231,1. Marc Alexander, 37, (415) 858-1805,1,4. Steve Dixon, 48. (808) 961 -2847, (808) 9340922, 155 Wailuku Drive, Hilo, HI 96720, 1. Steven Sowa, 36, (415) 331-6347, 3. Russ Taft, 36, (707) 554-8433, eves, (415) 565-2304, Office, 1,3,4. John

DAYSAILINC CODES HAVE BOAT, WILLING 70 TAKE OTHERS OUT I AAhWE ARE 1) 2) 3) 4)

Single to take singles out Couple to take couples out Singles, couples or small groups okay, but leave any ktds home Kids okay as long as you can control them

WANT TO JOIN OTHERS FOR CASUAL DAYSAILS. I AMJWE ARE: 1) Single 4) Would like to bring kids 2) Couple S) Going sailing to p,cape the kids 3) A group of_(state number) friends interested in sailing

Lanthier, 46, (408) 429-8262,1. Rod Barth, 59, (707) 865-2696, 1. Greg Klein, 40’s, (415) 383-4603, 1,3. Larry Slaboda, 49, (510) 373-3011, (510) 523-1573. John Stashik, 47, (510) 235-2195,1,4. Gary Gruver, 43, (510) 237-9897,3. Gary Masner, 47, (415) 673-2149, 1. Jamie Rosman, 31, (415) 473-9663, 1. Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 554-4681,3. Barry, 49, (415) 728-7129,1. Gary/Hunter, 43/ 53, (408) 253-7019, (408) 973-8108,1 .Brandt Cheroft,40, (415) 995-4614, P.O.

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CREW LOOKING FOR DAYSAILING MEN FOR CASUAL DAYSAILINC George Knigh, 48, (415)292-4166, 1. Doug Bedient, 31, (702)831-6648, (702)831-6262,1,2,3(1 -2),4,5. Jerry Carlton, 40’s, (510)649-8986, pgr;(415)7086879, 1. Paul Kittis, 36. (415)988-0322, (415)424-8222 x415(v.m.), 1. Nick Ratto & Len DeGrout, 26, (510) 428-2824, 3(2). Dick, 50, (916) 391-2053. Gary L. Morrison, 37, (510)685-8025, 1. Howard Hausen, 52, (707)527-5416, (707)545-7838(w), 1. Mike Della Barba, 27, (415)421-2064,1,2. David Esser, 25, (510)933-4830, 1. Nick Russo, 57, (408)662-0557, 1. Noel Peattie, 61, (916)662-3364,1. Neal Daskal, 39, (510)268-4007, 1. Charlie Brabant, 60+, (206)945-1240, S. Cruz Slip B-21 & Puget Sound incl. Vancouver Island area, 1. Neil Lowin, 31. (415)550-8523, 1. John Ludeman, 44, (408)879-9818, 1. Jim Cox, 46. (408)867-0585,1,5. Walt Long, 36, (415)367-6209,1. John Thorson, 59, (510)549-1675, 1. Mike Jackson, 44, (415)472-1335, 1,2. Ed Voigt, 67, (415)781 -5092,1. Michael Passovoy, 53, (916)343-2667,2. Jason Throne, 23, (415)668-9060,1. Tom Kuiczycki, 41, (415)673-8697(h), (510)490-6400(w). 1. Andrew Mould, 33, (415)292-4457,1,2. Ken Venanzi, 50, (916)756-2763, S.F. Bay, 1. Harrison Orr, 32, (916) 368-8846, 1,2. Bill Large, 46, (408) 366-6400, 1 Thierry Pouedras, 34, (408) 456-1966, 27850 Via Feliz, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022.1. Mike Ormond, 42, (707) 586-0944,1. Pat Lydon, 43, (209) 267-1339, 1,2. Mark Reagan, 34, (408) 978-7426, (408) 765-1424, wk, 1. Will Hasler, 47, (415) 664-1873,1.3(3). Jesse Goodman, 43, (707) 433-6704,1. Chris Karlin, 24, (415) 597-2520,1. Gary Fountain, 52, (916) 988-5509, (916) 988-8367, eve, 1. Michael W. Reynolds, 39, (415) 332-4202,1. Frank Magnotta, 47, (510) 4227285, wk, (510) 947-1463, hm, 1,2. Paul Kameny, 56, (415) 337-1600,3(1 +). Bob A. Dries, 49, (415)864-8522,1,3(5). Jim Hancock, 35, (415)513-8609,1. Marc Lander, 37, (415) 389-9635,1. Damon Harvey, 32, (707) 446-5501, (916) 7584871.1. Michael Jamieson, 48, (408) 983-2328,1. Tim Hull, 29, (408) 270-5765, 1,2,3(2), 4,5. Paul Forrest, 46, (408) 424-7131. Roy Dunn, 39, (415) 756-2233, 1. Roy Dunn, 39. (415) 756-2233, 1. Patrick E. Walsh, 49, (415) 927-2222, 1. Richard Blaine, 57, (510) 865-0804, 1. Vic, 50, (415) 331-0953, 1. Gordon Freedman, 57, (415) 381-4579, 1. Al Brown, 38, (408) 629-3354, 1. Scott Robertson, 30, (510) 210-2752, 1. Matt Novak, 43, (916) 929-0874, 1. Tom Hayes, 29, (510) 814-1082,1. David J. Gimpelevich, 30, (415) 593-2500 x2350. 1,5. Kevin P. Laird, 26, (415) 749-1788,1. Derrick Weeks, 33, (415) 328-3632, 1. Karl W. Randolph, 44, (415) 333-1628, P.O. Box 347321, San Francisco. CA 94131,4. Rod Barth, 59. (707) 865-2696, 1. MattVandall, 22,(415)626-7023. day, (415)693-1529, 3(2). Jamie Welch, 24, (415)492-0857, 1. S.J. Mark, 42, (415) 775-2643,1. Pat Keenan, 50+, (707) 554-4681,1,2. George, 45. (408) 241 1997.1. Gary Gruver, 43, (510) 237-9897,1. John Shields, 51, (707) 523-3840. Eric Mielbrecht,24. (916) 759-9617,1,3(1-3). John, 44. (510) 793-8152,1. Mark Lawn w/son Thomas. 40/6, (415) 331-5882,1,4,5, Bill Nichols, 43, (408) 3651518, 1,2. Randy Giovannoni, 43, (209) 226-0310, 1. Wayne Goldman, 38, (408) 866-4554,1. Jeff Wiegard, 62,(415) 673-1098,1. Jim Pettit,45, (916) 9657485.1. Bud Popenhager, 54, (408) 395-0355, P.O. Box 35702, Monte Sereno, CA 95030,1.2. Mark Rhodes, 43, (505) 296-8314,1.

WOMEN FOR CASUAL DA YSAILING Debra Darby, 32, (916) 587-5767,2,3(1 -2),4,5. Eleanor, 33, (415)673-2447 1 538-8250(Iv msg), 1. Nancy, 40ish, (510) 676-3803; Dianne, 26, (415) 564-8505,1,3(1). Carolyn Kendrick, 51 ,(510) 657-5496,1. Christine Kaehuaea, 23, (415) 326-7358, 1. Christy, 40, (510) 797-9694, 1. Louise Janes, 46, (510) 449-4995, 1. Shelley Russo, 30, (408) 728-2700(wk) (408) 464-0903(hm), 1. Patricia, 40, (415) 928-8774,1. Jackie, 45+ (415) 824-7875 1. Elizabeth Jade, 34, (209) 948-2920, 1. Myma, 55, (510) 521-7622 l! Barbara, 37, (408) 223-8954,1. Justine Wong, 43, (408) 288-8595,1 3(1-2) Susan, 35, (415) 474-0666, 1. Jan, 42, P.O. Box 1494, Bethel Isl Ca’94511 fax;(510) 634-4758,1. GraceM. Knight, 56, (415) 753-2031,1. Ricki-Ellen,42,’ P.O. Box 2043, Sausalito, CA 94966, 1 (w/dog?). Andra, 45 (408) 3747900x644(voice mail), 1. K. Edwards, 47, (805) 339-0981,1. Barb Hickman 32, (209) 544-6887, 1. Ann Rice, 50, (510) 922-4707, 1. Susan Mahon, 23 (415) 626-7023, day, (510) 523-8233 x420, 3(2). Mary Kay Martin, 43, (408) 459-2781, msg., 1. Jean Novotny, 47, (510) 436-6937,1. Laurie, 34, (510) 6326031,1.Marsha, 45, (510) 225-0636,1. Anita, 42, (408) 997-0132,1. Tamara 42, (415) 461-4481 ,(415) 981 -3400, office, 1. Marsha Paul, 47 (916) 264-4286' (916) 685-2112,1. Edie Mosley, 40+, (415) 873-4161,1. Mary Ann Furda 39’ (415) 329-1929,1,4,5. Amy,26, (415) 826-1259,1. Jakki Kennessey, 45, (415) 929-1161,1. Breeze, 34, (415) 955-2020,1. Andrea, 25, (415) 392-2822,1. Vail Schaeffer, 40, (415) 927-1035, 1,3(2). Janeen Silliman, 40, (209) 296-7312, msg. P.O. Box 1186, Sutter Creek, CA 95685, 1. Tanith Tyrr, 24, (510) 6391740,1,2. Joan, 49, (415)599-3734,1. Wendy/Susan, 39/35, (415)927-7127, 1,3(2). Stella Apostolos, 59, (415) 479-6355,1. Tara Herlocher, 31, (415) 8637057, 1. Kim, 34, (916) 364-7790, x221, (916) 364-7795, fax, 1,3(4). Patty DeBruce,39,(415)928-3489,1. MaryMahoney,47,(916)648-1724 1 Jenny 40, (408) 279-6190, 1,3(3). M.B., 37, (415) 552-6499, 1. Hillary/Kathy, 30’s, (408) 283-5638,1,3(2). Cassiopeia, 44, (707) 824-0532,1. Karen Margolis, 47^ (916) 753-5546, 1. Stephanie, 40, (415) 563-8128, 1. Vivian Dondero, 45^ (510)256-9466, (510)846-6665,1. Jeannie Phillips, 49, (510) 814-8750, P.o! Box 864, Alameda, CA 94501,1. Sterrin/Nicole, 24/25, (415) 749-1474, 3(2).

ncfyP 32, (707) 433-4645, 504 #10 Matheson, Healdsburq CA 95448,1. Rosemary, 46, (415)578-8590, 1. Nancy, 35+(415) 327-1689 1 Mary. 48, (510) 531-6841, 1. Suzanne R., 29, 350 Bay St, #100-157 SF CA Christine Flaherty, 28, (415) 487-7639,1. “J” Greenfield, 39, (415) 38, (510) 274-9265, 1. D. Deards, 37, (916) 646-5258 1,4,5. ShyrI, 41, (510) 671-9726,1. Margaret Murray, 35, (415) 986-2800 l’ Lmda, 39, (707) 525-9904,1,5. Sue, 48, (707)255-0966,1. Susan A. 39 (415) 461-3949,1. Ruth Vassaw, 44, (916) 965-7485,1. Janine, 40ish, 2500 Bissell Richmond, CA 94804, 1. Diane Pulsifier, 38, (415) 495-5612, 1. Chris, 35! (707) 778-9231, 1,4,5. Marina Marson, mid-40s, (415) 381-0123, 1.

COUPLES FOR CASUAL DAYSAILING Valerie & Nick Surjan, 48/45, (916) 364-7527, bareboat exp., 1,2. Matt, Judy Tracy Johnston, 50/50/19, (510) 706-7984, (510) 823-4531, 3(3). Dave & Denise, 30’s, (510) 655-9370,2. Karen Sharkey & Jonathan Peacher, 45/27, (415) 751-6804, 2. Jeff & Marie Brandt, 37/31, (415) 332-7857, 2. Don & Madeline Swartz, 47/39, (415) 892-0650,2. Susan Mahon & Matt Vandall, 23/ 22, (415) 626-7023 day, (415) 693-1529 (M), (510) 523-8233 x420 (S) 3(2) Brad & Evian Ketchem, late 30’s, (415) 579-7441 (Thu-Fri, after 2 pm), 2. Constance & Maarten, 30’s, (510) 548-8652,2. Gary & Betty Liggett, 56/54, (707) 446-6864, 2(available wkdys). Jim & Gaila Merrington, 40, (415) 4310257,2. Bob & Marsha, 47, (707) 422-3414,2. Bliss & Jim Cochran, 50, (707) 769-9916, (800) 648-0526, hm. office, 1,2. Steve & Kathy, 44/41, (707) 4253039, (510) 536-6163, 2. Brian & Pam Hegarty, 39/35, (510) 741-8440, 2. Stuart & Sarah, 43/49, (415)821-7445,2,3(4). Juliet & Herb, 30/45, (415)8646619, (916) 756-3719, 2. Alain & Danielle Gronner, 53/55, (415) 968-2087 2 David & Barbara Allen, 40/35, (916) 823-3602,2. Geoffrey & Julie Lambert, 32, (916) 965-1801,2,4. Steve Daugherty & Jenny Disque, 43/35, (916) 3325730,2,4,5. George & Helen Fitzsimonds, 52/47, (707) 644-4663 2 Mark& Valerie Riegel, 29/31, (415) 851 -1176,2. Donna Lekosky & Brian Stansberry, 34/28, (415) 960-0441,2. Henry, Karen & Maya Salamon, 40/31/5, (415) 9272704,2,4. Jim & Georgianne Boissier, 43/43, (510) 657-4297,2. Jeff & Jane Wiegand, 62,55, (415) 673-1098, 2. Greg Loucks, Janis Nofziger, 44, (415) 574-6994,2. Jim Pettit & Ruth Vassaw, 40+, (916) 965-7485, 2.

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With reports this month on summer chartering in New England and the Pacific Northwest, bareboating on Monterey Bay, the charms of spring in Turkey and Greece, a charter haven in Thailand, South Pacific charter ideas and notes from the British Virgins.

Lose Your Attitude in the Northern Latitudes You’ll read arguments in favor of several exotic international charter destinations in this issue, but first we’d like to make the case for two cruising areas right here in North America: the Pacific Northwest and the New England coast. Both areas are at their peak of natural beauty during the summer months and both offer mile after mile of peaceful, unspoiled cruising grounds. Along the coast between Seattle and Vancouver and out in the neighboring is¬ lands, there are a dozen bareboat charter outfits that offer American, Canadian or French hulls from 30 to 50 feet. The choice of which base to charter from depends on which mini-cruising ground you want to focus on. You could easily spend a full two weeks just poking around the San Juans (in U.S. waters) or their Canadian sisters, the Gulf islands, and never tire of the spec¬ tacular scenery. For the more adventurous, exploration of the wildlife-rich Desolation Sound area or the remote Queen Charlottes can also be arranged. (More on this area

A sleek Hinckley bareboat cuts a fine line, near her home port of Bass Harbor, Maine.

next month.) Across the country, the New England coast is much more 'civilized', but it is lush Page 160 •UtUiJtJP • April. 1994 ;

and beautiful nevertheless, and holds its own special charm. From Long Island Sound to the Canadian border, the eastern shore is peppered with distinctive summer cruising grounds. Two of the most notable charter bases here are Newport, Rhode Island, on the broad inlet called Narragansett Bay, and Maine’s mid-coastal refuge, Penobscot Bay. This area is a patchwork of lush green is¬ lands, tranquil inlets and historic harbors that are bursting with nautical lore. We don’t guarantee you’ll be sailing in your bikini or Speedos in New England — it’s not particularly tropical — but the allure of well-scrubbed waterside towns, cozy har¬ bors and spectacular scenery make up for a few degrees of temperature. In this region — where sailing craft have always been enmeshed with recreation and commerce — you’ll find a vessel to suit every taste. Charter possibilities at Newport in¬ clude 1930’s America’s Cup contenders, gleaming Swans and well-kept mid-sized bareboats. Up the coast — that is, 'Down East' — in Maine, you’ll also find plenty of mid-sized bareboats as well as a vintage fleet of coastal schooners which book three to seven-day voyages by the berth. The impressive fleet here includes the 90-foot two-masted Lewis R. French, said to be America’s oldest commercial sailing vessel (built in 1871) and the 65-foot Isaac H. Evans (built in 1886). Although hundreds of their contemporaries are long gone, these and several others are in mint condition today, and offer hands-on participants an amazing glimpse of a bygone era. Call 800-648-4544 for more info. For bareboats call Hinckley Yacht Charters at 207-244-5008, Bay Island Yacht Charters at 800-421-2492 or Morris Yacht Charters at 207-244-5509. Spring Bareboating on Monterey Bay is a Well Kept Secret We were sailing along lazily without conversation, each of us lost in our own reflective thoughts, when a cry rang out from the foredeck: "Daddy! Look, a sea otter!" My eyes followed my daughter’s pointing finger to a spot just off our starboard bow

quarter, and there he was, bobbing on his back amid the kelp. He looked up as if to say "What are you doing in my space?" We were bareboat chartering on the O’Day 34 Mirage out of Santa Cruz, heading across the beautiful Monterey Bay to see the sights and overnight at the historic town of Monterey, 22 miles to the south. A rhumb line across the Bay may just as well be a rhumb line across open ocean. On an average day, once out of the lee of Light¬ house and Soquel ("Pleasure") Points you are exposed directly to the Northwesterlies. Typically, the winds freshen and the waves turn into ocean swells as you begin to cross the Monterey Bay Canyon where water depths exceed 30() fathoms — this massive undersea structure rivals the Grand Canyon in size. Spring and fall sailing on Monterey Bay is

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to our pleasant surprise, we once saw an orca bull no more than a mile off Santa Cruz’s Lighthouse Point.) We had departed Santa Cruz relatively early in the morning so we would have the afternoon to poke around Monterey and Points Pinos and Cypress. So when the afternoon was waning and the winds stiffened to about 25 knots, we decided to call it a day and work the boat to weather around Point Pinos. Once around this imposing headland, we broad reached into our evening nest. Breakwater Cove. With only four marinas available on Monterey Bay, berths here are notoriously hard to come by, which makes chartering a logical alternative to yacht ownership. Fortunately, transient berthing is available at all marinas at nominal cost. Either the municipal marina adjacent to Fisherman’s Wharf or Breakwater Cove Marina adjacent to Cannery Row, are excellent places to 'park' overnight. Both have extensive ser¬ vices, including a chandlery and dive shop — and they are both close to the Coast Guard pier and the Monterey Yacht Harbor. Both Fisherman’s Wharf and Cannery Row have excellent restaurants and shops; the Monterey Bay Aquarium (at the far end of Cannery Row) is a must see. The next morning dawned clear and warm, underscoring the charm of Monterey. By the time we were ready to leave, noon was approaching and the wind was blowing a gentle 8-10 knots. Because Santa Cruz is uphill from Monterey, we attempted to make Launched in 1983, the gaff-rigged schooner 'Heritage' now sails in company with the 19th century coasters she was modeled after.

certainly a local secret. The morning fog — a common summer occurrence — is not a problem and the air is warm. Sailing during the spring and fall during daylight .savings time can easily give a day charterer his money’s worth by providing a solid eight hours or more of time on the water. Weather in this Bay is more temperate than in San Francisco Bay. Temperature swings are narrower and winds are nbt as strong (peaking at about 20-25 knots off¬ shore during summer afternoons). Seas normally run to a maximum of three feet, making for a comfortable sail. Although you’ll need a wind breaker when going to weather, bathing suits are common attire on boats that are running.

A sail on the Bay also provides frequent opportunities to observe the abundant indig¬ enous sea life. Seals are very common and we always make a point of sailing close to Santa Cruz Buoy #1 ('Mile Buoy') where they lounge — edthough they generally bark out loud complaints as we approach. Their other favorite lounging habitat is in local kelp beds.

As Bill Piper knows, the 22-mile sail across Monterey Bay can be brisk and bumpy, with plenty of sea life to keep you company.

Pelicans, sea gulls and smaller shore birds are also prevalent here, along with plenty of dolphins — some of which have kept us company on occasion. And there are whales. Besides the grey whale migration season (December to March), many other species of whales have been seen in the Bay including the great blue, humpbacks, and orcas. (Much

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it most of the way on one tack. Our trick was to head toward Point Pinos, then head back on a port tack to skirt the kelp beds of Pleasure Point, before slipping into Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor. Off Moss Landing the winds freshened to about 20 knots and — to the delight of my children — Mirage found her groove and cut through the swells almost perfectly balanced. Windward sailing is my daughter’s favorite. "Drive over the bumps. Daddy!" she’d cry, laughing with childish glee as the spray caught one of us unawares. We charter from Pacific Yachting in Santa Cruz about once a month throughout the year. This gives us the thrills of sailing (without the hassles of boat ownership) and allows us to sample a wide rahge of boats. If you’ve never visited Monterey, or you’ve tired of your usual venues on San Francisco Bay, chartering out of Santa Cruz is well worth considering. The sail to Monterey is all downhill, tides are of little consequence (about a two foot rise) and sand bars are generally not a problem. (Although the entrance to Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor does shoal during stormy winter weather). Bareboating here is still a well kept secret that should be whispered loudly! — jim piper aptos Ed. note — Pacific Yachting is the only bareboat charter company on the Monterey Bay. They also offer lessons and skippered charters on their fleet of30 - 40 footers. Call Marc Kraft at 408-476-2370. Sailing in Neptune’s Bathtub: Grecian Gems and a Turquoise Coast For yacht chartering enthusiasts, spring can be a time of great conflict. Just when ‘ you’ve finally decided to head off to the South Pacific in search of a cauldron of kava, someone reminds you that May and June (as well as September) are the ideal sailing months in Greece and Turkey. These are the 'shoulder' seasons, when its not too hot and there are fewer tourists ashore. "Do they have coco palms there?" you ask. Well, perhaps a few, but there are other attractions. In fact the warm waters of the Aegean provide some of the best cruising grounds in the world. The sailing conditions here are pleasant — some say idyllic — with moderate breezes (punctuated by occasional meltemi blasts), sunny days and an absence Page 162 • iMUJtli • April. 1994

of fog, reefs, strong tides and currents. But the strongest argument for vacationing here is the cultural delights ashore. Unlike the Caribbean and many other tropical destinations, the Grecian isles and the 'turquoise coast' of Turkey have been home to highly developed cultures for thousands of years. Today, the Aegean’s rich cultural heritage is evident throughout the region in the architecture, customs and seafaring traditions of its people. During a week or two of cruising, you can visit a variety of well-preserved archeological antiquities which are easily accessible from ports and anchorages. A few highlights are Delos (a treasure trove of ancient ruins and birthplace of the Greek god Apollo), Cleo¬ patra’s Island, just off the Turkish coast (where Egypt’s queen came to partake of the waters) and the incredible Lycian tombs (massive ornate structures carved into a vertical wall).

In the Aegean, the pursuit of good food, good company and relaxation are the order of the day.

Although there are sleepy lagoons and hidden bays to overnight in, many nights will be spent stern-to the wharf of a picturesque waterside village. Here, in the company of spirited European sailors and an occasional gleaming mega yacht, the scene is normally festive. The simple pleasure of strolling through narrow, time-worn streets and dining with locals in quaint tavernas defines the Aegean experience. Having daily access to villages (and inexpensive dining) takes the burden out of provisioning — you tend to shop daily, rather than laying in stores for the week. Fresh fruit, vegetables and fish are always easy to find. The hard part is choosing a venue.

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Greece alone has at least four prime cruising grounds (all with good bareboat bases), including the picturesque Cyclades, which are accessible from Athens. In Turkey, the bustling resort town of Marmaris is the gateway to the turquoise coast. If you’re not confident enough to explore these waters alone, consider joining one of the many bareboat flotillas which are offered throughout the summer in both countries. While bareboats are not allowed to leave their national waters, plenty of high calibre crewed yachts are available which offer twocountry itineraries — particularly out of Rhodes in the southern Dodecanese Islands. Book now and head over early before the peak of mid-summer tourism and high tem¬ peratures. Sunsail, GPSC and The Moorifigs are the major players for bareboats. — latitude/aet

Latitude What? Over the years we’ve been flattered to hear about loyal Latitude readers in places as diverse as Scandinavia and New Zealand. But until we heard from world traveler Charles Gay, we didn’t realize we were so popular on the other side of the globe. On the .resort island of Phuket, Thailand, it would not be unheard of to And a cruising yachtsman with a Latitude in hand, catching up on the latest news from home. What is a bit shocking though, is the discovery of the 'Latitude 8' bar and club in southern Phuket (Ut 8 N, Long 89 E). Are we pissed? No way, we’re flattered. Besides, Charles says there are no copyright laws in Thailand. But we definitely will hit them up for a few cool Singha beers next time we’re in the neighborhood. This tropical watering hole — a Cruising Yacht Club to be exact — is in Ao Chalong, a prime anchorage and favorite port of call for cruising sailors and charter yachts. In fact, according to Charles, if you are into adlibbing your vacation plans, you could conceivably just show up here and make impromptu charter arrangements with members of the (somewhat itinerant) charter fleet here. The charter season in the Andaman Sea and Phuket is just winding down this month in anticipation of the coming monsoons. But from Christmas through Easter the sailing here is splendid. Jeanneau and Beneteau bareboats are available from the British Arm,

Sunsail at 800-327-2276. Luxury crewed yachts can be arranged through U.S. charter brokers or Phuket Yacht Service, at (fax) 011-66-76-220-915. Springtime in the South Pacific Spring has officially sprung in California, allowing us to shed our winter garb and set our sights on sunny sailing vacations. April marks the end of the 'rainy season' — and the beginning of the prime sailing season — in tropical South Pacific destinations like Tahiti, Fiji and Tonga. Plenty of late-model bareboats from 36 to 51 feet (as well as a selection of crewed yachts) are based at each of these idyllic destinations. But now is the time to grab one, as many fleets are already heavily booked for the prime months of May, June and July. Also, in order to get the best air fares it is imperative to book well in advance. Air France, for example currently has the lowest fare in the Tahiti market, with a $697 fare from L.A. We often extol the virtues of sailing among these tropical gems as compared to a land-based vacation. Indeed there is no more glorious way to enjoy an archipelago of volcanic islands than from a waterborne perspective. Itineraries are easily designed which nicely balance inter-island cruising with time for snorkeling, resort crashing and interacting with the locals. Navigation is principally by line of sight and fog is an Even halfway around the world, in Phuket, Thailand, you can find loyal 'Latitude' readers — as well as businesses 'borrowing' our name.

WORLD OF CHARTERING impossibility. But if you (or your sailing partners) are still not convinced, consider the compromise of a land and sea combination. It’s not every wife, for instance, who will consent to a bareboating holiday, but who could resist the lure of a few romantic nights in an over-thewater bungalow on Bora Bora’s lagoon? For scuba lovers, Fiji is hard to beat. Top notch dive resorts abound here — some perched on their own private islands. Could this be the year you’ll finally take the plunge? Why not? The swaying palms are waiting to usher you in. Tahiti has three prime bareboat bases in the Leeward Islands; call Sun Yachts at 800-772-3500, ATM at 800-227-5317 or the Moorings at 800-535-7289 (who also has bases in Fiji and the Kingom of Tonga). — latitude/aet Love them B.V. Islands Having just returned from a two-week bareboc(t cruise in the B.V.I. aboard an almost new Moorings 352, we could not agree more with your November article about cruising there. Your seven-day itinerary was almost exactly what we followed. However, we had

7s this the life or what?" says Suzanne Tofte on a recent trip to the B.V.I. Locals say early summer is the best time for cruising—almost no tourists!

the boat for 10 days and didn’t get in all the things your article suggested. Our recommendation is to plan a minimum of two weeks if you are leaving from the West Coast. We left on a Sunday morning and

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THE RACING

Whew! Crammed into the following 12Vz pages you’ll find brief accounts of the Big Daddy Regatta, the San Francisco Cup, the three St. Francis YC Invitationals, the Manzanillo Race and MEXORC, the Rites of Spring shorthanded race, the Perry Cup for Mercuries, the Wheeler Regatta, the SSS Farallones, the final results of ten different midwinter regattas, and the usual overabundance of race notes.

Big Daddy Regatta Richmond YC’s annual Big Daddy Reg¬ atta brought 101 boats together on the rather dreary weekend of February 26-27. The tried-and-true format of two buoy races on Saturday, a party on Saturday night (featuring 'real' comedians this year) and a pursuit race on Sunday was employed yet again. This time, however, there was a slight twist: the time-on-time handicap system, rather than time-on-distance, was tried for the first time. "Aside from a computer meltdown which delayed the results for hours, time-on-time seemed to work quite well," claimed race official Kers Clausen. "It gave fairer results, and because the precise distance of the race

pursuit race around Angel Island and Red Rock. Bravura, sailed by Rob Anderson and his UC Berkeley buddies, started that 12.5mile reverse-handicap race last, but picked •their way through the holes and shifts to finish first. Fittingly, Bravura also paid the most to enter, as Richmond YC uses a unique (and logical) criteria for entry fees — $1.50 per foot. DIV. A — 1) Bodacious, Farr 40, John Clauser, 2.75 points; 2) High Risk, Smith 43, Jim Mizell, 6.75; 3) Bravura, Farr 44, Rob Anderson, 7; 4) Leading Lady, Peterson 40, Bob Klein, 8; 5) Toxic Tuna, 11:Metre, Rick Schuldt, 9. (15 boats) DIV. B — 1) Major Damage, J/35, Chris Perkins/ The Wilsons, 1.5 points; 2) Danville Express, Express 37, Andy Hall, 8; 3) Equanimity, J/35, Randy Paul, 8; 4) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, 8; 5) Spindrift V, Express 37, Larry Wright, 9. (13 boats) DIV. C — 1) Think Fast!, Olson 30, Al Holt, 4.75

Above, Rob Anderson won the Big Daddy Race with 'Bravura'. Right, Pierre Cayard.

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points; 2) Carbonated, Megles 24, Hans Williams, 6.75; 3) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan, 7; 4) Family Hour, Olson 30, The Bilafers, 11. (10 boats) DIV. D— 1) Surefire, Frers 36, Carter Brothers, 1.5 points; 2) Ozone, Olson 34, Carl Bauer, 6; 3)

Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider, 6; 4) National Biscuit, Schumacher 35, Colin Case, 8. (9 boats) DIV. E — 1) Friction Factor, Wylie 33, RYC Junior Program/Will Paxton, 3.75 points; 2) Redux,, Olson 91 IS, Nick Barnhill, 3.75; 3) Advantage II, J/29, Pat Benedict, 4; 4) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, 9; 5) Cheyenne, Wylie 34, James Fryer, 15. (15 boats) DIV. F (Express 27) — 1) Dragon Lady, Jim Coyne, 1.5 points; 2) Bessie Jay, Brad Whitaker, 5; 3) Presto, John Todd, 8; 4) Curses, Larry Blanchette, 11; 5) Student Driver, Bill Hoffman, 14. (16 boats) DIV. G — 1) Mr. McGregor, Wabbit, Kim Desenberg, 2.75 points; 2) Tulawemia, Wabbit, Mark Harpainter, 3.75; 3) Sundancer, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen, 9; 4) Mustang Sally, WylieCat 30, Dave Wahle, 9. (12 boats) DIV. H — 1) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum, 3.75; 2) Moonshine, Dogpatch 26, Simon Garland, 4; 3) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, John Siegel, 8.75; 4)

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was 32 seconds. "It was actually closer than the results indicate," claimed Paul. "Jeff got penalized twice, and both those calls arguably could have gone either way. They put up a really tough battle. Altogether, it was a really fun weekend — and it was great to sail with so many of my USA (12 Meter) friends again!" Supporting Cayard was a cast of St. Francis 'heavies' — literally heavy, as they could only fit eight crewmembers on the boat given the 1,720-pound crew weight limit while SFYC’s sailed with nine. The winning crew consisted of Mike Erlin (grinder/mastman), Craig Healy (tactician), Nick Gibbens (trimmer), Ken Keefe (pit), Greg Prussia (bow), Carl Schumacher (trimmer) and Russ Silvestri (main). Sailing for San Francisco YC were Carlos Baddell, Steve Fentress, Duncan Kelso, Tad. Lacey, Mark Maymar, Tim Parsons, Chris Perkins and Jeff Wayne. At least half these guys also belong to St. Francis, lending an intimate atmosphere to the weekend. For the record, St. Francis YC has now won the Cup 20 times to San Francisco YC’s 8, with one series improbably unaccounted for.

'Re-Quest, being sailed by StFYC, leads 'Frequent Flyer* in race two of the SF Cup.

Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber, 9. (11 boats) PURSUIT RACE — 1) Bravura, Farr 44, Rob Anderson; 2) Rosebud, 11 :Metre, Tim Scherer; 3)

Bodacious, Farr 40, John Clauser; 4) First to Finish, Melges 24, Greg Dorland; 5) High Risk, Smith 43, Jim Mizell; 6) Quantum Libet, Melges 24, David Wadbrook; 7) Special Edition, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan; 8) Melange, Express 37, Steve Chamberlin; 9) Blackhawk, J/105, Art Ball/Chris Corlett; 10) Warlock, Express 37, Leigh Brite.

San Francisco Cup ' "It’s not a question of who will win," claimed a St. Francis YC member who best remains anonymous. "Rather, it’s a question of how much we’ll win by." Indeed, that turned out to be the case in

the 29th Annual San Francisco Cup, as Paul Cayard flew up from San Diego to lead the St. Francis YC team to a convincing 3-0 victory over Jeff Madrigali and his San Francisco YC cohorts on March 26-27. Each team fielded an Express 37 for the best 3out-of-5 Cityfront series: StFYC defended with Ted Hcdl’s Frequent Flyer, while SFYC challenged with Glenn Isaacson’s Re-Quest. Teams switched boats between races. All the races were windwcurd-leewards, predominantly in an ebb tide. Madro took the first start, but was passed by Cayard heilfway up the first beat, who went on to win by 20 seconds. In the second, windier race, Cayard led wire-to-wire, finishing 58 seconds ahead. The third race, held in 18 knots on Sunday, began with an equcil stcirt, with Cayard arriving at the windward mark first. The second beat included a crowd-pleasing 35-tack 'downspeed' tacking duel, which (3ayard controlled. The delta at the finish

StFYC Spring Invitationals Every March, St. Francis YC’s three invitational races seem to have a theme. In ’91, it was rain — every time the RC shot a starting gun, the heavens opened up. In ’92, it was wind — your basic spring 'blowfest'. In ’93, it was lack of wind — remember that parking lot at Blossom Rock? This year’s motif was light and crummy from the East, with lots of ebb. Spinnaker runs to the Golden Gate were the norm on the first two weekends of big boat sailing. For the third regatta, the Dinghy Invitational, the wind finally cooperated by coming in from the West. It built edl weekend, and by Sunday afternoon about a quarter of the dinghies were upside down at any given moment, causing the cancellation of the last race for the smaller classes. "It was the kind of afternoon that makes race committees a little nervous," confessed race chairman Matt Ciesicki. "It makes you want to reread your insurance policy!" " For the most part, the usual suspects won each regatta. There were, however, some notable finishes in several divisions: David Wadbrook’s new Melges 24 Quantum Libet ("take when needed" in Latin) won with Ted Wilson steering; Mike Grisham’s new Bliss (ex-Ringmaster) kicked butt in her Express 37 debut, with Seadon Wijsen co-helming (unfortunately the results are under protest because the class doesn’t allow pros to steer) April. 1994 •

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SPRING KEEL (March 5-6):

ETCHELLS — 1) Secret Weapon, Chris Perkins, 9.75 points; 2) Zebra With an Ulcer, Craig Healy, 11.5; 3) 3 Live Crew, Mike LaHorgue, 17; 4) Six Hundred, Hank Easom/Chuck Mohn, 17; 5) Puff, Jim Coggan, 18; 6) White Jacket, John Sutak/Don Jesberg, 21; 7) DLC, Kers Clausen, 30. (15 boats) 11;METRE — 1) Ronstan, Mike Ratiani, 8.75 points; 2) Sebastiani, John Sweeney, 9.75; 3) LFASS, Mik Beatie, 9.75; 4) Adrenalin Rush, Tim

Wells, 15.75; 5) Mach II, Dave Fain, 23. (9 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Guneukitschek, John Collins/ Scott Easom, 5.25 points; 2) Zesty, Dan Jester, 11.75; 3) Moonlight, John Franklin/Carl Schumacher, 12; 4) jalapeno, John Stewart, 17; 5) Curses!, Larry Blanchette, 22. (10 boats) MELCES 24 — 1) Quantum Libet, David Wadbrook, 5.25 points; 2) Carbonated, Hans Williams, 9; 3) #77, Greg Dorland, 9. (6 boats) J/24 — 1) #4526, Don Oliver/Seadon Wijsen, 15

Scenes from St. Francis YC's Spring One Design Invitational. All photos 'Latitude‘/rs & jr.

points; 2) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 17; 3) Bucks Deltixe, Neil Weintraut, 22.75; 4) Cujo, Kimo Winterbottom, 25; 5) Cheech Wiz, Jon Perkins, 26.75f 6) #4339, Peter Young, 28.75; 7) Sockeye, John Oldham, 29; 8) Snow Job, Brian Coepfrich, 30; 9) We Eat Veal, Andrew Branagh/Al Sargent, 32; 10)

Dejavu, Rod Cook, 35.75. (22 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Moorgasm, Hank Niles/Chris Watts, 9.5 points; 2) #48, Dave Hodges, 9.75; 3) Adios, Scott Walecka, 15; 4) No Mayo Zone, Eric Malmberg, 20; 5) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, 20; 6) Hot Rod Lincoln, Charles Witcher, 22.75; 7) Kamikaze, George Wheeler, 34; 8) War, Royce Fletcher, 37; 9) Snafu-U, Mark Berryman/Tom Connerly, 38; 10) Wet Spot, Mike O'Callaghan, 43. (20 boats) SOLING — 1) Olive Oil, Kevin Reilly, 3 points.

