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Aotea: photo: Tom McDermott - BOATPIX

A Singular Success—Again! Last year Aotea, Peter Hogg’s Antrim designed trimaran, broke the single-handed record to Japan. Last month she broke the single-handed multihull record to Hawaii. With this many broken records, her success story is beginning to sound like one. Peter enjoys the challenge of sailing alone. And Jim Antrim designed the boat and rigging with that in mind. Peter's Pineapple Sails were also designed to withstand the rigors of single-handed sailing, much of it at extraordinary speeds. Aotea s Kevlar mainsail has logged over 10,000 miles, crossing the Pacific and sailing the Bay — perhaps a record in itself! Let's set the record straight: quality goes a long, long way!

*Aotea DEALER FOR: Musto Foul Weather Gear & Headfoil 2 Sails in need of repair may be dropped off at: West Marine Products in Oakland or Stockton Svendsen’s in Alameda & Seabird Sailing Center in Berkeley Or Bay Riggers in Sausalito

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We have many new Beneteaus in our program ready to charter for a day on the Bay or a week on the Delta. A sail on San Francisco Bay aboard a beautiful new Beneteau makes a perfect gift for weddings, anniversaries or as an employee bonus. Charters can be skippered or bareboat, and catering is available.

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BENETEAU For over 107 years Beneteau has been a family owned boat builder dedicated to innovation, quality construction, engineering and design. Beneteau has been consistently ranked as one of the world s best sailboats. If you are consid¬ ering a fully equipped yacht of superior design, quality and elegance Beneteau has the most choices and value for your investment,

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This yacht is a must-see for liveaboard and bluewater cruising. The rock solid construction and liveaboard ameni¬ ties make the IP 40 a real winner. 30 sold in 8 months. March deliv¬ ery available.

The first ten boats are coming from the factory at $159,950. Thereafter they will be $ 179,950. Five have al¬ ready been sold. SAVE $20.000 by ordering a new Island Packet 37 today!

Sabre At Sabre, the statement “crafted with fierce pride" is not just an advertising slogan, It defines Sabre's reason for existence in a world where mediocrity is too often accepted as “good enough". For over 20 years. Sabre has handcrafted boats of outstanding beauty and performance. Custom wood working is avail¬ able to individualize each yacht to suit your needs and personality. If you are rooted in traditional values, let's talk Sabre.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25, 1977. Super quality pocket cruiser just surveyed and painted. Clean and well maintained. Diesel. Priced to sell at $ 14,500 Sistership

SABRE 36,1985. Must see to appreciate this immaculate, pampered beauty, Radar, auot-pilot. Sabre quality at $94,500 Sistership

SALES OPPORTUNITY Opening for a qualified professional sales person with strong customer service orientation. Full time position in congenial working environment. Call Ben at (510) 236-2633.

BENETEAU FIRST 35s5, 1990. Popular late model with excellent performance. Used sparingly. Good value at $78,900.

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BENETEAU FIRST 45(5,1991. Powerful Bruce Farr design. Excellent condition. Inviting interior. $215,500.

PARTIAL BROKERAGE LIST SAIL

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PEARSON, 1979, offshore equipped ..78,950

25'

PACIFIC SEACRAFT, 1977, full keel 14,500

40'

ISLANDER M/S, 1973, liveaboard .64,500^

27'

CATAUNA, 1974, ocean equipped ..9,500

40'

PASSPORT, 1982 .135,000/

27'

ISLAND PACKET, 1988.

55,000

40’

30'

LANCER, 1985.24,995

40'

CAPE DORY, 1985.135,000

30'

ALBIN BALLAD, 1978, excellent.19,500

41'

C&C, 1984 . 99,500

31'

ISLAND PACKET, 1985.69,000

43'

MASON, 1982 .

33'

APHRODITE, 1979, Swedish beauty... 29,500

49'

TASWELL, 1991, magnificent.449,000

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1990.128,000

145,000

35'

ISLAND PACKET, 1989.129,000

BENETEAU BROKERAGE

36'

CS, 1982.New listing

28'

BENETEAU FIRST 28.5, 1988 .36,000

36'

SABRE, 1985, superb condition.94,500

35'

BENETEAU FIRST 35s5 .78,900

36'

PEARSON, 1985.69,500

38'

BENETEAU FIRST 37.5, 1985 .85,000

36'

CATAUNA, 1985.60,000

38'

BENETEAU FIRST 38, 1984.79,000

37'

TARTAN.Inquire

39'

BENETEAU OCEANIS 390, 1990 .. 120,000

38'

ISLAND PACKET, 1989.139,500

43'

BENETEAU 432, 1987, new eng ..109,000

38'

CABO RICO, 1988.160,000

45'

BENETEAU FIRST 45f5, 1991 .215,500

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KAISER KETCH .... .59,900 DUTCH YAWL. .54,500 ERICSON. .44,900 CORONADO. ...SOLD.54,500 LANCER. ...109,900 LANCER TURBO .. ...SOLD ...119,900 CAL 2-46. .129,900 MORGAN. .109,900 JEANNEAU . .149,500 CELERE. .New Production COLUMBIA. .109,500 COLUMBIA. .119,500 MACGREGOR .... .124,950 CUSTOM ALUMINUM.1,100,000

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Today, sails are designed by similar computer programs, and constructed of similar materials. The difference is the quality and craftsmanship and the price you must pay. Lee Sails offers you the best of all.

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CT 49 1986 AFT COCKPIT WORLD CRUISER

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A serious blue water boat that can go anywhere. This CT 49 has recently completed an 18 month cruise to Mexico and is in excellent condition, ready to go again. This is a BalticSwan look-alike with a huge inventory of equipment.

Bruce Bingham designed world cruiser, center cockpit-aft cabin with a workshop. This Fantasia has the skeg supported rudder, an upgrade from the original design. She has all the liveaboard amentities, refrigeration, hot and cold pressure water, a propane stove and a diesel fueled cabin heater.

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38' 38' 41' 41' 41' 41' 41' 43' 43' 43' 44' 44' 45' 47' 48' 48' 50'

CSC. . 125,000 ERICSON. .119,000 a. ..2 from 49,900 CSC. .96,500 SCHOONER. .51,000 CSC. .98,500 MORGAN 01. .69,500 MASON . . 159,900 SPINDRIFT. . 159,000 KETTENBERG. .58,000 GULFSTAR. .77,000 PETERSON. .112,500 COLUMBIA. .67,000 CELERE . .215,000 MAPLE LEAF. .155,000 CUSTOM CUTTER. .86,500 KETTENBURG. .45,000

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PEARSON Triton 28,1962... 12,500

Quality, Canadian racer/cruiser.

Classic one design boat for the Bay.

KETTENBURG 50 .45,000

CELERE 47,1985.. reduced 215,000

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ATTENTION SELLERS h We have sold over 66 boats so far this year; we can sell yours also. We have all the tools for marketing your boat: three California offices, advertising in five or more publications monthly, membership in BUC MLS and California MLS, and our sales people are experienced as well as profes¬ sional. List your boat with us for the best results.

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14' Sunfish 25' Santana 525 25' Cal II 26'Yankee

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"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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

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TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

EAST BAY Fortman Marina, 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda

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48' AMEL KETCH,

41, SCEPTRE, 1985.

1987.

Canadian-built,

European, beauty,

pilothouse.

loaded, electric

Exceptional quality -

furling. Loc. Florida.

shows like new.

Asking $220,000.

Cruise-ready, Asking $205,000

TOP QUALITY LISTINGS ACCEPTED FOR SHARED BERTH RENTAL AT FORTMAN MARINA. Buyers & Sellers We reach a worldwide market.

32' GULF PILOTHOUSE. 2 beauties from $49,900.

30’ CATALINA, '79...28,000 30’ CATALINA, '92...........52,000 32* BENETEAU, '81.-.36,000 35' CORONADO, '74 . 32,000 36’ BRISTOL Channel Cutter, '81. 37' SWEDISH Steel Ketch..

57,000 45,000

38’ WAUQUIEZ (Hood), '80.75,000

45 JEANNEAU, 1984. Fast & comfortable, offshore cruiser. Asking $125,000.

38' CABO RICO, 1982. Rugged ocean cruiser/newly refurbished. Reduced to $68,000.

40' GARDEN Custom Pilothouse, '82.125,000 40’ DUTCH YAWL, '53 . 54,000 40’ C&C, '82.72,000 41' SEA FINN 411, ’92.260,000 44' AMAZON Steel Cutter, ’92 (Canada) 239,000 44' SWAN 441, '80 (Sweden).215,000 45' COLUMBIA, '73 ..67,000

37' RAFIKI CUTTER. 2 available, from $69,000.

47' KETTENBURG, '47 . 29,900 48' C & C, '81 (Florida).189,500 51' RANTER Pilothouse.365,000 57’ RASMUSSEN KETCH, '25 ...58,000 53’ AMEL, '89 (France).3 from 220,000 75’ FRERS PJ Sloop, ’81 (Med).350,000

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39' CAL , 1978, sloop. Clean & loaded for cruising. Asking $79,500.

44' GAFF sloop. Built 1885! Freda - best looking classic on the Bay. Asking $40,000.

98’ STAYSAIL Schooner, 14.275,000

45’ LAPWORTH, '56.32,000

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35’ CENTER COCKPIT SLOOP English Warrior design 1973. Recent refit, ready to cruise. Asking $49,950.

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

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1994 JAZZ CUP REGATTA

Sixth Annual South Beach and Benicia Yacht Clubs' Labor Day weekend party! Friday night. September 2nd Dinner and Dancing to live music at South Beach Yacht Club. Saturday. September 3rd

Jazz Cup Race (Treasure Island downwind to Benicia); Benicia Jazz Festival and parties at the Benicia Yacht Club. Classes for PHRF (up to 250), ultralights, and multihulls under MPHRF. The race is limited to the first 100 entries. Berthing in the Benicia Yacht Harbor is available to the first 50 who sign up. Plenty of berthing is available at South Beach Harbor for those coming in for the Friday party. Please contact the South Beach Harbor Master for berthing arrangements only (415) 495-4911.

Entries are limited! For information and to order a race application call the South Beach Yacht Club (415) 495 2295.

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CALENDAR Nonrace Aug. 5-6 — Tahoe YC’s Concours d’Elegance at Sierra Boat Company, Carnelian Bay. Over 100 wooden speedboats will be on display. TYC, (916) 525-5225. Aug. 6 — Bay Model in operation from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Sail to Sausalito and check out this unique scientific tool. Info, 332-3871. Aug. 6-7 — Organizational meeting for Catalina 320 owners at Farallone Yacht Sales (Alameda). For details, contact Dave Vickland at (510) 523-6730. Aug. 9, 16, 23, 30 — Cruising Seminars presented by Jim and Diana Jessie; 7:30 p.m. at UK Loft (Alameda). Info, (510) 523-9411. Aug. 10,1675—The naval observatory at Greenwich, England, was founded. Though the observatory was moved to Sussex in 1965, this site still determines the position of the 'prime meridian' (i.e., 0° longitude) and 'zulu' time, whatever that is. Aug. 12-14 — Metal Boat Society’s Annual Metal Boat Festival in Oak Harbor, Washington. Pete or Teri Silva, (206) 856-5316. Aug. 13-14 — Open Boat Weekend at Marina Village (Alameda). Eight different yacht brokers selling literally hundreds of used and new sailboats would love to help you kick the tires. Easy, convenient, fun! Marina Village Harbormaster, (510) 521-0905. Aug. 13-14 — Offshore Cruising Workshop at Metropolitan YC of Oakland. Offshore Cruising Consultants, (510) 534-4317. Aug. 20 — "Life is But a Dream," the ninth annual Petaluma River Festival. Boat rides, street dance, kid’s village, arts and crafts, music, food and drink; 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Info, (707) 762-5331. Aug. 20 — Bay Model in operation again. See Aug. 6 listing. Aug. 20 — Full moon on a Saturday night — the Latitude staff is planning a nautical assault on Sam’s. Join us! Aug. 20-21 — Hans Christian Owners Association anchor-out at Paradise Cove. Andrew or Linda Fraser, (408) 377-5223. Aug. 26-28 — Festival of the Sea at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. This annual celebration at Hyde Street Pier includes music, crafts, children’s activities, nautical plays, refreshments, tours of tallships (including the visiting Pride of Baltimore II) and lots more. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; free fun for the whole family! Info, 929-0202. Aug. 27 — Vallejo Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot of Vallejo YC and the Municipal Marina. Nautical stuff and "trad¬ itional flea market items" will be on sale. Vallejo YC, (707) 643-1254. Aug. 27-28 — NCYSA Youth Clinic at Sequoia YC. Patrick Andreasen, 563-6363. Aug. 27-28 — Islander 36 Cruise to the Delta (returning Sept. 35). Eleven of the 47 boats in this association showed up for the last cruise; club officials estimate there are as many as 150 Islander 36s in the Bay Area! Noel Hyde, (510) 614-9181. Sept. 7 — Coastal Navigation Seminar at Stockdale Marine (Sacramento), presented by Dick Winter; free; 7 p.m. Details, (916) 332-0775. Sept. 9-11 — 18th Annual Wooden Boat Festival at Port Town¬ send, WA. Wooden Boat Foundation, (206) 385-3628. Sept. 10 — Nautical Flea Market at Encinal YC, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast, lunch and beverages available. Info, (510) 522-3272. Sept. 10-18 — Fall Boat Show at Jack London Square. Call NCMA for details, (510) 834-1000. Sept. 13 — Coast Guard Auxiliary Sailing & Seamanship course begins at 7:30 p.m. at Sausalito Cruising Club. Info, 332-4524. Sept. 24-25 — Cruising Mariners’ Weekend Symposium: six 3hour seminars, meals, videos, etc. at Encinal YC. Worth the price if you’re considering the Big Cruise. Info, (714) 723-0208. Sept. 26-28 — "Emergency Medicine at Sea", a seminar by Dr. Kent Benedict. Tickets only $5; 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto West Marine store. Call 494-6660 for details. Show repeated at the Sausalito store on Sept. 27 (call 332-0202 for details) and at the Oakland store on Sept. 28 (call 510-532-5230).

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anywhere. See Race Notes. Ken Morrison, (808) 946-9061. Aug. 5 — Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race — a kinder, gentler version of our Windjammer Race. SBYC, (805) 965-8112. Aug. 6 — Richmond YC’s Jr. Waterhouse Race. YRA, 771-9500. Aug. 6-7 — Santanarama, a regatta for Tuna 22s at Pebble Beach. Charles Kurtman, (408) 384-6163. Aug. 7-12 — El Toro NA’s at Howard Prairie Lake. El Toro Association, (510) 656-1276. Aug. 8,1870 — Franklin Osgood’s schooner Magic defended the America’sCup against the Royal Thames YC’s Cambria in the second running of this epic series. Magic was actually one of 15 defenders that took on Cambria in a one-race, winner-take-all romp around the waters off New York City. At the finish gun, nine American yachts — including the aging America in fourth place — beat the unlucky Englishmen. Cambria ended up a disastrous tenth, the victim of a navigational error, a broken fore-topmast and a possible foul by Tarolinta. The latter incident prompted the challenger, James Ashbury, to successfully petition for a format change — and future America’s Cups were sailed as best of five or seven match races instead of a single fleet race. Aug. 12-14 — Fireball Nationals — goodness gracious! Rich¬ mond YC, (510) 237-2821. Aug. 12-14 — Moore 24 Nationals. Seven races, nightly keg parties, and the return of Eric Malmberg’s garage band, the Toxic Guitar Slingers. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Aug. 12-14 — Santana 22 Nationals at Monterey Peninsula YC. Charles Kurtman, (408) 384-6163. Aug. 13-14 — IMS Invitational. StFYC, 563-6363. Aug. 14 — Mo’ikeha Cup: 2,077 miles from Oakland to the Big Island, maybe. See Race Notes. Bob Gray, (510) 530-4162. Aug. 20 — Gracie & George Regatta: mixed doubles, Grade gets to hold the sacred wood. Encinal YC, (510) 522-3272. Aug. 20 — South Bay YRA race #5, this one hosted by Spin¬ naker YC. Mike Dixon, (510) 635-5878. Aug. 20-21 — Frank’s Tract Regatta. Don’t hit the tractor! Andreas Cove YC; Bryant Bowington, (916) 348-1256. Aug. 20-21 — Joan Storer Women’s Regatta at Tiburon YC. Two races each day, party on Saturday night, charity auction. Call ’Duffy’ for details, (510) 669-4079. Aug. 21 — 'Good of Yachting' Regatta, a benefit for Big Brothers and Sisters. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Aug. 27 — Fall One Design #1. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Aug. 27 — San Francisco Perpetual Challenge Cup. One race only between St. Francis YC (Paul Cayard) and challenger San Francisco YC (Russ Silvestri) in Express 37s. StFYC, 563-6363. Aug. 27 — VYC’s Ocean Vallejo Race. YRA, 771-9500. Aug. 28 — Fall SCORE #2. Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 2 — Windjammers Race, 67 miles downhill to Santa Cruz, beginning at 9 a.m off St. Francis YC. Bob White, (408) 476-3009. Sept. 3 — Jazz Cup, 24.8 mellow miles to Benicia. Great party afterwards! South Beach YC, 495-2295. Sept. 3-5 — IBM /Sailing World NOOD Regatta. Great one design racing for the following lucky classes: Melges 24, J/24, Express 27, Hawkfarm, J/29, Olson 30,11 :Metre, J/105 and J/35. Doubles as the nationals for Melgi and ’Farmers. StFYC, 563-6363. Sept. 4 — Bang & Go party/race/raft-up in Santa Cruz. Weird¬ ness prevails starting at 10 a.m.; Santa Cruz YC, (408) 425-0690. Sept. 15-18 — Big Boat Series and West Coast IMS Champion¬ ship — bigger and better than ever! Invited classes are ULDB 70s, IMS 70 (Windquest is expectedj, IMS grand prix (local heroes Bullseye and Morning Glory will take on all comers), St. Francis Rule ('fake' IMS), Swans (non-spinnaker), Mumm 36 (6 or 7 expected), J/35s, J/105s and Express 37s. StFYC, 563-6363.

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On-the-Water Crew-Overboard Symposium and Demonstration September 20,21 and 22 In continuing efforts to further the research of Crew-Overboard, Modern Sailing Academy and West Marine will sponsor a three day event which will involve the demonstration and testing of: Crew Overboard Recovery (COB) maneuvers - The Quick-stop, The Figure Eight, The Fast Return. • The public, sailing professionals and journalists will be invited to participate at the helm • A representative sampling of these COB methods will be videotaped upwind and downwind from the Golden Gate Bridge. (Note: Both sponsors believe that the depiction of COB recovery methods in the national sailing media have focused almost entirely on upwind maneuvers. Hence, one of the purposes of this series of demonstrations is to encourage a more comprehensive analysis of these safety procedures by the national sailing media.)

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What cruising is’all about such as preparing yourself, finding out if you are really suited to the passage-making way of life Buying a boat and having a survey, financing Rigging and sails, canvas and sail repair Refrigeration and heating Engine maintenance, spares Keeping healthy, the medical kit, first aid at sea Wind vanes, auto helms, electronics Choosing the right chain and anchoring Taming the galley, cooking at sea Planning and completing a successful voyage

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LETTERS JJfriME TO GET A LIFE I was sitting here in the Martinez County Jail when my mother came and visited me to tell me she was back from the Santa Barbara Race. That made me feel like shit — thanks, Mom. I guess I should briefly state how I got here. I was sitting in a local bar when it was getting ready to close. When the bartender said, "last call", I ordered a beer. About a half hour later the bar shut down. This waitress came up to me and asked if I would like a ride home. So I said, "Sure". Normally I walk home because by the time I get home I’m sober and have had some exercise. After the waitress dropped me off, I left for a boat delivery from Cabo to San Diego. Two days later when I phoned home, my parents told me I better come back because this lady had accused me of some pretty bad things. I won’t go into the details of the case in order to protect myself and the people involved. Anyway, I’ve been in jail now for three months. I can tell you that three months with no sailing stinks! Sitting here in jail, 1 think about all the people who have let me sail on their boats. I would like to take this time to thank those people with the hope that someday I’ll be able to sail with them again. There is one family, the Olivers, that I would especially like to thank. They put me up for three weeks in their guest house while I did the bottom of their Olson 30. Granted, I never wanted to do that again, but now I’d do any bottom. As for myself, 1 miss the Bay and sailing on it. My father just bought a Swan 46 and all I can do is look at pictures. What a life — or maybe it’s time to get a life. As far as the court system goes, it stinks. I cannot believe that taxpayers’ money actually goes into the system. I have been here three months and all my lawyer does is waive time. Meanwhile I sit in here wasting taxpayers’ money. If you have to go through the court system in California, I have two recommendations: 1) Make sure you have a high-priced lawyer; and 2) Be ready to waive time and sit down and shut up. The system stinks. Meanwhile the only way I can get Latitude is from Latitude directly. So if you could be so kind to send me the magazine "I love the most", I would highly appreciate it. David M. Bennett Martinez County Jail David — We don’t know what you’re accused of and what you did or didn’t do, but it seems to us you’re at a crossroads. On the positive side, you’re publicly Jessing up to your situation and admitting that maybe it’s time you 'get a life'. We’re impressed. On the other hand, you seem to be wanting to shuck the responsibility by taking a couple of cheap shots at your parents and the legal system. We’re not im¬ pressed. If you’re old enough to help deliver a boat back from Cabo, you’re old enough to take responsibility for what situations you find yourself in and the resulting consequences. It doesn’t take a genius to know that habitually ordering a beer at 'last call’ is a loser’s game. All you have to do it look around and see who else is doing it. We hope you didn’t do whatever you’re accused of, but if you did we hope you’ll admit it and be able to convince those in charge of your fate that you’ll somehow be able to make restitution and convince them you’ve seen the light. Meanwhile, some Latitude back issues are in the mail.

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JMITOO MUCH FREE TIME My co-skipper and 1 are avid readers of your magazine and both of us look forward to the entertainment and education that each issue brings — especially to us novice sailors. We also appreciate that your editorial staff doesn’t shy away from a fight when one of us letterwriters gets a bit out of line. We feel, however, that you were a bit easy on Mr. Bennett in July’s Letters. As you may recall, Bennett, in one of the most pompous and longwinded missives we have ever had the stomach-churning displeasure of reading, came down heavily on "Name Withheld in Antioch", another letter-writer, Ken Hart, and Latitude over whether 'Withheld' should pursue his dream of cruising regardless of his wife’s objections, and whether your magazine was the proper forum for such a discussion. He even dug up quite a few interesting literary references — which he included in his letter in excruciating detail — to support his position. This man is either unusually well-read or has far too much free time. Never mind the fact that if we weren’t so busy sailing the Ericson 27 we just purchased we might come up with at least a dozen tasty quotes from various authors, poets, and adventurers to refute his arguments. What really gets us is that Bennett stated in the final sentences of his letter that "sailing is just a pastime". Now we may be new to this thing, but sailing seems to be much more than a 'pastime', which the dictionary defines as "something that amuses and serves to make time pass agreeably". Right! It really amused us to replace the entire sewage system on our boat shortly after purchasing her, and time sure was passing agreeably when our boom snapped a few weekends ago. I’d call sailing more of a lifestyle — it certainly has made an impact on our lives. Our home and car are covered with catalogs, parts, projects and tools. Despite the challenges of sailing — or more likely because of them — we love our boat and revel in sailing her, working on her, or just being aboard her. From the looks of the people at our marina, we’re sure they’d agree. We doubt that the thousands of cruisers worldwide who risk their lives in ocean passages, or the racers who push themselves and their technology to the limit would agree that sailing is 'just a pastime',

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LETTERS haven’t been watching the Sausalito waterfront. The BCDC doesn’t suddenly have any new power, it merely gives them back what they had for the 10 years before Storms won his initial suit against them. Ten years during which the number of derelict or near derelict boats in Richardson Bay seems to have increased. Let’s face it, the BCDC’s battles with anchor-outs and periodically with the city of Sausalito and the Richardson Bay Regional Agency to date have been a monstrous flop. It’s hard to imagine how they could have done a better job of wasting taxpayers money and made life more difficult for some and needlessly made life hell for scores of people. Ask yourself, does Richardson Bay look better than it did 10 years ago? The fact of the matter is that in principal we don’t have anything against reasonable time limits and other requirements in places like Richardson Bay. If we remember correctly, the current policy is that you can anchor for 30 days with a navigable boat, and that if you’re deemed to be someone who doesn’t plan on homesteading, you’ll get two extensions of 30 days more. That seems about right to us. The only modifications to that would be that there should be a $3/day orderly mooring area similar to those found in picturesque New England towns and San Diego, as much for the viewing pleasure of the public as for boatowners, and that some consideration and compassion ought to be given to those anchor-outs who’ve resided in Richardson Bay for many years. Some of these folks only marginally fit in with the rest of society. They’ve gotten along for all these years out there, we’re not sure it’s going to be to anyone’s advantage to have them walking the streets. So you see, it’s not necessarily what the BCDC wants that bothers us as much as the fact they are a perfect example of arrogant, powerhungry and ineffective government. But if any of you still think the BCDC is all sweetness and light, perhaps the following letter will do a better job of opening your eyes than we’ve been able to do.

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LETTERS water.) This allows BCDC to establish, if it wants to — its jurisdiction over enormous tracts of Bayfront property. By gaining jurisdiction over much of the dry land in Bayfront property, BCDC’s staff can control what development takes place on that property or — more importantly for the BCDC’s staff — what development will not take place on that property. Just the threat of BCDC determining that their jurisdiction can be located great distances upland from the shoreline can be and is used as a negotiating sledgehammer with Bayfront property owners to get appropriate "concessions". To be fair, some of these concessions really do benefit the public. For example, parts of the bike path running from Mill Valley through Sausalito are there because BCDC was able to 'convince' a developer that the bike path needed to be built. My client, Littoral Development, owns about 2.5 acres located in Sausalito just south of the Richardson Bay Bridge. Littoral demanded to be treated equally with its neighbors. That is, it wanted BCDC to establish its jurisdiction on the shoreline — just like all the rest of Littoral’s neighbors. Perhaps Littoral was either unable or unaware of the necessity of making the appropriate 'concessions'. Anyway, BCDC looked on Littoral as a first class troublemaker and decided to use their jurisdictional power — their LHTA — to its fullest extent. BCDC calculated where the highest tide would have touched on Littoral’s property to determine their jurisdiction. BCDC calculated that the highest record tide would have touched about 95% of Littoral’s dry, commercial property. Having drawn this highest tide line, virtually all of Littoral’s property became officially 'Bay' and unusable. BCDC then found that since Littoral had only 'Bay', it had no permits to use any of its 'Bay'. BCDC ordered all commercial use of the property to cease. BCDC then proceeded to find that Littoral had re7filled the landward two-thirds of the property — now officially 'Bay' — without a BCDC permit to fill the 'Bay'. Since filling the Bay without a BCDC permit is illegal, BCDC ordered Littoral to scrape off the top four feet of re-fill it placed on the property. This would ensure that Littoral would be left with worthless property because it would flood permanently, thus really becoming Bay. Oh, and by the way, Littoral was ordered to pay the BCDC $20,000 in fines for all the bad things it had done to the 'Bay' that it owned. The Court of Appeals asked if BCDC’s regulation would allow BCDC to gain jurisdiction over every skyscraper on Market Street if a record flood tide washed up Market Street? BCDC told them that was what their regulation would allow. The Court then said that the Legislature never intended BCDC to have so much power. It ruled that BCDC’s own regulation was invalid and that the Legislature meant to give BCDC Bay jurisdiction up to mean high tide except where there are actual marsh lands. BCDC was stunned! It had never, ever lost an appeal before. Naturally, they are taking your tax dollars and paying the Attorney General to try to get the California Supreme Court to reverse the Court of Appeals by intimating that developers are lining up with dump trucks to make our Bay into a sand pile. Stay tuned. Terry J. Thomas, Esq. Mill Valley Terry — You mean to tell us that those wonderful 'environ¬ mentalists’ at the BCDC are merely selective extortionists who’ve regularly abused their authority? Who would have ever known? Perhaps boatowners. The BCDC made their power grab for jurisdiction over boats by declaring them — with a straight face, no less — 'fill'. They did this despite the fact that Nicolas Petris, he of the McAteer-Petris Act which created the BCDC, testified under oath that it was never the intent of the Legislature to give the BCDC control over boats. But with their power base firmly established, their 'environmentalist' halo firmly atop their heads, and the Attorney

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I had the pleasure of sailing the Bay and vacationing on a sailboat in the Delta for 12 years. I owned and raced the Ericson 23 Sandpiper, the Catalina 27 Somethin' Special, and the Pearson 323 Fantasy. But in 1985 I had some serious back problems and after a couple of surgeries found myself unable to use my beloved Pearson. So I reluctantly sold her. I missed having a boat, so a year later I rented a houseboat on the Delta. My wife and I enjoyed the boat so much that we bought a 40-foot houseboat Kickback a year later. We have since become dyed-in-the-wool 'Delta Rats'. Our rag sailor friends at our favorite Delta anchorage gave us all kinds of heat about becoming houseboaters, but our boat has become the 'party boat' of our anchorage. We have had as many as 35 sailors on board for our annual 'Taco & Marguerita' dinners in early summer, and our annual Champagne and Eggs Benedict brunches in the late summer. A lot of people like to make fun of houseboaters, especially those who rent houseboats. The fact is that most of the people who rent houseboats are nice people who are just trying to experience the joy of the Delta that we get to experience all year long. Most renters are inexperienced, so they do make mistakes. Sure, a certain percentage of those who rent houseboats are 'crazies' — we’ve seen most of them. However, I doubt that this percentage is any greater than for those piloting powerboats — or even sailboats. From a houseboater’s point of view, I think the larger powerboats should be called 'Delta Destroyers' — especially those 35-foot and larger yachts that cruise the Delta waters at more than 20 knots, not thinking about or perhaps even caring what their wake does to others. Pontoon houseboats don’t take wakes very well, and unless you take them at the exact right angle, a big wake can really mess up the inside of your boat. Many times a large wake has left the inside of our boat looking as though she’d be hit by a 9.0 quake. The Delta is a wonderful place, and it could be even greater if everyone made an effort to respect their fellow mariners — regardless of what type of boat they’re on. Gordon Lyster Foster City

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tests are now usually carried out with —1:3 models. Regardless, the design concept was sound and I regret that there was not opportunity to refine it. In this regard, it is interesting that the much-heralded Kiwi Magic used the concept successfully in 1987 whilst we were precluded from using it on the winning Stars & Stripes '87. I enjoy your magazine and particularly like Max Ebb. Is he the 'Wizard of El Sobrante? Britton Chance, Jr. President, Chance & Co., Inc. Essex, CT

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The Richmond YC then sent out results with no explanations and/or an apology. But that’s in the past, what really matters is to get the Richmond YC Race Committee back on track. Here is a suggestion: 1) No general recalls. Note as many boats over early as possible. If one or two are over early and it is not noted by the Race Committee, then so be it! ('He didn’t get caught — big !*(§>#$%*!') That’s it! Wasn’t that easy and painless? The beauty of it is that it relieves the Race Committee of future embarrassment. I wouldn’t care if they didn’t call anyone over early. Believe me, with more than 60 miles of downwind racing, a good start doesn’t dictate the finish. I had a great time this year, as there were good winds and fast sailing. I just think Hank Jotz got !*@#$%*! because he kicked major butt and should have received the first place trophy! Call me insane, but I’ll be back next year. John Hartmann Wanna B', B-25

Ml’M never going to hear the end of this It happened on my watch. I was the Regatta Chairman for the Ditch Run. I take responsibility. Issue One: Distinguished background. The Richmond YC Committee has to earn its stripes every day. We clearly let you and others down on this. Please accept my abject apologies. Issue Two: Too many Richmond YC boats over early? The first boat chucked for not returning to the finish happened to be the boat I chartered for the event. Needless to say, if I were a burgee type of guy, it would have carried the Richmond YC burgee. I’ll accept your apology on this. Issue Three: They even gave a finish time to a yacht that had a DNF. The truth is that boat wasn’t scored, but I thought all the skippers would like to see how quickly they covered the course. In spite of the boo-boo, it was still a hell of a sail. I’ve never gone that fast on flat water in my life. Issue Four: And the class after that, and after that. In other words, let’s toss about 50 boats. When I arrived in Stockton, the fax from the starting committee led me to believe that except for the ULDBs over early, everyone else had started correctly. There were no protests filed. Issue Five: No general recalls. I’m never gonna hear the end of this. Even my parents — who are not rabid racers — are telling me never to do a general recall. Plans to cover this were in hand, but like a bad jibe at the South Tower, suffered in the execution. Hindsight is 20-20. You can’t cover every conceivable problem with a set of race instructions. All I can say is we’ll do better next year. And speaking of next year, the Delta Ditch Run will start on July 1 at 1100 near The Brothers on a flood tide. The two yacht clubs would like to build the fleet up to about 100 boats and make it a fun event for all manner of PHRF/MHRF yachts and their crews. Hell, we’ll even give the B-25s a one-design if they can come up with eight boats. John Dukat Ditch Run, Regatta Chair Alameda

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LETTERS are probably thousands participating in beer can races every week. I do understand that these 'big' events deserve the big coverage, but I have been reading your rag since day one and remember that it was the local stuff that got it going — and probably keeps it going. I think that you sometimes forget that. I’m not asking for regular coverage here, but since the first half of the beer can season ended, perhaps a listing of the first half results would be in order? You forgot to do that last year. Perhaps you can do a little story similar to the winter haul-out blurbs. Please realize that for many of us who can’t make the financial or time commitment to YRA, the beer can series are as close as we can get to real racing. Phil Adamson Sausalito Phil — So far this year we’ve done a feature on the Corinthian Friday Night Series and the Golden Gate YC’s Wednesday Night Woodies. And Latitude’s 'Ten Commandments of Beer Can Racing' are still making the rounds. We’d probably have more beer can coverage if our staff wasn’t so addicted to them. Our 9-person company is regularly represented at the Corinthian Friday Nights and the Sausalito YC Tuesday Nights by two boats and as many as five crew. If there were local races on the other nights, we’d probably hit them, too. But perhaps we should do another feature, because in our estimation, the beer can races are easily some of the most fun sailing we do. Given commitments to families and work, they are wonderful brief outdoor respites in which to enjoy sailing and the company of good friends. We didn’t forget to publish the names of the first half beer can winners last year — other than the year-end beer can wrap-up, we’ve never covered beer cans on a month-to-month basis. There are two reasons: The first is that there are so many such races and so many such divisions that we simply wouldn’t have the room to publish them. Secondly, and even more importantly, we don’t want to ruin the special nature of those races by making them increasingly competi¬ tive. For instance, just last night after the Corinthian Friday Night we met a woman named Liz who is new to racing and is singlehanding her San Juan 28 in that series. We think that’s great, and the last thing we’d want to do is see her get blown away by some Friday Night warrior eager to see his name in Latitude. So while you can probably look forward to more beer can photo essays, you’re going to have to enter — and win — one of the many other bigger races to get mentioned in The Racing Sheet.

Min good company My wife and I got some good laughs from July’s Big Bang article, which told the story of the Wanderer driving, with the help of the current, Latitude’s big ketch into the base of the Carquinez Bridge. Our only regret is that we couldn’t have been there to watch, as it had to be more exciting than that comet hitting Jupiter. But lest the Wanderer feel overly bad about the accident, he should take solace in that he’s in good company. We’d like to remind him that it was only last June that the San Francisco Pilot Boat, the brand spanking new one used to shuttle bar pilots in and out of the Gate, slammed into the South Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge round about midnight. Although there is currently a Coast Guard inquiry underway, we heard the reason for the 22-knot collision was that the two crew had fallen asleep! Further, this is the very same pilot boat whose wake did all the damage to boats berthed in the Estuary. Small wonder they painted the thing brilliant orange. In any event, I hope the Wanderer 'bounces back' soon. Scott and Sharon Short San Francisco

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Roger — We’ve always enjoyed sailing with the gals topless and the guys in little Speedos, but have found sailing completely naked to be an overrated pleasure. First off, there’s nothing left to the imagination, which means your mind is partially disengaged. Secondly, some body parts just weren’t made for sunblock. And finally, all the supposed glamour of sailing naked vanishes as soon as you find the first couple of you-know-what-kind of hairs in your cocktail or on your brie. Vie’re as perverted as the next person, but as far as we’re concerned sailing starkers is a little too much of a good thing.

UNMAKING A CHRISTIAN OUT OF HIM I enjoyed the article in the July issue about Tim McGhee. His energy is the sort of thing I miss about California. But you all can keep your social problems; you couldn’t drag me back other than to visit with a twin-engine Cigarette. But I really do miss the energy of the Bay Area and had a lot of fun there in the late '60s. Anyway, the 30-foot cutter McGhee is building is my 'Emily' design. The plans cost $495, not the 100 bucks mentioned in the article. An amusing story about that design: On his 60th birthday, a guy in Alabama realized that he’d always wanted to sail alone around the world and that he better get off the pot. So he bought a set of plans for an Emily. Even though he’d never built anything or sailed much, he made the boat himself. His wife quit speaking to him, but undaunt¬ ed, he launched, provisioned the boat and headed off to Europe. It so happened he left about the same time Mike Plant did aboard the BOC boat Coyote. The guy from Alabama got caught in the same storm that killed Plant. Although the Alabaman’s boat was knocked down twice, although the tiller swung loose and broke a couple of the guy’s ribs and made a Christian out of him, nothing happened to his boat. The guy sailed back to Florida, removed the sailing rig, and last I heard had converted his boat into a "trawler yacht" and is happily cruising along the coast. His sailing rig? He sold it to McGhee. George Buehler George Buehler Yacht Design Whidbey Island, WA

Mfrom the incipient lusty days Wither Latitude? My high-tone friends will disown me, but did I really see on page 50 of the June issue the line: "Entering at night is something you don’t want to make a practice of . . ."?! I realize that this is the age of caution in certain endeavors, but has Latitude really done such a 180° from the incipient lusty days of this publication? Think on it. However, if one completes the above-quoted sentence,". . . but when you have to, do it with radar." Well, the imagination reels. Carol Dibner San Francisco Carol—Now we know why people complain about being partially quoted or having their sentiments taken out of context — and how critical the sexual revolution was to the progress of mankind. But we think you’re missing the point. Play the song Radar Love over several times, careful to listen 'between the lines', and we think you’ll understand we’re as lascivious as ever.

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LETTERS UffWHERE AND WHEN WOULD BE THE BEST? I’ve enjoyed reading Latitude for years now, including when I was on a former boyfriend’s boat in the L.A. area, Mexico and the South Pacific. It was a special treat to find a current copy when we were out cruising, because it allowed us to find out what some of our cruising buddies were up to and because it kept us in touch with the 'real world' — although I have to admit that most of the time the work-aday world seemed pretty far removed. Anyhow, I’m back in the San Francisco area again and have gotten settled in. I went to the Crew List Party in Alameda earlier this year and met some great guys to go daysailing with, but I’d still like to get involved with some fun early evening races during the week. Are there any such races around where I could bring some beer/wine/munchies and be part of the crew? If so, where and when would be the best? I’ve done a fair amount of cruising, but have never done any racing, so although I know how to get around on a boat, I’m sure that there’s a lot more for me to learn. So I’m open to suggestions. By the way, I was the Sea of Cortez Race Week Queen for 1989. Leslie Slezak Pleasanton Leslie — When it comes to royalty, there’s almost always room on boats during beer can races. If you’ll turn to the racing section of this month’s Calendar, you’ll find listings for more than 15 clubs that hold beer can races in the evening. We suggest you merely drop by what¬ ever club is closest to your home or work. If you’re not welcomed on a boat with open arms, let us know. What happens after your first race and you network with some of the folks in the bar after the race? As long as you’re not a Leona Helmsley-style queen, you’ll probably never go without a ride again in your life. U-ltTHE MIDDLE OF THE MESS I think I pretty much got my facts straight, but even if I’m off a little, it’s still a pretty sad story. Forgetting how the Port of Redwood City got control of the marina from the Recreation Department, when they did, the docks were in such bad condition that they had to replace 'C Dock'. In so doing, they decided they’d generate more income by making it a 'liveaboard dock'. So they not only put in showers and washrooms to support liveaboards, but they also extended the dock to get more berths. However, they neglected to get permission from the BCDC for liveaboards, and they neglected to see that by extending the dock the larger boats from 'B Dock' couldn’t get by at low tide! As a result^ about four of the bigger boats moved up to Coyote Point. Last year they sent out a questionnaire asking if the tenants wanted the harbor dredged. The response was about 50% in favor and 50% against. People who have been in the harbor for 30 years tell me that the silting during that time has been negligible. But the Port went ahead and dredged anyway. In order to dredge, all the docks except for the almost new 'C Dock' had to be removed. But they were going to be replaced anyway. One would think that when doing such a project, the new docks would be all ready to go as soon as the dredging was done. But no, a request for bids didn’t even go out until the dredging was almost done. And the request called for various different configurations than what had originally been there. After the dredging was completed, the tenants on 'C Dock' were told that they could return to their berths — and many of them did. However, the outfit that was building the docks couldn’t drive the necessary piles with the boats in their slips — something about insurance. So the 'C Dock' tenants were asked to leave once again. The date for reoccupying the berths was originally to have been December 1993. That date was later moved back to March of 1994. Nobody was surprised when it wasn’t finished until this May. Page 60

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Unfortunately, these new docks didn’t include ramps. There was another panic to get bids for ramps. When the ramp builders came, they started off by removing the old ramps. Unfortunately, they forgot to tell the dock builders about this, so there were people stranded on the docks. A temporary causeway had to be built in order to let the workers finish the docks. There was also a minor fiasco because, in order to save money, the anchors for the ramps were poured in sequence. The building inspector didn’t approve the first one, so there was another delay. As it stands now, who knows when the boats may be allowed to move back into their berths. I figure all these delays might have cost taxpayers close to half a million in lost revenues. I’m sure these long delays haven’t helped the Sequoia YC either. Most clubs rely on income from their services to members to supplement the income from dues, and they’ve lost much of that income. Perhaps Redwood City will excuse the club their rent for the period between when the marina was supposed to be reoccupied and when it finally is — assuming that ever happens. After all, it was caused by bad planning on the part of government. In the old Laugh In show, they had a 'Fickle Finger' award, which was, I understand, based on a World War II Royal Air Force magazine award known as "The Most Highly Derogatory Order of the Irremovable Finger." Perhaps this should be reinstated for the Port of Redwood City. Incidentally, in the middle of this mess, some of the Harbor Commission visited a sister city in China. I hope it wasn’t a port city looking for advice on their harbor. Scorpio An Unhappy Tenant Scorpio — We’ll need to check the facts, but our sources tell us the much delayed project was supposed to cost half a million butthe price is now nearing $2 million. Apparently, the Port tried to do it on the cheap by using parts of the old docks. But that plan, along with poor management, has blown up in their face. What’s worse, apparently poor coordination between the dock building and dredging means some of the new docks are sitting on the bottom at low tide!

Mboating fatalities Every time I hear or see the words 'boating fatalities' or any others referring to that subject, my blood boils. The word boating refers to all boats, but 99.9% of boating fatalities occur with power boats. Usually they involve drunken drivers. Whoever gets hurt on a sailboat — to say nothing of getting killed? Yet those statistics harm the way the public perceives all boating, which results in higher insurance rates, calls for the licensing of boat operators and such. I’ve been sailing for 50 years and belonged to USYRU/United States Sailing for almost that long. I’ve mentioned this problem to editors and many other people, but since I’m an engineer and not a fast-talking salesman, I’ve never succeeded in getting anyone to write an editorial or an article on the subject. Walt Beck President, Martec Engineering Corporation Long Beach Walt — Far and away the biggest factor associated with death on the water is speed. For better or worse, sailboats are rarely capable of speeds that kill. The distinction ought to be made.

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LETTERS the original owner and at the time had owned her for 23 years. I have owned Echo since 1991 and have been working to maintain a balance between restoring the boat to its original condition and sailing it. It’s worth mentioning also that seven of the 19 Farallon Clippers built competed in this years Master Mariner’s Regatta, including Mistress, hull #2 launched 1940. All were built in the Stephens Brothers Yard in Stockton between 1940 and 1962. Gene Buck, veteran Bay Area sailor and owner of Ouessant, Farallon Clipper #14, informed me that this was the largest turnout of Farallon Clippers he could remember. Also there are three Farallones participating regularly in the YRA HDA Division K, including Gene Buck’s, Bill Belmont’s Credit, hull #8 launched 1952, and my own Echo. If a couple more Farallones decide to start showing up, we would have to petition for one-design status. Bill Belmont is organizing a reunion of sorts, a one-design race for Farallon Clippers to be held in conjunction with the Jessica Cup hosted by the St. Francis YC on October 9. We hope to see most of the Farallones participating. Jack Coulter Echo Oakland Jack — It takes great owners to sustain the traditions of great designs. We salute all the Farallon Clipper owners!

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I knew I’d be writing this letter sooner or later. I’ve had a fine six years, but finally the torch has been passed. Congratulations to Stan Honey for his incredible performance aboard his Cal 40 Illusion in the Singlehanded TransPac, in which he broke my elapsed time record for monohulls. I talked to Honey by phone shortly after he broke the record, and he told me he kept the spinnaker up for 9Vz days straight! We’re talking autopilot with a capital 'A'! When I set the record, I drove my Olson 30 Intense from 0900 until midnight with the spinnaker up. At midnight I had to pole out the jib and put the autopilot on. I’m sure Stan beat me at night and I probably beat him during the day. But in the end, we all know that the tortoise beat the hare . . . congratulations, tortoise. Stan also thanked me for racing against him. That’s the same way I felt in '88.1 knew Norton Smith — who held the previous record set with the Santa Cruz 27 Solitaire — was 'just over the horizon' with the spinnaker up. I read the pre-race article in the June Latitude with great interest*. I immediately knew my record was in great danger for two reasons: 1) Dan Newland wasn’t entered, which meant the wind would bldw, and 2) I knew man with a name like Honey had to be tough. / Great job, Stan! f Will I do the Singlehanded TransPac again? Well, the Singlehanded TransPac is an incredible accomplishment for anyone. It’s a memory that has stayed with me in a special way unlike any crewed race I’ve ever done. I’ve been racing nothing but Hobie Cats and my 23-ft catamaran Rocket up here in Seattle for years now. (Does Paul Simonsen’s TomCat need some experienced help?) I will do the Singlehanded TransPac again one of these years, but most likely with a multihull. By the way, if I carry a Moore 24 on the netting of a 45-foot trimaran, can I break Peter Hogg’s multihull record and Stan Honey’s monohull record in a single crossing? Bill Stange Seattle

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LETTERS one has to be soooo careful when the press is aboard! Allow me to explain or correct the quotes that were attributed to me in regards to Rocket 88 in the Ditch Run, lest I alienate some good people. My quotes make it sound like I think Rocket 88 is a poorlybuilt or under-designed boat. No, no, no! She is well-built and very cool. I like D-cats, and have had the pleasure of sailing Alex Kozloff’s D-cat Invictus in tune up races with the 'Kiwi giant' before she was thrashed by Dennis Conner with the Stars & Stripes catamaran. When I described Rocket 88 as "dicey", I meant it is a very highpowered, flat-water type boat. You wouldn’t want to race her around the Farallones! My goal going into the Ditch Run was to break Tom Cat’s course record. Here we were doing just that, but that dang D-cat was out of sight in front of us! It’s just hard to think of yourselves as the fastest thing on the block when you’re smelling someone’s exhaust. So it wasn’t that I expected to round a bend and find the Rocket dis¬ integrated. It was a windy day and it’s a screwy river, and I knew Rocket couldn’t have an easy time reading charts on a trampoline doing in excess of 20 knots. So I just sort of thought it would be a funny cartoon-like sight to round the bend and find two long furrows plowed deep into the tule reeds. See — I’m really a nice guy. Jim Antrim El Sobrante

Mat the mercy of the wind and the phrf HANDICAP SYSTEM The results for the multihull division of the 1994 Delta Ditch Run demonstrate how poorly PHRF handicapping works. In rounded-out numbers, Rocket 88 covered the 65 miles in five hours, while Wingit arrived 70 minutes later — in a group of three F-27s. PHRF correction changed the finish times to: Wingit: 5:50:00, and Rocket 88: 7:50:00 — two hours difference. To say that Rocket 88 should have done 65 miles in three hours in order to win is simply ridiculous. The basic problem is that PHRF uses time-on-distance for correction, biasing the results in favor of the slower boats in a fast race. This is usually the deciding factor in the multihull division, where PHRF differences of 160 seconds between boats is common. Applying Portsmouth Handicaps instead — which is equally simple if your calculator has a division key — the 'corrected' times would have been: Wingit 5:55:00, and Rocket 88 6:30:00, a difference of only 35 minutes. Of course, the catch is that Rocket 88 would actually have to shave an hour off their course record to win, because Portsmouth is timeon-time. But it’s more realistic than two hours. In a sense we are all at the mercy of the wind. Ray Wells Wingit, F-27 Northern California Ray — You’ve got to choose your priorities. If your main interest is matching your sailing skills with those of others, your only option is one design racing. No wonder it has so many advocates. But if you want to go for first-to-finish or corrected time honors with specialized or unique boats, you’re going to have to accept the fact that there is no handicap system in the world that can accommodate different boats under every set of conditions. As such, we’re sympathetic — but also feel you walked into the situation with your eyes open. Readers — We welcome all letters of interest to sailors, and publish as many as possible. Preference is given to letters that 1) address current topics; 2) add to the body of sailing knowledge; or 3) just plain strike our fancy. For obvious reasons, we reserve the right to edit all letters for those eternal virtues, brevity and clarity.

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SIGHTINGS a year to remember A year or two ago, we started Sightings out by enumerating a few of the sailing records that had recently been set. We ended the notation with some pithy and insightful reference (well, we thought so) like "this year will long be remembered for sailing records." Well, never mind. Forget about last year, when the French catamaran Commodore Explorer earned the Trophee Jules Verne by becoming the first sailboat to sail nonstop around the globe in under 80 days. Forget the year before, when Zan Drejes and Jack Halterman blasted around the Farallones in the Prosail 40 catamaran TomCat, setting a 3-hour, 30-minute record for that Doublehanded Race that may never be broken. While those and other records stand as memorable individual achievements, fqr sheer record obliterations, no year in recent memory comes close to 1994. And it’s barely half over! Here are just a few of the marks that have been set both locally and abroad through July: Nonstop Around the World: The % ’92-ft ENZA New Zealand, co-skippered by Peter Blake and Robin KnoxJohnston, circled the globe nonstop, France-to-France in 74 days, 22 hours. Ensenada: Dennis Conner,driving \ his old America’s Cup cat Stars & Stripes, bested his own mark in this 125-mile April classic with a record time of 8V2 hours. Whitbread Round the World: Both the maxi New Zealand Endea¬ vour and the first six W-60s to finish this quadrennial crewed around-theworld race beat the previous record. New Zealand Endeavour’s cumulative 120-day, 5-hour mark for the 32,000mile marathon knocked more than 8 days off Steinlager’s pace for the ’90’91 Whitbread. The Wrong Way Round the World: In an amazing feat of seaman¬ ship (and the clear leader in the 'cojones of the decade' competition), Englishman Mike Golding horsed the 67-ft steel cutter Group 4 Securitas around the world east to west — upwind — in 167 days, beating Chay Blyth’s old record by more than four months. Perhaps more amazing, Gold¬ ing’s nonstop solo voyage took only 10 days longer than when he did the same thing on the same boat with a full crew a year earlier in the British Steel Challenge. Locally: The D-class catamaran Rocket 88 completed the 65-mile Ditch Run from the main Bay to Stockton in one minute under 5 hours, obliterating the old mark. In the Doublehanded Lightship Race, Peter Hogg’s Antrim 40 trimaran Aotea covered the 25-mile course in a record 2 hours, 18 minutes. In late April, Blake Quinn’s SC 70 Holua topped the fleet and the record in the 78-mile Afio Nuevo classic with a time of 7 hours, 7 minutes. Just Last Month: Peter Hogg’s Aotea set a new solo record for both continued outside column of next sightings page

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dawn’s Calling Dawn Riley "a valuable member of our team during the last campaign" and "a wonderful team player," America3 syndicate head Bill Koch formally announced the sign¬ ing of Riley to the all-woman team of his latest America’s Cup effort. The announce¬ ment was made in New York on July 21, which also happened to be Riley’s 30th birthday. For those of you who may have just been aroused from six months in a sensory depri¬ vation experiment, Riley has probably accumulated more sailing miles in the last five years than most of us will have in a

SIGHTINGS on lifetime. As well as being the only female crew aboard any America’s Cup boat in the last go-around, she was part of the all¬ woman crew on the ’90-’91 Whitbread entry Maiden, and skippered the all-woman crew on board Heineken on all legs but the first in the most recent Whitbread. Riley did not speculate on her exact posi¬ tion on the team, except to allow that it would be "in the back of the boat." The America3 team was in New York taking part in the New York YC’s 150th anniversary cel¬ ebration regatta, racing in the maxi division aboard Koch’s Matador.

year to remember — cont’d the Singlehanded TransPac and the fastest solo Hawaii passage by arriving in Kauai 8 days, 20 hours and 4 minutes out of San Francisco. That beat the old record by more than a day and a half. In the same race, Stan Honey, sailing his Cal 40 Illusion, broke the event’s monohull record with a time of 11 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes, bettering the old mark — set by an Olson 30 in 1988 — by about 4 hours. In the Pacific Cup, Steve Rander’s Wylie 70 Rage set a new record of 8 days, 7 hours, 13 minutes and 44 seconds. That beat not only the race record, but took 3 hours off Merlin’s all-time California to Hawaii record, set in 1977! In the 277-mile Endnal/Santa Barbara Race, Angelo PeykofFs SC 52 Two Dog Gone shaved a half-hour off the old mark with a time of 35 hours, 33 minutes. For their efforts, the ’Dog’s name was engraved into five take-home trophies and two perpetuals, which may also be a record. And in the two-boat, 3,571-mile Tahiti Race, Fred continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS year to remember — cont’d Kirschner’s SC 70 Kathmandu beat Jake Wood’s Sorcery with a time of 14 days, 21 hours and 15 minutes. That beat Ticonderoga’s old mark, set in 1964, by more than two days. Look for more details on most of these races elsewhere in this issue. As for the undisputed top of the heap for ’94 so far, we have to give the nod to Frenchman Laurent Bourgnon. In early June, he climbed aboard his 60-ft trimaran Primagaz and, with American Cam Lewis, took off from Europe in the Two-Handed TransAtlantic Race. He arrived in Plymouth 9 days, 8 hours and 58 minutes later, averaging 12.5 knots and breaking the old eastwest record by 38 hours. A week or so later, Bourgnon headed home. On June 27, he cleared Ambrose Lighthouse in New York Harbor. On July 4, 7 days, 2 hours and 35 minutes later, he smoked past the Lizard, this time blowing two records to smithereens. The first was Florence Arthaud’s 1990 record for the solo westeast passage, which Primagaz bettered by almost three full days. The second was the all-time day’s run record. In one 24-hour period, Bourgnon clocked 538.7 miles, an average of — are you ready for this? — 22.4 knots. (Geez, continued outside column of next sightings page

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fast On July 7, 1994, Bill Lee Yachts, Inc., filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, signalling the end of a quarter century of some of the finest boatbuilding this country has ever seen. The bankruptcy petition calls for a liquidation of the company, not a reorganization. When we contacted Lee by phone, he was in the midst of sorting out all the legal details and was reluctant to talk at length. "Every path we take at this point leads to an unknown," was his only comment. He did, however, promise to fill us in on the details for next month’s issue. The demise of Lee’s company evokes more than a few emotions. Those who cherish the long, lean and light sloops that he and his fellow Santa Cruzans, including Ron Moore, George Olson and Terry

SIGHTINGS was fun Alsberg, designed and built in their seaside shops feel sadness. Only Moore is still in business, and sailboats currently make up only a small portion of his work schedule. Those who love sailing in general will mourn the demise of yet another American boatbuilding company. For Bay Area sailors, the Santa Cruz tradition of high-quality workmanship and kick-ass sailing qualities will always evoke a sense of pride. Lee, in particular, will always be remembered for his legendary 67-ft TransPac racer Merlin, and for his boats’ total domination of West Coast ocean racing. We look forward to bringing you the complete details next month. — shimon van collie

year to remember — cont’d Louise, we can hardly drive that fast.) Bourgnon’s slowest day on the on the 2,925-mile run was 240 miles. The record sprint also recorded the third best average speed for any passage, crewed or otherwise — 17.15 knots —- and was less than a day behind the all-time TransAtlantic record — 6 days, 13 hours, 4 minutes — set by the fully crewed 75-ft catamaran Jet Services V in 1990. Amazingly, both of Primagaz’s runs were made with virtually no gear problems and only a few moments of sheer terror, including a near capsize a mile from the finish. Three records, 5,700 miles, most of them singlehanded — all within 30 days. One of Bourgnon’s first comments upon landing was that he was "tired." No kidding, dude. Go home and get some rest.

nipped in the bud Behind every successful sailing campaign is a ton of preparatory work, sometimes many months or years more preparation than the actual sail itself. (Witness the America’s Cup.) While a large part of preparing a boat is old fashioned blood, sweat and tears, in modern times, a good bit of getting your ducks in a row for any 'big' project must also be spent securing financial backing. Unlike days past, few sailors in this day and age can put together winning efforts on a shoestring in their backyards. As of mid-July, Alameda’s Linda Newland was on track to take off later this year on a nonstop singlehanded around the world passage. Her goal: set a new woman’s record. The current record is held by Australian Kay Cottee, who completed the fastest unassisted nonstop circumnavigation by a woman in June of 1988: 189 days, Sydney to Sydney, aboard her Cavalier 37 Blackmore’s First Lady. According to IYRU guidelines, 'sailing around the world' means you must start and finish at the same point, crossing all meridians of longitude, cross the equator and cover a minumum distance of 21,600 nautical miles. Cottee averaged 115 miles a day and sailed 22,000 miles. Newland has long harbored dreams of such a project. And with more bluewater sailing miles under various keels than any other Northern California woman, she is imminently qualified. She has sailed solo to Hawaii twice in the Singlehanded TransPac, done numerous deliveries back from the islands (which would include Merlin, if they ever made it over there last month), participated in numerous coastal races (the Encinal/Santa Barbara was the most recent) and, in 1981, she became the first and only American woman ever to compete in the short-lived singlehanded race from San Francisco to Japan. ’ It was this latter accomplishment that sparked the 'American Solo Odyssey' project. In between cases as a maritime attorney, Linda teaches sailing at Club Nautique in Alameda. One day, she got to talking with one of the students, who happened to be Japanese. She mentioned her Japan sail, and how one day she’d like to try to break the woman’s solo record. But she’d never found an American backer for the project. She felt the only way such a project could work is if it had an interactive satellite video link with schools, TV, whatever. The man smiled and said, "My company makes all those things." On thing led to another. Proposals were submitted, meetings were arranged, hands were shaken. In May, Linda and husband Dan Newland, an excellent sailor in his own right, flew to Australia and closed the deal on a boat. It arrived in Oakland at the end of June. American Solo Odyssey is a 50-ft aluminum machine known as an Adams 15.24 Meter. It was built in Australia iti 1989 and raced the ’90-’91 BOC as Buttercup. Owner/skipper Don McIntyre helped design the boat along with Graham Radford, and sailed it to a second place finish in Division II. At 12 feet wide, the boat is relatively narrow compared to current BOC boats. It draws lOVfe feet and displaces 19,500 pounds, putting it in the ULDB class. A quick tour by Linda revealed one of the most no-nonsense, strongest boats we’ve ever seen. The boat arrived complete with a custom-built cradle that was attached so securely it turned out to be easier just to tow the craft to Grand Marina with it still attached. Additional gear includes four autopilots, an array of solar continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS nipped — cont’d panels, roller furling on both headstay and forestay, and complete electronics including Ham, SSB, ComSat (a satellite comminucations link) and an on¬ board computer. "He even left beer in the fridge!" laughs Linda. In mid-July, the main sponsor — who Linda asks remain nameless — pulled the plug for reasons that are not completely clear. At best, it’s an awkward situation. The boat is mostly apart, and numerous volunteers had already begun work on various upgrades, including the addition of a transom scoop. It would take a bundle more work just to make it 'sale-able', much less 'sail-able.' It was a devastating turn of events, says Newland. "The work was underway, we had a massive amount of volunteers — everything was in place." Now everything is in a state of limbo while Linda and her support team — which includes Dan, Kim Desenberg, Mike Burkitt and Ornaith Murphy, among others — scramble to regroup. As of late last month, several possible scenarios were in the works that might allow the project to go forward, albeit on a shoestring. continued outside column of next sightings page

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a sailing renaissance Most people would not consider Oak¬ land’s Lake Merritt as exactly a hotbed of sailing activity. Earlier this century, however, this picturesque body of water set in the heart of downtown Oakland saw plenty of activity, including spirited fleet racing in Snipes, Lasers and El Toros. For about the past 10 years, though, as Gertrude Stein either did or didn’t say, there wasn’t much there there. All that’s changed in the past year due to a number of factors, perhaps the most signif¬ icant of which has been a change in adminis¬ tration. Kerry Salisbury took over as the director of the Lake Merritt Boating Center about a year ago. About the same time, Jayne Lecky came onboard as the program coordinator.

