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MAKING TRACKS Gary Hausler’s first job was as a Gandy Dancer. That’s ninteenth century slang for a worker who lays railroad track. And Gandy Dancer, Gary’s Santa Cruz 40, has been laying some fast tracks across the waters off Northern California during the past year, placing first in divi¬ sion A in the five-race YRA Spring Ocean Series. Gandy Dancer was first-to-finish in the second race, crossing the line at Drakes Bay ahead of a fleet that included several larger boats.

Gary ties Gandy Dancer’s success to his great crew and a tough, fast suit of Pineapple sails. “The crew knows how to make the boat go fast and take full advantage of sails with superior shape.” As to durability, Gary says “We retired our 3/4 oz. Pineapple spinnaker after the Santa Barbara Race this summer. It had logged over 2500 miles, including nine days straight on the way to Hawaii in the Pacific Cup. You can’t ask more of a sail than that.” For the key to the fast track for your boat, stop by or call the loft today.

*Gandy Dancer Photo by Andrew Taylor

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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Phone (510) 444-4321 Fax (510) 444-0302 123 SECOND STREET, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94607 .

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ONLY $99 for a $350 Club Membership? i •

Unbelievable but true. We've combined the best loca¬ tion on the Bay (Brickyard Cove) with some of the world's most respected boats (Beneteau) recognized for their combination of style, performance and reliability. We also have other quality boats. Boats that you can be proud to be seen on and sail well, too. As a member, you'll enjoy: • 25% discount on boat rentals • 25% discount on lessons • $5 Wed. night sails, seminars, etc. • Monthly dues credited toward charters Why are we doing this??? We figure that for $99, it's too good a deal to pass up. Once you've discovered how nice our boats are and what a great place this is to sail out of, you'll be hooked. With a membership this inex¬ pensive, why not try us, even if you are already a member of another club.

If You're Thinking About Taking Lessons Make a deposit this month on a lesson package and we'll extend the same offer to you when you're finished. Get the ASA Basic Sailing and Basic Coastal Cruising Certifications for only $695 and a membership for only $99 more!

Get Paid for Owning a Beneteau

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We've made special arrangements with Passage Yachts to supply us with some new boats with guaranteed income to the owner. Call us for details.

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Getting to the Point.

THE SAILING CONNECTION 510-236-8999 800-586-7245 1220 Brickyard Cove Rd., Pt. Richmond, CA 94801 Page 4

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Latitude 38 welcomes editorial contributions in the form of stories, anecdotes, photographs - anything but poems, please; we gotta draw the line some¬ where. Articles with the best chance at publication must 1) pertain to a West Coast or universal sailing audience, 2) be accompanied by a variety of pertinent, in-focus black and white (preferable) or color prints with identifica¬ tion of all boats, situations and people therein; and 3) be legible. Anything you want back must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Submissions not accompanied by an SASE will not be returned. We also advise that you not send original photographs^or negatives unless we specifically request them; copies will workjustfine. Notification time varies with our workload, but generally runs four to six weeks. Please don't contact us before then by phone or mail. Send all submissions to Latitude 38, P.O. Box 1678 Sausalito CA 94966. For more specific information, request writers' guidelines from the above address.

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This is not just marketing hype. Beneteau has introduced several new models, and the Sailing Connection, the Bay Area's fastest growing school and charter company, wants to add them to their fleet. We at Passage Yachts have made special arrangements to make that happen. The Sailing Connection has openings for five new boats in their program. We're offering each of these BENETEAU models with guaranteed income. The boats will be fully equipped for charter use to provide maximum income to their owners. We'll even include a CD player.

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In addition to income, there can be significant tax savings for placing your boat in a charter program. And you get as much personal use of your boat as you choose, depend¬ ing upon the amount of tax savings you want to realize.

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OCEANIS 400 BENETEAU

People love BENETEAUS. They sail well, look great and are built to last. BENETEAU's inno¬ vative building techniques do more than provide you with a stronger, higher quality boat than other manufacturers. With BENETEAU you pay less than you think up front and get more than you bargained for in enjoyment and resale value. They combine high appeal to potential charterers and low maintenance costs to owners. That's why they make money.

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Address City County l Privilege 14.7 is on Ineway to Alameda am will be available for charter or sale. Great opportunity to see what sailing a cat is all about. Call Neil for details.

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Many Prout, Privilege and other used cats available for resale on the West Coast and Caribbean. Call us for complete details and a list.

"we go where the wind blows" 34' 37' 37' 37' 39' 39'

Event.from 104,000 Snowgoose Elite. 149,900 Lagoon.215,000 Antigua. 149,000 Escale. 285,000 Privilege .. many from 175,000

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Publisher & Executive Editor.Richard Spindler, ext. Ill Bookkeeping.Tina Dunne, ext. 101 General Manager.Colleen Levine, ext. 102 Production.Christine Weaver, ext. 103 Production...Andy Turpin, ext. 104 Production.Kirstin Kremer, ext. 112 Advertising.Mitch Perkins, ext. 107 Advertising...John Arndt, ext. 108 Associate Editor.Rob Moore, ext. 109 Managing Editor.John Riise, ext. 110 Contributing Editors.Paul Kamen, Andy Turpin, Shimon Van Collie Directions to our office. Classifieds .. Subscriptions. Distribution. Editorial. email..★★ New

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P.O. Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 • (415) 383-8200 Fax: (415) 383-5816 Please address all correspondence by department name.

33' NEWPORT.34,900 Great all around cruiser.

35'CHRIS CARIB.33,500 Center cockpit cruiser, very roomy.

YACHTS (510) 814-0400 44' HARDIN.130,000 It's cruising season, she's ready.

40' ENDEAVOUR .... 89,500 Great price. Great Boat. At our dock.

50' BOC.195,000 Just reduced. Available for charter!

.. 45/ EXPLORER, 1979/ We could tell you all about her but why waste the print when you can stop by the Boat Show Sept. 9-17 and see her in the water. Great opportunity to purchase a boat that's great for a Mexico trip, So. Pacific or just living aboard. $98k. Also see her at our dock.

Small Yacht Specials

Additional Quality Listings 23’ 25' 27' 27' 27' 27' 27' 28' 29' 30' 30' 30' 32' 33’ 34' 35' 35' 35’

30' ISLANDER BAHAMA 23,500 Dsl., wheel, furling, dodger.

NORTH AMERICAN.$5,500 C&C.$9,500 ERICSON. $12,900 O'DAY.$16,900 CATAUNA, '82 .$16,900 CATAUNA, '85 .$18,500 ERICSON, '78.$16,800 ERICSON, 28+, '81 .$18,900 ERICSON.Make Offer! HUNTER. $16,900 CS.$42,000 PEARSON.$23,500 O'DAY.$29,500 NEWPORT, '82.$34,000 ALOHA, '83.$58,900 CHALLENGER, '74.$35,000 CHEOY LEE LION... 2 from $25,000 HINCKLEY, 57.$55,000

35' 36’ 36' 36' 37' 38' 38' 38' 40’ 40' 44' 45' 47' 50' 50' 50' 50' 57’

57'STEEL M/S.175,000 Circumnavigate or dockside living.

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CHRIS CRAFT. $33,500 C&C.$48,500 CATAUNA. $49,900 PEARSON 365.$49,500 PROUTSNOWGOOSE,’86 $128,000 KAISER,'72. $59,900 C&C .New Listing WEST INDIES.$79,900 CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN. $75,000 ENDEAVOUR, '82.$89,500 HARDIN.$130,000 JEANNEAU, '85.$149,500 CELERE. NEW $399,500 COLUMBIA.2 from $109,900 BOC RACER. $225,000 CHALLENGER, '74. $129,500 CHEOY LEE, '66.$98,000 STEEL MOTORSAILER.$175,000

30' PEARSON.23,500 Wheel, furling and more!

Most Boats Listed Are Located at Our Dock! #

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27' CATAUNA.from 16,500 Lots to choose from. At our dock.

DEALERS FOR:

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27' ERICSON... from 13,500 Comparison shop at our dock!

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Catalinajjyachts POWER 23' Bayliner Cierra, '89.$17,950 48' Offshore, '86 .. Reduced $275,000

1995 Clearance Sale 23’ 25' 25' 26' 27' 29' 30' 36' 36'

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SAIL Santana, '81.$6,995 Catalina, swing keel.$8,500 Ericson, '81 ..$15,900 Ranger, '74 .... Reduced to $7,995 Gulf, '84 .$17,954 Cal, '74.Reduced to $16,900 Catalina, new listing.$29,900 S-2 11.0, '79.$44,000 Catalina, '81.$46,000

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Not every prop is a drag.... Folding and Feathering Props

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n 1994, North introduced its revolutionary 3DL™ molded sails on the Grand Prix circuit and they dominated as no sail technology ever has. In 1995 3DL conquered

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Effective Wind Range i 3DL genoa H Paneled genoa

3DL. Manufactured to the same mold designs used for North's GRAND PRIX 3DL sails, REGATTA 3DL features thicker films, larger filament clusters and more efficient yam layouts for reduced cost. Compared1 to paneled sails, REGATTA 3DL delivers superior shapeholding, durability and extended wind range at

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• Before you buy a sail or power boat, enjoy yachting the easy way. • Imagine arriving at your boat; everything ready for your day of sailing or cruising on the beautiful San Francisco Bay. The boat has been thoroughly checked by our staff of yachting professionals. • Be free of the expense of owning a yacht - the maintainance, insurance and mooring. You’ll never have to hunt down a mechanic, call a parts store to replace that lost winch handle, fix a broken head or find that sail maker to repair that ripped sail. • Relax and enjoy the use of your boat 32 days a year with our no hassle, affordable leasing program. Choose your yacht, receive full instruction on its use and we’ll present you with the keys to unlock your dream. • It’s cheaper to lease - annually it costs 6 times more to own.

LEASE SAMPLING 2 of the boats in our fleet featured this month: Sail - In better than new condition, our Morgan 32 has custom interior finish & all upgraded electronic & nav. equipment. You may choose the schedule that fits your sailing desires. Weekends only - $350 per month Weekdays only - $175 per month Combination - $250 per month Power - A versatile and good-looking boat equally at home as a weekend fisherman or family cruiser - our Tollycraft 34 Sport Sedan is now available. Weekends only - $500 per month Weekdays only - $300 per month Combination - $400 per month

WANTED We need more quality yachts for our program. If you want to offset the costs of owning by allowing a few qualified skippers to share the use of your boat.

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LEASE YOUR DREAM. Come by and see us at the Boat Show before you buy your ticket. We ’ll be right next to the Show Entrance at Jack London Square September 9-17,1995

Please call Carol Bainbridge, our Director of Leasing to find out how easy and affordable it can be to Lease Your Dream!

Brokerage Yachts For Sale SaUx

42' 38'

Power.; $475,000 ..275,000 ..129,900 ....99,000 .. 165,000 .. 115,000 ..105,000

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hardware, furlers, Navtec integral cylinders Bay Area pickup and delivery Fabrication • Repair

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LOCATED AT SIERRA POINT

PROTECTED WATERS COME IN AND INSPECT OUR MODERN FACILITIES. SLIPS ARE AVAILABLE TO 66FT. ' FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL OUR HARBORMASTER'S OFFICE AT (415)583-6975

(Brisbane Marina)

From No. or So. on Hwy 101 take the Sierra Pt. Pkwy Marina Blvd. exit.

"Everyone Needs a Bigger Boat"

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

(415) 332-1707 FAX (415) 332-1726

TWO CONVENIENT LOCATIONS

EAST BAY Fortman Marina, 1535 Buena Vista, Alameda

(510) 865-1777 FAX (510) 865-8789

46' MORGAN SLOOP, 1981. Cruise, race or live aboard an exception¬ ally well-maintained yacht.

52' TAYANA CUTTER, 1987. Truly a luxury yacht for racers or cruisers. Asking $329,000.

$120,000.'

TOP QUALITY LISTINGS ACCEPTED FOR SHARED BERTH RENTAL AT FORTMAN MARINA.

49' CT CUTTER, 1986. Teak decked, streamline baby has it all. Asking $219,000.

39’ PEARSON 390,1972 Cruise ready. Aft cabin. Asking $48,500.

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39' PRIVILEGE (French) CATAMARAN, 1990. Ready for fast cruising. Loaded. Asking $250,000.

35' NIAGARA SLOOP, 1981. A sturdy cruiser by Hinterhoeller (Nonsuch) in great shape. Asking $67,500.

32' TRAVELLER CUTTER, 1976. A solid circumnavigator. New bottom job, rigging. ' Asking $39,900.

26'TARTAN, 73.13,500

44' MASON. Worth every penny. 2 from $229,000.

42' CAMPER-NICHOLSON Ketch, 74.. 100,000 36' COLUMBIA, '68...22,500

IT O’DAY (diesel), '86.16,500

42' HALLBERG-RASSEY, '84. 188,500 37' SWEDISH Steel Ketch.Now 35,000 43' C&C LANDFALL, '85 .

30' SCHOCK Sloop, '38.23,000

125,000

38' WAUQUIEZ (Hood), '80 . 80,500 44' AMAZON Steel Cutter, '92 (Canada) 239,000

34' TARTAN YAWL, 74.29,900 38' ERICSON, '88..Inquire

45' JEANNEAU SUNKISS, '84.110,000

35’ CORONADO, 74.32,000 40' GARDEN Schooner, '82.125,000

46' & 48' AMEL..... from 160,000

35' CHALLENGER Sloop, '77.30,000 40' ENDEAVOR, '82.95,000 35'BENETEAU,'90 . 79,000

36' NAUTICAT, 1984. Superb quality motorsailer. Shows 1st rate. Asking $95,000.

55' CUSTOM MOTORSAILER, 1982. The best ferro ever built. Insurable. Must see. Asking $149,000.

50' CHALLENGER Ketch, 74.139,000

45' HANS CHRISTIAN, 1976 53' LOA. Spacious liveaboard/cruiser. Clean. Asking $150,000.

43' SEA FINN MOTORSAILER KETCH, 1992. Well worth the Scandinavian craftsmanship. Asking $260,000.

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1986 BENETEAU 405

1987 CREALOCK 34’

1980 ENDEAVOUR 32’

1983 HUNTER 37'

Big, reasonably priced, aft stateroom liveaboard. Ask $105,000.

The ultimate pocket cruiser. Loaded! Asking $115,000.

Comfortable, affordable liveaboard. Ask $32,000.

Affordable liveaboard. Asking $45,900.

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Next 1990ISLAND PACKET 38' CUTTER Elegant, sturdy passagemaker. Loaded. Asking $159,000.

OPEN BOAT WEEKEND (The way to buy and sell boats in the '90's)

1982 LANCER 36' Radar, AP, cockpit canvas. Ready. $34,000.

SEPT. 9 & lO SEPT. 16 & 17 10 am to 4 pm 1982 ISLANDER BAHAMA 30' Dodger, RF, AP, epoxied bottom. Exceptional family boat. Asking $31,500.

1987 CATALINA 34' Dodger, roller furl, refer, some nice improvements. $49,500.

1985 NOVA 40' MY Aft-cabin liveaboard. Twin diesel. Very nice! Asking $1 15 500

DouBte y&ttt ftmsun^. ‘Bmik font fmU Vo the Hundreds of wed-wishers who attended the fifth Anniversary CekSrationfor Open (Boat Weekend... a heartfeCt thankjjou! Vo the many who made offers... we are grateful for your Business! Vo the Seders whose Boats were not here... don't miss ne%t month's Boat Show - Open (Boat Weekends! Cad us to reserve your sates Berth. _

1981 HARDEN 45' KETCH Cruise ready, gorgeous, lotsa toys. Easy to handle. Ask $124,500.

1973 GRAND BANKS 36' Fiberglass, twin diesel, aft cabin. Buy the best! Asking $97,500.

1990 BENETEAU 35s5

1974 VINDO 30'

1985 ISLANDER 28'

Race or cruise! Aft stateroom& head. Refer, roller furl. Asking $78,000.

Swedish design, full keel, enchanting. $28,500.

Wheel, dsl, roller furl. Teak & holly sole. $25,000.

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Many West Coast boats are enjoying the benefits of SPARTITE™ including: America's Cup boats ~ Tag Heuer & Pact '95 Maxi ULDB ~ Pyewacket Maxi ULDB ~ Hatsu Andrews 70 ~ Cheval Reichel Pugh 50 ~ Morning Glory

"It really does solve the problem of having 20 different mast wedges, having them move orfallout and it helps address the leaking. We know it must be a good product because we've sold quite a few kits and the best sign from the customers is that we don't hear back from them." - Bruce Schwab, Svendsen's Marine. FOR A BROCHURE OR A DEALER NEAR YOU CALL:

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SEND YOUR YACHT TO STANFORD

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CAUSER YACHTS INCORPORATED

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The Stanford University Sailing Program is seeking motor yachts and sailing vessels for its instructional, recreational and competitive programs.

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REF.

FZR.

TOTAL

We are in compliance with State and Federal

GLACIER BAY

12.2

44.9

57.1

Specifications & pollution control.

GRUNERT

29.1

55.2

84.3

TECHNICOLD

31.9

69.7

101.6

CROSBY

36.7

69.0

105.7

TECHNAUTICS

31.1

77.1

108.2

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GLACIER BAY

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1.1

TECHNICOLD

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1.4

SEA FROST

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1.6

GRUNERT

1.10

1.6

TECHNAUTICS

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2.0

** Totals do not add up due to simultaneous pull-down of plates.

Holdover (hrs per cuft of plate volume) MANUF.

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*** Temperatures maintained outside test parameters * The Ultimate Refrigeration Test, Cruising World Magazine, June 1995. All tests conducted in a controlled tropical environment on a 5 cu ft refrigerator and 3 cu ft freezer with 4" of Insulation. Additional heat load was added to simulate daily use of the boxes by a live-aboard couple.

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Berkeley Marina

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Come Visit Us! • Guest Berthing • 3 Great Restaurants • Choice Berths Available • Sport Fishing Charters • Chandlery & Yacht Club • Fuel Dock & Boatyard • Bait Shop & Deli • Easy 1-80 Access • Beautiful Park Setting

Berkeley Marina 201 University Ave., Berkeley, CA 94710 Plan an overnight or club cruise at our facility.

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For Technical or Business Inquiries Call

(510) 796-3567 Mail order: 1-800-441-4425 Page 24

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JIB AND MAINSAIL ROLLER REEFING

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A Whole New Way to Sail THE FURLEX JIB People and sails don't belong on

CALENDAR Nonrace Sept. 2-4 — Hans Christian Owners Association Cruise to Vallejo. Sue Luther, (209) 848-0245. Sept. 2-4 — Catalina 30 Fleet 1 Cruise to Drakes Bay. Raft-ups, beach barbecues and sail home via the Farallones on Monday Seth or Bev Bailey, (510) 521-4780. Sept. 3 — Half Moon Bay Labor Day Luau, "the best party north of the Baja Ha-Ha." Info, 634-9566. Sept. 3, 1868 — Wreck of the month: The 543-ton bark Brignardello bit the dust under the Cliff House in heavy fog. Built three years earlier in Genoa, Italy, Brignardello was on her second voyage to San Francisco. She was 54 days out of Valparaiso, Chile, laden with 200 tons of marble, boxes of olive oil, bags of almonds,' cheese, paper, wheat, 50 cases of Vermouth and other delicacies. In his haste to get ashore, Captain Mazzini attempted to sail through the Gate despite the fog, only to plow up squarely on the beach. No one was hurt, and Brignardello’s owners quickly sold the boat and cargo 'as is' to one L.R. Meyer of San Francisco for $8,050. After more than recouping his investment, Meyer sold the carcass of the ship to San Francisco shipbuilder J.C. Cousins for $700. Cousins stripped the boat completely, and by the winter of 1869, waves had battered what was left of Brignardello into tiny pieces. Sept. 8 — Full moon, Friday night, gentle breeze, flat water — do we need to tell you what to do? Sept. 9 — Sutter Sails Cruising Seminar: "Sail Construction and A0?*,01Shape " 7'10 P m- at the loft; free refreshments. Details, 332-2510. Sept. 9-17 — Northern California Marine Association’s Fall Inthe-Water Boat Show at Jack London Square in Oakland. The biggest a"d °®st of the Bay Area boat shows. See Sightings. NCMA, (510)

deck anymore. Furlex keeps you in the cockpit and your sails ready to go because it reefs and furls easier, in all conditions, every time. One reason is Furlex's bearing design. Patented load distributors keep swivel bearings turning freely, while inside the foil-shaped extrusions, a full-length bearing centers the headstay to eliminate friction. Exclusive to Furlex, you get all parts for an entirely new headsail system (including new stainless headstay and split drum for racers) at the cost-competitive base price. No wonder Practical Sailor calls Furlex "a well-designed and well-engineered furler."

qi°/1 nr!fiwin9JdaS! meetins at 5 p m- Cal1 RaV Thackery at (510) 814-0471 for details and/or the WGYA newsletter Sept. 16 - Encinal YC Nautical Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Breakfast, lunch and beverages available. Info, (510) 522-3272

THE FURLEX MAIN plus jib reefing/furling system

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add up to a whole new way to sail: You'll singlehand your boat with both sails up through more weather (safety goes way up when all lines plus you are in the cockpit). The Furlex Main is the only add-on mainsail system that looks like a brand-new custom mast for less than half the price. All furling components-plus your mainsail-are tucked neatly inside the sleek Furlex extrusion. Swedish maker Selden Mast incorporates the patented bearing system from the jib furler, and includes all the quality details from their proven in-mast system. Contact us-we’ll send you consumer reports and our literature on all Furlex systems.

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Sept. 12 — Free seven-week Coast Guard Auxiliary safe sailing and seamanship course begins, 7 p.m. at the Sausalito Cruising Club To register, call 332-4524.

c* ~ "Introduction to Navigation," a free seminar at btockdale Marine in Sacramento. Details, (916) 332-0775. Sept. 16 — Andreas Cove YC 20-year birthday bash, 1-6 p m Past, present and future members are invited to help celebrate Diane Bowington, (916) 922-4266. Sept. 16 —- William Garden Yacht Association Raft-Up off

5?" Prancisco Bay Westsail Owners Rendezvous at

sr^n (5o7W6 mS"""’ rafBe> d‘n9hy "“*•awards> fun-Mike Sept. 23 — First day of autumn. Tempus fugit! 359S917823"24 ~ EricSon 27 Cruise to ^Sel Island. Tim McGinty, Sept. 28 — "Beyond Polyester," a free seminar by Dan Newland on innovative new boatbuilding materials and design. Waypoint (Alameda); 7 p.m.; RSVP, (510) 769-1547. ^ Sept. 30 — Oyster Cove Marina Flea Market, 8 a.m. tolpm Details, Cor Tamayo, 969-1614 P ’ a„<^crafo3Dori AndeA)n!e(51ot523-552reS"Va' G'M'

YC Swap Mce'-8'12 “• "■» nJ&R 3r~ MaS^IMariners Benevolent Association Annual k .Bay Gru“* and Oyster BBQ. Craig Swayne, 285-1500. p i V 7 Boatyard Practices" (or "Is This Bill For Real?"). Popukir boatyard owner Svend Svensen, one of the straight shooters in the industry, will tell it like it is. Oakland YC; 7 p.m.^ absolutely

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The last time I was prompted to write Latitude was in reference to the Tahiti ketch article of over a year ago. From '69 to 70,1 owned Andra, an original Hanna design built in '39.1 loved my little Tahiti. After purchasing her as a near derelict in Hilo and bringing her up to a fit little sea boat,. I went through the ultimate bonding with her during a nearly motorless 29-day March/April solo passage back to the mainland. This experience has much to do about my belief in boats with souls — which brings me to the reason for this letter. In my humble opinion, the Bill Lee-designed and built Merlin is a boat with a soul. I was so pleased to hear of her success in yet another TransPac, when some pundits were skeptical of her making any showing at all. As a part of the boatbuilding community in Santa Cruz B.C. (before cocaine), Merlin represents the pinnacle of the enthusiasm — and in retrospect, a sort of innocence — that imbued the sailors and builders of the radical Santa Cruz boats. I started work at Bill Lee Yachts in 1975 when I was hired by George Olson. George and Bill were putting the final touches on the SO 27 assembly line in the old chicken coop in Soquel. I believe it was near the end of 75 or early 76 that Bill, characteristically looking for a new and exciting project, advanced the idea of Merlin. George was not particularly pleased with the idea, since it would require disturbing the nice, efficient assembly line he had just so meticulously fine tuned, and that was then cranking out the fantastic little 27s. Boat building in California was profitable in those days and Bill knew what he wanted to do with those profits, so Merlin was begun. George went off to do his own thing. Bill marshaled a lot of exceptional in-house talent, including Pete Smiley, Bob Larson (Morgan’s dad), and Homer Lighthall — to mention just a few. The project seemed to only marginally interfere with the production of the 27s, and spirit and enthusiasm was high. The project was not a secret — in fact, Bill shared significant information with the Los Angeles group that built Drifter, Merlin’s only competition in 77. (Who remembers Drifter?) Started a little later, Drifter was made longer, higher, and I believe a little beamier. All the events preceding the race seemed special to me. The final assembly — mating the completed hull to the keel — was dramatic, as the crane lifted the hull from the upper level and lowered it onto the keel, which was over the side of the hill. The launch, which had to be in Moss Landing since the Santa Cruz Harbor was plugged up with sand, required a rather circuitous route through Aptos for bridge clearance. The exciting shakedown cruises in early spring were great. Bill was so thrilled with his creation that he wanted to share the excitement with everyone. And then the race. Merlin beat Drifter by a scant 17 minutes, setting a TransPac record that still stands 18 years later and after many assaults. Merlin was the prototype of the downwind sleds, and still beats more modern boats that cost six to eight times as much, that are built with sophisticated modern materials and the latest keel shapes. But most remarkable of all, in my mind, is the fun of driving the lithe Merlin. I've had the opportunity to be aboard Merlin on two TransPac deliveries and two Cabo deliveries. She’s a fun boat to sail — even to windward — with a tuned-in crew. I’ve seen folks who wanted to stay on the helm way past their watch — even at night — because they were having so much fun sailing. So I want to thank you, Bill, for creating such a magical boat that has been such a good experience for me and so many other people. • ;

Tom Carr Watsonville

Tom — In the beginning, all the 'magical' stuff— with Bill running around in the wizard’s hat and star-covered robes — seemed a little contrived. But having lived up to her name, Merlin has more than vindicated Bill’s infectious enthusiasm.

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Razzberries and her crew have cruised San Diego Bay the past two summers. On many occasions during this time, we’ve observed the San Diego Harbor Police in action, including the men and women of the Mission Bay and Chula Vista Police units. They do a good job in their primary role of policing the waterfront and providing marine fire suppression services. The San Diego Harbors and shores are relatively clean and safe. Some anecdotal observations: — While staying at the Police Dock last summer, a boat caught fire at the Kona Kai Club. The Harbor Police extinguished the fire before the first fire truck arrived at the marina. — While visiting the Shelter Island Harbor Police office, we saw the dispatcher take a call from a sailboat that was endangered by a speeding powerboat. The powerboat was intercepted in short order. — We observed the Mission Bay Harbor Police towing five derelict boats to a holding area. The Police are cleaning up abandoned and unsafe boats in that bay, making better anchorages available for others. — A new anchorage, A9, has been established next to the Lindbergh Field in San Diego Bay. It provides a convenient and sheltered spot to anchor near downtown. — While anchored in La Playa Cove this summer, we observed some rafted boats drag down on an Ericson. Nobody was aboard any of the boats. We called the Harbor Police and dinghied over to help fend off the anchor-dragging rafters that were at fault. The Harbor Police tried to contact the owners by phone, but had no luck. So they stood by until one boatowner returned. One of the boats had an expired registration and two didn’t have permits to anchor in the cove. We wondered if this was going to turn into another Eagle’s Quest incident, as the Harbor Police had the opportunity for another 'search and seizure'. But the officers involved departed with a smile — and an offer to return if the boats started to drag anrhor again. — When returning to San Diego from Ensenada this summer, we were hailed by a Harbor Police officer working on one of their boats at the Customs and Immigration Dock. He was hailing us to let him help us dock. — Also this summer, while at the Harbor Police office we observed a Welcome To San Diego folder that is being offered to the public. Assembled by the San Diego Harbor Police, it includes all the basic information you need for visiting San Diego Bay by boat, plus all kinds of brochures and other helpful information. In our estimation, this confirms that there’s been a significant attitude change in the San Diego Harbor Police. We’ve found the officers to be helpful, and businesslike yet pleasant. All they ask is that you respect and follow the rules. San Diego is one of our favorite destinations for cruising and racing. We’ll be back. Bruce and Lena Nesbit Alex and Edith Malaccorto Mill Valley / San Jose Bruce, Lena, Alex & Edith — Only time will tell, but we’re optimistic that there’s indeed been a significant attitude change for the better on the part of the San Diego Harbor Police. The jam-packed Welcome To San Diego folder — about which we’ll write more next month — is just one encouraging sign. And although we don’t know all the facts, it certainly sounds like the three-boat situation in La

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Min search of the ultimate crew Each month in Latitude — and most of the other boating magazines — you can read about the continual quest by the many in the 'Crew Wanted* section for the few 'ultimate sailing/cruising companions'. In my opinion, the ultimate sailing/cruising companion is a Monitor windvane. After tabulating the pluses and minuses of a newly-found crew, the Monitor will come out ahead every time. Men generally seek the enjoyment and adventure of cruising for different reasons than women. By their make-up, men are more than willing to enjoy the wild thrills of a stormy night, becalmed boredom, and the inconveniences of cruising. Women much less so. As such, you begin to understand why there are so few applicants for the 'US/CC'. When you consider that the experience of sailing aboard a true cruising boat — with a bare minimum of convenience items which in any event will break down, a short ration of water, the constant rolling motion, and an overabundance of sun which destroys complexions — you begin to understand why there are so few women applicants. Combine the above 'treats' with the complex vagaries of a skipper who undoubtedly wants it all done his way; introduce a novice who won’t understand any of it — or an experienced crewman who may have her own ideas of how "we did it on the last boat" — and the probability of success is absolutely minimal. It’s an empty and frustrating search for most. But the imagined possibilities are so attractive that we continue the search and eventually come to realize there is so much more involved. A good crewperson must be 'made' rather than 'found', meaning a compatible person, gradually nurtured into sailing to the point that the thought of extended voyaging comes from within. There is no assured successful other way. Joseph S. Colletto Tiburon Joseph — If you think a Monitor windvane makes a better sailing companion than a woman, it comes as no surprise that you have such a gloomy outlook about the prospect of finding such a companion through a magazine ad. It’s true that 'US/CCs' are hard to find because it’s also true that considerably less women than men enjoy offshore adventures. But that’s not to say there aren’t any such women or that their numbers aren’t growing with their changing roles in today’s world. The reality is that finding an 'US/CC' through a boating publication is a bit of a long shot — but so is every other means of discovering such a person. However, it’s better than nothing, and frankly, we’ve stopped counting the number of couples who’ve met and married through either an ad in Latitude or one of our Crew List Parties. If we were looking for an ultimate sailing/cruising companion, we’d explore all paths: friends, friends of friends, while sailing on other

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LETTERS boats, after races, at Crew List parties, through Classy Classifieds, and at popular sailing venues such as the Big Boat Series, the Baja Ha-Ha, and Antigua Sailing Week. As for your assertion that the 'US/CC' is 'made' rather than'found1, it flies in the face of our personal experience. Despite being brought in from the 'odtside' and perfect grooming, Wife #1 didn’t take to sailing. It just wasn’t in her blood. On the other hand, Wife #2, the Wanderette, was 'found' on the beach in Mexico during Sea of Cortez Sailing Week. The problem is not getting her to want to cruise, it’s getting her to —from time to time — stop.

11 til DIDN’T REALIZE LIFE WAS THIS UNFAIR I was recently reminded of your articles on the evils of sanding your boat while she’s in the water and the possibility of that activity bringing on big fines. I frequently sail with a friend whose boat is berthed at Pier 39, and as we got ready to sail, we watched clouds of sandblasting sand and dust from the new aquarium cover half of C and D Docks — not to mention everyone walking by. Where were the BCDC, Coast Guard and environmental agencies? There was more sand and dust put in the air and water in that 30 minutes than could have been created by years of sanding all the handrails of all the boats in Pier 39. When I offered to call the Coast Guard, my friend said not to bother. The sandblasting had been going on ail week and several people had already complained to the marina. My friend didn’t see the point of drawing unnecessary attention to himself. I realize that life isn’t fair, but I didn’t think it was this unfair! So it’s okay to put stuff into the water if you’re a public agency — the city sewer system overflows raw sewage into the Bay every winter — or a big tourist attraction, but it’s not okay to put stuff into the water if you’re Joe Boater. I think mariners need to organize into a big agency or become a sanctioned city attraction. I’m a racer rather than a cruiser, but I now understand why cruisers want to 'leave it all behind'. Anonymous Northern California Anonymous — It’s precisely the kind of hypocrisy you cite that makes us believe that government agencies like the BCDC and environmental groups like BayKeeperare—to a discouraging degree — 'pseudo environmentalists'. These agencies and organizations are lightning fast to grab headlines by identifying mariners as sources of Bay pollution — when they know damn well that the overwhelming majority of pollution doesn’t come from boats. In fact, not that much of it comes from industry anymore. The primary culprits are all levels of government and Joe and Jill Public. But then when is the last time your heard either the BCDC or an environmental group rag on the government or the public the way they do on mariners. If you’re looking for an explanation, you only need to listen to that old Cyndl Lauper tune: Money Changes Everything. Want another outstanding example of hypocrisy? Spill ten drops of fuel at a fuel dock, and everybody’s ready to call in the Coast Guard, the EPA, Greenpeace, UN Peace Keepers, and the L.A. cops to rough you up. Then they slap you with a big fine. But spill the same amount on a street — which will quickly work its way into the Bay — and nobody seems to give a damn. And the amount of street oil that gets into the Bay is millions of times greater than that which comes from boats. Ah, but it’s so much easier to grab headlines when 'wealthy yachtsmen' are the targets. If the BCDC really wanted to do something about protecting the Bay, they would have spent a hell bf a lot less time and money hassling mariners over truly insignificant issues—such as boats being "Bay fill" — and confronted genuine and significant problems. As for groups like BayKeeper, they might do well to spend less time patrolling the Bay and more time patrolling the streets — where most Bay pollution is coming from.

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MAN IMPROMPTU DRILL There was light wind and high fog when dawn broke at Ayala Cove on a recent Sunday morning. After putting the dishes away and starting to undo the mooring lines, we heard a cheery voice announce the arrival of the Park Ranger. We paid our $18 for our two boats — noting that more them a few other mariners had snuck off at sunrise without paying their fair share. We unrafted our boats and slipped out of the cove for a nice sail and some picture-taking. All was routine on that calm day until a tennis ball drifted by. I plucked the tennis ball out of the water and threw it at the stem of our friend’s boat. When the ball hit the water, I yelled, "Man overboard drill!" For the next hour or so, we took turns doing the drill, using the ball as the 'victim'. The small size of the ball made precision a must. Soon we were dumping sails and making the most efficient ’rescues’ possible. We suggest others surprise their friends with a MOB drill, so that when you fall in the water someday, they’ll be ready. Dave Pedroli and Mia Bemt, Bohica, Ericson 27, San Rafael Rick Saber, Padahoon, Folkboat, San Rafael

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Folks — MOB practice in calm weather is better than none, but keep in mind that people are more likely to fall over in rough weather when rescues are infinitely more difficult to effect. Just because you can rescue somebody on a calm day doesn’t mean you could rescue them in 25 knots of wind and heavy chop — although the opposite would almost certainly be true. So without trying to denigrate your exercise, we highly recommend that at least some MOB drills be conducted in relatively challenging conditions. "When you fall in the water"? Please don’t say 'when'! With respect to going overboard, an ounce of prevention is worth 10 tons of cure. Lin and Larry Pardey always operated on the assumption that anybody who goes overboard is dead — and we think that’s the appropriate way to look at it Make sure nobody goes overboard and you’ve saved everybody a whole lot of serious problems. If you ever find yourself sailing where the water is pleasantly warm and want to try an extremely effective MOB prevention drill, have members of the crew — one at a time, of course — fall off the back of the boat. Why? Because folks who’ve fallen over and seen their boat sail away at hull speed do a much better job of never falling overboard again. Watching your boat sail away from you is a sobering experience — even under controlled conditions, and even if you haven’t had a drink.

MSIX YEARS, THREE TIPS During our six years of cruising, I have often thought of writing to share a couple of galley ideas with your readers—and now I’ve done it! On any passage, disposal of non-biodegradable garbage becomes an important issue. Styrofoam packaging, tin cans, and so forth can be rinsed and stored for future disposal. However, adequate rinsing of plastic used for the wrapping of meats and fish is difficult, if not impossible. For this smelly, offensive plastic, I recommend carrying quart jars — glass or heavy plastic — with tight-fitting lids. The jars can be used repeatedly, and it’s surprising how much plastic wrapping can be stuffed into one of them. Just be sure to hold your nose on subsequent ’stuffings’ — especially after the first week. When you reach land, just throw the whole thing away at a disposed site. Who likes to eat stale crackers, chips or dry cereal? Not us.

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•Beverly & Ed — Thanks for the great tips — stale crispy stuff is a genuine problem, as are 'ripe'fish and meat wrappers. On Big O, everybody tries to be environmentally conscious. The two smokers — the Wanderette and Anet the cook — recently came to the realization that tossing ciggie butts over the side — even in the middle of the ocean — is not right. So they keep a quart jar — such as you mention — partly filled water in the 'smoking section' near the back of the boat. When they’re done smoking, they drop their butts into this jar — which after a day or two becomes the grossest looking thing you’ve ever seen. But the girls faithfully live with it until the butts can be properly disposed of on shore. But you know what really bums the Wanderette and Anet hotter than the tip of a Marlboro or a Salem? After diligently saving every bit of non-organic garbage until they reached land, they’ve paid a Third World local to dispose of it, and he walks just out of their sight and dumps it all right into the ocean! We wish we could say that it only happened once.

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LETTERS I’ll never forget meeting up with Fraze after the '85 LongPac. He stole first place from me in the final midnight hours, having survived a 50-knot blow by drinking Classic Coke — for the caffeine — whilst driving during the duration of the storm. He sheared off his knotmeter at 20 knots, had his safety harness lashed to the mast base inside the cabin, and had file hatch latched closed. Fatigue eventually got to him, as he thought my boat had sunk and that he could see me swimming toward him off the Farallones. He was horrified to see that I’d turned into a sea lion! In any event, I thought it was long overdue that I get back in touch with some old friends as we have bought a house in Tiburon and plan to move back to Northern California as soon as business allows. Bonnie and I had gone back to our main business in the oil industry by moving to Dubai in 1987. Our sailing there was minimal, in part because the 110-120 degree temperature and 100% humidity make Houston seem positively pleasant. In the Arabian Gulf I have often been unable to put my feet into the 100° — like a hot tub — water of , the shallows. The steaming water thus required a special technique of pushing off from the beach and sailing to deeper water without a rudder or centerboard. We were there during the Gulf War when the Iranians were laying mines to blow up tankers in the Straits of Hormuz. Windsurfing was always done in the morning — after the helicopters had checked the beach for mines that might have washed ashore. Sailing offshore entailed a rotating 'mine lookout' on the bow. We then moved to Colombia with our oil project and found that the locals sail on a lake in the Andes — that’s two miles above sea level. The air is so thin up there that it can blow gale force without pressing the boat. Our project was down in the llanos (plains), where boating was complicated by piranhas, which attacked one of our men with fatal results. Other dangers included kidnap, extortion and assassination, so we were surrounded by bodyguards much of the time. This was a necessity, as teams of gangsters constantly followed us, trying to crack our defenses and get us. They also plotted to blow up our office, which required that we station several tanks outside. Five men were ultimately thrown in jail for plotting our demise. Needless to say, my security manager expressed horror and amazement when I asked if I could go for a sail. He said golf was a better idea, as the guerrillas and drug barons enjoy golf and have a gentleman’s understanding that nobody will 'get' someone while they’re on the links. Unfortunately the guerrillas don’t sail, so western oil executives are fair game while on the water. I later worked in Southeast Asia, during which time I had a memorable boating trip to Krakatoa, where my Indonesian guide and I climbed the hot sulphurous volcano — which still grows ten feet a year. It’s well worth the trip for any Latitude readers who might find themselves in the area. However, August 17, 1983 was not a good day for yachting in Southeast Asia, as 20 cubic kilometers of rock shot 80 kilometers into the air like a mega St. Helens, allowing the ocean into the red hot chasm and sending out 150-foot tidal waves which circled the earth seven times. It had happened before and it will happen again. Bonnie and I got married and moved to England in 1989, and began setting up projects in Russia repairing Soviet oil wells. The Russian project was north of the Arctic Circle, again a rather unsuitable place for sailing. For one thing, the water is frozen most of the year, and secondly, it’s a breeding ground for voracious Russian mosquitoes during the brief summer. Snow in June simultaneously heralds the end of one winter and the beginning of the next. The Caspian coast, where a fleet of Lasers is located, was slightly better. There is, unfortunately, a uranium mine on the coast, which regularly bursts its tailing dam, thus making the whole region radioactive. An adjacent nuclear processing plant also has a bad reputation. The water is also cold year round — 40-50 degrees — and the North Caspian freezes over. Not a good place to capsize. Our staff

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UtlWEST TO MADAGASCAR I’ll be using the Ha-Ha as the start of a long distance cruise. From Mexico I’U sail south to Peru, then west to Madagascar and on around Africa. I realize this is short notice, but I would like to find used charts for any part of the trip from San Diego south. I can be reached evenings by phone at (418) 423-3326. John Dunn Blue Cloud, Coronado 34 Santa Cruz John — Peru to Madagascar — a curious itinerary to say the least. Are you not going to make stops at places along the way, such as the islands of the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia, southern Asia? Or are you going to drop down from Peru to Cape Horn and be blown to Madagascar by the westerlies? Panama, by the way, is a great place for used charts, as it’s one of the world’s largest maritime crossroads. All the cruising boats going east through the Canal won’t be needing their charts of the Pacific anymore, and those headed west through the Canal won’t be needing their charts of the Caribbean/Atlantic anymore. Anybody want to trade? Panama, of course, is also a major crossroads for ships from all over the world. As such, it’s where many of them acquire new charts — and dispose of their outdated — barely — ones. You can often pick them up cheaply. Holding off buying obscure charts until you get to Panama has an additional benefit: having cruised for nearly 4,000 miles, you’ve had plenty of time to refine or revise cruising plans — without having to worry about all the money you’ve invested in charts. *

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I suppose that you read about the three elderly men who spent three hours in the water after tipping over their 14-ft aluminum boat near Bodega Bay. After clinging to the side of the flipped boat and lucking toward shore for all that time, the men — ages 68 to 76 — made it to the base of a cliff. They were stranded there for four hours before being rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter. Despite spending all that time in the water, the men, who’d all been wearing lifejackets, suffered from such mild hypothermia that they didn’t even require hospitalization. I figure the reason they did so well in the cold was all the Sacramento Valley heat they’d absorbed over the years. We always wear lifejackets when going out on our boat. The way we see it, if rescuers can’t fish us out before we drown, they’ll at least be able to recover our bodies later. Although we always offer lifejackets to guests, they’re rarely accepted. J. Elmore Bodega Bay J. — Having surfed the chilly waters of Northern California during our youth, and having many times reported on the debilitating if not fatal affects of hypothermia, we’re amazed that these three senior

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We aboard the Prince William Sound have been through many days of Force 6 and stronger winds in the last month. During that time, the Prince Willie has hauled lots of dead dinosaurs from Valdez to various West Coast ports. It’s a real pleasure to work aboard this ship, and your readers would not believe the effort, expense, care and good equipment devoted to the prevention of any chance of pollution from her. While here in Honolulu, I got one whole hour ashore! I used the time wisely, buying a beer, hamburger, shoelaces — and a Latitude. It’s great to read that the Baja Ha-Ha might be even better than die one we enjoyed last year. Once again you can count on seeing me and my Cal 34 Tafia on the starting line. I enjoyed reading about the 'situations' you mentioned Ha-Ha’ers should be prepared for. Here’s how I’d respond to each of them: Crew falling overboard during the night off Punta Tosca: Call everyone on deck, bring the boat into irons, put the boarding ladder over, grab die person’s wrist and assist them back aboard the boat. As I did this, I’d be asking them, "Now aren’t you glad you were wearing that harness and were hooked up?" Depending on the person involved, it might be rewarding if the person who’d gone overboard is asked to read about one of the best treatments for hypothermia: bodies getting together without clothes in a warm and dry sleeping bag. Ten miles from the Cape and water is observed above the cabin sole: Immediately taste the water. If it wasn’t salty, I’d stop the bilge pump before the last of the drinking water was pumped overboard. If it was salty, I’d know it was a leak. Finding leaks beneath the waterline is difficult, so I’d immediately shut all the seacocks on the boat, check for full bilge pump discharge, and bail manually until the water started to recede. I’d also make sure there weren’t leaks at the thru hulls for the depthsounder and knotmeter, and that there weren’t problems with the shaft and rudder glands. Tapered wood plugs, duct tape and soft wire minimize the leaking from thru hulls. You’ve struck all sail and are motoring into Turtle Bay when your diesel sputters and dies: Duplicate the arrival of one of the boats in last year’s Ha-Ha. After setting sail once again, close reach toward the party beach, reach back to the end of the pier, then drop the jib while in irons. Once this is done, you drop the anchor, then backwind the main to help set the hook. Finally, furl the sails and put some boiling water on so you’ll be ready when the pangas arrive with the fresh lobsters. Deal with the dead engine mahana. You’re anchored at the north end of Bahia Santa Maria when the wind unexpectedly swings around to the south and starts blowing at 40 knots: Pull the hook up and beat the rest of the fleet to the anchorage at the south side of the bay. Jim Meeker Tafia, Cal 34 •Peninsula YC, Redwood City

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Readers—Just before we went to press, Hossack phoned to report that Solano County was "very nice" about reassessing Windward Luv at "a very reasonable value". Apparently the county had gone out and assessed 100 boats in one day, and realized they might not have been accurate in all assessments. In any event, here’s the deal: All counties will assess personal property taxes on boats berthed within their boundaries. If you think the1 assessment on your boat is too high — and this frequently happens because, what the hell, cash-strapped counties sure don’t want to err on the low side — you can contest the assessment. If you bring a copy of your sales agreement and a copy of the boat’s value as per the. BUC book, most counties are pretty good about reassessing. The one thing folks leaving the country on a cruise — such as the Hossacks — might want to remember is that not all counties treat ’absent' boats the same way. In Alameda County, for example, they assess personal property tax on your boat even if you’re out of the country — let alone the county — for three years. Other counties, such as Marin, generally won’t assess you if you can document that your boat has been out of the country for more than six months a year. You’d think county assessors would agree on how to interpret the tax laws, but they don’t. Mare big ships the same as little ones? Big ships are different. Last week I had the opportunity to bring a deep draft tanker in from the Farallones. In the beginning it was easy, as there was little traffic in the Precaution Area around the Lightbucket. I couldn’t see much, but the radar was working great. We took the stern of a quick northbound target and steered clear of a little slow guy. Once we could lock onto the Lightbucket, we could also get the ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aids) set to display our course and speed made good. When the ship is 1,000 feet or so in length, it’s amazing how skinny the San Francisco Ship Channel seems. Fortunately, the ARPA also can show your true vector at any convenient length. Just line up where you are going with where you want to be. And the autopilot can steer within a degree. The rest of the trip into Anchorage Nine was routine. The tide was a constantly changing factor, but again, with the set continuously updating speed and course and vectoring it out, it was no problem. Of course having some idea what to expect helps when making the turn at Blossom or lining up the Bay Bridge. Leaving Anchorage Nine for the Long Wharf was a bit more of a problem. A 1,000-foot ship is very sluggish at slow speed, but I finally executed a turn to port just short of the Alameda Shoal. If you think that the San Francisco Entrance is small, the Long Wharf Channel is minuscule! It was only with a little favoring tide that we could get through at all, but easy does it. At last there was the problem of the 150 degree turn required to bring the ship alongside the wharf. The sluggish turning rate of the ship was doing me in. Squirts of forward just accelerated the ship without turning her. Damn, I put the ship squarely on Castro Rocks! After lunch, we came back to our- situation and Mr. Riedmuller hadn’t even moved us off the rocks. In getting under way to leave again, I took out the Long Wharf and drove right over the top of the Point Richmond Shoal! You didn’t read about any of this in the Chronicle because, as you have probably guessed, it was all done on a simulator at California

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LETTERS Maritime Academy. And that was the ’baby', a Raytheon Pathfinder ST. The ship simulator is even better, with 180° view projected, sea motion in the image, and engine noise and vibration in the deck. The CMA is also planning a radar navigation class oriented to yacht style radars, and ship simulator tours are available. Call Charlie Riedmuller at CMA; the number is (707) 648-4259. Chuck Warren San Francisco

MWHERE CAN I TRY THEM ON? Thanks for your emphasis on wearing personal flotation devices (PFDs). Now, can anyone encourage the manufacturers to come up with wearable ones? yihile at a local marine emporium, I tried on all the vests and couldn’t find one that seemed suitable for offshore cruising in warmer waters. And I can’t imagine zipping up my float coat when the temperatures soar. What I think 1 would like is a flexible foam vest with a decent builtin harness so I can tether myself to the boat as needed, a pocket for my waterproof Walkman cassette player, reflective tape on my shoulders, and a supplemental inflatable bladder to hold my head up if I’m bounced into the bounding main. And what I would really like is recognition by the still-sexist marine industry that some sailors emulate Mae West — even without the orange vest on. Those foam planks can be downright painful. In other words, where can women find vests and foulies that fit our curvy shapes? Do you have any suggestions on what safety gear one should wear on a shorthanded yacht, especially on a night watch way out on the ocean? And where I can try them on? Cathy The Crew Berkeley Cathy — Being of the male persuasion, yours is a problem we can’t relate to. So we consulted a '32D' who has done two West Marine Pacific Cups, who knows what you’re talking about, and who is very familiar with the alternatives. "I suggest the Sospenders inflatable PFD, manual or automatic models, as opposed to the foam PFDs — which I know from experience poke out in front. Because the Sospenders flotation is attached to the safety harness, it sits on top of your chest as opposed to riding under your bust line. The offshore model, with whistle, reflective tape, harness, and slot for a personal strobe, runs about $170. There are also less expensive versions and other brands, so there are choices." We suggest you pay another visit to one of the "emporiums", and if you still can’t find what you’re looking for, ask some of the women sailors who work there what they do. As for the personal safety gear for a shorthanded yacht, it should be the same as for a fully-crewed yacht: PFD, harness, whistle, personal strobe, reflective tape — and for those over 21 yearsofage, an airline size bottle of your favorite libation. One reminder: As the Larry Klein tragedy proved, you don’t have to be "way out on the ocean" to need personal safety gear.

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Karen, Chalmers & Heather — Here at Latitude we have to walk a fine line between being cheerleaders for events and calling it the way we see it. The Moi’keiha Race to Hawaii was, by all objective standards, a bust. Two entirely different kinds of boats, one starting from L.A., one starting from here — what kind of race is that? As for this year’s Catalina Race, it too was very weak, having not been run for several years and being down in participation 95% from the glory days of the late ’80s. True, many events have suffered from eroded participation, but few anywhere to this extent. We supported the race as we felt appropriate — Including a photo spread in The Racing Sheet which included every boat in the fleet! As for our editorial copy, maybe one or two adjectives were stronger than necessary, but we believe it was on the mark. Incidentally, we’ve sailed in the race several times when it was a major event — and loved it. And in the years participation justified it, we gave the race extensive coverage. Regarding your statement that .38 Special interfered with Elliot Marine — this wasn’t the case according to crewmember Alan Weaver. "Had you been in our way, you can bet you would have heard about it right then! We were about a minute late to the start — not because of you, but because our crew was massively hungover!" We appreciate how hard it is to put on big races, and we bend over backwards to support them — but there are limits to how far we can bend before our credibility breaks.

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Latitude is well-received here in Antigua, where a surprising number of people read it. The copies 1 leave at the bar at Crabbs Marina are quickly snapped up. But I’ve got one bone to pick: your apparent disdain for ’noncruisers’. The way I read you, if I sail to San Francisco I’m a cruiser and you’re not. And if you sail to Antigua, you’re a cruiser and I’m not! I see too many people sail by Antigua, stopping only at English Harbor — and maybe Jolly Harbor, too — and thereby almost miss Antigua altogether. The south and west coasts of this island actually have little to offer. In my 20 years of sailing around here, I’ve yet to have a really good sail in those areas. But if anyone desires help in sailing the north and east coasts of Antigua, they can contact me. I have plenty of time and will gladly help any way I can. Charlie Wright 21 Cay, C&C 35 Antigua Charlie — The only sailors we disdain are the very few lazy whiners. Frankly, it makes no difference to us if you spend your whole life sailing from one end of the Oakland Estuary to the other or if you circumnavigate — as long as you have a good time. Racers? We like 'em. Delta rats? We understand and appreciate. Those who spend 10 years in Mexico? Glory be! Couples who cruise around Cape Horn? Better them than us, but it’s cool. People who sail every day? Great. People who sail once every two years? Who knows, maybe that’s all they have time for. People like you who’ve sailed for 20 years around the northeast side of Antigua? If that’s what you enjoy doing, why shouldn’t we be happy for you? Speaking of Antigua, you can’t be serious when you say you’ve never had a good sail on the southwest coast of that island. To our way of thinking, one of the great sailing experiences in the world awaits those who come around the west side of Cades Reef and begin to reach up toward Mosquito Cove. Twenty knots of warm wind, no swell, clear water to the bottom 35 feet below, bright sun among the tradewind clouds — don’t try to tell us that isn’t about as good as it gets! This isn’t to say the other side of Antigua doesn’t have an entirely different but equally excellent experience to offer. We’ve only sailed around 'your side' twice, both times in a mob of Sailing Week entries. But from what we’ve seen and from a quick glance at the charts, it’s precisely the kind of place that the Wanderer and the Wanderette plan on lingering when the kids are tucked away in college.

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"Nothing in fine print is ever good news," says Andy Rooney. Three years ago I bought an SGC SG-230 automatic antenna coupler/tuner for my boat in anticipation of a three year sailing sabbatical in the South Pacific. After installation, the unit performed satisfactorily, tuning my Ham/SSB radio through all frequencies. After 18 months, the unit failed — as did my sailing adventure. Last weekend I finally got around to removing it and sent it off to SGC for repair. Four days later, the unit returned, was re-installed, and again performed to satisfaction. I also got a letter from Mark Schmale of SGC. "The repairs to your unit were made free of charge. We appreciate your patronage and consider you a valuable customer. Bearing this in mind, should you encounter any further problems or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us." 1 was amazed. They repaired, updated, and shipped — all free of charge — a three-year old antenna coupler that was obviously long out of warranty. SGC has a client for life. Gerry Kraft, D.C. Port Hueneme, CA

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We’re often amazed at how small the ’cruising world’ is. About a week ago we swapped some books and magazines with other cruisers in Western Fiji’s Yasawa Group, during which time we were lucky enough to get an October ’94 copy of your great magazine. We were surprised and pleased to find that you’d printed our letter concerning the fuel consumption of our Westerbeke 42 B Four diesel — and understood your comments about fuel consumption being affected by displacement, prop size, condition of the hull’s bottom and so forth. As an overloaded CSY 33, Peggy Jane, nicknamed The Brick’, is living up to her reputation as being one of five slowest boats in the Pacific—having garnered similar performance accolades for 10 years in the Caribbean. This does not trouble us unduly, however, as we have long ago accepted that every boat is a compromise. Peggy Jane may be slow, but she’s comfortable. The fuel consumption versus boat speed issue does continue to concern us, however. We’ve been told that adjusting the injector pump or tips cannot efficiently reduce our fuel consumption with this 90 cu. in. engine. The controversy now revolves around the ’proper’ prop size. In review, the 42 B Four (Mitsubishi K4F block) is supposed to go to 3600 rpm to produce 40 horsepower through a Walter V-Drive and a Borg-Warner Velvet Drive transmission with a 2:1 reduction gear. Westerbeke and other diesel distributors on the East Coast insist that the prop fitted to this engine should allow it to run up to this 3600, with maximum cruising speed a few hundred rpm lower. They recommend a 16"x9" or 16"xl0" three-bladed prop — which was what we had with the previous Westerbeke 30, a BMC 1.5 litre, 91 cubic inch diesel. After checking the Motorola tach, we found that the 16"xl0" prop would go to about 3200 rpm. We were content with this until we learned about the fuel consumption error on the part of Westerbeke — and found ourselves burning almost two gallons an hour at 2500 rpm! So we switched to a 16"xl2" prop, which cut down our top rpm to about 2800. In order to reduce our fuel consumption to around half a gallon an hour, we are forced to run the engine at 1600 rpm — giving us a depressing speed of 3.5 to 3.8 knots in flat water. Now the controversy: Several boatowner/mechanics have insisted that we could put on a bigger prop — or at least add a couple of more inches of pitch to it to get more boat speed at low rpms — without hurting the engine. Westerbeke and other diesel manufacturer representatives have said that this would overload the engine, even at lower rpms. Both sides are adamant, so who’s right? We realize a bigger prop or more pitch would also increase our fuel consumption, but we are still hoping to find a way to increase our speed without dramatically increasing the consumption — or emptying our ’home’, although this would certainly help.

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LETTERS Wc’vc become pretty upset with Westerbeke, especially after learning that they had made a "printing error" in the original spec, sheet, understating the "typical" fuel consumption by a factor of 4. So we’re still hoping to hear from other Westerbeke 42 B Four owners to find out how they have dealt with this problem. Our correspondence is forwarded to uS in the South Pacific from: 6 Brevity Court, Binghamton, New York 13905. Thank you again for your earlier remarks; we all enjoy your often pithy replies that keep the Letters section one of the liveliest forums in the yachting press: Keep it up! P.S. Is there any truth to the rumor that Dennis Conner bought real estate in Auckland years ago? Jonathan Peter Peggy Jane Lautoka, Fiji Jonathan — We wish we could offer some intelligent advice as your fuel consumption and speed are both — assuming a clean bottom and reasonable load—dreadful. If it was us in your flip-flops, we’d at least give another prop a try. We have no idea if Conner bought Auckland real estate a couple of years ago, but back in 1986 Lord Jeffery Archer of England, in anticipation of a Kiwi victory in that year’s America’s Cup, purchased 62 acres on the Hauraki Gulf waterfront that will afford an excellent view of the course for the 2000 Cup. With the Kiwis up 3-0 in this year’s Cup, Archer turned down a $2 million for the land he’d purchased just a few years before for $500,000. Lord Archer is best known for his series of books with horse racing themes. He is lesser known for taking a financial drubbing as a 'name' at Lloyds during their recent difficult years.

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Historical perspective. The Sausalito Historical Society’s first exhibit for 1995, The Boatyards of Sausalito, opened to rave reviews this spring. As a consequence, the §oard of Directors has decided to extent the display of rare photos, tools, models and memorabilia until at least the end of the year. This was welcome news to curators Phil Frank, Annie Sutter and Joe Troise, all of whom put quite a bit of effort into researching and mounting the exhibition — to say nothing of getting a 14-ft lapstrake skiff through a standard 3-foot-wide doorway. In particular, sorting out and documenting the complex history of the various boatyard sites that once existed in Sausalito proved to be quite a challenge, evep with the substantial resources available at the museum. To those residents and visitors more familiar with Sausalito’s present configuration as a tourist destination, it would be well worth a visit to fully appreciate the city’s rich and noteworthy boatbuilding past. As the title suggests, serious boatbuilding activity commenced in Sausalito around 1890, with the first recorded mention of the 'California Launch Company'. For decades thereafter, the waterfront area thrived with yards like P. Menotti, Reliance, Atlantic, Nunes, Madden and Lewis, and Chrichton & Arques. The postwar section of the exhibit covers the work of designer Myron Spaulding, Cliff Pedersen’s Clipper Yacht Company (which built Spaulding’s 20-ft Clipper in the loft of what is now the Marin Theater on Caledonia), and the Wooden Boat Revival spurred by Ray Speck, Kit Africa and the Boatbuilder’s Co-op. The exhibit ends, fittingly, with a photo and description of the last new boat built in Sausalito, the identity of which will remain a mystery to those who don’t see the show. Many descendants of boatyard workers or owners — and in some cases the surviving shipwrights themselves — contributed to the richness and accuracy of the exhibit with memories, photos and precious family heirlooms. The Society is also grateful to five of the City’s local harbors, which helped underwrite expenses. The Boatyards of Sausalito is open to the public during the Sausalito Historical Society’s regular hours, Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Society is located above Sausalito’s City Hall at 420 Litho Street, and may be reached at (415) 289-4117. For larger groups, a private showing can be arranged for a modest donation. —joe troise Close, but no cigar — or hat. When we ran a note in last month’s Loose Lips about the ball cap we’d fished out of the water during the Upton series, we figured the owner would call up, identify it (color and logo, specifically) and we’d do our good deed of the month by returning it. Well, seems like right over the layer of winch handles on the bottom of the Bay must be one of hats, because no fewer than four people called, claiming hats rang¬ ing from a Mount Gay duo-tone, a neon Red Dot Boats, a Re-Quest special and a red 49ers cap. Alas, non of those fit the bill, so to speak. At this writing, the cap is still here and the offer to return it is still open. But we can’t guarantee it won’t be a little sweat stained if you wait much longer. Blowin’ in the wind. Love him or hate him, Jerry Garcia was an icon of American rock and roll, and to many, his death last month signals the end of an era. We never knew the man personally, but would see him occasionally down at the 7-11 near our office. He also had the Jerryesque habit of parking his big black Beemer in front £>f our driveway when he went to get his back adjusted at the chiropractors next door. So much for our brush with fame. We mention Garcia in this column because of one last tie-in with the sea: his ashes were rumored to have been scattered off the Marin

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1989 - Spice (V40239), sailed by Rob and Arthur Burke, wins first in class and first overall in the PHRF Marblehead to Halifax Race.

1979 - Foreign Affair (V40107), with Bill and Mary Black, becomes the first Valiant yacht to circumnavigate; they are awarded the CCA BlueWater Cruising Medal for this 4-year passage.

1991 - SAIL magazine selects the Valiant 40 for its list of all time 20-year classic sailing yachts. 1992 - About Time (V37147), with Lee Moore and Dee Whited, takes first in class, Caribbean 1500.

1980 -SAIL magazine's readership poll selects the Valiant 40 as offshore cruising yacht of the decade.

1993 - The new Valiant RS 42 hull #1, Topaz, is launched, with John and Lois Post, winning her class in the Columbus 500 TransAtlantic. The Valiant 47 Lindisfame, with John Miller, also wins

1983 - Resourceful (V40252), sailed by Mark Schrader, completes the first Valiant solo circumnavigation via the 5 southern capes and sets a record time. This passage is the first via the 5 southern capes by an American.