(2'T3oats) (4 races; 0 throwouts) SPRING ONE DESIGN (March 12-13):

EXPRESS 37 — 1) Bliss, Mike Crisham/Seadon Wijsen, 2.25 points; 2) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson, 7; *3) Spindrift V, Larry Wright, 8; 4) Spirit, Andy Rothman, 13. (8 boats) J/35 — 1) Major Damage, Chris Perkins/The Wilsons, 3.5 points; 2) Jarlen, Bob Bloom, 6.75; 3) April, 1994 • btWiwit 3? • Page 175

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Slithergadee, John Niesley, 11; 4) Ice Breaker, . Doug Taylor, 12. (8 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Flexible Flyer, Mike Creazzi, 5.75 points; 2) Tinsley Light, Henry Crandin, 6.75; 3) Wild Flower, Art Mowry, 9; 4) Breakout, Les Raos, 10.75; 5) Wide Load, Bruce Wilcox, 16. (11 boats) J/105 — 1) Chimo, Chuck Winton, 3.5 points; 2) Invictus, Walt Marti, 8; 3) Jest, Chuck Eaton, 10. (7 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) White Jacket, John Sutak/Don Jesberg, 3.5 points; 2) Six Hundred, Hank Easom, 5.75; 3) Zebra With An Ulcer, Craig Healy, 14; 4) 3 Live Crew, Mike LaHorgue, 14; 5) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton, 18; 6) #547, Jack Clapper, 18; 7) #860, Bob Park, 25; 8) Phoenix, Steve Enzenberger, 25. (16 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Think Fast, Al Holt, 5.5 points; 2) Hoot, Andy MacFie, 10; 3) Family Hour, The Bilafers, 11; 4) Liquid Gait, Jack Ecisterday, 12.75. (9 boats) NEWPORT 30 — 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman, 2.75 points; 2) Mintaka, Gerry Brown, 2.75; 3) Harry, Dick Aronoff, 6. (6 boats) J/29 — 1) Blazer, Mike Lambert, 6 points; 2) Thrasher, Steve Podell, 6; 3) J-Spot, Tom Fancher, 6.75. (7 boats) (3 races, no throwouts) SPRING DINGHY (March 19-20): 505 — 1) Jeff Miller/Bruce Heckman, 3.75 points; 2) Patrick Andreasen/Meade Hopkins, 13; 3) Tom Poore/Stewart Park, 14; 4) Bruce Tiley/Mark Adams, 22; 5) Jim Wondolleck/Jay KuncI, 23.75. (12 boats) 1-14 — 1) Keith Stahnke/Bill Erkelens, Jr., 6.25 points; 2) Chuck Skewes/Eric Bentson, 8.5; 3) David Klipfel/Tony Basso, 21; 4) Alan Laflin/Bryan-Ebert, 22; 5) Adrew Bates/Kurt Schmidt, 26; 6) Tom Wondolleck/Marc Heinzer, 28; 7) John Hyde/Joelle Robinson, 34. (19 boats) LASER — 1) Matt McQueen, 11.5 points; 2) Pat Whitmarsh, 19; 3) Simon Bell, 22; 4) John Oldham, 23.5; 5) David Shelton, 25; 6) Will Benedict, 27; 7) Phil Perkins, 32; 8) Madhaven Thirumalia, 44; 9) David Robinson, 45.75; 10) Brian Mullen, 51. (25 Page 176

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boats) LASER RADIAL — 1) (tie) Erica Mattson & Alex Mehran, 12.75 points. (2 boats) LASER II — 1) Brent Harrill/Brendan Richards, 5 points; 2) Katherine & Maria Kuzina, 15.75; 3) Matt Mink/Jeff Ehrinberg, 18. (7 boats) VANGUARD 15 — 1) Steve & Jane Kirkpatrick, 5 points; 2) Peter & Amy Wagner, 15.75. (5 boats) SNIPE — 1) Jim & Lynn Grubbs, 9.25 points; 2) Standish & Ann O'Grady, 9.75; 3) John & Vicki Gilmour, 22. (7 boats) (6 races, 1 throwout for 505s and i-14s; 5 races, 0 throwouts for others)

Manzanillo Race Every now and then nature provides us with a good reason for wanting to race offshore. With the state of inshore racing being a bit grim nowadays, along with the last few years of disappointing TransPacs and Mexico races, all the other reasons seem to have been exhausted. Fortunately, this year’s race to Manzanillo has helped restore the faith. Nine ULDB 70s, five California Fifties, five PHRF yachts and three Performance Cruisers entered this 10th biennial 1,100mile trek from Point Loma to Las Hadas, sponsored. by the San Diego YC. As is standard now for most distance races, the smaller yachts started a day in advance so that the faster sleds can have something to dodge other than whales on their way down the Baja coast. Unfortunately for the smaller yachts, their start on Thursday, February 17, was in 30-knot southerlies (complete with rain), which died to nearly nothing the first night out. The sleds and Fifties, however, got out of the blocks a little faster, starting on a brisk starboard-tack reach on Friday, February 18. Armed with bright sunshine and forecasts of northwesterlies of up to 20 knots, things were looking so good that a few boats set chutes right off the line, anticipating the lift. Within an hour, however, the breeze light-

Spring Dinghy action: Left, Brent Harrill (Laser II). Middle, unknown swimmers (SOS). Right, Keith Stahnke and Billy Erkelens (1-14).

ened and headed the fleet. To make it worse, ominous clouds rolled in, the wind shut off completely, and it started to pour. Audible groans could be heard from those sledheads who endured last year’s race to Puerto Vallarta, when the fleet beat for two days in shifty 20-F knot southerlies, mostly in the pouring rain. Fortunately, after a particularly nasty late night squall, the breeze finally settled in from the west, and gradually lifted and built instead of dying. By the first morning’s roll call, Joe Case’s SC 70 Mongoose — navigated by winning ’93 Transpac navigator and Whitbread veteran John Jourdane — had gotten on the right (offshore) side of that squall and catapulted into a lead of several miles. As the breeze came aft, kites bloomed all around, yet Mongoose extended her lead to ten miles by the second roll call. This prompted fear amongst the other sleds of being 'Holua’d', the name given to the 30mile horizon job that SC 70 did last year to the ill-fated PV fleet. As the breeze built and the 30-20s were traded for .6 polys. Mongoose seemed uncatchable, though the rest of the class sailed well within sight of each other, providing great competition. The light and squirrelly stuff the first night kept the Fifties un¬ comfortably close to the sleds, and only when the breeze lifted and built after a couple days did the bigger boats finally start pulling away. The new Perry 56 Stealth Chicken, just splashed from Westerly Marine in Costa Mesa, did not get a chance to show her potential as a new IMS racer/cruiser, dropping out the second day with steering problems. Upon reaching Magdelena Bay, however, the sled herd started thundering up towards Mongoose, with the whole fleet compressing

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to within 15 miles of each other at Cabo San Lazaro. The 16-24 knot breeze had not veered around as much as predicted, staying just north of west, prompting fast courses closer than normal to the rhumbline. By the time everyone got to the Cape, Mongoose

while working through the light air. Much to everyone’s surprise and delight, however, the drifting and slatting was confined to only an hour or two of nocturnal frustration before reaching the strong northerly breeze pouring down from the Gulf

1994 San Diego-Manzanillo Race Results Type

Yacht Club

SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 SC 70 N/M 68 .R/P70 N/M 68 SC 70

Los Angeles Long Beach Long Beach : Galitorhia.L.'; King Harbor ; California Balboa Dana West Coronado

£is EH Name

Skipper

ULDB 70/PHRF 70 1 7 Pyewacket 2 8 Orient Express 10 Mongoose 3 4 11 Evolution 12 Grand Illusion 6 13 Cheval 6 14 Taxi Dancer 7 15 SwittsuretU 8 16 Kathmandu 9

Roy Disney PeterTong Joe Case Brack Duker Ed McDowell Hal Ward Bruce Chandler Doug Mongeon Fred Kirschner

CALIFORNIA 50s Persuasion 1 1 Pressure Cooker 2 2 Jumpin Jack Flash 3 3 '4 -:4¥'.. BayWolf Stealth Chicken -

Neil Barth Jeff Chandler Bruce Tabor Kirk Wilson Bruce Anderson

Excel 53 SC 52 : Davidson 50 SC 50 Perry 66

Newport Harbor San Diego Ventura Cabrillo Beach Voyagers

Bruce Tabor Nell Barth Jeff Chandler Kirk Wilson Bruce Anderson

Davidson 60 Excel 63 SC 52 SC 50 Perry 66

i/Vertura;;;: Newport Harbor San Diego Cabrillo Beach Voyagers

PHRF 50 Jumpin Jack Flash 1 1 Persuasion 2 2 Pressure Cooker 3 3 'im 5 Bay Won

Stealth Chicken

PHBFB HMCS Oriole 1 4 Travleso 6 Eclipse S 3

Sedona Pericus

Michael Cooper Ron Kuntz Bill Bannasch Alan Mosley John Williamson

PERFORMANCE CRUISING CLASS Fred Frye 17 Salslpuedes 1 Don & Ann Becker 18 Starshine 2 Donald l)pss 19 Sara Bella

must have heard footsteps, because. Roy Disney, Jr’s SC 70 Pyewacket and Peter Tong’s SC 70 Orient Express had caught up and were poised to strike when the huge reset button got pushed at this notorious lee. The three were close enough to trade jokes

Corr Time ; t39-.23;14; 139;36;41 140:05:48 ? 140:10:59 ; 140;5;1;:5g 141:36:18 144;49-45 144:53:55 146:49:41 88:32,35 88:38:39 88:52:02 96:05:01 :;;::DN'F 133:16:23 134:48:28 135:39:25 136:47:24 iKONFiS;;:;::;:;

Ketch 102 N/M 44 N/M 43 Tasvirell 44 Centurion 47

Canadian Forces Oceanside San Diego Corsair San Francisco .

136-26:17 137:03:34 140:04:34 .. DNF

Tayana 53 Peterson 44 Columbia 56

San Diego ; Balboa Dana West

190:31:43 212:58:53 255-48:42

of California. Wide turns or tight turns this time didn’t seem to matter, as relative positions remained unchanged. While the run down Baja was fast, with some limited surfing, the spinnaker reach across to the mainland provided the most fun, challenging

crews to keep their boats upright while going fast, often over 20 knots. The choice of spinnaker seemed critical because .85 poly kites blew out on some boats, while some lighter .6s fared well on others. Perhaps only the sailmakers will be able to sort out this mystery. The final leg of the race, approaching the mainland once out of the northerlies, saw the fleet spread out again. The winning strategy was to stay low on the approach and mini¬ mize the distance sailed in the lighter coastal breezes. In the end it was Pyewacket, with Robbie Haines, Skip Allan and Dee Smith aboard, who seemed to get it right, beating Orient Express and Mongoose, and winning her second consecutive record-breaking Manzanillo race in just 16 minutes over five days. She eclipsed her previous time by three and a half hours. In fact, the top six sleds broke Pye,wacket’s ’92 record, and all nine finished within seven and a half hours of the leader. The Fifties started arriving only a few hours later, also eager for some well-deserved R&R at the Las Hadas Resort, where the ghost of Bo Derek in "10" garb is still said to be seen through the warm tequila haze. — dobbs davis MEXORC Like a lot of big boat events, the Mexican Ocean Racing Conference (MEXORC) ain’t what it used to be — but it’s still a big deal for Mexican racers, and it’s still loads of fun. " That’s the consensus of the folks we talked to who attended this year’s biennial regatta out of the glitzy (but nearly empty) Las Hadas Resort in Manzanillo on February 27 through March 5. Nineteen boats — 7 sailed by gringos, 12 by Mexicans — participated in the light-air, 7-race series. While Mongoose and Persuas¬ ion ruled in their respective classes, the best racing occurred in Class C, where six dif¬ ferent lOR dinosaurs each won a race and April. 1994

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THE RACING there was a virtual three-way tie going into the finale. In the end, Sidewinder, with Tim Parsons choreographing the maneuvers, nip¬ ped Persephone for the title. The other two classes, a 4-boat Catalina 37 charter fleet from Puerto Vallarta and three local boats in the first-ever cruising division, added numbers, but not much in the way of com¬ petition. White most boats took a decidedly lowkey approach to the week, one group came specifically to win overall, which they did going away. Neil Barth’s Excel 53 Per¬ suasion clobbered the fleet with an overkill crew that included designer Alan Andrews, Craig Fletcher and Bill Menninger. The Newport Harbor-based gang set the party pace ashore as well, apparently outdoing themselves the last night when they were awarded (and drank) Barth’s weight in Mumm Champagne. Barth, incidentally, will campaign his newest boat—an almost-com¬ pleted Andrew ILC 40 — at the Kenwood Cup, and he’s also planning on building a Whitbread 60 for the ’97-’98 race. Per¬ suasion remains for sale. Northern Californians in attendance included Steve Taft, Zan Drejes and Sydnie Moore (Mongoose); Don Trask, John Neisley and Jim Cascino (Ai/acucho); and Jim DeWitt (Eclipse). CLASS A — 1) Mongoose, SC 70, Joe C^lse, 9 points; 2) Taxi Dancer, R/P 70, Bruce Chandler, 12.5; 3) Swiftsure III, N/M 68, Doug Mongeon, 20.75. (3 boats) CLASS B — 1) Persuasion, Excel S3, Neil Barth, 6.75 points; 2) Pressure Cooker, SC 52, Sandy Purdon, 14; 3) Kayue, Peterson 1 7 Meter, Eneco B., 18. (3 boats) CLASS C — 1) Sidewinder, R/P 43, Leon de la Bara family, 18.75 points; 2) Persephone, R/P 42, Chatto Saenz, 20.75; 3) Saeta, N/M 41, Rogelio Partida, 21.75; 4) Eclipse, N/M 43, Bill Bannasch, 30; 5) Dimensions, N/M 41, Jorge Ripstein, 33.5; 6) Travieso, N/M 44, Roy Kuntz, 33.75; 7) Ayacucho, J/130, Don Trask, 38.75; 8) Bandido (ex-Jano), Frers 43, Antonio Elias, 43. (8 boats) CLASS D (Catalina 37) — 1) Crew 2, 12.25 points; 2) Dread Naught, 12.5; 3) Downwind, 16.5; 4) Chivos, 29. (4 boats) CLASS E — 1) Tzchak II, Ericson 39, 5 points; 2) Pura Vida II, Hinckley SW 42, 8.75; 3) Ehecatl, Beneteau 32s5,19. (3 boats) OVERALL — 1) Persuasion, 12 points; 2) Mon¬ goose, 36.25; 3) Sidewinder, 37.25; 4) Perse¬ phone, 40; 5) Saeta, 44. (19 boats)

Rites of Spring Winds up to 25 knots ambushed the record 55-boat fleet at Oakland YC’s sixth annual Rites of Spring Race on March 20, the first day of spring. A five-boat women’s division, three doublehanded divisions and Page 178

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a singlehanded division participated in the quick and demanding 10.3-mile windwardleeward course, which started off the Berkeley Pier and used Harding Rock as the upwind mark. Though most boats finished, the conditions took their toll: Denis Mahoney’s Catalina 30 Irish Ladp lost her mast when a lower shroud swage fitting failed, Shawn Throe’s Swede 55 Contessa broke her boom, and untold gear and sails blew up. Goldi¬ locks, a doublehanded Bear^ lost a crew overboard, but fortunately was able to retrieve him inside of five minutes as a crash boat and another competitor. Dee Bernreuter’s Hunter 32 Our Vision, stood by. "Normally the Rites of Spring Race is a pretty easy tune-up for the upcoming shorthanded races to the Farallones," commented race ofl[icial Diana Jessie. "This year’s race was more like your typical height-of-thesummer madness." DIV. I (women) — 1) Susie Kates, lliMetre, Priscilla Troy; 2) Vivace, Olson 25, Suzanne Statler; 3) Red Fox, Ranger 29, Mary Lindsay. (5 boats) DIV. II (doublehanded spinnaker < 159) — 1) First to Finish, Melges 24, Greg Dorland; 2) Red Flawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco; 3) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Doug Robbins; 4) Wet Bunns, Wabbit, Bill Gardner; 5) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake. (21 boats) DIV. Ill (doublehanded spinnaker > 160) — 1)

Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 2) Lelo Too, Tartan 30, Emile Carles; 3) Pacifier II, Columbia 36, Todd Anderson; 4) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel; 5) Wings, 5.5 Meter, Mike Jackson. (16 boats) DIV. IV (doublehanded non-spinnaker) — 1) Persistence, Hunter 40, Dick Ament; 2) Aurora, Gulfstar 37, Tom Bria; 3) Joanna, Irwin 32, Martin Jemo. (7 boats) DIV. V (singlehanded) — 1) Moon Shadow,

FINAL MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS BYC/MYCO Midwinters SATURDAY SCRIES: DIV. A (0-117) — 1) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBeth, 2.25 points; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30SX, Pat Brown, 8; 3) Advantage H, i/29, Pat & WiH Benedict, 11. (9 boats) DIV. A-2 (120-135) — 1) Redux, Olson 91 IS, Nick Barnhill, 7 points; 2) Takeoff, Laser 28, Greg & Ron Byrne, 7.S; 3) Uptight Emma, Olson 91 IS, Scott Owens, 10.75. (6 boats) DIV. B (135-195) — 1) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, John Siegel, 7 points; 2} Heatwave, Wavelength 24, Mike Whalen, 9.5; 3) Barking Oog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Kroeber, 11.(13 boats) DIV. D (207-up) — 1) Jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison, 5.5 points; 2) Madman X H20, Santana 20, Steve Katzman, 6; 3) Thumper, Wilderness 21, Erich & Maggie Bauer, 8.75. (7 boats) 11 :METRE — 1) Rosebud, Seadon Wijsen, 3.5 points; 2) Team Sebastian!, John Sweeney, 6; 3) Susie Kate's, Priscilla Troy, 10. (8 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Snowman, Greg Dyer, 4.75 points; 2) Carbonated, Hans Williams, 5.75; 3) Smokin’, Dave Oliver, 11.(7 boats) OLSON 30 — 1) Saint Ann, Bruce & Dick Heckman, 4.75 points; 2) Liquid Gait, Jack

Eastcrday, 8.5; 3) Killer Rabbit, William Covcrdate, 10. (10 boats) ■ EXPRESS 27 — 1) Abigail Morgan, Ron Kell, 10 points; 2) Frog in French, Kame Richards, 11; 3) Sonita, Norman Davant/A. Knier, 12.5; 4)Jalapeno, John Stewart, 13.75; 5) NewWave, Buzz Blackett, 15; 6) Meetai, Steve Wondolteck, 21; t) Bobs, Mike Hearn, 26; 8) Bessie Jay, Brad Whitaker, 30; 9} (tie) Curses!, Blanchette/Descamps, and Presto, John Todd, 33. (27 boats) MOORE 24—1) #48, Dave Hodges, 5.75 points; 2) Hot Rod Lincoln, Charles Witcher, 6.75; 3) Free Flight, Pat MitchelL 8.75. (10 boats) i/24 — 1) Physical Therapy, Chris Moeller, 5.5 points; 2) Snow Job, Brian Coepfrich, 6.75; 3) De Javu, Rod Cook, 17; 4) We Eat Veal, Branagh/ Sargent, 18; 5) Wonder Woman, Dines/Kennelly/ Pugh, 19; 6) Oops!, Vicki Sodaro, 27; 7) Phantom, John Cullifoid, 33; 8) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 36; 9) Leprechaun, John Bromstad, 39; 10) Froglips, Richard Stockdale, 40. (29 boats) MERIT 25 — 1) Twilight Zone, Paul Kamen, 2.25 points; 2) Double Agent, Ron Landmann, 8; 3) Tomboy, Gtenn Davis, 12. (7 boats) NEWPORT 30— 1) Topgallant, Frank Hinman, 2.25 points; 2) Mariner, Bruce Darby, 7; 3)

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redone. Among his innovations are a kevlar headstay and lower shrouds, and the lower chainplates are inboard so that the jib can sheet between the uppers and the lowers. He’s also the first in a long while to use a midboom sheeting system. Howie and regular crew Toby Cooper also just won the SCYA Midwinters at Cabrillo Beach YC in February, and their stellar performances have not gone un¬ noticed by the class veterans. Many are thinking of switching over to his sails, if they haven’t already. He has built both radial and conventional suits for the class, finding the latter a bit faster on average. — jack mcaleer

‘Disco VoUnte' (if463) jumps off the line in a recent Perry Cup race. ‘Going left at the pin end always works in Monterey Bay,' says Howie. Morgan 38, Jack Scullion; 2) Dreamtime, Olson 911SE, Dave Littlejohn; 3) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob MacFarlane. (6 boats)

Perry Cup Series Alameda sailmaker Howie Marion com¬

1) Disco Volante, Howie Marion/Toby Cooper/ Kelly Robinson, 9 points; 2) Space Invader, Dave West/Dan Simmons/Jeff Creatorex, 14.5; 3) Exter¬ minator, Doug Baird/Mike Baird, 18.5; 4) Ernie, Dick Clark/Judy Clark/Ron Mattson, 30; 5) Mystery, Martin Creatorex/Steve Romine, 37; 6) Christmas Pudding, Jack McAleer/Patti McAleer/Ron Mattson, 48 points; 7) Skirt Worker, Walter Smith/Rocky Strahn/Peter Baldwin, 49; 8) Vandal, Tracy Usher/ Mike Spencer/Annelise Moore, 51; 9) Pacer, Pax Davis/Tom Bradley/Erica Mattson, 54; 10) Dram¬ buie II, Park & Pete Densmore, 69. (22 boats)

pleted his domination of this year’s Perry Cup — a 9-race, 12-throwout series for Mercuries hosted by Monterey Peninsula YC — with a pair of seconds and a bullet on March 5. Breezes on Monterey Bay that day were moderate from the northwest. This was Howie’s first full season in Mercuries. Disco Volante, hull #463, is an older glass boat that he has thoroughly

Wheeler Regatta Dean Treadway’s Farr 36 Sweet Okole was the big winner of Berkeley YC’s annual

FINAL MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS ^

Miafaka, Gerry Brown, 11. (8 boats) CATAUNA 27 — 1) Catalyst, Ed Durbin, 4.75 points; 2) White Sa^n, Steve Rienhart, 7.75; 3) Wildcat, Ernie Oidcson, 13. (6 boats) CAL 20 — 1) Upper Soond, Peter Fowler, 5.5 points; 2) Andatuda, OickTaylor, 5-75; 3) Reclose, Howard Martin, 12. (6 boats} (3 races; 0 dirowouts) SUNDAY SERIES:

OiV. i (0-132) — 1) Special Editkm, Wilderness 30, Eric Sultan, 5 points; 2) Rascal, Wilderness 30 SX, Pat Brown, 18; 3) Smokin', Mel^s 24, Dave Oliver, 25.75. (11 boats) DIV. II (135-195) — 1) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Pad Kamen, 36 points; 2) Antares, Islander 30 Mk. 11, Larry Telford, 37.75; 3} Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred

OLSON 30 — 1) Corsair, Don Newman, 11.5 points; 2} Family Hour, Mike BJlafer, 14.5; 3) Hoot, Andy MacFte, 18.75. (6 boats) EXPRESS 27 — 1) Moonlight, Franklin/Schu¬ macher, 10.25 points; 2) Bobs, Michael Hearn, 19; 3) Craea^e, George Koch, 25. (9 boats) WABBiT — 1) Kwazy, Colin Moore, 18.75 ; points; 2) Tulawemia, Mark Harpainter, 19.75; 3) Too Busy?, Aimee Hess, 22. (8 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Vivace, Bill Riess, 17 points; 2) Pkante, Ev Lester, 18.75; 3) Jenni, Jay Aiken, and Barking Dog, Jeffrey Kroeber, 19.75. (6 boats) J/24 — 1) Froglips, Richard Stockdale, 15.5 points; 2} Phantom, John Coiltford, 16.75; 3) Bad Dog, Robert Bascom, 24. (6 boats) INTERNATIONAL F0LK80AT — 1) Reliance, Reed Overshiner, 14.5 points; 2) Elska, Ian Nadel, 15.75. (5 boats) (5 races; 0 throwouts)

Minning, 42. (16 boats) OiV. Ill (198-204) — 1) ^tiance. Cal 2-27, Conley/F<Kter, 27.75 points; 2} Tempfatton, Cal 227, Rollye Wiskerson, 28; 3) Latin lass, CataSba 27,

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS (March 5):

Bill Chapman, 28.5. (12 boats) DIV. IV {207-up)— 1} Madman X H20, Tuna 20, Steve Katzman, 12.5 points; 2) Slhbey Tove, Catalina 22, Terry Cobb, 18.75; 3) Nirvana, Santana 22, Neville Throckmorton, 19. (7 boats)

1) Kwazy, Wylie Wabbit, Colin Moore; 2) Alliance, Cal2-27, Conley/Foster; 3)TwilightZone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen; 4) Redox, Olson 911S, Nick Barnhill; 5) Madman X H20, Santana 20, Steve Katzman; 6) Upper Bound, Cal 20, Peter Fowler; 7)

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Coriatlilan YC Midwinters PHRF t (0-72) — t) Fever, J/35, Barry Danieli/ Tim Russell, 7.5 points; 2) Lea^dSitg Lady, PetWon 40, Sob Klein, 8.7S; 3) X-Dream, Jeppeson 39, Steen Moiler, 11. (11 boats) PHRF H (73-99)—1) My Wbher Oucl^, Hobie 33, LeeCarami, 7,5 points; 2) Mischief, Sover«{33, Bill Moore, 13.75; 3) Expemtious, Express 34, Bartz <^bneider, 13.75.(IBboats) WRF HI (100-138) — 1) Mr. Bad Example;" Express 27, DaveGruver/John Hauser, 5.5 points; 2f Guneukitschek, Express 27, John Collins, 6.5; 3} Fire Drill, Tartan Ten, Lambert Thom, 30. (19 boat# PHRF IV (139-172) — 1) Frenzy, more 24, ion Woodrum, 11; 2) Movin On, Jeanneau 30, Bob Neat, 16; 3) iMchemy, Olson 25, Joe Kitterman, Sr., 16.5. (17 boats) . ' , PHRF V (173-up) — 1) Groundhog Day, Santana 20, Spooge Syndicate, 9,5 points; 2) Ah Wild¬ erness!, Wilderness 21, Jim Gibbs, 10.75;- 3} April, 1994

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THE RACING Rollo Wheeler Memorial Regatta on March 26-27. Treadway bested Division A in the 'real' racing on Saturday, and then won the lighter-air pursuit race on Sunday against the conventional boats. Greg Dorland’s Melges 24 First to Finish took the sparsely-attended new 'sport boat' category for the weekend. (To oversimplify, BYC defined a sport boat as any craft with an extendable spinny pole and asymmetrical kites, plus the Wylie Wabbits and lliMetres.) Despite fine performances by Sweet Okole and First to Finish, it was Jerry Keefe’s Wabbit Contingent that everyone was yakking about on Saturday night. Contingent cap¬ sized and sank during the second race in 15 feet of water near mark 'G' on the Circle. Takeoff, a Laser 28, dropped out of the race to stand by, and somehow ended up with two of their crew in the water. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the Wabbit was quickly raised and towed in. Read The Racing Sheet next month to find out what happened. BUOY RACES (10.2 miles & 6.2 miles): DIV. A (0-120) — 1) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean Treadway, 2.75 points; 2) Vitesse, Express 37, Dean Dietrich, 3.75; 3) Petard, Farr 36, Keith 'Dean' Buck, 6. (9 boats) DIV. B (sport boats) — 1) First to Finish, Melges 24, Greg Dorland, 2.75 points; 2) Quantum Libet, Melges 24, David Wadbrook, 5; 3) Batteries Not Included, Melges 24, Tony Pohl, 7. (8 boats) DIV. C (121 -168) — 1) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, 1.5 points; 2) Grey Poupon, J/30, Chris

Kostanecki, 4; 3) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen, 7. (12 boats) DIV. D (169-216) — 1) (tie) War II, Schumacher 26, Roger Peter, and Hot Chocolate, Newport 30, Don Oliver, 2.75 points; 3) Catalyst, Catalina 27, Ed Durbin, 6. (7 boats) DIV. E (216-up) — 1) Shazam!, S-22, Bud Sandkulla, 2.75 points; 2) Sea Saw, Cal 20, David Green, 5.75; 3) (tie) Limestone Cowboy, S-22, Jeff Giese, and White Lightning, S-22, Bill Charron, 7. (9 boats) PURSUIT RACE (10.9 miles): SPORTS — 1) First to Finish; 2) Kwazy. (5 boats) NORMALS — 1) Sweet Okole; 2) Petard; 3) Vit¬ esse; 4) Bodacious; 5) Think Fast!. (31 boats)

Singlehanded Farallones The SSS Singlehanded Farallones Race on March 26 failed to live up to its reputation as a gnarly rite of passage. Instead, 76 intrepid solo sailors enjoyed an unexpectedly pleasant 58-mile sail — albeit a slow one — out and back from the Golden Gate YC, with most finishing after dark under a gorgeous full moon. Starting against the flood, the fleet had to hug the Marin side of the Gate going out. Then, with a lot of west in the 510 knot breeze, it was a true beat to the Rockpile, followed by a slow dead downwind run back. Eighteen boats DNFed in the ted¬

Cretchen Uznis (left) and regular crew Sibyl Diver, mainstays of Stanford's highly ranked women's team.

ious going. Jack 'Wrong Way' Scullion made it two in a row, sailing his Morgan 382 Moon Shadow to overall victory for the second SSS race in a row (earlier this year, he won the singlehanded division of the Three Bridge Fiasco by sailing a convoluted course). Conditions

FINAL MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS Sammer Wind, O'Day 27, James Nuss, 10.75. (11 NON-SPINNAKER (0-165) - 1) QE3, Tartan Ten, CregMeianson, 8.25 points; 2) Impetus. S] 30, Francis Hevern, 14; 3) Night Train, Islander 36, Bill Canada, 19.(11 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (186-up) — 1) Tension II, Cal 20, John Nooteboom, 10.5 points; 2) Aolele IV, Cal 20, Julian Barnett, 10.75; 3) Samsara, Cal 20, Kim Ford/Kay Rudiger, 14. (9 boats) SHORTHANDEO — 1) Roadhouse Blues Hawkfarm, Brian Boschma, 7.5 points. (3 boats) MULTIHULL — 1} Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells, 7.5 points; 2) The Wild Thing, F-24, Vic Thiry, 9 75; 3) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg, 10.75. (8 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) Illusion, Kevin Burrell, 5.5 points. (3 boats) SOLING — 1) Pandemonium, Ken Grayson, 5.5 paints; 2) Derf, Rowland/O'Bryan, 6.5. (4 boats) 11:METRE — 1) Sebastiani Vineyards, John Sweeney, 4.25 points; 2) Adrenalin Rush, Tom Dinkel/Mark Luckes, 7.75; 3) Ronstan, Alistair Murray, 15. (5 boats) KNARR — 1) Huidra, Jim Skaar, 9.75 points; 2) Cardinal Sagehen, Doug Hansen, 12; 3} Gannet, BobThalman, 17. (12 boats) Page 180

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lOD — 1) Quickstep II, Mark Pearce, 5 25 points, 2) Harem .Noel Markley, 8 7'i. (1 boat) (4 races; 0 throwouts)

EYC Jack Frost Series CLASS A (0-95) — 1) Terminator, Serendipity 43, Steve Sundeen, 3 3 points; 2) Bang, N/M 41, Max Gordon, 5.15; 3) Bodacious, Farr 40, John Ctauser, 5.75. (12 boats) CLASS B (96-114) — 1) Been There, Done That, J/80, Dave Furbush, 3.5 points; 2) Bloom County, Mancebo 31, The Ondrys, 4.75; 3) Novia, Cal 39, John Webb, 5.75. (II boats) WYLIE 34 — 1) Friction Factor, Will Paxton, 2.25 points: 2) Annalise, Paul Altman, 5.75. (5 J/105 — 1) Invictus, Walt Marti, 3.5 points; 2) Limelight, Harry Blake, 4.75. (5 boats) CLASS D (ULOB, 132-189) — 1) Twilight Zone, Merit 25, Paul Kamen, 2.25 points; 2) j's Wave, J/22, Janey Rand, 7; 3) Takeoff, Laser 28, ],R. Byrne, 8.75. (7 boats) OLSON 25 — 1) Vivace, Bill Ricss, 3.5 points; 2) Dreamer, Mario Wijtman, 8; 3) Jenni, Jay Aiken, 9.75. (7 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) (lie) Sassy Mama, Karin & John

Selbach, and Hurricane, Adam Sedeg, 3 5 points; 3) Tailchaser, Emily Hogin, 9. (6 boats) CLASS E (133-159) — 1) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Dick Morn, 2.25 points; 2) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, 6; 3) Chili I, Santana 30, Michael Maurier, 8. (13 boats)

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CATALINA 30 — 1) Biophilia, Mary Callup, 5.75 points; 2) Fat Cat, Seth Bailey, 7; 3) Mona Too, David Halaby, 7.75. (9 boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Shazam!, Bud Sandkulla, 2.25 points; 2) Co Dog Go, Bill Vanderslice, 8.75: 3) White Lightning, Bill Charron, 10. (12 boats) CLASS H (198-264) — 1) jubilee, Ariel, Don Morrison, 2.25 points; 2) Alien Nation, Thunderbird, |im Closli, and White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Reinhart, 8. (9 boats)

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were just right for his 162-rater, and Scullion corrected out almost an hour ahead the next competitors. Illusion and Rubber Ducky. MULTIHULL — 1) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells; 2) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn; 3) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg. (6 boats) ULDB — 1) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Carami; 2) Pegasus XIV, Newland 368, Dan Newland; 3) Risqui Business, Soverel 33, David

Wilson; 4) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake; 5) WYSIWYG, Olson 30, Don Martin. (16 boats) PHRF A (0-126) — 1) Illusion, Cal 40, Stan Honey; 2) Great Fun, Davidson SO, Stan Glaros; 3) Something Special, J/35, Doug Frolich; 4) Cheyenne, Wylie 34, James Fryer; 5) Bird, Swede 55, Chris Poole. (11 boats) PH RF 8(127-168) — 1) Moon Shadow, Morgan 382, jack Scullion; 2) Rumbleseat, 30 Square Meter, Bruce Schwab; 3) George, Olson 25, Craig Douglas; 4) Alert, Wylie 36, Mike Lingsch; 5) Double Agent, Merit25, Ron Landmann. (18 boats) PHRF C (169-up) — 1) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 2) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel; 3) TCTITW, Santana 22, Jeffrey Brown; 4) Riffraff, Santana 22, Erik Menzel; 5) Emerald, Yankee 30, Peter Jones. (16 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Confetti, Farr 44, Peter Wolcott; 2) Westerly, Westsail 39, Steven Wilson; 3) Amicus, Catalina 38, Jerry Zanzinger. (9 boats) FIRST TO FINISH (multihull) — Aotea. FIRST TO FINSISH (monohull) — Great Fun. OVERALL — Moon Shadow.