SIGHTINGS at lake merritt "Kerry’s a great boating administrator," says Lecky, who’s apparently no slouch in the programs department, either. "The facilities here were so antiquated. We really needed to get the program into the 1990s." Lecky, who lives in El Sobrante, is the sailor of the two. She grew up in Cal 20s and had been a mainstay of Bay Area windsurf¬ ing for the past decade. Finding herself stuck in a suit and a corporate job a little while ago, though, she decided to change career paths and got the position at Lake Merritt. Her duties range from curriculum and grant writing to cleaning the docks, the latter of which receive plenty of guano from the wild¬ life preserve birds which share the lake with boaters. continued middle of next sightings page

nipped — cont’d Basically, though, 'when' has turned to 'if. Athough the project does have some secondary sponsorship lined up, without primary backing it will be hard to pull off. As always, it’s staggering to us that a project of this caliber cannot

Left, Linda Newland. Above, ‘Odyssey" in limbo.

seem to attract the attention of an American corporation. Yet such corporations just spent many times the cost of this project on . . . soccer, fer chrissake. If and when Linda embarks on this voyage, she will become the first American woman to singlehandedly circumnavigate nonstop, and the first American woman to solo circumnavigate via the 'classic' route south of New Zealand and the two great capes, Horn and Good Hope. We hope by next issue to tell you it’s a definite 'go.' It perhaps goes without saying that Linda would like to talk with any individual or organization interested in whole or partial sponsorship of the American Solo Odyssey project. She can be reached at (510) 521-7172.

putting the 'ha-ha' back in the run down baja We’re looking to have a little fun on the run down the coast of Baja this November, and we don’t think we’re the only ones. Which is why we at Latitude have convinced San Diego’s Southwestern YC to sponsor a Cruiser’s 'Baja Ha-Ha' Division in their November race to Cabo San Lucas. This is the first time a San Diego to Gabo Race will be held, and it’s a little unique in that it’s really a 'shell' for three separate groups. There are semi autonomous races for the ULDB 70s, the California 50s, and for the Cruising Class — meaning those of us who like to sail with women and children, threebladed props, dinghies on davits, full water tanks and that kind of stuff. Entrants in the Baja Ha-Ha Division will be permitted to use their engines if it gets too rough, too calm or they just miss the throb of it. Engine use, however, will entail a stiff plenty when it comes to corrected time. Ha-Ha’ers — and we’ll be entering Big O and her new nose — will start off Pt. Loma on Thursday, November 3. And even though we’ll stop on the way down at Turtle Bay and Mag Bay for a bonfire fish feed and toga party, we’ll still beat the sleds to Cabo because they don’t start until November 11. That’s based on cruisers maintaining a four-knot average not including the lay days in Turtle and Mag bays. Heck,-we have to beat the sleds down because we've promised to serve — if needed — as their finish line committee up at the old lighthouse. We’ve made a couple of significant changes compared to the previous two cruisers’ races to Mexico, both of which had disappointingly small turn-outs. In our estimation, many cruisers were put off by what they — and we — considered to be a somewhat stiff entry fee of $400, and the requirement of a SSB radio. Together they added up to a nearly $3,000 expense — or what many cruisers spend during an entire season in Mexico. Thus we approached the Southwestern YC with the idea of the rally/race based on two non-negotiables: 1) An entry fee of $100, and 2) SSB radios continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha in baja — cont'd being recommended but not required. They readily agreed. All entries, of course, will be required to have seaworthy boats and basic safety gear — as well as a liferaft and an EPIRB. After all, nobody is interested in encouraging irresponsible voyaging. The Southwestern YC has promised they’ll make as many berths available for entries as possible. We’re also going to lean on Capt. Uno of the Harbor Police to see if we can’t get use of the anchorage between the Southwestern and San Diego yacht clubs for a couple of days before the start. The low-cost berths at the Police Dock are just a short dinghy ride across from the Southwestern YC, which is nice. All three of the locations are convenient to such essentials as the fuel dock, Downwind Marine, West Marine, Boll Weevil Burgers and the Brig. By the way, the Second International America’s Cup Class World continued outside column of next sightings page

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lake merritt Among the most notable goals that Lecky and Salisbury have achieved so far (with considerable help from Oakland Supervisor Barry Weiss) is securing a $30,000 grant from Cal Boating and Waterways. The mon¬ ey went to replacing all the boating center’s 'horsecollar' lifejackets with more comfor¬ table vest versions. They also purchased six JY15 sail training sloops, which are used by both juniors and adults. Lecky also pushed for getting boardsailing on the lake, which she describes as the ulti¬ mate urban windsurfing spot. "The water’s flat and the winds are mild," she says. "It’s

SIGHTINGS — cont’d the perfect place to learn." And for those who might be afraid of falling into the water, Lecky assures us that it’s tested regularly and is perfectly safe for swimming. The lineup of classes now in progress at Lake Merritt is pretty impressive. Most popular is the First Mate course, a weeklong program for 7 to 9-year-olds that acts as a boating summer day camp. Kids get out in canoes, kayaks and a sailboat. Ashore, they study nautical arts and crafts. All for $90. There are also basic sailing classes, held in El Toros, intermediate courses held in Sunfish continued middle of next sightings page

ha-ha in baja — cont’d Championship is going to be hosted by the Southwestern YC from October 27 through November 5. So if you arrive a little early, you’ll be able to catch most of this spectacular fleet racing in IACC boats. Who knows, you might even get to rub a few famous sailing shoulders at the club. The Baja Ha-Ha fun will commence with an outdoor potluck at the Southwestern YC early on the evening of Wednesday, November 2. It’s at this time we hope that the musically inclined members of the fleet will step forward to help shoulder the entertainment load. Rumor is that the 'Ha-Ha-ettes' — consisting of the Wanderette, the Wanderette’s Double and Nurse Susan — will make their public singing debut with a rendition of What’s Love Got To Do With It? But we’re still looking for a couple of headliners and additional talent. After a noon start on November 3, the fleet will proceed approximately 360 miles to Turtle Bay, where each boat will take her own time when crossing a bearing from the entrance to the bay. With radar, GPS and a little luck, Turtle Bay can usually be entered safely even at night. If you’re unsure, you can always wait until daylight. At a four-knot pace, all boats will have more than a full day to rest up at Turtle Bay — which is good, because we at Latitude will be hosting — weather and authorities permitting — a combination beach party, toga party and fish' fry. This should include a pot-luck, modest competitions in volleyball, frisbee and group games of Pictionary. There will also be a demonstration of how not to bring a kayak through the surf. At noon on Tuesday, November 8, the fleet will depart on the second leg, an approximately 240-mile sail to Mag Bay. As throughout the rally/race, we’ll be having a fleet roll call in the morning and a fleet chat up in the evening on the SSB. Those boats with only VHF radios will be expected to attempt to relay their positions to the nearest SSB boat an hour before check-in. No specific activities have been planned for the layday afternoon at Mag Bay, because frankly, we’re hoping one or two members of the fleet will pick up the ball there. All participants in the cruisers’ division, incidentally, will be expected to contribute in one way or the other to the success of the event. This is not an Tve-paid-my-$100, now-make-sure-I-have-a-good-time’ deal. This is a ’If-I-can’t-have-fun-sailing-to-Cabo-with-a-bunch-of-good-folks, it’s-myown-damn-fault’ event. The final 160-mile leg of the rally/race will begin on Saturday, November 12. The finish line will be due south of Cabo Falso for all divisions, because unlike previous Cabo races, nobody wants the wind to suddenly die at Falso and have to drift interminably the last few miles to the old Sol Mar finish line. Once across the finish line, the bright lights, cold beer and honky-tonk atmosphere of Cabo San Lucas, the capital of Mexifornia, will await participants in the rally/race. It’s unclear how much berth space will be available at Cabo Isle Marina, but it’s pretty pricey for most cruising budgets anyway. Most cruisers might want to either anchor out for free — although it’s a long dinghy ride — or take a $ 15/night mooring in front of the Hacienda Hotel. We plan on doing the latter. It will then be the responsibility of we members of the cruising fleet to finish the 50s and 70s that will be arriving a day or so later. This will involve taking a dune buggy, a tent, some handheld VHFs and a couple of spot lights to the old lighthouse above Cabo Falso and keeping a serious vigil. With enough entries in the cruising division, no one boat should have to be responsible for more than a four-hour night shift. On Wednesday, November 16, we’re planning on having a Sixties-styles bonfire and beach party — weather and officials permitting — for all entries in all fleets. We can’t speak for the sledmen on the 70s and 50s, but every single participant in the cruising division will receive a trophy suitable for hanging in the main salon of their boat? Just don’t be expecting the 'Auld Mug' or anything like that. Baha Ha-Ha entries will be assigned PHRF ratings warped somewhat by the Ha-Ha Arbitrary Rating System, which takes into consideration go-slow cruising gear, the amount of women and children aboard, and so forth. Rating and other protests will be discouraged — like you’ll have to 'shout the bav' first. We’re confident that the Cruisers’ Baja Ha-Ha Division is going to be a great event, and we’ve already had owners of the following types of boats tell us to count them in: Hans Christian 34, Pearson 36, Freeport 41, Pearson continued outside column of next sighting? page

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha in baja — cont’d Vanguard, Tartan 34, Freedom 44, Cal 34, Esprit 37, and Santana 35. This is great, because these are exactly the kinds of boats we were hoping to attract. So if you’re looking to have a little fun headed to Baja this November and don’t have any psychopathic tendencies, call Kim at the Southwestern YC at (619) 222-0438 and request a race packet, making sure you specify the 'Baja Ha-Ha' division. The packets should be ready by the end of August. October 16 will be the deadline for entries who wish to have their boat pic and crew list in the low rent race program we’re putting together. Late entries will be permitted upon the receipt of an appropriate 'little something'. For all those cruisers who place a greater importance on camaraderie than competition, this could be an ideal way to migrate down the Baja coast to Cabo. It will not only get you out of expensive California before you’re too broke to cross the border, but it will also put you in Mexico early in the season before the sun and sand get all worn out.

balancing acts The Fourth of July ’94 wfil be a memorable one a couple of local powerboaters, but for all the wrong reasons. On board the 39-ft JB Boat, the 'fireworks' started just after 8 p.m. as they centerpunched Little Alcatraz, the small rock just west of the big Rock. In their defense, Little Alcatraz was covered by water at the time. There were reportedly 28 people aboard JB Boat, and everyone had lifejackets on. As if the grounding wasn’t embarassing enough, the tide was going out, so pretty soon JB Boat was precariously high and dry for all to see. Everyone was safely taken off and ashore within about an hour of the grounding, and there were no reported injuries. Because JB Boat had been holed in the grounding, Tim Parker Diving Service, which salvaged the boat the next morning, had to have a floating crane shuttled to the scene by the Westar tugs Bearcat and Betty L. Once the straps were in place and JB Boat was ready to be lifted by the crane, Parker went forward to raise the powerboat’s anchor. The yacht was so well balanced that it teetered forward and Tim had to tread softly. "They couldn’t have balanced it any better if it had been put there on purpose," he said. JB Boat wasn’t the only Fourth of July 'casualty.' About two hours after they hit, two people aboard a 23-ft Bayliner bound for Richmond drove the boat onto the breakwater. Like really onto it — that boat ended up precari¬ ously balanced atop the rocks, too, slightly injuring the two people aboard. Parker Diving Service also removed that craft the next day — they just drove a landing craft up to the jetty, opened the door and winched the little motorboat aboard.

weather window In late May, a call came in to Weather Window, a specialized weather fore¬ casting service based in Lancaster, Massachusetts. The call was from a cruiser in transit in the South Pacific. He wanted the latest scoop on what kind of weather he was likely to encounter on his intended course. Meteorologist Bob Rice tapped into his state-of-the-art meteorological equipment. Based on 35 years of analyzing such data, Rice gave the cruiser a brief synopsis of the wind and sea conditions he was likely to experience. He also mentioned that a potentially dangerous low was forming in the South Pacific convergence zone west of Fiji, but not to worry. It was several hundred miles away and moving east — the opposite direction of the cruiser. Based on that advice, the cruiser continued on to make port safely. But at least 50 other cruising boats, using local forecasts, took off from New Zealand on May 29 for the 1,000-mile jaunt to Tonga or Fiji. As you can read else¬ where in this issue (and last issue), not all of them made it. That low did come through. The resulting storm packed winds estimated as high as 90 knots and some of the largest waves anyone had ever seen (a New Zealand survey vessel continued outside column of next sightings page

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lake merritt and Capris, and advanced sailing courses in the Estuary in the JY15s. The boardsailing classes are extremely popular as well, and the boating center provides wet suits, a fun race at the end of the week and even video¬ tape feedback. "For $125, we’re a way better deal than the other windsurfing camps," says Lecky. At this point, Lecky expects to run about 1,000 kids through the summer programs. There are also adapted sailing programs for the physically challenged, Boy and Girl Scout training and a whaleboat rowing pro¬ gram for Oakland residents.

SIGHTINGS The Lake Merritt Sailing Club is also on the move, with active racing for El Toros, FJs, Lasers, Bytes, JY15s and other classes. There’s even talk of reviving the open-to-thepublic Friday night sail and barbecue, a tra¬ dition that fell out of favor several years ago but now has renewed interest. So if you’re interested in some flat water sailing where you definitely don’t need a wetsuit, stop by the Lake Merritt Boating Center on the north shore of the lake just off Bellevue Avenue. — shimon van collie

weather window — cont’d reported waves higher than her bridge, which was 35 feet above the water). Eight cruising boats were lost, and three members of one family perished. The above example clearly illustrates the usefulness of a 'customized' weather forecasting service in a real-world situation. While most ink is expended on the high-profile projects that take advantage of this service, such as the recent record circumnavigation by the 92-ft catamaran ENZA New Zealand, the majority of the work done by Weather Window founders and partners Bob Rice and Bill Biewenga is for 'real people', many of them cruising the waters of the world. At first glance, the talents of Rice and Biewenga might seem to form an unlikely alliance. The former, now in his 60s, has spent the better part of a lifetime studying and analyzing the complex ebb and flow of weather patterns over the surface of the globe. As the head of special projects at a large meteorological center, in the last 10 years, he become increasingly involved in specialized forecasts for such diverse clients as trans-Atlantic balloonists, NASCAR auto racing teams (factors like humidity and track temperature are critical to carburetor calibration and tire selection), mountain climbing teams — and, eventually, sailors. He broke into the latter in the late ’70s doing forecasts for Phil Weld’s trans-Atlantic trips, and later worked with Dodge Morgan, Warren Luhrs, Hal Roth, Mike Plant, Bill Koch and others. continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS weather window — cont’d Bill Biewenga’s name is well known in world-class sailing circles. In the last two decades, Bill’s accrued more than a quarter million miles of sailing experience that includes 17 Atlantic crossings, three Whitbreads (including the last leg of the most recent one aboard Winston) and a record San Francisco to Boston run (via Cape Horn) aboard the 53-ft trimaran Great American II. Among the many hats Bill’s worn on different projects is that of routing consultant for such sailors as Warren Luhrs, John Martin, Phil Steggall and Mike Plant. So despite first impressions, in many ways the marriage of their talents seemed natural. Rice, who does not sail, would provide the weather for a sailing project and Biewenga would 'tailor' it to a specific boat. Of course, in actual practice it’s a little more complex than that, and Weather Window continues to 'read the skies' for a wide array of clients. To give you an idea of just how specific their forecasts can be, a couple of months ago, a total of 19 expeditions were trying to conquer Mount Everest. The only ones who made it were the three American teams — all of whom used Weather Window to plot their strategy. In the sailing arena, Weather Window recently worked with both Peter Hogg and Stan Honey in planning their record-breaking paces in last month’s Singlehanded TransPac. At least eight boats in the Pacific Cup also used the service. Naturally, boats on races like this can’t use real-time updates (which would constitute outside assistance), but they do get as accurate a forecast as is humanly possible for their upcoming trip, as well as suggested waypoints for taking full advantage of it. ENZA New Zealand had no such constraints. During their record-smashing 75-day, 22-hour circumnavigation, co-skipper Peter Blake was often in communication with Bob Rice six and seven times a day to exchange questions and ideas. During critical times, support was on a 24-hour basis. "One time, Blake called in and said they were getting headed, that they should tack," says Biewenga. "Bob said, 'No, in a half hour you’re going to hit a front and get a windshift. You won’t even have to tack.' "The next time he called, Blake said the wind had shifted exactly when Bob said it would. He said it was just like something out of the Twilight Zone; everyone on board was just blown away." The good news for sailors is that Weather Window is expanding, and is more accessible and affordable to the average 'Joe Blow' cruiser or racer than ever before. Good news for West Coasters is that the service will be moving, at least temporarily, to San Diego in a few of months; they’ve been 'hired' by Team New Zealand to aid their America’s Cup effort. Bill says if the demand is there, and it seems to be, they may hire additional meteorologists and assign them to work exclusively with the other syndicates. Bill laughs when asked what advantage having your personal meteorologist might bring an AmCup team — hey, you got two boats racing in identical conditions off San Diego. It’s always light in the morning with 9 to 12 knots in the afternoon. End of story. . . right? "It has been likened to killing flies with a howitzer," says Biewenga. "But at the America’s Cup level, when the penalty for failure can be millions of dollars, you don’t leave any option unexplored. And any advantage, however slight, can make a difference." Although the high-profile clients are the ones who get the press, much of what Weather Window does is geared to the 'average' sailor. For example, a sailor preparing for an upcoming day race off Block Island can call up Weather Window, and for $40, he gets a five-day forecast specific to the course area, including notations of hourly windshifts. For a cruiser interested in heading to say, Mexico later this fall, for $180 they’d get a 'rolling forecast', a five-toseven day forecast — again, tailored specifically to their intended track—that includes weather patterns, windspeed and direction at 6 to 12 hour intervals, graphic illustrations of what the weather’s doing and routing suggestions. Wea¬ ther Window can give the cruiser the optimum day and time of departure, and even tailor their services to sail or powerboats (the latter would include a route that would offer the most efficient fuel consumption). This package also includes one free communication from the vessel while en route. After the America’s Cup, there’s a good chance Weather Window will stay on the West Coast, although San Diego is just one option. Biewenga, who sails continued outside column of next sightings page

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arch-navigators

No, it’s not Seal Rock. It’s not Cabo. It’s not Gibraltar (ha ha), and it’s not the arch at the entrance to the Bay of Islands in New Zealand, although that was the most popular wrong answer. (If anyone has photos of that one, we’d sure like to see them.) Fully 90% of respondents to last month’s quiz did get the right answer — which of course means it was too easy. The photo is of Arch Rock on the east end of Anacapa Island. It was the other 10% who really amazed us though. There were a few guesses along the West Coast, and one person thought the arch was in the Galapagos Islands. But three people — three! — were absolutely sure it was the one in the Bay of Islands.

coast We’re only bringing you half a month’s search and rescue summaries this time around. Seems the petty officer who puts these together for us took a little maternity leave. Our congratulations to mother and baby, a boy, who are doing fine. We’ll pick up where we left off next month. June 15 — An (unnamed) good Samari¬ tan vessel went to the aid of the sailing vessel Tamaru after it went aground 30 miles north of Loreto. With the combined efforts of the Samaritan and the two people aboard Tama¬ ru, the boat was refloated, pumped out and towed into Guaymas for repairs. — Can you imagine anyone thinking this is cool or funny? On June 15, the Coast Guard received word via a Canadian Ham radio operator that a one or more persons on the yacht Sarina had abandoned ship 80 miles off Point Pinos. A search was launched, which continued through the night and most of the next day. It included four Coast Guard helicopter sorties, four C-130 sorties, and search patters flown by three Navy helicopters from the USS Abraham

SIGHTINGS weather window — cont’d and races regularly, admits he’d prefer a headquarters closer to the stiff and steady breezes of the Bay. But all that’s a ways down the road. For now, Weather Window remains busy and healthy, catering to upwards of two dozen diverse clients a day. Pretty soon, they’ll also be adding an automated dial-in service by which callers can access up-to-date forecasts for specific areas of the world, and even specific major regattas. To find out more about this unique service, call Bill Biewenga at (401) 8475395 or fax (401) 847-2570.

listening in to vts

Several people seemed more than tacitly familiar with the landmark. Kris Hansen — who gets the T-shirt because his answer got here first — noted, "If you get close to it downwind, you’ll discover that’s not McDon¬ ald’s milkshakes dripping from the top." Tom McCall wrote, "We were almost in position for a similar photo when the boom fell off the mast." And Dolores Shotton said, "We first sailed by Arch Rock on our Scampi 30 over 10 years ago. My husband took a picture as we sailed by, with part of the boat in the foreground. He carries that picture in his wallet to this day.” Thanks, folks. See you at the next contest as soon as we think one up.

watch Lincoln battle group. Ships in the search included the cutter Long Island and six Navy ships. They found nothing. As the Coasties discussed the case with several other Ham operators who were monitoring the transmis¬ sion, they came to suspect that the call was a hoax. The FCC is monitoring the Ham fre¬ quency to try to locate the caller. June 17 — A Coast Guard helicopter and cutter were launched after a fishing vessel reported spotting a body and debris in the water 21/2 miles south of Port San Luis. Before they arrived on scene, two more bodies were located by vessels in the area. A fourth person, supported by an ice chest, made it to shore. He said that he and the three others were underway in a 21-foot boat when it was swamped from behind, throwing everybody into the water. June 19 — The 50-ft sailing vessel Renaissance radioed that it had collided with the merchant vessel Morelos about 10 miles north of Point Conception. The caller said the bow of Renaissance had been sheared off during the collision and the boat was continued middle of next sightings page

Although evesdropping is not high on most people’s list of socially acceptible etiquette, when it comes to sailing the waters around San Francisco, 'listening in' on other people’s conversations is a useful navigational tool; one that can add a decided measure of safety and security to any Bay or offshore cruise. We’re talking, of course, about Vessel Traffic Service, the Coast Guard¬ operated 'air traffic control' service for ships transiting in and out of the Bay. Located high atop Yerba Buena Island, personnel monitor all commercial shipping activity via powerful radar and regular radio checks over channel 13. Instituted in 1972 after two tankers collided under the Golden Gate, VTS’s 24hour, 365-days-a-year coverage has kept the Bay accident free for more than 20 years. That coverage expanded in 1986 following another collision, that of the tanker that ran down the fishing boat Jack Jr. near Pt. Reyes. Since then, the Offshore Vessel Movement Reporting System (OVMRS) has kept tabs on coastal shipping within 38 nautical miles of Mount Tamalpais. Its working frequency is VHF channel 12. What does all this have to do with recreational sailors? At the very least, monitoring the working frequencies of VTS and OVMRS offers a comforting 'security blanket' to boaters plying our local waters at night or in fog. In a worst-case scenario, knowing how VTS/OVMRS work could save your life. "We’ve gotten calls from boaters in low visibility situations who will give us a position and ask if they’re clear of any shipping traffic," says Lt. Bob McCarty, VTS Operations Officer. "Or sometimes boaters will ask us to monitor them, via radio checks, as they cross the Bay. Knowing we’re there offers them an added feeling of security." In the next year, the VTS/OVMRS is due for a major upgrade. We’ll keep you informed of any part of it that might impact boaters. For the immediate future, recreational boaters will want to know that, effective August 15, VTS will be changing its working frequency from VHF channel 13 to channel 14. The move was decided upon to relieve congestion on 13, which is the bridge to bridge frequency used by commercial ships. (VTS was the only land-based station authorized to use it.) Just to remind you, recreational boaters are not supposed to transmit on channels 12, 13 or 14. VTS does monitor channel 16, however, and boaters can reach them that way. If you have a cellular phone on board, they are also reachable 24 hours at (415) 556-2760. For an informative brochure on how the system works, who uses it and so on, either call that number or send a request to USCG Vessel Traffic Service San Francisco, Yerba Buena Island, San Francisco, CA 94130-5076.

mexico crew list — already? J»V

We hope it’s as hard for you to believe as it is for us — sitting as we are in the subterranean sauna we call an office — but fall is just around the corner. And with it, the start of the Mexico cruising season. The Mexico cruising class of ’93-’94 was one of the largest we’ve seen in years, and we have every expectation that will be the case for upcoming migration south. Which means more boats than ever are going to be needing crew. That’s where we come in. It’s official — the 1994 Mexico Only Crew List is now underway. By this continued outside column of next sightings page

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mexico crew list — cont’d stage of the game, the forms you see before you will be self-explanatory to regular readers. To irregular readers, take a couple tablespoons of Maalox and follow along. There are two forms, one for skippers looking for crew and one for crew looking for boats. They aren’t interchangeable, so don’t just fill out the 'cheap'

1 WANT TO CREW IN MEXICO NAME(S): ACE(S).

SEX:

PHONE OR OTHER CONTACT..

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For the trip down

3)-Sea'of Cortez'sail Week (formerly BaiaHa-Hal -the cruisers' race to Cabo m November

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one and send it in. If you find yourself in either category, fill out the appropriate form, send it in with the correct advertising fee, and in the October issue, we will publish your name, a little about your desires and skills and a contact number you provide. The October crew list averages 200 to 300 names. So when people get ahold of the list, skippers start calling crew and crew start calling potential skippers. Cruises are arranged, new friends made, new adventures started. Pretty simple, really — except for the people who get on boats owned by serial killers. No, just kidding. We do have to caution you, though. There are certain risks inherent in sailing a small boat long distances with people you’ve known only a short time. So for the record, the Latitude 38 Crew List is an advertising continued outside column of next sighting page

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sinking. A helicopter was launched, but before it arrived, a rescue boat from the oil platform Harvest rescued the three sailors from the water. It took them back to the Harvest, and the helo took them from there to Goleta Valley Hospital. (Our efforts at finding the owner of Renaissance for a more in-depth account were unsuccessful.) — Group San Francisco launched a helicopter and cutter in response to a 406 EPIRB signal emanating from a point 11 miles WNW of Pt. San Pedro. The beacon was registered to the fishing vessel Aini-K, a 42-ft converted landing craft. The Coasties found the Aini-K motoring safely along about 3/4 of a mile from the first alert posi¬ tion. A crewmember had inadvertently acti¬ vated the EPIFIB by using it as a coatrack. June 20 — A Cessna 152 with two peo¬ ple aboard crashed into the ocean about 2 miles offshore from the surfing beach in Half Moon Bay. An extensive search by a Coast Guard cutter and helicopter, the Pillar Point Harbormaster and several good Samaritan vessels yielded only light debris, including the flight notebook. Divers the next day were unable to locate the plane. — And speaking of planes, one on approach to SFO reported spotting a cap¬ sized brown boat in the vicinity of.Coyote Point. A Coast Guard helicopter and utility

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Former senator Nicholas Petris must be feeling a lot like Dr. Frankenstein these days. Back in 1965, when he co-authored the McAteer/Petris act that created the Bay Conservation and Development Commis¬ sion, he had the best of intentions: an organization that would help preserve San Francisco Bay and the surrounding wetlands from destruction and/or too much develop¬ ment. In the first few years, the BCDC did some significant good. However, like the good doctor’s creation, the BCDC eventually turned into a monster that is seemingly bent on only one thing — gaining more power. Case in point: On June 24, the BCDC won an appeals case against Richardson Bay anchor-outs, including Doug Storms. Read¬ ers may recall that in 1992, Storms went to court and won a case against the BCDC. In that landmark ruling, the judge ruled that boats were not 'bay fill', and the BCDC therefore had no authority over them. The BCDC filed an appeal and the ruling that just came down essentially reverses the previous decision. In other words, we’re back to square one. In the eyes of the court, boats are once again bay fill. A cornerstone

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— cont’d boat arrived together to find a large brown buoy. A thorough search of the area yielded nothing else. June 24 — Passengers aboard the cruise ship Royal Prince saw a little more 'local color' than they planned for — a jumper went off the Golden Gate Bridge as they were nearing it. The ship located the man’s body. The Coast Guard, who recovered it. Later the same day, a guy climbed out on the Carquinez Bridge. He tied one end of a rope to the bridge, the other end to his neck and, while "consuming large quantities of alcohol", made repeated threats to jump. Sheriffs department negotiators eventually talked him out of it and pulled him to safety. Up in Rio Vista, another man told a friend that he wanted to kill himself, then jumped in the water. A boat from Station Rio Vista, a Sheriffs helicopter and several land units searched through the day, but never found the man. Finally, on July 12, a Coast Guard helicopter searching for a disabled sailboat at night and in heavy fog crashed into a cliff along the rugged Humboldt County coast. All four crewmen were killed. The two peo¬ ple aboard the sailboat, which reported being stranded along the rocky shoreline near Shelter Cove, escaped their predica¬ ment uninjured.

supplement intended for informational purposes only. Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warrantee or recommendation as to the character of the individuals who participate in the Crew List, or the condition of the boats or equipment. You must judge those things for yourself. Still willing to play? Good for you. Here are the rules. 1) We must receive all Crew List forms by September 17. That doesn’t mean 'postmarked by'. It means, 'in our hot, keyboard-calloused hands by'. 2) All forms must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. For crew looking for boats, that’s $5. For skippers looking for crew, it’s $1. We figure

I NEED CREW FOR MEXICO NAME(S): ACE(S)

SEX:

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anchor outs MY EXPERIENCE IS: of their case was the following logic: The BCDC requires permits before any¬ one can place 'fill' in the Bay, and it defines fill as "(1) earth or any substance or material including pilings or structures placed on pil¬ ings, or (2) structures floating at some or all times and moored for extended periods, such as houseboats and floating docks ...." So the BCDC’s lawyers (there were five listed from the State Attorney General’s of¬ fice) went to Webster’s Dictionary. They found that one common definition of 'vessel' is "a usually hollow structure used in or on the water." In the BCDC’s twisted thinking, a vessel is a structure, structures are bay fill, therefore, vessels are bay fill. No figures were available for how much this revelation cost taxpayers. Former Senator Petris has long main¬ tained that the McAteer/Petris act was never intended to include sailboats. Doesn’t matter to the BCDC. It also doesn’t seem to matter to the BCDC that Doug Storms 32-ft sailboat Juniper has for the last two years been legally anchored under guidelines set out by the Richardson Bay Regional Agency. Or that by law, the BCDC cannot do away with

1) _Bay 2) _Ocean 3) _Foreign cruising

I AM LOOKING FOR: 1) 2)_

- Enthusiasm — experienced is not that important _ Moderately experienced sailor to share normal crew responsibilities 3) Experienced sailor who can a) share navigation and/or mechanical skills, b) who can show me the ropes 4) -Cooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) - 'Local knowledge': someone who has a) cruised Mexico before; b) speaks passable Spanish 6) -Someone to help me bring the boat back up the coast -Someone to help me trailer a boat up/down the coast 8) -Someone who might stick around if I decide to keep going beyond Mexico 9) Other * Mail completed form and $1 to: Mexico Only Crew List, Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by SEPTEMBER 17, 1994.

the latter spend enough money getting the boat ready to go, so we give them a break. Incidentally, this rule means that faxing the forms to us doesn’t count. We have to receive the money with the form. continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS mexico crew list — cont’d 3) One form per person please — unless you want to be listed as a couple. A 'couple' in this context means you want to get on a boat, but only if you can go together. Being with someone you love so much that you’d rather miss the adventure of a lifetime than be apart does diminish your chances of finding a boat somewhat. But if it’s true love, don’t mess with it. If it isn’t, you can always apply solo next year. If you need more forms, just make copies of these, or simply write down the information on a blank sheet and send that in. 4) Women may want to use first names only. Hey, we’re all adults here. We all know basics of the human plumbing system and that there are these weird little buggers called hormones that often make us do silly things in the presence of the opposite sex. Well, as always, we’re asking you to rein in those little guys when you use the Crew List. This Crew List stuff is for sailing only. If nature takes its course, well great. But guys, please don’t embarrass us or yourselves with such crude suggestions as "sex is required" (an actual quote). And ladies, don’t you dare accept such offers in our presence! If you have to, think of the Crew List as kind of monastery of sailing. Have a little respect. Anyway, to distance themselves a bit from callers — and if you are a woman, you will get calls — women Crew Listees may use first names only. We also encourage you to not use a home phone number as a contact, but a P.0. Box, fax number or answering service. 5) If you take part in the Crew List, you get into the Crew List Party free! The Crew List party, scheduled for Tuesday, October 4 at the Golden Gate YC, is our way of getting all Mexico-bounders together for a big fare-thee-well. We’ll have munchies, T-shirt giveaways and all that good stuff. But the main attraction for Crew Listers is that you can use the party as a kind of 'neutral ground' for a first meeting with your potential crew or skipper. Or, if your options are still open, everyone will be wearing color-coded nametags that identify them as looking for crew or looking for boats. So it’s possible to make your crew connections at the party. Like we say, if your name appears on the October Crew List, you get in free. Everybody else pays $5. We’ll have more on the Crew List party in upcoming issues. So that’s about it. We hope a bunch of you take part. ’Cause if you wanna manana, it doesn’t get any easier than this.

short sightings OAKLAND — Vice President A1 Gore was in Oakland July 19, both to kick off an innovative new dredging project and to give official recognition to those who, to borrow a phrase from President Clinton, "have gotten on with it." Arguments over dredging the Oakland Estuary to make it more accessible to deep-draft modem container ships (the big ones now have to wait for high tide to enter), has been going on for almost 20 years. Partly because of Clinton’s admonishment to "get on with it" last summer, and the formation of the Bay Area Dredging Coalition a couple of years ago, things may finally start happening. The whole dredging bruhaha was really two issues. The first: take the shipping channels from 38 feet down to 42. No problem. The second: what to do with the mud. Big problem. It used to be dumped either at the deep hole off Alcatraz or offshore. Environmentalists and fishermen put an end to that. And 'mudlock' was born. The new plan calls for dredging spoils to be deposited in three places. The largest amount, 2.6 million cubic yards, will be barged to a location at the mouth of the Petaluma River where it will be used to restore a 300-acre tidal marsh. Another 1.4 million cubic yards will go to improve an Oakland golf course, and the last 1.7 million yards will be dumped at sea, far at sea. Vice President Gore called it a "win-win-win-win deal." The project is expected to cost $137.5 million (two thirds of it federal funds) and take two years to complete. WASHINGTON, DC — Two unlikely bedfellows have joined forces in a continued outside column of next sighting page

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bcdc vs. anchor anchorages that were there before their cre¬ ation. Richardson Bay has been an anchor¬ age since the Gold Rush days. "It hasn’t been the first time that I’ve been here," says Storms. "But I did think we were through the long end of the tunnel." The only recourse now for Storms and his attorney, Mary Swift, is to file a petition to have the case heard before the state supreme court. Storms admits it’s a longshot, but he thinks he has a case. He’s also closely watch¬ ing Senate Bill 1933, which if passed would do away with the BCDC and transfer its

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functions to the California Coastal Commis¬ sion. Where, we can only hope, saner heads will prevail. In the meantime, Doug Storms is just a guy trying to have a life like the rest of us while at the same time having to deal with all this BCDC BS. And just raising the $1,000 it will take to file a petition for the supreme court will hit pretty hard. Anyone wanting to help Doug out in this respect can send dona¬ tions c/o Mary Swift, 300 Napa St. #34, Sausalito, CA 94965. We’ll let you know how it goes.

trial program aimed at cutting back on both pollution and paperwork. Under the plan, worked out jointly between the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Coast Guard, the Coasties would issue 'tickets' when and where they saw instances of on-the-water polluting, such as oil spills. Personnel would be trained to estimate the size of the spill and issue tickets accordingly. Fines would range from $50 to $1,000, depending on the size of the spill. The tickets would be issued only for spills of 100 gallons or less. Such spills, typically caused by small leaks or piping problems, account for more than 90 percent of the oil accidents the Coasties deal with. (Under existing policy, violators sometimes wait months for the Coast Guard to process the paperwork and assess fines.) The Coast Guard is currently testing the new plan with 'notices of violation' (not actual citations) in Charleston, Galveston and Long Beach.

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SINCLEHANDED TRANSPAC '94 *1 here’s a saying among the local solo sailing fraternity that there is no one winner of the Singlehanded TransPac. Anyone who sets a hook in the stunningly beautiful harbor of Hanalei Bay, Kauai, after sailing 2,120 miles alone from San Francisco has earned his or her vacation in paradise. "It’s the

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adventure of a lifetime," the saying goes. "Everyone wins." Bullpoop. With due respect to whoever coined that sentiment — as well as to the other competitors in this year’s small fleet — the 1994 Singlehanded TransPac produced two winners who stand head and shoulders above everyone else who has ever done the race: Peter Hogg, who obliterated the multihull record with his Antrim 40 Aotea, and Stan Honey, who whipped his vintage Cal 40 Illusion across the line 4!/2 hours ahead of the monohull record. Both per¬ formances, especially Honey’s, were remarkable — and they promise to be the benchmarks for many years to come. Other than light air and a raging flood Page 98

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through the Raccoon Strait starting line on the morning of June 25, the weather for the race was promising from the get-go. But for reasons we’d better not even guess at, only 12 boats answered the starting guns, making this the smallest fleet in the nine editions of the race. (Two of the original 14 entries didn’t start: Bill Burgess got pasted coming up the coast, and Ron Gammon withdrew with health problems). After two difficult days of close reaching in 20-30 knots, the wind went aft and everyone enjoyed the fastest ride to the ’Garden Isle’ on record. There were no real surprises in the final standings — the fleet finished essentially in the same order as last summer’s LongPac. Hogg Heaven v "We did it — finally!" exulted a tired but happy Peter Hogg in a phone conversation to our office several hours after breezing into Hanalei Bay at 3 a.m. Hawaiian time on July 4th. The ’it’ was setting a new elapsed time multihull and absolute Singlehanded Trans¬ Pac record of 8 days, 20 hours and 16 minutes, eclipsing the previous record (10 days, 10 hours, 4 minutes, set in 1986 by Australian Ian Johnston on the trimaran Bullfrog) by over a day and a half. The ’we’ was Hogg’s spidery-looking 40 trimaran Aotea and his shoreside support team of designer Jim Antrim, sailmaker Kame Richards, wife Shama Kota and lots of friends. The ’finally’ was a reference to the fact that the Mill Valley-based adventurer has been chasing this record for over a decade before finally now owning it. On this, his fifth solo Transpac, Hogg averaged 10.75 knots over the 2,120-mile course. His best 24-hour run was 304 miles, achieved on the first day out; his slowest run was 215 miles on the last day. Aotea routinely hit speeds of 21-22 knots during the trip, and topped out at 25 knots. "It was actually fairly undramatic," insisted

Hogg. "The new guys will have all the good stories! Aotea did exactly what it was sup¬ posed to do — we finally had our condi¬ tions." Peter did admit to a few moments of doubt along the way. After slogging through the first few days, he put the kite up on the third day and never took it down except for a daily chafe check. "It was a little tricky at night during the squalls," he admitted. "Blasting down big waves at 25 knots in the pitch black gets to be nerve-wracking after awhile." But other than the gas-powered auxiliary generator dying on the second day, and breaking the spinnaker halyard on the 'Yahooo, I made it!' Reed Overshiner seems to be saying. He did a great job, finishing second overall with his International Folkboat 'Reliance'.

A SMASHING TIME set by a faster boat (18 seconds per mile according to PHRF) and in a really windy year. Wouldn’t it have been better to charter a SC 50 or something more powerful? "Not really," explained the Palo Alto technology executive. "Aside from the SSS philosophy of 'bring the boat you own', the Cal 40 is perfect for this race. It’s mildmannered, with a spoon-bow and a stumpy little rig, so it doesn’t need a crew to be sailed at almost 100% efficiency downwind. The autohelm can actually sail the boat without crashing — unlike on a ULDB. Illusion rolled a lot, but just kept chugging forward. I was able to set the 1.5 ounce kite on the second morning and never took it down for more than a few minutes until I finished." In an amazing display of seamanship, Honey brought Illusion into Hanalei Bay in just 11 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes! To put that into perspective consider the following: since 1963, there have been easily over 100 Cal 40 efforts mounted in all the various crewed TransPacs — and none of

The Cal 40 'Illusion' on the homestretch—across the Pacific and into the record books.

last day ('The only day 1 didn’t take it down and check it!"), Aotea experienced no prob¬ lems. Hogg figured he could have made the trip in nearer to six days with a crew, and that he probably could have singlehanded the course at least eight hours faster in retrospect. "I was exhausted going into the race because of work," said Peter. "I slept a

lot in the beginning while the boat drove itself. I’d only go on deck when it started hitting 20 knots. But I steered more than I wanted near the end because I was low on power for the autohelm — there wasn’t enough sun for the solar panels to charge up the batteries, and downwind the wind gener¬ ator doesn’t really see enough apparent wind." Unfortunately, the Aotea story takes up a lot more space than we have at the moment. We also never crossed paths with Peter (he left Kauai before we, or most of the fleet, got

there) and thus haven’t been able to inter¬ view him in any detail about his historic trip. That’s the bad news. The good news is that we’ll do a full-length interview with the colorful Kiwi multihuller in the near future. Stay tuned. A Taste of Honey "This one tops them all!" claimed Stan Honey when asked to compare his recent Singlehanded TransPac victory with the 15 other TransPacs and Pacific Cups he’s done.

"Not to mention it was the best weather pattern I’ve ever seen — a fully crewed sled would have knocked at least a day off Merlin’s all-time TransPac record!" Of course, it takes more than lots of breeze to break records — it takes a great sailor like the 39-year-old Honey and a great boat. But Illusion, his beautifully restored ’67 stock Cal 40, seemed to us like an improb¬ able choice at first glance. After all, the record that Stan was gunning for — 11 days, 15 hours, 21 minutes, set in 1988 by Bill Stange on the Olson 30 Intense — had been

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them have made it to Hawaii as fast! In fact, only one —Argonaut in 1969 — came even close, finishing in 11:16:35. On corrected time, Illusion clobbered Intense by some¬ thing like 22 hours — a corrected time record that may stand forever. August. 1994 • UMmU Z2 • Page 99

SINGLEHANDED TRANSPAC '94 Illusion’s feat was made possible by Honey’s unique homegrown software pack¬ age which interfaces the autohelm with the instruments, essentially allowing the boat to

steer to optimal polars all the time. (It’s the same program he took on his successful doublehanded Pacific Cup on the SC 70 Mongoose.) If the wind shifts a set amount, say 10°, an alarm wakes him up so he can go forward, snuff the chute and jibe. "I never once had any firedrills, and the boat only broached once,” claimed Stan. "That was when I discovered that I couldn’t broadcast on the SSB at 12 kz without knocking out the autohelm!" Stan did most of his sleeping during the day. "I’d lie there dozing off as the boat rolled on the waves, thinking ’1 hope those guys have it under control up there’. Then I’d wake up and remember I was all alone, and run up on deck!" Honey also began imagin¬ ing that ’Wild Bill’ Stange was somewhere on the race course with him: "It motivated me to race harder." Honey steered when it was fun, and when it got gnarly — such as when a 35-knot squall hit the last night out. ”1 left the kite up and hit 21 knots during that one," recalled

interior lights at night ("You can’t do that stuff on crewed boats!"). He was also on the radio a lot, offering advice and encourage¬ ment to the guys behind him until he got out

Bob Crawford CNow or Never') and admiring parents. Like several other racers, he will deliver his boat home with one of his kids. of range. Afterwards, Honey and wife Sally Lindsay, who flew over to celebrate with him, continued to help everybody out. A steady parade of racers and friends streamed through the Illusion condo, which was a block from the beach, and all were graciously treated to a shower, use of the phone or laundry machine, a meal, a beer or whatever. A popular winner, Stan unfor¬ tunately had to leave before the awards ceremony to catch his ride home from Honolulu — on a Navy destroyer with his stepson! That trip, a ’tiger’ cruise for male relatives, was supposed to take only 5 days — Stan’s fastest Pacific crossing to date. Look for a feature article on Honey in an upcoming issue, too. Division One opposed to their more

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counterparts in Division Two, four of the five boats in this class were ’going for it’, obviously including the aforementioned Illusion. Dwight Odom’s Niagara 35 Genesis was the only outright cruiser, but Odom is a long-time racer (his other boat is the SC 27 Chief) who planned to push hard while

travelling in comfort.. Unfortunately, a broken boom on the third night out put Dwight into much more of a ’cruise mode’ than he had in mind. "Once I reconciled myself to the fact that I wasn’t going to do as well as I wanted, I really started to enjoy the trip," admitted Odom. "I read six books, installed a water maker and worked on my holding tank." He sailed under twin headsails for most of the trip, only bothering to splint the boom — by cutting a slit in his reaching pole and screwing it to each half of his boom — in the final days. He also practiced his baritone, culminating in an apparently hilarious version of the Star Spangled Banner, which he broadcast (in violation of all SSB rules) to the fleet at their informal morning roll call on the Fourth of July. Odom arrived tanned and relaxed—and his wife Mary and daughter Melissa swear he even gained weight on the trip over. And despite finishing around midnight, Odom was off the next morning with his entourage (Mary brought a ’fan club’ of four couples from her bridge club) to play 18 holes of golf! "I had fun, but I doubt I’ll do it again unless I had a boat with a chance at the record," said Odom, who is now delivering Genesis back to Puget Sound with the in¬ tention of leaving it there for cruising next summer. ”1 just retired and have lots of other

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Joanne and Clay Cwin were glad to be off the sheep ranch for awhile. By now, they're cruising the Hawaiian Islands in their 'Eumenides

things I want to do!" John Drewery’s trip on the Merit 25 Doctor Who was anything but relaxing. He arrived exhausted, and slept and ate con¬ stantly his first few days in port. "The boat was soaked in the rough going of the first 2Vz days and never really dried out," said John. "The trip was much harder than I thought it would be." A big part of the problem was that all three of his autopilots crapped out — his brand new one lasted less than an hour, the second one lasted 12 hours and the third one, his oldest, made it 1,400 miles before drowning. Without a windvane, Drewery was then forced to handsteer the last 700 mijes of

Landfall in paradise: Bob Lewis searches for the finish buoy off the Bali Hai peaks.

the race, rigging lines and bungee cords from the clew of the jib back to the tiller when he needed to rest. "It wasn’t very conducive to sleeping," allowed John. "The boat wander¬ ed all over the place, and did a number of crash-jibes. I’m amazed the gooseneck didn’t break." So unlike Hogg and Honey, who made it an objective not to steer, Drewery was forced to spend long hours at the helm. "I’d throw the kite up every morning and basically steer until 1 couldn’t see straight any more," said John. "It was the 'Dan Newland' approach to the race, but not by choice." Drewery also kept ripping his arsenal of kites — mostly on sloppy takedowns — and was therefore glad to discover a roll of extra-wide sail repair tape in his halfway box of presents. "It was from Paul Kamen, who previously did the race on his Merit 25. He must have known I’d need it!" Also putting in 'hard time' on the tiller was Greg Morris, whose 1984 Farr 33 Slipstream proved too skittish with a kite up for the autohelm to handle. "I think Bruce Farr had an off day when he designed the hull of this boat," laughed Greg, who bought the sleeklooking IOR boat in Annapolis a year and a half ago. "At least he remembered to put on an extra long rudder." Slipstream, which needs about six more guys holding its stern in the water, crashed

her way to Kauai, with Morris never getting more than 1Vs hours of sleep at one time and only lighting the stove twice. "I did about a dozen round-downs and too many round¬ ups to count," claimed Morris. "There was no way to really leave the helm for more than 10 or 20 seconds, so 1 ate my meals cold out of the cans." Morris was far too busy to chat on the radio (he didn’t have an SSB any-

All of ‘Dr. Who’s autohelms died for the cause. "Someone really needs to invent a better mouse¬ trap," declared John Drewery.

way), so he was in 'stealth mode' until he popped up third across the finish line. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a pretty sight — Slipstream’s spinnaker had wrapped ir¬ retrievably around the forestay 70 miles out during one of Greg’s spreader-cleansing exercises. "The rubber band between Illusion and my boat broke!" laughed Greg, who figures he would have given Stan a better battle if the wind had been lighter. What literally did break, however, was Morris’s little finger on his right hand. "I hadn’t even gotten out the Gate. I was putting a reef in off the Cityfront and stuck my hand where it didn’t belong. At least it wasn’t my 'attitude' finger! It hurt like hell, but I couldn’t drop out," recalled Greg, who simply taped it and kept sailing. "After ten months working out in the gym and all the boat prep, you couldn’t have stopped me from going!" Slipstream acquired two nicknames August, 1994 • UUbPage 101

SINGLEHANDED TRANSPAC '94 during the race: "911" (his humorous choice of hull identification number) and ’The Cave" (unlike Honey — whose Illusion arrived neat as a pin — Greg’s priorities didn’t include cleaning up Slipstream’s interior until later). Greg saw five freighters during the race — more than anyone else (probably because he slept less than anyone else) — one of whom actually slowed down and asked if he needed any help. "I really don’t think it was because I had ’911’ plastered on the side of my hull," said Greg. "The guy barely spoke English." Morris, who quit drinking as part of his training for his masochistic version of

whole days! "Except for the first few days, it was a great crossing," said the tough-as-nails 64year-old retired Brigadier General. "It makes up for all the slow ones I’ve done. But what’s all this crap about this race being the 'Adventure of a Lifetime'? If this is the highlight of your life, I say you haven’t had a very interesting life!" With close to 100,000 sea miles under Harrier’s transom, not much fazed Roper about the race. 'The way up the coast for the

Peter, Jens and Shawna Mryner. “The trip was everything I hoped it would be," said Peter.

start was the worst part, as usual," he said. A few of his seven autopilots conked out during the TransPac, but otherwise Ken reported an easy trip. "I only flew the kite during the day, and pushed just hard enough to stay in front of the boats I knew were around me," he claimed. After roaming the world, including two tours dodging bullets as a helicopter pilot in Viet Nam, Roper doesn’t get excited too easily — but we suspect he was tickled to finally win a trophy in the SSS TransPac. "I’ve also got four of these $600 belt buckles," he remarked, referring to the participation prizes. "What the hell can I do with four of them?" The General, who shows no signs of slowing down, said he’d probably be back in two years — especially if he can talk some of

singlehanding, made up for lost time in Hanalei Bay. He and Ken Roper became inseparable buddies after the race, often closing the Tahiti Nui Bar and measuring time in their unique fashion ("How long did it take to fix that thing?". . . "Oh, about two Fosters."). Somehow, despite keeping late hours, the two were usually up and charging around the harbor before anyone else, more than once popping open 'breakfast beers'. "Keeping up with The General' was even more grueling than the race," admitted Greg. This was Roper’s fourth official Singlehanded TransPac (he also went un¬ officially in 1990) and the twelfth time he’s been to Kauai. Each time, he drops the anchor and enjoys the scenery for about a month. "Hanalei Bay is my favorite spot on earth," he claimed frequently, often bursting into "Bali Hai" or other songs from South Pacific. Aside from just being there, Ken had

Bob Lewis (center) was met by fellow Oakland YC members Doug Hipsley (left) and Fred Joyce.

another reason to be happy — his Finn Flyer 31 Harrier’s time of 14 days, IV2 hours topped his previous personal best by four

his favorite people from previous races into joining him. As he listed off the guys he’d invite on this 'dream race' — familiar names

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including Ray Jason, Mike 'Snap-On Tools' Jefferson, Mark Rudiger and others — we could tell that the friendships made through this race are enduring ones, indeed. Division Two The six boats comprising this 'everyman’s' division were unabashedly cruisers — with the exception of Reed Overshiner, who demolished his peer group by almost two days on corrected time. For Reed, it was the culmination of a dream which began when he bought Reliance, his International Folkboat, back in 1985. "Conditions were abso¬ lutely perfect for my boat," said Reed. "I never broached once, and aside from break¬ ing the lower part of the spinnaker track and the coffee pot, everything came through just fine. It was physically demanding, but I’m used to overcoming adversity." Overshiner pushed his skinny little boat hard, often carrying the chute until midnight. He hit 12.8 knots once — the fastest Reliance has ever gone — and averaged 6.3 knots more or less straight down the rhum¬ bline. "Sometimes it felt like I was surfing in a Santa Cruz 27!" marvelled Reed. The only bummer was not being able to transmit on his SSB, which left him unable to com¬ municate with his fiancee Janet back on the mainland. "That was pretty depressing," he claimed. Happily, Janet rearranged her plans to fly to Hawaii and join Reed for the delivery home: "It’ll be our pre-marriage honeymoon cruise," said Reed optimistically. Overshiner corrected out 11 hours behind Illusion. "I’m really happy about that — I never expected to beat Stan anyway," admitted Reed. "And after turning back in the ’92 race, I’m just glad to get here." The trip was especially rewarding for another deeper reason, One which Reed wasn’t em¬ barrassed to share: 'This has been a long

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road for me to get to this point. Ten years ago, I was a homeless drunk living under a tree near the Berkeley Marina. I began reading about Bernard Moitessier and other singlehanders, and got inspired to do the Singlehanded TransPac. I turned my life around, and this race had a lot to do with it. Things are great for me now, and I feel that if I can change, anyone can. If what I’ve done sets an example for other people — well, that’s the only 'trophy' I want from this race." Second place finisher Peter Mymer enjoyed the sail over on his 20-year-old Scampi 30 Melody. But the best part, he admitted, was getting off the boat: "I woke up in this gorgeous place, swam ashore and my wife and 2y2-year-old son were there on the beach to greet me. Jens was yelling 'Daddy, Daddy, Daddy' and he was soooo excited to see me!” Mymer fared well in the early going, holding higher north than the rest of the fleet. "The boat goes upwind great," he remarked. "But it was a tad too windy for my liking downwind. I didn’t want to handsteer much, so I only set the kite for the last day and a half — the risk versus gain wasn’t worth it to me." Peter soon learned that his autohelm did a much better job of driving than his windvane, steering Melody as much as 10 miles a day farther than the zig-zagging vane. To pass the time, Peter was a regular on the cocktail hour radio 'gabfest', jawing with Odom, Roper, Drewery and whoever else tuned in. Clay Gwin, the quiet Northern California sheep farmer, called the trip aboard his Orion 27 Eumenides "the best sail of my life" — despite having to go to the top of his mast five times during the race to correct problems with the swivel at the top of his roller furler. Fortunately, his mast had built-in steps, but the "boat rolled like crazy" with Clay up there, and it isn’t something he recommends for fun. Gwin’s already looking forward to

the ’96 race, and plans to get more involved in the local SSS races between now and then. Gwin and Bob Crawford’s Ericson 32 Now or Never had an eerie mid-ocean meet¬ ing late one night. "We were something like 1,900 miles into the race, and I hadn’t seen much of anything," related Crawford. "I was down below sleeping, and for some reason I woke up and looked out and saw a boat’s lights overtaking me about 400 feet away! At first I thought it was a fishing boat, but I called on the radio and Clay came up right away. What are the odds of that happening?" Both boats had been running with masthead strobes flashing (and radios on), an increasingly popular, if not technically correct, routine among safety-conscious singlehanders. Crawford was met in Hanalei by his entire family, including his parents, who live there year round. He was cheerful but gaunt, having lost about ten pounds during the race because he "forgot to eat". He kept busy by practicing celestial navigation (he won the Navigator’s Trophy for best logbook), shoot¬ ing lots of videotape, and trying to stop a leak around his rudder post. John Lewis of Proper Motion also lost ten pounds — "It was an expensive diet, about

spreader to the mast. So I tightened up the cap shroud all the way, put three reefs in the main and began plodding along at 4l/2 knots," said John. "I wasted a lot of time worrying about it, but slowly added sail as I gained confidence in the rig." John claimed to have learned a lot from the whole experience: "I would have taken a smaller spinnaker, and left the 160° genoaat home, which would have saved three sec¬ onds a mile on handicap. I also would have relied more on solar power — engines heat up the boat, they’re noisy and smelly, and they basically break the mood." He found time to read six books during the trip, slept up to ten hours at a time, and even listened to KMI for entertainment. "I heard a few guys putting together a 26 million dollar sugar deal in New York!" he recalled. To the disdain of The General, who maintains that sailing home is an integral part of the TransPac experience, Lewis shipped his boat back from Honolulu to the mainland — and then became the only one of this year’s crop to take the 'silver bird' home. Lewis shrugged it off: "I have to get back to work. It’s a street-legal, trailerable boat, so why not?" Looking at the weather map for the long upwind trip home, many of the other sailors were suddenly quite jealous

Left, renaissance man Dwight Odom. Above, legendary singlehander Ken 'The GeneraF Roper.

$3,000 a pound," he grinned. Lewis also lost his moustache on the first day of the trip ("I’d forgotten what I look like without it"), as well as the port spreader of his Nor’Sea 27 right at the mid-point of the race. "The bracket broke, and there was no way to reattach the

of Lewis’s plans. Unfortunately, the last boat in Division Two came in after the 21-day cut-off time (which coincided with the awards luau on Saturday, July 16) and was scored 'FAD', or 'finished after deadline'. That was Steve August, 1994 • UlZUJilS • Page 103

A SMASHING TIME Faustina’s Orion 27 Magic Moments, which had been forced back to the Oakland Estuary to repair a broken jib roller furler system a day into the race. Restarting three days behind the fleet, Faustina was unable to catch up to the weather pattern that everyone else enjoyed, and saw single-digit wind speeds most of the way over. Other than losing all his fishing lures, he described his 19 day, 11 hour crossing as "uneventful." Faustina’s biggest adventure occurred the day before he restarted. Coming back to Magic Moments at 10:30 p.m., Steve en¬ countered a stranger sitting in the cockpit of his boat, stuffing his equipment into a sail bag. After watching the would-be thief for a few moments, Faustina ambled over and asked what was going on. "Just getting ready to go cruising," replied the guy nonchalantly. "You’re not going anywhere," said Steve, or words to that effect. "This is my boat; j’m an Oakland cop and, guess what, you’re under arrest!" Faustina, officially on vacation, was hopefully awarded some overtime pay by the Oakland PD for booking the slimeball.