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SIGHTINGS something more than a boat race You may recall that the 'cover story' to come out of this year’s Doublehanded Farallones on April 6 was the capsize and loss of the 40-ft trimaran Aotea. But even as her owner and crew were being hoisted to safety aboard a Coast Guard helicopter, a drama playing out just a few miles away por¬ tended much more dire consequences. Lifelong friends John Selbach, 47, and John Skinner, 43, were sailing Selbach’s Moore 24 Sassy Mama in their first Doublehanded race. Both experienced sailors with 30 years apiece on boats of every size and description, their goals were to sail hard as possible for two middle-aged warriors, but to have a good time and keep it safe. Toward that latter end, they were both wearing flotation and harnesses, and were tethered to the boat. It was happening just the way they’d hoped, too, until they rounded the island and began the windy spinnaker reach in. Skinner was driving, while Selbach tended the kite. Selbach takes up the tale from there. . . continued outside column of next sightings page<

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maiden Every sailor’s maiden voyage — the first one where they are in charge — is a memor¬ able event. But we think you’ll agree Ellen White’s is a little more memorable than most. Ellen took her sailing instruction at Cass’ Marina in Sausalito. July 29th was 'gradua¬ tion day'. Around lunchtime, she departed Cass’ docks for the first time as skipper instead of pupil. Along for the ride on the school’s Bristol 27 were three friends. The day went well as the foursome toured around the Bay enjoying the sunshine and moderate breeze. Then, around 4 p.m.,

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voyage when they were headed toward home and in the general vicinity of the Knox buoy, they noticed a submarine coming their way. Now, as any of you who have seen them know, subs aren’t easy to see until they’re pretty close; there just isn’t that much stick¬ ing out of the water. They are also fast ships. A third-party witness to Ellen’s baptism esti¬ mated 'her' sub was doing nearly 20 knots. He identified it as a 360-ft Los Angeles class attack sub, which draws 27 feet when it’s on the surface. You can probably see where this is going. continued middle of next sightings page

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The seas were huge, and John was playing them well. He’s a gifted helms¬ man who shines particularly in adverse conditions with the spinnaker up — always in control even in a round-up. And in these conditions, we were round¬ ing up every 5 to 10 minutes trying to hold our course. I kept my eyes lessons learned riveted on the spinnaker, trying to anticipate the spin-outs so I could I don’t remember the exact moment I trim at the right moment. realized the slip was not routine. I’ve slipped During one round-up, I heard a from my position a number of times during sound 1 will never forget: a tremen¬ broaches. Who hasn’t? But this time when dous splash. A wave of fear swept we rounded up, my body went a different through me and landed like a punch way. In a sort of slow-motion, surreal man¬ in the pit of my stomach. Without ner, I fell over backwards into the water. By looking back, I knew what it was. the time I struggled to the surface, I was For a second or two, I couldn’t turn astern of the boat. Thank God I was harnes¬ around. When 1 finally did, John sed in and wearing my float coat! I pulled was nowhere to be seen. myself to the stern and grabbed the back¬ In an instant, my entire life of stay. Just jump back aboard. No problem. sailing with John flashed through Slight problem. Over the years, my body my mind. Then I noticed the safety weight has outpaced my strength. Aind the harness tether he had been wearing cold water was rapidly diminishing what leading over the side and underwat¬ strength I did have. I couldn’t pull myself up, er. The next second, his head broke even with John’s help. I decided to work my the surface and he started banging way up to the shrouds while he dropped the against the side of the hull near the chute. transom. Thank God the tether had I remember thinking very clearly, "I am held. The waves were so enormous not going to die today. I have a family and I know that if he became separated they need me. Besides, I’m just in the water, from the boat and over even one and I’m tethered to tire boat. All I need to do crest, I would never have found is get back on board.'' But nothing seemed to him. work—kicking, a 'stirrup' of line led over the I threw away the spinnaker sheet side... we’d get a little bit and I’d slip back and let the mainsail out to a full luff. in the water. The halyard finally did it. John (I recalled only later that the boat winched me up part way and pulled me the quickly went beam-on to the swells, rest of the way. He saved my life. moving slowly forward at maybe a Lessons learned: knot.) Then I went back and tried to • Being harnessed in and wearing flota¬ pull John aboard over the transom. tion were tilings we did right. The first thing He helped by kicking, but nothing we did wrong was to sail beyond ourselves. budged an inch. At this point I con¬ We’re no longer kids. We were fatigued from fess to being in a mild state of panic, the long trip out to the islands, and should as I knew the odds were against not have had the chute up in the first place. John getting back on the boat. He’s Considering our layline, we might have even not the epitome of a physical fitness been more competitive if we had put up the and the stress of his job has strap¬ 150 and held a higher course. ped more than a few pounds on him • I was using a 6-foot tether. If I had been over the years. The one thing I did hooked in with a 3-foot tether, I wouldn’t know was that if I didn’t want to lose have gone overboard. my best friend, I had to overcome • Finally, we should have had a plan for any panic and remain calm and col¬ getting back aboard. A boarding ladder of lected for both our sakes. some sort that could have been hung over Realizing that a transom board¬ the side or stern would have been very use¬ ing wouldn’t work, John moved ful. For singlehanding. I’d even consider a himself forward along the leeward " fixed boarding ladder. If l had been single¬ (starboard) side. He mentioned that handing, you’d be reading a much sadder the drag of the boat was making it tale right now. difficult to hang on, and told me to I might go out in the ocean again. John douse the spinnaker. I considered and 1 are beginning to talk about next year’s just letting it fly away, but chose the Doublehanded Farallones. But for now, I conservative route of dousing it in¬ think I’ll stay in the Bay. side the boat — any snag or hangup —john skinner might have complicated our prob¬ lems While I tended to the chore, I had a few minutes to assess the situation and try to prioritize what needed to be done to get John back aboard. Should continued outside column of next sightings page

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I drop the main, swing the boom out on the topping lift and try to use the mainsheet purchase to hoist him aboard by his harness? No, I thought, that would take too long and too many minutes had already ticked by. That would only be a last resort. John was also thinking. He directed me to put a loop of line overboard so he could use it as a step. I complied quickly. He managed to get his foot in it, but couldn’t step up or stay in it while I winched the end up. By now things were getting desperate. John had been in the water for 15 or 20 minutes and was getting really cold. I began wondering how I would tell his wife, Rina, and his two kids that I had lost their husband and father. I had to force my imagination back into line when it started wondering if I should continued outside column of next sightings page

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more than a boat race — cont’d give him a burial at sea or try to tow his body back in! The next thing I tried was to clip the spare jib halyard to his harness and try to winch him up. Sound simple? It wasn’t. In a boat as small and light as a Moore 24, there was the danger that John’s weight and the waves rolling under us could flatten the boat, putting the mast in the water. Also, the halyard was led from the front of the mast, around the shrouds and down to John, inducing tremendous friction. Why didn’t I try to move him faither forward? The freeboard was higher, he was tired and weak and 1 didn’t want to expend any more time. I prayed as I winched. The first 8 or 10 inches came easy. I could see relief on John’s face as he no longer had to fight so hard to keep his face out of the water. But then the winching got real hard, real fast. I figured the halyard had jumped out of its sheave. I winched anyway; I gave it everything I had. I got a little more. John was now closer to deck level than ever before. I went to the leeward side, grabbed onto him and we both gave another huge effort at getting him aboard. This tipped the deck even lower. I pulled harder. John gave a final burst of strength and rolled onto the deck. After resting a few minutes, John went below to change. I got the boat heading back in under main alone, and had a quiet prayer of thanks with my Higher Power. About half an hour later, John returned to the cockpit and said exactly what I knew he would. "Let’s get back in this race. What spinnaker do you want me to set?" I informed him that we wouldn’t set. When I doused the chute, I unhooked the halyard and just let it go. It was now up the mast. We finished the race under main and jib, officially out of the money but knowing we had won something more than a boat race. — john selbach

riding the rocket At first glance, the thing on the beach at Crissy Field looked for all the world like a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong. It had the 16-ft 'fuselage' of an iceboat, but the 18-foot neon-trimmed sails and surfboard-shaped amas of two windsurfers. Then there were these weird slipper-on-a-stick doohickies out in front. And when the wind filled the sails and the strange craft jerked forward, it didn’t so much sail as fly — so fast that it could literally sail circles around a windsurfer. ... ’ Welcome to the future of sailing. The occasion was an impromptu 'test sail' of the production version of Greg Ketterman’s innovative TriFoiler, which is now being made by the Hobie Cat Company. Ketterman had planned to deliver hull number 1 to up to Reno when Hobie 16 sailor — and potential TriFoiler customer — Randy Devol of San Jose asked for a test drive. Ketterman agreed to stop by Crissy Field on his way to Reno and speed addict Devol passed the word among his friends. The two-seater arrived on July 29. Ketterman and Devol assembled it in about half an hour while a curious crowd of about two dozen, some of whom came from as far away as Sacramento, assembled on the beach. Devol took the first sail. He was exhilarated at the speed, but unable to tack. Foot pedal steering takes some getting used to. .< Ketterman then climbed aboard and started taking people for rides — very wet rides. In up to 10 knots of wind, the TriFoiler sails like a normal sailing craft, albeit a strange looking one. But in anything above 10 knots, as soon as the wind fills the twin sails, it jerks forward and lifts until nothing touches the water but three blade-like hydrofoils — one under each ama and one at the bottom of the rudder. Those two slippers-on-a-stick ride out in front of each ama and keep the foils at exactly the right pitch for perfect lift. At the end of each 'flight', the craft screamed toward the beach where Ketterman spun a 270-degree turn in one boat length, took another passenger aboard and launched back toward the Bay. At one point, he actually did a fast circle around a careening windsurfer. It’s that fast. Judging by the enthusiasm of each passenger who stepped ashore, it wasn’t continued outside column of next sightings page

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riding the rocket — cont’d hard to envision dozens of TriFoilers skittering across the Bay in the next few years, redefining speed for wind-powered craft. They’ll make today’s racing multihulls look ponderous; sailboards blas£. Their PHRF rating will have to be calculated with a floating-point computer. Ketterman grew up with Hobie Cat, which was headquartererd in his hometown of Oceanside. He cut his sailing teeth on a Hobie 14. He devised his hydrofoil concept on a model boat over the period from 1981 to 1983, as a mechanical engineering stu¬ dent at Cal Poly Pomona. "I felt the concept had a lot of promise," he says. "It was just a matter of coming up with a mechanism that was simple and worked." Hydrofoil boats are nothing new. Long ago, rigid underwater 'wings' on large commercial boats demon¬ ic strated dramatic speed gains by lifting the boat’s hull 5 out of the water. But smaller boats need foils that ^ adjust constantly — and instantly—to the undulating ° surface of the water at high speed. Ketterman Revised an ingeniously simple, surface-riding 'sensor' on the Creg Ketterman, front of each ama to do just that. Then it was just a matter of perfecting and marketing for Greg and his brother Dan, who built prototypes in their garage. They used the research craft to attack speed sailing records, initially in a deal with Yamaha, then in 1989 with Russell Long of San Francisco, who paid the bills to create Longshot I and II. With Ketterman at the controls, the prototypes reached 34 knots in 1989 and 37 knots in 1990. In March of 1992 in Tarifa, Spain, Longshot 7.5' (it was built of pieces from both boats) hit 44 knots — more than 50 miles per hour. The only boat ever to exceed continued outside column of next sightings page

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maybe 20 or 30 yards. And speaking about breathing, she finally started again when the little Bristol cleared the sub’s path. With a wave from the officers atop the conning tower, the submarine once again got underway and soon disappeared

abandoned Every waterway has its derelicts, but for years now, Redwood Creek and the sloughs leading into it have been the elephant grave¬ yard of the Bay. People bring boats there to die. Abandoned vessels range from dinghies to an 85-ft fishing boat that sank last year, drowning two dogs which were tied to it to deter potential boarders. Many of the other cast-offs have also sunk. Others list at anchor or bleach in disarray ashore. Lots of folks around the area have wanted to clean up the waterways, but trying to figure out which govern¬ ment office should take responsibility for the project was an uphill bat¬ tle, to say the least. "If one agency did anything, ano¬ ther would accuse the first of overstepping its bound¬ aries," said Terry Mackey of the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office. "There were so many regional

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from sight under the Golden Gate. 'I can’t believe how fast the word got around about this," Ellen said. "And I’m not so sure how I feel about being 'the sub lady'. But it was a memorable maiden sail. I hope future sails will not be so exciting."

is the current speed-sailing record holder, an Australian catamaran called Yellow Pages which has hit 46.5 knots. Something called a 'cavitation barrier' for underwater foils has so far kept anyone from breaking the magical 50-knot

dreams agencies involved that nobody could do anything." The solution was to form a joint committee of representatives from agencies with jurisdiction in the area. These include the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Office, San Mateo Sheriff, State Department of Fish and Game, State Lands Division and the San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge. The Coasties, for example, have authority on all navigable waters, but State Lands has jurisdiction of sloughs. "If the vessels were a hazard to navigation, they would have been hauled out by now," said Coast Guard lieutenant Kirstin Williams, "but by definition, it is a slough." Whatever the semantics, the clean-up is finally moving forward. The project, dubbed 'Aqua Terra', will cost an estimated $250,000. The good news is, the clean-up will be provided free of charge. A Vallejo firm caught illegally dumping in the North Bay will remove and destroy the boats in Redwood City as part of a settlement with the Bay Conservation and

Above, Ketterman does his pre-flight checks. Below, the TriFoiler takes off.

barrier. After attracting financial support from St. Louis businessman Mark Vittert and his associate, Dick Rogers, the Ketterman brothers launched TriFoiler, Inc., which built and sold 35 boats. Then, last spring, Greg persuaded his backers to buy Hobie Cat, which they hope to revitalize with his 21st-Century design and its new Hobie Wave catamaran. 1 jumped in early and squeezed in behind Ketterman. Racing across the ebb in 15-knot westerlies to within a quarter mile of the Presidio YC, Ketterman kept the speed 'down' to 25-28 knots for most of the rides he gave, interrupting the sprints occasionally with a full-speed power jibe or tack. But on our final run back to the beach, he pushed the boat to the max in the less-than-ideal chop. As the knotmeter passed 30, a gale raged through the rigging and the howling became loud, bizarre chirps. As the needle tickled 34, he powered down. Total time back across the Bay: five minutes. "We got your smile on video," said the next guy in line.

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SIGHTINGS riding the rocket — cont’d Hull number 1 performed admirably that bright July day. There were the expected setup glitches of any new design, but nothing broke. However, it quickly became apparent that if the TriFoiler has one drawback, it’s that it’s an extremely wet boat. Self-bailing cockpits in future boats will mean the riders won’t have to sit in water as we did, but that won’t do a thing to prevent the drenching they get from the high-speed impact with chop. But even the bucket-in-the-face effect couldn’t dampen the thrill of being pushed back by the instant acceleration, or jammed against the side of the narrow cockpit in the tight, hard turns. The sensation was very like the Giant Dipper at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk: straight ahead feels like an endless first drop; the jibes are just like the neck-snapping roller coaster turns. The speed actually makes the boat more stable; when lateral forces start to lift the windward ama, its foil instantly counters with downward 'lift' to keep the boat fiat. In effect, the boat tracks like a slot car, even during those,G-force turns. No TriFoiler has ever capsized, Ketterman says. Remarkably, he admits selling a boat this fast to the public scares him a bit. "If there were a way to put a governor on it, I’d do it," he says. Hobie dealers will start marketing the TriFoiler soon. The price will range from $11,000 for the base boat to $15,000 for the completely tricked out version. If you want to know more, you can call Greg’s office at Hobie Cat at (310) 426-5554, or just keep your eyes open when you’re out sailing in the next few months. If what looks like some huge, neon-winged, Chernobylspawned insect goes by your boat like it’s tied to a stump, don’t start phoning in UFO reports. It’s just Randy Devol out having some fun with his new TriFoiler. The real 'need for speed' freaks out there will be interested to know that both of Russel Long’s Longshots are for sale in Santa Cruz — $20,000 for the pair. (He can be reached at (415) 922-2361.) The good news is that Long claims to have found a solution to the cavitation barrier and is convinced the next owner can take the boat past 50 knots. The bad news? Don’t wait around — Ketterman himself has his eye on them. — dale /. mead

land broach You got your Tennessee Cove and your Pidgeon Point. You got Irv’s Rock and Dead Man’s Curve. There are lots of places named — officially or otherwise — for stuff that happened there. And now there’s one more. We submit for your approval Howard’s Bend, the curve taken by Marina Drive in front of Fort Mason. The stretch of roadway was 'christened' by Howie Shiebler on August 19. As he and other ll:Metre owners have done dozens of times, Shiebler was towing Citibank from Gas House Cove down to the St. Francis YC to launch it when the boat’s headstay caught the traffic light. You can see the rest. The incident, which happened in the morning, snarled traffic on the busy road for about four hours. (It may have also been the most photographed incident since the Golden Gate Bridge opened. At least one photographer whose photo appears here actually ran to the Marina Safeway and bought one of those disposable cameras to record the moment.) "I didn’t realize anything was wrong until I heard this noise," says Shiebler. "I looked in the rear view mirror and the boat was swinging on the trailer..." continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS land broach — cont’d Incredibly, neither the boat nor its trailer were seriously hurt. In fact, Citibank went on to take two bullets in its races in San Francisco YC’s Fear and Loathing Regatta the following day. But the traffic light was definitely toast. As soon as the crane had the boat and the headstay was disconnected, the arm of the light came crashing to the ground. Schiebler says the police and fire crews which arrived on scene were great. "The police said, "You know a lot more about this than we do, so go ahead and do what you need to and we’ll keep traffic out of your way'." "I also can’t say enough for the Sheedy Crane people," 2 he continues, noting that they were very careful with the 5 boat. In addition to its lifting ring, straps were run under | the hull. Once the boat was in the air, the crane operator straightened it out with his controls and set it back on the trailer. Ever the witty bunch, Shiebler’s fellow ll:Metre sailors all sported green, yellow and red dots on their sails the next day.

boating fatalities decrease Recently released Coast Guard statistics indicate that boating fatalities have dropped by more than half in the last 20 years. In fact, the 1994 figure of 784 is actually 55% of the all-time high 1,754 deaths reported in 1973. Reasons for the decline? Today’s boating safety equipment, services and education are all light years beyond where they were back in the early ’70s. Search and rescue agencies are also more efficient, as are emergency medical facilities. So is reporting, which further underlines the decrease. As of last year, there were 21 million registered boats in U.S. waters compared to 9.6 million in 1974. That translates to 3.7 deaths per 100,000 boaters in ’94, versus 18.3 in 1973. Also significant, however: Reported vessel collisions reached an all-time high in 1994, and injuries were also at ah all-time high of 4,084. Who's getting hurt or killed in these accidents? Although the Coast Guard doesn’t always differentiate between sail and power boats, easy correlations abound. For example, almost all fatalities involved boats less than 16 feet in length. And since two-thirds of all reported accidents last year involved open motorboats or ’PWC’s — personal water fcraft — well, you figure it out. The most significant statistic? 75% of people involved in boating accidents last year were not wearing flotation. If they had been, the Coasties estimate at least 550 boaters who drowned could have been saved, including approximately 30 children aged 12 or younger.

life of brian On June 1, 19-year-old Brian Caldwell, Jr. set out from Hawaii on the Contessa 26 Mai (Miti) Vavau, intent on becoming the youngest singlehander ever to circumnavigate the globe. He also intends to complete the 27,000-mile voyage within a year — well before he can even legally drink — which will also be a first in sailing history for anyone so young. At this writing, he is on the second leg of the trip, having completed the initial 3,400-mile leg to Port Vila, Vanuatu, in 34 days. His next scheduled stop is Cocos Keeling. We plan to feature monthly updates and photos from Brian. This first installment was written on July 17, the same day he left Port Vila. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the first-ever singlehanded circumnavigation by Captain Joshua Slocum. It also marks 10 years from the time my family first sailed to the South Pacific in 1985 on our Ericson 32 Foxy Lady II. Since returning from that six-year voyage, I’ve vowed to make a living off the sea in a fashion no less grand than the days of the great age of sail. With six trans-ocean deliveries to my credit, I found just enough corporate continued outside column of next sightings page W0%M. j

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SIGHTINGS brian — cont’d sponsorship to begin my dream of besting Robin Lee Graham and Tania Aebi’s unofficial records for being the youngest man and woman to circumnavigate alone. (Editor’s Note — Both Graham and Aebi were officially disqualified from holding the 'youngest' titles because Jan Caldwell confesses to creating a they took sweethearts along on various monster by taking young Brian to sea at the stages of their trips.) tender age of 9. Like many children of cruis¬ Ninety percent of the campaign for ers, his 'formal* education from third to reaching the departure stage is prep¬ eighth grade was through the Calvert corres¬ aration. It’s taken me the three years pondence courses, which Jan says are excel¬ since I enrolled in high school to put lent, His 'valedectorian' work, however, soon together this project. On the way to my showed itself in the natural education to high school diploma, I sailed another which all children of cruisers are exposed. 12,000 miles in the summers and con¬ Little by little, Jan says, he grew to love vinced some heads of industry to put sailing and life on the sea more than anyup some of the 20-plus thousand dol¬ thingelse. lars it would take to complete, the When Brian returned to life ashore and endeavor. So much for the pYe-start entered high school, he tested at college maneuvers. level and above in several categories. Mai (Miti) Vavau is a sistership to High school was nevertheless a trying time Tania Aebi’s vessel, although the sim¬ for the Caldwells — "It’s all I could do to ilarity ends there. I’ve done everything keep him going!" laughs Jan. "The only thing possible to minimize the risks. I have he’s wanted to do since we got home is this everything led to the cockpit, all furling circumnavigation." To expedite the diploma sails (including a stowaway mast), two process, Brian attended summer school. But GPSs, a 406 EPIRB, a Kenwood TS-50 he also managed to keep his sailing skills all-band transceiver with automatic sharp doing deliveries on his few weeks off a tuner, three solar panels, a hard year. For example, in the summer of '91, at dodger and a Monitor windvane. With age 15, he was part of the crew that deliv¬ unlimited furling options, I hope to sail ered the X-l 19 Perestroika to Long Beach the boat to 100% of her hull speed for TransPac. potential. In 1992, he raced in the Pacific Cup The unusual name of my boat bears aboard the Formosa 51 Caltlin B. Jones, some explanation. It has two mean¬ then two days later hopped aboard the Mac¬ ings. Mai Mid was Fletcher Christian’s Gregor 65 Viking II, which — at age 16 — he Tahitian girlfriend, and 'miti vau' skippered and navigated back to the main¬ means "waves from a distant storm". land. In 1993, he delivered the J/35 Urban My route: Hawaii to Vanautu, Renewal to Long Beach for that year’s thence through the Torres Straits with TransPac, did summer school, then flew to a possible stop in Cocos Keeling. (If my the Marquesas to crew on the 86-ft gaff provisions are up to it, I’ll keep going.) schooner Kaiulani on its delivery to Hono¬ Then it’s across the Indian Ocean to lulu. Mauritias, and on to Durban, South His high school also helped out, allowing Africa, which I hope to reach on or Brian to combine his junior and senior years. before November 1. From there I’ll sail He finished with a 3.8 average. to Cape Town, St. Helena (in the As we went to press, Brian had completed Southern Atlantic), St. Lucia, Panama more than 7,800 miles of his trip with just Canal, Nuka Hiva in the Marquesas one stop. He was due in Cocos Keeling and back to Hawaii. Without the lei¬ sometime the last week of August. sure time that Robin and Tania had, I We’ll have more on his adventure in the won’t have time to wait for replace¬ next issue. In the meantime, Web cruisers ment parts or enjoy pleasure sails with can follow his progress on Hawaii’s Holomy girlfriend. I plan to spend one week hoio web site, the same folks that brought in every place I stop, so barring disas¬ you the excellent coverage of the TransPac. ter, the voyage will take one year with You can find them on the World Wide Web a 4-knot average. at http://holoholo.com/reporter. How do my parents feel? They’ve -been backers of 110% from day one. They know our travels as a family created a sailing monster and they’re ecstatic that nothing so far has stood in the way of my dreams. The following sponsors have made a pipe dream reality for me and have set a shining example for youth that the sky’s the limit if you try long enough

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abandoned Development Commission. An additional $10,000 is being provided by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). The RWQCB members are concentrating their efforts on the clean-up of the shoreline, which will be handled by volunteers. The money will be utilized by the RWQCB to dispose of the collected debris, and to post signs in the area. The Aqua Terra project is being completed in two phases. Phase I consists of identifying the derelict vessels and trying to track down owners, tagging the vessels which nobody claims, and hauling the latter boats away. Phase I is expected to be completed

SIGHTINGS by the end of September. Phase II will deal with liveaboards who claim squatter’s rights on abandoned boats. The squatters will have their day in court to prove their claim of ownership. If the squatters claim ownership, they will be held responsible for all legal documentation and registration. To ensure minimal ecological impact, all fuel tanks will be taken out of the derelicts prior to their removal. In the event there is still some kind of oil discharge, says Lt. Williams, "We will fine the last known owner or operator." —jeff murphy and latitude 38

brian — cont’d and hard enough: Alert Alarm of Hawaii, Mig Companies, Ala Wai Mar¬ ine, Beautiful Tours, Maui Divers, Les Vasconcellos Boat Bottom Services, Wipeout Diving Service, Tony Cerciello, Para Tech Engin¬ eering Co., Signs by Nelson, Latino Pirates, Island Yacht Sales, Hawaii YC, Don and Nancy Gatewood, Dan Shapiro and Phil Over¬ beck. Special thanks to the dozens of individuals who helped serve as my pre¬ start 'pit crew'. (Please note that I’m still seeking a title sponsor to underwrite port expenses. For more information on this, contact Jan Caldwell at 808-9469936.) I once attended a lecture where the speaker noted that "the salt content of the ocean is the same as that of blood," and I thought, what a concept — the sea is my blood. There’s no disputing the fact that she’s racing through my veins now.

COURTESY BRIAN CALDWELL JR.

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SIGHTINGS enza, coming and going A friend of ours who once worked for a recreational flying magazine called them 'gee whiz' articles. Used to Cessnas and Piper Cubs, his ride-along in an F-16 was his first gee whiz article. "What else can you call it," he reasoned, "when you’re doing barrel rolls at Mach 1, going straight up?" We were pretty sure a gee whiz article was in the offing during the midAugust stopover in the Bay by ENZA New Zealand. This is the 92-ft catamaran aboard which Peter Blake and a crew of seven captured the Trophie Jules Verne — and the imagination of the sailing world — by circling the world nonstop in just under 75 days. But on the day of our appointed ride, the sail was cancelled due to, ahem, too much wind. It’s not what you think. Wind is no problem to this boat on the open ocean. Rather, the predicament is the same one albatrosses face on those amusing continued outside column of next sightings page

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'gentleman' bandit(s) At first, Dennis Robbins didn’t suspect anything was amiss. He’d gone down to his Frers 41 Miramar, berthed at the Richmond YC marina, early last month to motor it over to the yard for some work — and there was his normally built-in GPS lying on the nav table. Hmmm. That’s weird, he thought. There was no sign of forced entry and noth¬ ing else seemed out of order. He just figured his electronics guy had been down doing some work on the boat. But when he called to ask about it later, the tech said he hadn’t been down to the boat, and hadn’t removed the GPS. Now

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that was really weird ... It wasn’t until Dennis was out sailing the next week and couldn’t find his good binocu¬ lars that it dawned on him — Miramar had been a victim of theft. Also missing were a hand-bearing compass, a hockey puck com¬ pass, a stopwatch... "When I called (Richmond Harbormaster) Rich Weirick, he said, 'Oh, you too."' In fact, says Weirick, a total of 11 boats at the marina were hit in the period from July 22-23 to the last reported theft on August 11. It was a little hard to pin down exact

Disney documentaries — it’s difficult to land. "If there’s any wind blowing, we have a hard time getting back to the dock," says Greg Yeo, one of six crew presently aboard. He’s referring to the negligable advantage the boat’s two 30-horse Yamaha outboards hold over ENZA's considerable windage. "We basically have to come right at the dock full pace (about 8-10 knots) and turn alongside at the last second. Then everybody jumps off and hangs on. It’s not pretty." If the truth be told, almost no sailors got rides on the boat during the week it was here. In a dubious marketing ploy (at least in our minds), ENZA’s main mission on her west coast tour — which started from San Diego in May, right after the America’s Cup — is to give rides to produce marketing people. Sure, 'ENZA' is computer shorthand for the New Zealand Apple and Pear Marketing Board, who happen to be the people writing the checks. But come on. Although New Zealand won the America’s Cup, they obviously have a thing or two to learn about marketing. Fortunately, we did find at least one sailing-sawy apple consumer who got a firsthand taste of what the big cat can do. "We hit 29 knots in 18 true," says Marty Seaman, assistant harbormaster at Sausalito’s Schoonmaker Marina, which provided a side tie for ENZA’s visit. "As soon as they lift the outboards out of the water, the boat starts accelerating until there’s a solid sheet of spray coming through the trampoline. But it sails so flat you could play tennis on deck." While Marty reveled in the experience topside, he says all the other guests "sat around the central pod discussing meat prices." Interestingly, he says changing direction is a major operation. The first step is furling the headsail. Then, with no permanent backstay, the boat’s compli¬ cated sets of runners require a well-choreographed sequence of actions to complete a successful jibe or tack. Then again, this boat was built for one purpose, and it wasn’t bashing around the buoys. It apparently wasn’t sailing in 'confined' spaces like the Bay, either. "We really can’t get going here," noted Yeo. "The Bay’s not big enough." If that’s a hard concept to grasp, consider that in a decent breeze, the boat can go from Sausalito to the Cityfront in just a few minutes. In fact, sailing ENZA requires rethinking a number of parameters. We noted on a tour below decks (we did get at least that) that the chart on the chart table was one of the whole West Coast from Canada to Mexico. When you’re on a boat that sailed the 760-mile Vancouver to San Francisco run nonstop in 48 hours, you have to think a little more globally than most most of us mortals are used to. Even the gee whiz photos we envisioned were a bust. If nothing else, we wanted to get the boat screeching out the Golden Gate in a blaze of spray on her August 17 departure. Instead, they kind of drifted out sideways on a windless, morning ebb. Oh well. ENZA will make two more promotional stops in Long Beach and Newport before returning to San Diego. From there, she’ll be packed on a freighter and returned to New Zealand to be readied for another possible record run. Some¬ time next summer (our winter), ENZA will have a go at the day’s run record. This will take place off Northeastern Australia, in an area of good breeze and flat water next to the Great Barrier Reef. Peter Blake is optimistic that, given the right conditions, ENZA could conceivably sail 600 miles in 24 hours. Gee whiz!

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mexlco crew list Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience trecherous, judgment difficult. Most of you know Hippocrates, the author of that quote, as the father of medicine. It may be news to you, however, that he is also the father of the Crew List. Well, okay, at least an uncle. We could confer no less a title on the great Greek physician for his tidy summation of why people go cruising in the first place. Fortunately for you philosopher-sailors out there, Latitude has figured out continued outside column of next sightings page

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

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I NEED CREW FOR: 1) _For the trip down 2) _While in Mexico 3) _Sea of Cortez Sail Week (formerly Baja Ha-Ha) 4) _For the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers' race to Cabo starting October 30 5) _Return trip up Baja 6) Other

MY EXPERIENCE IS: 1) _Bay 2) _Ocean 3) _Foreign cruising

bandits dates because, like Robbins, many boaters at first didn’t realize their boats had even been entered. "These were not break-ins," notes Weirick. "Whoever it was knew how to get in without breaking locks or damaging any¬ thing." Robbins has a theory on that. The thefts started during the real hot spell of late July and early August, "and a lot of people — me included — had forward hatches propped open a bit to keep air flowing through." The 'gentleman' bandit or bandits were also respectful of property they didn’t take. Nothing was ripped out of bulkheads, but removed as carefully as it would be by anyone who cared. All mounting brackets were unbolted and wire terminals un¬ screwed. On one boat, the thieves even laid paper towels on the upholstery so the tools they were using wouldn’t get it dirty! If the robbers knew boats, it wasn’t boat gear they were after. Missing were easily 'hockable' items like binoculars, stereos speakers, TV, VCRs and things like that! ("And they knew the good stuff," says Robbins. My shitty binoculars were still there.") The one exception to the rule was several handheld GPSs, which were also missing. But, says Weirick, "They may have

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I AM LOOKING FOR: 1) _Enthusiasm — experience is not that important 2) _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 7) _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

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Mail completed form and $1 to: Mexico Only Crew List, Box 1678,

Sausalito, CA 94966 by SEPTEMBER 15,1995.

m ?¥rCW Lil-‘ T.h‘S iS tf?e second month in a row that the forms have run But don t procrastinate any longer, because it’s also the last chance you’ll have to easily hook up with a southbound boat or crew y h to We’re not going to get into the big motivational thing with you this time around. If you ve read this far, chances are good that vou’rp at i*>act com1 to the idea of a sailing adventure down Mexico way this winter. However^

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a way to smooth out at least one of those categories: Opportunity is not quite as fleeting when you have not one, but two opportunities - in the form of the Crew List forms on the following pages — to take part in our annual Mexico-

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— cont’d thought those were GameBoys." Notably, all boats were at the outer ends of their respective docks, perhaps implying that the miscreants came in by water rather than land. In a possibly related incident, the ’big four' grand prix race boats parked on the hard at Anderson’s Boatyard in Sausalito were also hit within the same time frame. Sayonara, Windquest, Exile and Morning Glory were apparently all broken into on the same early-August night. The items taken were similarly non-boating related, although in this case at least two of the boats were entered forcibly by having their locks cut or broken off. "With all the lights on here at night and regular security patrols, it surprised us that anyone would come in to begin with," says yard manager Steve Taft. "But why they would go to those particular boats is really odd — they are way the hell up there. Why get ladders and climb 20 feet off the ground when every other boat in the yard is much lower down?" No suspects have been apprehended in either the Richmond or Sausalito cases. But the message is clear: lock your boats securely when you leave them.

complete their plans: many of those owning boats need crew, and everybody else needs to find a boat on which to crew. The latter group will make up slightly more than half the 200 to 300 names that will appear on the published Crew List. The rest will be people looking for crew. Along with each name will be a short code so prospective skippers or crew will know a bit about the skill level, experience and desires of each Crew Listee. Each group calls the other.

I WANT TO CREW IN MEXICO NAME(S): ACE(S)

SEX:

PHONE OR OTHER CONTACT:

(Check as many as apply in all categories)

I WANT TO CREW: 1) _For the trip down 2) _While in Mexico 3) _Sea of Cortez Sail Week (formerly Baja Ha-Ha) 4) _For the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers' race to Cabo starting October 30 5) _Return trip up Baja 6) _Other

MY EXPERIENCE IS:

that ends well Dear Editor, In June I wrote a letter to you because my boat was stolen. I am writing now to tell you what has happened since then. Just after my letter appeared. Bob Ballinger from Sequoia Yacht Club gave me his El Toro. I am really grateful to him for doing that. I have been sailing it a lot. This weekend I sailed in the Scott Rovanpera Regatta and got second place in the novice class. I have been having a lot of fun with my new boat. In early August, we found my stolen El Toro. The man who had it sailed it past us while we were working on my new boat. It’s yellow now, but we recognized it. The man said he found it. He paid me for the boat and when I have saved up enough money I’m going to buy a Laser. I want to thank everybody who helped me when my boat was stolen. Lots of people helped me look for it. I especially want to thank Bob Ballinger for my new boat Thank you also to A1 Linhares from Compass Yachts, who read about my stolen boat nad told Mr. Ballinger about it. I also want to thank Joan Cox from Oakland Yacht Club for offering to give me her boat. 1 am really grateful for all the help. — lisa eldredge, age 10

1) _Little or none 2) _ Bay 3) _ Ocean 4) Foreign cruising

I CAN OFFER: 1) _Few skills, I am a novice sailor 2) _Skills of a normal hand: standing watch reefing, changing sails 3) _Skilled and experienced sailor. I can navigate, set a spinnaker, steer and handle basic mechanical problems 4) _Cooking, provisioning or other food-related skills 5) _'Local knowledge': a) I have cruised Mexico before; b) I speak passable Spanish 6) _Companionship Mail completed form and $5 to: Mexico Only Crew List, Box 1678, Sausalito, CA 94966 by SEPTEMBER 15,1995.

the two halves become a whole and the cosmos remain in harmonic align¬ ment. Hippocrates would be pleased. All you have to do to become part of the list is fill out the appropriate form here and send it in. Oh, and to acknowledge that there are certain risks inher¬ ent in sailing small boats long distances over which Latitude 38 has no control. Or, as the lawyers like us to put it: Latitude 38 does not make or imply any guarantee, warranty or recommendation regarding the character of the indivi¬ duals who participate in the Crew List, or the condition of their boats or equip¬ ment. You must judge those things for yourself. If you’re still game, good for you. Here’s everything else you need to know continued outside column of next sightings page

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at this stage of the game: 1. We must receive all Crew List forma by September 15. That doesn’t mean 'postmarked by' — it means here by. 2. All forma must be accompanied by the appropriate fee. For crew looking for boats, that’s $5. For skippers looking for crew, $1. We figure the latter have spent enough on the boat already. 3. One form per peraon, unleaa you only want to go only If you can go aa a twosome. If you need more copies for friends (or don’t want to cut up this issue) simply run off as many copies of these pages as you need. 4. Women are encouraged to use first names only. Back in Hippoc¬ rates’ time, there weren’t many women on boats. We looked for one of his pithy comments on this subject, but apparently he was so discouraged about it that he never even went sailing. These days, everybody wants at least a few women aboard. The thing of it is, some cruisers of the male persuasion are still unclear on what 'duties' a woman should have to perform on a boat. We’re talking about sex, of course, but some sons of bitches even want women to cook! Anyway, as we’ve told you a thousand times, the Crew List is for sailing only. If nature takes its course and one thing leads to another — several marriages have resulted from Crew List cruises — so much the better. Just don’t force the issue. To insulate women as much as possible from overamorous callers, we ask that they use first names only, and a contact method somewhat more indirect than a home phone: P.0. Box, fax, email, or an answering service are some that come to mind. 5. The Crew Ltat Party. Everyone who takes part in the Crew List gets to come to our Mexico-Only Crew List Party. (Everyone else can come, too, but they have to pay to get in.) This year’s party will take place on October 4 at the Encinal YC in Alameda. Hours are 6 to 9 p.m., the club will run a no¬ host bar and we’ll provide munchies. Please no early birds — especially the crude proles who think they can help themselves to the food starting at 3 o’clock. Try it this year and we’ll wrap you in a cocoon of horror. The Crew Parties are multi-purpose events. You’ll get to meet a number of alumni headed south in the Mexico cruising class of ’95-’96, including transient cruisers, to which we extend a special invitation. You get to meet any crew or skipper prospects that you’ve talked to on the phone in a friendly 'neutral' environment. And finally, if you haven’t made your Crew List connection by then, there’s a good possibility you can do it at the Crew List Party itself. We hope to see you there!

just the ha-ha facts As of August 25, we’ve received 56 paid entries for October 30’s Second Annual Baja Ha-Ha Cruiser’s Race/Rally to Cabo San Lucas via Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria Bay. In addition, 10 'supporting businesses' have pitched in with contributions to help make the event an even greater success. What delights us more than the number of entries is the kind of people and boats that have entered. As was the case with last year’s Ha-Ha, well over half the entries are couples, and more than a few of them are bringing children. We think that’s great. Further, close to 90% of the boats entered are between 30 and 50 feet. In other words, average-size racer/cruisers and cruising boats. Aside from a MacGregor 65 and a couple of multihulls, there’s not an ultralight or racing machine in the group. Owners of an Olson 30, we obviously have nothing against ultralights and white-knuckle racing, but that’s not what we want the Ha-Ha to be about. Given the large number of entries we’ve already received, we will absolute¬ ly, positively not accept any additional entries after September 15. At least not without a big enough bribe to benefit the rest of the fleet in a significant way. So get your $99.99 to us by September 15th or start thinking like someone who wants a slip at... er, never mind which marina. We’re scribbling out the detailed entry forms now, and hope to have them in the mail by the 10th of September. So here’s what we want you entries to continued outside column of next sightings page

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"Where were the Yankees?" asks Hans Roeben of Sail Bremerhaven 1995. Hans, in Germany on family business, more or less stumbled upon the late July event, which from all reports was one of the most spec¬ tacular celebrations of tallship sailing anywhere: 250 ships from 21 nations, and nearly 5,000 sailors. In Bremerhaven, shoreside spectators were estimated at 1.5 million. While the shore was a mass of T-shirt and food vendors, a look out into the harbor revealed a scene more reminiscent of the turn of the century. With the glaring excep¬ tion (at least to Hans) of the Coast Guard tallship Eagle, all the world’s big full-riggers were there, including the 378-ft, four-masted Russian bark Krusenstem — which if we’re not mistaken is the world’s largest sailing ship, the Danish full-rigger Danmark and the German bark Alexander von Humboldt, which most Americans will recognize as the Becks Beer ship with the green sails on TV commercials. Bremerhaven was actually only the first stop for the huge fleet, which was partici¬ pating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ship Race put

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ha-ha facts — cont’d do now: Track down your boat specs, make a list of your 'go slow' equipment, find a photo of yourself and your boat, and write paragraph or two summar¬ izing your life, your career and your cruising plans — and send it to us. No,

1995 Baja Ha-Ha Entries Yacht

on by Europe’s Sailing Training Association. The race began 400 miles away on July 15 in Scottish Leith, the harbor of Edinburgh. From Bremerhaven, the ships sailed 335 miles to Fredrickshaven, Denmark; then 440 miles to Amsterdam. The last and shortest leg, which would have occurred in late August, would take them 105 miles to Brugge, Belgium, where the race ended. Gala celebrations such as that in Bremer¬ haven were planned for each one-week stopover. An interesting facet of the races (and the STA) is to foster international relationships, so the ships exchange at least partial crews of young people throughout the event — such as a complement of Polish cadets sail¬ ing aboard a German ship for one leg. But, reports Hans, there wasn’t one American-flagged vessel in the whole lot. "I walked for miles in hopes of finding a starspangled banner, but no luck." He does note that the City of Bremerhaven may repeat the event in the year 2000. If it does, he says, mark your calendars: "This is an event not to be missed!

Monde Alaska Poor Boy Alden Angela Aurora Bareloot Blarney1 Blue Cloud Break Away Bright Future Bright Wing Camelot Charisma Crescendo Cruiser Duchess Elmo's Fire Grosser Furr Gypsy Boogaloo HoleI Isla Cancion Jambo Kallista Kokomo Lady Luff Loon Maramu Nanook Northern Dancer Odyssey Ogigiona Pacific Eagle Patio Passages Peplna Phoenix Pilgrim Piece of Cake Route du Vent Sea Turtle Serendipity Shadowfax Silverfin Shilo Sula Tataria Tenacious Tidal Treasure Tremaine Viva Vixen Windward Luv N/A N/A N/A N/A

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Mariner 36 Catalina 36 41' staysail ketch Catalina 42 Freedom 36+ 38’ Cross trimaran Morgan 38 Coronado 34 Valiant 40 Taswell 49 37' steel ketch Liberty 458 Hans Christian 38 Ranger 33 Islander 38 Royal Passport 47 Ocean 71 CSY37 Pedrick 47 Brown 31 Tri Rawson 30 N/A Garden Porpoise 51 Kings Legend 41 Morgan 38 Islander 36 46' ketch N/A MacGregor 65 Peterson 44 44' steel schooner Sea Eagle 31 Morgan 462 Mariner Centaur 34 72' custom ketch 25’ Cheoy Lee Panda 38 Island Packet 35 Pedrick 43 Catalina 27 Kelly/Peterson 44 Valiant 32 Panda 40 39' custom cat Bayfield 40 Ericson 38 Cal 39 Downeast 38 Vagabond 38 Grand Soleil 39 N/A Islander 36 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Dave & Vicki Howell Mike Gartland David & Peggy Forsyth Hal & Angela Crum Roger & Darian Wales Charles & Nancy Fenoglio Chris & Sheila Maher & kids John & Suzanne Dunn Bob & Linda Hoekman Carl Montsenbocker & Liz Zarick Bill & Gail Place Bill Sams & Jan Barnard Sonia & Smokey Ford (and cat) Marc Miltenberger John Johnson & Nancy Jane Canham Don & Liz Coots Alex von Wetter & John Patterson Harry & Ingrid Hogan Linda & Aaron McDowell Bob & Vicki Van Horn Bryan Drew Patricia & Gregory Baldwin, M.D. Jim & Bea Cashetta Jayne & Steve Brodie Bruce Raymaker Don Hiett Thomas & Stella Lindholm Rick & Christie Gorsline John Scott & Christine Barnes Steve & Gig Ballinger Eric Hansen & Jody LaBissoniere & kids Dennis & Barbara Johnson Don & Roxanne Black James & Pamela Yares Ted & Jeanie Conway Harry Kelly1 Sue Angus & Steve Whitmore Bonnie & Brian Hogan Seth & Bev Bailey Ron Ray Miller Barritt Neal Mark & Valerie Riegel Dick Talkington & Riverside Bill Cris Garvin Dennis & Kay Rogers Ron & Laurel Snetsinger Howard & Virginia Snell Jim & Jolynn Van Patten Bill & Barbara Ward Stephen & Pam Jost . Scott & June Squires; Lynsey Evans Don & Len/ia Hossack Dario & Emma Sezzi Bill & Mrs. Vaniotis Raymond Jackson Lawrence Gold, M.D.

Long Beach/Utah Chula Vista Sausalito/Minnesota Seal Beach Castro Valley Avalon Alameda Santa Cruz Truckee Tahoe City Salinas Campbell Bremerton, WA Berkeley El Cajon Sausalito San Francisco Sacramento San Diego Santa Cruz San Pedro Napa Alameda Half Moon Bay San Diego San Diego Ventura Seattle Novato Julian Freeland, WA San Diego San Diego San Mateo Alameda Santa Cruz San Francisco Alamed Alameda San Diego San Diego Redwood City Spokane, WA Half Moon Bay Garberville Sausalito San Diego Sacramento Sebastopol San Pedro Sacramento Truckee Susanville Ventura Redding Vallejo

Sponsoring businesses are: Almar Marinas, California & Mexico; Barnett Insurance; San Diego; Bob Rice's Weather Window, Newport, Rl; Cruising World Magazine, Newport, Rl; Data Rescue Services, San Francisco; Downwind Marine, San Diego;U.K. Sailmakers, Alameda; Waypoint, Alameda; West Marine, Watsonville (Nationwide); Yachtfinders/Windseakers, San Diego.

this isn’t a 'requirement', but when you’re sailing side by side with someone past Cedros, it’s fun to know a little bit about them and what they look like. We’ll use the photos and bios for a short 'program' so everyone knows who’s continued outside column of next sightings page

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SIGHTINGS ha-ha facts — cont’d who out there. A number of folks have written in expressing an interest in crewing on a Ha-Ha boat, and some owners are looking for crew. The best way for folks in either situation to find the others is to take part in the Mexico-Only Crew List. You’ll find all tfie information you need elsewhere in Sightings, along with forms which include a specific category for Ha-Ha participants. Thanks to all participants and sponsors noted here. Keep smiling and pretty soon you’ll be laughing.

fall boat show returns to jack london square Hard to imagine that another sailing season is winding to a close, but the coming of fall isn’t all bad — after all, it means another great In-The-Water Boat Show at Jack London Square. This year’s event kicks off on September 9 and runs through the 17th. The 24th running of the Northern California Marine Association’s show will as usual feature something for everyone, with an emphasis on those 'sailing' everyones. To that latter end, sailboats from such manufacturers as Beneteau, Island Packet, Catalina, Hobie, MacGregor, Hunter and Jeanneau will be open for inspection at the docks or under the big top tents. Special attractions for the sailing set include the innovative Maine Cat 22 — a unique folding catamaran that can be ready to sail in less than an hour — and the new Pacifica 32 catamaran, which we’re told features the interior volume of a 42-ft monohull. The 'queen' of this year’s show is the Caliber 47 LRC. Making its first west coast appearance, the center cockpit Caliber is the epitome of comfort, convenience and ease of simple operation. Also worth a look — and a ride! — is Yukon Jack, the Santa Cruz 50 that won this year s Tahiti Race, smashing a decades-old record in the process. Jack, which charters up to 25 passengers at a time out of South Beach Harbor, will be available for free rides during both weekends. Sign up across from the ticket booth at the show’s main entrance. Also worth a look for you parents out there: there will be a kids’ art contest for various age groups in which youngsters can win $50 Savings Bonds courtesy of the Alameda Branch of First Interstate Bank. All entries — which have to have a nautical theme to be competitive — will be displayed in the Kids Comer, a special section that will have balloon animals, entertainment and other fun stuff for young boaters tired of being dragged by Dad or Mom through so many boats. Finally, the show will once again feature an innovative and appealing lecture series, which we present here in its entirety — or at least as entire as it was at presstime. If you see no background information on some of the following presentations, that’s because we didn’t get any. Apparently, some presentations were apparently still in the formative stages and no further information was yet available. They should be firmed up by showtime. Saturday, September 9 12:00 — Vacation Chartering, J. Durant. 1:30—Insurance Options, Mike Barnett. Active in the boating industry for over 40 years, Mike has done numerous cruises between Canada and Central America, authored a Mexican cruising guide, and currently runs his own company, Barnett Yacht Insurance Brokers. 3.00 — Pacific Cup Preparation, Mary Lovely. Mary is a past commodore of the 'Fun Race to Hawaii', and has been its staunchest advocate for as long as we can remember. If you really want to find out what it takes to do a Hawaii race, this is the seminar to go to. 4:30 — Singlehanded and Doublehanded Sailing, Sally Lindsay. Owner of the Spinnaker Shop, Sally has been sailing for most of her life, and has done some significant shorthanding. In 1990, for example, she took second in the doublehanded class of the Pacific Cup with Stan Honey on their mutually-owned Cal 40 Illusion. continued outside column of next sightings page

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short MORUROA ATOLL — By all indica¬ tions, the fleet massing for an 'invasion' of tiny Moruroa Atoll in the Tuamotus will make Operation Overlord look like school recess. The enemy in this case is the French government of President Jacques Chirac, which has decided to resume nuclear testing at the South Seas site in late September. Apparently no one has informed the Chirac government that we don’t need A-bombs anymore. In July, on the 10th anniversary of the sinking of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior by French secret agents, Rainbow Warrior II entered the 12-mile exclusion zone around Moruroa in a non-violent protest. At least, the Greenpeacers thought it was non-violent until the Warrior was rammed by a French Naval vessel and stormed by dozens of com¬ mandos who tear-gassed the crew. As you read this, reinforcements from all over the world (including, we understand, some cruising boats that are in the area) are either on their way to staging areas in Tahiti, or already there. Part of that fleet will be a Bay-Area contingent of Greenpeace support¬ ers who departed San Francisco on August 9 aboard the chartered schooner Manutea. They were seen off by about 100 supporters, including Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. The exact nature of the protests being organized is unclear beyond "maintaining a presence," as one Greenpeace representative put it. Chartered and private yachts will not be allowed to enter that 12-mile exclusion zone, but if we know Greenpeace, the French haven’t seen the last of Rainbow Warrior II. Vie wish them all fair winds and good luck in their mission. HIGH SEAS WEST OF PERU — That’s where the U.S. Navy boarded the Panamanian-registered Nata/y / on July 25 and found 12 tons of cocaine. That’s not a misprint: approximately 480 sealed bags weighing 50 pounds each — 24,000 pounds total — were hidden inside the boat’s fuel tanks. The boat was towed to San Diego by the Coast Guard, where the 10 Columbian crewman were arraigned in U.S. District Court. The 10, who range in age from 31 to 57, claimed they’d simply found the drugs afloat at sea, hid them from potential smug¬ glers and were on their way to the U.S. to turn them over to authorities. . . NOT! The seized blow has a wholesale value of more than $143 million. RICHMOND — Back in the late ’70s, Hans Bemwall and a partner came back from several years of cruising with dreams of starting their dwn business building self¬ steering wind vanes for sailboats. They took over a modest office in Clipper Yacht Harbor

SIGHTINGS sightings and started producing a quality vane they called the Monitor. Today. 17 years later, Scanmar is the premier manufacturer and developer of self¬ steering gear for boats in the world. Monitor vanes help steer hundreds of cruising and shorthanded race boats all over the world, including about half the fleet in the last two BOC races. Scanmar is also the U.S. distrib¬ utor for Navik Windvanes (for boats under 30 feet), the Saye’s Rig (for boats with hy¬ draulic steering) and Auto-Helm (for the sailor who hates lines in the cockpit). The only problem with all this success is that the company outgrew its homey little waterfront location. So Hans (sole owner since buying out his partner a decade ago) moved the whole show over to larger quarters in Richmond. Scanmar’s new home. is a converted warehouse that’s about a five-minute walk from the Sanford Wood Boat Yard. The place has been completely gutted and modernized, and now features a showroom as well as manufacturing facility. Also on hand are installation drawings for almost 2,000 different boats (since each gear is custom fit to a boat to maximize efficiency). Says Hans, "If your boat isn’t in the book, it will be when you leave!" Scanmar invites visitors to come check out their new location, which is at 432 South 1st Street in Richmond. For more informa¬ tion, or more explicit directions, call (510) 215-2010. MONTEREY—Beginning in November, the Monterey Marina won’t look quite so quaint anymore — but it will be a lot safer. That’s when the rustic marina starts getting a massive rebuild, which will eventually see the tearing out and replacement of all 450 slips with modern new facilities. "The present docks are 35 years old, so it’s time," notes harbormaster Steve Schieblauer. "The new docks will be state of the art, down to handi¬ cap access." The 12-phase project, funded primarily by the Department of Boating and Waterways, should be completed by April of 1997. Shieblauer notes that both tenants and visiting yachts will have to endure the usual inconveniences attendant with work in prog¬ ress, but that every effort will be made to accomodate them with a minimum of hassle. A bright spot at the end of the tunnel — the renovation also includes the addition of 40 new moorings in the lee of Wharf #2. THE BAY — Fleet Week returns to San Francisco in a big way October 6-8. Along with the usual parade of Navy ships and the spectacular Blue Angels airshow, this year will also feature the aircraft carrier USS Carl continued middle of next sightings page

boat show — cont’d Sunday, September 10 12:00 — Cooking On Board, Lynn Orloff-Jones. Cruiser, cook and author of two cruising-oriented cookbooks, Lynn’s sense of humor and hands-on cooking seminars would leave Julia Child panting for breath. Carbo-load for this one. 1:30 — Coastal Power Cruising, Temple Stuart. Ms. Stuart teaches powerboat handling, holds a 100-ton captain’s license for both power and sail boats and has cruised some 18,000 miles from Panama, all over the Caribbean and up the intercoastal waterway. Even though the propulsion mode isn't our cup of tea, her presentation will doubtless interest anyone planning to cruise without the wind. 3:00 — Coastal Navigation, Linda Newland. As one of the people featured in our article on delivery skippers a few months ago, a contingent of readers will know Linda as one of the best in that profession. Most who sail our local waters will also know she is an accomplished sailboat racer in both crewed and singlehanded events, a sailing teacher, a specialist in offshore safety equipment — and a maritime attorney! 4:30 — Surveying Your Own Boat, Jim Jessie and Peter Minkwitz. Readers of Latitude hardly need an introduction to Jim, whose opinions — controversial or not — have frequently appeared in these pages. But his 50 years of racing and cruising and career as a senior practicing marine surveyor speak for themselves. In addition to Peter’s work as a surveyor, he has designed and built a number of boats, and currently works for Svendsen’s Boat Works in Alameda. If you want to know how to go through a boat like the pros, check this seminar out. Monday, September 11 4:30—Medicine At Sea, Karin Selbach. Karin, an independent Registered Nurse, has been sailing locally for 20 years, during which she’s logged more than 10,000 miles of ocean sailing. She currently owns the Moore 24 Sassy Mama with husband John. 6:00 — Soy Diesel, John O’Bannon. You’ve been reading about this in these pages for a couple of years now. Here’s your chance to find out firsthand about clean-burning, renewable fuel for your diesel that you can put in it tomorrow with absolutely no modifications. John is one of the founders of the CytoCulture Bioremediation Company in Richmond and an avid sailor who currently owns a 47-ft trimaran. Tuesday, September 12 4:30 — Computers On Board, M. Schaffer. 6:00 — New Electronic Instruments, M. Schaffer. Wednesday, September 13 4:30 — Fiberglass Blisters, Ni Orsi. Orsi is the general manager of Ladd’s Marina in Stockton. He is also a leader in implementing new techniques for blister repair, including an innovative quick-drying technique. 6:00 — Your 12-Volt System, M. Morgan. Thursday, September 14 3:00 — Salmon Fishing, Craig Hanson. An avid local fisherman for 25 years, Craig contributes a weekly fishing report to Bay TV and writes a fishing column for Western Outdoor News. 4:30 — Shark Fishing the Bay, Bill Gould. Take it easy, already — the sharks in the Bay are bottom feeders, not great whites. Bill runs the party boat Fury out of Point San Pablo and knows where to find them. 6:00 — Striped Bass Fishing, B. Canevaro. Friday, September 15 3:00 — Cruising Polynesia, David Hatch. David learned to sail 58 years ago in Newport Beach, and has seemingly been on the water ever since, with cruises to the Pacific Northwest, Mexico and, of course, Polynesia. 4:30 — Cruising Mexico, David Hatch. See above. 6:00 — Cruising the Pacific Northwest, David Hatch. See above. continued outside column of next sightings page

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boat chow — cont’d Saturday, September 16 12:00 — Basic Splicing. 1:30 — Diesel Maintenance, R. White. 3:00 — Gas Engine Maintenance, R. White. 4:30 - Sail Repair, Jocelyn Nash. Jocelyn has a list of sailing credentials onger than your average beat up the Cityfront. Among the highlights: driver

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|bCv m tHe °C? Hawkfarm fleet and a longtime sailmaker for Sobstad Sails. You want to know about sails, go to this seminar. Sunday, September 17 °v*rboard' Howard Wright. A fourth-generation 17 raC6d t0 HaWaH and Mexico>and cruised to the Med, Caribbean, African Coast and Central America. He is currently a specialist in crew overboard rescue systems and is up-to-speed on the latest developments and techniques. 1:30 — Understand GPS, G. Stem. 3:00 — Family Cruising, Joanne Sandstrom. Joanne, with husband Don and two sons completed not one but two circumnavigations aboard the family s 40-ft trimaran Anduril. California

shorts will also feature the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson launching several F-18 aircraft and landing them inside the Bay! Look for a more complete preview in the next issue, but make plans now to be out on the Bay for this exciting weekend. NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND — The United States Sailing Association is in the process of moving to new digs. Their new address will be One Maritime Drive, P.O. Box 1260, Portsmouth, RI 02871. They ex¬ pect to be fully operational at the new location by November 1. Their toll-free pub-

thanlfi mnWhQfS NT InSafety_Gear’ *** Barrett. Kate has logged more ‘haV ’5 ,,.mieS 1 CTmS fr°m British Columbia to Tahiti and has weathered all types of weather including a hurricane. She has been with West Marine for more than 10 years, and for the last five has been manager of the company s South San Francisco store. Show hours are 1 to 7 p.m. weekdays, and 10 to 6 on weekends. Adnussion is $7.50 for adults, $3.50 for kids 6 to 12 and free for the little ones. Multi-day tickets are available for $12.50, and $1 discount coupons are oSpLei.aRPa^KPatinS mari"e dealers‘For more information on any aspect 5772 F B°at Sh°W’contact Rob Brown or Teresa Whitehead at (510) 254-

clayton’s claim Whether Lisa Clayton’s name one day joins the ranks of such sailing KDonalH?8 h °tteeaod Chay Blyth’ °rthe of dubious achievers such a toss upd Cr°Whurst and Rosie Ruiz> rema>ns to be seen. Right now it seems Bir^naH^1^’ n* 38‘ft Spirit 0* Ingham back into th^W^ ’ Ensland’ on June 9- « was to a heroine’s welcome. Her claimthe first woman m the Northern Hemisphere to sail nonstop around the world.' But when she tried to have the mark ratified by the World Sailinq SDeed Record Council (WSSRC), the doubts started flowing: How could someone of comparatively little experience complete such a journey at all, let alone in the dmost expedient time of nine months? How could she do it without ever talking to another vessel? How could her boat — as she claims — have did shelrdidT5’ Intduding two 360-degree rolls, and never lost its rig? And t£p fhK T receive°utside assistance during a stop in Cape Town? 3 6nSe *° her Claim invo,ves *6 stop in Cape Town less

Otters ^ are 286^v VOyaSe’ Am°n9 the phone ca!1®of and letters WSSRC^haTr^p0 WSSRC has received claims that she stopped because a mechanical problem with the boat, and that she received dther spare parS or actual assistance in the repair. Her manager, Peter Harding, says the p^use as made m order to gather her wits and morale for the Southern Ocean. He purports to have dinghied out to the anchored Spirit of Birmingham and himPconfimsdthed !WaVed‘A mTber °f tHe T°Wnof YC who him confirms the claim, saying there was noCape exchange tools oraccompanied qear and no “ "te<± "Seeing a familiar face just really seemed to cheer her uo ■

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| Sure it s heavy. Sure it's wide. And iust like a | heavy, wide Cadillac, it gets you where you're | S°,n8 smoothly and comfortably — and with | nary a worry about gas mileage. Fact is, this I (unnamed) Carden 41 looked positively frisky as | it romped across the Bay in early August. With l sails trimmed well and a smiling crowd aboard, how could it look anything but goodi

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claim — cont’d Trips such as Robin Knox-Johnston’s 1969 circumnavigation — the first ever nonstop singlehanded sail around the world — and Chay Blyth’s landmark solo circumnavigation against the wind in 1970-71, were not 'ratified' by any sailing body. Both Knox-Johnson and Blyth were known seamen with years of experience. No one disputed their accomplishments, which anyway were backed up by scads of documentation. But when Phillipe Monet’s claimed 1987 one-stop circumnavigation was discredited after it emerged he had received outside assistance three times, it became apparent someone had to keep track of this stuff. That’s where the WSSRC came in. The first circumnavigation to be ratified by this body was that of Australian Kay Cottee, who in 1988 became the first woman ever to sail around the world nonstop and singlehanded. Like we said, whether Lisa Clayton joins that illustrious company remains to be seen. The burden of proof is hers to bear.

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MERLIN

Lf there’s one boat that has embodied West Coast sailing for the past two decades, it has to be Bill Lee’s 68-foot long, 12-foot wide, 25,000-pound Merlin. The sweetheart of Santa Cruz, Merlin ranks in sailing’s pantheon with boats like Olin Stephens’ Dorade, Alan Gur¬ ney’s Windward Passage and Ron Holland’s Imp. No one who’s ever sailed this "one hulled catamaran" — and there have been hundreds — is likely to forget the thrill of slicing through the water with such speed and power. When it comes to going fast, Merlin is the boat of choice. Tracing Merlin’s roots requires scanning back to the years prior to her emergence from Lee’s 200-foot long converted chicken coop on a hillside in Soquel, California. Lee, an engineer from Cal Poly, was one of a group of sailing enthusiasts who found Monterey Bay a marvelous playground. Steady northwesterly winds and long Pacific swells made for long hours of sailing bliss, with an ever increasing desire for more 'Merlin'on a fun sail after the '87TransPac. When you include the Pacific Cup and Vic/Maui, she has raced across the Pacific more times than arfy boat in history.