Race Notes The dirty dozen: Currently there are 12 paid-up entries in the SSS TransPac, which starts on June 25. Five more are "definite maybes" and race officials expect as many as a half dozen more "out of the blue" sign-ups. The list includes Robert Crawford (Now or Never, Ericson 32, Palo Alto), John Drewery

(Dr. Who, Merit 25, Berkeley), Ron Gammon (Pippin, NorWest 33, Lafayette), Peter Hogg (Aotea, Antrim 40, Mill Valley), Stan Honey (Illusion, Cal 40, Palo Alto), John Lewis (Proper Motion, Norsea 27, San Ramon), Greg Morris (Slipstream, Farr 33, Palo Alto), Peter Mymer (Melody, Scampi 30, Mill Valley), Dwight Odom (Genesis, Niagara 35, Auburn), Reed Overshiner (Reliance, Inter¬ national Folkboat, Richmond) and Ken The General' Roper (Harrier, Finn Flyer 31, Virginia). Astute readers will note that we’ve only listed 11 singlehanders — the twelfth entry is understandably publicity-shy, as he hasn’t asked for the time off from work yet. Anyone interested in the race should call Peter Hogg at (415) 332-5073. Down on the farm: "We’re hot!" says Blake Middleton of the Stanford Sailing Team, currently ranked seventh in the country. [Tufts is first; other West Coast teams in the top twenty are Hawaii (2), Long Beach State (9) and Berkeley (17).] The latest big win for the Nautical Cardinal was the Team Race Intersectional which they hosted and won on March 5-6, beating Navy and UC Irvine on a tie-breaker. "We’re having a 'peak year', as our three star skippers are nearing graduation. Scott Sellers and Jeremy McIntyre are seniors; Charles Meade is a junior," explained Blake. "But the women’s team, which is currently ranked fourth, just keeps getting better and better." The hot women skippers include sopho-

FINAL MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS Albert/Hopkins, 9, (19 boats) CATALINA 34 (non-spinnaker) — 1) Wind Drag* on, Dave Davis, 3.5 points; 2) Casino, Bill Eddy, 5.75; 3) Searcher,Thomas Zafinsky, 6.75. (7 boats) (4 races; 1 throwoot)

Goldea Gate YC Midwinters DIV. i (0-71) — 1) Bondi Tram, Frers 41, Scott Easom> 6.S points; 2) High Risk, Smith 43, Jim Mizel!, 19.75; 3) i*hantoni, J/44, jack Clapper, 21; 4) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco, 24; 5) Brav¬ ura, Farr 44, UCB/Rob Anderson, 25. (16 boats) 11:METRES — 1} Team Sebastiani, John Sweeney, 6.5 points; 2) Susie Kates, Priscilla Troy, 9.5; 3} #89, Mik Beattie, 12. (6 boats) DIV. H (72-75) •— 1) Jarlen, J/35, Bob Bloom, 12.75 points; 2) Slithergadec, J/35, John Neisley, 14; 3) ^uanimity, J/35, Randy Paul, 17^4) ReQoesf, Express 3 7, Glenn isaacson, 21.75; 5) Spirit, Express 37, Andy Rothman, 27; 6) Espresso, |xpress 37, Steve Saperstein, 28. (19 boats) J/35 ^ 1) Slithergadee, 7.5 points, 2) Jarlen, 7.75; 3) Equanimity, 12. (8 boats) EXPRESS 37—- 1) Re-Quest, 7.5 points; 2) Danville Express, 13 75; 3) Spirit, 14. {10 boats)

DIV. Ill (76-116) — 1) Wild Flower, Santana 35, Art Mowry, 3 points; 2) National Biscuit, Schu¬ macher 35, Colin Case, 11:3) Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider, IS; 4) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie 33, Lee Carami, 18; 5) Take 5, Santana 35, Paul Sinz, 25. (17 boats) • SANTANA 35 — 1) Take 5, Paul Sinz, 10 points; 2} Breakout, Les Raos, 12; 3} Swell Dancer, Jim Graham, 12.75. (7 boats) DIV. IV (117-140) — 1) Advantage il, 1/29, Pat & Will Benedict, 6.5 points; 2) Wave Dancer, J/29, Richard Lecvcy, 12; 3) Numerator, Fast 345, Daryl Lance, 18; 4) Thrasher. )/29, Steve Podell, 21.75; 5) Harp, Catalina 38, Mike Mannix, 22. (12 boats) DIV. V (141-197) — 1) War II, Schumacher 26,' Roger Peter, 6.5 points; 2) Hecate, lOD, Dennis Jermaine, 15; 3) WeEalVeal,J/24, A! Sargent, 16.5; 4} Xarifa, iOD, Jeff Hager, 23; 5) Barking Dog, Olson 25, Jeffrey Krocber, 27. (21 boats) DiV. VI (198) — 1) Crazy Jane, Thundcrbird, Doug Carroll, 7.25 points; 2) Cardinal Sagehen, knarr, Doug Hansen. 13.75; 3) Flyer, Knarr, Chris Kelly, 19; 4) Spaetlese, Cat. 27, HansFallant, 20; 5) Lord Nelson, Knarr, John Jenkins, 26. (15 boats) DIV. Vll (199-up) — 1) Duiccnea, Coi onado 27, John Slivka, 3 points; 2) Shazam!, Santana 22, Bud

Sandkulla, 8; 3) Esea Rider, Santana 22, Joe Schmidt, 13; 4) Nirvana, Santana 22, Neville Tlirockmorton, 23; 5) Neblina, Cal 28, Mosher/ Carter, 24. (9 boats) OVERALL — 1) Wild Flower, 3 points; 2) Dulcenea, 3, 3) War 2, 6.5; 4) Bondi Tram, 6.5; S) Advantage II, 6.5. <109 boats) (4 races; 0 throwouts)

LMSC Edna Robinson Midwinters EL TORO — 1) Wait Andrews, 100.75 points; 2) Jim Warfield, 83.5; 3) Cordy Nash, 81.25; 4) Jeff Joy, 77.25; 5) Bob Hrubes, 74.25; 6) Steve Miller, 69; 7) Jim Cozlne, 68; 8) Ralph Joy, 43; 9) Ron Locke, 42; 10) Art Lewis, 41. (19 boats) FJ — 1) joe Doering, 44.25 points; 2) Linda Brandon, 28; 3) John Aitken, 27,25. (7 boats) HOLDER 12 — 1) Del Locke, 25.5 points; 2) Jim Kearney, 17. (4 boats) LIDO 14 — 1) Doug Hamilton, 30.75 points; 2) Jim Boissier, 22.25; 3) Rich Gutlchen, 21.75. (5 SNIPE — 1) Jim Grubbs, 41.75; 2) Vinie Casalaina, 15; 3)(tie)Charles Heimler and Matt Niccolls, 12.25.(7 boats) (12 races) April, 1994 •L*ZiWeJ?*

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Back by popular demand — another Jeff Madri¬ gal! weird photo caption contest! Best one wins a 'Latitude' T-shirt. Outta here: 'Bondi Tram' en route to her new life in the Northwest. “Look out, Seattle!" says former owner Scott Easom.

mores Gretchen Uznis and Cinnamon Hampikian, and freshman Alice Maynard. Uznis, from Detroit, won Division A at the prestigious St. Mary’s Women’s Intersect¬ ional on March 19-20, which establishes her

as one of the top women skippers in the country. Hampikian came in fourth in Div¬ ision B, giving Stanford a combined second place finish just behind host St. Mary’s. Also helming in Division B were two Bay Area exports: Krysia Pohl (Coast Guard) came in fifth and Jenny Greenough (Navy) was seventh. L.A. Law: Aggressive English match racer

Chris Law took the 30th annual Congres¬ sional Cup in Long Beach in mid-March. With input from tactician Steve Flam, Law led from day one and finished with a 14-4 record, one of his biggest victories to date. Steady westerlies and well-matched boats (Catalina 37s, the largest boats on the Omega Grand Prix circuit) made for an excellent series. The rest of the fleet finished as follows: 2) Rod Davis (AUS), 12-6; 3) Kevin Mahaney (US), 11-7; 4) Peter Isler (US), 11-7; 5) Roy Heiner (NED), 10-8; 6) Steve Grillon (US), 8-10; 7) Marc Pajot (FRA), 7-11; 8) Mark Gollison (US), 7-11; 9) Neville Wittey (AUS), 7-11; 10) Mike Elias (US) 2-16. Speaking of Chris Law, he’s one of eight skippers who’ll be on hand for the second annual St. Francis YC Match Race Invit¬ ational on April 15-17. Also competing will be a truly international field consisting of defending champ John Bertrand (US), Paul Cayard (US), Roy Heiner (NED), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Kevin Mahaney (US), Ber¬ trand Pac6 (FRA) and Thierry Peponnet (FRA). The three-day, round-robin series will be sailed in J/105s right in front of the yacht club beginning at 11 a.m. each day. This promises to be one of the sailing highlights of the year around here — take your boat out and watch! Or, if you’re a member of a PIYCA yacht club, observe the action from

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RYC Smalt Boat Midwinters LASER w 1) Will Benedict; 2) Jonathan Howell; 3) Madhaven Thirumalaj; 4) Skip McCormack; 5) Donald Nazzal; 6) Patrick Whitmarsh. (49 boats) LASER 11 — 1) Katherina Kuzina; 2) Davy Chatham; 3) Lee Ann Need; 4) Rich Lowell. (15

3) Kim Zetterberg. (6 boats) LIGHTNING— 1) Mike Molina; 2)8rirce Arnold; 3) Elissa McQuillin. (6 boats) FIREBALL 1) Pierridc Pedron; 2) Scott Rovanpera; 3) Will Paxton. (7 boats) WABBIT — 1) Colin Moore; 2) Zanc Working; 3) Bill Partridge; 4) Jon Stewart. (11 boats) INTERNATIONAL CANOE 1) Del Olsen; 2} Paul Miller; 3) Fran DeFaymoreau; 4) Bruce Bradfute. (11 boats) 505 — 1) Andreasen/Hopkins; 2) Cooper/ Marion; 3) Roudder/Marsh; 4) Tobin/Watters. (10 INTERNATIONAL 14 — 1) Keith Stahnke; 2) David Klipfel; 3) Jim Wondolleck; 4) Kurt Schmidt. (17 boats) BYTE — 1) Michele Logan; 2) Gene Harris; 3) John Amen. (9 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Bill Erkelens, Sr.; 2) Margaret Harris; 3) Kit Weigman; 4) George Pedrick. (13

■i-' boate)!S> boats) SUNFISH — 1) Bob Cronin; 2) Darryl Coe; 3) OPEN — 1) Brad Worsham, JY15; 2) Ryan Scho¬ field, C-15. (5 boats) Roy Jordan. (7 boats) JESTER — 1} Andre lacour; 2) Chris Watts; 3) FJ — 1) Linda Brandon; 2) Karl Dake; 3) Joe Dennis Bassano; 4) Ian Klitza; 5) Alan Wirtanan. (19 Doering. (8 baots) boats) -4, THISTLE ~ 1) Kris Vogelsong; 2) Eric Stoetling; Page 182

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EL TORO, JR. — 1) Rufus Sjoberg; 2) Jason Martin; 3) Nick Nash; 4) Dana Jones; 5i) Kimball Hail: 6) Chad Freitas. SNIPE — 1) Jim & Lynn Grubbs; 2) DougCefalt; 3) Vince Casalaina; 4) Charles Heimler. (16 boats) EL TORO, SR. — 1) Dennis Silva; 2)Cordy Nash; 3) Bob Hrubes; 4) George Morris; 5) Fred Paxton, (30 boats) (number of races and throwouts varies)

Santa Cruz YC Midwinters DIV. A (0-135) — 1) Animal House, Olson 30, Akrop/Lezin, 4.5 points: 2) Hanelei Express, SC 27, Sturgeon/Schuyler, 16.75; 3) FlyingSquirrei, SC 33, jack Cordon, 28; 4) Kabaia, Olson 30, Jay Benrrett, 39; 5) Capital Affair, Olson 30, Bill Host, 45; 6) Bullet, Olson 30, Mike Gross, 53; 7) Escape, Ex¬

press 37, Steve Dilbeck, 58; AWB, Santana 35, Darrel Louis. 60; 9) Mistress Qulcidy, SC 27, Larry Weaver, 62; 10) Duet, SC 27, Bob DeWitt, 64, (20 boats) ' DIV. B (136-up) — 1) Moorgasm, Moore 24, Hank Niles, 9.25 points; 2) Great Pumpkin, Moore 24, Jim Maloney, ,25; 3) Adios, Moore 24, Scott Walecka, 17; 4) Bruzer, Ivtoore 24, Garski Tracey, 23, 5) Snafu U, Moore 24, Conerly/Berryman,

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the comfort of the StFYC bar. "We’re trying to make this really user-friendly," claimed Mark Heer. "Everyone’s invited!" Sale boats of the month: Bondi Tram, Scott Easom’s cherried-out Frers 41, was sold in mid-March to Bill Nelson of Tacoma. Bondi already came in second in its first race up there, losing to the SC 50 Oaxaca by only 14 seconds. Reports Scott, "Nelson is a great owner — he’s the Bill Twist of the North¬ west!" High praise, indeed. . . Mike Grisham recently bought Leigh Brite’s Express 37 Ringmaster, renamed it Bliss and took three bullets in his debut at the St. Francis YC One Design Regatta. . . John Kerslake sold his SC 40 Kingfish to Alameda bus¬ inessman Gary Hausler, who is "near the top" of the waiting list for the upcoming Pacific Cup. . . Walt Marti of Alameda bought the J/105 demo boat from J/Boats, and has named it Invictus. Don Trask re¬ ports that he has also sold two more new J/105s to buyers in Mexico. . . Doug Taylor of Honolulu has put his J/35 Icebreaker on the mcirket, as he’s just ordered a Mumm 36. A pair of other J/35s Just sold: Rod Parks unloaded his STS back to Annapolis and Rich Maisto’s Draco is about to go up the road to Vancouver. . . Has anyone else noticed that four J/35s (Heartbreaker, Ice Breaker, II Pellicano and Raptor) are all 'rafted’ up next to each other in dry storage

The 'fast and friendly Ultimate 20 promises to live up to its name. Call the number in ‘Race Notes' to organize a test sail.

at Nelson’s Marine? Other race boats, in¬ cluding the Frers 36 Surefire, are also opting to drysail out of this Alameda boatyard, as it’s apparently no more expensive than wetsailing. More sale boats: Bill Thurman’s Olson 25 No Slack was recently sold to Southern

FINAL MIDWINTER RACE RESULTS i;' rjtf'., ' 'hrowuiJl/

Sausalito CC Midwinters MULTIHULL — U Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, 2.25 points: 2) Pau Hana, F-27, John Brady, (4 boats) SPINNAKER — 1) Hot Flash, J/.T0, George Kokalis, 2.25 points; 2) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Denny Sargent, 4.75; 3) Patriot, Yamaha .33, Roy Kinney, 8. (5 boats) , . NON-SPINNAKER funder 200) — 1) Fall Line, Olson 911E, 4.5 points; 2) Bear, J/30, John Milward, 4.7S; 3) Lone Star, Serendipity 43, Dave & Jane Reed, 9. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (over 200) — 1) GaUnte, Foikboat, Otto Schreier, 3.5 points; 2) Volk«, Folkboat, Peter & Susie Jeai, 4.75; 3) P-Trap, Cal 20, Gerry Corski, 6 75. (8 boats) A RANGER 23 — 1) (tie) impossible, Cary Kneeland,and Zephyr, Erica Mattson, 3.5 poirits; 3) Nina, Steve Ployhar, 11. (5 boats) (4 races: 1 ihrowouts)

Sausalito YC Midwinters SPINNAKER (0-160) — 1) Jose Cuervo, J/105,

Sam Hock, 3.5 points; 2) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith MacBetb, 3.5; 3) Razzberries, Olson 34, Bruce & Lina Nesbit, 8. (8 boats) SPINNAKER {160-up) — 1) Renaissance, j/24. Brad Melmon, 2.25 points; 2) Perezoso, Excalibur 26, Davis/Nehms,8.7S; 3)Ruckus, Newport30Mk. II, Paul Von Wtedenfieid, 10; 4) Challenge, islander 28, Jones/Schoen, 11. (13 boats) NON-SPINNAKER (0-170) — 1) Wtndwalker, Islander 36, Schoenhair/Cilliom, 3.5 points; 2) Sabra, WylieCat39, Michael Katz, 6.75; 3) Patriot, Yamaha 33, Roy Kinney, 8.75; 4) Lone Ranger, Ranger 33, Hodgson/Melin, 9. (9 boats) NON-SPINNAKERd 70-up) — 1 )$unda. Custom 33, Robert Rogers, 4.S points; 2) Roeboat, Catalina 30, Rod Decker, 6.75; 3) Amanda, Newport 30 Mk. 11, Pat Broderick, 8; 4) Inshatlah, Santana 22, Shirley Bates, 9. (10 boats) SSS — 1) Aotea, Antrim 40, Peter Hogg, 2.25 points; 2) Fall Line, Olson 911SE, jim Kent, 6. (6 BEAR — 1) Chance, Glen Treser, 3.5 points; 2) Coidifocks, Bob McComb, 7.75; 3) Little Dipper, joe Bambara, 9; 4) Smokey, Steve Robertson, 13 75. (10 boats) (4 races; 1 throwout)

California. . . The Santana 35 Don Miguel, which was owned by a six-person partner¬ ship, has been sold to Seattle. . . Jay Aiken likes Olson 258 so much, he just bought his second one. Honey’sMonei>. His other boat, Jenni, is on the market along with a half dozen other 0-25s. That bright red rocketship that you’ll see zipping around the Bay starting next month is Jeff Gething’s new Ross 10.66 Rebs, which should have arrived from Auckland on March 29. Jeff, who used to own the Olson 30 Vorticity, will campaign (and live aboard) the 35-footer in IMS ocean races, possibly including the Santa Barbara Race. . . J/SOs are finally catching on in the Bay Area, with at least five more sold recently. New owners include former J/24 sailor Wyllis Baird, transplanted East Coaster Dick Callahan, boat addict Allan Bray (who is unloading his Melges 24 Route 66) and a syndicate based out of Olympic Circle Sailing consisting of Martin Duggan, Michael Muscardini and Bill Weber. Good ideas: The biennial Aldo Alessio Race, a St. Francis YC-hosted coastal race for sleds, will be held on Friday, July 29. Bowing to popular demand, the finish line ^will be off Point Conception for the first time. . . Check out the new Laser hotline, a 5minute recording chock full of information about class happenings up and down the coast. Dial (510) 273-9492 to hear the spiel, which is sponsored by Seabird Sailing and ends, this week at least, with the maxim, "May your rudder never cavitate!"... At last, there’s a local Ultimate 20 available for demo rides. If you’re interested in testsailing one of these 'baby Melges' — or hearing about the 'fast' and 'friendly' girls who appear April, 1994

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in the ac^s — call Jeff Canepa in Santa Cruz at (408) 457-8000. Briefly noted: Mark Hecht’s Friday’s Eagle won the Kurt Zane Memorial Regatta for Catalina 30s, a three-race non¬ spinnaker event held on March 12 and 26. Hecht, who finished the series with 7.75 points, was followed by: 2) Trey Shay, John Jacobs, 8.75; 3) Revision, David Jacoby, 11; 4) Fat Cat, Seth Bailey, 13; 5) Missy B, Carl Ballard, 19. (10 boats). . , Jim Graham’s Swell Dancer topped a small but competitive fleet at San Francisco YC-hosted Santana 35 Tune-Up Regatta on March 26-27. Results of the three-race series were: 1) Swell Dancer, 6.75 points; 2) Tinsley Light, 7.75; 3) Breakout, 9. (7 boats) Florida frostbiting: Peter Gordon’s Farr 44 Gaucho, with John Bertrand steering, won IMS-B and overall in the stormshortened Southern Ocean Racing Confer¬ ence (SORC) on March 2-6. Forty-two boats (no IMS maxis) sailed the windy 7-race buoy series in three divisions each of IMS and PHRF. John Thomson’s N/M 49 Infinity took IMS-A, while David Clarke’s Pigs in Space took the 9-boat Mumm 36 one design

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class. Bob Garvie’s N/M 43 Bullseye was the runner-up in IMS-B, with Dee Smith sharing the steering chores. Toys-R-Us circuit: 26 Jesters graced Schwan Lagoon (just south of Santa Cruz Harbor) on March 12 for the so-called Frog Regatta. Seven quick races were held for three divisions: men’s lightweight, men’s

heavyweight and women. When the laugh¬ ter subsided, here’s how the fleet stacked up: Lightweights — 1) Jack Halterman, 2) Mich¬ ael Egan, 3) Chris Watts; Heavyweights— 1) Jay Crum, 2) Greg Miller, 3) Dennis Bassano; Women — 1) Mama Evans, 2) Rebec¬ ca Dymond, 3) Susie Barber. Writes Mike Evans, 'There was a lot of moaning and wailing about whether Mr. Crum could possibly weigh the 185 pounds required for the 'bubba' division. Unfortunately, no one could locate a scale!"

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With reports this month from Panacea on the good life cruising in Mexico; from Antelope Medicine on three women’s America 500 adventure; from Quest on sailing from San Francisco to the Rio Dulce; from Aldeberan on problems with cheap anchors; from Monsoon on piracy — or the lack of it — in Asia; from Grimsby on working up the IntraCoastal; from Dream Away on the problems with Papagayos; from Satori on West Coast Cruisers gathering in Venezuela; and, lots of Cruise Notes.

Panacea — Cal 40 Bill Hilsinger, Nan Moody Zihuataiiejo, Mexico (San Francisco) Buenos dias, familia y amigos. We have finally arrived in mananaland not only in body, but in spirit, too. We don’t know exactly when it happened. Maybe during the two weeks that we were anchored in Tenacatita Bay, when we explored the jungle mangroves in our dinghy Homer, built sandcastles and swam frequently. Just 'being'. Or maybe when we sailed into Zihuatanejo Bay, with its friendly locals and Old World atmosphere. At any rate, we became aware of our transformation yesterday evening. Do you remember the scene from the movie Shirley Valentine, when Shirley was sitting at the table near the water’s edge watching the sun set on a Greek Isle? When she was completely content with her decision not to return to England and her previous life of 'chips and steak' every Tuesday? When she’d decided not to return to the confines of society? That scene came to mind as Bill and I uj E Q I

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this is the way we want to live — the way it always should have been. We’ve never been happier. That’s not to say we don’t miss our grandchildren. Sometimes 1 miss them so much that I ache. But rather than return to our old life, we’re hoping there’s some way we can share this new life with them. And there’s so much to share. Here’s what a typical day is like: We awake each morning to a pot of fresh ground Mexican coffee and the local cruiser’s VHP net. On the net we hear weather forecasts, say 'hello' to new arrivals and 'goodbye' to friends heading on. There’s also plenty of local knowledge; how to clear in, where the best inexpensive restaurants are, the location of the next potluck or dinghy raft-up, and so forth. Next we shower with buckets of saltwater, followed by a brief rinse with our precious fresh water. Then we’re off to shop. First, to the produce market for fruits and vegetables, then the tortilla factory for fresh tortillas, and finally, the panadaria for bread and sweets. When this is done, we complete any other business we might have in town. Maybe it’s picking up our laundry from the local washwoman who scrubs our boat clothes cleaner than new with a bar of laundry soap. Or perhaps it’s stopping by the newsstand to pick up that day’s English language newspaper from Mexico City. Or perhaps we need to locate the propane facility and fill our tank. Every endeavor is an adventure — and a lesson in patience. Upon returning to our floating home, we attempt at least one work project. Yesterday, I went to the top of the mast to adjust the rigging. I can tell you that it’s much different atop the mast in a rolling anchorage than it is when you’re safely tied to a dock! And today Bill is going to dive on the bottom and scrape the barnacles off the propeller. By afternoon, it’s hot! So we do what the Mexicaris do and either rest, read or go swimming. Sometimes we dinghy to the beach and have a beverage in the shade of a palapa and watch the frigates and boobies forage in the bay for their dinner. Or play a game of Canasta—which, by the way, we’re still not really sure how to play. Normally

we’d appreciate somebody sending us the rules, but here in mananaland it just doesn’t seem important if we’re playing correctly or not. It’s the playing, not the winning, that counts. Preparing our evening meal is a joint effort. Given the tremendous variety and supply of farm fresh produce available, it’s a pleasant challenge to create something new or different to eat — especially when we’re not familiar with some of the produce we bought that morning. Sometimes we bake salt bread in the pressure cooker. The recipe? You start with three cups of ocean! While cooking dinner, we either listen to classical music or tune in the Ham radio, listening for good propagation and a possible phone patch. Otherwise we might catch up on the news with Voice of America. Back home we used to watch television after dinner, but now we visit with other cruisers. We’ve met folks from Canada, Switzerland, South Africa and New Zealand. And aboard every type of boat from 27footers to floating condos. Previous professions? You name it. Truckers, doctors, business owners, a published author.

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Lisa, Skyli and Amy, about to embark on their adventure aboard 'Antelope Medicine'. Inset; Male or female, sailors' hands get abused.

disillusioned drop-outs — all with a story to tell. We miss television less and less. And best of all, we sit in the cockpit in the dark, inhaling the beauty that surrounds us. The ocean, the bay teeming with life, the stars are our Higher Power’s gifts to us that have always been there, but which until now we’ve been too busy to notice. This is cruising, our new life. — nan 2/94 Antelope Medicine — Chris Craft 35 Skyli McAfee, Amy, Lisa Running With The Dolphins (Moss Landing) Some women 'run with the wolves', but Skyli McAfee, Lisa Andresen and Amy Leitman, were looking for somethingjnore nautical. So they 'sailed with the dolphins' during the America 500. This improbable adventure germinated back in 1987 when Skyli, who would be the ringleader, was studying sharks and parrotfish at the Moss Landing Marine Lab.

She and Amy Leitman, a classmate studying aquaculture, relaxed by sailing a Montgomery 15 on Monterey Bay. They were frequently joined by Lisa Andresen of the Bay Area, who was building a Pelican with her then boyfriend. The three women, in their middle to late 20s, weren’t expert mariners, but they liked the sailing and had a penchant for adventure. One day somebody suggested it would be an excellent idea if the three of them sailed their own boat in the America 500. This despite the fact that the Cruisers’ Rally from Portugal to the Bahamas wouldn’t be held for another five years. Many of us have great dreams for five years down the road, but few of us see them through. And although women sailing their own boats across oceans are as rare as whitecaps on San Diego Bay, Skyli, Amy and Lisa made their dream a reality. But like most satisfying achievements, it certainly wasn’t easy. Much of sailing and all of ocean voyaging was new to them, none was wealthy, and they didn’t have family or relatives willing to lend them a suitable boat. If the project was going to come to fruition, it was going to be

the result of their own efforts — with, of course, a little help from their friends. They started by opening a joint bank account for the endeavor. It was Skyli’s job to find and acquire the boat. She bought one, a 1974 Chris Craft 35, in Florida in 1991. When you think Chris Craft, you think powerboats, but they did build a few sailboats, including the 35-foot center cockpit model. Amy, Lisa, Skyli and Skyli’s husband Steven spent much of that summer working on and getting to know the vessel they christened Antelope Medicine. What kind of medicine? To Native Americans, Antelope Medicine means 'do it now', 'once you have knowledge, take action', 'walk your talk' — that kind of thing. The name fit their project perfectly. In the spring of '92, Amy joined Skyli in Tampa Bay for a trip to Bermuda, the first leg in the delivery to the America 500 start in Portugal. As a maiden ocean passage for both Skyli and Amy, it stunk. They were battered by bad weather most of the way, didn’t have use of their autopilot or vane, and Amy injured her hand. Lisa flew in to Bermuda within a hour of Antelope Medicine’s arrival. After licking wounds for a couple of days, the trio worked for three weeks — with kind assistance of several others — getting the boat ready for (he Bermuda to Azores leg. This time it would be just Skyli, unshaken by her first bout with a troubled ocean, and Lisa. Amy

Lisa and Skyli in the Azores with Lydia Bird, who'd just singlehanded over from the U.S.

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had five to 15 knots of wind from aft and flat seas. We flew the genniker, ate well, got plenty of sleep and hardly wore any clothes. It was everything anybody could ever hope for on an ocean passage." When Skyli and Lisa arrived at Horta, Azores, they thought they’d done something really great — which they indeed had. Then in sailed Sonnet, a black-hulled S&S 42 sailed by Lydia Bird. If Bird looked a little haggard, she had reason. She’d singlehanded non-stop from the Chesapeake, and because of her fear of being run down by a ship, had never slept for more than 14 minutes at a time! A sailing instructor and accomplished ocean sailor. Bird was taking her boat to the Eastern Med because her husband had accepted an embassy position in Bulgaria. During their several week stay in the Azores to make repairs, Skyli, Lisa and Bird became good friends. In fact, they sailed in company to Vilamoura, Portugal, Bird having been joined by Leslie, a former sailing student from Palo Alto. When September rolled around, Lisa had to fly home for a couple months of work. So Skyli hopped aboard Sonnet and helped Lydia deliver her boat across the Med.

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and Lisa gathered to start the America 500 aboard their own boat. Talk about commitment! There were several entries in the America 500 skippered by women. Antelope Medicine, however, was the only one with an all women crew. They were wellreceived. We’d like to report that the America 500 itself turned out to be a fantastic voyage, but we can’t. As was pretty much the case with the rest of the fleet, once they took off across the Atlantic on the major leg of the rally, the women had about 10 days of very nice sailing, followed by several days of little wind. The remainder of the trip featured storms and either too much or too little wind. It wasn’t the idyllic tradewind passage everyone had been counting on. The crew of Antelope Medicine, for example, spent Thanksgiving slatting in a calm, having gone for weeks without a cold drink. The three women completed the 2,700mile course in 32 days, an average of just under 85 miles a day. Their slow pace was a combination of the fact that the centercockpit Chris Craft was designed for cruising comfort rather than speed, and the women’s emphasis on safety. "We sailed conservatively because we knew we didn’t have much ocean experience," explains Lisa. Slow but sure, they reached the Bahamas well-rested and with far less damage than most of the other competitors. They’d been aided on their crossing by their Monitor windvane, autopilot and GPS. "We’d been cautiously confident," Lisa says. 'There was no reason to be afraid, and we did our best to be careful." Standing three-hour watches alone, then having six hours off, was easy on them. Despite more than a month together on a relatively small boat, they didn’t experience any major personal problems. "We got along fine," says Lisa. "If something nerve-racking was happening, there could be a little tension, but we made an effort to be gentle with one another." Clearly these women weren’t cut from the same cloth as 'Dicko' Dickson. So how come we’re writing about this now? The truth is, the women are modest and never brought it to our attention. Thus, we’d have never learned about their accomplishment if Lydia Bird hadn’t dropped us a line from Bulgaria. She reported that she and Skyli had sailed Antelope Medicine from Horida to the

Panama Canal in December. Bird says the last she heard, Skyli was making her fifth attempt to leave Golfito, Costa Rica, to sail the boat to San Francisco. Skyli’s current crew consists of two women from Southern California, Christine Edwards and Alice (whose name Lydia regretfully has forgotten). As for Lydia, she’s back in Bulgaria waiting for sailing season. A big Latitude salute to these modest but capable women in recognition of their gumption and guts. We hope that when Skyli and Ante/ope Medicine reach the Bay, they’ll be willing to share their experiences with others. As for Latitude, we’d be delighted to help publicize any such program. — latitude 3/94 Quest — Atkin 29 Cutter Paul Behnken, Cathi Sally California To Florida (Alameda) Ours is a long overdue letter about our cruise from beautiful San Francisco to Florida via the Canal. Some readers might be familiar with our boat as she was featured in the September '92 ad for Hogin Sails. After leaving in mid-September of '92, we did the usual stops along the west coast at .Cabo, La Paz, Z-town and so forth. We also

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stopped at La Union, El Salvador, and really enjoyed the friendly people there. Costa Rica was beautiful — yet beware! A lot of us got 'stuck' in Playa del Coco due to laziness. As a result, once we finally did leave, we only had a month to visit much more beautiful areas such as Drake’s Bay, Beillena and even Golfito. By the way, all the nasty things said about Costa Rica’s 'Rambo' are true. However, it’s the islands off Panama — such as Parida, Secas and Contreros — that should not be missed! In fact, we preferred these islands to many places in Costa Rica. The Panama Canal was incredible! We had to spend two nights in Lake Gatun for reasons we were never told. Anyone who has transited the Canal aboard a small boat with no refrigeration and room enough for three, will appreciate how difficult two nights on the lake were for us with five aboard! But we made the most of it, thanks to Panacl*e and Melinda Lee — even though we were almost run down by a freighter. / Panama City, on the Pacific side, is just like, well, being in the United States! Having been out cruising in undeveloped areas for

so long, I felt like an alien strolling into one of the huge shopping malls. It was awful! The prices were similar to back home — and the beer was not only terrible, but it came in tiny 10 oz. bottles. As for the city of Colon, on the Caribbean side, the best way to be kind is to say nothing at all. The Panama Canal YC, located just inside the Canal Zone at Colon, nonetheless is as friendly as the city is dirty. There was also a feeling of excitement at the Panama Canal YC, as all the cruisers were getting ready to enter into a new ocean and new adventures. It’s a feeling we won’t forget. We departed Colon and arrived in Portobello just in time for Black Christ Day. The Panamanians are so crazy for this weekend holiday that many of them go so far as to walk the 25 or so miles from Colon to Portobello in honor of the Black Christ. Some crawl! We figured it was mostly a good excuse to party and the little town — from where much of the riches of South America and Mexico were shipped to Spain — was a zoo! When Black Christ Day was over, it looked like a bomb had been set off. As for the San Bias Islands, oh my, paradise found! We didn’t mind those adorable Kuna ladies coming on our boat, having a drink and trading molas for needles, fabric, rope, sugar, watches and such. Our

friends on Sanctuary ended up trading their lantern for mo/os! In fact, Jim began to get nervous that Lynn might trade him for more of the intricate embroidery. Mo/a madness is something all cruisers have to protect themselves against. Our sail from San Bias to Guanaja in the Bay Islands was one of the best sails we’ve ever had. Six days of beam reaching during which Quest was a dream on the water. The Bay Islands themselves are pretty, the water clean and the reefs abundant. The kids on Guanja were pretty dam cute, too. French Harbor Marina in Roatan was nice also, but it’s another one of those places where it would be easy for a cruiser to become stuck. In the December issue of the Seven Seas Cruising Association’s Commodore’s Bulletin, Stephen and Janet Metcalf of the 40-foot catamaran Ivoire pilloried Guatemala’s Rio Dulce. They wrote about thieves boarding boats and of six major break-ins of cmising boats, of drunken Guatemalans ramming three cmising boats in the middle of the night, of noisy jet skis and powerboats, of locals playing loud music over the VHF, of cholera, dengue fever and malaria, of severe lightning storms, of poisonous snakes crawling on boats, and of the local towns dumping raw sewage in Lake Izabel and the river. If people want to believe all those allegations, it’s fine with us. But then why

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Izabel. Or the fabulous food at Suzanna’s Laguna. The manatee reserve. All the small rivers with the howler monkeys. We don’t know, we just know the Rio Dulce is quite a place! The Dulce is best visited by those interested in inexpensive marinas, safe and calm anchorages, and friendly people. Not to mention the many attractions. We even managed to find two copies of the February Latitude here. What a treat! We suppose we can see how the Rio Dulce can be viewed as dangerous — to your cruising budget — because you won’t want to leave. We just found ourselves becoming oery lazy once again, and just the thought going back out on the big bad ocean made us queasy. Still, we’ll be saying goodbye to the Rio Dulce tomorrow when we set out for Belize, Isla Mujeres and then Florida. We’ve been so spoiled this trip. Where else can you buy beer for less than a dollar? In El Salvador, for example, it was 30 cents. And we met so many nice people. If anyone knows of a place as good, please write us! P.S. If any of you out here ever manage to run into Bonnie Doone, buy Andrew and Corky Dossett a beer. They are the best! And if you come across Tom and Dawn Ballard’s Time Passages, give Tom hell and then buy him a scotch. We love them all! — paul & cathi 2/94 Readers — If anyone hears from the Dossetts, please ask them to contact us. We’d like some more details on what allegedly was a most unusual passage from the Red Sea to Singapore. Aldeberan — C & C 48 Peter & Wendy Whyte Anchors Away! (Sausalito) In the March Letters, Don Blood noted that I’m late in getting out this year’s edition of the Tiderose Smartchart. Yeah, I’m guilty, but by the time everyone reads this it should be available from the Armchair Sailor in Sausalito. I’ve got two excuses for being tardy. First, I spent most of last year out cruising in the Caribbean and Central Americas. And secondly, when I got back, I had to go out and find a job to pay for it. And to be honest, I didn’t know if there would be an ongoing demand for the tide program. Blood’s letter demonstrates there is, and I thank him for it. Page 190

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But let’s talk about anchors! Every cruise has it’s theme song, and last year for us it was definitely Anchors Aweigh — or more properly. Anchors Away. It all started at Sailorman’s In Fort Lauderdale where I bought a new 65-lb, CQR-type anchor for my C&C 48. The anchor was made by HKG, which I believe is a German company. A 'genuine CQR' it was not. Several weeks later at Allan’s Cay in the Bahamas, we arrived late and had to anchor in the channel between the cay and the next island. We dropped the HKG and I gently backed the boat down to set the anchor. A math major in college, I was later able to calculate that 1.5 knots plus about 5 knots current equaled 6.5 knots. (Why the hell isn’t there a Tiderose for the Bahamas?) Anyway, there was a loud bang and we started drifting backwards at a goodly speed. The 'bang' must have been caused when the shaft of the anchor parted completely from the flukes, leaving us with a great device for clubbing fish, but little else. Phil Chin, Aldeberan’s trusty Mate, sprang into action to set another anchor, a 45-lb Bruce, off the sharp end of the boat.