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THE QUEEN'S If there was one bit of advice we’d give mariners sailing to or from New Zealand, it’s to stay in port over the Queen’s Birthday Weekend. The days right around June 8 just haven’t been good ones for yachts in that part of the world. In 1983, there was a vicious storm off the North Island in which the crew of Southern

Halfway between New Zealand and Tonga was just the place not to be during the Queen's Birthday Weekend.

Raider had to abandon their vessel. In the always dangerous process of being rescued, one life was lost. Far worse, the 38-foot sloop Lionheart hit a rock while charging somewhat blindly toward shore in search of shelter. Seven lives were lost as a result. Then five years ago, the trimaran Rose Noelle capsized off the North Island in another bad storm. After a lengthy search, the 'three crewman were presumed lost. Unbelievably, they washed up on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef five months later. The misfortune that befell that vessel almost surely saved lives during this year’s disaster. For as a result of the trimaran crew’s long and unknown drift to Australia, New Zealand decided to invest the millions of dollars necessary for equipment needed to pick up and locate activated EPIRBs. The system came online in 1991. No less than 10 boats set off their EPIRBs during this year’s horrendous storm. Queen’s Birthday Weekend this year was perhaps the worst in New Zealand’s recorded history, as a peculiar ’cold-core’ Page 106 •

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circular storm brought winds of 65 to 90 knots and seas officially recorded at 36 feet. The storm caught a number of independent cruisers headed from New Zealand to Tonga and Fiji, as well as a large part of the 35-boat Island Regatta to Tonga. The latter is a strictly fun race in which the group approach is taken to foster camaraderie and safety. The regatta announcement, however, makes no bones about the responsibility of those who enter: "The regatta may sound romantic, and cruising the islands will be, but bluewater sailing is another matter — the Pacific can be a brutal tutor for the illprepared."

As a result of the horrible conditions, 10 yachts would put out calls for assistance. Although two of them ultimately reached Tonga or Fiji on their own, five ships had to rescue 21 people from seven yachts in distress. Several of the abandoned boats were destroyed, several were recovered and at least two are either sunk or destroyed. The worst tragedy in this year’s storm, however, was the loss of the 1987 Aucklandbased Whiting 40 sloop Quartermaster, owned and skippered by Bob Rimmer, a figure in the New Zealand yachting industry. Bob’s wife, Marie, and her son by a previous marriage rounded out the crew. Their liferaft was recovered with the EPIRB activated, but there has been no sight of them or Quartermaster. The vessel is believed to have sunk and her crew lost at sea. "We assume they were in the process of abandoning the vessel, had put the emergency beacon in the raft and had tried to go back and get water or something," said a spokesman for the Rescue Coordination Center in Wellington. "Something happened and the liferaft just drifted away." When inflated in storm conditions, liferafts are notoriously difficult to keep from blowing away. Quartermaster had dropped her propeller shaft when coming north from Wellington for the start of the Island Regatta. Because of the repair-caused delays, she started a couple of days late. Had she not, it’s likely should would have missed the heart of the storm and survived. The basics of what’s being called ’New Zealand’s Fastnet’ were covered last month in Jim and Sue Corenman’s article Nowhere To Run. Since then we’ve been provided with considerable additional information, primarily New Zealand press reports gathered by Jill Batey, a broker at

Kensington Yachts in Alameda. Batey sailed through the worst of the storm aboard Warren Brown’s S&S 61-ft aluminum sloop War Baby — a boat that ironically had won the tragic 79 Fastnet as Tenacious under the ownership of Ted Turner.

1 he first yacht to set off an EPIRB was the American monohull Destiny — type, size and hailing port unknown — crewed by Dana and Paula Dinius. Not an entrant in the Island Regatta, Destiny pitch-poled, losing her mast and liferaft as a consequence. Dana suffered a badly broken leg and was thus incapacitated. Given the atrocious seas, his wife Paula didn’t feel she was capable of cutting away the rig, which threatened to puncture the hull. That combined with the fact the boat was taking water made them decide to issue a Mayday. After setting off the EPIRB, Dana and Paula were rescued by the crew of the Fijian island trader, Tui Cakau III. Because of the injury to Dana and Paula’s near exhaustion, the crew of the cargo ship had to help the couple get from Destiny to the ship. Dana was brought over on a stretcher, while Paula was hoisted aboard the ship while sitting

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rescue. Four of the crew were able to jump from the boat to the 'Jacob’s ladder' that was lowered over the side the rolling ship, but one woman had to be hoisted aboard using a safety line. Nomadic Duchess’ captain actually tried to take the disabled Waikiwi II in tow, but the line broke and the boat was said to have been "smashed in the ship’s wake" — whatever that means. The ship and rescued crew arrived in Panama on June 25. Another monohull that lost her mast and liferaft during a 360° roll was the 41-foot Kiwi sloop Silver Shadow. Described as a 1982 racing boat that wasn’t unfamiliar with 60-knot gusts in Cook’s Sound, the vessel was to roll 360° a second and third time. After the first roll, the crew cut away the rigging, then went below and strapped themselves into their bunks as tightly as possible. When rolled again about six hours later by a double wave, crewman Peter O’Neils’ shoulder was broken by falling debris, most likely a battery. After setting off their EPIRB, Silver Shadow — which had started the Island Regatta from Wellington — became one of three crews to be rescued by the New Zealand Naval survey ship Monowai. Because of the injured O’Neill, the crew of the Monowai had to launch an 18-foot inflatable in those terrible seas to effect the transfer. Two unidentified Americans aboard the monohull Pilot — type and hailing port unknown — were rescued after their boat was dismasted. The crew of Pilot were said to be among the luckiest in the blow. They were spotted by an Orion aircraft that was

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inside the liferaft. It was a great bit of seamanship on the part of the ship’s captain and crew, who took the couple to Auckland. One of the next boats to issue a Mayday was the 40-foot catamaran Heartlight, crewed by Darryl and Diviana Wheeler of New Zealand and an unidentified American woman. During an attempt to deploy a sea anchor, the device got fouled in the cat’s prop. This snafu prevented the crew from being able to maneuver the catamaran into her best defensive position, which is lying into the wind. Like another catamaran in the Queen’s Birthday mayhem, the crew of Heartlight found that setting a sea anchor is much easier in theory than in 75-knot winds. Unable to lie to the seas at a favorable angle, the crew of Heartlight feared a capsize and set off their EPIRB. They were rescued by the fishing boat San Te Maru — and none too soon. Shortly thereafter, the catamaran flipped and broke apart. The three crew were taken back to Auckland. Before anybody jumps to conclusions about Heartlight’s fate necessarily being ammunition against multihulls in bad sea conditions, they should: 1) read on to learn

what happened to some of the monohulls; 2) read on to find out the strange thing that happened to the catamaran Ramtha; and 3) read in next month’s issue how Vivace, a 50ft Given-designed catamaran, weathered the ferocious storm without undue difficulty. <

cJohn Hilhorst and Catherine Gilmour of Lyttelton, New Zealand, were using the Island Regatta to start a five-year cruise aboard their 46-ft Waikiwi II, which had been built of wood in 1976. But just seven days into that cruise, the boat was hit by 70 winds and 25 foot seas. She rolled 360°, causing much damage: the mast snapped in five places, the liferaft was lost overboard, the radio equipment was knocked out, and many ports were smashed in. As crewman Geoffery Spearpoint began to bail, the boat rolled again. He was injured by falling debris and forced to lie in his bunk for the next 36 hours. The four other crew resumed bailing. Fortunately, Gilmour’s late father had given her an EPIRB for a present last Christmas. That brought the large Norwegian container ship Nomadic Duchess to their

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Imagine being dragged 300 feet through seas like this! Bill and Robyn Forbes are just visible in the left center of the photo.

homing in on the ill-fated Quartermaster’s EPIRB when the plane’s crew noticed a light being reflected in the clouds. Pilot’s crew were also picked up by the Monowai. The Americans became the subject of criticism August. 1994

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BIRTHDAY BLOW when it was later reported that their boat had no radio, EPIRB or liferaft. We have no way of knowing whether that report is accurate. The fifth boat to lose her mast was the sloop Sofia, owned by Kiwi Keith Levy and his Swiss girlfriend Ursula Schmidt. The dismasting was also the result of a 360° roll. Neither of the two were hurt, and they were picked up by the Jacques Cartier—a French amphibious landing craft!

1 erhaps the crew that went through the biggest emotional roller coaster were Bill and Robyn Forbes, two 53-year-old Aussies from Brisbane. Having lived and sailed aboard their 39-foot Roger Simpson-designed wood catamaran Ramtha for seven years, they were using the Island Regatta to begin another cruise. They fully intended to ride out the 65-knot winds and 30 foot seas, but then complications set in. First off, Robyn reported she was only able to steer the boat for 30 minutes at a time. "Bill had to do it all," she explained. "1 sat beside him in the cockpit trying to keep him awake." As a result of fatigue, they reported that they might eventually need help. The naval ship Monowai, having already picked up two other crews in the area, suggested waiting until daylight to make such a decision. Two hours later, however, the catamaran’s mainsail blew out, somehow resulting in a steering system failure. Completely at the mercy of the seas and fearing a capsize, the Forbes asked to be rescued. It was too rough for the Monowai to launch any of her boats to rescue the crew of the catamaran, so a line with safety harnesses was fired over to Ramtha. After putting on the harnesses, the Forbes were prematurely jerked into the water and dragged 300 feet through the tempest by 15 members of the Monowai crew. Once alongside the ship, they were hoisted aboard with a crane. Although she was under water for most of the 300 feet she was dragged, Robyn claims she wasn’t worried. "I was wearing a lifejacket, so I knew I would eventually come to the surface," she said. Despite having apparently lost their boat, both Bill and Robyn remained upbeat. "We’ll just have to start saving up again for another boat, that’s all," said Robyn. As it turned out, that wasn’t necessary. Look at the photo of Ramtha and the Forbes that accompanies the beginning of this article. It was taken by Jim Corenman — not in New Zealand before they started the Island Regatta, but Vava’u after the storm. The 39-foot catamaran didn’t flip after all, but was found and towed to Tonga! Remarkably, the boat — and the Forbes — Page 108 • UtUi^e. J? • August, 1994

Just about at the end of their line: two crewmembers from 'Silver Shadow1 are hoisted aboard the 'ManowaP.

don’t look much worse for the experience. That a relatively small uncrewed catamaran could survive such conditions — with a sailboard lashed high above the transom, no less — is a strong argument in favor of catamarans being able to survive terrible sea conditions. Two vessels that had set off EPIRBs — Taki Moana and the American vessel Mary T. — both decided they could cope, and

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'Silver Shadow" bucks in a nasty trough. She was rolled 360 ° on three separate occasions.

made it to their tropical destinations without assistance.

I,It’s unclear exactly how many boats were in the area of the unusual storm that seemingly came out of nowhere. Probably

40 were affected somewhat, and perhaps 20 had to endure the full extent of its wrath. That just three lives were lost is a tribute to the incredible efforts on the part of the rescue crews, both in the air and on the water. Three Orion aircraft and one Hercules roamed the skies searching for those vessels that had set off EPIRBs. During the worst 77 hours, one crew was in the air for 42 hours. In order to save fuel to stay out longer, they often shut down two of their four engines. Several of the air crews remarked that the mostly white decks of the boats made them difficult to pick out among the flying scud. In several cases it was reported that the orange tops of liferafts were much easier to spot than the much larger boats next to them. The crew of one boat in distress put an orange blanket on the foredeck; this was said to make it much easier to spot. Tremendous credit must also be given to the crews of various vessels and ships that effected rescues in such terrible sea conditions. Some risked their lives by getting into small boats to assist those too injured or otherwise unable to help themselves. Mind you, the seas were so huge and confused that some of the ships were in danger of capsize themselves. In most instances, the captains had but one pass at the sailboat in distress. If they blew that, the sea conditions would not have permitted them to turn back for a second attempt. On the other hand, if they approached too close, they could crush the vessel and crew in need of assistance. "The spray was like having gravel thrown in your face," said one skipper, perhaps best describing the conditions. Another Search & Rescue pilot, with 10,000 hours, said these had been the worst conditions he’d ever seen. Based on incomplete accounts, it seems the primary problems experienced by the sailors — in addition to capsizing — were broken ports, lack of sea anchors and darkness. Understandably, perhaps, there was said to have been considerable panic on many of the vessels. Because the conditions around New Zealand are often so boisterous, the government is strict about who is allowed to sail offshore and what equipment they must carry. When it was all over, there was some criticism that some non-Kiwi boats weren’t adequately equipped for even moderately rough conditions that can be expected along that route. While it’s true that such non¬ typhoons aren’t supposed to occur north of 30 °S, this is just further evidence that you can’t take anything for granted on the ocean. Least of all in the Southwest Pacific around the Queen’s Birthday. — latitude 38

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DELTA DISPATCHES I_*»ast month we ran the first installment of 'Delta Dispatches', letters written by readers on their perceptions of life on the Delta. We didn’t care if you’d been there for 15 minutes or 50 years. All we cared is that the Delta 'touched' you somehow, and that

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you try to put those thoughts down on paper and send them to us. And that’s what we got. We’re only sorry we couldn’t run all the great letters we received, but hey, that’s publishing. We do hope you enjoy the batch of Delta dispatches we’ve selected, and that they will have the same effect on you that they did on us — make you want to load some ice and sun¬ block on the boat and go.

Rocking the Boat My first and only trip so far to the Delta was during Memorial Day weekend in 1988 aboard my Islander 36 Pacific High. I’m planning to remedy that lapse in time by going back the week following Labor Day this year aboard my current boat, Strange Bird, a

Above, typical Delta mooring. Inset, cool water respite.

Hunter Legend 37. We got a late start from Oyster Cove because some crew were late arriving aboard our buddy boat, a Hans Christian 43. That meant we didn’t pass under the Carquinez ^ge 110 *

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Where eise but in the Delta can you go from water skiing to feeding horses?

Bridge until just before sunset, so we got a crash course on navigating unknown and narrow waterways after dark. Take my word

for it, don’t attempt this. After nearly clobbering Brown Island, we finally made it to Potato Slough, arriving at about 0200.1 set my Danforth main anchor and a small stern anchor, and the Hans rafted alongside. They loaded their CQR into the dinghy and rowed out a ways before dropping it. After a day of sun, swimming, boat drinks and more boat drinks, no one really noticed we had dragged a bit. We went to sleep in ignorant bliss. In the morning I awakened to find the Hans plastered against the tules. heir CQR had aoparently never taken hold and when we started dragging, my Danforth had snagged a loose branch underwater. My stern anchor had dragged too, but fortunate¬ ly it caught. It’s probably the only thing that kept us from being really high and dry.

PART II

does some magical things. The next time you ask for Delta stories maybe I’ll tell you that part of my first experience. — Jay Ailworth, Alameda Bigger Toys

Our first trip 'upriver' was 20 years ago with the Tiburon Yacht Club. We rafted at Fig Island in Potato Slough, swam, fished, ate, drank and partied until the wee hours. One week was all it took and we were con¬ firmed Delta Rats. Once our two children could swim, they were able to join us on our yearly jaunts aboard our Islander 36 Shenanigan. Our Avon and El Toro sufficed for a while, but then it was on to bigger toys. We bought a ski boat and kept it at Bethel Island for several years, which ultimately led to build¬ ing a weekend home on the island. The na¬ tives are friendly and the living is laid-back! Bethel Island offers a great deal to the cruiser: boat launching, marine supplies, en¬ gine repairs, bait, groceries, two yacht clubs and several restaurants. For on-the-water dining, try the Rusty Porthole (they usually have a band each weekend) and Frank’s Cove (if you like great BBQ and playing darts). Downtown offers pizza and burgers at Kelly’s Place, a terrific New York steak at Billeci’s, Mexican food at the Bethel Island Cafe, and breakfast at Wally’s Wrecking Yard is an experience not to be missed. If you’re in the Delta August 13-14, Bethel Island hosts a '"50s Bash." Downtown becomes one huge parking lot for restored '50s cars and classic boats. The whole island is involved in this event, which gets bigger and bigger each year. After confirming we were clear astern, we tied and sprung the boats six ways to Sun¬ day. Then we fired up both engines. By alternating a series of short bursts in forward and reverse, we 'rocked' the Hans free and slowly backed into deeper water. Still side by side, we began looking for another place to anchor. Since it was Mem¬ orial Day, things were very crowded all up and down the slough, and we got quite a few looks as we do-se-do’ed up the narrow channel together. The spectacle continued as we used the engines from both boats to maneuver ourselves into the one available spot. It was great fun pretending we were a twin-screw powerboat with each skipper having his own engine to work. We finally got both boats’ stem anchors set and both bows tied securely to shore, and the rest of the weekend was one big party! Oh, by the way, I fell in love that weekend with a woman from the other boat. The Delta

The Frank's Tract regatta. There's supposed to be a tractor down there somewhere.

Don’t be afraid to cross Frank’s Tract. I averages 6 plus feet in most places. Each August the Andreas Cove Yacht Club hosts

the Franks Tract Regatta, and if you have the itch for some friendly competition, warmwater sailing and a super part on Saturday night, give them a call. The dates this year are August 20 and 21. We’ve raced it several times and even won once. The trophy has a huge tractor on it! Our love affair with the Delta is ongoing — fireworks at Mandeville, dancing at Lost Isle, the quiet of the Meadows, striper fishing on the Tract, skiing on False River. But the essence of the Delta to me has always been

Oh, by the way, I fell in

other boat Friday evening — skimming along the water at high speed in that hot, hot air smelling alternately of river and farmlands, on our way to Giusti’s in Walnut Grove for linguini and clams. Giusti’s also has the best margaritas in the Delta. — Carolyn Fitz-Gerald, Tiburon Going All The Way

After several seasons of Delta exploring, my husband and I finally sailed all the way i up to Sacramento this May in our Bristol 38, which has a 6V2-foot draft. There’s no ship¬ ping traffic on the river past Rio Vista, so that was one less thing to think about, but the river is not as well maintained as it is farther south. Some of the markers north of Freeport

were just not there. Avoiding the shoals was, of course, the name of the game; it took some concentration, especially because the August, 1994 • IxilljJb ZQ • Pnnfi 111

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river was low. We dinghied the last three miles to Old Town, as the clearance under the 1-80 bridge would have only worked at low tide. There are very few docking spaces for sailboats, but dropping a hook in the river isn’t a problem, just check the depths and adjust the tide charts for your location. Old Town, the new Plaza Mall, the Capitol and gorgeous parks would make Sacramento a popular boater’s destination if there were better facilities. Delta Tips For The Uninitiated: Ride the flood tide and westerlies in for some of the most pleasant sailing imagin¬ able. It will make the rougher trip back worthwhile. Favorite Delta anchorages: Potato Slough, the top of Georgiana Slough, and the Meadows. Decker Island as a last stop

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before returning to the Bay, or when it’s too darn hot everywhere else. Bring mosquito screens and repellent: There are jillions of the little buggers who will find their way down your dorades in the middle of the night. Provision well: Markets on the water carry beer, bait and snack food, that’s about all. Rio Vista and Stockton have supermarkets about two miles from the water. When swimming: If it’s from an anchored boat, swim against the current first, then let it help you back. Wear a bright-colored swim cap to alert other boaters and don’t stay in too long. Even though the water’s warmer than the Bay, you can still go hypothermic given enough time.

Don’t cut corners: Whether sailing or motoring, especially when the tide is falling. Take corners wide; they’re the most obvious places for shoaling. On the other hand, everyone runs aground, at least once, at least briefly. Relax. Prepare in advance for leaving the mud in the water and not on pour deck: when you up anchor, a brush on the end of a pole works fine for removing river mud, and a towel or two on deck will help keep things reasonable. Try not to develop an attitude toward jet

Above, the downwind ride to the Delta is glori¬ ous. Above right, the upwind slog home sucks. Below, everybody goes aground. Don't sweat it.

skiers. We met a jet skier at Decker Island and took him sailing. Later he let us try his jet ski. Hey, it was fun! Bridges: Most tidebooks have bridge information, but don’t be mislead. Four hour advance notice is usually only required at times other than their designated hours. Delta tide books will give you information on which bridges monitor 9 (most do) and which must be hailed by horn (one long, one short). Bridgetenders will time their opening to coincide with your arrival at the bridge if there’s not a lot of traffic. It may seem like they are playing chicken with you as the bridge looms closer and closer, but they know what they’re doing. On busy holiday weekends they may make you wait 10 or 15 minutes so they can group the water traffic and disturb the land traffic less often. A Trip to Remember My damnest Delta trip was in the late ’60s aboard the old gaff sloop Freda. Harold

DISPATCHES — PART II the water needed to float Freda was headed south to growing fields and L.A. bidets. By dawn’s early light, we could see the old boat was teetering on a ledge. We feared that she might fall over and/or break her back as only the forward half of the keel was supported. Harold and I secured a halyard to the lone piling to keep the boat from falling and

lines and anchors and motored about look¬ ing for another place — anyplace— to secure for the night. We saw a guy fishing from the bank next to an old lone piling with a big tree about the right distance away for our shore lines. He assured us there was plenty of water for our draft and no, he didn’t mind if we pulled in there. Once again we went through the gymnas¬ tics of tying up Delta-style. When situated, we just wolfed down some food and fell into our bunks for a long sleep. That was just the beginning. The Freda has a pair of doors in her companionway fitted just tight enough to snap shut and stay without latching. They’d never opened by themselves before but in the wee morning hours, all of a sudden they sprang open with a bang. Harold and I shot out of opposing bunks and banged heads above the table in the middle of the cabin, then tried to make it through the companionway at the same time, which didn’t work. Once out in the Sommer had just finished his restoration of that boat and was starting on his schooner Wander Bird. He, myself, Harold’s wife Anna, and my girlfriend were aboard for two weeks of fun which began with a glorious wing-and-wing run to Frank’s Tract. When we arrived, it was late afternoon and we tied to two perfect shade trees on a western bank, set anchors bow and stern in the stream. It was an absolutely ideal spot! We scurried about securing the boat, wiping her down, erecting a big awning and at last it was time to relax. Laid back with wine and cheese, we watched a pickup truck trail a roostertail of dust along the opposite levy and stop direct¬ ly across from us. A guy got out and yelled over: 'You folks are going to have to move — we’re going to dynamite that place first thing in the morning." Dumbfounded, all I could answer was "That’s not very nice!" "Yeah, well, were going to build a marina over there and that’s what we have to do," the guy yelled. So Harold and I roused our tired butts,

Don't forget your toys.

cockpit we discovered the boat was mostly high and dry. Apparently they’d opened the gates and

In the morning I awakened to find the Hans plastered against thetules. climbed up the levy to look for a phone to call the Coasties. Freda had no radio. We found a trailer park and knocked on a few doors until at last we found a woman who allowed us to use her phone — but not until she came out and stood in a neighbor’s yard while we went in to call. I guess by then we both looked a little rough. We told the Coasties this was a famous boat built in 1885 and it would be a big shame to lose her so please hurry! The Coastie assured us they’d be there pronto. This was about 6 a.m. About 11 a.m., the water had risen back up to the

engine’s sea suction and there was still with no sign of the Coast Guard. I retrieved the halyard from the piling and we rigged our biggest anchor out in the stream astern, the rode fair-led forward to the windlass. The dinghy was put on a bridle off the stern with August, 1994 • UuitJt 1% • Page 113

DELTA DISPATCHES — PART II its 5-hp Seagull ready to go. We swung the main boom way out and had the women dangle from its end. When all was set, we fired up the Seagull full-bore, ran Freda’s engine wide open in reverse and reefed on the windlass. At last she began to move and slowly she slid off the bank into deep water.

Whew! She wasn’t leaking and there appeared to be no harm done, but it took awhile to put all our junk away while hanging on the hook in mid-stream. Around 1:30, with the boat nearly all cleaned up, here came the Coast Guard in a 40-footer throwing spray to the banks of the slough. The coxswain barely slowed, brodied the cutter around and slammed her along¬ side as we frantically threw cushions between the two boats to soften the blow.

"Where in hell have you guys been?" I inquired, reminding them of their station’s promise. "Oh, this is Wednesday, the only day we have steak for lunch so we waited until we’d eaten," a young Coastie said, prompting his skipper to become fascinated with his own shoes. Then they wanted to do a 'safety boarding.' The recently re-commissioned Freda had all the required stuff aboard — and then Page 114 • UUe 3? • August. 1994

some — but we did have a little problem: When she was built last century, there were no CF numbers required, documentation, manufacturer’s numbers, nothing. A boat just was. You knew it existed because you could see it. It likely had a name and that was good enough. So we couldn’t find the papers the Coasties wanted to see, though Harold and I spent quite awhile looking for them. Meanwhile, it being a hot day, the women were looking good in bikinis and the Coasties sat sweating in the cockpit waiting for those papers. Without asking; the women opened and passed cold beers all around and then sat down with the Coasties. That’s when I decided to take a surprise photo — Coasties in uniform, bikini-clad women, beer, the cutter in the background. The guys decided the papers weren’t really vital. They gave us a clean bill of health and departed. We found another shady place to tie up — not nearly as good as our first one — and made the most of the rest of our Delta stay. But this story ain’t over. On the way home, while enjoying a fine putt in the sun near the backside of Tiburon, I spied a floating sheepskin jacket — the nice expensive kind I’d always wanted. I spun the helm and circled, grabbed the boat hook and gently caught the jacket. But I couldn’t lift it because there was somebody

All of the Delta isn't as pristine as it used to be. The hills behind Glen Cove VC (lower right) used to be filled with cows.

in it. Since he had no further use for this nice no, no, said the women, somebody’s prob¬ ably missing this guy. So I waved a small fishing boat over and requested the skipper call the Coast Guard. He did. I secured the dead man alongside and motored slowly about, waiting for the

‘Fast Lucy1 in Delta mode.

Coasties once again. There was a whole fleet of small fishing boats around and many heard the radio call and came by for a look. At first I thought that needlessly ghoulish and told them to bug off. But as time dragged on I got a little silly. Having seen lots of dead people during my career as a newsman, I’ve grown a little callous so long as I don’t know the deceased and their friends aren’t around: "What happened!?!" a fisherman inquired, grave concern in his voice. Apparently he thought the dead guy was from our boat. "Aw", I drawled, "Fred went down to check the prop, and he just checked out." I shrugged. "Happens." "Ho/y shit!” they guy said, and goosed it away from there. I was still in this mood when the Coasties arrived: "What happened?" a young Coastie asked as they came alongside, gently this time. "I guess they just can’t take keelhaulin’ like they used to," I said laconically. The Coasties freaked, thinking we were a floating Manson family. Quickly I set them straight and they prepared a basket and lifted the guy aboard the cutter. "Say, could I have his jacket?" I asked. "That’s why 1 stopped in the first place. . . and he doesn’t need it anymore." 'You’ll have to talk to the coroner about that," the coxswain said. Then he announced they were going to board us to do a safetycheck. Fortunately, the clean bill of health from the Rio Vista Coasties stopped that process before it began, and soon we mo¬ tored on back to our berth, thus ending that Delta run. I phoned the coroner’s office a couple of times, but I never did get that jacket. I should remind everyone that these are unusual Delta experiences and should not dissuade anybody from what’s usually a great getaway. It’s best after Labor Day when there are fewer skiers and Kamikaze houseboats and it’s not too hot. — brooks townes, sausalito

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commodore Rich Pipkin (left) helps Angelo Peykoff heft some of ‘Two Dog Gone's awards. Spread, Matt Blake puts the pedal to the metal on Division B winner 'Sweef Okole.'

course in 35 hours, 33 minutes, 1 second. (That beat Dolphin Dance's 1993 mark by 32 min¬ utes.) In all, the boat’s name was engraved on -five take-

GOING TO THE DOGS about happened before they finished. But first things first. Two Dog Gone, a standard-rig, full-interior 52 (hull #4) sailing out of the South Shore Yacht Club in Newport Beach, was one of 60 boats that arrived at the starting line off Golden Gate YC on Saturday, July 2, for the third running of this 'instant classic'. In three short years, the Encinal/Santa Barbara Race has knocked the Catalina Race out of exis-

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ENCINAL/SANTA BARBARA '94 tence, provided one of the most popular venues ever for the Midget Ocean Racing Association (MORA) competitors, and estab¬ lished itself as the premier coastal event of

Sea life was abundant and exuberant.

the season.

I othing spectacular about the eight division starts beginning at noon; light air, max ebb and overcast skies were the order of

westerly that filled in Saturday afternoon and lasted through most of the night. 'Dog was reaching off under .85 spinnaker, hitting speeds that exceeded anything the boat had done before, including a few 18s. A lot of other boats also went offshore this year, possibly spurred on by memories of last year’s driftathon when a third of the fleet DNF’d for lack of wind. Judging from the top finishers we talked to, 25 to 30 miles offshore seemed about the minimum 'safe' distance. Any closer and you were apt to fall into a hole, especially around Montara, the point whose Indian name loosely translates to 'Great Parking Lot of the West Coast.'

o,'n Sunday, the second night out, it didn’t matter if boats were 100 miles off¬ shore or 100 feet. They had wind. Lots of wind. Angelo Peykoff picks up the story: "Between 2 and 3 p.m., the wind really started to come up. We watched it go up steadily from 15 to 25 to 30 to 35. By din¬ nertime, the boat was surfing along at speeds in the low 20s and the roostertail behind the boat was taller than the guy steering." Using a rotating helm watch — everybody drove at one time or another — the Two Dog crew tried to keep the breeze at about 150°, and the bow pointed more or less toward San Miguel Island.

*The boot was surfing along at speeds in the low 20s and the roostertail was taller than the guy steering,H the day. Yet the tactical decisions made within hours of the start — like as soon as boats cleared Land’s End — seem to have been the ones that made the difference this year. Simply put, the boats that went off¬ shore got the best wind. "We stuck to our strategy," says Peykoff, "and that was to go out until we got breeze." At their farthest, Two Dog Gone was a tad more than 50 miles offshore and never lacked for wind. Of course, had Peykoff and co-navigator Joe Greenblatt known what was in store off Point Conception, they could have trimmed some comers a little closer and really put the record away. As it was, the 'Dog crew — Peykoff, Greenblatt, Mitch Stromhan, Ken Clark, Dave Buchanan, Lou Daniels, John Mac, Ken Matfield and the father/son team of Nic and Anthony Baron — enjoyed some fantas¬ tic sailing almost the whole way down the coast. The first highlight was a 12 to 15-knot Page 118 • UUuM Jj? • August. 1994

A roundup took care of the .85 spinnaker they’d been flying. With sustained breeze of 30 knots, they replaced the shredded chute The view from the Santa Barbara YC race deck. Many boat-for-boat duels were decided right at the finish line.

with a jib top, hanked on their harnesses and started the roller coaster ride anew — 22 knots down the face of a wave, 14 or 15 up the back of the next one, then 21 knots down

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the back. "I’ve never experienced anything like it," says Peykoff. "It was just fabulous." Darkness added a new dimension to the adventure, or more accurately, took one away. "It was pitch dark that night," says Peykoff. "No moon or stars. I admit I was a little concerned to be going so fast when we couldn’t see a thing around us." Toward morning, the wind lightened to about 25 to 28 knots and all of a sudden, 15 knots on the speedo seemed slow. The Two Dog crew hoisted the 1.5 ounce spinny and within minutes, a 40-plus knot gust hit and

GOING TO THE DOGS of a horizon. The boatspeed increased until the bow waves appeared by the mast, rose above the lifelines and extended the length of the boat. As we approached Point Con¬ ception at 1 a.m., the wind continued to build to maybe 30 knots. We were really humming, leaving a wake of bright phos-

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the speedo read out an almost unbelievable 25.9 knots. About 10 miles from Santa Barbara, the offshore breeze cancelled out the onshore. Two Dog Gone changed to a #1 and beat through the finish line at 11:30 p.m., an hour and a half before the second boat. "It was an indescribable night," says Peykoff.

*1'he wild ride on 'Black Sunday' will long be remembered by anyone who experi¬ enced it. It was certainly the hot topic of conversation around the Santa Barbara Yacht Club after the race, and it was inter¬ esting to hear the different perceptions of it from different boats. "It’s amazing what a monster Point Con¬ ception is," remarked Ron Kell of the Express 27 Abigail Morgan. "Between Arguello and Conception, we did 19 miles in an hour and a half, with a lot of sustained 15s — and we couldn’t see a thing." "There were definitely a couple of Kodak moments Sunday night," said Dan Newland,

who crewed aboard Craig Riley’s Olson 911 Culebra. "I think the highlight was putting the middle rail of the pulpit underwater and filling up the cockpit." Bob Neal, who posted firsts in both Division D and MORA with his Jenneau 9.2 Movin ’ On, sent us a postcard from his twoweek vacation cruise back up the coast. The front was pure black, no picture. On the back, he noted, "This illustrates my most memorable thoughts of the second night, surfing along at 10 knots. It was spooky to say the least. No moon, no stars, no horizon, no lights, no nothing!" Mark Halman, who topped the five-boat

phorescence about 30 feet wide and 100 yards long. For six hours we averaged IOV2 knots and calculated on the GPS that we peaked at 13 knots for the period between 2 ’and 3 a.m. "There were times, when the gusts would hit, that the bow would break out of the wave we were on and plunge into the trough. At such times 1 wondered what I should do next; somehow the excessive speed seemed to demand a change in strategy. But there was really nothing to do but keep driving the boat under the mast and keep whatever kind of compass course we could. We had five or six roundups but got back under control

"I think the highlight was putting the pulpit underwater and filling up the cockpit." .

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Express 27 contingent with only two crew (Bob Fricke and Randy Lakos; the other E27s carried three) on Salty Hotel was also inspired to put pen to paper, waxing almost poetic about the experience. "By 10 p.m., there was no longer any sign

pretty quickly. I think we had water over the whole deck once, and it filled the cockpit. The next morning we found a half dozen shrimp left high and dry. "When the moon appeared from behind the mountains, we put up the shy kite and August. 1994 •

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ENCINAL/SANTA BARBARA '94 headed right up the reflection on the water."

P eter English and the crew of his Kettenburg 38 Chorus were hitting 13s and 14s in the 36-year-old woody that gnarly

morning hours on Monday, the club was humming with activity, and they once again outdid themselves as post-race hosts.

When the moon appeared from behind the mountains, we put up the shy kite and headed right up the reflection on the water1' Sunday night, carrying a full spinnaker "because we couldn’t figure out how to safely get it down." God gave it a shot at about 2 a.m. as the boat whirled into a teeth-rattling roundup. "The boat went over about 70* and a wave broke right on us," says Peter. "It was like a shower below; water was cascading everywhere and it seemed like the bilge was full in about 5 or 6 seconds." Despite the abuse, the sails and rig held together and Chorus was soon charging down the waves again. Victory in Division E was particularly sweet for English and his crew: Bill Riley, Rex Higgins, Chris Morris and son Mark English. Though he topped a fleet that included well-sailed boats like Noble Brown’s Cal 31 Perpetual Motion and Bill Parks’ Islander 36 Juggernaut (second and third in division, respectively), the most satisfying win was over perennial Master Mariner rival David James and crew on the Lapworth 36 Leda II. "We’ve been preparing for this literally for years," says Peter. "And it was worth every bit of it."

Highlights were an open-air barbecue that served up burgers and dogs all day long, a ringside seat for the fireworks show on Monday the 4th, and an inflatable ’playland’ for racer kidnicks who came down to meet mom or dad. The club even hired a clown! Up on the race deck, one of the most vociferous welcoming committees was the one-woman cheerleading of Lisa Day, the self-proclaimed ’trailer bitch’ for the Moore 24 Used Leviathan. Although husband Mike and his crew George McDonald, Tom Wuller and Rob Suprenant put in a forgettable performance (7th in Division D), Lisa whooped them across the line — which lies just offshore from the club — like a Dallas cheerleader. And we mean that in a nice way. The fact is, the Days trailered Used

sions were made "when we all got drunk around New Years," but the experience was certainly one the usual lake sailors won’t soon forget. No plans for a repeat perfor¬ mance for a least a couple more years, says Mike. "But that decision could change around New Years."

i^^lthough there were a number of boats returning to this race from either the ’92 or ’93 bouts, there were no repeat winners. Even more interesting, all the division¬ winning boats were new to the race this year. And a couple were literally new to their owners. Angelo Peykoff has only had Two Dog Gone for about six months, and this was its first offshore race. Marty Grealish has had his stock Wilderness 30 Nightmare for only a few months, yet managed to top some tough boats in his win of Division C, including Eric Sultan’s souped-up Wilderness 30 Special Edition, which won division and overall in ’92, and Craig Riley’s Olson 91 IS Culebra, which took division in ’93. "We went a bit farther out than most, and made the right guess when to head in," says Nightmare crewman Bob Cranme'r-Brown. "We caught the building breeze that the

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hat Sunday night had in spades, Monday morning lacked completely. Besides Two Dog, only two other Division A boats sneaked across the finish line before the wind died: Allen Silvestri’s Andrews 53 Bobo (ex-Cantata II) just before 1 a.m., and Lou Fox’s Olson 40 Spellbound at about 7:20. The next boat wouldn’t cross the line until after noon. Dawn’s early light revealed the heart¬ breaking sight — a line of limp sails stretching to the horizon. The view was even more depressing from aboard; slatting around within sight of the finish line up ahead and watching all the boats you owed time to catch up behind. As is usually the case, a lot of handicaps went out the window in the last 20 miles of this race. Activity around the Santa Barbara YC itself was anything but slow. From the early Page 120 • L&UJL12 • August. 1994

Self-portrait: Brad Whitaker (right) and the crew of'Bessie Ja/ waiting out the breeze.

Leviathan all the way from Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas) just to do this race. . . for the second year in a row! Mike admits the deci¬

earlier boats didn’t have." Nightmare’s crew also included Jeff Watt and Gregg Wrisley. Sultan and his high-octane Santa Cruz crew of Roland Brun, Ian Klitza, Benji Canepa and Dave Hodges were in the final stages of packing up Special Edition on its

GOING TO THE DOGS 1994 Encinal/Santa Barbara Race Results Yacht IMS Two Dog Gone Bobo Spellbound Takeoff Bingo Vitesse Sweet Okole Wartock X-Dream Cape Horn Mystical Creamputfs Phantom

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SC 52 Andrews 53 Olson 40 Laser 28 CF-37 Beneteau 35s5 Farr 36 Express 37 X-119 CSC 36 Beneteau 4Sf5 J/44

Angelo Peykoff Allen Silvestri Lou Fox Ron Byrne Bill Myers Eric Nequist Dean Treadway Blake Wilson Steen Molier Mario Sepulveda John Linneman Jack Clapper

South Snore Monterey Richmond .Encinal Ventura Sierra Point' ■ Richmond . Richmond Tiburon Encinal Encinat/StFYG Si. Francis

Two Dog Gone Bobo Spellbound X-Dream Mystical Creamputfs Phantom PiV. S (PHRF 75-931 Sweet Okole Slithergadee Spindrift V Champagne Warlock Cape Horn Blitz Ariel destiny of St. Peter PIY,C (PHRF.g5-_1.2Qj Nightmare Cuiebra Special Edition Bingo Hoot Curlew Dance Away

SC 52 Andrews 53 Olson 40 X-119 Beneteau 45f5 J/44

Angelo Peykoff Allen Silvestri Lou Fox Steen Motier John Ltnneman Jack Clapper

South Shore Monterey Richmond Tiburoo Enonal StFYC .■ St. Francis

F arr 36 J/35 Express 37 Beneteau First 42 Express 37 C&C36 Express 37 Tradewinds 40 Swan 46

Dean Treadway John Ntesley. Larry & Lynn Wright Hall Palmer Blake Wilson Mario Sepulveda John Webb Hugh McIntyre Peter Bennett

Richmond St. Francis Richmond Sr’uih Beach Richmond Encinal Vallejo California Encinal/Richmond

Wilderness 30 Olson 34 Wilderness 30 CF 37 Olson 30 Boss 930 Santana 35

Marty Grealish Craig Riley Eric Sultan Bill Myers Andrew MacFee Larry Olsen Doug Storkovich

Golden Gate Encinal Santa Cruz Ventura Richmond . Cal Sailing Encinai

Bob Neat Jim Aton Mark Halman Tom Thayer Ben Mewes Eric Nequist Mike Day Mike Clarke James Fryer Ron Byrne Mike Warren

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Jeanneau 30 Movin On Fast Forward Catalina 36 Express 27 Salty Hotel Olson 911 SE Outrageous i Ranger 33 It's Jazz Beneteau 35s5 Vitesse Moore 24 Used Leviathan Wylie 34 Scoop Wylie 34 Cheyenne Laser 28 Takeoff Cal 20 Culo Bagnato DIV, E (Heavy displacement, P.HRF..1PS-mi Kettenburg 38 Chorus Cal 31 Perpetual Motion Islander 36 Juggernaut Hunter 37.5 Radical Move CT 49 Saoirse Freya 39 Gypsy Warrior Lapworth 36 Leda II California 32 Andale NON-SPINNAKER A Olson 91 IS Uptight Emma Swan 38 Aniara Hunter 45 Hye Time Sabre 42 Finale II Catalina 42 Wianno Hunter 42.5 Windsong II C&C 35 Mkllt Fast n‘Free Sabre 38 Mabrouka NON-SPINNAKER B Islander 36 Zingara Lapworth 40 Contenta Seafarer 31 X-To-Sea Island Packet Phantassie Aiberg 35 Temptress O’Day 34 Lizard's Breath

EXPRESSM Salty Hotel Abigail Morgan Bessie Jay Mantis Bobs PHRF-MORA Movin On Nightmare Culo Bagnato

trailer when we came by. "It wasn’t one of our faster races," noted Sultan, who had to settle for a third this year. As usual Ed was heading home via 1-5 before most of the fleet even finished.

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^^nother 'no show' in the ’94 standings was James Fryer’s Wylie 34 Cheyenne, which topped Division E last year. And it was the damndest thing. . . "The spinnaker kept chafing — and we couldn’t figure out why!" said Fryer, whose crew once again consisted of singlehanded sailing friends: Gary Kneeland and Dan and Carol Benjamin. "We looked up and there were all these little holes in the shoulder of the spinnaker. So we lowered it, put on a patch and put it back up. A half-hour later, it was full of holes again. We patched it again, put it back up and watched from every angle we could. Nothing. Next time we looked up, it was full of holes again. We ended up sailing bareheaded for about an hour trying to figure out what was going on." The solution to the dilemma revealed itself as the skipper was on the can. "I have this hatch above the head and while I was sitting there I finally saw what was happen¬ ing," said James. "As the boat would roll, the shoulder of the spinnaker would do this little tetherball action around the upper shroud. Then the main would belly out against it and pin it there until the spinnaker popped itself loose. Every time it did that, it would get a little hole. The only place on the boat that you could see it happening was from the head!" A slightly overtrimmed main solved the problem handily.

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Peter English Noble Brown Bill Parks Robert Nelson John Hughes Rick Gio David James Douglas Smith

46:03:43 46:44:52 49:48:26 50:16:22 52:47:07 56:05:51 59 14 40 DNF

Scott Owens Eric Schou Jack Isaacs Alex Finlay John Sullivan 111 Charles Tllson Bob Stone Tarek Abdel-Hamld

None S.in Francisco Encmal Encinal Richmond Presidio Encinal St. Francis

David Scardigli Chuck Levdar Rodger Goodsetl J. & N. Kleinschmidt Roger Anderson Doug Lange

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Express 27 Express 27 Express 27 Express 27 Express 27

Mark Halman Ron Kell Brad Whitaker Rich Tofte Mike Hearn

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Jeanneau 30 Wilderness 30 Cal 20

Bob Neal Marty Grealish Mike Warren

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^3verall, the race once again got high marks from everyone we talked to. "Total vindication from last year," remarked Slithergadee’s John Niesley. "Lots of variety, lots of wind and lots of sea life.” (The 'Slither crew reported seeing a race-high 20 whales, in¬ cluding several breeching humpbacks, and lots of dolphins.) "1 think this one did a tremendous amount for the race’s future," said Encinal YC commodore Rich Pipkin. "This is the way it should be." The event also won out when we asked "veterans of the former Catalina Race to compare the two. "It’s better all the way around," said Bob Neal. "It’s shorter, which means you can actually do the race and get back home in a long weekend. It’s easier on the budget, easier on the food and easier to get the boat back. And the land arrange¬ ments are much easier to make for spouses and friends because they can drive here." "The big difference between Catalina and Santa Barbara," observes Peter English, "is August. 1994 • UtCUjz 12 • Page 121

ENCINAL/SANTA BARBARA '94

that the Catalina Race had 100 miles of crapshoot. With Santa Barbara you only have 20." Our own praises and prognostications fell a bit short. At the end of last year’s article, we predicted 120 entrants for ’94, a new course record and several more one design classes. While one out of three’s not bad, we’re going to throw caution to the wind and carry those predictions over for ’95. Race chairman Dan Fleming notes that at as many as 15 boats that raced to Santa Barbara last year did the Pacific Cup this year, and at least that many more were lost through parti¬ cipation of owners and crews who were crewing on other Hawaii-bound boats. In addition, race organizers are already talking with the California 50 and ULDB 70 fleets about 1995, and Fleming doesn’t feel the TransPac will bite quite as deeply into the Encinal/Santa Barbara Race as the Pacific Cup’s 'Fun Race to Hawaii'. There should also be a multihull contingent returning to the Santa Barbara race in ’95,

the Southern climes. The boat to beat next year will be Two Dog Gone, which Peykoff says will be on hand "to give the Northern California boats another chance."

Surfin' safari: Mitch Stromhan at the wheel of 'Two Dog Gone.'

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LONG AND LASTING LOVE \A/hen we ran the story "AJ1 In The Family’’ back in March about boats that had belonged to one family for a long time, we thought that Scott Cauchois’ 37 years with his beloved Bear boat Trigger made him the hands-down 'winner.' We were wrong, way wrong. Soon after that article came out, an alert reader apprised us of another family boat that beats Trigger’s record — by almost double! She’s called Peggie and she now resides outside the retirement bungalow of her owners, John and Mary Entwistle, on the banks of the Sacramento River near Isleton. Although a little frayed at the edges, the 19-foot sloop, which first hit the water in 1933, still has many sailing miles left in her. The same can be said of the ruddy-faced John and the brunette Mary, both of whom are 81 years young. Retired for more than a decade now, the pair are enjoying life in the Delta. John’s dermatologist has warned him not to spend too much time in the sun, but that doesn’t keep him from getting out for a sail early in the morning or around cocktail time for an hour or two. As they have regu¬ larly since the Great Depression, he and Mary climb into the two seater cockpit, hoist the sails and slip out into the river for a quiet outing.

We didn’t get to see Peggie under sail, but we did get a chance to sit in John and Mary’s living room with its front porch view of the blue and white sloop tied up next to a trio of more modem yachts. The latter dwarfed Peggie, with two to three times as much freeboard and towering rigs. But like a little colt among a group of draft horses, the sexagenarian sloop looked downright frisky compared to its neighbors. John was eager to tell us the history of his craft. So eager, in fact, that he wrote down several pages of her early history. Here’s how it all began: "My dad first took me sailing on Richard¬ son Bay when I was five. Our whole family, including my mother and four siblings, spent the summers in a duck hunter’s shack about

of Belvedere Island, right where the Bel¬ vedere highway crossed the Northwestern Pacific railroad tracks (which is now the bicycle path). There was no Tiburon Boule¬

10 feet square with a wood stove and a bunch of bunks on the walls. (Duck hunters used the shack in the winter.) During the week, my father would commute by ferry to San Francisco. "The shack was on the beach a mile north

vard then, and you had to go through Belve¬ dere to get to Tiburon where the ferry landed. "The boat my father first took me out on was a borrowed 14-foot skiff with a centerboard, a short mast and a sprit sail. The wind

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Above, John and Mary Entwistle. Right, 'Peggie' sails the Bay in the 1960s.

61 YEARS WITH PEGGIE was gusty and I was incensed with Dad. I thought he was trying to scare me by letting go of the sheet so that the boom swung out and tipped us over. But once I got my cause and effect elements straightened out, I decided I was having fun.

"W V V hen I was 10 we moved into a real house on the same property and lived there all year round. I earned five dollars at one point and bought the sailing skiff. I made a taller mast for a gaff rig, added a bowsprit and jib and hand sewed new sails. The boat’s new name was Empress of Hilarita, which is what that area of Marin was called. "Sailing solo around Richardson’s Bay got old pretty soon, so I put down a mooring at Belvedere Cove and joined the local 'mos¬ quito' fleet (for boats 16 feet or less) for races in Raccoon Strait and overnight cruises to Paradise Cove. "The Empress was fun and a good boat, but I was getting big ideas. By the time 1 was a senior at Tamalpais High School, my favorite reading was Rudder magazine. The only other national sailing magazine at the time was Yachting. (It would be almost 20 years before the founder of Latitude was even born.) Each month, Rudder would devote a few pages to boat designs, includ¬ ing small scale reproductions of the lines and structures. "I was fascinated by the idea that you could represent the exact shape of a curved hull in three dimensions, and that you could

Peggy Entwistle (left) and friend on board the boat that bears her name. reproduce those shapes full size on the floor. I signed up for an advanced class in mechan¬ ical drawing. Lucky for me, the teacher was August, 19V4 • LtKUM 3? • Page 125

LONG AND LASTING LOVE a Scottish gentleman named Andrew Purdy Hall. He spent his early days working in Scottish shipyards on the Clyde. I had no trouble persuading him to help me design a boat. Before the term was over, we put my tracings and some sensitized paper around a big glass cylinder with an electric arc charging up and down its insides and I soon had blueprints!

of good home brew beer (we were just at the end of Prohibition) over the bow of the Peggie."

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"A crisis developed when it came time for the cedar planking, i needed about $30, and we were at the bottom of the Great Depression." 'Peggie' in her original 17’A-foot configuration.

"In addition to working part time during my summer vacation in 1930,1 began gath¬ ering what I needed to build the boat on the beach. 1 hauled in some junk railroad ties for a sturdy base. (The ground was composed of clam shells left by Native Americans a hun¬ dred years earlier.) There was driftwood for posts and braces. I made a mistake using a hot water tank in lieu of a steam box. Although I saved considerable time, boiling the oak in water may have weakened the wood. Many of the ribs have had to be sistered in the intervening years where the curvature was greatest. 1 also had to build a workbench in part of my vegetable garden. My only real guidance was a book I bought called Small Boat Building by Patterson. "After buying some expensive bending oak from San Francisco’s White Brothers, I was ready to start. I was also enrolled at Marin Junior College (now College of Marin) with its many distractions, so work on the boat did not proceed at full speed. Within a year, though, you could tell I was building a boat. "A crisis developed when it came time for the cedar planking. I needed about $30, and we were now at the bottom of the Great De¬ pression. Things looked bleak. One after¬ noon, Dad went down to the race track at Tanforan, looked over the ponies and placed a couple of bets. When he got home he plunked down $30 and said it was for my cedar planking. I would have walked up to Port Orford for it, but Van Arsdale-Harris of San Francisco saved me the trouble. "From then on, everything was easy except for choosing a name. Many were suggested, but considering the fickle nature of women, it seemed too risky to name my only boat after any of the ones I knew at the time. Fortunately, I have a sister named Peggy whom I consider to be reliable, so that worked fine. I had to change the spelling, though, because you can’t put a five letter name on a transom with an outboard rudder! "On June 11, 1933, Mom broke a bottle Page 126 •

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Peggie measured 17’6” LOA, with a 6’6" beam and a 150-pound centerboard that drew three feet when lowered. The latter proved ineffective, however, because at anchor the board rocked back and forth and wore out the surrounding gear. In 1936, John replaced the blade with a permanent wooden fin keel with 250 pounds of lead bolted on the bottom. In 1938, Peggie also received another two feet on her stern. John had found that the race management folks on the Bay at the time looked a little askance at a 17-footer competing in 30-knot winds and three foot chop. Lengthening Peggie and leaving the

Fun at Paradise Cove, circa 1935. That's John at the tiller of ‘Empress of Hilarita'. 'Peggie' sits at anchor to the left.

rudder where it was solved the problem. "It also improved the boat’s lines," says Mary. Mary grew up on Puget Sound, and

though she spent time in rowboats and other water craft, she didn’t know how to sail until she met John in 1936. Their marriage cere¬ mony a year later concluded with the honeymooners boarding Peggie and sailing to San Francisco for their first evening together in their City apartment. The following morning they sailed the boat back to Belvedere.

hen John raced, it was with other men, including his brother George, Donald McLean and others. There wasn’t room for

Mary, but that didn’t stop her from finding berths on other racing boats, including several Birds, Bears and Don Crissman’s Windward 35 Saf/y. She also recalls racing to the Farallones on the 47-foot yawl Altair, the same boat that John crewed to Hawaii

61 YEARS WITH PEGGIE cushion, the view’s great and everything’s within arm’s reach." In addition to normal yearly maintenance, upkeep for Peggie has included the afore¬ mentioned sistering at the hard turn of the bilge. John also had to replace two 6-foot lengths of planking, both of which came from what he suspects was an inferior piece of wood. The original deck, made of Douglas fir, had to be replaced in 1980 with fir ply¬ wood. John also recently modified the mast with a tabernacle arrangement for those low bridges often encountered in the Delta.

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY JOHN ENTWISTLE EXCEPT AS NOTED during the 1936 TransPac. It was after returning from the islands that John began his career, which can be traced back to Peggie as well. One of his early crew¬ members was the son of a general supervisor at the Dinwiddie Construction Company. When he told his father about how John had co-designed and built Peggie, the elder asked John if he’d consider going into the construction business. "He figured if I could build a boat, 1 could build a house," says John. John’s natural talent carried him far beyond building homes. He went on to serve as a superintendent for such impressive pro¬ jects as the Bank of America world head¬ quarters in the late 1950s and the comple¬ tion of San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral in the early 1960s. Work also took him to Nevada for three years, Eureka for two years and Los Angeles for two years. This schedule cut into the Peggie’s Bay racing schedule, but not so much that she couldn’t enjoy some notable successes, including a Pacific Coast Championship title in the Class T handicap division and victories in both the Vallejo Race and the then-popular Hearst Regatta — all in one season during the 1940s.

Only once did John entertain the notion of selling Peggie and moving up to a bigger boat. That was before World War II, when Mary was still singing with her two brothers in The Joy (her maiden name) Trio. The family act went to Los Angeles to break into big time radio, and John wanted to build a 24-footer to sail down the coast after them. He was going to raise the money by selling Peggie and progressed to the point of finding the potential buyer. The latter, however, couldn’t secure a boat loan without an insurance policy. And back then, says

John (second from right) and some of his sailing buddies in their 'Chariots of Fire' pose.

John, 'They would insure cars and homes, but not boats." After the deal fell through, John buried any notion of parting with Peggie. "I was never crazy about owning something bigger," he says, "and both of us could have her rigged and sailing within five minutes. The keel was still shallow enough so that you could nose her up to a shore and when the

xlfter retiring in 1974, John and Mary didn’t come to the Delta right away. Instead, they headed north for Mary’s native Puget Sound, where Peggie enjoyed many new ad¬ ventures. That move was cut short by the need for some more cash, which John raised by taking on a couple more jobs, both here and in Washington. Finally, in 1983, they got out of the rat race for good and settled on the banks of the Sacramento. In addition to looking after Peggie, they’ve had plenty of other projects to keep them busy, like build¬ ing a porch and docks and keeping watch over other people’s boats, including one

After the marriage, the honeymooners boarded 'Peggie'and sailed to San Francisco for their first evening together. bow touched, you just hopped off into thighhigh water." For John and Mary and their two daugh¬ ters, Peggie doubled as an excellent cruising boat, with frequent overnighters on the Bay and up the Delta. Without even sitting headroom below, all the cooking was done in the cockpit, which Mary describes as "the best kitchen in the world. You can sit on a

daughter’s Tartan 27. The other daughter also continues to enjoy sailing on her fami¬ ly’s Venture 23. So with all due respect to Scott Cauchois and his faithful Trigger, we hereby 'pass the torch' to Peggie and her proud owners, John and Mary Entwistle, who’ve enjoyed 61 years of sailing fun together. — shimon van collie

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spent more money than necessary acquiring and outfitting our boat for cruising," laughs David Visman. "Join the club!" — would be the response of most folks who’ve been through the same process before. But just as Einstein pointed

“Six months ago we didn't hove a boat Heck, we hadn't even been sailing before" out with Time and Space, overspending is a relative concept. The Vismans spent less on their boat and gear than many others have spent on just sails and electronics. Former longtime residents of Placerville, 37-year-old David and his wife Sandie have invested less than $20,000 in Phoebe, the Cheoy Lee 31 ketch they are about to cruise into Mexican waters. While the sum is atypically low, the boat nonetheless has all of the necessities and most of the amenities found on cruising boats costing many times as much. The Vismans are yet another encouraging example that practical skills, ingenuity and perseverance, are at least as useful in severing dock lines as is a pile of cold, hard cash. "We met all kinds of people who complained they’d been trying to get away for three years, but who claimed they still couldn’t because their boat 'just wasn’t quite ready',” says David. "But I think 90% of the boats on the Bay could be made cruiseready in no more than a few months." He speaks with some authority. Six months ago he and Sandie didn’t even have a boat. Heck, they hadn’t even been sailing before.

The Vismans contracted the sailing bug last summer while wandering the back roads of California’s North Coast with a truck and trailer. Having worked only six of the last 12 years, they’d land-cruised nearly 100,000 miles in the United States and Mexico. They’d always had a vague notion that they might like ocean voyaging, so it wasn’t a complete surprise that they spent many hours last summer roaming the marinas at both Eureka and Shelter Cove. "The great idea of trading our trailering lifestyle for the cruising lifestyle struck us while we were staying on a quiet stretch of Page 128 •

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beach just outside of Petrolia," remembers Sandie. "So we made up flyers with a picture of our Ford 4WD truck and Taurus trailer, and announced that we’d be interested in trading them for a cruising sailboat. We then plastered the flyers around every marine location in Northern California and even took out a Classy Classified". Boat brokers and marina habitues were not encouraging about their prospects of success. "Some laughed at us," says Sandie, "while others thought we were completely nuts." But as befits a self-reliant couple who’ve always preferred the back roads to the freeways, the Vismans felt they had nothing to lose by giving it a try. They would get five responses. Several were for their truck and trailer - worth about $14,000 — to be downpayments on boats such as Beneteau 32s and Islander 36s. But the response that really fired their imagination came from a gentleman who said he might trade his Cheoy Lee 31 ketch — which he admitted was in poor shape — straight across for just their trailer. But the whole idea of cruising got temporarily shelved when it looked as though David was going to become a partner in a foundation business. After many delays and an unsuccessful meeting with the other principals, however, David and Sandie retired to a Carrows restaurant and "had lunch in the bar". It was then that the omens started coming hot and heavy. "As we sat drinking," recalls Sandie, "the music video for song Sailing came on. Since the video features a lot of inspiring sailing clips, I suggested to David that we forget the foundation business and at least have a look at the Cheoy Lee. And when the song ended, there was a commercial for an insurance company in which — and I’m not making this up — a house falls off its foundation! That did it; we called the owner of the Cheoy Lee and made an appointment to see the boat the very next day at Loch Lomond Yacht Harbor in San Rafael.