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speed. Lee’s colleagues, especially Ron Moore and George Olson, were forging their own visions with boats like Summertime (precursor to the Moore 24) and Pacific High (ditto to the Olson 30). Lee’s initial entry was the 30-ft Magic, followed by the 35-ft Witchcraft. For the Transpacific Race, the biennial dash from Long Beach to Diamond Head, Bill came up with the 40-ft Panache and the 35-ft Chutz¬ pah. The latter won overall corrected honors for the race in 1973 and 1975. All of the above boats benefited from the Santa Cruz philosophy of taking convention¬ al sailboats of the time and making them longer and lighter. Some of them were extremely beamy as well, like Panache. But in 1973, Lee raced Panache to La Paz and saw the Spencer 53 Ragtime, a narrow, hard-chined sloop that won line honors in the TransPac earlier that year. Lee liked the idea of getting thin and rounding off the bottom. The Merlin concept was born. Construction of the boat was not exotic. Both hull and deck are balsa cored and cov¬ ered with E-glass and woven roving with some unidirectional glass in high-stress areas. Lee used Bruynzeel plywood for the interior structures, which include a raised main settee over the water tanks, a total of 10 berths strung along the hull, a navigation station and galley and a head jammed way up in the bow.

Llthough much of the competitive sailing world fretted over complying with the ever-shifting International Offshore Rule (10R), Lee simply focused on making Merlin fast enough to break not just Windward Passage’s existing monohull TransPac record

Named after a combination of the Arthur¬ ian legend, the P-51 aircraft engine and a small falcon hawk, Merlin surprised even those who expected her to be fast. Kilpatrick came along for the initial sails, including the first time they hoisted a spinnaker. In antici¬ pation of this crucial moment, Lee wondered aloud if he should drive or let his insurance

Bill Lee as the Wizard. The year 'Merlin' was launched', he performed one of the most amaz¬ ing feats in Bay sailing: racing the boat alone around the Farallones and beating everyone.

of 9 days, 9 hours, but also the multihull record of 8 days, 13 hours set by France’s Eric Tabarly in 1969. He relied on the numbers his engineering background provid¬ ed him, but he also drew on his and other’s intuition to get the boat just right. "I’d go over after work," says insurance agent and TransPac veteran Harvey Kilpatrick, "and Bill had the keel on a dolly under the boat, moving it back and forth to where it looked right." By February 23, 1977, Merlin was ready to hit the water.

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Above and spread, 'beam/, 'full bodied" and 'dr/ are a few of the words that will never be used to describe 'Merlin'.

BILL LEE'S MAGIC BUS ALL PHOTOS LATITUDE ARCHIVES man have the helm. He opted for the latter, went below and sipped on a soda as the sail went up. "We were going 12 knots under the main alone," recalls Kirkpatrick, "and with the kite up we jumped to 17. Everyone was whooping and hollering. It was really some¬ thing." Weighing half as much as contemporary 68-footers, Merlin presented Lee and his crew with a whole new world of sailing. "It was like riding a motorboat without the en¬ gine," says Dave Wahle. Merlin was so active in a seaway that Wahle realls he had to rip his paperback copy of the novel Shogun in half in order to focus on the print!

ith so little beam, Merlin was never expected to go upwind with any speed. Off the wind, however, she created tremendous apparent wind. In flat water she would sail with the pole on the forestay while the true wind was well aft of the beam."For those of us used to heavier boats, this was totally unique," says Steve Taft, an early crewmem¬ ber and the boat’s sailmaker for many years. "If the true wind died, we’d experience these incredible apparent wind crashes." Out of money after building the boat, Lee relied on his TransPac crew, which included Kilpatrick, Wahle, Jack Halterman, Rob Wade, Bob Larson, Phil Vandenberg and navigator Don Snyder, to help out. Each took on a job and they all helped shake the boat down with some coastal races off the Golden Gate. They blew up gear and fixed it. They learned how to sail when the boat ran over one wave and down into the next,

covering the foredeck with a couple feet of water.’We were all pretty scared at first," recalls Vandenberg. "The bow would be

they must be ahead of Drifter. "It was a sobering moment," says Bill. "All we had to do was finish the race and not goof up. "For our final jibe at Molokai, we dropped the chute, jibed the main and raised a new chute on the other side. Drifter tried it with

The bow would be three feet underwater, but the boat didn’t slow down... " three feet underwater, but the boat didn’t slow down or load up and the speedometer didn’t go down. After awhile, we’d just shrug our shoulders and keep going." Once, Vandenberg was on the bow dropping the blooper when a wave came along and washed him down the forward hatch along with several hundred gallons of water. Left hanging upside down and from his safety harness, Vandenberg dubbed this experi¬ ence "the Cosmic Flush." The favorite going into the 1977 Trans¬ Pac, Merlin faced some stiff competition from Harry Moloshco’s 69-ft Drifter. The Southern California boat, built after Merlin and perhaps as an enlarged copy, actually led the race for six out of the eight days. Merlin went north and began to leg out on Drifter as the pair reached Oahu. As Lee remembers it, they weren’t sure who was ahead as the duo sped toward the finish line. Then a plane appeared from the direction of the island. It circled overhead as a photog¬ rapher recorded Merlin’s ’Das Boot* imita¬ tion. When the plane finally peeled off and headed behind them, the crew realized that

their kite up and put the spreaders in the water." In the end, Merlin crossed 17 min¬ utes ahead after 2,200 miles of racing. Her elapsed time of 8 days, 11 hours and 1 minute broke Taberly’s mark by two hours and has remained the official TransPac record ever since. Merlin’s smashing success was not greet¬ ed with hurrahs in all quarters. Steve Taft was part of the America’s Cup effort in Newport, Rhode Island, when the TransPac was happening. During a conversation with Olin Stephens, designer of the classic ocean racer Dorade and one of the world’s preemi¬ nent yacht designers, Taft brought up the subject of Merlin. "What’s that?" inquired Stephens. As Taft described the minimalistic downwind sled, Stephens harrumphed and peered down his nose at this misguided, west coast concept. When the newspaper reported that Merlin was actually leading the race the next day, Stephens commented that "those people are hopelessly lost!" A few months later at the St. Francis Yacht Club Stag Cruise, Taft brought Merlin to the Delta and late one night was asked by

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MERLIN Stephens for a tour of the boat. "All he could do was shake his head," Taft laughs. For the town of Santa Cruz, Merlin became its goodwill ambassador. Dozens of folks flew over to welcome the boat in Honolulu, and Bill invited them on board to go out and greet other finishers as they

arrived. Merlin T-shirts were a growth industry on the docks of the Ala Wai. The legend of Merlin, the magic boat, had been bom.

F X eeding the legend was Merlin’s con¬ tinued success in the TransPac. She didn’t always get to Honolulu first, but she was always the boat that other big, fast, expen¬ sive sleds had to keep their eye on. After a light air race in 1979, Merlin returned in 1981 under the charter of Nick Frazee. Once again, Lee’s creation battled Drifter on the Page 116

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way over. And once again, she prevailed, falling only 45 seconds short of breaking the 1977 record.

In 1983, the TransPac committee, fearing that Lee’s success would prompt a rash of Merlin copies that lacked her structural integrity, capped the race entries with a 70.0 IOR rating. Nolan Bushnell, the man who brought us Pac-Man and Chuck E Cheese, spent several hundred thousand dollars on the maxi ultralight Charley to make it both legal and fast enough to beat Merlin. Steve Taft came aboard as the expert. In sea trials, the boat showed it had plenty of speed. In his sailmaking capacity, though, Taft also had a chance to sail on Merlin, which had been chartered to Cliff Wilson, Dem

Smith and their Better Boating Syndicate. With a shorter boom and reduced sail area, as well as several thousand pounds of lead

'Merlin' dips her nose daintily on a light day. In any breeze, this part of the boat is rarely visible above the surface.

ingots bolted to her deck and bilge, Merlin had been handicapped down to the 70.0 rating. While testing some sails, however, Taft was treated to some eye-opening sail¬ ing. "With the bow under water we pegged the speedometer at 30 knots, which is the fastest I’ve ever gone on a sled before or since," he says' "I called my mates on Charley and told them that we had a prob¬ lem on our hands." Charley’s crew worried about Merlin throughout theTransPac, but

BILL LEE'S MAGIC BUS

managed to hold her off, winning by two hours. Wilson and Smith won the moral vic¬ tory, however, including reeling off an

has always remained a threat whenever the wind swung aft of the beam. In 1987, Skip Steveley chartered the boat for TransPac and Campion came along for the ride. In the early going, Merlin lagged behind the com¬ petition and the crew began to wonder aloud if perhaps the magic had worn itself out. "Then the wind filled in from behind and we started to pick up the pace," says Campion. To the surprise of nearly every-one, Merlin charged into the lead and scored her second first-to-finish victory in a decade. In 1992, a group of Canadians headed by Dan Sinclair chartered the boat to take a

"We’d hit 16 knots before in other boats," he says,"but now we were going 24. It was exhilarating, but we broached a lot." Never¬ theless, the Canadians sliced 46 minutes off the old record in winning class and fleet honors. This past summer, Sinclair returned for the TransPac. Getting to the race wasn’t easy, however. After preparing the boat, the syndicate suffered a collision with a rock off Victoria that put Merlin in the yard for 2Vz weeks of around-the-clock repair work total¬ ing $120,000. Declared fit shortly before the start of the TransPac, Merlin joined the fleet of modem, expensive entries including IMS maxis Windquest and Sayonara. Race prognosticators

MEMORIES OF MERLIN

amazing 358 miles during one 24-hour period. 1983 was also the year Merlin changed owners. Donn Campion bought the boat from Lee with the idea that she could be chartered out regularly for West Coast ocean races. Campion has been proven right year after year since. Merlin became the work¬ horse racer, campaigning in odd-numbered year TransPacs — as well as even-numbered years in both Pacific Cups (San Francisco to Kaneohe) and Victoria (Canada) to Maui Races. Although her results have varied, Merlin

Skip Allan, crewmember: Merlin has always been a ’people boat' and the more the merrier. A Wednesday night crew in Santa Cruz of 35 to 45 was not uncommon, and if Bill didn’t cast off promptly at 5:30 p.m., more would have climbed aboard. Bill would sip brandy in the cabin and watch the action through the windows. One of the favorite activities for guests was to climb into the narrow bow of the boat and position their backs on one side of the hull and their knees on the other. Going to weather, the bow would flex and pant, squeezing you gently in a fetal hug." "Before the 1977 TransPac, race safety inspector Hays McClellan wanted all the requirements meticulously adhered toby this new rogue boat. As he went down the list, he stopped at the motoring requirement. ’OK, I want to see this boat motor at 8 knots,’ he boomed. Dave Wahle cast off the docklines and, with Hayes aboard, roared down Santa Cruz Harbor at 8 knots backwards. The winter sandbar blocked the entrance, so when Merlin reached the end of the harbor, Dave spun the wheel. Merlin turned on dime, nearly throwing Hayes overboard. They then motored triumphantly, in reverse, back to the slip. Hayes quickly checked off the rest of the safety items and bemusedly fled this craziness." Harvey Kilpatrick, crewmember in 1977 TransPac: "When we left Los Angeles after the start of the race, we still weren’t sure how fast we could go. At the finish, we were all wound pretty tight. We had a drink and the crew disappeared. Bill and I were juSt blown away by the whole thing. It didn’t

hit us what we had done until the next morning." Dem Smith, charterer for 1983 Trans¬ Pac: "Merlin is the most incredible ride I’ve ever had. Sometimes I think of her as 67 feet of sheer terror. My job was jibing the pole and the first time I did it I found myself underwater with the wire guys dragging across my face. I immediately thought there had to be a better way to do it, I shortened the tether on my harness to three feet and attached it to a deadbolt on the foredeck so I wouldn’t get swept away every time she dove. I literally did every jibe during that race underwater." Jim Antrim, yacht designer: "There’s a photo of Merlin at the Santa Cruz YC that ^hows her sailing under this huge kite. With her low freeboard and narrow hull, Merlin has always represented the minimal life support system needed for a spinnaker. She really started the West Coast downwind racing scene." George Olson, crew and fellow Santa Cruz boatbuilder/designer: "We were one of four couples who sailed Merlin back after the 1977 TransPac. It was during that trip that we had conversations about building a 30footer that became Pacific High, which was the prototype for the Olson 30. Building a 70-footer was just way beyond me or anyone ..else in Santa Cruz at the time. Merlinstands alone as an effort to see just how fast we can really go." Latitude 38 invites anyone who has ever ridden Bill Lee’s ’magic bus’ to forward your favorite Merlin memory for publication in a future issue.

crack at the boat’s record run of 10 days, 2 minutes in the Vic-Maui race. Sinclair admits that he and his pals weren’t used to sailing such a tender boat at such high speeds.

gave the 18-year-old boat little hope, but the Canadians weren’t panicked. "We figured we had to stay within 130 miles of them to have a chance,"says Sinclair. "When they sailed September, 1995 • L&UJ* 1? • Page 117

MERLIN — BILL LEE'S MAGIC BUS into a hole, we dove south and it paid off." The last days of the race found them surfing neck-and-neck with the turbo-charged SC 70 Pyewacket. A crash jibe in the Molokai Channel let Pyewacket gfet away, but Merlin still corrected out as division and overall

she would be loaded to the gills with men, women and children who would 'oohh' apd 'ahhh' as she slithered through the sparkling .

“’Merlin’ has always represented the minimal life support system needed for a spinnaker.” winner — more jewels to add to the legend’s crowded crown.

V/ etting records and winning races spell only part of the Merlin saga, however. Ever since she was launched, the boat has been the locus of 'Fast is Fun' sailing, a term coined by Bill Lee. Many credit the populari¬ ty of ultralight sailing to the fact that Bill generously opened the boat to anyone who wanted to come aboard for a ride. On Santa Cruz’s summertime Wednesday night races,

seas. Niels Kisling, who’s done the lion’s share of deliveries for Campion since 1983, says the boat always draws a crowd. When coming up the coast from Mexico or South¬ ern California, he tries to schedule a Thurs¬ day night stopover at Morro Bay Yacht Club during happy hour. "We always get 30 or 40 people onboard for cocktails," he says. "It’s always been open house on Merlin." Currently for sale at $239,000, Merlin retains both her mystique and, as was shown in the '95 Transpac, her ability to go fast. "Merlin showed us that you could blow away

the big, powerful maxi boats by going light and simple," says yacht designer Carl Schu¬ macher. "Sleds don’t load up like heavy boats. They’re easier to jibe and they take fewer people to sail. Merlin is certainly a boat that had a major impact on the sailing world." According to Bill Lee and others, Merlin could conceivably win TransPac again in 1997 and 1999. If she competes in both, she will attain yet another milestone as the boat with the most TransPacs to her name. r

For Bill Lee, who has given the sailing world many memorable boats since 1977, Merlin remains his favorite. The two will always be linked in sailing lore. While he acknowledges pride in her many racing triumphs, though, Lee still believes 'fast' and 'fun' need to go hand in hand. "We had a lot of fun with Merlin,” he says, "and people are still having fun with her." — shimon van collie

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Gary and Sara in Rhodes, circa 1990.

year or even semi-permanent vacation. There are others, however, who either can’t or won’t wait that long. They settle for a more modest boat and accept the fact that they’ll have to work while they cruise. Such a couple is Gary and Jessie Balding, most recently of Gold Hill, Oregon. Although still relatively young at 45 and 38, respectively, the couple completed a nine-year circum¬ navigation back in '93. They’re eager to take off again, and will be doing so just as soon as they can prepare their boat and sock away a few more dollars. The two had help, however, during more than half their circumnavigation: their daughter Sara, who was born in Fiji during the first year of their cruise. In her tender

eight years of life, Sara has already seen and sailed more of the world’s oceans than most of us ever will.

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in her native Ireland, it’s Oregon-raised Gary who had the stronger sailing background. He built several small boats when he was young — including a 16-ft dinghy in the living room of the house he was living in. The only way to get the boat out was to remove the front door and window, which is exactly what he did. Gary subsequently owned several slightly larger boats, including a small Islander and a mahogany Folkboat. But the one he and his family eventually sailed ardund the world, Heart of Gold, is a 29y2-footer of uncertain origins. "I found her all scuzzy-looking in someone’s backyard," says Gary. "She sort of looks like a composite Alb^rg/Ericson/Columbia — a well-built hybrid." Unlike many yachties, Gary has a greater fixation with cruising than with the type of boat and amount of gear he has. Gary finished his 'Mystery 29' off enough to cruise to Mexico in 1982. After a season

south of the border, he weathered a rough blow and then pulled into Cabo as a last stop before heading north to San Diego where he’d completely finish the boat. It was while strolling down the beach that he met Jessie. "I was travelling in Mexico because my U.S. visa had run out," she remembers. "Be¬ sides, I’d become fed up with the United States. I was basically sleeping on beaches — with $2,000 sewn in the hem of my pants — and loving it." As much as Jessie wanted to continue south, she joined Gary for the sail back to San Diego and ultimately mar¬ riage. The two would work for 18 months finishing off Heart of Gold to their satis¬ faction before taking off on a nearly decadelong adventure.

^^ruising plans are made to be broken — especially when the cruisers are young, confident and free of obligations. "We were

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heading to Panama, but in Manzanillo, we bumped into these Kiwis. They raved about ( the South Pacific so much that we changed our plans immediately and headed there, too. Sara came along about a year later.

There were only two power outlets for the

After the South Pacific, we just started sailing slowly west around the world, working as we went along." The Baldings’ longest stops were usually in places such as New Zealand, Australia and Greece where they could find employment — some legal, some not. "I worked in a spar loft and Jessie worked at a chart store in

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Auckland," says Gary, "and we paid taxes on what we earned." In Australia, work was even easier to find. "We got a lot of job offers," says Gary. "I worked on the World Expo paddlewheel steamboat, which wasn’t legal. But government officials didn’t seem to care as long as we weren’t taking jobs from Aussies." "When we got to Greece — where we would spend two years — we found jobs delivering and skippering charter boats," says Jessie. "Almost all our work was on the water and legal. When Kavos Charters selected us to manage their operation in Porto Carras (Northern Greece), they obtained the work permits for us." Although none of the Baldings spoke Greek, it wasn’t a problem. 'We had 11 employees to do it for us," laughs Jessie. They also spent a summer and two winters working in Rhodes. During one of those winters, Heart of Gold was in the yard for a refit — which was a quite different experience than it is here. "There were only two power outlets for the whole yard," says Jessie. "And the power was turned off on weekends!" The nice thing about it was that they were loaned a lovely old farmhouse to live in for the whole winter. It was about five miles from town and surrounded by olive groves. They even lucked into some wheels . . . "The boatyard had an old Subaru van that no one could get to run, so they were using it as a storage shed," says Jessie. "After a couple of hours of tinkering, Gary had it going, so it was ours for the rest of our stay." (They later found out that, after they left, the van quit again, and was returned to duty as

On or off the boat, Sara's playground has been the world. At left, learning the joys of beach¬ combing with Mom Jessie on the Red Sea._

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a storage shed.) It was the Baldings’ experience that in First World places such as Europe, New Zea-

‘Heart of Gold1 on the grid in Goifito, Costa Rica, in 1993.

land and Australia, getting a job isn’t diffi¬ cult. But that’s not true everywhere. "Devel¬ oping countries don’t have many jobs to offer," advises Gary, "and what jobs they do have don’t pay enough to make it worth¬ while. Senegal, Oman, Sudan—there either weren’t any jobs or it simply wasn’t worth it to work." Even though they couldn’t find good work in economically battered Ireland—and the cost of living is high (a pint of stout is $4; a gallon of gas, $5), they spent more than a year there. "We stayed with a number of my old friends and did a lot of hitchhiking. When winter came we got off the boat and rented a little cottage overlooking Cork Harbor for $200 a month," says Jessie. "Dur¬ ing that time we built a hard dodger for the boat and added a couple of feet to the keel."

As a result of doing most of their own boat work, avoiding marinas, and cooking their own meals, the Baldings were able to live on from $200 to $700 a month. The higher figure takes into account major expenses such as new sails in New Zealand, a new diesel in Australia and a long haulout in New Zealand after being hit by a 40-ft ferrocement boat during a storm. It even , included navigating French canals as well as spending a couple of weeks in the center of Paris. "The Arsenal Marina charges a bunch," says Gary, "but we went through the tunnel at the end of Canal St. Denis and stayed along the street for free." Jessie attributes much of their ability to live on so frugal an income to Gary’s 'magic fingers', the gift that allowed them use of the Subaru van in Rhodes. "He doesn’t know why, but machines seem to like him," she explains. "He’ll take something that’s not September, 1995

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MAGIC FINGERS ALL PHOTOS COURTESY CARY AND JESSIE BALDINC footer — for a dinner that consisted of a couple of cans of beans and a bottle of champagne. Paul’s boat was odd because she hardly had any cockpit — the well was only six inches deep — and there were solar panels everywhere. When we asked why the cockpit was so small, Paul told us it was to make room for his 12 golf cart batteries. His 24-footer was powered by a golf cart engine! "The way Paul started sailing was equally unconventional," says Jessie. "He’d been liv¬ ing in a container on the docks of San Fran¬ cisco, but was finally kicked out. A friend told him about this boat that he could buy and live aboard for $25 a month. Once Paul acquired the boat, another friend told him he could take her anywhere in the world. So, with no experience whatsoever, he sailed to Hawaii." There is a certain romance to sailing in abject poverty, but it can fade quickly. "Paul didn’t have enough money to buy a proper dinghy, so he got one of those little plastic boats designed for use in swimming pools," says Gary. "He rowed it ashore at Hawaii, and then fearing that it would be stolen, buried it. When he returned, he couldn’t find it! Thus he was left without transportation to and from shore. "Paul wanted to visit the Marquesas, but missed them completely," Jessie continues. "He made it to Suvarov, however, where he made an unusual trade with an impoverished

guy was pleased to have a source of electri¬ cal power. You meet quite a few people cruising who don’t have a dime in their pockets."

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several boats a well-build hybrid. * something couples seem to find either im¬ possible or richly rewarding. Gary and Jessie belong in the latter camp. "Cruising with Sara was a wonderful experience," says Jessie. "I just hope the next time we cruise that there are a lot more families with young children. I wasn’t crazy about the Med because it’s expensive, crowded and the wind isn’t reliable, but I did like the fact that we saw more couples cruis¬ ing with children than we did anywhere else. I’m also happy to report that the longer we were out, the more kids we saw; so maybe it’s a trend." One of the downsides of Sara cruising with her parents, however, has been educa¬ tion. When it came time to enroll her in a

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working apart, find no problem, put it back together — and more often than not, it’s fixed. I’ll ask him what was wrong and he’ll say, 'Damned if I know, but it’s working!'"

Prices have gone up in the last 10 years, of course, so it would probably cost more today to make the same trip the Baldings did, especially in the more populated areas. Nonetheless, they met other cruisers along the way who lived on even less. In some cases, much less. One of their favorites was a guy from San Francisco. "We were anchored in the little lagoon at Suvarov when this guy—who because of his beard and glasses resembled Santa Claus — swam over to our boat," recalls Jessie. "'I’m Paul,' he said, 'and I’m sailing around the world.' He invited us over to his boat — which turned out to be a hard-chine 24Page 122 •

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HH 'Heart of Cold1 on the hard in Oregon earlier this year. The Baldings plan to live aboard while they finish off their new boat.

Dutch guy aboard a similar-sized boat: one solar panel for 35 pounds of macaroni. Paul was delighted to get the food and the Dutch

U.S. kindergarten, she was already reading at a fifth-grade level. Gary and Jessie are one of those -couples who believe a wide variety of real life experiences offer a superior education to television and day care.

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After nine years of cruising, it wasn’t easy for the Baidings to settle down — especially in the United States. "We found it harder to become established here than anywhere else we worked during our circumnavigation," says Jessie. "There are just too many rules and regulations. Like my citizenship. Despite being the wife and mother of an American, I found that I was classified as an illegal alien. And Gary’s 15 years experience as a plumber didn’t count for much; he had to be tested and certified again." The couple have been living in Oregon with Gary’s aging mother, helping her out, building up cruising funds, and letting their young daughter attend school and make friends with kids her own age. Jessie enjoyed the opportunity to grow a garden — for a little while. "After a summer of battling monster weeds," she says, "I find myself wishing we were setting off to sea again." As for Heart of Gold, she was trailered to a neighbor’s property and propped up with

With her parents' new plans, things are looking up for Sara to spend most of her youth seeing the world from a cruising boat.

4 x 4s. There she survived an earthquake, two nearby forest fires and lots of winter rain. Eventually, Gary got time to do some modifications to the boat, primarily to the

skeg and rudder. While the Baidings dreamed of cruising a somewhat larger boat, preferably steel, they were getting Heart of Gold ready to cruise again — when disaster struck. "We saw this Classy Classified for a steel hull in the Bay Area," says Jessie. "We de¬ cided to go have a look. It wasn’t like we were interested in buying it or anything, we just wanted to go out for a spin." What they found was the unfinished hull of a Brewer 42, half full of water, that had been sitting out in a field for six years. We don’t suppose we have to tell you that they bought it. "We’re going to be broke now," says Jessie, "but when she’s done, we’ll have the boat we really want. We’re having the hull brought up to Winchester Bay, Oregon, which has the second worst bar on the Ore¬ gon coast and where it rains all the time. But we’ll be able to live aboard Heart of Gold — it’s only $540 a year — while Gary finishes off the new boat." Within 18 months, the Baidings hope to put Heart of Gold up for sale, then take off cruising in their as yet unnamed Brewer 42. — latitude 38

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* here’s nothing not to like about Encinal YC’s Second Half Opener. It’s the ultimate nautical combo plate, offering more varied entrees than any other race except perhaps the Silver Eagle. To begin with, fleets can choose between the upwind marks of Harding Rock, Blackaller Buoy or the 'main course' — Point Bonita. Although the theoretical goal of this varied menu is to bring everyone together at the end of the day foi|j colorful spinnaker parade up the Estuary to EYC’s clubhouse, the majority If the fleet invariably does the long course, a 22-mile carbo-load which is itself three races: part Bay, part ocean and part Estuary — a full sampler of San Fiancisco’s fine brand of sailing. Conditions for this sixth annual Second Half Opener, held on the sunny last Saturday of July, ran the hill culinary gamu|, too. Near Point Bonita, it was hot and spicy enough to dismast the Pyramid 30 No Kidding; at the Bay Bridge, it was bland and boring as week-old |Vonderbread. With the current moving against the fleet in both directions, most boats spent about five hours Ob the course, enough to satiate the keenest ricina armetite. That turned nut U/i to be a< 'famine*'

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Wommack; 2) Freyja, Catalina 27, Larry Nelson; 3) Latin Lass, Cataiina 27, Bill Chapman. (7 boats) EXPRESS 37—1) Re-Quest, Glenn lsaacson;2) GU, Rico Venables; 3) Espresso, Steve Saperstein. (6 boats) ISLANDER 38 — 1) Highlighter, Bill Hackel; 2) Windwalker, Richard Schoenhair. (5 boats) J/35 — 1) Friday Harbor, Ryle Radke. (2 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) (tie) Swell Dancer, Jim Graham, and Wild Flower, Art Mowry. (5 boats) J/105 — 1) invictus, Walt Marti; 2) Blackhawk, Art Ball. (5 boats) OLSON 30—1) Dragonsong, Thomas Knowles. (2 boats)

NEWPORT 30 — 1) Zarpa, George Gurrula. (2 boats) CATALINA 30 — 1) Trey Shay, John Jacobs; 2) Lapin Blanc, Dick Gilmore; 3) Outrageous, Ken Speer; 4) Starkite, Laurie Miller. (9 boats) CAL 29 — 1) 20/20, Phil Gardner. (3 boats) J/29 — 1) Advantage H, Pat Benedict; 2) Aqua Boogie, Don Holland. (5 boats) ISLANDER 28 — 1) Silent Moves, Pat Fryer. (2 boats) HAWKFARM — 1) Animaleye, Steve Siegrist; 2) Roadhouse Blues, Bentsen/Boschma. (5 boats) EXPRESS 27—1) Baffett, Baskett/Baffico. (2 boats) CAL 2-27—1) Temptation, Rollye Wiskerson; 2) Alliance, Whit Conley. (4 boats) CATALINA 27 — 1) White Satin, Steve Rienhart. (2 boats) THUNDERBIRD — i) Lyric, Jim Newport. (1 boat) OLSON 25 — 1) Passing Wind, Mark Dobie; 2) Siva, Gat Bar-Or, (5 boats) ISLANDER BAHAMA — 1) Warm Boot, John Colley. (3 boats) CHALLENGER — 1) Gunga Din, Jan Grygier, 2) Rurlk, George Gromeeko; 3) Freebird, Lian O'Flaherty, (7 boats)

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TOM WYLIE It would be dif¬ ficult to find a de¬ signer who defies stereotyping as well as the Bay Area’s Tom Wylie. Consi¬ der the four pro¬ jects in which he’s currently engaged: a 21-ft singlehan¬ ded ocean racer, a 60-ft aluminum cruiser, a 30-ft production fiber¬ glass catboat and a 52-ft wood-compo¬ site cruiser. Any way you cut it, variety has definitely been the spice of a 30-year career in boat de¬ sign and construc¬ tion for the tall, rangy 48-year-old Tom Wylie. who favors worn jeans and plaid shirts. And that’s just the way he likes it. "All four of these boats are just different ways of skinning the same cat," says Wylie. "In each case, I’m responding to the client and trying to marry what he or she wants with the wind, the water — and the budget." As one of the local yacht design 'hall of famers' — a roster which includes the late Gary Mull, Carl Schumacher, Jim Antrim, Bill Lee, Ron Moore and George Olson — Wylie is perhaps a bit more low key than his colleagues. Tom himself admits he’s not a whiz in the business promotion department. Nevertheless, he has produced an amazing number of high quality boats, many of which are still sailing actively and a high percen¬ tage of which are still with their original owners. "If I wanted a boat for myself," says Sausalito boatyard manager and former grand prix sailmaker Steve Taft, "Tom would be at the top of my list as the designer. As well as being one of the more intuitive and

up one day at the John Beery basic sailing class at Aquatic Park. Up until then, he had had minimal expo¬ sure to the sport, building a couple of simple boats which he sailed wtyh his father (he also helped his Dad build a family cabin up at the Russian River), but thdse were more £ "my father introx ducing me to as g many things as he 5 could think of'than 2: true introductions to sailing. His sib¬ lings, an older sis¬ ter and two young¬ er brothers, expressed minimal interest in the sport. However, after learning the basics and sailing out of Richmond for a while, Tom became fascinated with how the notion of wiggling the rudder and pulling some strings made the boat go. Predating the local junior Laser scene, he just grooved on the wind and the water. Racing was a means of learn¬ ing more about the interface of these fluids and eventually, he developed some con¬ siderable talent. He also had some great teachers along the way, including Jim DeWitt, Don Peters and Commodore Tompkins. "In the middle and late 1960s," he recalls, "Commodore was the leading edge of the sport. If you were a good sailor, you could learn a lot from him. His obvious skill and his generosity in sharing it were pretty attractive." Ocean racing was the next step in Tom’s development as a sailor, and he attacked it

another version of Spirit called Esprit, which won her class in the TransPac.

13 y then a graduate of San Francisco State, Tom had his teaching credentials and put in some time at Oakland Tech dispensing his knowledge of drafting, metal shop, his¬ tory and math. In his heart, though, he wanted to design boats. He applied severed times to the offices of Sparkman & Stephens and C&C, but never received a job offer. In 1969, Tom started working on his first

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with a passion, racking up miles with quality skippers like Ted Turner and Bob Derecktor. He campaigned his first Southern Ocean Racing Conference (SORC), which was then the World Series of the sport, in 1968 on George Kiskaddon’s Spirit. A year later, he served as watch captain and sailmaker for

design, a 24-ft Bay boat that he wanted to go upwind well in a breeze and still be fun and fast downwind. With the help of friends like Robert Flowerman, Tom coldmolded the hull in a barn in Davenport. He then moved the

REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE the boat off and went on to win a couple of North American championships with it. project up to Tito Rivano’s shop at the Pacific Marina Boatworks in Alameda. "We worked out a trade," Tom says. "I got to use Tito’s shop rent-free in exchange for letting him build a mold and produce the boat in fiberglass." In 1971, Nightingale hit the water. With more than half of her 4,200 pounds of dis¬ placement in the keel, the boat proved to be slippery through the water and a winner on the race course. Rivano raised the flush deck for a cabin on the

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nother success of the early days was the 31-ft, flush-decked Moonshadow, a boat that still brings a wistful look to Wylie’s eye. Built to the Midget Ocean Racing Circuit (MORC) rule, she weighed 7,500 pounds and had a 3/4 inch balsa deck with mat and roving on either side. Characteristically, many of Tom’s friends took part in the project, including Don Peters, Dave Wahle, Chris Ben¬ edict, Bard Chrisman, Kim Desenbergand Caroline Groen. To

production version, which sold more than a dozen boats. As a designer, Tom Wylie had put himself on the map. Looking back, Tom sees those days as sort of his 'Jurassic' period. He breaks his

design career into separate eras, the first of which began with the Nightingale and culmi¬ nated with him designing and helping build the half-tonner Animal Farm in Tito’s shop in 1973. Chris Corlett and Bill Carter finished

symbolize their communal spirit, the group painted a small red star at the bow of the white-hulled sloop. "She was a sailing machine," Wylie says of Moonshadow. 'The deck plan would still September, 1995 • UtUiUi 1$ • Page 131

TOM WYLIE be considered modern today. I remember going against Panache (a 40-footer) in one race down south and we just pounded her. We commuted the boat between the Gulf of the Farallones races up here and the Whit¬ ney series in Southern California. We won both of them."

In 1974, Tom opened his own shop un¬ der the rubric Wylie Design Group on Willow Street in Alameda. This second era of design included boats like the 28-ft Hawkfarm (a marriage of ideas from Animal Farm and another Wylie half tonner called Hawkeye), a pair of identical 31-ft, coldmolded sloops designed for match racing called the Gemini Twins, the Two Tonner No Go 8 and the 40-ft fractionally rigged IOR racer Lois Lane. In the grand scheme of things, Lois Lane, built for Bill Erkelens late in 1977, was sup¬ posed to be Wylie’s ticket to the major leagues of yacht design. Tom had crewed aboard the 40-foot Imp, designed by Ron Holland, during that same year when the Bay Area boat won sailing’s triple crown: SORC, England’s Admiral’s Cup and the St. Francis YC Big Boat Series. Lois was slated to appear at the big regattas as well, but the program never really jelled, and while Ron Holland’s career blasted off, Wylie’s seemed to fizzle on the launching pad. Tom vividly recalls fixing Imp's rudder in England while Holland was nearby taking orders for new designs. The "what ifs" linger on about Lois. Steve Taft, another Imp crewmember, remembers that when Lois Lane finally got sorted out, the boat was incredibly fast. On one race to the Farallones, Lois blew by Imp on the way out the Gate and never looked back. In another Bay race, Wylie’s boat was chewing the butt off Imp until the mast fell down. "Imp was a great boat," says Taft, "but here was one in our own backyard that had even more potential." Tom can only look back with 20/20 hind¬ sight on the experience. If the Lois Lane project had worked, he might have joined his contemporaries like Holland, Doug Peterson and Bruce Farr in making the quantum leap to superstardom in racing boat design. He didn’t, though. And in the long run, the world of the cruiser and weekend sailor may be the better for it. "My design career never focused on racing success," he says. "I wish that special client had come to me to do a boat that would have gone all the way. But I wasn’t picking my clients, they were picking __ _ II me.

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winning 20-footer American Express, the 3/4-ton Great Lakes winner Tortuga and the fractional half tonner Moving Violation. Over at C&B Marine, two 36-ft Wylie-drawn cruis¬ ers were completed. Wild Spirit was built for sailmaker-tumed-cruiser Peter Sutter, and a sistership, built on speculation, eventually became Mike Lingsch’s Alert. The former is still out cruising the South Pacific. The latter has enjoyed success both as a racer and a cruiser.

In 1980, Tom relocated to his current digs, a hilltop workshop near his home in Canyon, a small residential community just east of the Oakland hills. For the past decade and a half, he’s concentrated on his design work there as well as making patterns, lofting designs and fabricating small parts. The Canyon shop ushered in the third era for Tom’s design work, one which expanded his repertoire considerably. First and fore¬ most was the 65-ft cruising yacht Saga,

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A small fraction of the contributions Tom Wylie has made to local sailing (clockwise from left): the WylieCat 30, a different breed of catboat; the Wabbit is Tom's most popular one-design; ‘Scorpio' on the way home from a Doublehanded Farallones race; the Wylie 36 ‘Alert’ serves as both home and recreation for owner Mike Lingsch; Arlo Nish at the launching of the 65-ft cruiser 'Saga', which he built of steel himself; 'Absolute 88" (dark transom) and 'Sabra' share the same basic Wylie 38 hull and deck, but sport very different rigs. *

which he designed in 1980 for the late Arlo Nish. Tom had met Arlo, who built the boat himself, when he built sails for the'Nish family’s first world cruiser Sonic, an Alden 56. Saga turned out to be a big, fast, comfortable yawl that measured 18 feet in the beam, drew 6V2 feet with the centerboard up and sported a steel hull with a composite deck. She also had a forwardthinking water ballast system for long hauls, which allowed Arlo to level the boat out for

more comfort. "She’s a serious passage¬ making yacht," Tom says of the boat, which completed a circumnavigation in the 1980s. Tom harbors some pretty warm feelings about Saga, his friendship with Nish (who died last year) and the crew that built the boat, including Jeff Baker, Mike McCormick and Jeff Olson. Another design built by the same crew — right alongside Saga, as a matter of fact — was the 60-ft lightweight cruiser Lightspeed. "I consider Lightspeed -7-

one of my more beautiful designs,” he says of the boat. But, like Lois Lane, she never really distinguished herself out on the water.

T A om’s most successful production boat has been the 24-ft, 875-pound Wabbit, which he designed in 1981. The idea behind the long, narrow hull with a small cabin was to have a fun sailing boat that he and his wife Cindy could also use for boat camping.

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TOM WYLIE Other people thought it would be more fun to race it and, to date, 63 units have been built and the sporty one design continues to enjoy a healthy following. Unfortunately, Tom never got to enjoy the boat that much. During the 1980s, he underwent three back surgeries for herniated disks. He’s pretty sure he crushed the disks in his lower back while steam bending oak frames for Nightingale. By the time the pain progressed to the point where he couldn’t even crawl, much less sail a bouncy little 24footer, he finally made the decision to have surgery. His recovery has been good, though he still experiences numbness in his right leg much of the time and the herky-jerky move¬ ments on a boat can be problematic. These handicaps haven’t dampened his design work, however. The 1980s saw more suc¬ cessful race boats, including a pair of 46-ft IMS winners called Heartbeat and Kropp Duster (with an assist on the lifting keel design from Jim Antrim), and 1993 TransPac class winner Warspite. A dozen 38-footers have came out of the same mold at Westerly Marine in Southern California, with each owner customizing the result to their specific tastes. The results range from Ciao Baby, a Catalina cruiser with a big stateroom and galley for over¬ nighting, to the cat-rigged Sabra, to the PHRF racer Absolute 88 to the racer/cruiser Punk Dolphin. The latest boat of the series is Commodore Tompkin’s almost completed carbon-fiber-decked cruiser that’s slated for an extensive cruise in the near future. "I just produced a hull shape and let each owner do with it what they wanted without having to pay for a one-off hull," says Tom.

C urrently, Wylie is into what he sees as the fourth era, where he’s matching modern building materials with the client’s desires. Perhaps the signature boat so far is Rage, an ultraslim, ultralight and ultrafast 70-ft 'cruiser' built and owned by Portland, Ore¬ gon, boatbuilder Steve Rander. Described as a 'Wabbit on steroids', Rage was conceived as just about the biggest cruiser that Rander

he couldn’t afford them!" Rander adds that part of the success df the boat, which did break Merlin’s mark by

Even at 2, Tom showed the intense concentration of a true engineer.

almost four hours in the 1994 West Marine Pacific Cup, was that he could talk to Wylie as both a designer and a builder. Rage’s hull is made with wood veneers and a foam core, which were both familiar materials to Wylie. "Sometimes I’ll approach a designer about ideas I have that could improve a boat’s construction," says Rander, "and they’ll just tell me to build it as drawn. Tom’s not like that. His flexibility allowed us to achieve the same results at less cost." "I was fortunate to get a lot of experience building in wood, fiberglass, steel and alumi¬ num," says Tom. "You couldn’t buy a com¬ parable education at a university. Nowa¬ days, there’s so little boat construction going on that it’s hard to get diversity and repeti¬ tion like I had."

T 1 he four current projects mentioned earlier reflect more of that diversity. With

3 a 103-footer-r sort of a Rage’ on steroids, .

and his wife could handle by themselves — and fast enough to break the legendary Mer¬ lin’s Transpacific speed record of 8 days, 11 hours. Rander also had serious budget re¬ straints. "He told me I couldn’t put coffee grinder winches on it," says Wylie, "because

longtime friend and partner Dave Wahle, Tom’s just delivered two 30-ft catboats that are easy to rig and sail. Rander is building the 52-ft wood/composite cruiser for sailmaker Keith Lorence. This boat is similar to Rage, but has a fuller hull shape and more

cruising amenities. The 60-ft aluminum cruiser for Dr. Tom Petty is now underway at Jim Betts’s shop in Truckee. And the 21-ft singlehanded racer should, at the time of this reading, be making its way across the Atlan¬ tic for the Mini TransAt start this fall. Skipper/owner Joe Cooper says he chose Tom as the designer on the recommendation of people like Commodore Tompkins, and on Wylie’s enthusiasm for the project and his previous success in the Mini TransAt with American Express. In fact, Wylie is the only US designer to have drawn a winner in this race.

C©incidentally, Cooper has dovetailed his sailing efforts with an educational project for school children that has also embraced Wylie. Cooper’s Sailing As Integrated Learning (SAIL) program involves taking his boat to kids so they can actually see and touch it while he gets into elements like weather, navigation, sailing and marine life. For his part, last year Tom and his friend Jonathan Livingston took a group of school children sailing to Angel Island for a sleepover aboard Livingston’s Wylie 38 PunkDolphin. Among their passengers was Tom’s 12year-old daughter Lindsay (for whom he assumed full custody after a divorce a few years ago). "We had a nonsailor-to-sailor ratio of about 15 to 1," says Tom, "and it was so exciting to these kids. For me, the thrill was seeing people who weren’t sailors having so much fun. Those of us who’ve sailed so long tend to get lost in the technical aspects, and we forget that this wind and water stuff is really a blast!" The concept of the sailing environment as a school setting has become a pet project for Wylie. He’s been talking with a client about doing a 103-footer — sort of a Rage on steroids — that would be a perfect platform for an oceangoing classroom. In the meantime, there are more boats to be drawn and built. Even though he hasn’t achieved the reputation of some of his design colleagues, Wylie knows he’s added a lot of value and fun to what’s going on out on the water. And as proud as he is of the boats that bear his name, he’s even more pleased about all the friendships that have been forged and maintained in the process. "I may not have been the best at busi¬ ness," he says, "but of all the people I’ve worked with 6ver the years, I can’t think of one who I couldn’t go up to today and shake hands. To me, that’s every bit as important as the career." — shimon van collie

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came the source for parts, fuel and everything else at all hours.” Despite the long hours, the love and lure of boating held them together. Paul proposed

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Angel Island, and one wedding guest recalls, “The anchorage was so crowded that Chrissy went forward in her wedding dress, veil and all, to set an anchor.” Chrissy took some time to become a skip¬ per in her own right. After a number of years of sailing with Paul, and finding those opportu¬ nities becoming more limited because some¬ one had to ‘mind the store,’ Chrissy branched out. She skippered all women crews, partici¬ pated in an Adam’s Cup campaign and took a fourth in the North American Women’s Laser Championships. Despite a busy schedule, she teaches beginning Laser sailing in Belvedere Lagoon. Confidence, skill and fun for the

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Paul Kaplan’s dad didn’t know in August 1958 how prophetic that statement would be when he wrote to the manager of San Francisco’s Emporium Department Store. The long anticipated launching of a toy sailboat met with a disastrous sinking, but that didn’t keep Paul away from the water nor from boats. This story really is about City Yachts, but it’s a hard story to tell without talking about Paul and Chrissy Kaplan. They met during sum¬ mer vacation. Although they didn’t come from sailing families, they shared a common inter¬ est. They survived Driver’s Education and at¬ tended a couple of proms; she began sailing as his crew, and then they went into business to¬ gether at a location called Gas House Cove. “We quit college, with some resistance from our parents, borrowed money and went into business. Most of our friends were going to foot¬ ball games and fraternity parties, and we were concentrating on learning everything from in¬ ventory to insurance. We rented a flat practi¬ cally across the street and that was our first mistake. We became a 24-hour business. Our customers knew where we lived, and we bePage 136 • UtLUMZi • September, 1995

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women are their rewards; for Chrissy, the pro¬ gram produces many new friendships. Chrissy and Paul are avid about their yacht racing. But even when they can’t be on the course, they often participate vicariously. Rac¬ ers find a quick assist if they tear a sail or break a piece of gear out on the course. At the fuel dock, helping hands are ready with splicing

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never left the harbor. Not everyone has such a positive attitude, particularly those prone to seasickness. The

nately, the sea lions have finally taken up resi¬ dence at Pier 39. In past years, napping sea lions and harbor seals were regulars at City Yachts. Sharks still circle on occasion, and peli¬ cans and herons find nesting on the roof very affordable housing. A sea turtle, captured at the dock by Paul and the staff for the Kaplan kids, turned out to be a rare and protected spe¬ cies and was confiscated by the Marin Wild Life Center. The wildlife still includes a few topless women who arrive frequently in the summer on board a famous San Francisco speed boat. The success of their location is due largely to their neighbors: St. Francis Yacht Club, Golden Gate Yacht Club and the hundreds of boats in San Francisco Marina. The location offers a special benefit-that might have been

tools, ripstop, nuts and bolts, and yards of duct tape. Paul credits the good rapport that City Yachts has with other brokers to the staff’s will¬ ingness to scrounge parts and put them back into the competition when they pull in with a breakdown.

Experts in retail say there are three es¬ sential ingredients to making a business suc¬ cessful: location, location, and location. The on-the-water offices of City Yachts were the first step on the road to success. The business consists of a marine fueling facility, a small chan¬ dlery, yacht sales offices and a display dock. Nestled in the cove below Fort Mason, City Yachts has a rare setting and some unusual char¬ acteristics. The surge present in most harbors around the Bay is a fact of life, and everyone in the office has learned to live with it. Office manager Mackenzie St. Laurence has a unique perspective: “I love it when we bounce around. It’s like we’re out sailing all the time but have

auditor found the motion impossible a few years back, and couldn’t work on the books. Unable to overcome the mal de mer, he asked permis¬ sion to take the ledgers and calculator, and re¬ treated to the parking lot to complete the work in his stationary car. Wildlife have added their own unique am¬ bience to doing business on the barge. Fortu¬

Above: Pardon me, do you have any Grey Pouponi Below: The Kaplan kids, Erica, 3, and Sitrah, 1. Bottom: The kids ten years later.

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can refer clients to Paul because trusted. For examp e, there is a tendency for some dealers to load their customers up with unnecessary gear. Paul works closely with his clients to solve their mm:. sell them what they need problems an nothing more.. may not always agree on every issue, we both speak the same language... 'font ienr. " what is in - Bob Perry \

lost on a non-boating retail operator, the aura of the Bay. City Yachts has a front row seat for some of the most spectacular land and water events imaginable and busy schedules occasionally get shelved. With the Golden Gate for a backdrop, they have watched the fireworks, the Golden

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Gate Bridge Golden Anniversary, the Blue Angels, the Marathon, the Jazz Festival and the Big Boat Series. The ordinary passage of giant aircraft carriers, tallships and huge freight¬ ers requires a moment of admiration and in¬ spection. Now and then there’s even a glimpse of a President jogging by.

Location is not without hazards. For many years a “watch out for trucks” sign hung off the light standard just below the no smoking sign on the fuel dock. It was always good for a laugh when a new customer would glance quickly over his shoulder. Malabar, one of the Bar Pilot taxis, was late delivering a pilot and came roaring in for fuel. It hit the dock with such force it punched a big hole in its starboard side. Paul whipped up some hot polyester putty, applied it gener¬ ously, and tacked the only available piece of wood over the hole. It’s hard to take seriously a pilot boat that admonishes “watch out for trucks.” There are some people who do not be¬ long near the water. City Yachts has entertained their share. One individual drove his car into the Bay next to the fuel dock. Paul dove in af¬ ter the driver and rescued him from certain death. The driver’s only words of gratitude were, “I’ve lost my shoe” (definitely a DU1).

It takes courage and tenacity to learn the lessons of the brokerage business. Chrissy and Paul in their youthful eagerness acquired wis-

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dock before 8 a.m. on a Saturday morning. Chrissy was doing the early morning fuel and bait watch. “1 thought he had jet lag so to hu¬ mor him I opened up a couple of the yachts on the sales dock. He decided he liked one and wanted to know when he could have it. He sounded serious so I called home, convinced Paul to hurry up and get dressed and come down and make the deal.” Paul recalls the stranger had a pouch full of cash strapped to his chest, didn’t want fi¬ nancing, a sea trial or a survey. “He went off for a couple of hours and came back with pots, pans and a lot of groceries. It turned out he had a summer allowance and wanted to spend it on sailing.”

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dom quickly. They wined and dined a fair num¬ ber of prospective boat buyers only to find out their intentions weren’t honorable. But there have been an equal number of pleasant sur¬ prises. Identifying a serious customer isn’t easy. A young German tourist wandered onto the

o story of City Yachts is complete with¬ out mention of Rollo. Brought to the dock to enhance security in the early days, the 175pound St. Bernard guard dog became an in¬ stant legend claiming a fan club of hundreds of boats and thousands of members. Boats with plenty of fuel and bait and owners who really weren’t looking for another boat made the pil¬

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Don't ya just hate that sinking feeling?

‘F 1 riends’ is a word heard often on the he was highly regarded by all who knew him.

Most Bay Area sailors familiar with City Yachts remember well the sinking of their barge offices on February 10, 1989. Arriving at their office on the morning of February 11, Paul and Chrissy found it underwater. The City’s dredge had left rubble under the barge, and, at low tide, the barge's cables became entangled. With the resuming flood the barge failed to rise. Later, Tim Parker’s Dive Service freed the barge, pumped out the flotation compartments and refloated the barge. The integrity was not breached but the office equipment, computers, and records were a total lost. Lost, too, were hundreds of brochures and pictures that re¬ counted City Yachts’ history. “We were down but not out. We had to make some tough decisions in order to keep our doors open, including giving up our back page ad in Latitude 38. We reopened in Sep¬ tember, with a big party of course, and then there was the earthquake.” Page 140 •

• September. 1995

dock at City Yachts. Scott Baxter, one of the sales staff, has been in the business in the Bay Area for 30 years. “Even when I worked with other brokers, 1 liked what 1 saw here. The ethi¬ cal standards and business practices are above reproach. Working here I really enjoy what I’m doing. We’re in tune, there’s always coopera¬ tion and a nice feeling. The best part: There are more laughs and giggles around this office than any I’ve worked in. They (Paul and Chrissy) set quite a standard.’’

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Many friends are customers and many cus¬ tomers have become friends. The list includes founders and chief executives of world-reknown companies based in the Bay Area including Shaklee, Altos Computer, the Mayfield Fund, Spreckles Sugar, Atari, Alaska Airlines and Hedrick & Struggles. Most of the area’s suc¬ cessful contractors, auto dealers, real estate de¬ velopers, insurance executives, lawyers, doc¬ tors and restaurateurs are counted in the group. City Yachts has dealt with its share of ce¬ lebrities including Paul Linde, Donald Sutherland, Rob Lowe, Rush Limbaugh, Hal Holbrook, Barry Bostwick, and Julie Andrews.

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Serious sailors who have logged many ocean miles are among City Yachts' clients: Swan 47 owner Bill Chapman, Heart of Gold owners Jim and Sue Corenman, singlehanded sailor Hans Vielhauer, and circumnavigators Jim and Diana Jessie.

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and Chrissy over the years. Their love and en¬ thusiasm for Swans provided the opportunity to fulfill one of their dreams, which has made much of the hard work and tribulation fade. “Frankly, it was always my dream that some¬ day we could represent Swan. I clearly remem¬ ber going aboard a Swan 43 in 1971 and think¬ ing what a beautiful yacht it was and wouldn’t it be incredible if someday we could sell these boats. Over the years we made several over¬ tures to Nautor but they had prior commitments with another agent.” Paul persisted and now delights in his ap¬ pointment by Europe’s most prestigious yacht builder. “We are very proud of our association with Nautor. After dealing with just about ev¬ ery yacht manufacturer in the world, I've found

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It isn’t well known that City Yachts has been responsible for selling and overseeing construc¬ tion on several large custom yachts, the most recent a 65-foot, Monk-design Angelique V. “In the Tm-sorry-but-that’s-the-way-it-comes’ world we live in, there are very few opportuni¬ ties for someone to have something built ex¬ actly the way they want it. However, building a yacht today should be nothing but fun and al¬ low the opportunity for the owners to get ex¬ actly what they want. Our most recent building project took about 16 months. Every detail was considered, analyzed and debated. The joy in seeing the owner’s dreams fulfilled is quite a special feeling. I feel privileged every time we participate in one of these projects.” These projects require bringing together the experience of the staff and the resources of the industry to create exactly what the client wants. Listening to the customer’s point of view and understanding the importance of doing it right the first time have made City Yachts a strong presence in the industry. What is remarkable is the sheer volume of boats they have sold over the years. If one were to line up all the boats City Yachts has sold and

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ing boats were listed in the May 1980 issue of Latitude 38. From that list, only two compa¬ nies are in business todap; City Yachts is the oldest survivor. The most recent recession was hard on the boating industry, but the tireless dedication to doing things right brought Paul and Chrissy Kaplan through once again. “Since 1 normally go 31 years between sinkings, I think we’re in good shape. There’s

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and when that didn't work out he headed west for a visit. "It As City Yachts celebrates 25 years in business, they are seemed like the right thing to do at the time, and I had every fortunate to have a staff with a combined 200 years of experi¬ intention of returning... really." One often children and a Bos¬ ence. The professional and knowledgeable sales team includes mton College graduate, his lifetime of yachting plus expertise in Scott Baxter, Tom Gilson, Ken Keefe and John Sweeney, and iti financing, real estate, and computer science have made him a the office is expertly managed by Mackenzie St. Laurence. valuable addition to the City Yachts team. ■

MACKENZIE ST. LAURENCE, often referred to as ‘Mac,’ is the doer of all good things that happen at City Yachts from feeding and managing the 'critters' inhabiting the dock to correcting the spelling of well-intentioned sales people. Her style and flair enhance the level of professionalism maintained at City Yachts. -..

SCOTT BAXTER has been sailing the Bay for more than 50 years. He has been in the marine business for ‘almost long enough’ as he puts it. Over the years he has represented Cal Boats, Ocean Alexander, Bertram, Kettenberg, Hatteras and Grand Banks among others. He holds both broker and sales¬ man licenses. He has sailed in more than a dozen Mexico races, many local offshore events and raced the Bay. His spare time iff spent sailing the Bay and the Delta with his family aboard his Cal 39 Scotch Mist. TOM GILSON spent his youth sailing Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island. He decided to do something meaningful with his life,

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KEN KEEFE is a native son who is well known to racing sailors at home and abroad. He brings his local experience and cre¬ dentials plus international racing connections to City Yachts. He has managed two America's Cup campaigns - Defender and USA - and was yard manager at Anderson's Boat Yard for 19 years. In addition to selling yachts, Ken operates the Keefe

JOHN SWEENEY is the youngest member of the staff but has many successful years on the water. He started sailing at ag< six, and won his first national title in the El Toro Class at age 13. He pursued a college degree in architecture for three years before discovering that the diminishing potential in the field and being away from sailing wasn't what he wanted. His first project at City Yachts was the development of the ll:Metre One Design Class, which has enjoyed phenomenal growth and success including the creation of the Citibank Cup at Pier 39.

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SNIPE NATIONALS

I alk about rude guests! Out-of-towners, particularly those from Alamitos Bay and Mission Bay, showed'absolutely no respect for their local hosts at the Snipe Nationals, held at Richmond YC on August 16-18. "The Southern Californians pounded us unmerci¬ fully," admitted local Snipe fleet captain Vince Casalaina. "They’re light years ahead of us in boat speed and technique." When it was all over but the crying, Doug Hart and Steve Stewart of Mission Bay came on strong in the homestretch to claim the series with a 2,(7),3,1,1,1 record. Our best local boats finished in the cheap seats — Robin Gales and Jeff Baker were tenth, Bart Hackworth and Paul Kerner were eleventh, and Jim Grubbs and Chad Freitas were twelfth. "We obviously need more 'big fleet' racing," observed Casalaina. "We have to practice the skills you need to win at a national level — starting in traffic, picking the right side of the course, grinding down the opposition. It sounds like basic sailing, but it’s hard to put into practice with 30 or 40 boats on the line."

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leading up to the main event began on the weekend of August 1213. Sebastian and Miriam Casalaina, Vince’s kids, won the Snipe Junior Nationals for the second year in a row, while Dustin Kays and Don Hackbarth of Georgia took the Special Junior Championship (junior skipper/senior crew). Neither event was well attended, but they did get the festivities rolling. The windy Crosby Series, sailed on Monday and Tuesday, served as the qualifier for access into the 'A' fleet (Heinzerling Division) of the Nationals. Named after Bill Crosby, the editor of Rudder magazine who designed the hard-chined lSVfe-footer in 1931, the four-race series traditionally separates the top 32 boats from the rest of the fleet, who are relegated to 'B' fleet (Wells Division) status. This year, with only 41 boats in attendance — down from the 60 or 80 the fleet regularly turns out when the Nationals are held in lighter wind (read: East Coast) venues — the split seemed particular¬ ly cruel, leaving only 9 boats in the 'B' division. Henry Filter, a full time Laser campaigner from Annapolis, won the Crosby, which suf¬ fered from attrition as the breeze piped up to 20+ knots at the gybe marks. Because of the blustery winds, the qualifier was held in Keller Cove (just north of the Richmond Channel) instead of the Circle. "Still, it looked like the North Atlantic out there," said regatta chairman Scott Rovanpera. "It was completely gnarly!" About a third of the Page 148 • UXbJcZ8 • September, 1995

boats bagged the second race on Tuesday, having qualified by then, electing to save their gear and energy for the next day’s Nationals.

1 ortunately, the Bay was on its best behavior for the next three days, serving up 10-20-knot winds under sunny skies for the Nationals. As the fleet came together on the Berkeley Circle for the first race on Wed¬ nesday, any of a dozen skippers had the potential to win. Some of the contenders included Filter, defending champion Hart, past champions Craig Leweck (’88 and ’89)

and Bart Hackworth (’92), former world champion Jeff Lenhart (’81), Jack Franco (’95 Thistle champ), and two-time Navy allAmerican Will Graves. The series quickly came down to a twoboat battle between Doug Hart and Craig Leweck, each sailing late-model Danish-built Persson boats but sporting competing logos on their sails. These two excellent skippers took different approaches to the regatta: Hart, a 41-year-old former Navy pilot who is between jobs and Stewart, a buffed 38-yearold part-time contractor, are basically full¬ time sailors. "Okay, we’re sailing bums — we admit it!" they confessed cheerfully. Thev,

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One minute into the fourth race. Blindly going right on the Berkeley Circle — the conventional wisdom — didn't seem to work in this regatta.

arrived early to practice, and took the event quite seriously. "I’m not a natural sailor," claimed Doug, himself a two-time col^giate all-American ■ while at the Naval Academy and former Olympic-caliber boardsailpr. "1 have to work really hard at it to get good results." Leweck, meanwhile, took a more relaxed approach. The gregarious 32-year-old San Diego sailmaker elected to sail with his wife Lisa, knowing that their lighter weight would put them at a disadvantage in the heavier

winds of the Bay. "We just wanted to be the top couple," joked Craig. "Actually, it would be nice to win, too, but we have a new baby and jobs, and ironically can’t devote as much time to training as some of these other guys. I don’t necessarily agree with the direction the class is going anyway — the Snipe class has traditionally been familyoriented and pretty low-key. Besides, I really hate to practice!" After two days, the Lewecks and the Hart/Stewart team were essentially tied going into the last two races on Friday. Feeling the pressure, the Lewecks were over early in the start of the fifth race, exonerating themselves

but still incurring a 20% penalty (and using their throwout). Hart, meanwhile, sailed a * perfect race to claim another bullet. That set the stage for a nail-biting finale. For the Lewecks to win, they had to take the gun and put two boats between them and Doug. In an epic battle, they fell short of that goal. In a flurry of tacks at the finish line, the Lewecks nosed out Hart at the finish, only to go into irons as they shot the line. Hart ducked below them to finish second, but claimed that Craig had fouled them on the finish line. Not having won the regatta anyway — and not wanting to take what he considered a bogus protest into The Room September, 1995 • 1*&U*J*. 38 • Page 149

SNIPE NATIONALS

HEINZERLING SERIES — 1) Doug Hart/Steve Stewart, Mission Bay, 7.25 points; 2) Craig & Lisa Leweck, Alamitos Bay, 11.75; 3) Will Graves/Lisa Griffith, Mission Bay, 23; 4) Kurt Mayol/Jeff Grange, Alamitos Bay, 27; 5) David Tillson/Watt Duffy, Mission Bay, 29; 6) Jack Franco/Robert Lindlay, Alamitos Bay, 30.75; 7) Lee Griffith/Sherry Eldridge, Barnegat Bay, NJ, 38; 8) Henry Filter/Carol Newman, Annapolis, 38.45; 9) Michael Lenkelt/Alex Phillips, Mission Bay, 40; 10) Robin Gales/Jeff Baker, Lake Washington, CA, 43. (42 boats)

— Craig sailed back onto the course, did a 720°, and refinished in third place. "It was an amazing race between those two guys," said Rovanpera. "They threw everything they had at each other. It was a great finish to a great regatta!"