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But he’s a rocket scientist, and you know how slow they can be. (Yes, another one of those rocket scientists out cruising, which is why it’s no wonder the Space Program is in trouble). At any rate, before Chin could rig the second anchor and I could get the boat straight, we were on a reef real good. Heeled over at 20°, we were pinned there by the current. Other cruisers in the area were great! Almost immediately three outboard powered dinghies were on the scene. Through a group effort, we were able to push and pull Aldeberan over the reef and into deeper water. The boat was scratched up and so was my pride, but we both survived. Needless to say, the tide was dropping fast and the weather deteriorating. One of the locals said the only place to anchor was off a beach about 2% miles away. In fact, he was so worried about the conditions he took his own boat out of the designated anchorage and put in there himself. We followed. When we got there, 1 dove down on the now attached Bruce and personally buried the sucker in the sand. We

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also set a 40-lb Danforth. Then the wind got up and turned our safe haven into a lee shore! We dragged until our keel hit bottom, and there was very little we could do. We couldn’t haul the anchors in, because they were already whip taut. And we dared not let them go or power forward because we were already on the beach. It just happened to be my 50th birthday, and I considered it a sort of spiritual halfway point. Come dawn, 1 swallowed hard and we dove on one of the anchors. I cut the rode, retrieved the anchor and set it out as a kedge. Utilizing both the kedge and full engine thrust in reverse, we finally got off. (Thank you. Max Prop!) Incidentally, our guide had disappeared in the night, obviously wiser and more knowledgeable about the area than we. Reluctantly, we backtracked to Nassau where we became the proud owners ^of a Danforth-type 65-lb made by US Anchors. At our next rough anchorage — Rum Cay, a great place to visit — I decided to get out before the weather turned bad. It took an hour to get the Danforth up — and when we did, the shaft was bent back on itself like a sculpture Lorena Bobbitt might have dreamed up. The bow rollers were bent the

other way in sympathy, so it was all very symmetrical. When we arrived at the Panama Canal YC in Colon, we tried to straighten it by wedging it in the marine reiilway and having four Australians jump up and down on a 20foot steel bar. But it was never the same again. Next time I’m going to try it with New Zealanders jumping on the bar. After we had transited the Canal, I heard of a guy back in Colon who had a 65-lb CQR — a reeil one — for seJe. Through the excellent services of Bill Speed, Commodore of Panama Canal YC, we negotiated a price and arranged to pick it up. I couldn’t connect up with a boat to have to brought through the Canal to us, so Wendy and I took the bus from Panama City to Colon. It weis Sunday, and there were no 'espresso' buses, so it was all goats, chickens and Panamanians in their best Sunday dresses. Having bought the anchor at the Panama Canal YC, wouldn’t you know it, we couldn’t get a taxi to take us to the bus station a half mile away. Yes, that h2df mile! While many people have been attacked along that very dangerous stretch, very few have been attacked while carrying 65-lb genuine CQR anchors on their back. So Wendy and I decided to walk. As we went out through the bar area of the Paneuna Cetnal YC, with Wendy skipping merrily in the front and me staggering behind with the CQR on my back, a loud Australian voice boomed out, 'You didn’t have to do that to him, love, a simple wedding ring would have been enough!" Honestly, some people! The CQR has performed flawlessly since, so I guess the moral is buy the genuine article. And to check the current as well as the height of the tide before dropping the hook. Which brings me back to the Tiderose. My apologies, Don, you shall have a free copy as soon as I get done. If anyone has any ideeis on how I might better market Tiderose, which is a unique, 1(X)% locefl sailing product, I would love to hear them. I can be reached at (415) 332-3517. — peter 311194 Monsoon — Peterson Sloop Earl & Daisy Hansen Piracy In Southeast Asia (Northern California) In the February issue you requested v.-,%v.v.svW.v.-av.'a-av»»;'

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information on piracy in Southeast Asia. After giving you a little background, we’d like to comment on that issue. Monsoon is our new name for Incredible, a Peterson Two Tonner formerly owned by the Metro Oakland YC’s Chick Leson and driven by the likes of Tom Blackaller and Chris Corlett. After cruising on this boat for 10 years, I got tired of making excuses for the ridiculous name. So when we gave the hull a coat of paint, we finally got around to changing her name. We arrived here in Washington last September, we completed a west to east Circumnavigation — my second — begun in San Francisco 6V& years ago. The last 2V2 were spent cruising in Southeast Asian waters, and included time spent in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Macau. I’ve made three passages through the Meilacca straights, two across the South China Sea to Borneo, and three through the Sulu Sea. I crossed the north part of the South China Sea, which is the Luzon/Hong Kong/Hainan axis you mentioned twice. While there are certainly more experienced sailors than I in this area, I think I can give ■some reasonable advice regarding piracy. There is much news in Southeast Asia about piracy, but it only involves merchant ships. Approximately 50 to 80 yachts pass through the Malacca Straits every year, many of them on an east to west circumnavigations. In addition, there are about 50 boats from various nations that are more or less permanently roam between Phuket, Singapore and Borneo. There are also several hundred Hong Kong-based April. 1994 •

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boats that frequently cruise across the South China Sea to Luzon. When you arrive in this exotic cruising region, you very quickly become acquainted with Rowdy’s Net if you have a ham radio or even an high frequency receiver. More boats than not have ham radios in the area, and licensing requirements are lenient. So almost everyone on a passage checks into the net and therefore a good deal of local information is available. The current wisdom is that there a few areas to avoid. The most dangerous is the southeastern Sulu Sea between southern Mindanao and Borneo. There is a tradition of piracy in the Sulu Islands and Zamboanga that predates the Spanish colonial period 500 years ago. Even during the U.S. colonial period our Army had a terrible time in the area. In fact, there are well-documented stories of the Malaysian Navy coming out second best in clashes with these guys. Despite this, 1 am well acquainted with three yachtsmen who recently sailed these waters and had no problems with pirates. Nonetheless, 1 would not go there myself under any circumstances. Besides, it is not a great hardship to pass west of Borneo to avoid the area. The other dangerous area is in the Indonesia island groups of Riau and Lingga, which are just south of Singapore. Boats sailing west from Bali can easily avoid the area by just staying north and making for Singapore Strait. There was one yachtsman murdered on one of the islands off the southeast coast of Malaysia, but all agree that his obnoxious behavior caused the problem and it wasn’t an instance of piracy. There was a rumor that a boat was robbed and the owner killed in the city of Iloilo on the island of Panay in the Philippines, and another — that I don’t believe — of a boat being robbed while anchored off the Manila YC. I personally think that the Phillipines is a wonderful and safe place to cruise, but the large cities are awful and should be avoided. We left the Philippines last spring for Japan and spent two enjoyable months sailing the Ryukiu Islands and the Inland Sea. The stories of wonderful hospitality extended to yachtsmen who visit are not exaggerations. Departing Honshu on July 1, we had the worst ocean passage I have ever experienced. There were six gales, two of Page 192

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which had sustained winds of over 50 knots. We broke rigging, our windvane was smashed by a boarding sea, and I suffered frostbitten hands. The North Pacific High, which normally drives the gales north, had not formed because of El Nino, and we essentially made a winter passage. We were grateful to be sailing a strong, seaworthy vessel and made landfall at the north end of Vancouver Island on August 2. We have found Puget Sound winters to be much colder and wetter than those in the Bay. Thus we have added more insulation and installed a Dickinson diesel heater. We expect to do some cruising in British Columbia and Alaska next. — earl & daisy 3/94 Grimsby — Cal 39 Val & Greg Gillen East Coast (Los Altos) We’re spending the winter in an unlikely place for cruisers: Annapolis, Maryland. Grimsby is covered with snow and ice for the fourth time this winter, and the bubbler is stirring up the water to keep the ice from freezing here on the South River. Last fall, when the leaves had turned brilliant colors.

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all the natives told us there hadn’t been a bad winter here for the last six years. So we decided to stay until spring. So much for depending on local knowledge! But we’re not sorry we decided to stay, because we plan to cruise as far north as Maine this summer and wanted to have time to explore all the terrific shoreside attractions in this vicinity. We’ve been working our way through the Smithsonian museums, sightseeing in Annapolis, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, and plan to visit Civil War battlefields come spring. To backtrack a little, we arrived in Florida from Cartagena in June 1992, and have been cruising on the East Coast — with a lengthy stop in Jacksonville for a mini-refit — ever since. Here are some of the best stops as we made our way north; Fort Lauderdale — We’d been away from boat stores for four years, and there’s one of everybody there. We shopped every day for a month and even bought a car at a place called Anything on Wheels. Cumberland Island, Georgia — This is a National Seashore that’s gorgeous and undeveloped. It also has an interesting ruin; a mansion built by Andrew Carnegie.

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Charleston — What a beautiful city — and a visit to Fort Sumter is fascinating. We missed Spoleto, the festival the city holds in early June, but it’s supposed to be great. It fills the city with musical entertainment, much of it free. From what everyone told us, it’s seems worth working into your schedule. Beaufort, N.C. — The Maritime Museum is excellent and the folks there have a loaner car for cruisers! When faced with the option, we decided to motor up the ICW between Beaufort and Norfolk rather than around Cape Hatteras, the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic'. While in the InterCoastal Waterway, we managed to get our seven-foot keel and 63-ft mast all the way to Norfolk. The fixed bridges have 65foot clearance except for one in North Carolina that’s only 64 feet. The motoring was boring, but a lot of the trip was pretty. On another trip we’d like to sail across Pamlico Sound to Okracoke. Our arrival in Chesapeake Bay was a Rising milestone for us, as we’d lived in the D.C. suburbs in 1970-71 and raced a Flying Dutchman out of Severn Sailing Association in Annapolis for two summers. We’d been looking forward to getting here on Grimsbi> so we could begin exploring the 4,000 miles of bay, river and creek. From July to October, we worked our way north.

anchoring all the time. One reason is the marina fees; for transients they run at least $l/foot/nightl It cost as much as $2 a day to use the dinghy docks. There’s much history in the Chesapeake. For example, we anchored in many of the same spots as Captain John Smith, and Francis Scott Key’s Ft. McHenry is in Baltimore Harbor. There are so many famous places and people who lived here. In addition, the maritime museums in Portsmouth, Solomons, and St. Michaels all do a great job of preserving the traditions. Sailing during the summer was almost exclusively of the light air variety, but we in September and October we had many days of 10 to 20 knots. We were in Annapolis for the October Sailboat Show, and the same weekend there was a day-long party put on by Seven Seas Cruising Association. About 200 boat’s worth of people were attracted, most of them East Coasters heading south. We did see a few West Coast boats including Walt and Anna on Passage, and Sam and Carol on CJay. Dana Point friends Lori and Carl of Bijou are also spending the winter here, so we’re enjoying their company. Speaking of California boats, we read in the July Changes about sistership Pyxis losing her rudder. When you published their address, we wrote to them. It turns out they are spending the winter in Baltimore, so we’ve had a chance to get acquainted! On the matter of Ceil 39s, does anybody out there have an address for Keith on Mariko? The last we heard, he was in Aruba. If you’re out there Keith,,or anybody knows his address, we can be reached at 825 East 100 South, Springvillc, Utah 84663. Annapolis is a great sailing town and there are a zillion boats out every weekend. Our favorite after-race hangout from the early 70’s, Marmadukes, is still here and still great. At the Annapolis Seafood Market you can get blue crabs the easy way, already steamed and spiced. You can even get fresh Dungeness crabs — they really have everything! The Naval Academy has another excellent museum, with the best collection of model ships we’ve ever seen. P.S. In the February issue, there’s an article which mentions that Jerry and Debbie Swenson were inspired to cruise by a newsletter we penned five years ago. They recently wrote to us to share their progress E

and we now correspond regularly. A nice pen-pal story, huh? — val & greg 3194 Dream Away — Peterson 44 Robb Rice And Friends Problems With Papagayos (Los Angeles) We’re currently on the hook in a calm anchorage at Bahia Ballena, Costa Rica. I want to underscore the word calm, for it’s been several weeks since I’ve been able to enjoy the pleasure of dinner on deck without my plate blowing away! What all this is leading up to is how unprepared we were for the infamous Central American winds known as the Papagayos. Based on numerous Ham and VHF radio conversations, most other cruisers were as unprepared and unaware as we. When cruisers head south from Mexico, they must first cross the infamous and treacherous Gulf of Tehuantepec. There is a commonly held — but false — belief that once they get through Tehuantepec, it will be easy sailing from then on. Wrong! In order to cross the Gulf of Tehuantepec, all a cruiser has to do is hole up in either Puerto Madero or Huatulco, Mexico — depending on your direction of travel — and monitor the weather reports. Once a window opens in the weather, you go. We did exactly

The Gulf of Tehauntepec and the Gulf of Papagayo, notoriously windy areas because of the narrow gaps in Central America.

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Costa Rica. The quandary was whether we should hug the coasts of El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, or stay offshore to avoid any possible political problems. We were going to stay at least 25 miles offshore, then the night before we left Puerto Madero for Costa Rica, I happened to speak on the Ham to a cruiser in the Rio Dulce. A veteran of this stretch of coast, he recommended we stay close to shore. He warned me that while Papaga\;os blow hard, they are bearable if you stay close to shore — especially when approaching the Gulf of Fonseca. When we crossed the entrance to the Gulf of Papagayo at sunrise, it was blowing a little more than 20 knots from the east. We were relieved, because the real nasty Papagapos are supposed to come out of the northeast. Two hours later, when a Nicaraguan patrol boat with a .50 caliber deck-mounted machine gun began overtaking us from astern, I wasn’t quite as relaxed. But they passed within 50 yards of our port side — we waved and they waved — and just kept going. A couple of hours later, our moderate light easterly wind changed dramatically. At approximately 12'’27'N, and within two miles of shore, we were abruptly introduced to Papagai;o winds. For the first 24 hours it blew 25 knots with gusts to 30. For the next 24 hours, it blew 35 to 40 knots. During daylight, we’d creep as close as a quarter mile of shore to prevent a fetch from being able to develop. At night, using radar and depthsounder, we never ventured more than 2V2 miles from shore. With the wind out of the east, we often had to resort to motorsailing with a triple-reefed mainsail to maintain the course we wanted. When we finally arrived in Costa Rica, conditions weren’t much better. Although 20 to 25 knots of wind are common in January and February in Costa Rica, it seems to blow 30 to 40 knots at night in most northern Costa Rican anchorages. So, if you’re planning a trip to Costa Rica during Papagapo season, be aware that from 13°N to 10°12’N — my observations — the wind blows hard out of the east on a regular basis. It blows especially hard near Lake Managua and Lake Nicaragua. After arriving in the windswept gulf of Santa Elena, Costa Rica, we anchored and didn’t see another boat for nine days. Why? Because the cruising boats behind us had decided to go offshore — and ran into winds of 35 to 60 knots. Papagaposl They Page 194

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ultimately found themselves so far offshore that they had to motor almost directly into east winds. Even so, most weren’t able to make landfall until they were as far south as Playa del Coco. They were not pretty sights when they arrived. So if Costa Rica is in your travel plans, myself as well as crewmates Jack Zeidman, Jennifer White and Vianne Weintraub, recommend you remember one word; Papagapo. — robb 2/94 Readers — While Tehauntepee’ers are certainlp more notorious, Papagapos seem to catch a greater number of cruisers with their guard down. And thep can be nastp. Satori — Cal 46 Tom and Bobbie Vandiver Venezuela (New Orleans / Sonoma County) Several members of the West Coast 'Class of '88 & '89 were in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, for our 'almost annual' West Coast Cruisers in the Caribbean (WCC) Christmas gathering. In attendance for the presentation of WCC Burgees were Jim & Patti of the Santa Ana-based Bountiful;

Isla Caldera, one of Venezuela's many cruising charms. Inset; two reps of the Salesians with Bobhie of'Satori' and cruiser-donated flour.

Ralph & Marilyn of the San Diego-based Free Spirit; Joe and Loretta of the Los Angeles-based Sweet Loretta; and us. The number of attendees might have been considerably greater had the Venezuelan government not recently imposed stiff new fees for those visiting by boat. As such, many WCC members elected to remain in Grenada or Trinidad. More about the fees later. At the Christmas Eve party, Loretta presented each qualifying member of the WCC with a burgee she’d designed and made by hand, and Joe issued certificates of membership. In order to be a member, you not only had to be a West Coast Cruiser, you also had to not be wearing socks! The idea for the party was conceived one night in early December, after several margueritas and one of Loretta’s excellent Mexican dinners. We started reminiscing about the wonderful Christmas spirit we had enjoyed in La Paz, Mexico, in '88 and '89, and soon someone suggested we try it here in Puerto La Cruz. We began advertising the event on the local net, and despite the short notice, were amazed at the cruisers’ response. We

collected cash donations, boat gear to be auctioned, plus many gifts from local vendors who cater to the cruiser trade. The December 19 auction was hosted by Paco Panda, owner of the El Morro Marina, who donated barbecued steaks to feed the 150 in attendance. The event was a huge success, as we raised a total $3,300 U.S. It was a hot and sunny December day in Puerto La Cruz, so about a fifth of that total came from bar proceeds. Acting on the advice of Venezuelan ! friends, we selected the Salesians, a Catholic i ladies group, and an orphanage as recipients of the proceeds. So we cruisers purchased toys and clothing for the 77 young girls in the orphanage, creating the best Christmas many of them had ever experienced. One little girl, who had never seen a blue-eyed, blonde before, begged Bobbie to adopt her. We purchased 1,000 kilos of flour, other food stuffs and clothing that was distributed to the needy by the Salesians. The remaiijing 86,860 Bolivars — about $825 U.S. — was used to help purchase a microscope for the free clinic. It was a heart-warming experience for all who participated. In fact, several hoary old cruisers were observed to have misty eyes as they watched the poor people receiving gifts of food and clothing at the Church of the Divino Nino Jesus on

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Christmas Eve. We hope this activity will be repeated and become a tradition as it has in La Paz. We’ve been in Venezuela for six months now and have developed a strange love/hate relationship with this wonderful, scenic country that has the best year 'round weather of any place we’ve ever been. Here are some reasons for the 'hate' part. We discovered a new hotel/marina near Puerto La Cruz that welcomed cruisers at very reasonable prices. Then one morning in January, the Port Captain’s men arrived and demanded all of us cruisers take our boats and leave immediateli;! Why? Because the marina operators appcirently had not obtained the proper permits. If that was true, why had some of the boats already been allowed to be there for three months? In addition to the problem of being told to leave right away, there was a money problem. Some of the cruisers had already paid several months of berth fees in advance. Fortunately, we were able to get some influential Venezuelan friends to intercede. They managed to get us an additional three days to move and refunds on slip rent. But what are cruisers supposed to do? After all, when was the last time you asked to see if a marina you stayed in had the proper permits? And how would you know them if you saw them? Oh well, just another TVO’ — Typical Venezuelan Operation. While Venezuela has the potential to become a cruisers’ paradise, some politicos and bureaucrats are doing their best to drive us away. Last December, the legislature passed a bill requiring all foreign yachts to pay a monthly fee of 10,000 Bolivars. With the current exchange rate of 110 Bs to $1 U.S. — with 3% monthly inflation — that’s about $91. But that’s not all. Boats presently entering Venezuela are being charged another 8,000 Bs a month — about $70 U.S. — for each person’s passport! This fee is paid in the form of small denomination stamps that clutter up three pages of your passport! In other words, a cruising couple arriving in Venezuela should now expect to pay a grand total of about $236 U.S. each month for the pleasure of visiting this fair country and contributing to the local economy. Needless to say, cruisers have been avoiding Venezuela in droves.

We figure there were about 400 foreign boats in the Puerto La Cruz area last season, contributing and average of $1,500 a month to the local economy. Those who had boat work done spent several times that. Given the alternatives — such as Trinidad, which has a good and inexpensive yard — it’s certain that many of the boats won’t be back. The result is a substantial negative impact on the economy of the three Venezuela states which serve yachties, and the local business owners are naturally doing all they can to overturn the law. We’ve really enjoyed our stay in this country, having made many wonderful friends with locals, enjoyed tours of the beautiful interior and delighted in the extremely low prices on some items. Diesel and gasoline, for example, both currently sell for about 15-cents a gallon! Polar Beer at $5.25 a case is delicious, and a whole filet mignon is less than $10. As much as we love Venezuela, the tremendous fees and other hassles make us wonder if it’s worth staying. There are 10 other South American countries with coastlines which are free for the visiting. As for boat work in Venezuela, what we had done was generally unsatisfactory and completed later than promised.

Patti of BountifuP and Tom and Bobbie of'Satori' receiving their West Coast Cruisers in the Caribbean (WCC) burgees.

Our plan is to sail to Trinidad and Grenada, then return to Venezuela — if they repeal the ridiculous fees — for the hurricane season. If the fees are still in effect, we’ll sail on to the ABC islands, Cartagena, the San April, 1994 •UCXiJt.li •

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Bias Islands and some western Caribbean stops on our way back to Florida. We’ll do a re-fit and bottom job in the Sunshine State, because it’s still possible to haul and get work done cheaper in places like Pensacola than it is in Venezuela. Plus, you’ll be assured the work will be done properly and on time. Next year we intend to re-transit the Panama Canal and visit our Israeli friends who bought Isla Paradita off the coast of Panama. Cruisers just need to hail 'Lady Starr' on VHF 16 and stop and visit Elan, Bella and Natalie. Paradita is near the Costa Rican border, about 30 miles south of the city of David, Panama Satori’s future plans include cruising the west coast of South America, with time set aside for the Chilean wine country. Although not equal to our Sonoma County products, of course, Chilean wines are quite good. Since we are out of our prize-winning 1990 Zinfandel, we made while back in Forestville during the 1990 crush, we have been enjoying the Chilean wines. If we were supposed to stay in one place, we would have been born with roots, right? — tom & bobbie 2114194 Cruise Notes: Contrary to what we published last month. Sea of Cortez Race Week will be a week long after all, April 8 thru 15. An unclear fax from the original Race Chairperson lead to the erroneous report. There will be four days of racing, plus another three days of social activities in La Paz and later at Isla Partida. The sponsoring Club Cruceros de La Paz

The Morgan Out-lsland41 'Seymour's Sailon'just minutes after she was t-honed by an inept jet-ski operator off La Ropa Beach.

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beach activities, including board games, fishing contests, tug of wars, volleyball, horseshoes, yam spinning and maybe —just maybe — a little beer drinking. The new Race Week Chairman, Don Crownover, expects approximately 100 boats and 300 participants. Pardon my noisemaker! Irv and Laurel Seymour of the Morgan Out-Island 41 Seymour’s Sailon were taking a siesta off Z-town’s La Ropa Beach one afternoon in early March when they were awakened by a knock on their hull. As 'the knock' was two people aboard a jet-ski slamming into their boat, it was resonant enough to wake them. How the jet-ski operator managed to hit Seymour’s Salon was a minor miracle, as it was broad daylight, there was 20 miles visibility and the boat had been anchored in the same spot for a week. The Everett, Washington-based Out-Island wasn’t damaged and the Seymours departed for the Marquesas two days later as scheduled. The jet-ski wasn’t going to be rented again soon, however, and the jet-ski operator and his passenger were fortunate to have been stunned rather than mangled or killed. While jet-skis are annoying because of their noise, they can also be lethal. Several reliable sources told us that two local boys were mn down and killed by recklessly operated jet-skis in separate incidents last winter off La Ropa Beach. There has been talk of restricting the jet-skis to a remote area, but no action has been taken. It used to be you could cruise almost anywhere in Mexico and not worry about personal safety while swimming or putting around in your dink. No more, as last year’s jet-ski deaths, the recent jet-ski and boat collision, and numerous nighttime close calls between pangas and dinks, and dinks and other dinks have proven. We regret to remind everyone that it was only a couple of month’s ago that John Carter of the Long Beach-based Bowman 57 Wizard was killed when a panga glanced off the dinghy in which he and his wife Crissy were riding. So swim and dinghy defensively, take it slow, and always show a very bright light at night. In more pleasant news from Z-town, Steve Weick and Maureen Miller of the San Francisco-based Tayana 55 Long Tall Sally pulled in the Z-Bay from points south. The couple left the Bay Area four years ago and cruised to Europe, wanting to do it with a large boat while they were still young. During their time in Europe, Weick

occasionally did worldwide consulting one week a month for Hewlett-Packard. The couple recrossed the Atlantic to the Caribbean last year and were tied up centerstage at Nelson’s Dockyard for the Antigua Sailing Week madness. They’ll soon be back in San Francisco attempting to re¬ enter the 'real world'. "It’s all been just fabulous," was Maureen’s five word summary of their adventure. By the way, if you’re one of the lucky ones headed to Europe this summer, there’s no reason to freak out about VAT taxes that were supposed to be implemented as part of the unification of Europe. As early as last year, the French realized the enforcement of the new tax would cost them $30 million U.S. in lost business and 20,000 jobs _ easily offsetting the expected tax revenues. Italy, Spain and other countries were quick to come to the same conclusion and refused to assess the tax. And isn’t that a pleasant change! As it stands now, of all the European Community countries, only Ireland and England are collecting the boat VAT taxes they are theoretically required to. Carl Busse of Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica, reports that "world class marinas" are under construction 18 miles northwest of Marina Flamingo, which itself it at Bahia Culebra.

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Lynn of 'Scout in the process of cleaning competitor's clocks at the Valentine's Day dinghy races at Puerto Escondido.

The first is called Marina Papagayo, and is being developed by Mexico’s Grupo Situr, which has done more than credible jobs at Puerto Vallarta, Ixtapa — if they fix the shoal and Mazatlan. Thirty berths are expected to be completed at Marina Papagayo by September of this year. Eventually, there will be 300 berths, complete haul-out facilities and the marina will be a Costa Rican port of entry. As for Busse at Playa Flamingo, he’s soon to become a Latitude distributor. As a result of Latitude’s 'Just Do It’ advice," writes Peyt and Gary Turner of the Friday Harbor-based Rafiki 37 Warwick, "we decided to head west and turn left on August 1 rather than procrastinate forever. Fortunately, we’d just hauled and our boat was in reasonably good shape. "It’s amazing how far you go to meet your neighbors," Turner continues. "During a potluck in Cabo, we met folks from Start,Up, Monroe, Bellingham and lots of Seattlites. Later, during the Fat Tuesday ^nd Valentine’s Day dinghy races in Puerto Escondido, we bumped into fellow sailors from Sequim, Camino Island and Friday Harbor. Best of all was in La Paz, however.

when Folksong, from Lopez Island, pulled in between Lady Anne, from Orcas Island, and our Warwick, from San Juan Island. Twenty-two hundred miles just to meet each other!" Come April 1, Peyt Turner will put the Rafiki on the hard and return to the wonderful world of real estate, while Gary Turner will revisit engineering. About those Valentine’s Day dinghy races held in Puerto Escondido, we’re told that Lynn of Scout waxed the butts of her four male competitors. She not only showed them her transom from start to finish, she did it in all three races. Now for some unfinished business. Early in the year, we had a chat with Marshall and Dee Saunders of Clambake, the Tayana 52 that sank in less than two minutes after being run down last spring by the 780-ft Hanjin Savannah. The Redding couple had left Puerto Vallarta that afternoon for the Marquesas. For whatever reason, we neglected to report several new developments with regard to that incident. First, the Saunders subsequently learned that Il-Hwa Yu, who was on watch on the bridge of the Hanjin Savannah, was just two weeks out of maritime school. It was his first voyage. Second, that had the two vessels stayed on their original courses, there would not

have been a collision. The vessels had been traveling at right angles to one another, and when Yu saw what he described as "a flashing white light" off his ship’s port bow, he ordered a hard starboard turn and the engine stopped. It was precisely the wrong thing to do, because the hard right turn combined with the slowing of the ship drove her right up Clambake’s transom. The Saunders didn’t learn about any of this until six months after the incident. When they did, it finally solved the mystery of how they could have been rammed from behind when the two vessels had been on perpendicular courses. Third, the Saunders were pleased with the response of the Korean company that owned the ship. Within 90 days and without squabbling, the shipping company paid them for their loss. Naturally, the couple would have liked the settlement to have been a little higher, but they were generally pleased. "If it had been a U.S. ship, we’d probably be in court for a couple of more years," they say. Fourth, why didn’t the Clambake crewmember on watch not see the approaching ship? This was a baffler, because he was sober and claims to have been awake. Marshall Saunders notes that at the Hanjin Savannah’s speed, it would have only taken six minutes from the time the ship appeared on the horizon until the time it dame in contact with them. During some recent night sails down the coast of Mexico, we noted that there were more than a few times when we didn’t look for longer periods than that. Perhaps it was an easier oversight than many of us might think. At last word, the Saunders were getting work done on their Tatoosh 51 in Mexico and thinking about sailing to the South Pacific or Japan. To round out this month’s resolution of cruising misfortunes, two years ago there was some correspondence in this magazine Jfrom the owners of a 46-foot sailboat that was to have been delivered from Alaska to San Francisco. As a result of some extremely heavy weather, the delivery crew abandoned the boat, which eventually drifted upon a rocky Canadian shore and was destroyed. The owners of the boat roundly criticized the actions of the insurance company. United Community, which is loosely associated with the Seven Seas Cruising Association. The boatowners felt the insurer had been negligent for allowing their vessel to continue to drift at sea, and felt they’d been offered April. 1994 • UatiJi li •

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CHANGES too smedl a settlement based on an incorrect determination of what 'cruising zone' the incident had occured in. While the couple wants to remain anonymous because they’ve already had their share of notoriety, they’re happy to announce that a new and more satisfactory settlement has been reached. It took two years and lawsuits filed in New York and California, but it’s over. Frank Robben’s Berkeley-based 73-foot S&S yawl Kialoa II should be arriving in Florida very soon after crossing the Atlantic from Portugal. Some of you may remember that Kialoa lost the top of her mast last year while sailing toward Cocos-Keeling in the Indian Ocean. The repairs in Sri Lanka took much longer than anticipated, and thus Robben and his crew eventually had to rush up the Red Sea and across the Med to an oceanographic survey commitment off the coast of Portugal. Kialoa will receive a substantial refit in Fort Lauderdale, including the resolution of perhaps a unique problem. The aluminum boat has fuel tank that leaks; what’s unusual about it is that the prop shaft goes right through the middle of the tank! "I’m writing to offer my services as a Ham

Radio operator to the cruising fleet and their family and friends," writes Brian O Neill (KD6CBJ) of Redwood City and Akvavit. "Using equipment called a 'phone patch', folks cruising on boats can call folks at home for the price of a local collect call. If friends here at home know the boat’s approximate whereabouts, I can usually get a message through to them — no matter if they are Ham equipped or not — in a matter of three or four days. I can cover Alaska south along the West Coast as far down as Costa Rica and Guatemala, throughout the Pacific including Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji and New Zealand, as well as the Bahamas. If any of this sounds good to you please call me at (415) 365-6433 so we can make arrangements for you to keep in contact with loved ones. This is Amateur Radio, so by definition there can’t be any charge on my part, nor can any business be conducted. "By the way," O’Neill continues, "I vacationed in Z-town earlier this month and boat sat for Ray Hutchinson’s Native Dancer — which I also crewed aboard

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during this season’s Some Like It Hot rally. Latitude’s articles on Z-town and dinghies were spot on. I’d also like to say 'hello' to Tim and Suzy of Scallywag. Their 'secret' daysail snorkeling spot was great — as was the secret that they’re married! Why didn’t you tell us?" Tim and Suzy didn’t tell you they were married because they’re not. Observing their closeness, we at Latitude merely assumed it. As is the case so frequently, we were wrong. If you’ll be one of the boats motorsailing north around notorious Point Conception this suijimer, be advised that Port San Luis is not — because of the asinine new regulations — selling diesel to recreational boats. The nearest location is Morro Bay, which is actually closer to Conception. But as some sailors may run out of fuel and the tricky Morro Bay entrance has been known to be a killer, it’s best to be prepared and forewarned. Anyone headed to Trinidad and Tobago, and even more likely Venezuela, should avail themselves of Chris Doyle’s just released Cruising Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Bonaire. Several years back Doyle published a guidelike pamphlet about Venezuela that was an embarrassment compared to his other works, the really superb A Sailor’s Guide to the Windward Islands and A Cruising Guide to the Leeward Islands. We’re delighted to report that Doyle is back on track with this new 272-page guide, which is complete with numerous aerial color photos, scores of charts, and extensive directories of shoreside services. More than anything, this guide will alert you to the almost unlimited cruising opportunities in the beautiful but sparsely inhabited cruising paradises such as Isla Roques and Los Testigos. Published by Cruising Guide Publications of Dunedin, Florida, this $19.95 guide to Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela will be indispensable for anyone cruising that part of the world. Well done, Chris! "At long last the dream awakens," write Steven and Melanie Mandel, formerly of Lodi. "Sealestial leaves on the morning tide from Greenport, New York, bound for Georgetown, Exuma." Sealestial is the Ocean 71 that became somewhat famous for being chartered across the Atlantic and Pacific for trips that were written up in books by William Buckley. According to the Mandel’s "crew wanted" entry in this month’s Crew List, the couple and their three young children are headed to the Pacific and New Zealand later this year. Twenty-six boats just completed the third leg, from St. Lucia to Colon, Panama, of the

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Second Europa Around The World Rally. It was a close finish, with Jerome Wernke’s S&S 51 Serenity II finishing two minutes behind Fabio Colapinto’s Mauric 62 Taratoo from Italy. Wemke finished close enough to hold on to first place in the redly’s racing division. Spirit, Neil Cox’s Welboum 44 from England, leds the cruising division. Several more boats are expjected to join the rally for the remainder of the 20-leg, 24,000mile event. One of them is John Papp’s Ambler, an Out-Island ketch that sailed as far as Australia in the first rally. He’ll rejoin this second group later this summer in Oz. Other U.S. entries in the Europa include Miss Mullet, Carlton and Jody DeHart’s Bowman 57 from Fort Lauderdale, and Resolution, George Parkinson’s LeComte 46. Tom Moyer was slated to sail down from Oregon with his Garden 118-footer Act IV to join the fleet in the GeJapagos. Interestingly enough, a number of folks who did the first Europa have come back for more, which is a pretty strong endorsement. Among them is the Swiss Roland Schlachter with the Gib’Sea 48 Best of Boingo',

spent many hours figuring out a way to pull the centerboard back down again. We finally had a piece fabricated to attach the anchor chain to the keel. With a loud 'clunk' — and a resounding cheer from our fellow marina residents — we again had the centerboard down." Dave Beatty of Idaho reports he’s just back from a visit to Auckland with his old friend Peter Sutter of the Sausalito-based Wild Spirit. The two of them sjaent three weeks cruising the Hauraki Gulf, then climbed to the top of Rangitoto, an island volcano just outside Auckland Harbor, to watch to start of the fourth leg of the Whitbread. Like all good cruisers, Sutter’s future cruising plans are more up in the air than a weather balloon. Late in February, Steve Salmon and Tina Olton of the Berkeley-beised Valiant 40 Another Horizon gave a video presentation at Marina Vallarta of their previous trip to the South Pacific. The occasion was a gathering of many members of the South Pacific Cleiss of '94. If you’re not on the list — which appears on the previous page — you might eisk yourself why.