I n addition to the problems with trying to start a new business partnership, the other thing that pushed the couple "over the edge" was a nasty experience with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. "We’d called 911 to report an attempted rape on our property," says Sandie. "When the sheriffs arrived, they went after David for driving under the influence — on his own property! It made me so mad that I ended up getting arrested for assaulting an officer. "Having lived in Placerville all our lives,

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having owned businesses there, and having had no previous problems with the law, David and 1 both ending up having to spend more than 20 days in jail. But it was the best thing that ever happened to us! When honest people end up in jail and rapists go free, it’s time to move on. So that’s what got us travelling the North Coast with our trailer, and that’s what got us thinking about living in an environment where law enforcement people don’t lie through their teeth." "It rained all that night and the morning we went to Loch Lomond to look at the boat," recalls Sandie. "But on the way over, the clouds parted allowing the sun to shine through. Soon there were rainbows everywhere. It doesn’t take getting clubbed on the head to get my attention, and I told David that maybe we ought to stop ignoring the ’signs'." When the Vismans finally got a look at the Cheoy Lee, they understood why the owner might be willing to let her go in exchange for just their $4,000 trailer. The 1970 version of the Herreshoff design wasn’t a pretty sight: she leaked everywhere, the veneer was peeling off her interior wood, and the overhead and ceilings were black with mildew. The Albin diesel wasn’t any better. Water had gotten into the oil and created an ooze that had the consistency of molasses. Having given the Cheoy Lee as thorough an inspection as sailing novices could, the

A SHOESTRING

It's a brand new life for 'Phoebe' — as well as David and Sandie. They're seen here cruising down Newport Harbor about to head to Mexico.

Vismans assured the boat’s owner that their trailer — which had a television, shower and refrigeration and was, with the addition of food, all ready to enjoy — was every bit as good as the used boat market was bad. That may not have been exactly true — the used boat market has actually been quite strong — but it worked. After a few minutes, the two parties shook on the deal and promised to conclude the transaction on December 11. David and Sandie were smiling from ear to ear, as cruising into an entirely different way of life sounded a lot more intriguing than entering into a business partnership.

^\h, but there are always rocks in the road to smooth seas. A big one suddenly appeared on December 10, when David called the owner of the Cheoy Lee to set a time the following day to exchange pinks slips and keys. "When he came back from the phone, his face was ashen," remembers Sandie. "The owner’s wife had apparently changed her mind and wouldn’t let her husband part with his boat! I almost burst into tears. David told me he tried to convince the guy that it was a done deal, that they’d shook hands. The boatowner said he’d talk to his wife and that

David should call back in an hour." The hour seemed like an eternity. When David finally dialed the number, Sandie stood next to him wringing her hands, crossing her fingers and even whispering a few prayers. "We wanted the boat bad!" she admits. Even though the owner agreed that 'a deal is a deal', the Vismans spent a sleepless night thinking about all the things that could derail the deal. But when the morning came, the transaction was concluded without a hitch. So there they were, the proud new owners of badly neglected sailboat. "She was absolutely filthy," says David. "We eventually carted five full bags of dirt out of her. It took us a solid week to scrape all the grunge out." It’s at the we’ve-just-cleaned-the-boat stage that most other potential cruisers — especially novice sailors — would have been confronted with a majestic expense required to get the boat ready for sea again. But David and Sadie are not doctors, lawyers or members of other soft-palmed professions, but individualists who’ve had a wealth of hands-on experience building and repairing things. And not necessarily according to any manual.

David’s father owns High Hill Ranch, which David describes as "the biggest in a group of Sierra apple and pear ranches that form a sort of Knott’s Berry Farm arrangement" not far from Placerville. David

and Sandie had owned a large metal building with a 24-foot ceiling on the property, and inside it had created a most unusual home-office-recreation center. "It was really neat," asserts David, "because it was completely open and at the center was a TV set that revolved so that it could be viewed from anywhere in the building. In one part we had our living space, in another we had our office, and in yet a third we had a spa. It was a big place and I didn’t like paying to hit golf balls, so I put in my own indoor driving range! Even though the floor was covered with Astroturf, it still took nearly a cord of wood to keep heated in the winter. But it was worth it." After a big project like that, little Phoebe still turned out to be an intense undertaking. The couple happily worked hard on the boat 12 hours a day, first in San Rafael and later in Berkeley. And they relentlessly kept at it for two straight months. In the process of getting to know "every last screw in the boat", they made some very pleasant discoveries. After peeling off the tattered veneers, David found that the mahogany underneath could be restored nicely. The four dirty Neil Pryde bags turned out to contain sails in almost new condition. And while the boat had tiller steering, all the parts necessary to install pedestal steering were still in a box. The same was true with a BBQ and Electrasan head.

The Vismans were a little late in getting around to hauling 'Phoebe', but luckily her bottom turned out to be firm and smooth.

Fixing or replacing a diesel is usually a very expensive proposition — especially when it’s an Albin diesel that hasn’t been manufactured in 21 years and for which parts are harder to find than flat water in the August, 1994 • U&U-A 12 * Page 129

ON A SHOESTRING Potato Patch. But for David — who had owned 33 motorcycles before he turned 24 — it’s wasn’t as big a challenge as it would have been for most other people. "I had to change the oil seven times to flush all the crap out," he explains, "but after I did, I discovered the problem was nothing more than a bad seal on the water pump. She’s running pretty well right now." The fact that replacement parts don’t exist would give most boatowners reason to pause. David, however, feels confident he can fabricate almost any part he might need. And if he can’t, he figures he can always rebuild a junked engine and "toss it into the boat". As he puts it, "I’ve rebuilt just about every kind of engine there is, so I’m not particularly worried about it."

O n May 8, just six months after the Vismans acquired their first boat, they departed Berkeley and headed out the Gate. They weren’t exactly expert sailors, but after a lifetime of learning by experience, they got the hang of the basics pretty quickly. They made stops at Santa Cruz and Stillwater

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I^efrigeration is another major expense for cruisers who opt to go with that luxury. First, there’s the initial cost of the unit. Then, there’s having to pay a professional to install it. As you might expect, the handy Vismans saved money on both counts. David already knew all about chilling as a result of helping his uncle build a 100-ft by 180-ft by 35-ft refrigerated building in which Del Monte could store apples and pears. "For the boat’s refrigeration, I just gutted a basic 110-volt Frigidaire home refrigerator," he chuckles. "I’ve got it hooked up to the inverter and it draws about 3 amps every 15 minutes — which isn’t too bad. Putting a little fan inside to circulate the cold air has really helped it become more efficient." David and Sandie had the good sense to know that there are limits to individual skills and ingenuity — and thus there are certain things which are better bought off the shelf or done without. It’s just not practical, for instance, to try to build your own GPS or radar. Phoebe is equipped with an 8-mile Furuno radar, and she carries two GPS units, a built-in Furuno and a handheld Garmin. "It turns out I like the Garmin the best," says David. "It not only cost less than $500, but it has an alarm clock, too!" They’ve also got a Ham radio and hope to be licensed within a few months. Like ordinary mortals, the couple had to pay for an inflatable, but their outboard is what might be called a 'Visman special'. "The 7.5 hp. air-cooled Sears outboard I got for $200 in the want ads was a heck of a deal," claims David. "I’ve souped it up so she now puts out close to 10 horse; I can’t help it, I jacked up the performance on every bike I ever owned," he laughs. "Of course some of them only lasted a couple of tanks of gas before they blew, but they were real screamers." Page 130 • U&UM39 * August. 1994

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once said you couldn’t really enjoy sailing unless you were doing it on a boat you couldn’t afford. After a week of 'working' Ernie Minney, they picked up a used headsail and spinnaker for $300 at Minney’s Ship Chandlery in Newport Beach. They even joined the American Legion YC for the purpose of reciprocal privileges — after learning their $30 membership fee was the lowest available. "A guy in Minney’s had told us about the club and invited us over," says David. "So we went over. It seemed like not much more than a few hours later that we were members and part of the club’s big 'cruise' down to the Pavilion." Of course, just because the Vismans are cruising on a shoestring and plan to earn money as they cruise, doesn’t mean they’ve skimped. As you can tell from the accompanying table, their boat is well equipped for safety and features many luxuries — not of the least of which is the stereo. "One of the ways we overspent is by putting $1,000 in the stereo system," chuckles David, "but you have to have your priorities. We’ve got a Kenwood CD player with a Sony amplifier that puts out 100 watts per channel. It took me 10 minutes to blow out the original speakers, so we had to go to the Good Guys and invest $200 in some big Pioneer replacements. Compared to the concert hall sound system we had back at the ranch, the one on Phoebe is nothing, but you can still hear it half a mile away."

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Cove before getting nailed by a blow off Pt. Sur, during which time they got little Phoebe up to as much as 11 knots. Arriving in Port San Luis, they hauled the boat for the first time. Traditionally, you haul a boat before you take off cruising, but the Vismans aren’t a typical couple. They discovered several bad thru hulls — which is precisely why it’s best to haul before you take off — but these were easy to replace. Otherwise, the bottom was in good shape. The couple rounded Point Conception in duck pond like conditions and have been having fun in Southern California ever since. "We love cruising," says Sandie, "it’s the most fun thing we’ve ever done. We even enjoy doing it on a shoestring." "Two things I don’t believe in," says David, "are budgets and itineraries. They just interfere with having fun." Spoken like a chip off the old Sterling Hayden block. Hayden

It’s hurricane season in Mexico now, so nobody heads south. Nobody but those who are eager to cruise and as confident in themselves as the Vismans. By the time you read this, they should be more than halfway down the coast of Baja. They have no itinerary, but figure that after a year in Mexico they’ll probably head to Panama and then turn either right or left. How has the former motorcycle and jetski speed freak adjusted to the rather pedestrian pace of sailing aboard a Cheoy Lee 31 foot ketch? "It would be nice to have a MacGregor 65," admits David, "but I’m really enjoying this boat. After all, she’s a machine and I just love tuning and tweaking machines. As for missing the excitement of raw speed, I think chasing hurricanes can probably be just as thrilling." There are many styles in which to cruise. When it comes to getting the 'biggest bang for the cruising buck’, the Vismans seem to have written the book. We just hope the last chapter won’t be about a foolish encounter with a hurricane. — latitude 38

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PACIFIC CUP '94 As

,s this issue rolls off the press, crews from the record 59 entries in the Eighth Biennial West Marine Pacific Cup are passing time in radically different ways. By now, those with the swiftest racing machines are lounging around Oahu’s Kaneohe Yacht Club bedecked in fragrant orchid leis, sipping mai tais and talking shop. Mean¬ while, others are intently counting down the miles to the finish line off the Kaneohe Marine air station. Still others, in the more heavily laden cruising boats, are lumbering along in mid ocean asking, "Are we having fun yet?" This is, after all, the ’Fun Race to Hawaii’ and the Kaneohe Yacht Club — whose self I proclaimed middle name is ’party’ — guar¬ antees that even if you don’t have a battel of laughs on the 2,070-mile crossing from San Francisco, you will definitely have a rol¬ licking good time once you arrive. Besides, no matter how nasty it might get out there in open ocean, it’s bound to be more exciting than the workaday grind back home. Unlike the TransPac, which begins in alternate years from Southern California, the Pacific Cup is organized with a series of six different starting times over a four-day period (July 11 -13). The idea is to give the slower boats a head start on the speed demons, so — in theory, at least — everyone can celebrate the crossing in unison. Last year that system backfired a bit, since the first day’s starters had plenty of wind to get away from the coast, but on consecutive days the breeze went flat and the rest of the fleet had to claw its way away from the mainland before reaching the trade winds. Consequently, Team Bonzi, a long-

crossing, Mother Nature whipped up a raging odds Moore 24, sailing doublehanded, took fleet honors on corrected time! X torrent south of the rhumbline called Hurricane Emilia which blasted sustained This year, however, it was a different winds of 160 mph and gusts up to an scenario. Winds were blustery throughout unimaginable 190 mph. Although it must the starting sequence, packing plenty of oomph to move the fleet quickly away from the coast. Conditions were so raucous, in fact, that many rail riders were soaked before ■ they got past the Golden Gate. To add a bit of drama to this 8 to 14-day

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PACIFIC CUP '94 have looked nightmarish on a weather fax, the system passed well south of the racers (and the islands) and had the ironic side effect of diminishing the breeze for several days, as the fleet apparently layed in a trough beneath the high. And if Emilia wasn’t enough to keep track of, a tropical depression named Fauio — who names these things, anyway? — churned up sea conditions near the islands and quashed the promise of blue-water sailing under a full moon for the front-runners.

^5trong winds at the outset took a toll on several top contenders and spoiled the much-anticipated duel between the new Sunrise 70 Rage and Berlin, the battlehardened, ULDB supersled. Sadly, Merlin — the most famous boat in Pacific Cup history — blew out two mainsails and busted her boom on the second day, leaving her no option but to hustle back home for replace¬ ments. Chartered this year by Club Nautique, her crew of staff and students are getting more 'experience' than they bargained for. Nevertheless, Captain David Forbes is determined to finish. Showing proper Pacific Cup spirit he quipped, "We bought tickets to the awards banquet, and we’re not going to miss it!" Merlin wasn’t the only contender that suffered disappointment. Insiders tell us Dave Sallows and his crew aboard Dolphin Dance, a hot Santa Cruz 50, had high hopes of bringing home a trophy this year. Unfor¬ tunately, a blown main shredded their chances of placing, so they packed it in and headed for the stables. Three crewmen, however, hitched a ride aboard Merlin on her second attempt. The doublehanded Olson 30 Zephyros also turned back early for unknown reasons. The Pearson 424 Priceless had to pull out of the lineup shortly before the start, as did the communications boat. Raja. Luckily, the S&S 50 Chap agreed to pick up the gauntlet. Although they are racing (in Division 'D'), they have done a commendable job of keyboarding in each boat’s position after it checks in daily by radio. The data is then transmitted to Kaneohe, patched from there to MCI and made available to the public by fax — truly state-of-the-art! Last month we gave you our 'quick picks' for the winners’ circle in all divisions. At this writing, it’s too soon to judge the accuracy of our predictions or for anyone to pay off wagers on corrected time winners, but the daily tallies do reveal some notable stats. With Merlin out of the competition, the 1993 screamer Rage seems like the boat to bank on for the first-to-finish title. Before the lull, she had reported booming days of close to Page 134 •

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300 nautical miles. In the big boat division ('F'), however, Gene Twiner’s Santa Cruz 50 Oaxaca has been edging out Rage on cor¬ rected time. Although ocean racers rarely see each other after the first or second day, there’s close competition in most divisions on corrected time. In Division 'B' Dave Bennett’s Valiant 40, Happy Trails, has been waging a hard battle against the Dog Patch 26 Moonshine, sailed doublehanded by Bill and Melinda Erkelens. Bennett may be first to the bar, but the Erkelens will likely skunk him on handicap. In Division 'D' the top contenders, Stray Cat, Sting and Tsiris, are more closely matched in waterline length. This’ll be a tight one. In Division 'E' the hot

contest is between the Express 37 Melange and the Barnett 47 Tin Man, which rate only one point apart under the PCR handicap — probably the closest boat-for-boat charge for the finish line. As always, the doublehanded division has been a trial of wits and stamina — imagine trying to stay focused after ten soggy days without a proper shower! Don’t bet the ranch, but the Olson 25 Siva is looking pretty much unstoppable in both the 'DH' and 'A' divisions, as is the doublehanded Express 27, Chimera, in Division 'C'. Elsewhere, the two all-women crews aboard Andiamo III and Magic Carpet are holding their own in the middle of divisions 'B' and 'E' re¬ spectively.

Clockwise from upper left: 'Silver Sea Star' claws her way to open ocean; Chris and Anna Pohle, the fleet's youngest crew, share the adventure with mom and dad (Beth and John); Steve and Nancy Bander party together but race apart (on 'Rage' and 'Magic Carpet); 'Different Worlds' plows to windward; 'Sting's' doublehanders Bill Husebyandjoe Croshong ham it up; a boatload of ladies heads west; a pair of SC 40s charge toward the Cate; long-time Pacific Cupper Ned Fluor CTin Man') toasts success.

ntil all the weary racers belly up to the Kaneohe YC bar, we won’t be able to chronicle every tall tale and anecdote that such a race inevitably provides, but we do have a few yarns worth telling. The best tidbit so far? During the morning radio sked July 23, skipper Bill Huseby of the Soverel 33 Sting shocked the fleet by proposing to navigator Becky Hill of Magic Carpet. And she accepted! Was it delirium brought on by too many days at sea that prompted his

chivalry? Or the realization that his picture would soon appear in Latitude kissing doublehanded teammate Joe Groshong? Let’s hope it’s true love. The most unfortunate footnote has to be the scary fate of the fleet’s oldest entry, Swan, built in 1957. Eighty miles off the coast, skipper Charles Roberts developed heart problems and was forced to call in a 'mayday'. Luckily, the Coast Guard cutter Long Island, out of Monterey, was able to assist. With the wooden-hulled 40-footer

bashing around in 6-12 foot seas under bare poles — and taking on a bit of water — the Guardsmen were able to pluck Roberts and a severely seasick female sailor into their hard-bottom inflatable, bring them aboard their mothership and winch them up into a rescue chopper which ferried them safely ashore. The good new is that Roberts and his lady crew are fine; three Coasties helped sail Swan safely back to Monterey and we hear rumors she’ll compete in the upcoming Mo’ikeha Cup Race to the 'Big Island'. There’s more Pacific Cup news to come next month — much, much more! So be sure to check out the full-blown report in our September issue. — latitude/aet August, 1994

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MAX EBB "U7 V V hy did I just agree to do that?" I moaned as I put down the phone. "If only I had been faster with a good excuse." What I had just agreed to do was take a group of relatives out for a sail. Not that I don’t enjoy taking non-sailors out for their first exposure to sailing — that can be one of the greatest rewards of the sport. But this branch of the family was composed of con¬ firmed landlubbers, every one of them. On previous trips they had been seasick, they had clogged the head, they had complained about getting cold and wet, and they had been hit on the head by the boom. Now they were coming again. And after two years back home, a thousand miles from the ocean, they had obviously forgotten everything. They wanted to do it again! I had no choice. I reluctantly scrawled "take in-laws sailing" on the calendar next to the phone. I often neglect to look at my calendar, and with luck I completely forget about appointments like this. Not this time. They were in constant communication as the date approached. And it got even worse: The only time that would fit in with their schedule would be mid-afternoon, the windiest time of day in the windiest month of the year. The guest list kept growing, from Grandma right on down to the three-year-old nephew. And I’d have to miss the yacht club cruise. But obligations are obligations, and on the appointed day I was resigned to my fate. I found a toddler-sized life jacket in the garage, along with the cute beverage holders and the tray with the pictures of knots and code flags printed on it that they had given me for Christmas three years ago. I stopped at the deli for snacks and drinks. I got down to the boat early to tidy up, and posted some additional instructions about what’s not supposed to go into the head. One thing I didn’t do, though, was find more crew. What I really needed was a camp counselor, but under the circumstances someone who just knew which way was

months!" Of course, what I was really thinking was more like, "Without some help, this is going to be a royal pain in the transom." That’s when Lee Helm came strolling down the dock. My prayers were answered — if I could talk her into coming out with us. "Yo, Max!" she greeted me. "Big crowd on your boat today!" "We’re just going out for a daysail. Do you like lobster?" "Totally!" she answered. "What’s the deal?" Lee could tell right away that this was a bribe. But as a starving graduate student, I figured she could be bought. "I just thought you might like to come along and pull strings," I said. "And, we’re tying up at the restaurant across the harbor for dinner. Live Maine, one-and-a-quarter pounds." "Well, I was just running down to my friend’s boat to get the windsurfing booties I left there after the ocean race last week. I mean, like, the wind’s up big-time — it’s a totally awesome day for windsurfing. Oneand-a-half pounds, both claws?" I nodded, and the deal was struck. She hopped aboard, sizing up the passengers as I introduced them, "Where’s my lifejacket?" she demanded, as soon as she had thrown her backpack down the hatch. "That’s no way to inspire confidence," I started to say, but stopped myself when I caught Lee’s gesture at the three-year-old, already starting to resist the lifejacket that he was being strapped into. "They’re on the starboard quarter-berth," I said, and in a few seconds Lee was back on deck with a pile of them. The three-year-old watched with interest as she put on a bulky Type II, the old-fashioned orange collar type. "Okay, you know the rules!" she an¬

"We're just going out for a daysail. Do you like lobster?" clockwise would be a godsend. But most of the yacht club regulars were away on the cruise, and with the wind up, all the windsurfers were out sailing too.

VJ reat that you could all make it!" I lied as I helped one of the older guests aboard. "I’ve been looking forward to this for Page 138 • L&UM59 • August, 1994

nounced. "Everybody on this boat wears a lifejacket!" "That’s right!" I said, as I grabbed one of the more comfortable Type III vests. A few of my guests resisted, especially the guy who had been on his college swim team. But I laid down the law, and when Lee whispered the strategy to him, he finally realized that it was far, far simpler to put on

unhappy child. Sure enough, the three-yearold stopped squirming. In fact he seemed to enjoy the show made by grown-ups being compelled to fit into yet another uncom¬ fortable apparatus of the kind that’s usually reserved for toddlers. "Okay, let’s get the main up!" I said as I started to unsnap the sail cover. "But Max," said Lee, "that’s an entry-level position!" She pointed to one of the middle-aged aunts. "Would you mind taking the sail cover off? Just unfasten and untie it, and put it downstairs all the way up front. Thank you!" The older woman set about her task, and Lee asked me if the flattening reef was rigged. "Yes, but I think we’ll need the full main. I was planning on leaving the jib below, in this breeze." "Trouble is," she said, "without the flattener, we’li be knocking people on the head with the boom. It will raise it just enough to keep the cockpit safe." "I was just going to do one long reach out,

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one tack, then back to the restaurant." "No way!" and then she whispered, "This crew doesn’t look like it could handle much more than a marina tour, especially today. They won’t last a minute out in the bay. But that also means we need to maneuver a lot." "Even more reason to avoid the flattener, Lee. Under main only we can barely tack, and the flattener makes it worse. If this was a fractional rig, like that boat you race on, it would be no problem. Fractionals can sail all day with no jib, and maneuver around the marina just fine. Even point high when the wind’s up. But I’m afraid we’ll need all the area in the main we can get — and it’s much too windy to expect this crowd to deal with a jib." "Hmmmmm," she confessed. "I forgot about the masthead rig. We’ll be kinda crippled if we sail jibless. Let me think for a second."

move. He needed a job of his own. "We need the number four jib on deck!" I ordered. "It’s in the forepeak, port side next to the bulkhead." "Okay, where’s that?" he said. "Down below, all the way towards the bow," I answered, giving what I believed to be just enough information for him to find the sail eventually. "It has a 'four' written on it, but it’s faded and you’ll have to look carefully." With that problem out of the way, we turned to the sailplan again. "You have the number four on board?"

But another problem cropped up first. While Auntie was dutifully unsnapping the sail cover, Unkie was directing her every

said Lee. "That will be perfect, with a full reef in the main." "But the boom is pretty low when the sail

is reefed," I protested, "and I certainly don’t want this crew to have to deal with jib sheets and winches." "No problemo," Lee assured me. "We’ll keep the main halyard up extra high, with the reef tack up from its normal position at the gooseneck. That will also raise the reef clew, and keep the boom even higher than with the trip reef. And like, if that number four is short enough on the LP, I can rig it for self-tacking." By now the sail cover was off, so I moved the halyard from the end of the boom to the headboard while Lee went below to get blocks and jib sheets. Before raising the main I ran the Cunningham to the reef tack, and took up the slack in the first area reef line. I even remembered to release the vang and the mainsheet to accommodate the high boom position. "Everybody duck!" I warned, and cast off the sail ties, then passed the tail of the main halyard to the competitive swimmer. "Okay, pull!" The main went up, and I finished off the halyard with the winch and then tensioned the reef and Cunningham lines. As Lee had anticipated, the extra slack in the cunningham left the boom much higher than usual over the deck, and the reefed main didn’t flog nearly as badly as the full main would have. Especially after I tightened the backstay all the way down, and added a sail tie around the mast and through the reef cringle to hold that reef tack forward so I could winch the reef line really tight. Finally the man I had sent below for the jib was back at the companionway, sail bag in hand. I pulled the number four up the hatch, and Lee followed the bag up with a jib sheet and some snap shackle blocks. But on our way up to the foredeck to rig the jib, 1 noticed she had only brought one jibsheet with her. "Couldn’t you find the other sheet?" I said. "We only need, one, Max. Watch this — we put a block here, and the other block here. . ." She was attaching the two blocks to the toe-rail, one on each side, about even with the mast. I pulled the jib out of the bag and

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MAX EBB "Now we take the sheet," she said as she passed the end through one of the blocks on the rail, "and it goes through here, through the clew grommet of the sail, and through the other block. Both ends go back to the cockpit winches, one on each side." "You call this a self-tacking rig?" I ques¬ tioned, over the roar of the main flogging in a particularly nasty puff. "For sure. It will twist a little too much, but it works, like, at about 80% efficiency. Let’s send it up." We moved back to the mast and I raised the small jib. Now we had two sails flogging, and Lee jumped off to get the dock lines. "Doesn’t this boat have an engine?" asked one of the guests. "No," said Lee. "This is a sailboat." "But last time we motored out of the berth." "That was before Max took it out to save weight."

I moved back to the helm, made sure both jib sheet tails were free but near their respective winches, and that there was plenty of slack in the mainsheet. Meanwhile Lee eased the boat back to the end of the slip, pushed the bow pulpit off to leeward, and hopped on. "No backwinding possible with this rig," I noted. But Lee, on the foredeck, just grabbed the clew of the sail and pulled it to windward by hand, forcing the bow to come down a little faster. When we had fallen away enough for a clear departure path, I sheeted in the main and we were sailing. We heeled to the first puff, and accel¬ erated quite nicely as Lee cranked in the jib sheet with the windward winch, after making sure it was cleated off to leeward. Everyone else gripped the nearest solid object in terror. One passenger had reached up to stop the boom from crossing over the cockpit, seemingly to protect the other passengers from its swing. But before I could explain to

came to life. "Eeeeeeeek!" screamed the niece (or was she a second cousin once removed?) in her pre-teens, who had until now shown total disinterest in the project. "Do we have to lean over like this?" said her mom. "No," 1 answered, pulling in the main a little and bearing off slightly. "EeeeeeeeekU" screamed the niece again. "This is way cool!" The grown-ups were all firing accusing looks at me, discernible over the fear in their faces. But both kids were loving it, as far as I could tell. "As long as we’re in smooth water," said Lee, "and the passengers are okay sitting where they are, why not air the keel a little?" So we jibed over to the middle of the channel, where the wind was strongest, and put the rail under a few times on each tack. As I had predicted, the jib clew never moved more than a foot or two to leeward of centerline. And yet, it seemed to be pulling just fine. The boat had power coming out of the tacks, and pointed much higher than it does with the main alone. It jibed all by itself, and I could even hold it wing-and-wing if I was careful. "Great set-up, Lee," I said. "But with the bottom part of the sail so far overtrimmed, I’m surprised it doesn’t just push us sideways when we’re close-hauled." "You could actually sheet the jib to the front of the mast with a single sheet," suggested Lee. "Sort of a kludge, but with the right amount of twist, the jib would still work." "Or," I said over the shrieks of my niece, as we took the stem of a fishing boat, "We could have lashed a small block to the clew of the jib, and allowed it to run a little more freely to the downwind side." "That takes up a little bit more room between the clew and the mast, but it works well," she confirmed.

’Doesn't this boat have an engine?" asked one of the guests... him that the boom had right of way, the wind pressure had pushed him down into the leeward cockpit seat. The mainsail on my boat is small to begin with, and when it’s reefed the main-only performance is sluggish at best. But as soon as the jib was sheeted in, the boat really Poge 140 • DzmJj. Z9 • August, 1994

"I’ll try it next time. But for now, let’s see how this works in the waves out in the bay." "Ummmm, I wouldn’t go out there with this crew of newbies," Lee advised again. "Or we’ll see lunch uploaded in stereo." She was right, of course. I was so enamored of her simple but effective self-

tacking rig that I had all but forgotten about the screaming kids and the petrified adults. "We’ll stick to the Marina Tour," I said, and bore off towards the nearby group of house¬ boats.

e tacked in and out of the channels between them, and while the three-year-old seemed to be fascinated by the houseboat concept, and I thought it was interesting to get a close look at them too, everyone else seemed bored. So we went over to one of the boat berthing areas, where on Lee’s suggestion (and assurances that there was a wide spot at the end to turn around in) I sailed a close reach up a narrow aisle between docks. It was all so that she could show us all one of the large boats she had raced on. "I don’t like the looks of this," I said as I judged the distance between the rows of boats, and the distance it would surely take us to turn around in. "And I don’t see any wide spot at the end, Lee." "There’s like, a trick to getting out of these spots alive," Lee said. "Just wait for an empty berth on the windward side. Aim the tack so that if you blow it, you just coast on into the berth, like you planned it that way." "But how does she know there’ll be an empty berth in here?" I thought to myself. Fortunately there was an empty berth, and Lee also took the precaution of running forward to backwind the jib if necessary. We spun in practically our own length, and didn’t need the extra space. My passengers were impressed. "Look!" I said, pointing back at the circular swirl of water where we had turned. "A skid mark!" And so the tour continued, sailing up and down most of the navigable fairways in the immediate vicinity. Lee and I pointed out historic vessels, boats owned by friends, boats with interesting or sordid histories. The crew relaxed enough to start commenting on the names they read off the transoms we passed. When Lee took the helm I served snacks on the tray with the pictures of knots and code flags. None of the grown-ups were particularly interested in a turn at the wheel, but the three-year-old had fun for five minutes steering the boat around in big lazy circles in the middle of the harbor. At one point I had to ask Lee why it was necessary to lie about the engine. "Guests should never know about the engine," Lee explained. "As soon as the wind dips below 10 knots they all start to whine 'Let’s turn on the engine'. But with no engine, then they’re much more likely to

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relax and actually enjoy the sailing, even in practically zero wind." "I see what you mean for light air days," 1 said. "Guests who get bored and want the

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engine started have ruined more than one perfectly lovely daysail for me. That’s not our problem today, though." "Right, today it’s more likely to be someone who is feeling queasy, and they or their spouse thinks that starting the engine will convert the boat instantly into the Queen Mary."

fter nearly an hour of exploring the marina, it was time for dinner. We did it the easy way — dropping the sails upwind of the

Maine lobster in the tank (which she helped earn by conducting hydrodynamics experi¬ ments at the table to keep the three-year-old entertained). When even those failed to work, his mom produced a toy sailboat, the kind that actually sails. This seemed to occupy him for the rest of the meal. But Lee couldn’t help pointing out a significant rigging detail on this little toy: "Look at the jibsheet, Max," she said between gulps of lobster meat soaked in drawn butter. "Only one — and it leads through a fairlead right on the mast, on

centerline! The toddler fell asleep before the end of the meal, and was carried back to the boat. But when we started to sail home, he was up again, and with more energy than ever. Not so the rest of the crew — they were tired, so we sailed straight back to my berth. One of the advantages of having a passenger take the sail cover off is that they can usually figure out how to put it back on at the end of the day, while the skipper attends to other details. This plan worked perfectly, and Lee and I were standing on the dock, congratulating ourselves on running a near perfect 'landlubber cruise' without so much as breaking a batten or scraping a finger. And not a drop of water on deck. My guests had even insisted on paying for dinner, including Lee’s lobster.

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With reports this month on hurricane season chartering in the Caribbean, fond recollections of Fiji, how to save face when anchoring, a comparison of Tahiti and Tonga, and miscellaneous charter notes.

Hurricane Season Charters are Bargains for the Bold, not the Timid Scrutinize a Caribbean bareboat price list and you’ll notice that late summer prices are typically 40% less than peak winter rates. "Such a deal!" you cry. "Grab your duffle bag, Martha. We’re gone!" Never being ones to pass up a super deal ourselves, we say, 'go for it'. But only if you are a bargain hunter who’s also a bit of a gambler. You see, late summer and early fall — lest we need remind you — is hurricane season in those tropical latitudes. That is, it’s the season when you might possibly run into a hurricane. Although the odds are much greater that in any given week you’ll see little or no bad weather at all. Many savvy travelers are willing to take that bet due to notable off-season advan¬ tages such as uncrowded anchorages, better attitudes among locals, fewer tourists ashore and special hotel deals. Local merchants — who tend to be surly when life gets hectic Thirteen-year-old Shannen Duych takes the helm during the greatest adventure of her life — a sailing charter in the idyllic isles of Fiji.

during the winter months — now view you as a valued customer. For some potential charterers, bargain pricing makes the difference between actually taking that long-anticipated trip and just dreaming about it. A popular 44-foot design, for example, would cost each of six people $400 per week in summer and $700 in winter (not including provisions). Caribbean islanders seem comfortable with the statistic that once every hundred years a particular island will suffer a direct hit. This layman’s logic may not be entirely comforting, until you consider that there are over 30° of latitude between Trinidad and New England where an Atlantic hurricane could conceivably make its landfall (2,000 miles). So the likelihood of your 40-footer lying directly in the path is pretty slim. (Since storms arc to the north, the Grenadines, in the far south, are the safest bet.) If you can get past your fears of a direct hit, you’re left with the possibility of weathering some strong winds and driving rain when a nearby system passes — hey, we race in stuff like that here on the Bay! And if there are no storms around you’ll have 1218 knots of breeze and brilliant sunshine. Keep in mind also, that there are no great land masses in the Eastern Caribbean for a system to get hung up on. Consequently, whatever weather does arrive, also makes a relatively quick exit. It’s never a matter of being socked in with a pelting downpour for days. Even a big, big storm like Hurricane Hugo will roll by in eight to twelve hours. But what if you are unlucky? When a tropical storm is passing within a couple hundred miles, you’ll probably experience a series of squalls and perhaps one or two intense downpours lasting up to several hours. But when it’s over, it’s over, and — you guessed it — the sun comes out, the seas calm down and you’re back to baby blue skies and 82 degree temperatures. Still not convinced? Okay, let’s look at the worst case scenario. Nowadays, if a real biggie is making a bee line for your island, satellite tracking will generally give you at least 24-48 hours warning (via radio broadcasts). In the prime Caribbean cruising

areas that’s plenty of time to get to a wellprotected anchorage, nail the boat down and skedaddle, leaving the worries to the fleet manager — and his insurance agent. It’s a glorious time not to own a boat! Looking on the bright side, the chance to attend a traditional West Indian 'hurricane party' while waiting out a storm is an enriching cultural experience that money can’t buy — despite the potential for a nasty 'hurricane hangover'! Islanders traditionally gather in the most substantial building in the neighborhood, bolstering themselves against fear with favorite foods, homespun Calypso and plenty of rum. We also have to admit, having exper¬ ienced several doozies first hand, that as long as everyone is safe, there is a slightly twisted fascination in witnessing the awesome power of nature. When the wind pipes up to around 75 miles per hour it shrieks like a banshee, the tops of palm trees bow over and kiss the ground and corruqated tin roofs reverberate like giant snare drums, resonating the storm’s frenetic cadence. But again, you don’t charter in late

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to say goodbye to our skipper. But as a farewell gift we gave him a purple Latitude 38 T-shirt and some of your recent magazines. — shannen duych sonora

Foxy's Wooden Boat Regatta at Jost Van Dkye, BVI, is held Labor Day weekend, at the height of hurricane season — but nobody seems to worry!

summer expecting to endure a storm, you just want to be prepared for the possibility. What you can expect is greater privacy in anchorages, better local attitudes and more spending money left in your pocket! — latitude/aet Quality Time in the South Pacific: A Child’s Recollections of Fiji If anyone needs a crew member when you sail the Fiji Islands, keep me in mind. I’m 13 years old, I take up little space and I’m good at snorkeling and shelling. This time last year my 12-year-old sister, my mom and dad, two friends from the Bay Area and I sailed for two weeks in the islands of Fiji. We set up our trip through Wind and Sea Adventures of Alameda, who provided us with a wonderful local skipper named Citee (Steven in English). After arriving at Nadi, on Fiji’s biggest island, Viti Levu, we boarded a small airplane and flew 45 minutes to Savu Savu,

on the second largest island, Vana Levu. There we boarded our 42-foot sailboat The Gyre and Gimble. It was the most exciting thing our family has ever done! Each morning before breakfast, we’d swim and snorkel. After breakfast, we’d set sail and be off to our next anchorage. My favorite part of our trip was visiting a village on Yanuca Island. There, we went to a 'meka' (party) put on by the villagers, who sang and danced for us and prepared a feast. My sister and I now have pen pals from (Yanuca. Fijians love to smile. They were very kind to us and made us feel welcome. The snorkeling was cool. It was like’' swimming in a giant fish bowl and the coral reefs looked like an underwater flower garden. Our skipper, Citee, knew all the best places to sail and anchor, and he helped us fish. Our biggest catch was a 40-pound mahi mahi, but we also caught a yellowfin tuna and a skipjack. The only bad part of the trip was having

Bareboating Notebook: Who Me? Anchor? What’s the one skill Bay sailors are most deficient in? The one task sailing instructors least like to practice? The one fundamental skill that old-time sailors perfected to a fine art, yet most modern urban sailors rarely use? If you guessed blender sports', go straight down to West Marine and buy yourself a copy of Chapman’s Piloting. But, if you answered 'anchoring', congratulations — you’ve hit on one of the secret frailties of many sailing peers. How is it that a guy (or girl) can sail singlehanded out to the Farallones through raging seas and howling winds, or can re¬ peatedly bring a broad-beamed boat into a tiny slip without so much as glancing against a fender, yet cannot anchor to save his life? Go figure. While we don’t profess to have written the book on anchoring, we do know (from personal experience and first-hand obser¬ vation) what not to do! First, remember that in sailing — and especially when barei boating — it’s not always so important to know exactly what you’re doing, but you must always look like you know what you’re The zen of anchoring is a challenging art. But why do so many macho guys make their ladies do the dirty work?

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doing. And above all else, we want you to look good out there (and be safe). For example, don’t roar into an anchor¬ age doing 15 knots, hurl your anchor, chain, line and shackle overboard in one massive heap, then try to set your hook by gunning your engine in full reverse until your nylon rode smokes in the hawsepipe. You’ll likely rip out more precious coral and sea life than a runaway cruise ship. And while you puff out your chest with macho fervor, every local in the anchorage will be shaking his-head and muttering unkind epithets about you. Rule number two. Avoid playing 'great white hunter'. Why is it that when a husband and wife go bareboating, the guy always insists on cradling the helm while sending his poor wife forward to wrestle with the spaghetti of line and chain piled on the foredeck? So he can scream at her if any¬ thing goes wrong, that’s why! To those guys we say, have some class, put your own ego in the spotlight. Direct the action from the bow if you like, but instead of sending panicked shreiks through the anchorage while your new neighbors are trying to enjoy sunset cocktails, why not just use a few simple hand signals. Next, don’t let your insecurity allow you to anchor right on top of everyone who arrived before you, just because the others must know more about this sort of thing than you do. Check your chart and find your own spot. Or, if necessary, find another anchor¬ age. And always take a few moments to consider swing. No, not the stuff Benny Goodman played, the concept that different sized boats need to put out differing amounts of scope and therefore will swing in different sized circles. Remember, cozying up to a 100-foot schooner so your 32-footer will feel secure is always bad logic. Also, never go into denial about whether or not you are dragging. "Dragging? We’re not dragging. Those islands are just drifting with the tide." Denial is okay when it comes to whether or not you’ve had too many Heinekens or whether you’re too fat to wear Speedos (or a bikini), but not when the scenery is whipping by like an express train. You’ve simply got to swallow your pride, crank up your engine and try it again. Forget the embarrassment. Chances are your neigh¬ bors already think you’re a jerk for the way you yelled at your wife when you made her drop the hook. Just be sure to get it right the second time. Page 144 • LaVXiUl 3? • August, 1994

In tropical cruising destinations, the good news is you’ll never have much tidal action and you’ll rarely encounter excessive cur¬ rent. More importantly, the water will be warm enough to jump in with your mask and snorkel on, so you can verify the quality of your handiwork (. . . or lack thereof). Perhaps the easiest way around this whole issue is to charter in the Virgin Islands — the world’s most popular bareboating destination. Here, a variety of sturdy moor¬ ings have been laid which you are encour¬ aged to use at a nominal cost. Low-lying coral heads and sea life are much better off as a result, although some locals have complained about missing their traditional afternoon entertainment—watching hapless bareboaters curse and shout while their boats ricochet backwards through the an¬ chorages like so many misdirected pinballs. Actually, when you rent a bareboat, most of the complicated stuff will have been done for you already, like assessing which anchor

type is appropriate for the local bottom conditions, choosing the proper thickness of line to suit your vessel’s size and weight and, of course, weaving those impossible 'eye' splices around the bitter end cringles. So go ahead and give it your best shot. No need to break into a cold sweat from anchoring anxiety the night before your charter. Just keep a cool head, and remem¬ ber, you’re a California sailor, so try to look good out there. Finally, always carry with you this sage piece of advice: "He who would sleep soundly lays out heavy ground tackle." — latitude/aet Comparing Tahiti and Tonga: Two Versions of Tropical Paradise I recently wrote to Latitude about how 1 couldn’t imagine any better cruising place than Tonga. Since then, Spinnaker Sailing

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Reaching off Raiatea, instructor Bob Diamond soaks in the view. Inset: lush snorkeling at Bora Bora; shooting the reef into Raiatea's lagoon.

(of Redwood City) has completed a bareboat cruise to Tahiti which was very good, but quite different from Tonga. While the cruising in Tonga was best for taking it easy, Tahiti had more spectacular scenery, greater distances to cover and was more demanding on the crew. The islands in the Tahitian bareboat chartering area are Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora and Huahine. Getting to Tahiti was easier than getting to Tonga. There are non¬ stop flights from LAX to Papeete (on Tahiti) several times a week and plenty of local flights from Papeete to Raiatea, where we began our charter from The Moorings’ base. While the Vava’u group in Tonga is very compact, the islands in Tahiti are larger and further apart. All of them are surrounded by

coral reefs and small coral islands called motus. Of the four islands which make up the cruising area, two are encircled by the same reef (Tahaa and Raiatea). Huahine is about 20 miles east and Bora Bora is about a 20-mile passage to the northwest of Tahaa. Normally a 20-mile passage doesn’t seem like much, but chartering rules here don’t allow you to be underway at night. You really need to get where you are going by about 4 p.m. — before the sun gets too low for you to see the coral under the water. If the wind gets light, you’ll need to motorsail to make your destination in a timely fashion. If you’re going to visit both Bora Bora and Huahine, plan on four days of passage making between the islands. Figure on at least a 10-day charter in you want to visit all the islands and be able to hang around and relax a little. Anchorages are as uncrowded as those in Tonga. Some places also have mooring buoys which are free for customers of the establishments that own them. Bora Bora Yacht Club has about 10 moorings in a startlingly beautiful setting, with the jagged peaks of Mt. Hue and Mt. Pahia hovering almost overhead. Tahiti offers a lot more side activities such as rental cars, motor scooters, scuba diving and restaurants. However, almost anything you buy is going to be expensive — a local beer is about $4 and dinners can easily cost $40. But at least there’s no sales tax and tipping is not the custom. Henry, Anne, Philip and the others at The Moorings were great. There wasn’t anything

they wouldn’t do to make out cruise more enjoyable. We found that proprietors and service people in the local establishments were usually French but most spoke and understood an ample amount of English. The Tahitians were generally friendly,

always acknowledging us with a friendly wave or a nod and a smile. We did have one little tiff, however, with a group of four Tahitian men on a dinghy in Bora Bora who interpreted our wave in the poor light of dusk to mean, "Come aboard, drink all our booze and have our women!" All in all, we enjoyed Tahiti very much. We found ourselves spending more time on the boat with each other than on other trips, especially on passage making days when up to eight hours were spent underway between anchorages. So careful crew selection and personality matching is especially important in Tahiti. After all, being with people whose company you enjoy is the most important part of any cruising experience. — bob diamond spinnaker sailing, redwood city Charter Blooper File: What’s Wrong with This Picture? From out of this month’s overseas mailbag comes evidence that too many hours baking under the tropical sun may effect some charter skippers’ judgement. The 'slightly misalligned' prop shaft pictured here was the result of a knowledgeable lift operator in Whangaparoa, New Zealand, taking the word of a certain skipper who swore his Beneteau owner’s manual said to position the slings an exact distance from the stern. Oops! After the damage was done, the good captain realized his manual was for a different hull! Charter Notes Anyone who’s been to the British Virgin Islands knows that the Bitter End Yacht

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Sunsail, which rivals The Moorings in the size of its international bareboat fleet, has announced the opening of two new Carib-bean bases. Eight new Beneteaus between 31 and 51 feet will be based at the long-established Catamaran Hotel, at Antigua’s Falmouth Harbour. Since 23 of Sunsail’s boats entered this year’s Race Week, the move seems like a winner. Sunsail has also expanded their BVI presence by setting up a small substation at the Bitter End Yacht Club. Call (800) 327-2276 for info and brochures. The Moorings has announced a novel way to capture the excitment of IACC racing this fall — by observing from the deck of your own bareboat. Two Beneteau 405 bareboats will be positioned in San Diego late this summer in anticipation of upcoming events. Fleet racing at the 2nd International America’s Cup Class World Championship begins in late October. America’s Cup 24 competition runs next January through May.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on the Centennial Regatta; the rebirth of the Laser Slalom; the new all-PHRF format at the PICYA Championships; an update on Jeff Madrigali’s Olympic Soling campaign; a quick Silver Eagle Race; the funky Plastic Classic Regatta; more box scores than ever before; and the usual oversupply of race notes at the end.

Centennial Regatta Initiated during Encinal Yacht Club’s Centennial Celebration year of 1992, this biennial regatta is open to the five California yacht clubs that have celebrated their 100th anniversary. The inaugural regatta was sailed in Express 37s in July of 1993 and won by San Francisco Yacht Club. The 1994 regatta was held on the weekend of July 1617 with all five "centennial" clubs returning: San Francisco YC (125 years old), Santa Barbara YC (122), San Diego YC (109), Cprinthian YC (108) and Encinal YC (102). The regatta was contested in J/105s, which were generously loaned to the clubs by the local fleet. One design rules were modified to provide for a crew of five plus the owner (or his rep), who could sail as an active member of the crew. The two races on Saturday saw winds of 16 to 20 knots with course lengths of 14 and 10 miles respectively. San Francisco YC took

a first and second with Santa Barbara YC taking a second and a first, resulting in a tie for the lead at the end of the day. Starting off the northwest tip of Treasure Island, Saturday’s courses featured alter¬ nating left hand triangles and a sausage leg Page 152

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sailed in the slot between Alcatraz, the Berkeley Pier and TI. While the triangles showed off the performance characteristics of the J/105s on the reaching legs, the end result was a parade that prompted the Race Committee to wisely add more sausage legs — which are much more tactical. Sunday dawned with winds of 20 to 25 knots and the expectation of a match race between the San Francisco and Santa Bar¬ bara boats. At the blue shape, San Francisco driver Jeff Madrigali and his crew (Chuck Winton, Duncan Kelso, John Sweeney, Jim Davies and Stu Reilly) jumped the Santa Barbara boat on the upwind side of the line and engaged in a three-minute duel for control of the start. Remaining cool under Madro’s relentless tactics, Santa Barbara’s Scott Deardorff was able to break free momentarily before Madrigali mounted his second charge with a minute and a half remaining before the start.

Centennial Regatta skippers (from left): John Driscoll, Scott Deardorff, Jeff Madrigali, Mike Rettie and Ron Kell. Coming in low and tacking close under Santa Barbara’s stern quarter, Madro intended to take Deardorff head-to-wind —

but bow pulpit met boom tip as San Francisco made contact with the Santa Barbara boat during the maneuver. San Francisco took the 720 penalty immediately after the start and found themselves well behind the rest of the fleet in the early going, rounding the first weather mark in fourth. Madrigali reshuffled the deck on the first downwind leg as Santa Barbara chose not to cover him when he reached up, gained tidal relief and boat speed — and subsequently rounded the leeward mark in first. During the remainder of the race, San Francisco loosely covered Santa Barbara to decisively win the 14-mile contest and the regatta. As Santa Barbara and San Francisco jousted throughout the final race, Encinal’s Mike Rettie was able to drive the asym¬ metrical kite deep and fast on the downwind legs and edged Santa Barbara by three seconds on the downwind finish, taking a second for the race and moving Encinal up to third overall.

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Spread, Phil Perkins enjoying the Laser Slalom. Inset, winner Nick Adamson.

The success of the Centennial format has prompted Encinal YC to consider extending invitations for the 1996 regatta beyond just the California clubs to include the nine other U.S. clubs that are at least 100 years old, or perhaps even extend invitations internation¬ ally. — rich pipkin 1) San Francisco YC, Chimo, Jeff Madrigali (driverJ/ChuckWinton (owner), 3.5 points; 2) Santa Barbara YC Jose Cuervo, Scott Deardorff/Sam Hock, 5.75; 3) Encinal YC, Blackhawk, Mike Rettie/Art Ball, 11; 4) Corinthian YC, Bella Rosa, Ron Kell /Dave Tambellini, 11; 5) San Diego YC, Jest, John Driscoll/Jim Cascino, 13. (5 boats)

Laser Slalom Thanks to original promoters Don Trask and Bill Kreysler, the Laser Slalom was

up 11 of the 31 spots, with the other 20 openings going to young local hotshots and Slalom alumni (the over-30-year-old 'nos¬ talgia' contingent consisted of Rob and Bruce Mundle, Patrick Andreasen, Paul Cayard, Lance Berger, Russ Silvestri, Steve Jeppesen and Chris Boome). The 32nd spot was left unoccupied to create a 'bye' for three-time Slalom winner (’77, ’81, ’83) Jeff Madrigali, who flew in from Europe a few hours after the festivities Lad started. The dizzying format consisted of 68 pairups on a double elimination ladder (i.e, lose two times and it’s to the showers). Each race lasted 12 to 15 minutes and consisted of sailing upwind around three buoys, reaching over to the other guy’s course, jibing downwind past three more buoys and then rounding the leeward mark (which is the other starting/finishing mark). Then, the process was repeated in reverse, theoret¬ ically giving each competitor equal time on each race track. Bill Kreysler called out the action on a loudspeaker — which added significantly to the fun (and understanding) of the event. Conditions were moderate (up to 18 s_ knots) on Saturday, and slightly windier (25 |z knots) on Sunday when the course was moved further offshore. Though hardly up to 15 'nuclear' standards of the past, there was |t enough wind to tip over lots of boats — and |z remind some competitors why Laser sailing |g is a young person’s game. IS The winner, not surprisingly, was Nick 8 "The Ripper" Adamson, a Texan now resid| ing in Newport Beach. Adamson, a top five q Laser sailor nationwide for the last three | , years, beat a determined Russ Silvestri — Ss who actually trained for this event — in the final round. Coming in third was the jetresurrected from the dead regatta tarpits, lagged Madro, still hot after his dazzling third dusted off, and replayed before an apprec¬ place finish at the Soling Worlds. Fourth iative audience of 31 competitors and maybe went to Mike Simms of Alberta, Canada. 100 spectators on the grayish weekend of Other competitors who made it to the semi¬ June 9-10. A Bay Area tradition in the ’70s, finals included Patrick Andreasen, Randy the notoriously windy Slalom had faded Lake, Matt McQueen, Andrew Holdsworth away for two reasons: Trask, who began the and Paul Cayard, who last we heard is still Slalom as a marketing tool, sold his San 'between opportunities'. Rafael-based Laser building franchise back To read more about the born-again to the Canadians, and Cityfront thrill-seekers Slalom, look/or Kimball Livingston’s feature had discovered boardsailing. Host St., article on the Laser Slalom in an upcoming Francis YC attempted two more Slaloms (’83 " Sailing World. "Hopefully, it’s back to stay," and ’85) before letting the event slide into said Trask. "We’re already planning next summer’s Slalom, which will occur between obscurity. the Youth Championships in June and the But with its new Olympic status, interest Laser NA’s in mid-July. All the great Laser in Lasers has been on the upswing. The boat has also been marketed much more aggres¬ sailors will be here!" sively by its most recent builders — the PICYA Championships partnership of Peter Johnstone (heir to the J/Boat throne), North Sails and Gary After last year’s dismal 12-boat turnout, Jobson. "The time just seemed right to try it it was gratifying to see 21 boats turn up for again," claimed Trask. the Pacific Inter-Club Yachting Association’s Nationally seeded Laser sailors snapped annual summer 'AH Star Games' on July 16August, 1994

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RACING SHEET 17. Held off the St. Francis YC, the 3-race series featured a new format this year, ditching IMS in the Big Lipton and J/24s in the Little Lipton in favor of an-all PHRF regatta. Only the skipper and the tactician need to come from the club they’re rep¬ resenting, so the rules really couldn’t be much more relaxed. "We expect to get even more boats next year," said principal race officer Doug McVae. "Hopefully, it’ll turn into a mid-summer PHRF championship, kind of a club-oriented Stone Cup." Despite participation from 12 different yacht clubs (including Bel Marin Keys YC for the first time!), the all-powerful St. Francis YC dominated the competition again. Led by the talented Perkins brothers — Chris, age 32; Phil, 30; and Jon, 28 — the 'Saints' marched to victory in two of the “three divisions, leaving only the Larry Knight Trophy on the table. "Our division was actually pretty close," confessed Chris Perkins, who drove his J/35 Major Damage to a 1,2,2 record to capture the Big Lipton Cup. "Sweet Okole sailed particularly well, and Re-Quest, whom we rate even with, often had speed on us." The other three boats — Limelight (which suffered in the predominantly windward/lee¬ ward courses), Bottom Line and Logical Switch — were never really in the hunt. Sailing with Chris were co-owner Dave Wilson, Jr., brother Phil Perkins, Matt Ciesicki, Sheila Hunter, Alan McNab, Scott Stone, Sean Svendsen and Seamus Wilmot. "This wasn’t a 'factory team', it was my regular crew," said Chris. "We’re all members of the St. Francis, and we all have day jobs." Meanwhile, Jon Perkins put together a 1,2,2 string on an unnamed J/24 to barely nip David James’ Lapworth 36 Leda II. "I couldn’t believe such a big boat rates just six seconds a mile faster than us," marvelled Jon. "Fortunately, we were able to outsail them upwind." Jon’s crew included boat owner Peter Young, Peter Scott, Chris Sloan and Scott Dix. The only division that was a runaway was the Larry Knight, which Encinal YC won with the N/M 30 Insufferable, an aluminum maxi-MORC boat which Lowell North and Jim Betts used to sail around San Diego as Tin Man. Helmsman Chris Corlett and crew (owner Peter Rookard, Dick Pino, Eric Baumhoff, Billy-Bob Brandt, Glenn Hansen, Kevin Bagg and James 'JT' Tung) sailed the boat hard, losing only to Screamer when the wind went over 15 knots in the second race. BIC LIPTON (48-84) — 1) Major Damage, J/35, Chris Perkins, StFVC, 4.75 points; 2) Sweet Okole, Farr 36, Dean Treadway/Russ Williams, RYC, 5.75; 3) Re-Quest, Express 37, Glenn Isaacson, SFYC, 6.75; 4) Limelight, J/105, Harry Blake, TibYC, 15; 5) Page 154 • U&loM 1% • August. 1994

Bottom Line, Choate 40, John Walker, StkSC, 15; 6) Logical Switch, Express 37, Jim Jessie, OYC, 16. (6

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Moonshadow, Islander 36, Mark Dowdy, SFYC, 8; 3) Screamer, Capo 30 mod., Dick Horn/Ted Wilson, StFYC, 8.75; 4) Redux, Olson 91 IS, Greg Paxton, RYC, 11; 5) Outta Sight, Laser 28, Ken Anderson/ Tim Parsons, TibYC, 13; 6) Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim Freeland, BYC, 18; 7) Sundancer, Hunter 34,

LITTLE LIPTON (162-198) — 1) #487, J/24, II, Lapworth 36, Dave James, SFYC, 4.75 points; 3)

Mercedes, Hawkfarm, Pat Vincent, RYC, 11; 4) Nighthawk, Hawkfarm, John Siegal, SCYC, 12; 5) Warhawk, Hawkfarm, Dave Hankel, EYC, 13; 6) Red Fox, Ranger 29, Mary Lindsay, SBYC, 18; 7) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Rienhart, OYC, 23; 8) Fantasy, Catalina 27, Ken Kuhn, BMYC, 25. (8 boats)

PICYA Championships (from upper left) — A rare photo of 'Logical Switch' skipper Jim Jessie without his pipe; two views of the good-looking N/M 30 'Insufferable'; 'Major Damage' climbs the face of Alcatraz; 'Outta Sight' on a roll; 'Sweet Okole's motley crew; the Choate 40 'Bottom Line'. All photos Latitude/rob.

Tahiti Race Fred Kirschner’s San Diego-based SC 70 Kathmandu didn’t just break the 30-year-old Tahiti Race record — they obliterated it! Finishing the 3,571 mile passage on July 10 in just 14 days, 21 hours and 15 minutes, Kathmandu carved nearly 2Vz days off the

old record. In the process, they also beat Jake Wood’s Mull 82 Sorcery by 21 Vz hours. This 12th edition of TransPac YC’s classic Tahiti Race — which has been held sporad¬ ically since 1925 — may well go down in the Guiness Book of Records as the 'world’s longest match race'. While a number of boats expressed interest, only Kathmandu and

Sorcery were on the starting line off Point Fermin on June 24. Both boats had more than winning in mind — they wanted a crack at Ticonderoga’s 1964 milestone of 17 days and 8 hours. On the second night out, Sorcery was about a mile ahead of Kathmandu when they elected to jibe south. Kathmandu carried on, heading west on starboard. The two boats separated by as much as 300 miles — and Kathmandu found better wind offshore,

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THE RACING opening up a lead it never relinquished. For the most part, the race was a headsail reach, much of it done with #2 and #3 genoas. Kathmandu only flew a kite for about four days. They blew out their brand new 3/4 ounce kite the first hour they put it up, but happily their back-up 3/4 chute held together. The same can not be said for their mainsail, which self-destructed near the Marquesas, about three days from the finish. The crew set a storm trysail and a double¬ head rig while they repaired the main. Seven hours later, the main was ready to be hoisted again. However, the boat was doing 11 knots, so the crew elected to leave well enough alone and raced under the trysail for two more days. They put the mainsail back up for the approach to the finish. Kirschner plans to spend about a month cruising Tahiti, but will bring the boat back in time to race the Big Boat Series. — tom leweek SOC’96 Coining on Strong Things are looking up for Jeff Madrigali’s Soling Olympic Challenge (SOC ’96), an effort he’s undertaking with middleman Kent Massey and bowman Jim Barton. Though technically still ranked third in the country behind Larry Klein and Dave Curtis, the Marin County trio has been on fire lately — easily beating both their US rivals in the process of claiming third place at the recent Soling Worlds. Held in Helsinki in the beginning of July, that regatta was attended by 70 top Soling campaigners. Madro consistently had good starts in the process of peeling off a (29), 3,25,19,1, 9, 5 record. "We did well at the end when the winds lightened up a little," explained Jeff, a 38-year-old North Sails (Alameda) salesman. "Coming from the Bay, you’d think we’d do better in heavy air — but frankly we haven’t really sailed the Soling that much at home." Manuel Doreste of Spain won the 7-race, 1-throwout Worlds with 66.7 points, fol¬ lowed by Denmark’s Jesper Bank with 82.7, Madro with 85.7 and Canadian Bill Abbott with 86.7. Klein finished 10th; Curtis ended up 15th. "Second through fourth could have gone either way," claimed Jeff. "We learned a lot about big-fleet racing, and were thrilled to finish near the top — not only for the per¬ sonal satisfaction, but for the 'scholarship' money. Believe me, it’s needed right now!" (All Olympic-bound American athletes who finish seventh or higher at a Worlds earn $3,500 per person from the Olympic Com¬ mittee’s 'Operation Gold' program — which translates to $10,500 for SOC’96’s coffers.) The money will help offset the expense of the trio’s month in Europe — earlier they Page 156

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came in third out of eight entries in the Soling World Match Racing Championship in Copenhagen, and then a disappointing 15th out of 45 at Kiel Week in Germany. The windfall will also help pay for their monthold Abbott-built boat — which is the same one Bill Abbott used in the Worlds. Their current boat, now showing its 12 years of age — will be kept in Europe as a trainer until after the Olympic Trials. "We’ll bring the new boat to the Bay for the PCCs in early September," said Madrigali, "and then hit the road again." After sailing the Big Boat Series on Terminator, Jeffs plans include doing the Soling NAs at Seawanaka YC on Long Island in October, followed by the Fall Regatta in Savannah, and the Fall Soling Bowl in Annapolis. After a much-needed break in December, the whole program starts all over again in January — including several road trips to Europe to race their old boat. "To win the Olympics, you’ve got to search out the best competition in the world and make sure that you’re up to speed with them," figured Jeff. Historically, Americans tend to win medals in the Soling class at the Olympics: Buddy Melges took a gold in ’72 at Munich,

and then John Kolius struck silver in ’76 at Montreal. Robbie Haines won a gold in ’84 at Los Angeles (and might have won one in ’80 had the U.S. not boycotted the Moscow Olympics), John Kostecki took a silver at Seoul in ’88, and Kevin Mahaney also took

BOX SCORES EXPRESS !’/ NATIONALS (RYC; July 27-24; 7 races):

1} Guneukitschek, John Collins/Scott Easom, 7.75 points; 2) New Wave, Buzz Siackett/Kame Richards, 15.75; 3) Bessie Jay, Brad Whitaker, 18.75; 4) Jammin, Skip Shapiro, 31; 5) Peaches/ John Riviin & Grant Baldwin/Carl Frieberg, 32; 6) Friday, John Liebenberg, 36; 7} Abigail Morgan, Tim Russell, 39; 9) Dragon Lady, Jim Coyne/Greg i, Phil Meyers, 61; 13) El Raton, Ray Lotto, 65; 14) Mirage, Terry Cobb, 81; IS) Dianne, Stephen Hodges, 83; 16) Hurricane, John Bamer, 93. (16 boats) Winning Crew — Scott Easom (driver), John Collins (owner), John Stewart (tactician), Dan Brouseau, Steve Marsh, Alex Peoples.