^^ieanwhile, in the Wells Division, Gonzalo Diaz, Sr. of Miami won easily with a 3,2,1,1,1,(DNC) record. Winning the 'B' fleet at a Nationals isn’t normally that noteworthy — unless you’re 65-years-old, drove all the way from Florida to compete, and did it with a pick-up crew (local sailor Todd Anderson)! Diaz, who has been sailing Snipes for 50 years now and has competed in "about 25" Nationals, complimented Richmond YC’s event as "one of the best I’ve ever sailed in, right near the top." Affectionately known as 'The Old Man', Diaz’s victory was obviously a very popular one. His family was there to help him celebrate, too — in the true spirit of the Snipe class, three generations of Diazs were entered in the regatta. Son 'Gonzo' and his

Runners-up Lisa and Craig Leweck, the 'First Couple' of Sniping. Craig's father Tom is a frequent'Latitude' contributor.

son, 14-year-old 'Little Gonzo', finished near the bottom of the 'A' fleet. "It was too windy for us," they said collectively. "But just wait ’til next July, when the Nationals will be held in Pensacola!" — latituderkm

NORCAL SAILORS — 11) Bart Hackworth/Paul Kerner; 12) Jim Grubbs/Chad Freitas; 16) Blake Middleton/Leslie Osmera; 19) Jamie Fontanella/ Aimee Hess; 22) David Whitmore/David Hansen; 23) Standish & Anne O’Grady; 24) Packy & Julie Davis; 25) Sebastian Casalaina/Dana Jones; 28) David & Susan Odell; 30) Doug & Bonnie Howson; 32) Andrew Schmidt/Josh Rosenfeld. WELLS SERIES — 1) Gonzalo Diaz, SrVTodd Anderson, Miami, 7.25 points; 2) Ned & Matt Nicholls, San Francisco, 13; 3) Dave Yoffie/Priscilla Duffy, San Francisco, 15; 4) John Callahan/Kris Greenough, San Franciso, 19.5; 5) John & Vickie Gilmour, San Francisco, 21. (9 boats)

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Actually, 'interview' is a misnomer. This is more of an unplanned, free-flowing lunchtime conversation the Wanderer had with Lowell and Bea North — at the height of the deadline for the August issue. What follows is only the first half. While everybody is familiar with North Sails, far fewer recognize the 66-year-old founder of the company. But that shouldn’t be the case. "Conner still has a long way to go to pass Lowell to be the top dog in San Diego," says Steve Taft, who for many years was the manager of the North loft in Alameda. "Lowell was the real innovator, always willing to take a chance, while Dennis was a follower. Lowell was the World Champ in the prestigious and highly-competitive Star Class four times — something no one else has done. In the '64 Olympics he took a Bronze in Dragons, in '68 he won a Gold in Stars, and in the '72 Olympic Trials on San Francisco Bay he took 2nd in Stars, 2nd in Solings — and I believe 2nd in Dragons, too." In addition, North’s sailing skills have been in demand by racing boat owners all over the world for the better part of the last 25 years. A big believer in technology, North’s one America’s Cup attempt, with Enterprise in 77, fell shy — perhaps because of too great a reliance on innovation and technology. Lowell started North Sails in the late '50s, and ultimately became the dominant sailmaker with — at one point—over 20 'cutting lofts' around the world. The business enjoyed a family atmosphere, with a wide circle of good friends running the lofts. When loft managers travelled, they always stayed at the homes of other loft managers rather than at hotels. North sold the company in 1986. The only time we had the pleasure of racing with Lowell was during a Long Beach Race Week in the early '80s. It was aboard a Peterson 48, and North shared driving duties with one of his proteges, the then-young Paul Cayard. North was great on the boat serious when necessary, good-natured when not, and pleasantly dispensing tips and advice. As impressive as North’s sailing and business achievements have been; he should be best known for an even higher honor: somebody able to make money — while on the ocean, while innovating, and while wearing shorts. A fun-loving, woman-loving, casual-dressing, straight-shooting guy without a trace of pretense. The kind of guy who is just as comfortable living on a boat in the yacht harbor as in a big house on the hill. In other words, a genuine Californian. We spoke with Lowell — who looks brawnier and more robust than ever — and Bea over lunch at a noisy Chinese restaurant in Mill Valley. Look for more in the next issue.

38: To bring everybody up to speed, Lowell, how many years have you been out cruising now? Lowell: Six years. Bea: But not always with me (laughter), he’s had a lot of girlfriends sail with him. Lowell: I didn’t meet Bea until a couple of years ago. 38: You first cruised where, to Panama? Lowell: No, on my first cruise I got as far as Fiji, at which time my other hip needed a little work, so I sailed back to San Diego from Fiji. It was the next trip that 1 went to Panama. I was going to go up to Honduras and the Bay Islands, but I ran out of time. I did go through one lock of the Canal on another boat to see what it would be like, but then sailed back to San Diego. We got back late in June, then left the following February or March for the Marquesas, which is when we got dismasted. I’ve since continued on across the Pacific, to Australia, and then with Bea up to Asia and across the Indian Ocean. 38: How is your Tayana 52 Wanago holding up? Lowell: She’s doing just fine. After losing the stick we had to get a new mast and sails, but they’re better than the old ones. So except for the 20,000 bucks (laughter), we came out ahead. I didn’t have any insurance then and 1 don’t have any insurance now, but those are the risks you take. Right now, for example, our boat is anchored off the yacht club at Dar-es-Salaam. It’s exposed to the ocean, but the people at the club assured me that there wouldn’t be any storms while we’re back here in the States. 38: You’re pretty trusting. Page 152 • IaKUM 12 • September, 1995

Lowell: We have somebody from the yacht club sleeping on the boat, a guy who’s nice and seems pretty sharp. So if somebody pulls our anchor up by accident, I think he’ll be able to reanchor the boat. We would have liked a mooring, but they don’t have any. Bea: So we put down two anchors. Lowell: And one of the yachties comes over periodically to start the engine and run the systems. 38: How long are you back for? Lowell: Well, it’s almost the end of July now and we’re going to fly back to Africa on the 14th of August. The only reason we came back is that I have to get new shoulder joint next Monday in Seattle. It’s a little strange, because I’ve never even talked to the doctor who will be doing the operation. I sent him six faxes from Africa, but got no answers. Finally, a good friend of mine got an Australian doctor to call him on my behalf, and he got the appointment. But the Seattle doctor, who does a bunch of these operations every week, doesn t even want to talk to me. I gave blood down here to a heart doctor so they’d be confident my heart won’t stop during the operation but that’s normal, I did it for both my hip replacements. When I got back to the States a little while ago, I was finally able to talk to his 'patient coordinator'. She was nice, and told me the doctor will take his own X-rays on Monday when he’ll talk to me for the first time, and if I m lucky, on Tuesday I’ll have a new shoulder joint. Bea: And three weeks later we fly back to Africa. Lowell was told he’ll need a 10-week check-up, and he told them ... Lowell: We’ll do it in Africa. (Laughter).

conversation 38: How have your hip joints worked out? Lowell: Perfect. Bea: He’s the bionic man! 38: So right now the boat is on the east coast of Africa? Lowell: Dar-es-Saiaam. Bea: That’s in Tanzania. It used to be Tanganyika, but they

7 think I’ve seen his picture in a book.u changed the name when they united with the island of Zanzibar. We really love it. 38: Dick Deaver, another world class sailor and who ran the North loft in Huntington Beach is also in that part of the world with his wife B.J. and his Farr 55 Outa Here, isn’t he? Lowell: They spent a couple of weeks at Dar-es-Salaam about six months ago before continuing on to Kenya. We’d planned to spend some time in Kenya, too, but haven’t been able to. The Deavers, who have been ahead of us the whole time, have since gone north to the Red Sea and the Med, while we’ll be going to South Africa. I think they’re in Cyprus now, so when you sail in Greece and Turkey you might run into them, B.J. talks on the ham nets a fair bit, so you might be able to locate them that way. Fortunately Bea has a ham license, so we’re able to talk to them from time to time. Thinking about that part of the world, Bea, you should write an article for Latitude on how to make do for a week without any propane. (Laughter). We really ate well! 38: How and where did this happen? Lowell: It happened on our recent trip from Madagascar to Tanzania. Bea: It happened before that, too. (Laughter). Lowell: Yes, but only for 24 hours. Bea: It was one of those things where I said, 'Lowell, are you sure we have enough propane?' He said 'yes' — but the next thing you know, we ran out. (Laughter). That was near Cooktown where we could just go in and get more. Nonetheless, all the cruisers laughed at us because of it. So I filled the propane tanks in Thailand. When we got to the Chagos Archipelago — which I’m sure you know is alone in the middle of the Indian Ocean — all the other cruisers started running out of propane. 'Boy, are they stupid', we thought to ourselves. 'We’ve got all we need.' These poor other people were running to shore and baking bread in the ovens that had been left by the British. Lowell: And BBQ-ing on the beach, doing everything to save what little propane they might have had left. Bea: So we’re acting like we’re really smart, but then we ran out five days before we got to Africa! What made it worse is that we could have filled the tanks in Madagascar. We didn’t because our tanks always last three months and it had only been 45 days. We have no idea why we ran out. 38: So there was something fishy? Bea: Everybody who filled up in Thailand ran out. 38: Did the people in Thailand not fill them all the way? Lowell: It wasn’t that because we checked them by weight. I think it was something... maybe they were filled with half air or something that would weigh about the same as propane. In any event, Bea fixed great meals without any propane. Although we had lots of fresh fish, so that was most of our main Page 154 • Ut&Jc Z8 • September, 1995

courses. Bea: Lowell thinks it’s a miracle that we ate like we did for five days, but it wasn’t. 38: What did £ou make? Bea: I don’t even remember. I wish I’d written it down. Lowell: You were able to make pasta. 38: With what, the microwave oven? Lowell: No, we’d taken our microwave out a long time ago — along with the washing machine, dryer and television. We needed the space for boxes of wine and other more important stuff. Bea: When we run the engine, the water in the water heater gets really hot. So we’d take hot water from the line nearest the water heafer. It was good enough to cook noodles — which we almost ran out of—and we also ended up making coffee that way. But normally I’m such a basic cooker, using rice and beans, that we didn’t have many canned goods. So that made it a little harder. But it wasn’t as hard as Lowell makes it out to be. 38: If you find the 'no propane cookbook', let us know. So Lowell, you were sailing across the Pacific when you met Bea? Lowell: I met Bea on the dock at the Mooloolaba YC. I’d spent a whole year at Mooloolaba, which is a beautiful town with a beautiful beach. She was walking down the dock, and I said 'hello'. But she was in a bad mood and wouldn’t even talk to me, so I had to persevere. (Laughter). 38: So Bea, had you done a lot of sailing before? Bea: No, not really. Lowell and I had dinner one night, and he asked me to go sailing with him for a couple of days. I thought that would be really nice, but I needed to check him out to make sure he was okay. So I went to the yacht club and said, "Do any of you guys know this guy from America, Lowell North?" They all started laughing. I wasn’t sure if they were laughing at me because I was being cautious or what. But they said he would be all right — otherwise I never would have gone. Lowell: That’s fortunate, because otherwise I would have had to Bea: When I got back to my girlfriend’s house that night she said, "You know, I think I’ve seen his picture in a book.' She dug out some book of Dennis Conner’s, and there was his picture! 'Oh my God,' I thought to myself, 'I can’t sail with him because I know he’s going to be a Hitler at the helm.' But he wasn’t! So we went on this little sailing trip together, and when it was over I didn’t want to get off the boat. And he didn’t let me. He said, 1 don’t want you to get off.' We’ve been together ever since. 38: How long ago was this? Lowell: About two years ago March. 38: And didn’t you get married a year or so ago on Mt. Tam? Bea: Yes. Lowell just wanted to get married. Lowell: It wasn’t easy. I had to make more than 18 trips between here and my ex-wife’s lawyer — I didn’t have a lawyer myself — in San Diego in the five days before we got married. 38: Eighteen!? Lowell: Yes. I flew up here for the last time on Tuesday, the San Diego judge signed the divorce and faxed it up on Thursday, so on Saturday we got married on Mt. Tam. It was close. 38: It’s important people understand that you and your ex-wife had an amicable separation for many years. Lowell: That’s true. We had dinner a couple of times last week. Bea: I think it’s really important that there isn’t a lot of hostility. Lowell: Well, it was a little tough, because Kay and I had made a financial agreement three or four years ago, but my needing a divorce meant I had to make certain additional financial concessions. But it’s done. 38: So Bea, how did you take to cruising? Bea: I’d been boating a few times with my husband, who died a

lowell & bea north :ouple of years before. After that, I didn’t want to continue, so I sold he boat. But I’ve been indoctrinated in it now, and I just love it! \ctually, I’m 58 and I hadn’t ever really sailed before except for naybe two weekends. Lowell: You’re only 57. She always adds a year. Bea: (Laughter). But I love it. I really just love it! Lowell: Is it just the two of you on the boat together? Bea: Mostly. Lowell: My son Danny and his girlfriend Audrey spent a year with is, but then Bea and I decided we wanted to be alone for a while. So hey got evicted. 38: (Laughter). Bea: It wasn’t funny. It was really awful. Lowell: Audrey was pretty upset. Bea: It’s hard to evict your own kids. Lowell: Anyway, it was our wanting to be alone that encouraged hem to get their own boat. They’d been looking for boats all over \ustralia, and at this point they got serious and bought a boat. 38: What did they get? Lowell: They bought a really nice 38-ft catamaran. Bea: She’s really great. Lowell: She’s more a racing boat than a cruising boat, and will do 20 knots. In fact, right after they bought her, they averaged 15 knots an a reach to reach course. We were together in Thailand for Christmas last year, and they’ve since sailed back to Bali. They’ve seen having a great time, and Audrey’s a lovely girl, very good for Dan. Bea: She’s a great, uncomplicated lady. Really neat. 38: You’ve a world of racing experience on just about every kind jf monohull in just about every type of sailing condition. Lowell. What do you think of catamarans? Lowell: Well, I think our next boat — we’re thinking of selling 1Vanago when we get back to Sain Diego in a couple of years — will ae a catamaran. Bea: We love catamarans. Lowell: In Australia — and a lot of other places — there’s spots ve can’t go with Wanago because we draw 6Vg feet. I like the idea of aeing able to pull a boat up on the beach and tie her to a palm tree, rhat would be pretty nice. Bea: We know you’ve become interested in cats, have you seen my you like? 38: No. (Laughter). Aesthetics is one of the big problems. We and he Wanderette sailed on a Lagoon 57 last winter ... Lowell: We read your article on that. 38:... and if she had daggerboards, if the helms were moved up against the back bridgedeck, didn’t have all the charter stuff such as ive electric heads, air-conditioning — and cost half as much — we’d auy one right away. While in Ios, we actually spoke with a guy who’d ust finished a 3Vfe-year circumnavigation aboard a Lagoon 55. He eported that the boat had held up great, was excellent in heavy weather, crossed the Atlantic in 11 days, and had a best day’s run of 267 miles. Having looked at scores of cruising catamarans, we think that Marc /an Peteghem and Vincent Lauriot Prevost, the designers of the -agoons as well as Lakota and a host of other excellent cruising and acing multihulls, are on the right track — which is a comparatively mail saloon for a given length of boat and a large cockpit. After all, when we’re cruising, we like to spend most of our time outside, not nside. Lowell: Me, too. Bea: Me, too. 38: Sitting around a picnic-size table in the cockpit with a big iwning to shield you from the sun and rain is something we found jretty attractive. Especially when you can comfortably do it while

sailing along at a nice clip. Bea: One feature I really liked on a catamaran we saw is that the galley was located in the bridgedeck rather than in one of the hulls. I don’t want to be down in one of the hulls cooking, I want to be up with everybody and where I have a 360' view. 38: We think the most important thing we learned from speaking

with Peter Blake and Cam Lewis — who, of course, sailed around Cape Horn and the world in record time aboard different cats — is that the single most important feature in an ocean-going catamaran is length. The longer the cat, the safer — and more comfortable — she will be. Lowell: That’s correct. If a catamaran is too short, it’s one, dangerous, and two, looks terrible. The reason short cats look terrible is that you have to have the bridgedeck at least three feet above the water or it will get pounded by waves, and the if the bridgedeck is to have standing headroom, it has to be over six feet high. So that’s a minimum of nine feet, which looks like a second-story on a small cat. It seems to me you have to have at least a 40-footer or else it doesn’t work. Danny’s boat — actually his girlfriend’s boat — is just 38 feet long. The reason it doesn’t have a 'two-story' look is that they don’t have standing headroom in the bridgedeck. Even though they’re both relatively short, they can’t stand up in the saloon — which is where the galley is. You have to be young and agile to put up with that. Bea: We bought a little piece of property in Australia, and we’re thinking of settling there. For us to be able to get from Mooloolaba out to the Great Sandy Straits in less than 24 hours would be fantastic — and you can do that in q cat. It would also allow us to get over the bar with no worries, so we could sail from Australia to Vanuatu and the rest of the islands without it being too long a journey. For what we want to do with the rest of our lives, a catamaran would seem ideal. 38: So your long term plans are to live ashore part of the time and cruise part of the time? Bea: It’s still quite a ways down the road, but we’ve been talking about living in Australia six months a year and living in Vanuatu six months a year. 38: We’d heard you’d fallen in love with Vanuatu. What do you like about it? Bea: Everything. The people are happy, there doesn’t seem to be a color line, and every place we went, we were welcomed. This included places where yachts hadn’t ever called before. The people there are so giving of what they have, and they don’t expect anything in return. I found the people in the Societies to be quite aggressive, needy, and wanting by comparison. In Vanuatu, people seem to be content and love their lives the way they are. They don’t want cars, TV, or all kinds of change. They’re lovely people who want to live simply. 38: It sounds pretty nice. Bea: While in Port Vila, we both got our diving certificates. Lowell has been diving all his life, but I hadn’t. So we thought we’d get certified so we could do that together. We ended up buying a piece of property there with a little place above the dive shop. But we just fell in love with the whole area. • Lowell: I would rate Fiji — Bea hasn’t had a chance to spend much time there —just about as high as Vanuatu. However, Vanuatu September, 1995 •UliUJtJ?• Page 165

conversation: has the advantage of a legal system that’s based on the English system. Our lawyer and others in Vanuatu think that no matter which government is running the country — and it’s changed already since we’ve been there — they will always honor the English system. They know that without the stability of the English system there would be chaos. We know something about the legal system because we had to

go to court in Vanuatu. Bea: It’s true, we were prosecuted in Vanuatu. 38: What was that all about? Lowell: Well, we did a stupid thing. We stopped at Tanna before we checked in at Port Vila. This is something most cruisers do, because if you check in at Port Vila and then try to sail to Tanna, it’s almost impossible in a cruising boat. It’s hundreds of miles upwind against 20 knots of wind and a two-knot current. So like most folks, we stopped at Tanna . . . Port Resolution . . . before we went to Port Vila — something you’re not supposed to do. While in Port Resolution, we became good friends with the chief. Well, he wasn’t really the chief, he was the commodore of the 'yacht club' and one of the elders. Anyway, he convinced us that if we went to Immigration on the other side of the island, that the gal there — a friend of his — would be able to give us some extra days there. Maybe even a week. That sounded nice — although deep down we knew it was probably a bad thing to do. When we saw the woman, she said, "You’re not supposed to be here! You can’t come to this island. In fact, you’ve got to leave today." We were finally able to talk her into letting us leave the next morning, but she said, "I’ve gotta cedi my boss in Port Vila and tell him you’re here." And she did — which is why they were waiting for us with handcuffs at Port Vila when we arrived. 38: No kidding? Lowell: Yeah. It was a tough scene. My son Danny and I got grilled separately by the authorities. He for an hour, me for 90 minutes. Bea: Well, and eight men boarded our boat. Lowell: The next day, eight native guys — two of them engine mechanics — boarded our boat. We told them the reason we’d stopped was to fix our generator, which had been broken. They wanted to know how I fixed it to make sure I wasn’t making up a story. They examined the generator and my repairs, and said they didn’t think it had been an 'emergency' situation. It really hadn’t, but it was close enough to it where I thought that.. . well, if we hadn’t gone ashore it wouldn’t have been a problem. You’re always allowed to anchor to fix something, but we’d gone ashore. Anyway, I pleaded guilty when we appeared before the judge. Bea: They also wanted to make an example out of us. Lowell: They knew that all the boats were doing this, so they sorta wanted to put a stop to it. The judge fined us $800 dollars, which (laughter) is exactly, I think, what it would have cost the four of us to fly up there and back. The amount of the fine might have been a coincidence, but I’m not so sure. Bea: We were warned that they could take our boat, fine us $10,000 — or both. They could even put us in prison. I thought it was pretty scary. Our friends Tom and Bonnie, both top lawyers in the U.S. who decided they’d had enough of that, thought it was pretty good, Page 156 • UtUuJtM • September, 1995

though. 'Boy, this is the best show since we left Australia,' they said. They gave us the following advice: 'Just be your humble selves and apologize.' Lowell: The prosecutor was a little over the top, but he was trying his best to do his job. He was reading a weather report for the areas when we’d been up there. Where he got it, I don’t know. It had been blowing over 30 knots, and we’d had a tough time getting to Tanna, and when we arrived we were really tired — which was part of the reason we stopped. But here was the judge holding up this weather forecast saying it was supposed to have blown 10 to 15 knots. (Laughter). Bea: The prosecutor wanted to nail us. Lowell: Anyway, it turned out to be not that big a deal. 38: After all that, you still like Vanuatu? North: Yes. That’s why we bought the commercial property — there’s a dive shop in it — with a little apartment on the top. It’s at a pretty spot on a beautiful harbor — the cleanest commercial harbor I’ve ever seen. ' Bea: Have you ever been there? 38: We’ve been to a number of places in the South Pacific, but haven’t had the pleasure of visiting Vanuatu. Bea: Well, when we build our house you’ll have to come and try out our catamaran. (Laughter). It’s a little silly, We make all these grand plans — but we still have to get around the Cape of Good Hope, up the Atlantic, through the Panama Canal, and then up to San Diego. 38: Sailing south along the coast of South Africa can be very rough, but once you get around Cape Horn we understand it’s fabulous sailing all the way to the Caribbean. Lowell: We’re going to sail from Capetown to St. Helena and then along the north coast of Brazil to Barbados. Have you spent much time in Barbados? 38: At little. We found it a little stuffier than some of the other islands. There’s great things about each of the islands in the Caribbean, but we prefer the French ones because they seem to have the most culture. And of the French islands, we like St. Barts because — well, because we found Big O there — but also because it’s nice, small, and they drive motor scooters instead of cars. We were there about six months ago, and we ran into an interesting guy from the Bay Area by the name of Peter Brown. He was a very successful personal injury lawyer at a young age, and then did the Singlehanded TransPac in the early '80s aboard an Olson 30. Halfway across, he decided there was lots more to life than being a lawyer. He almost immediately bought a cruising boat and has been sailing around the world for the last 12 years. He visited most of the places you did and/or will, then traded his boat for a catamaran in South Africa. He sailed up to the Caribbean and is now chartering out of the St. Barts area. We’ll have a feature on him in the next month or so. Bea: That’s sounds like Tom and Bonnie. They were both very successful lawyers who just decided that wasn’t the best thing to do with the rest of their lives. Lowell, we should mention what happened in the Chagos. Lowell: You might get more on it from others later, but basically a boat near us in the Chagos was blown up on the reef during storm. It was at an anchorage full of coral heads at the Chagos away from the other boats. There was our boat and about a 42-ft huge ferrocement boat from South Africa that had been anchored there for about three weeks. When we’d arrived about three hours before, I searched all over for a patch of sand to set the anchor in, but couldn’t find any. So we secured the boat to a coral head. A little while before a guy told me they got storms in the Chagos at that time of year, so I made a very long nylon anchor snubber — about 40 feet long—from one-inch nylon. Usually I don’t bother with

lowed & bea north stuff like that, but this time 1 put it out. Bea: That’s right, he doesn’t usually put a snubber out, and I thought, what... Lowell: If a storm did come, there is no way you could have gotten out because of the coral heads that were everywhere. And so the wind did come up. We thought about taking down our awning, but decided we didn’t have to. Twenty minutes later, it was too windy to take it down even if we wanted to. The lagoon we were anchored in is open for about six miles to the side the wind was coming from, so before long it was blowing 50 knots and there were six foot seas. We had our dinghy hanging off the side like people do in Mexico, and it was flying up and down about three feet. There was nothing I could do to secure it. We have two bow rollers, and the anchor chain was in one and the snubber was in the other. Anyway, with the big waves and the bow going up and down, the nylon snubber popped off the roller and jammed between both rollers. It wasn’t going to cause any big damage except if it broke, because then the windlass might break off — which has happened to a couple of sisterships. Bea: So it’s dark out and Lowell is up on the bow — which is plunging two feet under the water in the big waves... Lowell:... it was really something ... Bea: And I hear a call for help from Vespera, the South African boat about half a mile from us. "This is Vespera, we’re sinking! We’re sinking! Can anybody hear us?" 'Oh my God,' 1 thought, 'this is just like the books.' I told them I heard them and called Lowell off the bow. It’s terrible how helpless you can feel. We knew what was happening, they were only half a mile away, but there was absolutely nothing we could do for them. Lowell: Their boat was on the reef and getting lodged in it. Given the terrible weather, the coral heads, and the darkness, we couldn’t have helped even if they hadn’t gone on the reef. Incidentally, they had anchored and not tied to a coral head. We weren’t in the best situation either. (Laughter). We decided to leave the engine on at about 800 rpm to keep the chain from jerking too hard. But this meant we had to steer because when the engine’s on, the boat heads off to one side. The autopilot might have worked, but we didn’t have anything better to do, so we took turns steering for the next hour and a half. Then the wind died and it was over. Bea: The folks on Vespera spent the night on the beach. Lowell: But the next morning, the crews from the 16 boats in the area all came over to help the folks unload their badly holed boat. It must have been 10 tons of stuff. Once everything was taken out, a generator was set up to run three bilge pumps, and sue people were bailing the inside of the boat with buckets. Bea: And people were stuffing plastic bags in the holes in the hull. Lowell: Ultimately, the group got the boat towed a mile or two to a more sheltered place where most of the other boats were, and put her in about two feet of water where they could work to make the hull watertight again. They also got the engine out of the boat, and one very smart cruiser — he was a genius — got the starter motor and then the whole engine working. On the beach. Later they put it back in the boat. In the beginning all kinds of people helped, but it was mainly a core group of five or six people, who Sid a great job salvaging her. Bea: Remember, this was out in the middle of nowhere. And boats coming to the Chagos were radioed to bring cement and other supplies. It was a great group effort. Lowell: And the victims had no money whatsoever. Their 25year-old daughter needed a ride back to her job in England. We offered to take her to Africa, but she got a ride with some one else. But I think they got the boat to Africa and fixed up. 38: Have you had much bad weather? Lowell: No, that’s the worst weather we’ve had. We haven’t had

any storms to speak of. Bea: You said this was the worst experience you’ve ever had at anchor. Lowell: Oh yeah. It was scary. On our trip across the Indian Ocean from Chagos to Madagascar we had some interesting weather: more thunderstorms and squalls

than I’ve ever seen anywhere. I guess that’s sort of normal, however, as Deaver had the same kind of weather. We’d have three or four big black storms every night, some of which would have wind up to 45 knots. We were going downwind, so in the daytime we got pretty good at gibing to dodge these things. Bea: But it meant we were sailing all over the place, so we weren’t making much progress. 38: Were you able to see the squalls on the radar at night? Lowell: They would show up on the radar, but with only three people on board, and just one sailing the boat at a time, we just (laughter) sort of let them run. We just ran into 'em at night. (More laughter). 38: When there’s just two of you on the boat, is she easy enough for you to handle? Lowell: Yes, she is. Bea gets a little nervous with just two of us and likes a third person aboard — which we’ve had on most of our long passages. Bea: On the long ones — Thailand to the Maldives and from the Maldives to Africa. Lowell didn’t really want a third person but I did. We’ve had friends join us from the States to help. Lyle Taft, Steve Taft’s wife, will be joining us for the sail from Capetown to the Caribbean. , 38: So the size of your boat is fine? Lowell: Yes, I like a big boat. Bea: I think it’s just right. Lowell: Once I heard a guy ask another guy why he had such a big boat. "It’s as big a boat as I could afford," the guy replied. (Laughter). I think the bigger the boat the easier it is. Besides, you can always become a powerboat if the weather gets really bad (laughter) and let the sails go to shreds. But I think big boats ... well, some of these little boats I see out here scare me. Even Danny’s 38-ft catamaran. 38: You must be recognized everywhere you go — is that a nuisance? * Lowell: We’re just cruisers, and I’m not recognized often — especially at Dar-es-Sabam. (Laughter). While there, we searched for a way to watch the America’s Cup on television — in fact, we’d sort of rushed to get there before the Finals. We learned it was going to be on ESPN, but nobody there cared about it. We talked to a couple of hotels that would be able to pick it up about showing it, but we gave up because it was too much trouble. Then we found a Kiwi who was a member of the yacht club and who ran the DHL office in Dar-Es-Salaam. About a week or two after the series, he got tapes so we were able to watch it — or as much as we wanted to. 38: (Laughter). Lowell: The first race was pretty exciting, but after that it was bloody awful. 38: Do you miss work and running a company? September, 1995 • U&uM Z2 • Page 157

lowell & bea north Lowell: No, not really. I got weaned from that a long time ago. It’s been more than six years, and at this point I don’t miss it. Bea: He’s still working. On the boat. (Laughter). Lowell: Tom Whidden is doing a nice job with the company, so it’s nice that it hasn’t gone to pot. 38: You’ve talked about how you liked Australia and Vanuatu; do you miss anything about the States? Lowell: It’s fun to come back home [Bea is shaking her head, ’no’], but I don’t miss it. The only reason we’ve come back this time is so I can get a new shoulder joint. But it’s fun to come back and see the yacht club, see my Mom, my daughter, friends. Bea: To see the family, that kind of thing, yeah, it’s good to get back for that. But I don’t miss the rest. \ \ 38: Does the pace seem crazy? Lowell: It was a shock. Especially when we had lunch at The Village mall in Corte Madera. Bea: It wets really appalling for me to see how spoiled and indulged the children are. I just wonder about it. I know it’s my culture, [Although the two met in Australia, Bea is an American and has a daughter living in Novato.] Then I have to say, 'Look, Bea, you’re an American, you’re proud of America, and just be with that. After all, it’s the '90s and this is Marin County and all that. It would be different in the Midwest.' But you know what it’s like, to have sailed somewhere and seen children with just a handful of com mush to eat, who’d just give anything to be fed. And in a mall in America you see a child screaming because there’s a small piece of mushroom he doesn’t like on a gigantic pizza, and wants his mother to take it off for him. You

know, I mean . . . But there’s another side, too, which Lowell and I have talked about. Americans are joyful, they’re hard workers, they’re lovely and they’re fun. We went to a {laughter) Fourth of July picnic at some little fair in Marin County, and we were walking against the crowd because the parade had finished, and there were flags all over, everybody was wearing American flag shirts and red, white, and blue, and everybody was healthy, laughing and having so much fun. So yes, we Americans are indulging and indulged, but there’s something really great in this country. Lowell: America’s still nice. Bea: So it’s like push and pull; we love America, we’re proud of our country, but because we enjoy each other and wherever we happen to be at the time so much, we don’t really miss the States. And when you come back, it’s great to see the families — then quick! how many movies can we see? (Laughter). Lowell: We’ve seen quite a few. 38: The crew on Big O has been out about 10 months now, and they keep begging for us to bring movies. Bea: And books. It’s not clothing or any of that stuff you miss, but books and movies. Lowell: We have enough books. Bea: (Laughter) I said to Lowell, don’t go to another bookstore. We trade for books and stuff when we’re out there. 38: Do you have any unusual equipment on Wanago that most boats don’t have, or do you not have something that others do? Lowell: We don’t have a liferaft. 38: Hmmmm, we’d better take this up in the next issue.

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SERIOUS SURGERY ^^hristmas in La Paz sounded like a great idea when we waved goodbye to our Portland friends after the Downwind Marine picnic last November. Little did we imagine that it would not be a time of much rejoicing for the crew of Euentyr. After discovering a small lump in my

cising at home. She raised her pretty skirt tb her knees and showed me her purple tights which she had not had time to take off! Her English was excellent as she entered all my statistics into her desktop computer, explain¬ ing that she was still new at this, since her son had only recently installed and pro¬ grammed it. Her examination — more careful and gentle than any I have ever teceived in 30odd years — included an ultrasound scan and revealed a large tumor. Obviously very concerned, she told me to get a complete blood test, another more ^detailed ultra¬ sound, and charged a staggering $50 for her time. Earlier that year in San Diego, I had shelled out $130 as a 'special cruisers’ deal' for a much less comprehensive exam.

lower abdomen, and with no medical insur¬ ance in the U.S., 1 decided to see a gynecol¬ ogist in La Paz. Figuring I might get in after the Christmas holidays, I called for an appointment and was not prepared for the question, "Do you want to come this after¬ noon?" / , Doctors’ private offices are often quite empty as most Mexicans are covered by IMSS, the social security health insurance system. The receptionist did not speak English and did not seem very busy. No cabinets full of files lined the walls, no computer or even a typewriter was in sight, only the phone and appointment book were

In Mexico, the patient generally obtains X-rays and test results himself and takes them to his doctor at the next office visit, some-thing I had tried in California with a mammogram X-ray I wanted to keep for my records. It took several secretaries, techni¬ cians and supervisors half an hour to decide — much against their better judgment since "the records were the property of the lab" — that there really wasn’t a legitimate reason why I couldn’t have a copy of my x-ray. As I was to learn on many future occasions, the medical establishment down here treats peo¬ ple as if they have a brain and can be trusted to understand and take part in their own health issues and recovery. After a second, in-depth ultrasound, the doctor explained what he’d found by show¬ ing us pictures in an English medical book, and we walked out with x-rays in hand. Blood and urine analyses the next day were done in an immaculate lab by a lovely woman whose husband is a marine biologist who does research on water pollution in and near La Paz Bay. It was nice to hear that, for once, they did not feel that the cruising boats were the culprits, but that the manufacturing plants and raw sewage dumping were doing the most damage. We picked up the two-

on her desk. Doctora Elba Olimpia Patino Palacios arrived, an attractive, statuesque woman apologizing for being a few minutes late because she was having so much fun exer-

page report that afternoon for the following day’s consultation — which was free of charge. The picture didn’t look good, so Dr. Patino gave me her home number, told me

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to call anytime I had a question, and made an appointment for that same evening with Dr. Roberto Rodriguez Pulido, one of the top oncologists in town. Mexican doctors gener¬ ally do their surgery and hospital business in the mornings and have private office hours in the evenings, often until 9:00 p.m. Dr. Rodriguez also didn’t like what he saw and sat with us for at least an hour, patiently answering our questions and explaining everything in great detail in his somewhat halting English, for which he apologized pro¬ fusely; but he understood our language per¬ fectly and had just returned from a medical congress in Chicago. His office call was a whopping $33. He told me to report to the hospital on Monday (this was Friday), also gave me his home number to call anytime, and exactly one week after my first doctor’s visit, I had a hysterectomy with removal of a two-pound tumor. How about that for speed in Mexico. I doubt it would have gone that fast in the States! The hospital experience was an immedi¬ ate, total immersion into Mexican culture and language, since none of the nurses or secretaries spoke English, although all the doctors did. Salvatierra, as I learned much

SOUTH OF THE BORDER to call a nurse. If necessary, they stay around the clock, help change the beds, make sure the patient eats and drinks, run errands, buy medicines, and assist with showers and washing. And these women were wonderful! When my husband wasn’t there, they came

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY CHRIS DEWAR later, is the poor man’s general hospital for people without insurance or who can’t pay, which would explain the somewhat shabby, old furnishings and appearance. But it was clean, had superior operating facilities and was the place of choice for my doctor. Check-in was accomplished with much sign language and pencil-pushing on both sides, and the receptionist had a hard time believing that I had only one last name, and not a combination of my husband’s and father’s or, if unmarried, my father’s and maternal grandfather’s last names. Strange gringosl The only reference to any payment to be made was a question as to who was responsible for me and, after collecting a hospital gown at the nurses’ station, I was in bed half an hour later. As luck would have it, for the next two days I shared a room with three other beds containing a series of Mexican women and their brand new babies. They came and went in 10-hour intervals, and I counted a total of nine little new arrivals. Babies born naturally slept peacefully tucked into their mothers’

1Eventyr1 departing Isla Carmel.

arms. Women with C-sections were attended by family members who changed and com¬ forted the screaming infants 24 hours a day.

The medical establishment in the U.$. could learn much from the Mexicans about the treatment of patients! ■

One new mom had three ladies sitting with her in 8-hour shifts. One of them spent the entire night on a hard chair holding the baby. Prior to surgery, I received an EKG and chest x-ray, and each morning a steady stream of doctors and interns came by to gather information and answer my questions. Every eight hours at shift change, the depart¬ ing nurses would introduce those coming on and explain each patient’s requirements and condition. Apparently, like everything else in Mexico, a hospital stay is a family affair. With mothers and wives taking care of the patient’s needs there are no bells at bedside

to my bed, risked if I needed anything, brought me water, fed me when I wasn’t eating, and spoke of courage and faith. The food was variable, from a cold hot dog the first night to generally mild Mexican cuisine, some quite good, some not so great, with the old standby 'avena' (a runny, sweetish oatmeal gruel) three times a day. Not my favorite! The operating room was immaculate, the surgeons comforting and competent, and the five-hour surgery went very well. 1 spent the next day dozing, watched the nurses take my vitals almost hourly, sent healing thoughts to my aching belly, and finally forced myself to sit up and take a few tentative steps to the door. By evening, I was able to shuffle down the hall to the bathroom, supported by my daughter and trailed by my three-legged IV stand which, like most shopping carts, re¬ fused to go in a straight line. The doctors, nurses and patients' moms watched me care¬ fully. My husband kept the pain medication coming, and on the second day, I was dis¬ charged — just in time for Christmas, as promised by my doctor. On the way out, we paid the hospital bill: $261 for 4 days, x-ray, EKG, operating room, etc. The fees for the surgeon, anesthe¬ siologist and pathologist came to $1,500, which brought our grand total for all medical expenses to that date to a little more than

$2,000! Our 34-foot sailboat had been converted to a bedroom, and the dinette area resem¬ bled a sultan’s divan. There I spent our Christmas in La Paz, received visitors, practiced getting up with the help of a rope strung across the salon from one porthole to the other — which, one rare rainy night, acted as a wick and leaked a cold lake into my bed — and tried to keep my nauseous stomach from rejecting all the normally delicious holiday smells wafting through the hatch from all around us. And I couldn’t have been in a more healing environment! The comfortable cli¬ mate, relaxed boating atmosphere and never-ending stream of loving, caring friends contributed much to my rapid recovery. A week after the operation, we beachcombed September, 1995 • ItZXtJU 3? • Page 161

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The cost? With the peso's fall from 3:1 to somewhere between 5 and 6:1 (changing each day), we ended up with a total of about $2,700 for the entire chemo affair, including doctors’ visits, blood tests, services at the cancer center, and the expensive medica¬ tion. I remember reading about a similar case in the States that cost $40,000!

over a mile to the recently restored mush¬ room rock, El Hongo in Puerto Ballandra.

U nfortunately, my tumor turned out to be malignant, and Dr. Rodriguez recom¬ mended chemotherapy. With his prescrip¬ tion, we purchased the necessary medica¬ tions and emetics which, to the amazement of several specialists from the U.S., were exactly what was being used there. 1 had never wanted to put my body through this ordeal and, expecting nausea and misery, anxiously awaited the first of six treatments at the new oncology center. Perla, a friendly nurse in an immaculate white uniform took me to a small room with a comfortable easy chair and, with a quick picadito stuck a needle in my hand for the IV while my husband looked on and kept me company. Everything was spic and span. Syringes were discarded after every use, lightsensitive liquids were kept covered. I was given a blanket and pillow, offered coffee

Happy endings: Chris (center)' beachcombing with her family.

and water, and after 3 hours of pleasant English-Spanish chatter, walked out of the center with the thought, 'let’s eat something!' And that’s pretty much the way the remain¬ ing treatments went. I spent the time at the center watching TV, improving my Spanish and teaching Perla a little more English. There was some nausea for a few days and, after treatment #6, my blood count was a bit low and I tired easily. But in general, it was nothing like what I had expected, and defin¬ itely bearable. And wonder of wonders, I never lost my hair!

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Elven aside from finances, I would always come back to Mexico for medical treatment. The friendliness, concern and patience of nurses, technicians and doctors, as well as their competence, was an unex¬ pected surprise and turned a potentially unpleasant, stressful situation into an experience I will remember with a good feel¬ ing in my heart. The medical establishment in the U.S. could learn much from the Mexi¬ cans about the treatment of their patients! And the happy ending? My last blood test came back negative — the big bad 'C' is gone!

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MAX EBB try 1 wenty-five minutes late," our skip¬ per complained as he glanced at his watch. I looked at my watch too, although I had just looked at it 30 seconds earlier. "We’ll give them ’til half past," he an¬ nounced. "Then we take off without them." I’ve always believed that the best practice , for racing is more racing. But this was a big boat that was gearing up for an important series, and the crew needed a few evenings to coordinate maneuvers before the first race day. Lee Helm was onboard as tactician, and I was along for the ride. The owner was not able to attend, so the paid professional who maintains the boat was playing skipper for the evening. "It looks like you’ll have to fill in as the port trimmer," the skipper informed me as he started the engine. "I’ll put Lee on mainsheet and move our regular main trimmer to mast, just for tonight." He made a few more crew substitutions to make up for the no-shows, and called for docklines to be cleared. But as we started backing out of the slip we spotted two people running along the seawall towards us. They were in business suits and carrying kevlar seabags. "Well, at least we have a foredeck again," remarked one of the cockpit crew as we swung around to pick them up. Lee was assigned back to her tactician job, and I was back to observer status. Within a few minutes we were outside the marina with the main up, the engine off, and the number three on deck ready to hoist. "The windspeed’s in the number two range," said Lee. "Why are we going wi{h the three?" "This is spinnaker practice," said the skipper. "No reason to flog the big jibs tonight." Lee just shrugged, and the jib went up. We made a couple of tacks up the Cityfront while the trimmers got the mainsail settings dialed in and moved the jib leads around. Even though we were sailing into a strong flood, I was impressed by the progress we made up the Bay. This big boat was quite a bit faster than what I was used to.

inally it was spinnaker time. The first

very rough, with the sail collapsing every time and the pole slamming into the headstay more than once. We had no shortage of analyses: The driver thought that the mainsheet trimmer should keep the main centered longer to keep air flowing into the chute. The mainsheet trimmer wanted the afterguy trimmer to square back more before the trip, to move the sail across the rig before the jibe. The afterguy trimmer said he couldn’t do that unless the sheet trimmer eased up to let the sail move across. The sheet trimmer wanted the tailer on the new afterguy to take up slack a lot faster after the pole was made, because the load was too much for him to trim in fast enough at that point in the jibe. The new afterguy trimmer said he could .. \%v

to be extremely annoyed at being asked to set seemed to go okay despite some yelling from the crew boss, but Lee assured me this was nothing unexpected for a crew that hadn’t worked together before, even on a boat of this size. But the first set of jibes were Page 164 • UtUu/t 3? • September, 1995

overhaul a lot faster if the topping lift wasn’t late getting topped up again after the pole was made. The topping lift trimmer said she wasn’t getting enough help from the mast man, who

was supposed to jump the lift for her. The mast man said that he could get into position to jump the topping lift sooner if the bow-crew didn’t need his help pulling the pole forward with the foreguy while they were free-flying. And the crew on the point, after stomping back to the cockpit to have a chat with the afterguard, blamed it all on the driver. "Of course the guy on point is like, closest to the right answer," Lee whispered to me. "But we’ll have a different driver for the series." Meanwhile we were going upwind with the number three again, fighting the tide. Lee called for some tacks to check layline sighting marks in the cockpit, but the rest of the crew had nothing to do. "Set up for a port-pole bear-away!" ordered the crew boss. Another chute was brought up, and in a couple of minutes it was hooked up and ready to hoist, even though we were still way downwind of our starting point. "Okay, now switch everything so we’re set up for a starboard pole bear-away!" he shouted as he pushed the stopwatch button on his watch. "And no tacks; you’ll have to walk the strings around the jib." It took nearly five minutes, but finally the foredeck reported back that the boat was ready for a starboard-pole bear-away. "Very good, Mr. Foredeck," he said as he

BUILDING THE PERFECT BEAST

The well-oiled crew practices every possible maneuver ahead of time.

paced the deck with his hands behind his back, as if he was the chief gunner on a Napoleonic warship. "Four minutes and thirty-seven seconds. Now back to port pole, if you please." He started the watch again, and this time the crew had the hook-ups redone in just over three minutes. We did this no less than four more times on one tack, then four more on the other tack. Half the crew appeared to be extremely annoyed at being asked to do this repetitive task, but the other half decided it was great sport and seemed to enjoy trying to beat the clock each time. Toward the end — once the crew figured out who does what — our times were all under two minutes; with the best time around 90 seconds.

"T 1 hat’s a cool idea," Lee allowed. "I mean, like, repetition is the very essence of practice." ’Yes, 1 can’t wait to try that with my crew," I said. "It also established who’s in charge," remarked the crew boss. "Switching sides for the hookup at the last minute is something that comes up fairly often. The crew should be able to do it fast, and they should also be

willing to do it right away without stopping to second-guess because they think it’s a lot of trouble." When the 'walk strings' exercise had been beaten to death we were far enough upwind for another set. This time we found a buoy to use as a mark, and Lee called the layline into it, overstanding just a little when she overcompensated for the strong flood. The jibes were a little smoother this time, with the crew at the mast figuring out how to raise the inboard end of the pole right after the trip, when it’s unloaded, instead of before. This allowed them to keep the con¬ trol lines set to make it quick to return the

trying to beat the other into final trim. But for it to be a perfect jibe, this race has to end in a tie. At the same time, the trimmers and the driver have to free-fly the chute so the pole fits exactly between the mast and the new tatk of the spinnaker." Yes, your Bow-ness," said the topping lift trimmer. We doused and reset, not particularly concerned that one of the old practice chutes would have to go back in for repair. But our jibes still had problems. The spinnaker was never really under control while free-flying, and at one point the crew boss said that he wanted each of the trimmers to spend a few

... the other half decided

it was great sport and seemed to enjoy trying to beat the clock each time. pole to the lower position, which Lee seemed to think made it easier to top the pole. They also made sure one of them was free to jump the fall of the topping lift. Except that the first time they had this all worked out, the pole came up way ahead of the new afterguy — and poked a neat hole right through the sail. "It’s a race," explained the foredeck crew, "between the topping lift and the afterguy. As soon as I yell 'made', you should each be

hours at Marina Green with a two-line stunt kite before the next practice session, to learn something about basic spinnaker control. Then we were out of Bay again, all too quickly, and raised the number three for another long beat.

try

he wind’s down even more," said Lee. "How about a change to the number September, 1995 • UUXtJi 38 • Page 165

MAX EBB

one, just for practice?" "Sure, gotta keep ’em busy up there," he agreed. We executed a respectable tack change in just under eight minutes, from fully trimmed and tackable with one sail to the same status with the new sail. "We’ll have the time down to less than half that by the time the series starts," promised the crew boss. Meanwhile we still had some distance to gain before we’d have room for more downwind work, so the crew had a short break. N "What’s to drink?" I took it upon myself to be 'snacktician', but only found a few corroded cans of warm beer and some ancient soft drinks in the ice¬ box. "The owner usually takes care of all the food," said the skipper. "You’re welcome to whatever you can find down there." I passed up the old cans and a half bag of properly 'softened' cookies that 1 found in one of the lockers. Lee had some bottled spring water in her seabag, which was what they really wanted up on the bow. "Not a good way to conduct a practice," Lee noted. "Watch for the excuses to start coming in for why they can’t make the next one." "No, we’ve got the next one covered," said the skipper. "That’s when we give out the crew shirts and jackets." "There’s a jacket this year? Awesome! What kind?" "We had a special run of those jackets with the built-in inflatable flotation bladder, in the boat’s colors, with the sailplan of the boat on the back. Spent a bundle on them. But you gotta show up at practice to get one." 'That’ll work!" 1 said. "Yeah, the crew still doesn’t wear PFDs on this boat, even after all that’s happened in the last year. These jackets are nice enough to want to wear even if they didn’t have the flotation feature." "Even still," noted Lee, "it’s like, an awful faux pas to have a practice and not supply food. Should be the same as for a race. If the practice is short, and if you really want them to put out with the kind of repetitive exer¬ cises that you need to do if you’re serious, then they deserve a nice dinner after." "You know how much that would cost with this crew?" I said. "Still a cheaper way to get more speed than buying another new sail," Lee pointed out.

Finally we were ready for our third downwind leg. Lee called the layline dead on Page 166 • UttuJc39 • September, 1995

TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE RACE PRACTICE ■ 1) Make the best possible use of time! a) Have the boat rigged and ready to go at a location near the practice area. b) Plan practice maneuvers that are consistent with expected wind and tide conditions. c) If the full crew is called for a practice, don’t work on exercises that don’t require the full crew (see item 6). d) Schedule realistic dock times, make maximum use of available daylight, and stick to the schedule. s e) Have an on-board cellphone or a land-line to check for late messages about schedule problems.

f) Use real marks for rounding maneuvers if possible, but don’t waste time sailing straight lines to marks without an exercise in progress. 4) Develop a crew plan: a) One page for each maneuver. b) Time-line description of tasks for each crew. c) Schematic diagram of deck layout on each page. d) Allow time for crew input and modification.

2) Make it worthwhile for the crew: a) Same food etiquette as for a short race, or a dinner following practice. b) Allow crew to bring guests or passengers or prospective new crew. c) Pass out crew shirts and other paraphernalia at the practice.

5) What the crew should do: a) Be on time. b) Know the cellphone or other schedulechange phone number. c) Bring some personal food and water if necessary. d) Bring extra crew for fill-in. e) Practice visualization exercises between sails.

3) Concentrate on exercises that develop the most important skills, even if repetitive: a) Free-fly chute with halyard eased. b) Sets and drops, all types. c) 'Walk strings’ to the stopwatch. d) Reach-to-reach jibes. ej Headsail changes.

6) Exercises that should not involve the full crew: a) Sail checks and lead adjustments. b) Tuning and boatspeed evaluation. c) Instrument calibration. d) Starting practice. e) Wind and tide evaluations.

this time, which was simply a matter of observing the plot on the GPS from the last time around, and making the appropriate adjustment. The set was good, but even though the wind was down we still had trouble with the free-fly. "Drop the main," ordered the crew boss. It was a strange command, in the middle of a spinnaker practice run, but we did as he said. "Now trip the pole." We did that too, and we now had the chute free-flying. It was easy in the light apparent wind with no main to disturb the air. "Now ease the halyard 20 feet." This was beginning to get interesting. The crew boss had each trimmer in turn handle the two sheets simultaneously, with grinders on each side ready to provide the power. "When you get good at this," he explained to one of the trimmers, "you can control exactly where the sail goes. Up, down, right, left, around in circles, you can even write

your name in the sky with that sail." Then we let the halyard out another 10 feet, so the huge sail was even farther in front of the boat, and everyone had another turn.

That wrapped up our practice. On the way back to the berth we took a crew survey: How many had their own count-down stop¬ watches? (all but one); how many had their own protest flags in their pockets? (about 20% of the crew); and how many had their own portable GPS? (two). Lee seemed to think that any serious big-boat crew should have all three of these items on their person at all times. We were back at the dock later than planned. And hungry, and still a bit annoyed that there was essentially no food on the boat. But the owner was standing on the dock waiting for us. "Who wants to go for dinner?" he asked. — max ebb

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With reports this month on wo’ happ'nln’ In the Virgin Islands, Islandhopping through Southern Greece and miscellaneous Charter Notes.

A Virgin Islands Mini-Quiz Question: Why are the U.S. and British Virgin Islands the most popular yacht chartering destinations in the world? Answer (pick one): 1) Since the early ’60s, this archipelago of tropical islands has been linked to the U.S. mainland by an eight-lane bridge (dubbed The Big Arch'), making the region far more accessible than other charter destinations. 2) Billionaire industrialist J.P. Sailright, who has large holdings in the Virgins, offers a free bareboat for a week to any sailor willing to visit the territory. 3) The close proximity of this cluster of verdant, mountainous islands insures sheltered sailing; skies are sunny and trade winds blow steadily year-round; the region can be easily reached by flights from major U.S. gateways. Q: True or false? A: Any activity pertaining to the concept of 'fun' is strictly prohibited in both the U.S. and British Virgin Islands. Local authorities are particularly intolerant of: dancing to the music of steel drum bands, the imbibing of alcoholic beverages (especially rum drinks mixed with tropical fruit juices), and in¬ vading the privacy of the territory’s under¬ water life forms by spying on them through diving masks. Q: True or false? A: Both native black West Indians and ex-patriots in residence lead highly stressful

California sailors who’ve cruised the Virgins, or contact these offices of tourism for literature on specifics: USVI Tourism, 3460 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 412, IpOs Angeles, CA 90010, (213) 739-0138; BVI Tourism, 1804 Union St. (near Octavia), Suite 305, San Francisco, CA 94123, (800) 232-7770 or (415) 775-0344. Also, be aware that the BVI Welcome Magazine now haslt’s own (World¬ wide) Web Page with a capsule version of it’s editorial content and timely tourism info: www.caribweb.com/cafibweb/bvi. — latitude/aet

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replace the Willie T. with another 'character' vessel soon, so the otherwise undeveloped Bight won’t be without a proper pub. The major change in Tortola’s charming colonial capital, Road Town, is the addition

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What’s New in the Virgins? Just like big-time journalists of the mainstream press, here at Latitude 38 we call on a battery of experts when it’s time to address burning questions like: What’s New in the Virgins?' Here’s the scoop from our tropical sources. About the biggest 'hot news flash' relating to the chartering scene is that Norman Island’s familiar floating watering hole, the William Thornton, has slipped into a watery grave. After it became evident that the old girl was leaking too badly to be saved, she was towed out of The Bight into the Sir Francis Drake Channel and allowed to sink off Great Harbor where she’s become a splendid new dive site. In addition to divers, she’s now patronized by myriad varieties of colorful fish. The owners, by the way, plan to

of a cruise ship dock, which substantially increases the number of day-trippers in town 3 to 5 days a week during winter months. While this is good news for the local economy, you may want to query the tourism office on arrival, and plan your Road Town shopping day when no arrivals are scheduled. Note also that many of the cruise ship hordes are shuttled over Sage Mountain to luxuriate for a few hours in the peace¬ fulness of Cane Garden Bay. Despite these temporary onslaughts, this palm-fringed crescent bay remains one of the most idyllic anchorages in the Caribbean. If you’ve visited the BVI in the last 15 years, you’ve probably succumbed to the temptation to sample a Pusser’s Painkiller— a powerful alternative to a Pina Colada that features Pusser’s Navy Rum. Back in the early eighties you had to visit the quaint Pusser’s Pub on Tortola’s Main Street to partake of this sophisticated grog. But today, Painkillers are served everywhere and there are Pusser’s Pubs in various locations, complete with restaurants and retail stores that are chock full of irresistible nautical

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Life is definitely a beach in the Virgin Islands. In this case it's Sandy Cay, with Tortola on the horizon. (Inset) Virgin Gorda's 'Baths' are a must.

knick-knacks and garb. The newest is at Marina Cay, just off Tortola’s East End. Each of these ornate, cozy haunts has been built and decorated with an attention to detail that would impress Walt Disney himself. If you find you’ve had your fill of thatch-roofed beach shacks, a stop at one of these clever oases of slick ’90s merchandising, may create a balance. Just south of Marina Cay lies Beef Island, home of the territory’s main airport. We’re told a group of Hong Kong investors recently purchased it with plans to expand the run¬ way to accommodate larger aircraft (yet still no direct flights from the States), and also build a resort hotel and a golf course. Leave your clubs home this year, though. Such feats of 'progress' take a while when you’re running on 'island time'. If these tidbits of 'news' sound less than earth-shaking, be thankful. After all, no big news (i.e. drastic changes) is what we like to hear about the islands. For our own selfish

reasons, we Caribbean veterans are quite happy with the Virgin Islands’ own funky, laid-back version of business as usual. One of the greatest attractions of the Virgins is the warm, clear water and the profusion of sealife that can be found below the surface. In years past, storms have taken a toll on some delicate coral reef areas. But man has always been the greatest threat — particularly men, and occasionally women, with lousy anchoring skills. The U.S. Virgins made legal history several years ago when a suit was filed and won, after a cruise ship dragged anchor and wiped out a sizeable reef. We’re happy to report though, that no major damage has occurred of late. Reefs are bountiful and temporary-use buoys are in place in most delicate areas thanks to laudable efforts of the U.S. National Park Service, the BVI National Parks Trust and the BVI Dive Operators Association. Buoys are available for day use and overnights in St. John’s Park waters and there are now 180 day-use moorings scattered throughout the BVI’s principal anchorages and dive sites. (Ask about the color-coding system when you clear in at customs.) Fortunately, there’s been little change

recently in the key anchorages along the 'Virgin Islands milk run', although legendary 'must-sees' like Foxy’s on Jost Van Dyke continue to upgrade their services and merchandise. In fact, Foxy now sells his own brand of rum dubbed 'Foxy’s Firewater'. Hmmm . . . Sounds dangerous! The protected yet breezy anchorages of North Sound, Virgin Gorda are as inviting as ever with the height of action centering around the Bitter End Yacht Club. Bareboaters take note that Sunsail and The Moorings maintain 'substations' and/or support staff here. One new twist is Sunsail’s weekly flotillas out to the reef-fringed island of Anegada — formerly off limits to bareboaters. There’s not much there in the way of development, but snorkeling and diving are superb, The biggest news on the St. Thomas yachting scene is the recent expansion and renovation of the Red Hook business district (at the island’s East End). Long considered a time-saving alternative to beginning a crewed yacht charter in downtown Charlotte Amalie, the new Red Hook complex at 'American Yacht Harbor' now offers updated provisioning facilities and a bounty of nice shops and restaurants. Bareboaters who plan to begin their cruise in St. Thomas will be happy to hear that the mid-island shopping center at Tutu' now has a Cost-U-Less discount food warehouse (Costco’s cousin) and a K-Mart which makes provisioning faster, cheaper and a whole lot less daunting. Duty-free shoppers will be pleased to note that Charlotte Amalie’s long-suffering waterfront highway project is finally near completion, which has helped the flow of traffic considerably. St. John, being about 75% National Park,

In the U.S. Virgins, most crewed charters begin at the Yacht Haven Marina in Charlotte Amalie Harbor, minutes from the St. Thomas airport.

has limited room for growth and develop¬ ment, but facilities continue to improve in 'downtown' Cruz Bay as well as in the sleepy September, 1995 »UVXtUt'iS • Page 169

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'backside' anchorage at Coral Bay — a favorite hangout of ex-pats which is often missed by visiting boaters. Cruz Bay is still one of the most happ’nin’ spots in the Caribbean for nightlife, and there’s now a new dinghy dock for visiting sailors. If you’re arriving here from the BVI (or need to clear out before entering the BVI), forget about trying to tie up at the customs dock. Just anchor out in the Bay (or around the comer at Caneel Bay) and dinghy ashore with your papers and a smile. What’s new with the bareboat fleets? As you might expect, new boats cycle into the fleets here annually. CYC, located at The Lagoon' in St. Thomas, is bringing in six brand new Hylas 46s. Designed with only two cabins, these 'performance cruisers' are particularly roomy, featuring 6’8" headroom and a easy-entry transom swim step. The Sunsail base at West End, Tortola will soon be home to several new Beneteau Oceanis 40 center cockpit yachts, another relatively big boat designed with two spacious cabins (instead of three or four tiny ones). This base also now offers overnight accommodations at its new Cay Club. Stardust Yachting will also move its base of operations to West End before the winter charter season is through, as their BVI fleet continues to expand. Aye, the oP West End anchorage at 'Soper’s Hole' has changed a bit since the days of the buccaneers. Sun Yachts will be moving its base this winter from Road Harbor to a new, custombuilt marina complex at Maya Cove. This breezy new facility will feature restaurants,

The beaches on St. John really are as perfect as in the postcards. But don't take our word for it, go see for yourself!

bars, shops, a pool and guest accommoda¬ tions which overlook the Drake channel. Sun now also offers crewed yacht charters in the Page 170 •

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Virgins aboard their luxurious new Richleigh 63s, which feature three roomy, 'equal-sized' cabins. The Moorings, the BVI’s original bareboating pioneer, has introduced two new 50footers this year, the sleek International 50 built by Jeanneau and the Moorings 503/504 by Beneteau. They too, are upgrading shoreside facilities, with both their dockside Mariner Inn and nearby Treasure Isle hotels undergoing major renovations prior to the winter season. As previously noted in these pages, multihulls are plentiful these days in the Virgins. And, assuming you have a decent general sailing resume, you usually don’t need prior multihull experience to rent one. Locally owned Tortola Marine Management (TMM) has seen substantial growth over the years, and now boasts a fleet of 20 multihulls in addition to its monohulls. All-in-all, the Virgin Islands have main¬ tained their appeal despite the encroachment of slow but steady development. If you still haven’t seen these much-talked-about tropical isles, there’s no time like the to

Clockwise from upper left: Arki's answer to Rapid Transit; a typical cozy anchorage at Vathi on Kalymnos; a lazy afternoon of motorsailing; Pandelli on Leros, from the Crusader's castle; Swiss sunworshipers making up for icy winters.

present to make plans. And if you’ve already 'been there' perhaps it’s time to prescribe yourself another tropical cure. — latitude/aet Charter Matchmaking via the Net: Catching a Breeze in the Dodecanese If your idea of hell is 14 days on a 50-foot boat with nine strangers, stop reading now. If you want to hear about a great vacation, however, read on. Last year, I wanted to sail in Greece, but didn’t want to arrange a trip. As I was surfing the Internet, however, I saw an ad: "Come sail with us in the Greek Islands." It was from Diane Edwards, a young Englishwoman who captains a 53-foot boat in the Dodecanese Islands off Turkey. The '12 islands' are close together, making them ideal for casual sailors. They don’t have the archeological treasures of Delos or the cachet of Mykonos, but they also don’t attract as many tourists!

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The price was right, $1,000 for two weeks plus food. We visited many islands: Our starting point was Kos, an attractive if touristy port with impressive ruins including a Crusader castle. Our first destination, Kalymnos, was 20 miles away into strong winds, a wet, cold trip, particularly since I forgot foul-weather gear. Vathi on Kalymnos is a deep fiord with a great tavema (Popy’s) and a crowded harbor. In the Mediterranean, you back up to a dock, held off by a bow anchor dropped on the way in. It’s a tricky maneuver, but fortunately, the locals are hospitable and tolerant. Part of the pleasure of the trip was food and drink. The tavernas were distinctive but similar in ambiance, with simple but tasty food and low prices. Meals—including wine, appetizers and dessert—averaged $10. Pandeli is a small harbor on Lero&, an island haunted by ghosts from its Italian occupation of 1912 to 1947. We explored on mopeds and visited a nude beach, where I alternately sunburned, then froze in the frigid water. Agathonisi is a lonely speck of Greece 20 miles away on a fast reach, while Aspro Nisi

is a pretty deserted island. At Lipsos, known for its 42 blue-domed churches, we visited Vasilia’s tavema where they simply point to the kitchen stove when you ask for a menu. Patmos is a shrine of Christianity, where St. John received his Revelations in a cave. We moored there in Grikos Bay near the crowded port of Skala. Here we again rented mopeds. I dumped mine, scraping up my palms and ankles, making me look like a zealot re-enacting the Crucifixion. Arki, a short sail away, has a population of 27. The menu at Manoli’s tavema was ideal for people who can’t make up their minds: "Grilled fish or souvlaki?" Being there on July the 4th, we celebrated hard. This is where free-spirited, 40-year-old Christy found 'true romance'. The 19-year-old Greek guy was cute, but I understand the relationship didn’t last. We anchored above a sunken city on the Western shore of Kalymnos next to Telendos island, which broke away in an earthquake in 554 AD. Then to Emborio, an isolated town where the crew investigated historic caves. The next day, we went to the home port of the boat, then to Pserimos, a small island. A final dinner at Popy’s, then a downwind sail to Kos and a last evening exploring the abundant night life. It was a long trip home. When I got back, I realized that I hadn’t seen a single Greek break a plate or do a traditional dance. That’s for next time. — paulfranson san francisco

be lately, it’s a pretty safe bet that September and October will be ideal sailing months on the Bay. If Mr. Fog follows his usual pattern, he’ll be 'out of town' for most of the fall, opening up endless possibilities for bareboat or crewed chartering in the Greater Bay Area and along the coast. (See our July and August issues for ideas.) Santa Cruz and Monterey are fog-bound in early summer, but are gen¬ erally clear and sunny throughout the fall. The lack of coastal fog also creates possibilities for near-offshore charter trips, such as north to Bodega or Drake’s Bay, or perhaps south to Half Moon Bay or Santa Cruz. Most larger crewed charter yachts would be thrilled to make such a trip. Bareboat chartering outside the Bay is a bit trickier, but can sometimes be done by special arrangement (i.e. an insurance rider and perhaps the deed to your ranch as collateral). Farther south, the Channel Islands beckon those who want to sample sunny cruising without straying too far from home. Farther afield, several other destinations are now entering their 'shoulder' seasons (between high and low). It’s a bit late for Alaska chartering, but don’t write off other prime areas of the Pacific Northwest like the San Juans and Desolation Sound. The anchorages will be much less crowded than in mid-summer and with any luck the weather will be grand.