Schlachter won Class II of the racing division in the first event. A third Europa Around The World Rallp will start from Gibraltar in January of 1997. "Mexico just keeps getting better and better," writes Jim Starr from Rascallion, the San Francisco-based Baltic 51 he is cruising this winter with berth neighbor Paul Osborn. "Chemela, Careyes, Tenacatita, Melaque, Las Hadas and Zihuatanejo — Mexico’s Gold Coast is indeed a beautiful area to cruise." At every stop Starr found familiar boats from previous Mexican ports and anchorages. "Meeting old friends is one of the special aspects of cruising this coast," he notes. Starr and Osborn had a bit of a problem when entering the marina at Ixtapa. 'There was a large swell running," says Starr, "and one trough dropped us right down on the sand as we came in. As a result, Rascallion’s centerboard got jammed up into the hull. Scott Selover, who was with us at the time.

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SUNFISH 1985. Trailer included with new lights

MONTGOMERY 17, 1985. Excellent condition,

CLIPPER MK 23-FT, 1976, sleeps 4, swing keel,

and wiring. Boat and trailer in very good condition

many extras: Tohatsu 5 hp, main with 2 reefing

pop-top, Johnson 9.9 o/b, electric start, 2 sails. EZ

and are 1994 registered. $650 firm. Allan, (510)

points, 70, 110 and 180, compass, VHP, DF,

load trailer. $5,500. Al (415)454-3801.

559-5339 dys, (510) 935-5084, eves.

Loran, porta-potti, stove, E2 loader trailer. A qual¬ CAL 2-24, sleeps 4, enclosed head, Honda o/b,

ity pocket cruiser at only $7,500 obo. Call (408)

FIREBALL 16'5" RACING DINGHY, 2 sets of

new bottom paint, VHF, excellent Bay boat, very

377-8852.

sails, mast-up cover, trl, and many extras in¬

SAILBOATS WANTED; Sunfish, Laser, Zuma,

cluded, current registration. Boat in excellent con¬

daysailer, Potters, swing keels. Used, in any con¬

dition and ready to race. $1,200/otfer. Call Ryan.

dition, even with pieces missing. To be used for

SAILORS ARE BULLISH ON BEARS. 7 Bears

(916) 7264329.

youth sailing education program. Fairish price

have new owners. Racing is tight. 17 Bears raced

paid to put that old boat under new buns. Call any

in 1993. Colorful history, camaraderie, fun, agreat

AURORA 21 f/g fixed keel. Small cabin, o/b motor

hour: (707) 822-5526.

boat. SF Bear Association can help you find a

bracket. Easy to singlehand. Good first keel boat. $950 obo. Call (510) 426-9662.

STREAKER. 14-ft wooden dinghy from England.

well maintained. $4,000. Call (415) 673-9739 or 388-9326.

Bear of a Boat. Bob, (415) 765-6904. Chris, (510)

Similar to Laser w/stayed mast. Very handsome 12.5 AVON has small trailer, trailer not currently

and very fast and comfortable. Latitude 38 article in'84. Highlandertrailer. Excellent condition. $650

registered, $700. Also available with almost new

obo. Call Michael, (510) 525-4805.

18 hp Nissan 1,800 total package. Call 669-1512.

LIFERAFT, Avon 8-man offshore model. Hard

19-FT LIGHTWEIGHT DORY for recreational row¬

and soft pack. $1,900. (510) 254-3076.

339-1071. RANGER 22 w/trailer.' 1978, fast and ready. All PACIFIC SEACRAFT Dana 24,1986. Sloop, sgl

lines led aft. 6 sails incl. spinnaker. New standing

hand, 80%, 100%, 140%, 2 reef main, 18 hp

rigging. KM, DS. 4 hp Mariner o/b. Cockpit cush¬

Yanmar, DS, KM, VHF, CQR anchor, varnished

ions, porta-potti.$3,900. (707) 553-9754. Located

ing. Seats 1 -3 persons. Designed by Phillip Bolger

teak, enclosed head, shower, gimbaled CNG stove/

in Vallejo.

based on his Gloucester Gull. Hand crafted by

oven, 70 gal water, extras. Vallejo. $53,000. (916)

MARTIN TRAINER open water rowing shell. 20.5-

award winning boatwright Gil Stratton. A real eye

477-8421, eves.

ft length. Width: 21''deck, 19" at waterline. Weight

catcher. Includes oars, locks, seats, and trailer.

73 lb. A stable, dry boat great for the Bay. Comes

$1,500. (510) 531-7628.

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, 1964, 6 hp Evinrude, full keel, good sail inventory. $2,50().

FLYING SCOT 19-FT daysailers (Douglas,

with wooden oars, self-bailer and custom cover.

Westscot); main, jib, spinnaker, racing gear, mo¬

Like new. $1,500. (510) 420-0716.

tor brackets, trailers. Family roominess, sturdy,

LIFERAFT AVON 8-person, offshore, double floor, softpack, re-packed and re-certified 2/15/94, Cost new $5,000+,asking$2,700.Ken, (408)338-2928.

24 FEET & UNDER

ACHILLES 8.5 FT. Inflatable dinghy. Plywood

(707) 553-9164. 19-FT O’DAY MARINER 2+2 swing keel & kick up

light, easy rigging, high stability, fast planing racer.

rudder. EZ loader trailer, sails, lifejackets. Sleeps

Camping capable. California fleets (Tomales Bay,

2 inside. Good condition, launch & sail ready.

San Diego). New and previously owned boats.

$1,500 firm, o/b $300. Paul, (415) 454-4729.

(619) 565-2715. CLIPPER MARINE 21 for gunk-holing, 4 hp o/b, J/24, 24-ft of fun boat, ready to race or cruise.

swing keel, good sails, dry stored, trailer, $3,000 obo. (415) 323-1146.

floor, motor mount, oars, foot pump, splash pro¬

20-FT HIGHLANDER, by Douglass and MacLeod,

Double-axle trailer, Johnson 4.5 hp o/b, many,

tector. Great shape. $395. (415) 435-6285, any¬

Schock. Molded mahogany, glassed. A fast, fun

many sails & other equipment. Call to inspect

time.

boat to sail (planes in 15k wind), but safe family

(415) 507-0776. $5,500 ObO.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24. Well cared for

YANKEE DOLPHIN, 24-ft, full keel, Sparkman

7.5 hp o/b, Autohelm, VHF, KM, DS, compass.

1963 pocket cruiser. New rigging. All lines led aft.

day sailer and cruiser. Working sails, 150%, spin¬ 13-R LASER AND TRAILER. 1981. Good con¬

naker, 7.5 hp o/b, trir. $890 obo. (415) 948-3010.

Stephens design, 7.5 Evinrude, dodger, wood

Main, working jib, 120 and 150 genoa, 2 spinna¬

23-FT PAINE RACING CRUISER. Great

burning fire place, main, jib, lapper, storm jib, bow

kers. Ground tackle, very nice cabin. Berthed

ACHILLES LS4-GX dinghy. 9.5 ft., 950 lb capac¬

beginner's boat that needs someone to take her

and stern anchors, lazy jacks, life lines, bow and

Fortman Marina, (Alameda) B-15. $5,000. Call

ity, 4 air chambers, 2 inflatable seats, 15" tubes,

sailing. Comes with 5 sails, 4 winches, l/B 2 cycle

stern pulpits, and much more. $5,500. Call (510)

(510) 634-7209, Iv. msg.

floorboards pump, bag; bow eye added. Superb

saildrive plus extras. San Rafael berth. Asking

339-7050.

condition. Original cost $1,000. Yours for $650.

$3,500, but very motivated. Brad, (510) 947-2553.

dition. 2 mainsails. $1,200. (510) 758-5265.

(510) 682-6950.

10' OF FREEDOM Chesapeake style Gaff-rigged Yawl. Built 1985, Thunderbolt, Ga. Cruised on Atlantic.

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Very seaworthy. Self-bailing, full 200 lb. keel. New tanbark sails, tiller, rowing system.

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20-FTO'DA Y MARINER fin keel sloop, incl. Mam, )ib, spinnaker. 2 hp o/b, DM, KM. custom trailer!

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER #316. Make offer (209) 333-1386, Tom.

Nice condition, ready to go, 52,400. Napa, (707) 252-3006. Good Bay or Lake Tahoe boat. SANTANA 22,1972. Complete out of water res¬

HOLDER 20, 1982 sailboat with trailer, o/b, 4 sails, VHF, excellent condition. 54,000. Call Vic (209) 538-8342.

toration 1993-94. Refaired keel, epoxy txittom, rebuilt mast step, reinforced hull-deck joint. New paint, non-skid, and brightwork. New cushions, wiring, battery, lights, thru-hulls, and plumbing. ker, Harken main sheet traveler. Stove, sink, 2 DS, VHP. Good family boat and active racing professionally built heavy duty trailer. Asking

Yanmar, DS, KM, VHF, CQR anchor, varnished

VHF, DS, compass, charger, lines lead aft. 58,900

teak, enclosed head, shower, gimballed CNG

obo. Bernard, (707) 255-4609.

stove/oven, 70 gal water, extras. Vallejo. 553,000 (916) 477-8421. 1963 19-R O'DAY Manner with fixed keel. Sails & trailer included. Boat is ready to be launched

paint in '92. Very well maintained, must sell.

and sailed today. Great Bay boat. 51,500 obo (415) 871-1306,

58,500 obo, (916) 988-8933.

18-FT CUSTOM F/G cutter, custom trailer, new rigging, just completed. DS, Autohelm, 51,000 obo, (408) 288-8587.

THUNDERBIRD 26,1964. 5-time season cham¬ pion w/new North sails. Modern f/g racing deck,

great cruiser with lots of really good updated

wood hull, "go fast" hardware. All in excelleni

equipment, sails and extra improvements. Dry SANTANA 22. Race rigged with mylar jib and

condition. 5 hp Tohatsu, VHF, Loran, electronic

berthed in Sausalito. 53,500 obo. Call John, (510)

solid main, Resin Regatta winner, extra sails, full

272-7259 Of (415) 4567819.

KM/DS. Buy this boat and win. Berkley berth. 56,000. (510) 525-4805, eves.

22-R MacGREGOR, trailer, swing keel, self-

CORONADO 27,1973. Must see to appreciate,

93.53,000. (707) 938-4116.

duras mahogany on Doug Fir frames. Re-fas¬ tened stainless below waterline 1992, Yanmar diesel, 17 gallon stainless fuel and water tanks. New paim and varnish. New halyards. Classic. 510,500. offers considered. Moored Morro Bay (805) 5284D531.

tending jt), 7.5 Honda O/b, new wiring & battery, AMERICAN 22, 1977. F/G Shoal draft sloop.

immaculate condition, new main, mainsail cover,

VHF, CB, compass, depthfmder, pop-up top with

Roomy interior, 5'5" headroom. Seagull 5 hp, low

jib, genoa. 10 hp Honda '90, new interior cush¬

enclosure, porta-potti, galley, extras, sleeps 4,

hrs. Main & jib, dual batteries, VHF, stereo, full

ions, curtains, VHF, and other new equipment.

ready to sail, must sell. S3,700. Very willing to negotiate, (408) 266-7245,

Great for liveaboard. 56,900. (415) 598-0565.

RANGER 23, Bay rig, all lines lead aft, great racer/

twice. Trailer w/surge breaks, VHF, radio, stereo

galley, sleeps 4, porta-potti, lines led aft. Clean, good condition. Many extras. 53,000. Call (510) 778-9079.

J/24,1980 w/traJer, very good condition. Approx, 5 hrs. on 4 hp o/b. DS, KM, VHF, Asking 56,800 (707) 464-3633.

MacGREGOR 26, 1992. Like new, sailed only cruiser. 7 bags, spinny, gennaker. 3 poles, new

MONTGOMERY 17,1981. Exc. condition. Strong,

cassette radio, KM, teak trim, porta-potti. Many

mam & jib, S62Cio for fast sale. Consider part

stable, versatile pocket cruiser. Working |ib and

trade for Quadra computer system or Laser II (510) 376-0100.

extras. $13,500. Financing available. Call (408) 973-9143.

genoa. Mariner 4 o/b, 2 anchors, ladder, trailer 1979 CAPE DORY 19-FT, nice condition. Trailer, o/b. 52,950. (916) 244-9159.

with new tires and lights. Motivated seller. 56 500 (707) 257-7320.

SBRAFFYN OF VICTORIA The 24' Lyle Hess

CAL 20, Andiamo, hull #77, excellent condition,

cutter that took the Pardeys around the world and inspired thousands to follow. Ready to go again.

galvanized trailer, 6 hp Evinrude, all lines aft,

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MELGES 24 Ca/tXHiated, good race record, new

COLUMBIA 28,1968 Pepper II with strong Atomic 4, auto tiller, 6' headroom enclosed head, depth,

o/b, trailer, Melges sails inventory, 1/2 partnership

shore power, Barients, speed, dual batt., spinna¬

wanted or will sell whole boat. (707) 279-0232 or (707) 557-7525.

adjustable backstay, boom vang, jiffy reef, epoxy

ker, stove, VHS, BBQ, all misc, equipment in¬ cluded, stong great boat. Be the 3rd owner. $7,000 obo. (510) 8267072.

Wood boat cfassK m bnstol condition. Lying Port¬

bottom, stainless bolts, Barient winches, Ritchie

land. 525,000. (503) 224-3127, eves.

FARR 727 1/4 TONNER completely repainted.

compass, much more. 52,700 obo. Call (415) 924-9617, eves.

Buy now and join the maeasingly active 1/4 ton fleet. 17 bags of sails, exc. condition, fun boat to

Farryman diesel, new cushions, head, VHF.

race. Sails in good shape. Two 150%, one 100%,

RANGER 23. Excellent condition. Fully rigged

sail. Asking $12,000. (510) 865-4109, ask for Carl.

514,000.(916)427-1579, msg.

two 3p#in. Boat IS optoneed for PHRF 222. Deck

with loads of new gear, sails, etc. Nothing left to do

stepped mast for easy set-up, 54,200. Call (916) 483K)412.

but sail and enjoy. Will most likely be bought by

J/24.1981, hull #2936. Always dry-stored on San

26R HERRESHOFF KRCH. Superbly con¬ structed for builder's own use. Glass hull, teak

first person who sees her, so hurry. Asking 57,000. (510) 652-1167, eves.

Francisco city front, great sail inventory, new style

decks, classic interior combine for a yacht as

hatch, current class certificate, 4,5 hp o/b, Culkins

beautiful to live aboard as she is to sail. Proven

double axle trailer, tuned and ready for racing or

over 20,000 miles cruising W, Coast, Central

auising, 510,000 obo. Call (415) 435-4899, Iv. msg.

spinnaker, mizzen staysail. Windvane, AP, 11 hp

WILDERNESS 21 Thumperis for sale. Ready to

24-R GUDIATOR, pa*i1ed last yr, VHF, KM,

CAL 2-27, full batten main, 2 jibs, 2 spinnakers,

DM. compass, taceiy charger, smk, ice box,

24-FT COLUMBIA CHALLENGER, active friendly

recently purchased North sails, 110.150, & main w/reef, EvYimde long shaft 8 hp, Berkeley upwind

fleet, blisters fixed '9i, new class jib '92, lazy jacks, new boom and adj. backstay ‘93, speedo.

berth 54,000. Ca* M*e, (510) 672-8167.

Autohelm, solar panel, 6 hp o/b. New rigging '92,

23-R MacGREGOR cutter, 1984. Custom teak

dinghy w/2 hp. $27,500. Fax, 001-67670428. Ph

Danlorth anchor, VHF, $2,300. (510) 793-8388, after 6.

cockpit, grate & handrails, VHF, stove, 4 sails, 7.5

CAPE DORY 23,1385. ideal Starter boat, over-

001-676-7016. Bill, P.O. Box 119, Neiafu, Vava'u Tonga.

bwft, fu* keel. VHF. DS. compass, 5 hp Honda,

Honda, well-equipped w/1990 trailer. All excel¬ lent. 54,300, (209) 274^)323, eves.

new epoxy bottom wrih guaranty. Excelient condi¬

SF PELICAN, excelleni condition, roller furling jib,

tion. 510600 obo. (707) 765-1340.

11 years in storage, full cover, 1991 trailer. $1,200 obo, (510) 846-3736.

CORONADO 25. Very, very, very clean, excellent main, 2 genoas, spinnaker, jib. Johnson o/b in well. Compass, KM, life lines, pulpit, lines aft,

WILDERNESS 21, 1978. 110%, 150%, spinna-

marine battery. Recent haul. Upwind Berkeley

ker, trailer, VHF, anchor new in August '92 -

standing rigging, rononig rigging, hardware,

cruiser. Roller furling, VHF, KM, bow & stern rails,

sheets, motor, eiecJncai. epoxy, Mcron bottom,

full batten main, 4.5 hp o/b, full cockpit enclosure,

and more. 51,000 obo. (408) 454-0694.

trailer w/tongue ext. and brakes, epoxy bottom,

1976 ISLANDER 28 dsl. 515,000.5 sails, 2 spin-

ladder. $7,800. (916) 722-6300, Brad.

nakersSgear, 1 dnfter.Set up for singlehandling. 6 winches, Ca# (415) 330-5611.

MONTGOMERY 17,1981. A very complete pocket

CATA UN A 22,1973. fixed xee^, o/b, 6 hp, rigging, mam. working jifc. Genes at in good condition,

Pacific, and NZ, now lying Tonga. 8 sails including diesel, 3 anchors, windlass. DS, KM, EPIRB. 611

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OMC, saildrlve, fin keel, tiller, bottom scrubbed,

SANTANA 22. Very fast, one-design race boat,

spinnaker gear, solid Bay boat, bottom painted 5/ 22-rr GARDEN GAFF tops'l cutter, 1964. Hon¬

27-R SUNYACHT, built by Reinell, 1977, sleeps 5, 2 double berths, 6'1" headroom, handihead,

details. Illness forces sale. 54,000 or m/o. (510) 522-6974.

class. Over S8,500 invested, asking S5,9O0, Also, 51,600,(707)823-3457.

CATALINA 25,1982. Fixedkeel, excel, condition. New bottom paint, main, jib, genoa. Honda 7.5 hp,

24-FT COLUMBIA MKIII. Good shape, call for

Bow and stern pulpits, 6 winches, 3 jibs, spinna¬ anchors, Johnson 6 hp. New compass, digital KM,

PACIFIC SEACRAR Dana24,1986. Sloop, sgl. hand, 80%, 100%, 140%, 2 reef main, 18 hp

25 TO 28 FEET

berth. Sacrifice $3,500. (707) 426-6016.

ERICSON 23 MK II, #221 (1975). Evinrude 6,

26R MacGREGOR, '89, sips 6, jib, gennie, main, mast raiser, anchor pkg., VHF, whisker pole, suncharger, porta-potti. Lines led aft 9.9 Honda, KM, dodger, boat cover. $8,200 offer, (707) 429-2526.

new sail co«r and catm cover. Well maintained.

Signet depth and speed, VHF, head, sink, main

28-R HAWKFARM, active one design fleet. This

AJameda berth. S3,3(X) cbo. Cat Wayne. (5i0)

and jib, jib downhaul. Safety equipment, 2 an¬

IS a great boat to race or just cruise on the Bay, The

847-4498

CORONADO 25, great shape, Barient primaries/

chors. New covers (main, tiller, winch), much

one design class is a very competitive, fun group

secondaries, new North main, 2 headsails, double

more. Great Bay/Delta boat, inexpensive Vallejo berth. Sacrifice, 53,100. (707) 557-1077.

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

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

water, sails fa-'X. good condition, set up to

FREE, 24-ft Bahama style glass hull, no rig or

SANTA CRUZ27,1986. New bottom paint, trailer,

berth. First $3,500 takes it. (916) 962-7371, after 6 pm. Steve.

sm^^tand no trafer. S22W cbo or trade, (209) 339KK44.

interior. Has deck and house. Free - haul it away.

o/b, battery, AP, Santa Ouz Harbor slip sublease

Call if you're serious. (415) 552-7098.

for 1 yr, is available. 513,900. (^) ^-3543.

(510) 651-6767, eves,

1982 U.S. 22, shcai draft with swing keel, 6 hp Chrysler. CS. DS, porta-peci. moored m fresh

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ERICSON 27,1977. Atomic 4,2 mains, 4|ibs, (2)

NEWPORT 28 MKIl, 1983. Well maintained, in

THUNDERBIRD 26, 1961. In great shape, with

STOUTFELLA 28, 1962. Beautiful low-mainte¬

great condition throughout. Universal diesel, ped¬

current registration. Bought bigger boat. $2,500

nance cold-molded wood sloop. Fast cruiser/racer.

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

estal steering, AP, VMS, DS, KM, 2 jibs. Harken

obo. (415) 331-0953.

Atomic 4 inboard. 5-ft headroom. 4 large berths. Large cockpitwith new cushions. Classy boatwith

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

CAL 25. Hate to sell this beauty. Great starter

grace and character. Was $8,000 now $5,000 for

sailboat. $12,000. (415) 742-9490, dys; (415)

boat, new interior paint, exterior varnish, reliable

quick sale. Sausalito.

365-8925, eves.

MacGREGOR 26-R, 1990. Loaded jib, and main,

10 hp. Honda o/b, 2 headsails, spinnaker, head,

258-6918 wknds (707)431-1305.

swing keel with water ballast, 10 hp Evinrude long-

alcohol stove, sleeps 4. Oyster Cove Marina, SS F

shaft with gen., radio, OF, head, galley, trailer,

$3,500. (415) 665-9135, eves.

furling, dodger, compass, many extras. Benicia Marina. $18,500. (707) 746-0485.

Call Fred, days or msg.

haust, new covers, shore power. Truly a beautiful

CORONADO 27,1973.3 sails, DS, new interior, SUN YACHT 27, fully battened North main, roller

new varnish. Must see. $5,995. (610) 536-3526.

furling. Harken traveler, 2 sets of winches (2

sleeps 5, used freshwater only, excellent condi¬

28-FT SPIDSGATTER. Beautiful, Danish built

TRITON 28 #141, Atomic 4 engine, 3 main sails,

speed, all chrome, self tailing), all lines lead aft,

4 jibs, spinnaker, galley facilities, head, standing

wheel, VHF, knot, depth, Yanmar diesel, new

double ender, 9.5' beam, BMW diesel, good sails,

CAL 2-25,1978. Sell, lease or lease-option. Great

head room in main cabin. Sleeps 4. Nice condi¬

standing rigging, new battteries, $13,000. Call

windlass, roll-top desk, lots of space, great sailor.

Bay, delta cruiser. 5'10'' headroom. Sleeps 4.

tion, recently hauled. Berthed in Alameda. Priced

(707) 838-6964.

$6,500 obo. (805) 985-1491, eves/wknds.

Custom galley. T ry before you buy. Asking 811,750,

at only $8,600. Call Jeff, (510) 521-1276.

tion. $12,500. (707) 252-0203.

CATALINA 27,1976. Atomic 4, extras sails, new

EXCALIBUR 26,1969. Main, 3 jibs, spinnaker, 7

TRADE UP. Spacious 1977 Islander Bahama 26.

upholstery, clean, excellent condition. $12,500

winches, 6 hp o/b. Boal in fair condition. Sails in

Well equipped and ready for Catalina. VHF, GPS,

obo. (510) 829-5880.

1 yr, lease or lease option. S250/mo. + S500 deposit. Includes berth. (707) 995-3447. 25-FT LANCER, sails like new, 9.9 Honda approx.

sail drive, new Harken furling and much more.

good condition. Motor in poor condition. Fun boat. Two-timing skipper seeks owner for jilted boat. Call (408) 266-5802. $2,000.

50 hrs., VHF, DS, stereo. New horseshoe ring, life

Cash difference for 30 to 34 ft. sail equipped for

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

jackets, and porta-potti. Hauled, surveyed, Oct.

coastal cruising. Oceanside Harbor. Call (619)

bottom. New 8.0 Johnson Sailmaster. VHF, KM,

'93, Fresh bottom paint. Asking $7,500 obo. (916)

433-5848. Iv. msg.

comp, LPU paint. Like new cond. $6,900 obo.

25-FT NORDIC FOLKBOAT. Fiberglass version

(610) 523-7439, hm; (510) 661-3565, wk; FAX

of classic Lapstrake design. Low maintenance.

(510) 523-2456.

Very active class. Exciting, but affordable, one

661-3086. CATALINA 27,1974. This fresh water Delta tall

design racing. Lots of LPU. Micron bottom. Good

RANGER 26, 1972. Good condition, fun Bay

rig has nearly new mast, boom Pro-Line epoxy

Boat. 2 mains, 3 head sails, chute, nice interior,

bottom, 9.9 Evinrude, cushions, sails and rewir¬

PEARSON 26,1976. Excellent condition, clean

VHF, compass, etc. Moving up, must sell. $5,500

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

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

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

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

Johnson, Brickyard Cove berth available, ready to

ATKIN-DESIGNED classic gaff cutter, 27-ft LOA,

wknds.

462-3808,

go, must sell, bought 32' boat, reduced to $6,900

built by Dean Stephens, Mendocino, launched

condition. $7,000. (707) 874-3090.

1981. Fir on oak, Honduras mahogany, iron bark

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

keelson, interior fir, walnut, teak, pine. Full keel,

ISLANDER 28, 1979, new wheel, roller furling,

25-FT ERICSON, 1976.7.5 Evinrude o/b, furling

Volvo diesel, teak interior, new rigging, new can¬

jib, VHF, enclosed head, anchors, battery charger,

SANTANA 525, 1980. Light fast & fun, race or

lead ballast. Volvodiesel inboard, varnished spruce

vas, list goes on. Great condition. $19,900. (415)

AP plus many extras. Sturdy Bay boat in great

cruise, freshwater sloop, 9’ beam, 3 sails, 6.5

spars, tanbark sails, new rudder shaft & cushions

388-4818.

condition, sleeps 4. Moving, so must sell. $6,900

Evinrude, set up for spinnaker, sleeps 4, just

'91. Full canvas cover. Has cruised from Morro

obo. Call Kate at (415) 563-3484.

hauled. Will trade for 26' MacGregor, clean w/

Bay to San Francisco (singlehanded) and Sausalito

trailer. $4,000, (209) 525-8901.

to Tomales Bay and return. A very dry, solid,

28-FT TRITON by Pearson, f/g, hull #460, low hr.

seakindly and beautiful traditional pocket cruiser.

Westerbeke diesel, 2 suits + of sails, 5 winches,

MILITARY TRANSFER forces sale. 1980 Hunter

LPU painted topsides, standing headroom, en¬

27. New Yanmar diesel, wheel, DS, KM, Loran,

CATALINA 25,1987. Very good condition. Wing

closed head, professionally maintained. $9,800.

VHF, stereo, dual batteries, teak interior, 12V

keel, pop-top, wheel with engine controls, 10 hp

Bob, (415) 661-8384 or Steve, (415) 391-4747.

pressurized water, porta-potti, galley, standard

Honda, Gemini compass, shore power, VHF, Sig¬

1979 S-2 24-FT SLOOP, 10 hp Honda, roomy

sails & storm jib and gennaker. Bottom paint 2/94.

net 1000 knot/depth, roller furling N/S135 genoa,

racer/cruiser, ready to sail. $4,500. For info, call

150 genoa, main, whisker, boom vang, Richmond

(415)332-9231.

ERICSON 26,1984, roomy pocket cruiser, Yanmar

$15,000 obo. (707) 649-9610.

Located Sausalito, $13,500. (415) 332-9231.

Marina. $11,900. (916) 791-0122.

diesel, DS, KM, VHF, enclosed head, 2-burner

STILL FOR SALE, 26-fl hard chine steel pilot¬

alcohol stove, main and 2 jibs, Danforth anchor,

'81 CAPE DORY 25-FT SLOOP. Full keel, Alberg

bottom paint in '91, Sausalito berth. $15,000.

design, VHF, 2-burner, 2 jibs, roller reefing main.

1976 DAWSON f/g sloop trailerable center cock¬

house sloop, inside steering, BMW diesel (not

(415) 288-2148 wkdyS, (415) 381-1068 wknds.

Compass, KM, freshwater boat. Porta-potti. Lotsa

pit, wheel steering, swing keel, inboard Atomic, aft

installed), sound, needs work, bullet proof mini¬

teak. Solid classic that sails well. $9,700. (916)

cabin w/porta-potty, 2 burners stove, 5 berths,

cruiser, 7 month free rent in boatyard. Take it

577-5097, Tahoe.

VHF, spars, alum, trailer included plus sail equip¬

please. Was $3,000 now $2,000. (415) 552-7098.

CATALINA 27. Very clean, A-1 condition, 10 hp

ment. $10,500 obo. (415) 239-7002.

Honda o/b (just ovhled), dinette interior, all new

27-FT SANTA CRUZ hull #101, excellent condi¬

cushions, all newstanding rigging, new seacocks,

28-FT, 1959 John Hanna designed Gulfweed

new head w/holding tank/Y valve, depth/knot

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

tion, race-ready, freshwater sailed, 13 bags sails,

meter, VHF, stereo, main & 2 jibs, choice slip in

ketch, fir over oak, gaff-rigged main, 8 sails, Volvo diesel, VHF, stove/oven, maple/mahogany inte¬

New: standing/running rigging, boom, 2 reef main,

many excellent race quality, accessories too nu¬

Sausalito, start sailing now. $10,500. CaJI (415)

rior. Sails gracefully on Bay or open waters. Solid

Loran, VHF, pilot, electrical, bottom 12/93. Head,

merous to list; 4 hp o/b, trailer. Purchase of house

883-0158.

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

sink, 4 jibs, headroom. Singlehanded coast vet¬

forces sale. $10,500. (702) 826-5578.

539-3711.

eran. $7,500 make offer, two boat owner, must OLSON 25, Jenni, Santa Cruz built Oct. '84, new

sell. (707) 552-8246, (510) 528-3354.

CATALINA 25,1982. Swing keel, 9.9 Evinrude, dual batteries, new bottom paint, VHF, compass,

CAL 25. Pop-up cabin, ready 1o sail, in excellent

3 sails, reefing, pop-top cover, stove, head, cock¬

condition. $2,500, RWC, 365-1721.

o/b, new bottom paint, new standing running rig¬ 26-n INTERN. FOLKBOAT, Swedish built, f/g,

ging late '91, Olympic Circle charter outfitted, lift-

pit cushions, whisker pole, anchors, many other

full keel, H.D. offshore rig, twin m/stays, 6 winches,

up engine bracket, bulkhead compass, stove,

extras. Immaculate. $9,300. (510) 682-6950.

all lines aft, epoxy bottom, 7 sails, small o/b,

porta-potti, racing sails available, Spinlock sheet

moving. $5,000 obo. Call for more info. Ed, (707)

stoppers. $13,500. (510) 933-4885.

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CATALINA 27, 1971. Very good condition. Di¬

MERIT 25,1979. New mast and standing rigging

nette model with Johnson 9.9 o/b. Compass,

ISLANDER 30 new 1975. BMW diesel, wheel, all

PEARSON 30, 1977. New Atomic 4. Excellent

electronics, Loran, roller furling, full canvas cover.

VHP. $5,000. Call (510) 524-3467, eves (415) 358-4924 msg dys.

condition. Stereo, depthfinder. Fast &dry. Alameda

All setto liveaboard, stereo, TV, VCR, ref., micro,

berth. Asking $18,500. P.O. Box 141 Walnut Creek, CA 94596.

TARTAN 27, 1974. Cutter equipped, 4 cruising

berth. (707) 585-7439. $18,500. Will take trade, sm. boat/auto.

1992, haulout1993, new cushions 1994,13 sails,

VHP, 4 sails. Excellent Bay boat, Coyote Point berth, ready to sail. $6,500. (415) 366-5400. 28-R KINGS CRUISER, sloop 1959, hull #149. A.B. Telfa Sweden, Volvo Penta engine, classic

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

beauty in excellent condition. $4,500 Call (415) 777-4296.

stery, life lines, excellent family boat, great over¬ nights, Bay sailing, or offshore cruising. Call (408) 227-8161. Ask for Karl.

PEARSON TRITON 28-FT. Excellent condition, COLUMBIA 28, ‘68, 5 sails. Refitted with VHP,

hauled and bottom painted, 5 winches, 5 sails

pass, battery charger, stereo, Yamaha o/b. Teak

instruments, ready to go. (415) 897-6168 dys ask for Ralph. $10,500. S-2 26-Fr C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar dsl, new beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD

Must see. $18,000. (408) 371-7266. eves. CAL 25. Great Bay boat for very little $$$. Ready to race, lots of sails, o/b, VHP. $3,000. Call (510) 642-8556, then press 3#.

competitive fleet in the Bay. New mast, faired fins,

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

many sails, well managed sail card, full cover, 2

stereo. Propane stove, diesel heater, ample power

$18,000. Dave, (415) 365-8972.

charging. New Awigrip topsides/cabin & nonskid. $30,000. (415) 331-3037.

CAL CRUISING 30,1966. Fiberglass classic full

interior, alcohol propane stove, anchors, shore

BLUEWATER CRUISER for Mexico/Hawaii,

keel Lapworth design by Jensen Marine. This

power, head with tank. Atomic#, starting problem.

highly developed Cascade 29 forseriouscruising.

strong, beautiful, easy handling and fast single

Recent survey, haul, paint. $8,500 obo. (510) 370-7017.

Advanced self-steering, sleeps 2, 25 hp Volvo

hander is in excellent condition and full of new

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

galvanized EZ loader, new DS, complete new

fect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new cond.

16 hp diesel. Profurl, storm sails, dodger, running backs, Barient ST winches, monitor, AP, S.L.

depth, rigging, lines, batteries, life vests, com¬

including spinnaker, rebuilt Atomic 4, radio and

PEARSON COASTER 30-FT, 1967. Mexico vet,

ETCHELLS. The fast boat you want in the most

axle trailer. Lots of everything in top condition

hull recently painted, interior freshly painted, just

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

Bu/stove, wide beam, lots of room. Sausalito

equipment. Ocean ready, and priced very right at $13,500. (408) 741-0880.

28-FT TRITON #248, Yanmar diesel, new teak trimmed interior, improved structural mast sup¬

ages to Hawaii, seaworthy well proven vessel, $19,950. Pillar Point. Harbor “A43'' 961-7835.

Call (415)

port, generous freeboard, liveaboard headroom,

CAL 29. Race/cruise ready. 6 sails, 9 winches. 2 APs, Loran, VHP, DS, 3 wind gauges, KM, log,

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

BUCCANEER 295, 1980. 30-ft sloop, (1/2 ton

65A alternator, good ground tackle, oversize rig¬

new boom & cushions. 8,500 lbs for $1.41/lb. Myron Spaulding, (415) 332-3721.

rating), spin, 2 jibs, main, VHP, KM, compass and

ging, new curtains, upholstery. Rebuilt Atomic 4,

enclosed head club race or cruise. Volvo diesel. Great looking boat. $14,500 obo. South Beach

folding prop. Newtank, strut, shaft. $18,500 (415) 969-1614.

26- FT EXCALIBUR sloop, 1968. Good condition, 5 sails, spinnaker pole, cabin, head, new 6 hp o/

Harbor berth. Call Jim (416) 928-0702 (day or eve) or Joe (510) 631-1627, (eye).