ORANGE (PHRF 0-96) — 1) Marishanna, Wylie 38, Bob Klein; 2) Debit, Olson 30, Roger Hildahl. (4 boats) Gregory; 2) Cisco, Tahoe 28, Gary Redelberger; 3) Expression, Express27, JimCourcier; 4)Wanna'B'. B-25, John Hartmann; 5) Meeta, Express 27, Dan King; 6) True tuff, Tartan 10, John Utter. (15 boats)

WHITE (150-170) — 1) Xurgorth 648, Olson 25, Lee Pryor; 2) Free Flight, Moore 24, unknown; 3) Leta 8, Catalina 30, Mr. Lucas. (7 boats) BLUE (171 -200) — 1) Blue], J/24, Brian Mullen; 2) Poco A Poco, J/22, George Koch; 3) Big Chief, Ranger 28, J.C. Krise. (7 boats) GREEN (201-up) — 1) Gallant, Triton, Frank Hinman; 2) Kodachrome, Capri 22, Mr. Doyle; 3) Dove, Ranger 23, Sam Merksamer; 4) Madman Across the Water, Tuna 20, Steve Katzman. (11 boats) GOLD (cruising) — 1) Cynthia Marie, Catalina 22, Jack McKenna; 2) Molly, Capri 22, Paul Descalso; 3) Sails Call, Catalina 270, Richard Stout. (7 boats) MELGES 24 — 1) Mad Dog, Skip Rotticci; 2) A little Madness, Sherrie Booth; 3) Iceman, Tim Hahnke; 4) Lizzy Lou, Dorland/Silverman; 5) Grant's Racer, Gregjampotsky, (11 boats) HOB1E 33 — 1) Hobie Won Kenobi, Bob Bartmais; 2) My Rubber Ducky, Lee Garamai; 3) Elusive, Mike Young. (5 boats) OVERALL — 1) Marishanna; 2) Mad Dog; 3) A Little Madness; 4) Iceman; 5) Lizzy Lou. (67 boats) J/24 WESTERN RECIONALS (StFYC; luly 23-24):

1) Fluid Ice, Bill Fortenberry, 15.75 points; 2) Go, Chris Snow, 16.5; 3) DeJavu, Chris Perkins,

SHEET sunny skies. The ensuing 75-mile ’reachathon’ (Blackaller/ Harding/ South Bay/ Carquinez Strait and back) was as pleasant and fast as anyone can remember. As opposed to most years, there was 12-20 knots of wind everywhere on the course — even in the South Bay and at Red Rock. First back to the St. Francis YC start/finish line was Bill Maudru’s Cross 46 Defiance. Their 7 hour, 47 minute round trip was a quick and easy one, though it fell short of Aotea’s 1991 record of 6:50:15. Corrected time honors went to the littlest craft in the 43-boat fleet, David Wadbrook’s Melges 24 Quantum Libet. Wadbrook and crew (son Tom, Roger Wood and ’Jason’) finished at 8:37 p.m., good enough to beat runner-up Surefire by six minutes after their generous 102 handicap was applied (in Southern California, Melgi rate 84 on windward/ leewards and 60 on distance races).

Solingsailors JeffMadrigali, Kent Massey and Jim Barton are definitely in the hunt for Olympic gold at the '96 Olympics.

a silver in ’92 at Barcelona. Hopefully, Madrigali and his SOC’96 team will join that distinguished list at the Savannah Olympics

21.75; 4) Casual Contact, Bill Worsham, 22; 5) #4339, Jon Perkins, 25.75; 6) Small Flying Patio Furniture, Tom Purdy, 34; 7) Snow Job, Brian Coepfrich; 8) Electra, John Oldham, 48; 9) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 48; 10) Wonder Woman, Steve Pugh, 54. (19 boats; 5 races) '

ISLAND TO ISLAND (Andreas Cove YC; luly 23): 1) Graeagle, Express 27, Ceorge Koch; 2) Big Bamboo, Beneteau First 305, Chris Longaker; 3) Retriever, Wavelength 24, David Maxwell; 4) Georgie Girl, Newport 30, Tom Goodwin; 5) Fast Freight, Newport 30, 8ob Harford. (9 boats; all others DNF; 107 miles) HDA HALFTIME SCORES (best 5 of 6 races): DIV. F (multihull) — 1) Wild Thing, F-24, Vic Thiry, 3.75 points; 2) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn, 4; 3) Triptych, F-27, Ken Kinoshita, 4.75. (12 boats) DIV. H (0-114) — 1) My Rubber Ducky, Hobie

in August, 1996. Silver Eagle Race After a 15-minute postponement to allow 70 swimmers to clear the area, Island YC’s annual Silver Eagle Long Distance Bay Race got underway in a nice 12-knot westerly and

David James, 3.75 points; 2} Movin On, Jeanneau 30, Bob Neal, 18; 3) (tie) Esprit Victorieux, Beneteau First 305, Joseph Melino, and Ouessant. Farallon Clipper, Frank Buck, 19. (14 boats) DIV. L (165-186) — 1) Current Asset, Islander 30 Mk. II, John Bowen, 9.5 points; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair, 10.5; 3) Redline, Merit 25, Gerald McNutt, 15. (16 boats) DIV. M (189-up) —-1) Fun, Davidson 25, Jock MacLean, 12 points; 2) Hippo, Smith 25, Steph Bradshaw, 13.75; 3) Neblina, Cal 28, Carter/ Mosher, 15.75. (13 boats) BROTHERS & SISTERS RACE IJibYC; luly 4; 10 miles): SPINNAKER — 1) Alert, Wylie 36, Mike Lingsch; 2) Frenzy, Moore 24, Lon Woodrum; 3) Limelight, J/105, Harry Blake; 4) Animal Farm, Wylie 28, Hans Bigalt. (7 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Palperro, Folkboat, Unknown; 2) Splash, Cal 2*27, Don Wakier; 3} Don Wan, Santana 38, Don Kunstler; 4) On the Edge,

33, Lee Garami, 5 points; 2) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows, 8.75; 3) Cabaret, Oyster SJ-35, Bill

C&C 33, Fred Conta. (12 boat)

Keith, 20.75. (17 boats) DIV. J (117-138) — D Blue Max, Dehler 34, Jim & Diana Freeland, 3.5 points; 2) Fast Forward, Catalina 36, Jim Aton, 11.25; 3) insufferable, N/M

MAYOR'S CUP (Lake Merritt SC; July 3; 3 races): it TORO — 1) Jim Warfield, 3.5 points; 2) Walt Andrews, 5.75; 3) Jeff Joy, 12; 4) Ron Locke, 17; 5) Tom Burden, 18; 6) Steve Miller, 19; 7) JimCozine, 23; 8) Pete Blasberg, 24; 9) Fred Paxton, 25; 10) Paul Saitta, 27. (16 boats)

30, Peter & K.D. Rookard, 21.75. (20 boats) DIV. K (141-162) — 1) Leda 11 Lapworth 36,

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PHRF I (0-96) — 1) Surefire, Frers F-3, Carter Brothers; 2) High Risk, Smith 43, Jim Mizell; 3) Jukanu, Dasher 34, Larry Malfar; 4) Think Fast, Olson 30, Al Holt; 5) Punk Dolphin, Wylie 'Sleaze Dog' 39, Jonathan Livingston. (9 boats) PHRF II (97-162) — 1) Quantum Libet, Melges 24, David Wadbrook; 2) White jacket, Etchells 22, John Sutak; 3) Alert, Wylie 36, Mike Lingsch; 4) Desperado, Express 27, Mike Bruzzone; 5) Sabra, WylieCat 39, Michael Katz. (12 boats)

BYTE/LASER — 1) Chad Freitas, 3.5 points; 2) Kimball Hake, 5.75; 3) Daniel Malpas, 10. (8 boats) ’ , 'EVERYBODY ELSE* —- 1) Matt Niccolls, 4.5 points; 2) Joe Doering, 8.75; 3) (tie) Vince Casalaina & Charles Heimler, 11. (8 boats) SOUTH BAYYRA #4 (San Leandro YC, lune 16) CLASS A — 1) Fermanaugh, O'Day 34, Frank Johnson; 2) Pizote, Santana 30GP, Kevin Knick; 3) Coyote, Wylie 34 mod., Nick Kluznick. (6 boats) CLASS B — 1) Chablis III, C&C 36 mod., Dave Few; 2) Jet tag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe; 3) Amicus, Catalina 38, Jerry Zanzinger. (5 boats) CLASS C — 1) Dancer, Cal 9.2, Mike Dixon; 2) Zodiac, Kettenberg 40, Frank Ballintine; 3) Kashmir, Columbia 9.6, Peter Mills. (5 boats) CLASS D — 1) Leeward, Catalina 30, Richard Smith; 2) Friday's Eagle, Catalina 30, Mark Heeht; 3) ChiquKa, Catalina 27, Hank Schade. (5 boats) (16.4 miles) TRIMBLE NORTH REGATTA (Lone Reach; June 24-26): CLASS A (Cal 50s) — 1) Persuasion, Excel 53, Neil Barth, 7 points; 2) Jumpin' Jack Flash, Davidson 50, Bruce & Tobey Tabor, 11; 3) Aldora, Andrews 56, Dave Dillehay, 11.(7 boats) CLASS B — 1) To the Max, Swan 53, Max Gofdon, 4.75 points; 2) Elyxir, Swan 51, Paul Ely, 5.5; 3) Gotcha, j/44, Larry Amberg, 14. (12 boats) August. 1994 •

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THE RACING PHRF III (163-up) — 1) Double Agent, Merit 25, Ron Landmann; 2) Freyja, Catalina 27, Larry Nelson; 3) Dulcinea, Killer Whale, Mathiasen/ Pritchard; 4) White Satin, Catalina 27, Steve Reinhart; 5) Grenadier, Contessa 32, Paul Osborn. (10 boats) BAMA — 1) Indigo, Dragonfly, Mike Taylor; 2) Wingit, F-27, Ray Wells; 3) The Wild Thing, F-24, Vic Thiry; 4) U-Name-lt, F-27, Mike Ropers; 5) Erin, Antrim 30-F, Dan Buhler. (8 boats)

Plastic Classic China Basin’s Bay View Boat Club twoblocked the fun meter at its tenth and most successful Plastic Classic Regatta on July 16, radiating convivial vibes from dawn to way past dusk up and down the storied coast south of the Bay Bridge. Fifty-six vintage fiberglass boats in nine divisions — from all around the Bay and as far distant as Stockton — either raced over an 11-nautical mile Olympic triangle or basked on moorings and dockside as judges marked scores in the Concours d’Elegance. More than 300 sailors and landlubbers participated in the sun-washed festivities in the Pier 54 neighborhood. They bought out all the ’94 souvenir T-shirts, ran teams of volunteer bartenders happily ragged and stuffed themselves with mountains of chow set out by sizzling ovens and barbecue pits. "We almost ran out of beer!" exulted awe-

Brett Allen's Soling (#497) took some transoms at the start, but went on to win its class in the Plastic Classic Regatta.

struck John Super, chairman of the annual event. "This is the first year we made any money, thanks to more than 50 volunteer members who really worked their buns off." The racing divisions included Islander Bahama, Columbia Challenger, International Folkboat, Columbia 28, Triton, Soling, Santana 22, and spinnaker and non-spin¬ naker entries. Northwest winds got up to 20

knots over a mild Bay chop, perfect con¬ ditions beneath a cloudless sky. Apres-race activities centered on BVBC’s spectacular new deck, a fancy planked con¬ struction totally planned and executed by clubbers whose skills seem equal to anything made of wood, either ashore or afloat. By day, a Caribbean steel band serenaded the party, while at night the musical chores went to a dance combo. Echoes of the merry¬ making bounced off nearby Potrero Hill. The Bay View YC’s traditional Plastic Classic raft/tuming mark was stationed a

BOX SCORES Koinonia, Doug Ament, 15. (13 boats) CLASS D (Schock 35 PCCs) — 1) Outlier, Schmidt/Gordon, 11.5 points; 2) Mischief, Hardy/ Reardon, 11.75; 3) Water Moccasin, Gorski/ Gaudio, 15. (19 boats) CLASS E —-1) Blade Runner, Express 37, Mick & Montgomery, 10; 3) Kayak, Peterson 41, Frank/ Daffron, 15.75. (13 boats) CLASS F (Metges 24 PCCs) — 1) Racer X, Dornberg/Weston/Grillon, 7.5 points; 2) Quantum Tibet, David Wadbrook, 18; 3) Batteries Not Included, Tony Pohl, 20.75. (20 boats) CLASS G (Catalina 37) — 1) Team Evolution, Brack Duker, 12.5 points; 2) Team Slither, Bruce Wallenstein, 13.75; 3) Possibilities, Fred Darling, 14. (8 boats) CLASS H — 1) Kimberly, CF 37, Winton/Johnson, 16 points; 2) Sorcerer, NY 36, Rosene/ McKeever, 24.75; 3) Medicine Man, CF 37, Glen Hellings, 26.75, (25 boats) CLASS I — 1) Prophet, Laser 28, Mike Guccione, 15.75 points; 2) I'll Go, Chaser 29, Don Preston, 17.75; 3) Jezebelle, B-25, Kevin Wolfe, 24. (22 boats) CLASS 1 (J/24) — 1) Cool Breeze, VerMeulen/ Worsham, 7.25 points; 2) Fish Lips, Kevin Crane, Page 158 • UXZUJ* 3? • August, 1994

SPRING ONE DESIGN (SCYC; 9 races): SC 27 — 1) Gruzin, 18 points; 2) Hanalei Express, 20.5; 3) Good Timin', 29.75. (12 boats) MOORE 24 —1)3 Quick Jerks, 23.25 points; 2) Moorgasm, 24.5; 3) Adios, 34.5. (18 boats)

DIV. Ill (127-168) — 1) Double Agent, Merit 25, Ron Landmann; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Jim Fair; 3) Zilla, B-25, Mark Thomas. (9 boats) DIV, IV (169-up) —1) Current Asset, Islander 30 Mk. II, John W. Bowen; 2) Dulcenea, Coronado 27, John Slivka; 3) California Girl, Ranger 23, Deborah Lage. (5 boats)

, 39, Steve Wilson. (3 boats) (25 miles) SINGLEHANDED: D1V. II (under 126) — 1) Interabang, Beneteau 46, Jeff Winkelhake; 2) White Knuckles, Olson 30, Dan Benjamin. (4 boats) DIV. Ill (127-168) —- 1) Stormrider, Aphrodite 101, Don McCrea; 2) Kelika, Hunter 33.5, Michael Weaver. (4 boats) DIV. IV (169-up) — 1) Impossible, Ranger 23, Gary Kneeland. (1 boat) DIV. V (non-spinnaker) — 1) Grand Slam, Cal 29, Fred Minning; 2) Sukey II, Kiwi 24, Tom Gardner; 3) lively Lady II, Custom Mull 30, Jason Bright. (6 boats) DOUBLEHANDED: DIV. I (multihulls) — 1) Pegasus, F-27, Andrew Pitcairn; 2) U-Name-lt, F27, Gary Helms. (4 boats) DIV. II (under 126) — 1) Salty Hotel, Express 27, Mark Halman; 2) Frog in French, Express 27, Larry Tuttle; 3) Defiance, SC 40, Steve Pringle. (5 boats)

505/1-14 REGATTA (StFYC; lime 25-26; 8 races): 1-14 — 1) Carbon Copy, Stahnke/Bourke, 7.75 -

escence, Bates/Schmidt, 27; 5) The Woody, Laflin/ Ebert, 56. (13 boats) 505 — 1) Miller/Heckman, 15.75 points; 2) Hamlin/Smith, 16.5; 3) Wondolleck/Kunet, 20.5; 4) Martin/Melvin, 21.25; 5) Andreasen/Hopkins, 29. (12 boats) EASOM FOUNDERS REGATTA (SFYC: lulv 9-10): 1) Craig Healy, ,3.5 points; 2) Bill Barton, 4.5 points; 3) Don Jesberg, 7; 4) John Ravizza, 14; 5) Jeff Nehms, 15; 6) Bob Park, 20; 7) Ken Munro, 21; 8)Jim Enzensperger, 21; 9) Mike LaHorgue, 22; 10) Kers Clausen, 23. (12 Etchells; 4 races)

SHEET 1994 KENWOOD CUP ENTRIES quarter-mile off the club. As usual, to the delight of racers who had to zip past the thing, it was heavily populated by scantilyclad club babes not shy about mooning competitors as they tore by. Some frontals were noted as well. The Coast Guard guys undoubtedly would have taken notes, and this year — mon dieu — some of the racing sailors even shed foulies to moon the raft back! — jack schreibman SPINNAKER— 1) Neblina, Cal 28, Neil Mosher; 2) 20/20, Cal 29, Phil Gardner; 3) Acradi, Islander 29, Ware/Guzzano/Ringer. (7 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Pathfinder, Ariel, Ed Ekers; 2) #4690, Cal 25, Troy Wical; 3) Escape, Ericson 35, Richard Seals. (16 boats) SOLING — 1) Just Married, Brett Allen; 2) Lone Jack, Lloyd Benson. (4 boats) INT. FOLKBOAT — 1) Skol, Mike Conner. (1

Yacht CLASS A (4r-75'J Emeraude Brindabella Starlight Express Marda Gras Sea-Land X-Rated Em ily Carr ninety Seven CLASS B (WAV) Gaucho Dreampic Ice Fire Sea-Land J-Hawk Slip Sliding A way Pulsar CLASS C {39,-42’) Outlaw (ex-Power Play) Assassin Excel's Growler No Problem IV Sea-Land Hi Flyer Turtle Love A Luck

IMS

Owner/Rockstar

Country

Frets 80 Jutson 75 Davidson 55 SC 52 Jep. X-512 SC 50 Farr 47

Jacques Dewailly/Marc Bouet George Snow Chris Packer/Roy Dickson Marcia & Scheffield Phelps R. & 1. Strompf/Rich Dodson Peter Sou Andrew Strachan

France Australia New Zealand USA (Seattle) Hong Kong Canada Australia

Farr 44 Farr 44 Mummery 44 J/44 N/M43 Hoffman 44

P. Gordon/J. Bertrand/P. Cayard Nippon Tel. & Tel. Peter Taylor/KIm McDeli Henry Thornton John Malec/Andy Roy Valery Popov

USA (Annapolis) Japan New Zealand Hong Kong USA (Chicago) Russia

>l ^ ‘ Vic Bishop Robin Crawford Neil Barth/John Kdtus Satoshi Utsuml/Jim Brady Neil Pryde Mr. Masuda Yoshimasa Araki

Canada Australia USA (Newport Bch) USA (Hawaii) Hong Kong Japan Japan

: Davidson 42 Farr 40 And. ILC 40 Farr ILC 40 Farr ILC 40 Elliott 39 Elliott 39

boat) COLUMBIA CHALLENGER — 1) Shay, Dean Briggs; 2) Runaground Sue, James Van Blarigan; 3) Gunga Din, Jan Grygier. (6 boats) TRITON — 1) Bolero, Ely Giliam; 2) Sleepy Head, Richard Golden. (5 boats) ISLAN DER BAMAHA — 1) Cahada, Dan Bjork. (3

CLASS D (Mumm 36} Tyrannus Georgia Express Swuzzlebubbte IX Zamboni Suicide Blonde Santa Red Co rum No Problem

Mumm36 Mumm 36 Mumm 36 Mumm 36 Mumm 36 Mumm 36 Mumm 36

Charles St Clair Brown Jim Farmer/David Barnes Ian Gibb/Andy Ball Doug Taylor Kevin Meechan Fumikazu Kasahara Satoshi Utsumi/Pierre Mas

New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand USA (Hawaii) USA (Hawaii) Japan France

boats) SANTANA 22 — 1) Shazam!, Bud Sandkulla; 2) Go Dog Go, Bill Vanderslice. (5 boats) COLUMBIA 28 — 1) Second Wind, Neil Keller. (2 boats) PRETTIEST BOAT/NICEST INTERIOR — Hawk, Alberg 30, Steve & Wren Collins. SIMPLEST TO SINCLEHAND — Mitre, IOD, Norm Goldblatt. OWNED LONGEST — Answer, Triton, Steve Cotterman & Family (since 19621).

CLASS E (35‘-44‘) Prime Time Canetlre Sea-Land Wizard Aoba Reserve Medicine Man Easy Touch Big Morning (ex-Urban Renewal)

Olson 40 Andrews 39 Jep. IMX 38 Lidgard 36 Elliott 35 J/35

Alan Chatham Chris A ustin-Harmes Stephen Ellis Mr. Jinno & Mr. Onishi Tom McCall Mr. Ohara

Hawaii Hawaii Hong Kong Hawaii New Zealand Japan

Race Notes Pacific passion: The entry list for the upcoming all IMS-Kenwood Cup is final¬ ized (see box), and the series is ready to roll on August 1 with a pair of windward/leeward races. Two more windward/leewards will be contested on August 2, followed by the Molokai Race on August 3. The racing will resume on August 6 and 7, with one longer triangle course race each day, and concludes with the long distance Kaula Race on August 9-11. Eight nations will be represented, with the Kiwis and the mainland U.S. mounting the most serious campaigns for the team trophy. First notice: The Tahiti Cup YC, an offshoot of the Pacific Cup YC, recently announced that their Tahiti Race will leave from San Francisco on June 10,1995. Open to seaworthy monohulls over 30 feet, the 3,660-mile race hopes to attract a dozen or so Pacific Cup-type participants, and

possibly a few bigger boats looking to break the course record (20 days, 11 hours, 45 minutes, set in 1925 by Mariner). All four race directors — Keith Buck, Jim Quanci, Bobbi Tosse and Paul Altman — were off on the Pacific Cup, so we can’t tell you much more about the new race this month. Race packages and TCYC membership may be obtained by sending $25 to Tahiti Cup YC, 2269 Chestnut Street, #111, San Francisco, CA, 94123. Small race to the Big Island: Despite a massive promotional campaign, the inaug¬ ural Mo’ikeha Cup Race — 2,077 miles from Oakland to Mahukona, Hawaii, starting on August 14 — has failed to attract much interest. In fact, only three boats have entered: Bill Boyd and Darryl Johnston’s jetblack Ross 45 M-l; David Crowe’s Mac¬ Gregor 65 Phoenix, which is currently dry¬ sailing out of Nelson’s Marine in Alameda; and Swan, Charlie Roberts’ Newporter 52. M-l — which was originally scheduled to do the TransPac YC’s tiny Tahiti Race, then was supposedly going to do the Pacific Cup — is using the race as a speedy way to deliver the boat home to Hawaii. Phoenix, we’ve heard,

may pull the plug — while Swan is more fdetermined than ever to get to Hawaii after dropping out of the Pacific Cup. "We’ll hold the race if at least two boats still want to go — and whoever gets there first will set another course record to Hawaii!" said race director Bob Gray, who conceded, "In retrospect, we probably shouldn’t have scheduled it against the Pacific Cup." Road trips: three local ll:Metre boats will be represented in that class’s World Championship outside Stockholm, Sweden, on August 2-7. Team SportsChannel (driver John Sweeney, Chris Watson, Hogan Beatie and Brent Ruhne) will be going in its entirety; Alistair Murray (Ronstan) is joining designer Ron Holland’s crew for the series; and Priscilla Troy (Susie Kate’s) and crew Peter Gilmore will sail with two Swedish locals. Some 45-50 boats are expected to compete. Meanwhile, another ll:Metre has changed hands: Marin County Lightning sailor Ed Sporl recently purchased #68 from Brian Mock. Tim Parsons of North Sails will be Ed’s on-board pro. Also in Europe — Copenhagen, to be August. 1994 • LaKUJ*J9 • Page 159

THE RACING 1994 Victoria-Maui International Race exact — are six Knarr efforts from the Bay: Grant Settlemier (Adelante), Terry Anderlini (Benino), Jim Skaar (Huldra), George Sayre (Cardinal Sagehen), Joel Kudler (Nordlys) and Trygve Liljestrand (Svalen). They’re competing in the International Knarr Championships (IKCs) — which rotate each year between the U.S., Norway and Denmark — on July 22-30. Currently lead¬ ing the local Knarr fleet season (with 75% of the racing over) is Whistler, sailed by Chris Perkins, Scott Wollaston and Matt Ciesicki. Unfortunately, Perkins just switched jobs and was unable to attend the IKCs. Youth movement: Representing Area G in the upcoming Sears/Bemis/Smythe finals in Charleston, SC, on August 12-17 are the following: Sears Cup (J/22s) — Will Paxton (RYC) with crew Mary Lavine, Nick Nash and Dana Jones; Bemis (420s) — Brent Harrill (MPYC) and crew Brendan Richards; Smythe (Lasers) — Rowan Fennell (StFYC). . . The 1995 Nautica/US Sailing Youth Championship will be held next June on San Francisco Bay with NCYSA as the organizing body. Dick Loomis will chair this prestigious event, which should attract some 180 of the country’s hottest juniors. All local yacht clubs and junior programs are being solicited to help out. Call Dick at (707) 9424006 if your organization wants to get involved. Sale boats of the month: Alameda rigger Glenn Hansen is the new owner of the fam¬ ous Whiting quarter tonner Magic Bus. . . Another of the Bay’s great 'midgets' is for sale — the Schumacher 26 War II (aka Sum¬

mertime Dream). Owner Roger Peter is re¬

luctantly moving back to Brazil this fall. . . SoCal boat addict Tom Leweck recently sold his J/24 and bought Melges 24 hull #133, the boat John Kostecki just used to win the recent Gold Cup. Leweck has named Page 160 • Ui4<J*32 • August. 1994

me Port Elapsed Time Corn Time

Div Fit Yacht PHRF DIVISION 1 1 1 Atalanta 2 2 Marda Gras 3 3 Midnight Special 4 5 Chance 5 9 Emily Carr 6 12 Ralphie 7 21 Zamazaan

Type

Owner

Tripp 73 SC 52 SC 50 SC 70 SC 50 SC 50 Farr 53

Richard Hedreen Marda Phelps Steve Crary Tim Clark Peter Sou Dave Pearson Denis Cressey

Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle Victoria Victoria Vancouver

10:15:18:38 11:03:58:10 11:10:42:34 10:01:54:52 12:11:40:02 12:21:02:17 14:10:09:13

10:11:27:50 11:05:53:34 11:08:47:10 11:16:22:52 12:11:40:02 12:21:02:17 14:02:27:37

PHRF DIVISION II 1 7 Carissa 2 10 Farr-ari 3 15 Luna 4 19 Tranquillite 5 20 Oncyte Moonbeard -

Peterson 43 Beneteau 45 C&C 37 Nautor Swan 46 Davidson 40 Marco Polo 52

Jake Jakubik William Walton Dennis Manara Jack Shannon ftfichael Fleming Anthony Sessions

Seattle Seattle Vancouver Tacoma Vancouver Vancouver

14:00:56:29 14:03:55:43 14:17:57:32 15:09:23:43 15:20:56:13 DNF

12:08:33:05 12:13:27:43 12:23:38:44 13:17:00:19 14:00:42:01 DNF

PHRF DIVISION III 1 11 Showtime 2 13 Panache IV 3 14 Wlndshadow 4 18 Carmanah 5 22 Darby

J/36 Centurion 47 Cooper 508 Peterson 41 Northeast 39

Bob Mayfield Helmut Hahn Ai Byers Frank Van Gyn Steven Tuck

Sumner Surrey Surrey Victoria Vashon Is).

14:18:08:54 15:06:53:07 15:07:02:14 15:15:02:41 16:11:05:16

12:14:13:06 12:21:11:07 12:23:15:38 13:11:06:53 14:07:09:28

PHRF DIVISION IV 1 4 Kismet 2 Spectre 6 8 3 Hooligan 4 16 Uncle Juicy 5 17 Strait Jacket 6 23 Three Daugh ters 7 24 Endless Rode

Cat 40 Cal 40 Cal 40 Cal 40 Ranger 33 Herreshotf 58 C&C 34

Charlie Guildner Lee Rogge Gilbert Wood Joe Dubey Milton Ploeger Peter Giles Gord Cudlipp

Mt. Vernon Seattle Seattle Olympia Seattle Bowen isl. Vancouver

14:16:58:32 15:08:05:38 15:11:21:18 16:00:48:14 17:07:02:28 18:07:45:02 20:10:15:42

11:15:53:20 12:07:00:26 12:10:16:06 12:23:43:02 13:04:57:04 14:15:16:38 16:06:14:54

the boat Pinocchio, a clever name. The Zenda, Wisconsin, Melgi factory is up to hull #160 now, and is cranking out a boat every other day. Rumor has it that the Melges 30 — basically a 24 on steroids — is in the works, but it won’t go into production until next spring. Meanwhile, a $3,000 price increase on 24s went into effect on August 1 — and a Melgi franchise just opened in

'Atalanta', seen above at the '92 Kenwood Cup, finished the Vic-Maui Race second behind ’Chance', but easily corrected out the winner.

England. The latest grand prix boat in California is Excel’s Growler, Neil Barth’s slippery

new Andrews ILC 40. Growler was launched early last month and, after a few hours of sea trials off Newport Beach, was shipped over to Hawaii for her debut in the upcoming Kenwood Cup. Crewing for Barth on the 13,200-pound, 41-footer will be John Kolius (tactician/co-helm), John Jourdane (navi¬ gator), Alan Andrews (designer/jib trimmer), Bill Menninger (sailmaker/main trimmer), Keith Kilpatrick (boat captain/mast), Craig Fletcher (chute trimmer), Doug McLean (bow), Jim Trudeau (pit) and 'Big Mike' Howard (cockpit). Builders Jim Bailey (Excel) and Lynn Bowser (Westerly) will be on hand to provide shore support for the Growler effort. Glory days: Did anyone else notice that the occasionally local R/P 50 Morning Glory made the cover of the June Sail? They were captured seconds before a wind¬ ward mark rounding at Key West Race Week, and visible among the crew were Bob 'Buddha' Billingham (standing), Ronn Lowenthal (first on rail) and Dave Hulse (purple hat). If you know where to look, you can also see parts of Alan Weaver and Dee Smith. Morning Glory is currently back at San Francisco Boat Works, being readied for a quick Northwest tour. The boat will be back in time for the Big Boat Series. Fluke victory? 24 boats sailed in the Olson 30 Nationals at Ventura YC on July 8-10, making this one of the largest gatherings of the clan since George Olson stopped producing the speedsters over 10

SHEET

years ago. Boats trekked down from Seattle, Canada, Salt Lake City and elsewhere — but disappointingly not one San Francisco or Santa Cruz boat was there! Winning the mostly light air 7-race series was Rick Fluke’s Perfect Balance (21.75 points), followed closely by Aliens Ate My Buick (Team Aliens, 25.5), Vendetta (Ernie Richau, 26), Wildfire (Keith Lorance, 34) and TacosPescados (Jay Moser/David Paudler, 42). Meanwhile, the 30’s fatter, younger sisters got together for the Olson 25 Nationals at Sausalito YC on July 16-17. Their short 4-race series attracted only 10 local boats, all of whom were treated to another round of sailing lessons at the hands of wily Bill Riley and his veteran Pearl gang (Greg Palmer, Pete Caras, Carol and Chuck Mellor). Though maybe a tad rusty from his time off (Pearl is graciously sitting out ODCA this year), Riley nonetheless put together a 1,1,3,2 series to easily win his fifth Nationals. Other trophy winners were: 2) Vivace, Bill Riess, 11.75 points; 3) Dreamer, Mario Wijtman, 17; and 4) Alchemy, Dr. Joe Kitterman, 18.75. Wind drought: Only 5 boats out of 14 starters managed to limp to the finish of yet another light air Boreas Race. Co-hosted by Oakland YC and Elkhom YC, the July 2 jaunt down the coast was plagued by gig¬ antic holes at Montara and Monterey Bay. Lee Garami’s well-travelled yellow Hobie 33 My Rubber Ducky was first to finish at 1 a.m. on July 1, also correcting out for overall honors. The Wylie 33 Absolute Saidee finished a distant second, with the Lapworth 48 Nalu IV third. The only other finishers were War Stories, a Moore 24 in Division B and the Mega 30 Mega in Division C. There was also a motoring division, but the few boats that entered used their motoring allowance up well before the finish. Good guy alert! Encinal YC recently established the David Oliver Perpetual Trophy in honor of their member of the same name, a well-liked Olson 30 (Zephyros) turned Melges 24 (Smokin’) sailor. The trophy, which recognizes Dave’s 'over-and-above' service to the club, will be awarded annually to the winner of the under-18-years-old Laser fleet in their Thursday night junior sailing races. Oliver, a doctor in 'real life', was instrumental in getting the Encinal Foundation rolling two years ago, as well as selflessly devoting his time and energy to ail facets of upgrading the junior sailing facilities. Said EYC’s Tony Pohl, "Dave is a prince among men for his contributions to the local

sailing community." Other than Hank Easom and Scott Rovanpera, we can’t name anyone else in the Bay Area who’s had a trophy named after them while they were still bashing around the buoys. Congrat¬ ulations, Dave! Maui wowie: About all we know about the recent 2,308-mile Vic-Maui Race are the results (see opposite page). Chance was first to finish, about three hours off Merlin’s 1991 record pace of 9:23:15. Atalanta (ex-Ondine III) waterlined the 25-boat fleet to claim overall honors. "We jibed once," confessed Sausalito sailmaker Jim Leech, who was among the winning 14-man crew. We’ll try to have more on this race next month. Newport news: J/24-world-champion-ofall-time Ken Read, who some feel was shortchanged in last year’s Rolex Yachtsman of the Year voting, got a measure of revenge by easily winning the Etchells NAs over a competitive 57-boat fleet in his hometown of Newport, RI, on June 23-26. Read, sailing with J/24 mates Karl Anderson and Brad Dimeo, only jumped into the Etchells fleet this year — which makes his NAs victory all the more impressive. Finishing second was Jud Smith of Marblehead; his boss Dennis

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Conner was third. More nationals: Richard Keller of San Pedro won his third straight Catalina 30 National Championship on June 25-26 off the Cityfront. Keller, who sailed his boat up the coast for the event, bested an 8-boat fleet. Second went to John Jacob’s Trey Shay; third to Paul Harwood’s Lochan Ora.

Dave and Mary Gallup’s Biophilia won the 4-boat non-spinnaker division, while Larry Wilson’s Moira took the 3-boat cruising class. . . Winner of the concurrent 5-boat Catalina 27 Nationals was Doug Nelson’s Freyja, followed by Steve Reinhart’s White Satin and Ed Durbin’s Catalyst. Shawn Bennett and his Rigormortis crew 'stiffed' the fleet at the windy Cal 20 Nationals at Cabrillo Beach YC late last month. Rounding out the top ten were Bruce Golison, Andy Zinn, Chuck Clay, Chris Collins, Hank Schofield, Mark Golison, Steve Grillon, Max Rosenberg and defending champ Neil Baker. Bay Area sailors Bren Meyer and Mike Schaumburg finished 21 and 22, respectively; while John Nooteboom took the smaller Silver Fleet. Grand prix notes: The highpoint boat in late June’s Onion Patch Series (the Bermuda Race and four day races) was — sit down — a vintage Cal 40! Coleman du Pont’s IMS "rule beater" Nicole finished 12.8 points ahead of Conspiracy, a brand new Mumm 36, and 26.8 ahead of the N/M 49 Infinity. Perhaps IMS has swung the pendulum back too far? . . . Winners of the IMS classes at Block Island Race Week (Rhode Island)

on June 20-24 were: Class A — Full Cry (Farr 50); Class B — Gem (ex-Crazy Horse, N/M 49); Class C — Beau Geste (Farr ILC 40). The latter boat also took Boat of the Week honors. Speaking of IMS, the second biennial Rolex Commodores’ Cup is underway in Cowes, England, as we go to press. This regatta, along with the Admiral’s Cup, represents the pinnacle of grand prix IMS racing. The U.S. has two teams entered —

7 August. 1994 • UuuJtSP • Page 161

RACING SHEET the White Team consisting of Falcon (Tripp 50, Donald Smith), Flash Gordon (Farr 39, Helmut Jahn) and Pigs in Space (Mumm 36, David Clarke/Ken Read/Geoff Stagg); and the Red Team: Numbers (Taylor 47, John Risley/John Kolius/Robbie Doyle), Kropp Duster (Wylie 46, Charles Kropp/Buddy Melges/Dee Smith), and Rhody Express (Mumm 36, Peter Vessella). After the first two light air races, USA White has opened a healthy 12.5 point lead over the nine-team field. More next month. Bigtime boardsailing: On July 1-3, St. Francis YC hosted a major 'shredfest' — the prestigious IMCO (International Mistral) Continnental Championships and the concurrent West Coast Windsurfing Championships. The IMCOs, 11-foot 'Cadillacs' that now enjoy Olympic “status, attracted 38 of the world’s best boardheads (and you thought that St. Francis only ran big boat races?). Riccardo Giordano of Italy was the Medium Men’s and overall winner; divisional winners were William Boll (Master, East Hampton, CT), Jayne Fenner (Women, Hood Reiver, OR), Amit Inbar (Heavy, Israel) and Chris Sieber (Light, Austria). The Windsurfing Championship — a short-board, big-rig 'blastorama' — was more of a local

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event. Winners were Jim Johnstone (Pro¬ duction), Emily Dale (Unlimited), Andy Horn (Junior), Steve Sylvester (Master), Don Lester (Grand Master) and Drew Farrior (Men). Laser guns: Nick Adamson, the new

Laser Slalom king, continued his winning ways with a convincing victory at the U.S. Laser National Championship at Cal YC (Marina del Rey) on July 14-17. Alex Asension and Andy Lovell were second and third in the 67-boat Gold Fleet, while Christopher Dinsey won the 65-boat Silver Fleet. The Bay Area was well represented in both fleets, led by Matt McQueen with a 12th in the Gold Fleet. Other Gold sailors were Patrick Whitmarsh (33), Will Benedict (42), Andrew Holdsworth (43), Blake Mid¬ dleton (47) and Madhaven Thirumalai (48). Simon Bell finished highest among the nine Bay Area Silver Fleet sailors, coming in third. Briefly noted: 29 solo sailors, including 9 Americans, are signed up to sail in the fourth BOC Challenge, the brutal 27,500 mile around-the-world race which begins from Charleston, S.C., on September 17. The BOC TransAtlantic Challenge, a feeder race from Falmouth, England to Charleston, was just finishing as we went to press. Nine BOC entries were entered. . . Sebastian Casalaina-Martin, a 17-year-old summer sailing instructor at Encinal YC, and his 13year-old sister Miriam won the light air Snipe Junior Nationals in Dallas on July 9-10.

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With reports this month from Iris and her owner’s adventures with women in the South Pacific; from the Miamians on Hae Tuien up in Seward’s Icebox; from Mendocino Queen on the theft of their dinghy in Z-town; from Cavu on setting up cruising finances; from Five Again on good times in Tonga and New Zealand; from Tan-Tar-A in Costa Rica; from Joshua H. in the furthest reaches of the South Pacific; and Cruise Notes.

Iris — Columbia 29 Mk I Hugh Freebairn Wild Adventures In The Pacific (Berkeley) It’s me again, the optometrist who’s been passing out free eye-glasses here in the Republic of Kiribati. For those without atlases, Kiribati is a collection of 33 islands scattered across the Pacific near the equator that includes the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Groups. I don’t recall where I was the last time I wrote to Latitude, but I think it was some place here in Kiribati. In any event, the final result of giving away all those donated used eyeglasses was that I married a local woman in a traditional outer island ceremony. After the ceremony, we sailed to Wallis Island and then Suva, Fiji. When we got to Suva, my wife promptly ran away with some distant relative. Sailing hadn’t bothered her, but civilization did. When I attempted to complete the paperwork necessary to get her off my crew list, I was punched in the face by another distant relative of hers! He accused me of committing all sort of barbaric acts on her! As a result of that incident, I ended up

Hugh Freebairn's Fijian sweetheart Roshni thrives on cruising. His earlier marriage to a Kiribati woman wasn't as strong a relationship.

spending time at the Suva Police Department and working with Sergeant Surrend. This was fortunate, because he Page 164 •

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indirectly introduced me to Roshni, the Fijian Indian woman who is my present partner. After several months in Suva and getting a divorce from my Kiribati wife — it wasn’t a big deal for them — Roshni and I headed for Vanuatu. We had a wonderful visit to Vanuatu, where we found outstanding snorkeling and some isolated villages whose people were friendly beyond our wildest expectations. They not only wanted us to stay longer, they wanted to build a house for us! After Vanuatu, we had an interesting visit to the Solomon Islands. The people there varied by island. The Malaitans were a bit aggressive and dishonest — in fact, they tried to steal anything they could get their hands on! They attempted to unscrew some blocks from our boat, for example, and later tried to steal some flip-flops from the deck of Iris in the middle of the night. On the other islands the people were mostly nice but a little shy. In a few isolated places the locals were very nice. We subsequently sailed to Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. I landed a one year contract job as an electrical engineer for the local utility company, and we’ve been here for five months now. I used to be an electrical engineer before I became an optometrist. They don’t need optometrists here, but they occasionally need engineers. So here we sit, Roshni and I, on Kosrae. Iris is one of just two boats here. The other belongs to a Swedish singlehander who has been here for five years running an ice plant - cold storage facility. Kosrae is physically very beautiful, but the people are more reserved and cautious than the friendly and outgoing people of the South Pacific. We’ll be here until May of 1995. I’d like to let American taxpayers know that the Federated States of Micronesia get about $92 million a year in U.S. aid, and that the people here seem to really enjoy that money. It’s nice to see someone have a good time with all that money Uncle Sam collects after twisting taxpayers’ arms so hard. Roshni and I have been together a year now and she really enjoys boat life. If I even suggest moving ashore, she gets mad and won’t talk to me for an hour. It’s given her some privacy for the first time in her life, and

she also likes visiting new places. Although Kosrae is one of the Federated States of Micronesia, it’s somehow part of the domestic U.S. Postal System. This means that anything — even Latitudes — can be shipped out here at very reasonable rates. I’m hoping you’ll bend the rules a little about foreign subscriptions as I really enjoy reading about home from time to time. P.S. I finally ran out of eyeglasses to pass out. — hugh 6125194 Hugh — We always look forward to letters from you, for no matter if you’re getting hell from the French for passing out free eyeglasses in the Marquesas or getting punched by a 24th cousin for alleged abuse of a Kiribati wife, you seem to have the most singular kinds of adventures. As for a subscription to Latitude, we’ll see — pardon the pun — if we can’t set it up. After all, if Kosrae is part of U.S. domestic mail service, we can’t see why there would be a problem.

IN LATITUDES

Spread; 'Hae Tweri before majestic Reiggs Glacier. Inset; Peter Smith wrestles two dungeness crabs in a winner-eats-all bout.

Hae Twen — Taswell 43 Peter Smith & Chen Liang-Hsia British Columbia & Alaska (Miami) On May 1, we left Seattle for San Francisco — by way of British Columbia and Alaska. Two months have passed and we have already traveled more than 1,500 nautical miles and have cruised in the ice above 59°N. While in British Columbia, we enjoyed cool spring weather. One of the nicest aspects of life afloat in a cold climate is having the boat buttoned up at night in a calm anchorage. You experience the most perfect quietness, surrounded by dense spruce and hemlock forests rising straight up as if to point at the nearby snow-covered mountains. We crossed notorious Seymour Narrows and then Queen Charlotte Sound, where we

got knocked around a bit after leaving a little cove with the unique name of God’s Pocket. While at anchor, we listened to an acquaintance on the ham radio as she and her husband were on a non-stop passage from Seattle to the Marquesas in their small home-built sloop. It’s a big sailing world. We stopped later stopped at Klemtu, a Kitasoo Indian village, where we ate some raw sea urchins that the Indian band collects primarily for shipment to Japan. Even though we anchored in 90 feet of water at Horsefly Cove, we were still able to reach out and touch the rocks next to us. Talk about steep to! While anchored at Bishop Bay, we spent a rainy and foggy afternoon soaking in the hot springs under a lean-to. Our last stop in British Columbia was the friendly and hospitable Prince Rupert Yacht and Rowing Club. It took us 12 hours to sail from Prince Rupert across the Dixon Entrance into Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago. When we arrived, we set our clocks back one hour and called U.S. Customs for pratique. They charged $50. Ah, back in the U.S. There are only five towns of any size in

southeast Alaska, and Ketchikan, a small town on a small island, is typical. There are only a few miles of paved road, and there are no bridges by which you can drive to other roads. Yet despite the fact that you can walk everywhere in less than 30 minutes, everybody has a car! While there, we saw a Rolls Royce, a Corvette and a Porsche. Everything else was a big pick-up with a dog in the back. Southeast Alaska is full of exceptional people, and we’ve had the chance to meet many of them. Joe May, whom we talked with almost daily on the maritime net, was one of them. He told us that Ketchikan wasn’t really in Alaska and invited us to stop at Thorne Bay on Prince of Wales Island to see the real thing. Joe and Sandra live in a remote cabin that’s almost invisible in among the trees that provide for such a lovely setting. By necessity, they generate their own power and collect their own drinking water. There are no roads to their property, the only access is by water. They keep an old Atkins sloop on a mooring in front of their home. Sandra is an accomplished artist. As for Joe, in a previous life in the bush up north he ran a team of sled dogs. He raced in the Iditarod from Anchorage to Nome four times, winning in 1980. After visiting the towns of Wrangell and Petersburg, we left for Frederick Sound in light rain with a gale warning posted. We saw distant whales breaching and Dahl porpoises played off the bow wave in the stormy weather. The clouds rolled by, pushed by the gale that fortunately never arrived. The snow on the mountains gleamed a brilliant white Chen, standing on the foredeck of 'Hae Twen', checks out a 'chip off the old block" at Tracy Arm, Alaska. It was cool for the folks from Miami.

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when the sun finally broke through the clouds. We spent several days in the fiord called Tracy Arm, one of the most beautiful places we’ve been. The deep and narrow .chasm has green hemlock interspersed among black cliffs 1,000 feet tall, all capped with snow that feeds brooks and waterfalls. The water in the fiord is full of blue icebergs, growlers and bergy bits. Brash ice covers the surface of the water. We have seen quite a bit of wildlife, some quite close at hand. In Juneau an American bald eagle perched atop our masthead, forcing the masthead wind sensor to droop like rigatoni. He was scared away, however, when Chen spoke to him sharply. At the northwestern-most edge of the Alexander Archipelago in Glacier Bay, we saw humpback whales and crested puffins, Stellar sea lions and a black bear. We even caught dungeness crabs for dinner. While in Glacier Bay we sailed by seven glaciers. We can vouch for the truth in John Muir’s Travels in Alaska, where he compares Glacier Bay to Yosemite’s majestic valleys and snow-covered domes. During five days in the bay we had brilliant sunshine and could see the peaks of mountains more than fifty miles away! The water temperature at sea level, by the way, was 42 °. After Glacier Bay, we left the Inside Passage and sailed in the Gulf of Alaska along the ocean coastline of Chichagof and Baranof Islands. There are hot springs in this region, our favorite being White Sulphur Springs where the deliciously hot water bubbles up through sand and pebbles in a pool right on the beach. Among the rocks and kelp beds of this beautiful coastline, we were amazed to see dozens of sea otters placidly floating on their backs in the six-foot swell, dining on sea urchins and clams or nursing their newborn pups. Further offshore we again saw humpbacks breaching and tail¬ flopping. In Sitka, which the Russians built as their North American capital two centuries ago, we attended chamber music concerts during the annual music festival and enjoyed walking around. Although we enjoyed towns like Sitka, Petersburg and Juneau, the real heart of Southeast Alaska is in the little villages like Elfin Cove, Pelican, Port Protection and Meyers Chuck, where only a few dozen families live and where the only road is a boardwalk or a path through the rain forest. Page 166 •

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With the approach of the mid-point of summer, we have begun to turn south. We will visit Misty Fiords National Monument before leaving Alaska. Back in British Columbia, we plan to sail down the length of the Queen Charlotte Islands to see the ancient Haida totems. Then we’ll sail down the west coast of Vancouver Island before heading offshore for the trip to California. We expect to be in San Francisco by October. P.S. Hae Twen is Chinese for dolphin. — peter & chen 7/94 Mendocino Queen — Downeast 38 Allen and Kate Barry Thieves In The Z-Town Night (San Francisco) It was a moonless black night in Zihuatanejo. The date was January 23, 1994. Even thought we’re now in the South Pacific, we remember it well. We were sleeping peacefully aboard the Mendocino Queen, our Sausalito-based Downeast 38 cutter. Our 10-foot Zodiac with its 8 hp Suzuki were double tied to the boat a few feet to leeward. At 0400, Kate heard a motor start up nearby. She looked out the hatch to investigate and thought she saw a black

This harbor, made famous by a now bitter kitten, is home one of the biggest and most prestigious international regattas. See 'Notes' for answer.

inflatable being towed away by a white panga. She ran to check for our dinghy and found the line had been cut. "Allen, our dinghy’s been stolen!" she shouted, waking me up. We got on the radio and — surprisingly — raised two boats at that ungodly hour. Kate then dove into the bay and swam over to two other nearby yachts and banged on their hulls to ask for assistance. This is how the 'great Zihuatanejo dinghy chase and search' got underway. Tim on Caribee and John from Contented Turtle gave valiant pursuit, shone bright lights and asked the night fishermen if they’d seen a panga towing a Zodiac. No one admitted to having seen anything. The panga had apparently disappeared out the harbor entrance and into the still black Pacific night. We returned to our boat. I remember Orion was setting and the Southern Cross was making its short sojourn low across the southern sky. The search resumed at first light, and we still had high hopes of recovering the Zodiac and outboard. Tim on Caribee and I checked all the little coves and beaches around the entrance to the bay. Kate went ashore and

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talked to the fishermen and the police, then searched the edges of the bay. Nothing. Ed and Cathy on the Emeryville-based Pegasus, on the last leg of their lengthy circumnavigation, inflated their spare Avon and loaned it to us. During the local morning net, we reported the theft, complete with the serial numbers of the Zodiac and the Suzuki. Ham operators relayed the information on the ham nets. We also filed a written report with the Port Captain and with Luiz Roberto Marciel, head of the local fishing cooperative — who himself had recently had a big panga and outboard stolen. Both men were very kind to us, felt very badly about the misfortune, and were honestly wounded to have had this crime occur on the Zihuatanejo waterfront. The Port Captain immediately notified the federates and neighboring port captains. The consensus among the fishermen is that from time to time vessels from Lazaro Cardenas, about 30 miles up the coast, 'raid' Zihuatanejo. A large boat such as a shrimper will stand offshore while a panga or two enter the bay to snatch a previously identified dinghy or panga. The fisherman say it always happens on moonless nights and always when the navy boat is away. Lazaro Cardenas is sometimes referred to as 'the New Jersey of the Mexican coast'. It’s

very industrial and has a much higher crime rate than less developed surrounding areas. We haven’t been there, so we only pass this along as rumor. Two days after the theft, the Port Captain called us on the VHF to tell us that our dinghy had been recovered — but that it had been destroyed. He asked us to come by his office to identify it. Sarah on Island Time picked us up and took us to shore. She also gave us her handheld so we could call her when we needed a ride back to our boat. There, in the Port Captain’s yard, sat our Zodiac. It was deflated but still said Mendocino Queen on the side. The image is surrealistic as there was grass growing inside of her. Who would plant grass inside a deflated inflatable, we wondered? It took a while for the image to register, but finally we realized that our Zodiac no longer had a bottom and that what we were seeing was the grass of the Port Captain’s yard outlined by the mutilated tubes! We took pictures. One of the local officials chiseled the ID plaque off the transom in case our insurance company wanted it. We cut out the section of the tube that bore the name Mendocino Queen. The bottom had been completely cut out, probably for the floor boards. The stainless steel rings mounted on the tubes had all been cut away. The stainless steel lifting rings on the transom had also been removed. The outboard and gas tank were never recovered. Inflatables, we were told, are usually stolen for the outboards mounted on them. On January 27th — just four days after our inflatable was stolen — our insurance agent Jim Hackworth of Hackworth and Co. in San Mateo sent us a fax in Zihuatanejo. It said that a check for the agreed value of the Zodiac and Suzuki was already in the mail. What outstanding service — way beyond what we expected. When your boat’s only tender is stolen, you experience a profound sense of' helplessness. When we first realized the loss, our first response was to jump in the Zodiac and give chase. But we no longer had the Zodiac — or anything else in which to give chase. Jump in and swim after a panga? Hopeless. Raise the anchor and drive our DownEast 38 at five knots in pursuit of someone doing 15 knots? Equally futile. We will never have another tender stolen.

The loss became well known in the Mexican cruising fleet as we told everyone to secure their tenders. Some did, but others continued to just let them float behind their boats. Our replacement dinghy — a Montgomery 10 sailing dinghy — is up out of the water on a bridge and is also tied bow and stern. When we wrote this piece a couple of months ago, there were 12 boats with us at the anchorage in Chemela. Four of them trailed dinghies astern; eight had lifted theirs out of the water. Some of those trailing dinks astern had secured them with a cable, but thieves are often known to carry cable cutters. What can you do to prevent dinghy thefts both at home and while cruising? Simple: Secure Thy Dinghy. Haul it on deck and bolt it down. Fill it with snakes, surround it with pit bulls, shine a light on it. If some of these suggestions aren’t practical, here are two tried and true ideas: 1) Hoist the dinghy on deck or on davits. 2) Fashion a bridle so the dinghy can ride out of the water alongside your boat. These arrangements are quite secure in and of themselves. If you do any of these and then add a cable and lock, you’ve made your dinghy as theft-proof as possible. The next lower level of security can be had by leaving the dinghy in the water but

Hang 'em high! Even Rip van Winkle couldn't sleep through the sound of thieves trying to steal a dinghy suspended from the top of the mast.