Ed. note: Diane Edwards’ company, Seascape, has a 'home page' on the Internet at http.//mail.eskimo.com-dianee/. She’s not alone in her use of 'on-line' services as a means of charter promotion. So have fun surfing the Net — just don’t forget to break free from your desk eventually and actually get out on the water! Charter Notes For most landlubbers, the passing of Labor Day weekend signifies the end of carefree summer recreation, a time to get a bit more serious and face up to the fact that another long winter will soon be approach¬ ing. To this line of thinking we say, get a life! We ain’t buying it. From where we sit, fall is a splendid season for sailing adventures, both locally and in far-flung ports o’ call. As unpredictable as our weather seems to •X*XvXv.■.v.;.v.v.v.;.y/.v.v..v.;.v.v X,X,X^,W,X-X*X:.v*SX,X*X,X*XW<-X,Xv.v.v.v.:.v.;.:.y.:.:.;.XvX

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WORLD OF CHARTERING Greece or Turkey. Mid-September is one of the very best times of year, when high temperatures and summer crowds are conspicuously absent. Take note that Vemicos Yachts of Greece will be hosting their four-day, one directional Blue Cup Regatta again this year from Athens to Spetses in four legs. The event draws an international mix of bareboater and, needless to say, the event is more about partying and fun-in-the-sun than raw competition. The US company Twelve Islands and Beyond organizes groups of US sailors to participate in this and other Aegean events. Call (800) 345-8236 for details. Out in the South Pacific it’s still well before the rainy season, yet most European vacationers have gone back home to start fluffing up their down comforters. Island-hopping through the Tahitian Islands, Tonga, Fiji or Vanuatu should be excellent until about Thanksgiving. Of course, fall is also the time of year when sun-bound cruisers head to Mexico and points south. A few notable charter yachts will be following suit this month. If you’re interested in a coastal hop all the way to the Caribbean, consider joining the

long, Dave. We'll miss ya.

soon-to-be 'ex' Pacific Northwest charter yacht Hanalel Bay. This sleek 69-foot aluminum motorsailer jumps from Van¬ couver to San Diego September 23, then on the Acapulco and through the Canal, with eyes on Antigua. Individuals or groups may call Ahoy Yacht Charters at (604) 687-4096 for booking info. The 64-foot Frers sloop Volcano is one

of the thoroughbreds of Orange Coast College Sailing Center’s sail training fleet. Having served as the communications vessel for the TransPac, she’s now en route back home via Alaska and San Francisco (mid-month). If you’re curious about future offshore programs, perhaps you should check her out while she’s in town. Call (714) 645-9412 for details. In our estimation, the Bay will be truly blessed if the J-Class sloop Endeavor makes her scheduled stop here in early October (also en route south from Alaska). At $60,000 a week, she may be beyond your charter budget, but just catching a glimpse of her will undoubtedly make your day. At 130-feet overall, she’s a show-stopper in every port she visits. We end this month’s segment on a sad note. The Latitude staff sends sincere condolences to the survivors of Captain Dave Lund of Sausalito, who passed away suddenly last month from cancer. Owner of the 33-foot charter yacht Flnnfire and its management company, Bay and Beyond Yacht Charters, Dave often ran charters where hands-on learning was key. He was well liked in the sailing community and will be missed by many.

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THE RACING

With reports this month on recent U.S. Sailing Championships; the mellow Grade & George Race; the Italian victory at the Admiral’s Cup; the well-attended LongPac; a profile of Nation’s Bank competitor Christine Brland; the lopsided San Francisco Perpetual Cup; some local national championships; the for-charity Day on Monterey Bay; more box scores than ever before; and the usual smattering of race notes at the end.

USSA Championships Two young Bay Area sailors distinguished themselves at U.S. Sailing national cham¬ pionships last month. Matt McQueen, a 20year-old college sophomore from Danville, won the 34th U.S. Singlehanded Sailing Championship (aka the George O’Day Trophy) in Lasers in Savannah. According to his father Mike, Matt was on the Laser circuit in New Jersey when he got a phone call informing him that Morgan Larson wasn’t planning on attending the O’Day. McQueen, who had been runner-up to Larson in the qualifier, was therefore invited. "It was a typical Laser deal," explained Mike. "Matt and a buddy drove all night to get down there, arriving with no money, no place to stay and basically no idea what was going on." But after a slow start, Matt figured out the light air, shifty conditions and started

second time a Bay sailor has won the pres¬ tigious O’Day Trophy (Larson previously won it in 1990). Earlier in August at Newport Beach, 18year-old Annalise Moore of Carmel took the bronze medal at the U.S. Sailing/Rolex Junior Women’s Championship, better known.as the Leiter Trophy. Casey Hogan (Balboa) won this Laser Radial event, followed by runner-up Fiona McLean (La Jolla). Annalise, who will be freshman at UC Berkeley this fall, also received the regatta’s sportsmanship award, an honor voted on by the 67 competitors and race administrators. For their respective achievements, both Hogan and Moore were named to the ’95 Rolex Junior Sailing Team, junior sailing’s highest honor. Highlights of the O’Day, Leiter and other recent USSA championships follow. Con¬

SEARS (youth team) — Chicago YC; Lightnings; Aug. 12-16; 10 boats. Winner — Allan Terhune (Toms River, NJ); Area G reps — Mark Breen, Nick Nash, Dana Jones (Richmond YC), 7th place. BEMIS (youth doublehanded) — Chicago YC; 420; Aug. 12-16. Winner — Chris Gaffney (Miami). Area G reps — Whitney Gilmour, Brendan Richards (StFYC), 7th place. SMYTHE (youth singlehanded) — Chicago YC; Lasers; Aug. 12-16. Winner — Dalton Bergen (Seattle). Area G rep — Skip McCormack (NCYSA), 2nd.

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gratulations also to Skip McCormack, who finished second in the Smythe competition.

rattling off bullets. His 7,2,6,4,2,1,1,1 record beat the next guy, Zane Yoder of Atlanta, by 4.75 points. McQueen’s victory was only the

O'DAY TROPHY (men’s singlehanded) — Savan¬ nah Sailing Center, Lasers, Aug. 13-16; 13 boats. Winner and Area G rep — Matt McQueen (Danville).

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INDEPENDENCE CUP (disabled sailors) — Boston YC; Sonars; Aug. 16-18; 9 boats. Winner — Robie Pierce (Newport, Rl); Area G rep — Herb Meyer (Larkspur), 6th place. LEITER TROPHY (junior women) — Newport Harbor YC; Laser Radials; Aug. 3-7; 67 boats. Winner — Casey Hogan (Balboa, CA); top NorCal participants — 3) Annalise Moore (Carmel); 13) Whitney Gilmour (Pt. Richmond); 17) Megan KellySweeney (San Francisco). *

Grade & George Race Sixty-one boats — a new record! — sailed in the seventh annual Grade &

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CLASS A (under 120) — 1) Sabra, WylieCat 39, Micheal Katz/Courtney Love; 2) High Strung, Wylie 38, Martha & Gary Burdidge; 2) Swell Dancer, Santana 35, Elin & Jim Graham; 4) Annalise, Wylie 34, Paul Altman/Lorena Bobbitt; 5) Bimbo, Farr 36, Sherry Perry/Jack Scullion. (13 boats) CLASS B (121-179) — 1) Rumbleseat, 30 Square Meter, Jeane Sousa/Bruce Schwab; 2) Chesapeake, Merit 25, Elizabeth McDonald/Jim Fair; 3) Eyrie, Hawkfarm, Tom Condy/Shannon Faulkner; 4) El Gavilan, Hawkfarm, Ruth Suzuki/Gordy Nash; 5) Wings, Columbia 5.5, Mike Jackson/Lisa Marie Presley. (14 boats) CLASS C (180-up) — 1) Honalee, Rozinante 28, 6awn & Paul Miller; 2) Seasaw, Cal 20, Susan Fernandez/Steve Wonner; 3) Espresso, Santana 22, Susie Madrigali/Mike DeFrank; 4) White Satin, Catalina 27, Jo Woodison/Steve Rienhart; 5) London Calling, Santana 22, Caroline Ross/Hugh Grant. (20 boats) MULTIHULLS — 1) Triptych, F-27, Sally Rowe/Ken Kinoshita. (2 boats) ULDB/SPORTBOATS — 1) Frog in French, Express 27, Sally & Kame Richards; 2) Liquid Gait, Olson 30, Sara & Jack Easterday; 3) New Moon, Express 27, Sutter & Carl Schumacher; 4) Tailchaser, Moore 24, Emily & Bob Hogin; 5) Popeye & I, Moore 24, Phyllis & Jeff Brousseau. (12 boats)

'Honalee' won the G&G Race. Inset: Owners Paul and Dawn Miller of Green brae. They race Inter¬ national Canoes the rest of the time.

George Race on the sunny day of Saturday, August 19. Conditions for the 9.7-mile South Bay 'Jack & Jill' race were appropriately mellow — five knots of breeze at the start, building to a decent 15-knot westerly before the day ended with a light-air spinnaker run up the Oakland Estuary to finish in front of host Encinal YC. The format of this popular race calls for 'Grade' to steer, while 'George' pulls the strings. "It’s a perfect race for husbands and wives, or fathers and daughters," claimed race chairman Margaret Fago. "Because it’s usually a gentle race, it also brings out a lot of novice skippers." Among the first-timers we’re aware of were Amy Arnold (Hurri¬ cane), Sherry Perry (Bimbo), Merlene Benke (Blue Streak) and Linda Stone (Fast and Free). Then there was Winnie Bonicelli on the Islander 30 Mk. II Andiamo, who claimed to be the oldest skipper at 73 years old. "I’m a bit rusty," she confessed. "I haven’t raced for 30 years!"

Sara Easterday and her dad Jack were first to finish, sailing the family’s Olson 30 Liquid Gait around the course in 2 hours, 51 minutes. They fell 39 seconds short of taking class honors, which went to Sally and Kame Richards with their Express 27 Frog in French. The Schumacher family’s brand new Express 27 New Moon, sailed by daughter Sutter and dad Carl, was a close third in its racing debut. However, given the numerous holes on the race track, the day belonged to the little boats — the first 14 finishers on corrected time overall were from Division 'C'. Topping the heap was Dawn and Paul Miller’s Herreshoff-designed Rozinante 28 Honalee. The 33-year-old double-ender rates 228, and "loves every point of sail but upwind," according to Paul. "There was no real beating in this race," he explained, "and we had the advantage of watching the bigger boats point out the holes for us. Plus, Dawn was a real slavedriver — she made us jibe at least 15 times going up the Estuary!" CLASS A (under 120) — 1) Sabra, WylieCat 39,

Admiral’s Cup Bummer! Despite leading after each of eight earlier races and carrying a 25-point lead into the heavily-weighted Fastnet Race, the pre-regatta favored Americans (Blue Yankee, Pigs in Space, No Problem!) man¬ aged to snatch defeat from the jaws of yictory in the 19th biennial Admiral’s Cup. Held from July 27 to August 10 off Cowes, England, the smallish regatta pitted eight countries against each other in an all-IMS format. Coming from behind to win their first Admiral’s Cup were the Italians, who’ve been knocking at the door since ’91. This year, with the help of American and English mercenaries — not to mention dismal seventh-place class finishes by Yankee and Pigs in the light-air Fastnet crapshoot — the Italians finally lit up the scoreboard. Their victorious team consisted of Capricorno (Farr ILC 46, Bruno Finzi/Rod Davis), Srava QS (Farr ILC 40, Francesco de Anelis/ Paul Cayard) and Mumm A’ Mia (Mumm 36, Enrico Chieffi/Eddie Warden-Owen). Brava Q8, which two weeks earlier won the ILC 40 Worlds in Denmark, was the stand-out boat in the series, posting six bullets, two deuces and a third — despite tactician Paul Cayard sailing with a broken ankle! TEAM — 1) Italy, 112.95 points; 2) USA, 139.25; 3) Germany, 147.5; 4) Scandinavia, 191; 5) South Africa, 198.75; 6) Ireland, 219.75; 7) Hong Kong, September, 1995

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244; 8) Great Britain, 252.63. (8 teams of 3 boats each) BIG BOAT — 1) Pinta, Germany; 2) Mean Machine, Scandinavia; 3) Capricorno, Italy; 4) Blue Yankee, USA; 5) Group 4 Seahorse, Great Britain; 6) Sansui Challenge, South Africa; 7) Jameson I, Ireland; 8) Bimblegumbie, Hong Kong. ILC 40 — 1) Brava Q8, Italy; 2) Pigs in Space, USA; 3) Jameson II, Ireland; 4) Anemos, Germany; 5) Sansui Express, South Africa; 6) Fram XII, Scandinavia; 7) Beau Geste, Hong Kong; 8) Group 4 Astro, Great Britain. MUMM 36— 1) Mumm A’ Mia, Italy; 2)ThomasPage 182 •

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l-Punkt, Germany; 3) No Problem!, USA; 4) Sansui Sprinter, South Africa; 5) Skandia, Scandinavia; 6) Corum Cup Hong Kong, Hong Kong; 7) Jameson III, Ireland; 8) Group 4 Mumm, Great Britain.

The Great Pacific Longitude Race Eighteen boats — 16 singlehanded, 2 doublehanded — crossed the starting line off Golden Gate YC under windy, overcast con¬ ditions on Wednesday, August 16. They were bound for an imaginary turning mark 200 miles out to sea. The destination,

longitude 126'40°, was to be crossed at any latitude before returning. This year’s LongPac, a qualifier for next summer’s SSS TransPac, attracted five TransPac veterans (Mike Jefferson, Greg Morris, Ed Ruszel, Buz Sanders, Clay Gwinn) who all went for dif¬ ferent reasons. "I like the ocean," claimed Jefferson. "Sometimes I wonder why I go out and beat myself up like this, but I keep doing it!" The fleet moved away from the Cityfront in an ebb tide and unusually fresh breeze considering the 8 a.m. start. Two boats

Still life on the Estuary: scenes from midAugust's Encinal YC beer can race. All photos Latitude/rob.

DNSed, one after shearing off his trans¬ mission controls while motoring to the start. Two others dropped out in the early going, Pat Zajac on her Cheoy Lee Offshore 40 Rusalka and Clay Gwinn on his new F-24 trimaran Skidbladdnir. Pat ran out of time preparing Rusalka — and herself — for the trip, resulting in a tired skipper and a boat with untested equipment modifications. "It just didn’t feel right," she said. "I had to

move a lot of gear around the cabin top to accommodate the new dodger, and the reefing lines jammed as a result. Not a good look for a three-day, heavy-air race." Offshore, the wind had a lot of west in it, sending most boats north of the Farallones before the big northerly shift came some 60 miles out. Then the fleet cracked off to a tight reach for the sprint out to 126'40°, sailing now in nice breeze under sunny skies. The Hunter 54 Joe stretched his legs and took the lead, while Big Dot, which rates 270, trailed the fleet. Through Thursday, the

fleet hung on starboard tack, moving smartly along in 12-20 knots of wind and flat seas. Books were read, sails Addled with, meals cooked — altogether a pleasant and quick leg. Morning and evening roll calls were an opportunity for the singlehanders to chit-chat and keep abreast of the fleet as the yachts scattered north to south. Tiger Beetle sailed south to 36'20° in search of penguins, while the polar bear squad kept as far north as 37'55°. Ultimately, the straight shot to 37'10° paid off, resulting in a fast ride both September, 1995 • UKUJc 3? •

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ways while sailing the fewest miles. Thursday evening saw the fleet turning around, and immediately conditions turned nasty for the port-tack reach home. Winds climbed to 28-32 knots fQr the next 30 hours, building up 8-foot cross seas in the process. Most boats resorted to #3s or #4s with deeply reefed mains to get through this difficult section. The motion was nasty, as the boats corkscrewed off the waves and fell into the troughs several times a minute. Fortunately, no one was dismasted. Many boats were pooped by the seas, filling cockpits and driving skippers to warmth and safety belowdecks. While most left the steering up to their windvanes and auto¬ helms, James Fryer went back up top after several particularly severe landings, deter¬ mined to handsteer his Wylie 34 Cheyenne around the worst of the moguls. "I put on all my foulies and went to work," he related. "We picked up 2-3 knots of boatspeed, and could surf at 9 knots for minutes at a time — it was so weird to be surfing against the swells! I also got completely soaked, cold

Berkeley's Terry McKelvey enjoyed the LongPac and is already looking forward to next summer's Singlehanded TransPac.

and eventually had to retreat below to get some sleep for the final approach." The wild ride back to the coast ended as the wind began petering out inside the Farallones. By the Lightbucket, the seas were glassy. The only boat to finish before the wind shut down completely was Joe, which came in at 6 p.m. Friday night. "I got lucky!" claimed Chuck Beazell, the overall winner. "It’s fun to have a boat that goes this fast!" Page 184 • U&uJilS* September, 1995

The next boats didn’t cross the line until 11 a.m. Saturday morning. Some skippers reported taking 15 hours to cover the final, 12 miles! Aboard Chelonia, Ed Ruszel fished (unsuccessfully) for salmon as he waited for the wind to fill. Several boats DNFed during this time, including Berserker, Mark Deppe’s Ericson 38. "I anchored at Duxbury Reef, showered and took a nap. When I woke up, no one had moved!" explained Mark. Skippers who hung in to the end were rewarded with a light air .5-ounce spinnaker run under the Gate, followed by a cold beer or two at the Golden Gate YC. Terry McKel¬ vey, winner of Division II with her Cal 2-27 Sensei, was particularly ecstatic when she finished. 'What a wild ride! Once I figured out how to get my windvane set up properly, I really enjoyed myself. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat!" — rob macfarlane

Macfarlane; 3) Foxx Fyre, Yamaha 33, Mike Jefferson; 4) Big Dot, Pacific Dolphin, Doug Graham; 5) Quiet Victory, International Folkboat, Alan Hebert. (DNF: Rusalka, Roxanne) DOUBLEHANDED — 1) Chelonia, Yankee 30, Ed Ruszel/Gary Cox; 2) lone, J/30, Peter Molnar/ Thomas Wolf. (DNF: Solitaire)

Profile: Christine Briand For someone who is, "not essentially for women’s races," Christine Briand is piling up quite a list of credits in them. She’s planning a Whitbread campaign for 1997 with an international female crew, she won the IYRU Women’s Keelboat Championship in 1994, and she will represent France in the women’s division of the Nations Cup, an IYRUsponsored world match racing championship to be sailed on the Cityfront September 24October 1. Briand says she was "not really used to sailing with a female crew" going into the 1994 Worlds in La Rochelle. "Normally, I CLASS I (0-149) — 1) Joe, Hunter 54, Charles choose my crew for competence, and be¬ Beazell; 2) Orange Blossom Special, Beneteau cause I like them as people. But this was an 35.7, Ed English; 3) Cheyenne, Wylie 34, James important championship for me, and we took risks to win the final race. La Rochelle is my home town, and I wanted to win in front of my family and friends. Also, I had stopped doing Olympic-style sailing after Seoul, so this was a comeback." La Rochelle lies on the Bay of Biscay, along a coastline of the Vendee-PoitouCharentes known for crystalline skies and wide, bright beaches. The lie St. Martin de Re is close offshore, an escape for sailors (Briand for one) who like to get off a boat sometimes and onto a bicycle. But it’s sailing that is in the blood. Her father Michel was a two-time world champion and an Olympian in the Dragon class; her brother Philippe is a One Ton Cup winner and designer of French America’s Cup entries. Home for Christine is "a little house with a garden, though I would prefer a house facing the sea, such as my father has. Unfor¬ tunately, there cure not many houses like that in La Rochelle, and they are very expensive. It is one thing to have a dream and a passion § for sailing, but it is difficult to make a living u at it." Christine Briand of France is one of the head¬ There are choices to be made as well. liners at next month's Nations Cup. Briand’s longtime dinghy crew was Claire Fountaine, with whom she won the 470 Worlds in 1983. "We sailed together for nine Fryer; 4) Slipstream, Farr 33, Greg Morris; 5) years, sharing good moments and some very Bravo, Pretorian 35, Fred Hess; 6) Red Stripe, hard moments. Now she is married and has Sonoma 30, Buz Sanders. (DNF: Audacious, Bethree children." And Briand is looking toward serker and Skidbladdnlr) the Whitbread. CLASS II (150-up) — 1) Sensei, Cal 2-27, Terry Briand already knows the ocean from McKelvey; 2) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob racing transAtlantic. I like being at sea

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whether I’m racing or just cruising," she says, "but I prefer to race. It does not keep you from enjoying the, sunrises, the way the dolphins leap out of the waves, even the storms.. The Nations Cup — the Grand Final, as the International Yacht Racing Union calls it — will be run at the St. Francis YC with the first races for the Open Division starting September 26. The first race for the Women’s Division is September 29. The organizers expect 13 entries in the Open Division and 8 in the Women’s Division, with the finals for both set for October 1. J/Boats is supplying a fleet of new 24s, so the hardware will be as even as human hands can make it. Briand says she "loves match racing. Every person on the crew is critically important. They have to be excellent for 20 minutes at a shot, and if anything, that is why I am drawn to it. It’s a tough game. You can be a leader day after day, then go into a final match, make just one bad move and — c’est tout! Alors, c’est la guerre." — kimball livingston Ed. note—Other confirmed entries in the Nations Cup include Marc Bquet (France), Jose Toreida (Spain), Sigitvon Bredow (South Africa), Bruce Savage (South Africa), Malcolm Duncan (Zimbabwe), Robert Fry (Japan), Susan Walters (Australia) and Tim Snedden (NZ). Additional entries will tome from qualifying regattas in the U.S., Ireland, Chile and Canada. San Francisco Perpetual Cup On paper, the 100th edition of the San Francisco Perpetual Race looked great — defender San Francisco YC would face chal¬

Victory at sea: (from left) Beatie, Winton, Sweeney, Madro and Perkins romped in the San Francisco Perpetual Cup.

lenger Encinal YC, recreating the inaugural pairing a century ago. The chosen dueling weapons were J/105s, and San Francisco YC enlisted globe-trotting rockstar Jeff Madrigali to steer Chimo with a talented crew con¬ sisting of owner Chuck Winton, John Sweeney, Hogan Beatie and Chris Perkins. Encinal YC’s lineup was no less impressive: prodigal son Chris Corlett would drive Blackhawk with a supporting cast of Carl Schumacher, Glenn Hansen, Sean Svendsen and Bill Colombo. The eagerly awaited winner-take-all, onerace showdown began at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 26, off the Cityfront. Essentially, it was over at 12:31 — Madro, who won the coin toss and got to enter the arena on starboard, dominated the four minutes of pre-start maneuvers. Chimo took the start on the favored left side, and beelined to the beach to escape the flood tide. Madro rounded the windward mark 30 seconds ahead of Blackhawk, and proceeded to ruthlessly stretch his lead by about 30 seconds on every leg of the 12-mile, multiple windward/leeward course. The final delta was just over 5 minutes. "Madro really handed us a sailing lesson," conceded Schumacher. "He had better speed and tactics, and is really sharp thanks to his Soling campaign." But despite the lopsided result, even the Encinal YC team considered the weekend a success. "San Francisco YC couldn’t have treated us better," claimed past EYC commodore Larry Duke. "There’s a lot of camaraderie and good feelings between our two clubs."

Nationals Round-Up When football players win the Super Bowl, they get something like $75,000 each. When baseball players win a World Series, they get in the neighborhood of $20,000 each. When Mike Tyson punched Peter McNeely senseless last month only lVi minutes into their title fight, he earned $25 million — about $280,000 per second. But when a sail¬ or wins his class championship — usually after spending thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours — what does he get? A pickle dish, a few high fives, maybe a men¬ tion in the local paper — but that’s about it. Well, no one ever said life was fair. At least none of the following winners spent the last three years in jail (that we’re aware of). EL TORO NATIONALS (StkSC; July 20-Aug. 3): SENIOR GOLD — 1) Hank Jotz, 7.25 points: 2) Gordy Nash, 14.75; 3) Tom Burden, 20; 4) Vaughn Seifers, 22.75; 5) Jim Warfield, 24.75; 6) Paul Fuge, 25; 7) Dave Albright, 35. (19 boats) SENIOR SILVER — 1) Art Silver, 6.25 points; 2) Chris Nash, 10.5; 3) Jim Cozine, 20. (19 boats) INTERMEDIATES — 1) Skip McCormack, 7.25 points; 2) Jason Martin, 7.5; 3) Joel Greenwood, 15. (7 boats) , JUNIORS — 1) Rusty Canada, 6.25 points; 2) .Brian Luke, 9.5; 3) Michael Beckley, 17; 4) Joey Pasquali, 26.75; 5) (tie) Laura Snetsinger and Patrick Brown, 34. (26 boats) (6 races) WABBIT NATIONALS (Santa Cruz YC: Aug. 4-6): 1) Mr. Bill, Bill & Melinda Erkelens/Keith Stahnke, 7 points; 2) Kwazy, Colin Moore, 12.75; 3) Mr. McGregor, John Groen, 14.5; 4) Contingent, Jerry Keefe, 22; 5) Tulawemia, Mark Harpainter, 25; 6) Indecent Xposure, Greg Byrne, 39; 7) Wasta Wabbit, Richard Jarratt, 39; 8) Wet Bunns, Bill September, 1995 • UUUJe 3? • Page 185

Gardner, 43; 9) #501, Mike Heath, 46. (9 boats) (7 races, 1 throwout) MERCURY NATIONALS (Coronado YC: 8/10-12): 1) Old Buzzard, Pat Bradley, StFYC, 9.25 points; 2) Bushwacker 3, Don Whelan, SDYC, 27; 3) Mon¬ terey, Tracy Usher, MPYC,29; 4) Contagion, Steve Gould, StFYC, 32.75; 5) Stars, Jim Bradley, StFYC, 36; 6) Devon, Rob Anderson, RYC, 39; 7) Exter¬ minator, Doug Baird, 45.75; 8) Havana Moon, Patti Sandow, 47; 9) Ernie, Dick dark, 49; 10) Space Invader, David West, 51. (21 boats) Page 186 • IaMoJU 18 • September. 1995

(5 races) SC27 NATIONALS (Monterey PenYC; Aug. 10-12): 1) Dynaflow, Matt & Mark Dini, 14.25 points; 2) Hanalei Express, Sturgeon/Schuyler, 17.5; 3) Wharf Rat, Cam Lewis, 22.75; 4) Jersey Girl, Greg Miller, 31.75; 5) Caio, Andy Carson, 36; 6) Good Timin’, Gary Evans, 37; 7) Marley, David Emberson, 58; 8) Duet, DeWitt/Easter, 60; 9) Excalibur, Jeff Smith, 60; 10) Mistress Quickly, Larry Weaver, 61; 11) Variety Show, Whittall/ Borror, 68. (11 boats)

Sportin' life: Pics from StFYC's Sportboat Regatta. See 'Box Scores' for results. All photos Latitude/jr. (7 races) ETCH ELLS NA’s (San Dieao YC: Aua 25-27): 1) Bruce Nelson,12.75 points; 2) Dave Ullman, 23; 3) Peter Isler, 24.75; 4) Tim Hogan, 28; 5) Andy LaDow, 32; 6) Tim Lynch, 32.75; 7) Russell Coutts, 41; 8) Steve Wright, 43; 9) Dirk Knuelman, 47; 10) Norm Reynolds, 49.75. (36 boats) (6 races; protests pending)

RACING SHEET Beowulf V, custom cat, Alan O’Driscoll; 3) Hobie

Sisters of Santa Cruz County, there are no losers. Explained regatta chairman Ron Merrall, "Though the numbers were down somewhat from last year’s 61-boat turnout, it was gratifying to see a three-fold increase in the amount of corporate participation." A total of 17 businesses were corporate spon¬ sors this year, donating between $250 and $750 apiece. The majority of funds is still raised by the optional (but encouraged!) $50 individual entry fees paid by each crew member. While this seems rather steep at first glance, consider what you get in return: the race, a steak and chicken barbecue, a $20 raffle ticket, a $30 gift certificate from West Marine and, above all, the satisfaction of supporting a very worthy cause. "It’s truly tin event for everyone," said Merrall. "Both infrequent racers and rockstars like Jack Halterman, Dave Hodges and Jay Crum joined us for the day." Major sponsorship was provided by the Santa Cruz YC, West Marine, KWAV 97-FM and KSBW Channel 8. The custom SC 70 Chardcmnay II and the Team O’Neill cat¬ amaran donated their boats during the regatta so that non-racers and those without rides could get out on the water. Over 50 items were raffled off, including a handheld GPS and VHF radio (both donated by West Marine), a $200 gift certificate from Santa Cruz Sails, jewelry and many dinners at local restaurants. Said Sin Vaeth, executive director of the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Santa Cruz County, "Santa Cruz YC once again helped make this event a big success, both on and off the water. The Day on Monterey Bay has become an important source of revenue for the agency, helping provide critical support for our service to at-risk youths." PHRF I (-100-120) — 1) Mirage, SC 70, Jim Ryley; 2) Ingrid, SC 52, Bill Turpin; 3) Octavia, SC 50, Shep Kelt; 4) Terminator, Serendipity 43, Steve Sundeen; 5) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco. (15

Day on Mo’ Bay The record books will duly note that Joel Verutti’s Moore 24 Mercedes won the 12th Annual Day on Monterey Bay Regatta on Sunday, August 20. In light wind and fog, Verutti was first to finish the 10-mile double windward/leeward pursuit race, topping this year’s 46-boat fleet. Perennial winner Mirage, Jim Ryley’s Transpac winning SC 70, had to settle for second place this year. But in this event, a charity regatta that raised over $16,500 for the Big Brother/Big

boats) PHRF II (121-170) — 1) Mercedes, Moore 24, Joel Verutti; 2) Mooregasm, Moore 24, Hank Niles; 3) Good Timin’, SC 27, Gary Evans; 4) Moonchild, Olson 25, Tim Kelbert; 5) Wildthing, Express 27, Phil Myers. (13 boats) PHRF III (171-300) — 1) Seabright, Cal 25, Chris Hackett; 2) Redline, Ranger 23, Paul Haney, Jr. (3 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Thunder & Lightning, Star, Jim Samuels; 2) Insanity Cruz, Santana 22, Vlark Langer; 3) Transition, Islander 30 Mk. II, Ron vlerrall. (7 boats) MULTIHULL — 1) Hobie 20, Roger Neathery; 2)

18, Bill Boaz. (5 boats) CORPORATE — 1) Mercedes, Granite Rock Co.; 2) Mirage, Cupertino Electric; 3) Ingrid, Goldsmiths Seed Co. (17 boats) OVERALL— 1) Mercedes; 2) Mirage; 3) Ingrid; 4) Mooregasm; 5) Octavia. (46 boats) M

Box Scores So many races, so little time! In a perfect world, we’d not only report on all these races in more detail, but we’d get to sail in them, too. Well, there’s always reincarnation. So, without further groveling, here is this month’s allotment of Race Sheet Lite: MELGES PCCs (Santa Cruz YC; July 29-30): 1) Choices IV, Dave Champion/Mark Brink, 12.75 points; 2) Sabotage, Jeff Thorpe/Bill Colombo, 21.75; 3) #282, Darin Buchalter/Seadon Wijsen, 22.75; 4) Yee-Ha, Kevin Bagg/Keith Lorence, 28; 5) White Ford Bronco, Tom Pollack/Norman Davant, 29; 6) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 35.5; 7) #70, Skip Roticci/Bobby Wilmot, 40; 8) The Far Side, Bob Harf/George Szabo, 45; 9) Trailblazer, Chris Collins, 49; 10) (tie) Widespread Panic, Greg Dorland, and #131, Don Sullivan/Alex Carnet, 53. (18 boats) HALF MOON BAY (Island YC; Aug. 5-6): FLEET 1 — 1) Friday, Express 27, John Leibenberg, 4 points; 2) Dolphin Dance, SC 50, Dave Sallows, 8; 3) Baffett, Express 27, Baskett/Baffico, 8; 4) Abigail Morgan, Express 27, Ron Kell, 8.75; 5) WYSIWYG, Olson 30, Don Martin, 10. (13 boats) FLEET 2 — 1) X-Dream, X-119, Steen Moller, 1.5 points; 2) TWo Scoops, Express 34, Chris Longaker, 5. (4 boats) FLEET 3 — 1) (tie) Sea Ghost, Beneteau First 42, Ron Roberts, and Miramar, Frers 41, Robbins Family, 3.75. (5 boats) FLEET4— 1) Raindrop, Esprit 37, Mike Prosser, 1.5 points; 2) (tie) Dance Away, Santana 35, Doug Storkovich, and Hai-Fin, Ericson 38, Ludwig Harlander, 6. (7 boats) FLEET 5—1) Roadhouse Blues, Hawkfarm, Bentsen/Boschma, 2.75 points; 2) Tutto Benne, Ranger 23-T, Mike Warren, 3.75. (4 boats) SHS — 1) Erin, Antrim 30+, Dan Buhler, 3.75 points; 2) Tiger Beetle, Newport 33, Rob Macfarlane, 6; 7) Great Fun, Davidson 50, Stan Glares, „ 7. (8 boats) CRUZ — 1) Rooster Cogburn, Ericson 36, Tim Leathers, 1.5 points. (3 boats) SPORTBOAT & SIMPSON (StFYC; Aug. 5-6): MELGES 24 — 1) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 8.5 points; 2) Batteries Not Included, Tony Pohl, 14; 3) Trailblazer, Sean Bennett, 15; 4) Sabotage, Bill Colombo, 16.75; 5) Double Pucker, David Wadbrook, 17. (11 boats) j/24— 1) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 8 points; 2) Casual Contact, Seadon Wijsen, 8.25; 3) Cool Breeze, Jon Perkins, 11.75; 4) Small Flying Patio Furniture,

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THE RACING Tom Purdy, 20; 5) Wonder Woman, Tom Kennelly, 22. (11 boats) ETCHELLS — 1) Mr. Natural, Bill Barton, 4.25 points; 2) Six Hundred, Hank Easom, 8.75; 3) Celebration, Doug Morss, 14; 4) White Jacket, John Sutak, 21; 5) #860, Bob Park, 23. (11 boats) 11:METRE — 1) Team SportsChannel, Chris Watson, 6.5 points; 2) Blue Dogs, Tim Wells, 9.75; 3) Ronstan, Alistair Murray, 11.(6 boats) J/105 — 1) Invictus, Walt Marti, 5.5 points; 2) Blackhawk, Art Ball, 11; 3) Aquavit, Tom Sponholtz, 12.75; 4) Jest, Jim Cascino, 16. (8 boats) (4 races) SPRING SCORE OVERALL (SCYC; 4 ocean races): DIV. I — 1) Red Hawk, SC 40, Lou Pambianco, 4.25 points; 2) Tsiris, Olson 29, Dan Nitake, 13.75; 3) Absolute 88, Wylie 37, Keith Macbeth, 15. (7 boats) DIV. II — 1) Prince Charming, Spruit 30, Terry Drew, 11.75 points; 2) Mistress Quickly, SC 27, Peter Dalton, 19; 3) Wildfire, Moore 24, Howard Ruderman, 19.5; 4) Chute Out, Wilderness 30, Baldwin/Titus, 25; 5) Nobody's Girl, Moore 24, Sydnie Moore, 26. (13 boats) DIV. Ill — 1) Pau Hana, J/24, Cliff McNamara, 9 points; 2) Iris, J/22, Rob Franks, 9.75; 3) Gails Warning, Cal 22, Paul Emigh, 14.5. (8 boats)

SUMMER KEELBOAT INVITE (SFYC; Aug. 12-13): EXPRESS 37—1) Spirit, Andy Rothman, 3.5 points; 2) Re-Quest, Glenn Isaacson, 6.75; 3) Danville Express, Andy Hall, 12; 4) Vitesse, Dean Dietrich, 13. (10 boats) 99 RATERS — 1) Expeditious, Express 34, Bartz Schneider, 4.5 points; 2) Endurance, Express 34, Mike Condon, 5.75. (4 boats) SANTANA 35 — 1) Wild Flower, Art Mowry, 2.25 points; 2) Breakout, Les Raos, 8; 3) (tie) Swell Dancer, Jim Graham, and Dance Away, Slabeck/ Storkovich, 10. (7 boats) J/35 — 1) Equanimity, Randy Paul, 4.5 points; 2) Jarlen, Bob Bloom, 5.75; 3) Major Damage, Per-

Santana 22, Fred Molnar, 16.75; 4) Velocious, SC 27, G.W. Grigg, 18; 5) (tie) War Stories, Moore 24, Royce Fletcher, and Stray Cat, Olson 30, Pepe Parsons, 21. (13 boats) (cumulative after 3 races) ROVANPERA YOUTH (SegYC; Aug. 12-13): LASER (youth) — 1) Paul Saiita, 11.25 points; 2) Kimbal Hall, 20.5; 3) Chuck Asper, 22.75. (7 boats) EL TORO (junior) — 1) Tim Armstrong, 10 points; 2) Matt Need, 12.5. (5 boats) EL TORO (novice) — 1) Robbie Eldridge, 7 points. (2 boats) OPTIMIST — 1) Brian Gorrell, 8.75 points; 2) Loren Byrne, 15.75; 3) Kevin Seiff, 19.75. (8 boats) (8 races) t SOUTH BAY YRA #5 (SpinnYC; Aug 19): DIV. A (big spinnaker) — 1) Pizote, Santana 30/30, Kevin Knick; 2) Sundance^, Hunter 34, Bob Carlen; 3) Loose Cannon, Express 27, Bill Schwager. (7 boats) DIV. B (big non-spin) — 1) Jet Lag, Catalina 34, Roger Roe; 2) Dolphin, Cal 2-30, Robert Young. (4 boats) DIV. C (little spinnaker) — 1) Hardtack, J/24, Charles Allen; 2) Dancer, Cal 9.2, Mike Dixon; 3) Wasp, Excalibur 26, Randy Hough. (6 boats) DIV. D (little non-spin) — 1) Leeward, Catalina 30, Jim Balestra; 2) Chiquita, Catalina 27, Hank Schade. (4 boats)

13; 4) Casey Jones, Don Jesberg, 13.5. (9 boats — protest pending) 11 :METRE — 1) Johnson Controls, Tom Dinkel, 8.75 points; 2) Blue Dog, Tim Wells, 9. (4 boats) J/24 — 1) Cool Breeze, Phil Perkins, 4.25 points; 2) Grinder, Jeff Littfin, 7.75; 3) Nixon Was Cool, Brent Vaughan, 14. (8 boats) CHISPA/YOUTH (IYC; Aug. 19; 3 races): CHISPA (Lasers) — 1) Chad Freitas, RYC, 4.75 points; 2) Daniel Malpas, EYC, 5.75; 3) Rob Maxim, StFYC, 10. (6 boats) YOUTH 'A' (El Toros) — 1) Rob Horne, SCYC, 3.75 points; 2) Laurel Snetsinger, TibYC, 4; 3) Michael Beckley, RYC, 4.75. (5 boats) YOUTH 'B' (El Toros) — 1) Joey Pasquali, SCYC, 1.5 points; 2) Kimbal Hall, EYC, 4. (4 boats) FRANK’S TRACT (Andreas Cove VC; Auq. 19-20): SPINNAKER — 1) Rascal, Wilderness 30, Chris Shepard, 3.5 points; 2) Knots, J/24, John Notman, 5.75; 3) Argonaut, Cal 2-29, Jim Garvine, 10; 4) Illusion, Santana 23, Chuck Silva, 13; 5) Sea Saw, Hunter 30, Jim Marzonie, 15. (8 boats) NON-SPINNAKER — 1) Loboe, Coronado 25, Paul Hale, 2.25 points; 2) Playpen, Hunter 30, Stephen Dale, 6. (3 boats) (3 races)

ETCHELLS PCCs (San Diego YC; Aug. 19-20): 1) Menace, Dennis Conner, 9.5 points; 2) #645, Dave Ullman, 13; 3) Crash Test Dummies, Andy LaDow, 14.5; 4) Justice, Frank Varasano, 18; 5) Fightin’ Irish, Tim Hogan, 19; 6) Seduction, Bob Kettenhoffen, 30; 7) Slip Not, Peter Isler, 31; 8) #984, Steve Wright, 33; 9) Basura, Chris Busch, 35; 10) Twenty Four, Bruce Nelson, 37. (33 boats) (5 races)

WYLIE WABBIT WIVER WUN (Aug. 26; 50 miles): 1) Jombo, Jon Stewart/Mark Rudiger; 2) Mr. Bill, Bill & Melinda Erkelens; 3) Kwazy, Colin Moore; 4) Contingent, Jerry Keefe/Kame Richards; 5) Tulawemia, Mark Harpainter; 6) Indecent Xposure, Greg Byrne; 7) Mr. McGregor, Kim & Anna Desenberg; 8) Wet Bunns, Bill & Alejandra Gardner; 9) Wasta Wabbit, Rich Jarratt; 10) Wind Blown Hare, Steve Bates. (10 boats)

FEAR & LOATHING (SFYC; Auq. 19-20; 4 races): MELGES 24 — 1) Trailblazer, Chris Collins,

FALL ONE DESIGN (Santa Cruz YC): SC 27 — 1) Good Timin’, Gary Evans, 4.75

Designer Carl Schumacher is on a roll, with Sy Klein man's new 54-footer (above) now underway and another big project about to be announced.

points; 2) Jersey Girl, Greg Miller, 5.75; 3) Hanalei Express, Sturgeon/Schuyler, 10. (10 boats) MOORE 24 — 1) Adios, Klitza/Walecka, 3.5 points; 2) Fatuity, Dave Hodges, 4.75; 3) Nobody’s Girl, Sydnie Moore, 13; 4) (tie) Mercedes, Joel Verutti, and Great Pumpkin, Jim Maloney, 14. (15

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Race Notes It’s baaaaack! Hard to believe, but the Big Boat Series is upon us once again. Scheduled for September 14-17, this 32nd annual edition looks suspiciously like last year’s regatta — but it ain’t broke, so why fix it? The maxi class will feature Windquest, Sayonara, Cassiopeia, Atalanta, Exile and, for lack of a better place to put them. Morning Glory. Assuming rivals Windquest and Sayonara beat each other up a little, look for Exile to emerge on top. Only four or five sleds are expected, as this isn’t a season counter—Orient Express should top all comers, which at the moment includes Mirage, GI, Alchemy and possibly Chance, if her charter comes through. The IMS grand prix class includes the CM 1200 sisterships B ullseye and Jackrabbit, the Mumm 36s Blue Chip and Zamboni, the Andrews ILC 40 Growler, the Key West¬ winning Farr 40 Flash Gordon, and the Canadian N/M 36 Surface Tension. The usual suspects will populate two classes of FIMS (boats from Swiftsure down to 99 raters), the J/35s, Express 37s and J/105s. Shoreside activities will include a Thursday night party sponsored by Kenwood, and the always dangerous Mt. Gay Rum bash on Friday night. For more information on the Big Boat Series, call St. Francis YC at 5636363. Down the road: If all goes as planned, next summer’s Big Boat Series could turn out to be a real whopper. Following on the heels of the Kenwood Cup, the ILC 40 Worlds and the Mumm 36 PCCs, the ’96 Big Boat Series should attract a lot of hot new IMS boats on their way home from Hawaii. It appears almost certain that St. Francis will host the Mumm 36 and Mumm 30 Worlds right after the BBS, which promises to be the most exciting sailing seen on the Bay since the One Ton Worlds in 1988. Speaking of next summer, the West Marine Pacific Cup has already 'sold' 10 of the 50 spots available for their ’96 Fun Race to Hawaii. In order of ascending size, the early birds are: Doctor Who (Merit 25), Hooligan (Carter 37), Halcyon (Tartan 37), X-Dream and Perestroika (both X-119s), Gandy Dancer (SC 40), Hot Lips (Frers 41), Scorpio (Wylie 42), Break’N Wind (J/130), Fast Company (Pyramid 45) and Tin Man (Barnett 47). For more info on the 'People’s TransPac', or better yet a race application, call Mary or Jim at (415) 441-4461 — and

New kid on the block: the Andrews 70+ 'Vickf splashes down in Long Beach.

hurry! New boats: After many delays, Sy Kleinman’s as-yet-unnamed Schumacher 54 is finally underway at Westerly Marine in Costa Mesa. The 23,000-pound IMS racer/ cruiser is more IMS-influenced than Schum¬ acher’s last 50-footer, Heart of Gold, and with a simpler interior. It will feature Carl’s trademark 'fractional masthead' sail plan, i.e. big main and a relatively small fore-triangle, and like HOG is intended to be a boat with an afterlife. Kleinman, however, plans to keep his Frers 58 Swiftsure for his im¬ mediate cruising needs. Chris Corlett, who is moving back to the Bay Area after a year’s exile in Washington, will be the hired gun. Meanwhile, Schumacher and partner John Franklin are now racing their new Express 27 New Moon, the first and only Vance Marine-built model. The boat features a cut-out transom step and a simplified deck layout, but otherwise is true to the original design. Knarrly stuff: Commodore Grant Settlemier sailed his Knarr Adelante to victory in the annual St. Francis YC IntraClub Regatta on August 19 against a 29-boat fleet. His victims included runners-up Cardinal Sagehen and Whistler, both also Knarrs, Zamazaan, the new Bullseye and others. And no, the race wasn’t fixed. . . Meanwhile, on July 29-30, Knud Wibroe won St. Francis YC’s Knarr Match Race Invitational over an 8-boat field. The previously low-key series went upscale this year, utilizing on-thewater judging and a mini-Brut Cup format. Wibroe won with a 6-1 record, beating Mark Heer (also 6-1) on the tiebreaker. The rest of the fleet stacked up as follows: 3) Jim Skarr, 5-2; 4) Craig McCabe, 3-4; 5) Larry Drew, 34; 6) Trig Liljestrand, 2-5; 7) Jim DeWitt, 25; 8) Peter Szasz, 1-6.

Sled news: The Santa Cruz to Point Conception Race for ULDB 70s on Friday, August 4, was plagued by light air and an overly optimistic time limit (6 p.m. Saturday afternoon — just 29 hours after the start of the 170-mile race). Just two boats finished before then, while three missed the cut-off and three others (GI, Mongoose, Taxi Dan¬ cer) withdrew. In a deal we still don’t quite understand, the rules were then reinterpreted to count the race for all finishers, who crossed in this order: Holua, Mirage, Evo, Orient Express and Swiftsure. This year, for the first time, the sled championship season has been split into two series, one for buoy racing and one for offshore. Richard Blatt’s SC 70 Holua is leading the former, while the latter is too close to call. Happy days: A1 Schultz and actress Vicki Lawrence, former owners of the Frers 45 Camouflage, launched their new Dennis Choate-built Andrews 70+ in Long Beach last month. Named Vicki (which will in¬ evitably be confused with Mike Campbell’s Andrews 70 Victoria), the new masthead boat is, according to designer Alan Andrews, "closer in performance to a super-sled than a conventional ULDB 70, but lots more userfriendly than a super-sled." The rig and sails have yet to be ordered, and the boat isn’t expected to debut until January’s Mazatlan Race. "A1 and Vicki are taking their time gutting the project together," explained Andrews. "Their priorities have changed since Vicki’s show was canceled." Soling update: Class rookie Dennis Conner, sailing with Jud Smith and Brad Rodi, led the Soling Worlds at the mid¬ point of the light air regatta, but faded to sixth by the end. Fifty-eight boats sailed in the event, held in conjunction with CORK ’95 (Kingston, Ontario). Luis Doreste of Spain was the winner, followed by: 2) Magnus Holmberg (SWE); 3) Matt Hayes (AUS); 4) Jeff Madrigall (USA); 5) Dave September, 1995 • LiUt^U 38 * Page 189

RACING SHEET Curtis (USA). The Soling spotlight shifts to San Francisco Bay later this month, with both the PCCs (Sept. 29-30) and the Soling North Americans (Oct. 3-6) on the Berkeley Circle. Fast females: The Bay Area will be well represented in a trio of prestigious women’s sailing events this fall. In sequential order, Vicki Sodaro will sail her J/24 Oops! in the Rolex International Women’s Keelboat Championship on Sept. 8-15 back in New¬ port, RI. Crewing for Vicki in this regatta, widely regarded as the most competitive women’s sailing event in the country, will be Aimee Hess, Stephanie Wondolleck, Susie Humphrey, Maureen Ford and Helena Cannady. Occasional Tiburon resident Melissa Purdy will also be racing, but with an East Coast crew. On Sept. 20-24, the U.S. Women’s Sailing Championship (aka the Adams Cup) will be contested in Sonars in Greenwich, CT. Susie Madrigali will rep¬ resent Area G along with Chris Page, Linda Beck and Jodi Lee. On the West Coast women’s sailing circuit, the Fourth Annual Women’s One Design Challenge will draw lots of talent to Long Beach YC on Oct. 20-22. The five-race series will be sailed in matched Catalina 37s (the Congressional Cup boats). Liz Baylis and her talented crew (tactician Melinda Erkelens, Stephanie Wondolleck, Aimee Hess, Ruth Paulling, Karina Vogen, Liz Whitney, Helena Cannady and Anna Peachy) should be serious contenders. Closer to home, Tiburon YC’s second annual Regatta in Paradise is slated for Oct. 7-8. An all-women Melgi event, the regatta is expected to draw between 15-20 boats from as far away as Seattle and Southern California. Call Alison Dimack at (510) 2569125 for the full pitch. Reinforcements: Just when it seems like all the big boats have been sold to Seattle, the Bay Area picked up three new players last month. Two are literally new: Dave Liggett’s Jack rabbit and Bob Garvie’s latest Bullseye. Both are Carroll Marine 1200s, a new 39-foot IMS design by Bruce Nelson. The other 'new' boat is the familiar SC 50 Oaxaca, which Patti and Dick Cranor just bought from Gene Twiner in Seattle. The Cranor’s previous steed, the highly suc¬ cessful Ericson 35 Mk. Ill Wind Chaser, went north as part of the deal. Need for speed: Multihull maniacs Marie and Bill Erkelens, Sr., just picked up a new toy in San Diego — Pete Melvin’s 1990 Little America’s Cup contender Freedom’s Wing. The exotic 'C' class cat is 25 feet long, 14 feet wide, 40 feet tall and weighs only 350 pounds all up! The boat will be modified at Choate’s yard in Long Beach, losing the hi-tech hard wing in favor of a carbon rig Page 190 •UtUwU18 • September, 1995

1Lakota1 at the start of her record Hawaii-Japan run. Look for her on the Bay in early September.

and soft sail. "We hope to sail against Rocket 88 and Beowulf and break a lot of local records, starting with the Three Bridge Fiasco," said Bill. . . John Collins, who won the Express 27 Nationals in ’93 and ’94 with Guneukitschek, has returned to the race course with a lightly used Moore 24 SC, hull #130. He’s sadistically named the new boat Conococheague, breaking yet again the three cardinal rules of yacht naming (it’s unpronounceable, it’s unspellable and no one has a clue what it means). Globetrotting glut? If you’re wondering where Whitbread boats spend their golden years, here’s one answer: the Hong Kong Challenge Round the World Race, which will start on October 23, 1996 from London. So far, 10 boats have supposedly signed up, including veteran warhorses Rothmans, Creightons Naturally, With Integrity, and Maiden. The 29,200-mile, 11month race will stop at 16 ports, including Miami, Honolulu, China and Hong Kong. The fleet will transit the Panama Canal rather than take on Cape Horn — not a bad idea! Designed as "an alternative round the world race for owners of yachts who feel excluded from existing events", this race is being organized by World Cruising Ltd. of London, the same folks who sponsor the ARC Rally. We wonder, however, if there’s really enough demand for another circum¬ navigation race — we’ll know in a year! Dress rehearsal: 639 sailors from 54

countries competed in the Nationsbank International Regatta, a pre-Olympic event held in Savannah in early August. The Hurricane Erin-influenced weather as well as the logistics of the regatta were apparently a nightmare (the bigger boats endured 60-90 minute high-speed tows each day to and from the race course!), as were the results of our U.S. Olympic contenders. Only Vince Brun and crew Mike Dorgan, both of San Diego, managed to win a medal, a gold in the 31-boat Star fleet. The Madrigali/ Massey/Barton team came in a creditable fourth in the 30-boat Soling fleet racing, but then lost to eventual winner Magnus Holmberg in the match racing portion. By all accounts, it’s becoming painfully obvious that the sailing portion of the ’96 Olympics could be a disaster of biblical proportions. Hopefully, with 11 months left, there’s still time to find solutions to the regatta site problems before the show begins. Racing the clock: As we go to press, Chicago-based adventurer Steve Fossett, who holds hot air ballooning records and has competed in Alaska’s Iditarod Race (sleddogs), is well on his way to breaking the Japan-California sailing record. Driving his 60-foot trimaran Lakota along with Brian Thompson, Ben Wright and Peter Hogg, Fossett is ahead of the 110-year-old record of 21V2 days set by the clipper ship James Stafford despite a very uncooperative Pacific High. Look for Lakota to blast into town sometime around Labor Day Weekend, and to most likely be stabled on Aotea’s old mooring off Corinthian YC. "I dream of crossing under the Golden Gate Bridge under full sail at 25 knots," claims Fossett. Earlier last month, the same crew set what is believed to be the new Hawaii-Japan record, posting a time of 13 days, 20 hours, 9 minutes. Details next month. Odds and ends: Bill Fortenberry of Mar¬ ina del Rey, a former Larry Klein crew¬ member, just won the J/24 Worlds in Rochester, NY, over a 73-boat field. Steve Thomas of Hawaii was second, while Seadon Wljsen, who came in eleventh, was the top NorCal sailor... Seadon will be one of 14 or 15 skippers vying for the lion’s share of the $10,000 cash purse at the Fall Citibank Regatta off Pier 39 on Sept. 2324. This will be the fourth Citibank regatta, featuring on-the-water judging and the richest pot yet. Some regattas just keep getting better and better — and this is one of them. . . . Greg Dorland, Mark Golison, Dave Oliver and Jim Diepenbrock are cur¬ rently at Lake Garda, Italy, sailing in the first Melges 24 Europeans. "These boats are taking Europe by storm," says Greg. "The Melges 24 is the most significant break¬ through in small boat design since the J/24."

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San Diego to El Cid Mazatlan International Yacht Race First Start: January 31,1996 Hosted by San Diego Yacht Club and El Cid Mega Resort El Cid, Mazatlan is far and away the ultimate destination for U.S. to Mexico sailing regattas. Parties, pool-side events, and other full-resort facilities, all avail¬ able at the finish line locale, mean more fun for racers and friends alike. A threeor four-day start is planned, depending on entries, which will offer great finish line excitement. This is an extra incentive for smaller racers to participate. We’re offering a Performance Cruising Class, with a midway stop at beauti¬ ful Santa Maria Bay. The Cruising Class will get an earlier start, depending on entries, to arrive at El Cid with the rest of the race fleet. What a great way to begin an early spring cruise to Mexico! jVi q: :L '

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With reports this month from Moondance's crew on being"back to earth”; Stella dl Mare on a wild & crazy time in the San Bias Islands; Joshua H. on transmission troubles in Eritrea; Calaveras on a cruisers’ raft-up at a most unusual location; Pinniped on the status of things in La Paz; Sunflower on sailing a new boat in New Caledonia; Gryphon on sailing from the Pacific Northwest to the Azores; Distant Vision with some tips on Mexico; and, Cruise Notes.

Moondance — Cal 39 Julie Harrar Back to Reality (Castro Valley) I was lucky enough to fulfill one of my dreams—sailing the Caribbean with the one I love. I’ve just returned from nine months of tropical sights, sounds, warm water and cheap rum drinks. What I want to know is why more cruisers haven’t written cuticles on what to expect—physically and emotionally — upon returning from a cruise. Is it because they don’t want to think about it? Is it because the cruiser thinks the return to reality is only temporary and that in a couple of years they’ll be cruising again? Is it because thinking about returning is too scary? I vote for the last reason; it is scary. And I was only out nine months. How do the fiveyear cruisers do it? I didn’t have much time to ponder what it was going to be like coming back to reality. Two days after my flight from Trinidad, I was thrust into a major social scene: my brother’s wedding. Used to wearing little or no clothing at all, now I had to dig up a fancy dress and put on — yikes! — high heels.

Cruising in the tropics means being able to smile even on cloudy days. That's not always so easy when"back on earth'.

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Thrown together with family and friends right away, it was strange — but nice — to be around people I knew. "The daughter who has been sailing around the Caribbean," is how I was always Introduced. "So that’s how you got such a good tan," would be the response. Or simply, "Wow, what a great experience! I’ve always wanted to do that." I was also laughed at a lot and got teased frequently for not knowing current events: that Snapple had come out with a new flavor, that Marcia Clark had a new hairstyle, that Joe Montana had retired, or that the Los Angeles Rams had abandoned L.A. for St. Louis. "When did that happen?" 1 kept finding myself saying. It all made me feel as though I’d been living on another planet and had just returned to earth. And returning to earth takes getting used to. No more scorching heat with 100% humidity. No more dinghy rides to shore to buy groceries or to pick up the laundry. No more foreign currency, palm trees, pristine sand or beautiful, warm water. I’ve slowly been acclimating my mind and body to fog, cooking in a huge kitchen with all the modem appliances, long and hot showers, and — yuck — the telephone. Television, however, is more fascinating. I find myself actually paying attention to the commercials, and I’ve reacquainted myself with my soap opera as though I’d never left. I was quickly brought up to speed on some great O.J. jokes, but I haven’t become addicted to the trial itself. One thing I’m not too interested in these days is reading; I read so many books on the trip. I did, however, visit Latitude to pick up back issues so I could catch up with local sailing. How am 1 doing after three weeks back on 'earth'? Just fine, I think. I have a job interview next week, and I only daydream about snorkeling, swimming, waterfalls, rum punches, tropical sunsets, palm trees, dolphins, rain forests and more rum punches about 10 times a day. This might not sound too good, but it’s a big improvement from my first week back when I dreamed about the Caribbean about 30 times a day. I’m also starting to read just a little again. My first book is Adrift by Steven Callahan — which my brother read on his honeymoon and has

passed along to me. My advice to returning cruisers is that it’s all right to daydream about their wonderful trips. And it will be hard to forget about your trip because you’ll be the envy of all your friends and family, who’ll want to know all about it. You’ll show them your tan and your photos, and from all the attention you get, you’ll really think you are from another planet! And it feels good. Like the tan, this unfortunately doesn’t last forever. So the best thing to do is get back to work and start saving for that next big trip. For the sooner you start saving, the faster you’ll be on the water again. 0 —julie 7/1/95 Stella dl Mare — N/A Pat & Gene Meleski San Bias Puberty Fest (Ben Lomond) Pat and I chuckled when we read Big O’s crew’s account of 'Puberty Fest '95' at the San Bias Islands — as we’d experienced the same thing two "years earlier. The event was brought to our attention

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The San Bias islands offer super sailing and diving in protected waters — and the fascinating Kunas. Small wonder they're so popular.

when we first toured the island village of Carti in mid-February, 1994. We came ashore at the invitation of the chiefs nephew, Eulogio Perez. What caught our eye was the sight of cases of hard booze stacked to the ceiling of their village warehouse. We later learned that this liquor stash was to be the main ingredient of the annual 'coming out' festival scheduled for the following week. Eulogio insisted that we come back to attend the week-long event with promises of colorful pageantry and ritual. Before returning to Stella di Mare, we were also taken to the Kuna museum — which turned out to be the source of another surprise. Prominent among the artifacts on display were primitive paintings «nd descriptions of A space ship that visited them 2,000 years ago. According to legend, a young girl emerged from the space ship and instructed the Kuna women to design and make moias, the reverse, multi-layered appliques that they wear on the front and

back of their blouses. This alleged UFO event became the foundation of their culture and religious beliefs. Stella di Mare returned to Carti on the second day of the festival. We were again escorted to the island village by our friend Eulogia. Initially we felt a little apprehensive, as a few of the men expressed their objection to our presence when we were led to the ceremonial hut. However, it turned out there was no need to be concerned for our safety, as everyone else made us feel at home. Pat

this rousing event. After the participants quickly drank the supply of cicha, a local brew, they switched over to the hard liquor. All the booze is free for everyone except the families of the honored daughters, who are assessed $2,000 (U.S.) each. Servers moved among the people pouring scotch, rum, gin, vodka and bourbon on a continuing basis. They also passed out cigarettes, which were smoked with a passion. The result was uncontrolled drunkenness. It was a sad sight to see not only young people getting stoned, but elderly men and women staggering all over the place, many of them becoming sick and vomiting. No question about it, this was a most unusual affair to witness. Our theory for the drinking bout is that it offers a once-a-year opportunity for the people to let their hair down and really party it up. This is particularly true for the women, who we felt were under stress because they not only provide most if the family’s income through mola sales, but were also responsible for child-rearing and household duties. While the Kunas may be a matriarchal society, the women’s lives are labor intensive and very controlled. Believe it or not, there was evidence of some sort of ritual that took place in the center of the ceremonial hall. It consisted of two men suspended in hammocks next to open fires who would recite Kuna lore while they drank booze until they were incoherent or passed out. I’m not sure if it was the booze, the smoke, or the combination of both that would do them in. As soon as they became incapacitated, they were hauled out and replaced with fresh candidates. It should be noted that this type of drinking affair is not widespread in the San San Bias fun! Pirates used to bury the Spanish up to their necks in sand on this beach. When the tide came in, they drowned. Yo, ho, ho!

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was taken to the women’s hut, where she was dressed in full Kuna wear, complete with mola blouse and head scarf. She and most of the Kuna women rejoined the men and me in the ceremonial hut that is only used for

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their proud people. With Stella di Mare currently in St Lucia, we expect to be back in the San Bias Islands again in February on our return trip to California. We are not quite sure we want to be part of the Carti Puberty Fest '96. One time around may be enough. — pat & gene 8/15/95 Pat & Gene — Like you, we want to emphasize that not all Kunas participate in 'Puberty Fests', and these rare celebrations are completely out of character with their behavior the rest of the year. As for your not wanting to be part of a second 'Puberty Fest', the Wanderer understands. He missed the 'Puberty Fest', and while not a stranger to undignified behavior, he’s glad he did. Joshua H. — Columbia 8.7 Jim Hagen Masawa, Eritrea (Santa Cruz) Josh is in Eritrea, Africa, and I’m in Santa Cruz — which is a bummer. There’s certainly nothing wrong with Eritrea or Santa Cruz, the bummer has to do with why I’m here and my boat is still in Africa. The reason? My transmission went out — for the fourth time! Apparently there’s an inherent problem in the combination of Universal engines and Hurth transmissions. I’d be delighted if any readers up to speed on this situation contact me at Box 3204, Santa Cruz 95063. I was about 100 miles south of Sudan and about a fifth of the way up the Red Sea when the transmission gave out the last time. Folks familiar with the Red Sea know that you have to battle constant 20 to 30 knot headwinds for 1,200 miles to reach the Med, and that it’s virtually impossible to sail against them and the chop. Thus I had to turn back to Eritrea, something I was very reluctant to do. Anyway, I’m back here in While Egypt still has the pyramids, camels, and some nice people, it's beginning to acquire something of a bad reputation.