CATALINA 30,1982 sloop, diesel aux, 7 sails,

PEARSON 28. Great little cruiser. LectraSan, AP,

b, new halyards, glass hull. Ideal for novice or

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

Loran, WS, WP, KM, depth. Autohelm. Pressure

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needs work. Make us an offer around $8,000. Call (510) 642-8556, then press 3#.

equip, to race. S. F. South Beach berth, $3,800. (415)431-4516.

h/c water, shower, alcohol stove and oven. Cruise

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

or race in comfort. Richmond location. $29,950

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

(707) 545-9011 dys, (707) 523-4121, eves.

coaming. Immaculate, well maintained, fast and

ISLANDER 30 BAHAMA, 1980. Volvo diesel,

comfortable. BUC $27,400, sail away for $21,000. James, (415) 573-1332.

ISLANDER 28. Excellent condition, great Bay

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

MERIT 25, 1983. Rebuilt/reinforced keel 1992.

New mast and standing rigging 1991. Spinnaker,

Including spinnaker; Volvo diesel engine; beauti¬

100, 120, and 150 jibs. Autohelm, Loran, VHP,

VHP, wheel steering w/autohelm 4000, digital DS

ful leak and oak cabin, teak and holly sole; many

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

and knot log. Loran, pressure water, battery

extras. $16,500 obo. (510) 372-5830, eve/wknd.

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

charger, stereo w/inside, outside speakers, stove.

diesel, HAM, VHP, DS, GPS, windvane, A/P, 8’

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(510)886-6170.

OFFSHORE CHEOY LEE 27,

Asking $24,500. Call, (415) 984-2000 dy; (415) 332-3938 eve, ask for Jerry.

hard dinghy. 65 gal. H20, 30 gals fuel, 5 sails,

boat. Richmond berth. New bottom in '93; 4 sails

F/G, 1986-90’

major refit, diesel, sails, rigging, epoxy bottom,

30-FT ROBERTS. Custom built junk rig. Yanmar

massive stowage, especially built for long range cruising. Positive flotation. Located S. Cal. Asking $25,000. (714)831-7641.

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CATALINA 25-FT, 1979. Swing keel, 3 sails,

etc. $13,950. Also 10,000 lb capacity trailer, near

Honda o/b, DS, KM, wind speed, portable VHP,

new Honda 7.5 hp o/b, f/g 18-ft. Ranger rowing

battery charger, propane stove, BBQ, pop-top

haul out, halyards, Volvo diesel, VHP, depth, hot

with outriggers and oars, (415) 331-7576.

water, 5 sails, sail covers, cover, Autohelm 1000,

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

dodger, ref., 2 sinks, dinghy. New paint. $14,900

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

obo. (415) 731-7083 or msg. (415) 331-8931.

pressure water, macerator, double lifelines, double sink, radio, nonskid decks, shower in head. One

with curtain, complete cockpit cushions, boom

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tent, swim ladder, factory carpet & more, Stockton berth. $9,750. (209) 529-3256.

CAPRI 25, 1982 by Catalina. Great condition,

27- R CATALINA, 1971. Great condition, 30 hrs. Johnson LS electric start, VHP, DS, 2 jibs, custom

CHEOY LEE, 30-FT ketch, 1962. New rigging,

teak hatch and table, dinette interior, 6' standing

OBSESSED. Santana 30.

room, shore power. $5,900. (415) 898-5998.

lightful cruiser. Excellent condition, 10 winches,

Competitive racer/de¬

owner. Well maintained. $17,300. (415) 387-4265.

New self-tacking jib, 90% and two 150's. New

double head foil, 7 bags of sails, 2 spinnakers.

Nissan, new battery. Dual axle trailer. Dry sailed

CAL 2-29 ‘77. Good condition, Yanmar 16hp

CAL 2-27, 1977. KM, DS, VHP, Atomic 4, one

New mast and boom and rigging. Sleeps 5, full

with a single point lifting system. $8,450 obo.Steve

diesel, with low hrs, Autohelm 4000 w/remote,

galley. Volvo diesel-runs great. Cockpit cushions.

or Jeff. (209) 478-5515, dys, (209) 952-6706, n.

design class, family boat. Priced to sell. Call (415) 499-8097.

VHP, RDF, 5foresailsincluding spinnaker. $16,000 obo. (707) 554-4510, ask for Brian.

OLSON 25 hull #99, Santa Cruz buitt 1986, excel-

Can give race/cruise instruction if interested. $22,500. Call Larry, (707) 745-4811.

lent condition, 9 bags of sails, new set of North

Sails, new Johnson 4 hp o/b, KM, depth, Loran,

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VHP, epoxy bottom Oct.'92, lots of extras. Asking

$15,500 obo. Call Jim, (510) 933-0197.

29 TO 31 FEET CAL 30,1966. Good condition, sturdy, full keel

CATALINA 30,1978. Yanmar diesel, new: ex¬

ERICSON 29,1971. Atomic 4 inboard, furling jib, 2-speed winches. All gear and 3-man inflatable

tended rig, full batten main, standing &,running

included. No blisters. Well-maintained. $14,000.

rigging. Harken traveler. Great shape. For sale by

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

owner. Tom, call 472-3422 dys; 507-1934, eves. $18,500.

cruiser/single handed, perfect for Bay sailing. Sleeps 6. Sausalito berth. A super bargain at $9,950. (707) 765-0731.

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CALL (800) 882-4411 OR (206) 385-7646 April, 1994 •

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CAL 34 III, 1978. Westerbeke dsl. SSB, VHF,

J/29,1984 MASTHEAD. Custom hinged Forespar

DOWNEASTER 32. Singlehanded to Mexico and

Volvo diesel (rebuilt 1988); new bottom 1993, 4

mast. 12 bag North inventory. Lightweight 10 hp

Hawaii. Very roomy. 6'4" headroom. Buiit to ex¬

Loran, AP, windvane, dodger, microwave, pro-

Barients, new alcohol stove, compass, EMS KM,

inboard. All the good options. Signet KM, Sailcomp,

ceed Lloyd’s specs. New radar, GPS, SatNav,

pane range & heater, refrig., holding tank, 2 mains,

wheel, VHF, berthed in Martinez. Leaving area,

VHF, AP, RDF & lots Of Other stuff. Great race

Loran, RDF, new watermakers, pressure water,

3 jibs, 2 spinnakers, documented. Cruise/race

record, tun cruiser. $5,000 down & $210/mo. oac.

documented, new harken w/new jib, new main,

ready, singlehand. Asking $31,400. Cali (510)

Stan, (714) 635-5573 d, (310) 592-1660, e.

new rigging, new monitor windvane, VNF, stereo,

481-1862, eves: (510) 422-8285, dys.

SEAFARER 31-FT, 1974 sloop rig with 25 hp

must sell. S9,750 obo. John, (510) 687-6232.

1989 Yanmar, feet/fathom depthfinder, wiring

with lazy jacks, tri radial jib with Harken furling.

S2 9.2A, 30-ft, 1979. Perfect for first time owner¬

updated, shore phone, sextant & tabies, many

GET THIS ONE before economy heats up. Asking

New standing and running rigging, new Autohelm

ship. Builder reputation known for high quality.

charts, 3 anchors w/150 feet chain & 100 feet line,

$33,500. Health warrants selling my RhodesTrav-

]

instruments, 2 new anchors. Yanmar 2 GMF - just

Wheel, new bottom paint, depth, speed, 15 hp

windlass, drogue shoot, 3-burner range/oven, re¬

eller 32 cruising ketch. All gear, Avon. F/G pre-

serviced, ready to go. S32,250. (707) 426-5823 or

Yanmar that runs great, alcohol stove. H/C pres¬

frigeration, mast steps, Avon R-IOdinghy, Honda

blister hull, teak deck, diesel. Santa Cruz slip for2

pager, (510) 840-4191.

sure water. Docked at South Beach Harbor, S.F.

10 hp. Cancer terminated my planned circumnavi¬

years. Original owner, (408) 354-8719.

$23,000 obo. (408) 954-7285.

gation. Own a saiiing home in Hawaii. $39,500.

1984 PEARSON 303. New sails, full batten main

cruiser. New main sail, 3 jibs, on-deck Montgom¬

ERICSON 34, 1987. Like new inside and out.

(707) 428-0207.

CATALINA 30, 1978. Spacious liveaboard or

Many extras including 3-blade Max Prop, Harken

PEARSON 31,1978. Racer/cruiser, 3 headsails,

ery dinghy, ladder. Yanmar diesel engine, Loran,

new spinnaker, 7 Barient winches, new 28 hp

NAUTICAT 33 PILOTHOUSE. The very best of

furler. North sails, Aeroluff jib and gennaker, line

radar. Autohelm, P. A. system and more. Must sell

diesel, Loran, VHF, cushions (best quality foam &

sail and power. Rare cruising kfetch, Scandinavian

control whisker pole, battery charger and gel

S19,500/offers. (415) 331-7657, eves.

fabric), curtains, head, pulpit, great boat in excel¬

quality. Spacious, comfortable, enviable combi¬

batteries, full cover. $69,500. (408) 257-0638.

lent condition. Reduc^ to $17,900. Call (510)

nation of reliable 86 hp diesel and lots of sail.

TA RTAN 30,1974, classic Sparkman & Stephens

254-7037.

designed sloop. Fast & stable. Atomic 4, dodger,

Immaculate condition. $81,500. Call Ron, (408)

34-FT 11 iMETRE one design, 1993. Really fast

996-0591.

and really fun. North main, jib, and spinnaker. 5 hp

35-FT BENETEAU FIRST 345. European quality

obo. John, (510) 849-4942 dys, (510) 713-1517

1985/86 aft cabin racer/cruiser. Loaded. Impec¬

eves to 9:30.

Nissan o/b. KM and electrical installed. $28,500

custom interior, new VHF, DS, KM and Loran.

32 TO 35 FEET

Excellent set of sails. Great overall condition. S19,500. (707) 965-9384, eves.

cably maintained. Better than new. Refrigeration, HUNTER 31+, 1984, furl jib, jiffy reef, spinn, extra

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

Autohelm, dodger, wind curtains, shower, elec¬

1956 CHEOY LEE LION, 35-ft Robb Sloop. Teak

bags, all lines aft, wheel, fun, fast, easy sail. 18 hp

beautiful teak interior recently refinished, new

tronics, etc. Remove Harken split drum furling and

planked, copper riveted in exceptional condition.

Yanmar, full galley, head, shower, lO’ll" beam.

sails, furling jib, Data Marine instruments, Alpine

you're r^ce ready, large inventory of sails. $66,000.

All new standing rigging, including chainplates.

9/92 survey $32,000. We're pregnant, first 322,000

radio/cassette. Excellent condition. Berthed at

(310)833-2181.

Conscientiously maintained by owner of 16 years,

offer goes. Ballena berth. (510) 748-0580, msg.

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

including extensive restoration and numerous HANS CHRISTIAN 33-FT cutter 1984. Original

upgrades. Aries vane, full cover, VHF, DS, KM

owner. Harken furling headsail, cruising spinna¬

and more. Beautiful, strong and seaworthy. Much

Kept in excellent condition. Atomic 4 runs well.

PEARSON 32,1982. High quality, great sailing

ker, storm sails, boom vang, preventer system,

admired at the Sausalito Tall Ships Society's

Rigging new. 2 mainsails, 3 jibs, blooper, 2 spin¬

boat at an affordable price. Roller furling, dodger,

electric windlass, solar panel, 5 gel batteries.

Vintage Boat Show,, her owner is seeking a kin-

nakers, Loran, VHF, DS, KM wind s/d, EPIRB.

wheel, diesel, h/c pressure, more. Dean, (408)

Monitor windvane. Autohelm, radar, HAM, SSB,

dred spirit to adopt this classic. Must see to

Interior immaculate, 6 berths, shower. Berthed

252-2831.

VHF, GPS, weatherfax, 406 EPIRB, refrigerator,

appreciate. $30,000. (510) 525-5430.

CAL3-30,1974. Race or cruise and ocean ready.

ISLANDER 32, '76. Roller furling w/110 and 125

anchors, many more extras. Ready for long dis¬

C & C LANDFALL 35,1984. Wonderful cruiser,

ETCHELLS 22, great Bay fleet, this boat has new

Barient ST primaries, spinnaker, dodger, h/c pres¬

tance cruising. In San Diego. $109,000. Call (619)

Hawaii vet. Offshore dodger, roller reef 90 and

sails and new LPU. Asking $8,000 obo. Call (510)

sure water, refrig., propane stove, microwave

222-4247.

236-6633.

salon has wood stove and custom leaf table with storage, teak and holly sole. Great Bay and coastal

'83 HUNTER 31. Excellent cond. Yanmar diesel,

cruiser. $28,000. (510) 865-9788.

120, Drifter, new full batten main. Completely rebuilt Westerbeke diesel. Hot pressure water.

'79 HUNTER 33. Original owner clean. 15 hp diesel. Sails excellent, 6 oz. main, 110,135. Main

New Awigrip and bright work. Professionally maintained. $64,500. (510)254-6238.

cabin all teak. Electroguard. Freshwater 6 yrs.

good sail inventory, VHF, RDF, wind, speed & DS. Compass, 2 anchors. Great for Bay and coastal cruising. Reduced to sell at $29,000. (707) 823-

RAFIKI 35, 1980. Offshore cruiser/liveaboard,

Propane, great liveaboard. Port Sonoma. Small

COLUMBIA 34, great liveaboard/cruiser. Beauti-

teak decks, Airex hull, Volvo dsL, Autohelm with

trade considered. (415) 892-4303.

ful large interior, 7-ft. headroom. Loaded, spare ■

9669.

windvane, VHF, stereo, 1000 ft. depth, 6 oversize,

engine/gear box. Dodger, AP, holding tank, hot/ ,

Barlow winches, Alspar mast/boom/rigging, 10

SANTANA 35,1984, Cheers, new sails, numer¬

cold pressurized water, 12v freezer. S. San Fran-

CAL 29,1970. Hull #143 with new top side paint.

opening ports. $57,000 offer. Call for brochure.

ous upgrades, newest and cleanest on the Bay,

cisco. $24,500. Monday-Friday, (408) 721-5901

Just hauled with new epoxy and bottom paint.

(408) 867-9202.

race/cruise ready, $40,000. Call (510) 866-5417

dys, (408) 734-1095 eves.

day or (510) 838-0684 eve.

New Horizon depth and KM. Full batten main with

IT’S TIME TO CRUISE. Dufour 35 cruising sail¬

spinnaker and 3 jibs. Atomic 4 that was redone

CUSTOM CHOATE 33. Consistent winner. 13

and runs great. $12,000. (209) 838-3285.

sails, diesel, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual

DICKERSON 35, 1965. Classic center cockpit

boat Mexico/Hawaii veteran. Strong, seaworthy,

water tank etc. Photos, survey, equipment list

cruising ketch. Strip plank honduras mahogany

comfortable. Cruise equipped with extras: solar

'84 CATALINA 30, L-dinette, MD-25 Universal

upon request. Moored in Marina del Rey. Asking

on oak. Gas engine. 2 suits sails. LP paint on

panels, HAM/SSB, bimini water purifier, custom¬

diesel, Force 10 heater, knot, depth, wheel, 110%,

$32,000 obo. (310) 479-0116 (eves).

aluminum masts. Propane stove with oven. Older

ized interior, GPS, more. $55,000/offer. T ed, (916)

electronics. Sleeps 6. $8,500 obo. (415) 344-1294.

292-9172.

150%, full batten main, spinn., VHF, cass. stereo epoxy barrier, h/c water, battery charger, lines

RANGER 33,1975. Better than new. Wheel, self¬

lead aft. $28,000 obo. (916) 929-5734, Sacto.

steering, roller jib, dodger, natural gas stove,

ISLANDER 32,1977. Great condition inside and

BRISTOL 35.5 high quality, excellent condition,

pressure water, built-in heater. Engine rebuilt, low

out, very clean. Atomic 4, fireplace, dodger, Lo¬

roller furling. Must sell, make offer. (408)363-4213.

hours. Custom interior, one owner. $23,950. (408)

ran, VHF, depth, knot, wind, etc. Liveaboard for

268-3474 or (510)522-1826.

last 2 years. $30,000. Call (510) 679-1343.

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watermaker, life raft, mast steps, 350 ft. chain, 3

Coyote Point. $20,000. Call (415) 573-0677.

KimVictorine

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32-FT CORONADO center cockpit, wheel str,

HUNTER 37,1984. Super clean, low hours, sail/

RAFIKI 37, 1977. Culler rig. Proven offshore

TA YAN A 37 CUHER. Great bluewater liveaboard

VHF, depth, KM, AP, roller furl. Palmer P60 en¬

cruise, furling jib, Yanmar 30, wheel, stereo, VHF,

cruiser. Classic Huntingford design. 7 sails. 36 hp

cruiser loaded with gear, low hour on Pisces Isuzu

gine, new Imron paint & more, excellent shape.

WS/WD, charger. Asking $50,000/offer. Call (415)

Volvo diesel. Low hrs, Airex foam cored f/g con¬

engine. Beautiful teak interior and exterior,

Great liveaboard, will consider trade on (vehicle,

435-2924.

struction, teak interior, VHF, Loran, Signet instru¬

$62,000. Call Cindy, (415) 578-9244, eves.

ments, Autohelm, AP, windlass, refrigeration.

ski boat, land, or even a partner). Call John at (707) 794-7210. Value $27,500, asking $21,500.

LIVEABOARD 39-FT Pilothouse Landfall. Modi¬

Sleeps 6. Excellent condition. $69,900. Call (916)

WANT A WORLD CRUISER? Heavy displace¬

fied Ron Amy design. 50 hp Perkins diesel, dual

367-3256.

ment, exceptionally stable - 6’7" headroom. C.G. documented -11 ton 6’ freeboard, cutter rig. Fully

CAL-34, 1975. Westerbeke 4-cyl. diesel, roller

hydraulic steering, auto, battery charger. F/G hull,

reefing, wheel steering, VHF, CNG range, power

excellent condition, teak deck/exteriortrim. Cutter

FREYA 39, sloop design ocean cruiser, cored

hot/cold water, sleeps 6. Large cockpit for day

rig, 2 jibs, clubfooted staysail. Beautiful teak inte¬

hull, 3 cyl. Yanmar diesel, 45' masi, winches, roller

sailing. January 1994 survey, valued at $33,500.

rior, full headroom, 4 separate cabins. Master

furled head sail, DS, interior incomplete, stove,

FISHER 37 Pilothouse ketch. Motorsailer, 1980,

Priced at $24,000. Dys: (415) 433-0182, eves;

cabin/head, full galley/dinnette, custom mid-cabin

refrigeration, tanksfor H20 & diesel, sails, ready to

80 hp Ford Saber diesel, 120 gal H20,120 fuel,

(415) 383-3668.

lounge, forward cabin/head. Storage everywhere.

sail - finish interior. $45,000 obo. (707) 257-7872.

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

equipped. $49,750, (415) 367-7607.

CB, aft cabin, Avon. $125,000. (408) 624-7210.

Canoe stern, davits, sailing/rowing dinghy. Many ‘87 CATALINA 34. Interior/exterior like new. New

spares, tools, equipment, boat related items in¬

37-FT HUNTER, 1984 cutter rig, Yanmar 44 hp

epoxy bottom. 2 headsails, roller furling. Teak

cluded. Flexible owner. No serious/reasonable

diesel. Autohelm, furling jib, microwave, charger,

TARTAN 37, 1978. Excellent, strong stable,

cockpit sole & folding table. Propane stove, inflat¬

otter refused. (510) 939-4870.

full cover, dodger, stern dodger, new bottom paint

cruiser/racer. Sparkman-Stephens, numerous

4/93, fresh water boat since new at Tahoe. Much

upgrades, immaculate interior. Diesei, ProFurl,

more. $49,500. (702) 849-0735.

dodger, elect, windlass, spinnakers. Force 10

able dinghy, canvas covers. VHF, knot, depth, 36-FT CATALINA, 1984. Mint condition, diesel,

Loran. $53,000. Doug, (510) 736-3706.

stove & heater, refrigeration, Autoheim, VHF,

new batteries, furling jib. Autohelm AP, depth, LAPWORTH 36, sloop, large sail inventory, com¬

Loran, KM, DS, WP, newer rigging, shaft. Hauled

for comfortable cruising. Dodger, pressure H20,

speed, stereo, Loran, pressure h/c water, 2 an¬ chors, all teak interior. Great liveaboard. Sails

plete refitting finished June ‘93, cruised to Hawaii

4/93. Much more. $65,000, firm. (510) 236-5839.

shower, CNG, roller furling, wheel steering, shore

fabulously. Priced to sell fast $39,990. Won't last

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

power, VHF, depth. Autohelm, kite, poles, wind

long. San Diego. Call (619) 295-0061 dy, (619)

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

TARTAN 37,1976 in wonderfui condition. Dodger,

instruments, KM, 7 winches, anchor roller, cush¬

223-5948 eve.

great liveaboard. Santa Cruz slip avaiiable.

lee cloths. Harken furler, self-tailing winches, SS

$21,000/offer. (408) 475-8020, Jim.

plow and windlass, roll-up Zodiac and o/b, Loran,

RANGER 33,1975. Excellent condition, loaded

ions, boarding ladder, MOB, newinterior. $22,500.

depth VHF. Interior is excellent, Westerbeke die¬

1982 LANCER 36 racer/cruiser. New main and

(510) 939-9885.

sel. $49,900. (510)4524453.

jib. Cockpit cover and dodger, Yanmar diesel,

ISLANDER 36,1973. Needs some work. Diesel,

‘87 CATALINA 34. Roller furling, interior/exterior

radar, Loran, AP, roller furling, full instruments,

full lead keel, pedestal steering sheel, compass,

like new. Microwave, VHF, knot, depth, wind in¬

good bottom, Bili Lee design. Ocean or Bay, a

depth finder, KM, stereo, VHF, stove/oven, sails,

39-FT YORKTOWN beautiful inside and out, aft

strument. Very low hour diesel. Don’t miss out on

quick and comfortable boat. $44,950. Call (209)

batteries, chargers, anchors, ice box, sink head,

cabin, extensive electronics and generator re¬

virtually the best boat value on the West Coast at

298-4225.

sleeps 6, spinnaker pole, won Islander Regatta

cently installed, recent LP paint. Bankruptcy sale,

Championship, 4 match races. $25,000. (415)

$29,000. (408) 4794036, Iv msg.

$54,500. (916) 427-2732. See at Benicia. ISLAND PACKET 38,1990. Beautiful condition.

454-2294. MORGAN, 1984 performance cruiser, 36' Nelson/

PERFECT 33,1988 C & C 33 MK li, full batten

Just returned from one year in Sea of Cortez.

main, 95%, 120%, 150%, Harken roller furling,

Excellently equipped for extended cruising and

J/36,1982, fast Bay & Coastal cruiser. Excellent

Marek design 21 hp UniversalAA/esterbeke, 440

Quick Vang, diesel, Martec folding prop, wind and

ready to go again. Many extras. Extensive inven¬

sail inventory. 8 2-speed Barient winches, 3 cyl.

hrs. CNG stove/oven, microwave hot & cold pres¬

water instruments, all lines led aft to spinlock

tory. By owner $189,000. Channel Islands, CA.

diesel, wheel, refer., press, water, WP, WS, KM,

sure water w/shower, consider small trade.

(805) 985-1414. No brokers please.

depth. Reduced for quick saie, (510) 638-3383.

$42,750. (408) 866-5292 office, (408) 234-1433

stoppers, perfectly maintained and ready for the perfect new owner, $84,500, (415) 343-0390,

after 4 pm.

GREAT LIVEABOARD. 36-ft custom F.C. ketch.

ISLANDER 36,1984. Excellent condition for cruis¬

1978 endurance class cruiser. Isuzu diesel, teak deck, 7 sails, VHF, depth, AP, propane stove,

ing or racing. Main plus 4 jibs, 2 spinnakers, 30 hp Yanmar, refrigerator, natural gas stove & much

Norcold refer, Avon dinghy, Ritchie compass, 5/

more. $59,500 firm. Call (209) 466-9712, (209)

noe stern, full keel, f/g, diesel, AP, radar, Loran, generator, solar panels, dodger, VHF, TV/VCR, H

16 wire with stalock fittings, 3 anchors, 220’ chain.

943-2525.

& C water, teak interior, refrigeration, microwave,

auto, (408) 866-5293 fax.

36 TO 39 FEET

37-FT TAYANA culler, fasf, safe, luxurious. Ca¬

BBQ, dinghy on davits, o/b, new LP paint. Loaded,

Barient winches. $30,000. (510) 865-6384. DOWNEASTER 38 CUTTER.

La Liberlad,

fiber-

excellent condition. $84,000. (805) 965-8488.

36-FT ISLANDER SLOOP. Great liveaboard, lo¬

glass/wood trim. Improved rigging. Approx. 100

38 HARTLEY - South Seas ferro sloop. Cruiser/

cal or long distance cruiser. Vintage 1972. Super

hrs. on Yanmar. Two: mains, staysails, jibs. Roiler

1982 ENDEAVOR 37-FT. sailboat, great

liveaboard in excellent condition. Launched in

strong, no blisters. 1993 survey. Call me and I’ll

furling. Bottom just painted. Strong, stiff, roomy,

1976. Tight, dry, beautiful. Loran, roller reefing,

lell you more. Hoi to sell. Joe, (408) 423-4230.

but quick and handy cruising boat. Documented.

liveaboard, 50 hp Perkins, Loran, roller furling jib, newdodger, hull is whitew/burgandy trim. $68,500.

Perkins 4-107, much more. Owner transferred

Quick sale price, $44,000. (510) 271-8031.

John S. or Debbie, (510) 6764179, dys. (707)

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74$3905, eves/wknds, (510) 7464929, msg/voice

36 SOVEREL 1982, high performance coastal

abroad. Located in Humboldt Bay. (707) 8228418. $25,000 obo. 1946,37-FT CLASSIC Gaff Ketch, Colin Archer

mail.

cruiser. Hull 11 of 13 built, once rated 96 PHRF.

CUSTOM FARR 36. Has fire damage. New die¬

Structure excellent, klegecell core, upgraded rig¬

sel, rebuilt spars, 14 bags sails, B & G, VHF, 8-

ging, diesel, big self-tailers. Profurl, liveable inte¬

man rafi & safely gear, epoxy boffom/micron,

ISLANDER 36, 1978. Very meticulously main¬ tained, deluxe teak and oak interior, 5 sails, spin¬

design, built in Washington state, w/6” oak frames

rior with most of the necessities. $35,000 depend¬

custom paint & graphics. $20,000 finance or

on 8” centers, stem to stern. 1 1/2" Sitka Spruce

ing on equipment. (805) 563-1919.

$15,000 cash. Serious inquiries only. Call (510)

naker, roller furling, dodger, full electronics, LP'd

357-8768.

hull & spars, 9 winches, refrigeration, autopilot,

planking. No engine. Reduced to $3,500. Cur-

rently at Martinez Marina. Contact Barry, (510)

;

372-3585.

fixed & folding props, much more. This yacht is beautiful. $42,900. (610) 614-9181.

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A UNIQUE FREYA 39, Steel built, sloop/cutter-a

PETERSON 44, 1977, performance sailing and

HARDIN 45 center cockpit, documented,

SWAN 44. 1973, Sparkman-Stephens design,

proven, seaworthy, double-ender, world cruiser,

cruising with confidence. We're last minute drop

liveaboard/cruise-ready ketch. Recently installed

recent refit. (805) 595-2180.

designed and built for stability and performance at

outs, step on board with your provisions, personal

top name brand watermaker, radar, GPS, AP,

sea. S75,000, For inventory, write: Freya, 450 E.

equipment, familiarization, and set sail, she's fully

Loran, S3B, Loudhailer/fog horn, stereo, CD, deck,

HINCKLEY 41. Beautiful well-maintained 1965

Yucca St., Oxnard, CA 93033; or (805) 487-5670.

found with first grade equipment and spares.

speaker below and on deck, 403 Mhz EPIRB,

classic sloop. Radar, Loran, am/fm stereo, radio,

Anxious, $119,000. (310) 434-9131.

Profurl, cruising spinnaker, BG instruments, in¬

much more. Sausalito based. By owner. Princi-

verter, gel batteries, SL electric windlass, controls

pa\s only. $79,500. (916) 383-7900/6384764.

44-FT ALUMINUM racing/cruising sloop, 1979.

on bow & helm, 400 ft. chain,, 200 rope 60# 40#

Peterson design, teak interior, full galley, refrig¬

CQR, Danforlh, Ample R brand electric system,

It’S OK! 1990 custom Andrews 43 IMS racer,

eration, 18 sails, Barient self-tailing winches.

Newmiar panel, LPG for galley, stove and BBQ,

lying Newport Harbor. Proven winner; all new

CHEOY LEEOFFSHORE41 ketch, Ray Richards

Brooks & Gatehouse electronics. Zodiac M11GT,

twin Raycor filters, alarms; fire, water, fume, en¬

North sails; owner moving up. For details, please

design; customized for world cruising; comes with

w/15 hp Evinrude. (619) 698-9321, San Diego.

gine. Newly rewire AC/DC throughout, floor/dome

call Craig Fletcher at (714) 650-3144.

everything from Flenri-Lloyd foul weather gear to

Reduced to sell fast. $60,000,

40 TO 50 FEET

spare parts, and backups to backups including

lights, woodstove in salon, dodger, 8-man life raft, detailed logs of 2 Mexican cruises, hauled &

47-FT SLOOP S & S, One of SF Bay’s most

CT 41, center cockpit ketch, one of 6,60 hp Isuzu,

bottom painted. Recent survey. Moored in Santa

beautiful and well-constructed wooden yachts. To

10 sails, inner forestay, jiffy reefing, refrig, large

120 gal. h/c pressure, AC refer, propane stove,

Cruz. Asking SI 40,000. Dr. BobSchemmel, (408)

see her is to love her. Sleeps 7, large cockpit, AP,

chart table, Givens, class A EPIRB, solar panels,

solid dodger. Will take trailer sailer as part pay.

395-3054.

electronics, many sails, 2-boat family. Must sell or

GPS, SatNav, Loran, sextant, 600 feet of chain,

davits, dinghy, o/b, rack and pinion steering,

Liveaboard berth, Bay area location. Call (9t6)

Perkins 4-108 new 1986, expanded battery com¬

596-3613. $70,000.

partment with 2-200 amp hour batteries, AP, emer¬

partner. 548,000. 331-0907. ISLANDER 40,1979. Peterson design racer with cruising amenities. Pathfinder 42 hp diesel, refrig¬

gency generator, full awnings, dodger, Gas Sys¬

40- FT GAFF RIG KETCH. 60’s classic woodie

eration, h/c water, CNG stove/oven, spinnaker, 2

tems stove, natural gas and propane and high

with traditional charm and 90's gear. Cruised

jibs, 9 winches, dodger, wheel steering, inflatable,

51 FEET & OVER

seas medical kit among other things on 5 page

Mexico last 3 years. Ready to go again. Affordable

equipment list. Beautiful condition. Must sacrifice. $75,000. (805) 569-5225.

. and practical. In San Diego. S48,000. Will deliver

LAPWORTH 50. Custom Cheoy Lee cutter in

WESTSAIL 42-FT, 1981. Center cockpit, cutter

12,500# lead ballast installed. Center cockpit balsa

Dam, Holland 1972 in good condition. Comfort¬

pristine condition. Sparcraft rig, 13 Barients, xint.

rigged. Well maintained. Must see to appreciate.

cored deck. S75/month storage in Oakland. $7,000.

able cruising and liveaboard with private

Quality hardware and gear. Strong & capable

Presently moored in Sausalito Yacht Harbor.

(510) 9^2-4339.

accomodations. Excellent berth and facilities in

offshore vessel. $125,000. (310) 420-3711.

$96,000. For further info., call (4t5) 33t-3022. 1982 AMOR 40,13 ton, f/g sloop, large interior,

reasonable offers considered. (604) 254-7697.

Loran, VHF, charger, KM/DS. Very fast. S59,000. Call Joe, (415) 239-8130, eves.

and will negotiate. (619) 687-5480. 1986 DEL REY 50. Factory-made f/g hull w/

STEEL KETCH MOTORSAILER 52' OA by Van

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Asking $160,000/any

1990 JEANNEAU 44-FT. Sun Odyssey, perfor¬

49-FT CENTER COCKPIT cruising ketch

mance cruising sloop, like new condition, 55 hp

Theanna. Fast, light weight vessel for couple. All

Loran, VHF, etc. $82,000. (415) 728-9435, day

51-FT MORGAN OUT ISLAND center cockpit

Turbo diesel, 100 hrs TT, 9 Harken winches.

new rebuild in 1988, new LPU hull and topsides

(415) 691-3386.

liveaboard/cruising ketch. 3 stateroom layout with

Harken furling, dodger, VHF, GPS, Autohelm in¬

'93. Loaded w/gear, instruments, and electronics.

struments, electric windlass. Call for equipment list. $139,500. (707) 447-1653.

Immacualate, affordable one of a kind. Here’s a dream you can climb on, and sail away in. Out

TARTAN 41,1975. Well-built, fast, stable, high quality Swan like f/g S & S design racer/cruiser,

Furuno radar, EPIRB, VHF, SSB. Main salon has

since 1990, now en route from Panama to West

good liveaboard. New Force 10 propane stove,

diesel fireplace, TV, VCR, stereo system with

refrigeration, battery monitor/charger. Hi Seas

Bose speaker inside and in cockpit. New LPU in

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 tri-cabin in out¬

Coast. (818) 986-9107. Video available. $75,000.

standing condition. Philip Rhodes design. Hand

liveaboard slip closest to Silicon Valley. Radar,

large aft cabin, 2 heads with showers; 1 with tub. Navigation station has Apelco Loran, SatNav,

diesel heater, Multipure water purifier. 6 sails, 9

1991.85 hp Perkins diesel and 12kw Onan gen¬

layup fiberglass hull to Lloyd’s specifications. Burmese teak throughout. Perkins 4-107, low

41- FT GARDEN DESIGN KETCH, custom built

winches, diesel, stereo, VHF. Price reduced to

erator. $98,000. Call (408) 257-7949, h; (510)

1973, glass hull, beautiful teak interior, full galley,

$48,000. (415) 742-8393 w, 728-5067 h.

568-6911,w.

hours; Max prop; aluminum mast; newsails; Barient

head, shower, 90 hp Ford Lehman diesel, VHF,

winches; B & G electronics; much more. (310) 397-0141,

sounder, Loran C, 13 sail bags, 2 spinnakers,

CT 41-FT KETCH, excellent condition, f/g, Perkins

60-FT STEEL CUTTER, classic lines, Fife design,

custom oversized rigging plus new extra set of

4108, R. furl, jib/staysail, h/c pressure. AC/DC

1938 DeVries built, racer/cruiser, Jonathan Swift

same. Motiva. $55,000. (415) 361-6681.

refer, propane stove, micro, AP, Loran, elect,

, 6'2" headroom, 3 cabins, sails, 60 hp dsl, need

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41-FT TC. USCG docu¬

windlass. $68,000 obo. (209) 529-5508.

mented. In the South Pacific now. Walk aboard

COLUMBIA 45, 1973. Roomy and clean

and sail away. Fully equipped-spare parts, rain

liveaboard/cruiser. ‘90 rebuilt 45 hp Perkins die¬

PASSPORT 42. Exceptional quality, comfort and

gear, electronics, etc. Will sail to Tonga, Fiji, New

sel. Roller furling main/jib. TV, microwave, refrig¬

performance. Stan Huntingford designed cutter.

Zealand, or Hawaii for you to pick-up and begin

erator, propane hot water. Walk-in shower. Avon

Commissioned 1990. Gorgeous teak interior in a

your dream cruise. For information, equipment

dinghy/davits. New batteries. More. $62,500 firm.

modern airex cored f/g hull. An ideal year 'round

list, and/or pictures write to N. DeStael, 505 W.

(510) 814-9755 h; (510) 420-4843 w.

liveaboard and capable world cruiser. $215,000.

45th St,, Vancouver, WA 98660. Questions may be faxed to Liz at 011-676-70-130. A wonderful boat at $169,000. No brokers.

elect, plumb work + about $1,200 to restore to $150,000 value Asking $50,000. Call owner (707) 579-1046.