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from a large offshore work boat, you can be pretty sure they have cutters onboard. To keep things in perspective, many more dinghy thefts occur in the United States than in Mexico. Every year a few dinghies are stolen in Mexico while hundreds are stolen in the U.S. The problem with having your dink stolen in Mexico is that it’s much harder and usually more expensive to replace than in the States. When we started looking for a replacement, there was nothing — we mean nothing — even if we could have afforded it. Many cruisers would have a tough “time getting the money together to replace an inflatable and motor. At least there was a happy ending. A few

'Unless somebody locates the world's biggest inflatable patch/ muses an official in Z-town, 'this Zodiac is history.'

days after the theft, I approached a cruiser on the beach that 1 hadn’t seen before. I told him of my troubles and asked if he had a spare tender for sale. His name was Sterling of the Master Mariner Sterling — which had previously raced in the Master Mariner Page 168 • U&UJi Z2 • August. 1994

Regattas as Brigadoon. In any event, Sterling had just co-written or ghost-written a book on fishing from cruising sailboats. Partial payment for his efforts came in the form of a Montgomery 10 sailing dinghy. This he graciously sold to us at a very affordable price. Thanks, Sterling. We spent an afternoon aboard Sterling making a new friend and discovered that we had a mutual friend in Mendocino County. The world is so small. There was also a funny aspect to the incident, specifically how rapidly our simple story got so badly distorted. There were three dinghy - panga thefts that we heard of that took place around the time ours did. One was an inflatable belonging to a cruiser way up the coast in San Bias. It was later found cut to ribbons in a dumpster. The transom had been cut away to get the motor. Another was the panga stolen from Luiz Roberta Marciel, head of the Zihuatanejo fishing cooperative. The third was our own. Before a week was out, the three incidents got confused into one. We heard one version about the theft of our inflatable that had taken on characteristics of the panga theft. It was described as an ocean¬ going Zodiac with a big outboard and outfitted for sport fishing. According to this hybrid story, it was worth $15,000 — and, oh yes, had ended up in a dumpster. We didn’t mind that story until it got to the part where it was said that the theft had caused us to hate Z-town and Mexico, and that we couldn’t wait to leave. Not true! We love Mexico and Zihuatanejo. We spent two of the last three winters there, and you can bet we’ll be back for more. — alien & kate 6/94 Allen & Kate — VJe can relate to your "profound sense of helplessness". When we discovered our big inflatable with a 40-hp Yamaha had been stolen at Palm Island in the Caribbean, we were outraged. "Let’s get in the dinghy and catch those bastards!" we shouted. Then we realized—and it was hard for our minds to register the fact — that we no longer had a dinghy! While your anti-theft strategies are good, they wouldn’t have helped in our case. We tied up at the pier of an upscale resort for a Friday night jump-up. The 'guard' said, "No need to lock it, I’ll watch it." He more than watched it. As soon as we were gone, he mm.

must have jumped in and taken off with it. Locals there also said that it had surely been stolen for the outboard. Using the resort owner’s powerboat, we spent several hours searching for it that night as well as at the crack of dawn the next morning. We even chartered a small plane to search the nearby islands and mangroves. Nothing. Cavu — Soverel 48 Ketch Gene Budinger & Judy Sadlier Money Matters While Cruising (Santa Cruz) "I miss the anchorages, the stars, the fresh air, the fun people, going ashore, jumping off the back of the boat into the warm water — gosh, I miss it all!" So says Judy Sadlier in describing why she’d rather still be out cruising and chartering in the Caribbean. Formerly the Monterey branch manager for Reynolds Company (now Dean Witter Reynolds), Sadlier took an early retirement in 1987 so she could join Gene Budinger, who decided to enjoy a sabbatical from the Los Gatos real estate market, to cruise aboard their Soverel 48 ketch. They figured they’d be out about five years. Cruises never turn out the way they’re planned, of course, and the couple ended up stretching the five years to seven. Even with the two year extension, they have only

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cruisers to do wire transfers for emergencies and the credit card provides for getting cash anywhere there are ATMs or banks — which is just about anywhere in the world, including the Caribbean. It’s an all encompassing way to manage 99% of your cash, assets and bills." If you’re wondering how you can handle your finances while on a sustained cruise, you might at least give Gene or Judy a call and pick their brains. They can be reached at (800) 664-0537. — latitude 7/14/94

(Inset) Gene and Judy enjoying lobster board 'Cavu', which is seen cruising between islands in the Caribbean.

reluctantly — and temporarily — returned to work. "After working for another seven or eight years," says Gene, "we’ll be back out cruising again." The beginning of the end of their cruise started with a haul-out at Trinity Yacht Facilities in Trinidad last September. "Trinidad was delightful," Gene remembers, "and the labor was very reasonable. We paid 80 TT — about $15 a day — for help in chipping the old bottom paint off, grinding out the blisters and filling the cavities with epoxy. The work was made easier by the fact that we could have supplies shipped directly to the yard by UPS and Customs would come over and clear it. Stuff arriving by other means had to be checked through downtown — and that was always hell." After five weeks at the yard in Trinidad, Gene and Judy headed up toward Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, where they got involved in some cat & mouse nonsense with U.S. and Canadian warships. After first being sniffed at by a U.S. cruiser, a Canadian warship manipulated her navigation lights in a futile attempt to fool the crew of Cavu and sneak up behind her at night. This was all for naught, as Gene and Judy tracked the ship on radar. Cavu’s attempts to contact the

warship on VHF were ignored. When the warship got right behind Cavu, they switched on an intense searchlight. Blinded by its brilliance, an angry Gene got on the radio and repeatedly demanded that the vessel identify itself. They finally did just before steaming off. Apparently they were part of the force trying to enforce the U.N. embargo on Haiti. It was not a pleasant experience. Gene and Judy are now settled in Mary Ester, which sounds more like a womb than a city. "It’s halfway between Panama City and Pensacola on the Florida Panhandle," explains Judy. "We have a cruising community here that’s known as 'Club Mud', lots of bayous and great harbors, and dock space that’s either very inexpensive or free." In order to replenish the kitty for the next big cruise, Judy and Gene have become account executives with Dean Witter. Combining their seven years of foreign cruising experience and their financial training, they’ve put together what they call a 'Strategy for the Seven Seas' program, a financial package they claim will help insure the financial aspects of carefree cruising. "The 'Seven Seas account' is a way of collecting income, holding securities and paying bills electronically on the basis of a monthly call home," says Judy. "It will allow

Five Again — PS Orion 27 Douglas Walling Mexico, Tonga, New Zealand (Big Sur) Congratulations to Latitude; you have thrilled me for a second time at one of your official functions. The first one was at Sea of Cortez Race Week in 1988. I was a kayaker and beach camper back then. While there, however, I met Douglas Schmuck, who was headed to New Zealand aboard his Bristol Channel Cutter Puffin. I took him kayaking for a day — remember those fabulous caves and arches on the southeast side of the isthmus through Isla Partida? In return, Schmuck took me sailing for a day. That clinched it! I was a born again mariner come sailor. No

No more beach camping for reformed kayaker Douglas Walling, seen here enjoying a Foster's in Hunga, Tonga. He later went to New Zealand.

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Tonga. 'Great timing', says me, having just paid off my Orion 27 Five Again and getting out of debt for the first time in the last six years. A South Pacific recon was just what I needed. So after a phone call to Mark Wilson of Moorings-Rainbow and Sheeree Drews of Anza Travel, we booked for the flotilla charter and a layover in New Zealand. In a stroke of good fortune, I learned that my 'Baja Ha-Ha' friend on Puffin was in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. In fact, he’d been working there for Rainbow Yacht Charters since his arrival there. Yes, he still had Puffin. Yes, he could get time off. Yes, he wanted me to visit. And yes, he would take me sailing in and around the Bay of Islands. As it turned out, the Latitude flotilla charter was a 10+. The weather cooperated and the provisions — lobster, smoked oysters, lamb chops, pork chops, yellow fin tuna, steak, papayas and other fruit — were all beyond belief. The warm water snorkeling and scuba diving was an out of this world experience. Holographic photography couldn’t come close to what we saw and felt. The Moorings 38 this solo sailor was assigned to was impeccably clean and outfitted perfectly for the 10-day South

Douglas Schmuck and his son-in-law, with 'Puffin' in the background, at the Bay of Islands. Schmuck introduced Walling to sailing.

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were very compatible and we had the time of our lives. We’ll never forget the people we met or the fun we had in the tropical paradise of Tonga. The good weather followed me to the Bay of Islands in New Zealand. My friend Douglas chauffeured and sailed me around that sailor’s mecca for five more days of unbelievable adventuring. 'Wow!' I found myself saying, 'what did I do in life to receive such spectacular rewards?' Many thanks to you folks at Latitude. May your own sailing days be as gratifying and fun as mine were on that trip. — douglas 7194 Douglas — We’re glad you enjoyed Sea of Cortez Race Week and the flotilla charter to Tonga. From what we’ve been able to determine, everybody had a pretty good time in Tonga. What next? We’ve been talking with The Moorings about the possibility of doing an 'all-catamaran charter' in the Caribbean next summer. Anybody interested? Tan-Tar-A — Challenger 40 Bill, Rene6, And Anchor The Dog Costa Rica (San Diego) After dropping some guests off at Playa del Coco, we went up to Culebra for a couple of days of hanging on the hook just off a deserted sandy beach. After a month of four people and a dog on a 40-foot boat, it was good to be just us two and Anchor again. Culebra Bay is a large and well-protected bay that will be a tourist mecca in a couple of years when Groupo Sidek, which has created all the big resort/marinas in Mexico, gets done with their big marina/condo/hotel project here. Many of the locals have mixed emotions about the project. Yes, it will create jobs, but they think it might be too much for the ecology and infrastructure. Of course, they are right. We enjoyed the quiet until a pick-up truck drove down the beach and unloaded two jet skies. God, I’ve grown to hate those things! But they only buzzed us once, so it wasn’t like it usually is when they use our boat as a turning mark. While ashore, Anchor learned to catch small smelt-like fish that got trapped in the tide pools. First he’d catch them and carry them to dry sand before returning for more. When he finally ate one, he discovered how delicious they are. He kept at it for a couple

of hours until the pool was empty. Now each time we got to shore he heads for the tide pools. Now that he’s tasted fresh fish, perhaps he’ll leave the dead and rotten stuff alone. We continued on to Flamingo for three days, where we got fuel at a dock for the second time since La Paz, Mexico. Hauling fuel jugs is the reason my dislocated shoulder never completely heels. Later we wandered around and discovered a community of retired rich people, where the prices of land and homes rivals that of Southern California! It’s pretty, but to put up with the aforementioned Costa Rican infrastructure — or rather lack of it — would make it hard to justify living here. While in Flamingo, Rened and I and another couple off another boat did the inventory in a small 7-11 type store by the marina. The work entailed inventorying everything in the store on their computer. It was a diversion, but a lot like work, too. We didn’t get paid much either; about $50 each for eight hours of work. By late March we anchored in Tamarindo, a beautiful bay that is very

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Spread; Bill & Renee. He's been cruising his Challenger 40 for more than 15 years. Inset: Costa Rican friends in high places.

shallow and rather exposed to the ocean. We were sitting in the cockpit when we heard a 'rattle-rattle' sound. It was a boat dragging toward shore and hitting its bottom when the wave troughs came through. The rattling was the rigging shaking each time the boat hit bottom. We tried to reach the owner or anybody else on the radio, and finally learned the owners were travelling inland. So we got into the dink and worked the boat back into deeper water. That was the end of the story — almost. Early the next morning, as we were leaving the uncomfortable anchorage, we heard someone call the same contact we’d spoken with the night before. They switched channels, so we 'followed'. The other guy turned out to be the owner of the boat we’d pulled out of the surf the night before. He was in his dink heading out to go fishing! He’d heard about the problem with his boat, but hadn’t cared enough to check her out before chasing fish. Who can believe such behavior? Had we not been there, his boat

would have been on the beach and possibly broken up. Our next stop, Carrillo, had been written up in glowing terms in Charlie’s Charts: "This exceptionally beautiful bay should not be missed." Well, it stunk. We rocked and rolled, and there were many submerged rocks that uncovered at low tide. It’s a very dangerous place. We touched bottom and had to move further out, where we set a bow and stern anchor to keep our bow into the swell. 1 was nervous about having hit the bottom, so I dove down and found a number of barnacles that hadn’t been disturbed by our little bump. So the next day was spent cleaning the bottom. We’d been travelling so much that I’d kind of forgotten about cleaning the bottom every couple of weeks. On March 31, we pulled into Bahia Ballena, our first anchorage in the Gulf of Nicoya. Although there was a bit of a swell, it’s generally lovely. It was Easter Week or Semana Santa, so all of Costa Rica closed down and the whole population headed for the seashore. The beaches were crowded, the hotels and restaurants full and the lines for the telephones long. On Black Thursday and Good Friday no booze was being sold anywhere. When we

asked for a beer and a rum & coke at the Yacht Club, it was no dice. The same thing happened at the nearby town of Tambor. We did, however, find a grocery store with much needed supplies and were able to change $100 U.S. into colones. We moved up into the Bay of Nicoya and found even flatter water. We like calm water, and did we ever find it at a place called Isla Gitano! Carl Ruegg had sailed there 20 years ago with his 70-foot steel ketch and set up shop: bar, rooms, services for the yachts and so forth on this little island called Gitano. Is it ever pleasant! Carl’s daughter Linda and her two kids run the place that now only has a bar and sometimes a potluck on Saturday nights. But it’s still entertaining, as there’s a parrot called Rico, a monkey called Minky, a sick-looking Chinese Silky rooster called Barfly, a coatamundi — which looks like a raccoon — with bad looking claws, and four dogs roaming around. Boy, did Anchor like the canine company! Isla Gitana also had several groups of howler monkeys that arose early each morning to yell across the water to their friends on the opposite shore. They were out of ice when we arrived, so they were pouring double rum & cokes to compensate. The coke was so cold that it really wasn’t too primitive. Most of the men got blasted, but it had been a rough trip up there. It probably took four hours and Rene4 i ran Tan-Tar-A aground for her first time. Hee, hee, hee. We met many interesting people during

Under the Geneva Convention, bars without sufficient ice — such as this block — for cocktails, are required to serve doubles.

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uses sea lion tusks he gathered in the Southern Ocean off Chile. He’s also a frustrated writer, but has had some articles published in English and Spanish. Whenever he really gets broke, he returns to Austria and put on lectures to replenish his cruising kitty. Landlocked Austrians apparently are eager to hear about sea adventures. Peter is also a master at arriving at your boat just as you open the bar or sit down to dinner. His timing is impeccable. Then there was Jonathan from England and Roxanna his girlfriend from Argentina aboard a 29-footer. They were on their way to southern Chile to build a larger boat. Jonathan is a computer nerd who writes cruising software. When we were there, he was working on a Windows version of his satellite signal decoder for weather pictures. It was an impressive bit of code that gave him some pretty wonderful satellite pictures of weather conditions. He also wrote a weather fax program that runs circles around the one I purchased in San Diego before we left. Great quality. Jonathan and I fooled around with computers and programs while Roxanna gave Rene6 painting lessons at the bar. Renei is amazingly good and hopes to do more as we find time. We also met a guy at the bar who had honcho’ed the refit of a 70-foot steel yacht in Florida and brought her to Puntarenas for the owner. Because of some slow pay and disagreements with the owner, he swiped the starters off the boat when he quit. We had seen the boat parked in Puntarenas and I thought she looked similar to La Strega, the dive boat Renei and I had spent our honeymoon aboard in Belize. It turns out she was the same boat only renamed Dulcinea. They guy finally got his pay, but the boat still lies idle in the harbor. This means the guy is just another American in Costa Rica struggling to make a go of it. While in Costa Rica, we also noticed a remarkable boat without a mast. She’s a replica of Joshua Slocum’s Spray — in fact, she’s the most accurate reconstruction in existence today. Owner Robert Carr is 78years young. His boat was struck by a ship off Costa Rica, dismasted and left adrift. He jury-rigged some sails until some Ticos came by and offered to tow him in for $3,000. He declined, but finally found someone else to tow him to Puntarenas for $500. The original Sprai> didn’t have an engine, so Carr wouldn’t have one either. When in Page 172 •

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close quarters, he uses an Avon dinghy with a Seagull outboard to maneuver the big boat. While we were there, he towed the boat to a sand bar at high tide and let her get stranded so he could do the bottom. Will we be able to do the same kind of stuff when we’re 78? We sure hope so! There we met a gentleman by the name of Jim Heart, the inventor of the Heart Invertor. He sold his company 15 years ago and moved his family to Costa Rica. He claims the current invertor is a shoddy piece of work and the company is cutting corners at every turn. We have one, so you can imagine how this made us feel. Ours had gone out in Z-town; however, the company responded wonderfully and sent us complete electronic replacements. So we’ll see. Right now Jim is working on some solar technology. We met another Californian in Quepos, a guy who owns George’s American Bar & Grill. We spent a fun Sunday afternoon that he organized on Orange River. We swam in the river, drank beer and met quite a few interesting people. For instance, we met the

A tree grows in Whangarei — with dinghy roots. The city is at least as sail crazy as the rest of New Zealand.__

crew off a sailing sportfisherman that was built in Chile. It was a hi-tech catamaran with a flying bridge tucked up under the boom. In moderate winds she’d sail at 10 knots, which is a good trolling speed for big game fish. The crew had many tales of their sail up from Chile and reported they’re planning to hit all the game fishing spots up to Cabo San Lucas. After that, they will sail to Hawaii to put the boat into charter service. They are attempting to demonstrate a new ecological approach and that hi tech boatbuilding is on the rise in Chile. Could Chile be the next Taiwan? If so, remember you heard it here. [Editor’s note: Space permitting, we’ll have more from Bill and Renei next month.] — hill 6194 Joshua H — Columbia 8.7 Jim Hagen Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (Santa Cruz) I’d like to make a few observations on New Zealand and the places I’ve been since

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then, in the hope they will be informative and of interest — especially for those contemplating a visit to this part of the world. New Zealand has clearly been the most delightful landfall I’ve made on this journey. The country is magnificent and the people marvelous. The South Island is an absolute 'don’t miss', although most cruisers don’t visit with their boats. You could drop Yosemite Valley into Milford Sound and barely notice — such is the grandeur of the place. Most of the time I kept my boat in Whangarei, about halfway between Auckland and the Bay of Islands. For my money, it combines the best of a thriving metropolis and laid-back country destination for cruisers. The docking and mooring facilities are literally right in the middle of downtown and virtually all facilities are within easy walking distance. Harbormaster Lew Sabin is an absolute prince. The quality of Kiwi workmanship is excellent and in most cases the prices are very reasonable. Labor is about $15/hour for the skills of a mechanic, sailmaker or carpenter. I cannot say enough good things about

New Zealand, its people, or Whangarei. Except, perhaps, for its sailing conditions. I was bid both welcome and farewell by traditional Kiwi conditions — 40 knot winds and 15 foot seas. If you wonder why this nation of approximately three million people so dominates international competition such as the Whitbread, you only need come down and experience what they consider to be a 'perfect day' for sailing: any day in which the wind is blowing 25 knots or more. And as I sailed to New Caledonia, I caught just the edge of the storm which is now being referred to as 'New Zealand’s Fastnet disaster'. That’s a whole other story which, I expect, you’ve already heard about. Baie de Moselle, the marina at Noumea, New Caledonia, is also located right downtown and very convenient. Being French, Noumea has exorbitant prices, Gallic hauteur and language difficulties that seem endemic to French-occupied territory. It also has the second largest coral reef in the world — after Australia’s Great Barrier Reef — and consequently the cruising opportunities and snorkeling/diving spots are spectacular. While not visited by many American cruisers—who seem to prefer Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu — I would recommend New Caledonia for its excellent facilities and idyllic cruising opportunities. The Aussies have sure discovered it. But the absolute sleeper of the South Pacific is Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. I first must salute the staff and membership of the Royal Papua YC, starting with Commodore Graeme Dunnage, Manger Colin Goodfellow, and right on through the organization. Their current facility is absolutely 'chock-a-block', so I didn’t see any way they could have fit a kayak in — let alone my boat — when I arrived at 0700 on a Saturday morning. But by 0800 they had literally made a spot for Josh, and we were very comfortably berthed in the most convenient and complete facility thus far: full water and power, excellent restaurant/ extremely active social club, outstanding laundry (wash, dry and iron for $2 US/load), and shower facilities. All this — and the best and most helpful chandlery I’ve encountered in the Pacific — were within 100 yards of my slip! Papua New Guinea is also the most diverse and interesting country I’ve yet visited. There are over 700 distinct and

different languages — more than a third of the world’s total — spoken here. Port Moresby itself is a rough and ready town, and wars in the highlands between tribes utilizing bows and arrows — dubbed 'Highlands Football' — are not uncommon. Nevertheless, I find the lawless reputation of the country vastly overrated and, in fact, one of the attractions of the place — as long as one is rather prudent and follows local advice. The yacht club is moving to new facilities in early '95. They will be more spacious and plans call for the inclusion of a Travel-Lift. If you are interested in visiting a truly unique place with the most hospitable and helpful people you’re ever likely to meet, be sure to include Papua New Guinea and the Royal Papua YC in your itinerary. Besides, the sailing has been terrific. Generally the trades blow at between 15-25 knots. The temperatures are quite pleasant and there are occasional squalls to keep things interesting. The loneliness of singlehanding has begun to be a factor in my adventure, but a most interesting one. The biggest lesson I am learning is to overcome my fears. The biggest help in this regard was given to me by F. Karly of Santa Cruz, my sailing guru. "Keep the boat comfortable," he told me. Excellent advice. I’ll close with a quote from Tanya Aebi, ’ the young woman who did a singlehanded circumnavigation, that’s also applicable to Josh’s skipper: "If this ninny can do it, anybody can." Just do it! — jim 6/94 Jim — If potential cruisers are looking for an inspiration, we’d have to direct them to "Hey, Jim! Maybe you get some cruisers together and ive can play some 'Highland Football'."

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you. If we remember correctly, you only learned to sail a couple of years ago. Now you’ve cruised to Mexico and singlehanded across the Pacific in a modest boat. A tip of the Latitude hat to you for demonstrating what average citizens can accomplish "with a little guts and ambition. Cruise Notes: "I talked my wife into a sailboat," writes Eric Williams of Crescent City. "First she told me I’d have to learn to sail. 'Tam,' I told her, 'the boat has a motor.' She said she didn’t care, I’d have to learn to sail first. When I tried to explain that sails were just there in case the engine didn’t work, she was told me she was going to Alameda and an ASA sailing school for lessons. "Our first sail in our Hans Christian 34 Helena Christina was from Brookings, Oregon, around Cabo Blanco to Charleston, Oregon. The wind gusted to 52 knots and we got our butts kicked. When I saw the '52' on the anemometer, 1 quit looking at it because it just made me nervous. Tamara’s sailing school experience didn’t apply to these kinds of conditions, but hell, even I knew sails should be used. "I learned two things that night. 1) Hans Christian made a tough boat, and 2) God blessed me with a tougher woman. Our boat stayed afloat even after broaching. Both rails were underwater at one time or another, but thankfully never both at the same time. As for Tam, she was throwing up on anything that got in her way. And when a piece of gear broke loose, she caught it with her left hand — unfortunately breaking bones in her left wrist. That’s when a wave came over our transom and took out the electronics. "It was when everything was going wrong that I found out how tough my wife is. She hooked one spoke of the wheel with her right elbow and another with her right hand — and asked me the course! I told her to sail in any direction but east. She promptly threw up on the compass and headed WNW. I finally got the electronics going again, and when I came back on deck at 0130, she asked me to sell the boat as soon as we got to shore. 'Hell, yes', I told her. But at that point I would have told her anything she wanted to hear. "Well, we still have the boat, and Tam says she must be getting used to sailing because she was only sick 10 of the 20 hours it took us to sail from Coos Bay to Crescent City. To get to the point, we’d like to be part Page 174 • UliUAlU • August, 1994

of the San Diego to Cabo San Lucas Cruisers’ Rally to be held this November. We’re saving for the entry fee now. Please let us know how to get in on the fun." There indeed will be a 'Baja Ha-Ha' Cruisers’ Division in the Southwestern YC’s brand new race to Cabo. For details, see this month’s Sightings or the ad on page 133. We’re looking forward to meeting your wife; she sounds like a tough cookie. One of the most powerful hurricanes ever in the Eastern Pacific, hurricane Emilia, huffed and puffed from Mexico toward Hawaii in mid-July. A Category One blow — the highest there is — she had sustained winds of 160 knots and peak gusts to 190. After taking a sudden turn north toward a 700-mile distant Hawaii, an odd thing happened. Emilia’s 'top', some 12,000 feet above sea level, was "blown off", which we were told was akin to the head being ripped off a turbine engine. Suddenly she just didn’t exist any more. Delighted not to have been nailed by Emilia — or Daniel which preceded it or tropical storm Fabio which followed it — were the crew of Local Hero: owners Alan and Holly Sawyer, children Carrie (16) and Ian (13) Sawyer, and crew Steve Sowa, Miri Skoriak and Meredith Gibbons. They left Sausalito aboard the 65-foot fractional rig steel sloop on July 5 and drifted in 14 days later after a very pleasant trip. We’ll have details next month. "A May issue caught up with us here in Fiji,” write Jeff and Janet of the San Francisco-based Garden Porpoise Halcyon. "We loved the interview with Diane and Kellogg Fleming in which they talked about their long circumnavigation aboard Swan, which is the sistership that was built next to our boat. After six months in New Zealand with paint brushes glued to our hands, we have Halcyon sparkling once again."

"We were part of your Fair Dinkums article in Z-town last year, and have since headed south to Costa Rica and Panama," writes John Carlisle of the Island Packet 38 Contented Turtle. "We enjoyed meeting the locals on the way and the usual trading for lobsters and such. As you have mentioned countless times, the biggest joy in cruising is all the wonderful people that you encounter along the way. "After transiting the Canal — a highlight — we left Colon on what turned out to be a 10-day sail to Key West. Unfortunately, our schedule didn’t permit us time to stop at Belize and other spots, but we’re hoping to return. We’ll be sailing the IntraCoastal Waterway, Bahamas and Caribbean for the next few years. However, your magazine will still give us a connection with all our West Coast friends." Roy and Tee Jennings of Inverness, who were awarded the prestigious Cruising Club of America’s Blue Water Medal for their voyaging aboard the Freya 39 Foxglove, would like everyone to know that their good friend Marjorie Petersen not only just celebrated her 81st birthday, but is about to have her second book published. Petersen, who sailed for many years with her husband A1 aboard Stornoway, is the author of Stornoway East and West. Although out of print, the book is still sought after by sailors and collectors all over the world. Her new book, Red Sky at Night, is about Stornoway’s voyage around the Pacific in the 1960s — when it took so many more skills and when hardly anybody was doing it. The book should be available just before Christmas. A1 Petersen was the recipient of the Blue Water Medal in 1952 for his singlehanded circumnavigation. "We recently returned from a 2V2-year odyssey through the South Pacific with our O’Day 37 Seevogel," write Gunter and Anita Haehn of La Crescenta. "The trip took us from our home port of Long Beach to the

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Trinity Yacht Services in Trinidad: chock 'a block with boats ever since Venezuelan policies and attitudes drove cruisers away.

Marquesas, Tuamotus, Tahiti, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and New Zealand, then home via the Southern Ocean to Tahiti, where we rested up for the traditional route back to the mainland via Hawaii. "During our passage from Mopelia to Tonga, our course took us very close to the island of Niue, which is not frequently visited by cruisers. We made a midocean landfall there at the port of Alofi, along with our cruising companions: our daughter and sonin-law and their family aboard the American schooner Pilot, as well as the German sloop Koller, and the British sloop Ocean Quest. "Niue is an uplifted coral island, and throughout the coastal and interior regions there are many magnificent caves and chasms formed within the limestone composition of the island. On the northern coast there are many unusual swimming and snorkeling opportunities in crystal clear water teeming with colorful coral formations and tropical fish. The island boasts large tropical forests as well as eerie, desert-like moonscapes of limestone pinnacles and valleys. Because there is no sand or dirt runoff from the island, underwater visibility is up to 150 feet! It is truly a fascinating place. "What made our visit there even more memorable was that we found the Niue islanders — it’s annexed to New Zealand but self-governing — to be some of the friendliest and most hospitable we’ve met on our voyage. Check-in procedures were simple, and upon leaving the island, boats are permitted to stock up on duty-free supplies and beverages at unheard of low prices. "Most yachts seem to avoid Niue because of the exposed location of the only navigable bay, Alofi harbor. This bay is completely untenable in northerly winds, which

fortunately are relatively unusual between April and October. The coral-shelf bottom, pockmarked with only a few sandy depressions into which one would have to be lucky to drop an anchor, does not inspire confidence. However the Niue YC, founded by a group of yachties when we were there, has recently installed several mooring buoys which should make it a more appealing stop. We highly recommend it." The lady’s boat is kicking butt. When the second Europa Around The World Rally reached the halfway point in Tahiti a couple of months back, there were 28 boats entered: 27 by men and one by a woman. Italian Stefania Matranga’s Grand Soleil 42 Marina was in first place in the racing division. Close on her heels was Jerome Werneke’s S&S 51 Serenity from the United States and Taratoo, Fabio and Patrizia Colapinto’s Mauric 62 from Italy. For whatever reason, the Europa Around the World Rally has great appeal for Italians — eight boats this year — who aren’t otherwise known as a nation of cruisers. Speaking of around the world rallies, Britain’s Royal Air Force YC will be starting their own version, the Tradewinds Rally, early next year. It will take approximately 16 months for them to circle the globe. For whatever reason — perhaps the much lower entry fee — it was fully subscribed almost a year ago when it was first announced. If all the entries show up, there will be 70 boats crossing the starting line! As you’ve read numerous times in Latitude, the Cubans are most hospitable to Americans visiting their country by boat. Too bad they don’t treat their own citizenprisoners the same. In early July, 70 Cubans stole a tugboat and attempted to escape to the United States. In order to stop the tug, another Cuban vessel rammed it. Thirty-one of those who attempted the dash to freedom

survived, while 39 were killed or left to die. What good is an excellent health system if you kill your own people? At Majuro in the Marshall Islands, President Amata Kabua came up with this ridiculous idea that all men entering the new $12 million government center should have to wear ties. It wasn’t that long ago — just before the Mormons arrived — that these people didn’t wear anything but the occasional pandanus leaf. So no wonder the people got upset. But with the government center guards turning back all those without neckties, the concept of 'the office tie' has taken hold, and sartorial splendor Majurostyle now consists of wearing a tie with a Tshirt. It’s comforting, isn’t it, to know that foolish government isn’t confined to the 'First World'. Cruising gear just keeps getting more expensive, doesn’t it? Not necessarily. In recent months GPS units, which are indispensable these days, have dipped below the $400 level for the first time ever. About five years ago they cost $15,000 and about three years ago they cost $2,000 — and they didn’t have half the features of the least expensive models today. Radar, another near essential cruising item, has dropped in price during the last 10 years, but not during the last several months. Blame the weak dollar. Virtually all radars — even those made by a good old American company like Raytheon—are manufactured in Japan. The increase in the value of the yen has resulted in radar retail prices ticking up. Even so, today’s models are so much more reliable, power efficient and feature¬ laden, that they remain an excellent bargain. Unless you’re flat broke, don’t go cruising without a GPS and radar. "I can’t thank them enough," laughs Don Stollmeyer. "Them" is the Venezuelan government, and Stollmeyer gives thanks for their "corruption and problems", because they’ve made his Trinity Yacht Services in Trinidad a booming success. For years cruisers in the Caribbean had sought hurricane season refuge in mostly hurricanefree Venezuela where prices were once cheap. But unscrupulous practices on the part of some of the more popular yards and some whopping visa, exit and cruising fees soured many on that sometimes beautiful but often deeply troubled country. So while the Venezuelan government has greatly reduced the fees — $24 to enter, $12 for six months cruising, and $6 to exit — it’s years too late. August. 1994 •UtZbJUW* Page 175

CHANGES IN LATITUDES Venezuelan yards are virtually empty and business at Trinity is sensational. Indeed, Northern Californians Gene and Judy of Cavu reported there was a six-week wait to be hauled last September. Demand has increased so much since we hauled at Trinity a couple of years ago that they’ve almost doubled their capacity to 163 boats. They are also completing 12 stern-to docks. Facilities have greatly improved, with a new laundry, grocery, offices, and three very nice but low-cost apartments "where owners can stay while their boats are being worked on. Prices are low. It costs $5/ft to haul with the 50-ton Travel-Lift, and includes five free days on the hard. After that, it’s .18/ft/day for long term storage, with a 20% reduction for more than 90 days. Indeed, Trinity’s biggest competition is Peakes Yacht Services, which is pouring $5 million in a big new yard that by August is expected to have a hotel, restaurant and laundromat right on the site. Their 150-ton Travel-Lift means they can haul 'gold-platers' up to 160 feet in length. They currently have 50 boats hauled out and charge the exact same rates as Trinity. Trinidad is also benefiting from Trinidad

It's 81 candles for Marjorie Petersen, a “sweet old salt" with a new book coming out about cruising the Pacific in the '60s.

& Tobago Race Week, which is conveniently scheduled in late May three weeks after Antigua Sailing Week. Now co¬ sponsored by England’s Yachting World

magazine, last year’s event drew 50 boats and is definitely on the upswing. Slightly out of the way Tobago, where the event is held, is one of the few spots in the Eastern Caribbean that is not overrun with boats. St. Helens, 30 miles north of Portland on the Columbia River, seems like an odd outof-the-way place to hold a Westsail Rendezvous, but that’s exactly what they’re doing for owners and other interested folks. The 'Crab Crusher’s Delight', as it’s been nicknamed, will be held on September 17 & 18 at the St. Helens YC, and several Westsail models will be on display. For further information, call Cork or Toni Rowe at (503) 397-2362. The report from Baja is that Don Grey’s 48-foot ferro cement Tamaru anchored too close to shore one night at the southern end of San Juanico. The boat was soon hard aground and taking water. Due to a group effort by many cruisers, the boat was pulled free, patched with waterproof epoxy, and towed over to San Carlos where she now sits on the hard. We’ll have details next month. Meanwhile, the Wanderer — and who should know better? — recommends keeping your boat away from the hard stuff.

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8-FT FATTY KNEES dinghy in excellent condi¬

EL TORO. Extremely fast and stiff self rescuing 1 /

tion, complete sailing rig and oars. $850. Also 2.5

8” plywood hull, 2 masts (one carbon), 2 Mylar

Nissan outboard new (10 hrs.) $375. Buy both at

sails, double ended controls. A race machine, not

a reduced price for $1,150. (510) 849-1766.

a yacht tender, in Sausalito. $800. Chuck Watts,

gear, race and singlehanded rigged, two speed ,

J/24 sailboat, 2 jib, 1 mainsail, covers with trailer. Must sell. (510) 551-3865,10am-8pm.

(303) 722-3244 or (303) 292-6464. INFLATABLE DINGHY, Zodiac 183. 4 person.

24 FEET & UNDER

HOLDER 20 for sale, $3,000. Ready to sail, VHF, am/fm cassette, 4 hp o/b, trailer, 4 sails. Contact Vic Pierce (209) 538-8342.

1990 PACIFIC SEACRAFT Flicka, Sierra Rose, featured in Sailing Magazine, Sept. ‘93/May ‘94.

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24. Well cared for

8'6" long x 40” beam. Outboard motor mount.

1982 SUNFISH, sailed 5x, mint, always garaged,

Many custom features including: green hull, RF,

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

Includes case, oars, foot pump. Good condition.

sailbag, transom wheels, cartopper, currently reg¬

oversized ST winches, refrigeration, CNG, ste¬

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

$250. (510)521-9687.

istered. Peter C. at W.M. says, “Better than you

reo, central heat. Must see. Asking $45,000. Bro¬

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

can imagine." Price negotiable. (408) 688-6484.

ker co-op. Call (415) 931-8955.

kers. Ground tackle, very nice cabin. Berthed

jib, spinnaker, trailer. Very stable. Lots of flotation.

AVON offshore model 6 man liferaft, canister

22-FT CHRYSLER, swing keel with trailer, 3 sails,

Great for beginner, fun for vet. $950. Call (510)

pack with survival pack equipment, double floor,

new o/b, depth finder, VHF, anchor, porta-potti,

866-7352 or (707) 554-3912.

self erecting canopy, ballast operates in 30 sec.

lots of gear all lines lead aft. Very sound pocket

24-FT INTERNATIONAL 110, classic, complete

New 2/94. $2,950. Howard, (415) 726-5150.

cruiser. Very clean. $3,800. (510) 687-3566.

w/trailer, needs restoration. $500. (408) 294-7390.

14-FT CAPRI, Cousin to Lido with full keel main,

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

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(415) 453-3923, days or eves.

1975 CHRYSLER 22-FT. Well-cared-for and in

SANTANA 22,1969, #419. Good condition, race

excellent condition inside and out. Great Bay

PEARSON ELECTRA 22.5', 5 sails, 5 hp Evinrude,

21-FT COLD MOLDED “Columbia Class” sloop

or cruise, 6 hp o/b, spinnaker, KM, compass and

new cockpit cushions, stereo, anchor, all lines

boat, a steal at $2,700 obo. Berthed in Berkeley.

by Laurent Giles. Sistership to John Guzwell’s

more. Must sell! $2,400 obo. (510) 658-0781.

lead aft, Sausalito berth. Many extras, ready to

working condition and reasonably priced. (510) 841-6801.

Trekka (see this month's Wooden Boat Maga¬ zine.) Built by a perfectionist. Needs rig, rudder &

YANKEE DOLPHIN, 24-FT Sparkman-Stephens

sail. 1st $2,000. Steve, (415) 331-5919, Jeremy, (707) 792-9682.

board. Teak hatches, taff/toe rail, coaming cap

LAGUNA 18,1987. For people who love lake &

SAN JUAN 24, 5 bags of sails, VHF, DF, KM,

and more. Jib, genoa, new main and cover, roller-

estuary sailing. Shoal draft w/8' beam. Great sail

Autohelm, all lines aft for singlehanded sailing,

reefing boom. 6.5 hp Evinrude. Galley, sleeps 4.

inventory. 5 hp Honda. Trailer with surge brakes/

Honda 7.5 o/b. Tandem axle trailer, well main¬

porta-potti, 2 mains, 2 head-sails, ladder, 2 an¬

$7,900.927-4258.

telescoping tongue. 2 custom covers, many ex¬

tained boat with many extras. $7,200 obo (707) 263-9364.

chors. New mast, hardware, sleeps 4. 2-man

tras. Like new. $6,995 obo. (510) 828-0275 Dan.

dinghy. Ready to sail. Sorry, keeping trailer. $999

COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24, fiberglass re¬

Wanted: 8-10 hp long shaft o/b motor in very good

keel casted - a manageable project. $5,000 in¬

classic pocket cruiser. Fiberglass, keel/center¬

vested. $1,500 firm. (415) 331-7303. MacGREGOR22, good condition, o/b, swing keel,

obo. (510) 370-7017.

markable pocket cruiser, low maintenance, fixed

COLUMBIA 24-FT, sleeps 4, full forward double

‘81 MacGREGOR 22-FT. Swing keel, trailer with

keel, single hander with lines led aft. Six hp o/b,

berth, standing head room, VHS, depthmeter,

brakes recently painted. 7.5 hp Honda o/b. Furling

AP, solar panel, 4 bunks, 2 mains, 2 jibs, 2

KM, Loran C head, sink, stove, o/b motor. In great

lower boat prices may make donation a better

main, jib and genoa all very good condition. VHF,

spinnakers, genoa, VHF, compass, KM, Danforth

shape. Bottom done 7/94. $5,500. Available for

choice. Let the Sea Scouts explain why. (800)

porta-potti, compass, anchor, pop-top, canopy,

anchor. $2,600. (415) 728-7702.

viewing at Aeolian Yacht Club, Alameda or call

428-0802.

winches, railing. $2,900 obo. (408) 980-9981 or (408) 225-6991.

CAN’T SELL YOUR BOAT? Higher taxes and

(510) 794-7952. SANTANA 22, Race-ready, all upgrades. Great

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24,1969. Old Yeller. Great

shape, nice sails, rigging, and bottom. New rudder

RANGER 23,1976. Excellent condition, shows

Bay boat. Needs work. $3,000 obo. Call (415)

SIGNET 2b-FT, 1968 twin keel English tidal flat

head configuration. Great old Evinrude. Alameda

beautiful, custom cabin, epoxy bottom. All lines

453-6645.

sailboat. 4 sails, 8 hp o/b, stove, sink, 4 bunks,

“Santana Row" berth. $4,000. Call (415) 347-

aft, 6 hp o/b, ST winches, 5 bags, spin. & genny

depth finder & radio. Solar vent, trailer & cover,

8826 dys; (415) 342-4528 eves.

great in Delta, draft less than 3 ft. $2,300. (916) 967-4374.

like new, traveler, dodger. Asking $7,800. (415)775-8879 eves.

PEARSON 23, 1982, Cat-rigged. 6’9” cockpit, roomy cabin with large double berth, sink & porta-

WESTERLY CIRRUS 22-FT, 1968. Fiberglass

CATALINA 22,1975. Full keel, 2 jibs, VHS, porta-

potti, VHF, battery, 2 anchors, Mariner 8 hp low

sloop, English built to Lloyd's certifications, fin

potti, 4 hp Evinrude o/b, survey and bottom paint

hrs. Fun for Bay or Delta. Very good condition.

keel, spade rudder, bottom done 10/93, galley,

Bay, sleeps 4, main sail only. Can’t beat the price,

in 1993. No blisters, very clean. Coyote Point

$5,000. Vallejo berth. (916) 393-6901.

dinette, enclosed head, 6‘ headroom, sleeps 4,6

$900. Call, (415) 435-0614.

Marina. Asking $3,300 obo.Call (415) 324-1433 h.

SAN JUAN 24, full set of sails, 4 self-tailing Barient winches, great condition. $5,000 without trailer, $6,000 with trailer. Call (415) 435-0614. 24-FT ELECTRA, great beginner boat for the

hp o/b, VHF, whisker pole, tanbark sails & spinna¬ CAL 20, good condition. New rigging, spinnaker,

ker, awning, good condition, possible liveaboard,

24-FT SHOCK, tabernacle hinged mast, sleeps 4

BAYLINER BUCCANEER, 24-ft sailboat, 6 hp

6 hp Evinrude w/transom bracket. Must sell. $1,400

Berkeley Marina. $6,000 obo. (510) 525-7900.

comfortably, nice galley, stove, fold down table,

Evinrude. Very good condition. Currently used as

obo. (415) 331-7298. ERICSON 23 MKII, #221,1975. Evinrude 6, Sig¬

of sails. $2,800. Call, (415) 435-0614.

a liveaboard. Motivated seller. $4,500 obo. (415)

head, sink, interior and navigational lights. Full set

332-4761.

RANGER 23,1972. Excellent condition, all gear,

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

17-FT MOLLY, 1988. I've swallowed the anchor,

new motor, new bottom, a steal at $6,000. Call 461-3208 or 461-0880.

jib, jib downhaul. Safety equipment, two anchors. New covers (main, tiller, winch), much more.

STAR BOAT, authentic Olympic Class by Peterson, fully functional. No boat is more techni¬

Great Bay/Delta boat, inexpensive Vallejo berth. Sacrifice $2,600. (707) 557-9893.

cal. Full set of sails, good trailer. $1,500. Call, (415) 435-0614. '81 MOORE 24. Hull #88, new rig & sails, 2 sets of

and I'm selling my baby. Gaff-Cat rigged, de¬ signed and built on the Bay for Bay and Delta

SANTANA 20, hull #474, dba Grumpy Old Men

sailing. Called a “small yacht” by Small Boat

and/or Groundhog Day. Never lost a regatta (never

Journal. Totally equipped: Yanmar inboard, Sig¬

entered any real ones). Freshwater boat until last

SANTANA 22,1974 #664, new bottom paint 11/

net depth, speed, wind, cushions, sail cover and

year; lightly used. White w/ ‘Cal Berkeley’ stripes.

93, new running rigging, good sails, cabin lights,

sails total + trailer and new 8 hrs. motor. Ex¬

full boat cover, teak grates, cedar lined cabin with

Excellent trailer; new winches; 7 sails. Cool boat

sink, porta-potti, VHF, nav lites, 7.5 Evinrude,

tremely fast boat. 5-time national championship

2 full size berths and porta-potti, 2 anchors, all

- but owners got old and fat, and need a bigger

stereo, immaculate condition. Asking $3,300. Call

winner in exc. condition. Ready to win '95

safety gear, charts, hand-held VHF, etc. Ready to

boat. Try $3,333.33. Rob, (415) 383-8200, ext. 109 (voicemail).

(408) 462-5368.

National's. $10,500 obo. (408) 899-5187.

17-FT HARPOON 5.2 sailboat by Boston Whaler.

FARR 727 1/4 TONNER completely repainted.

go sailing. Retail $23,000, blue book $12,500. You do the summer maintenance and I’ll take $11,000. Vallejo, (707) 553-2289. RANGER 23. Excellent condition. 6 sails, 6 hp

SANTANA 22,1976. Race rigged and pretty too

Foam-filled hull. Harken blocks. 160 sq. ft. sail.

Buy now and join the increasingly active 1/4 ton

(all new varnish). Must sell. Best buy in one

Galvanized tilt-trailer by Shoreline. Mercury 4 hp

fleet. 17 bags of sails, exc. condition, fun boat to

design. $4,000 obo. (707) 448-0216.

o/b. Allegro II is berthed in San Jose. $2,395.

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

(408) 996-1656.

Carl.

Johnson. Completely re-rigged during 1992/93 (electronics, running/standing rigging, electrical

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE. San Juan.24 sloop,

system, all blocks, traveler, etc.) in 1992/93.

includes all sails, main, genoa, 2 jibs (one new)

22-FT MacGREGOR, swing keel, 7.5 hp o/b, new

$5,500. (415) 541-4442 wkdys.

spinnaker, has all equipment. New Nissan, 5 hp o/

wiring & battery, VHF, CB, compass, depthfinder,

b mtr., porta-potti, dining area. Includes 4 wheel

pop-up top with enclosure, porta-potti, galley,

SYDNEY 21, hull #7,21-ft wooden sailboat, new

trailer, lifting tackle, first aid, emerg. flare 2, 2

trailer, many extras including anchors, dock lines,

rigging, 7.5 hp Mercury o/b. Great Bay cruiser.

anchors etc.Lee, (408) 425-3800. $5,000 deal.

fenders, life vests, much more. Sleeps 4, ready to

Sleeps 4. VHF, depth meter, battery, 3 jibs, mini¬

sail. $3,600. (408) 266-7245.

25 TO 28 FEET

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galley. $1,500 obo. (510) 540-7926.

J/24,1976, (East Coast Boat) total refit late '93, new LPU, hatch conversion, new hardware, Harken

LAPWORTH 24, sailboat with 6 hp o/b. Well-built,

CAL 20, LPU topsides, white, new rudder, gud¬

winches, new mast 1989, fresh sails, Sailcomp,

equipped & maintained. Hauled & new bottom

CORONADO 25-FT SLOOP, 1968. Excellent

geons + pintles, stainless keel bolts, new rub rail,

freshwater boat. Now taking bids over $6,500. At

paint 5/94. Sails like a dream. Coyote Pt. berth.

condition, 9.9 hp o/b in well, compass, DS, am/fm

bottom (all done ‘93), all lines aft (bridge), new

Stockton Sailing Club. Britt West, (702) 242-6430.

$4,500 obo. (408) 269-7533.

stereo, VHF, spinnaker, whisker poles and much

J/24 1981, new Awlgrip deck, new deck layout,

RANGER 24,1974. Main, 4 headsails and spin¬

$6,500 neg. Must sell. Call Steve, (415) 693-6081

newer trailer, 2 sets of sails, Nissan o/b. Always

naker, all lines lead aft. Fin keel, 7.5 Evinrude,

or (415) 771-2111.

dry sailed. $11,500 obo. (408) 761-0782.

sink, porta-potti, anchors, sleeps 4, Berkeley berth.

battery, two mains (one cruise, one race) mylar jib, Marina Bay berth. $2,000. Erik, (510) 223-8310, Iv. msg.

more. Price includes San Francisco berth. Asking

A good, sturdy boat but must sell at $1,500. (510)

FREEDOM 21,1983. Fin keel cat rig monohull, full

CAL 2-27, 1978, just hauled and ready to go.

batten main, carbon fiber mast, all lines led aft.

YANKEE DOLPHIN 24-FT. Sparkman & Stephens

Spinnaker, drifter, staysail, VHF, compass, ste¬

design. 1971.7.5 hp long shaft Evinrude. 2 head

Don't buy any other 27 footer until you have seen

reo, potty, outboard, trailer, spare rudder, etc.

sails. In fresh water at Lake Berryessa. One year

SEA SCOUT BOATS for sale. Islander 24, $1,500.

VHF. Value priced at $12,500. (415) 361-2024 w,

$5,700. Bethel Island, (510) 684-9619.

berth comes with boat. $6,500. (707) 453-0316.

Coronado 21 w/trlr„ $1,000. Santana 22, $1,500.

(415) 6924099 h.

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what great condition it's in. Atomic 4, KM, DS,

Catalina 22 w/trlr, $2,000. Call for recorded voice mail details. (510) 652-6545.

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CHRYSLER 26,5 bags, depth, speed, VHF, Lo¬

CATALINA 27,1971. 6 sail inventory, Johnson

BEST BUY FOR 27-FT COLORADO, sleeps 5,

26-FT 1992 MacGREGOR, maintained in like

9.9 electric extra-long shaft, compass, Loran,

extensive upgrading and modernization, new

new condition with lots of extras: ‘93 Honda 8 hp

ran, stereo, galley, electric water pump, brass

VHF, AM/FM radio, dinette cabin, 6-ft headroom,

Honda 9.5 hp, long shaft, new compass, VHF and

4-cycle w/altemator, bottom paint June '94, depth

fireplace, solar panel, lazy jacks, mast steps,

propane stove, 6 winches, running backstay, spin¬

Loran. Roomy like 30-ft. below deck. Older fiber¬

finder, compass, alcohol stove, gas BBQ, sink,

Nissan 8, cockpit controls, sailing dink, berthed

naker pole, 2 anchors, safety netting. $5,990.

glass boat like this is a solid boat. Santa Cruz

VHF scanning radio, dual batteries, enclosed porta-

fresh water, bottom cleaned quarterly, clean as a

(510)838-0214.

berth, w/slip for one year. Moving overseas, must

potti area, teak interior accents, queen sized and

pin. $6,900. (510)516-2877.

sell. Asking $12,000. Reduced to $7,900 firm.

V berths (sleeps 6), cushions, safety equipment,

(408) 251-9919.

two anchors, plenty of interior lights, trailer with

CATALINA 25,1980. Fixed keel, 8.0 Honda, tiller

surge brakes. A great family boat and a wonderful

pilot, VHF, pop-top with cover, new bottom paint,

MacGREGOR 26,1987.8 hpTohatsu o/b, gennie jib and jiffy reefing mainsail. Lines led aft. Cush¬ ions, cassette radio, porta-potti, bottom paint.

NEWPORT 27,1970, in excellent condition. Atomic

boat to spend a weekend on. Due to changes in

cushions, and many extras. Benicia Marina.

Richmond Marina. See in or out of water. $6,500.

4, epoxy bottom dodger, VHF, KM, DS, two speed

employment status must sell immediately and will

$9,000. Ken, (707) 745-0226.

(707) 255-6437.

winches. Cockpit cushions, dual batteries, sails 5

sacrifice for $12,900. Free delivery anywhere in

years old, a great stiff Bay boat, never raced.

California, Nevada or Oregon. You cannot come

$9,500 obo. Call (510) 829-7365.

close to buying a MacGregor in like new condition

handed, lessons, 9.9 Evinrude o/b "as new”, AP w/

for this kind of money. (707) 829-2229. Let’s talk.

remote available, hauled '92, radio, DS, main, jib,

TARTAN 27, 1970. This Sparkman Stephens

weekly, many, many extras. Special$7,495. Dave,

Bay. Berth 82, Alameda Marina. New bottom

'pocket cruiser’ has five sails, a Yanmar 2 cyl. and

(408)929-6510.

paint, custom interior, Yanmar diesel, DS, VHF,

an Autohelm 800. All new paint (keel to cabin top,

BAHAMA 25. Not Islander Bahama. Strong fiber¬ glass hull. New 8 hp long shaft Evinrude, cushions and battery. This is a great, lovely looking, little

CAL 2-25 FOR LEASE OR SALE. Look around,

boat. Needs tidying up. A bargain at $2,800. Pier

compare, then come see this “best buy" on the

39. Call Tom, (415) 421-0913 or (415) 822-1325. CATALINA 27, 1982. Diesel, KM, log, depth,

more.$11,000. Message phones: (707) 995-3447.

VHF, shorepower, dual batteries, Autohelm, full

CATALINA 27. Hull 37, excellent condition, single

battery charger, shore power, galley, maintained

inside and out) and all new exterior wood trim.

ALBERG DESIGNED P-28, fractional sloop, full

With a list of 'new' longer than this page. $17,500.

keel, mahogany on oak, built 1957, hauled 3/94,

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

CQRONADO 25, new North main, double rigged,

delivers it to the marina of your choice the end of

no rot, clean, sleek, beautiful lines, ready to go,

lifesling, electric bilge pump, custom electrical

spinnaker ready, spreader lights, head, VHF, DS,

Sept. '94. (813) 848-7886.

moving inland. $5,000 obo. (408) 457-7616, Iv.

panel, boarding ladder. At Richmond Marina.

chart table, sleeps 5 easy, 5 hp outboard, super

$12,000. Call (916) 454-3793, eves, and wknds.

clean throughout including hull. $3,500 sails her away. Brisbane berth, SSF. (916) 962-7371 after

ready. Genesis racing sails, new spinnaker, ad¬

TAN2ER7.5,1980, sloop, one owner, very clean.

ERICSON 27,71 before the age of blisters, very

6 pm, Steve.

justable jib leads, SailComp, Loran, stereo, VHF,

Well equipped Bay & Delta cruiser. $4,500. Call

etc. $17,500. (707) 252-8205.

(916) 865-4952.

good condition, smooth and reliable Atomic 4,

msg. EXPRESS 27. Well maintained, clean, and race

everything has been replaced or upgraded since

CATALINA 27,1978. Traditional Evinrude 9.9

‘89, all lines lead aft, bimini, steering vane, furlex,

b with cockpit controls, VHF, DS, KM, compass,

CATALINA 27, 1979. Atomic 4 inboard, tradi¬

OLSON 25, built in S.C. 1985, hull #69. Best bang

tabernacle, enclosed head with holding tank with

electric bilge pump, am/fm cassette, stove/oven,

tional interior, Pineapple main and 100% class

for your buck, cash talks & B.S. walks. B.O. takes.

3-way pump out, windlass, 2 anchors, VHF, Lo¬

ancfior, BBC. Very clean, well kept. Great week¬

racing jib, Leading Edge 150% genoa, VHF, hold¬

See Peninsula Marina, Redwood City. Gate #3,

ran, safety equipped for single handed ocean

ender ready to go. $8,500/offer. (415) 432-1979

ing tank, 4 Lewmar winches adj. backstay, berth

slip #205 or call Scott at 364-5918.

racing, hauled 12/93, too much equipment to list.

or (415) 637-9847.

available at Coyote Point. $7,000.(415) 341-3521.

sion forces sale of this well loved boat. $10,900.

HUNTER 28.5,1987, KM, DS, Wl, VHF, Loran w/

Berthed Marina Bay Richmond. (916) 622-8963.

repeater, spin pole, adj. leads, 8 sails, folding

LAGUNA 26,1985 fiberglass sloop. 3 ft. draft fixed keel with tandem trailer. 7.5 hp Honda.

prop, excellent cruiser or racer, 12/93 bottom

Standing headroom, full galley and head. Wheel

berth. (510) 533-9290, dy; (510) 865-5388, eve.

TARTAN 26-FT, 1973.10 hp Yanmar dsl 140 hrs,

paint, pressure water with heater, stove, private

steering, VHF, DS, good cond. $11,500. (415)

$13,500.

new main (Nov.). Propane stove, sleeps 4, open¬

head. Good condition. $27,500 obo. Call Alex,

982-4455 dys; (510) 229-0656 eves.

ing ports, VHF, 5'8”headroom, many extras. She's

(310) 814-2406 am, (818) 909-7160 pm.

CAL 2-27, 1976. Atomic 4, hauled 3/94, new

Recent survey with all deficiencies fixed. Reces¬

standing and running rigging, DS, recent uphol¬ stery, opening ports and Racor-fuel filter. Alameda

27-FT SANTANA, 1968,4 yr. old Pineapple sails (full batten main & 120 jib), Harken roller furling,

J/27,1984. Absolutely first class condition and

COLUMBIA 26,1970. Main w/reef, 110,115,150 jibs, spinnaker, running rigging to cockpit radio,

CATALINA 27,1980. 9.9 o/b, elec, start, 3 jibs,

equipment. 9 sails, racing set near new. VHF,

depth sounder, compass, anchor, strong Atomic

system with jiffy reefing, internal mast halyards, all

whisker pole, propane stove, microwave, head w/

Loran, Navico AP, Harken racing furler, full batten

4, cushions, screens. Well maintained. $9,500.

running rigging leads aft, Atomic 4 engine, epoxy

holding tank, traditional interior, canopy, DS, CB,

main, 5 hp Tohatsu (1989), superb rigging and

(510) 866-7352 or (707) 554-3912.

bottom, whisker pole, enclosed head, sleeps 6,

lots of gear. Everything in good condition last time

deck hardware, full safety equipment. In Mdr.

I saw it. Out of state owner, must sell. $7,500 obo.

$19,500.(310) 453-4955.

CORONADO 25,1968, see to appreciate. Refit¬ ted for racing, great for cruising, all lines aft, new

26 SAN JUAN 7.7,1980, fast, fun, combination

main, 9.9 hp in well, forest green hull w/grey deck,

in great shape. Asking$10,500obo. (510) 237-4033.

(504) 368-7457.

knot & depth meter, large compass, radio, EZ Jax

stove, pressurized water, lost of teak, Gary Mull design & in great condition. $10,000. Call Mike Noble, (916) 756-4968 or (707) 745-0171.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27. Great condition, 1-

racer/short term cruiser, sleepsS, 5'5” headroom,

electronics, new galley, new rigging. Steal at

CATALINA 25,1985. Original owner. Fixed keel,

owner 1978, Volvo Penta diesel, f/g hull, teak

alcohol stove, sink, separate porta-potti next to V-

$3,800. Bruce, (707) 526-0492.

7.5 Honda, 110 and 90% jibs, VHF, 120 VAC pkg,

decks, tiller club jib, galley w/sink, gas stove,

berth, Autohelm KM, DS, racing timer, Plastimo

head, 2-cabins w/2 quarter berths, V-berth, VHF,

compass, VHF, Loran, main w/2 reefs, blade,

CATALINA 25,1980. Swing keel, pop-top, 170%,

ground tackle, swim ladder, BBQ, factory cockpit

knt, dpth, berthed San Rafael. $14,000. (707)

genny, storm jib, spinnaker, 1985 Honda 7.5 hpw/

90% club footed, full batten main, 2 anchors, new

cushions, inflatable. $9,200 obo. Dave, (707) 553-

938-8185 dy/eve (707) 935-9795.

remote gear shift and throttle at stern pulpit, mast¬

running rigging, whisker, 10 hp Honda, VHF, DS,

8963.

head tricolor/anchor light, 2 anchors, 500’ total

knot meter, galley & head, freshwater boat since

CAPE DORY 27-FT, 1979. Owner will finance

rode, shore power, gel cell battery, battery charger,

new. $8,700. (209) 339-4418 dys; (209) 334-3021

CATALINA 25,1980. trailer, 15 hp motor, all lines

with 5k down. $18,000. Terms neg. Yanmar die¬

well cared for. $9,900. (707) 443-0379.

eves.

aft, DF, VHF, compass, main/reef, jib, anchors

dodger, etc. Good offshore boat. Sail inventory

NO MOORAGE FEES, trail to Baha or Lake

ISLANDER BAHAMA 26,1977 inboard gas OMC

includes main, working jib, genoa, spanker. (707)

Tahoe. This 1975 Balboa 26 will do it all. Includes

sail drive, depth finder, fish finder, VHF, 2 Leading

839-5478.

trailer, 4 sails, Honda 10, Avon 9 with motor, VHF,

Edge sails, 1 Larsen; Lewmar winches; lines led

KM, fathometer, compass and more. $8,900. (206)

aft; lots of teak in the cabin. South Beach Harbor

bronze port lights forward, alcohol stove, en¬

262-0394.

berth. Steal at $4,500. (415) 826-0527.

closed head, phone and shorepower hook-ups.

stereo, Tillerpilot, pop-top, whisker pole, 2 sets

sel, full galley, sleeps 4, VHF, Loran, autopilot,

CATALINA 27,1973, dinette interior, 6 ft. stand¬

and rode, pop-topcover plus more. Clean. $11,900 obo. 2-boat owner must sell. (510) 522-8570. CATALINA 27,1978. Featuring teak interior, two

ing room, sleeps 6, compass, knotmeter, head,

Sleeps 6.6T headroom. Atomic 4 inboard. Lots

alcohol stove, jib/main with cover, very good con¬

of gear. Great condition. Best offer over $9,500.

dition. $4,999. (408) 265-9196.

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RANGER 26. Freedom, in proper seaman-like

1977 ISLANDER 28. Loaded for Bay cruising

condition, equipped for Bay sailing or Delta cruis¬

MacGREGOR 25,1884. Trailer, 7.5 hp US Honda.

and/or racing. 8 bags of sails including spinnaker.

Main, jib, cruising spinnaker & 135% mylar RF

ing. Enclosed head. Conveniently berthed in the

100% jib, colorful cruising spinnaker w/sock, ’92 8

All lines lead aft. 2 props - folding and fixed. 7

City Marina. Auxiliary power 2 year old 8 hp

genoa. Cruising design furler. New running rig¬

hp Johnson Sailmaster, dodger, life sling, VHF,

winches - including self-tailing. Canvas covers.

ging. CG equipment. Deluxe interior, teak trim,

Nissan o/b motor. $6,000. (415) 567-9112, eves or Iv. msg. during day.

Loran, Danforth anchor, 3 free sailing lessons.

Must sell. $20,500 obo. (415) 456-3922.

new battery, porta-potti, cockpit cushions, 9’6"

$7,500. (916) 954-0951 or (916) 544-3965. See in

inflatable. $6,000. (916) 484-6159, msg.