Santa Cruz trying to add some dough to my cruising kitty. I plan to return to my boat in February for the March weather window up the Red Sea. To backtrack a bit, my sail across the Indian Ocean was great, with 15 to 25 knot winds from aft all the way. I made it from Sri Lanka to Djibouti in 20 days. Big ships, which make me nervous, became numerous by the time I reached the Gulf of Aden, which is just east of the Red Sea. While going through the Strait of Bab el Mandeb, which is at the entrance to the Red Sea, I counted seven ships at one time! Djibouti, at the southern end of the Red Sea, is another one of those Frenchoccupied countries that cruisers encounter on their way around the world. The locals are exploited and the French are doing very well, merci beaucoupl But the yacht club welcomes cruisers and is quite comfortable. Prices, of course, are very, very high. I didn’t get a chance to stop at all the Indian Ocean places I would have liked to, but got some good reports. India has been getting favorable reviews for hospitality, low prices and for the enchanting nature of the

Cruiser's Quiz: What's the name of this yacht club, and what are some of the strange things about it and its surroundings?_

country itself. The Maldives are apparently not as restrictive as they used to be, and cruisers and divers are being welcomed to enjoy the spectacular attractions. While I didn’t visit either Oman or Yemen, I was told that the people were friendly and that all necessities were available at low prices. The place I really liked, however, is Eritrea, an absolutely fascinating country that is a real oasis in Africa. The Eritreans have just concluded an epic 30-year war of independence, and the country is vibrant with great enthusiasm for its newly won freedom. I can’t recommend a stop there highly enough, as it is the place to be in the Red Sea. On the other hand, I’ve heard numerous reports of hostility, exorbitant fees, and virtually non-existent facilities at both The Sudan and Egypt. Several folks who made it through to the Mediterranean have said that, had they to do it again, they would have gone via South Africa and the Cape of Good Hope. It was that trying and difficult for them. Working north against the 20-30 knot

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As much as I miss my boat, it’s great being back in the United States. Those of us who live here are truly blessed, and one of the great things about cruising is that it gives you a great perspective on just how fortunate we Americans are. In most of the rest of the world you can’t count on reliable electrical, phone and water services. You can find everything in the States — and usually 24 hours a day. On the down side, I find life in America to be hectic and extremely demanding. As such, I urge those even considering cruising to 'just do it'. —jim 7195

headwinds and short, choppy seas is bad enough, but it’s always been that way. What’s really making the Red Sea so distasteful is that Muslim fundamentalists have gained considerable power in both Egypt and The Sudan, and they simply don’t like Westerners. Thus, food, mel and water are all difficult to obtain, and even then only at exorbitant prices. Entry and exit formalities are made extremely difficult and costly by often hostile officials. Baksheesh — bribery — is rampant and aggressively sought. All in all, it’s not a pretty picture. Eritrean officials, on the other hand, are welcoming, efficient and honest. In addition, food, fuel and water are easy to find and inexpensive. Masawa, the leading port, is a ( great haven for cruisers. The ravages of the recently concluded — 1991 — war with Ethiopia are dramatically evident everywhere. Even more noteworthy, however, is the breathtaking scope and speed of the reconstruction. The capital of Asmara has a strong European flavor, a lovely climate, and the dynamic atmosphere of a country on the move. Read Dan Connel’s Against All Odds for an understanding of what’s happening in Eritrea. Dynamite!

Calaveras — Cal 36 Tony & Roberta Heaney Mid-Atl antic Raft-Up (Santa Cruz) Some of us cruisers heading across the Atlantic to Europe this summer began chatting while waiting for weather information on the 'Herb-all' net. When we realized that six boats were fairly close together, we began joking about having a mid-Atlantic raft-up party. Then we got a little serious, deciding one night to met at 39°N, 45°W the next day. Noon on June 25, all six boats were present! Although the wind was light, there was a bit of a rolling swell, and thus it took some time to close up the group. Three boats — Calaveras, Columbine and Friar’s Goose — actually rafted up. We on Calaveras put out a flopper stopper and invited everyone aboard for drinks, a potluck dinner and some excellent entertainment. It was easy for the crews of

the two boats rafted with us to come aboard. As for the crews of First Light, Scoot and Kima 2, their crews simply set their boats adrift and came aboard to join the party. After several drinks, everybody 'committed' themselves to return every year hereafter for what we decided should be an annual event. An outstanding sailor of note in the group was Sir Mark of Friar’s Goose. He arrived in his dinghy wearing yellow golf slacks, a blue blazer from the St. George’s Rowing and Dinghy club, and carrying a guitar and one sun-dried flying fish. It was pretty comical when he attempted to slip his fish into the blazer’s breast pocket, as it was a cheap blazer with the pocket sewn closed. The large open cockpit of our Cal 36 easily accommodated the 13 mid-Atlantic celebrants, several of whom were guitar players. With two flat-top boxes and a harmonica, we soon had jazz, rock and calypso music filling the air. Tony Heaney sang his favorite Island in the Sun number, and was encouraged by Kim Kuusi’s remarks that his bad notes were caused by the fact that his guitar neck needed adjusting. A professional musician who owns his own recording studio in Helsinki, who could doubt Kim? And the duo of Kim and Sir Mark, with harmonica and guitar, sailed along beautifully until Mark realized that Kim was not able to tell him what chords to play — as long as "he had that thing in his mouth"! During the fun, we learned that one of The middle of the Atlantic Ocean — what a great place for a party! Six boats attended.

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Friar Goose’s crew, Roz Young, had crewed aboard Big O during this year’s Antigua Sailing Week. What we didn’t learn until it was too late to encourage her to share her talent is that Roz had done very well in the Antigua wet t-shirt competition. Readers concerned about the sanity of this get-together should know that the three boats set adrift remained within a couple of hundred yards of the three rafted boats. After five hours of eating and entertaining, our GPS indicated that we’d all drifted 10 miles toward the Azores, our destination! The participating boats and crews were: Kima 2, Kim and Maija Kuusi, and Tony from Helsinki, Finland; Friar’s Goose, Michael Youell, Mark Bendall, and Roz Young of Great Britain; First Light, Wendy and John Christensen, and Bruce of Oriental, North Carolina; Columbine, Steve and Isabelle Babcock of Orange Park, Florida; Scoot, Skip Sims, Lindsay, and A1 of New York/Cayman Islands; Calaveras, Tony and Roberta Heaney, and Rocky the dog of Santa Cruz and the Some Like It Hot class of '92. For all we know, it was a mid-Atlantic first! We are currently in Terceira, Azores. They’re just finishing up a new marina here, and we’re the first boat in. — tony 7/15/95 Pinniped — Fantasia 35 John Brand La Paz, B.C.S. (Oyster Point YC / S.F.) I returned to La Paz in mid-July after a six-week trip back to the Bay Area. When 1 left La Paz in early June, it seemed to be shaping up to be another routine, hot, hot summer. While I was gone, La Paz had an earthquake. When I came back, I was curious to see what damage had been done. The 'damage' that I encountered upon my return had nothing to do with the earthquake. In an apparent response to pressure from the marina owners for more business, the Port Captain, using an obscure 1948 law, had instituted anchoring fees earlier in the year for all foreign-flag vessels in the harbor. At first, there was a two-week grace period. The Club Cruceros de la Paz tried to see if something could be worked out, but the Port Captain would not budge. So any vessel not in a marina will have to pay anchoring fees - even if they are paying for a mooring. That’s not all. Vessels must now display an anchor light at night. Some that haven’t have been issued citations. In addition, Page 196 • Utih Ji 1? •

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skippers are required to show receipts that prove they’ve made timely visits to pump¬ out stations — which aren’t easy to find in La Paz. Further, vessels without anybody aboard can be considered 'abandoned'. The Port Captain has started 'marking tires'. La Paz has always been a home to cruisers, and people and boats have been in and out of here for years. The living was good and the attitude laid back. Traditionally, boats go north into the Sea for the summer, but this year it became an exodus. Cruisers got the message that they were no longer wanted, and anybody who could leave, did leave. I was unable to get my boat out of La Paz before I had to return to the States, so there she sat with the clock ticking. I had returned to La Paz right after Race Week at the end of April, so now I’m facing fees of 123 pesos per week. It may cost me over $300 to check out! Some departing boats have negotiated reductions, but most have not. Others have checked into marinas and cleared out using them. Other boats just snuck out under the cover of darkness. When I returned to La Paz last Saturday, I saw the full effects of the Port Captain’s 'earthquake'. The three favorite cruiser hang¬ outs are gone. The Dock Cafe at Marina de

Peter's Cafe Sport—’the'sailors'hangout in that TransAtlantic crossroads, the Azores.

La Paz is closed, pending being sold. Owner Mort Firstenfeld is in poor health. Sunset Mike’s closed up and is no more. 'Cheap Chicken' is also closed and gone. Why? All of their regular customers are gone. A walk down the malecon shows that the harbor is mostly empty and there is plenty of space in the marinas. There are few gringos left on the streets. It’s become a cruiser’s ghost town. Where are all the boats? Anywhere but La Paz. Many went into dry storage at San Carlos, where the yard is full. Santa Rosalia, where there are no anchoring fees, is full. Puerto Escondido had 90 boats last summer, but this year there are less than 30. The Port Captain is also collecting fees there, although less than in La Paz. What does it all mean? It’s not the fees that bother cruisers so much — although they do add up. No, it’s the attitude that we don’t seem to be wanted in La Paz anymore that bothers us. Most folks have gotten the message and left. They’re all still in Mexico, up the Sea, at all of the islands and anchorages — where cruising boats are supposed to be, anyway. Many have said that they will not return to La Paz in the fall for any more than the few days needed to

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take on provisions and head to the mainland for the winter. Friends who have lived in Mexico for many years say that these things will pass. Port Captains come and go, boats come and go, restaurants come and go. Each season life begins again. Some years are better, some are worse. We’ll see. I’ve always considered La Paz to be my home in Mexico. But now my friends are mostly gone, my favorite places are closed up, and every official seems to have his hand out. The real problem of the closed restaurants is not just the loss of a place to eat, it’s the loss of a place to hang out with your friends. The cruising community has no meeting ground anymore. Even the Morning Net has lost its spark. As soon as a few repairs are finished to my boat in a few days, I’ll be leaving, too. I have no reason to stay here anymore. Will the last cruiser out of La Paz please turn out the lights? See you in Mazatlan this fall. — john 6125195 John — Having not been in La Paz this summer, we called Marta Sutton, Commodore of the Cruising Club of La Paz, for her take on the situation. With all respect to you, she believes there are about the same amount of boats in La Paz as there were last summer, feels the marinas are as full as ever,

and notes that the Dock Cafe traditionally closes each summer because there isn’t enough off-season business. Sutton does agree that there’s "kind of a cleaning out process" that’s been going on in the bay, and that some of it has been justified. She points out that some boats have been abandoned or allowed to become derelicts, that there are sewage concerns, and that not all cruisers have complied with even non-controversial Mexican laws. "We cruisers have been spoiled here over the years," she says, "because when we didn’t do things quite right, the officials were always willing to just let things slide. They’re no longer quite as loose as they once were." While Sutton feels that some cleaning up and organization was called for, she also believes that the Port Captain has gone a little too far. There’s the matter of the $14/week harbor fees, which only seem to be randomly charged. As Commodore of the Cruising Club of La Paz, she was instrumental in protesting the fees to various government agencies. While cautious about what the future holds for cruisers in La Paz, Sutton is also optimistic. "/ may be looking through rosecolored glasses," she admits, "but I think everything is going to be just fine." Sunflower — Young 43 Curtiss & Barbara Bryant New Boat, New Waters (Acampo, California) We arrived in Noumea, New Caledonia, on May 13 after a six-day passage from Whangaroa, New Zealand. We had favorable winds aft of the beam the entire trip, but nothing — except in squalls — in excess of 20 knots. We are presently in Oops! This photo doesn't match the Bryant's copy about Port Moselle, but it is of their new boat 'Sunflower'.

Darwin, Australia, getting ready to depart on the mid-July start of the Darwin to Ambon Race. For the record, we are the previous owners of the Rafiki 37 Sunshine. She is back in the Bay Area being repaired after suffering damage by hurricane Val in Pago Pago, American Samoa. We are now the proud owners of the New Zealand-built Young 43, a double headsail sloop with a fiberglass hull. In addition to Barbara and I, our crew includes our son, Eric, 18, and daughter, Alicia, 9. We’re heading west via Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Andaman Islands, Sri I^nka, and the Red Sea. We plan to be in the Med by May of 1996. As you can see, one of the accompanying photographs was taken at Port Moselle, Noumea, New Caledonia, with a May 1995 Latitude. The amazing thing is that the photo was taken on May 23, which means we were holding a very current copy of the magazine — something that’s rare in this part of the world. What a treat to have it waiting for us in the mail when we arrived from New Zealand! — curtiss & barbara 7/11/95 Curtiss & Barbara — We’re a little confused. Was Sunshine damaged in Pago Pago while you still owned her, or when owned by a subsequent owner? We kind of qssume the former, but if that was the case, you glossed over what must have been a major event with all sorts of complicated ramifications — which means it could be very educational to our readers. In any event, if you’ve been reading Latitude for several years, you might be familiar with the Young 43 — can’t recall her name — that was extensively cruised by Tony and Cara Dibnah of Vallejo. That boat, originally named Captain Musick, was

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cruised to California by her Kiwi owner. We always thought she was an interesting design, what with her indoor/outdoor cockpit and salon. Pretty fast, too. Gryphon — Fisher 37 Tom Goyne And Friends Bayona, Spain (Juneau, Alaska) It has taken a year'to sail to Bayona, Spain, from Sausalito, and now it’s time to put my feet up for a couple of months — plus to do a little boat maintenance before heading into the Med. The truth of the matter, though, is that I have taken not just one year, but more like five, to sail from California to here. So it’s obvious that I’ve put my feet up more than once during this time. I spent the first four years wandering the Eastern Pacific. In 1990, my friends, Bob and Leslie White (ex Gandy Dancer, San Francisco) and I sailed Gryphon from Newport Beach, where I purchased her, to British Columbia, via Mexico, Hawaii and Southeast Alaska. I was so taken by the spectacular beauty of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska that I couldn’t be pried away for two years. I spent the summer of '92 in the protected waters of southern British Columbia, showing friends and relatives from the Lower 48 the many delights of British Columbia. Then in '93, White Trillium II, an Oyster 39 skippered by David and Rosemary Whitten, joined Gryphon for the cruise back north to the remote and lovely Queen Charlotte Islands. For variety, we circumnavigated Vancouver Island on the way back. I can’t tell you how much I love British Columbia; it’s where I want to retire. It has Even though Tom Coyne has left the Pacific Northwest to see the rest of the world, it's where he plans to retire.

everything that a cruising sailor could want: beauty, clear water, wildlife, developed and undeveloped recreation areas, pleasant cities, friendly people and good boating facilities. The summer weather is magnificent: long days, lots of sun and very little fog. And the winters aren’t too bad. The days are short that far north, and every other year or so there will be snow on the decks for a few days, but with a good heater and a pilothouse like the Fisher’s, you can cruise year round. Despite all the beauty and wonder, after two years it was time to see more of the world. In October of '93,1 sailed down the coast to San Francisco Bay. I spent a year at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor enjoying all that the great San Francisco Bay Area has to offer. This is one American metropolis that retains its charm and beauty as it grows — although I’m not sure that Bay Area residents truly appreciate it. Perhaps it is easier for an outsider to see. I’d attended school at Cal back in the early '60s, and having not been back for an extended stay, I finally had a chance to catch up with old friends and see all the familiar places. All in all, it was a good year in the Bay Area — although it was hard to adjust to the frenetic pace. Nobody has any unplanned

Spread; The great city of Cartagena. Inset; Lexa Whitten and Liz Oliviera, the all-woman crew of ’Trillum’.

time anymore. I was amazed, for example, how many things I observed commuters doing at once: A cup of coffee in one hand, cellular phone in the other, doughnut balanced on the knee, Dictaphone on the seat, legal brief on the dashboard to be reviewed before work — and all of this being consumed/operated/read at 60 mph through the tunnel. Last October I was joined in Sausalito by David, Rosemary and Lexa Whitten, and Liz Oliviera, from the British Columbia-based White Trillium II. Gryphon and Trillium have buddy-boated for most of the subsequent year, stopping in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Grand Cayman, Cuba, Florida, the Azores, and finally, Spain. My crew during this voyage included, at various times, Bob and Leslie White of Colorado, Maurice Wilson, Fred Kroger and Ernest McCormick of the Bay Area, and Carol, Norm and Catherine Cowden of Newport Beach. There were lots of good stops along the way — as well as some indifferent and bad ones, too. Picking a favorite is nearly impossible, but I’ll list some of my favorites. Zihuatanejo is a beautiful town with the typical good Mexican food and the typical

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good Mexican people. Let me emphasize that I think the Mexican nationals and Central Americans are the friendliest and most generous people we’ve met so far. They go out of their way to be helpful, and the shopkeepers as often as not give 13 to the dozen. Admittedly, it’s a different story in the big cities, but during all our stops along the coast, we only felt threatened once, at a border town by a rabid drunk Guatemalan or Mexican political activist. It was a reminder to not judge a country or its people by the border towns. Another good thing of note: the 'mordida' seems to be much reduced. We were never asked for a bribe. Our visit to Guatemala, which has an 85% indigenous population, was a high point because of the colorful native dress, the high mountains, and the great bus rides that took us everywhere. The Jungle Club at Golfito, Costa Rica, was another good stop, memorable for a South Pacific atmosphere, the friendly folks, and as a respite after our encounter with 50 and 60-knot Papagayo winds. The San Bias Islands of Panama are definitely four-star. They have, I am convinced, the finest reefs in the world, most of which you can snorkel. The diversity of the reef life is outstanding, but even more remarkable are the strange and wonderful shapes of the reefs. Paddling through the

shallow canyons gives one the feeling of being an eagle in the Grand Canyon — it’s just like flying. The unspoiled and remote San Bias Indian villages were worthwhile seeing as well, as the Kunas are the last surviving tribe of Carib Indians. You’ll remember that the Caribs were the ones that met Columbus when he landed in the New World. They were cannibals then, and apparently have only recently given up this gastronomic delight. Now their main import is cash generated by sales of the intricately sewn molas offered everywhere by the native women. We all bought a couple of molas — even me, and I said I wouldn’t. Our time in the San Bias Islands was primo. Cartagena, Colombia, our next stop, is arguably the most historically significant colonial city in all of the Americas. And besides, it’s beautiful, bustling and the people are very friendly. The most important city on the Spanish Main for 300 years, the best part is that it hasn’t been destroyed. The original walled cities — there are two — remain just as they were 200 years ago. There have been a few improvements such as lights and air conditioning to make the buildings habitable, and a couple of breaches have been cut in the walls to allow cars to pass through, but, other than that, very little has changed. On top of this, it’s obvious that the city is prospering. One wonders, but does not ask, how much of the prosperity comes from drugs. The streets are clean, cellular phones are everywhere, people dress well, and the restaurants have atmosphere. We all agreed that Cartagena is a place worth revisiting. Our last stop, the Azores, has been good on many counts — not the least of which was it’s a good place to recuperate. We had the strongest winds I have ever sailed in during our 26-day crossing from Key West. Off of Cape Hatteras we were overtaken by a front that brought steady 50 knot winds, with gusts to 60 and maybe 70 knots, for two days. During a 24-hour period, we made a phenomenal 211 miles with just a storm jib set on our 16-ton, 37-footer. It’s true that we had the help of a two-knot Gulfstream current, but for all we know it’s a record. We also had a second gale overtake us later in the voyage. The wind wasn’t as strong, but it lasted longer and a longer fetch created bigger waves. Thank heavens for big pilothouses, small cockpits, and reliable windvanes, because we were pooped three times.

'Gryphon's' crew— Leslie White, Dave Phaedrus and Bob White — sitting aboard the trimaran 'Phaedrus'.

While in the Azores, we visited Flores, Horta, Pico and Terciera. Each was different, but all had an exceptional lush green beauty, flowers everywhere, and warm and kind Portuguese inhabitants. The hedgerows bordering the hillside fields are mostly hydrangeas in bloom, and you can imagine what that looked like to us after 26 days at sea: Victoria’s Butchart Gardens and the Oregon coastline rolled into one! Gryphon and White Trillium II will winter at Ibiza, Spain, and then will cruise toward the eastern Med in 1996. After that, who knows? We may be tired of this lifestyle and decide to ship our boats back to British Columbia, or we may sail on eastward, or we may leave them in the Med for a while and fly back and forth to the States periodically. Our motto has always been: You just never know, yoy know?' We’ll continue to live by that. Friends wishing to contact me should use my forwarding address: 2326 Cherry Street, Denver, CO 80220. — thomas 7/95 Thomas — Thanks for the fine report. Having visited most of the places you refer to in the last nine months, we find ourselves in agreement with almost all your opinions — with the glaring exception of your idea of ”what every cruising sailor could want”. Foremost among our cruising retirement 'wants' would be 1) vodka clear water that never drops below 78 °, and 2) good surf. We suppose we’re lucky that great minds don’t think alike or our favorite places would be too crowded. Are you certain that the Kunas are related to the Caribs? The island of Dominica widely advertises that it has a reservation that is home to the last of the Carib Indians. September, 1995 • UXUJtJg • Page 199

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As for the Kunas, it’s true they sell a lot of molas, but they’ve got an even better cash crop. They fly 1,000 pounds of lobster and squid — mostly lobster — to Panama City and Miami every day. And they’ve been doing it for the last 10 years. That brings in a lot more moola than do the molas. Distant Vision — Searunner 31 Tri Peter Miller Tips On A First Cruise (Cayucos, CA) Three years ago, I sailed my 31-ft Searunner trimaran to sunny Mexico. It was the end of a long building and preparation stage, and the beginning of a learning and doing stage. My wife and I had built Distant Vision because we thought we would never be parents, but by the time we launched our boat, we had a one-month-old son. We were short on experience when we left our homeport of Morro Bay, but determined to see if the cruising life was for us. Since then we have cruised part-time as our jobs and schedules have permitted. Along the way we have learned much — some of it the hard way. We’d like to share some of what we know with folks planning a trip to Mexico — or beyond — in the near future. 1) Accept the fact that you’ll never be 100% ready to leave. Pick a 'getaway day' and circle it on your calendar. You probably won’t make it, but it will give you something definite to shoot for. You’ll find that at least some of those projects you want to complete

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projects will give you something to db>. besides drink beer and lay in the sun. Remember, however, that chandleries are few and far between in Mexico, and thus most 'raw material’ for boats are either hard or impossible to find. So bring all but the most common stuff with you. In addition, all VHF morning nets in Mexico have a Treasures of the Bilge' segment, and you’ll be surprised at what trinkets and treasures come up for trade. 1 specify 'trade' because you can’t sell gear — even used gear — in Mexico without having to pay duty. Puerto Vallarta and La Paz have especially good nets. 2) Choose crew carefully. The person who walks and talks like a sailor may be great for an afternoon around the buoys, but after a couple of rough days offshore with interrupted sleep, cold water showers and a kink in the colon, he or she might well turn into Spam. As for whiners and sea lawyers, they can ruin otherwise great trips for everyone else. Next time, I’d take a person with little or no experience and a good attitude over an experienced sailor with a bad attitude. If you have to get rid of bad crew, it’s a lot easier in San Diego than somewhere along the mostly uninhabited coast of Baja. Your spouse or significant other is usually going to be your best choice of crew, and definitely take the kids along. If there is one thing Mexicans understand, it’s kids. Having our son with us opened many doors. 3) Get out of California as quickly as possible. We took our time coming down the coast, but in hindsight wished we’d blasted down. Catalina is nice, but it’s just Disneyland on the ocean. The marinas in Southern California are nice, but they’re also expensive and present too many temptations for the cruiser on a budget. For the money we spent during one week in San Diego, we could have lived for another six weeks south of the border! So take care of business in California and get out! The same applies to Cabo San Lucas, which is basically just a subdivision of Southern California. It’s a very tempting place to hang out because it’s the first place that’s warm, but try to resist. Take care of the paperwork and move on as there are better places down the road. The marina in Cabo is first class, but it cost us $28 a night for our 31-footer. You can anchor in the outer harbor, but it’s roily and open to the southeast. 4) Acclimatize yourself to Mexican Standard Time — aka Manana Time — as

soon as possible. Things just don’t happen quickly or efficiently in Mexico, and the sooner you learn to accept it, the less frustration you’ll suffer. Getting fuel or going to the supermercado, for instance, are very often half or even full day projects. Trying to hurry a Mexican official is as big an insult as slapping him in the face and will result in ever-lengthening delays. A big reason many people cruise to Mexico is to relax, so learn to put your feet on the deck and breathe through your nose. While at Santispac, I met a Mexican fellow who was camping on the beach with his family. "We Mexicans make much less money than you Americans," he told me, "but we have better lives. We enjoy our families, our country, and we don’t have to worry about who might want to sue us that week." He then reached into his cooler and handed me an ice cold Pacifico and some delicious ceviche. It was hard to argue with that kind of logic. 5) Listen to your 'inner voice'. When my inner voice tells me it’s time to tack offshore, tuck a reef in the main, or that the anchorage isn’t right, I listen to the little guy. Two years ago we sailed into La Cruz with Grandma who was visiting from Ohio. It was lumpy outside so I anchored close in so

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Despite all the ‘progress', there's still a magical Cabo for all who seek it — such as these three cruisers worshiping Neptune at Lover's Beach.

Grandma would have a comfortable sleep and just a short dinghy ride to shore — even though my inner voice screamed at me to anchor our boat in deeper water. I didn’t listen. Everything was fine for a couple of days, but then we decided to go to F.V. on the bus and play tourists for the day. After a few hours, our son got cranky, so I volunteered to take him back to the boat for a nap. When I got to La Cruz, there were five-foot waves breaking about 10 yards inside of where Distant Vision was anchored! Fortunately, Mike of Windfeather had already gone out with another anchor and moved my boat further offshore. Thanks again, Mike! I wasn’t the only one to have gotten caught by the freak swell that day, but I was the only one who wasn’t aboard at the time. If I hadn’t listened to that little voice, 1 wouldn’t be writing this letter. 6) Don’t skimp on anchors and rodes. Before we left for Mexico, I chatted with Kelly O’Neill, who had circumnavigated aboard Elm Street, a sistership to our trimaran. He advised me to go with an all chain rode. We didn’t, as we’d already purchased 500-ft of half-inch nylon line. For

the first two years, we had 50 feet of chain and 250-ft of half-inch line for each of our main anchors. While these set-ups never failed us, I’d get really nervous every time the wind cranked up. Since O’Neill has about 30,000 more multihull miles under his keel(s) than we, last year we decided to add a couple hundred feet of chain to our rodes. The extra sleep I got from having much greater holding power has certainly been worth the expense. Anchors and rodes are your best insurance policies, so don’t skimp on them! Bring an adequate number of big anchors and lots of high-quality chain. 7) Don’t be afraid to leave your boat in Mexico in the off-season. We left ours in Nuevo Vallarta the first summer, Puerto Escondido last summer, and this summer she’s on the hard at Ed Grossman’s excellent facility at San Carlos. It has always cost us less to leave our boat in Mexico than it would be to berth her in California. That’s my two bits worth. Our cruising friends can reach us at 24 St. Mary, Cayucos, California 93430. — peter 6/14/95 Cruise Notes: About this time of year, we usually have an article on our recommended cruising itinerary for a season in Mexico. Having

run it so many times, this year we’ll make do with a greatly abbreviated version here in Notes. If you’ve got to have one of the detailed versions, you can drop by our office and pick up the appropriate back issues — provided you don’t ask us which ones they are. We don’t know, because indexing was never our strong suit. In any event, our recommendation is that Mexico cruisers head south to Cabo as early as reasonable, which means either very late October — like the Baja Ha-Ha fleet that departs on October 30 — or early November. It’s been our experience that you’ll get the best weather to head south at that time, plus it’s less crowded. Besides, who wants to be in chilly and expensive California in November, when you could be toasting under Mexico’s tropical sun? There’s always a group of boats that head north to La Paz and the Sea of Cortez after reaching Cabo. Last year — as is the case most years — the majority of cruisers who attempted to go north got the crap beat out of them and their boats by Northers. While it’s possible to have a good sail up to La Paz and get some good weather until the end of November — the water’s still reasonably warm — there are no guarantees. And there’s a much better alternative. Our recommendation is that once folks tire of Cabo — for some it doesn’t take long at all — they head as quickly as possible to 'as far south as they’ll be going, which usually means Zlhuatanejo. If you’re a regular reader of this magazine, you know that Ztown is just about everybody’s favorite spot in Mexico, and many rate it as one of the best in the world. It’s an undeniably charming little town, and we recommend it for both Christmas and New Years. The nearby airport, which also serves Ixtapa, means it’s a great place for friends and family to join you for the holidays. Solid as a rock; the venerable Gran Baja Hotel dominates the waterfront of La Paz, a city that's A been a cruiser bastion for many years.

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One of the finest aspects of Z-town is the balmy and benign weather. A pleasant pastime for folks anchored in Z-town during the heart of winter is sipping cold drinks while basking in the warm sun and listening to folks in the Sea of Cortez — and even as far south as San Bias — complain about the howling winds and awful cold. By late January or early February, it’s time to leave the Z-town region — Acapulco is only 150 miles south — to start meandering north along the coast of mainland Mexico. You don’t want to rush, however, because there are still cold spells, cool water — and even morning fog — as far south as Puerto Vallarta in early February. The primary reason you’d want to be that far north is if you’re getting ready to hop across to the Marquesas. Almost everybody going 'across the pond' leaves from Puerto Vallarta these days, and going-away parties are held, nets organized, and good times had. March means St. Patty’s Day and the big blow-out at Philomena’s Los Pelicanos Restaurant in Melaque. Right afterward, Tim and Suzy of Scallywag put on a cruisers’ race up to Tenacatita. With the weather warming, it’s time to continue the migration north toward the Sea of Cortez. Since Sea of Cortez Sailing Week isn’t until the latter part of April, you’ve got plenty of time to get there and be all ready to enjoy the best time of the year in the Sea. If you’ve got to come home by summer, you need to leave Cabo by mid-May. If not, you can enjoy part or the entire summer in the Sea at your leisure. That’s basically it except for the following two tips: — Sure, Cabo is nuts — but don’t leave without giving it a chance. Promise us you’re do the following three things: 1) Hike to the lighthouse a couple of miles up the coast. 2) Visit Lover’s Beach early in the morning or late in the afternoon — before the crowds have come and while the shadows are the most dramatic. We’ve been a lot of places in the world, and Lover’s Beach is certainly among the most dramatic. 3) Have a sunset cocktail at Las Missiones — or whatever that fancy Italian place just a couple kilos east of Cabo is called. What a magnificent view from a tranquil setting! The old Cabo has been overwhelmed, but if you do these three things you’ll still get a feeling for what made the place so special. — Buddy-boating and hanging with fellow cruisers is a heck of a lot of fun — and it’s so easy. But do yourself a favor by anchoring alone from time to time, and Page 202 • UtiUJe 32 • September, 1995

The late Craig Kollo. He was well known and well liked by fellow cruisers in the Sea of Cortez and elsewhere.

making an effort to meet locals — especially in small towns and those seldom visited by cruisers. You’ll be rewarded. If you decide to write to us at Latitude, write what you like about your second most favorite place in Mexico, not just Z-town. And don’t forget to send a good picture of yourself and your crew. You need not be naked, and we’d actually prefer it if you’re not holding a copy of the magazine. While we’re south of the border, it’s come to our attention that Terry Kennedy and Joyce Clinton, the folks responsible for the Manta Ray Massacre feature that appeared in Latitude, have been out to the Revillagigedo Islands again aboard Clinton’s trimaran Galadrtel. Unfortunately, we don’t have details, as we were out of town when Clinton was in town. Terry and Joyce — call us collect, we want to know what’s up. In any event, it would seem that boats are being allowed out at the islands again. It is with deep sadness that we have to publish the following news: "Craig Rollo sailed out of this life aboard his Hans Christian 43 ketch Wooden Shoe, after recently completing his dream cruise from San Diego to Florida via the Panama Canal with his special friend, Michelle LaMontagne. Craig spent three years in the Sea of Cortez prior to this cruise, and he and Michelle were planning to leave for Venezuela in November. Craig died on his 38th birthday from complications connected to his diabetes. This 6'6" gentle giant will be missed by all whose lives he touched."

Those who wish may contact Michelle at Box 8890000-158 San Diego, CA 92168. Our sincere condolences to Craig’s family and friends. !e Three months before the November 19 start of the 10th Annual Atlantic Rally for Cruiser* (ARC), sponsor World Cruising Ltd. of London reports they have 119 paid up entries for the 2,700-mile cruisers’ race from Grand Canaria to St. Lucia. Another 50 to 75 entries are expected. The greatest number of entries so far from one country are the 37 from England, although the Germans are right on their transom with 34. The seven U.S. entries include: Tropic Star, Rod Hawthorne’s Swan 47; Peregrine, Richard Sonnenfeldt’s Trintella 44; Manannan, Adrian Duffey’s Brewer 46; Carina, Mort Barish’s Hans Christian 41T; Body Heat, William Coassio’s Hinckley 44; Big Easy Too, Jesus Sanchez’s Bavaria 44; and Act IV, Thomas Moyer’s Garden 118. And no, that’s not a misprint. Oh yeah, Latitude’s signed up Big O, our Ocean 71 ketch. If you’ve got some extra change jingling in your pockets and are looking for a spectacular adventure, we still have room for a couple of compatible charter guests. It’s expected that most boats will finish the ARC — which is the granddaddy of all cruising rallies — in 12 to 24 days. The use of engines is permitted in some classes, and boats under 36 feet have the option of starting five days early. Extensive social activities are scheduled before and after the actual sailing. As many as 75 boats are expected to participate in the West Marine Caribbean 1500 Rally that leaves Hampton, Virginia, for the British Virgin Islands on October 29. It will be the 6th running of the 1,500-mile event, the focus of which is safety, comfortable passagemaking in company, and informal racing. (That sounds exactly like what we’re aiming for in the Baja Ha-Ha — which leaves San Diego a day later for Cabo.) For further information on the Caribbean 1500, contact Steve Black at (401) 848-0302. For a complete list of current entries and other information on this year’s Baja HaHa, see the Sightings section. Providence is pissed at all the crap people, governments and business have been throwing in His oceans. Here’s the proof: during the third week of August, there was the greatest number of hurricanes and tropical disturbances in the history of recorded weather. Activity in both the Pacific and the Atlantic was up significantly. Typhoon (what they call hurricanes in the Orient) Irving battered the Chinese mainland south of Hong Kong, while Tropical Storm

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Janice caused all kinds of flooding around Shanghai. Off Mexico, Tropical Storm Gil fizzled out from hurricane strength. While hurricane Felix ran out of gas all the way up at the Canadian Maritimes, Tropical Storm Jerry was drenching Florida. Further south, hurricanes Humberto and Iris were heading toward all those charterboats bobbing around in the Leeward Islands. Given the huge number of hurricanes and tropical storms at one time, the total damage was very slight — thanks to the fact that most of them were out over open water. God must really be pissed at the folks of Monserrat, one of the smaller Leeward Islands. Not only were they briefly threatened by two hurricanes, but the long dormant Soufriere volcano has been erupting sporadically since July 18. While it’s only been noxious gases and ash so far, authorities didn’t wait for deadly lava — which has been rising — to make an appearance. Thus some 3,000 of the 7 by 12-mile island’s 12,000 residents have been evacuated from the most threatened areas. Many experts believe a serious eruption is a good possibility in the near future, so we doubt Mick, Keith and the rest of the Stones will be cutting any more discs there soon. While on the subject of hurricanes, Robert Leight of Cabo tells us that determining the destructive force of a hurricane may not be all that obvious. Wind speed would seem to be the indicator, but that’s not always the case. "In the years I’ve been here in Cabo, we’ve had a number of powerful hurricanes come within 75 miles," explains Leight. "But none of them created as powerful surf as did a weak one — I can’t remember the name — we had earlier this summer. The difference is that the stronger ones were in a tighter spiral and moved along quickly. The weak one covered a wide area and moved very slowly. As a result, all the sand was temporarily washed away from the bases of the waterfront restaurants and hotels. You should have seen that surf!" The destructive capability of the weak hurricane fooled even some experts — with costly consequences. The Hotel Palmilla usually brings their five-boat fishing' fleet inside the harbor at Cabo when hurricanes approach. But this was one so weak they didn’t bother. By the time they decided they needed to take action, it was too late, and the surf destroyed their entire fleet! As for the boats in Cabo Isle Marina, it was cairn and there was no damage. Steve Salmon and Tina Olton of the Berkeley-based Valiant 40 Another Horizon are reportedly enjoying the third year of what’s planned to be a seven-year

What the.../? There's no one anchor that works best in all situations. And in some situations, no anchor will work at all.

circumnavigation. After an uneventful passage from Tonga to New Zealand late last year with Berkeley YC Commodore Tom Luten as crew, they enjoyed the Northern hemisphere winter in New Zealand. They’ve since returned to Tonga and Vanuatu to enjoy another season of Another Horizon in the South Pacific. Salmon and Olton are somewhat unique among cruisers in that they traded in Horizon, the Valiant 40 they’d used on a previous cruise to the South Pacific, for Another Horizon, a brand new Valiant 40. "Regarding the reader’s comment about my pushing Motel 6 rooms," writes recent circumnavigator Tom Scott of Redwood City, "the truth is that I wets never offered Mr. Bodett’s job. But I sure could use the money, as right now I’m in Alameda, enrolled in Svendsens very effective wallet slimming program. Nepenthe is getting a new standing rig and stuff. The yard staff at Svendsens, now headed by Rick Kreps, has been just super. "Obviously, I haven’t left yet. But I do plan on being in Zihuatanejo for Christmas, and Papeete for Easter." "I appreciate Latitude letting all my friends keep up with my adventures," writes George Snyder of the Long Beach-based Cal 28 Seaweed, "from the loss of my Columbia 26 Runaway in the Sea of Cortez, to my graduating from bartending school and getting a job, to my most fortunate acquisition of my Cal 28 which I plan to sail across the Pacific. The most recent news is thaf I’m no longer a bartender. I just couldn’t

compete with the 22-year-old ladies who wear tight pants and leave the top five buttons of their blouses unfastened. I’m now a driving instructor for Sears, and used part of my first paycheck for my very own Latitude subscription." Five buttons!? Would you mind, George, telling our male readers the name of the bar where you "couldn’t compete"? If you don’t do it quickly, we expect that our postperson will get a hernia from trying to carry all the mail asking just that question. "We’re writing to defend the Fortress Anchors, which several of your readers have had poor experience with," write Bill and Diana Chapman of the Stockton-based Swan 47 Bones VIII. The Chapmans are currently in Greece, having completed more than half their circumnavigation. "We’ve been carrying an FX 37 as a stem and back-up anchor for the past four years," they continue, "and have used it in several extreme situations with excellent results. As an example, we were moored Med style at Kea, one of the Cyclades Islands of Greece, when a 35-knot crosswind came up and blew for 24 hours. Naturally, all the boats started dragging sideways — until they leaned on Bones VIII, which was being held fast by the Fortress. Ultimately, there were four boats relying on , our Fortress anchor to hold: a 53-ft Belgian cruiser, a 35-ft French steel boat, a 30-ft German boat, and our 32,000-pound Swan. "The only problem we’ve had with the Fortress is getting it up! I think the best solution is to set it with plenty of chain. We use a piece of 3/8-inch as long as our boat, then nylon rode. The Fortess has always served us well, and the fact is it’s never dragged. In mud or sand the Fortress is our anchor of choice. By the way," the Chapmans conclude, "the Eastern Med is nice, and the Ionian Islands, in our opinion, are the nicest part of „ Greece." We’re sorry we didn’t cross paths with you in that part of the world, Biil and Diana. We’re also sorry we didn’t have a Fortress to try in Greece and Turkey, as we had — by far — the most trouble we’ve ever had trying to get our Bruce and CQR to hold in the sandy/weedy bottoms. It’s tricky stuff. All those who remember Dave King of Portland, please raise your hands and shout "Long live the King!" For it was he who warmed the hearts of all Westsail owners by winning one — or was it two? — West Marine Pacific Cups with his Westsail 32 Saraband. Dave and his wife Ruth recently passed through Hawaii on their way to September, 1995 •

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CHANGES Alaska, having already enjoyed the cruising delights of the South Pacific. Oh no, not another one! Ron DuBois of the Oahu-based Westsail 42 Foxy Lady II reports that yet another boat has gone on the reef attempting to enter the lagoon at Palmyra. That makes about six in the last two years," he says. The owners of the German ketch were luckier than most, however, as they were able to get off without serious damage. How come so many vessels go around? Strong currents are one reason. But another is the fact that the chart shows a wreck that is no longer visible — and don’t show a recent wreck that’s plainly visible. Not knowing any better, many people use the wrong wreck as one of their primary points of reference, and end thus end up on the reefs. DuBois promises to provide us with an updated chartlet that shows which way is which and the correct way in. Until then — or if you’re ever confused — stay in at least 40 feet of water and call island manager Roger Lextrait on Channel 16. DuBois says he’ll be glad to come out and guide you in. It’s come to the attention of Gerry Cunningham that severed copies of his

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Wt The Tetas de Cabra and the San Carlos Marina — as shown in Gerry Cunningham's ‘Cruising Guide To the Middle Gulf.

Cruising Guide To The Middle Gulf have started to come apart. And he’s not very happy about it. 'The guides are perfectbound," he writes, "and there is no way to tell in advance where the binder operator lost track of his glue pot condition. However,

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19-FT WINDROSE, 1981. Main sail, 90% & 120% jibs, spinnaker, new running rigging, full lead keel. Very stable boat, 4 hp Mariner 0/ B, new VHF radio, EZ Loader trailer, all safety equipment. All ready to just sail away. $3,500. (510) 797-6067. CAL 20 W/ SF MARINA BERTH, 1967. Gas House Cove near Marina Safeway. New Kevlar sails. Fun to race. $3,500. Steven Evans (415) 331-3388. CATALINA 22,1974. Swing keel, trailer wi(h extension tongue. Super clean inside & out Stainless rails, oak trim, nice cabin with kitch¬ enette, sleeper. Toilet. Two sails. New marine battery. Current registration on boat and trailer. Must see! $2,600 obo. (408) 258-0863.

MOORE 24. Recent refit, new non-skid deck, lots of goodies, ready to go, big sail inventory, custom trailer, autopilot, etc., etc. Moore fast is moore fun! (408) 429-1421. $12,000 obo.

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RANGER 22,1978. 110,125,150 & spinna¬ ker. 21/2 hp, almost new, O/B. Asking $3,200. Call (707) 279-2531.

MacGREGOR 25, 1979. Fun, low-cost day sailer. Good condition. Newer 8 hp Honda outboard, very reliable. Swing keel. Kept on trailer in Alameda. Pop-Top, Porta-Potti, an¬ chor. $3,000 obo. (408) 244-3876.

BEAR #7, HONEY BEAR is still for sale. Honest, she’s a great boat, but she's gotta go. (415) 726-9263. SANTANA 22. Great Bay boat for those heavy winds, stable and capable of single handing, fun for Delta cruising, racing rigged, mylar jib with two seasons, main with three, extra cruis¬ ing sails, complete spinnaker equipment. (707) 938-4116 or (707) 745-7809. CAPRI 14-FT 2", 1992. Stability and easy handling. Fixed fin keel, racing sails. Race or day sailing. Custom trailer. Boat and trailer like new. $1,750 obo. (510) 684-2623.

PEARSON 23-FT, full keel cruiser. Recently restored. Excellent condition. Lots of gear and upgrades. This is a great boat in need of a good home. Asking $2,995. Contact Ed (415) 344-3506.

FREEDOM 21,1985. Well found and rigged. Very good condition. Sleeps four. Includes: main, gun mount spinnaker, outboard, navi¬ gation lights, compass, depthfinder, knotmeter and anchor. Attractive lines and interior. $5,000. Contact owner (415) 883-2206.

ERICSON 27,1974. Great for the Bay and Delta. Sail inventory includes main, 130,90 on a club foot, lapper and drifter. VHF, DS, dual batteries, Atomic 4, kerosene stove, sleeps 5, enclosed head. Asking $8,500. Call Sal (707) 577-4905.

ISLANDER BAHAMA 24. Great Bay boat. Full keel. 9.9 hp Mercury electric starting with alternator. Dual batteries, marine radio, Danforth anchor, life jackets, sink. Sleeps four. Newsails. Must sell. Vallejo berth. $2,500 obo. Ralph (707) 747-9012.

SANTANA 21. Swing keel with trailer and 7.5 hp Mercury long shaft outboard. Includes main, two jibs, boarding ladderand Porta-Potti. New mast and standing rigging. Great for family cruising on lakes and in the Delta. $3,200. (415) 592-5216.

28-FT POCKET CRUISER, Nichols Buccaneer. Full keel, diesel under 300 hours. Main 2 jibs, spinnaker, pressure water, knot meter, depth sounder, gel cell, dodger, 2 speed winches, all lines led aft, full cover. Turn key condition. $7,500 obo. (408) 458-0846.

22-FT PEARSON ELECTRA. Midget Ocean Racer. Full keel, sea kindly. Well balanced rig, 3 jibs. Cruising equipment. Berthed at Vallejo Marina. $2,400. Call Jim (707) 226-8673.

24-FT GLADIATOR SLOOP, 1968. Fiberglass, fixed keel, new sails, outboard, all lines aft, too much to list, must see. Great Bay & ocean boat. Excellent condition. Invested over $20,000. Sacrifice $7,500 obo. Call (415) 332-0820.

26- FT MacGREGOR, 1988. Water ballast, main, jib, genoa, spinnaker, 9 hp Johnson with extra gas tanks. Inflatable dinghy with outboard. Stove, head, two anchors, cockpit cushions, VHF, speed & depth. Sleeps six. $6,800 or trade for jet skis. (619) 593-8804.

CATALINA 22, 1972. Swing keel, 4.0 hp Evinrude, 10 gal. tank, main, 100 & 110 jibs in good condition, oh trailer, in Stockton Sailing Club lot. $3,000. (209) 951-6561.

ROLLS ROYCE OF BRITISH BOATS. Fisher28 motorsailer. Rugged trawler-type hull. Pilot house, luxury accommodations for 5 in the coldest winter. Yachtf inish belies its workboat heritage. Tired of your Clorox bottle look? This boat will be center of attention in any harbor. Presently selling new in England for $88,000. Steal her for half the price. (408) 255-1800.

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SANTANA 22. Racing main, mylar jib & spin¬ naker w/all gear. 2 older mains and jibs, 4 Barients, VHF, 5 hp Nissan, new bottom April ’95. All lines led to bridge aft Super racer/ cruiser. Needs No Work! $4,500 obo. Arnie (415) 239-1844. J-24, EAST COAST HULL. Dry sailed only, never damaged, 5 bags Pineapple & Ulmar, new mylar genoa, new spinnaker with “No Bozos" logo, faired keel, updated rigging, Tohatsu outboard, lifelines, gauges, dual axle trailer, like new! $8,995. (408) 688-5218. t

MONTGOMERY 17,1981, Lyle Hess design pocket cruiser; sleeps 4. Blue hull, DS, KM, Potti, VHF, swim ladder and galvanized trailer. CDI roller reefing, 4.5 hp Evinrude with battery charger. Full cockpit enclosure for sailing can be totally or partially removed, providing dodger, bimini or full sun. $6,500. Call (510) 651-4908. VENTURE 17. Swing keel, jib, main, genoa, spinnaker, new mooring lines, fenders and anchor with gear. All safety gear, life jackets, electric motor on swing mount. Trailer and boat 1995 licensed. Clean, well kept, ready to sail. $2,850 obo. (510) 706-2625.

RANGER 23,1975. Rigged to race, all lines aft, red LPU hull, black spars, heavy boom & spin pole, windward sheeting traveler, 6 winches, depth, knotmeter, VHF, 2 lappers, spinny and blooper, 8 hp O/B, Sausalito berth. $4,750 obo. Call Gary at (415) 421-2900 or (415) 474-8430. NORTH AMERICAN 23, fixed shoal keel with swing centerboard, tandem axle trailer with extending tongue, VHF radio, Pop-Top, Potti, 5 hp Mariner outboard, main and jib, cockpit table, sleeps 4. Asking $3,500 or best offer. (916) 541-0848 or (916) 536-9023. RANGER 23. Best equipped Ranger on the Bay. Exc. sails, new boom and rigging, magic boxes, custom traveler, quick vang, spring engine mount, internal halyards, etc. Featured in sailing mag. A $24,000 Ranger for $6,500. Dan, days at (707) 263-8382.

CATALINA 25,1977. Evinrude 9.9. Rxed keel. North Sails. Genoa and spinnaker. $7,000. (510) 757-8319 or (510) 432-5380.

CORONADO 28; Custom mast plate, double lowers, 3/16 rig, custom galley, alcohol stove, solar panel, jiffy reef, 6 hp O/B, bow pulpit, pushpit, lifelines, weather cloths, new cush¬ ions, depth sounder, knotmeter/log, VHF, Autohelm, deep cycle battery. $3,800. Barry (510) 223-7391. 26-FT THUNDERBIRD SLOOP. For sale very reasonable, under construction, nearly com¬ pleted. May be seen at Svendsen’s Boat Yard, 1851 Clement Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501. For more information call (510) 522-2886 or (408) 296-0632.

CATALINA 22, 1980. Barely used. Mostly fresh water. Dry storage. Excellent condition. Well equipped. Swing keel, pop top, forward hatch, pulpits and life lines. Honda 75 O/B. Trailer. Bottom paint. Lots of extras. $4,950.

TARTAN 27. Classic pocket cruiser in great shape. Roller furling. Dodger. Lines led aft New wiring. Dual batteries w/charger. New instruments. New sail cover and storm cloth. Coyote Point Berth. Must sell, ordered new boat. $6,000/offers considered. Call (408) 247-4009.

OLSON 25,1984. Dry sailed last 5 years. Yard trailer. Ullman 155% genoa and 1/2 oz. chute 1994.1993 racing main. 150%, 133%, blade, 3/4 chute. Signet, Loran, Harken rollerfurling, twin track foil, plumbed toilet, 2 batteries. Complete equipment for racing or cruising. $15,000 obo. H (714) 497-2576 or WK (714) 720-2244, leave message. COLUMBIA 26, MKII. Very good condition. 3 head sails, 1 main, Johnson 9.9 w/altemator, Loran, VHF, stove, ice, shore power, autocharger, 4 man raft, AM/FM/cass., hide¬ away queen-size bed and more. $4,300 obo. Shawn (415) 454-3847. CATALINA 25. Rxed keel, 10 hp Merc, dual batteries, w/charger, roller furling 110 & 150 jibs, fully battened main, lazy jacks, rigged for single handing, anchors, shade canvas, VHF, galvanized tandem axle trailer. Baja Ha-Ha Race Week vet. $9,000. (916) 677-5395. MacGREGOR 26,1983.7.5 hp Honda, good condition, new bottom paint, extra sails, PopTop with enclosure, head, sleeps 5, retract¬ able keel, boom vang installed, nav. RayJeff dir. finder. Trailer. Berthed at Jack London. (408) 274-4794. $4,900 obo. CATALINA 25,1982 w/ trailer, 4 sails, tradi¬ tional cabin, new rigging and upholstery. VHF, DM, KM & autopilot, 2 anchors, safety pkg., stereo. $10,990. (510) 937-7219. NEWPORT 28,1978. Yanmar 12 hp diesel, rebuilt 27 hrs. Furling jib, VHF, Loran, knotmeter, all lines aft, Propane stove. $10,500 obo. (415) 579-7337. CATALINA 27, 1983. Excellent condition. Well kept. Must see. Universal diesel, Harken jibfurler, LewmarST winches, autopilot, VHF, AM/FM stereo, DS, KM, 2 anchors, shore power, lines led aft Coyote Point berth. $15,500,. Harvey (408) 248-0992.

27- FT O’DAY, 1986. Inboard diesel, three sails, self-tailing winches, marine head/hold¬ ing tank, fold-away table, very roomy interior. Clean, like newcondition. Below book$13,900. Many extras. (510) 228-2852.

25-FT CATALINA sailboat with trailer. Very good to good condition. $6,500. Call (209) 667-2614.

PEARSON 28. Loran, DS, VHF, FF, Pebble heater, Sony Trinatron, stereo, Atomic 4,11 sails. Strong boat, in Alameda. $12,500. Dave (510) 254-4123. COLUMBIA 28. New standing rigging, new speedlog, DS, VHF, Autohelm. LP hull, forest green. Roomy dinette design, propane stove, enclosed head. Well maintained v&ith many extras. Reefed main & 110 & 150 jibs. $8,500. Call Mike (707) 523-4373 or (707) 575-0746.

CATALINA25. Excellent condition, swing keel, Honda 7.5, cushions, Pop-Top with cover, VHF, trailer like new, stereo cassette, safety equip., Sausalito slip. $10,300. (916) 5877516 (Lake Tahoe) leave message.

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28-FT TRITON, 1967. 90% restoration. Ex¬ cellent budget cruiser, classic, proven boat for offshore or the Bay. This boat is in great shape with many upgrades. $8,500 obo. (707) 9963321 Iv. message.

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CATALINA 27, 1981. Standard rig, diesel, forward galley, dinette, large quarter berths, stereo, VHF, depth, knots, ground tackle. Main with 2 reefs, 150% genoa, clubfoot #3 and#4 excellent condition, six winches. Motivated seller, $10,500 firm. Rob (209) 943-7294.

ISLANDER 28,1977. Volvo diesel, 8 sails, 5 Barient winches, DS, KM, VHF. Lines arranged for single-handing. Upgraded interior. Great condition. Will consider smaller boat in trade for part of purchase price. $16,500. (510) 236-4025.

CAL2-27,1978. Everyone says I'm very clean and in great shape. Atomic 4, KM, DS, VHF. Call for inventory listing. $10,500. "(415) 361-2024 (days); (415) 692-4099 (eves).

CATALINA 27-FT 1972. Excellent condition, hauled '92, motor and sails. Rigged for singlehanded sailing, 9.9 Evinrude w/alternator, sails, radio, DS, galley, head, lots of extra stuff, autopilot available. $4,900 obo. (408) 929-6510.

1970 26' SA8RECRAFT Classic, last wood hull made by Sabrecraft Delta canvas, sleeps 4, galley, head, VHF,fish finder/depth sounder. Recent engine overhaul, well maintained. Lo¬ cated in San Francisco^ $7,000. (408) 227-8471; voice mail (408) 236:2245.

COLUMBIA 28, 1970. Main with reef, 110, 115,150 jibs, spinnaker, running rigging to cockpit, radio, depth sounder, compass, an¬ chor, dodger, strong Atomic 4, cushions, screens. Well maintained. $7,500. Call (510) 866-7352 or (707) 554-3912.

26-FT MacGREGOR, 1989. Gas House Cove, SF Marina. 9 hp Evinrude, extra sails, ship to shore radio, AM/FM cassette, head, sink, tools, sail cover, rigged for SF Bay. Loaded. $6,500. Peter, w (415) 752-4031; h (415) 661-4120.

SUN 27. Bob Perry design, similar to Islander 28, solid f/g hull, foam core deck, cabin, and cockpit. All wood interior, mostly teak. Tiller steering, three sails, Yanmar, depth, VHF, AP. Aft galley, private head, holding tank. $12,000. (415)457 8236.

CATALINA 27,1977. Atomic 4 inboard, roller furling jib, shore power, VHF radio, depth sounder, fish finder, cockpit cushions. Great Bay boat! Docked in Richmond Marina Bay Harbor, E-dock, Jacquelyn M. $8,500. Mike at (510) 787-2690 or (415) 358-9600 x272.

26-FT EXCALIBUR, great Crealock designed sloop, single-hander, RF jib, lazy jacks, DS, KM, two sets ground tackle, Loran, VHS, new 9.9 0/B, compass, BBQ, Porti-Potti, all safety equipment and more. Moss Landing berth. $6,500. Days (209) 466-0022; nights (209) 465-0940.

RANGER 26 SLOOP, 1969. Clean, fast, rug¬ ged Bay sailer/coastal cruiser. Storm, 90 & 130 jibs. Autohelm 1000; knotlog; compass; VHF; water system; 7.5 hp Merc. Rigging, 1990; jiffy reef/single handing. Head; ladder; 2 anchors; stove. Sleeps four. $4,300. (408) 578-2067.

SANTANA 27. Modified to staysail-rigged sloop for easy handling by disabled sailor, new electric-start 9.9 Merc, polyurethane '90, very clean inside, loaded, ideal young family boat, sacrifice sale for health reasons. $4,900 obo. (415) 593-4371. CHEOY LEE 26 “FRISCO FLYER". Beautiful. Fiberglass bottom-teak topside. Full cover. Six bags of sails. Volvo diesel l/B; dual batter¬ ies, depth sounder, knotmeter, VHF, stove, enclosed Porta-Potti, dodger. Berthed Martinez Marina. $8,500. (510) 370-9338 after 6 pm. CATALINA 27-FT, 1978. Excellent condition Atomic4 inboard engine, autopilot, new 2 reef point main, 3 jibs, new stereo/CD player w/2 inside, 2 outside speakers, new VHF, new battery charger, 2 batteries, shore power, lighted compass, new Harken traveler & mast winches, new halyards and turnbuckles, ex¬ pandable whisker pole and track. $9,500 obo. (415) 984-3605 or (415) 925-0492. SANTA CRUZ 27-FT Giant Killer. Excellent condition. Finished complete refit last year: New rigging, headfoil, deck hardware, Awlgrip . (blue hull), non-skid, etc. Lots of sails. $9,500 obo. Days (415) 548-0255 or evenings (415) 802-8420. ERICSON 27,1974. Bought larger boat, must sell, all bugs are out, diesel, stove, refrigera¬ tor, toilet, sink, BBQ, 110and 12 volt. Emeryville slip, 4 sails, anchors, dodger, canvas en¬ closed lifelines, VHF, stereo, depth and fish finder. $9,800. Jesse (408) 688-3674. CORONADO 25, hull #30, cruise the Bay with afireplace, new cushions, radio, new standing rigging, mast/winches upgrade. Owned 23 yrs., moving up to a larger boat. You can’t legally have more fun for the money! $2,350. (415)584-9914.

S-2 26-FT C. COCKPIT, 1978. Yanmar diesel, new galvanized EZ Loader, new DS, complete new beautiful interior, new head, new stove, new CD stereo, all new canvas, lots of custom work. Perfect trailer to Mexico boat. Better than new condition. Must see. $16,400. (408) 371-7266, eves. CLASSIC SEABIRD YAWL. Built from original 1899 plans (available) documented. Museum condition, gaff-rigged, deadeyes, teak decks, Tasmania ironbark blocks, bronze fittings. Exterior teak, interior mahogany. New Yanmar, recent haulout, onlyauthentic Seabird on coast. Sausalito. Photos, (415) 332-5293. YAMAHA 25 II, 1978. Yanmar diesel rebuilt 12/94, bottom paint 10/94,2 mains, 2 jibs, 3 spinnakers, KM, DS, VHF, 2 compasses, 2 anchors, dual batteries. Autohelm, dodger, stereo, alcohol stove, folding prop, sleeps 4. Sausalito berth Sacrifice $7,900. Call (707) 578-8864. F-27, 1990 with trailer, incredibly cruise equipped. Will demo for serious buyers on TomaJes Bay. $65,000. Plus '90 Chevy van at Blue Book value. For complete inventory call (707) 884-9553. Drive or sail away to adven¬ ture! PACIFIC SEACRAFT 25,1977. Yanmar. New seacocks. Anchors. Dodger. Boom tent. Teak foredeck, dual batteries. Autopilot, Sat Nav, VHF, EPIRB, good sails, self tailing winches, whisker pole. Clean, well-maintained. Moored Monterey. $18,000/offers. (602) 788-4245. DAWSON 26,1976. Fiberglass, trailer, disp. 4,750 lbs. Swing keel 1,200 lbs. Minimum draft 1.8’, inboard engine, center cockpit, for¬ ward cabin, 3 berths, stove, VHF, stereo, 6’ headroom, aft 2 berths, head, 3 sails & more. $6,500. (415) 239-7002.

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SAN JUAN 28,1980. Yanmar diesel engine, roomy,interior, 10' beam, 6’2‘ headroom, sleeps 6, galley and head. Includes 4 sails and Loran C. Excellent condition, loaded on trailer. $13,000 obo. Trailer $1,800. Call (916) 7639826 for specifications. C0R0NAD025, main,4 head sails, race rigged, new bottom paint, shore power, whisker pole, spinnaker pole, stereo cassette, VHF, stove, Porta-Potti, Suzuki 8 hp, anchor, swim ladder, depth sounder, very clean. $4,995. (408) 7795569 or (408) 779-4268. NOR’SEA 27. Aft cabin. Exc. cond. Prof. Built '80. Yanmar 15 hp, Profurl, set-up for single-handing, self-tailing Lewmars, dodger, autopilot, windlass, 4 anchors, custom trailer. Perfect blue water pocket cruiser, or trailer sail anywhere. $43,500 or will do partner¬ ships. (415) 851-3056. 1984 CATALINA 27, bottom paint'93, diesel, new batts, batt charger, 2 burner stove, 2-man inflatable, radio, adj. backstay, boarding lad¬ der, double lifelines, Lifesiing, main & 120% furling jib, holding tank & Y valve, automatic bilge pump, dock power. $16,000. Call (408) 778-0047. YANKEE 28 SLOOP. 1/2 ton racing cruiser, built to sail anywhere. 3 bags sails. Volvo Penta inboard. VHF, autotiller, spinnaker pole and more. Fully outfittedfor cruising. $15,000. (909)624-0624. COLUMBIA 28,1978. Fully equipped sloop. Complete sail inventory & galley. Sleeps 6, continuously upgraded. Rebuilt 1990 Evinrude outboards (deep shaft, electric start). Ready to go!! $5,500. R. Schmitt at (415) 927-4027. CATALINA 27,1985. Really excellent condi¬ tion. Well-rigged; Harken convertible furler. Mylar class jib. Universal 18 diesel; Autohelm & other cruising gear. New bottom paint. Two boat owner. $19,950. (415) 456-1130. CATALINA 27,1971. Beautiful teak interior, new cushions, roomy, shore power, head. 2 jibs, main, 2 batteries, 15 hp outboard. Gas stove, refrigerator. Great liveaboard. Hauled out 9/94, survey. $5,500. (415) 776-0309.