CLASSICS

(415) 332-9118, eves. OFFSHORE 41 by Cheoy Lee, 1978, tri-cabin lay¬ out with circular dinette, huge cockpit, refrigera¬

BRUCE ROBERTS44-FT KETCH, South Pacific

tion, LPG stove/oven, diesel heater, Perkins 4-

vet, Aussie built, Perkins 4;t08 diesel with zero

LIBERTY 49,1989, center cockpit, liveaboard or

SERAFFYN OF VICTORIA The 24-ft Lyle Hess

108, AP, Maxwell electric windiass, ProFurl, cus¬

hrs, f/g hull, aft cockpit, very roomy, built for

cutter that took the Pardeys around the world and

ready to cruise. Loaded with equipment and in

tom traveler, dodger. $70,000. Call for brochure, (707) 579-4298.

cruising. Too much stuff to list. Must sell. Owner

inspired thousands to follow. Ready to go again.

relocating. $26,000 make offer. Call Days (707)

Wood boat classic in bristol condition. Lying Port¬

765-2628, eves, (707) 762-5003.

land. $25,000. (503) 224-3127, eves.

Bristol condition, $259,000. For equipment list & further information please call (510) 523-8061 or (510) 523-0729.

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JINKER very well-known 40-ft wooden cutter by

CORSAIR F/24 1992 hull #44 Kevlar sails by

1981 HOBIE 16 w/trailer. Very little used boat.

Sam Crocker. Beautiful, fast, strong, exciting to

Smyth (square top mam, jib, Genoa, asymmetric

Yellow hulls & tramp, sails blue red orange yellow.

sail. A classic boat to be proud of and enjoy. Good

spinnaker), full B & G electronics, GPS, KVH

Lots of extra stuff. Going cruising to the Carib¬

condition. Berthed in Sausalito. $49,500. Call for

Sailcomp, Autohelm ST 1000 & remote, 8 hp

bean, gotta sell. Asking $1,300. Call Jim, (408)

detailed spec, sheet. Call (707) 573-9430.

motor, all Harken & Lewmar, fully tuned, rigged

263-7876.

ONE-FIFTH PARTNERSHIP available in well-

and well maintained. For complete information, 30-FT GAFF CUTTER. Wm. Garden's original

(303) 772-6082.

maintained 1986 Catalina 36 with Pier 39 berth. SAIL a brand new, custom 38-ft performance

Bull Frog, 1947. MM #G8. Red cedar over oak. Hull wooded & refastened (1989-92). Fully

31-FT SEARUNNER TRIMARAN. A-frame pro¬

equipped for cruising/liveaboard. New Perkins

fessionally built35 hpO.M.C. inboard all new sails

diesel, new dodger, Sutter sails (1985, 1988,

just painted top and bottom, no work needed

1992). S32,000. Interested in offers or trade. (707) 824-9222.

brand new boat, must sell. $17,000 obo. (408) 425-5554. Ask for Mike.

There's nothing like a Bird. Sail the slot m a

31-FT EXPLORER TRIMARAN. Good liveaboard. Needs work and T.L.C. $5,000 obo. Call (510)

summer blow with full canvas. $6,000 is a great

235-3143.

Two staterooms, head with shower. Universal

cruising catamaran. Fast, fun, level sailing.

diesel, dodger, furling jib, self-tailing, Loran, CNG.

Sausalito berth. Call U.S.C.G. licensed skipper, (415) 974-9007.

$12,000 equity plus S75/month for all expenses. Doug, (408) 353-2653 or (408) 866-4300. SANTA CRUZ PARTNERSHIP, seeking active

POWER & HOUSEBOATS BIRD BOAT. Excellent condition, well-cared-for.

PARTNERSHIPS

parlner(s) for our well-equipped Wilderness 30 SX racer/cruiser. Fast, responsive, and beautiful. Lower harbor berthed, new main and Yamaha diesel. We race SCORE (PHRF123) and Wednes¬

41-FT '64 HATTERAS, dual stations with flying

day nights plus casual cruising. $1,000 equity

bridge, glassed-in aft deck, remodeled interior,

contribution (goes to sail fund) plus share ex¬

42' X 22' CUSTOM TRI. 6'4'' headroom, 65 hp

new carpels, aft stateroom with double bed, lots of

penses of about $200/month. Steve, (408) 688-

Isuzu diesel, aft cabin, sleeps 8, pilothouse, 2 hds,

closets, shower, head, forward V berth with 2

6685, Phil (408) 476-9766.

SACRIFICE 2 CLASSICS 1925 47-ft Abeking-

full galley, cutter rig, loaded. Virus forces sale

single bunks, forward head, complete galley with

Rasmussen ketch, 11 sails; Perkins, $54,000

$20,000, permanent mooring Tonga. Write:

full size refrigerator, micro wave, electric oven and

obo. 1935 35-ft Edson B. Schock ketch, $14,000

Trimaran. Box 337, Friday Harbor, WA 98250.

burners, washer/dryer combo, large salon with

price for this classic. Contact Greg or Jeff at (510) 451-8219.

obo. (510) 655-8938.

CHARTER BENETEAU F435 for 3 weeks. 2 weeks in British Columbiaduring summer. 1 week

TV/stereo, sleeps 6, 8kw genset, Detroit 6V53

in La Paz, Baja during winter. Bristol racer/cruiser

37-FT POLYCON CATAMARAN balsa/fiberglass,

diesels with low hours, great liveaboard. $97,000.

with teak decks and tall rig. 3 private double

(510) 569-2404 or (510) 536-8830.

staterooms each with head and shower. $1,700

FANTASTIC OFFICE w/liveaboard capabilities

3 cabin, 2 heads, propane stove & 3-way refrig¬

for lease. 40-ft 1947 classic motor yacht, modified

eration, 3 anchors, double battery bank, inverter,

w/built-in craftsman quality cabinetry for single

watermaker, radar, GPS, E PI RB, weatherfax, SSB,

32-FT POWER CRUISER, custom built in 1940.

person office. Excellent condition and unique qual¬

Yanmar diesel. $85,000, make offer. Call (619) 270-1071.

Mahogany on oak frames. Haulout and survey in

J/BOATTIMESHARE$250/month, no equity buy-

June '93. Hull excellent, new windows and epoxy

in. Well maintained J/29 w/diesel inboard, race &

decks, no rot. Beautiful liveaboard, solid enclosed

cruise equipped, kevlar sails. Great Bay & Delta

CORSAIR F-24 TRI 1992, barely used in fresh

rear deck, unbelievably spacious. $7,000 obo.

boat for daysails, overnights, racing, offshore.

85-FT CLASSIC wooden yacht, built in 1914.

water with trailer & o/b. Also VHF, marine head,

Jim, (415) 664-8811.

Sausalito berth. Fast, easy to sail and beautiful.

Restored in 1987, but caught fire that year. Hull,

dodger, life lines, stove, spinnaker. Save thou¬

foc'sle and wheelhouse unaffected by fire. Most of

sands and still have a new boat. $36,500 obo.

LET'S MAKE A DEAL. We’ve got a 40 X 10-ft

antique gear intact. Will make great houseboat. Asking $10,000. Call Ed, (415) 331-3214.

(503) 293-0678.

floating home (Sausalito type), excellent cond.

ity - engine disabled. Located Sausalito. $650/mo, 3-6 mos. lease. (510) 676-5928. Available 5/1.

weekly. (800) 742-6270.

(415)435-6822.

Berthed S. Beach Marina 13+ sail, 14 winches,

elec, hot water. USCG approved waste sys.

dinghy, 35 hp Yanmar, lots of extras. $12,500 plus

Beach wheels & much more fit in huge custom

kitchen, bath w/shower. $30,000 obo. Call (916)

1/4 monthly expenses. Allan, (415) 726-7072.

cargo box on galvanized trailer. Only $3,000.

372-5668.

HOBIE CAT 18. Well-kept veteran of adventure.

Come for a demo sail. Fast is fun. (415) 459-1655.

MULTIHULLS

C & C 38, 1/4 interest in well run partnership.

front & back decks, picture window, propane stove,

LEASE professionally maintained Hunter 30. 1965 FIBERGLASS 36-R Uniflite. Tii cabin

Bluewater ready. Richmond Bay Marina. AP, Lo¬

50-FT TRI RACING w/foils, good condition, the

cruiser. Twin V-8’s. One motor down. Lots of

ran, Datamarine, watermaker, etc. Sail 32 days/

faster tri in the Bay 30+ knots, 8 sails, 1 watermaker,

room. Full size bed. H/C pressure water. Shower,

qtr. Low monthly cost. “Own" without the hassle.

31-FT GEMINI CATAMARAN, 1985. Full cruise

1 generator, 15 hp Evinrude, 1 computer NKE,

DS, great liveaboard. Will deliver any Bay area

Only 3 total leases available. If interested, lower

equipment. Honda 15 o/b, roller furl main & genoa,

and a lot more. Call (415) 775-0411. Ask $75,000 or near offer.

location. Around $19,500 obo. Ask for Mike, (510)

monthly cost with some maintenance responsi¬

601-6390.

bilities. (415)499-7707.

spinnaker, storm jib, electronics: AP (2), radar, GPS, VHF (2), HAM/SSB, watermaker, solar pan¬ els (3), gel cells (3), propane stove, oven, refrig/

1986 NACRA 5.7 CATAMARAN. Excellent con¬

36-FT CHRIS CRAFT '61, boatyard restored, twin

1/3 PARTNERSHIP available in Ca1alina27. New

freezer, microwave, inverter, HiFi CD, 5 anchors,

dition, Harken blocks, barber hauler, mast rotator,

427 Cobra engines, low hrs., clean & ready to go.

Yamaha o/b, 9.9 electric start. Autohelm, Loran.

Avon RIB & o/b. Reduced $57,500. Call (619)

double trapeze, 2 Omega vests, bridle vane, plus extras. Trailer has Toy Box, mast raiser, rebuilt

New teak decks. Refastened. $15,000. Call (510) 236-6633.

Fully equipped and ready to go. $2,500. (707) 887-9146, (707)823-1327.

1959 CLASSIC Mahogany century Runabout.

27-FT ERICSON. 1/3 share. Well maintained and

222-0922.

hubs, spare. $2,500 or make offer, seller moti¬ NEEDED: Large liveaboard production cruising

vated. (805) 589-7782 or (916) 253-3208.

16.5 Resorter, recently refinished. Ford Inter¬

managed with easy-going partners. Docked at

3$-FT PIVER TRIMARAN 3 sails, 2 cabins, new

ceptor V-8 engine with less than 500 hrs. Water

South Beach Marina. Re-built Atomic 4 engine.

bottom paint, $5,999. 27-ft 1976 Stiletto front

skiis, permanent boarding ladder, cover & trailer

Sleeps 5. Enclosed head. All lines lead aft. $3,000

tramp, Loran, VHF, spinnaker, galvanized trailer,

included. $4,500 obo. Peter, 331-0907,

obo. Call Don, (415) 380-9365.

catamaran "bargain of the century. “ If you can help me with a miracle deal, please call and leave a message for firefighter Dave at (408) 847-2927, CROSS 28-FT, electronics, outboard, Avon dink.

$7,200.20-ft 1980 Boston Whaler Supercat, furl¬

Lots of fun. We're moving inland, so you get a

ing jib, trailer, brochure available, $3,500. Call

great price. $2,000. (510) 528-2510.

481-8935.

EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF A CRUISING CATAMARAN Find oul why everyone is excited and talking about the new cruising multihulls! This new. high-tech 38 looter sails last and Hat. Skippered charters only. ' Custom" charters are my specialty. Call (415) 974-9007 lor more inlormaiion and/or a reservation.

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One-of-a-kind, builder's personal racing yacht. 1987 tall rig, 7 halyards, 13 winches, 5 jibs,

DESEL/CAS/OUIBOARDS; Pumps. Piltsra. Hoses. Batteries. QectricsL Custom installations. Licensed deliveries. Tovinj. Bill 1. Dials. U.S.CC. ZOOCT/HC RADAR (415) 479-7256 SDKS 1977

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MORGAN 38. Beautiful. No maintenance duties.

CRUISING GEAR wanted for 44’, life raft, EPIRB

32-FT TO 40-FT SAILBOAT, owner financing

ISUZU DIESEL DL201200 hrs since Overhaul; 95

New roller-furling 120 jib, new easy reef main.

(406), 3/8 Chain, 45 lb. anchor, inflatable boat &

wanted, have down and excellent references.

amp alternator;freshwater cooling; spare parts -1

Dale, (510) 229-3936.

engine block c'bell housing (barely runs), 1 injec¬

Electric anchor windlass, 50 hp diesel, sleeps 7

motor, charts for South Pacific, solar panels, self-

inside, refrigerator, VHP, stereo, 115 equity. Shared

steering for 44’ boat, generator, roller furling,

monthly expenses, partly deductible. R Eservation

electric windlass, watermaker, HAM radio. (503)

WEATHERFAX, 406 EPIRB, watermaker. Call

ers, 3 glow plugs, 4 injectors, 1 oil pump, 1 water

scheduling. Sausalito Marina. Call Dale, (415)

786-0751.

Curt, (415) 588-3039.

pump housing, 1 diesel filter on engine. Selling

EL TORO hull 8-fl, Caballero. Kevlar Kayaks (2),

VOLVO SAIL DRIVE, complete unit or parts,

$2,500. (916) 656-2506.

HURRY, WON'T LAST LONG. Ericson 38 (1981)

singles, 16-ft max. length. Good condition. Call

running or not. (510) 676-7675.

partnership. Roller furl.dodger, hydraulic backstay,

Jan (415) 332-8755.

tor pump, 1 alternator, 2 Starrette heat exchang¬

because parts not available in remote areas.

964-2801.

FURLING GENOA, 700 ft. sq., 58’ luff, 8 oz., UV

bimini, pressure water, water heater. Autohelm

COLUMBIA 50, cash offered for good condition

cloth, triple stitched, excellent condition. $1,200. Call (510) 523-901 l.dys.

4000, quarterberth, lots of teak. Possible for sale.

ONE AQUATIC and highly adept family of 4 seeks

hull/deck, spar and engine, stock interior and

Jolene, (415) 728-0951.

liveaboard in the Nor Cal Bay area. Will pay and

cabin. No brokers please. Call (408) 626-5433. SUPER SNARK brand new 11 ’. $475.898-1921.

maintain. (Jun 1- Sep 1). (510) 528-0907. MacGREGOR 19 used sail boat, cash. Call (415)

LOOKING FOR 30’-40’ high performance racer

479-1503.

MAGAZINE COLLECTIONS. Rudder or Yacht-

WISH LIST. Looking for used Santana 23, used

accepting offers for full sel(s) only, Ed Miracle,

TRAILER for 27-ft Cal 227 sailboat. Coleman,

sea kayak (Kayook, Sea Lion, Chinook, etc.),

(510) 443-8889.

(415) 726-1448.

used Santana 20 sails (especially #1 and #3),

or racer/cruiser for Beer Can racing. Open lo

ADJUSTABLE WHISKER POLE (12 f1. +) and

lease or partnership. Call Richard after April 12,

small, cheap rowing dinghy. (510) 530-9272.

(415)435-5165.

TRADE

MAINSAIL for Pearson 10 meter 38’ Luff 10’ Foot.

;ng 1918-1970 inclusive, over 625 volumes each,

used Sunfish parts. Go ahead, make my day.

WOLTER LP inslani hoi water heater in new

(415) 331-3134.

condition and complete. Call (714) 504-0293.

SAVE YOUR BERTH FEE. I’m an experienced

AUTOHELM 3000. $600, 45 CQR $350, batt.

Paul, (510) 837-2297. 40-R SLIP, Pier 39,1-8. $30,000, value trade for down payment of SF condo. 42 years remaining.

19-FT O’DAY 2+2 Mariner 1969 or later, swing

liveaboard cruiser wilh a legal liveaboard berth in

chg. $175,1 kwgen, $600,3/4"Anc Rode $200,

Also 19^ 42’ Matthews. 75% restored, Hemis’

keel, almost any condition, fair price, have cash,

the Bay area. I’d like to exchange short- or possi¬

flash h20 heater $225, 55 amp alt $150, phone

required powering, hauled 3/93. $19,500. (209)

will travel. Call Bill, (510) 559-5833 dy, or (510)

bly long-term liveaboard privilieges for berth fees.

cord $25, RD F $35, radar delector $35. (408) 377-

293-3111.

652-0460, eves/msg.

Please lekve your message on my 24-hr voice

5223 wkd, (510) 522-4634 wke.

mail, (510) 286-7968. BRASS SEXTANT, English made, works great,

MUST TRADE OR SELL. 32-ft Coronado cenler

AROUND 70-FT aluminum or steel bare sailing

cockpit, w/25 hp engine, roller furl, Imron paint &

hull. No rigging, no engine, no interior, no keel.

CARETAKER. I need a conscientious, trustwor¬

complete with custom wooden box, belonged to

many extras. Great liveaboard & cruiser. Value

Modern design. Reward for information leading to

thy person to give a little TLC to my Yamaha 25

bluewater skipper. $800. (415) 337-1944.

$27,500. Will consider power, ski boat, new ve¬

purchase of above hull. (415) 712-1323, ask for Jurgen or Maria.

while I’m out of the area. I’ll pay maintenance and

hicle, land, or partnership in cabin, (Tahoe or Russian River). John, (707) 794-7210.

slip fees, you do minor mainfenance and sail all

3 MASTS W/BOOMS, new Silka spruce. Box sect, for Marco Polo 45-38’ long, with hardware. B/

you want, Brian, (415) 552-4943.

0 over $3,500 takes all. (415) 332-2500.

SOMEONE TO TOW 24-ft sailboat from Rich¬ TRADE WORK ON BOAT for fun on the Bay.

mond to Crescent City. I have no money but I own

CRUISING GEAR for 50-ft sailboal: GPS, HAM

Classic S & S 47-ft sloop. One of SF Bay’s most

a Bed & Breakfast Inn on Klamath River and can

radio, watermaker, wind generator, solar panels,

beautiful and well-constructed wooden yachts

trade lodging for towing. Call (707) 482-8205, ask

SCUBA compressor, etc. (415) 388-8451, Iv. msg.

needs TLC and to be sailed. Call Peter, 331-0907.

for Sue.

the best make. $850. Also 2 old Mercury Mark 20

ALBIN 7.9, Contest 25, Dufour 27, Yamaha 25, or

work#, (408) 749-5399.

OUTBOARD MOTOR, Yamaha, 8 hp, short shaft, 7/92, under warranty, low hrs. I found Yamaha is outboards. 18 hp. Needs work. $50 for both. Greg,

similar interesting 25’-28’ sloop. Boat must be in

WANTED

good overall condition and a bargain. Will buy the

USED GEAR

TRAILER FOR SAILBOAT. Tandem axle,

right boat this month. (415) 457-5226.

Caulkins, fully adjustable lor any sailboat. Surge brakes, 10,000 lb. GVWR. Good condition, $ 1,900.

CASCADE 36,1978, cruised Cal/Hawaii ’92, sur¬

LEASE OR LEASE OPTION State Government

SOLAR PANELS used 30wt, 1’X4’ alum, frame,

vived hurricane Georgette & Iniki, suffered dam¬ age during Hiromi. Interested party seeks to repair

Affairs Director for national corporation must split

for charging batteries, etc. Good condition. $150.

time between Sacramento and San Francisco

(415) 365-9475.

damage. Owner please contact P.O. Box 3210,

offices, needs sail - part time iiveaboard over 40’

Narragansetl, Rl 02882, (401) 782-1728.

when near/in S.F. Caribbean, East and West

6X8TRAILER. Completely enclosed and painted.

Similar in concept to Melges 24. $3,000 and 400

Coast ocean and charter experience, references.

Will haul motorcycle, outboard motor, boat and

Ips invested b/o. 12’ Bolger old shoe. Pineapple

USED WHEEL steering system for Newport 27’.

Flexible on terms and price. (415) 281-0451,

much more. Many compartments. Has beefed up

sails $1,500. Don Tahoe, (916) 581-3360.

Must be in good shape, complete and cheap.

voice mail, (916) 448-9730, eves.

springs and lounge plus extra wheels and tires.

(415)928-4001.

(510) 642-1664 d, (510) 525-0279, e. 1990 NEVER USED HONDA 15 hp. Longshaft o/ b $1,800. 24’ hull & deck. Coldmolded wood.

Ideal for motor home. $3,650. (415) 591-3220.

MARINE SURVEYOR

Serving all Bay and Della Areas

JOHN HALLANDER, P.E, • Sail and Power • Fiberglass, wood, melal • 40 years experience

SIGNS

GRAPHICS

WOODCARVING

PETER KAHL STUDIO ARQUES SHIPYARD

SAUSALITO

415-332-6608

MERCEDES 1960

• Free phone consultation • No travel charge • 24-hr service available Pi. Richmond (510) 237-8412

2205 "Fin type". New "Gun Metal Grey” paint, very strong, straight, 6 gas engine. 3-speed, beautiful car. Trade for interesting boat or $4,500.

THE PAINTED LADY

REBUILT MARINE EXCHANGE

12 Month P & L Atomic 4 $2,900.00 5411 UNI $3,000.00 Perkins 4-108 $3,800.00 Lehman 120 Long Block $4,100.00

Jim, (415)661-3724

Bethel Island (510) 684-3454

CALL (510) 522-4677 E.M.S. ^

CONSIGNMENT MERCHANDISE WANTED

Sail lo historic Benicia. Stay in a cozy, Victorian Bed & Breakfast

NEW STORE IN SAUSALITO

two blocks from the Yacht Club. Come to "Opening Day" on 4/9

Bring us your unwanted.items and turn them into treasure...Bilge pumps • Engines • Marine Radios

and Power Boat Races on 5/9 & 5/10,

• Propellers • Lines • Winches • Boat Hardware • Appliances • Whatever

(707)746-1646

MARINE PROPULSION • (415) 331-9230 • 4000 Bridgeway, Suite 302, Sausalito, CA 94965

LEARN NAVIGATION & PASSAGE MAKING IN CHILE OR THE S. PACIFIC

Higgirtg • Furlers • Hydraulics • Winches

Whal better way to learn if ocean cruising is for you than by

Electronics • Woodwork

joining John Neal on his 42’ Hallberg Rassy ketch, Mahina Tiare, for a sail/navigation training expedition and ocean passage in Chile or the South Pacific? Brochure: Armchair Sailor, 2110 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109 • (800) 875-0852

CHART SAVINGS OF 70% & MORE! Current Edition Charts reproduced on the Heaviest-Weight Paper in the industry! So. Pac., Mex., NZ, Aust., USA, Carib., Med., Worldwide. Free Index. Sample Chart $2. DMA & NOS Originals @ 20% Off! (25 chart min.) 17 Years Quality Service. BELLINGHAM CHART PRINTERS P.O. Box 1728L • Friday Harbor, WA 98250 • (800) 643-3900 • FAX (206) 468-3939

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Surveys • Consulting ^

Rodney Morgan & Co.

(415)641-8490

FULL SPECTRUM PAINTING Traditional Expert Quality & Attention to Detail Marine & Residential Painting

Specializing in: • Faux and Multicolored Finishes • High Quality Varnishing and Refinishing • Custom Painting and Restoration of Fine Homes & Yachts (415) 388-4225

TAMAYA SEXTANT, model MS-33 with 7 X 35

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited membership. In¬

scope and lenses. S695 obo or trade? Joe (415) 435-9544.

A WARM, TALL CANADIAN man, 47, fit and

NEED A RIDE to Hawaii. Will help out on board

cludes all clubcourses, use of facilities in Sausalito

energetic, with a sailboat in Guatemala, flexible

and can help share expenses. Would like to leave

and Alameda, discount on club and Moorings

plans, a sense of humor and many interests from

by May or June. Call Michele, (415) 626-8158.

15 HP SUZUKI engine, very low time, like new.

charters. Fully transferable, upgradable from single to family membership. )/Vorth, 82,750. Besf offer

photography to cooking, SCUBA diving to wine

Avon 10-man liferaft, King Loran, FerannoSatNav,

tasting. Dire Straits to Debussy, from the relax¬

OCEANOGRAPHER looking to crew to Asia, or

takes it. (415)331-9133.

ation of a book to the excitement of sailing the

anyplace close. Competent sailor that knows and

trades would like to meet awarm, energetic woman,

loves the ocean. Good cook, reliable, hard-work¬

boat ladder, other misc. Reasonable. Call (415) 375-8817.

CAL SAILING CLUB offers race associate mem¬

30 to 47, with a spirit of adventure, a desire to

ing, easy-going, no seasickness. Call Eli, (707) 677-1669, Iv. msg. May-June.

bership for 850 to those skippers in need of Club

share life's experiences, an open mind to friend¬

ICOM 735 6 mo. new, used very little, only S700 (510)215-7903.

sponsorshipforparticpation in YRA/SBRA events. Call (415) 388-5116.

ship growing into a lasting intimate relationship

DICKINSON “ BRISTOL” diesel stove, never used.

CLUB NAUTIQUE couple unlimited membership.

Please write: JW crew. Route 6, Box 426Z,

S650. 'lavac" toilet with "Henderson" Mark V

Includes free lessons for 2 people in the Bay

Summerland Key, FL 33042.

pump, never used, S200. (702) 882-1420.

area's best sailing program. Also includes char¬

and an interest in planning together a cruise through the islands and cultures of the Caribbean.

HELP WANTED

tering, racing, social and travel activities. Mem¬

EXCEPTIONAL MAN sought for partner in ad¬

UNUSED 300-ft 3/8" PC chain, S500. Unused

bership is resellable. Value 84,125, sell for 83,500.

venture by GWM sailor. Handsome intelligent

skippy cast iron stove, S85. C. Plath sextant with

MANAGER/SAILING INSTRUCTOR. USCG li¬

(415) 851-3333 eves; (415) 917-0800 dys.

guy, 44, ready to explore the world under sail;

cense required. Charier scheduling/checkouts,

looking for honest, confident, bright, masculine,

S450. Boatbuilding tools, fittings, fastenings, &

boat maintenance, teaching ASA classes. Must

healthy, financially and emotionally stable coun¬

large collection of nautical books, anchors, rope, fishing gear. (415) 892-8981.

like people and'lalking sailing". Located Branson,

terpart. Sailing/offshore experience preferred,

Missouri (Country Music Capitol). Resume to:

sense of humor required. Write: ETL, PO Box 2954, Friday Harbor, WA, 98250.

souri 65611. (417) 779-4102.

4X & 6X scopes as new S800.14" Delta bandsaw

BERTHS & SLIPS MISCELLANEOUS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, private dock on

Sailing Charters, Rt. 2, Box 120, BlueEye, Mis¬

SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is an organi¬

BOATWRIGHT WANTED. Stem to Stern Marine

zation of sailing enthusiasts who enjoy cruising

Service is located within the Grand Marina haul-

Alameda side of Estuary. Will accommodate up to

and racing on a regular basis. If you are single and

1991 FORD E350 VAN “The ultimate yacht sup¬

55' vessel, 50 amp power, phone, 10x15' office/

want to know more about our group, call (510)

out yard and we travel to most of the marinas in S.F. Bay, dependable transportation is required.

port vehicle", custom cabinets, tool storage, work

cabana, washer & dryer, refrig/freezer, large pa¬

bench. Like new condition w/only 16,000 miles. A

tio. Call Libby, (415) 621-2271.

273-9763 for details. Beginners welcome. Singles only, please.

following areas: 1) Woodworking, repair, con¬

PIER 39 BERTH San Francisco 50-ft. Golden

CREW WANTED: Leaving early May -

San

Journeyman level preferred. Skilfs and experi¬

Gate Bridge view. Bay Bridge view, Coit Tower

Diego, Hawaii, Alaska, Seattle - aboard Y Knot Perry designed Fairweather 39 Vern Hinkle Shel¬

ence will determine wage. Applicants should have

ter Island Marina, slip 322, 2071 Shelter Island

vated, with a high regard for quality. Contact Mike

Dr., San Diego, CA 92106. (619) 523-2464.

at (510) 865-2801, 2021 Alaska Packer Place, Alameda, CA 94501.

Dufies will require work to be performed in the

workshop on wheels. Asking only $16,000. Call (415) 567-8880, “SOUNDING” Exquisite solid brass whale sculp¬

struction and refinishing. 2) Application of LPU.

view. $410/month. Call (415) 622-2250.

ture/coffee table by Bob Bennett, unique design shows whale tail above table glass, limited edition

a good work history, be energetic and self-moti¬

(#17 of 50), value near $10,000. Must see to

Vlf ANTED SF YACHT HARBOR 25-ft upwind slip to rent summer. Rick (415) 296-3426.

appreciate, pictures available. Must sell, 87,500 obo. (415) 381-8768.

FOR SALE: Waterfront property. Pier 39, upwind,

tude last year and who had a wonderful time

MARINA SUPERVISOR. Suisun City Marina is

40-f1 berth. Mid-way D-dock. 820,000. Call (408)

sailing would like to sail again this year, SF Bay

accepting applications to manage 150 berth pub¬

723-4720.

area, weekend days only. Linda, (415)941-9624.

lic marina. 4 years experience required. For infor¬

BRITISH SINGLE LADY who put an ad in Lati¬

mation flyer and application contact Suisun City

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

CREW IN MEDITERRANEAN NOW. 75' schoo¬

Personnel by calling (707)421 -7300. Applications due 4/15/94.

ner featured here. Openings all 1994/95. You pay airfare, $15/day, stay for? Contact Lisa or Sheri,

CREW

SAIL-SERVICE-SOCIALIZE. San Francisco Bay Oceanic Crew Group invites skippers, crew and

(808) 239-7267. Details, write US Sturm, 47-500

CLUB NAUTIQUE, San Francisco Bay's premier

Kam Hwy, Kaneohe, HI 96744.

sailing club is looking for a membership salesper¬

apprentices to join one of San Francisco Bay's

son. This position is part time, and will include

most active sailing groups. Participate in service,

SEEKING

65-ft

SEMI-RETIRED SKIPPER seeking individual with

skill improvement sails and fun sails. For more

MacGregor with professional captain cruising the

sailing experience or with a strong desire to learn

some weekends. You should be knowledgeable about sailing, and have some sales experience.

information call (415) 979-4866.

South Pacific for 12 months, Marquesas, BoraBora, Tahiti, Fiji, N.Z., Gr. Barrier Reef for ultimate

sailing SF Bay and possible coastal sailing Sum¬

Women are encouraged to apply. 1150 Ballena

mer of '94 on well equipped Columbia 28 sloop.

Blvd. suite 161, Alameda 94501,

BARBARY COAST BOATING CLUB. The gay

itinerary, comfort and fun. Seeking co-adventur¬

(510) 451-4609, eves andwknds.

Thomas, (510) 865-4700.

boating club serving Northern California meets

ers to share expenses. $500/wk. Call Pat Ripley,

each month at the Berkeley Yacht Club. Visitors

(415)332-4681.

ADVENTURE

MATES.

Attn:

Bob

arewelcome.Forinfo.,pleasecall (415)905-6267,

surplus BOnOM boat paint

Class ZTfVLrdm,

Call forpricing...today

Easterlv P.O.Box 6617 Englewood, CO Dirc<^ion 80155-6617- 1-800-278-2744

Hard red vinyl anii-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg price; S180/gal, Our price S50/gal. Also black vin^ 8. other mfg. available. AWading pai'nt, 50% copper, S50/gal. Pnmer & other epoxies, SI 0-SI 5/gal. Polyurethane, S2CVgal. Penetrating epoxy, S25/gal, Pratt & Lambert white enamel, SWgal, Also Surplus toals, 26-34'- Bargain Prices!- (415) 5884678

LIFE'S A BEACH! In this spectacular Bay access, lagoon home. Main features are: 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, pool, Corian kitchen, new great room,

THANK YOU, WONDERFUL CAPTAIN SUNSHINE FOSTER on Calibane Cut your dock-lines soon and stop dreaming...

pellet stove, boat hoist, 2 docks, southern exposure. $439,000.

you will always be in our heart.

Oall Tom Curtis, Frank Howard Allen Realtors, (415) 898-0484, ext. 112

Peter, Ziggy and Pierre on Lady Lee

OPEN HOUSE EVERY SATURDAY fesGolden Gate Yacht Club 415/346-BOAT YACHT REPAIR Fiberglass Work • Blister Repair • Wood Repair • Expert Paint & Varnish Work Rigging • Decks Refinished • All Work Guaranteed • Reasonable Rates 17 Years Experience • Disoount on All Materials (415)331-9850

JL wh

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PIER 66 BOATYARD A do-it-yourself boatyard in San Francisco Haulouts and repairs to 7 tons. Multihulls and long-term projects welcome. Performance keel and rudder fairing available. 671 Illinois. CJjina Beach, San Francisco, (415) 431-7098

S.\IL

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1-800-535-2370

far west restorations

MARINE ELECTRONICS

• Fine Carpentry • Plumbing, Electrical • Painting, Varnishing • Rigging

Installation & Repairs • Quality Work Guaranteed

Jim Kennedy

(415)661-3724

BRIGHT

20 years experience Free Estimate

•

(415) 381-8768

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THE MODERN SAILING ACADEMY currently MARINE ASSISTANT: Varnish, paint, wax, clean

RECEPTIONIST NEEDED. Some data entry, typ¬

yachts. Insured vehicle, references. Vacation, medi¬

ing. Pay commensurate w/experience. Must have

has a few slips available for sailboats in our charter program. If you would like your sailboat to

cal benefits. Neat appearance. Pria carpentry/detail¬

knowledge of boats. Sanford Wood,(510)236-

earn income, call (415) 331-8250.

ing experience helpful. Also need mechanic & ship¬

6633.

wright. Fleet Keeper, Alameda, 865-9375, SAIL CAMP director & counselor. Share your sailing & administrative expertise. The Bay Area's

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

only non-profitcommunity sailing program isseek-

COMFORTABLE WITH BOATS? Want your own business? New filtration technology creates new markets for diesel tank flushing and hydraulic oil reclaiming using mobile system. Sells itself by saving customer money. Clarus Technologies,

37-FTSEARUNNER TRIMARAN. Full galley with great view. West system. Aluminum mast. Heavy duty, rigging, 5 sails, dinghy. Don't miss out on, your dream boat. Smooth sailing, plenty of deck and storage area. Possible partnership arrange¬ ment. S19,950. (916) 361-0639.

(206) 671-1514.

ing a summer Sail Camp director and a head counselor. Sailing Education Adventures has of¬

GRAND MARINA MARINE CENTER. Join us

fered on-the-water training for kids and adults for

and 25 other marine service specialists at our

more than 12 years. SEA will also be seeking a

400+ berth marina with 60 ton travel lift. 1000-

program director in fall of '94. Send resume,

2000 sq. ft. spaces available surrounded by 3,500

references to: Sailing Education Adventures, Fort

boats in the Oakland Estuary. (510) 865-1200.

Mason Center, bldg. E, San Francisco 94123.

MORRO BAY SAILING CENTER. Turn-key op¬ eration for sale. Boats, inventory, yacht sales, sailing classes, retail, clients, much more. Owner will finance up to 50%. Great money maker right on the waterfront. Long term lease available. Call Patrick, (800) 528-4438.

NORTH SEA PILOT CUHER 41-fl LOD (56' w/ bowsprit), gaff-rigged, heavily-built 1973 profes¬ sional ferrocement consl. Spacious hardwood interior w/aft cabin. Ford Lehman diesel. Mexico vet. Needs some TLC, otherwise ready for liveaboard or world cruising. S23,500 (cash, no financing). (415)332-9231.

CRUISING WHILE EARNING AN INCOME

SAIL MAINE & NEW ENGLAND

1. Earn an extra SI 00/month to several thousands per month or more.

Experience the romance aboard the luxurious, captained 44' cutter, Strom Petrel.

2. No personal selling necessary. Our system sells itself.

See whales on Stellwagon Bank; enjoy isolat^ Maine coves - Nantucket, Cape Cod, Gloucester. $2,500/wk inclusive except food 4 pax.

3. Takes as little as 5 minutes a month. ^^***^^

J.C. • Box 26367 • San Jose, CA 95159 • (408) 363-8400

Interiors & cockpit cushions, custom designs, dodgers, bimini tops,

Finest Bareboat & Skippered Charters. Nordic 44, Freedom 36, Freeport 36, J/29, Islander 28. DayA/Veek/SunsetA/Vhale Watching/Delta & Offshore

Nicholson Yacht Charters • (800) 662-6066

UPC CUSTOM MARINE CANVAS PRODUCTS

ATLANTIS YACHT CHARTERS & management co f riaBa

Delta enclosures, boat covers, sail covers.