Alameda, wknds. 26-FT CHRYSLER 77, family of 4 cruiser, private

CATALINA 25,1981. Great first boat. Fin keel,

25- FT HUNTER, sailboat in great condition, won¬ ERICSON 26, 1984. Well maintained pocket

derful for families with sleeping quarters. Payment

CHRYSLER 26,1978. Excellent condition. Swing

cruiser with standing headroom. Yanmar diesel,

plan available. Will give a few hours free sailing

keel, depth, speed, VHF, wheel. Standing head-

DS, KM, VHF, enclosed head, nice interior wood.

stern and V berths, lining, cushions, curtains and

lessons, no problem. Bargain at $9,800. You must

room, galley, head, sleeps 5. Electric start o/b with

carpeting throughout. Enclosed head, fold-down

Main and 2 jibs. New batteries. Sausalito berth.

see this. Call Joe or Rod at (619) 280-0060.

cockpit controls. Quality boat. Ready to go. Must

dinette, cabinets, drawers, sink, 2 ice boxes, 2-

sell now. Make any offer. $7,500 obo. Call Steve,

burner stove and oven. VHF, fm/am cassette,

(510) 634-1623,294-2654.

knot and depth meters. Wheel steering, lines to

$11,500 obo. Call (415) 288-2148 wkdys, (415) 381-1068 wknds.

CAL 28, good condition, well maintained, 5 sails, 2-speed primary winches, reliable Atomic 4, depth

cockpit, remote controlled 93-18 hp, deep cycle

O’DAY 27, 1986. New bottom 12/93 diesel in¬

sounder, upgraded galley, liveaboard or cruise.

COLUMBIA 26 MKII. Outboard, well equipped,

battery and solar charger. Double reef main, 110

board. Very spacious interior. VHF, electronics

Must sell now. $7,000 or make offer. Call (415) 331-5927.

custom cockpit cushions, compass, good condi¬

and 85 jib and spinnaker, toe-rail track. Cruising

and more. Like new. Excellent condition. Priced below book, $16,500. (510) 228-2852 or Iv. msg.

SEXTANT 25-FT. I’m a desperate college student

tion, ready to sail. Must sell immediately this

until 8/7. $9,700. Call Oakland Yacht Club, (510)

month. Asking $3,750. Makeoffer.(510) 786-9351, pis. Iv. msg.

675-3529, wk; (510) 531-3536 hm.

NOR’SEA 27 Magic Flute (featured in “Lookin'

in need of cash. My boat is a nice Bay and Delta

Good," Latitude 38,4/91). Sail to Baja and trailer

cruiser. F/G hull, 4 sails, sleeps 4, inboard Volvo

COLUMBIA 28,1972. Roller furling jib, Neil Pryde

upholstery and curtains, custom teak interior, new

back. 1 st class aft cabin cruiser in prime condition.

diesel, depth gauge, winches. Asking $4,800,

sails, dodger, AP, Palmer engine, sleeps 6, excel¬

Signet D/S, compass, new batteries, shorepower,

ProFurl, Navico AP, dodger, Force 10 propane

accepting any respectable offer. (707) 964-6846

lent condition. Moved, must sell. $8,500 obo. Joel,

new solar vent, VHF, stereo cassette, furling jib,

stove, ICOM VHF, CQR, Bruce, windlass, 200’

Iv. msg.

(510) 601-7334 or Michael, (415) 861-3328.

CATALINA 27,1981. Immaculate. Dinette, new

adjustable backstay, ladder. Atomic 4 just gone

new chain. New in ‘93: standing and running

through. $12,500. Bethel Island, (510) 684-9619.

rigging, ST winches, lifelines, LPU on mast and

CATALINA 25-FT, '89. Wing keel, jib furler, ad¬

COLUMBIA 26 w/berth, renovated, sleeps four,

boom, lazy jacks. All lines led aft. Low hours on 2

justable split backstay, pop-top and enclosure,

elec, fridge, stove, head, roller furling jib, 9.9 hp

cyl. Yanmar. $36,950. Custom EZ Loader trailer

9.9 Merc, long shaft, camel hull, stern ladder, 2

Mercury (electric start), good stable learning boat.

roller furling. All teak Volvo diesel 360 hrs, great

with power winch. $3,950. (415) 563-4239.

batteries cockpit cushions, carpeting, cruising

$6,500 obo. (415) 967-6267.

shape. Too much to list. $18,500 obo. 332-1616.

79 ISLANDER 28, New; wheel, rigging, Harken

extras incl. lifesling. EZ Loadertrlr. At Whiskeytown CATALINA 27, tall rig, 1974, modified for cruising,

SOLING 27 Olympic class racer, regatta ready, Perennial Bay Champion, 1992 West Coast cham¬

ALBIN-VEGA 27, Swedish built in 1974. Volvo

26- FT PEARSON, 1973. Excellent condition, sleeps 5, galley, head, many extras, 9.9 Johnson

pion, aluminum trailer, new set sails, large sail

diesel (MD-6A), jibs I, II, III, genoa, cruising chute w/sock, main. AP and windvane. DS, ground

Mexico vet, documented, trailer, vane gear, 11 sails, AP, opening ports, kerosene stove/heater, Honda 9.5 rebuilt 1993, windlass, 60 gal. water, more. $9,500 obo. Call (415) 960-3450 w, (415) 962-0477 h, Greg Cook.

Must sell.

Lake. $13,750. (916) 244-5611.

inventory. $7,000 firm. Mark, (415) 391-4400.

o/b. New bottom paint. Solid Bay sailer. $8,400

tackle etc. All lines lead aft (very easily single

obo.Charles, (408) 996-1100 dys; (408) 253-3461 eves.

TRITON 28, by Pearson, full keel, epoxy bottom 8/ 92, good sail inventory, new club, fresh new interior 7/94, rebuilt Atomic 4 - have receipts 7/94,

NEWPORT 27 inboard, wheel steering, enclosed

tional Championship S. F. Bay. Measured Gold

ERICSON 27,1974. 5 bags of sails, self-tacking

oversized chain plates, unique Triton, strong, ca¬

Seal Race Ready T-Bird. 8 sails, aluminum mast,

jib, sleeps 5, enclosed head, standing headroom.

pable, go anywhere boat. $11,500 obo. Walter,

head with shower. 6’ headroom, berths for 6, sold stiff Bay & coastal cruiser, Delta veteran. Sausalito

boom, spar. 1992 6 hp Johnson o/b, fiberglass

Good boat for the Bay & Delta. $10,000. Call Sal,

(510) 651-3627, Bpr (510) 310-8267.

berth, possible liveaboard. 1/93 survey. $8,700

deck, cabin, cockpit. Glassed plywood hull. $4,800

(707) 577-2797.

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handed). Charley Dean, (707) 864-0399.

obo. (415) 456-8033. 28-FT JOHN HANNA designed Gulfweed ketch,

H-28, Fiberglass over strip-planked mahogany.

fir over oak, gaff-rigged main, 8 sails, Volvo diesel,

1961 25-FT CHEOY LEE Pacific Clipper in excel¬

EXPRESS 27, the best one-design fleet in the

Low hour Yanmar, new rigging, wheel steering,

VHF, stove/oven, maple/mahogany interior. Sails

lent condition. All teak, beautiful lines, copper

Bay. Two suits kevlar sails, new mast, boom and

5'10” headroom. VHF, depth/knotmeter. Spinna¬

gracefully on Bay or open waters. Solid and beau¬

riveted, Atomic 4 engine, teak decks. Stable,

rigging. Roller jibcars and pole lift, curved traveler

ker and genoa. Tight boat with no repairs neces¬

tiful. Asking $8,000. (707) 539-3711.

comfortable Bay boat. Safe roomy cockpit. Re¬

track, upgrades winches. For sale, $17,000/make

sary, just sail it for $10,000. John, (510) 523-0666.

offer. Call (415) 852-9960.

duced to $5,900. Recent survey. (415) 332-5206. PACIFIC SEACRAFT ORION 27, 1983. Miladi,

CATALINA 25,1982. Hurry up or lose it. Fixed

excellent condition. Cutter rigged, Yanmar diesel,

COLUMBIA 28, '68, Perfect for cruising or

27-FT PEARSON RENEGADE, 1968. Classic

keel, tall rig, excellent condition. Pop-top with tent.

Aries windvane, VHF, HAM, DS, radar detector,

liveaboard. Recent complete redo/survey/haul.

Bay and Delta cruiser. KM, DS, VHF, 15 hp

Sacrifice at $7,900. (510) 254-9101 dys/eves.

teak interior, plus more. $58,500. Write for more

Complete inventory of electronics and equipment.

info toSid Vance, 94-1506 Lanikuhana Ave. #582,

Outboardaux. power. Inboard N/R. Standing head-

Mililani, HI 96789, or call (808) 623-9749.

room. Head w/tank. Sacrifice, $6,900 obo. (510) 370-7017.

saildrive. 4 jibs, 2 mains, drifter, spinnaker, whis¬ ker pole, inflatable. Fully equipped and ready to

CATALINA 27, 1983. Excellent shape, dinette

sail. $7,500 obo. Dan, (707) 257-0168.

model, two burner CNG stove, propane BBQ, marine head, fresh water tank, self-furling 110 jib,

CATALINA 25,1985. Fixed keel. Excellent condi¬

25-FT Yamaha diesel sloop rig, wheel steering, swim platform, VHF depth M, 2 bats, dodger,

Atomic 4 engine low hours, wheel, Lewmar 40's

tion, white with beige non-skid, traditional interior,

with Winches, shorepower. $14,000 with clean

pop-top. North main & jib (new '911, Lewmar #16

lower boat prices may make donation a better

sleeps 5; all lines aft, S/S tanks, full keel, trailerable.

survey. (916) 366-2876, Barb.

2-speed winches (new ’91), Evinrude 8 hp (new

choice. Let the Sea Scouts explain why. (800)

’92), VHF, KM, compass (new ’93), 85 amp hr.

428-0802.

1976 CATALINA 27, Atomic 4 professionally re¬

battery (new 4/94), vang, split backstay and ad¬

$7,800 obo. Ask for Ted, (510) 657-9498.

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25-FT 78 HUNTER, 3 sails, 10 hp motor, depth &

built, dinette interior, 6 Pineapple and Leading

juster, windex, tiller extension, sail covers, hal¬

ISLANDER 28,1977. Well maintained active racer.

speed gauges, sleeps 5, galley, head, VHF, fm

Edge sails including spinnaker all nearly new

yards lead aft to cockpit. Hauled 3/94. No blisters.

5 headsails+spinnaker. Volvo diesel, dual batter¬

radios. Benicia Marina. Reduced to sell at $5,950.

condition, lines led aft, 24 hour solar vent, dual

This boat has been properly maintained, and is

ies, wheel, VHF, KM, DS. Self-tailing two speed

Call Don, (510) 932-6868 dys; (510) 932-4115

batteries with charger, many extras. Coyote Point

well equipped and rigged to safely sail-away.

winches. All controls to cockpit. Teak and oak

eves.

berth. $10,450. Call Yogi, (415) 322-1919.

Many extras. $13,900. (510) 483-3518.

interior. Sleeps 6. Move forces sale. $19,000 obo. (415) 331-3667.

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PACIFIC SEACRAFT MARIAH 31,1978, double

NUNES 30-FT SLOOP. Full keel, Atomic 4 in¬

IRWIN 28.5, 1974. Beautiful condition. Rebuilt

ended bluewater cruiser with tiller, cutterrig, Moni¬

board engine, LPU paint, non-skid decks, stand¬

Atomic 4. Automatic Halon, VHF, depth, Loran,

tor vane, 2 Autohelms, radar, Loran, GPS, KM,

ing and running rigging replaced, new head, bat¬

AP, Magma. Spacious interior. Force 10 cabin

DS, VHF, stereo, 5 sails, hot/cold water, kerosene

tery charger, instruments. Excellent bay/coastal

heater, Sony CD (speakers inside and out). Owned

OBSESSED. Santana 30. Competitive racer/de¬

stove, roller furling, compass, heavy ground tackle

cruiser in very good condition. Sausalito berthed.

and maintained by professional. Must see to ap¬

lightful cruiser. Excellent condition, 10 winches,

with 3 anchors and chain rode, 100 gals water, 28

$11,000. Call (415) 922-4676.

preciate. $10,500. (510) 649-9164.

double head foil, 7 bags of sails, 2 spinnakers.

gals fuel, Yanmar diesel, many extras and spars,

New mast and boom and rigging. Sleeps 5, full

sleeps 5, plenty of headroom below. $65,000. Call

RAWSON 30 pilothouse, sloop, new Yanmar

NEWPORT 30, 1970, MULL HULL. All instru¬

galley. Volvo diesel-runs great. Cockpit cushions.

Dick, (415) 337-0350 dys or eves.

3GM30F, dual helm controls, propane stove/oven,

ments, VHF, tabernacled mast, CNG stove/oven,

new DS, KM, Loran, Autohelm, VHF, safe and

solar charger, custom galley, stereo, tiller, spinna¬

29 TO 31 FEET

Can give race/cruise instruction if interested. 29- FT ERICSON 1970. 3 sails. Stand up head.

comfortable bay/coastal cruiser, sharp, well main¬

ker, 150,2 jibs, Atomic 4, surveyed 1990. Clean,

Autohelm. New VHF, new Loran, new batteries.

tained. Berkeley berth. $31,500 obo. Call (415)

will haul/paint for buyer. A real deal at $12,000.

ISLANDER 30 BAHAMA, 1979. Very clean. Volvo

Atomic 4, rebuilt exhaust, starter and generator. 3

968-0946.

(408) 354-9313.

Penta diesel, VHF, wheel, compass, depth

anchor mooring setup, plus two additional an¬

sounder, digital knot log, shorepower, mainsail

chors. Microwave, T.V., 2-burner stove. Many

NONSUCH 30,1981 new Autohelm instrument

69 NEWPORT 30 Georgie Girl. Atomic 4, recent

and 3 jibs, insulated headliner, stove, hot water,

extras. Liveaboard. Ready for ocean sailing. Ex¬

pod. Autopilot, GPS, Tridata, wind, Loran, 2 VHF,

valve job, runs cool. Martec prop, 3 mains, 4 jibs

etc. etc. Reduced. Asking $20,000 obo. (415)

cellent first boat. $16,900. Contact Dave at (408)

windlass, full dodger. Spacious elegant teak Inte¬

(also roll furl), 3 spinnakers, 2 poles, 2 anchors,

364-1675.

479-0487.

rior, sleeps 5 adults. Pressurized hot cold water,

new Barient 24-45's self-tailing winches, (w/old

propane

Safe

22’s as secondaries). Loran, knot, depth, VHF,

PEARSON 31,1978 in excellent condition, wheel,

GOLDEN GATE 30. Fully equipped for world

singlehanded offshore sailing. Great condition.

am/fm, Tillermaster, cockpit cushions, dodger,

Loran, VHF, 3 headsails, new spinnaker, new hp

cruising. Roller furling, windvane, life raft,

$59,000. (510) 814-9456.

Avon Redcrest, Ratelco Cole stove, floating strobe,

diesel, and new interior. Great Bay boat. Asking

watermaker, GPS, self-tailing winches, BMW D12,

$19,400. Call (510) 254-7037.

Avon dinghy with Nissan 3.5. Ready to cruise and

CATALINA 30-FT, 1987. Very clean, low hours

Tom, (916) 362-1780.

in a good place to start - Pago Pago, American

on 21 hp Universal diesel, Harken roller furling,

30-FT HUNTER customized sloop, extensive

Samoa. She's in excellent condition, but growing

Autohelm 3000 AP, Edson pedestal, Datamarine

cruise-equipped and single-hand ready. Inspired

family requires bigger boat. $30,000. Fax: Yacht

instruments, VHF radio, custom dodger, am/fm

31. Excellent cond. Yanmar diesel, good sail

Sensible Cruising: the Thoreau Approach. Excel¬

Cassiopeia, (684) 633-5965.

stereo cassette, shore battery charger, CNG stove,

inventory, VHF, RDF, wind & speed & DS. Com¬

dinghy, 2 anchors. $38,500. (415) 331-5107 eves,

pass, 2 anchors. $28,000. (707) 823-9669.

$22,500. Call Larry, (707) 745-4811.

lent condition. Located Abaco Bahamas. USA documented. Delivery possible. $45,000. (804)

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

868-0437 or (804) 526-7119.

rigging/halyards, all lines led aft, epoxy bottom,

stove/oven,

refrigerator.

EPIRB type B. $12,500. Bruno’s Island berth. Call

MOVING OUT OF AREA. Must sell. '83 Hunter

(415) 973-7898 dys. 30-FT PEARSON. Beautifully maintained. New

KM,. DS, Loran, VHF, stereo, 2 mains, 3 jibs,

ERICSON 30 SLOOP, unique San Francisco

bottom, Awlgrip topsides/cabin, nonskid. 16 hp

CATALINA 30, fun, roomy, low maintenance boat.

spinnaker, Atomic 4. Well maintained. $13,000.

Special Edition. Expertly equipped and maintained

diesel. All standing & running rigging replaced.

30 hp inboard, sleeps 6. New standing rigging,

Marty, (510) 443-6358 or Ted (510) 886-1725.

wiring, 4 batteries, radar, propane oven, DS, KM,

by Merchant Marine engineering officer/original

Excellent sail inventory, dodger, Barient S/T

owner. Harken rollerfurling, 4 sails including spin¬

winches, AP, SL windlass, Loran, instruments,

dodger, pressurized hot water, shower, refrigera¬

SCHATZ is for sale. 1982 Pearson Flyer, 30-ft.

naker. Dodger, AP, GPS with remote cockpit

stereo, propane, diesel heater, Ample Power

tion, new head, holding tank, macerator, roller

Great club racer and weekender. 150,110, 80,

control and display, Loran/plotter, VHF, refrigera¬

charging. $26,500 obo. (415) 331-3037.

furling, spinnaker pole, jiffy reefing, 3 anchors,

main, spinnaker, inboard diesel, dual compasses,

tion, Sony stereo/tape/CD. All installed or newly

rare u-shaped dinette, wheel steering, VHF, ste¬

Loran, KM, DS, VHF, Danforth and Fortress an¬

replaced in ‘91-’94. $35,000. (510) 523-3708.

reo, custom electric panel, charging system, AC/

chors, epoxy bottom. $19,500 or possible trade

DC. Halyards aft, helmsman chair, factory up¬

up. (707) 938-1181.

grades, extra ventilation, screens, stern ladder,

HURRICANE 30, 1947 CLASSIC sailboat, de¬ signed & built in Sausalito for S.F. Bay racing.

ERICSON 30+, 1984. Diesel, rollerfurling, cruis¬

Pristine condition. Rebuilt Atomic 4. Hauled &

ing spinnaker, custom covers, wheel, KM, depth,

surveyed in June. $8,500. Call K. Nelson, (415) 455-8972.

auto/man bilge pumps, flare gun, other accesso¬

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

VHF, stereo, battery charger, new batteries, hotI

ries. $26,500 firm. Partner considered. ($14k +

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

cold water, CNG stove oven, sharp nautical inte¬

$100/mo.). (510) 444-0666.

included. No blisters. Well-maintained. $12,500.

rior, microwave, extras galore, excellent through¬

CAPE DORY 30,1981. Cutter rig, good sails, 2

out. Must see. $32,500.Gene, (408) 270-4158.

cyl. Volvo diesel. Good condition, but missing

CATALINA 30, 1988. Meticulously maintained

Berkeley slip. David or Jennifer, (510) 642-3132 dys, (510) 527-2737 eves.

some cruising goodies, a Sea Scout boat. $25,000 NEWPORT 30, MKII, 1974, new bottom in 1/94,

and in excellent condition including: roller furling

obo. Also, we have several small boats for sale,

w/3 head sails, KM, DS, VHF, Loran, 2 anchors, 4

30- FT LUGER VOYAGER sloop, 3 bags sails,

spinnaker, 150,130,110, Loran, VHF, DS, Atomic

Islander 24, Santana 22, Coronado 21, etc. (510)

ST winches, lines led aft, h/c pressure water

sleeps 5, o/b on 3-axle Caulkins trailer. Must sell.

4, runs good. Nice weekend cruiser that is fun to

652-6545.

shower, diesel, propane, 3 blade prop. $38,000.

$4,495. (916) 652-7626 or (916) 791-0362.

sail. $11,750. (415) 331-3216.

1982 ALLMAND 31-FT. Reduced to $16,000.

CHEOY LEE 30-FT KETCH, beautiful classic,

coastal/bluewater pocket cruiser. 6 sails, Monitor

ERICSON 30,1978. Diesel, wheel, roller furling,

Sleeps 7, luxury interior. Fiberglass hull, teak trim.

great sailing under all conditions. Teak hull, DS,

vane, VHF, Loran, DS, knot, wind, 2 compasses,

dodger, 3 jibs, spinnaker, refrigerator, h/c pres¬

Cockpit cushions seat 10, steering wheel. Atomic

VHF, 7 sails, refrig, (ac/dc), haul out '94. Asking

LNG stove, etc. A great cruising yacht. Asking

sure water, Loran, stereo, teak interior. Free

diesel inboard. Shallow 4-ft draft. H/C water, stove.

$5,600. Judy, (510) 236-9012 h, (415) 296-3511

$23,000. (510) 254-8338 eves.

haulout & bottom paint. $24,850.Call Jerry, (510)

Original cost $74,000. Tiburon berth: Cove Apart¬

451-7181 or Jim, (209)823-2893.

ments. (415) 389-8460.

(510) 231-1312 d, (707) 664-8366 e.

GOLDEN GATE 30. Full keel Chuck Burns,

CAN'T SELL YOUR BOAT? Higher taxes and 1971 ERICSON 29. Don't miss this one. Beauti¬

lower boat prices may make donation a better

ERICSON 29,1970. Very clean. Atomic 4, VHF,

30-FT POCKET CRUISER fiberglass yawl off¬

fully varnished teak with full covers. Boat shows

choice. Let the Sea Scouts explain why. (800)

DS, stereo, 4 sails, 2 anchors. Dodger, bimini,

shore yachts, England, builtto Lloyds 100-A specs,

pride of ownership. Sails the Bay chop very well,

428-0802.

weathercloths and cockpit cushions. Galley, BBQ,

bow sprit, Tahiti vet, steering vane, GPS, great

dry, stiff but fast, even in light air. Large cockpit,

and head with holding tank. Safety package. Fresh

sails. $24,900 obo. (510) 373-8472.

bottom paint. Pier39 slip. $17,000.(209)298-7545.

roomy cabin. All lines led aft, single line reefing, spinnaker gear. New Autohelm tillerpilot, KM, DS,

ERICSON 29,1978. Sobstad Genesis main and

log, toilet, stereo, battery charger, batteries, life¬

CAL 29, excellent condition, rebuilt engine, lots of

RF jib, cruising spinnaker, ST winches, dsl, wheel,

lines, carpet, BBQ, running rigging. Like new main

recent upgrades, ready to race and cruise. Loads

depth, knot log, wind, Loran, VHF, AP, h/c water,

& jib. Buying large cruising boat. Must sell. Broker

of equipment. $16,800 obo. (415) 969-1614.Call

dodgers, full canvas, Zodiac dinghy, 2.7 hp o/b.

co-op. $14,500. (707) 554-4681 eves (7-9pm).

for list.

Best 29' around. $25,000. (707) 425-8689.

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32 TO 35 FEET

32-FT PEARSON VANGUARD, 1963. Outstand¬

SPENCER 35-FT. Sloop, new diesel, mainsail,

32-FT ISLANDER, hand sized up, great hull, no

ing condition, 176 hrs. on diesel engine, new

Aries windvane. Extensive parts & equipment.

blisters. Comf. liveaboard, fully equipped. An¬

rigging, refrig., VHF & more. Berthed in Cabo &

Many upgrades. Documented. Serious offers con¬

chors, sails, stove, etc. Atomic4 engine. Sausalito

ready to cruise. 011-52-114-3-12-51, Robert.

sidered. $28,000. (408) 724-5040 after 7 pm or

berth. Asking $8,000 for quick sale. 331-6192.

RANGER 33, 1977. Excellent condition, fully

(408) 688-0554.

equipped, VHF, KM, DS, Loran, roller furling, 7

YORKTOWN, 1976 35-FT. Center cockpit aft

sails, epoxy bottom, lots more. Transferable up¬

cabin cutter. New diesel, 90% completed. You

CORONADO 35,1974. Liveaboard/cruiser. Just

wind Berkeley berth. $20,000 obo. A real steal.

sails, diesel, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual

finish for only $16,000 with terms. $12,000 cash. (916) 776-1094.

returned from Mexico. Cruise equipped. Powerful

water tank etc. Photos, survey, equipment list

Job re-location forces sale. (510) 525-7477 eves.

CUSTOM CHOATE 33. Consistent winner. 13

new diesel. Large dry center cockpit with dodger.

upon request. Moored in Marina Del Rey. Asking

Autopilot, windlass, davits, spinnaker. Huge inte¬

$32,000 obo. (310) 479-0116 (eves).

SANTANA 35, partnership/charter/?. Excellent

CAL 35,1980. See to appreciate this high quality/

rior. Queen size berth in aft stateroom. Hot water,

shape 1983 (one of last built). Two time National

California built, lovingly maintained, fast cruiser.

shower. Recent survey. $30,000. (415) 468-6931.

Champion. Minimum 3 month commitment buys

Spacious elegant interior - outstanding liveaboard.

full or part time usage for racing/cruising. Terms,

Diesel engine, diesel heater, dodger, windlass,

CAL 34, 1975. Westerbeke 4 cyl. diesel, roller

usage, berthing negotiable. Currently in Alameda. (510) 834-6301, after 11 am.

radar, Loran, Autohelm 3000, cruising spinnaker,

reefing, wheel steering, VHF, CNG range, power

Roller furling, 2 anchors, charger. Excellent

h/c pressure water, KM, DS. $59,000. Owner,

hot/cold water, sleeps 6. Large cockpit for day

liveaboard. Owner financing. $23,000 obo. (415)

(415) 969-9612.

sailing. 1/94 survey, very clean. $24,000. (415) 383-3668.

788-9132.

cruising sailboat. Mexico/Hawaii veteran. Strong,

WESTSAIL 32. Bluewater cruiser for two. Heavy

COLUMBIA 34. Large interior, 12v freezer, hot/ cold pressurized water, stove/oven, microwave, shower. VHF, KM, 4 sails, diesel, wheel steering.

built double ended cutter. Custom wood interior,

FANTASIA 35,5 sails, Pisces 40 diesel, windvane,

wood stove, propane & kero, 5 sails, 2 anchors

220 gal. water, 8' dinghy on davits, CQR 35,

34- FT ISLANDER YACHT CRAFTER, excellent

plus launch'hook, AP, new batts., VHF, simple

Danforth 20, 5 batteries, 20 amp charger, Loran,

condition. Cutter-rigged cruiser, dodger with aw¬

seaworthy, comfortable. Cruise equipped with

hand startable diesel, pressure water, water heater.

EPIRB, 7' headroom. $49,000. (408) 996-2045.

ning, AP, diesel, propane, roller furling, wheel

extras: solar panels, HAM/SSB, bimini, water pu¬

steering, KM, DS, VHF, hot/cold pressure water,

rifier, customized interior, GPS, more. $49,900.

ENDEAVOUR 32, 1979. Excellent condition, sleeps 6, VHF, am/fm, head & shower, roller

full canvas. Prettiest boat on the Bay. $36,000. (415)331-5001.

Ted, (916) 292-9172.

Never cruised. $39,000. No brokers. Call (415) 331-3071.

CRUISE MEXICO THIS SEASON. Dufour 35

35-FT WOODEN SLOOP 1961, pitch-pine on

furling jib, 25 hp diesel, wheel steering, Brickyard

oak, full headroom, large cockpit. Old engine,

Cove berth available, will consider selling 1/4

35- FT

RACER/CRUISER

lower boat prices may make donation a better

condition fair. Excellent Bayboat. Mustsell. $9,000

share for $6,500, first $25,995 takes it. Call Walt,

(Lapworthesque). Exceptional double planked

choice. Let the Sea Scouts explain why. (800)

offers. (415) 927-3946.

(510) 682-2580.

cedar hull, rough cabin, low hours rebuilt MD2B,

428-0802.

CAN’T SELL YOUR BOAT? Higher taxes and CUSTOM

10 sails (7 good), wants to return to Mexico and CATALINA 34,1987, tall rig, 5 sails Harken RF,

MARINER 35. Garden design ketch built by Far

140, mylar 155, spinnaker, blade. Dodger, autopi¬

East Yachts, Japan, 1967. Mahogany on oak,

lot, Adler Barbour frig., CNG, H/C pressure, BBQ,

teak decks, well maintained, easy to sail, roomy

am/fm cassette & spkrs, cockpit cushions, Loran, VHF, KM, depth, high output alternator, extra

Hawaii, in Sausalito $10,500. Chuck Watts, (303) 722-3244 or 292-6464.

CORONADO 35. Needs engine work. Mast steps,

cockpit, prime Sausalito berth. Asking $35,000.

SOVEREL 33, '86, Olson built, mint condition,

Call (415) 456-8075 for poop sheet or appt.

bottom epoxied before first launched, full racing

proved head, 12 volt, 110,3 radios, microwave, T.V., dodger. (707) 745-8545.

batteries, dinghy & motor. $52,000.(310)306-7492.

deck box, davits, roller jib, fridge, dual batts, charger, propane stove, new main cover, ap¬

gear, 4 spinnakers, 2 poles, 16 bags sails, new set CHALLENGER 35 SLOOP. Cruising equipped

in ’93, diesel, folding prop. $39,000. Will take

POTENTIAL WORLD CRUISER. 35-ft classic

CORONADO 34. Aft cockpit, wheel, pedestal

Mexico vet, modified full keel, extra thick f/g

trade. Monterey dock available. (408) 372-2352.

wooden sloop. In good condition. Recently over¬

compass. Full custom cover. 90,110,130. Mast

throughout, 48 hrs. diesel, roller furling. 2 jibs, 2

steps, auto charger, stove oven, refer. Recent

main sails, cruising spinnaker 1991 radar, Loran,

THE SHADOW. Beautiful, custom 32’, Gary Mull

hauled, new engine, new sails & fresh paint. Needs caring new owner. $18,000 obo. Fred,

rigging, lifelines. Cockpit awning. DS, KM, VHF.

VHF, stereo, depth, speed, AP, propane, ma¬

design. Outstanding Bay Area boat. Consistent

(415) 388-8627.

Clean and well maintained. $20,000. Call (916)

hogany interior. $44,000. (510) 769-1602.

winner Bay and Ocean. Overhaul in process. Hull in good condition, fiberglass over wood, recently

786-5991. 35-FT FERRO-CEMENT CUTTER. Huge inte¬

reworked, with new rudder. Interior stripped and

NIAGRA 35-FT. Could make a great liveaboard.

rior, 7 sails, Volvo 36 hp diesel, 100A alternator.

clean for remodeling. Needs rig and engine.

One fast cruiser. New main, roller furling, head,

AP, depth, knotlog, VHF, generator. 5 anchors, 3/

Loaded with sails and equipment. Buy and finish

dodger plastic. Westerbeke 50, new trans., many

8" chain, manual windlass. Sleeps 7. Solar pan¬

to your individual needs. Make offer. George

sails, Autohelm. H/C water, heater. Asking

els, windvane. Achilles inflatable, 9.8 hp Mercury.

Vare, (510) 428-2886.

FREEDOM 36,1988. Ocean veteran. Set up for

$67,500, make offer. (510) 828-4880, eves.

Very comfortable, cruise-ready. $23,000. (619) 543-9119.

1976 RANGER 33. Fully equipped. Too many

self-steering, Autohelm, dual water tanks (tot. 100

CATALINA 34, 1987. Excellent condition, new

extras to list. $24,000 obo. Call Stuart at (707) 762-3491.

gal.), dual fuel tanks (tot. 45 gal.), tank tender,

Documented. Bright work immaculate. Dodger, bimini, cap-rail covers, side panels. Cutter rigged

bottom paint, rigged for short handed sailing.

with full-cut (286 sq.ft.) Yankee jib by Hood 1987,

Leading Edge mainsail w/jiffy reefing, 110 furling

OLYMPIAN 34. Bluewater cruiser and roomy

to crewed distance ocean racing. Now asking

WESTSAIL 32. Factory built. Original owner.

36 TO 39 FEET long distance cruising. 9 bags of sails. Wind vane

Loran, SatNav, dual anchors, lots more. Good race history. Ideal for everything from solo sailing

genoa. Perkins 4-108 engine rebuilt in 1993 (less

jib, 150 furling genoa, cruising spinnaker, Loran,

liveaboard in excellent condition. GPS, AP,

$122,000. If you are interested in safe, smooth

than 500 life-time hours). New stainless fuel tanks

VHF, handheld VHF, stereo w/inside and outside

windvane, ST winches, 5 sails, Volvo dsl, dsl

sailing, call (510) 549-3788 or (916) 666-0737.

in 1993 (70 gal). Hot water tank and pressure

speakers, Signet microprocessor windspeed,

heater, epoxy bottom. This boat will get you there

water system new 1993. Stainless water tanks -

windpoint, KM, depthfinder, attractive interior,

and back in comfort. $31,500. (40&) 479-4505.

37-FT HUNTER, 1984 cutter rig, Yanmar 44 hp

80 gal. Refrigeration. Dickerson cabin heater.

sleeps 7, propane stove/oven, hot/cold pressure

New propane stove 1993. R-55 VHF. Stereo.

water, shower, low hrs., Universal 3 eyl., 24 hp

34-FT CATALINA 1987, Carousel, Universal die¬

full cover, dodger, stern dodger, new bottom paint

Standing rigging replaced and mast and boom

freshwater cooled diesel, tan hull with forest green

sel, KM, DS, VHF, Loran, am/fm CD, dodger,

4/93, fresh water boat since new at Tahoe. Much

refinished at Svendsens in 1987. Price $46,000.

trim, much more. $52,000. Must sell. Serious

covers, CNG stove & cabin heat, refrigeration, 2

more. $49,500. (702) 849-0735.

Located at Ballena Isle Marina, Alameda. Call

inquiries only. No brokers. (415) 519-1907.

ground tackles (Bruce & Fortress), auto pilot & lots of other equipment, varnished interior with cur¬

INGRID38-FT, 1989. Possibly newest Ingrid afloat,

34-FT SWEDISH EAGLECLASS cutter, 1961.30

tains. Motivated seller. $48,500. (415) 343-0875.

fiberglass, Bristol cruiser w/strong & simple off¬

(510) 251 -7520 dys; (510) 820-3712 eves & wknds.

diesel, Autohelm, furling jib, microwave, charger,

32-FT ISLANDER. Excellent cond. New bottom

hp BMW diesel. VHF, am/fm cassette, wheel

shore systems, sleeps 5 (aft qtr. berth), Yanmar

6/94. Nice liveaboard. $30,000.679-1343.

steering, mahogany - oak. All sails. Extras. $7,495.

commercial diesel, equipment list and information

(415) 365-0617.

available. $94,500. (805) 650-3510.

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1983 37-FT FIBERGLASS tri-cabin cruising sloop,

NAUTICAL 39,1981. Well maintained mid cock¬

COLUMBIA 36,1968. Great liveaboard/cruiser.

42-FT CAMPER AND NICHOLSON, 1974 center

Van de Stadt design. Fantastic opportunity to

pit sloop. Solid, built in U.S. cruiser. 3 cabins, 2

Spacious cockpit accommodates 6-8 people for

cockpit ketch, 85 hp Perkins, furling, SatNav,

cruise Bahamas or Caribbean. Loaded with qual¬

heads, StaLoc fittings, 14 opening ports for tropi¬

Bay/day cruising. 20 hp Albin diesel, excellent

Loran, radar, life raft, watermaker, dinghy, etc.

ity gear. Immaculate and ready to go. Located at

cal cruising. Excellent refrigeration, electric an¬

condition, new bottom, 11/93. New Autohelm

$112,000. Located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Ft. Lauderdale. Call (800) 946-4646, Pin#1099813

chor windlass, microwave, propane stove and

depth/knotmeter, compass, radio, canvas covers,

Available for adoption due to long sad story. Fax

for photos and specs. $66,000 for quick sale.

Force 10 heater. Autopilot, Loran, dodger and

exterior teak varnish. Redcrest Avon with brand

011-52-114-32663 for info.

bimini. $80,000. (415) 948-3495.

new Nissan 2.5 hp o/b, never used. Sleeps 6 GULFSTAR 43-FT KETCH, 1976. Center cock¬

comfortably, new interior upholstery, large refrig¬

1987 UNION 36 cutter rig, radar, Loran, AP, furling jib, HAM/SSB, VHF, propane stove, gas

CHEOY LEE 36. Center cockpit cruising ketch.

erator/freezer, new stove top burner, pressure

pit, GPS, Loran, VHF, wind speed/point, Perkins

BBQ, ac/dc refrig., h/c pressure water, Force 10

Luders Midshipman design, very spacious, great

water, TV/VCP, stereo. Kerosene fireplace, bat¬

diesel, clean, well equipped & maintained great

heater, dodger w/awning, windlass, full boat cover,

aft cabin, great liveaboard or Delta cruiser. 2

tery charger. Turn-key operation. $29,000/offer.

cruiser and/or liveaboard. Includes Achilles din¬

teak decks. New epoxy bottom. Immaculate.

heads. 50 hp 4-108, inflatable and sailing din¬

Sausalito berth. (415) 332-5206.

ghy, 6 sails, dodger. Great Bay/ocean boat. Made

$85,000.(415)591-0598.

ghies, davits, lOOv charger, frig. & water heater. $57,500. (415) 389-6121.

in USA. Call for spec sheet. $89,500. Call Jim, (510) 254-5653.

ISLANDER 37, mint condition, roller furl & roller reefing, recent $26,000 renovation, loaded with

GREAT LIVEA BOARD/CRUISER 36-FT custom

CT 41, center cockpit ketch, one of 6,60 hp Isuzu,

F.C. ketch 1978; Isuzu diesel teak deck, 7 sails,

SANTANA 37. Fast, roomy, performance cruiser.

extras & top-line accessories, recent Pisces 50 hp

VHF, DS, Benmar/AP, propane, Norcold refer,

126 PHRF, 8sails, 9 SS winches, rod n stay, CQR,

diesel, owner financing, must see, motivated to

120 gal. h/c pressure, AC refer, propane stove,

Avon dinghy, Ritchie compass, Barient winches

Loran, EPIRB, propane, much more. A great Gary

sell. $36,000 obo. (415) 924-6069.

solid dodger. Will take trailer sailer as part pay.

(7), many extras. $30,000. (510) 865-6384.

Mull design, seldom on the market. Must see/sail.

Liveaboard berth, Bay Area location. (916) 596-

Must sell. $42,500 ObO. (415) 928-3494, Iv. msg.

3613, (510) 228-1662 Iv. msg. P.O. Box 253, Martinez. Motivated, $70,000.

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

40 TO 50 FEET

COLUMBIA 36. Rebuill engine, h/c pressure water,

wind s/d, depth, log, speed, 2 VH F, loudhailer, CB,

refrig, new Harken furl, new mast & main. New

aft cabin, Avon. $125,000. (408) 624-7210.

covers & side panels, new life line w/net, VHF,

PETERSON 44,1981. SSB fax radar windvane, 10-ft Zodiac, 6-man Avon, new fuel tanks 220

wheel, shore & phone power, knot, depth, stereo,

CHEOY LEE 43-FT motorsail cutter rig presently

gallons aux. diesel, freezer, fridge, ProFurl,

VALIANT 37,1981. Sloop rigged, roller furling,

new bottom paint. Great shape. $28,950. (408)

in La Paz equipped forworldcruising. Ford/Lehman

gennaker, storm sails, all new in ‘93. $91,000.

extra sails, dodger, low hour diesel, depth, speed,

265r1100.

120 hp diesel (800 hrs) & 600 gal tank provide

(619) 223-8820, cellular, (619) 855-4810.

2000 miles range. Large galley, main salon, 2

wind, Loran, stereo, self-tailers, teak interior. ISLANDER 36,1982. Great buy. Pristine condi¬

heads/showers, 3 private staterooms. Refrigera¬

44-FT JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY, 1990. Like

tion, hardly used. Low engine hours, diesel, furl¬

tion, 6kv gen, new ProFurl, electric windlass, full

new condition, Yanmar turbo diesel, sloop rig,

FREYA 39. Just finished. New Yanmar 40 hp

ing, Loran, self-tailing winches, sailing instruments,

ground tackle, much more. Asking $135,000 will

Harken furling, 9 Harken winches, GPS, Autohelm

diesel. New interior. Everything tops. Set up for

dodger, CNG stove and much more. Motivated

consider all/part RE and/or MH in trade. For more

instruments, electric windlass, dodger, 2 state¬

serious ocean sailing. Lost my sailing partner; no

seller. Asking $46,500. (213) 564-1000 wkdys;

info., brochure, equipment/spares list, write: D.

rooms, 2 heads, 3 showers, teak interior, fast

longer interested. Jean Boker, (916) 662-7553

(310) 659-5747 eves; (310) 823-4412 wknds.

Johnson, Box 355, Crestline, CA 92325 or call/fax

strong & comfortable. Call for equipment list.

(6 rings), (909) 338-2874.

$139,500. (707) 447-1653.

$70,000. More info. (505) 397-4002.

wk; (916) 922-9847 hm. 38-FT STEEL HULL. Need finishing, has deck, TARTAN 37, 1978. Excellent, strong stable,

cabin, safety rail, epoxy bottom, rudder, 8700 lb.

40-FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE, 1980 by Uniflite.

AMEL MARAMU 48 KETCH. Excellent condition,

cruiser/racer. Sparkman-Stephens, numerous up¬

keel. Stored in boatyard w/facilities. $100 mo.

Better than new. One owner, professionally main¬

ready now for any ocean, loaded, SatNav, GPS,

grades, immaculate interior. Diesel, ProFurl,

Lee's Boatyard, 733 Walnut Grove Rd., Thornton,

tained. Outstanding cruiser/liveaboardw/one state¬

radar, hard bottom Achilles, AP, etc. Complete

dodger, elect, windlass, spinnakers, Force 10

CA. (916) 836-1389. $6,500 obo, or trade for auto,

room and big salon. Amenities include: Wood-

record on all upkeep and modification. By owner

stove & heater, refrigeration, Autohelm, VHF,

boat.

Freeman AP, Grunert refrigeration, Furuno radar

$195,000. (805) 643-4544.

Loran, KM, DS, WP, newer rigging, shaft. Hauled

& Loran, Lewmar winches, dual steering, DOWNEASTER 38 cutter, La Libertad. Fiber-

Westerbeke 58 diesel - one of the finest if not the

FORCE 50,1973. Cruise equipped, fully invento¬

glass/wood trim. Improved rigging. Approx. 100

best cruiser in the NW. Call for picture and specs.

ried and having a 20 GPH watermaker and SCUBA

HUNTER LEGEND 37, one-of-a-kind. Custom

hours on Yanmar. Two; mains, staysails, jibs.

Asking $150,000. Call (408) 371-0180 or (206)

compressor. All sails roller furled for handling

Nav station built-in PC w/internal GPS, CD-ROM,

Roller furling. Bottom just painted. Strong, stiff,

564-1221.

ease. Detailed mailer available upon request.

chart/navigation software, Windows applications.

roomy, but quick and handy cruising boat. Docu¬

Light, airy designer interior (Ash/Oak), special

mented. Recent upgrades. $44,000. Call (510)

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 43. Performance cutter.

fabrics, custom lighting, built-in color TV wA/CR,

271-8031.

Fully equipped; furling, GPS, SSB, VHF, Loran,

CLASSIC41-FT SPARKMAN STEPHENSocean

AP, TV, VCR, solar, dodger, quad cycle, dual

racer/cruiser, Japan. Mahogany on teak planking,

4/93. Much more. $65,000. (510) 236-5839.

CD, am/fm stereo. Gourmet galley w/Force 10

(503) 597-2586. $128,000.

range, built-in microwave, refrigerator. Enclosed head, Corian tops, shower, macerator. Aft

CATALINA 36,1989. Radar, Loran, VHF, knot,

reefer/freezer systems, engine spares, etc. Per¬

bronze floors, solid teak cabin'sole, new wiring,

depth & windspeed, LPG stove w/oven, LPG

fect condition. $165,000. No brokers. Call (714)

winches, pulpits, stanchions, cockpit, fuel tanks,

Captain's quarters with walk-around queen berth,

cabin heater, refrigeration, extra batteries, full

740-7730 or fax (714) 740-7740 for more detail.

forward V-berth w/lavatory. Autohelm 4000 w/

batten sails & much more. Excellent condition.

remote, Apelco VHF/hailer/intercom, fatho, knot/

Great liveaboard. $66,500. (209) 368-0097.

log. Dodger. All lines led aft thru 12 sheet clutches.

cushions, ports, bow roller, electrical panel. 1981 Volvo Penta MD2, propane/wood burning stoves,

CAL 40. Comfortable, quick sailing sloop. Large

bronze captains head, icebox, marine stereo,

sail inventory. BMW marine diesel (like new) w/

VHF, varnished spars. 6'4" head room, quarter

Rigged for cruise, race spinnakers. Lewmar ST

ISLANDER 36,1972. New LP paint. No blisters,

180 amp Balmar alternator, stainless propane

berths. Needs finish work on transom. Call (510)

winches. Roller furl jib, internally reefed main w/

main, jib, genoa, spinnaker. 10 barients. Palmer

stove, 12v marine refrigeration, forced air, diesel

532-8997. $35,000.

Dutchman flaking. Low hours Yanmar 35 hp die¬

gas engine. Loran, fathometer, KM, VHF, RDF,

fired (Espar) heater, Autohelm electro-mechani¬

sel. 10.5 ft. Zodiac w/outboard. Much more. Never

stereo. CNG SS 3-bumer stove/oven. CNG in¬

cal self-steering. Monitor mechanical self-steer¬

HYLAS 47 CUTTER, 1988. Single owner, Bristol

stressed. Ready for your immediate enjoyment.

stant water heater. Kerosene heater. New uphol¬

ing, 21# Danforth, 35# CQR anchors, 200’ BBB

condition, teak decks, rod rigging, Dutchman jiffy

Owner, (916) 971-4978.

stery. $27,500. Call (510) 521-2230 dys; (510)

anchor chain, anchor windlass with wildcat, deck

reef full batten main, jib/staysail roller furling,

233-6427 eves.

wash down pump, VHF marine radio, dual com¬

center cockpit, sleeps 6-9, full electronics, AP,

GORGEOUS 1955 KETTENBURG 38-FT in res¬ toration mode with nice main sail and 3 jibs. 12-ft

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readout, 50 amp marine battery charger. $49,000.

ered prop. $235,000. (916) 973-8331.

glass tender included. You take over. $85,000

lower boat prices may make donation a better

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References • Owners Welcome Marvin Burke

(415)892-7793

JEANNEAU 45SUNKISS1984. Great liveaboard, performance cruiser. Newly rebuilt Perkins 4.108^

42-FT COLVIN GAZELLE, 1987. Steel junk rigged offshore schooner, fully found, 3 anchors, electric

roller furling, full batten main, propane, refrigera¬

accommodations in three staterooms, along with

windlass, 2 heads, life raft, 400AH gel cell batter¬

tion, Autohelm, 3 staterooms, teak interior, 2 heads.

easy handling and good speed. Teak decks and

ies, solar panels, watermaker, AP, GPS, radar,

brightwork, family size cockpit. Wonderful

Move to New Mexico forces sale. $85,000. (505) 3514683 eves.

47-FT CUTTER RIG PUVIOUX 1980. Luxurious

51 FEET & OVER

Loran, 2 inverters, etc. Large aft cabin with

liveaboard or able passage-maker with all the

1986 STEEL COLVIN junk rig schooner, 52' L.O.D.

queensize berth. Owners legs gave out so cruis¬

extras. Asking $114,000. Call (408) 671-8192 or 375-1706.

Perkins diesel, Grunert freezer, AP, watermaker,

ing plans cancelled. Vessel lying San Carlos,

Excellent cruiser/comfortable liveaboard. 85

ENDURANCE 44.1984 Roundbilge steel ketch.

Sonora, Mexico. Avoid the trip down the outside

Professionally built and maintained. Roller furling,

and begin your travels in the Sea of Cortez. Year's

CT 41 KETCH, good condition f/g, Perkins, furl,

electric windlass, Autohelm 6000, Aries windvane,

obo/land trade.

supply of groceries already aboard. $60,000 for

radar, custom teak house. For list of many extras,

sailor VHF, fluxgate compass, radar, SatNav,

222-1797 or (916) 938-4773.

quick sale. (206) 334-2466 or (206) 653-3974.

write: Content American Consulate, APDO, 462 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Must sell $39,000

MUST SELL Classic 54-ft Howard Chappelle

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41-FT TC. USCG docu¬

obo. Fax# 011-523-228-0061.

corsair auxiliary schooner. Geisse Boat Works. 40

wind instruments, log, DS, 80 hp Ford diesel, full set sails, h/c pressure water, propane stove, heater,

radar, S.S. radio, priced for quick sale. $98,000 Ph

(619) 222-1664, fax (619)

teak interior, solar. Many extras. Excellent condi¬

mented. Located in Kaihea-Kona, Hawaii. Just

tion. Cruise ready. USCG documentation. Lo¬

sailed in from down-under (Tonga). Rigged and

42-FT STEEL COLVIN, Gazelle hull, 6 coats of

cated New Zealand. Will deliver. $148,000. Tel:

hr. 50 gal. water. Self-bailing cockpit, cockpit

equipped with everything for sailing or house¬

epoxy, lead ballast, integral fuel tanks, bulkheads,

dodger, propane, refrigerator, fireplace. $25,000

(510) 933-2551 or 011-649-4384494. Fax: 011-

keeping. Insulated hull, epoxy bottom. Fully

engine bed, shaft, prop, handrails, pulpit, bow¬

649438-4479.

obo. (415) 366-7044.

equipped- electronics, spare parts, rain gear, etc.

sprit, tons of equipment, masts, includes massive

hp Pisces engine. 60 gal. fuel consumes 1/2 gal/

Boat is out of the water now and the bottom is

trailer. $15,000. (510) 651-3627 wkdys after 5 pm.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40 YAWL 1971 Orient

being recoated; and in accordance with Hawaii

(916) 971-4131 wknds. Ask for Nick.

Express tri-cabin. Teak topside & below in beau¬

requirements, Marine surveyed. For info/pics, etc.

tiful condition. Stripped & re-varnished spars. New

write: N. DeStael, 505 W. 45th St., Vancouver,

41-FT CT KETCH f/g hull, beautiful teak int., new

standing rigging. Full cover. Perkins 4-107 diesel.

WA 98660; or contact Liz DeStael, c/o Joe Marks

UPS, elect, windlass, 400-ft chain w/3 anchors,

heads w/tub, survey/spec sheet. $139,000. May

Dinghy, o/b. Bottom epoxy sealed. 3 speed

large cockpit, Perkins 4108, AP, propane stove,

take motor home/car part trade. (619) 972-5152.

winches. Loran, log, radio. Classic boat in great

P.O. Box 1534 Kaihea-Kona, H196745. Tel: (808) 329-3739. Liz can also be contacted by fax c/o H.

condition. $65,000. (510) 523-0644.

Rivera (808) 329-1060. $169,000. No brokers.

out. $68,000 obo. (209) 529-5508.

65-FT MacGREGOR. Not a pilothouse but has

45-FT EXPLORER 78, center cockpit ketch, fast

BENETEAU FIRST 42, 1985. Two cabin, two

PETERSON 44, center cockpit, performance cut¬

cruising. Custom teak interior. Harken furling,

cruiser designed by Huntingford. Large aft cabin,

head interior with large navigation station. B & G

ter, new Perkins 4-236, Alpha Pilot, Raytheon

max prop, inverter, hot & cold water. I need out &

2 bathrooms, fine teak interior, Perkins diesel, 3 kw generator, fridge/freezer, microwave, CD, com¬

instruments, radar, GPS, KVH electronic com¬

my loss is yourgain.$110,000.Bill,(510) 745-6105.

pass. Heart inverter, 5 batteries, monitoring sys¬

24m radar, Maxwell 2200 windlass, Freedom 25 inverter/charger, 80 GPD watermaker, microwave/

plete electronics, dinghy, new LPU canvas. In

tem, 105 amp alternator, with Smart regulator new

refrig., Plastimo 6m offshore liferaft, Alden 406

STEEL KETCH MOTORSAILER 52-ft o.a. by

superb condition throughout. $ 120,000 obo. (619) 523-2440.

in '93. Sobstad Genesis full batten main with

EPIRB, much more. $120,000. No brokers. (510) 521-3487.

Van Dam, Holland 1972 in seaworthy condition.

57-FT CUSTOM FIBERGLASS MORGAN motorsailer, cutter rig, pilothouse, built 1991 for world cruising, heavy built 40 ton boat loaded with modern electronics, equipment, 3 staterooms, 2

RF jib & staysail, refrig., excel, condition through¬ more speed at the half price. Fully equipped for

Dutchman reefing & furling jib new in '94. Hull stripped, dried, vinyl ester resins & copper clad 20

Comfortable cruising and liveaboard in private accommodations. Excellent berth and facilities in

41-FT LOA MONK KETCH. Ready for cruise or

yr. epoxy bottom in '91. A shining example of one

HARDIN 45 center cockpit, documented,

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Priced to sell. Fax no.

liveaboard. Loran, SatNav, radar, depth, EPIRB,

of German Friers best racer/cruiser designs. Ex¬

liveaboard/cruise-ready ketch. Recently installed

52-322-10260.

VHF, CD/VCR, refer., solar, 130g copper water,

cellent condition. $129,000. (510) 793-2490 eves.

top name brand watermaker, radar, GPS, AP,

75g fuel, 36 hp Volvo diesel, 7 sail incl. storms. Many extras. Asking $24,000. Contact Mark, (619) 224-8646. CHALLENGER 40,1974. Fiberglass sloop, beam

Loran, SSB, Loudhailer/fog horn, stereo, CD, deck, CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 41 KETCH, Ray

speaker below and on deck, 403 Mhz EPIRB,

MacGREGOR 65,1986. Fast, comfortable, easily sailed by two people. GPS, VHF, wind, speed,

Richards design; customized for world cruising;

ProFurl, cruising spinnaker, BG instruments, in¬

depth, Loran, AP, windlass, 2 anchors, Max Prop,

comes with everything from Henri-Lloyd foul

verter, gel batteries, SL electric windlass, controls

weather gear to spare parts, and backups to

on bow & helm, 400 ft. chain, 200 rope 60# 40#

Hardoger, lazy jacks, stay sail, roller furling, hy¬ draulic vang, 400 amp hr. batteries amp/hr moni¬

12'8”, disp. 25,000 lbs. Great cruising boat, ex¬

backups including GPS, SatNav, Loran, sextant,

CQR, Danforth, Ample R brand electric system,

tor, charger, shore power, refrig./freezer, stove/

tremely strong and comfortable, family of 4 cruised

600 feet of chain, 10 sails, inner forestay, jiffy

Newmar panel, LPG for galley, stove and BBQ,

oven, hot & cold pressure water, 85 hp diesel-low

from S.F. to Florida. Separate stateroom, 50 hp

reefing, refrig., large chart table, Givens, class A

twin Raycor filters, alarms: fire, water, fume,

hrs., lifesling, easy maintenance. Designed for

diesel with 600 hrs., radar, Alpha Marine AP, 1 yr.

EPIRB, solar panels, davits, dinghy, outboard,

endlights, wood stove in salon, dodger, 8-man life

worldwide cruising and chartering. Ideal for mak¬

old dodger, DS, new rigging, 8 winches, VHF.

rack and pinion steering, Perkins4-108 new 1986,

raft, detailed logs of 2 Mexican cruises, hauled &

ing safe, high speed passages under sail or power.

Sails used only 2 years. 12’ Zodiac with 5 hp

expanded battery compartment with 2-200 amp

bottom painted. Recent survey. Moored in Santa

Beautiful condition. $139,500. (415) 382-8552.

Yamaha, 6-man Avon life raft, elect windlass, full

hour batteries, AP, emergency generator, full

Cruz. Asking $130,000 obo. Dr. Bob Schemmel,

awning. Breezing Up is located in Florida. (707)

awnings, dodger, Gas Systems stove, natural gas

(408) 395-3054.

769-7705 hm; (415) 892-4991 wk.

and propane and high seas medical kit; 5 page

49-FT CENTER COCKPIT custom lightweight

3 staterooms, one head with tile shower, propane

equipment list. Recent survey; beautiful. $75,000.

CAN'T SELL YOUR BOAT? Higher taxes and

stove with eye level oven, microwave, refer with

(805) 569-5225.

lower boat prices may make donation a better

freezer, washer and dryer. Insulated throughout

choice. Let the Sea Scouts explain why. (800)

cabin and hull, great liveaboard. 6 cyl. Ford diesel,

428-0802.

300 gal. fuel, 360 gal. SS water tanks, all ports and

cruising ketch. Total rebuild 1988 from keel up through rigging. New LPU hull & topsides 1993.

46-FT GARDEN KETCH, 1973. Fiberglass hull,

Cruising since '88, well maintained, loaded with

teak decks. Data Marine Link 5000, inverter, re¬

gear, stunning looks. Cabin side damage by rogue

frigerator, freezer, fireplace, microwave, 3-burner

wave in the Tehuantepec, she now lies S.D. We sailed her up here, but she needs some mending. This is a great sailing vessel in otherwise excellent

cabin glass 1/2" safety plate. All kinds of goodies Rhodes

to go with it. I've got 60k in hull plus goodies plus

propane with oven. 7 sails, halon, electric wind¬

motorsailer, 1972. Fully loaded, great liveaboard,

20 years of TLC. $30,000 obo. (209) 928-3192 or

lass, AP, 80 hp diesel. Aft cockpit. Bristol. (415)

spacious interior, central heating/air conditioning,

(415) 364-1280.

883-7962. $102,000. No brokers.

complete kitchen, full size shower & facilities, twin

condition. We want to sell her as is. Were asking $75,000, now $57,000 obo. (619) 298-5118.

57’4" FERRO-CEMENT KETCH. 80% complete.

REDUCED:

MUST

SELL

47-ft

diesel Perkins & generator, flying bridge, ideal

60-FT CLASSIC FIFE design, steel cutter, beau¬

HUNTER LEGEND 40-FT, 1989 sloop. One owner,

ocean cruiser, 800 gal. diesel, 350 water. $79,500

tiful ‘38 DeVries built, racer/cruiser, Jonathan Swift,

single handing. VHF, stereo, furling jib 110 genoa,

obo. Chris, (415)366-7044.

6’2" headroom, 3 cabins, sails, Forespar mast, 60

1982 AMOR 40, >13 ton, f/g sloop, large interior,

portable generator refrigeration, CNG, 2 heads w/

hp diesel, major hull/deck work done. Needs elec¬

liveaboard slip closest to Silicon Valley. Radar,

shower. 44 hp Yanmar diesel, microwave, battery

trical, plumbing & carpentry work. Restore

Loran, VHF, etc. Reduced to $74,000. Call (415)

charger, hot water heater, sleeps 7. $95,000.

$150,000 value. Dry dock, $44,000. Owner, (707)

728-9435, day (415) 691-3386.

(916) 685-7696, Jim.

823-7205.