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TARTAN 26-FT, 1973. Muse. Lots of gear. Dodger '94. All lines aft, jiffy reefing, 6 Barient winches, Yanmar dsl. 350 hrs., 2 group 27 batteries, VHF, Loran, depth, Signet, knot log '91, Harken furling '91, Pineapple main & 95% jib '91, standing/running rig & lifelines '91, '92, bonded Elect., brass clock & bell, sail covers & sheet bags '92, plus more gear... Teak interior w/head, standing headroom and 4 berths. Cushions '91, teak table. Fast Bay or coastal cruiser. Not raced. Fin keel w/skeg rudder. $13,800 obo. Good looking and great sailing boat. (415) 566-8693. 26-FT THUNDERBIRD SLOOP, glass over ply. Includes main, jib, genoa, VHF, 9.9 hp Honda, etc. Ready to sail. Classy and beautifully re¬ stored. Berkeley Marina. $6,000 obo (must sell soon!). (510) 548-3115. ERICSON 27,1978. Diesel, wheel, all lines led aFT KM, DS, VHF. Dual batteries, auto charger, auto and manual bilge pumps. Teak interior, 6' standing room, enclosed head. Great Bay boat. Prime Sausalito berth. $16,000. Call (408) 399-0062. CAL 2-27. Comfortable racer/cruiser in excel¬ lent condition. Re-powered w/2 cylinder Uni¬ versal diesel. Full sail inventory with spinna¬ ker. Epoxy bottom, VHF, KM, DS, Loran, gas stove, custom cabinetry. Ail rigging leads into cockpit. New winches. Just hauled, needs nothing. $13,900 obo. (510) 521-7730. CATALINA 27, 1976. Pocket cruiser with w axle trailer, Atomic 4, tall rig, VHF, depth, knot, compass, 120, club jib, 2 mains, batteries, 3way water, head, stove with oven, tabernacle mast. In Ventura, deliverto Bay/Delta. $10,500. (805) 967-8830.

29 TO 31 FEET ISLANDER 30 MK II, Atomic 4, VHF, wind speed/direction/depth indicators. Main 4 jibs 85, 110, 130, 150; 2 spinnakers. $10,000. Upwind berth Berkeley near BYC Marina. (510) 642-1872.

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CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 27, 1972. Docu¬ mented vessel. F/G hull with navy blue LPU. Teak decks, interior and trim. Mexico vet. Excellent Volvo diesel, DS, KM, VHF, Monitor vane, autopilot. Three batteries, solar charger, custom elec, panel, dodger, enclosed head, galley, ice box. Outstanding condition. Hauled 8/95. $15,000. (707) 747-1177 days; (510) 524-7806 eves.

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CAL 2-27,1975. Much loved: new outboard, new bottom, new battery, but new job in Tucson so must sell! Clean, ready to sail. Excellent Bay boat. DS, stereo, VHF. Berkeley berth. $6,500. Call (510) 540-7818 or (520) 621 -4077. email: mbrown @ LPL.arizona.edu

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CORONADO 25-FT SLOOP. 18 hp O/B w/ cockpit controls, sleeps 5, toilet. $3,800 obo. (510) 254-4831.

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NEWPORT 30II, 1973 Many recent upgrades (new mast, LPU paint, cushions, 55 amp alt., etc.). Seven time season champion, 7 winches, Autohelm, VHF, knotmeter, depthsounder, ElectraSan, CNG stove/oven, Martec prop, stereo, battery charger, Atomic 4. $12,500 obo. (408) 245-6560.

1984 PEARSON 303. 1994 sails, full batten main, tri-radial & jib with Harken furling, new Dutchman sail flaking system. Yanmar 2 GMF diesel, all lines lead aft 1994 survey report. Autohelm instrumentation: wind speed/direc¬ tion, depth finder, KM. Tiburon berth pos¬ sible. $29,950. (415) 435-2777; fax 435-7620.

30-FT, 1959 HOLLAND HOLIDAY sloop. Fur plank, oak framed, full keel, mahogany inside and out, good running 4 cyl. gas motor, has sails. Comes with adjustable 2 axle trailer. Boat needs cosmetics, hull in good shape. (916) 372-2560.

BABA 30. A capable world cruiser, excellent condition, windvane, autopilot, depthsounder, knotmeter, SSB, VHF, windlass, CQR, Danforth, batt. charger, h/c water, refrigera¬ tion, stereo, dodger, spinnaker, wheel, full cover, diesel, lots of teak, original owner. $55,000. (805) 245-2213.

30-FT STEEL SLOOP, 1984. Petral. Serious safe offshore cruiser. Indestructible. Nice in¬ terior, diesel, electronics, cruise equipped. (415) 331-2633. 30-FT YANKEE. Located in beautiful, tropical Panama. Clean, sound, well maintained. Day sail to Perlas Islands, transit Canal to San Bias Islands. Costa Rica at your doorstep. A great getaway for family and friends or cruise ready for Galapagos and points beyond. Yanmar, new mainsail, 6 additional sails, autopilot, SatNav, Monitor, inflatable, outboard, wind¬ lass, electronics, dodger and awning. Fresh bottom, can be surveyed locally, more! Retir¬ ing Panama Canal pilot leaving Panama, must sell, $15,000. (813) 542-9376 Florida. PEARSON 30,1978. A must see. Freshwater Atomic 4, excellent condition. Jibs, cruising spinnaker, all lines led aft Dodger, Autohelm, VHF, Loran, DS, KM, EPIRB, stereo/cassette, Danforth, GNC anchors, much more. Recent survey. Bottom 6/95. $19,500. Contact (209) 551-9850. 1979 J-30, Built 11/79. First 10 years in Great Lakes, stored in winter. Yanmar 15 hp excel¬ lent, new mast, new LPU hull, topsides, nonskid. New North main 6/93,8 bags sails, good to excellent. Sleeps six, interior excellent, fast fun boat, never raced hard. $31,000. Call John (707) 525-0952. 30-FT “PACIFIC SLOOP”, 1969. Atomic 4, roller furl, full keel, sleeps 4, built to Lloyds specs, recent haul, 8' dinghy, Sausalito berth. $9,750. (415) 332-1020. CATALINA 30, 1976. Very clean. Atomic 4, cruise equipped, tabernacle mast, dodger, pressure water, refrigeration, holding tank, custom interior, stove & heater, cockpit cush¬ ions & canvas, Tillermaster, windspeed, depth, knotmeter, VHF, stereo, microwave, lots more. $10,500 now $17,000. (415) 331-9267. CATALINA 30,1979. Clean, one owner. Re¬ cently serviced Atomic 4. Depthfinder, knotmeter, windspeed, windpoint, autopilot, VHF. North main and furling jib, 150 genoa, all lines lead aft Rare dinette interior, plus lots of extras. $16,900. (415) 573-6368. J-29, 1983. Racer-cruiser. Original owner, well maintained. New 8 hp Johnson O/B, spinnaker gear, running backs, VHF, anchor & rode, 2 new halyards, lifting cable & 3 axle trailer. $21,000. (510) 337-1586.

LANCER 29,1978. Offshore or Delta. Lancer 29'. Ready to sail. Great shape. Hauled 6/95. New bottom paint. Teak interior. 6' headroom, full galley & head. Mast tabernacle. Main & 3 head sails. 4' draft 15 hp. $8,700 or trade up with cash. (408) 730-9334. BALTIC CRUISER, 29-FT, 1962. Sleek Danish design, fiberglass over wood. Ideal for the Bay and short overnight trips. 8' beam, 5' headroom, very good condition. VHF. 1993 8 hp Honda outboard, 30 hrs. $5,000. Stephen (415)621-0231. 30-FT RAWS0N. Good liveaboard, clear, new paintinside and outside. Needs engine. Berthed in Alameda. $5,000. Please leave message for Bob (408) 730-2239. IRWIN 30,1979. Tiburon berth. Well built, fast and comfortable. Yanmar diesel. Clean bottom. New Hood main. Harken roller furl¬ ing. Wheel. Lines lead aft VHF, KM, WD, DS, Loran, stereo. Teak interior. Teak and holly sole. Shower. Gear. $24,500. (415) 454-4443. CUSTOM WYLIE 31. Cold-molded perfor¬ mance cruiser. Universal M3-20 diesel, Harken furling, Navik vane, dodger, refrigeration, stove/oven, Force 10 heat, VHF, KM, DS, anchors, windlass. Documented. Offshore veteran in excellent condition. (206) 2930712. Anacortes.WA $45,000. CAL 29,1969, racing gear, 14 sails, heavy mast & rig. Needs your experienced effort to restore and repair interior on 3 axle trailer. $6,500 for both. (805) 962-4073 msg. Leave phone #. BRISTOL 30,1973. Autohelm 3000 w/Loran nav interface and windvane, Tri-data, Loran w/remote station, VHF, dodger with bimini. Volvo MD2B diesel, Harken furling. Wheel steering. Safe, strong and ready. $19,500. (510) 521-6672. 30-FT CHEOY LEE BERMUDA KETCH, 1964. Herreshoff classic bluewater cruiser, fiber¬ glass hull, all else wood, varnished teak out¬ side, oiled teak and white paint inside, soy powered diesel, all lines aft, KM, DS, PW, autopilot, dodger. $22,500 offers. Paul (510) 548-3979.

YANKEE30-FT MKII, 1972. Grey Marine gas, new Forespar mast & rigging, dodger, en¬ larged cockpit — 7' long. A lovely pocket racer-cruiser. $15,000 obo. (805) 962-2316. Motivated seller.

30-FT LOD ALDEN CUTTER, #822B. 1961 Bristol, Pacific veteran, new teak, throughout. Recent Atomic4 refit plus original Graymarine, Autohelm 4000, Loran, 2 VHFs, modern gal¬ ley. Rigid dinghy on davits w/new 25 Nissan, 45 CQR, elec, windlass, 6 sails, covers, lots more. Must sell. $24,000. (616) 956-5570.

CATALINA 30, 1981. Very good condition. Atomic4 engine. Wheel steering, dodger, KM, VHF, cassette stereo, cockpit cushions, 2 jibs, 110 and 150. Stove, ice box, anchors, dual batteries. $22,500. For info call Tom at (510) 562-7584 or Charlie at (510) 846-2491.

YANKEE 30. Beautiful Sparkman & Stephens design. Excellent Bay or bluewater boat. Stiff, yet fast. Easily single-handed. Great sail in¬ ventory. Handsome teak interior. Atomic 4, AP, WS, WP, KM, Loran and much, much more. Very nice condition. $22,000. (510) 845-0649.

30-FT ALBERG ODDESSY YAWL, 1972. First launched 1982. Cored fiberglass, full keel, 3 sails, Volvo diesel, main roller reefing. Very basic, good condition, bluewatercruiser. New bottom, thru-hulls, valves, shaft VHF, Loran. No cushions. $13,500. (707) 869-1120.

ERICSON 30+, 1983. Excellent condition. Modern interior w/teak, dodger, Universal die¬ sel, Loran, h/c pressure water, battery charger, depth sounder, inflatable, bottom paint 6/95. $29,500. Days (415) 969-9112, ext. 2458; eves (415) 365-9353.

ALBERG 30. Good boat, cheap price! Fiber¬ glass sloop. Cutaway full keel. Good for the Bay or around the world. 2 mains, several head sails. Original interior. VHF. Diesel (not installed). Avon inflatable. $9,000 - make an offer. (510) 525-3871.

WYLIECAT 30 PROTOTYPE, Mustang Sally, in like-new shape; 435 sq. FT cat rig with wishbone on carbon spar. $42,500 or best higher offer. Dave or Dick (510) 523-6730.

1982 PEARSON FLYER, 30-FT Great Bay boat, weekender, club racer. PHRF147, fractional rig, main, 3 jibs, spinnaker, VHF, depth, knot, Loran, Yanmar diesel, epoxy bottom '93, hauled and painted 2/95. The sports car of the Pearson line. $18,000. (707) 938-1181.

YANKEE 30 Sparkman & Stephens sloop, 1971. Excellent, loaded for cruising, diesel, Pro-furl, vane, pilot, ham, GPS, excellent ground tackle, 5 sails, raft, dinghy, outboard and much more. Lying Puerto Vallarta. $24,500. For info call Patricia weekdays (619) 698-9044 or fax "Breezy" 011 -52-322-10722.

CATALINA 30, 1984. 21 hp diesel, wheel, dodger, roller furling, Auto 4000 w/remote, VHF, DS, KL, GPS, Loran, stereo cass. w/4 spk., all lines to cockpit w/clutches, 6 winches, 4 s/t, single line reef, all Harken/Schaefer gear. AC/DC refer, LP stove w/oven, all elec, start, built in microwave, all new style white formica counter tops and table, 2 f. water tanks w/auto fill/dump from dockside supply 2 h/c showers, head and cockpit, Parr elec, flush head, holding tank w/macerator, Red Dot underway heater, auto 2 bank batt. chrg., all new life lines, extra stowage below w/easy access, plus much, much more. A great coastal, Bay/Delta boat. Very clean and shows like new. Moving up. $34,500 obo. (916) 3718875 or msg.

NEWPORT 30 MK III, 1982. Loaded & me¬ ticulously maintained, ideal liveabaord, micro oven, 2 stoves, H/C shower, stereo, custom cabinets, new dodger & bimini, BBQ, newfurimain, furl jib, self-tail winches,- all new lines lead aft, VHF, DS, RDF, low hr. diesel, cockpit cushions, 2 anchors/windlass, custom wheel, recent bottom. (510) 655-9469. $29,500 obo.

32 TO 35 FEET SANTANA35,1979. Enjoy Fall sailing in great racing fleet. New racing sails. Fully rigged for racing. New headliner, stove, refrigerator and cushions. Beautiful blue hull. Recent paint job (non-skid) topside, mast and boom. Bottom in great shape, keel and rudder templated. Excellent condition. $32,000. (510) 524-1160.

1978 HUNTER 30. Diesel, wheel, Autohelm, VHF, KM, DS, h/c pressure water, shower, Adler-Barbour refrigeration, battery’charger, dockcord, teak/holly sole, 2 jibs w/extra self¬ tending rigging, adjustable backstay, BBQ. Good condition. Includes Moss Landing tran¬ sient berth. $17,900 obo. (408) 372-8305.

PEARSON 32 VANGUARD. Cruise ready with GPS, Aries windvane, solar panel, tiller auto¬ pilot, DS, KM, VHF, bow roller, Bruce, Northhill & 2 Danforth anchors, fresh water cooled Atomic 4. $21,000 or trade for property or other. (707) 829-9671 eves only.

CLASSIC 1966 PEARSON TRITON, new ep¬ oxy paint, new standing and running rigging, new mast step, new head, new multi-stage battery charger, 1992 North main, 100%, 150%, 180%, two spinnakers, two anchors. All lines lead aft Autopilot, Loran, VHF, stereo, fresh teak trimmed interior, reliable Atomic 4. Inflatable dinghy, great looking sailing boat loaded with quality gear. Perfect singlehanded racer/cruiser. $13,700. Call Drew at (415) 331-8157.

11 METRE. Are you ready for a challenge? Step up to the toughest fleet on the Bay. Partper(s) wanted to campaign this 35-foot sled for the remainder of the 1995 season and beyond. Have great sai|s/gear, need brains and talent. Pier 39 Fall Cup? Denmark, Worlds? 1996? Sponsorship? Flexible, equity or non¬ equity. (415) 693-9227.

1987 CATALINA 30. Full instr., RF, CD, low, low hours. Many extras. $30,000. Call (800) 649-1198.

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1975 MORGAN33 OUT-ISLAND. Very roomy, ideal cruising/liveaboard. New engine (Volvo 28 hp), sails, stove, lots more in '91. 50 gal. fuel, 70 gal water, sleeps 6, new VHF, Loran. Bill (408) 978-1875, fax (408) 978-1670. $28,900. CUSTOM CHOATE 33. Consistent winner. 13 sails, diesel, cruise 6 with CNG, mech. ref., dual water tank, etc. Photos, survey, equip¬ ment list upon request. Moored in Marina del Rey. Asking $32,000 obo. (310) 479-1)116 (eves). NANTUCKET 33-FT, 1968. Strong, lightweight, fast. Displacement 9,000 lbs./4,100 lbs. Alu¬ minum hull, built in Holland at Huisman's yard. Alen Gurney design. The perfect couple’s blue water cruiser/racer. All mahogany below decks. Configured for passage making. Volvo MD6A, extra water tanks, Avon, spin. gear. Excellent Condition. $33,000 obo. Jim Van Beveren, H (510) 827-8915 33-FT RANGER SLOOP, 1972. All new since '92: rigging, sails, Westerbeke 30B, LP hull paint, wheel steering, S.S.fueltank, Autohelm 4000, Tri-data, stove, holding tank, custom table and cabinets, full covers, VHF, Loran, 2 anchors. Must see! $25,500. (714)493-7285. 1979 BRISTOL 35.5 SLOOP. Cruiser-racer design by Ted Hood. Mint condition. Rigged for single-handed ocean cruising with main, genoa and cruising spinnaker, plus Seafurl, whisker pole and self-tailing winches. Four cylinder diesel. Dinghy on stern davits with outboard hot/cold pressure water, shower, electric head and holding tank. Refrigerated icebox. Automatic battery charger, autopilot, VHF, APWI and windspeed, depthsounder, knotmeter and log, hailer, RDF, spotlight/ searchlight and more. Paul (707) 935-0974. ISLANDER 34,1968.Cleanandwellequipped. Well maintained Atomic 4, roller furling, hot water heater, diesel heater, spinnaker, drifter, dodger, Aires windvane, wheel steering and much more. Great cruiser. $19,850. (415) 681-6965. PEARSON VANGUARD 33-FT Very strong, safe, stable cruiser. Yanmar3 cyl. dsl., 16 mile Furuno, AP, GPS, DS, KM, VHF, stereo. 2 sp/ st winches, manual windlass & 35# CQR, 3 jibs, 2 mains, spinnaker. Dodger & full cover. Mexico vet. You haul-out and varnish and go again! $25,900. (415) 366-5436. ISLANDER 34, ZYDECO, 1970. Full keel. Major refit in '93. Plus Atomic 4 repower. New thru hulls, fuel tank and lots more. 2 speed Barient 22s, green LPU hull, wheel, spinnaker rigged, needs upholstery work. Recent survey. $15,000 obo. (510) 232-6685. SPARKMAN STEPHENS 33-FT SLOOP, 1964. Volvo diesel, Norseman fittings, bronze fas¬ tened, spinnaker, new wiring, North sails, hauled May '95, Barient winches, Spirit sistership. Located at Embarcadero Cove in Oakland. $8,750 obo. (510) 912-5466.

MOTORSAILER. Salty 32' double-ended cut¬ ter. Comfortable living aboard or sailing. Aft cabin, dual steering, 50 h.p. diesel, teak inte¬ rior, trim and deck, 1 1/2" planks, canvas covers, rollerfurling, dinghy with motor. Boat show winner. $29,000 obo. Jim (415) 673-5050. ERICSON 35, Classic '66 cruiser. (Number 3 hull.) Diesel, wheel, full sails, teak interior. Well equipped and maintained inside and out. New bottom paint, recent survey available. Ideal slip. Owner moving, must sell. $25,000 obo. (619) 233-8112. 32-FT ALLIED SEAWINO KETCH, 1976. Built forworld cruising. Lovingly maintained. Ready to cruise. Many upgrades. Fully equipped. Call for spec sheet. Start in paradise — boat in P.V., Mexico! Possible delivery. Owners living aboard. $49,500. Dave (510) 444-6419. CATALINA 34, 1987. Very good condition, price reduced. Lowest price in N. Calif! $44,000. Qualified principals only. Call before 8:00 pm. (209) 478-2642. 33 FT SOVEREL. Race in comfort! Olsen built '85, ULDB, PHRF 90, 11' beam, full racing gear, new sails, full headroom, 4 bunks, ma¬ rine head, galley, charitable, autopilot, 10 hp Yanmardiesel,folding prop, located Monterey marina. $31,000. (408) 372-2352 1965 PEARSON VANGUARD, 32' 6". 1995 survey. Recently hauled. New bottom paint, rigging, backstay, lifelines, boom, through hull valves. Sails: main, jib, genoa, drifter. Low time rebuilt Atomic4, VHF, dual batteries depthfinder, auto bilge. $19,000. Call (415) 349-7324 or (415) 468-5638. RANGER 33,1979. Gary Mull design. Harken rollerfurling 130% foam back, 85%, 130% jibs, geneker and 2 mains. Six winches: two 2-speed Barients, two 1-speed Barients. All lines aftfor solo sailing. Galley and LectraSan head. Pressure water, Atomic4, Loran Ccharts of Calif/Mexico, EPIRB, plus much more. Pos¬ sible owner financing. $14,500. Weekdays (209) 951-5148. CHEOY LEE CLIPPER 33 CUTTER, 1975. Documented, surveyed, recent Perkins diesel, traditional full keel design. Potential world cruiser or small home afloat! In dry storage at Nelson's in Alameda. $28,000 or trade for Seattle condo moorage. Pete (619) 424-3660, (619) 437-5124. YAMAHA 33, 1978. Solid, swift well built racer/cruiser. Yanmar diesel — rebuilt '93, folding prop, hydraulic backstay, knotmeter, depth, compass, Loran, VHF, LPG range/oven. Full head room, great storage, tiller steering, 4 jibs, 2 spinnakers. $28,900. (707) 224-1512. TARGA 9.6 (33-FT 10"), 1982. Finnish built Sloop. Berthed at Benicia since 194. Center cockpit, Capt’s. cabin, Volvo Penta diesel sail-drive, teak decks, balsa core hull, Very well maintained boat. $39,000. Make offer, consider unimproved property. Call Lloyd at (916) 624-3072.

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ISLANDER 32,1977. Good liveaboard. Fire¬ place, clean inside & out. Move ashore (his idea) forces sale. $27,000. (510) 679-1343 evenings and weekends. ERICSON 32-200. Limited production model. AFT cabin, electronics, autopilot, dodger, re¬ cent survey. Contact Seth, 68 Deerhaven Place, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. BALTIC35,1986. Performance racer/cruiser. Large aft cabin. Light use, good upgrades, new bottom. 85,95,150,13§rf headsails. 1.5 oz. chute. Teak cockpit and bridgeway. For sale, $95,000. Call (415) 941-6287. CATALINA34,1985. New Bottom! New Sails! No Worries! Bristol condition. Hood roller furling, new fully battened main, new sheets and halyards. Knot/log, DS, stereo, CNG, H/C pressurized water. All systems function like new. Sellingfor$48,900. Call (310) 547-5757. 35-FT 1£90 J-35C. Shows like new. Clean, functional and great performance. Many de¬ sirable extras. For information and photos call (805) 988-1641. $129,000. 1974 RANGER 32-FT 3/4 ton Mull design racer/crbiser. Clean, strong and sexy. Excel¬ lent sail inventory including two spinnakers, 10 Barient winches, Atomic 4, enclosed head, stove, sleeps eight. Sacrifice at $18,000 obo. Owner will consider financing. Contact (415) 433-5444.. FREEDOM 33, CAT KETCH. Shows like new. Fast short handed blue water cruiser. New main, dodger & epoxy bottom, '94. Many extras. $69,000. (916) 652-9407 or (510) 521-1207. 35-FT US YACHT PILOTHOUSE SLOOP. Sails high and fast; 7 kts in 20 kt wind. Rollerfurling 130 genoa. Cruises at 7 kts on 40 hp diesel. Inside and outside steering/control stations, autopilot, Loran, depthsounder, knotmeter, VHF, electric windlass, and Bruce anchor. Propane stove and furnace. 6’4" headroom. Sleeps 6 comfortably in 8' long bunks. Warm and dry Bay boat. Built in 1981. $36,000 or trade for motorhome; pickup/camper; trailerable boat; Colorado or Montana property. (719) 488-0112. CORONADO 35-FT, 1973. Centercockpit, die¬ sel engine, dodger, hot/cold pressure water, refrigeration, sleeps 6. Excellent liveaboard, many extras, 9.9 hp Honda with 10' Zodiac, sailboard with rack. $32,500. (415) 365-6513 Leave message. 32' ARIES SLOOP, 1981. Good condition, lived aboard more than sailed. 25 hp diesel, galley, new log, battery, compass, sail covers andfuelfilter. Sausalito berth (E-328). $35,000 obo. (415) 728-0990 Iv. msg. 32-FT RHODES TRAVELLER KETCH. Abso¬ lutely bristol in all ways. If you’re looking for a go-anywher yacht that will turn heads, this is it. Positively the finest Traveller available anywhere! Diesel, 9 sails, deck mounted din¬ ghy, vane, more. $49,500. (415) 542-2585.

35-FT CHEOY LEE LION. AMIGO, 1958. Rob design. Bright hull, full cover, dodger, alum, mast. Twin head stays, stay lock terminalsr7 sails, MD2, VHF, depth, 20 gal. diesel, 60 gal. water, 5 gal. kero, 36 lbs. CQR, 60 FT chain, 200 FT nylon, much more. Must sell. $30,000. (510) 237-1225, Iv. msg. 32-FT SCHOONER. Just returned from So. California. Diesel, great sails, good sea boat. Lv msg. (415) 456-5936 or (415) 485-1950. $10,000. 35;FT ‘AERO’ WOODEN SLOOP, 1954. Dieset new sails, pulpits, deck. Totally refur¬ bished in '95. Beautiful and very fast. $18,000 obo. (415) 388-8627. SANTANA 35. Best condition in the fleet. Rebuilt bottom, cross stringers, keel bolts, newlyfaired and Awlgrip bottom and beautiful new topsides all in 1994 and 1995. Ready for cruising or racing; 2nd in Leukemia Cup. I just bought another boat or wouldn’t sell this beauty. Great boat speed; great race gear and sails. Cruising gear includes blue cushions, Delta awning, autopilot, cell phone hookup & antenna, stern ladder. Very clean, well main¬ tained and comfortable. I will finance part with good credit and security. I have $95,000 in the boat. Quick sale at $39,000. Call Richard at (415) 348-8527. 1974 ERICSON 32-FT Atomic 4, DS, VHF, 5 sails, new int. Wheel steering, steal itfrom me for $15,500. Dale (510) 229-3936. 32-FT CHALLENGER, 1974. 40 hp M-Benz diesel. Oversize rigging, VHF, DS, GPS. Great liveaboard! Galley, AC/DC refer, stove, marine head, V-berth. Call with address for survey. $25,000 obo. (408) 655-3754. SANTA CRUZ 33, New LP paint, new bottom, Signet race pak, Loran, autopilot, newer Yanmardiesel. Recently refurbished and ready to win races. $26,000. (310) 439-6801, days; (310) 592-4257 eves. ERICS0N32,1976. Yanmar 2GM20F(approx. 90 hrs.), 6 sails (new 150), new dodger, Harken furling, GPS, VHF, AP, wind-knotdepth, stereo, ground tackle, inverter, oil lamps, wood stove, cockpit cushions, etc. Asking $29,900. Call for complete inventory (707) 445-3937. CAL 2-35,1980. See to appreciate this high quality, strong, lovingly maintained, fast cruiser. Spacious elegant interior, outstand¬ ing liveaboard. Rebuilt diesel, 200 hours. Harken “C” furling, new jib, full batten main & cruising spinnaker. VHF, 24-mile radar, CG stove, autopilot, Loran. Brightwork immacu¬ late. A steal at $44,900. Ed (510) 736-2817. CATALINA 34,1987. Tahoe condo dock won't accommodate this fabulous family cruiser. Wanted; new owners to apply love & attn. Roller furling. Interior/exterior like new. Mi¬ crowave, stereo, VHF, knot, depth, instru¬ ments. Very low hour diesel. $51,500. (916) 427-2732.

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BABA 35,1980. Perry designed full keel blue water cruiser, cutter rigged, cored fiberglass hull, Perkins 4 cyl. diesel, DS, KM, WM, RDF, Sat Nav and Alpha 4400 autopilot. This oneowner yacht is finely appointed and equipped for world cruising. Adler Barbour refrigera¬ tion, kerosene stove and pressure water. Cruise in quality for $89,500. Seven bags cf sails, 2 mains, 2 jibs, genoa, storm jib, trisail, up¬ graded Barient winches and many extras. (408) 425-6559.

36 TO 39 FEET TEAK CHINESE JUNK. 36-ft, 12-ft beam, 40 hp diesel, 5 yrs old, built in China, one-of-akind. Call Tim (707) 865-1202.

1984 CREALOCK 37 CUTTER by Pacific Seacraft Excellent condition and ready to go cruising. Equipment added 1993 includes Al¬ pha AP, Isotherm refrigeration, Force 10stove, Furuno radar, weatherfax, Ham, SSB, Magellan GPS, Power Survivor35, Maxwell 2200 wind¬ lass with 3/8" chain, CQR, Ample Power Bank Manager, standing rigging, cruising spinna¬ ker and much more. $115,000. Call (408) 438-1025 for further details.

38-FT CHRISTENSEN SLOOP, 1975. F/G, cruising keel, diesel, wheel, spacious deck, cockpit seats nine, oversized V-berth, liveaboard orcruiser. Mustsell my beloved Synergia as we are going cruising and she won't sell hers. $32,000 obo. (510) 229-4885 for pic¬ tures, equip, list.

38-FT 11"FIBERGLASS SLOOP, 1966.8 sails, 9 winches, 200' chain, 35# CQR, 2 Danforths, extra chain & rope, VHF, depth with alarm, Loran, speed, RDF, Lewco charger, rebuilt Atomic 4, Martec prop, propane stove, ice box, kerosene heater, double sink, stereo, fresh varnish, dodger. This boat is fast, has a beautiful interior and lots of storage area. On the hard in my backyard with new bottom paint. $33,000. (619) 436-1265.

HEAVY-DUTY 37-FT 5” deep water gaff ketch. 1980 William Atkins Ingrid fiberglass hull #5. Double-ender. Diesel power. Heavily built for long distance voyaging. Permanent berth in Moss Landing transferable to buyer. $36,000. Eves (415) 968-2921 or (408) 227-4495. CUSTOM PERFORMANCE CRUISER, 36-ft sloop. Designed and built by Charley Morgan. All lines lead aft Rod rigging, Hood furling, Barient ST winches, refrigeration, autopilot, . dodger, etc. Westerbeke diesel. Optional cut¬ ter rigging. SF berth. New epoxy bottom. Illness necessitates sale. $45,000. Call (415) 664-7777. CATALINA 38, 1980. Fast coastal cruiser, great Bay boat. Very clean, excellent condi¬ tion! New epoxy bottom 7/94. Survey report shows fair market value at $57,000! (Sur¬ veyed 6/95!) Asking only $46,000 obo. New boat on the way. H (415) 668-1076. W (415) 367-3967. ERICSON 39, 1972. Strong, stiff and fast. Excellent low budget liveaboard or blue water cruiser. 19,000# displacement, 9,500 ballast. Perkins 4-107 diesel, rollerfurling, large com¬ fortable interior, spacious cockpit. Don't sac¬ rifice strength for speed. Check this out! $39,995. (510) 232-7999. LAPWORTH 36. Beautiful, pristine example of these fast and classic designs. One owner, meticulously maintained for over 25 years. Volvo diesel, Loran, WS, autopilot, refrig., 8 bags, tent cover plus more. Great family inte¬ rior. Full paper history. $34,500. (619) 264-3686. ISLANDER 36,1973. Diesel, pedestal steer¬ ing wheel, compass, stove/oven, etc., sleeps 6, July '94 survey, much work done in 1994. Won Islander Regatta Championship, 4 match races. $29,500 obo. (415) 454-2294. 38-FT FARALLON CLIPPER, Classic 1955 Stephens. Mahogany/oak/bronze. New stand¬ ing rigging, alternator, holding tank. Rewired engine and 12v panel. Call for details. $25,000. (415) 728-9506, eves.

ISLANDER 36-FT RACER/CRUISER. Remod¬ eled for world cruising, strengthened per fac¬ tory recommendations. Good liveaboard, PHRF rated (hi-aspect) at 140, new diesel, fully equipped. $55,000. (619) 466-2336.

38-FT GILLMER DESIGN CUTTER, one owner. Built in Spain, African mahogany. Rig for cruising. Bristol condition. Diesel, autopilot, wind vane and lots more. In San Rafael. $55,000. (415)454-9285.

C0RBIN39-FT PILOTHOUSE. Launched 1987 Professionally built teak/ash interior, fresh varnish, new Sterling paint, hull/deck, inverter, Wager hydraulic autopilot, 4 compasses, 42 hp Pathfinder diesel, 600 hrs., stereo, tall cutter rigged. $119,000. Phone & fax (206) 632-1878.

37-FT VAN de STADT steel hull, deck, cabin. 12 ports, 2 hatches, chain plates, engine beds, stern tube, stanchion bases, tanks welded in hull. 8,000 lbs. lead ballast in keel. Rudder installed. Finish the project. $13,000 obo. Larry (415) 648-3188.

ISLANDER 36,1973. (510) 521-6036. Mike

WESTSAIL11,8M. Modern, fast39’ Bob Perry designed sloop. Spacious liveaboard, sepa¬ rate shower, sleeps 6. SSB, VHF, new dodger, Avon/Evinrude, refrig. 12v & engine driven, propane stove w/oven, Volvo diesel, self-tail¬ ing winches, well-maintained. Call for spec sheet or appt. $115,000. (415) 332-5970.

or leave msg. $34,000.

37-FTFIBERGLASS FORMOSA KETCH, 1975. Rebuilt Volvo MD26 diesel. Hand carved teak interior, sleeps 6, hot water, galley shower, 6'8" headroom. Fix up or I can do the work for you. Make some improvements and resell at a profit. (510) 215-8828.

CATALINA 38, 1980. Fast, Sparkman & Stephens design, good condition, clean, strong, double spreader mast stepped to the keel. Diesel low hours, new interior cushions, large berths, sleeps 7, stereo, depth, knotmeter, Autohelm, shore power, 3 speed winches. $42,500. (510) 245-9506.

38-FT FARALLON CLIPPER, 1949. Wood sloop. Rollerfurling, teak decks, Perkins die¬ sel, classic wood cabin sides, tiller, VHF, etc. Great sailing boat in very fine condition. $32,500. Jim (415) 389-9304. ERICSON 38,1981. Original owner boat. Ex¬ cellent condition. Brand new main sail, jib and Harken traveler. All Barient self-tailing winches. Knot, depth, wind instruments. Hood roller furling. Diesel engine, gas range. Lots of addi¬ tional gear and equipment. Call for more de¬ tails. Please, serious buyers only. Would like to sell before the end of this month. Price reduced to $49,995. Contact Ed (415) 3443506 evenings or leave message.

SACRIFICE — 38' ERICSON $62,500. Fast racer cruiser, built 1983,3 cabins, 7 berths, VHF, Loran, Robertson Auto Pilot, Signet In¬ struments, diesel engine, cabin heater & chim¬ ney, cruising chute, rollerfurling, 135% Genoa windlass, CQR & Danforth anchors with rode, full cushions dodger, sail covers, full galley, separate freezer & refrigerator pressure hot water, private head and shower, has had com¬ plete T.L.C. Lying Marina Del Rey. Owner (310) 551-9111 or (310) 277-5093

CATALINA 36,1985. Pegasus. Bristol condi¬ tion, dodger, pedestal mounted wind, speed, depth. VHF, stereo, Loran, microwave, color TV, CNG, h/c pressure water, two staterooms, great galley, storage, shower. Custom inte¬ rior, cockpit cushions. $60,000 or trade pos¬ sible for larger yacht. (916) 988-7113.

SWAN 38, THE PERFECT COMPROMISE of speed and comfort with no compromise to quality. Upgrades include engine, propane system, Sony 10 disc changer, custom stain¬ less holding tankand more. Lewmarwinches, furling gear, many sails, no teakdeck. $85,000. (503)233-9503.

1978 FLYING DUTCHMAN, 37-ft sloop. Eva Hollman designed performance cruiser. Fi¬ berglass hull, teaks, Volvo diesel, profurl furl¬ ing, Barient self-tailing winches. Custom teak interior H/C water, shower, CNG stove/oven, Force 10 heater, VHF, Loran, stereo, refer, Avon dinghy w/10 hp outboard. $48,900. (510) 376-1081.

38-FT SLOOP. Great Bay or ocean sailing boat. Large cabin provides excellent livea¬ board. Westerbeke diesel. Owners will con¬ sider financing or trades. Survey & haul-out just completed. $37,500. (707) 584-8363 or (707) 795-7827 evenings. Ask for Jeff.

CABO RICO 38-FT, 1979. Cutter rig, full keel, radar, SatNav, ST 50 (speed & depth), pro¬ pane stove & BBQ. New rigging and mast in '91. Roller furling jib, epoxy bottom, teak decks. $79,000. (707) 869-4131.

37-FT 1980 AMERICAN MADE family cruiser. Center cockpit, 2 heads, hot & cold showers, under 500 hrs on Westerbeke diesel. Well equipped with new Autohelm pilot, VHF, Lo¬ ran, SatNav, DS, speed & log. Elect, windlass, excellent condition. First $35,000 cash takes it! (916) 371-6455.

CASCADE 36. Fast, strong cruiser. Voted one of the best cruising boats by Cruising World Magazine. GPS windvane, new bottom, new LP hull, Mexico and Hawaii vet. $40,000 or trade for larger fixer. (805) 650-7827.

37-FT HUNTER, 1984. Cutter rig, excellent condition, Yanmar 44 hp diesel, Autohelm, furling jib, microwave, charger, full cover, dodger, stern dodger, lazy jacks, fresh water boat since new atTahoe. Much more! $49,500. (702) 849-0735.

CAL 39,1972. Fast seaworthy cruiser/racer. Up to date electronics, Autohelm, 5 headsails, 2 spinnakers, new Perkins 1989, new oversize rigging and LP on mast, Martec Prop, new bottom May 1995. Good strong boat sailed regularly. $39,900 obo. Ventura (805) 6394001.

TRISMUS 37, 1980, built in France. Fiber¬ glass, centerboard 4/7'. Volvo 44 hp (2003T). Spacious, ideal for cruising/liveaboard. Ra¬ dar, spinnakerand much more with besttrademark equipment. Excellent bargain, call for more information. $35,000. (707) 795-7448.

38-FT CATALINA, 1988. Like new condition, race/cruise ready, spinnaker rigged, autopi¬ lot, refrigeration, full instrumentation. $52,500. Call (714) 650-6600 days; (714) 240-2222 evenings.

PEARSON 385. Great liveaboard/cruiser in bristol condition/turnkey. New in 1994-95: Furler, radar, mast refit, GPS, epoxy bottom, inverter/charger. Center cockpit, aft stateroom, two heads, stall shower, dodger, full cockpit enclosure, custom storage cover, five sails, four anchors, electric windlass, downwind pole, Autohelm 6000, SSB, VHFs, microwave, icemaker, 6-man liferaft, 9' dinghy, davits, 8 hp outboard. Custom teak interior/new uphol¬ stery throughout. Loads of storage and many more extras. Currentsun/ey available. $91,500. Canaveral, Florida. (407) 480-1866 or (702) 782-7164. *

36-FT ISLANDER tall rig, “new" launched 10/ 94. Teak interior, 27 hp Yanmar, full batten main, VHF, Loran, stereo, Stowe depth, speed, windspeed-point, wheel steering, hot H20 w/ shower, windlass, much more. $64,950. Call Rick (805) 984-8808. 36-FT CAPE GEORGE CUTTER. Cecil Lange built'-'75. Featured in Mate's "Best Boats", newly rebuilt Volvo 36 hp, 3 blade Maxprop, new epoxy bottom, Sterling LPU, roller furl¬ ing, dodger, electric windlass, mechanical refrig, extensive cruising inventory. $78,000. (916) 988-1384.

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COLUMBIA 36. Baja cruiser, just returned from Mexico. Hot/cold pressure water, roller furling, cruising prop, refrigeration, wheel, TV, 12-foot hard bottom dinghy, 9.9 hp out¬ board, jacklines. Following new as of fall 1994: dodger/bimini, non-skid, GPS, EPIRB, charts to Acapulco, windlass, 35# CQR, 22# Danforth, Ritchie 4.5‘ bulkhead compass, two 135 amphour batteries, 50 watt solar panel, Autohelm ST4000, knot/log and depth, head. $33,900. (415) 321-6040. CUSTOM 38 RACING SLOOP. Fractional Rig. Flush deck, Volvo diesel. Top equipment. Ex¬ cellent single-handed and double handed boat. Winner of many races. $28,000 obo. Call Svend at (510) 522-2886.

DEL REY 45 SLOOP, 1973. Flush deck, excel¬

HUNTER 40,1986 SLOOP. Very clean, large

78-FT HARDIN 44, center cockpit, full keel,

lent condition. Used throughout Pacific for research diving. Fully outfitted for long-dis¬ tance cruising. Perkins 4-108, Max Prop, windvane, 2 APs, 450 GPD watermaker, in¬ verter, 2 staterooms, workbench, etc. Excel¬ lent go-anywhere cruiser or liveaboard. $85,000. (310) 822-5470.

aft cabin with double bed. New bottom paint. Current survey. Autohelm 4000 St., CD player, ref., microwave. Good sails. 40 hp Yanmar dsl with low hours. Great liveaboard. $68,000 obo. Brian (707) 448-8977.

documented, liveaboard/cruise-ready ketch. 6’4" headroom, extensive storage, aft cabin, queen bed, adjacent head with tub/shower. Recently installed Pur watermaker, Alden weatherfax, Furuno 24M radar, Trimble GPS, Robertson autopilot, ICOM SSB and tuner, standard Loudhailer/foghorn, Pioneer stereo, CD tapedeck, speakers above and below decks, 406 MHz EPIRB, Profurl, cruising spinnaker, Brooks and Gatehouse instruments. Heart 2800W inverter, 4-8D gel batteries, SimpsonLawrence electric windlass, bow and helm controls, 400 FT chain, 200 rope 60#, 40# CQRs, Danforth. Ample power system, Newmar panel. LPG, BBQ, and galley stove. Twin Raycore filters. Fire-water-fume alarms. Wood stove in salon, dodger, 8-man Avon raFT 3 Mexican cruises. Moored in Alameda. Price negotiable. (408) 395-3054.

43-FT COLUMBIA, new bottom and hull paint, new teak decks, custom dodger, 4-108 diesel 600 hrs, refrigerator, stove, custom teak inte¬ rior, VHF, electric windlass. Vessel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexican registry. Ready to cruise or work. Will deliver. $59,900 obo. (322)-2-5629 (PV, Mexico).

COLUMBIA45-FT1973. Spacious/clean livea1977 ALAJUELA 38. Solid construction. Clas¬ sic offshore cutter. Just completed several years of cruising. Full cruising inventory. Sac¬ rifice. $65,000 cash firm. (360) 579-4084.

EXCELLENT LIVEABOARD. 36-ft ferro-cement ketch, 1978. Teak decks, full sail, 40 hp Isuzu diesel, propane stove, Norcold referfreezer, AC/DC, Stalok/Hasselfors rigging, Ritchie compass, wheel steering. Barient winches. $24,000, ownerfinancing available. (510) 865-6384.

39-FT WILLIAM ATKINS KETCH, 1953. Ce¬ dar, oak, teak, diesel, 5' draft Restoration completed in 1994 and is in exceptional con¬ dition. A classic beauty with excellent survey. A real pleasure to sail. $49,000. Call (305) 946-1428.

board/cruiser. New bottom paint and survey. 1990 rebuilt 50 hp diesel. Roller furling main and jib. Microwave, refrigerator, stove, oven, hot water, color TV. Walk-in shower. Davits/ Avon dinghy. New batteries. More. $58,000 obo. (510) 814-9755.

1989 42‘ CATALINA, 3 cabin version, in great condition. Easily sailed by couple. Garmin GPS, Autohelm, roller furling, galley microwave, stereo w/CD, TV/VCR, extra jib, dodger, Balmar alternator, newbottom 3/94, and more. 1 love this boat but need to do a 'land re-model’ and I can’t have both. Best offer over $96,500. (408) 732-8325, Steve, eves.

CATALINA 42 FT, 1989, 3 cabins, excellent condition, refrigerator, radar, microwave, etc. One owner. Call Jim (415) 574-3456. Berthed at Coyote Point. No dealers please, $95,000.

36-FT LANCER SLOOP, 1979. Lots of good¬ ies including dodger, bimini, full CP enclo¬ sure, AP, Loran, full instr., H/C PW, ample grnd tkl & 8' Zodiac w/ 2 hp Yanmar. Spacious & fast. Exl. cond. $34,500. (619) 970-4163.

ROBERTS 36.Flush deck, pilothouse sloop, fiberglass cored hull with full keel, large inte¬ rior, good liveaboard. VHF, Loran, battery charger, autopilot, Yanmar 3 cyl. Needs cos¬ metic work. $19,500. (209) 948-6465 days; (209) 463-1018 eves.

40 TO 50 FEET

1993 BENETEAU OCEANIS 440, 85 hp TurboDiesel, only 230 hrs. Furling main, jib B&G Instruments autopilot, Raytheon RlOx radar, RayChart 600, 390 GPS, air-conditioning, Sea Power generator, Sony AM/FM Cassette, CD, interior exterior speak¬ ers, 2 VHF, autopilot, refrigerator, freezer, electric windlass, dodger, 2 cabins 2 heads, 2 anchors, wash-down pump, spacious cabin and cockpit. Cruiser’s dream! Like new, pro¬ fessionally maintained. $204,000. (415) 956-7210

43-FT HANS CHRISTIAN. Traditional, 1980.

cruiser. Hull and deck only, with partial inte¬ rior. Vacuum bag construction. $12,000 obo. (408) 469-9920.

Full-keel ketch. The dreamer’s classic cruiser. Three private cabins and pilot berth. Perkins 4-154 diesel, 10' Zodiac, 3.5 hp outboard, two sets of sails, GPS, wind-depth-speed, autopi¬ lot, radar. $122,000. (415) 588-8753for equip¬ ment list, specs., survey findings.

44- FT CUSTOM (Carl Schumacher) design

NORTH SEA PILOT CUTTER, 41 -FT LOD, gaff-

vessel in excellent condition, PHRF rating 30, limited interior space, lots of fun to sail. Ask¬ ing $95,000. (510) 865-4109.

rigged, 80 hp Ford Lehman, recent survey, ferrocement, insured. Recent bottom paint & brightwork. Ref., propane stove, diesel heater, 2 cabins, sleeps 5, great liveaboard or cruiser, Mexico vet. $32,000. (916) 283-5064, leave message.

WILDERNESS 40, Gary Mull's ULDB racer/

40-FT CHINESE JUNK. Beautiful solid teak, excellent liveaboard. Illness forces sale. $55,000 firm. (415) 588-5520

51-FT TATOOSH KETCH, Perry design'cus45- FT EXPLORER, 1978, by Bombay trading. Sloop rigged, Perkins 4-108, LPG, radar, furl¬ ing, windlass, new rigging, shoal draft, bank boat, recent haul-out. $46,000 obo, some financing avail. (916) 878-8323 eves.

tom liveaboard features. Recently returned from South Pacific, completely outfitted for cruising. 6 cylinder Perkins diesel. Profes¬ sionally maintained. Lying Seattle. $275,000. (805) 568-1949.

ALUMINUM KETTENBURG 43. Superior woodwork by Les Standacher. Teak cabin & deck. Seaworthy, comfortable, fast cruising boat. Roomy, spacious interior. Mexico vet. New Awlgrip. Most equipment new. Furuno radar, Hart .1800 inv., Tripible Navtrac GPS, Alpha 3000 AP, Quad cyclb, 100 amp alt. 5 batteries, Fourwinds windcharger, 3 solar panels, radar arch, Ham radio with SGC auto tuner, custom mattress, Paragon Jr. water system, propane hot water, refer, dsl heat, watermaker, upgraded standing rigging, ProFurl furling, new Hasse main, plus 12 bags of sails, 10 winches, 2 DS, KM, WS, VHF, elec, compass, dodger, side & back panels, Bruce stern anchor plus 2 storm anchors, two S.S. props, liferaft, inflatable with outboard, Per¬ kins 4-107, Aries windvane, built-in TV and VCR, plus more. This boat is ready to go. Call for more info. $95,000 obo. Olympia, WA. (360) 753-4722.

AEOLUS, LOD 40-FT, GAFF-RIGGED plankon-edge English cutter, 1904. Rebuilt from keel timber up, 1990, by respected shipwright, utilizing quality air-dried wood, stainless steel fastenings. Copper plated bottom, tanbark sails, traditional rigging. Reasonable offer. (510) 286-7983. K-136 Berkeley Marina.

CUSTOM CENTER COCKPIT lightweight cruis¬

46-FT MORGAN KETCH, 1982. Center cock¬

ing ketch. 49-ft overall, a long, slim speedster easily sailed by couple. Major rebuild in '88 from keel up through rigging, including wir¬ ing, remodeling, chain plates, instruments, etc. A new boat on a unique older hull. LPU painted hull and topside 1993. She is a sleek, well maintained vessel, out cruising since ‘88. Loaded with gear and spares, ready to go again with minimum investment of time and money. $39,900. (619) 298-5118.

pit, 3 cabins, 2 heads with showers, 1994-95 refit, superb condition. New dodger, quadcycle, loaded. Excellent bluewatercruiser, huge interior withoutcompromising sailing quality. $135,000. San Diego location (619) 439-3268; fax: (619) 941-5760.

MARINER 40-FT KETCH, 1969. Philippine

40- FT VALIANT CUTTER. Refit '93-’95,

mahogany over iroko frame. Rebuilt Perkins 4107,20 hrs. New sails, rigging, etc. Beautiful classic. $45,000 obo. (805) 962-2316. Moti¬ vated seller.

Awlgrip, Barrier coat, bottom paint June '95. B&G full instrumentation, ref. & freezer (2), watermaker (2), 66 lb. Bruce & 45 CQR on bow roller with elec, windlass, SSB/Ham, 9' Whaler. For specs & photos, Call Bert (817) 718-0487.

1992 ROBERTS 434, steel, strong and beau¬ tiful pilothouse cutter. Top quality craftsman¬ ship and materials. 200 gal water, 80 gals fuel. 62 hp diesel. Dual steering. Needs all rigging. $65,000 obo. (408) 469-9920.

41- FTMORGAN OUTISLAND. Centercockpit,

FORCE50. Very well equipped spacious world

1972. Glass sloop with all cruising gear. Just returned after 5 years in South Pacific and Asia. Ready to go again. $49,500. List of gear upon request. (208) 383-0945.

cruiser/liveaboard. Heavy glass hull and decks. All furling. Double salon w/inside station, workshop/crewarea & 2 staterooms w/heads. Mustsacrifice. Best offerin Sept. or$117,000. Consider some boat or property trades and/or financing. Roger Perry (415) 331-5251 or (800) 728-7254.

CT-41 KETCH. Immaculate, cruise-ready or liveaboard. New large engine, stove 1992.13 sails, dodger, refrigeration, pressure water, SatNav, 2 depth sounders, windlass, autopi¬ lot, radar, EPIRB, Espar forced air heater, fresh bottom July. $85,000. Morro Bay. (805) 772-3552.

1981 48-FT MARINER KETCH. Ready and set up for easy 2-person handling to sail around the world or the Bay. Microwave, 2 TVs & VCR, radio/CD/tape w/speakers in each room & on deck. Aft stateroom, shower, tub, de¬ signer upholstery. Ice maker, fridge, freezer & propane stove. All sails are self furling. Radar, autopilot, depth, weatherfax, air compressor, inverter, 85 hp Perkins. $180,000. Call (415) 571-5674.

SWANSON 42-FT Massively built Australian offshore thoroughbred. Flush deck, low pilot house, no bowsprit double-ender cutter with aft cockpit and radar tower. Lehman 65 hp, windvane, Autohelm 7000, Profurls, furnace, freezer, windlass, generator, liferaft, radar, etc. $128,000. (206) 842-6279. SWAN 43, PURSUIT, 1971. Beautiful, Sparkman & Stephens design, fully-equipped and ready to return to the South Pacific. Deal of the decade: $95,000. Many extras. Call Dave (360) 385-2468 or E-Mail: simplify@olympus.net.

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HAPPY BOAT COMPANY

For 25 years building quality aluminum masts and booms for plastic classics 20 to 34 ft. We stock many hard-to-find parts, including mast step plates, gunnel rubber, goosenecks, spreaders, etc. Steve Seal *(510) 521-7730

Marine carpentry & finishing » Bright Work • Deck Repair and Sealing Custom Cabinet Work & Design • Fiberglass Repair • Marine Plumbing 30 Years U.S. & European Experience Call Tony & Yvonne, (510) 370-7911

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DELIVERIES SOUTH’ [hWant your boat in a warmer climate this winter?^: ^ V • Professional •Affordable •Reliable ' k .^specializing in south of the border yacht deliveries... Deliveries South': (408)476-3608

WESTSAIL 43,1980. Outfitted 93/94 with full

41 -FT CHEOY LEE ketch, cruise or liveaboard,

Autohelm instruments, radar, AP, elec, wind¬ lass, 300 FT 3/8' HT, 406, GPS, Heart 10, Quadcycle, 6 man offshore, more. 800 hr. on diesel, 800+ amp hr. Avon w/15 hp, all self¬ tailing. $105,000. Lawrence (619) 523-1037.

1980, diesel, VHF, Loran, depth, knot/log, wind, AP, rollerfurling, refrigeration, 6 sails & spinnaker, dodger, 10-ft inflatable with 8 hp O/B, excellentcondition. $85,000/offers. (408) 363-1150.

Cruiser" with beautiful lines, safety and com¬ fort, "Poetry in Motion!” Already in the Sea of Cortez. $66,000 or possible trade for late model motorhome. (206) 787-5469.

40- FT CUSTOM BUILT strip plank, fiberglass

45-FT JEANNEAU 65 hp diesel, 5 sails, spin¬

sloop. New 4108 Perkins, freezer, GPS, Loran, teak interior, Built for merchant officers retirement. Fast, stable and extremely strong. New main, 9 bags total. $50,000 or possible trade for trawler or houseboat? Call (415) 331-8736.

MacGREGOR 65, pilothouse cutter, 1988.

naker, roller reefed jib, 150 diesel storage, 160 water storage. Alpha AP, B & G electronics, 2 staterooms w/double berths that share head/ shower. Additional master stateroom with double berth/settee, separate head/shower. Air conditioning/heater. Navigator station, built-in bar in spacious, well-lit salon. Seats 68 in comfort. Double sink, gimbaled stove, deep freeze/ref. $110,000 by owner. (510) 649-0380.

Perkins 135 diesel. Custom interior for ex¬ tended cruising comfort. AP, dual steering, generator, watermaker, radar, refrigeration, heat/aircond., washer/dryer, Loran, SSB, VHF, TV, stereo, main/jib/genoa furling. Recently hauled & serviced. $195,000. (510) 523-9292.

41- FT CORONADO, centercockpit sloop. Per¬ kins 4/108 diesel with new heat exchange and spare 3-blade prop. Main and 180 degree jib in good condition, roller reefing gear (sail blown out), new yacht braid sheets (never used), 2 two-speed Barlow winches, halyard winches for main and jib. Wheel steering with emer¬ gency tiller and Autohelm autopilot model 3000. CQR plow anchor with 2 Danforth an¬ chors with 300' 3/8" chain. Manual anchor winch, 2 separate bilge pump systems, 4 batteries connected as A & B. Hot and cold pressurized water system, 75 gallon fuel and 50 gallon water tanks. 2 Harken blocks, sex¬ tant, standard VHS marine radio, coastal navi¬ gator digital depth sounder, Danforth com¬ pass. Shipmate 3 burner stove with oven, fairly new converted from alcohol. Extra SS shrouds fore and backstay, extra mooring lines and ground tackle. Asking $37,500. (916) 666-7499; Fax (916) 666-7498.

41-FT YORKTOWN SLOOP, 1985.

Center cockpit, aft cabin, roomy interior, good liveaboard, sails nice. Yanmar30 hp diesel. $45,000 obo. (510) 523-4503.

47-FT TRADITIONAL GAFF tops'l schooner, 1959.36' LOD, 30 hp diesel, low hours. 65 gal. fuel, 70 gal. water. Complete sails. Propane oven/stove. Sleeps 5, Lots of storage. Fir on oak. South Pacific vet. Located Oakland, CA. $24,000. (510) 790-5790. Leave message.

1986 HANS CHRISTIAN 41-FT TC. USCG documented, teak decks & interior. Equipped for cruising. Navigation & communications equipment included. Sail the world at your leisure. For info: Liz De Stael, P.O. Box 1534, Kailua-Kona, HI 96745. (808) 329-3729; fax (808) 328-1060 or Richard of Bower & Kling, (619) 299-7797. $169,000. GULFSTAR 50 KETCH, Ready to go. Watermaker, generator, Trace inverter, W/ fax, radar, Loran, ham radios, diesel heater, RDF, cruising sails, VHF, depth, windspeed/ point, knotmeter, Perkins diesel, Vac-U-Flush head and more. Never chartered, great condi¬ tion. $130,000. Alex (415) 366-8318.

CHEOY LEE OFFSHORE 40, Phil Rhodes de¬ sign. Located San Carlos Marina nearTucson, Arizona. Live aboard ready. Present owner cannot continue cruising plans. Blister free, proven Blue water vet. Marina slip and dry storage available. $59,000. (602) 821-0896. 40-FT VALIANT PILOTHOUSE. 1980 by Uniflite. Better than new. One owner, profes¬ sionally maintained. Outstanding cruiser/Iiveaboard w/one stateroom and big salon. Ameni¬ ties include: Wood-Freeman AP, Grunert re¬ frigeration, Furuno radar & Loran, Lewmar winches, dual steering, Westerbeke 58 diesel. One of the finest if not the best cruisers in the NW. Call for picture and specs. Asking $150,000. (408) 371-0180 or (206) 564-1221.

55-FT PILOTHOUSE, CUTTER-RIGGED KETCH. Professionally built ferro. “A World

glass, Perkins diesel. 200 gals water, 120fuel. All new electronics & safety. Ham Kenwood, monitor windvane, 406 MHZ EPIRB, Avon 9' & 5 hp Nissan. Too much to list. Located in Tahiti. Must sell, accepting offers. Call (206) 728-5993.

VALIANT 40 PILOTHOUSE SLOOP. 8 sails, 4 KW generator, Cruiseair-heat, 600 GPD watermaker, radar, autopilot, SSB, Ham, weather fax, 300 watt stereo w/ 8 speakers, 3 anchors, chain, 12' dinghy, 15 hp Evinrude new in May '95, cushions, curtains, refrigera¬ tion, 1/2" Lexan windshields, 3 blade prop, fresh bottom paint, water pump. Returned from Baja in February refreshed and ready to go again. Located in San Diego, CA. (619) 862-5680, (408) 475-7686. Cash offers.

51 FEET & OVER 1986 COLVIN STEEL SCHOONER. (52' LOD) Comfortable proven world cruiser/liveaboard, lug rig sails, 85 hp Perkins diesel, Grunert refrigeration/freezer. Full electronics, watermaker, autopilot, etc. Reduced, take $100,000 obo; consider various trades/real estate. (503)484-3812.

'86 by professional yacht builder. Effortless cruising w/ camber spar. Custom hardtop, stand-up engine room, 2 SR, 9 KW gen, 2 computerized ACs. radar, SSB, AP, 2 VHFs, 11' dinghy. No exterior teak. Shows new. (813)397-7070.

68-FT ALAN ANDREWS CUSTOM fiberglass super cruiser/racer, 3 cabin, 2 head layout, sleek & fast & fun to sail. Currently under construction in Southern California. Excep¬ tional value. Call Bill for details at (408) 377-7440.

SS, sails smooth & sure. Professionally built in Bay Area. H.M.B. slip. Come see & sail. $9,000. Great buy! (408) 354-9406, Gary.

MULTIHULLS 28-FT HORSTMAN TRI-STAR. Yanmar, 120 amp alternator, quadcycle, amphour meter, aluminum mast, Harken jib furling-wincheshardware, pedestal, Autohelm 4000,16 mile radar, GPS/C-Map platter, depth/speed/log, VHF, hailer, dodger, more. Located in Puerto Vallarta. $25,000 obo ortrade. Contact (510) 232-2743.

PRINDLE19,1990CATAMARAN. All mylar sails with 2 jibs. 1992 galvanized trailer with equipment holder. Very fast and very clean. $3,900. Vallejo. (707) 553 9754.

CLASSICS

26" CROSS in good condition. Double forestays tion, many extras. $26,500. (707) 895-3506.

and aft stays. Strong rig. 2 sets sails. Just hauled and painted. Solar panels, very clean. Fortman Marina berth in Alameda. $5,000 for quick sale. (408) 476-4085.

25-FT TANCOOK WHALER, gaff schooner, project boat. Built 75 by Peter Vand. Fiber¬ glass hull, cabin top, cockpit, strip plank deck, hollow masts, sail, full keel centerboard, fast and able, complete, beautiful traditional lines, eye-catcher, needs work. Dbl-axle trailer, $2,000. (707) 769-1938.

30-FT GAFF CUTTER. Wm. Garden's original Bull Frog (1947). Red cedar over oak. Hull wooded & refastened (1989-92). Fully equipped for cruising or liveaboard. New Per¬ kins diesel, dodger. Sutter sails. $27,500. Interested in offers. (707) 824-9222.

63-FT BY 27-FT FIBERGLASS/PLYWOOD Catamaran. Twin 75 hp Volvo diesels. Needs much work. No rigging. Best offer. 1972 Cat¬ alina 27 O/B $4,000. 1980 MacGregor 25 sloop, no trailer, best offer. Early Atomic 4 engine, $500. (510) 532-1332.

31-FT TRIMARAN, SEARUNNER #11. Pro¬ fessionally built 1975. A-frame. 15 hp Evinrude, 6 sails. New cushion covers, freshly painted, D/F, VHF, 2-burner propane stove, Porti-Potti, comfortable and fast! Ready to go! $16,500. (510) 458-6560 eves; (510) 458-1049 Iv. messages.

SPARKMAN & STEPHENS WEEKENDER. Alita, built 1938 at Stephens Bros., Stockton. 36-ft knockabout sloop, fir on oak, teak house, Perkins 4107, not a project boat. The original design from which the Farallon Clipperevolved. $22,500. (415) 388-6057.

COME AND BUY A KETCH: YAWL! 35’ 65 Orion Garden Seafoam ketch, Hong Kong teak hull, $29,500; 40'65 Primrose Mohill custom yawl $40,000; 4274 Sandpiper Garden Por¬ poise cutter ketch $49,500; 52’24 Emerald Stone yawl $125,000. Call (310) 823-3838. Ask for Bruce.

WATERWORLD EXPLORER? 35-FT Pivertri, 5 sails, flat fast fun. $7,000 cash. Call (510) 522-8285.

GEMINI 3000 CATAMARAN. Production built 1988, hull #222. Perfect liveaboard (we did 5 yrs), 3 separate sleeping cabins (2 dbl, 1 qn), full galley, fridge, dinette seats 6. VHF, NAV5 system, main, genoa, jib and storm jib. battery charger, new deep cycle batteries. Epoxy bot¬ tom, brand new bottom paint. Exc. condition. Very light and fax. $55,000 obo. (415) 9822211 days; (510) 351-7188 eves.

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33-FT ALDEN KETCH, 1959. 4 cyl gas, GPS,

51-FT ANTIGUA CC SLOOP. Custom built in

1962 CHEOY LEE LION, 35', excellent condi¬ MARINER 40" KETCH, Garden design, fiber¬

THE CLASSIC NORWEGIAN Redning Skoite #32, Kragero, is now being offered for sale. This 47' Colin Archer designed double ended, gaff-rigged ketch, built tough for North Sea duty, has been well maintained. She will pro¬ vide her new owner with safety, comfort and dependability. Definitely a candidate for the Master Mariners. Asking $55,000. Call (415) 875-4268.