Trips. Yacht Leasing and Hands On Yacht Management Progams.

Free estimates day or evening

Sausalito Based. Atlantis Yacht Charters (415)499-7707

(510) 536-4119, Oaklands • Udom "Pon" Clark

TW0120’ RETIRED TUGS

DISTINCTIVE BOAT LETTERING /'

One engine removed; for liveaboard conversion, restaurant, disco, movie set...whatever. Make cash offer or joint venture proposal. Have some ideas but need help and capital. NORTHPOINT CHARTERS

(510) 549-9497

SOUTH BESCH ci^n\uis 4t sj^iL Kspatn

(415)

543.7333

Pier 40, South Beach Harbor, San Francisco

DONATE YOUR BOAT TO SEA SCOUTS

POBox2052 Sausalito, CA 94966 Telephone/Fax 408/395-2441

• YOUR DONATION IS TAX-OEDUQIBLE. LET US SHOW YOU THE AHRAQIVE VALUE AND SPEEDY TRANSFER THAT WE CAN ARRANGE. • ELIMINATE BROKER EEES, ADVERTISING AND BERTHING. • HELP INSTILL THE LOVE OF THE SEA AND BOATING INTO THE YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE IN SEA SCOUTING. SEA SCOUTS ARE LOOKING FOR ANY CRAFT, POWER OR SAIL, IN SERVICEABLE CONDITION. • 1993 TAX DEDUCTION

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CRUISERS! GALLEY-READY CONSULTING Professional space planner/organizer and experienced cruising cook. Will analyze your galley and needs, and custom design galley "systems” that work for you. Focus: Saving $$S and space while increasing level of nutrition. Includes provisioning resources. (510) 273-2400,24 hrs.

Berkeley Marina i

POWER OR SAIL

TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

CALKUS TODAY!

OLD B/&DY COUNCIL

BOY scolrs OF AMERICA

;00) 333C59g

Ask for L^rry Abbott

Gateway to the Golden Gate Location • Location • Location Choice berths available Easy 1-80 Access • Beautiful Park Setting

Berkeley Marina 201 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710

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80-TON DRYDOCK • • • •

New Sails Used Sails Trade-ins Repairs

NORTH SAILS MONTEREY OFFICE: 561 DAVID AVE. MONTEREY, CA 93940 PHONE (408) 646-5958

SHIPPING: 1083 MADISON LN, SALINAS, CA 93912

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popular waterfront patio meeting place. K-

GOOD USED SAILS

Giant inventory of new and used sails in stock for immediate shipping. All sails come with our satisfaction guarantee. New Catalina 22 Cruising

• MAINS

Spinnakers on SALE!

• HEADSAILS SPINNAKERS San Francisco's Complete Yacht Repair/Marine Store & Special Order Desk.

THE SAIL WAREHOUSE

NEW & USED SAILS • REPAIRS •TRADE INS

30-Ton & 40-Ton Travelifts • We Service Volvo Penta, Mercruiser, OMC

835 China Basin St., San Francisco

Foot of Mariposa Street

(415) 626-3275 or toll free (800) 626-1662

$399

PHONE (408) 646-5346 FAX (408) 646-5958

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Have You Noticed? 1.

We are in a recession.

Some manufacturers of small sailboats have increased prices dramatically.

3. 4.

Discretionary ih€<^e of the small sail-, boat buying publl^ down considerably. Profit margins on some of your lines are shrinking^:.

SNARK BOATS, a leader i||j^ cost quality sailboat building for 30 years is expand¬ ing its dealer base ^d looking for distributors. Too many people tfiink SNARK is a two boat catalog line. Don't discount selling SNARKS before you've heard the whole story on the SNARK line of 11-foot and 12-foot sailboats.

SUISUN CITY ® MARINA ® Established 1994 ,?■

NEWLY CONSTRUCTED BERTHS AND HARBOR BUILDING

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CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN

Dockboxes • Pumpout station • Convenient parking Launch ramp 24 hours • Restrooms and hot showers Guest dock and guest berths • Dockside electric and water Concrete berths, 28 to 50 feet Walk to shops, restaurants, market and bait shop

800 Kellogg Street • Suisun City • CA 94585

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OYSTER POINT

Custom Bedding and Accessories

MARINA SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO NEWLY EXPANDED! IDEALLY LOCATED! COME SEE FOR YOURSELF!

MARINA SERVICES:

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BERTHING: 600 berths from 26-60 ft , ' GUEST DOCK & BERTHING: Available at 30 cents per foot per night s " PARK/OPEN SPACE: Approximately 33 acres of park and open space with trails and promenades. : SWIMMING BEACH: 2.5 acres of beach ^ PISHING PIER: A 300' concrete fishing pier. LAUNCH RAMP: Two-lane concrete ramp with parking for 70 boat trailers and cars. 'RESTROOMS AND HOT SHOWERS: Public restrooms and ■ private restrooms with showers. j 24-HOUR SECURITY ' , ! PUMP-OUT FACILITY; Located on the fuel dock. • SUMMIT MARINE SERVICES (415) 873-2500 ' CHANDLERY • DRY STORAGE • HAUL OUT * BOAT REPAIR ' FUEL DOCK: Both regular and diesel CANVAS SHOP:' Custom and repair, • OYSTER POINT MARINA INN BED & BREAKFAST , .^ ' 415/737-7633 . . ' * OYSTER POINT YACHT CLUB \ .

For information call 415/952-0808

Tired of half-on, half-off uncomfortable sheets? We customize any material. Percale Blends, 100% cotton, flannel, in solid colors, patterns (stripes, flowers); you specify your choice to fit your bunk exclusively, with elastic. All Blankets, (guilts, and Pillow Shams are tailored to fit your bunks also. Write or phone for a/ree brochure and price list.

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42.5' GARDEN KETCH, 1978 ' 'i’

47' VAGABOND, 1981

furlino. etc. Sail this home anywhere!

Just returned from a 10 year. 65.000 mile circum¬ navigation. this magnificent yacht is spotless and ready to go again. Large gear/spares inventory. Put food aboard, set sails and shove ofl!

Reduced to $165,000 • CINDY WHITE

Asking$125,000-PETEFROMHAGEN

2 master-'.uitesaccommcKlale 6. full headroom. 80hp Lehman. AP. radar. Loran. gensel. roller

A classic 55' yawl designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built by the Wilmington Boat Works in 1935. A world famous yacht owned for 12 years by Humphrey Bogart, and by her present owners for over 25 years. She is in proper yacht condition with a prime San Francisco Yacht Harbor berth. "Santana" has made one circumnavigation, and could again, or simply be a lovely local weekender. Asking $275,000.

37' C & C SLOOP, 1984

44' NORDIC SLOOP, 1983 A beautiful, strong, fast performance cruiser w/roller furling, dodger, gocxi electronics. One of Bob Perry's best designs.

ALTURA

Asking $149,500 • CRAIG SHIPLEY

Harken roller furling, excellent upgrades for Bay racing or cruising. Pristine condition w'/extensive maintenance records available.

Reduced to $69,500 • JOHN BAIER

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FOR SALE A fine 45' fiberglass yawl designed by Sparkman & Stephens and built in Holland in 1962. She was built to race, but has been a very fine deep water cruising yacht; she is one of several sisters that have been seen all over the world. Altura has always been based here in San Francisco, and has had only two owners, both very experienced yachtsmen. She has two state¬ rooms and two heads with a large main cabin, and a very comfortable sunken cockpit. It would be very hard to find a stronger, prettier cruising yawl. Asking $87,500. • Built 1935, Howard & Sons, Seattle

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62' KETCH. New Zealand built molorsoiler, Gardner diesel. Lister gen. A lot of boat for the money. At our sales dock. Asking $165,000.

34' COLUMBIA Mkll. Yanmor diesel, wheel steering, radar, AP, SatNav, windvane, much, much more. Great value. Asking $27,500.

35 OHLSEN. Albin dsl. Teak decks. Very beauti¬ ful boat at excellent price $17,000.

CHANCE 30/30. Loran, AP. Fast & roamy. Priced right at $12,000.

36 CHEOY LEE CLIPPER KETCH. Mercedes dsl. 8 bags sails. Good looking, traditional cruiser. Asking $32,500.

30 CHRIS CRAFT, 1968. Twin eng. Covered berth. In terrific shape. Owner wonts sold. Asking $15,000.

30' HUNTER, 1980. Wheel steering. Yanmar dsl., shower. Just hauled & painted. Recent survey avail. $24,000.

BODEGA 30. New rigging, windvane, ready for long distance cruising. Free haulout to buyer. Asking $16,000.

21' ELITE. Built 1980. Hard ta find plastic classic. All fiberglass waod leak with trailer. $14,500.

26 SEARAY SUNDANGR 260. 1983. Twin engine 320 hrs. Sleeps 6, shower. Tandem axle trailer, what a buy, try S/5,500.

Pre-Registered Bidders Only - Principles Only April 15, 1994 @ 2:00PM at Bill Gorman Yachts, Alameda, (510) 865-6151

BOAT AUCTION

SPRING IS UPON US, AND SO ARi BUYERS - WE NEED USTINGS! 47' VAGABOND, '85 ..$198,000 44' ISLANDER, '74 .. Reduced for quick sale 41* GARDEN KETCH, '75.

Sold

41' AUX. CUTTER, '41 ..$57,500 36' C& C, '79.

$55,500

35’ ERKSON; '73..$26,000 35' FUJI KETCH, '73 ..$43,900 34' CATALINA, '88.

$57,000

34’CAL'79 ..

$30,000

34' MOODY '84.

$48,000

34' COLUMBIA, '70.

$27,000

We also hove oo '87 w/siogle eng. for $21,000.

DISPLAY YOUR BOAT AT OUR HIGH VISIBILITY SALES DOCK. WE CET RESULTS!

32’ ARIES, '76 ..Reduced $26,500 32' WESTSAK, '75.$47,900

SAILBOATS

27' CATAIB4A '89.— $26,000

O'DAY 22.2,000 CHRYSLER 22 .1,800 SANTANA 22 .2,200 COLUMBIA 22.3 from 1,500 COLUMBIA 24 .. race rigged.2,500 BRISTOL 24.i/b diesel.8,900 MACGREGOR 24.3,000 CORONADO 25 .2,800 CAPRI 25 . 6,900 CAL 25.3 from 2,000 RANGER 26 .3,000 FOLKBOAT26.3,500 MORGAN 28.12,000

27’ ERKSON '72..

$14,500

27'CAL,'85 ..

$19,950

27’ LANCER, '84.„„..$! 6,800 27’'flUNTER, '77 ..$12,700

32'WESTSAfL, 1975 Ttas seasoned veteran is one ct o land, o must see and ready to cruise again. $47,900.

26' FOIKBOAT '78.

$9,200

25’ GLEOY LEE FRISCO FLYER ..6,900 24’ J/BOAT, '80.

Offers

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KNARR 30.one design racer 15,0(X) IRWIN 37.asking 65,000

POWER BOATS 21' 24' 26' 28' 31' 34' 35' 36' 36' 43'

ELITE.14,500 AQUASPORT.15,000 SEARAY.15,500 FIBERFORM.2 from 18,000 UNIFLITE.33,000 HUBERT JOHNSON diesel ....11,000 OWENS.27,900 GRAND BANKS.99,000 CHRIS CRAFT Constellation .... Inquire HAHERAS.119,000

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TRADITIONAL SF.RIES CHRISTI.NA SERIES INDEPENDENCE TRAWLERS

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HC33‘ Trad.$82,500 HC 34' Trad....2 from $45,000 HC 38' Trad... J from $79,000 HC 38' Miai....4 from $97,500 HC 41' Trad..3 from $195,000 HC 43' Trad..5 from $135,000 HC 44' PII Kth.$199,000 HC 48' Trad_3 of the best HC 48' Trad Kth......$295,000 Qvautt Listings Needed !

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1988 48' Hans Christian Trad. Cutter, Center Cockpit, The consumate Cruiser

The "PERFECT' picnic/sport/fish, get there and hack, fast boat. $39,500

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36' ISLANDER

Islander's most popular model, octive Bay dass, ideal for cruise/liveoboard. Asking $28^000.

34'HUNTER

1984. New dodger, roller furling, heodsail. Spacious interior. Loaded w/geor incl. Loron and wind generotor. Asking $46,000/offers.

New Order • Hans Christians Traditional: 33’, 41', 43', 48', 60' Christina: 43', 48', 52', 58’

34’ CAL

Roomy interior, two listed bolb w/Westerbeke diesels, wheel steering, oil Borientwinchesond roller furling jibs. Priced from $24,000.

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SAIL

30'SAN JUAN

Great performance soiler with Volvo diesel oux., well equipped, new bottom job. At our docks, ^^ing >12,500.

Estate sale, GM main, refrigerated hole rigged for solmon, crab, cod & olbocore. Yacht condition. At our docks. Asking $90,000/offers.

43' GUIESTAR

Flybridge trawler, twin Perkins mains, 7.5 aux. gen. Loaded w/geor inc., rodor, Loron, AP cruiser, oir/heot sys. 11' Whaler w/18 hp outboard. Asking $85,000.

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RON BANKSON YACHT & BOAT SALES (800) 871-8470

20'CAL'66, new o/b.$

1,950

31'COLUMBIA'66.$ 23,900

23'BALBOA,'79 + tri.$

4,500

32' KETTENBERG SLOOP, '77.$ 23,900

23'O'DAY,'65.$

3,700

34'COLUMBIA, '71.$ 26,500

25'O'DAY+ trl.$ 11,900

35’ DUFOUR SL, '74.Reduced $ 39,900

25'NORTHSTAR 500 SL,'73.$

8,900

35’ALLMAND,'82.S 37,900

25'BUCCANEER SL,'80.$

6,995

35'RAFIKI,'80.$ 59,000

26' PRIVATEER KETCH, '65.$

3,950

35' CORONADO KETCH, 71, aft cabin.$ 34,950

27' BUCCANEER, '77.Offers $

7,000

36' ISLANDER SLOOP, '78.Reduced $ 42,500

29'CAL,'71, inboard.$ 11,900

38' HORSTMAN TRIMARAN, SL 91 dsl ....$ 67,500

30'GEMINI CAT,'88.$ 55,000

39' YORKTOWN, '75, ctr cockpit, aft cabin. $ 35,900

30'ISLANDER,'83.$ 29,900

41’ MORGAN

30'PEARSON,'73.$ 15,900

48' TROLLER

Southern California Office:

0/1KE, '79.$ 69,900

QUALITY PENINSULA LISTINGS NEEDED

Oyster Cove Marina • 385 Oyster Point Blvd., Suite #$8 South San Francisco, CA 94080 Fax: (415) 871-8476

SAIL-PARTIAL UST 45'JEANNEAU, at our docks. $110 000 42' ALDEN MOTOR SAILER, Turbo Cot Aux.$40^000

OWL HARBOR MARINA

39' C & C, Two Listed.From $69,000 38' PACIFIC, New Zealand Quality. Offers/$79 000

The friendly place to berth - short term or long term!

36' ISLANDER.$30^000 34' PETERSON, at our docks. $33 000 32' WESTSAIL.$49;500 30' CATALINA.

$18,000

38' CATALINA.$35 000 28' DANISH SLOOP. $9 000 27' LANCER POWERSAILER, at our docks. POWER - PARTIAL UST

$15000

FACILITIES:

127' MIKI CLASS TUG, Ocean Going Liveaboord.$150,000 65' RI'/ER TUG, Beautiful Liveaboord . $125 000 64'WATER TAXI, C.G. Certified. 55' BLUEWATER COASTAL CRUISER.

’

$47500 $140’000

44' F/B MOTORYACHT BY BESTWAY.$159'000 44' HI STAR .$224^000 43' TRAWLER.$100,000 28' CLIPPER BOW MONTEREY.$26,900

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29' 32' 33' 33'11 34' 34'01 35'06 36' 32' 32' 32'10 32'10 32'08 32'11 38'02 38' 38'10 38' 39' 40'09 40' 41' 4ri0 4r01 41'09 41' 42' 42' 42'06 42'04 42'04 42'04 42'01

Etksoti.19,500 Westsoil.44,000 Ronjei.22,000 Pondo 34.125,000 Peoison.102,000 Potilic Seocrolt Creolotk.114,500 CXC 34 .109,000 Hunter Vision 36 .104,900 Hontei.93,000 Toyono. 90,000 CSC 38. 98,200 CSC 38 .125,000 fii(son 38.105,000 fiee(loiii38.139,900 Beneleou Oteonis 39 . 105,000 CSC 38.122,000 Gulf 39 . 109,000 Hons Cliristion 38.110,000 Gulfstor32.89,900 CSC 41 .125,000 lon(ef40.. 89,000 Beneieou. 135,000 Cotolino.110,000 Jeonneou Sun legend.108,495 Toyono 42.2 from 122,500 CT41 .83,000 Peoison.95,000 Cotolino 42 . 119,000 Huntei Possoge 42.2 fiom 149,900 Peoison 424 .93,000 Peoison 424 .95,000 Peoison 424 .133,000 Hylos 42.164,900

'80 '82 '80 '81 '81 '81 '84 '82 '83 '80 '84 '22 '29 '82 '80 '81 '81 '86 '29 '82 '81 '84 '85 '83 '82 '22 '28 '81 '82 '82 '26 '90 '86

42'06 43' 43' 43' 43'I0 43'10 44' 44' 44'08 45' 45' 46' 46' 46' 46' 46' 46'04 42' 42' 42' 42'08 42'09 42' 42' 50' 50' 50' 51' 51' 52' 52' 53' . 61'

Spindiill Pilothouse.124,000 Beneteou Mootings 43 .135,000 Hons Chiislion 43.129,000 Hons Chiislion 43 .149,900 Peleison 44 . 110,000 Noidit 44 .144,900 fieedom. 149,500 loncei Moloisoilei.94,500 iMolibui.99,000 Down lost.119,000 Jeonneou. 145,000 Col. 124,500 Moigon.105,000 MoiineTiodei. 164,000 Peterson.114,000 Foimoso.89,000 Peterson.110,000 CheoyLee.150,000 Bluewotei.119,000 Composs.159,000 Mopleleof 48 .165,000 Copikoin 48 . 169,000 Koulinon/Lodd. 139,900 Stevens. 189,000 Offshore 50 . 129,900 Columbio.119,000 Gulfsloi. 149,000 Hudson Pilothouse. 165,000 Boiefoot 51.. ...99,000 Seldon. .110,000 GuHsloi. .165,000 Cheoy lee.429,000 Genmoiine.125,000

Owners thinking of selling your fine vessels; With almost 5 million dollars of sales in 1993 BALLENA BAY YACHTS BROKERS' experienced brokers aet oroven results!

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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 geaset, air,

performance cruiser at an unprecatentai price of

profurl, spinnaker, life raft, 10' dinghy on davils.

$165,000!

All for $165,000.

1989 CATALINA 50. Maintained in top condition

THE BEST FROM THE EAST COAST, A Perfect

since launching, Avon dinghy, inverter, cellular

1989 BRISTOL 53' aft cockpit 3 dbl. stim w/

phone, Stowe electronics, microwave, blemler,

Cherry interior! A/C, 7.5 GenSet, Stoway, elec,

Corian countertops, three staterooms, all for

wfiiches and best electronics. Asking $485,000.

$239,500.

Make offer, owner seeks larger yacht.

Call or fax for the Complete List! 2246 S.E. 17th Street • Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316, USA Phone: (305) 462-3075 • Fax (305) 462-2440 April, 199d •

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REGATTA YACHT SALES AND SERVICE

(510) 532-78421 Fax (510) 532-7843

Sales docks located at:

17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland, CA 94606 SALES BERTHS AVAILABLE ‘Owner financing available

LOWRIE YACHT HARBOR: 40 Pt. San Pedro Road, San Rafaet, CA 94901

(415) 454-75^5 FAX: 415-454-2561

LOWRIE YAGHT HARBOR BERTHING AVAILABLE 60-FEET

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50' CELESTIAL, 1994 New model from quality Far East builder on ocean proven hull, 2 or 3 staterooms, diesel power with gen set, only $219,000 landed SaH Francisco or less FOB factory.

51' 50' 49' 48' 46' 45' 45' 44' 44' 43' 43' 43' 42' 42' 41' 40' 40' 40'. 39'' 38' 38' 37' 37 " 37', 37' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 36' 35' 35' 35' 35' 35' 35' 35' 34' 34' 34' 34'

Morgan Ketch,'76.115.000 Force Ketch P/H,'73.150.000 Albin,'80.145.000 Hans Chri5tian,'85.385,000 Marine Trader,'81 . 150,000 Columbia,'73 .80,000 Jeanneau,'85 .145,000 Lancer Motorsailer,'81 .110,000* S&S,'73..,.V.-.59.000 Wood Custom..■.25,000 Frers, 84 .85,000 Columbia,'71 .70,000 Hunter,'90 . 185,000 Chapelle Schooner, '73 .50,000 Morgan Outlsland, '79 . 69,900 Tripp,'92.195,000 Rhodes,'50.30,000 8 Meter Sloop, '43.25,000 C&C,'73.87,500 Hinckley,'73 .89,500 Hans Christian 38T,'79.132,000 Ranger,'73.37,500 Fairways Fisher, '70.125,000 Custom Pilothouse, '85.110,000 Ranger,'74.33,500 Islander.'75 .35,000 Islander.'72 .30,000 Catalina.'85 .62,000 Islander,'84 .66,000 Columbia,'69.31,200 S2,'85.69,000 Rough Water,'73 .45,500 Ratiki,'80.57,000 Ericson,'73 .30,000 Cheoy Lee,'58.30,000 C&C Landfall,'81 .50,000 Coronado,'72.30,000 Hughes.'79.30,000* Wylie,'79 .30,000 Tartan Yawl,'74 .36.000 Columbia.'73.30,000 Columbia, '71.Inquire*

EMBARCADERO COVE A EMBARCADERO COVE ▲ EMBARCADERO COVE

EMBARCADERO COVE A EMBARCADERO COVE

33' 32' 31' 31' 30' 30' 30' 29' 29' 28' 28' 28' 27' 27' 27' 27' 27' 26' 25' 25' 24' 24' 22' 22' 20'

6 Meter,'84.40,000 Friendship Sloop,'75 .10,000 Hunter,'83 .27,000 Cheoy Lee,'73.30,000 Cal 330,'75.18,500 Catalina,'72 .49,900 Capri,'83.18,000 Ericson,'71 .15,000* Ericson,'71 .15,900 Wylie,'74 .18,000* Hawktarm,'77.15,500 Ericson,'84 .24,500 Santana, 68 . 17,000 Hunter,'80 .16.000 Ericson,'74 .22,000 Cheoy Lee,'69.18,000 Bristol,'76.14,500 Pearson,'79.7,000* Yamaha,'78 .14.950 U.S..'87 .7,500 J/24,'80.16,950 Gladiator,'65.6,000 O'Day,'75 .3,900 MacGregor.'84 .5,500 Cal,'67 .2,500

67' 63' 57' 47' 45' 43' 41' 41' 41' 40' 40' 39' 38' 38' 38' 36'

Garden MV. '60 .339,000 Monk.'76.Trade/319,000 Chris Craft Connie,'68 .170,000 Pacemaker.150,000 Mathews,'65.39,000 Pacemaker, '63, Owner/carry 40,000* Pt,'78 .97,000 Monterey,'69.12,000 Burnscratt, '81, SF.01lers/62.000* Golden Star Trawler, '84.105,000 Delever,'72 MY .65,000 Chris Craft Stinger. '85.53,000 Trawler,'39 .25,000 Pt,'81 .89,000 Hunter,'59.19,000 Viking.'64.Offers

EMBARCADERO COVE A EMBARCADERO COVE

SANTA CRUZ 70

Four

1993 Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta Winner. This Bill Lee built sled is fully equipped for serious racing. Strong ULDB 70 Class Association. Beautifully & professionally maintained.

Asking $590,000 and reviewing offers.

Call for additional information, a prospectus, and an appointment to previeiv. Blake Quinn

32' CELESTIAL Diesel auxiliary, 2 staterooms, as new. Asking S50,000. Page 220 • UtUtJi

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(209) 896-4040

RO. Box 12625 Fresno, California 93778

See us at the Spring Boat Show: Slips # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

EMERY COVE YACHT HARBOR

(510) 658-9491

3300 Powell St., Ste. 105 Emeryville, CA 94608

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Fax (510) 658-9521

(800) 952-3242

CATALINA 30 Loaded and clean original owner boat. An upwind Berkeley slip is available now to the lucky buyer!

HYLAS 44

42* GOLDEN WAVE

Rare find - original owner who equipped Diabolique right. She requires only general detailing to be perfect.

Heavy double spreader, cutter rig with furling jib. Gorgeous interior features two private staterooms, full galley with refrigeration, and much more.

BOAT SHOW SPECIAL

Two for the price of one: 28* CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE

PEARSDN 424 During the past 24 months, she has been through an extensive/ expensive re-creation. Stunning in appearance, correct in every detail. Nothing needs to be done. At our docks by appointment.

32* ENDEAVOUR New opening ports, screened hatches, fresh water boat, diesel, shoal keel. Truly Bristol in every regard. Relocation forces sale.

POWER 34' 34' 36' 36' 38' 40' 44'

SELECTED LISTINGS

Bayliner Trophy. .67,500 Carver Santego. ...105,000 Hatteras S.F..70,000 Carver Mariner. ...105,000 Bayliner, diesel. ...109,000 Kha Shing ACMY ... ...129,000 Bestway . ...158,000

22' 27' 27' 27' 28' 29' 30'

O'Day (o/b & new jib) .....1,950 Ericson.2 from 11,000 Yankee, clean!. .10,364 O'Day. .13,500 Islander, nice. .18,900 Ericson. .14,900 Catalina. 22,500

30' 31' 32' 36' 37' 37' 41'

Santana, clean!. ..18,000 Dufour. ..29,000 Endeavour, beautiful! ..36,500 Islander.2 from 28,500 O'Day liveaboard. ..34,000 Ericson. ..54,900 Jeanneau 12.5. 135,000

EXPERIENCED SALES PERSON WANTED NOW! CALL

BROKERAGE • MANAGEMENT • INSURANCE

Very clean! Recent new diesel engine.

Plus 30* SHIELDS CLASS Famous match racing design and collegiate competitor. Both for the unbelievable price of $11,250!

SAIL 42' 42' 44' 44' 65'

Pearson 424. ..119,000 Golden Wave. ..119,000 Hylas '84 . ..165,000 Lancer Motorsailer.. ....99,000 MacGregor. ..135,000

Many more listings, plus new ones every week.

LOCATED IN THE Shelter Island Marina Inn 2051 Shelter Island Dr. San Diego, CA 92106

Kona Yacht Sales

San Diego, California 92101 SELECTED SAIL 30' Catalina.$18,500 30' Gemini, cat.$67,500 30' Yankee.$29,500 33' Ranger (2).$24,500 34'Cal.$36,000 36' Catalina, '84, dsl.$48,500 36' Columbia.$21,500 36' Hunter.$105,000 37' Shock, cat.$98,000 40' Valiant.2 from $77,000 41' Formosa.$69,000 44' Freedom..$149,500 46' Peterson Formosa.$114,000 47' Vagabond.2 from $155,000 47' Perry.$162,000 48' Van Dam. steel ketch.$160,000 48' Mapleleaf.$185,000 48' Mayflower.$210,000 50' Force, singlehand.$185,000 51' S&S race/cruise.$139,000 57' Islander, custom.Offers

(619) 221-8200

(619) 294-4545 • Fax (6i 9) 294-8694

SELECTED POWER 32' Bayliner, '90.$89,000 33' Chaparral w/hydrolift.$57,500 36' Sea Ray, dbl cabin.$99,500 38' Pacemaker, Sdnsf.$39,000 38' Mediterranean.$169,000 43'Viking MY.$175,000 44' Pacifica Sf.$179,000 47' King Yachts Sdn.$412,500 48' Offshore SF.$235,000 48' Fexus Sdst, '88.Offers 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' KitaPH.$395,000 60' Hatteras CV.$595,000 60' Vega Marina SF.$495,000 6^' Ocean Alexander FDPH ...$550,000 65'Angel MY.$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.

36' CATALINA, 1985. Diesel, dodger, 43' SPINDRIFT. Pilothouse motorsailer. roller furling, autopilot, Loran. Two Cutter rig, 80 hp diesel, low hours. Great stateroom layout. Refer, propane stove, cruising boat with good accommodations six sails. Ready to cruise. Asking $54,900 and lots of storage. Professionally offers. maintained. Asking $124,000.

44' HARDIN VOYAGER. Voyager, center 40' CALKINS WOOD worid cruiser by cockpit ketch. 85 hp Perkins diesel 3 kw American Marine. Diesel, autopilot, VHF, Generator. Autopilot, radar, Loran windlass. wind speed, wind point, depth, knot. A Spacious interior. Good condition. Great good, fast cmising boat. Reduced to $30,000. cruiser/liveaboard $86,000.

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38 BAYLINER, 1991. 2 full stoterooms, greet cockpit, twin dsis. 4 ovoiloble starting ot $115,000.

33' NAUTICAT, 1983. A real Pilolhouse yocht. Sconllings opporoved by Lloyds, mode in Finlond. Bristol condition. $84,500.

Mike Kushner ♦ Dave Marshall ♦ Peter Powell • Phil Howe • Clay Prescott SAIL LOD 65 65' 54' 52' 51' 50' 46' 45' 43' 41' 41' 41' 41' 40' 40' 40' 40' 39' 38' 38' 38' 37' 37' 37' 37'

BUILDER YR PRICE BIRDSALL '87 $290,000 MacGREGOR '87 $137,500 VENNEKENS '79 $195,000 IRWIN '77 $165,000 MORGAN 01. ■76 $115,000 FORCE 50 78 $145,000 MORGAN '79 $109,000 JEANNEAU 84 $125,000 COLUMBIA 69 $56,000 GARDEN 73 $65,000 MORGAN '73 $61,500 MORGAN '79 $69,900 ENERGY '88 $89,500 CHALLENGER '74 $89,500 ISLANDER '80 $64,000 CSC '82 $72,000 GAEE YAWL 72 $44,900 CSC '73 $77,000 STEEL CUTTER 78 $79,500 ERICSON '81 $59,000 ALDEN '63 $43,000 TAYANA. '78 2 trom $67,000 ISLANDER '68 $44,000 HUNTER LEGEND '88 $84,500 RANGER '73 $42,500

LOD BUILDER 36' WATKINS 36 CATALINA 36 FREEDOM 36' PEARSON 36' ISLANDER 36' GULFSTAR , 36' HERITAGE 36 S2 35' DUFOUR 35' BRISTOL 35' MORGAN 35' SANTANA 34' WYLIE 34' HUNTER 34' SABRE YACHTS 33' PETERSON 33' HUNTER 33' NAUTICAT 33' NANTUCKET 32' COLUMBIA 32' WESTSAIL 32' MORGAN 32' ARIES 32' WESTSAIL 31' COLUMBIA 30' CHANCE

34' GUIESTAR, 1972. Motorsailer, liveaboard, oulopilot, 2 heads, refrigeration, 3 kw generator. $45,000.

41' ENERGY, 1988. lavaronis 2ton cutler. Exoliewood interior, teok decks, 200 mile/day, Pocific vet. $89,500.

YR PRICE '81 $45,000 '87 $69,900 '88 $110,000 '85 $85,000 4 Itom $43,000 ■72 $45,000 '78 $59,000 84 $75,000 76 $60,000 '78 $49,500 ■72 $24,500 '80 $47,000 '79 $34,000 '84 $45,000 '87 $76,500 ■79 $20,000 79 $29,000 ■83 $84,500 '84 $58,000 '76 $24,500 ■76 $45,000 ■79 $39,000 '76 $30,000 ■78 $55,000 '66 $21,000 ■74 $15,000

LOD 30' 30' 29 29 28 28 27' 27' 26' 26 25' 25'

BUILDER CATALINA PEARSON 303 BUCCANEER CAL ISLANDER CATALINA ERICSON CATALINA ERICSON CONTESSA CAL YAMAHA

YR PRICE 78 $19,000 '84 $46,666 $19,000 70 $19,000 77 $19,000 '92 $35,000 74 $17,000 78 $10,900 '88 $29,500 74 $10,000 80 $16,000 ■79 $17,500

POWER 75' 65' 65' 60' 55' 53' 53' 50' 49' 49' 47' 46'

WESTSIDE EG MY CHRIS ROAMER CUSTOM CHARTER BURGER CHRIS CRAP BLUEWATER HATTERAS TROJAN/SHEPHERD ALBINTRWLR MARINE TRADER STEPHENS CHRIS CRAFT

86 71 78 57 62 80 79 69 80 78

$995,000 $425,000 $275,000 $285,000 $119,000 $179,000 $345,000 $147,000 $145,000 $175,000 $179,000 64 $69,000

LOO BUILDER 45' CHBSEDAN 45' LANCER 44' LUHRS 42' PONDEROSA 42' CHRIS CRAFT 40' BLUEWATER 40' CRUIS-A-HOME 38 BAYLINER 38' BAYLINER 38' HUNTER 36' CHRIS CRAP 36' CHRIS CRaA 36' EGG HARBOR 35' CHRIS CRAP 34' CALIFORNIAN 34' CALIFORNIAN 34' JOHNSON 33' CHRIS CRAP 336 32' UNIFlITE 32' CARVER 31' RIVA 28' ALLMANOSF 28' BAYLINER 28' CARVER 28' SEA RAY 25' BAYLINER

YR '82 '81 70 '85 69 78 75 88 91 '59 64 ■61 '78 '68 '80 '78 '28 '84 ■79 '84 '78 '79 ■79 '85 '86 '85

PRICE $145,000 $142,500 $72,500 $170,000 $75,000 $69,500 $55,000 $120,000 $115,000 $23,000 $26,000 $33,000 $115,000 $58,500 $58,500 $55,000 $20,000 $49,900 $49,500 $69,850 $88,750 $31,500 $15,500 $35,000 $33,000 $22,500

54' VENEKENS TOPS'l SCHOONER, 1979. Belgium built , ' 'louse sebooner. High quality construction, watertight bull yoebt, $195,000.

45' BIRDSAli, 1987. New Zeobnd built, solid steel culler, world doss yocht, ready to go. New listing. $290,000.

34' WATKINS, '81. Center cockpit sloop, w/enormous aft cabin, refrigeration and roller furling jib. $45,000.

38' ERICSON, 1981.2 staterooms, dodger, lines led oft, roller fuding, ST winches. Autohelm 4000, beautiful interior. . $59,000.

37' HUNTER IfGEND, 1988. Large aft master suite. wolk-lhru transom, recessed roller hiding, and winged keel are justa few of the innovative features. $84,500.

45' JEANNEAU, 1984. Loaded, 3 stateroom sloop, 6.5 kw gen., SSB, SalNav, autopilot, watermoker, AC & refrig., B& G instruments. $ 125,000.

49' MARINE TRADER, 1978. Pilothouse w/lb, offered by orig. owner, less than 200 hrs. on twin Ford lehmons. Clean! $175,000.

32' WESTSAIL, 1974. Solid cutter, low use, tillermoster Auto Pilot, 35# CQR w/windloss, rigging new in '87.. $45,000.

MORGANS •32'-51 51'0.1., 1974.3 staterooms, gen., radar. AP, new LP.U. hull, $115,000 44' BREWER Ketch, '79. A.P., radar, new modem galley & interior, $109,0lX) 38' AIDEN, '43. Quality construction, classic lines, built to Lloyds specs. Superb mahogany joinery. $43,000.

41' O.I., 1979.1986 diesel, A.P., SSB, windlass, bimini, $69,900 41' O.I., 1973. New Irans, ibit engine, inteior refinished, $61,500 35', 1972. Charlie Morgon design, $24,500

35' DUFOUR, 1974. Cruise equipped, GPS, monitor vane, dinohy, dod«r, solar panels, HAM/SSB, bimini, African ribbon monogony interior. $60,000.

34' SABRE YACHTS, 1987, Clean, fast, comfortable for Bay or ocean. $76,500.

32', 1979. Pocket cruiser, dinghy, watermoker, AP, $39,000

35' BRISTOL, 1978. Quality construction, roller furli Skeg rudder, low price for quick sale. $49,500. YACHT SALtS

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