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Serving the Bay Area and Delta. Wood, Fiberglass and Steel. De|ta. (g, 6) mA 094. Bay Area {510) 420.9450

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Quality wood construction - day sailers, yacht tenders, prams, canoes. Steve Najjar, Boat Builder • (415) 366-3263,856-6209

New Shop Address: 639 Bair Island Rd., #108, Redwood City

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Restoration

IS YOUR BOTTOM CLEAN? Call Bob for Just Bottoms. Underwater Hull Cleaning • Zincs Changed • Fully Insured

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August, 1994 • LaZCUJi Z2 * Page 185

CLASSICS 30-FT WOODED CLASSIC Sp/n<M documented.

LANCER 36.1/3 or 1/2 interest available in 1982

HOBIE CAT 14-FT turbo model. Multi-colored jib

42-FT 1952 MONK Pilothouse cruiser. Wood,

& main sail. Yellow hull with multi-colored stripe.

twin 4-53’s, 2 staterooms & heads, dinghy, radar.

Bill Lee sloop. Original owners have maintained

Orange trampoline. Single trapeze. Excellent con¬

Recent survey. Offshore veteran, very economi¬

and upgraded boat continuously since new. Dark

dition. T railer included. $975 obo. (510) 228-9664

cal, great liveaboard. Lying Marina Village,

blue Awlgrip LPU topsides, roller furling, cruising

hm or (510) 228-9700 ext. 306 wk.

Alameda #C-17. First $36,000. Sailboat trade?

interior, epoxy bottom, Sausalito berth, terrific bay cruiser. Step aboard and start sailing, this boat is

(619) 424-3660.

Built 1942. Great Bay or Delta boat. Gray Marine

completely equipped and needs nothing added.

engine, with or without full electronics. Two bunks

F9 A/31-FT FARRIER FOLDING TRI, profession¬

in galley area - head. $5,000 obo. (707) 964-9153.

ally built (launched late'92), best materials & gear.

28-FT LAND & SE A diesel cruiser for Bay & Delta,

Experienced sailors only, please. Existing part¬

Fort Bragg, CA.

Includes main, jib, spinnaker, Navico wind/depth/

flybridge, dual controls, 90 hp Layman diesel, 2 kw

nership is re-structuring, equity contribution, will

speed, VHF, GPS, Autohelm 2000, solar panel, 8

gen set on steel tandem axle trailer. Good cond.

be acquiring new financing. Call Alson at (408)

JINKER very well-known 40-ft wooden cutter by

hp o/b, trailer. Race or cruise, this is the boat.

$13,950. (916) 652-7626, (916) 791-0362.

288-6307 or George, (415) 776-5118.

Sam Crocker. Beautiful, fast, strong, exciting to

(705) 361-3967. $89,500. A RARE CLASSIC 32-ft Norwegian trawler. Saab

JEANNEAU 36-FT SLOOP at South Beach. 25%

condition. Berthed in Sausalito. $49,500. Call for

1989 31-FT A-FRAME SEARUNNER trimaran.

diesel, completely reconditioned 10/93, sleeps 4,

timeshare. Professionally maintained in Bristol

detailed spec, sheet. Call (707) 573-9430.

Cruise equipped, cruise ready (Larsen sails,

commercial equipment for fishing.. Great party

condition. Beautiful, solid, and responsive racer/

Barients, 4 anchors, 8 hp o/b, solar panels, AP,

boat. $20,000. Call Wally Boyer, (415) 435-9655,

cruiser. Spacious cockpit seats 6-8 adults. Many

HOBBY, 26-ft Columbia River Gill Net hull with

and electronics). Laying Puerto Escondido, B.C.S.

Morgan Noble, (415) 435-3453.

amenities inc. self furling jib, wheel steering, Lo-

day cabin. Built in 1929 in Astoria, Oregon. 90%

$18,500. Call (805) 995-3885.

sail. A classic boat to be proud of and enjoy. Good

ran, etc. Bay Area residents only. (415) 368-7981, Paul.

36-FT VIKING, 1964. A Delta sweetheart. Wood

restored. 4-107 Westerbeke diesel. Good day 1977 HOBIE CAT 16-FT. Very good condition,

hull in good condition. Recently hauled and painted.

yellow hulls, black anodized mast and trim, Te'iguila Sunrise sails, new trampoline, double tra¬

New props, shafts, accel tanks. Twin V-8s in

40-FT ENDEAVOR 1984 located in the Virgin

excel lent condition. Full canvas, flybridge, shower.

Islands. 1/4 ownership available, cruise the is¬

POTENTIAL WORLD CRUISER. 35-ft classic

peze, butt buckets. Little Dude trailer, new lights,

Possible trade/financing. Bargain price at $18,000

lands for a fraction of the cost to charter. $25,000

wooden sloop. In good condition. Recently over¬

wiring and paint job. Like new. $1,150. Bill, (510)

obo. (510) 814-0121.

hauled, new engine, new sails & fresh paint.

938-9806.

cruiser/fishing/work boat. $5,500 obo. Steve, (510) 235-5523 or (510)524-1759.

MULTIHULLS

782-5066, Scott.

32-FT POWER CRUISER, 1940. Mahogany on

Needs caring new owner. $18,000 obo. Fred, (415) 388-8627.

or $8,500 down & we’ll finance the balance. Pho¬ tos & survey available. California owner, (916)

READ THIS AD. 37-ft Searunner Trimaran. Ex¬

oak. Surveyed at $6,000,4/94. Hull excellent, new

cellent condition. Ready to sail. Lots of deck and

windows and epoxy decks, no rot. Beautiful

ISLANDER 29, 25%. Rock solid plastic classic

storage area. Pride of ownership. Inventory/pho¬

liveaboard, solid enclosed rear deck, unbeliev¬

sloop. Atomic 4, new sails ’92, paint ‘93, lots of

tos available. Full compliment of sails, sailing

ably spacious. Project boat, great potential. $3,750

compliments. Galley, enclosed head, refrigerator,

gear, and ground tackle. Insured for $40,000.

obo. Must sell. Jim, (415) 664-8811.

great weekender. Must sell, travel too much to sail. $3,000 obo equity, $61 monthly expenses.

Sacrifice $19,950. Call, (916) 361-0639.

(510) 277-0508.

DIVORCE, MUST SELL. 40-ft Uniflite f/g trawler 1972,671 Detroit dsl, classic lines w/custom inte¬

24-FT FOLDING TRI w/tandem axle trailer. New

46-FT CROSS TRIMARAN. First time offered.

main, boom, paint (top & bottom). Spinnaker w/

Fully equipped cruising/charter. Very sea kindly.

rior, aft & fwd cabins. New bottom & propeller,

CAL 29,3rd partner. Slip at SF Marina, good sails,

sock, 4 hp Evinrude o/b. Excellent trailerable, fun

Awlgrip hull & decks. Swim platform w/Livingston

instruments, engine, nice people. We need some

boat for Mexico to the San Juans. First $15,000

New paint top, bottom. Sleeps 8-10 queensize, 2 freezers, refrigerator, RO watermaker (18 GPH),

on davits. Great liveaboard. Over $80,000 in¬

experience. $3,500 and $150/month. It’s a beau¬

takes it away. Gordon McCoy. (707) 839-5790.

hydraulic steering inside, outside, S/S rigging,

vested. $29,500/trade. (415) 257-1594.

tiful thing. Call Simon, (415) 398-6908 h; (415) 955-3861 w.

radar, GPS, auto pilots, radios, more. $140,000. FJ #4218.1979 Cabellero with roll tanks. Hull in

(619) 420-4889. NON-EQUITY PARTNERSHIP wanted. 20 yr.

great condition. Flexible mast. Trapeze. All dual¬ sided controls. New main (never used). Practice

31-FT PIVER TRIMARAN, 1978 w/1988 Johnson

sails. Trailer. Race-ready, hot-rod with strong

9.9 long elect, just overhauled, new roller furl jib

class organization. $1,250. (209) 462-6951.

system, 2 mains, wheel steering, all lines aft,

experienced sailor/mechanical engineer looking for a 30’-40’+sailboat to lease on a monthly basis.

PARTNERSHIPS

Willing to perform maintenance and/or offer $$$ for full or partial monthly use. Please call Joe at

woodstove, sips 6, head, new bottom, Mexico 42-FT TRIMARAN, Macouillard design, ketch rig,

veteran. $5,900. (415) 257-1594.

1/4 INTEREST IN HUNTER 31 sloop. Excellent

(415) 239-8130 eves.

Bay and Delta boat. Upwind berth at South Beach

professionally built. Nice lines and nice interior. Diesel engine, aft cabin, overall sound condition.

HOBIE CAT 14, & trailer, $750. West Marine

Harbor, SF. Two weekend days and five week¬

TWO FOR ONE 37-ft O’day center cockpit with

Motivated. $25,000. (619) 276-6367.

inflatable, 8.6, $500. Inflatable accepts up to 8 hp

days/month. $175/month.Michael, (510)906-8330.

gennaker (large bed & 2nd head in aft cabin)

motor, rigid transom. (415) 457-8236.

berthed Emery Cove, 22’ Catalina with trailer

CROSS 46 MARK II Model B, pilothouse, Airex

NORDIC 40 sailing club of 4 members has 1

(spinnaker rigged). Timeshare both $300/mo. Will

core hulls. Professionally built at South Bay

opening. Boat Berkeley based. Share equity and

checkout those with minimum experience. (916)

Multihulls 1978. Sloop rig, 105 hp diesel, solar

expenses equally. $6,200 equity plus $300/month.

989-4000, 24 hrs.

panels, much more. Cruise ready. $130,000. Tri¬

Excellent performance cruiser of high standards.

umph, Morro Bay. (805) 772-4515.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS

PDQ 34-FT CATAMARAN 1991, cutter rig, roller

Call Mike Lampe, (510) 785-6800.

WANTED PARTNER w/ship by Yachtsman w/20 years boating & fishing experience - owned 12

WANTED: PARTNER to purchase a 27-33’ sail¬

boats all sizes, presently seeking power boat 18-

furling, full electronics, solar panels, loaded, ready

30-FT OWENS Flagship, dbl. planked mahogany

boat. Would like to race (one design/PHRF) as

28 feet for non equity limited use. Will pay $$$

for cruising or liveaboard. $207,000. Call (805)

hull, good condition, 2 V8’s, 1 runs well. $3,000.

well as Bay cruise. I’m a MWM, 30, USCG captain,

monthly-weekdays okay. Fully insured. Breck,

966-3536, Ca.

Also seek slip and/or shop space for 45’ in San

charter captain. North/East Bay berth? Price range

(415) 257-1594.

Rafael or Petaluma River. (415) 332-5560.

$20-30k. Ed, (415) 461-0132 h.

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12 Month p & L Atomic 4 $3,000 5411 UNI $3,000 Perkins 4-108 $4,300

Lehman 120 Complete $6,200 CALL (510) 522-4677 E.M.S.

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TIMESHARE CATALINA 30 in Sausalito, sails

CRUISER. The house is sold. The Bay boat is

great, excellent condition w/diesel, 6'2" head-

SWITCHED CANVAS COLORS so I need to sell

FORESPAR EZ-FURL mainsail furling gear and

sold. We need the cruiser now. GRP 44’+ LOD.

room, large cockpit and salon, weekdays and/or

new blue bimini. Great shape, only one very small

Neil Pryde sail for 44’ mast. Like new. $1,950 obo.

Moderate keel with at least a full, strong skeg. Two

weekends. 25% $275/month. Partnership pos¬

hole. Fits 8-ft 8-inch beam. Purchased for $2,700

Par electric head for sale or trade for manual

staterooms + heads; a nice master is a must.

sible. Call Lee, (415) 332-9250.

Groco or Wilcox-Crittendon. 6 months old, perfect

Open on rig. We like center cockpit and self-

selling for $600 obo, or will trade for Avon. (415) 332-8747.

condition. Make offer. (415) 962-0477 eves.

tailers. No headbanger passageways. PH okay. 32-FT ENDEAVOUR, 1/4 partnership, 25 hp die¬

No Volvos or rod rigs. From $80M to 120M de¬

NEW GENOA 150,4.8 oz., furling sail. Luff 43.6',

sel, DS, VHF, roller furling, hot/cold pressurized

RAYTHEON 2600 MKII RADAR SYSTEM. 1/4 to

pending on condition and cruising equipment per

Foot 28.0’, Leech 41.6’ 565 sq. ft. Yellow Acralon

water, shower, 110v shore power, wheel steering

24 mile range. System includes the Raymark

my list. Minor work needed is okay. Bob, (408) 983-2284.

UV, $1,000/offer. Ed, (510) 372-0770 or Don,

Seaguard MKI option to provide VRM and select¬

(510)523-9011.

able full or sector guard rig. Recent service and full

TRAILER FOR RANGER 23 fixed keel sailboat,

CRUISAIR 12000 BTU, 12V, reverse cycle air

tandem axle, min. 6,000 lb. GVW. (707)485-5701.

conditioner for year round heating/cooling, (new)

w/compass, new bottom 3/94, stereo. Brickyard Cove berth, Richmond. Walt, (510) 682-2580.

check-out. $800 obo. Call Dana, (408) 450-5943

TRADE 20 ACRES for 27 to 30-ft sailboat. Leave mes¬

Iv. msg.

$1,650. Seacook, one burner, gimbaled, propane

VOLVO MD11C zero hours on rebuild $2,800.

NEED APELCO LDR 9910 RADAR head or com¬

stove $125. Plastimo contess bulkhead mount

Also parting out MD2B and MD18C. Many parts at

plete unit, new or used. Call Mai at (415) 546-6430

compasses (2) $115 ea. Switlik USCG four-per¬

low cost. Stock up on spares for your cruise. Also

dy or (415) 435-3219 eves.

son offshore life raft. Round canister. $3,500. (510) 582-7498.

sextant for sale. (707) 987-3971.

sage on answering machine, (916) 422-4944. CLEAN 30-FT PLUS CATALINA. Will trade 1991

AUTOHELM 2000 tiller auto pilot, never out of the

MENDOCINO COAST HOME for cruising sail¬

Searay SR 20-ft with dual axle trailer. Bristol

S185 BARGAIN BONANZA, reliable British

boat. 1200 sq. ft. 2-story w/garage, bluewater in

box. $550. North Star Loran with antenna, $250.

condition. Only 170 hrs. Kept in dry storage. V8

Seagull outboard, 3 hp $185; Quartermaster

sight, Irish Beach. $176,000 obo. Will consider

Ask for Lou, (916) 661-1702 dy; (916) 753-9331

modified to V8 Magnum. Beautiful red and white

windvane, self-steering for Folkboat, Contessa or

30-ft +/- sailboat as down pmt. Bias: Vancouver

eves.

speedboat. Exceptionally clean. Hardly used. (209) 957-0854.

stem head rudder mount, $185; 32' roller furling

cutter. Will consider your ? Joe Humphreys, 15741 Forest View Rd., Manchester, CA 95459. (707) 882-2420.

system and manual, $185; mainsail for 32 Allied seawind cutter, $185. (510) 475-7669.

PATHFINDER 50 marine engine, running or not. Anywhere on West Coast okay. For sale: Volvo

TRADE SOLANA BEACH GOLF COURSE townhome, 2 bd, 2.5 baths, $175k 1st, $77k

MD-2B marine engine, complete or parts. Jim, (209) 463-6844.

ATOMIC 4 gas marine engine. 540 hrs. Runs perfectly. $2,000 obo, or barter for Monitor windvane. (707) 642-0510.

WEBER BBQ made for marine use with stainless Gimball and rail mount. Has legs for deck or beach

60 HP DIESEL, Westerbeke 60, low hrs. with

use and canvas carrying bag $70. Newmar HDM-

matched Hurth transmission. In good condition

equity, today’s market. Spacious, open, bright tall

30 three bank 30 amp battery charger, nearly new.

with extra parts. $2,000. (510) 521-3487.

ceilings close toeverything for 36' Islander Freeport

$125. Call after August 8, (415) 574-1843.

or liveaboard 36’ to 44’ of equal value. Will enter¬

USED GEAR

tain offers. Jerry, (310) 378-5924.

50 HP PERKINS 4-107, Bobtail complete ready to run. Good condition. $1,395. (916) 652-7626, (916) 791-0362.

1980 MERCEDES used (2), 4 cylinder 42 hp

WANTED USED GEAR wanted for 43-ft sloop: radar, self¬

TRAILER for sailboat double axle rated to 8000

Bosch starters paid $900 ea. Asking $1,500 per

lbs. Very good condition. $1,995. Also 1979 Dodge

engine. Also, used 6-man Avon inflatable dinghy,

350 1 ton truck. $2,495. Set up for towing, good body and engine. Call Jerry (415) 892-9636 eves;

COMPLETE SET OF PRODUCTION MOLDS for

(415) 750-2042 dys.

the Porku Dawson 26 center cockpit swing keel

with Mercury 3.6 o/b $500. (209) 748-2138.

tailing winches, roller furling, max prop. Call (415) 780-3785, Iv. msg.

APELCO GPS 1100, new in box, $450 obo. Grundik Satellite 500, SSB/HAM programmable

sailboat. $3,995. (916) 652-7626, (916) 791-0362. WATER HEATER/PROPANE BOSCH 40,000

NAUTICAL ANTIQUES, dive helmets, clocks,

receiver, DC adapter, top of the line. $375 obo.

BTU $300, metal sextant/Simex II $400. S/V

spy glasses, sextants, Scrimshaw books, chro¬

(415) 776-2567.

Akvavit, (415) 365-6433.

day, 8-14 persons; $4,800 week 6-7 guests. Bilin¬ MID-SEASON CLEAR OUT. Walker Knotmaster

SEWING MACHINE, industrial, “Consew” model

gual “skipper” included. Sale price $197,000. Lo¬

MK.3 taffrail log, spare distance meter, complete

206RB-2, almost new, compound walking foot/

cated at new Pacific Coast Resort, Pacific Coast. Prompt responses to faxes rec'd, (415) 485-4496.

4-6 MAN LIFE RAFT, 406 EPIRB, 2-4 horse o/b,

in box $150 Bauer dive compressor, 8.5 cu/ft/min,

needle, table, light, thread, 60 yd. roll of ’’bull"

solar panels, storm main for 32' sailboat. Clean

5 hp, electric motor $550. Jabsco engine driven

canvas, many, many extras. New, $2,595, special

bilge pump, spare impeller, 11/4 inch discharge

$1,495. Dave, (408) 929-6510.

out that garage. (510) 796-2739, please Iv. msg.

75-FT OVERALL MOTORSAILER, now Costa Rican registry, available charter or sale. $800/

nometers, logs, flare guns, binnacles, bells, tele¬ graphs, etc. Cash paid. Stu, (510) 523-1089.

MISCELLANEOUS

diesel engines, both run. Some new parts, (2) new

AIRPLANE, Cessna 170B, 1955, TT-1875, no

$125. Tusa B.C.D. little used $75.4 aluminum 80

A.D.'s, excellent condition in and out, no corro¬

32-FT WESTSAIL cruise equip., turnkey (cash).

cu/ft. dive tanks need cert. $250. O'Brian Sensa¬

CHRYSLER 392 HEMIS. Parting out a pair of

No brokers. Call (702) 575-5041, Iv. msg.

tion windsurfer, board only $60. O’Brian Sensa¬

1958 Hemis and transmissions. Blocks frozen,

encoder, Loran, four place intercom, beautiful

tion windsurfer complete, great beginner board.

heads, manifolds and tranys “look” okay. Rich,

wool and leather interior, many new extras. Spe¬

$300. Call (510) 763-9898.

(415)454-8515.

cial price $24,995. Dave, (408) 929-6510.

‘76-’80 GULFSTAR 50 ketch. Will pay up to look for the right boat. Call Dave, (916) 371-7736.

SPINNAKER POLE, Forespar 16-ft solid pole

3 CYL. ISUZU DIESEL, $950. Was running when

ISUZU DIESEL 4 cyl. (C240?) and 2 transmis¬

with trigger fitting “TR” ends. Includes bridle and is

taken out of boat. Scanmar autopilot, will handle

sions to fit. Preferably 2.5 to 1. Call Rich, (415)

in excellent condition. Call (510) 847-5770. $250.

60-ft disp. boat, $600. (805) 528-0473,7:30pm 9pm.

454-8515.

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sion, equipped for floats, two radios, transponder/

^ Service at your dock sYjr Minor repairs to complete restorations Older, New, Classic or Just Falling Apart 1 13 years experience - Start enjoying your boat agaml

Phone (415) 759-8223 FAX (415) 661-6500

SURPLUS BOTTOM BOAT PAINT Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price; S180/gal. Our price S50/gal. Also black vinyl & other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 60% copper, S50/gal. Primer & other epoxies, SI 0-S15/gal. Polyurethane, S2Ckgal. Penetrating epoxy, S25/gal.

Call Steve Hull

Pratt & Lambert white enamel, SIQ/gal. Also Surplus boats, 26-34’ - Bargain Prices!• (415) 588-4678

BURNED OUT! 12 years in this business is enough. Want to trade well established, fully equipped and computerized auto body repair shop with a value of $150,000 (net income $60,000/yr) for fully

FRANK SAYRE • SHIPS CARPENTER

(415)

Specializing in dry rot repair, restoration, interior design

543.7333

Reasonable rates • References • Reliable

20 Years Experience Serving the Bay Area

Pier 40, South Beach Harbor, San Francisco

CLEAR WATER CRUISING Remove chlorine and other bad taste and impurities from your drinking water for just pennies per gallon with a new generation of water treatment systems. From the rain clouds to your galley, you can enjoy the taste of fresh clean water. Call Mark-(510) 226-8294

Diving Service • Hull Cleaning • Zincs • Light Salvage

"" Voice: (510) 654-1704 Res: (510) 232-3966

Call 916-452-2166 or 916-484-6656, eves. Ask for John or Jackie.

cahmas * SAIL repair

SWEPT AWAY

Peter Van Kranenburgh, Proprietor

equipped, 60 feet or more, sailboat ready for ocean cruising or chartering.

SOUTH BEACH

(415) 383-4407

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CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

A-CUP CONDO in San Diego, sale or lease. 2

CREWING POSITION WANTED. Fifty yr. old, fit

bedroom 2 bath, pool, jacuzzl, workout room,

male looking for extensive cruising experience.

garage. Prime location with fantastic Bay view.

Some sailing experience more as pilot and prac¬

(415) 383-4306.

ticing emergency medicine physician. My wife

SAIL-SERVICE-SOCIALIZE. San Francisco Bay

and children have said “go for it!" Available Sept.

Oceanic Crew Group invites skippers, crew and

5th, 1994 for up to six months. Contact Phil in

apprentices to join one of San Francisco Bay’s

Oregon. (503) 484-2452, Fax, (’503) 741-7225.

CREW

most active sailing groups. Participate in service, skill improvement sails and fun sails. For more

YORKTOWN 35, '80. Aft cockpit, Autohelm 4000 with vane, Shaeffer traveler, 8 North sails, 30 hp. Volvo, 100 amp. alternator, 4 gels, inverter, radar, Loran, 2-speed windlass, Windline rollers, all teak interior, shower, central heating, Sony, VCR, mi¬ crowave, 10 opening ports. $32,000. Call (415) 331- 5716. C & C 27,1975. Repowered with 2 GM Yanmar

I WANT TO BE YOUR CREW. Hard-working 24

diesel. Hood system 3 roller furling including 2

yr. old with some casual sail experience wanting

information call (415) 979-4866. MUST SELL. $2,800 for Club Nautique Couples

CREW OPPORTUNITY. Crew on our comfort¬

to learn all aspects of sailing, Bay sail & bluewater,

able offshore cutter as we sail/explore the west

week nights & weekends.Cynthia, (415) 931-8979.

jibs, multi-purpose sail, and spinnaker. Wheel, depth, KM, VHF, compass, Barient winches and holding tank. A clean and well maintained classic.

Unlimited membership. 2 locations on the Bay.

coast from Seattle to LaPaz. She's a 1990 cus¬

Includes unlimited ASA sailing classes, charter

tom, completely outfitted steel yacht. Departing

CREW SOUGHT. Experienced able-bodied sea¬

discounts & social activities. Value: $4,125. Mem¬

mid-August, 7-10 day legs available, share costs.

men. Mexico bound in Oct. 45-ft ketch.loaded with

bership is transferable.Steve, (408) 725-0498 dys/

(206) 282-3916.

equipment including watermaker and weatherfax.

Call (608) 752-8740. AVON OFFSHORE 4-man canister life raft. Exc. condition. Double floor-pak. $1,100. Call (408)

Skipper has previously cruised Mexico. Mechani¬

eves. BLUEWATER OCEAN SAILOR, SCUBA diver,

cal skills, HAM radio license are pluses. Share

Whitewater rafter/kayaker, airborne snowboarder,

expenses. Dr. Bob Schemmel. (408) 395-3054.

NON-PROFIT

windsurfer, backpacker, 46, laughs, smiles, com¬

FREE SAILING & SEAMANSHIP COURSE, 7

seaworthy female, co-captain, 40-ish, with similar

weeks by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary F-12. Sept.

interests. Sailor, Box 954, Seahurst, WA 98062.

624-1230. CAPRI 25, 1982 by Catalina. Great condition. New self-tacking jib, 90% spinnaker and two 150's.

municates, has I.Q. above room temperature.

New Nissan, new battery. Dual axle trailer. Dry

Planning 3+ yr. circumnavigation & looking for

sailed with a single point lifting system. $8,250

HELP WANTED

obo. Steve or Jeff, (209) 478-5515, dys, (209) 952-6706, n.

13,1994; Tues. &Thurs. 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. At the Sausalito Cruising Club. Text books $20.

SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is an organi¬

SPINNAKER SAILING

Open to first sixty. (415) 332-4524.

zation of sailing enthusiasts who enjoy cruising and racing on a regular basis. If you are single and

many positions available. USCG licensed cap¬ tains with experience. Experienced sailing in¬

want to know more about our group, call (510)

structors. Enthusiastic charter crew. BMW’s (boat

BERTHS & SLIPS

in San Francisco has

37-FT O'DAY. Mint condition, always at Tahoe. Sleeps 6, 2 heads, compare to $150,000, new. Asking $39,500. (702) 826-4327.

273-9763 for details. Beginners welcome. Singles

maintenance worker's). Weekday/weekend - full

only, please.

time/part time shifts available. Professional ap¬

1986 NACRA 5.7 CATAMARAN. Excellent con¬ dition, Harken blocks, barber hauler, mast rotator,

pearance'and attitude a must. Good pay and lease, sell or trade (auto?) $44,900 value. Jack,

ASA CERTIFIED by Olympic Circle as bareboat charter skipper and coastal navigator. Looking for

(408) 638-0380 night (408) 625-0203.

passage to Caribbean or South Pacific in 10/94.

50-FT PIER 39 SLIP, best location, 40 years

double trapeze, 2 Omega vests, bridle vane, plus

benefits. Call Steve or Ron, (415) 543-7333. Or

extras. Trailer has Toy Box, mast raiser, rebuilt

fax resume, (415) 543-7405.

hubs, spare. $2,500 or make offer, seller moti¬ vated. (805) 589-7782 or (916) 253-3208.

FLEET MANAGER WANTED for OCSC's fleet of

Call Bill at (415) 386-2376.

45 charter yachts. Must have extensive knowl¬

EXTRA WIDE 40' SLIP for sale. Emery Yacht

SAILMAKER/SAILMAKER TRAINEE. Sutter

Harbor. Price $19,900. Buyer with good credit,

CREW WANTED: EXOTIC THAILAND. Bareboat

edge of boat system maintenance and manage¬

$3,980 down plus closing. Balance 5 yrs. at 8%

sailing vacation for mid 1995.6 berths available.

ment and communications skills. Send resume

($322.80/mo). This is a good deal. (916)632-8436,

Experienced and non-experienced okay. Great

and references to Richard Jepsen, #1 Spinnaker

(916) 632-8736 fax.

opportunity to sail or relax in an exotic paradise.

Way, Berkeley, CA 94710.

Sails, Northern California’s oldest sail loft is look¬ ing for one good sailor who wants to learn the sailmaking trade. Sailing experience required, sewing and sail repair skills very helpful. Call (415)

Call Gary at (510) 825-2940.

PROPERTY FOR SALE/RENT

MALE SAILING COMPANION WANTED. Attrac¬

Send resumes only (no phone calles, please) to

tive NS divorced Christian woman, 5'6.5" mom of

StFYC, attention: Race Officer, On the Marina,

SAN CARLOS MEXICO on the Sea of Cortez, 1

2 teens, day sailing, cruising, warm beaches, best

San Francisco, CA 94123.

block from beach. Fishing, water-skiing, largest

friend, LTR possible if you love ocean women,

boat marina in Mexico. Golf/tennis nearby. 1 large

have family values & boat. Laura, (707)545-1967,

bedroom, 1 bath custom built home, fully fur¬

P.O. Box 9626, Santa Rosa, CA 95405.

NEW SAILS for 50-ft ketch: main, mizzen, jib, staysail, 9 oz. soft cloth. Excellent offshore work¬ manship. $4,750. Call (510) 339-2110 or (510) 523-9011. OFFICE RECEPTIONIST/administrative assis¬

TOO LATE TO CLASSY

nished. Tile/marble floors, Ig. kitchen, Ig. closets,

tant. Excellent phone skills and some computer

storage, potable water, 2.5 corner lots, spiral

KIWI (24), rugby player/coach ready to blaze new

staircase to roof sundeck, front patio, yard fully

trails. This time aboard a yacht heading toward

landscaped. Pool privileges, day/night security,

New Zealand. Although I'm not an experienced

THISTLE. 17-ft FG & teak racing dinghy. 1974

cable T.V., yearly maintenance fee $399 - in¬ cludes garbage, water, sewage. $78,000 cash.

sailor, I more than hold my own as a travel com¬

Clark #3340. New tiller and cover plus many used

panion and worker. Brendon, (707) 575-1242.

sails and trailer. Ready for daysailing or racing.

knowledge required. Start immediately. $10/hr.

F. BAY SAILBOAT LEASING

A custom calendar including La Paz tides

available monthly views of anchorages, mountains, beaches, wildlife.

Sailors: Sail at affordable prices. Owners: dramatic reduction in cost of owning with all lease use management services provided. Call Amado at (415)-753-3607 eves., 804-2005 pager.

$15.98 includes tax San Juan Connection

MARITIME ATTORNEY Specializing in warranty, purchase contracts, sales/use tax, liens, charters, construction/repair, accidents since 1960. Experience Counts; 45 yrs. of Bay and Coastal racing/cruising. William E. Vaughan, 17 Embarcadero Cove, Oakland

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& & Romantic Getaways. Specialists in Corporate Team Building.

——Sausalito location/SF pickup. All size groups. (415) 499-7707

360° SAILS

BOAT MOVING 2 modern, well-equipped one-ton dualie pick-ups.

Experienced bluewater staff. Buy, sell

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Competent drivers, each with over 4 million commercial miles.

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August. 1994

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ABOUT YOUR

"Seascape" - Multiple time Class Champion - updated rig. very competitive sails, trailer (not licensed). $2400. “Rude Boys" - very clean, almost new tandem highway trailer, good sails incl. spinnaker gear. $2800. Low cost racing in an active class w/good competition. "Tuna 22's" are good heavy air boats also excellent day sailors. Richmond Yacht Club Foundation • (707) 643-4468 or (510) 283-0394

Quality Used and New surplus sails. Luffs to 96'.

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COMPUTERIZED DESIGN AND ESTIMATES

(510) 532-1786; Fax 532-3461

free estimates

(415)332-8527.

BEAUTIFUL BAJA WITH 1995 TIDES

Sail without owning, own with positive cash flow!

YOUR BOAT LIKE NEW

Call Bill or Julie, (415) 332-3780 or fax resume,

Seller will finance: $2,500. Larry, (415) 852-9916.

Dea Belrose, (415) 332-1344, (415) 892-2754.

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332- 2510.

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PRIM€ WATERFRONT PROPERTIES WATERFRONT HOME on the Fernside Ridge offer¬ ing protected deep-water anchorage with easy ac¬ cess to San Francisco Bay. This classic Tudor de¬ signed home boasting a stucco and masterfullychiseled stonework trim facade, characterized by a steep-pitched gabled roof, symbolizing this home's strength and endurance, provides an appropriate introduction to its interior mood of European design and waterfront heritage. Upon entering this home you will experience a sumptuous realm of drama implemented by the artistic creation from sculptured cove ceilings to colored window glass. The home's exhilarating mix of levels offers impressive water views and total privacy for each family member. Containing nine rooms, including five bedrooms, three baths. A formal dining room as well as a casual family room sets the atmosphere for formal and informal entertaining for get togethers and sailing adventures. $475,000.

CHOOSE FROM SEVERAL TOMFNHOMES AND CONDOMINIUMS THAT PROVIDE THE BEST OF BOATINO AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITV LIVING. IMAGINE AN EASY COMMUTE TO MOST POINTS IN THE BAY AREA AND YOUR BOAT IN YOUR BACK YARD OR THE ADJACENT MARINA.

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FOR SALE J7ie

For Sale 45' Steel Hull Ketch

Victoria

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78’ 51’ 9.5 55

LOA LOD Draft Tons

Built 1935 Seattle. WA Restoration 1985 - 1994

Fully equipped, seaworthy, ocean-proven, comfortable liveaboard.

$99,500 • Over $30,000 spent in restoration work in '93-94 • Vessel is in excellent condition...Bigger Boat on the Way • Can be CG Certified

$99,500 (will consider trades, real estate, ??? )

Located in the Seattle area.

Write for current survey & equipment list. Holly Adams • Tom Adams 12469 Sunrise Drive Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

(206) 842-6544

Sail a piece of San Francisco's Maritime Heritage Contact Drew Harper (415) 543-7333 fax (415) 543-7405

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Bruce Sherburne, S.A. (800) 882-7124 Michael P. Wilson, S.A. (415) 332-8928 (800) 408-MIKE (6453)

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Drive Sausalito, CA 331-1642 94965 JOHN BAIER • PETE FROMHAGEN • CRAIG SHIPLEY • BRUCE WHITE

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YA CHT SALES 47'VAGABOND, 1981 SISTCRSHIP 2 master suites accommodate 6, full headroom, 80hp Lehman, AP, radar, Loran, genset. roller furling, etc. Sail this home anywhere! Cruise ready. Asking $165,000 • BRUCE WHITE

NORSEMAN 447, 1984 SISTCRSHIP Luxury w/speed & handling. Center cockpit, king aft, fully equipped & turnkey. Motivated seller. Asking $240,000/offers • JOHN BAIER

42' WESTSAIL, 1976 Very strong, well equipped world cruiser. Cutter rig, lull keel, priced to sell. Asking $97,500 • CRAIG SHIPLEY

38' CABO RICO CUTTER, 1982 New elect, windlass. Roller furl jib. Dodger & bimini Great coastal cruiser, sleeps 6 adults. Priced at $78,000 • BRUCE WHITE

37' C & C SLOOP, 1984 Harken roller furling, excellent upgrades for Bay racing or cruising. Pristine condition w/extensive maintenance records available. Reduced to $69,500 • JOHN BAIER

ERICSON 35, 1987. Harken roller furling, refrig, full elec. Set up for short handed sailing, many factory options. San Francisco Yacht Harbor berth. Like new condition, varnished teak interior. Call JOHN BAIER.

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45' sels, i

1982. Twin die;rior upgrades & from pilothouse, $90,000.

41’ BERMUDAN CUTTER

45' LAPWORTH This classic beauty is professionally maintained, mahogany, bronze fastened, diesel aux., loaded with 1 st class gear. Only $15,000.

40'CUTTER

Atlantic vet, major restoration just completed, diesel aux., new rigging, new paint & varnish. Asking $35,000.

Crocker design PortOrford cedar on oak, bronze fastened diesel, exten¬ sive cruise record. Great liveaboard. Asking $49,000/0ffers.

40 HUNTER

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45' Beneteau First 456,1985

Columbia 36

60hp Perkins, 3 staterooms, electronics for cruising, autopilot, bimini,,dodger. Sharp!

Huge cockpit area. Great family boat. Have fun for a very reasonable price.

Roomy layoutw/twoheads and staterooms with large double aft. Hood furling, self-tail winches, loaded. Asking $95,000/0ffers.

43' GULSTAR

Flybridge trawler, twin Perkins mains, 7.5 aux. gen. Loaded w/gear ind. radar, Loran, AP cruiser, air/heat sys. 11' Whaler w/18 hp o/b. $80,000/0ffers.

steering, jib furling, teak interior, well equipped. At our docks. Asking $19,500.

32’CLASSIC SEDAN

Designed & bull, by Fellows & Stewart, Detroit J-53 diesel main, new paint and varnish, restored to perfection. At our docks. $ 19,500/Offers.

SAIL-PARTIAL UST 50' BRIGANTINE Rendezvous.$99,500

Catalina 36,1983

Sabre 36

Spacious interior, TV & VCR combo, complete w/dinghy & motor. Immaculate. $44,000.

Superior performance, superb construction by Maine craftspeople. Fabulous boat.

42' Westsail, 1981

60' Huntingford FBG Cruising Ketch, 1978

44' CUTTER.$32,000 42' BENETEAU.$120,000 42' ALDEN MOTOR SAILER, Turbo Cat Aux.$40,000 39' C & C, Two Listed.t.From $69,000 38' PACIFIC, New Zealand Quality.0ffers/$70,000 35' FUJI.•:.$37,500 34' HUNTER.*.Offers/$45,000 34'CAL.$24,000 32' WESTSAIL.$49,500 30' PEARSON SLOOP, diesel aux.$26,500 30' DUFOUR.$16,500 30' SAN JUAN, at our docks.$12,500 29’CAL.$16,500 28'IRWIN .Only $11,500 27' LANCER POWERSAILER, at our docks.$15,000 POWER - PARTIAL UST

New interior. Pathfinder diesel. Double aft. Bluewater cruiser.

Hood systems, 3 staterooms. Center cockpit. Fabulous performance.

LISTINGS WANTED • BOARDWALK LOCATION

127' MIKI CLASS TUG, Ocean Going Liveaboard.$150,000 46' CHRIS CONNIE, at our docks.$60,000 44’ HI STAR.$224,000 43'TRAWLER.$100,000 38' HUNTER SEDAN .$21,500 35' JERRY DAILY CLASSIC LAUNCH, at our docks .$130,000 August, 1994 •

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RON BANKSON YACHT & BOAT SALES (800) 871-8470

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50’ HERRESHOFF KETCH.$110,000 SAIL CAL, '66, new o/b. .$ 20.6 SEAFORTH sloop, '81, canoe hull.S 22' O'DAY, '82, includes trailer. .S 20'

9,500

3T 32'

5,900

32.6 IRWIN center cockpit ketch,'74.S 15,900

1,950

COLUMBIA'66.S 23,900 GULF sloop,'87.S 47,500

O'DAY, '66. .S 2,700 O'DAY, + trailer. .$ 11,900

35' 35'

ALLMAND, '82.$ 37,900 RAFIKI, '80.Best Offer/S 59,000

25' 27'

NORTHSTAR 500 SL, 73 .. .S

8,900

35'

CORONADO KETCH, 71, aft cabin.S 34,950

BUCCANEER, 77. .Offers S

7,000

38'

HORSTMAN TRIMARAN, SL '91 dsl ....S 50,000

27'

ERICSON, 78. .S 16,500

39'

VORKTOWN, 75, ctr cockpit, aft cabin. S 34,000

29'

CAL, 71, inboard.-.,.S 11,900 GEMINI CAT, '88. .S 55,000

40' ISLANDER, '84, loaded.S 73,500

30' 30'

ISLANDER, '83. .BestOffer/S 29,900

50' HERRESHOFF KETCH...S110,000

30'

PEARSON, 73..S 15,900

23' 25'

41' MORGAN 0/1 KETCH, 79.S 89,900

QUALITY PENINSULA LISTINGS NEEDED

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FAX: (707) 552-4296

35' COOPER 1981 Bright and roomy interior. 2 helms, diesel aux.

53' 7” CT 54,1978 Four staterooms, 30 ton dspl, 120 hp diesel, loaded. New sails. Asking S230.000.

Reduced to $49,500.

Owner desperate. SAIL 23V PEARSON, ’82, cat rig.. 24' WINDROSE, Outboard and trailer. .....$2,900 25’ MacGREGOR, Honda outboard. 2 to choose from $5,500 25' CATALINA '82..... .....$8,950 XT BRISTOL ..;..... 27’ CATALINA, clean..... ....... -...$8,250 30’ ERICSON,'80 ......... 30’ O’DAY, ’79 ..... . ... $73,900 . $70,000 38’ PACIFIC,’78.... .. . 45’ HANS CHRISTIAN, go anywhere_ ....$170,000 46’ KETTENBURG,’47... .. ... $32 000 46’ CAL2-46.74. ... . $140 non

We're Selling Fast - Need Sailboat and Trawler Listings!

45’ HANS CHRISTIAN KETCH, 1978 Owner aft, furling main and jibs, lovely condition. Asking S170.000. Page 194 •

• August. 1994

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37' BLUENOSE SCHOONER

ISLANDER FREEPORT 36

1947, Bill Holcomb design. Present owner has maintained this bool at the highest standards for the past 25 years. Monterey slip can be arranged. $110,000.

1981, desirable "B" style with Pullman berth, knot/deplh, furler, very, very clean, Reduced $64,500.

1986 ERICSON 32

1974 WESTSAIL 32

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41’ SCEPTRE, 1988 Fabulous raised salon, performance cruiser. Beautiful light wood interior. All furling. Outstanding buy at $165,000.

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SELECT BROKERAGE LIST 33' SR33,1993 Rocket! .$90,000 35' J-35, (4) available ..from $45,000

45' CUSTOM KETCH, 1989 ..$320,000 46' CHOATE, 1980 .$79,000

38‘ HOOD, 1982 .$124,000

50' COLUMBIA YAWL, 1974 $110,000

38' SABRE, 1990 .$167,000

51' BALTIC, 1979.$275,000

39' IRWIN, 1982 .$60,000

53' SKYE....$225,000

42' TAYANA, 1982.$127,500

54' KANTER/ROBERTS.......$250,000

42' BALTIC, 1982.$170,000

55' CUSTOM YAWL Santana ..Inquire

44'LANCER, 1980.Offers

62' CUSTOM KETCH, 1985 ..$475,000

44' NORDIC, 1988.$189,500

64' DYNAMIQUE, 1983 .Inquire

SWANS SWAN 38. SWAN 43, ’86 ... SWAN 441, '79. .$165,000 SWAN 51 (2).

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SWAN 53, ’88... ..$550,000

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SELECTED SAIL

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30' Catalina.$18,500 30' Yankee.$29,500 33' Ranger (2).$24,500 34' Cal.$36,000 35' Endeavour.$69,900 35' Chris Craft.$29,500 36' Tiburon.$79,900 36' Hunter.$105,000 36' Lancer.$35,900 37' Endeavour.$49,900 39' Cal/Lear.$59,000 41' Formosa.$69,000 42' Tayana.$145,000 44' Freedom.$149,500 44' Lancer.$150,000 45' Explorer.$89,000 46' Peterson Formosa.$104,000 46' Kelly Peterson,'85.$225,000 47' Perry.$138,500 48' Van Dam, steel ketch ....$160,000 48' Mariner.$149,500 50' Force, singlehand.$185,000 57' Islander, custom.$150,000

30' Formula,'90.$45,000 32' Bayliner.2 from $39,500 33' Riviera,'94, SDNSF.$146,000 33' Chaparral w/hydrolift.$49,500 33’ Riviera,'94.$146,000 35' LuhrsSF, 92.$149,000 35' Californian SF.2 from $94,500 36' Sea Ray SF.$60,000 38' Mediterranean SF.$169,000 43' Viking MY.$175,000 48' Offshore YF.$199,500 48' Fexus Sdst,'88.Offers 53' HatterasSF.$225,000 54' Striker SF, alum.$492,000 60' Hatteras CV.$595,000 60' Vega Marina SF.$495,000 60' Ocean Alexander FDPH .$550,000 65' Angel MY.$495,000 70' Heisley Exp.$895,000 72' Hatteras MY.$1,350,000 75' WestideMY.$995,000

BOAT SHOW WEEKEND Our Marina *Aug. 26,27 &28

Offices conveniently located next to the San Diego and Puerto Vallarta Airports.

NORPAC YACHTS SAN RAFAEL YACHT HARBOR

557 Francisco Blvd., San Rafael, CA 94107

(415) 485-6044

• FAX (415) 485-0335

SAIL 47' VAGABOND, '85....„...$198,000 44’ ISLANDER, *74....$59,000 43* MULL, JOR, *74. $80,000 41* AUX. CUTTER, *41.$49,900 37* OVERSEAS, *75.$32,000 36* C 4 C, '79.555,500 35' ERJCSON, '72 ..$26,000 34’CAL *78 $30,000 34* CAt, 72 ..... $25,000 34* CATAUNA, *88 ..$57,000

34’ 32' 27’ 27’ 27' 26' 26’ 26’ 24’ 23'

HANS CHRISTIAN, *78...$6S,000 WESTSAIL, 75. $47,900 CAL, *85.$19,950 LANCER, '84.$16,800 ERICSON, 72.$14,500 COL. Midi, 70.$7,500 FOLKBOAT ’59. $8,500 FOLKBOAT, 78. $9,000 J/BOAT, '80.$8,800 CLIPPER MARINE, 76 -.$5,200

#1 Uccelli Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94063

Phone (415) 367-7212 • Fax (415) 367-7345 62 M0T0RSAILER. N.Z. built, Gardner dsl, Lister gen.,

C & C 35. Yonmor dsl. A gorgeous boot with exdt. soiling

3K mile range, GPS, radar AP, weatherfax, much, much more. $165,000. Al ouraocks.

performance. One of the best priced C & C's on the market. 549,950.

Storm Dancer

SEAFINN 411

This 1992 Finnish Design 43' ketch rig is, without reser¬ vation, the ULTIMATE MOTORSAILER. The flared bow. cut away long keeled hull to separate skeg and rudder, carry the Lloyds Certificate. Appointments in¬ clude laid teak decking extended to the coach r<x>f and wheelhouse. Perkins 84 bhp engine, two steering stations, full state-of-the-art electronics, diesel fired heater, three

36 CATALINA, 1983. Fully loaded. Self tailing winches, furling jib. Inflatable with o/b. Asking $42,000 hurry!

OHLSEN 35. Albin diesel. Teok decks. Very beautiful

double cabins, sharing two heads with shower. Long

boat ot on excellent price. Try $14,900.

range fast passage capability make this luxurious vessel top choice for the discerning yachtsman.

SAIL CHRYSLER 22 . .1,800 24' GLADIATOR . .3,750 24' CAL. .3,750 24' BAYUNER. .4,850 COLUMBIA 24, roce riqqed.2,500 MACGREGOR 24 .3,000 CAPRI 25. . 6 900 CAL 25. .3 from 2,000 FOLKBOAT 26 . . .3,500 27'CHEOYLEE. .14.000 MORGAN 28 . .9,990

30' KNARR.10,000 30' CUPPER .4,500 KNARR 30 one design racer.... 15,000 CHANCE 30/30.12,000 PEARSON ARIEL 26 .4,500 33 GAFF SLOOP ’Fredo’.40,000 IRWIN 37.54,900 45' EXPLORER CUTTER in L A. . 78,000 56' CUTTER, 1904.69,500 ALL THESE BOATS AND MORE LOCATED AT OUR SALES DOCKS.

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POWER 16' SKI-FISH, like new.4,500 21' ELITE.14,500 24' AQUASPORT.15,000 26' SEARAY SUNDANCE, trlr. 15,500 26' CENTRUY CORTEZ, twins. 12,900 28' FIBERFORM.2 from 18,000 30' CHRIS CRAFT TWIN.15,500 31' UNIFUTE.33,000 40" NAVY LANCER, 671 's .12,500 46’ CHRIS CRAFT.28,000

$260,000. Phone David in our Sausalito office. "Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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

TWO EAST BAY CONVENIENT Fortman Marina, LOCATIONS 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda

(415) 332-1707

(510) 865-1777

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YACHT SALES TRADITIONAL SERIES CHRISTINA SERIES INDEPENDENCE TRAWLERS

Exclusive West Coast Agent for New

1985

41* Hans Christian Trad. Cutter

Workshop, Genset, Weatherfax $185,000

HC 34' Trad-.3 from $64,000 HC 38' Trad....2 from $89,000 HC38' MkH....2 from $97,500 HC 41' Trad..3 from $185,000 HC 43' Trad..3 from $115,000 HC 39' PH_$150,000 HC 44' PH-$269,000 HC 48’ T rad..2 from $340,000

L0A: 40'6" LWL: 330" BEAM: 12 8" WT: 22,000

Quality Listings Needed !

$138,500 1988 30’ Monterey Bay Sport / Fish 2-150 HP Yamaha's, Like New!.$39,500 EMERGENCY CANISTER

38' ISLAND PACKET '88 model. This one is like new. 40 hp Yanmar diesel. Very nice general condition and ready to go on her next voyage.

LADDER

L0A: 336" LWL: 2511" BEAM: 110" WT: 10,100

CLEANS BOTH CHAIN A ROPE

1978 38' HC Trad. Cutter - Cruise Vet Spacious, 2 Staterms, Genset ...$92,000

Series Drogue

Northern California Office:

Southern California Office:

2021 Alaska Packer Place, Box 12 Alameda 94501 (510) 444-4812

101

Shipyard Way, Suite

Newport Beach

$49,900

(714) 675-9352 1985 33' C & C. This boat needs a new home. All the sails and the engine is like new. This \sa MUSTSEE!

L0A: 324" LWL: 25'6" BEAM: 100" WT: 11,700 40' NEWPORTER, '80, Cruise/liveobocrd, pSoihouse, feeds of soils end electronics. Try

35* CHRIS CRAFT CARIBBEAN, new engine, very dean. Just $39,500.

$29,900 1979 32' ENDEAVOR. Very clean inside & out and ready to go! VHF, depthsounder, plus lots more.

SELECTED LISTINGS 72* CUSTOM FRERS, World Class uitier/ketch, some cosmetic work required, ideal family, or

48’ PILOTHOUSE, cruising ketch, 1946, plonked mahogany, 35 hp Volvo dsf. A great fixer upper.

4r M0T0RSAILE8 71, Rhodes design, F/G, liveoboord or world cruise, twin diesel auxilary, flexible finonting. CoS todoy.

54' GAFF SCHOONER, 36' (OD), chapel desigi built by Geissi in 1954, wood, dsl auxiliary. Death financing opportunity. Motivated - $29,500.

1155 Embarcadero Oakland, CA 94606

(510) 465-6060

POWER 34' Bayliner Trophy . .67,500

30' Catalina, loaded. 22,500

34' Carver Santego. .105,000

31' Dufour.Please Make Offer

36' Hatteras S.F. .60,000

32’ Endeavour, beautiful!.33,000

36' Carver Mariner. .105,000

33' Cheoy Lee.33,000

38' Bayliner, diesel. .109,000

37' Ericson, clean!.Now 49,900

40' Kha Shing ACMY. .124,500

38' Island Packet.138,500

44' Bestway.■(..158,000

42' Golden Wave.119,000

SAIL

44’ Hylas'84.165,000

27' Catalina. .16,500

44' Lancer Motorsailer.98,000

27' O'Day. .13,500

65' MacGregor.Offer

Many more listings, plus new ones every week.

AND WE NEED MORE!

1/4 Mile North of Bay Bridge (510) 658-9491

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Fax (510) 658-9521

3300 Powell St., Ste. 105 • Emeryville, CA 94608 August, 1994 •

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SAUSAUTO (415)

54' ROBERTS STEEL KETCH, 1983. Thisisa’no compro¬

(415)332-7245

35' BENETEAU 5S, 1990. Fast, clean, easy to maneuver or smglehand Roller furling, spinnaker, ST winches.

hiHMiM

$82,000.

mise" ocean cruiser. Sleel hull, teak decks, spacious beautifully crofted white oak 3 stateroom interior. Real estate/$249,000.

Mike Kushner • Dave Marshall • Peter Powell • Phil Howe • Clay Prescott • Jim Douglas

&'*,h us about our SAIL LOD BUILDER

65' 48' 47' 45' 43 41' 41'

'87 $130,000 '84 $129,500 ’78 $132,000 $169,000 ’69 $56,000 '66 $58,000 73 $65,000 '82 $72,000 72 $36,000 74 $89,500 73 $77,000 78 $79,500 81 $59,000 78 $68,000 '68 $44,000 88 $84,500 73 $42,500 '82 $90,000 73 $44,500 '68 $29,500 '87 $69,900 '88 $114,000 '85 $85,000 4 from $43,000 72 $45,000

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

MacGREGOR CELESTIAL VAGABOND HANS CHRISTIAN COLUMBIA RHODES GARDEN CSC GAFF YAWL CHALLENGER CSC STEEL CUTTER ERICSON TAYANA, ISLANDER HUNTER LEGEND RANGER FREEPORTCC ISLANDER COLUMBIA CATALINA FREEDOM PEARSON ISLANDER GULFSTAR

PRICE

LOD BUILDER

PRICE

36 HERITAGE 36' CATALINA

78 '85 74

$59,000

35' 34' 33' 33' 32’ 32' 32' 32' 31'

FUJI WYLIE 'x PETERSON HUNTER CSC COLUMBIA ARIES ANASTASIA C0LUM8IA

30' 29' 28' 28' 28' 25'

PEARSON 303 CAL " ISLANDER * ISLANDER ISLANDER YAMAHA

79 79 79 ’84 76 76 '81 66 '84 .70 77 79 79

$59,500 $37,500 $34,000 $20,000 $29,000 $32,500 $24,500 $30,000 $49,750 $21,000 $41,500 $19,000 $19,000 $21,500 $17,000 $17,500

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PRICE

WESTSIDE FG MY '86 CHRIS R0AMER 71 BURGER '57 FELLOWS/STEWART'27 CHRIS CRAFT '62 BLUEWATER '80

$995,000 $400,000 $285,000 $84,500 $119,000 $179,000

LOD BUILDER 75' 65' 60' 56' 55' 53

LOD BUIL0ER

PRICE

53’ HATTERAS 50' TROJAN/SHEPHERD 49' ALBIN TRAWLER 49' MARINE TRA0ER 47' STEPHENS 46' CHRIS CRAFT 45' CHBSEDAN 44' LUHRS 42’ P0NDER0SA 42' CHRIS CRAFT 38' BAYLINER 38' BAYLINER 38' HUNTER 38' BAYLINER 35' CHRIS CRAFT 34' CALIFORNIAN 34' CALIFORNIAN 34' CALIFORNIAN 32' UNIFLITE 32' CARVER 31‘ RIVA 28' ALLMANOSF 28' CARVER EXPRESS 28 SEA RAY 25' 8AYLINER

79 '69 '80 78

$345,000 $139,000 $145,000

64 '82 70 '85 69 '88 83 '59 '83 68 '80 78 '82 79 84 78 79 85 86 ■85

$175,000 $179,000 $69,000 $145,000 $72,500 $170,000 $75,000 $120,000 $99,500 $23000 $95,000 $58,500 $58,500 $55,000 S65.000 $49,500 $69,850 $88 750 $31,500 $35,000 $33,000 $22,500

IRWIN 52, 1977. Incredible interior/cruising & living

49’ MARINE TRADER, 1978. Pilothouse w/lb, offered

aboard, great soiling performance, 3 stoterooms, new sails. $145,000.

by orig. owner, less thon 200 hrs. on twin Ford Lehmans. Clean! $175,000.

31' TUNG HWA, 1987. SD trawler 135hp Lehman dsl, Furuno rdor, Onon Akw gen, propane stove, windlass, bow thruster, swim platform, $65,000.

35' FUJI, 1974. Ketch w/big Perkins 4-108, refrig, pressure H&C H20. $37,500.

54' VENEKENS TOPS'L SCHOONER, 1979. Belgium 30' PEARSON 303,1983. An exceptionally well made sloop with sailing characteristics and spoce typically associated with lorger vessels. 2 from $34,500.

36'WATKINS, '81. Center cockpi' sloop, w/enormous aft cobm, refrigeration and roller furling jib. $49,500.

41' LAVRONIS, 1988.2 ton cutter. Exotic wood interior, teak decks, 200 mile/day, Pacific vet. $89,500.

34 HUNTER, 1984 Very deon, high performance sloop, with o private stateroom aft. Roller furling and self tailing winches. $39,900.

built galvanized steel pilothouse schooner. High quality construction, watertight bulkheads. A finely fitted yacht.

$195,000.

36' FREEPORT/ISLANDER, 1982. Very rare center cock

30' NONSUCH, 1984. Singlehona'er's dreom, ultra interior, moster sloterm forward w/double bed 8 sepa¬ rate shower stall, unstayed mast & dodger. $70,000.

32' WESTSAIL, 1976. Solid cutter, low use, tillermost autopilot, 35# CQR w/windlass, rigging new in 1987.

pit sloop with two heads ond oft stateroom, in bristol condition $90,000.

MORGANS • 32*-51 46’ BREWER Ketch, '82. $109,000 41' O.I., 1979.1986 diesel, A.P., SSB, windlass, bimini, $69,900 41'01,1973. New Irons, rblt engine, inteior refinished, $61,500 35', 1972. Charlie Morqan design,

$24,500 32', 1979. Pocket cruiser, dinghy, watermaker, AP,

$33,000

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38' ALDEN, '63. Quality construction, classic lines, built to Lloyds specs. Superb mohoqony joinery. $43,000. 35' DUFOUR, 1976. Cruise equipped, GPS, monitor vone, dinghy, dodger, solar panels, HAM/SS8, bimini, African ribbon mohoqony interior. $54,500.

34’ SABRE YACHTS, 1987. H,<

racer, cruiser, i jlopilot, hydraulics, roller furling, rich leak interior j

1 GATS 5 ROAD SAUSAUTO, CA $4965

33’ MISTRAL, 71. Fin keel sloop w/skeg rudder, new | Y»CHT S»itS S t t WORK

decks, radar, roller furling, well built, suitable for world cruisinq. $39,500.

SUMMER GETAW Ballena Isle Marina ~ the ideal getaway all year long 3

Jazz Brunch Sunday Afternoons 2:30-5:00

YOUR FIRST MONTH IS BALLENA ISLE BUSINESSES >7 WELCOME YOU. ^

Look for this symbol, indicating businesses located in ^ Ballena Isle Marina. Ballena Isle Index Ballena Isle Marina.199 Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers 195 Club Nautique.42,44 Sea Star.177 Surface Dynamics.177 Whales Tail Restaurant.177

RAY

Jazz and Arts & Crafts Festival Sat Oct. 1 USE YOUR GOLD CARD GATE KEY FOR THE FOLLOWING SAVINGS: 20% Fuel Discounts 15% Chandlery Discounts 10% Club Nautique Sailing Lessons* 'not good with other promotions Haulout Discounts at Nelson's Marine 20% Off Lunch/Dinner Mon./Tues./Weds. at the Whales Tail Restaurant 20% Off on Sandwiches at the Good 'n' Plenty Deli Clean restrooms & showers Free pump-put station 24-hour fueling system Chandlery

Security gates & roving security Direct access to the Bay Protective harbor Restaurant & Delicatessen

BALLENA ISLE MARINA ON THE BAY 1150 BALLENA BOULEVARD ALAMEDA, CA 94501

- Summer Prices on 28' & 32' Slips Direct access to the Bay.

AN ALMAR MARINA

1 -800-675-SLIP (51Q) 523-5528

LIVEAB0ARD BERTHS! Now available, limited liveaboard berths, minimum 29', max. 2 persons/boat.

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