Process Scrubs, Polishes, Removes Algae, Dirt, Rust & Water from Diesel Fuel. Includes Internal Tank Wash Down. YOUR BERTH OR BOATYARD • (510) 521-6797

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32-FTTRIMARAN. Good Bay and Delta week¬ ender. Mains, jibs, chutes, outboard, solar panel, 8 winches, knot meter. Fast is fun or (sigh) part it out. $3,000 or sincere offer. Dave, msg, (510) 458-1731.

COLUMBIA32-FT1/3 ownership,$9,OOOfirm. Certified marine survey and appraised value completed August 1994. Berthed at Eme ryville, share maintenance, insurance, berthing, etc. Must be creditable, experienced S.F. Bayskipperforinsurance purposes. Further questions answered by calling Don at (916) 525-7836.

POWER & HOUSEBOATS

HANS CHRISTIAN 33. 1/4 non-equity part¬ nership. $325/mo. plus refundable sec. de¬ posit. Includes prime Sausalito berth, insur¬ ance, and great, easy-going partners. This beautiful traditionalcuttersleeps 6 in a pullman master berth, a quarter berth and 2 settees. Comfortable head, shower and galley. Gor¬ geous teak. Perfect boat for Bay sails, week¬ ends in Monterey, or even exploring the Delta. Come see what gave Hans Christian its reputa¬ tion and made it a cruising favorite. Scott or Lisa, (415) 897-2916.

THE HINCKLEY OF HOLLAND. Dutch-built Lowland43' motoryacht; steel hull, mahogany throughout, twin Volvo. USCG doc, new US elect/plumbing, new paint, excellent cond. (619) 454-5950 in Annapolis. Cruise the East Coast, ship it to west and save CA sales tax. Brochure available. CAPTAIN’S GIG 36-FT, with diesel engine, 1941 model. $2,900.30' double enderfishing boat from Alaska with diesel engine, 1962 model: $2,900. $57' steel motorsailer: $4,500. Also have a couple of other boats for sale cheap. Call Pat at (916) 338-3633.

BENETEAU 35-FT 0CEANIS, 1988.1/3 equity share. Great partners, great boat, great price... (selling below market). Original owner, pris¬ tine condition. 3 new sails, roller furling jib, skylit roomy interior, 3 separate cabins/sleeps 6. Berthed Alameda. (415) 967-7359.

CLASSIC 1959 OWENS 29-FT Twin 300 hp Chevys, mahogany, teak decks, trim tabs, SS watertank, SS exhaust, VHF, runs great, liveaboard, fish or cruise the Delta. Moving, must sell. $6,500 obo. (415) 594-6046.

EXPRESS 37. Seeking an experience 1/3 or 1/ 2 partner in an immaculate 1988 club racer and cruiser berthed in Redwood City. Harken furling with full batten main. Call (415) 321 8553 for information.

1962 RIVERQUEEN DEL CRUISER 37x11 1/ 2 B. Excellent condition, would make great liveaboard, VHF. AC/DC. Steel hull pwr by 6 cyl EGE Ford, Asking only $8,850. Call Gregory (415) 332-8551, pgr 907-0574.

WEEKEND SAILORS, well equipped Colum¬ bia 36 available most weekends. Located Marina Green, San Francisco. Professional owner. Equipped for single-handing. Looking for berth rent & share maintenance. Pete (415) 563-4421.

CLASSIC 55-FT CHRIS CRAFT Constellation. New teak decks, bottom canvas, stove wiring, heads, headliner, carpeting, paint. Twin die¬ sels, low hours, one of 4 remaining, every¬ thing original. Sacrifice, a real beauty. $99,500. John Wiliamson (408) 867-6777.

STILETTO 27-FT CATAMARAN, seeking ex¬ perienced and responsible partner(s). 30% equity with 30 to 40% sailing time for $4,500 + $40/mo. Berth at Paradise Cay Harbor. Has 13' 10" beam, 4 berths, 10 hp O/B, new rigging and many upgrades. 3 sails. Angelo (415) 383-8730.

35-FT 6", BLUENOSE CHRISCRAFT, 1957. Re-fastened, newtwin350engine. Good livea¬ board. (707) 942-6334. $15,000.

WE LOVE TO SAIL. You: have Bay Area boat, early to mid-thirties range, but can’t or rarely sail it. We: responsible sailors willing to cover berthing, insurance, light maintenance and TLC in exchange for use of your craft (415) 921-4367.

PARTNERSHIPS BESTP-SHIP ONTHE BAY! Morgan 38: Share with 4 amiable partners. New main, roller-furled jib, spinnaker. Cabin-top mainsheet traveler. Electric windlass, 50 hp diesel, 6 berths, refrigerator. Convenient ac¬ cess, no maintenance duties, just hauled & excellent! Sausalito. (415) 964-2801

'SAUSALITO BERTH, Catalina 30. 1/4 non¬ equity partnership (owner to keep 1/2). Pri¬ marily week day use with one weekend day per month/ $250 per mo. Also available when not used by other partners. Diesel, BBQ, stereo, tape, large cockpit, wheel steering, VHF, EPIRB, GPS, Lifesling. Spacious and comfy, 6’1' headroom, greatfor overnights. In very nice condi¬ tion and clean. Call Lee (415) 332-9250.

NOR’SEA27. Beautifully equipped, exc. cond. AP, Profurl, diesel, set-up for single-handing. Let’s trailer cruise to the Delta, San Juans or Mexico! Equity partnerships: 1/2 interest for $4,000 and $225 per month or 1/3 or 1/4 for less. (415) 851-3056.

EXCALIBUR 26 PARTS. If anyone knows the whereabouts of Tenacity's boom, sails and/or motor, I recently bought the boat and would like to put them back aboard. Would also be interested in hearing from other Excalibur owners willing to part with such pieces cheap. Please call John at (415) 383-8200, ext. 110, and leave message.

TRADE BOATWRIGHT with 25 yrs. experience in fine carpentry and restoration needs dental TLC. Will trade skills with equally experienced den¬ tist. Gary (415) 398-4274.

WANTED: 50-FT TO 60-FT SAILBOAT to take to the South Pacific. Forming partnership; will need reasonable access to show prospective partners. Seller could keep an interest? $100,000 - 160,000, some work okay. (916) 823-9309; fax (916) 888-0672.

SQUAW VALLEY CONDO, near Lake Tahoe, with rental history. $45,000 equity, asking $195,000. Trade for blue water sailboat in $40,000 range. ???? cash. (510) 799-0116. TRADE OR SALE. Maine lakefront cabin, insu¬ lated pine interior, bedroom, loft, livingroom/ kitchen, bath, basement, well & septic. One acre +. $49,900. Also second cabin for $39,900. Trade for 34'+ fiberglass cruising sailboat. (207) 924-3722 or RRI Box 998, Dexter ME 04930.

WANTED: BOAT TO RENT for liveaboard, will¬ ing to pay fair market value and share mainte¬ nance. Reliable, steady woodworker. Excep¬ tional references. Peter (415) 388-9521.

WILLTRADE my well maintained 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera for your late model, well-main¬ tained Melges 24 with trailer. H (714) 4972576 or W (714) 720-2244 leave message.

USED GEAR GENERATOR, one cyl, Yanmar diesel 2.5 KW, zero hrs, elec, start, fuel pump, manuals, fuel filter, new 6.2 K sell $2,000 obo. Eves (510) 521-9578; days (800) 989-4165.

26-FTBAYLINER, 1983. Sell ($15,000), trade note, or... 170 hp Volvo (low hours), new top, fish finder, depth finder, etc. For: 37-40 Sea Runrter Tri. in good shape. Boat located slip 171, Suisun City Marina. (707) 447-3109. Leave message.

CATALINA 27 PARTS. 155% genoa (North Sails), bow pulpit, miscellaneous hardware, mast pole rings, bosun’s chair, spinnaker & jib sheets, 4 new lower shrouds, windvane, horseshoe lifering, anchor and chain, etc. Cali Ed (415) 349-7400 W; (510) 233-8945 H.

ATTRACTIVE 1,700 SQ. FT HOME, 2 blocks from Morro Bay. View of Bay through trees. 3 bedroom, 2 1/4 baths. Valued at $220,000, have $80,000 equity. Trade for 38-45' blue water sailboat. (805) 528-8510.

FOR SALE: ARDIC 1024 WA blower and Batvarmare diesel cabin heater (091-DM) by Volvo, thermostat switch, all hoses, electrical, manuals, accessories, complete and ready to use. New purchase price $2,550. Will sell for $1,850. Contact Bob Olson (619) 439-7041, Oceanside CA., between 11 am & 3 pm.

MY $45,000 EQUITY IN MENLO PARK HOME near Stanford Unv. for anything, anywhere, boat, plane, R.V., bus. opp., property in or out of country. Be creative and let’s deal! (800) 209-5448. 20-FT ARRIVA SPORT POWER BOAT, 1989. Trade for trailered racing sailboat such as Moore or J, etc. Arriva has 150 hp O/B, open bow, trailer, full cover, top, AM/FM cass. Must see, ex. condition. Call for photo. Michael (415) 924-2629.

VOLVO MDB SPARES, head, cyl, valve cover, shop manual, best offer. Charts of Pac. N.W. $2 ea. trolling/wind gen $650, boat finished, C-flex, casting resin, 12v pumps, masthead tricolor, blocks and more. Phone/fax (707) 745-5603.

WANTED

LEWMAR 46,2 speed aluminum alloy winch. Excellent Condition. $400. (415) 627-5812.

WANTED: USED MAST for 22-ft Santana. Aluminum 24-30’ and prefer with halyards and spreaders, stop plate. (415) 872-0777.

YAMAHA REMOTE CONTROLS, with remote electric start and cables. Removed from 9.9 hp 4 cycle Yamaha outboard. New cost $450. Will sell for $200. Call Mike at (415) 464-1369.

SEEK TO BAREBOAT CHARTER S/V. Land based Pacific circumnavigators seek 30-40 FT vessel in P. Vallarta for 7 days around Christ¬ mas, December '95. (604) 361 -9648;fax (604) 356-6226.

J-24 SAILS: UK main, jib, genoa, tri radial spinnaker(white).Brandnewneverbeenused. Would like to sell as complete set. Includes roll bags and royalty patches. $3,800. Call (415) 284-6266.

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Electrical system installation or repair. Woodwork repair & fabrication. Glass, gel & nonskid repair. Blister repair, barrier coating. Custom boat detailing, since 1971. (415) 383-6606

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UPHOLSTERY

Custom designing, sail covers, bags, repairs, etc. Special Projects Welcome! Pick up and delivery within Marin Sonoma Counties. (707) 763-2520

USED BOAT STUFF: masts, sails, booms, winches, cleats, deck hardware, windlasses, anchors, chain, line, thru-hulls, electronics, ships wheels, portholes, stainless railing, bow pulpits, lights, outboard motors dinghies, inflatables, sea kayaks, heat exchangers, keel coolers, windsurfers, outdrives, much more' (415) 332-3774.

PERKINS 4-108. Professionally rebuilt, never run, $2,900. Entec diesel 3.5 KW power plant, needs work, $500 obo. Davis 15 sextant $35. Windsurfer, $450. Avon 340floorboards, new, $250. North tri-radial spinnaker, 1.5 oz. for 27' boat, $600. Call (916) 652-9407 or (510) 521-1207.

SEAWEED COWBOY’S HOME. Beautiful, ver¬ satile, modular cottage/mountain cabin/house¬ boat living quarters. Designed/built by Larry Lee. 45 x14,25K lbs, self-contained or 110V. French doors, fireplace, loft bedroom. Profes¬ sionally decorated. Lake Tahoe area. $47,000 or trade up/down for 40'+ quality multihull (800) 997-1957.

3 SOLAR PANELS 1 ft. x 4 ft. ARCO M52 used 100 HP WESTERBEKE. Bought for my boat from Santan Marine, but it’s too big. Low hours. Super shape. $2,500. (707) 449-0154 or (707) 554-2813.

with aluminum frames in good condition, $300 all, or $125 each. (415) 591-4087. Ask for Vince.

CLASSES PRACTICAL ON-THE-WATER CELESTIAL navi¬ gation class. 3 hr noon or evening sessions, call for dates, 11-2pm and 6-9pm. $75 per person, class limited to 4. Should bring sex¬ tant and nautical almanac. Classes will be on a 30' sloop. Cass Marina, Sausalito. Please call 332-6789.

CLUBS/MEMBERSHIPS

WANTED: WHISKER POLE that extends 24 GALERIDER DROGUE, 36" new, $275; Paratech 18' sea anchor, $350; 300' 5/8" braid w spl thimble, $230; collision mat 2' x 2' x 2', $50; 60# CQR, $375; Fortress 6 x 37, $200; ACK Mini B, $100,19' 3.5" spinnaker pole with TS/TR, $250; 2 Siemens M-55, $250 ea.; Powerline 105A Alt. new, $200; Magellan 5000 GPS, $300; handheld VHF w/ mar, $75; W. Marine DS 8.0 dinghy, $350; Tohatsu M8B 8 hp, $300; Solar Regulators SCIASC 16A ad¬ justable $50 & $85; Robertson AP1000 spares - HLD 1000, $600; J1000, new, $200, AP 1000 DCB, new, $130, RFU 100, new, $85; plus more. (510) 521-1246.

12 HP OMC SAILDRIVE with folding prop, $800. Please leave message for Dave at (510) 458-1731. SOLAR PANELS, ARCO, 29 watt, $99; 30-33 watt, $120. If I’m not home, please leave your number and a convenient time to reach you. Terry (415) 369-8884.

SAILBOAT TRAILER, ZIEMAN. Like new for wing keel Catalina 22 or similar boat (modifi¬ able). Extendable tongue, winch and newsurge brakes. Approximately 500 road miles and newly licensed. $1,650. Call (916) 742-7861.

30’; hydraulic pump for boom vang; 40 lb. CQR; and used scuba gear (e.g. 1st & 2nd stage regulator, BCV, spear gun, etc. Call George or Nancy at (415) 706-7954 after 1800 hrs.

sail boat with hydraulic steering; AP 45 con¬ trol unit, RFC 200 Fluxgate compass, CD 109 compass detector, F200-40 remote control, rudder indicator 109, J45S junction unit, RPU1 electro-hydraulic pump set, original manual. Asking $2,700. Also: battery charger/Professional Mariner Dura 30 three bank charger, $170. All excellent condition. Call George after 10:00 hrs. (415) 706-7954.

SAILS: Luff/foot 44'2727'4'' okay condition $300,35’1716'4" and 24’9711 '10" good con¬ dition, $200 each. 8' fiberglass rowing/sailing dinghy with sail and hardware, $550. Suzuki 2.5 hp, $125. Stainless steel davits $200. Leave msg. (510) 855-9327.

PARTING OUT BROWN 25-FT SEARUNNER with cutter rig. Complete suit of sails, mast, boom, rigging, deck hardware, bow pulpit and handrails. Lewmar winches, Facnet spars, including spinnaker and whisker poles. Lo¬ cated in Moss Beach. (415) 728-5649.

OUTBOARD, 1985 Evinrude 4.0 hp, standard shaft plus tank, excellent condition with less than 100 hrs dinghy use. $400. Larry (510) 874-1919 days; (415) 852-9916 eves.

CATALINA30 FULL BOAT COVER. New, never used. $900. (510)547-1578.

250 FT 0F5/16“BBB ANCHOR CHAIN. Never

ship. Best sailing of the year now and coming up, with the best ASA club on the Bay! Great social events, charters and boats. Must sell, so we sacrifice at $1,000 plus transfer fee. Charlie (219) 487-6545 or (219) 672-2981.

AUTOPILOT (Robertson) for 45 -85' power/

GRAYMARINE INCLINE 60-71 DIESELS, 2-1 paragon HXD reverse gear. Fresh overhaul, navy surplus - came out of Navy 40' boats $2,000 each, rated 100 hp at 2000 RPM FWC. (916) 474-1475.

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited couple member¬

MISCELLANEOUS

SANTA CRUZ YACHT HARBOR: 2 bedroom townhouse, 11/2 bath; skylights, secure quiet complex w/ access to upper Yacht Harbor. Asking $179,900. Call owner (408) 479-3657.

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited individual mem¬ bership. 1 994 ASA sailing school of the year. $2,950 value. Asking $2,450 obo. Call Dan collect (916) 582-9454 anytime.

COME JOIN US! The San Francisco Bay Oce¬ anic Crew Group invites skippers, crew and apprentices to join one of the Bay’s most active sailing groups. Our focus as a non¬ profit organization is to offer sailing experi¬ ences to Bay conservation groups while im¬ proving our own sailing skills. For info, call our Hotline at (415) 979-4866.

CLUB NAUTIQUE unlimited couples member¬ ship with resale privilege. Here's a bargain for you at $950 plus transfer fee. Learn or im¬ prove sailing skills, most comprehensive pro¬ gram anywhere. Enjoy worldwide discount chartering and fun social activities. Alameda/ Sausalito. (510) 440-0404. CLUB NAUTIQUE single unlimited member¬ ship, value $2,950; asking $2,000. Great Club! Great people! Great Bargain! Please call (408) 356-5028.

ANCHORAGE W/BEACH, Tomales Bay. Unique private 1.27 acre landing across from Point Reyes National Seashore. Sandy beach ex¬ tending substantially into Tomales Bay. Beau¬ tiful Marshall area on Marin coast. Good ac¬ cess w/ privacy from roads. $55,000 obo, owner can finance. Roger Perry (415) 3315251 or(800) 728-7254.

MENDOCINO RETREAT RANCH w/ sandy beach on Eel River. Well built home needs completing. Private setting w/substantial us¬ able acreage, plus adjacent to Gov’t land re¬ serves. Ask $185,000 TIC consider partner¬ ships, financing, trades up or down for power, sail or real estate. Roger Perry (415) 331-5251, (800) 728-7254.

LIGHT AND AIRY OFFICE (approx. 400 sq. FT) with private bath and entry. Next to Alameda Marina. $550/mo. (510) 522-2705.

BERTHS & SLIPS

CAL SAILING CLUB offers Race Association Membership for $50, Jan. to Dec. to skippers who plan to race YRA sponsored raced and who need club affiliation. Please call Hester Buta-Callander at 388-5116. Leave name, ad¬ dress & phone number.

used. $300. Steve (415) 331-9822.

TRAILER: DOUBLE AXLE FOR EXPRESS 27

PROPERTY SALE/RENT

DELUXE 50-FT SLIP at prestigious Pier 39. Excellent location within the Marina. For rent $465 per month + elect. Please contact Walt Eller Co., Santa Cruz, CA (408) 476-5543.

65-FT BERTH AT TIBURON. Sublet approx.

sailboat. Adjustable for other sizes, heavy duty, good condition, light, hydraulic brakes. $2,750 obo by Sept. 30th. Call Mike at (415) 461-5000x3704 days or(510)937-6639eves.

THE LAST VOYAGE of the Frisco Fellucca II. Copies signed by author available at (415) 331-2222. Leave your name & phone and we will return your call and arrange for a copy(s) to be mailed to the address(s) of your choice.

TRAILER: UP TO 30-FT SAILBOAT, tandem

PLEASE HELP! Professional female needs to

axles, electric brakes, heavy duty construc¬ tion, adjustable supports, up to 7,000 lbs. cargo load, current registration, excellent con¬ dition, built 1995. $1,800. Call (916) 7639826. Leave message.

live aboard a boat for a month, while waiting for an apartment to be vacated. Can move in anytime, no later than 9/15/95. Please call (415)381-2126.

October 15, '95 to May '96. Great Bay access. Priced like a 40-footer. (415) 382-8552.

NON-PROFIT BAADS, the Bay Area Association of Disabled Sailors, offers safe, exciting recreational op¬ portunities on San Francisco Bay for physi¬ cally disabled sailors and able-bodied volun¬ teers. No sailing experience necessary; adap¬ tive equipment available. Cash and other tax deductible donations welcomed. Call(415) 281-0212.

CREW SINGLE SAILORS ASSOCIATION is looking for a few good sailors. Beginners welcome. Many opportunities to sail and learn. Our members enjoy cruising, racing and other activities year round. For more information, call (510) 273-9763. Singles only, please.

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Hard red vinyl anti-fouling paint. Mfg. Woolsey. 72% copper. Reg. price: $180/gal. Our price $50/gal. Also black vinyl and other mfg. available. Ablading paint, 50% copper, $50/gal. Primer & other epoxies. $10-$15/gal. Polyurethane. $20/gal. (415) 588-4678

Bay View Boat Club & Mariposa/Hunters Point Yacht Club Flea Market, Concours D'Elegance, Racing, Toy Boat Building, Chanties, Barbecue, Music, More... Call BVBC (415) 495-9500 or Peter Snider (415) 255-7635

ATLANTIS YACHT CHARTERS & MGMT. CO.

SallSan Francisco Bayl Finest Bareboat and skippered charters. Nordic 44, Islander 36, Freeport 36, Ericson 30,42' Motoryacht. Day/week/sunset/Delta Irips & offshore weekends! Celebrate Father's Day, Birthdays & Anniversaries or spend a night on a boat! Specialists in Corporate Team Building. Sausalito based. (415) 499-7707

SAN JOSE SAILING CLUB For trailerable & cruising sailboats 20-40 feet, and dinghies too. Bay, lake, Delta and ocean outings. Improve sailing and racing skills. \ Learn boating safety. Learn to maintain and upgrade your boat and equipment. ' Low dues. (408) 978-0420.

J. KARMIN BOAT HANDLING

APOLLO YACHT & BOAT SERVICES

Customized instruction on your power or sailboat. USCG 200 Ton Licensed Captain • ASA Certified Instructor Also available as charter captain or boat deliveries. Ans. Svc. (415) 341-2852 • Reasonable Rates

Charters, Deliveries, Lessons & Management. Experienced marine services. Mucho tiempo. 'Whatever floats your boat.' Sail cleaning. U.S. Coast Guard licensed skipper. NYN phone/fax (510) 233-7059. Joe Guthrie

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WE LEFT CALIFORNIA IN 1993 on a 74-ft sailboat. Need another crewman for two-year cruise, Venezuela to Fiji. We have two children and two other crew. No salary, but we pay food and boat expenses. For application call (805) 482-5333.

CREW LOOKING FOR CRUISING BOAT. Friendly, hard working couple seek to gain cruising experience this fall/winter. Chris (24) 100T Master, Sabrina (25), both with 4 years experience as charter boat crew. Little sail knowledge, but excited to learn more. Avail¬ able 10/1 (206) 821-6938, e-rnail ckyt35a@prodigy.com.

I’LL CREW ON YOUR 38 -50' sailboat. Prefer circumnavigation. 36, adaptable, outgoing engineer, bluewater experience, physically/ emotionally fit, mech/elect. skills. Share ex¬ penses. Will pay travel to/from boat world¬ wide. Avail. 1/96. Fred, 270 Chichirica St. #905, Turnon, Guam, 96910, tel: 671-649-8806, fax: 671-649-8807. S/V WINDANCER. Lies in Tobago, W.l. Luxu¬ rious and well-founded 382 Morgan. Seeking single female, capable in and out of water, must laugh, possible LTR. Capt. 40, 6 years Caribbean experience, adventurous, lots of fun. Please call Don (809) 639-9379, fax (809) 639-8800.

WANTTO SAIL TO SOUTH PACIFIC OR ASIA. Male, 32, enthusiastic, with some sailing ex¬ perience seeks to join experienced crew to sail across Pacific starting December '95 or later. Bilingual (French, English). Call Nicolas (415) 322-5235.

VETERAN HA-HA-ER needs crew. 36' luxury sloop awaits in San Carlos, ready to resume cruise in November. Avoid the long slog down the Baja. Interested females write and include photo. El Capitan, 116 E. Strawberry Drive, Mill Valley, CA 94941.

GAY FIRST MATE. Experienced sailor, 39, stable, healthy, unencumbered, adaptable, looking for crew position on extended cruise. Previous sailing experience: Maine, Chesa¬ peake, California, BVI and San Juans as owner, skipper or crew. Good cook, polyglot, de¬ pendable, NS/ND. (415) 332-2250.

JOIN THE SAILING & DIVING ADVENTURE aboard our 75’ traditional schooner cruising in Caribbean. Explore islands, scuba dive wrecks, fish and snorkel. No experience nec¬ essary! Cost sharing berths available at $525/ person/week. (708) 441-8494.

SHIP’S CAPTAIN/ENGINEER W/ 15 YEARS

44- FT ISLAND CLIPPER SLOOP, 1946. Good

experience is seeking delivery and/or cruising position assignment. 100 ton USCG License. Extensive cruising in Mexico and South Pa¬ cific. Currently chartering 31 and 65 foot sail out of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. $1.25 U.S. per mile for most delivery work. Excellent refer¬ ences. Have additional crew if required. Con¬ tact Captain Rogers: Mexico cellular phone: 011 -90-329-41745 or Fax to same c/o vessel God’s Grace at Marina Vallarta: 011-52-322-10722.

conditon. Full cover. New main. Classic boat. Has been well kept. $17,000 obo. Call for details. Michael (510) 601-6390.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES CAPTAINS, INSTRUCTORS AND CREW. Ren¬ dezvous Charters is hiring ship’s crew and licensed masters for both the Brigantine Ren¬ dezvous and Sea Raven. Spinnaker Sailing is hiring instructors and captains for charters and lessons. Excellent wages/benefits. Fax resume (415) 543-7405. Call (415) 543-7333.

wants to cruise into the tropical sunset on my beautiful sailing yacht. White, eclectic, dilet¬ tante male who is candid, healthy, discerning, share feelings openly, munificent in love, dy¬ namic, and creative with a droll sense of humor. Restless soul who has little patience with those willing to settle for second best. Picture of the yacht and/or captain available on request. Capt. Ivan McLaughlin, 1402 E. Us Olas Blvd. #186, FT Lauderdale, FL33301. (305) 525-3660.

EXPERIENCED CREW AVAILABLE FOR CRUISING. 27years old, 20years experience, fluent in Spanish, professional masseur, get along well with people. Looking to help crew a boat South this fall. Call Robert at (415) 922-8858.

CREW WANTED: (experience preferred). Single female skipper wants sociable com¬ panions, single men/women and couples for Bay daysailing, offshore and casual racing on very nice Catalina 30. Please call Lee (415) 332-9250.

INSTRUCTORS: ASA sailing school in Sau¬ salito seeks Coast Guard licensed skippers. Call MSA (415) 331-8250.

64-FT LOA CRUISING KETCH (ferro). Has

CREW WANTED: I’m seeking a single lady as crew/companion for daysails on very nice sailboat from Sausalito. Sailing experience not important; a positive attitude is very! I’m young, fit and fun to be with. If you are too, please call (415) 331-8730. CREW WANTED: 75-FT SCHOONER Viveka. Finishing 6-year circumnavigation. Septem¬ ber: Panama, Pearl Islands. October-November: Costa Rica, Mexico. December-January: California, Hawaii. Ph/fx Sheri (808) 239-7267.

CREW WANTED: Male, female, 43-FT sloop leaving Puerto Vallarta October 1, leaving Acapulco November 1, holidays in Costa Rica. Captain smokes. Phone or fax 001 -52-32921635.

person. We’re the best school/club/charter fleet and we want a good quality person to start now. Send Resume to Ted Gimble, 1150 Ballena Blvd., Suite 161, Alameda, CA 94501.

CRUISE MEXICO Sea of Cortez. 30' sloop and R.V. Leave November, lookingfortrim, attrac¬ tive sailing companion. Dave Sheldon. P.O. Box 2069, Sausalito, CA 94966.

been there and ready to go again. Nice shape, loaded with gear. Great, safe family cruiser/ liveaboard. Reduced $69,000 OMC. For a 3 page comprehensive brochure, leave address or fax# at (415) 898-0836.

TWO FOR ONE DEAL! 37’ O'Day center cock¬ tronics, bookkeeping, office work. Call Altamarine Electronics. (510) 523-6011.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

CREW AVAILABLE: male, 42, ASA certified to 32 FT Desires opportunity to sail, prefer on the Bay. Will assist with cleaning & maintenance. Have mechanical, electrical & woodworking skills. (415) 726-4643.

CLUB NAUTIQUE has an opening for a sales¬

OFFICE MANAGER WANTED for marine elec¬ NEED CREW FOR VENEZUELA, Panama Ca¬ nal & on to South Pacific. Looking for attrac¬ tive, able female partner to share responsibili¬ ties, friendship, fun & some expense for all or part of trip on beautiful well-equipped Holland 43. Call Fred (510) 672-2233.

PARTNERSHIP: ISLANDER 29. 25%. Rock solid plastic classic sloop. Atomic 4, newsails '94, paint '93. Lots of compliments! Galley, enclosed head, refrigerator. Great weekender! Must sell, travel too much to sail. $2,200 obo equity, $61 mo. expenses. $510) 685-4639. SEA EAGLE 31,1981. Stan Huningford de¬ sign cruising yacht. Attractive canoe stem sloop rig with: cut-away full keel, Yanmar 25 hp diesel (professionally maintained), new bottom job, new dodger, VHF, RDF, Loran, depthsounder and speedo. Great boat! $49,000. (209) 529-2178.

LOOKING FOR ONE UNIQUE WOMAN who

ISLANDER 36, 1977. Perkins diesel, 8 winches, rigged to race. Spinnaker, 2 poles, 21 150 genoas, 135 genoa, 110 jib, North full batten main 1993. New rigging and painted mast and boom 1003. Hold tnk, LNG range, depth, speed, wind meters, radio, dir. finder, stereo, 2 anchors, chain and line locker, 6 life preservers. $30,000. (408) 354-1188.

WELL ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURER of marine heating equipment. Ten year old pro¬ ducer and marketer of high quality marine water and space heating equipment is avail¬ able. Included is inventory, spare parts, test bench, show exhibits, marketing literature and artwork. All product specifications and supplier’s lists and extensive customer lead databases are also included. Seller will give technical assistance in setting up. Manufac¬ turing is mostly assembly and not labor inten¬ sive so relocation is very feasible. (513) 651-2666. Fax (513) 651-0633.

pit on S .F. Bay and/or 22-ft Catalina on Folsom Lake w/trlr and spinn. (Lessons to those w/ min. exp.) Equity partner (10% for $1,500) or non-equity timeshare on monthly basis, ei¬ ther/both. Joe (916) 392-4900, 24-hrs.

C0LUMBIA26 MKII, 1971. New 150% genoa, 40% storm jib. R/F main, working jib w/cover, sips 5, galley, enclosed head, SS radio, D.F. compass, 35-ft Mastmate, 14 hp Volvo Penta o/b, extras. Must sell to health. $7,500 obo. (916) 729-5991. 45- FT HAIK PILOTHOUSE TRAWLER, 1970. Excellent liveaboard. 6-71 diesel engine w/ 700 gallons fuel, autopilot, fiberglass over wood, full kitchen, hot water, shower, washer/ dryer, heater, etc. Needs work. Asking $19,999 obo. (510) 534-9492.

HUNTER 37,1982. Good, dry, ocean and Bay boat. Yanmar diesel. Sips 7. Parkinson's diseaseforces sale. A lot of boatforthe price. Call for complete list. $43,500. (415) 961-2222.

CT 54,1985.120 hp Ford Lehman diesel, 8 kw ONE OR TWO PERSONS for a sail from La Paz to San Francisco, second or third week of September. If you want an ocean trip to weather, and want to get some experience, call now. Louie (510) 791-1937.

IFEMALE SAILORS - crew positions open for up to 3female sailors NS/ND. Share expenses and sailing duties on 43' boat. Extended cruis¬ ing in the Caribbean from Venezuela to Antigua. Call Diann evenings (619) 442-1908.

TOO LATE TO CLASSY JOBS WANTED 30-FT DANISH DOUBLE-ENDER (Sagitta), EXPERIENCED TEACHER/TUTOR available for private sailing expeditions and charters. For¬ merly taught science at prestigious East Coast private schools at the high school level. Mo¬ lecular biology degree. Other subjects also. Curriculum Vitae furnished upon request. Ask for Joe (412) 327-1802.

WHITLOCK STEERING SYSTEM Complete steering system, parts & accessories available in the USA. Pedestals, wheels, cockpit tables, drink holders, instrument pods. PYI, Inc., P.O. Box 536, Edmonds, WA 98020 Tel: 800-523-7558 • Fax: 206-670-8918

Sail the Virgin Islands

Need cruise or charter information? Call the editor of CARIBBEAN BOATING (415-673-1496). Page 216 •UMUt.Zi* September, 1995

1986. Circumnavigation veteran. Thick fiber¬ glass hull with eleven coats epoxy barrier. Seven sails, oversized rigging, chain plates, doger, boom gallows, Aires windvane, Tillermaster autopilot, Loran, Avon. Diesel just rebuilt. Serious inquiries only. Ventura Harbor. $27,900. (805) 650-9528.

Northern lights, complete electronics, 4 state¬ rooms, 3 heads, 2 showers, washer/dryer, microwave, AC. Recent haulout and survey. Cruised extensively. Style and performance. Specs, on request. $275,000. (308) 462-2276.

Give us a brealc! Please TYPE your ad if possible. Thanks.

CHART SAVINGS OF 70% & MORE! Current Edition Charts reproduced on the Heaviest-Weight Paper in the Industry! So. Pac., Mex., N.Z., Aust., USA, Carib., Med., Worldwide. Free Index. Sample Chart $2. DMA & NOS Originals @ 20% Off! (25 chart min.) 19 Years Quality Service. — Bellingham Chart Printers — P.O. Box 1728L, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 » (800)643-3900 » Fax (360) 468-3939

BINGHAM'S CRUISING CLASSICS Fast seagoin' singlehanders, selfsailers, trailerable. Accommodate 4 BIG people. PLANS/PAT¬ TERNS (fiberglass, some wood): Flicka 20, Atlegra 24, B23, B25; Travlr27.8 (kits, complete). Stalwart 32, F/G, wood coming. InfoPak $5 (state size pref.). Study Prints $15, Check, M.O. Bingham Yacht Design, 1425-A Longbranch L, Grover Beach, CA 93433. (805) 473-0989.

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(Outboard, Sterndrive, and Inboard Propellers, also sales for Martecand Power Tec.)

Owner Tim Kilian, former manager of Pitchometer Propeller Co. Third generation in the propeller business, proudly offering over 70 years of combined knowledge and expertise.

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OWL HARBOR The friendly place to berth - short term or long term! • Located on Twitchell Island, a State Wildlife Sanctuary • Windsurf at nearby Glass Beach • Visit historical Isleton and Locke No waiting for bridges to open and the catfishing off of E dock is great! • Berths from $95 FACILITIES; 20 Acres, 240 Berths, Laundry, RV Spaces, Entrance Gate and Sail Shop Under new management Harbormasters: Frank and Rhenae Dietrich

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ADVERTISERS' INDEX ABC Yachts... Alameda Prop & Machine. Allemand Bros. Boat Repair. Almar Marinas. Alpha Systems. Altamarine Electronics. American Battery. American Omnitech. Anderson's Boat Yard. Apex Inflatable*. Arena Yacht Sales . Armchair Sailor. Avon Seagull Marine . Bag Lady,The . Baia Naval. Ballena Bay Yacht Brokers. Ballena Isle Marina. Ballenger Spars . Barnett Yacht Insurance. Bay Island Yachts. Bay Riggers. Bay Ship & Yacht Co. Boat Repair Bay Wind Yacht Sales. Bay Yocht Service.

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Half Moon Anchorage .205 Hall & Malone.80 Handcraft Mattress Co.22 Hansen Rigging.36 Edinger Marine Service.36 Harbor Island West Marina.158 Emery Cove Yacht Harbor.40 Harken . 119 Emeryville City Marina. 17 Hawaiian Chieftain.179 ERA Marine Products .129 Haynes Sails . 22 Essex Credit.25 Hemiut's Marine Service.37 Eurosail Charters.222 Hewett Marine.28 Everfair Enterprises. 163 Hogin Sails . 58 Fall Boat Show .31 Hood Sailmakers.68 Famous Foam Factory. 17 Hutch inson Sports.38 Farallon Electronics. 19,83 International Marine .218 Farallone Yacht Sales.45 Island Girl.24 Farron Yacht Sales, Katherine.222 Island Yacht Club. 16 First New England Financial . 14 Jack Rabbit Marine.218 Flaherty, Willie, Real Estate .220 Kappas Marina . 150 Fortman Marina . 12 Kensington Yachts. 13 Forum on Economic Accountability .... Ill Kevin's Quality Marine.218 Fuel Oil Polishing.66 Kilian Props..219 Ganis Credit Corp.83 Kissinger Canvas ....;....^.,J35 Gentry's Kona Marina.2T8 N Kona Kai Marina. 67 Gianola & Sons. 10 Kopper's. 159 Golden State Diesel.219 Ladd's Marina.217 Gorman, Bill, Yachts . 15 Lager Yacht Brokerage.226 Grand Marina.2 Landfall Navigation .85 Hackworth Insurance. 151 Larsen Sails...82 Edge Sails. 17 AD IN LATITUDE 38” Leading Lee Sans.218

FJORD III

PREMIER

1947 FRERS 50 Built in Buenos Aires by and for German Frers as his personal yacht. Viraro planked on Viraro frames and extensively rebuilt 1992-1995, she is in superb condition and will be available for inspection at the Port Townsend Wooden BoatFestival Septem¬ ber 8, 9 & 10 or the Mahina sales dock af¬ terwards. Video and pictures available on request. Contact Pat Lauderdale. $145,000

YACHT SALES

TheEmbarcaclero at Pier 40 • South Beach Harbor • San Francisco, CA 94107 BOATS NEEDED! We have buyers for these boats:

Twin engine motorsailer, 40-50 ft f/g... $90,000 IOR maxi, 60-80 ft.to $300,000 Fiberglass sloop, 35-38 ft.... $50,000 Stevens classic, 40 ft, '26-'35.$40,000

36' Islander, 1978. Four cylinder Perkins diesel, CNG (natural gas) stove, new bottom paint, clean. $42,500.

33' Roughwater Cutter, 1976. Rugged double ender. Westerbeke diesel, radar, Tillermaster, aluminum mast, loaded w/extras, Bristol and ready to cruise. $37,000.

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40' Pearson Sloop, 1981. Fast & roomy centerboard racer/cruiser. Newly rebuilt engine, epoxy bottom. Loaded. This boat must be sold. Submit all offers.

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SUN 1981 48' Mariner Ketch Set up for easy doublehanding to sail around the world or around the Bay. Microwave, 2 TVs & VCR, radio/CD/tape deck w/speakers in each room and on deck. 2 bd/2 bath. Queen aft. Shower fore & tub aft. Teak woodwork and dove gray Berber carpeting. Icemaker, fridge, freezer and propane stove. All sails are self furling. High Tech Electronics: Global plotter, 2 GPSs, Loran, radar, autopilot, sailing monitor, depthsounder, VHF and SSB radios, weather fax, scuba diving air compressor, power inverter. 85hp Perkins 4/286 diesel. 100 gal. fuel capacity. Diesel aux. generator. Safety Equipment: Automatic halon system + 5 extinguishers, full alarm system, 1 Bruce anchor, 1 Danforth w/3 50' chain & 200' line, Lifesling, safety harnesses, new dinghy w/engine, EPIRB, crew overboard kit, flares, watermaker, first aid kit, etc. Survey in 1994. Comment: "Vessel in exceptional condition." "Replacement value $300,000.00."

PRICE $180,000 # CALL (415) 571-5674

36' Garden 1982. From her graceful profile to her warm and inviting in¬ terior, BUT AND BEN is an exceptional example of clas¬ sic simplicity. Designed by Bill Garden for the owner, this spirited schooner is maintained in pristine condi¬ tion. 46' overall, she sports a traditional schooner rig with modern fin ballast. Painstakingly constructed of red cedar on oak, she features tapered aluminum masts, Marconi main, gaff-rigged foresail, furling jib and so much more. An easy single-hander with berthing for six and all amenities one would expect. $85,000.

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47’KAUFMAN, ‘85 RACE/CRUISER One of Kaufman’s best designs: She is an elegant “Sailing Machine”. Three private staterooms, large galley and magnificent salon, all hand finished teak. Barient winches. Hood rollerfurling. Inverter, Robertson autopilot, SSB, GPS, many more. Asking

$ 163,000 BERTH 75, PORTS O’CALL VILLAGE, SAN PEDRO, CA 90731 PH. (310) 831-2363, FAX (310) 831-1094

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tailers. Hood roller furling. 2 mains, 120% & 160% jibs, asymmetrical spinnaker. Strongly built with mahogany over oak, bronze floors & strapping. Beautiful accommo¬ dations for two couples, H&C pressure water, CNG, plenty of stowage. 1986 Westerbeke diesel. ICOM, Datamarine, Autohelm, Jensen. 4/

Strong, gorgeous, sails beautifully. One of the world's best built, most beautiful, classic yachts in museum condition.

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MORGAN 32, Yanmor Dsl, inflatable w/o.b., watermoker, spinnaker gear, AP, dodger, buill for VP Morgan Yachts, loaded w/ cruising gear. $27,000.

40' NUNES CLASSIC Dsl. Excellent condition. Former | flagship of Classic Yacht Assn. Great layout & equip. This is one of the very finest on West Coast. $67,000.

34' IRWIN CITATION. Roller furling, diesel., wheel | steering, cruise/race. Try $28,500.

CONTESSA 26. Rebuilt diesel, GPS, windvane, dodger, spinnaker, Autohelm, and more! Ready to cruise. $12,250.

RIVA ST. TROPELSophisticated Italian Riviera cruiser w/ US muscle: twin 365 np- 454 cidV8s (nearly new. 50 | hrs), outstanding performance. Reduced to $55,000.

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ERICSON 35, Wonderful cond., 10 winches, 2 spinna- I IRWIN 30 CITATION, Dsl, whl steering. Performance | kers, strong l/B, very well found/equipped. $29,900. | cruiser/club racer. Very clean. $19,900/OHer. SAIL 22' BAYLINER, 0/B, full race.3,500 23' CLIPPER w/9.9hp 0/B & Irlr 4,900 23' RANGER, 0/B, user friendly. 4,900 23' SPRINTA SPORT - Oohler,0/B 4,900 24' CAL 2-24,0/B, full eqp 4,500/ofr 24' GLADIATOR, 0/8, (lean 3,500/oh 24' SANTANA, super cond., 0/B. 5,000 24' COLUMBIA CHALLENGER. Try 1,500 24' BUCCANEER w/Honda 0/B... 3,900 25' CAL, 0/B.......3,400 25' MacGREGOR, 0/B, '82 ..Ask 3,700 26'SEABIRD YAWL ported 24,000/oh 27'ERICSON, l/B. 13,900/offers

28'MORGAN, deon, l/B — Ask 13,500 28'SAMURAI, l/B.Asking 15,500 30' NEWPORT, l/B, nice Asking 12,900 30' ISLANDER, lots of gear, l/B 11,000 30' PEARSON, dsl, whl, more ....16,000 30' HUNTER, diesel...Try 9,950 34‘TANCOOR, dsl, excellenl Ask 16,000 38'CATALINA, dsl, looded with SANTA SARIARA BERTH- 52,000 ...w/o berth 42,000 50' COLUMBIA, So. Pot. vot...... 79,000 50'CAMPER NICHOLSON ...Try 547,000 POWER 20'LYMAN, V8..8,700

24' SEA CAMPER, turbo dsl 13,500/oh 26' WHALEBT, dsl, gloss, fun 8,900/oh 27' FAIRIINER, V-8....5,000 28' FIBERFORAA, F/B, twins — 18,000 31'BAJA SEDAN, F/B, twins.19,500 33'SONIC OFFSHORE, twins 39,000 36' 1925 STEPHENS, o'lO'. 45,000 36' UNIEUTE trig hsbl, Iwins... 34,500 43' MATTHEWS, F/B, '65, V8s.. 57,500 46'CLASSICKNEA5S, '28... IB,000/oh 65' WHEELER M/Y, '31 ... 135,000/oh 65' MALAHIDETRWL In Seoltle 475,000 THCSC AND MORI AT OUR DOCKS

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CT 49, 1986, PERFORMANCE CUTTER She's fast, strong and great in the ocean. Mexico cruise - 18 months by a couple. Pristine condition. Call for boat specs, equipment list and photos For sale by owner. $219,000

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82' CUSTOM MOTORSAILER All steel hull, twin diesel, 22.5 foot beam. Lots of living space. Two auxiliary generators, inverter, 800 GPD fresh water maker. Five staterooms, three heads, full size tub, two showers, washer/dryer. Bow thruster, satel¬ lite dish. Loaded. Carries 5,600 gal. diesel fuel. Easy cruise range 5,000 miles. Call (619) 293-3017 for specifications, marine engineer's survey, pictures in dry dock and informative 1 hour video tape. Asking $269,500. Page 224 • UXLoU 12 • September, 1995

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50' CELESTIAL, 1994 New model from quality Far East builder on ocean proven hull, 2 or 3 staterooms, diesel power with gen set, only $249,000 landed San Francisco or less FOB factory.

53' 7" CT 54,1978 Four staterooms, 30 ton dspl, 120 hp diesel, loaded. New sails. Asking $230,000.

56* DUTCH STEEL MOTORSAILER1974 DeVreis design with 16-foot beam to Lloyd's A-1. Four guest doubles forward, owner's aft. Asking $275,000. /

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_DO YOU WANT TO GO CRUISING? 3SSf4 27' ORION by Pacific Seacraft. $44,900 28' WESTSAIL Cutter.$30,000 30' RAWSON.$22,500 30' WILLARD VEGA Motorsailer.$33,500 30’ BABA Cutter.$5&800 31' HERRESHOFF "Cat Ketch".$47„Q00 32' KETTENBERG Fiberglass Sloop. $24,000 32' FUJI Ketch.$49,900 34' COLUMBIA. $24,800 36' PEDRICK by Cheoy lee.$78,500 37' YAMAHA w/aft cabin. $75,000 38' ENDEAVOR; center cockpit.$79,500 38' IRWIN, immaculate! .$99,900 40’ MARINER Ketch.$55,000 43' SLOCUM Cutter - worldwide cruiser.$169,000 43' COLUMBIA Sloop.$69,900 44' ISLANDER w/custom Interior.$49,500 44' HANS CHRISTIAN Pilothouse.$264,500 44' PETERSON, center cockpit.$119,900 45' FUJI Ketch w/aft cabin.$149,000 48' CELESTIAL Ketch .$152,000 51’ FORMOSA.$109,900 53' STEEL Hull, Roberts design.$149,500 60' LIDGARD, cold molded.$550,000 70' CUSTOM Schooner.Trade?/$350,000

BOAT OF THE MONTH: 39' FREYA with NEW teak decks, new spar, winches, ^engine, partial interior. Never been launched! $69,500

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BENETEAU, 1991.$69,500 CAL 2-34,1975. $31,950 EXPRESS, 1987.$74,900 HINCKLEY, 1957.$55,000 J-35,1984.$49,900 ISLANDER, 1981.$49,000 WAUQUIEZ/HOOD, 1983... $119,000 MORGAN, 1979.$68,000 IRWIN, 1982.$48,000 CAL, 1984.$49,000 BALTIC, 1982. $170,000 BALTIC, 1987. $315,000 CHEOY LEE, 1981.$159,000

46' 47' 50' 50' 54' 54' 60' 62' 63' 64' 70' 72'

CHOATE, 1980. .$79,000 PERRY design ketch, 1979 . $79,000 FORCE 50,1978. $165,000 FORCE 50,1974.,. $150,00 HUNTER, 1981. $160,000 KANTER, 1990. $200,000 SCHOONER, 19951 ■•••••••<•••• $385,000 RHODES ketch, 1949, $285,000 CHEOY LEE, 1983 ..■■ininuii $645,000 DYNAMIQUE, 1983 Reduced WYLIE Rage. $441,000 SANTA CRUZ (parti compl)...... Inquire

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1-800-71-YACHT Fax (619) 294-8694 • (619) 294-4545 SELECTED POWER 32' Bayliner Avanti, '89.$55,000 34' Californian Sdn SF.$69,000 34' Silverton Marin Ex, '90.$75,000 36' Egg Harbor, SF.$74,500 36' MMC/PT34 Trwl.$79,000 37' Scarab Exp, '91 .$78,000 37' Silverton Cnv,'93.$149,000 37' Tollycraft MY.$56,000 38' Bayliner MY, '86.$109,000 41' PT/CHB.$125,000 42' Bertram Cnv SF.$277,500 42' Carver MY, '87.$225,000 43’ Viking MY.$175,000 45' Bayliner,'85.$188,000 46' Princess Riviera Ex '91 .$399,000 48' Chris Craft YTFS.$225,000 48' Offshore MY, '86.$289,000 53' West Bay PH.$934,000 57' Defever SF, '86.$420,000 57' Californian Cpmy.$389,000 59' Stevens, '89.$695,000 59' Kha Shing CPMY, '90.$379,000 60' Hatteras CV.$595,000 60' Vega Marina SF.$395,000 60' Hatteras.2 from $559,000 70' Heisley Exp.,'.y.$985,000 70'‘Elliott SF.$950,000 72' Hatteras MY.$1,150,000 75’ Westide MY.Offers 82' Ft. Bragg Cstm LRMY.$269,500 85' Maiora MY,'86.$1,975,000

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"DUTCHESS", 53'CHEOY LEE MTRSLR, 1990. Shows like new. Hood moin furling. Single

"CARITA", 60' CENTER COCKPIT KETCH by Huntingford. Heavy FG full keel construction in USA. Three double berths, large solon with dining for six. Moin, miz & jib furling, G PS, rodor, pilot, wotermoker, walk-in ER.

"MOONSHIP", FORCE 50 MTRSLR KETCH, 1973. All fiberglass, proven ocean design, 3 state¬

Alaska Lugger, bow thruster, pilothouse, 3 stoterms, ready for ocean cruising. $485,000

Reduced from $325,000 to $299,000. Consider smaller trade.

rooms, 2 steering sto. GPS, AP, rodor. Reody for So. Pacific. $129,500

"MAUI GIRl", 38' DOWNEAST CUnER,

"DISTRACTION”, 38' ERICSON, 1990. Shows brand new. European teak interior. Aft double, in¬ verter, refrigeration, spin. Lewmar ST, single hand, TV/VCR. Fast performance. $112,000

HU", 45' STARETT, 77. Heavy, full keel cruis¬ ing cutter. Very fast. Set up for distance cruising. Dodger, dinghy, pilot, radar, wotermkr, invtr. Sleeps 6-7, heat, 2 furling. Looded/cruise ready. $79,500

"10", 44' MASON, 1986. Offshore ready. Owner's double & guest double. Technautics refrig, gen, roft, SSB, GPS, rodor, AP spin, Lewmar ST, dodger, awnings, more! Asking $225,000

1975. Roller furling, full keel, 5' droft, refrigera¬ tion, AP club jib, sleeps 6. Discounted price to sell immediately, needs cosmetics. Asking $50,000

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"ASYIYN", 38' ERICSON, 1984. Offshore or Bay sailing. Windvane, liferaft, refrigeration. Stall shower, 2 double berths, diesel, furling. Just reduced from $79,000 to $64,000

"DIVA", 37' BENETEAU FIRST 375, 1986. 6'3"headroom, refrig, CO, speed/depth/wind, cus¬ tom dodger, 105, 135, storm, spin, lewmar ST, Immaculoto! Asking $79,500

"SOIO", 36' GULFSTAR MOTORSAILER. in¬ side steering, Lehman diesel/600 hrs, gen. Owners oft double, full shower & head. Great liveoboard/ weekender. Come see. $55,000

37’ C&l TRAWLER, 1980. Twin Volvo 124s, very low hours. Owner's dbl in aft cabin, shower & tub, sleeps 6.

$76,000

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"CHARA", 35’ FANTASIA CUTTER, 1980. Aft cabin double, wind gen, solar, GPS, center cockpit, roomy interior, radar, windvane. Mexico cruise ready. Out of stale owner wonts all offers. Mfliillill®

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"CENESTRA", 30’ TARTAN T-3000, 1982. Atomic diesel, epoxy bottom coot, sleeps 4, Lewmar STs, spin., full botten moin.

Asking $34,000

TIARA 1992 - Twin 260hp Mercs. IMMACULATE. TRUE LOVE. $85,000

32'

GRAND BANKS, 1973 - Traditional, Sleeps 5. TORTUGA. .. 33,900

36'

CARVER MARINER, 1987 - Owner's Double, Gen. DR.WAWA. .. 85,900

37’

SILVERTON SPORTFISH, 1986 - Very low hours.MINTI!. VELOCITY. .. 79.000

37'

CtL TRAWLER, 1980 - Twin 124hp Volvos, Excellent shape. ABIGAIL. ... 76,000

38'

SUN RUNNER EXPRESS, 1989 - Immaculate, Immense Interior.. MIRAGE.

39'

SEA RAY SEDAN SPORTFISH, 19830 . PROSST . ... 79,500

38'

CARVER SANTEGO 380,1994 - Twin Crusaders. Queen, A/C. VICTORIA PAIGE.

43'

VIKING, 1977 - Low Hours/GM Diesels, Superb Condition. HI SPIRITS. . 117,000

45'

BAYLINER PILOTHOUSE 4550,1986-3 Stateroom MINT!. Y.Q MO HO. . 198,000

45'

STEPHENS MARINE FLUSH DECK, 1964 - Exquisite. SILVER CREST-. . 155,000

45'

STEPHENS MARINE, 1965 - Classic beauty, Varnished hull. SHAMROCK.,. ... 75.000

45'

LANCER FLYBR1DGE MY - 200hp diesel Perkins, A/C. MISS TRACI. . 109,000

46'

PACEMAKER FLYBRIDGE MY, 1969 - King, Twin 225 Detrs. FEELIN FREE. . 149,000

124,500

149,000

46'

BLUEWATER DOUBLE CABIN, 1985 - Made USA, Enel. FB. CUNARDLY. . 149,000

, 46'

SPINDRIFT AFT CABIN SUNDECK MY, 1986 - 275 CATs. MY SPACE 11. . 189,000

48'

OFFSHORE YACHTFISHER, 1986 - 320hp Cummins, AP, Radar.. CLIPPER TOO. . 275,000

52’

NORDIC PILOTHOUSE “520”, 1989 - 375 CATs, A/C,.GPS. THAI SUITES. . 475,000

52'

SEA RANGER YACHTFISHER CPMY, 1986 - Two Queens. FAIR L'AMOUR. . 250.000

"KALENA", 32' MORGAN SLOOP, 1982 I Ted Brewer. Yanmor 25 ('92), holding plate refrig, cozy, nautical interior, custom dodger, self toilers, Jireploce/htr, immaculate. $42,500

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CHRIS CRAFT CONSTELLATION, 1965 - Mint Condition, 3 S/R .. .TRIPLED. . 159,000

58'

HATTERAS MOTORYACHT, 1977 - Stabilized, 4 Staterooms. POUND STERLING .. . 375,000

65'

ROMSDAHL TRAWLER, 1962 - Stabilized, Very Tasteful. MAREVA. . 325,000

67'

STEPHENS MARINE FBMY, 1980 - 4 S/R, 12V-71 with 400hrs .... QUE SERA SERA. . 649,000

"WANKER", 28’ NEWPORT MKII, 1985. Die¬ sel, wheel HW hlr, Harken roller furling. Sleeps 4. Fabulous SF Bay starter boot.

90'

BLANCHARD FANTAIL MOTORYACHT - Liveaboard or Office. WANDA . . 199,000

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CADENCE This pocket cruiser is ready to go! 75K receipts '94-'95 everything's new! This betterthan new vessel won't last! See at the _Boat Show.

55' YAWL REVER/EBuilt& designed at Tuttle Shipyard. Heavy construction, GM main & Onan aux. diesels. Loaded incl. AP, radar, SatNav. Pac. vet.

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' VAGABOND,'85.SOLD »HARDIN KETCH, '86.$152,000 ’ MUU, tOR, 74.Reduced $73,000 ’ AUX. CUTTER, '41 .$49,000 ' HINCKLEY,'43.$30,000 • SAL, 72. $25,000 ' CATAUNA, '88. $49,000 ' CHINOOK, '67/'93.$29,000 ' ARIES, '95*, new dsl.$80,000

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401 IRWIN Equipped for cruising. $30k in upgrades incl. new mast, rigging, furling gear, sails & dodger. No blisters. $48,500

40' SLOOP Custom built, excellent condition. Perkins aux. Bay or off¬ shore. Loaded with gear. Asking $39,000.

30' CATAUNA, 78 sip, new dsl.... $25,000 30'CATAUNA.$31,000 , 30' CATAUNA, '78...$26,000 29' ERICSON, 70.$ 13,000 27' LANCER, '84 $11,900 , 27'BALBOA, 74......$7,800 26' PEARSON, '69.$ 7,500 26' COL. Midi, '69.$ 7,500 25' CATAUNA, ’87.. $ 8,900 24' J/BOAT, '80.Moke Offer

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30'DUFOUR. Arpege. Builtin France. Diesel aux., roller furling jib, 8 bags sails incl spinnaker. Our docks. Re¬ duced to sell - Only $ 13,000.

<§§r; ft tri'Ir-C: Jrll 29' CUTTER Designed bv Crealock Yanmar aux., furling jib, clean well equipped incl. AP, VHF, sounder EPIRB. A must see. At our docks. Only Asking $13,000.

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25' LIBERATOR 1989 by Four Winns. Deep V for good ride 60 mph, twin Cobra 2/0 hp V8, low hrs. Trailer incl. Asking $25,500.

42' VITE5SA 1986. Dual stations, sun bridge, twin turbo Mercedes, large aft. Master stateroom, designer interior. Owner financing to qualitied buyer. Asking $145,000. Page 228 •

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54' ROBERTS STEEL KETCH, '83. No compromise 3 staterm cruiser. Bright light oak interior. Gleaming blue LPU hull. Teak decks. New engine, more. $305,000.

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44' HARDIN, 78. Watermaker, radar, GPS, AP, SSB, SL electric windlass, 8-man liferaft. $130,000.

42' SOLARIS CATAMARAN, 76. fiberglass catamaran built to Lloyd's 100A1+specs, 4 dbl strms, 2 heads, twin Mercedes dsls. Cruise equipped $159,000.

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LODBUILDER

36' S-211 meter alt

79 $48,000

46' CHRIS CRAFT

'64 $69,000

'86 $139,500

36' WATKINS

'81 $49,500

45' CALIFORNIAN

$269,500

54' ROBERTS STEEL '83 $249,000

35' MORGAN

72 $24,500

44' LUHRS

54' VENNEKENS

79 $170,000

33' HUNTER

$29,000

42' CALIFORNIAN

$120,000

50' FORCE 50

78 $117,000

33' GURNEY/HUISMAN'68 $35,000

42' CHRIS CRAFT

'69 $62,000

47 GARDEN KETCH

72 $67,500

32' WESTSAIL

76 $40,000

42' HATTERAS LR

$189,000

45' COLUMBIA

L0DBUILDER

PRICE

SAIL 65' MacGREGOR

38' CABO RICO, 79. Traditional full keel wodd cruiser. Exceptional quality and finish. $89,000.

42' SEA RAY 420

'90 $199,000

31' CHEOY LEE

31' SEA EAGLE

'80 $40,000

41' PRESIDENT FDMY '81 $109,500

2 from $61,500

30.5'BENETEAU

'85 $41,000

40’ HERSCHINE

40' OLSON.

'83 $85,000

30' PEARSON 303

'84 $41,500

40' BEST WAYS FDMY '84 $124,000

39' CAL

71 $46,000

30' CATALINA

'88 $34,000

38' BAYLINER

'83 $89,000

38' CABO RICO

79 $89,000

29' CAL

70 $17,000

34' CALIFORNIAN

'82 $55,000

38' EASTERLY

78 $39,000

28' ISLANDER

77 $14,000

34' LUHRSSF

'90 $78,000

37 HUNTER

79 $50,000

32' UNIFLITE

79 $49,500

31' RIVA

78 $79,500

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70 $72,500

73 $62,000

37 HUNTER LEGEND '88 $84,500

36' S-211 METER AFT, 79. Excellent finish above and below decks. Epoxybottom. Rollerfurling, ST winches, Volvo dsl engine. $48,000.

Inquire

PRICE

45' HANS CHRISTIAN 76 $150,000 41' MORGAN

37' RANGER, 73. Like no other, rich custom intenor, a work of art. Belter than new. $39,500.

PRICE

3V CHEOY LEE. Beautiful dork green hull and cabin sides. New rigging and wheel. $21,'

32' BENETEAU 305. A fast, comfortable cruiser/racer in Bristol condition. Freshwater boat until 1994. Dutchman mainsail flaking, rollerfurling and spinnaker. $41,000.

'83 $95,000

37 RANGER

73 $39,500

53' HATTERAS

79 $345,000

28' SEA RAY

'86 $22,000

36' ISLANDER

73 $44,500

49' ALBIN TRAWLER

'80 $145,000

28' UNIFLITE

79 $22,500

36' ISLANDER

73 $29,500

48' CHRIS CRAFT

'85 $210,000

25' PILOT CRUISER

72 $20,000

BRISTOL 35.5. Ted Hood racer/cruiser. Roller furling, refrig., AP, Westerbeke dsl., Combi depth/knot/wind instrument. Asking $45,000.

34' SABRE, '82. Extremely well maintained, recent varnish and roller furling main and jib. $58,000.

32' WESTSAIl, 76, Solid cutter. Low use engine. Autopi¬ lot, extensive ground tackle. Rigging. Mechanically aid structurally superior. $40,000.

35' NIAGARA, '81. Very high quality sloop, Westerbeke dsl, roller hiding, autopilot, dodger. $67,000.

* 33' GURNEY/HUISMAN, '68. Aluminum hull. Strong, i lightweight, fast. Gurney design. Perfect couples 1 bluewater cruiser/racer. $35,000.

49' CT CUTTER, '86. Immaculate & well equipped cruising cutter, with recently installed electronics. Teak decks. Dodger/ enclosure. $219,000.

40' CHEOY LEE MIDSHIPMAN. Roomy center cockpit teak decks and spars. soars. Perkins dsl. ketch. Beautiful leak

Asking $75,000.

BUG

65' MacGREGOR, '86. fastest production boat built, attains speeds of 26 knots, yet can be singhehanded. Very clean.

$139,500. September. 1995

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BENETEAU FIRST 32 R/C. Clean, fast and

ERICS0N 30+. Performance plus with a cruising interior! $29,950.

UISING BOAT OF THE MONTH

lots of gear!

ISLANDER 36. Shows well, has lots of gear! $39,500.

PEARSON 365. Bright, airy, new main! $52,900.

BENETEAU FIRST305. Immaculate, with all the right stuff! $42,500.

FLYING DUTCHMAN 37. Big time performance for a wild ride!

MAJOR OPPORTUNITY

CATALINA34. Roller furling, diesel, fun cruising! $52,900.

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CATALINA 22. Boat, outboard, trailer -fun! $2,950.

CAL 2-29. Lapworth "cruiser", diesel, propane stove & more! $15,500.

ISLANDER 28. New rigging, 4 bags +spinny, LPU hull-sharp! $13,900.

SELECTED SAIL LISTINGS 33' 32' 32' 32' 30' 30'

Custom. .$49,950 Dreadnought. . $79,000 Beneteau 305. New Listing Beneteau 32 R/C .$39,900 Ericson. New Listing Cal 3-30. New Listing

30' 30' 30' 30' 29' 29'

Ericson 30+. .$29,500 O’Day. . $19,950 Tartan. . $16,900 Catalina. Ericson. .$12,950 Cal 2-29. .$15,500

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